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While parking is usually identified as one of St. Augustine's top problems, the number of available of spaces might not be an issue, according to discussion at the latest Mobility Advisory Task Force meeting.
The task force is charged with helping consultant Littlejohn Engineering Associates with a mobility plan for the city, and the group had its third meeting on Wednesday evening.
Right now, the project is in the first phase, which is focused on delivering a framework or foundation for actually creating a mobility plan.
That involves five sections, and two were on tap Wednesday evening at City Hall: Parking and transportation demand management. Gathering information is what phase one is about, and project recommendations will come in the final plan.
One of discussions that arose Wednesday was about the amount of parking St. Augustine has, and how much the city's parking garage is used.
Part of the meeting looked at an analysis of St. Augustine's parking inventory over July 4 weekend.
David Taxman, an associate with a mobility project subconsultant called DESMAN, said 50 percent of the parking downtown is in the garage. He also cited 19 privately owned lots in downtown.
On July 4, the parking garage filled up around 6 p.m. But for the whole year in 2015, the garage filled 28 times, he said.
A task force member questioned what the unanswered demand for parking is in the city, since Taxman said the garage is not being fully used most of the time.
Taxman said at capacity is about 85 percent occupancy. He said the 28 times of capacity or beyond for the garage were mainly during large events.
"My feeling … is that there is currently enough parking capacity to support your regular day-to-day typical day parking demand," Taxman said. For events, "you have to make other parking available."
Taxman added later that, "You don't have a parking problem in terms of capacity, no," Taxman said. He said the city has too many lots, and raised questions about how they should be used and what should happen when they're taken offline.
Taxman raised other issues, including the parking garage rates. The cost is $12 for a day for those without a parking card issued by the city, while street-metered parking is charged hourly and not enforced after a certain time.
He said that makes it difficult to get people to park in the garage.
Also, Gary Price, senior traffic engineer with subconsultant Protean Design Group, outlined some possible mobility options for or affecting roads controlled by the Florida Department of Transportation, such as Florida A1A.
Among the ideas were intelligent signs that could alert drivers outside the city when the Bridge of Lions is closed for boat traffic. He described some potential traffic direction changes on the bayfront to address congestion.
In other news, the task force membership is a little different.
City Manager John Regan, who appointed the task force, recently added a person at the table. His name is Burry Gowen, of the Old City South neighborhood, and Gowen introduced himself on Wednesday.
The task force will meet again in September.

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The third session of Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC3) was held from 31 October to 4 November 2011 at UNEP's Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Over 500 participants representing governments, UN agencies, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations attended the meeting.
The primary purpose of this important session was to conduct negotiations on the draft text of a global, legally binding, instrument on mercury, implementing a comprehensive and suitable approach to this issue. The draft text was prepared by the Secretariat on the basis of the views expressed by parties at INC2 and during the intersessional period .A global, legally binding, instrument on mercury is expected to be the most effective vehicle for ensuring the protection of human health and environment from anthropogenic releases of mercury and its compounds.
INC3 was the third of five sessions that have been scheduled to take place before the 27th session of the United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (UNEP GC/GMEF) in 2013, where the negotiations are supposed tobe concluded.
After a week of lengthy contact group discussions, the Meeting finalized the provisions of a new draft text dealing with such important issues as, supply, international trade on mercury, products and processes, artisanal and small-scale gold mining, emissions and releases, storage wastes and contaminated sites, financial resources and technical and implementation assistance, awareness-raising , research and monitoring , and communication of information, institutional arrangements, settlement of disputes and further development of the Convention. It is to be noted that provisions related to issues with strong legal flavour, such as institutional arrangements, settlement of disputes and final provisions, were formulated by the Legal Group established at INC2.
The provisions in the new draft text are intended to strike a balance between the need for clarity and the need to reflect the full range of party views. The full range of party views is indicated in the new draft text through the use of brackets, multiple options and other appropriate means. At this point it is worth mentioning that the most controversial substantive issues facing the INC3 process were apparently the issues of the financial mechanism and voluntary versus mandatory control measures.
Finally, the Committee concluded its proceedings by requesting the Secretariat to provide a revised draft text based on the plenary negotiations, the reports of INC3 contact groups and the work of the Legal Group.


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Jannis Kallinikos / Professor of Information Systems, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Last updated on profile page : November 16th, 2012
Jannis Kallinikos is a Professor in the Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). A Greek and Swedish citizen, he holds a PhD from Uppsala University, where he started his career.
Jannis Kallinikos has been a visiting professor at various universities, including the University of Bologna, Växjö University, Umeå University, University of Macedonia, Greece, Stanford University and the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Brussels. LSE promoted him to full professor in 2007. Kallinikos served as member of the LSE Research Committee (2003–2008) research chair of the Information systems and Innovation group (2005–2008) and director of the MSc Programme in Information Systems and Organizations Research (ISOR) (2006–2008).
As the outcome of the cultural and technological developments that mark our time, his research has over the last decade increasingly focused on the study of the social and institutional implications of the diffusion of information and information-based artefacts across the social fabric. He is particularly interested in understanding how the diffusion of technological information in all its breeds (text, voice, image) and digital formats impinges upon social life by (re)constructing the foundations of social institutions and the patterns of interaction characteristic of everyday living. In his research he draws on a variety of social science disciplines including sociology and media, information science and semiotics, organization studies, philosophy and art theory.
To better accommodate these goals he has relatively recently formed the Information Growth and Internet Research (TIGAIR) group that is currently conducting research in a range of empirical settings on the formation of the new networked information environment he refers to as The Habitat of Information and the implications such an environment has for people, social processes and institutions.
His research and thinking on these maters are documented in a number of publications, including the recent books The Consequences of Information: Institutional Implications of Technological Change (Edward Elgar, 2006), and Governing through Technology: Information Artefacts and Social Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), a number of recent journal articles and conference papers. More easily accessible versions of his ideas can be found in a number of publications made in the bilingual (French/English) online discussion forum Telos.
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The Allure of Big Data
Society on November 16th, 2012
A vivid public interest has recently arisen over the issue of Big Data and its social and economic implications. Statesmen and politicians, economists, businessmen, activists, scientists, even artists declare the timely nature and relevance of the phenomenon. Is there anything of real importance, beyond the obvious buzz? And why now at this historical moment? The answer most probably lies in the distinct habitat of the contemporary digital communicative ecosystem of which the Internet is an important part and the data availability it affords.
Big Data : le réel est mort, vive le réel !
Ce qui se joue avec les Big Data est une démonétisation radicale de la réalité, ou de ce que nous avions coutume jusqu'ici de considérer comme la réalité. Elle est aujourd'hui démonétisée. Elle s'éloigne, sa pertinence est mise en doute. Les implications sont vertigineuses.
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Florida couple commissioned as home missionaries
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/2/16)—In a service held at Church of the Beatitudes, St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sunday, the reverends Phil and Janel Miller-Evans of Pinellas County, Fla., were co-commissioned by American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) as home missionaries and by Global Missions of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida as field personnel.
The couple serves as co-directors of Micah Center of Pinellas County Inc., which seeks to advocate for, educate, empower and assist the underemployed. Services include an after-school literacy program and summer literacy camp. The center is partnering with Southern Poverty Law Center to address Pinellas County school policies that hinder children's success; with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to rein in predatory lending practices; and with Gospel Justice Institute to create a Christian legal counseling center for non-criminal issues.
Micah Center is an outgrowth of the ministry of Church of the Beatitudes, where Phil has been pastor since 2002. In addition, Janel has been a chaplain at Westminster Palms Retirement Community, St. Petersburg, since 2003. As a licensed clinical social worker, she also maintains a small private practice for family and individual counseling.
