As a Long Tail Pro user, you may be a freelance marketer or an agency. You may even be running a solo business where you're effectively your own VP of marketing!
If so, we all have something in common — hiring subcontractors.
If you aren't looking at the potential that subcontractors can offer your freelance business or agency, you are missing a big strategic opportunity, no matter how barebones your operation. In fact, using subcontractors effectively is a way to compete with larger operations when you can't afford — and don't want — a big payroll.
If you're a freelancer yourself, you probably don't need to be told how quickly this workforce is growing. We study this a lot at Nation1099, and according to our analysis of all the available freelance studies and stats, 11 percent of the U.S. workforce is full-time freelance.
That means "self employed" as a group is bigger than any single employer in the country. We are bigger than Walmart and bigger than the federal government.
And if any business owners are reading this, it means 1 in 9 of your former employees is now a freelancer.
It also means 1 in 9 of the prospective talent pool has no interest in your W-2 job ad. If you need help, you almost have to make hiring freelancers part of the plan.
Another trend in the growing freelance market is that the hiring side of the equation is also changing. Increasingly, freelancers are hired by other freelancers. I call this peer-to-peer freelancing, and it takes two basic forms.
First, we may hire one another to work on our own businesses. For example, I may need someone to develop my brand strategy for my solo business, and I may need someone else to implement a chat function on my website. Naturally, because I'm a freelancer myself, I know the value of turning to freelancers for that support.
Second, we are hiring one another to join forces on client work. For example, as a marketer, I might bring in editors, proofreaders, designers, social media strategists, marketing technologists, and writers . . . lots and lots of writers.
Someone offering another professional service will bring together a different team freelance colleagues to support their client work. For example, a freelance web dev might bring in SEO specialists or online community managers or a site audit specialist.
One method for joining forces as freelancers is to "bring them to the table" and have the client hire each of us separately.
But increasingly the model is for someone like myself to assemble the team and to act as the primary contractor — the prime — and to be responsible for the relationship with the subcontractors — the subs.
Over time, in my own content marketing business and through the community at Nation1099, I've developed an approach to working effectively with subcontractors. I want to share a few of the highlights with you here.
For the rest of this article, you'll see me referring to the subs I work with as my team.
Of course, they aren't mine at all in the sense that an employer with W-2s on the payroll would say "my employees." They are freelancers, after all. They can do anything they want, and they have many other clients who have a claim on their time.
Nor can I promise my team anything beyond the current project. In some cases, I can go a couple years or more without working with a valuable member of my team just because the right job hasn't come up.
But when we are working together, I want us all pulling in the same direction. Generally, that means I want them on brand and on strategy both for my business and for my client's business.
I also want the prospective client to have a good impression and to have confidence that we can do the job.
So my goal over time is to build an increasingly well cultivated network of freelancers. I'm going to communicate with them regularly no matter what, and I'm going to encourage them to communicate with one another.
a lot of people. Have patience. Try them once more. For the ones who aren't a good fit, graciously let them know that you won't be able to use them. For the rest, steadily onboard them to your systems and introduce them to the team with more and more assignments.
Have you heard the term "employer of choice"? It's essentially an approach to talent management that recognizes that companies are in a talent war.
Workers have choices, and they don't want to work for employers with ugly behaviors. To get the best pool of job applicants and to keep employees engaged, you have to be better than their other choices.
My goal is that every sub I work with feels that I am their best client. Even if their other client is a Fortune 500 company. It doesn't matter how prestigious their other clients are. When it comes to being good to work with, there's no reason I can't compete.
I want my team answering my emails when I need their attention.
I want my team putting our work at the top of their to-do list every Monday morning.
I want my team thinking to send me the status update email on Friday afternoon.
If someone on my team gets busy and has to tell a client, "This is going to be a couple days late," I want it to be one of their other clients.
To achieve this, I do everything my budget and my schedule allows to make sure every member of my team knows I value their work. They all get Christmas cards. They all get recommendations on LinkedIn. They all get retweets of their work for their other clients and of their side projects. They all get white papers and articles that I think will be helpful or interesting to them. They all get funny videos. And they all get referrals for work that I'm passing on.
In short, they all get regular reminders that I'm thinking of them and am rooting for their success.
Most of all, I answer their emails. When subs who I have worked with reach out to me, they hear back. The dumbest mistake I see clients make with freelancers is only being in touch when they need something. It's amazing the number of clients who expect freelancers to jump when they have urgent work but who don't have the courtesy to answer a professional email from us.
Freelancers increasingly are in the driver's seat when it comes to pricing. The community at Nation1099 talks a lot about strategies for raising freelance rates, and these clients — not clients of choice — are the first to get shoved off the back of the train.
To work effectively with subs, have a goal of being their best client.
What this looks like in practice: Communicate a lot.
A lot of primes (and agencies) worry about subs stealing their clients way.
I prefer to see that as a goal, within certain limits.
First of all, every contract comes to an end eventually. For what I do, it's usually because the client grows to a point that they are building an in-house team that makes my work unnecessary. In that case, I strongly encourage the client to keep on the writers and other people in my network. Helping my team succeed has paid real dividends a couple years later in referrals.
As for subs and clients cutting a side deal that leaves me out, it has never actually happened. If it did, wouldn't it just be a symptom of another problem? If a client feels that a freelancer doesn't offer any value beyond the direct service such as writing, illustration, or copyediting, then this isn't a solid relationship anyway. The freelancer is just a middleman driving up their costs.
The whole point of using subs is so that you can be a prime doing something that is uniquely valuable. In my case, I offer a complete editorial process and oversight. That's not physically possible if I'm also a writer — not without a time machine. If all my clients feel that all they need is writing, then I haven't really sold them on my value.
In that case, there really wouldn't be any work to steal.
What this looks like in practice: You do you. Concentrate on how your services are uniquely valuable, build the team of subs who help amplify that, and don't worry about the rest.
As a freelancer yourself, you probably know those platforms and websites where you can hunt for work? Now as a prime you are potentially on the hiring side of those markets.
As we discussed above, talent is getting harder to find, so you'll have to be creative and be persistent. Some of these marketplace sites can feel like entering an unfamiliar bazaar.
My own approach is make peace with how time consuming that is and to just outhustle the competition trying to find the best freelancers.
I've even put out a cattle call on Craigslist ads to attract inquiries from interested freelancers. That's how I found my assistant editor, who has been essential to my team the last couple of years.
I've also had some luck reaching out directly to writers whose published work I noticed and thought illustrated the approach I need. (Our clients demand a lot of research and even original reporting.) I reach out directly with a short note and ask if they'd like to chat.
If you've been on Upwork and places like that, you know the advantages and disadvantages already. What you may not know is that many competing sites are emerging with innovative business models and different niches. We maintain a list of the most interesting of these freelance websites and marketplaces on Nation1099. Some of them curate both the freelancers and the clients to make the marketplace more selective. Others structure the payment terms to incentivize good work rather than incentivizing a race to the bottom. So I strongly encourage you to look at some of the alternatives in your hunt for subcontractors.
What this looks like in practice: In short, to build up your team of subs, look everywhere and be more persistent than your competition.
Okay, those are some of the general principles to live by. Let's get into the details a little more.
The best way to do this is to orient your thinking around the written agreement you'll have with your subs. At Nation1099, we have several subcontractor agreement templates you can crib from. Let's walk through a few of the elements that I've found are most relevant to marketing work.
But then there are a few additional elements to the subcontractor agreement that recognize you have a relationship with a third party.
Your payment terms should make clear what counts as delivered and when you will pay the sub relative to that delivery.
That's because you will sometimes get into a situation where you accept work from the sub as complete but then later find that the client wants revisions. It might be a change order. Or it might be that they have a reasonable difference of opinion about the quality of the package you are delivering.
In any case, you need to keep the client happy by revising the work. But if you have already "accepted" the work from the sub, then you owe the sub the payment without asking for revisions. If you anticipate needing revisions, then your agreement with the sub needs to make clear that acceptance of the work and payment will be in suspense for some extended period.
In short, you need to decide if the sub only gets paid after you get paid or if you are going to pay up promptly regardless of what the client does.
If you are paying the sub on a project basis, then the payment terms should include an hourly rate for overages or work outside the scope, which will help in this situation. You can go back to the sub and ask them to deal with the revisions and to invoice you at the hourly rate.
Which is fine when it's just you. But if you already put a sub to work on their part of the project, then you have a problem. If the sub has put even a few minutes of work into this, they'll feel it isn't fair to ask them to halt work without compensation.
I like to use a concept from the days of magazine writing when it was common for freelance writers to be put on an assignment months ahead of a publication date. If their editor revised their plan for an issue, they would tell the writer to cease work and to take the "kill fee." This was a payment of 25 percent or 50 percent of the promised amount. Sometimes the kill fee was tiered based on when the story was killed.
I like to include a kill fee provision in the subcontractor agreement. I have ended up paying it to people on my team a few times when they have started researching but haven't yet started writing. If a client comes to me during that period and wants a change, I agree and then tell the writer to pump the brakes and to invoice me for the kill fee.
If the client wants a change after that point, I tell them they are asking for a change order that will cost them, either in an extra fee or in a decrease in the deliverables. I have expenses to my team I'm already committed to.
This goes in two directions. Confidentiality about the client and confidentiality about you.
Whatever agreement you have with the client about confidentiality needs to be passed on to the subs. Make sure your subcontractor agreement makes clear how they should treat research, work product, materials that have been shared, etc.
If there's a non-compete element to your client work, then you need to address if or how that applies to your subs.
I don't recommend getting into non-compete situations to begin with. The whole point of being a freelancer and having a niche is to know your field very well so you can provide immediate value to your client. That's only possible if you can work with other clients in the same industry.
Meanwhile, you will have your processes and research for your freelance business, and you should ask your subs to keep that confidential.
If your work for the client is "work for hire" where they own the deliverables, then you need to make sure that you roll up the work of your subs under the same terms.
Related to that is the issue of credit. This certainly comes up with freelance writers, though it may be different in professions I'm less familiar with, like design or engineering.
That's because those of us who come from the journalism world are used to a world where work-for-hire was less common. Instead we often were selling "first publication rights" to the magazine or newspaper. We retained ownership and the right to sell it again. And the custom in journalism is to always have a byline indicating the author.
When veteran journalists get into content marketing — which look a little like journalism on the surface — it can be a surprise that the custom is exactly the opposite on both those issues.
My own subcontractor agreements include a line indicating that the client owns the work. It also states that the client retains the right to publish the finished piece without an author credit or to publish it under the byline of someone else. They also retain the right to publish it elsewhere than on the client's own blog.
Then separately from that, I strongly encourage the client to give byline credit unless this is a true ghostwriting situation. Advocating for my team in this way is part of the principles outlined above.
This is where you make clear that your subs are in fact freelance rather than employees either of yourself or of the client. You don't want to get into an employment classification lawsuit.
As a freelancer yourself, you're probably already very familiar with the rules about classifying a worker as a contractor rather than as an employee. You need to pay attention to the other side of this relationship when you are a prime.
Essentially, make sure the relationship is temporary and deliverables-based and that you are not controlling how the sub spends their time or spends their resources. And then make sure your agreement with the sub clarifies that.
If all of this sounds a little ambitious, that's understandable. In essence, when you set yourself up as a prime looking for and managing subs, you are entering a talent war to some degree. Talent wars are cyclical, and right now there is more demand than supply.
But when you think about it, the reason there is a talent war is that there is a value in it. Clients want good help because they need it. If you can help deliver that help by putting yourself in the role of a prime, then you have an opportunity to add even more value to your clients and to grow your own business.
As I said at the top, that's the real upside of the growth of freelancing. It's not about reducing your costs and increasing your flexibility. It's about extending your business strategy into a more profitable area. Building a great team of subcontractors is one way for your freelance business to build a competitive advantage.


