Remember a couple of weeks ago (week 4 to be exact) where I didn't have the best week on IP? You would think I'd learn my lesson, but I didn't. My 6th week was full of not so little cheats and was definitely not rewarded for them.
I hate to admit this, but I lost perspective and focus last week when it came down to choosing what would go from my hands to my stomach. Again, I let my cravings and excuses take over instead of staying strong and doing what I knew was right.
I also didn't do my products correctly. A couple of those days I had 2 restricted products a day instead of just 1. I also skipped vitamins and IP products in general. All in all, I wish I could have a do over of week 6.
Thinking back, one of the reasons why I let myself slip (yes, let myself. those were all my choices. No one forced me to do any of them) this week was because I had a big week the week before, In my mind I knew that I might not have a big difference on the scale. I let that justify my actions. That's setting a very dangerous precedent and wasting time.
After I ate that cheeseburger and french fries, I immediately felt sick. I was sick the rest of the day. It was like there was a balloon expanding in my gut. I hated it. The feeling of hate wasn't toward myself, but directed toward the way I felt. The progress "a-ha!" moment came when I realized that was the way I used to feel all the time. That was what normal was a month and a half ago. How much have I missed out on because I was eating bad-for-me food all the time?
I'm better than that. Now, I know how bad cheeseburgers and french fries paired together make me feel and they are the absolute last thing that I want. I think that's major progress! Sometimes you have to fail in order to be better.
There were also a few factors leading into this weigh in. Normally I weigh in early in the morning. This week I weighed in late afternoon a day early. I weigh myself at home pretty regularly (in the mornings of course) and my personal scale told me that I'd lost 2lbs. I asked Brittany if what I saw that morning could count as my official number! You'll be reading a very different weekly weigh in post come next week. I'm motivated, determined, and focused. No more wasting time. No more caving to temptations because the food is there.