"The problems facing the underemployed are enormous in the current economic and cultural climate in the southern United States. Lack of insurance, poor public education, predatory payday lending practices and lack of affordable housing all work to destabilize economically marginal families," says Phil. "Micah Center was created to bring an asset-based community development model of ministry to these individuals and families."
The commissioning sermon and charge to the missionaries was provided by Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III, ABHMS executive director emeritus.
"We celebrate the fact that God and this church community have chosen Phil and Janel Miller-Evans to this special ministry and mission of Micah Center of Pinellas County. They are a part of this congregation and its ministries in the extension of outreach in Micah Center," said Wright-Riggins. "Our prayers and our spirit are one in compassion and caring ventures with the underemployed. Commissioning is a way of recognizing and celebrating our connectedness to God and this church community."
American Baptist Home Mission Societies—the domestic mission arm of American Baptist Churches USA—ministers as the caring heart and serving hands of Jesus Christ across the United States and Puerto Rico through a multitude of initiatives that focus on discipleship, community and justice.
American Baptist Churches is one of the most diverse Christian denominations today, with over 5,200 local congregations comprised of 1.3 million members, across the United States and Puerto Rico, all engaged in God's mission around the world.


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Belgian fare, a jewelry trunk show, and the music of John Williams
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Bill Cunningham New York presents a charming portrait of the New York Times' style guru
FILM: Fashionistas won't want to miss the Corcoran's special screening of Bill Cunningham New York. For decades, New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham has documented fashion trends and high society soirées in his style columns "On the Street" and "Evening Hours." In the film, director Richard Press chronicles the life of a man, now 82, who has dedicated his life to capturing Manhattan style and culture. Tickets (free for Corcoran students and faculty, $5 for non-Corcoran students, $8 for members, and $10 for non-members) can be purchased at the event Web site. 7 PM.
BELGIAN RESTAURANT WEEK: Wine and dine at the Belgian Ambassador's home during tonight's Belgian Restaurant Week event. Enjoy a swanky six-course dinner of Belgian fare from all seven participating restaurants—including Brasserie Beck, Mussel Bar, and Le Pain Quotidien. Each course will be paired with a Belgian brew. To purchase tickets ($175) call Belga Café at (202) 544-0100. Cocktail hour begins at 6 PM, dinner starts at 7 PM.
JEWELRY: Join the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaboration for their jewelry trunk show at Project 4. Peruse accessories from eight designers while sampling wine and appetizers. Designers include Kewlism, Isabelle Glass, and Heidi Hess of Poppy Metals, to name a few. A portion of proceeds will benefit the nonprofit, which provides public school students with access to the arts. Tickets ($5) can be purchased at the event Web site. 6 to 9 PM
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MUSIC: Where can you hear scores from blockbuster favorites like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Jurassic Park? At the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's "Music of John Williams" concert at the Strathmore. Tickets ($25 to $50) can be purchased at the event Web site. 8 PM.
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4th Annual Northeast Auction at Mohegan Sun makes history with $2.7 million sale of last-built C7 Corvette
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Barrett-Jackson made history with the sale of the last-built C7 Chevrolet Corvette (Lot #3001) and continued to fuel the hobby with a diverse docket of collector vehicles during the 4th Annual Northeast Auction, June 26-29, 2019, at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. Sales over the four-day event also continued to point to the growing popularity of Resto-Mods and late model performance vehicles. The rise in popularity of Japanese collector cars was also highlighted when a 1997 Toyota Supra Anniversary Edition (Lot #711) sold for a record $176,000, making it one of the top ten vehicles sold. Among the top ten vehicles sold during this year's Northeast Auction, six set new auction records.
In total, 545 vehicles sold for over $21.8 million with a 100 percent sell-through rate, while 470 pieces of automobilia brought in $766,000, and more than $2.8 million was raised through the sale of three charity vehicles, bringing the total auction sales to more than $24 million.
"We're so appreciative of all our guests, sponsors and exhibitors who contributed to this auction and made it such an extraordinary event," said Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. "Thanks to everyone's participation and efforts, we hit incredible milestones as we wrote new pages in automotive history. Chief among those was a new charity auction record set by the last-built C7 Corvette. This special moment closed an era for Corvette and also raised critical support for our nation's heroes. We built so much momentum this year in Scottsdale, Palm Beach and the Northeast that we can't wait to top it off in Las Vegas this October."
The top vehicles sold during the 2019 Northeast Auction included:
1. Last-Built 2019 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Lot #3001) – $2.7 million (charity vehicle)
2. 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster (Lot #671) – $280,500
3. 2019 Chevrolet Corvette Yenko/SC Stage II Convertible Serial #1 (Lot #663) – $258,500*
4. 1954 Buick Special Custom Coupe "G54″ (Lot #694) – $220,000*
5. 1969 Ford Bronco Custom SUV (Lot #669) – $203,500*
6. 1967 Ford Mustang Eleanor Tribute Edition (Lot #665) – $187,000
7. 2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Custom 6X6 (Lot #654) – $181,500*
8. 1997 Toyota Supra Anniversary Edition (Lot #711) – $176,000*
9. 2017 Dodge Viper GTC ACR (Lot #664) – $172,700
10. 2014 Ferrari California Convertible (Lot #673) – $170,500*
11. 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda Resto-Mod (Lot #685) – $165,000
12. 1967 Ford Shelby GT500 (Lot #667) – $165,000
Vehicles from the Vault Portfolio and David Maxwell Collection, crossed the block during this year's Northeast Auction. A total of 47 collector cars from the Vault Portfolio are being sold at No Reserve during three Barrett-Jackson events, including the 2019 Northeast and Las Vegas Auctions, as well as the 2020 Scottsdale Auction. Eight vehicles from the Maxwell Collection also sold during this year's Northeast Auction, including a 1971 Plymouth Cuda Resto-Mod (Lot #685), which hammered in at $165,000 and is among the top vehicles sold during the auction.
"Collector cars are the heart and soul of everything we do," said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. "But we've gone a step further to create an immersive lifestyle experience around the auction that's unmatched in this great hobby. We offered terrific symposiums led by top automotive experts and hands-on exhibits. For the first time since its introduction, Ford offered select rides to the public in the adrenaline-pumping Ford GT supercar. Only at Barrett-Jackson can you drive home the car of your dreams, rub shoulders with industry legends and make memories that will last a lifetime."
On Friday, the last-built seventh-generation (C7) Chevrolet Corvette made history when Dan Snyder of Dan Snyder Motorsports purchased it for $2.7 million – a new Barrett-Jackson charity sale record by an automaker-donated vehicle. The entire amount raised from the sale of the Corvette benefited the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Smart Home Program. Mr. Snyder also bought the last-production models of the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon (Lot #3002.1) and 2017 Dodge Viper (Lot #3002) at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Northeast Auction. To date, Barrett-Jackson has raised over $118 million for charity. Two other vehicles crossed the block to benefit charity during the Northeast Auction:
• 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 (Lot #3000) – $30,000 benefiting the Automotive Technology Academy of the New York-based Rockland BOCES
• 2018 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Custom SUV (Lot #3002) – $85,000 benefiting NS2 Serves
Barrett-Jackson's Automobilia Auction featured over 470 authentic pieces, including items from the Terry Brannigan and Cedarmore Collections. Rounding out the top five automobilia items sold during the Northeast Auction were:
1. 1950s Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Porcelain with Neon Sign (Lot #8294) – $23,000
2. 1928 Texaco Gasoline Visible Gas Pump (Lot #8282) – $18,400
3. 1954 Mobil Oil Pegasus Animated Porcelain Neon Sign (Lot #7298) – $17,250
4. 1956 Chevrolet Corvette Kiddie Car (Lot #8267) – $17,250
5. Late 1950s Mobil Oil Porcelain with Neon Sign (Lot #7294) – $16,100
For more information on becoming a bidder or to consign a vehicle for the 2019 Las Vegas Auction, visit Barrett-Jackson.com.