Everyone at our Deepavali Dinner could not stop raving about the Manchurian Cauliflower.
This is a popular Indo-Chinese appetizer recipe, it is crunchy but soft, and the cauliflower is the perfect carrier for all that batter and spicy flavours.
It is not an Indian dish, but I chose to make it because it was not a curry, and was not a vegetable that was cooked until it died.
In preparation for a dinner party, I would fry off the cauliflower florets in the morning, and then an hour before the party, pop the florets in the oven at 100°C to warm up, and then 15 minutes before serving, start cooking the tomato chilli mix that will coat the florets.
Boil cauliflower florets for 10 minutes. Remove and drain well.
In a bowl make the batter. Mix together plain flour, corn flour, bi carb soda, 1/2 tsp black pepper, salt and two eggs. If your mixture is looking fairly stodgy, just add a smidge of water to loosen it up. Your batter shouldn't be too thick, or too runny, it should be just enough to completely coat each floret. Test your batter with one floret before you chuck it all in (you can tell I already made that mistake).
Once you have tested your batter and are happy with it, then you can chuck all the florets in to coat them all.
Deep fry in batches until crisp or light golden brown, keep aside.
In a wok, heat 2 tbsp of oil. Add garlic and saute for 30 seconds, add the chopped red onion and the white part of spring onion, fry till soft and light brown.
Add tomato sauce, chili sauce, soy sauce, 1/2 tsp cracked pepper, salt and mix well. Add fried cauliflower florets and mix gently to coat florets with sauce, add finely chopped green part of the spring onion and mix well for a minute, off flame.


