Real Estate Agents are the people who broker the sale of real estate. In some states they are even called real estate brokers. Their primary function is to bring buyers and sellers together to facilitate the sale of the property.
In addition, competition has forced them to provide additional services such as helping to arrange financing, referring home inspectors, assisting with property insurance and other things to make the buyer's purchase and move easier.
The increasing number of laws and regulations issued by both the state and federal governments in the area of real estate transactions has greatly increased the amount of paperwork that the real estate agent is expected to complete in order to be in compliance with these laws and regulations. The job has thus become much more than a sales job although sales are still their primary focus since, without sales, they receive no income.
Real estate agents, like doctors, lawyers, beauticians and other professions are licensed and regulated by their respective states. These professions are closed to all except those who hold a license from the state in which they operate. The licensing process is intended to protect the public by having the state insure that real estate agents (as well as doctors, lawyers and other licensed professionals) are competent and trustworthy. However, the real reason for the licensing, which real estate agents and other licensed professionals support, is to regulate the number of people entering the profession and thereby ensure a greater volume of business for each individual in the profession.
In most states it is relatively easy to become a Real Estate Agent. Most, if not all, states require that a state administered test be taken and passed. The tests generally cover the rules and regulations governing real estate transactions within that state.
Upon passing the test and paying the required fee, the person is awarded a license to sell real estate. The license generally has to be renewed at periodic intervals and this usually involves simply paying a fee and filing a renewal application. Many states require that the renewal also show evidence of continuing professional education and will also deny a license renewal if there is evidence of the applicant having engaged in unethical practices.
Depending upon the state, unethical practices can be practices that are generally agreed to be unethical in the classic sense in that consumers of real estate services are harmed by the practice, or they can be what are normally considered competitive practices in any other business, such as reducing a commission, but are seen as a threat to the incomes of their fellow real estate agents. This is common with government regulations which, while they claim to protect the consumer, actually work to protect members of the profession from competition and result in greater expense for the consumer.
Many states go further in attempting to protect local real estate agents. Arizona, for one, requires that, before being allowed to take the real estate exam the applicant must complete an approved training course. This, of course adds to the cost of becoming a real estate agent thereby discouraging some potential applicants. It also raises the question of the value of the test since the test is supposed to test the knowledge of the person.
Requiring a course for everyone (including those who have had years of experience in another state) is more of a barrier to limit entry rather than professional preparation. But Arizona doesn't stop there, as it has a couple of more rules. The first being the requirement that the school be approved by the state agency that regulates real estate agents and, you guessed it, the only approved schools are those physically located in Arizona. The second is the real clincher, in that, not only must the school be located in Arizona, but the student also must attend class physically in Arizona – on line and other forms of self study outside of Arizona are not allowed.
There is something about Arizona real estate that knowledge of it can only be obtained if you have passed the sign on the highway that says Welcome to Arizona. The obvious intent of this rule is to make it difficult for a licensed real estate agent in another state to move to Arizona and immediately enter the profession. By placing these hurdles in the path of out of state real estate professionals we effectively limit the number who decide to come here and add to the competition.
However, despite these obstacles, becoming a real estate agent is not that difficult or complicated and it remains a profession that is open to anyone, with or without a college education, who is willing to take the time to learn what is needed to pass the test and is willing to work hard to build their business. Most real estate agents work strictly on commission and are, with few exceptions, independent, self-employed professionals. While the failure rate among new real estate agents is high, with a large percent of new real estate agents failing in their first year, it can also be a very rewarding business in terms of both personal satisfaction and financial success.
hey guys im a 15 years old boy who wants to be a real state agent , but i dont know i what carrer i can become a real state agent need some help please!!!
You definitely can become successful, but given our market, you may experience some tough times to start with. Stick with it, and you WILL make it!