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Austin Joseph Holliday Private Papers
Scope and Contents This collection of three articles chronicles Austin Joseph Holliday's attempts to receive service-connected total and permanent disability from the Veterans' Administration for an illness that occurred during World War I. The plaintiff Holliday, a black WWI veteran, based his prayer for compensation under U.S. Judicial Code, Section 145, March 3, 1887, c—359, 1, 24 Stat. 505 and the World War Veterans Act 1924 in pursuant to Part I of Veterans Regulations Number I, as amended in the Economy...
Dr. Ralph Werner Brauer Personal Papers
Scope and Contents Brauer's paper collection is supplemented by an earlier collection, MS 060, The Brauer Papers. This earlier collection focuses on the work of Brauer's father, Friedrich Brauer, and is a fascinating glimpse into the world of inter-war Germany and of the rise of Hitler and Fascism in Germany.This collection of Brauer papers is organized in several series. The first series to be processed focuses on Brauer's early life, from birth through the late 1940s. In addition to documenting...
Dates: 1889-1992; Majority of material found in 1920s-1950s
Friedrich Brauer Collection
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of printed materials, pamphlets, broadsides, postcards, flyers, newspapers and other ephemera, related to the study of Germany during World War I, of the post war political and economic conditions of the Weimar Republic, and of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist Party. Part of the collection consists of German campaign materials from the late 1920s and early 1930s. Photographs include a few of the Brauer family and one of the grave site of...
Harmon C. Rorison Private Papers
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to the life and military career of Harmon C. Rorison, a military officer, pilot, and banker from Wilmington, North Carolina. The bulk of the materials in this collection pertain to Rorison's military service during World War I, the Russo-Polish War (also known as the Polish-Soviet War), and World War II. The military-related materials include correspondence, including a letter to Rorison from Merian Cooper; copies of U.S. and Polish military...
Katherine Harriss Byers Collection
Scope and Contents The Katherine Harriss Byers Collection contains magazines, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and ephemera pertaining to World War II on the home front and shipbuilding in the Cape Fear region. The materials span from 1932 to 1992, though most items fall within the years 1941 to 1945. Many of the materials in the collection focus on the construction of liberty ships during World War II at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, North Carolina. In addition, the collection also...
Poisson Family Collection
This collection contains personal letters to and from various Poisson and Cutlar family members--including Frederick, a merchant in London, Louis, a local Wilmington real estate agent, as well as from DuBrutz Cutlar, Jr. and Sr., both Wilmington lawyers. Additional materials include two photographs and three invitations.
Sidney Gardner MacMillan Private Papers
Scope and Contents This collection consists of thirty letters written by Sidney Gardner MacMillan to his family, one letter written by Jessie N. Worth to her Aunt Margaret MacMillan, and five photographic postcards of France. Sidney's letters provide a unique view of a soldier from Wilmington, NC who was part of the United States Army during the Battle of Marne in France and part of the US occupation of Germany near the end of World War I.MacMillan's letters to his parents and to his sister,...
W. D. Sr. and Viola M. Jones Collection
Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Wilbur D. Jones, Sr., (1892-1967), a Wilmington banker and World War I veteran, and his wife, Viola Murrell Jones (1903-1973). Materials include newspapers, biographical materials, World War I-era correspondence and memorabilia, reports cards, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, newspaper clippings, printed webpages, and realia, including two purses that belonged to Viola M. Jones. Major subjects include World War I and the Independent Order of...
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Presidents -- Election 2
African American veterans 1
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933 1
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Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920 -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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MacMillan, Cynthia Polk Rountree, 1890-1944 1
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A paid in full collection account should always have a date of last payment which is on or before the Date Closed.
When Collection Accounts (93 account assigned to internal external collections – Metro 2® Format Code) have been 'Paid In Full' (62 Account Paid In Full Was A Collection – Metro 2® Format Code) is the time to use a Date of Last Payment.
Next, if a consumer is making payments on their collection account, you are allowed to report this progress in the Date Of Last Payment field, but, don't expect this to build a 24 month credit history matrix. In other words, you can take the time to report this date if you can but this will not build a traditional tracked payment history for this consumers collection account.
Do I have to report this date when they are making payments? Many collection companies only report this date when the account is paid and closed or special conditions require it. This is because they have no easy way to report this date with their current technical capabilities as payments are made. So, before you just start omitting the date, talk to your credit bureau representative. They will help you determine the best course in this kind of situation. Otherwise, if the date is there and accurate, you should report it for better accuracy.
Why do I have a date of last payment error?
Many collection agencies will attempt to report the date of last payment from the original creditor. Don't do this, never use the date of last payment from the original creditor. This date now applies to you , the collection agency and not when the consumer stopped paying their original bill that led to the account being placed for collection.
If the date is from your agency make sure it's not just a type-o and correct the date if it should be present in the instance of a paid closed account or an account making payments. But remember, it must come after the date opened and date of first delinquency AND before the Date Closed and Date of Account Information. This date must reflect payments made to the collection account controlled by YOUR agency and not the original creditor.
When in doubt, for non-closed, open collection accounts, just delete the Date Of Last Payment to correct the error with the credit bureau. If your credit bureau requests it later you can resolve it then, but this should clear up your Bureau Validation Errors.


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former president Jimmy Carter is now a three-time Grammy winner.
Carter did not attend the Grammys' pre-telecast ceremony, where dozens of awards are handed out before the main show starts at 6 p.m. Mountain. The early awards are being live-streamed on www.grammy.com and the main show is airing on CBS.


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Man sentenced on gun charges
SOUTH BEND — Darnell Williams has been sentenced to 44 months in prison and two years of supervised release following his conviction on federal gun charges.
Williams, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for being a felon in possession of one or more firearms.
Williams was involved in selling controlled substances in January and February of 2016. Narcotics agents conducted a search on Feb. 2, 2016, and they found several firearms in his home, according to court documents. Prior to possessing the firearms, Williams had been convicted of several felony drug offenses.
Goshen man accused
of investment scheme
Earl Miller, 40, of Goshen, has been charged in federal court in connection to a reported investment scheme. He was indicted on six counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud and one count of bankruptcy fraud.
Allegedly, Miller, a former real estate investor, began raising money for a new private investment firmed name 5 Star Capital, according to court documents. He reportedly began recruiting predominately novice investors, including members of the Amish community, for "investment opportunities" with 5 Star Capital, 5 Star Commercial and other real estate entities.
Miller allegedly solicited money to invest in "green energy saving product that save the American consumer hundreds of dollars each year."
It is alleged that from June 2014 to August 2015, Miller raised at least $4.3 million from at least 70 investors through lies, according to court documents. He falsely told investors that he would not get paid anything for managing their money when, in reality, he misappropriated more than $1 million dollars from 5 Star Commercial investors for his personal use including to pay off a former business partner.
Miller also did not own "green product" patents and performed virtually no due diligence into the purported "green" companies before placing his investors' assets.


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CCP Greyscale and Team BFF's newest dev blog details the current design goals for nullsec.
Update: Feedback threads have been created and can be found here.
That was a great read. I guess now zerozero has a chance of someday becoming something I'd like to play in.
Nice blog, made downtime pass by much quicker.
I hope you keep this level of communication up. Cheers.
so you intend to make t2 production in empire? cost more, harder to do, less efficent, pointless?
Wow, that's a whole lot of work you're setting yourselves up for.