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New York Times Highlights Guaidó's Failure in Davos
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The US newspaper The New York Times highlighted on Thursday in a journalistic piece, the failure of the Venezuelan deputy Juan Guaidó in his participation in the World Economic Forum, held in Davos, Switzerland, which he attended as alleged Venezuelan interim president. From the beginning, the US media refers to the failure of his participation in the event, headlining their article: "Guaidó, promising a change for Venezuela, fails to conquer Davos. "
The article is written by Mark Landler, head of the London offices of the New York newspaper, who has been working there for 27 years. He has also been a correspondent for economics sources in Europe and a reporter for the business bureau in New York.
In its content, the New York Times piece recounts the events presented during the participation of Guaidó, in which he was answering questions about why the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, remained in power after a year of his self-proclamation as supposed "president in charge" of the country, with the support of the United States.
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"But as Mr. Guaidó made the rounds at this year's gathering of political and business figures — having come to Europe in defiance of a travel ban at home — he seemed like a man whose moment had passed," the piece said.
Similarly, it emphasized that, despite having the support of the US since the beginning of 2019, Guaido never held a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Davos, besides highlighting the absence of former National Security adviser, John Bolton, who was fired last year by the US president.
"Mr. Trump did not even mention Venezuela in his speech at Davos," said the influential US outlet. Trump held -at least- 5 bilateral meetings during his visit to Davos according to the White House youtube coverage.
During his speech -the outlet reported- the right-wing parliamentarian "found it difficult to offer fresh ideas" to get support from European countries for his intention to tighten the aggression against the South American nation.
RELATED CONTENT: The Crazy Ride of Guaido Through a Fractured Europe
"Venezuela is already under harsh sanctions, which until now have failed to get Maduro out. In an election year, the United States is much less likely to consider more aggressive options like a military intervention,"says the newspaper, referring to the coercive measures imposed on Venezuela that have caused losses in the millions, with the aim of overthrowing the Bolivarian Revolution.
Among the questions asked of Guaidó is the supposed support of military forces. On this fact, the opposition deputy said that they offered the military a kind of "amnesty" to those who "turned their backs" on the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro; nevertheless "it did not sit well with high ranking officers."
On repeated occasions, the deputy, together with members of the Donald Trump administration, have called on the officers of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) to "turn their backs" on the head of state. "They remain their bastion of support," Guaidó emphasized to a half empty room in Davos.
Featured image: The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó at the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland.Credit…Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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Increasing Operational Efficiency the #1 Focus for Asset Management
But technological innovation in operational support is not keeping pace…
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Insights, September 26, 2018
Latest Temenos Multifonds Every Fund Survey finds:
90% of the asset management industry think operational efficiency will become increasingly important
However, 94% said technical innovation in operational support needs to accelerate
Supporting new asset classes highlighted as the top value-add area asset administrators need to focus on
GENEVA, Switzerland – September 26, 2018 – Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announces the launch of its latest Temenos Multifonds Every Fund Survey, this time looking at operational efficiency – how fund managers and asset administrators can unlock value from operational systems, open up new opportunities, and reduce costs.
In a global survey of 100 asset managers, custodians, third-party administrators and professional service providers, Temenos identified that increasing operational efficiencies is a key priority for asset management. An overwhelming 90% of respondents said that operational efficiency will become an increasingly important focus, with a further 91% saying that improving operational efficiency plays an important role in increasing profitability. In terms of the industry's focus on innovation over the next 12 months, operational efficiency was highlighted as the #1 priority, followed by product development, digital channels and risk management.
However, the survey also showed that technological innovation in operational support is not keeping pace, with 94% of respondents saying it needs to accelerate, and 1 in 4 saying that fund administrators and transfer agencies are not currently keeping up with the requirements of asset managers. To close this gap, 92% of respondents said that third-party technology providers have an important role to play in accelerating technical innovation.
The survey also asked respondents to rank in order of priority the key areas of innovation that asset administrators need to focus on – the findings were:
#1 Supporting new asset classes (e.g. ETFs)
#2 Unlocking insights through data analytics
#3 Opening up new markets and jurisdictions
#4 Increasing the speed to adapt to regulatory change
#5 Shortening the time period to produce NAVs
#6 Increasing client oversight and control
Commenting on the findings of the Every Fund Survey, Oded Weiss, Managing Director of Temenos Multifonds, comments:
"Improving operational efficiency is now a key priority in asset management, and an important driver of profitability. However, the demands from asset managers on third party service providers have changed due to a combination of factors – competition through digital channels such as robo-advice, increasing regulatory standards necessitating a move to real time oversight, combined with increasing cost pressures as expense ratios have continued to fall.
"To keep pace with the demands of the industry, third party administrators now need to invest in the technology, data and services to help asset managers compete in the digital world, by opening up new asset classes, unlocking insights from data, improving the user experience, and increasing oversight and control."
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THE DESOLATION of Smaug opens in a tavern a year before An Unexpected Journey (the first instalment). It's here that Gandalf the Grey bumps into Thorin Oakenshield, the would-be king of dwarves, and convinces him to steal the precious Arkenstone from underneath a fire-breathing dragon in the Lonely Mountain to reunite the lost Kingdom of Erebor. If this sounds like a foreign language, you won't enjoy two hours and forty minutes of it. Go home and watch the first one. Or just go home.
The Hobbit, a 300-page children's novel, does not equal three films. Tolkien is so verbose he just about fits walking, lunch, and a song into 100 pages so the narrative has to be bulked out with drawn-out battle scenes.
This is less tedious than it sounds because Peter Jackson really knows how to direct a battle scene. One thrilling set piece sees dwarves in barrels battle orcs while being thrashed about by river rapids. Legolas even pulls out his signature move – skateboarding on things that aren't skateboards – in a nod to the battle of Helm's Deep.
But the best performance is saved till last for Benedict Cumberbatch's Smaug, a thundering beast of a dragon who you believe has fire in his belly before you even see it glowing. The scale of Jackson's vision is as grandiose as ever and the golden caves underneath the Mountain are particularly cavernous in 3D.


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Knicks Coach Kurt Rambis Blames Jimmer Fredette's Playing Time On Poor Defense
Jimmer Fredette has a reputation of being a great shooter, but not a great defender. That weakness is leaving the guard on he bench as he fights for time with the New York Knicks.
Kristaps Porzingis Thankful Carmelo Anthony Rejected Knicks-Celtics Trade
Carmelo Anthony continues to stress his committment to the New York Knicks by denying trade deals. Kristaps Porzingis is happy the franchise star will be sticking around.
Memphis Grizzlies Expect Mike Conley To Re-Sign In Free Agency
Mike Conley is expecting to be a highly sought-after free agent this upcoming summer, but the Memphis Grizzlies predict he will re-sign with the team despite interest from the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets.
Carmelo Anthony Rejected Knicks-Celtics Trade At Deadline
Carmelo Anthony means it when he says he is committed to the New York Knicks despite all of the team's struggles as he rejected a trade to the Boston Celtics at the league deadline just a week ago.
Mike Conley's Max Contract Demands Hurt Knicks, Nets Interest?
Mike Conley is stressing that he likes the Memphis Grizzlies, but sources believe that the point guard is set on making the most money possilbe in free agency, which could leave the Knicks and Nets out of the running.
New York Knicks To Start Langston Galloway Over Jose Calderon?
The New York Knicks are looking for ways to change up the starting lineup. The team could be eyeing the point guard position as Langston Galloway might be getting the nod over Jose Calderon.
Kurt Rambis Downplays Jimmer Fredette's Playing Time After Knicks Contract
The New York Knicks might have a new fan-favorite player in Jimmer Fredette on the roster for the next 10 days, but head coach Kurt Rambis is downplaying the idea that Fredette will get playing time over other players who have been on the team longer.
Jerian Grant Unhappy Knicks Played Jimmer Fredette, Langston Galloway In Loss
Jerian Grant is not happy he is sitting on the bench more times than not for the New York Knicks as the team continues to favor Jose Calderon and Langston Galloway along with the newly arrived Jimmer Fredette over him.
Jimmer Fredette To Battle Jerian Grant, Langston Galloway For Knicks Playing Time
The New York Knicks are bringing up Jimmer Fredette, but his role on the team is unclear as the guard is prepared to battle Langston Galloway and Jerian Grant for playing time on the court during his 10-day contract.
Knicks To Sign Jimmer Fredette After Jerian Grant Criticism
The New York Knicks continue their search for help in the backcourt as a 10-day contract is expected for Jimmer Fredette after criticism to Jerian Grant and Jose Calderon.
Knicks To Replace Jose Calderon With Kevin Martin?
The New York Knicks are looking for help at the point guard position as Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant struggle on the court. Will Kevin Martin be an option if the Minnesota Timberwolves buyout his contract?
Carmelo Anthony Doubted Jose Calderon, Kyle O'Quinn Trades At Deadline
The New York Knicks were looking to make several moves at the trade deadline, but Carmelo Anthony knew that a package of both Jose Calderon and Kyle O'Quinn were simply not going to get the team the return they were hoping for.
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Knicks Push Jeff Teague Trade
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Upon my arrival, I was given the grand tour of the Boise Office. Coming from a smaller office made up of multiple disciplines, it was exciting to see so many fellow transportation designers and engineers all in one office!
I took the advice given to me by Panda Express and learned as much as I could about the Boise team, including recent projects they have been involved in and the type of clients they typically work with.
Apparently, I got lucky and snuck in at the tail end of the beautiful fall weather. The trees were full of color and I enjoyed my lunch while soaking up the 70-degree sunshine alongside the Boise River, just a few steps from the office.
I stayed downtown and spent my evenings wandering up and down the exceptionally clean streets of the capital city, sometimes hopping on a green bike or electric scooter to see more of the area. Riding along the greenbelt was fantastic and such a relaxing way to end the day.
On Thursday, I enticed everyone with a free lunch in exchange for attending my presentation. The presentation included some background on myself and what projects I have been working on.
Then I got to be part of the bean-boozling fun at the end of the staff meeting. When something big happens for someone on the team, they "get" to spin the wheel to determine which jelly bean to eat. The jelly bean could be delicious or disgusting… mine was rotten eggs… yuck.
I was treated to an authentic Idaho potato lunch with the team at Boise Fry Company, where I tried blueberry ketchup and habanero ranch for the first time.
There was a long list of fun things I wanted to do while in Boise. Before I left town, I made sure I squeezed in a sunset hike to Table Rock (AMAZING!), spent a couple hours exploring the Idaho State History Museum, strolled through the street art of Freak Alley, visited the Old Idaho Penitentiary, and cheered on my fellow Utah State Aggies at a women's soccer game against Boise State.
I am so glad I had the opportunity to travel to the Boise office as part of the POET Program! It was a very valuable experience being able to meet fellow Parametrix employee-owners and discuss future opportunities for collaboration and establish connections for mentorship. Thank you to the Boise office staff for their generosity and helping me feel welcome during my stay! I'm already looking forward to a return visit!