Valuable advice. In this new real estate economy, if you become licensed, have proper training and the advice of an experienced Broker or mentor, you can become a succesfful agent.
colorado Mortgage leads - license requirements for real estate agents vary from state to state and I imagine the number of hours of class time varies as well.
How long as the classes for this license?
Thanks for giving such good information about the property agent and tips to become good real estate agent. Karmic greens new residential project is offering apartments with all the amenities for living luxurious life for the People, who like to buy home in Noida. People can get the more details of these apartments at this site or can call at 9891870097 or 0120 – 4228333.
I just got my real estate license about 4 months ago (although I took the classes several years ago). I just kept putting off taking the test. It amazes me that more people don't get their real estate license. Its an easy process and the earnings potential is huge. I found a great brokerage that is with a franchise that pays out a 10% sponsoring bonus for every agent you recruit into the company. So that's a potential extra $10K per year per person you recruit into the company. I have already recruited 2 agents using my http://career.rewardswithexit.com website. Recently I joined up with two other Realtors and formed the team http://www.PremierOhioHomes.com where we put together an extensive marketing plan for selling homes and feed all of our buyer's agents (agents we sponsor into the company) handle all of our buyer leads.
Great post! I am always encouraging more people to become realtors!
I think becoming a realtor is the "better" way if you want to sell real estate. I mean come on after I've learned that there is a difference between a real estate broker and a realtor I now will look carefully if the vendor is a realtor the next time a purchase a home or something like that.
movearoundus - I don't exactly know how to answer your question. You're correct in stating that the two are in basically the same business since most people only use the services of a mover when they buy a new house and move.
The big difference, as I see it is that real estate agents are basically independent sales people. Even when they are associated with a real estate company or brokerage firm, each agent is usually a separate business that is affiliated rather than employed by the real estate company (there may be exceptions to this, but, in general, I think this is true). Also, real estate agents' main assets are their knowledge and contacts - one usually doesn't have to invest in a lot of physical capital to go into this business and the business can be done alone.
Movers, on the other hand do need physical capital (trucks and other equipment) and muscle power. They also usually need one or more employees to assist with the labor part of the business.
Very nice post, but i have found Realtor have lot of similarities with the moving industry, actually office or organizations, which are included in the real estate business in a true sense, what is your view on that? can u explain me please?
An interesting hub on real estate here! Great job!
any website that i can put their products on my website in affiliate program?
Great Stuff! Thanks for guide on how to become a real estate agent.
lei - thank you for visiting and for your comments. As to the book, I am flattered that you feel I am a good enough writer to do that but for now my full time job and HubPages is about all I can handle in terms of time.
Good luck with your new career if you decide to change.
You brought up valid, admirable things for her to consider was what I was attempting to express.
I have seen one single mom do very very well in a very short period of time here...and she heavily marketed herself which does cost a pretty penny. It's not in my budget to do this on a similar level. Real Estate has been a bit more challenging for me in Wa. than it was when I was in Hawaii...I do work hard and I'm about the person(s) and doing the job in both a timely and correct fashion before I'm about the $. Alittle more consitency in terms of 1-2 closed transactions each month sure would be nice. I have about the same amount of connections yet more disappointments, with lots of time invested. My husband does have a good job and I'm thankful we can count on that. It's also refereshing to see that you understand, respect and appreciate what goes into being a successful Realtor as so many do not... I recently have had a few people express to me how they did not realize how much is involved in doing Real Estate...thinking it was much easier/simpler than it truly is. For sure it doesn't compare to selling cars.
Christinekv - thanks for visiting my HubPage and for your comment. I began my career in the mortgage department of a Savings and Loan and in those days loan officers and others in the department were salaried employees with a regular paycheck and benefits. However, I did get experience working with and talking to realtor's who brought us most of our business and did learn a little about the real estate business from them.