I'm pleased to see plans (or pre-plans) of this scope and depth being discussed but to be quite frank, before I spend any effort in making detailed suggestions, I'd like to see some concrete assurance that the resources to implement even a small fraction of what you're talking about here will be made available.
In short: that's some fine looking pie but please can you explain why it's not pie in the sky?
Malcanis' Law: Whenever a mechanics change is proposed on behalf of "new players", that change is always to the overwhelming advantage of richer, older players.
I'd love to move to lowsec after we're done with 0.0. First things first though.
If you wanna move away from structure grinding and towards the PvP aspect of things.
I was there, in fleet the other day with a few friends and we all started brain storming on ways we'd enjoy sov and the ability to make it less focused on structures and more focused on pvp.
What we came up with were player driven incursions.
You have alot of the code written and to implement it would be pretty cool.
Basically, we've got acceleration gates already that limit ship size. Now when an attacking force launches an incursion, they do so by planting the acceleration gates in systems which deploy a dead-space "flag" that needs to be defended or destroyed.
Each level of the player driven incursion allows for an attacking force to implement larger acceleration gates which would escalate an engagement.
Sov is now defended on a sliding scale (similar to incursions) where disruption happens, not to the level of incursions, but it's something that a defending force definitely wants to take part in and enjoys doing it.
This benefits everyone in null sec in that, when you defend the initial stages of an invasion, smaller alliances who are skilled with small gang warfare can do so and it benefits them.
In terms of resources such as moon-goo and the likes. This will still create reasons and things to fight over so I don't forsee stagnation happening. Rather, making player driven incursions on a sliding scale of who dominates a system and comes out more powerful in the end.
Things like defending the accelleration gates to make sure your fleet can get through to fight for the flag.
Less blob as you'd put a "size" limit (similar to wormholes) on the defending and attacking gates. These structures can be used in a manner like POS's where there's a password which a specific role is necessary to change (config starbase etc.) which keeps in line with the whole fun espionage of EVE.
You still need to "defend" the acceleration gate to get your fleet to the "flag".
By limiting the mass on the gate, you'll see decisions made where "hey, **** ahacs, lets do 200 rifters!"
Meanwhile, the opposing side if decided to do ahacs, would have to fend off 200 rifters with a fleet of something like 20 ahacs. Depending on the skill of the FC's, this could go either way.
EDIT: And in the system where the gates are, there would be different types of fleets fighting to try and kill off the "assault" fleets before they make it to the acceleration gate.
I think one of the components to my post was the sliding scale aspect of it and escalation of the encounter. Possibly I didn't explain the idea behind it much.
Basically, if an attacking alliance can win the first parts of the 'incursion', they would go into a new phase where they can then anchor/online/add larger gates that have greater mass allowances. Maybe they just get upgraded... I really don't know here.
ok, I'm gonna go on a brain storm here.
SBU's are replaced with acceleration gates, incursion style. So the mechanic of 51 percent of the system needs to be covered in order to start the incursion. Similar health, similar deals with these gates.
Ihubs/TCU's are replaced with a deadspace flag in a system that is only reachable by anchorable gates. Sov level determines how many gates a holding alliance can maintain in a system. Gates are anchored in a system as a pos structure (maybe?) outside etc... similar to jump bridges.
I posted more on k.com where I went into how systems are based on "levels"... Level 1 the attacker drops gates that are small forcing small fleet combat and the winner of each round decides if they want to keep upgrading gates or keep em small.
Super cap heavy organizations will want to upgrade, where smaller alliances who are good at small gang warfare can hold with small ships.
Logistics should be a weakness for larger organizations of players. It should avoid being tedious, but it should remain a major point of concern as size increases, and be one of the primary drawbacks of growing beyond a certain size.
Yet you nerf jumpbridges and therefore everyone ought to use gates and therefore there's no differentiation.
For further discussion. The best agents in the game should all be in nullsec, in keeping with the "richest area in the game" theme. There should be a clear margin of value for nullsec agents that acts as an enticement for mission runners to move there.
Except for agents in player 0.0 which is the majority of 0.0.
Groups running regular small fleets should find it pretty straightforward to move their base of operations. This allows them to "go where the action is", and allows any given part of the cluster to get a much more regular rotation of "local gangs", which in turn should lead to more combat variety for the average player on both sides of the fence (ie roaming groups and defense gangs).
Yet jump bridges got nerfed.
Smaller fleets should have some avenue via which they can have some impact on larger fleets, without just getting killed. There should be some sensible way to defend against this with some sensible amount of effort on the larger fleet's part. A smaller fleet should not feel that it simply has to run away from a larger one, but neither should it be able to have a disproportionate impact on a larger one.
Perhaps anytime there's a large number of ships in a grid there's some sort of 'gravity' effect that has the effect of pulling them all towards each other.
so in lets say 6 years from now on are you kidding me?
so all r&d agents are getting moved to 0.0 also cos other wise its just more pita. not fused about it being in empire or 0.0 as i live in 0.0. just increasing logistics for no real reason isnt what im after.
If 0.0 pilots are able to be selv sufficient, it's breaking the greater rules of acting together. That means every modern society depending on global rules of trade. But according to those ideas we are on the way back to the middelages.
I propose a different strategy: Make trade between hostiles in 0.0 possible so that the interconnection between all pilots is visible and has consequences.
Don't make logistics tedious. It takes more than enough time. We want shoot each other not preparing to shoot each other.
To remove permanent marker from a white board, simply scribble over it with a normal board marker - the oils in the board marker will react with the permanent marker "ink" and you'll be able to rub it off with a normal board cleaner, without the need to use special sprays / cleaners.
"I want my cake and eat it too."
Nobody gets to ruin EVE but us!
Does CCP have enough resources to actually implement any of them in a reasonable time frame?
Meaning, it's one thing to shift existing game features around (minerals, ice, agents, etc.) but some of the more interesting ideas have that "pie in the sky" aspect that would require serious re-work and would require a lot of follow up tweaks for balance and gameplay.
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Well, it all looks very impressive and encouraging, but, like you guys say, it's just a roadmap. It's a good roadmap, but that's only worth so much.
The real test of this will be how much bang for your buck you can get in how short a time. All the cool plans in the world don't mean a trit if nothing ever comes of them. Communication's good. Communication is part of what people want. Just remember that, more than anything, people want to see results.
Change something core. Something integral. Some vital thing which touches on everything else. Even if its impact is so far reaching you're not even sure if you can accurately judge what its impact will be. Worst comes to the worst you create chaos and alters the game like nothing else. But frankly? That might be just what this game needs right now.
Right now, you need change.
It should always be the case that inferior numbers can win with superior decision-making. Large fleets should be much less about who has the most ships and much more about who has the smartest commanders and sub-commanders.
àgood luck. For this to happen, you're going to need to implement a pretty sophisticated damage stacking penalty or equivalent mechanic, so you can actually have to apply your force tactically to get the most out of it. Otherwise, larger numbers = more DPS on target + more HP to chew through, and no amount of smarts will change that simple fact.
There must be a good reason to split your fire so people start doing that, and only then can it become a matter of how to split it intelligently.
Most excellent. I love this new direction.
edit: This is completely off topic but to remove permanent marker really easily.
Take your dry erase marker, color over the permanent entirely. Then when you erase it, it will come off. Try it, works wonders.
Are you removing ice from hi sec low sec--seems like it based on the above?
Really enjoyed this one, there are some great design guidelines in here. I look forward to the community discussion on these topics.
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I hope you will consult your drug visions with your CFO, because these changes will destroy all alt industry (manufacturing) corps which are located in hi sec. When you will implement these changes from my point of view I will pay you 180 eur instead of 2120 per year - this will mades your CFO very sad. Because I will cancel 7 of 8 my accounts which makes ISKs for 8th account which is pvp toon.