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Ron Howard Talks Size and Scope of F1 Racing Drama RUSH; Gives Update on New ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Episodes and Movie
by Christina Radish January 25, 2012
As part of Canon's Project Imagin8ion campaign, two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard and daughter Bryce Dallas Howard made a film inspired by eight user-generated photos, called when you find me, that will be screened later this week at the Sundance Film Festival. Alternating between the past and present, the short is an emotional fable of two people coping with loss in very different ways, and what it takes to find peace within yourself and reconciliation with the ones you love.
While we will run what he had to say about the short later, we wanted to share what Howard had to say about the film he's currently working on, as well as a highly anticipated upcoming project that he has in the works. During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, the filmmaker talked about his approach on Rush, which focuses on the 1970's rivalry between Austrian Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) and British driver James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth), and how he's hoping to bring the speed and danger of the Formula One racing world to the big screen. He also talked about the status of Arrested Development and how, even though there's no specific start date or release date, show creator Mitch Hurwitz is hard at work on some hilarious and outrageous ideas for 10 episodes that will lead up to a feature film. Check out what he had to say after the jump:
Question: Back in October, producer Brian Oliver told Collider that Rush is definitely going to have some exciting photography and do things that have never been seen before. What are you hoping to do visually with the film, to capture the speed and feeling of the Formula One races?
RON HOWARD: Well, it's based on a true story and it's centered around the 1976 Formula One race season. It operates on so many different levels that I really need to use the medium, in pre-production, production and post-production, to try to immerse the audiences in that world. It's such a fascinating, sexy, dangerous time. So, while Peter Morgan has written the script, and it's emotional, funny and character-driven, first and foremost, I think that the sense of the time, the place, the world, the speed and the danger of it, is all going to be made so much more possible, due to the range of options that technology is giving me, as a filmmaker.
It's also allowing me to make the movie for a much more reasonable price. It's not an inexpensive film, but for the scope and scale and what we're going to be able to present to audiences, I think we're doing it very, very efficiently. It's basically an independent film. In the places where we're really trying to capture the feeling of Grand Prix racing, I think we're going to get something really unique and cool, effective, honest and authentic out there.
What is the status of Arrested Development? Do you have any idea when you might actually film that, and are you excited that it's finally going to happen?
HOWARD: There's not a specific start date, but Mitch Hurwitz is definitely working to quickly get it all underway. I don't want to burden him with any release dates, but I know he's well underway and it's something he's been thinking about a lot, over the previous year. It's a huge challenge 'cause we're talking about 10 episodes, or almost character studies, individually featuring various characters from the Bluth family and showing where they are now and updating audiences, as we build to what we eventually expect and hope will be a movie. So, we need to re-acclimate everybody, and I think he's got some hilarious idea about where these characters are in the world now, four or five years later, what they've been up to, what their frame of mind is now, and how they relate to each other. It's pretty hilarious, outrageous stuff. Mitch is really enjoying delving back into the Bluth family.
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Tyler S. O'Dell, of Greenwood
September 19, 2018 Glenn Leaman Obituaries 0
GREENWOOD: Tyler S. O'Dell, 27, of County Route 60, Christian Hollow Road, passed away unexpectedly Sept. 13, in McMechen, W.V.
Tyler was born June 25, 1991 in Hornell to Rick and Julie (Updyke) O'Dell. He had been employed as a laborer working on gas pipelines for the Otis Eastern Gas, Co. in Wellsville, N.Y.
Tyler attended Jasper-Troupsburg Central School where he actively played soccer and baseball. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing with his family and friends and was a big fan of the Green Bay Packers, N.Y. Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tyler had an infectious smile that brought warmth and happiness to those who knew him and though his presents will be missed, he will- forever be in the hearts of those who knew
and loved him.
Tyler is survived by two sons: Braxton and Grayson O'Dell and their mother Kristen Pierce all of Canisteo, his mother Julie Updyke-Hulsey of Greenwood, a brother Cody O'Dell (Alisha Wheater) of Harrison Valley, Pa., nephew Everett O'Dell and niece Alanis O'Dell, step-father Steve Hulsey of Phoenix, AZ. maternal grandparents Jerry and Joanne Updyke of Greenwood, as well as aunts, uncles and several cousins.
Tyler was predeceased by his father Rick O'Dell, a sister Tiara O'Dell, his paternal grandparents Wilbur and Hazel O'Dell.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 pm Friday and 2-3 pm Saturday at the H.P. Smith & Son, Inc. Funeral Home, 29 East Main St. Canisteo, where a memorial service will take place immediately following calling hours Saturday at 3:00 pm. Burial and committal services will be in Jasper Cemetery.
A special fund has been established for Tyler's sons Braxton and Grayson. Those wishing may make checks/donations to: The O'Dell Trust, c/o Citizens and Northern Bank, 6250 County Route 64, Hornell, N.Y. 14843.
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In Defense of Unification (Comments on West and Koch's review of *Causality*)
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A new review of my book *Causality* (Pearl, 2009) has appeared in the Journal of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), authored by Stephen West and Tobias Koch (W-K). See http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/BOOK-2K/west-koch-review2014.pdf
I find the main body of the review quite informative, and I thank the reviewers for taking the time to give SEM readers an accurate summary of each chapter, as well as a lucid description of the key ideas that tie the chapters together. However, when it comes to accepting the logical conclusions of the book, the reviewers seem reluctant, and tend to cling to traditions that lack the language, tools and unifying perspective to benefit from the chapters reviewed.
The reluctance culminates in the following paragraph:
"We value Pearl's framework and his efforts to show that other frameworks can be translated into his approach. Nevertheless we believe that there is much to be gained by also considering the other major approaches to causal inference."
W-K seem to value my "efforts" toward unification, but not the unification itself, and we are not told whether they doubt the validity of the unification, or whether they doubt its merits.
Or do they accept the merits and still see "much to be gained" by pre-unification traditions? If so, what is it that can be gained by those traditions and why can't these gains be achieved within the unified framework presented in *Causality*?
In their explanation of why they do not embrace the unification whole-heartedly, they seem to be speaking about another book entirely, not the one I have written. In their words:
"[In Pearl's framework] there are relatively few unknown causal influences in the system, the units tend to be homogeneous, causal effects are assumed to be stable across settings and time, and levels of treatments can be set to specified values as reflected in the do(x) operator…."
This description would come as a total surprise to readers of *Causality*, because none of the listed shortcomings apply to the methods described in the book, as I will soon elaborate, and as would be attested by anyone who tries to solve concrete problems using several alternative methods. To the best of my knowledge, chapter 7 of *Causality* (especially pages 231-234) is still the only text available in which concrete problems are solved side by side in both the structural and potential outcome approaches. I invite readers to examine, for example, the smoking-tar-cancer story on page 83 of *Causality* and determine, using "other major approaches" whether the effect of smoking on cancer can be estimated from the assumed model. It is a simple example, only a few lines of text, but truly instructive; Heckman and Pinto (2014) have labored over 20 full pages trying to fit and solve it within "traditional econometrics" See Econometric Theory, doi:10.1017/S026646661400022X
Thus, can the statement "much to be gained by other major approaches" be defended without trying out those approaches on concrete examples?
I assume W-K reached their first conclusion (that the structural approach assumes few unknown causal influences) by counting variables in the examples illustrated in *Causality* and comparing them to the hundreds of "unknown causal influences" that haunt the complex real-life problems that they and other researchers are undoubtedly "very concerned about." But if one accepts the logical equivalence of the structural and potential outcome approaches, then surely the same assumptions that permit a potential outcome practitioner to ignore the many "unknown causal influences" in a messy practical problem can also be invoked in the structural approach, and achieve identical results. The only difference would be the transparency of the justification.
In fact, I am not aware of a system with many causal influences that can be analyzed through any other representation language except structural equations. Specifically, I have not seen ignorability assumptions ever justified in a system with more than 3-4 variables. (Skeptics are invited to try it on Fig. 7.5 on page 232 of *Causality.*) What, then, is the utility of boasting about being "very concerned about" many "unknown causal influences" if one cannot handle even a toy problem with 3-4 causal influences? And what is the utility of comparing variable counts in textbook exercises versus unknown variables in ill-understood real life problems?
I am similarly puzzled by W-C's other findings. For example: "[In Pearl's framework] the units tend to be homogeneous." The opposite is in fact the case; units heterogeneity is assumed a priori in nonparametric models. See http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r406.pdf
Or, "[In Pearl's framework] causal effects are assumed to be stable across settings and time." Not so. Causal effects are allowed to vary violently across settings (see page 113 and pages 354-355) and, when dynamic treatments are concerned (as in chapter 4), they are allowed to vary across time as well.
Or, "levels of treatments can be set [externally] to specified values." Not so! Levels of treatments need not be set at all, as in the case of noncompliance (chapter 8 ) where the exposure X=x may not result from direct intervention. The do(x) operator does not require one to imagine the physical manipulation of X (as is required in the potential outcome approach). It is merely a notational device that distinguishes counterfactual conditionals from probabilistic conditionalization. I am yet to see a policy question that cannot be expressed using the do(x) operator or its unit-level companions – counterfactual conditionals.
W-K present the following arguments in favor of Rubin's potential outcomes approach:
(i) "Rubin's potential outcomes model defines a causal effect as the difference between the response of a single unit given treatment or control at the same time and in the same context."
Since the structural definition of Y_x(u) is logically equivalent to Rubin's Y_x(u), why should not the former inherit all the merits of the latter? It indeed does. Chapter 9 and pp.396-398 define and deal with unit-level counterfactuals, and show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, properties of unit-level counterfactuals can be inferred from population data. (See also http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r431.pdf) and http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r375.pdf)
(ii) "Rubin does not make homogeneity assumptions."
Nor does the structural approach, as explained above.
(iii) "Rubin's perspective also offers procedures for addressing situations in which assumptions fail (e.g., treatment noncompliance)."
Treatment noncompliance is not a situation in which assumptions fail. Rather, it is a situation in which the assumptions are different than those made in controlled randomized trials and, not surprisingly, by being explicit about the new set of assumptions, the structural framework has produced some of the most ambitious conclusions that partially identified situations would permit. For example, chapter 8 of *Causality* derives universal bounds for ACE and ETT under noncompliance. It then supplements them with instrumental inequalities, as well as with vivid illustrations of how the Bayesian posterior of ACE varies with prior assumptions and with sample size. These developments were hardly shy of "addressing situations in which assumptions fail (e.g., treatment noncompliance)."
(iv) "Rubin often works in the environment of health research."
My latest readings of the health research literature assure me that epidemiologists and bio-statisticians have adopted DAGs as a preferred communication language (See e.g., Glymour (2006), Wilcox (2006), Rothman etal (2008); Howards etal. (2012).). Social and behavioral scientists are not far behind (see, e.g., Morgan (2013), Lee, 2012). I am surprised that W-C are not aware of this trend.
As another alternative approach to causal inference, W-K hail Campbell's perspective which I, confessedly, have not been able to use in my research. True, Campbell "offers researchers lists of threats to internal [and external] validity." These lists were probably very useful three decades ago, prior to the mathematization of causality. But I am curious to learn how they can be used today, when new tools are available, which permit us to detect and neutralize threats with mathematical precision. Of course, I would not rule out the possibility that Campbell's lists are still used by researchers who seek heuristic shortcuts to circumvent formal analysis. Such shortcuts benefit many sciences, and can be practiced in harmony with the formal approach, as long as we understand the boundaries of their applicability. (I am reminded of the laws of thermodynamics that were formulated and practiced prior to their derivation from the more fundamental principles of statistical mechanics, and are still used today by engineers and physicists). What we need therefore is a detailed analysis of how Campbell's heuristics follow from the structural theory of causation. and in what types of situations they provide good approximations to the latter. Such analysis would be illuminating, and I hope someone from Campbell's camp undertakes this task.
At the same time, we must acknowledge that it was graphical methods that produced solutions to the two problems that Campbell and Rubin set out to solve three or four decades ago: external validity, in the case of Campbell, and internal validity (or control
of confounding) in the case of Rubin. The first is mathematized in (Pearl and Bareinboim, 2014) and the second in (Shpitser and Pearl, 2006). Threats may warn us of problems — they do not solve problems.
Finally, W-K's review ends with a recommendation that is both puzzling and revealing. It states: "We encourage SEM researchers following Pearl's framework to be skeptical, and to fiercely confront their preferred model with strong alternative models in the tradition of economics."
The puzzling part is that this recommendation is addressed to "followers of Pearl's framework" and not to those following the alternative perspectives of Rubin or Campbell. After all, Rubin too makes modeling assumptions (in W-K's words: "Rubin assumes strong ignorability…"), so why do we not hear an encouragement to be skeptical of these ignorability assumptions as well?
I know the answer, and I think W-K know it too — one cannot be skeptical of assumptions that one does not comprehend. Ignorability assumptions are cognitively formidable, hence they are not meant to be understood and to be judged for plausibility. They are made "because they justify the use of available statistical methods and not because they are truly believed" (Joffe, 2010). By contrast, these same assumptions are shining loud and clear in the structural approach, and can therefore be submitted to skeptical scrutiny. Moreover, the structural representation explicates the testable implications of its modeling assumptions, while the potential outcome representation does not.
To summarize: If you are a follower of the structural approach, you should take W-K recommendation with great pride. You were singled out to be skeptical of your model, because you are uniquely capable of explicating and interpreting your modelling assumptions and uniquely capable of testing their implications — your rivals can't.
I invite Stephen West and Tobias Koch to an open discussion on whether any other interpretation of their recommendation should be considered, given the unique capabilities or the methodology advanced in *Causality*
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Glymour, M M (2006) Using causal diagrams to understand common problems in social epidemiology. In Methods in Social Epidemiology. John Wiley and Sons, San Francisco. CA, 393-428.
Howards, Schisterman, Poole, Kaufman and Weinberg (2012).) Toward a Clearer Definition of Confounding" Revisited with Directed Acyclic Graphs. American Journal of Epidemiology (2012) 176 (6): 506-511
Joffe, Marshall M.; Yang, Wei Peter; and Feldman, Harold I. (2010) "Selective Ignorability Assumptions in Causal Inference," The International Journal of Biostatistics: Vol. 6: Iss. 2, Article 11. DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1199 Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijb/vol6/iss2/11
Lee, J. J. 2012 Correlation and causation in the study of personality. European Journal of Personality 26 372-390.
Morgan, S.L., (Ed) Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research, Springer, 2013.
Pearl,J.( 2009) Causality: models, reasoning and inference, Cambridge University Press (2nd Edition) 2009.
Pearl and Bareinboim (2014) External validity: From do-calculus to transportability across populations. http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r400.pdf. Forthcoming Statistical Science.
Rothman, K.J., Greenland S. & Lash T.I., eds. (2008) Modern Epidemiology, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
Shpitser and Pearl (2008) Complete identification methods for the causal hierarchy Journal of Machine Learning Research 9 1941-1979. http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r336-published.pdf
Wilcox, Allen (2006), "The Perils of Birth Weight – A Lesson from Directed Acyclic Graphs" American Journal of Epidemiology 164(11):1121-1123


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Blair, Ian, "A Clouded Future: Analysis of Microsoft Windows Azure As a Platform for Hosting E-Science Applications" (2010). All Regis University Theses. 353.