Can John McEnroe Help Milos Raonic Win Wimbledon?
John McEnroe is trying to help the Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic become one of the sport's next great champions.
John McEnroe was seated courtside at the Queen's Club, in London, earlier this month for the start of the final of the Aegon Championships, the premier warmup before Wimbledon. He was protected from sporadic sunshine by a new Mets cap, and he was elbows-to-knees absorbed as play began, his face expressionless, which can't be easy for him. He was on hand not as a commentator—he is tennis's best—but as a new, part-time consulting coach to Milos Raonic, the towering Canadian with a big, big serve who spent a moment last year ranked No. 4 in the world, and who may, at twenty-five, be poised to secure a steady place in that stratosphere, as the vaunted Big Four of men's tennis begins to crumble. (He's currently ranked No. 7.) McEnroe has joined a team of coaches. (These days, most tennis stars are supported by similar crews.) His immediate responsibility is to hone Raonic's play on grass, which should be a prime surface for the Canadian, given that his game begins with a serve that routinely reaches a hundred and thirty miles per hour and that grass is a slick and fast surface. "He can get in your head with that serve," McEnroe told the Guardian earlier this month, explaining why grass suited Raonic.
McEnroe has also been saying that his new charge is one of "six or seven guys" who can win the Championships at Wimbledon this year. McEnroe himself was a grass-court wonder: he won at Wimbledon three times and at the Queen's Club four times. He also knew how to win big matches—as long as they weren't on clay—and the hope is that he can make Raonic tougher and savvier in such contests. Before this year's brief grass-court season began, Raonic had reached eighteen A.T.P. finals in his career—no small accomplishment—but had lost most of them, and he had never reached a final on grass. McEnroe wants to do for Raonic something like what Boris Becker has done for Novak Djokovic, and what Ivan Lendl did, and has been recently hired to do again, for Andy Murray: not only provide technical tips but instill that ineffable edge, make a consistent winner of him. McEnroe, at age fifty-seven, is moonlighting as a trophy coach.
Johnny Mac had to like what he saw from Raonic at Queen's as the final got under way. Raonic had taken a tough, three-set opening-round match from Nick Kyrgios, the fiery twenty-one-year-old Australian who has played some of his best tennis on grass. (He upset Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in 2014.) Then he cruised in the quarter-finals (6–1, 6–4) against Roberto Bautista Agut, a Spaniard with un-Spaniard-like fast-court game. And now, in the early going of the final, Raonic's first on grass, he was more than holding his own against the home-town favorite, No. 2-ranked Andy Murray. The weapons Raonic had long counted on were firing: he'd held the first three games he served by winning every single one of the points in which he got his first serve in, and he was dictating the terms of play with his forehand, especially when he launched it from his backhand corner, stutter-stepping nimbly to swat inside-out forehands again and again to Murray's backhand, wearing it down. Murray, like Raonic, was serving well, finding his spots, and Raonic is not an élite returner of serve; the first set reached 6–6, and thus a tiebreak.
It was at this point that I was sure I saw signs of McEnroe's . . . well, is he capable of whispering? Raonic ended each of the first three points of the tiebreak by gliding toward the net behind a low sliced backhand and then striking a volley winner. Four of the seven points he won in taking the tiebreak he garnered at the net—and he went eleven for nineteen in net approaches over all in the first set. Add in seven aces and you have the formula that has traditionally won championships on grass: serve big, move in, shorten points.
Raonic quickly went up 3–0 in the second set, and looked to be on his way to his first grass-court trophy—which, when you're playing at Queen's, happens to be one of pro tennis's grandest: large, silver, ancient-Greek-urn-evoking in that late-Victorian way. But then the tide turned suddenly, as it can in tennis, after a Raonic volley that was initially called in—it would have put Raonic up four games to one—was shown to be out by the Hawk-Eye cameras. Murray's passing shots got more accurate, "handsy," as the English like to say, especially from his backhand side. He'd wait just a moment longer to strike, taking the pace off the ball and placing it, with a gentle flick of his wrists, out of Raonic's reach, low and brushing the sideline chalk. Meanwhile, Raonic's volleys were getting looser. When he wasn't botching those shots altogether, he was increasingly putting them where Murray could hustle to return them, and smack a winner on by.
Raonic is, let's say, an unrelaxed player. Preparing to serve, he looks and holds himself a bit like the gray-flannelled commuters in Todd Haynes's cinematic evocations of the nineteen-fifties. He wears a mouth guard because he tends to grind his teeth in tight matches. And now, losing control of the match, his body language began to reveal how tense he was. He winced. He slouched. He moved less and lunged more. Murray reeled off five straight games and took the set, 6–4.
Raonic never did work his way back into things. In the third set he dropped his serve twice and failed to impose himself with his volleys. Over all for the match, he would win only twenty-two of forty-two points approaching the net. On what would turn out to be the match's final point, he followed his serve in and had a floater off of Murray's sliced return waiting for him on the forehand side. He muffed it.
Let it be said that Raonic lost at Queen's to one of the two players among McEnroe's group of alleged Wimbledon contenders who is surely more equal than the rest—the other being Djokovic. (If Raonic wins his early-round matches at Wimbledon, and Djokovic his, they will meet in the quarter-finals.) Nadal is out with a wrist injury (and, frankly, hasn't been a threat at Wimbledon since losing the final there to Djokovic five years ago). Federer is recovering from knee surgery, and failed to win either of the two grass-court tune-ups he played this month in Germany. There are other players, younger even than Raonic, who could win at the All England Club, especially if either Murray or Djokovic were to be upset early, or develop an injury: Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem (who beat Federer on grass in Stuttgart a few weeks ago), and Sascha Zverev (who beat Fed on grass a week later in Halle). But as play at Wimbledon gets under way this week, the expectation will be for a Murray-Djokovic final—another Murray-Djokovic final. They've already played four this year, and fifteen this decade.
Which brings us to the essence of the challenge for Raonic and his new coach: both Murray and Djokovic dominate by fending off attacking players. Their contribution to tennis—and this is especially true of Djokovic, the decade's greatest champion, who, at this point, must be thick in any conversation about the greatest of all time—is a game based on near-impenetrable defense. They return your big serves—in Djokovic's case, right back at your tennis-shoe tops. They reach and then send sizzling back shots that you thought, when striking them, were winners to the corner. They pass you when you come in to net, taking full advantage of, first, modern racquet technology, to hit hard even with a short backswing, and, second, modern string technology, to load up topspin, which loops their shots down at your feet as you move forward. (Murray also possesses a killer lob.) And, if that's not enough, they simply outlast you with their quickness and fitness, especially in the majors like Wimbledon, where matches are best-of-five and you need to win six of them to reach the final.
Raonic has worked hard on his conditioning, but there are few players on the men's tour more prone to injury. (Juan Martin del Potro, returning to Wimbledon this summer after missing the past two because of injuries, is one.) In just the past year or so, he has been sidelined by a pinched nerve in his foot that eventually required surgery; suffered a hip injury that hobbled him; sought treatment for back spasms; and, at this year's Australian Open, torn an adductor while leading Murray in a semifinal match, two sets to one. (He dropped the last two sets quickly and quietly, 4–6, 2–6.) Is it his size? (He's six feet six.) Who knows. But, whatever it is, it's not something John McEnroe can fix.
What he can do is help Raonic to recognize the best moments to come forward and make use of that size at the net. Mac might also help him unwind a bit, as Raonic himself has mentioned; they apparently like to talk about their shared interest in contemporary art. (Raonic confounded the tennis-beat writers at the Australian Open by using part of a post-match press conference to explain the similarities he found in the aesthetic approaches of Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei.) Beyond that, perhaps he can do what Becker and Lendl do for their champions: serve as that onetime playing great in the coaching box whose faith you want so badly to justify. And, if Raonic rewards that faith at Wimbledon, count on McEnroe to stick with him well beyond the grass-court season.
The Next Great Men's Tennis Player?
The wait for the twenty-two-year-old Austrian player Dominic Thiem would seem to be over, at least if the surface is clay.
Nothing would make me happier than to be wrong about this, but Rafael Nadal is fading.