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hello, friends. i'm c from on-hand modern, a happiness-conscious blog where i write about making and making do with what's on hand.
i don't like shopping. (really.) and i don't like spending a lot of money.
"can i make this with what i have on hand?"
let's first address the issue of time.
an on-hand approach to sewing means you don't have to run to the store for supplies every time you get an itch to make something. you can start right now. you don't have to fight traffic, wait in line, drag a reluctant child/spouse down the notions aisle, stand paralyzed with indecision in front of rows and rows of multi-hued fabrics--you get the idea.
it also saves time by potentially cutting out time-consuming steps like pre-washing fabric and hemming, but more on that later.
now let's talk about cost.
sewing with what you have on hand is economical, as well as environmentally responsible. often it involves recycling and re-purposing an item you already own into something new, different, and beautiful.
let's consider some possible places to start when taking an on-hand approach to sewing.
old clothes are a great resource for free fabric and notions. before you donate an item or throw it away, consider whether you could turn the materials into something else. men's shirts can become toddler pants, for example. flannel pajamas can be transformed into party favor bags. embellishments and buttons can be removed from old clothing and used for other projects--i once cut the drawstring out of a pair of worn-out pants and used it to make a crown for my daughter's birthday. think outside the box. sewing with what you have on hand gives you the chance to get really creative.
of course, there will be times when shopping for sewing supplies, including fabric, is necessary. just make sure that when you cut the fabric you save the scraps, which can be used for a variety of future projects. (beanbags and bookmarks are a couple i've blogged.) you'd be surprised at the possibilities--click here for a whole series of ideas from crafty contributors around the world.
and that's it. my humble contribution to the sewing 101 series here on PSC. thanks, chris, for inviting me to participate! i hope your readers will share some of their own creative ideas for sourcing supplies and sewing with what's on hand.
Thank you, C. Your thoughts on using what you have on-hand really got me thinking as well. Check out on-hand modern. You'll be glad you did.
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Göran Petersson (ur. 2 lipca 1942 w Göteborgu) – szwedzki żeglarz, działacz sportowy.

W ciągu kariery zawodniczej był medalistą (w tym raz złotym) mistrzostw Szwecji w klasie 505. Działacz szwedzkiej federacji żeglarskiej, sędzia na wielu zawodach międzynarodowych; w latach 1994–2004 był wiceprezesem Międzynarodowej Federacji Żeglarskiej (ISAF), w listopadzie 2004 został wybrany na prezesa ISAF (zastąpił Kanadyjczyka Hendersona).

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Devotion to Mary / Devotion to Mary is Recommended
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"Honor your father and your mother" (Ex. 20:12)
"Trust Mary, implore her aid." (Pope Leo XIII)
"Mary is our sure way to Christ." (Pope St. Pius X)
"Mary...is the surest means of leading souls to Jesus." (Pope Pius XII)
"He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost." (St. Ignatius of Antioch)
"Happy is he who lives and dies under the protection of the Blessed Virgin." (St. John Vianney)
"We ought to love the Blessed Virgin very much." (St. John Vianney)
"Pray to her that she may give you the strength to follow him to the end with faith." (Pope Pius XII)
"All the saints have a great devotion to Our Lady" (St. John Vianney)
"...all know how much more sure is our salvation if we serve the Mother of God" (Muller)
"With what ardor ought we to honor Mary, in whom was set all the fullness of good!" (St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church)
"Love Our Lady and make her loved. Recite the Rosary and recite it always and as much as you can." [St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), two days before his death]
"[D]evotion to the Virgin Mother of God [is] a sign of 'predestination' according to the opinion of holy men" (Pope Pius XII, "Mediator Dei", 1947)
"To be devout to you, O holy Virgin, is an arm of salvation which God gives to those whom He wishes to save" (St. John Damascene, Doctor of the Church)
"Those who lack the faith are to recommended particularly to Mary as a means to finding Christ, the Son of God." (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)
"I have never read of any saint who did not have a special devotion to the glorious Virgin" (St. Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church, 13th century A.D.)
"If you persevere until death in true devotion to Mary, your salvation is certain." (St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church)
"The faithful also cherish the firm belief, supported by long experience, that all those who seek Mary's protection will be saved for all eternity." (Pope Benedict XV)
"If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you." (St. John Vianney)
"There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary, and asking her assistance." (St. Bridget of Sweden)
"When you want to offer anything to God, take care to offer it by the most agreeable and worthy hands of Mary, unless you wish to have it rejected." (St. Bernard, Doctor of the Church)
"The mightiest helper of the Christian people, and the most merciful, is the Virgin Mother of God. How fitting it is to accord her honor ever increasing in splendor." (Pope Leo XIII)
"Let all, with humble prayer and entreaty, implore of God, through the intercession of Mary... We know, indeed, from experience that such prayer, born of charity and trust in the Virgin, has never been in vain." (Pope St. Pius X)
"When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant." (St. John Vianney)
"What honor, what loves does not our Lord oblige us to render her, since He has filled her with the plentitude of all good in such a way that, if we have some chance of salvation, we have it all from Mary." (St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church)
"To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor one can possibly possess, for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern." (St. John of Damascus, Doctor of the Church)
"Mary will assist us if we but call upon her. There is not a single unhappy soul or sinner in the world who calls upon Mary who is left without mercy. Anyone who invokes her will have the wounds of his soul healed." (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)
"Devotion to Mary will make possible in you a better understanding of Christ and a more intense union with his mysteries. You will receive Christ from his mother's arms and she will allow you to love him and imitate him." (Pope Pius XII)
"Fly with greater confidence to the Mother of God. There the Christian people have always sought chief refuge at the hour of danger, because 'she has been constituted the cause of salvation for the whole human race.' (St. Irenaeus)" (Pope Pius XII)
"Poor abandoned sinners, do not despair! Raise your eyes to Mary and be comforted, trusting in the clemency of this good Mother. For she will rescue you from the shipwreck you have suffered and conduct you to the haven of salvation." (St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church)
"Let us take as our mediatrix with God the most glorious Virgin Mary, the invincible Queen of the Rosary, Who has such great power over the forces of hell, and has so many times made Italy feel the effects of Her maternal love." (Pope Leo XIII, "Dall'alto Dell'apostolico Seggio", 1890)
"Can. 1276 It is good and useful suppliantly to invoke the Servants of God reigning together with Christ and to venerate their relics and images; but before the others, all the faithful shall follow the Blessed Virgin Mary with filial devotion." (1917 Code of Canon Law)
"It is well known that we have taken advantage of every opportunity - through personal audiences and radio broadcasts - to exhort Our children in Christ to a strong and tender love, as becomes children, for Our most gracious and exalted Mother." (Pope Pius XII, "Ad Caeli Reginam", 1954)
"Take shelter under our Lady's mantle, and do not fear. She will give you all you need. She is very rich, and besides is so very generous with her children. So take advantage without fear and with complete confidence, whenever you need anything. She loves giving." (St. Raphaela Mary)
"I believe that anyone who wishes to be devout and live piously in Jesus will suffer persecution and will have a daily cross to carry. But he will never manage to carry a heavy cross, or carry it joyfully and perseveringly, with out a trusting devotion to our Lady, who is the very sweetness of the cross." (St. Louis de Montfort)
"It seems unbelievable that a man should perish in whose favor Christ said to His Mother: 'Behold thy son' - provided that he has not turned a deaf ear to the words which Christ addressed to him: 'Behold thy Mother.'" (St. Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church)
"Nothing seems more appropriate and valuable to us than to have the prayers of the whole Christian family rise to the Mother of God, who is invoked as the Queen of Peace, begging her to pour forth abundant gifts of her maternal goodness in the midst of so many great trials and hardships." (Pope Paul VI)
"Thus the Faithful of every age, both in public misfortune and in private need, turn in supplication to Mary...so that she may come to their aid and grant help and remedy against sorrows of body and soul. And never was her most powerful aid hoped for in vain by those who besought it with pious and trustful prayer." (Pope Pius XI, "Ingravescentibus Malis", 1937)
"Thou wouldst have pardon? Fly to the Mother for protection, for she holds on her lap the Infinite Fountain of Mercy. Often bend thy knee before her, and with hopeful love salute her thus: Hail! Full of Grace! As thou of old didst feed thy Jesus and stay his infant tears; so now, dear mother, appease him angered by our sins." [From ancient Roman-French Missal (Liturgical Year)]