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By Prof. Dr. Joh. Grebe-Ellis, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Goethe's look through the prism started a description of spectral appearances as complementary phenomena. The question, whether he this way denoted a generalizable structural feature, had to remain unanswered, as long as it was just theorized. Through systematic broadening of Newton's experiments based on Goethe's concept of inversion it can be shown that complementary spectra are indeed interdependent. Against this background, Goethe's remark on the symmetry of spectral phenomena can be justified.
By Hanne Andersen, Head of Department, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The role of history and philosophy of science in science education has been an important topic in science education over the last half century. However, most analyses of philosophy, history and sociology of science and science teaching have focused on how history and philosophy of science can be brought into science education at the K-12 level and in teacher education with the aim of improving the scientific literacy of the general public. In contrast, there have been only few analyses of the possible roles of history and philosophy of science in higher education in the sciences. In this talk, I shall argue that history and philosophy of science also have important roles to play in higher education. I shall argue that scientists are continuously required to reflect on scientific knowledge creation as well as on the societal contexts in which scientific knowledge is put to use, and that philosophical-analytical skills acquired through the display of historical and contemporary exemplars can improve scientists' proficiency in identifying and solving the various kinds of epistemological and ethical problems that they encounter qua scientists. In this way, not only can scientific proficiency be seen as a complement to the scientific literacy aimed for in general science education, scientific proficiency also requires that professional scientists acquire a certain philosophical literacy.
By Professor Iwan Morus, Aberystwyth University
When we think about kaleidoscopes now, we think of them as children's toys. That was not how David Brewster, who invented the kaleidoscope in 1818, regarded the novel instrument. For Brewster, the kaleidoscope was a serious matter: it was an instrument that illustrated optical principles, that taught its users how to see properly, or even offered a way of industrializing art. Brewster's invention was understood at the time as part of a broader visual culture of knowledge and science. Turning knowledge into spectacle was integral to the practice of this kind of public natural philosophy. In this lecture I want to tease out some of the kaleidoscope's broader connections and its place in the early nineteenth-century culture of optical experimentation. By looking at the kaleidoscope as an example of the nineteenth century's visual culture of science and the ways in which experimenters worked to make knowledge visible, I want to conclude by asking whether producing scientific spectacle might still be a promising strategy for communicating scientific knowledge.


Quick back story. Shannon and I commute to work. Today he had a doctor's appointment so based on info from Mandy I assumed he'd just stay at home in the morning. Thus, I headed into work earlier without informing him. Come to find out, he planned on coming to work before the appointment. I think he ended up waiting outside my house, to which he would've had to walk there since his car is still at Hope.
Nonetheless I had an IM conversation with my wife about it. I think it hits on an issue that Jeramie raised recently about the sneaky things wives do. Here is that conversation. (For the lazy, I've highlighted the main parts).
Mandy: did you call shannon before you left?
Mandy: he was planning to go into the office?
well I told you it was a "thought" not "for sure"
daniel, based on the last part you should be a lawyer. you locked mandy in an un-winnable argument.
From now on whenever she says she "thinks" something you say is wrong you simply need respond, "stop forcing your "thoughts" on me..."


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In early 2012, Nike introduced its Make It Count social media campaign. The campaign kickoff began YouTubers Casey Neistat and Max Joseph launching a YouTube video, where they traveled 34,000 miles to visit 16 cities in 13 countries. They promoted the #makeitcount hashtag, which millions of consumers shared via Twitter and Instagram by uploading photos and sending tweets.[25] The #MakeItCount YouTube video went viral and Nike saw an 18% increase in profit in 2012, the year this product was released.
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In May 2014, Instagram had over 200 million users. The user engagement rate of Instagram was 15 times higher than of Facebook and 25 times higher than that of Twitter.[50] According to Scott Galloway, the founder of L2 and a professor of marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business, latest studies estimate that 93% of prestige brands have an active presence on Instagram and include it in their marketing mix.[51] When it comes to brands and businesses, Instagram's goal is to help companies to reach their respective audiences through captivating imagery in a rich, visual environment.[52] Moreover, Instagram provides a platform where user and company can communicate publicly and directly, making itself an ideal platform for companies to connect with their current and potential customers.[53]
Social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, MySpace etc. have all influenced the buzz of word of mouth marketing. In 1999, Misner said that word-of mouth marketing is, "the world's most effective, yet least understood marketing strategy" (Trusov, Bucklin, & Pauwels, 2009, p. 3).[79] Through the influence of opinion leaders, the increased online "buzz" of "word-of-mouth" marketing that a product, service or companies are experiencing is due to the rise in use of social media and smartphones. Businesses and marketers have noticed that, "a persons behaviour is influenced by many small groups" (Kotler, Burton, Deans, Brown, & Armstrong, 2013, p. 189). These small groups rotate around social networking accounts that are run by influential people (opinion leaders or "thought leaders") who have followers of groups. The types of groups (followers) are called:[80] reference groups (people who know each other either face-to-face or have an indirect influence on a persons attitude or behaviour); membership groups (a person has a direct influence on a person's attitude or behaviour); and aspirational groups (groups which an individual wishes to belong to).
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How Drake Mills gives leaders every chance to be part of the future at Community Trust Bank
Drake Mills, President and CEO, Community Trust Bank
AWARD RECIPIENT
If you work for Drake Mills, you need not worry about being told what to do at every turn. As president and CEO at Community Trust Bank, Mills takes great joy in seeing young leaders advance in the organization and apply their talents to help the bank service its customers better.
He doesn't leave them completely on their own, but rather sets a course and lets them figure out the best way to follow it. He measures and advises, but he doesn't micromanage, and the approach has enabled his team to stay together and work quite effectively as a group. He has not lost a vice president or higher level senior leader in six years.
Community Trust Bank has grown substantially over the past 10 years with much of that growth coming during a recession that has hampered many businesses, specifically those in the financial industry. The growth of credit unions has provided another potential hurdle.
But Mills has proven adept at working through challenges by knowing when to take risks and when to be more cautious.
He is also a big believer in building and maintaining a healthy corporate culture. To that end, he created a Culture Council to help define, manage and continuously enhance the company's workplace and deal with any issues that arise. He also created an entire department devoted to ensuring that the culture remains consistent as the company continues to grow.
The result is a company that provides exceptional customer service and a dynamic work environment that contributes to the performance of the bank and helps Community Trust retain best-in-class talent.
When the work is done, Mills takes his commitment to people another step further by getting involved in causes such as the Boys and Girls Club of North Central Louisiana and the United Way of Northeast Louisiana. Employees also can get up to 20 hours of paid time each year to work on charitable causes.
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Aploactis aspera is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van fluweelvissen (Aploactinidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1845 door Richardson.