The optoPlates are a series of open-source devices that enable high-throughput, multi-color optogenetic experiments in microwell plates. With the optoPlate-96, each well of a 96-well plate can be illuminated with up to 3 wavelengths of light, with independent control of illumination timing and intensity. Despite its complexity and robustness, the optoPlate-96 can be assembled in a few hours with no specialized equipment, at a total cost of ~$500. See below for full optoPlate-96 details, annotated protocols, design files, and code. These devices have been game-changers in our ability to perform complex, quantitative, and reproducible optogenetic experiments. We hope they will be equally powerful for you.
Bugaj, L.J., Sabnis, A.J., Mitchell, A., Garbarino, J.E., Toettcher, J.E., Bivona, T.G., and Lim, W.A. (2018). Cancer mutations and targeted drugs can disrupt dynamic signal encoding by the Ras-Erk pathway. Science 361.
At its core, the optoPlate-96 is an LED array formatted to illuminate standard microwell plates. This device allows programmable control of 288 independent channels of light in 96-well format (3 channels/colors per well). Each well position can also illuminate 4-wells of a 384-well plate, and the devices can be readily multiplexed for enhanced throughput. 3D-printed adapters were designed to optically insulate each well from its neighbors. Additionally, an active heatsink minimizes sample heating when light-intensive illumination protocols must be used. The optoPlates were designed primarily for use within cell culture incubators, but an also be adapted for illumination of cells during live-cell microscopy.
The optoPlate-96 can be assembled manually following our detailed protocol. Once all necessary components have been ordered/3D printed/laser cut, a fully functional optoPlate-96 can be assembled and tested in 3-4 hours. The design files for PCB printing, 3D-printing, and laser/jet cutting are all provided in our Github repository. To visualize the finished product, explore the interactive 3D models below.
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July 19, 2012 /2 Comments/in Event, Featured Entertainment, in the Main Theatre /by admin
Event Featured Entertainment in the Main Theatre
Warm as summer sunshine, real as the truth, intimate as a long overdue visit between old friends … such is a Jonathan Edwards concert. Four decades into a stellar career of uncompromising musical integrity, the man simply delivers, night after night – songs of passion, songs of insight, songs of humor, all rendered in that pure and powerful tenor which, like fine wine, has only grown sweeter with age.
This is one veteran performer who is neither grizzled nor nostalgic. These days Jonathan Edwards, a vital and relevant artist in today's folk and Americana scenes, is most likely to be found on the road with longtime accompanist Stuart Schulman on bass, piano, fiddle, and vocals and Taylor Armerding, formerly of Northern Lights, on mandolin and high-tenor vocals. "I've been … doing what I do best, which is playing live in front of people. I've been concentrating on that and loving it," he says.
An artist who measures his success by his ability to attract and take good care of an audience for four decades, Jonathan maintains that it is the feedback he receives after his shows that keeps him going. "It is really gratifying to hear [someone say], 'Your stuff has meant a lot to me over the years.'"
The "stuff" he's referring to is a highly respected repertoire that includes such classics as "Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy," "Sometimes," "One Day Closer," "Don't Cry Blue," "Emma," "Everybody Knows Her," "Athens County," and everyone's favorite ode to putting a good buzz on, "Shanty." And then, of course, there's the anthemic "Sunshine (Go Away Today)," that fierce proclamation of protest and independence that resonated with thousands and thousands of frustrated and angry young men and women when it was first released in 1971. Almost 40 years later, at show after show, the song continues to be embraced by faithful followers and new fans alike.
Since 1971, Jonathan has released 15 albums, including Blue Ridge, his standard-setting collaboration with bluegrass favorites the Seldom Scene, and Little Hands, his collection of children's songs, which was honored with a National Library Association award.
Special Guest! GRACE
Jonathan Edwards' daughter, international star Grace, will join Jonathan on stage for this very special evening of music. An accomplished musician, her sound has captured audiences abroad. LEARN MORE.
ADVANCED TICKETS: $23 members / $27 non-members / $24 seniors (65+)
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PRISONER OF PASSION A WINTER CONCERT with Broadway Bound & The Community Chorus


#PurpleForParents activist Cat Barrett chats with Rebecca Friedrichs, Author of Standing Up to Goliath about Ethics for the Classroom.
As usual, my reflections have brought me here. I've been thinking about some of the lessons over this calendar recess, especially concerning how teachers view what students are capable of.
A very common response was, "Wow, you are so brave in your classroom with lesson designs!" While I am very proud of my off the routine teacher lectures, I know that this is less about courage and more about capacity and experience. Focusing on how brave something looks can detract from how doable it really is. That's not to say it doesn't require courage to start, but we can be emboldened in knowing we are not alone.
This past Saturday, nine Arizona educators, three National Education Associate coaches concluded our Teacher Leadership Institute work study. We were collective group entire year long and parting exit ticket, we will no long shy away and dance in the rain storm. During our face-to-face cohort meetings, virtual conferences with coaches cross the nation, thanks to via zoom software we built relationships, shared action research in our classrooms.
During the face-to- face session, we defined pathways of aspiring leadership. Our expectation involved design thinking and ultimately a movement of advocacy to build substainability within our school district. Capstone projects included action research with, building professional learning communities, inclusive profession book study, communication with your profession organization, breaking out of isolation in our profession, political engagement advocacy.
awarded innovation grant leading to afford purchase professional development book, "Spark Learning: 3 Keys to Embracing the Power of Student Curiosity" by Ramsey Musallam #Spark3 #cyclesoflearning. This volunteer book study will enable instructors to share with the author applications of curiosity taking place in their core content with student curiosity and how curiosity is contagious, inspiring teachers all over the globe to bring curiosity to the forefront of learning in the classroom.
During the cohort, we share experience knowledge of our personal, professional growth involved with the design learning process, planning and implementation steps, setbacks and even moral compasses challenged. Our National Education Association coaches provoked us to reflected upon our continuum matrix by identify our growth as a teacher leader.
Our experience was demonstrating teacher leadership growth. During the process, our vehicle for growth was ultimately our decision. Our reflections were more than words on paper receiving written feedback from our coaches. Our reflection evidence deeped the naturally formed relationships from each face to face meeting and continue via social media, on professional learning platform.
Adolescence is fundamentally about the process of identity formation and individualism. The time in life to start asking the question: What do I want to do with my one wild and precious life?
Teachers reflect at the end of the school day and even on into weekends. This past Thursday, a colleague and I were listening, reflecting and laughing about a recent education podcast. The podcast titled, "Grumpy Old Teachers" by @jonsamelson and @scotteach Click Here, listen and share! (please leave a comment, these guys need a sponsor). We concluded, after listening, "High school advisory could be like these guys" this small reflection, force us to ponder how could we shape the culture of connectedness to our assigned advisory students.
Students requesting to come for advisory.
Requests made by students for tutoring/credit recovery.
What station activity students gravitated towards.
Next, I observed. I observed students that created their own tutoring stations. One station was reading guitar music. This eventually lead to peers introducing new peers to each other and myself. Another station was creating coding path for their ollie, (rolling robot), Focusing on the two stations, there was clear evidence of differentiate advisory curricula. The students were promoting their own learning styles. Students openly shared with me and anyone that walked unannounced what "supplies" were needed in their station. Culture of connectedness allows students to discover their "why" and then start to experiment with their "what." Advisory is the best place already baked into the school schedule to start asking the "big questions." Introducing students to these questions in high school is some of the best education and guidance we can provide them. We are taking small steps and moving from Youtube channels to aspiring podcasters.
The secret to living is giving. This summer, professional development secrets were being shared. Educators were living, traveling to conferences and giving low technology and high technology strategies.
Educators attended conference which adopted the preferred title, "PD adult camps" because of it's playful, joyous, risk free environment. Presenter were facilitators and caught in popularize photo snapshots.
PD camps topics ranged from, ISTE 2017, Notatiste, IPadpalooza, and virtual online classes. Social media expedited the giving with speed of light and lighting fast published shout-outs. The catalyst for giving and sharing intellectual knowledge gained and eagerly given without expectation to global audience. In forms that involved shout-out of Thank you in visions of bitmojis and gifs. Networking and advisory encouragement was also evident. The artifacts can be read and found via; (to name just a few); G-Suite, twitter, Youtube videos, Google classroom, OneNote, Facebook (Live), blogging and even vblogs.
The weather was sweet. How sweet you ask? Well, the state of Arizona and hashtag: #FlipGrid Fever reached record breaking highs and started a heat wave experiences from west coast to east coast. Educators feet were dancing with the "giving" of augmented reality was discovered by using @gabsee. The sunset had us all jammin' relating to pride and truth to our own professional development growth experiences.