"If thou fearest that on account of thy faults God in His anger will be avenged, what hast thou to do? Go, have recourse to Mary, who is the hope of sinners; and, if thou fearest that she may refuse to take thy part, know that she cannot do so, for God Himself has imposed on her the duty of succoring the miserable." (St. Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church)
"Let all, therefore, try to approach with greater trust the throne of grace and mercy of our Queen and Mother, and beg for strength in adversity, light in darkness, consolation in sorrow; above all let them strive to free themselves from the slavery of sin and offer an unceasing homage, filled with filial loyalty, to their Queenly Mother." (Pope Pius XII, "Ad Caeli Reginam", 1954)
"God could have given us the Redeemer of the human race and the founder of the Faith in another way than through the Virgin, but since divine Providence has been pleased that we should have the man-God through Mary, who conceived him by the Holy Ghost and bore him in her womb, it only remains for us to receive Christ through the hands of Mary." (Pope St. Pius X)
"Love for Mary, [St.] Maximilian states, is the simplest and easiest way to sanctify ourselves, fulfilling our Christian vocation. The love of which he speaks is certainly not a superficial sentimentalism, but it is a generous commitment, it is a giving of the whole person, as he himself showed us with his life of evangelical fidelity right up to his heroic death." (Pope John Paul II)
"While Peter has the keys of heaven, Mary has the key to God's heart; while Peter binds and looses, Mary also binds with the chains of love and looses with the gift of pardon. While Peter is the guardian and the minister of indulgences, Mary is the generous and wise treasurer of God's favors. 'He who desires grace and does not have recourse to Mary, desires to fly without wings.' (Dante)" (Pope Pius XII)
"Can. 1186 To foster the sanctification of the people of God, the Church commends to the special and filial veneration of Christ's faithful the Blessed Mary ever-Virgin, the Mother of God, whom Christ constituted the Mother of all. The Church also promotes the true and authentic cult of the other Saints, by whose example the faithful are edified and by whose intercession they are supported." (1983 Code of Canon Law)
"If devotion to the most holy Virgin Mary is necessary to all men simply for working out their salvation, it is still more so for those who are called to any special perfection; and I do not think anyone can actually acquire an intimate union with Our Lord and a perfect fidelity to the Holy Ghost without a very great union with the most holy Virgin, and a great dependence on her assistance." (St. Louis Marie de Montfort)
"God gave her all the immense graces necessary to make her the perfect Mother of God, but He also gave her all the graces, the tenderness, the love necessary to be our most perfect and loving Mother. No mother on earth ever loved a child as Our Blessed Lady loves us. Therefore, in all our troubles and sorrows, let us go to Our Blessed Lady with unbounded confidence." (Fr. O'Sullivan)
"The Catholic Church, schooled by the Holy Ghost, has always most diligently professed, not only to venerate Mary most devoutly as the Mother of the Lord and Redeemer, the Queen of heaven and earth, but also to honor her with filial affection as the most loving Mother who was left to her with the last words of her dying Spouse." (Pope Benedict XIV)
"Rest assured that the more you turn to Mary in your prayers, meditations, actions and sufferings, seeing her if not perhaps clearly and distinctly, at least in a general and indistinct way, the more surely you will discover Jesus. For he is far greater, more powerful, more active, and more mysterious when acting through Mary than he is in any other creature in the universe, or even in heaven." (St. Louis de Montfort)
"The Lord, the apostles, and the prophets have taught us that we must venerate in the first place the Holy Mother of God, who is above all the heavenly powers. If anyone does not confess that the holy, ever virgin Mary, really and truly the Mother of God, is higher than all creatures visible and invisible, and does not implore with a sincere faith her intercession, given her powerful access to our God born of her, let him be anathema." (Second Council of Nicaea)
"This storm of evils, in the midst of which the Church struggles so strenuously, reveals to all her pious children the holy duty whereto they are bound to pray to God with instance, and the manner in which they may give to their prayers the greater power. Faithful to the religious example of our fathers, let us have recourse to Mary, our holy Sovereign. Let us entreat, let us beseech, with one heart, Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, our Mother." (Pope Leo XIII, "Octobri Mense", 1891)
"All our perfection consists in being conformed, united, and consecrated to Jesus Christ; and therefore the most perfect of all devotions is, without any doubt, that which most perfectly conforms, unites, and consecrates us to Jesus Christ. Now, Mary being the most conformed of all creatures to Jesus Christ, it follows that of all devotions, that which most consecrates and conforms the soul to our Lord is devotion to His holy Mother, and that the more a soul is consecrated to Mary, the more it is consecrated to Jesus." (St. Louis de Montfort)
"What can I say of her whom earth and heaven cease not to praise, though never as her merits deserve? May you believe beyond all doubt that, as she is higher and better and more holy than all human mothers, so she is more gracious and tender toward every sinner who turns to her. Cease, therefore, every sinful desire and, prostrate before her, pour out your tears from a humble and contrite heart. You will find her, I surely promise you, more ready than any earthly mother and more lenient in her love for you." (Pope St. Gregory VII, 1074 A.D.)
"During periods of stress and trial - chiefly when every lawlessness of act seems permitted to the powers of darkness - it has been the custom in the Church to plead with special fervor and perseverance to God, her author and protector, by recourse to the intercession of the saints - and chiefly of the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God - whose patronage has ever been the most efficacious. The fruit of these pious prayers and of the confidence reposed in the Divine goodness, has always, sooner or later, been made apparent." (Pope Leo XIII, "Quamquam Pluries", 1889)
"When Mary interposes her powerful protection, the gates of hell cannot prevail. She, in fact, is the most loving and most powerful Mother of God, and of us all, and never was it heard that anyone has had suppliant recourse to her and has not experienced her most efficacious protection. Continue, therefore, as you have been doing, to venerate her with fervent piety, and to love her ardently and to invoke her with these words which you have been accustomed to address to her: 'To you alone has it been given O most holy and most pure Mother of God, unfailingly to have your petitions ever answered.'" (Pope Pius XII)
"I consider it impossible then for those who believe the Church to be one vast body in heaven and earth, in which every holy creature of God has his place, and of which prayer is the life, when once they recognize the sanctity and dignity of the blessed Virgin, not to perceive immediately, that her office above is one of perpetual intercession for the faithful militant, and that our very relation to her must be that of clients to a patron, and that, in the eternal enmity which exists between the woman and the serpent [that is, Satan], while the serpent's strength lies in being the tempter, the weapon of the second Eve and Mother of God is prayer." (Cardinal Newman)
"I answer that, Since latria is due to God alone, it is not due to a creature so far as we venerate a creature for its own sake. For though insensible creatures are not capable of being venerated for their own sake, yet the rational creature is capable of being venerated for its own sake. Consequently the worship of latria is not due to any mere rational creature for its own sake. Since, therefore, the Blessed Virgin is a mere rational creature, the worship of latria is not due to her, but only that of dulia: but in a higher degree than to other creatures, inasmuch as she is the Mother of God. For this reason we say that not any kind of dulia is due to her, but hyperdulia." (St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church and "greatest theologian in the history of the Church")
"... many others have proved invincibly, from the sentiments of the Fathers (among others, St. Augustine, St. Ephrem, deacon of Edessa, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Germanus of Constantinople, St. John Damascene, St. Anselm, St. Bernard, St. Bernardine, St. Thomas and St. Bonaventure), that devotion to our Blessed Lady is necessary to salvation, and that...it is an infallible mark of reprobation to have no esteem and love for the holy Virgin; while on the other hand, it is an infallible mark of predestination to be entirely and truly devoted to her." (St. Louis Marie de Montfort)
"Before such splendor of virtue, the first duty of all those who recognize in the Mother of Christ the model of the Church, is to unite themselves to her in giving thanks to the Most High for working great things in Mary for the benefit of all mankind. But this is not enough. It is also the duty of all the faithful to pay as tribute to the most faithful handmaid of the Lord, a veneration of praise, of gratitude and of love because, by a wise and mild divine provision, her free consent and her generous cooperation in the designs of God had, and still have, a great influence in the attainment of human salvation. Therefore every Christian must make St. Anselm's prayer his own: 'Oh, glorious Lady, grant that through you we may deserve to ascend to Jesus, your Son, who through you deigned to descend among us.'" (Pope Paul VI, 1967 A.D.)