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Q: Glide placeholder vector drawable resource not found exception Recently I am trying to add Vector Drawable in my work. I am using glide to set my drawables. Here is my code :
Glide
                .with(mContext)
                .load(resDrawable)
                .placeholder(placeHolderResDrawable)
                .centerCrop()
                .bitmapTransform(new CropCircleTransformation(MyLruBitmapPool.getInstance()))
                .into(imgRoundedView);

Here I put vector drawable to resDrawable and placeHolderResDrawable. It was working fine in Lolipop device. But when I tested it in less than lolipop than it crashed. When trying to put drawable in placeholder it gave Resources$NotFoundException.
Here is the crash report:

android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/default_round_profile.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f02013d
                                                                              at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:3451)
                                                                              at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:1894)
                                                                              at com.bumptech.glide.request.GenericRequest.getPlaceholderDrawable(GenericRequest.java:395)
                                                                              at com.bumptech.glide.request.GenericRequest.begin(GenericRequest.java:265)
                                                                              at com.bumptech.glide.manager.RequestTracker.runRequest(RequestTracker.java:36)
                                                                              at com.bumptech.glide.GenericRequestBuilder.into(GenericRequestBuilder.java:616)
                                                                              at com.bumptech.glide.GenericRequestBuilder.into(GenericRequestBuilder.java:652)
                                                                              at com.bumptech.glide.DrawableRequestBuilder.into(DrawableRequestBuilder.java:436)

A: Try to get the drawable using ContextCompat and set it as placeholder:
ContextCompat.getDrawable(mContext, placeHolderResDrawable);

So it would be:
Glide.with(mContext)
     .load(resDrawable)
     .placeholder(ContextCompat.getDrawable(mContext, placeHolderResDrawable))
     .centerCrop()
     .bitmapTransform(new CropCircleTransformation(MyLruBitmapPool.getInstance()))
     .into(imgRoundedView);

Update for Glide v4:
Glide.with(mContext)
     .load(resDrawable)
     .apply(new RequestOptions()
         .placeholder(ContextCompat.getDrawable(mContext, placeHolderResDrawable))
         .centerCrop()
         .transform(new CropCircleTransformation(MyLruBitmapPool.getInstance())))
     .into(imgRoundedView);

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UFO SIGHTINGS DAILY: Glowing UFO During Daytime Over Philadelphia Excites Neighbourhood, April 16, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing UFO During Daytime Over Philadelphia Excites Neighbourhood, April 16, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Here is a cool report of a UFO over a neighbourhood in Philadelphia a few weeks ago. When I add contrast to the photo, the detail stands out more, but as I do, the sky becomes darker. You can see in the close up below, that the object is not perfectly round, but has a bit of an oval shape and a small dome on top. There is also a field around it, that looks like an electrical disturbance from the UFOs propulsion system. That also explains why a lot of UFO photos are blurry...the field around it causes that appearance.
My wife and I were on our way to the Food Truck Fest at Tamproom and 19th in South Philly. We drove over there around 5:30 and parked our car on Lambert and West Porter street where they meet. After we parked our car, we start walking west on Porter and turned left and started walking north on 20th street. My wife made a comment about the moon being out over head and I looked up and noticed this object not moving, just hovering. This was in the broad daylight with not a cloud in the sky. My wife and I both watched it hover for about 1 minute before it appeared to first come down lower from the sky. That is why we got excited because it went from hovering to moving downwards slowly. Then it stopped again and we got more excited. Then it changed directions and started moving south east slowly and then it stopped again. That is when I took out my cell phone and I started recording it. It stayed stationary for a bit. The sun was bright and was hitting my cell phone screen and I could not tell if i was actually pointing my camera in the right direction. So I used the Moon which was to the right of the object as a reference. Once I saw the moon on my screen. I panned to the left slowly until I saw it appear as a dot on my screen. I zoomed out to give you a point of reference and you can see some buildings. Then I zoomed back as much as my cell phone camera could. I was wanting to watch this with my own eyes but it was hard because I wanted to make sure I was recording it. The object starting moving east and picking up speed, this is when I put my cell phone down because I had to see this with my own eyes. As it moved father east, it started moving faster and faster and we could tell this object was large and because of how high it was away from us and how big it looked like from where we were standing. The object moved so fast they we eventually lost sight of it. I think we were excited to see one. This time in the broad daylight. My wife pulled out her cell phone later tonight and found one other person in Philly saw one on the same day and that is how we found it on this website. I would guess it was about 10,000 to 15,000 feet in the sky but about one mile or less from us. It defiantly had a shape to it which appeared to look like a "jack" but maybe with four sides and not six. My wife drew a picture of the shape of what it looked like to us from our point of view. I'll attach it here with the video. My wife watched it mostly with her own eyes as I was recording it. Unfortunately, I wish my cell phone had a better zoom and higher definition.


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The number of tests taken so far in 2004 in the United States shows a decline of 3.95% from testing volume during the first half of 2003.
The current worldwide volume is closest to the GMAT™ worldwide volume during the first half of calendar year 2003.
The number of GMAT™ tests taken in the United States during the first half of calendar year 2004 is close to the number of tests taken in the United States during the first half of 2001.
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Die St. Petersquelle ist eine Thermalquelle in Vals im schweizerischen Kanton Graubünden. Sie ist im Besitz der Gemeinde.
Die Quelle entspringt der Gegend Rootahäärd (roter Herd). Bei Neubohrungen wurde ein neuer Mineralwasserstrom erschlossen. Dieser als «Neubohrung» bezeichnete Strom ist viel stärker mineralisiert als der Strom des «Felswassers», das in höheren Lagen als Thermalquelle aus dem Boden fliesst.

Beim Bau des Hotelkomplexes in den 1960er Jahren wurden zwei neue Fassungen errichtet. Gefördert wurde Wasser mit Temperaturen von 20 °C und 23 °C. Im Jahr 1980 wurde eine tiefere Bohrung gegraben; sie liefert Wasser mit einer Temperatur 30 °C. Die Abfüllstation der Valser und der Therme Vals nutzen das Wasser dieser Fassungen je zur Hälfte.

Die St. Petersquelle hat ihren Namen vom Patron Simon Petrus der Pfarrkirche in Vals. Erstmals urkundlich erwähnt wurde das Gebäude 1451. 1643 wurde die Kirche grösstenteils abgebaut, neu errichtet und bekam den zusätzlichen Patron Paulus von Tarsus.

Das Wasser der «Neubohrung» hat eine Gesamtmineralisation von ungefähr 1850 bis 1900 mg/l und gehört damit zu einem der am stärksten natürlich mineralisierten Wasser der Schweiz. Die  Mineralstoffe mit der höchsten Dosierung sind: Calcium 425 bis 436 mg/l, Magnesium 51 bis 54 mg/l, Natrium 10 bis 11 mg/l, Hydrogencarbonat etwa 386 mg/l, Sulfat etwa 990 mg/l. Vor allem wegen des hohen Calcium- und Magnesiumgehalts wird es sehr geschätzt.

Geologie
Es gibt zwei Wasserströme mit unterschiedlicher Qualität. Der erste Strom «Felswasser» besteht aus Regenwasser, das auf dem Gipfel des Piz Serengasta versickert und entlang der diagonalen Erdschicht Gravadecke in einer Mélange nach unten läuft. Aufgrund einer Triasschicht, läuft es nicht in das Wasserreservoir des zweiten Stromes, sondern tritt ein wenig oberhalb dem Tal bereits wieder aus. Es war durchschnittlich nur 10 bis 30 Jahre unterwegs und ist sehr sulfathaltig. Vielfach vermischt es sich doch mit Wasser des zweiten Stromes, der durch den artesischen Druck den Weg durch das lockere Gestein in der Talebene gefunden hat und so ist je nach Bohrung das «Felswasser» unterschiedlich mineralisiert.