My real experience upon which my reply to Tahira was based came from a two year experience attempting to begin a new career selling life insurance and mutual funds. I learned a lot, especially about sales, but as a single parent at the time whose only other source of income was some part-time college teaching and occasional computer consulting for small businesses, it was a disaster financially. I learned later that I should have done the deep investigation beforehand that I recommended that Tahira do. The suggestions that Tahira listen skeptically to both those who appear to be succesful and those who have thrown in the towel, listening for the off hand comment about having to stretch the spouse's income, observing the condition of their car, clothes, etc. for clues as to how much they are really making, etc., were things I ended up doing after I had entered the profession and which ultimately convinced me that this was not the career for me at that time.
Don't get me wrong, there are many in both insurance and real estate (as well as other commission sales jobs) who are very successful financially but they have not only had to work hard to achieve this but, more than likely, did not jump in to the profession with family financial responsibilities and no other sources of income. I have the utmost respect for people in these professions and know that the work itself can be very rewarding in other ways beyond the potential financial rewards.
Now remarried with a wife who has a steady income to augment my salary from my full time job, I am again trying my hand at commission sales with a relatively new network marketing company that has an excellent product and great income potential. However, this is being done on the side, part time, and my family and I are in no way dependent upon the income from this at this time. The mental attitude and other skills I learned as a result of my stint in insurance sales is coming in very handy with this business and my hope is to build this business up to where I can retire early and my wife and I live off of both this business and our pensions and income from our IRAs. My suggestion is that, if Tahira really wants to get into real estate she/he should go for it but first make sure there is sufficient income from other sources to provide support until such time as the income from being a Realtor can support his/her financial needs.
Hey Chuck, I thought this was really well done and I'm also impressed by your detailed and heartfelt response to Tahira. I agree with all you've expressed!
Good info there on what it takes to get licensed in AZ...I had no idea. I have family there (and they've done some RE investing) that keeps trying to talkme into moving there and working in the industry....i"m a tree and mountain kind of gal though so it would have to be Flagstaff or Prescott....doubt it will happen though and definitley not anytime soon!
Chuck, I can tell you it's been very easy to get into the business in Florida however now it's a lot harder to stay in.
Tahira - thank you for visiting my HubPage. Selling realestate can be a tough job considering that it is all commission based and you are responsible for most of your own marketing and other business expenses as well as the cost of the mandatory training needed to obtain and maintain your license. It is not the type of business to enter full time if you have no other sources of income and have to support yourself individually or yourself and a family. The present depressed market is also not a good time to enter the field if you need a steady income.
On the other hand, if you are married and have a working spouse or are a young adult still living at home with your parents with few if any financial responsibilities, today's depressed market can be a good time to embark on a career in realestate. The same is true if you are retired and receive a monthly pension check. With sales down and many people exiting the industry, now could be a very good time to learn the ropes and begin building a business for yourself (even though many states require agents to affiliate with existing firms, such agents are still independent business people). Since it is also possible to work part-time in realestate you might consider begining that way while continuing to earn a living from a traditional full time job.
Before you invest any money in training or obtaining a license, I suggest that you give careful thought to why you want to enter this profession. If it is just a job and money you are looking for, you will probably do much better looking for a 9 to 5 job with an hourly wage or salary that is paid regularly. Realestate is pure commission selling which means that you only get paid when you sell a home (or find the right home for a buyer if you work on the buyer's rather than the seller's side of the market). To be successful you will need both a knowledge of real estate as well as a passion for both realestate and for helping people to buy or sell a home. I suggest that you not only study up on what training and knowledge is needed to sell realestate in your state and what the market is like for agents but also talk to agents to get a feel for what the profession is really like.
Unsuccessful agents who are getting ready to leave the industry or who have left recently will almost certainly paint a dark but realistic picture of the difficulties you will face in the industry. Successful agents will paint a very positive picture stressing not only the large amounts of money that a good agent can potentially make, but also the emotional rewards which include the satisfaction that comes from helping people to realize their dreams of homeownership as well as the freedom and independence that comes from being your own boss.