"[W]ho will not see that we have with good reason claimed for Mary that - as the constant companion of Jesus from the house at Nazareth to the height of Calvary, as beyond all others initiated to the secrets of his Heart, and as the distributor, by right of her Motherhood, of the treasures of His merits, - she is, for all these reasons, a most sure and efficacious assistance to us for arriving at the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ. Those, alas! furnish us by their conduct with a peremptory proof of it, who seduced by the wiles of the demon or deceived by false doctrines think they can do without the help of the Virgin. Hapless are they who neglect Mary under pretext of the honor to be paid to Jesus Christ! As if the Child could be found elsewhere than with the Mother!" (Pope St. Pius X, "Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum", 1904)
"Just as in natural and bodily generation there is a father and a mother, so in the supernatural and spiritual generation there is a father who is God and a mother who is Mary. All true children of God have God for their father and Mary for their mother; anyone who does not have Mary for his mother, does not have God for his father. This is why the reprobate, such as heretics and schismatics, who hate, despise or ignore the Blessed Virgin, do not have God for their father though they arrogantly claim they have, because they do not have Mary for their mother. Indeed if they had her for their mother they would love and honor her as good and true children naturally love and honor the mother who gave them life. An infallible and unmistakable sign by which we can distinguish a heretic, a man of false doctrine, an enemy of God, from one of God's true friends is that the heretic and the hardened sinner show nothing but contempt and indifference for our Lady." (St. Louis Marie de Montfort)
"When we present anything to Jesus by ourselves, and relying on our own efforts and dispositions, Jesus examines the offering, and often rejects it because of the stains it has contracted through self-love, just as of old He rejected the sacrifices of the Jews when they were full of their own will. But when we present Him anything by the pure and virginal hands of His well-beloved, we take Him by His weak side, if it is allowable to use such a term. He does not consider so much the thing that is given Him as the Mother who presents it. He does not consider so much whence the offering comes, as by whom it comes. Thus Mary, who is never repelled but always well received by her Son, makes everything she presents to Him, great or small, acceptable to His Majesty. Mary has but to present it for Jesus to accept it and be pleased with it." (St. Louis Marie de Montfort)
"Let all the children of the Catholic Church, who are so very dear to us, hear these words of ours. With a still more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers, difficulties, needs, doubts and fears. Under her guidance, under her patronage, under her kindness and protection, nothing is to be feared; nothing is hopeless. Because, while bearing toward us a truly motherly affection and having in her care the work of our salvation, she is solicitous about the whole human race. And since she has been appointed by God to be the Queen of heaven and earth, and is exalted above all the choirs of angels and saints, and even stands at the right hand of her only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, she presents our petitions in a most efficacious manner. What she asks, she obtains. Her pleas can never be unheard." (Pope Pius IX, "Ineffabilis Deus", 1854)
"Among the saints in heaven the Virgin Mary Mother of God is venerated in a special way. Because of the mission she received from God, her life is most closely linked with the mysteries of Jesus Christ, and there is no one who has followed in the footsteps of the Incarnate Word more closely and with more merit than she: and no one has more grace and power over the most Sacred Heart of the Son of God and through Him with the Heavenly Father. Holier than the Cherubim and Seraphim, she enjoys unquestionably greater glory than all the other saints, for she is 'full of grace,' she is the Mother of God, who happily gave birth to the Redeemer for us. Since she is therefore, 'Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope,' let us all cry to her 'mourning and weeping in this vale of tears,' and confidently place ourselves and all we have under her patronage. She became our Mother also when the divine Redeemer offered the sacrifice of Himself; and hence by this title also, we are her children. She teaches us all the virtues; she gives us her Son and with Him all the help we need, for God 'wished us to have everything through Mary.'" (Pope Pius XII, "Mediator Dei", 1947)
"In Mary we see how a truly good and provident God has established for us a most suitable example of every virtue. As we look upon her and think about her we are not cast down as though stricken by the overpowering splendor of God's power; but, on the contrary, attracted by the closeness of the common nature we share with her, we strive with greater confidence to imitate her. If we, with her powerful help, should dedicate ourselves wholly and entirely to this undertaking, we can portray at least an outline of such great virtue and sanctity, and reproducing that perfect conformity of our lives to all God's designs which she possessed in so marvelous a degree, we shall follow her into heaven. Undaunted and full of courage, let us go on with the pilgrimage we have undertaken even though the way be rough and full of obstacles. Amid the vexation and toil let us not cease to hold out suppliant hands to Mary with the words of the Church: 'To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears; turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us...Keep our lives all spotless, make our ways secure, till we find in Jesus joys that will endure.'" (Pope Leo XIII, "Magnae Dei Matris", 1892)
"And you, Venerable Brethren, - the more you have at heart the honor of Mary, and the welfare of human society, the more diligently apply yourselves to nourish the piety of the people towards the great Virgin, and to increase their confidence in her. We believe it to be part of the designs of Providence that, in these times of trial for the Church, the ancient devotion to the august Virgin should live and flourish amid the greatest part of the Christian world. May now the Christian nations, excited by Our exhortations, and inflamed by your appeals, seek the protection of Mary with an ardor growing greater day by day; let them cling more and more to the practice of the Rosary, to that devotion which our ancestors were in the habit of practicing, not only as an ever-ready remedy for their misfortunes, but as a whole badge of Christian piety. The heavenly Patroness of the human race will receive with joy these prayers and supplications, and will easily obtain that the good shall grow in virtue, and that the erring should return to salvation and repent; and that God who is the avenger of crime, moved to mercy and pity may deliver Christendom and civil society from all dangers, and restore to them peace so much desired." (Pope Leo XIII, "Supremi Apostolatus Officio", 1883 A.D.)