Beim zweiten Strom «Neubohrung» versickert das Regenwasser zwischen dem Val Serengasta und dem Beginn der Gravadecke. Das Wasser fliesst zwischen einer diagonalen Schicht Lugnezer Schiefer und der Gravadecke entlang. Die beiden Schichten sind eine natürliche Barriere und kanalisieren das Wasser. Während des Wegs in den Untergrund, wird das Wasser erwärmt und mineralisiert durch Gips- und Dolomit-Ablagerungen aus der Trias. Das Wasser sammelt sich schliesslich in etwa ein oder zwei Kilometer Tiefe und wird aus der tieferliegenden Suturzone durch Kohlenstoffdioxid zusätzlich mit Karbonaten versetzt und aufgrund des Gasdruckes (Kohlenstoffdioxids und Helium) auf die Mélange der Abdula-Decke gedrückt. Die Abduladecke ist eine kristalline Decke und somit eine weitere Wasserbarriere. Oberhalb dieser Decke befindet sich eine Triasschicht, die ebenfalls eine Wasserbarriere darstellt, und so vermischt sich das Wasser nicht mit dem ersten Strom. Das Valser Tal bei der Gegend der Quelle liegt sehr nahe dieser Decke, und so kann das Wasser dort durch einfache Bohrungen durch den artesischen Druck gewonnen werden. Das Regenwasser braucht nach der Versickerung je nach Weg zwischen zwei und zweihundert Jahren, bis es wieder hervortritt. Durchschnittlich war es 80 Jahre unterwegs.

Geschichte
Die erste überlieferte Nutzung der Quelle stammt aus prähistorischer Zeit. Beim Bau der ersten Therme im Jahr 1893 wurde eine Zisterne gefüllt mit Tierknochen und Tonscherben aus der Bronzezeit gefunden. Ob sie zum Baden oder als Opferstätte gebraucht wurde, ist unbekannt.

Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung stammt aus dem Jahr 1670. Es handelt sich um einen Hinweis eines Verkaufs einer Parzelle einem Seckelmeister Philipp Rütima zum Badt. Im 17. Jahrhundert wurde herumgesprochen, dass die Quelle als gutes Badewasser für kalte Abenden gebraucht werden könnte. Eine Nutzung als Bad ist aber erst im 19. Jahrhundert dokumentiert. Seit dem 17. Jahrhundert ist das Wasser als Heilwasser bekannt. Die erste chemische Untersuchung stammt aus dem Jahr 1826. Das Mineralwasser wurde bereits 1873 an der Weltausstellung in Wien, 1883 an der Landesausstellung in Zürich und 1900 an der Weltausstellung in Paris vorgestellt bzw. ausgezeichnet.

Die Quelle wurde erst seit 1854 zum Baden genutzt. Es wurde der sogenannte Malakoff-Turm gebaut, mit einem 6–8 Fuss breiten und 12 Fuss tiefen Quellbasin. Der Turm wurde baufällig und das Wasser floss 1885 ungenutzt in den Valser Rhein. 1893 wurde das erste Kurhaus mit Logiermöglichkeiten gebaut. 1899 wurde eine ca. 12 Meter tiefe Fassung gebaut. Sie heisst in der Fachliteratur «Alte Fassung» und dort wurde vor allem austretendes Felswasser gefasst. Beim Bau der Hotel Therme in den Jahren 1962 bis 1964 wurden zwei neue Bohrungen für neue Fassungen gebaut. Es handelt sich um die 39 Meter tiefe Bohrung «Obere Fassung», die St. Jodersquelle genannt wurde und am Standort der «Alten Fassung» vorgenommen wurde. Sie fördert 23 °C warmes Wasser mit einer Gesamtmineralisation von 1.7 g/l. Sie befindet sich heute im Hotelkomplex und wurde renoviert, so dass das Wasser genutzt werden kann. Die zweite Bohrung «Untere Fassung», war eigentlich zuerst eine Testbohrung. Sie ist 47 Meter tief und fördert 20 °C warmes Wasser mit einer Gesamtmineralisation von 1.2 g/l. Diese wurde St. Petersquelle genannt. Diese wird nicht genutzt und fliesst in die Kanalisation. 1980/81 wurde eine «Neubohrung» in die tieferliegenden Schichten für die neue Abfüllanlage der Valser mit stärker mineralisiertem Wasser vorgenommen. Sie ist 95 Meter tief und fördert 30 °C warmes Wasser zu Tage und hat eine Gesamtmineralisation von 1.9 g/l.

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Thermalquelle
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Geographie (Vals GR)
Valsertal
Simon Petrus als Namensgeber
Erneuerbare Energien (Schweiz)
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The Tahiti camping and thermal bungalow park is a prime destination for any camping trip in Italy. This luxury camping site offers a host of unforgettable activities to enjoy. As it is located within natural settings and close to a Mediterranean lagoon, this environment is also able to display a sense of profound relaxation. To learn more about this camping holiday possibility, do not hesitate to speak with a knowledgeable representative at Lux-Camp for further details.
Why go to Camping Tahiti?
What are the reasons that I should take my family to Camping Tahiti?
A thermal oasis and "wellness gardens"
Although the selection of bungalow tents, on-site mobile homes and even luxury tents is quite impressive, the most prominent quality of Tahiti Village is the fact that the historic and natural beauty of the surrounding region can easily be visited. In fact, cities such as San Marino, Ferrara and Venice can be visited during any luxury camping hiatus thanks to organised trips. For those who wish to experience the verdant nature which abounds, boat and bike tours to Parco Delta are also a possibility.
When searching for a veritable home away from home, camping in luxury has never been easier. Tahiti Village offers some of the most modern facilities known to man. These include television access within mobile homes and bungalow tents, waste disposal, gas bottle exchange, a central campfire and a massive lounge. In fact, even charcoal grills are permitted here.
Perfect for children and adults, the luxury camping site of Tahiti Village leaves little to the imagination in reference to sports and other activities. You can participate in such sports as table tennis, volleyball, miniature golf and bicycle riding. Children's play areas are likewise available and for those who are a bit more intrepid, sailing and surfing excursions should not be missed. After a long day, you can immerse yourself in an on-site thermal spa. Once again, these are all hallmarks of a quality camping holiday.
Of course, no luxury camping experience would be complete without the addition of local services such as restaurants and bars. The holiday camping site of Tahiti Village offers both. Some examples are the BoraBora and the Moorea Pizzerias; each serving up delectable local and international delights. Also, a number of unique cocktail lounges can be found such as a disco pub and a beach bar. Wide terraces offer excellent views of the nearby environs while live music and dancing are regular activities.
When you need to stock up on groceries, a supermarket known as SISA is close to all luxury tents and mobile homes. Boasting a large array of fruits, vegetables and organically grown meats, you will be able to enjoy competitive prices alongside environmentally friendly foods. So, a home-cooked meal at this luxury camping site is always a possibility. Please contact Lux-Camp for further details.
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This a fun, interactive way to help your students learn about seven different types of figurative language. Students will work directly in Google Slides or Microsoft OneDrive to complete these paperless activities.
7 slides that can be used as anchor charts or an introduction/review of the concepts. They can also be printed off to use as posters.
Two activity slides to review each type of figurative language plus two slides to use as an overall assessment/review. Some slides require students to type in their answers. I have inserted text boxes on these slides. The other slides have movable pieces. For example: students will match an idiom to it's meaning or complete the metaphors.
The preview shows many of the slides but not all. Download the preview here.