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The New Nostalgia; Bukowski; Russert
Locus is linking to an excellent article but David Truesdale from a recent Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction about how the small press is taking readers of science fiction and fantasy back to its iconic roots. Be interesting to see if the mystery small prss is ever so moved. The best we have so far is Otto Penzler's fantastic The Big Book of Pulps.
Off On A Tangent: F&SF Style
by Dave Truesdale
The New Nostalgia:
The Classic Pulp Story Revival
"We seem to see "new" used to describe quite a lot of resurrected types of fiction from our genre's past these days. As critic Paul Kincaid notes in a recent SF Site (March 1st) review of The New Weird, we also see the New Hard SF Renaissance and the New Space Opera1 as well as the New Weird. All hearken back to the days of the pulp magazines from the 1930s and 1940s (or in the case of The New Weird, as far back as the 1920s and Weird Tales), and each in their own way seeks to update, or reinvent these sub-genres to align themselves more with contemporary tastes and sensibilities while at the same time capturing the qualities that endeared readers to them in the first place.
"The 'nostalgia' part of the title is as fitting as 'new' is. The April/May issue of Asimov's SF sports a reflective editorial by Sheila Williams on SF magazine publishing landmarks, and a recent "On the Net" column by James Patrick Kelly also waxes nostalgic on various subjects. And one of the publishers discussed below is even called Nostalgia Ventures. Thus we title this essay "The New Nostalgia" with a serious nod to nostalgia and a bit of the tongue-in-cheek toward the "new."
Since most of the pulp magazines had bitten the dust by around 1950, the year I was born (and I'm talking not just the SF pulp magazines, but the crime, western, detective, war, superhero, and romance pulps as well, though some would keep presses running even after Eisenhower left the White House), one would have to be nearly 70 to have been of sufficient reading age by the late 1940s to have caught even the tail end of their heyday. Therefore, the only recourse most of us have had to reading the stories in them is through the numerous reprint collections issued over the years. Probably the most famous compiler of stories from the '30s and '40s was the indefatigable Groff Conklin. SF owes him a tremendous debt of gratitude. Others along the way who have reprinted some of the best of the really older stuff but nowhere near as prolifically, have been Damon Knight and Frederik Pohl, with a few scattered others in the mix over the years. But it has been literally decades since their efforts in this direction have seen print. Thus, another generation of readers has no idea of the origins of our genre from reading the stories themselves; all they know has been gleaned from introductions to recent volumes of "new" this or "new" that. While these thoughtful capsule histories are extremely helpful and valuable, there is no substitute for having read the actual stories themselves—many of which have become classics in the field, and their author's icons. "
For the rest go here http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2008/dt0807.htm
----Charles Bukowski
Duane Swierczynski quoted one of my all-time favorite writers Charles Bukowski speculating on why writers write.
"Writing was strange. I needed to write, it was like a disease, a drug, a heavy compulsion, yet I didn't like to think of myself as a writer. Maybe I had met too many writers. They took more time disparaging each other than they did doing their own work. They were fidgets, gossips, old maids; they bitched and knifed and they were full of vanity. Were these our creators? Was it always thus? Probably so. Maybe writing was a form of bitching. Some just bitched better than others."
----Tim Russert
I don't know about you but I've had all the Russert Watch I can take. I''m sorry that he died so young and that he left his wife and three children behind. But my God this isn't Jack Kennedy dying. I send out political links several times a day. Occasionally I comment on the links. Here's what I said after OD'ing on the Russert coverage.
"To me this is a Beltway circle jerk. Russert started out as a modestly talented interviewer and ended up as a puffed-up parody of the hard-boiled interrogator. He played favorites and he never admitted error. All the network hacks are paying him such extravagent praise because they're part of the same club. You see the same kind of thing at the Shriners and The Knights of Columbus whenever one of their own passes. The difference is that they never helped lie us into a war as Russert and the rest of the Washington press corps did."
Thanks, Ed, for posting the comment about Russert. Over at Badattitudes.com Jerry Doolittle says much the same, but I fear the two of you are the only voices crying out in the wilderness.
I don't know, Ed. I got used to seeing russert's face during the primaries. He was smart. He called the nomination for the dems before hill quit. Yeah, he helped in the runup to the war. But so did everyone in congress. Pelosi is the biggest facilitator. Someone needs to slap that bitch into yesterday. If they don't impeach W, then it's a message to every other corrupt individual in politics that it's hey okay to mold the laws to benefit yourself and your cronies. Clinton got a blow job and lied about it & got impeached. W has been responsible for kllling thousands, leaving millions displaced and homeless, and for basically wrecking another country and obliterating the middle class here. & he doesn't get impeached. They impeached Nixon in two wks. They cojld W in one day. But he stands up there and smirks and tries to look indignant when he says the court is"divided" about habeas corpus & Gitmo. Oh please, I'm going to vomit. So Russert is as guilty as the rerst of them. They are all facilitators, enablers. They all propagated the myth that we shoujld be afraid, very afraid, and encase our homes in plastic and duct tape. I'll miss Russert's face and his poll number stuff. I'll miss that glint in his eyes that told u he loved politics, even if he didn't have all the answers. It will be very sad if it son ends up in bush's war, but if the sins of the fathers is true, that's what will happen.
When Secretary of State Dean Acheson was asked to comment about the death of his tormentor, Senator Joe McCarthy, his response was:
"De mortuis nil nisi bonum."
Well, I didn't make myself more popular around the office by noting that Russert's death was more a loss for his friends than for journalism. Which didn't make it any more fun asking the MSNBC contact late on Friday night if she knew what they'd be running in the old Russert Show slots going forward. (Usurprisingly, she didn't know.)
By the way, how is that commenter "spoofing" you, Ed?
David Truesdale's column isn't actually in F&SF, fwiw...it's their only web-only component for their website.
Personally, I was just relieved that O'Reilly had the night off - and I anticipate tonight with a kind of bemused dread. Billo can go one of these three ways: (1) Full-out bathetic lament; (2) Fulminating attack on GE-NBC-MSNBC; (3) Semi-coherent mash-up of (1) and (2). My Best Guess: (3).
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Hi Ed:
I couldn't agree more about Russert. He was a TV interviewer -- plain and simple. There's nothing the press loves to write about more than one of their own.
Media Notes
Northwest of Earth
A Lovecraft Retrospective
The minority report - Nero Wolfe
Small Crimes Dave Zeltserman
Mary McMullen
Forgotten Books - Dog Soldiers
The Man From Laramie
King; Keene; Goldberg
Mr. Monk Goes To Germany; Forgotten Books
A House In Naples
Had to happen; Guild series
Clash by Night
Ben Sufficool; DeRosso; Sangster
Flooding; Jimmy Sangster
Leigh Brackett
Richard Lupoff; Gold Medal bestsellers; Richard Neely
Algis Budrys
Forgotten Books - Nightmare Alley
Fever by Bill Pronzini
Too Many Husband; The Lash