"In her Revelations, St. Bridget of Sweden quotes the Blessed Mother as saying: 'The people of earth have need of a triple mercy: sorrow for their sins, penance to atone for them, and strength to do good.' And Mary promised these mercies to all who would call upon her. As the Son shows the Father the wounds He received in saving man in the Battle of Calvary, so Mary shows the body pierced with seven swords in the same Siege against Sin. No sinner in the world is beyond the hope of redemption; no one is so cursed that he cannot obtain pardon if he but calls on Mary. It is necessary to be in the state of sanctifying grace to be saved, but it is not necessary to be in the state of grace to call on Mary. As she was the representative of sinful humanity who gave consent to the Redemption, so she is still the representative of those who are not yet in the sate of friendship with God. It is easy for the brothers of Christ to call on the Father, but it is not easy for the strangers and the enemies. This role Mary plays. She is not only the Mother of those who are not in the state of grace but also the Queen of those who are not. The true name of Satan is 'Without Mercy' (Hos. 1:6,8), one whose nature cannot ask for pardon. He first tries to convince a soul that evil is not evil; then, when evil is done, he tries to convince it that there is no hope. Thus does presumption beget despair. Satan refuses the humiliation of pardon both for himself and for others, but Mary asks pardon even for those who, as agents of Satan, would recrucify her Son. Her name is the antithesis of Satan: 'One who has received Mercy' (Hos. 2:1), and therefore one who dispenses it." (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)
"Mary...is interpreted to mean 'Star of the Sea.' This admirably befits the Virgin Mother. There is indeed a wonderful appropriateness in this comparison of her with a star, because as a star sends out its rays without harm to itself, so did the Virgin bring forth her Child without injury to her integrity. And as the ray does not diminish the rightness of the star, so neither did the Child born of her tarnish the beauty of Mary's virginity. She is therefore that glorious star, which, as the prophet said, arose out of Jacob, whose ray enlightens the whole earth, whose splendor shines out for all to see in heaven and reaches even unto hell... She, I say, is that shining and brilliant star, so much needed, set in place above life's great and spacious sea, glittering with merits, all aglow with examples for our imitation. Oh, whosoever thou art that perceiveth thyself during this mortal existence to be rather drifting in treacherous waters, at the mercy of the winds and the waves, than walking on firm ground, turn not away thine eyes from the splendor of this guiding star, unless thou wish to be submerged by the storm! When the storms to temptation burst upon thee, when thou seest thyself driven upon the rocks of tribulation, look at the star, call upon Mary. When buffeted by the billows of pride, or ambition, or hatred, or jealousy, look at the star, call upon Mary. Should anger, or avarice, or fleshly desire violently assail the frail vessel of thy soul, look at the star, call upon Mary. If troubled on account of the heinousness of thy sins, distressed at the filthy state of thy conscience, and terrified at the thought of the awful judgment to come, thou art beginning to sink into the bottomless gulf of sadness and to be swallowed in the abyss of despair, then think of Mary. In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name leave thy lips, never suffer it to leave thy heart. And that thou mayest more surely obtain the assistance of her prayer, see that thou dost walk in her footsteps. With her for guide, thou shalt never go astray; whilst invoking her, thou shalt never lose heart; so long as she is in thy mind, thou shalt not be deceived; whilst she holds thy hand, thou canst not fall; under her protection, thou hast nothing to fear; if she walks before thee, thou shalt not grow weary; if she shows thee favor, thou shalt reach the goal" (St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church)
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benefited from a perfect storm of low mortgage rates spurring increased mortgage activity; foreclosure moratorium pushing out losses and reserves alike; and massive government capital backing. The question going forward is can earnings outpace losses?
If the economy and housing have indeed bottomed and new loan defaults have peaked then perhaps the banks will do very well. But if Q1 was more of an 'eye of the storm' then can banks — relying upon consumers and business — out earn the losses at a time when consumers and businesses are experiencing increased balance sheet stress.
The following charts show why some banks may out earn their residential credit losses in Q1. But it is not about what happened in Q1 with the mortgage lender-banks and housing – it's about going forward. Judging from the hard data over the past several month's, real estate and mortgage have in fact been the eye of a storm that carries us from the Subprime Implosion to the overall Mortgage and Housing Implosion.
Monthly foreclosures at 1.5 year low…for now - the chart below shows actual CA monthly residential foreclosures for the past two years. As you can see, foreclosures — that result is significant losses especially in the bubble states — were down considerably due to gov't intervention and bank/GSE specific moratoria. This will keep losses at a minimum for Q1. If banks chose to reserve based upon these temporary conditions in Q1, then that may benefit their bottom line. But foreclosures are a lagging indicator.


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Is User Generated Content the trend that delivers?
For a generation that isn't sold on brand loyalty, crowbarred brand stories or constantly changing trends, is user generated content (UGC) the way to truly attain engagement?
A recent study suggests that 50% of millennials trust UGC more than other media, while 35% believe it is more memorable than other media. It seems that this style of content works like a snowball gathering pace, pulling more and more audiences into brand communities.
For those new to the concept of UGC, it is media content that's generated by your peers. It can include anything from blogs to tweets to video that is created organically by users. It initially became popular around 2005, and over the last decade has grown significantly in terms of users and uses. Brands are increasingly harnessing UGC to target and relate to their audiences, as it is dynamic content that can strengthen a brand's community, putting trust in the customers' voices to relate to more customers and further afield.
There are some great brands using UGC for their marketing and brand awareness. Think Coca-Cola and their #shareacoke campaign. This personalised campaign gathered so much traction that it saw a 2% increase in sales, driving 100 million extra daily servings through 500,000 shared photos. The campaign was even able to claim Instagram's most liked post with 5.6 million likes and counting, using Selena Gomez and a traditional personalised Coke bottle.
when your lyrics are on the bottle ? #ad
A photo posted by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Jun 25, 2016 at 2:03pm PDT
Another brand at the forefront of the UGC generation is GoPro, whose marketing strategy is heavily reliant on this form of content. With around 6,000 videos posted online each day, GoPro has a plethora of content to play with. As Adam Dornbusch, GoPro's Senior Director, states "We get users to submit content and are able to distribute it to as many people as we can over the world… They are using their [cameras to capture] their greatest passion." UGC certainly works for GoPro, creating a community where everyone shares content, helping GoPro grow as a company and in its ability to reach further audiences. Here is the GroPro 2015 Year in Review shot completely on their product. Be a hero.
To help them build further brand awareness, ice cream brand Magnum used UGC to propel their London summer campaign, focusing on the brands pop-up 'Pleasure Store' on South Molton Street. Magnum was able to gather significant data to back up the reach of UGC. 67% of the target audience were reached and 75% of UGC outperformed brand creative across attitudinal brand metrics, with more than 7,000 UGC photos in 60 days. Zoe Eungblut, Global Senior Digital Brand Manager at Magnum, echoes these stats by saying, "Consumer-generated images can perform better than our brand creative and can be considered a viable option for content assets to generate high engagement on site and drive repeat traffic." I feel I can vouch for the reach of Magnums' UGC, as it is something that persuaded me to visit Magnum's Pleasure Store myself.
Woah @magnumldn tastebuds are blown ?? #icecream #london #magnum #foodie #foodporn
A photo posted by chrisnoone (@chrisnoone) on Jul 14, 2016 at 1:13pm PDT
At Underscore, we found user generated content to significantly increase engagement as part of our social media strategy for Brighton Pier. In the immersion stage of our project, findings showed that #brightonpier generated over 110,000 posts on Instagram, so we've shaped our social media strategy around utilising this content and incentivising the audience. By implementing a content plan that is 70% UGC driven, we have increased engagement rates by 363% on Instagram and reach by 481% on Facebook, generating over 11 million monthly impressions.
So why is it that user generated content is so engaging? The answer is simple… From a consumer point of view, it is instantly relatable to you. You can see those moments, those experiences, and put yourself there. Meanwhile, for a brand UGC gives the customer the opportunity to create their own story, which brands can then utilise to build their communities. Brand engagement with UGC can also incentivise the audience, which encourages sharing and allows brands to further amplify their reach.