Overall the chart below is pointing towards a positive market outlook (for commodities) (see chart below). Even though I don't post it much this Alternative US dollar index has some very interesting Chartology on it which may be giving us an important clue as to the intentions of the Dollar. Now after the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis, each indexed has recovered and then some, and poised once again to correct in a big way. As seen in the above chart, there has been an extreme divergence between the performance of US Indices and gold stocks. The BOJ began its ETF purchasing in October 2010 at a much more modest annual pace of roughly 450 billion yen.
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Jesuit Campuses, Student Government Presidents Advocate for DACA Recipients & Dream Act
BY ISN STAFF | October 3, 2017
In response to the Tuesday, September 5 announcement that the Trump administration would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Jesuit colleges and universities across the U.S. will participate in a Dream Action Week from October 9-13, 2017.
Focus will center around the Dream Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate. The bill outlines a three-step pathway to citizenship "for people who are either undocumented, have DACA or temporary protected status (TPS), and who graduate from U.S. high schools and attend college, enter the workforce, or enlist in a military program." This is a critical legislative opportunity to protect people who strengthen U.S. communities.
The action week, which was initiated at Loyola Marymount University, will invite administrative and student leaders at all Jesuit campuses to urge their campus communities to advocate for the Dream Act by calling their Senators, utilizing an action alert created in partnership with the Ignatian Solidarity Network. Each campus will plan additional educational, awareness, and advocacy events.
A card designed to promote Dream Act advocacy efforts on Jesuit campuses during Dream Action Week.
Last week, the student body presidents at all twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States released a letter in support of undocumented students and their allies, uniting as leaders on their campuses in response to the recent DACA decision and in anticipation of Dream Action Week.
Public Letter from Jesuit Student Government Association Presidents
In response to the recent announcement of the removal of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), the student body Presidents of the twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States publicly stand in solidarity with our undocumented students and their allies. We, as a collective unit, acknowledge that this is a human issue that will impact over 800,000 members of our nation. Immigrants have played a crucial part in the foundation of this nation and have dreams and aspirations like any other person; these dreams should be preserved and kept sacred just as any other.
As colleges and universities rooted in the Jesuit traditions, our students are called to engage in the discourse and advocate for a more just and equitable world. In the face of injustice, we are challenged to practice a high level of discernment and allow our knowledge and experiences to inform our actions of being with and for others. It is important to emphasize that our unifying mission underlines the commitment to all people, regardless of national origin and documentation status. Any action and policy that seeks to divide and tear us apart should never be accepted and thereby calls for our total resistance to such.
With that being said, the student body Presidents of Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States will:
Work on behalf of our constituents to start the chain of calling our representatives.
Orchestrate educational efforts for students to learn more about the topics of immigration and DACA and how it relates to our Jesuit mission.
Strive to engage our students in dialogue and/or demonstrations that denounce the removal of this program.
Promote action off-campus to stand with the rest of the country in creating a greater understanding of the need for DACA and garnering more support of Congressional legislation.
Remind students of the appropriate resources on our respective campuses that support the spiritual, psychological, and emotional well-being of our students in order to uphold the value of cura personalis (care for the whole person).
With this statement, we encourage all students to treat this recent announcement of the removal of the DACA program as a call to action to stand with and contest this decision alongside those at the margins. We would like to highlight the importance of becoming educated on the matters at hand, participating in public protest, and communicating with your respective legislators to enact change. The understanding of our privilege must be utilized to realize our roles as higher education institutions in catalyzing social change in our contemporary world. We urge our peers across the country to stand together and for our undocumented students.
Editor's Note: This piece was originally published as part of the Ignatian Solidarity Network Voices for Justice blog series.
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Biotechnology Industry Organization asks Senate committee to target tax credits to advanced biofuel, renewable chemical technologies to spur economic growth
Dec 14, 2011 – Business Wire By Tracy McDonald
Headlines are rewritten for editorial clarity. The original story and headline begin below.
Original Headline: BIO Asks Senate Committee to Target Tax Credits to Advanced Biofuel and Renewable Chemical Technologies That Will Create Jobs and Economic Growth
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WASHINGTON , December 14, 2011 (press release) – Sustained, long-term tax policy is vital to emerging alternative energy technologies seeking to cross the valley of death to commercial scale, and should be targeted at those technologies with the greatest potential to create new jobs, economic growth, energy security and environmental benefits. The Biotechnology Industry Organization today submitted written testimony to the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure for a hearing titled "Alternative Energy Tax Incentives."
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO's Industrial & Environmental Section, stated, "We are at a key inflection point and advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products have great potential to significantly increase this nation's energy and national security, while creating thousands of well-paying U.S. jobs. In fact, advanced biofuels production could add 807,000 jobs and reduce U.S. petroleum imports by nearly $70 billion by 2022.
"The renewable chemicals and sustainable biobased products industries are also helping reduce U.S. dependence on foreign sources of energy while creating significant numbers of jobs. The global sustainable chemical industry is expected to grow to $1 trillion by 2022, which provides an important opportunity for U.S. job and export growth. If U.S. companies capture their share of this growth, the industry will create 237,000 direct U.S. jobs as well as a trade surplus within the chemical sector.
"As the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review notes, the Navy, other branches of the military, and the nation as a whole face a significant national security threat from U.S. dependence on foreign sources of energy. This threat can be significantly reduced with an ample supply of U.S. advanced biofuels.
"Innovative advanced biofuels companies have made great strides in developing new technologies and are poised to build commercial facilities if project financing can be secured in a timely fashion. Supportive, stable federal policy is essential to ensuring that advanced biofuels developers can move forward on these first-of-a-kind commercial projects, which are a critical component of plans to meet the nation's energy independence and security needs.
"Many federal incentives vital to U.S. advanced biofuels development and commercialization are set to expire in the near-term. To accelerate large scale commercialization of advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products, extension and expansion of these incentives is necessary to drive continued investment in the broadest possible set of emerging technologies."
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world's largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIO produces BIOtech NOW, an online portal and monthly newsletter chronicling "innovations transforming our world." Subscribe to BIOtech NOW.
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Automakers, fuel coalition urge European Commission to keep current definition of alternative fuel in Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive; they argue Europe should not dismiss solutions already available, cost-effective, commercially viable
Sustainable Aviation Fuels Producers Group along with BIO and Low Carbon Fuels Coalition commend Alaska Airlines' support for including sustainable aviation fuels on an opt-in basis in Washington state's proposed Clean Fuels Program
UK government grants £6.5M to Kew Projects and Rika Biogas in 'green fuels' initiative; Kew Project plan includes biodiesel plant that will process household waste such as orange peel and sewage, Rika will focus on use of woody biomass for biomethane
BIO says US EPA's final rule on renewable volume obligations for 2020 will negatively impact renewable fuels industry long-term, notes 'lack of growth for advanced and cellulosic biofuels,' adds that 'the administration continues to undermine the RFS'
US EPA finalizes rule that establishes required renewable volumes under the RFS program for 2020, and biomass-based diesel volume for 2021; EPA is committed to ensuring a net of 15 billion gallons of conventional biofuel is blended in 2020
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Megamall: Four projects in one expansion
Brian Johnson April 29, 2015 4:11 pm
Three owners, two project delivery methods and one big coordination effort mean the $325 million Mall of America expansion is no ordinary construction project.
Mall of America expansion on schedule
Brian Johnson April 9, 2015 1:07 pm
The hotel will be open for its first guests in November, and retail and office space will be ready for occupancy in August or September
MOA hotel plan takes shape
Burl Gilyard July 1, 2013 4:45 pm
Mall of America is exploring a partnership opportunity with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to construct a new luxury hotel as part of the mall's latest expansion project.
Top Residential Transactions: Bridgewater Lofts now 1 unit away from sellout
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The Lois C. Peters Trust has paid $789,900 for Unit 914 and two parking stalls in the Bridgewater Lofts at 215 10th Ave S. in Minneapolis.
Deal upends Minnesota's gambling debate
Briana Bierschbach June 8, 2012 2:00 pm
The catalyst for a landmark gambling deal cut between horseracing track Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux tribe was a minor bill that didn't get a single hearing during the 2012 legislative session.