The news comes after Michele, who lived in London for years, was honoured at the British Fashion Awards in November where he picked up the International Designer Award. His chosen venue for the already hotly anticipated event has previously hosted some of the most prestigious events and royal occaisions in the world, including the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011.
The decision to show in the capital bucks the trend with fellow fashion houses Louis Vuitton and Chanel who have decided to show their cruise collections in Rio di Janeiro and Cuba respectively.


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Clarksville é uma vila localizada no estado norte-americano de Ohio, no Condado de Clinton.

Demografia
Segundo o censo norte-americano de 2000, a sua população era de 497 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 501, um aumento de 4 (0.8%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
1,3 km², dos quais 1,3 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água. Clarksville localiza-se a aproximadamente 278 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 16 km ao redor de Clarksville.

Ligações externas

Localidades do condado de Clinton (Ohio)
Vilas do Ohio

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100% Alpaca. Will take more wearing than Ultra Fine.
Drafts like a dream!!! I could spin this with my eyes closed.
This is your workaholic roving. What ever you make will wear well and be durable.


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Q: django-allauth restrict social login to registered users What is the recommended way to restrict social login to registered users?
As it is any user with a social account gets passed as authenticated after signing into a social site (google, facebook, etc) even though they aren't registered with my secure site.
Lets assume I'm using the default domain/accounts/login templates.  If we can sort it out with those I can make it work my forms or templates.
Hopefully someone else has done this so I don't have to reinvent the wheel here....
I can post any code if you like.

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Q: proj4leaflet with esri-leaflet 1.0.4 We need to add esri-tile layer in leaflet .At first ,we tried proj4leaflet with esri-leaflet 2.0.0 and leafelt 1.0.0. It workded fine.
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Our program is built on leaflet 0.7.7 only working with esri-leaflet 1.0.4. So we also tried it with leaflet 0.7.7 and esri-leafelt 1.0.4 ,but it complains L.esri.TiledMapLayer is using a non-mercator spatial reference .
Is it possbile to run proj4leaflet without upgrading leafelt and esri-leaflet ?

A: You forgot to include the most important part of the message!

L.esri.TiledMapLayer is using a non-mercator spatial reference. Support may be available through Proj4Leaflet

this isn't a complaint, its a reminder that you should use Proj4Leaflet if you are interested in supporting a basemap in a custom projection.
live demo - http://jsbin.com/cemaqiv/edit?html,output
Leaflet 1.x has introduced substantial improvements in custom projection support. if you insist on loading a non-mercator basemap like Plate Carree i'd highly recommend that you upgrade.
further reading - why 4326 is usually the wrong projection:
http://www.sharpgis.net/post/2009/02/06/Why-EPSG4326-is-usually-the-wrong-e2809cprojectione2809d


Abstract: [Purpose/significance]This paper aims to promote the data literacy education of college students in China and cultivate talents in line with the requirements of the data environment by making comparison between Chinese and American universities. [Method/process]Using the method of literature collection, online research and comparative analysis, three universities in China and America are selected as research samples to conduct a comparative discussion on the teaching goal, teaching material, teaching methods and teaching evaluation system. This paper analyzes the characteristics and differences of data literacy education between two countries under the big data environment and offer suggestions for the data literacy education in Chinese universities. [Result/conclusion]Compared with America, the data literacy education in China is still emerging and developing. In terms of teaching goal, domestic universities should comply with big data environment and set hierarchical goals for different groups. In terms of teaching material, schools should strengthen the education of data security and information ethics, focus on specialty characteristics and carry out targeted teaching. In terms of teaching methods, diversified cooperation with other institutions are needed to innovate data literacy training models. In terms of teaching evaluation system, it is essential to attach importance to course evaluation and feedback, then establish and improve the data literacy education evaluation system.
 GUMMER E , MANDINACH E . Building a Conceptual Framework for Data Literacy.[J]. Teachers College Record, 2015, 117:N/A.
 EREZ P , INA B , AZY B . Measuring digital literacies: Junior high-school students' perceived competencies versus actual performance[J]. Computers & Education, 2018-.
 VAN GEEL M, KEUNING T, et al. Changes in educators' data literacy during a data-based decision mking intervention[J]. Teaching and Teacher Education, 2017,64:187-198.
 KIPPERS W B , POORTMAN C L , SCHILDKAMP K , et al. Data literacy: What do educators learn and struggle with during a data use intervention?[J]. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2018, 56:21-31.
 ESHETALKALAI Y . Digital literacy: A conceptual framework for survival skills in the digital era.[J]. Journal of Educational Multimedia & Hypermedia, 2004, 13(1):93-106.