Take both views, but especially the successful agents' views, with a large grain of salt. There are many successful agents so the job and industry is not as bad for everyone as the unsuccessful agents will paint it to be. However, the rosy picture the successful agents will paint will gloss over the failures and other hardships that these agents have to deal with and many will describe their experience in terms of what they are working toward rather than their current circumstances. This is because successful sales people have to be very optmistic or they will fail. So the agent who had only a few listings last month and failed to close on any of them will start this month truly believing that he or she will get at least twice as many listings this month and close all of them. And, no matter how many people they show a home to without any of them buying, the agent will remain convinced that the next person or couple to see the home will buy it. While this mindset is important and necessary, it can often mislead the listener into thinking that success comes easy with the job. The key here is to cultivate a relationship with a successful sales person (but not the top seller in the office) and try to get a realistic impression as to what that person's personal and professional life really is like. Look for clues revealing just how hard that person has to work, how long it takes them to get a listing, how long and how many showings it really takes to make a sale, how heavily they and their household rely on the non-realestate spouse to pay the household bills, how old their car is, how often they wear the same outfit for work, etc. These people will probably be successful personally and professionally in time but, between now and then, they will have to work hard and be able to mentally deal with a lot of failure and rejection. If you still feel passionate about the job and are prepared to deal with the obstacles that must be overcome in the business, then this could be a career for you. If not, then you should save your money and save yourself the agony and find another profession. Good luck.
I am trying to make money. I am discouraged because I don't make to much money and this form of schooling will come out of almost barren pockets. I feel helpless sometimes. I want to work, but it seems now you need money to make money and whoever does not have will continue to not have.
Extremely thought provoking hub page you have here, it does sound like a lot of hard work though. I know because i've been buying rental property for some time now and met many realtors.


text:
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN RU VPN REQUIRED CD Key For Steam
METAL_GEAR_SOLID_V_THE_PHANTOM_PAIN_RU_VPN_REQUIRED_STEAM
This product is a brand new and unused METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN RU VPN REQUIRED CD Key for Steam.
This game requires a russian IP address both to activate, AND to play the game. You can do this with a free russian VPN. Learn how to do this, HERE.
We also have the region free version available elsewhere on our website.
Immediately after payment, you will be sent a unique and unused CD Key which can be activated on Steam. You can collect this activation code from our Autokey page.
Simply enter your code into the Steam client (available free from steampowered.com). This will then grant you to a full digital download of the game.
CJS CD Keys sell brand new CD Keys either taken directly from brand new sealed copies of the game, or sourced directly from world-leading game publishers. We source our keys in bulk directly from leading distributors and publishers, which reduces shipping costs.
This enables us to offer instant online delivery, at extremely competitive pricing.
Region LOCKED TO RUSSIA - you must use a VPN TO ACTIVATE.
This product key we are selling is sourced directly from the publisher, but is locked to RUSSIAN REGION ONLY. You need to have a russian IP address activate to both activate AND play this game.
How to bypass the region lock:
You can activate and play from anywhere in the world by using a VPN for free, by following our simple instructions HERE. It takes only 5 minutes and can save you a huge amount of money on your gaming!
About METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN RU VPN REQUIRED:
Konami Digital Entertainment continues forth the 'METAL GEAR SOLID V Experience' with the latest chapter, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain. Ushering in a new era for the franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Nine years after the events of MGSV: GROUND ZEROES and the fall of Mother Base, Snake a.k.a. Big Boss, awakens from a nine year coma. The year is 1984. The Cold War serves as the backdrop as nuclear weapons continue to shape a global crisis. Driven by revenge, Snake establishes a new private army and returns to the battlefield in pursuit of the shadow group, XOF.