Inflata Nation need 40 staff for Flemingate opening!
If you dream of beginning your working day by bouncing around on giant inflatables and flinging yourself into an enormous ball pool, then read on – because a job to give your career a lift is coming to Beverley.
The UK's first double-decker inflatable theme park is set to open at Flemingate this summer – and 40 new staff are required to help it achieve lift-off.
One of the major perks is that you get to test the arena every morning before the public arrive.
Celebs attend the opening of Inflata Nation inflatable theme park in Runcorn, Cheshire. Hollyoaks' (l-r) Richard Linnell, Sophie Porley and Rishi Nair. Pic by Matthew Pover.
The company behind the exciting new leisure attraction is Inflata Nation, which already has successful sites in Manchester and Cheshire and is set to open another in Birmingham later this year.
But the Beverley centre is unique in that it boasts TWO FLOORS, as well as the largest ball pool in the land housing a jaw-dropping 200,000 plastic spheres.
Add to that a 25ft-high climbing wall, the huge Inflata Mountain and the Gladiator Duel and you've got one unique way to earn a living.
Inflata Nation is the brainchild of husband and wife team Matt and Michelle Ball, who transformed the Jump Nation trampoline centres they set up in 2014 into inflatable fun parks last year.
Michelle said: "We are looking for enthusiastic and personable staff who can demonstrate great customer service and an eagerness to work hard.
"They will have the chance to join the Inflata Nation family and become part of a business that is leading the way in a sector it created.
"We pride ourselves on providing an amazing and unique experience that is fun for all the family.
"The new staff will also be involved in a 'health check' of the arena each morning, when they will be able to bounce around with it all to themselves to test it out.
Inflata Nation's Manchester attraction opened last October and welcomed more than 100,000 people through its doors in the first four months of business.
The Cheshire site at Runcorn made its debut in May – with Coronation Street star Kym Marsh, former Emmerdale favourite Adam Thomas and Hollyoaks actor Ashley Taylor Dawson attending a glittering opening night.
Manchester United players Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo were other early visitors.
Other attractions at the new Flemingate centre include an Inflata Drop slide straight into the giant ball poll, the Inflata Wave dual slide to race your friends to the bottom, and the Inflata Ladder where it's a charge to the top to see who can ring the bell first.
There will also be a two-lane assault course, a giant air pillow and the Inflata Tots area specially designed for under-fours.
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George Clooney is so rich, he forgot how much money he gave Obama
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George Clooney, an avid supporter of the president, is so wealthy that he forgot how much money he donated to Barack Obama's re-election campaign.
Clooney donated $5,000 more than the legal limit for an individual giving to one candidate, according to campaign finance laws.
BuzzFeed reports:
Clooney maxed out to the Joint Obama Victory Fund, which splits the money between the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee, with a $35,800 donation last April. But Clooney attempted to give another $5,000 earlier this year, according to the campaign, which was flagged by Chicago's team of vetters, and returned in February.
This comes on the heels of news that the Oscar-nominated actor will host a $40,000 per ticket fundraiser for Obama in May at his Los Angeles home, Entertainment Weekly reports. Just 150 tickets are being sold, bringing the fundraiser to a staggering total of $6 million.
The funds will go to the Obama Victory Fund.
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Dark clouds fully capped the sky, such that sunlight could not pierce through to shine on the Wind Cloud Island. The warm island became gloomy and cold all of a sudden.
Dark clouds slowly descended above the forest on the Wind Cloud Island, and a dark aura overwhelmed everywhere.
Shi Yan frowned while looking up at the cl.u.s.ters of dark cloud in the sky. His heart was agitated, as he secretly hid his own trace of breath.
The third eye of his host soul in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly brightened, releasing the spiritual power that hindered the exploration of souls, preventing all kinds of soul consciousnesses from coming close to him.
Hiding in an ancient tree, he quietly looked through the small gap. Not long after that, three figures gradually appeared from the dark clouds.
One of them was an old man with gray hair at his temples. The second one was a young man with an outstanding appearance but an inwardly evil-hearted mind. The last one was Yi Cu Bi of the Demonic Sound Clan.
The three of them came out from the dark clouds and stood in the forest with calm expressions while discussing with a low tone.
Looking at them from a distance, Shi Yan realized that the bodies of the two men were chilly cold, with incredibly strong energy spiritual fluctuations. It was clear that they knew how to use soul energy.
Just after a quick glance, he could confirm the ident.i.ty of those two men. The Dark Dwellers' physical health was different from that of Humans and Demon Dwellers. Their physical state tended to be yin and cold. They didn't like to waste their energy in training their bodies. Instead, they considered soul cultivating their lifelong goal. The Dark Dwellers had a feeble physique. Yet, although they looked weak, their souls were mighty.
The temperament and souls of those two men were the same as those of Yi Cu Bi. They were obviously from the same race.
The handsome young man was talking something to Yi Cu Bi, which looked like he was trying to cheer her up. However, Yi Cu Bi wore an indifferent face while responding to him perfunctorily. She then urged that young man to act faster.
The old man seemed to carefully protect the young man, releasing his soul conscious to detect and prevent any strangers from coming close.
"Cu Bi-mei, if we find the Yin Jade Crystal this time, my father will refine a Dark Yin Cold Pellet himself. It can help you expand your Sea of Consciousness twice, and soon, you'll reach the Second Sky of Sky Realm. Your soul will enhance one step further." The young man smiled and said with a longing face. "Refining the Dark Yin Cold Pellet is extremely difficult. My father condenses this pellet with the hope of receiving your father's favor. The Demonic Sound Clan is the main branch of the Dark Dwellers. After invading the Kyara Sea and sharing rare cultivation resources, Dark Dwellers' forces will be obviously more powerful. Your father is the third generation leader of the Demonic Sound Clan, and he will also gain great benefits in the future."
Yi Cu Bi looked at him but didn't say anything.
"Cu Bi-mei, tell me what my weakness is after all? Why don't you agree to our marriage?" The young man helplessly asked with a worried face. "Doesn't my status match yours? You should probably know how I have been treating you during the whole year. What I've done is not good enough for you?"
"It's not about being good enough. It is just that I don't like you," Yi Cu Bi finally said. "I remember that before you met me, you have had numerous relationships with beautiful women. You've never lacked women, so why do you have to stick with me?"
"You're different from the other women." The young man raised his hands and vowed. "Before seeing you, the other women were just a game. I've never been touched. But after seeing you, everything's changed. Because of you, I have already cut off the relationships with those women so that you can be moved and pay attention to me. Is it not enough for you?"
Yi Cu Bi continued to shake her head with a cold complexion.
That young man helplessly continued to linger with an honest face and a sincere voice. It looked like he was exposing his heart to her.
Inside the bush, Shi Yan coldly looked at them and sneered in his mind.
After only one year, the Demonic Sound Clan people had unexpectedly blended with the Dark Dwellers very well, evidently becoming one race. Their relationship was much closer.
The fact that the young man pursued Yi Cu Bi patiently was probably because of Yi Tian Mo's status and position. He wanted to seek the marriage bond with Yi Cu Bi to tie himself with the Demonic Sound Clan, avoiding the possibility of Yi Tian Mo having wicked intentions.
Watching Yi Cu Bi leisurely walking in the forest with a graceful appearance, Shi Yan's eyes gradually calmed down.
He remembered the time when he had first met Yi Cu Bi. In that abandoned land, this woman took advantage of her mighty soul to destroy his soul protection directly. She then controlled and took him to the Demonic Sound Clan's City. He and this woman also hunted the demon beasts in the Sound Beast Mountain together. So, they somehow had fate for a period of time.
Time had pa.s.sed. The Demonic Sound Clan came out from the Chasm Battlefield and made a connection with the Dark Dwellers. This was something out of his expectation.
The oaths of the three leaders of the Demonic Sound Clan were still right next to his ears. However, they now yielded to the Dark Dwellers.
Although he had never considered Yi Tian Mo and the other two leaders his loyal right-hands, he still didn't feel comfortable seeing this moment.
He knew that Yi Tian Mo and his people actually did it unwillingly.
The Dark Dwellers and Demon Dwellers were too powerful indeed. It was not because the warriors in the Endless Sea had the same bloodline that the Dark Dwellers and the Demon Dwellers treated them as a partner. Although Yi Tian Mo and Di Shan had an exceptional cultivation base, they still couldn't compare with the Demon Kings and the Dark Kings.
Given the situation where they were not as excellent as the others, they had to bow their heads for the continuation of the race. Because of the future generation, they had to yield and finally followed the Demon and the Dark Dwellers.
Shi Yan was not surprised.
If he had the power to suppress the Demon Kings and protect the fellows of the Demonic Sound Clan from the Demon Dwellers' infestation, perhaps Di Shan and his group would not have betrayed him and could have treated him as their master.
Unfortunately, although he had an extremely rapid progress in cultivating his realm, he couldn't be compared with the Demon Kings who had been cultivating for hundreds of years. Even if he relied on the power of the Holy Spirit G.o.d, the Ice Cold Flame, and the Earth Flame, the three strange creatures, he could only have one fight with the Demon Masters, but could hardly have the upper hand against the Demon Kings.
Even now, although he really wanted to fight against Bo Xun or Chi Yan, he would be defeated in the end. Even the possibility of escape was hard to say.
Previously, Chi Yan had borrowed Jiao Han Yi's body to cast out his earth-shaking power. By that time, only relying on Ye Zhang Feng had helped him escape without any remaining strength to counterattack.
Right now, he had entered the Sky Realm, and the three great living beings had regained their strength. If they could merge together, he didn't know whether he would be able to fight against Chi Yan or not.
He was still not sure.
The old man following the young man should be the warrior of the Dark Dwellers. His spiritual fluctuations were like a strong gust. Leaves in the dense forest all shook up whenever he pa.s.sed by. This kind of surging spirit, as sharp as a knife, couldn't be cast out unless the person who performed it was in the Spirit Realm.
The Dark Dwellers at the Spirit Realm had a terrifyingly profound understanding of souls.
Shi Yan subconsciously held his breath and released his consciousness without using any of his strength, coldly watching those three people pa.s.sing one hundred meters away with a solemn complexion.
It seemed Yi Cu Bi and the other two came here to search for some cultivating material. After walking around the Wind Cloud Island for a while, they bored into the dark clouds once again.
He didn't know whether the three of them had harvested anything. Actually, he didn't care. After staying on the Wind Cloud Island for a while, he hesitated a little bit and then left, flying to the Black Sea.
On a small island, there were many inky cloud stone blocks of the Black Sea. The island was heavily guarded. Warriors with different levels wandered here and there. A variety of strange barriers were established all over the island to prevent the pagans' invasion.
Even before coming closer, Shi Yan could see many silhouettes walking back and forth on the island.
This island belonged to the Heaven Lake Divine Land, and a majority of the warriors on the island were also from the Heaven Lake Divine Land. This island was more than one thousand li away from the Wind Cloud Island. The Dark Dwellers and the Demon Dwellers didn't frequent this island.
When Shi Yan came to the periphery of the island, a Disaster Realm warrior approached and asked his ident.i.ty.
As he realized that Shi Yan was a human warrior, he didn't really want to stop him and just carried out the regular procedure.
After Shi Yan replied with a few words, saying that he was a solitary-cultivating warrior, he was immediately allowed to enter the island. After getting onto the island, Shi Yan handed some middle-grade spiritual stones in exchange for the information of the situation on the island.
The Inky Cloud Island belonged to the Heaven Lake Divine Land. There were no civilians on the island. Only around one hundred warriors with low realms were temporarily stationed. Their duty was to visit the nearby sea territories regularly and inquire about the information about the Dark Dwellers and the Demon Dwellers. The Inky Cloud Island was currently under the control of a Heaven Lake Divine Land warrior at the Second Sky of Nirvana Realm.
In the center of the island, there was a directional Transfer Formation which directly connected to the headquarter of the Heaven Lake Divine Land.
Once the warriors on the island detected any Dark Dwellers or Demon Dwellers around, they would go into the directional Transfer Formation to leave this Inky Cloud Island immediately. Waiting after everything subsided, they would come back to the island and continued to spy on the surrounding sea territories, collecting information for the Heaven Lake Divine Land.
"Haha, our Holy Maiden comes to visit the island today. Have you ever seen our Holy Maiden?"
The man to whom Shi Yan offered a spiritual stone smiled ambiguously. "Although our Holy Maiden's appearance is typical, she's really a great beauty. Anyways, she always wears a mask, so no one can really see her. Our Holy Maiden's body is graceful, and can be said to be perfect. If you give me one more spiritual stone, I will let you come close to the center of the island where the Holy Maiden is living. Perhaps you will be lucky enough to see her."
Shi Yan smiled and shook his head. "Forget about it. If it's only being able to see the figure instead of the true appearance, it's better not to see her at all."
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These small glass dishes in the photo are the glass containers available at Publix. They have BPA free plastic lids too and are great for refrigerating leftovers. I love that since they are thick glass, they are hard to break (OK dropped on hardwood...but not so OK on tile...done both). And I love that you can see very clearly, with a glance what leftovers are in there. I also enjoy how they look so neat and tidy all stacked up in the fridge.