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Pursuant to Restructuring Program dated March 29, 2010 by AD for Designing, Production and Overhauling of Railway Vehicles, Processing and Transport Equipment and Steel Made Structures BRATSTVO Subotica, no. 2 Bikovacki Put Street – in restructuring (hereinafter: "the Company"), Amendments no. 1 to Restructuring Program as of May 25, 2010, the Decision made by the Company's Assembly no. 10-SA/100 dated March 29, 2010, the Decision made by the Company's Assembly no. 16-SA/100 as of May 25, 2010, Privatization Agency's Decision on Acceptance of the Restructuring Program of the Entity Undergoing Privatization dated March 30, 2010 (registered under no. 10-1451/10-2239/02 on April 01, 2010), Privatization Agency' Decision on Acceptance of Amendments no.1 to Restructuring Program of the Entity Undergoing Privatization as of May 25, 2010 (registered under no. 10-2076/10-2239/02 on May 25, 2010) and Agreement on Power of Attorney certified at First Basic Court in Belgrade II Crt. No. 2372/2010 as of April 12, 2010 and Annex no. 1 to the Agreement on the Power of Attorney certified at First Basic court in Belgrade II Crt. No. 3730/2010 as of May 27, 2010, and in line with Article 28 of the Law on Privatization ("Official Gazette of the RoS " nos. 38/2001, 18/2003, 45/2005 , 123/2007 and 30/2010) and Article 9 of the Law on Privatization ("Official Gazette of the RoS " nos. 38/200, 135/2004 and 30/2010), The Privatization Agency (hereinafter "the Agency"), together with the Company hereby announces:
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Elon Musk sounds the alarm about an impending car crisis
The auto sector has been one of the victims of the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes to quell inflation, which is at its highest level in 40 years.
According to experts, this monetary policy has increased the cost of credit, and more specifically the cost of car loans. Rising interest rates will cause consumers to reevaluate their decisions before quickly taking out a car loan, experts at Edmunds.com recently warned.
Interest rates on new and used vehicles are skyrocketing.
The average annual percentage rate (APR) of financing the purchase of a new car rose to 6.3% in October 2022, compared to 4.2% in October 2021, the highest APR for new vehicles since April 2019.
The average APR for the purchase of a used vehicle rose to 9.6% in October 2022, compared to 7.4% in October 2021, the highest since February 2010, says Edmunds.
More car buyers are opting for longer car loans to lower their monthly payments. Data from Edmunds shows that 34% of financed new car purchases in October 2022 had an average term of more than 73 months, compared to 27% in October 2017.
'Alarming' situation
"The last time interest rates were this high, consumers could at least rely on lower car prices and increased inventory to soften the blow," said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds' executive director. "That's just not the case in this market."
The Fed raised its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points on Dec. 14, capping a year of seven hikes that added 4.25% to the Fed Funds rate. The Fed also stated that further hikes would be necessary. The central bank indicated that it will likely take the Fed Funds rate above 5%, implying at least another 0.75% cumulative hikes are needed before remaining at that level for most of next year.
This monetary policy continues to worsen the situation in the auto industry and has caused a crisis that could erupt in 2023.
"This morning I found out that something *extremely* alarming was happening in the auto market, especially auto loans," wrote CarDealershipGuy, an anonymous account of a CEO of a car dealership group whose identity is unknown, on Twitter on Dec. 15.
Despite its mysterious owner, this account is highly followed in the industry because it is well-informed.
"I am now convinced that a huge wave of car repossessions is coming in 2023," continued CarDealershipGuy.
The anonymous CEO explained that over the past two years, many people have taken out exorbitant car loans at a time when car values were too high. Due to the shortage of vehicles due to supply chain issues, these consumers had no choice but to buy cars that were too expensive.
Car valuations are falling
But car valuations are now plummeting. The value of some cars has plummeted, putting some buyers at risk. They owe banks more than what their car is worth.
"Every Friday I have a team meeting to recap our week," said CarDealershipGuy. "This morning one of our general managers opened up DealerTrack – a portal that dealers use to communicate with car borrowers – and highlighted something very concerning."
CarDealershipGuy added: "9 of our lending partners have begun to see AF of 'open car provisions' for consumers."
This means the following: a consumer took out a car loan on an overvalued car in 2020/2021. In 2022, the value of the car will begin to decline. If the consumer wants to trade in the car, the dealer will refuse, because the consumer owes more than what the car is worth.
As a result, the dealer will ask the consumer to cover the difference, but the consumer cannot, creating what CarDealershipGuy calls "the perfect storm."
"Dealer can't sell the consumer a car, the consumer can't buy a car. And, you guessed it, the lender can't finance a car! Everyone loses!" said the anonymous CEO. But "lender knows most consumers are stuck in this situation and does the following: waives the open car provision, which means the lender lets the consumer buy the car knowing they already have an outstanding car loan with another Bank!"
Surely the lender knows that consumers who take out a 2nd car loan are much riskier and have a much higher risk of defaulting? Is it true? Yes, but the lender does it because they know the consumer will default on the different car," the anonymous CEO added.
'Biggest financial crisis ever'
According to CarDealershipGuy, that's the "only way" lenders can finance cars and dealers can put cars on the road. However, this means "tons of seizures" ahead.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, and celebrity investor Cathie Wood agree that disaster is coming. They both responded to CarDealershipGuy's thread warning of this potentially explosive situation.
"@ARKInvest is concerned about the impact of declining residual values on the $1 trillion auto loan market," Woods noted Dec. 15. The shift in consumer preference towards electric cars will exacerbate this crisis."
Musk agreed.
"Potentially the biggest financial crisis ever," Tesla's CEO added.
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Are you in love with someone and you wish to get that person in your life but the other person is unable to understand your feelings and emotions and he or she is avoiding you. Then Kala Jadu for love is the perfect option for you that will help you in creating love and affections in the heart of that person. With this method you can make him to fall in love with you. The peoples who have lost their girlfriend or boyfriend following any kind of dispute or issue they can also use this method to get their lost love back to them very soon. This method can also be used in case your partner is annoyed with you and not talking to you. This method will remove all the negative thoughts from his mind he has for you. The people who are feeling that love and boding is vanished from their married life they can also use this method to fill their married life with affections and love.
What is Kala Jadu for Love marriage?
Kala Jadu for love marriage is one of the methods that can remove all the hurdles and obstacles that are standing in the way to your love marriage. Love marriage is a foreigner concept but now a day it is becoming quite popular among our new generation. In our culture only arranged marriages are in practice and people prefer to marry their child within their own caste or community. So if the people who wish to make love marriage belongs to different castes then it becomes very hard to get permission of their parents for love marriage. Kala Jadu for love marriage is the best method that can help those people in getting consent of their parents for love marriage. Love marriages are not openly accepted in our culture so people don't allow their child for love marriage and the people who are in love neither can leave each other and nor can go against the wishes of their parents. They find themselves struck in awkward situations so this method can help such people to get out from such situations very smoothly by using this method.
Kala Jadu is one of the branches of magic that is practiced to attract and control natural energies and supernatural powers and then they are designated for a particular task. In Kala Jadu a person practices a very special technique to transfer bunch of energies on the desired person. Then that person comes under your control and then he will start working according to you. The person will do whatever you will ask him to do and you can ask him to do anything he will not say no to you. With the help of this method you can command his mind, feelings and emotions and then you can turn them according to your wishes and desires. You can fill his heart with love for yourself and can remove all the negative stuff from the mind of that person he has for you.
(A) One small earthen Pot.
(G) One piece of Jaggery.
(H) One paper and red Pen.
(A) First of all write your name and your boyfriend's name on the paper.
(B) Make seven folds of the paper.
(C) Now tie the paper and Jaggery with Black thread.
(D) Then put them in the earthen Pot.
(E) Fill the half Pot with Soil taken from graveyard.
(F) Now light two white Candles on both sides of the Pot.
(G) Then take seven Black Peppers in your right hand.
(H) Recite the given mantra for 121 times.
(A) Now blow on the Black Peppers.
(B) Put the Black peppers in the Pot.
(D) Now fill the Pot with soil of graveyard.
(F) Make seven rounds of Pot and see face of your lover in your mind.
(A) Don't reveal anything about the method to any person.
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Man Injured By Jaguar At Florida Zoo
By CBSMiami.com Team July 30, 2021 at 10:20 am
Filed Under:Animal Attack, Jacksonville Zoo, Local TV, Miami News
JACKSONVILLE (CBSMiami/AP) — A man who climbed over a barrier was injured after he got too close to a jaguar at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
The attack occurred Wednesday at the Range of the Jaguar exhibit. The man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, zoo officials said.
The man climbed over a waist-high safety barrier that puts about 4 feet of empty space between visitors and the jaguar exhibit's fence, zoo spokeswoman Kelly Rouillard said. The man began taunting the jaguar and reached his hand through the fence, she said.
A 12-year-old big cat named Harry swiped at the man and injured him. Rouillard said the feline was acting as part of his normal behavior for a wild animal and didn't expect anything to happen to him. Harry was involved in a fight that left another jaguar dead earlier this year.
Zoo officials said they don't plan to pursue criminal charges against the injured man, whose name wasn't released.
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With two matches already in their pocket, Zimbabwe will walk into the third ODI with their tails-up to secure the 4-match series. Zimbabwe was once again at the top of their game in the second ODI as they won the rain-curtailed game by 4runs.
UAE's batting has been miserable in this series so far as yet again they were dismissed before 200 for the second time on the bounce. Talking about the last game, Peter Moor asked UAE to bat first and they could only manage 169 for the loss of 9 wickets in 35 overs per-side match.
Zimbabwe were given a revised target of 181 runs which they had to chase in 35 overs. Wicket-keeper batsmen Regis Chakabva remained unbeaten on 78 while skipper Peter Moor struck an unbeaten 45 from 33 balls to guide his team home.
One more win here will seal the series for Zimbabwe, whereas, the UAE would be hoping to win the remaining two games to end the series with a scoreline of 2-2.
Rain is not expected to play the spoiler this time around and the pitch is expected to remain even for both batsmen and bowlers.
Zimbabwe won't tinker with their winning combination.
UAE are expected to go for some changes after two back-to-back loss.
Note: Make UAE vs ZIM Dream11 Team as per your discretion from the squad listed in the article.