The METAL GEAR SOLID team continues to ambitiously explore mature themes such as the psychology of warfare and the atrocities that result from those that engage in its vicious cycle. One of the most anticipated games of the year with its open-world design, photorealistic visual fidelity and feature-rich game design, MGSV: The Phantom Pain will leave its mark as one of the hallmarks in the gaming industry for its cinematic storytelling, heavy themes, and immersive tactical gameplay.
- Open-World game design allowing players ultimate freedom on how to approach missions and overall game progression
- Fox Engine delivers photorealistic graphics, thoughtful game design and true new-generation game production quality
- Online connectivity that carries the experience beyond the consoles to other devices to augment the overall functionality and access to the game.
Click the button below to add the METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN RU VPN REQUIRED CD Key For Steam to your wish list.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN - Parade Tack CD Key For Steam
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN - Western Tack CD Key For Steam
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN - Jumpsuit (EVA) CD Key For Steam
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN CD Key For Steam
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain EU Xbox One Download Key
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 CD Key for Steam
Mahinda P.
The Sims 3 Supernatural CD Key for Origin
Calvin N.
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT CD Key For Steam
Jarrod I.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Leave Review on Facebook Leave Review on Google Check out what our clients say
Suicide, Death, Crime and Trauma Scene Cleanup Services in Corona, California
Bio-One is always prepared to remedy situations that arise from unexpected events such as death, traumatic injury, and hazardous situations. We deploy our teams quickly so you can focus on all the other necessary arrangements to begin the healing process.
Facts about Corona, California
Corona (Spanish for ''Crown'') is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 152,374, up from 124,966 at the 2000 census. The cities of Norco and Riverside lie to the north and northeast, Chino Hills and Yorba Linda to the northwest, and the Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains to the southwest, and unincorporated Riverside County along the rest of the border, respectively.
Corona is located in western Riverside County, east of Orange County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 38.9 square miles (101 km²), of which, 38.8 square miles (100 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) of it (0.27%) is water.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Corona had a population of 152,374. The population density was 3,914.0 people per square mile (1,511.2/km²).
Serving Corona, California
Bio-One services all types of trauma, distressed property, and biohazard scenes in communities throughout Riverside Area. We partner with local authorities, communities, emergency services personnel, victim services groups, hoarding task forces, apartment complexes, insurance companies and others to provide the most efficient and superior service possible.
We have fielded thousands of calls and recovered just about any situation out there in a professional and compassionate matter.
We are Licensed, Bonded, and Insured.
We maintain strict adherence to OSHA rules and regulations to ensure the safety of our workers, the public, and of you and your family.
We are proud to have a great working relationship with the Police, Fire, and most Insurance Agencies.
out of 5 ratings
19069 Van Buren Blvd Ste 114 Riverside, California 92508
VISIT RiversideHoarding.com
© 2022 Bio-One of Riverside. ALL LOCATIONS ARE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED.
Powered by SeoSamba Franchise Brand Marketing Services


text:
USAID Partner Projects
Consumer Demand Reduction Materials
Law Enforcement Materials
Legal and Policy Materials
Pioneering SBCC
No Ivory No Tiger Amulets
A Good Life Is Free of Killing
Beautiful without Ivory
No to Ivory Souvenirs and Gifts
Chi Initiative
China's Wildlife Protection Law
Pangolin Guide
Thailand's Office of the Attorney General, USAID and WWF launch updated Rapid Reference Guide to help prosecutors build strong cases against wildlife criminals
Thailand's Office of the Attorney General, USAID and WWF launch updated Rapid Reference Guide to help prosecutors build strong cases against wildlife criminals Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently launched the updated Rapid Reference Guide on Applicable Offences to Trafficking of Critically Endangered Species in Thailand . The guide is a tool to help investigators and prosecutors navigate existing legislation to more effectively build strong cases and prosecute wildlife criminals. https://www.usaidwildlifeasia.org/news/all-news/updated-rapid-reference-guide-launched https://www.usaidwildlifeasia.org/news/all-news/updated-rapid-reference-guide-launched/@@download/image/2930.jpg
USAID RDMA Mission Director Dr. Steven G. Olive opened the event alongside Dr. Chatchom Akapin, Thailand's Deputy Attorney General. Photo: USAID Wildlife Asia
Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently launched the updated Rapid Reference Guide on Applicable Offences to Trafficking of Critically Endangered Species in Thailand . The guide is a tool to help investigators and prosecutors navigate existing legislation to more effectively build strong cases and prosecute wildlife criminals.