This rugged, water resistant sport timer has a lap/split counter readable to 1/100th of a second and large digital numerals. Other features include date and 12 or 24hr clock, alarm and hourly chime. Supplied with neck cord. Ideal for schools or general sports uses.


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WASHINGTON — Nationals slugger Bryce Harper was forced to leave soon after being hit by a pitch, then Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto went wild when he got drilled Saturday night as Washington won 6-2 to split a doubleheader.
The Reds won a tame opener, 7-1. Things quickly turned testy in the nightcap.
Harper was hit in the right kneecap in the sixth by a pitch from Austin Brice. Harper initially struggled to put any weight on his leg, but ultimately made his way to first base.
But Harper labored defensively chasing after a double by Mason Williams in the seventh and was immediately replaced in right field by Adam Eaton — Harper said he's not sure if he'll be able to play Sunday.
Votto also was hit in the first inning. Washington's Spencer Kieboom was plunked in the seventh.


If your timeline looks anything like mine, then you've probably noticed the influx in health, wellness, and personal development conversations. In the span of only a few days, you've probably witnessed people committing to a keto diet, swearing off social media, or decluttering. It is beautiful seeing so many people investing in their health and wellness, but the sad part is that for most of them this sudden interest is short lived. A study revealed that 80% of people give up their New Years' resolutions by February. Why so quick? Well, we can blame it on a couple of things from trends to poor goal planning. But, instead of focusing on what we're doing wrong, let's talk about what we can do right to work towards our goals all year long.
January is one of the few times out the year that resolutions replace conversations about goals. People often try to use them interchangeably, but the two have major differences. The definition of a resolution is "a firm decision not to do or to do something" while a goal focuses on a person's ambition or desired result. The basic principle of being able to work towards a goal is much more effective and intentional than the rigid "all or nothing" approach associated with resolutions. If you chose to start a New Years' resolution, make sure you set small goals throughout the year to help you achieve it.
So you saw your favorite celebrity vow to start the keto diet this year or maybe your favorite influencer is doing a 'Drink More Water' challenge, whatever the case is you decided to start your resolution right along with them. There's nothing wrong with feeling inspired or motivated by your favs, but there is a problem when you're doing it just because they are. You should be able to connect the why behind your New Years' resolutions to a need, want, or desire that lives within you. Knowing the why behind your goals will give you a great foundation to keep striving towards them.
We mentioned this idea earlier, but the importance of setting small goals is worthy of a second mention. Let's say your 2019 goal is to be more social. Instead of throwing yourself into going out every weekend and burning out by February set a small goal to attend an event every other weekend. Then as you become comfortable add on a goal to meet up with a friend during the weekday. Taking things one step at a time can yield greater results in the end.
Sometimes our self-motivation levels run low, and we need a boost from someone on the outside. It is important to share your goals with people you can trust to motivate you when you're feeling down instead of ridiculing you. Having your own set of cheerleaders not only reminds you that you're not alone on this journey but that you have people around who genuinely want you to succeed as well. Plus you never know, the person you share your goal with may have a unique opportunity to help you achieve it.
Signing up for courses or going to a weekly class can often sound like a big commitment, but when you factor in all of the research and effort you'll have to make to incorporate your goal into your routine; signing up for a course or class can be a lifesaver. Online courses and in person classes offer tons of relevant information, expert knowledge, and a built-in community of others on the same journey as you. If your goal is to become a yogi, start with a beginner's class and work your way up. If you want to learn new software, save yourself hours of searching Google by enrolling in a Lynda or Alison course.
Don't let the negativity surrounding New Year's goals get you down. Use every doubter or news statistic as motivation to achieve. With these tips, you can sprint pass February and celebrate at the finish line by December. We would love to hear about your 2019 goals! Share them with us in the comment section or on social media @theposebox.