USAID Wildlife Asia had earlier worked with Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to develop Thailand's Rapid Reference Guide (RRG), which was launched in March 2019. Since then, Thailand's Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act B.E.2562 (2019) was revised and took effect in November 2019 to include stricter provisions and penalties for wildlife crimes. To subsequently update the guide, USAID Wildlife Asia, the OAG the and the WWF Thailand worked closely with Thai and U.S. authorities, including Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation; Royal Thai Police, Customs; Anti-Money Laundering Office; and Office of the National Security Council; as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia Mission Director Dr. Steven G. Olive opened the event alongside OAG Deputy Attorney General Dr. Chatchom Akapin commending the more than 70 law enforcement representatives attending on the impressive interagency coordination involved in developing and launching the guide. Keynote presentations were also delivered by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia Director Dr. Steven G. Olive said, "The range of legislation involved in the prosecution of wildlife crimes can be difficult to navigate. With the Rapid Reference Guide, Thailand's prosecutors are now better equipped to win cases. This is a significant opportunity for Thailand to demonstrate its commitment to ending the global illegal wildlife trade". Over the past 15 years, USAID and Thailand have shared a productive partnership in the fight against wildlife crime.
While the RRG was developed primarily as a tool for prosecutors and wildlife crime investigators, it is also an important reference for the broader law enforcement community and conservation stakeholders working together to combat nature crimes and bring criminals to justice.
Due to its strategic location in Southeast Asia, Thailand has become a major transit hub for illegal wildlife products. Many shipments of rhino horn, elephant ivory and pangolin carcasses and scales have been seized in Thailand, especially at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport. While these high-profile seizures are to be commended, prosecuting the wildlife criminals involved has been very challenging. The updated Rapid Reference Guide will help prosecutors and wildlife crime investigators work together to build stronger court cases against wildlife criminals by effectively using Thailand's key laws, including the revised Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act B.E.2562 (2019).
Tell us a bit about yourself before you download the file
Name Organization e-mail
Site design by fergusonlynch.com
For more information on USAID WildlifeAsia,
please visit our contact page.


Kirk Pinho, the real estate reporter at Crain's Detroit Business, writes about staking out Michigan Central Station to break the story that Ford Motor Co. was purchasing the building.
Pinho writes, "First it was every couple of days that I got in my car and scouted for new activity at the building. Then it became a daily journey before I got in to the Crain's newsroom. Eventually, in the weeks that led up to yesterday's announcement, I'd go three or four times a day, sometimes spotting activity, but mostly not.
"'Seriously do you sleep there,' one source texted me in response to updates that bookended business hours.
"I sent photos and observations, ranging from the unmarked white vans to the contractors spotted to a mysterious Ryder truck and five or six business-casuals walking inside the fencing wearing hardhats. I briefly chatted with a man who had two dogs (and an empty bottle of tequila) in Roosevelt Park, asking him if I could pretend to be playing with them as I watched what was happening.
"I spent part of the afternoon of May 14 at nearby Mercury Bar not-so-stealthily staking out the building as trucks owned by an event planning company, Event Source, and a catering company, Forte Belanger, went in and out of its surrounding fence. Portable toilets had been brought to the depot earlier in the day.


I cannot seem to fight the urge to spray paint random objects in my house gold.
I blame Stephanie from Surrounded by Pretty for creating this monster.
She was the inspiration behind this DIY project I did last week.
Since then, it's been a mad quest for objects to update with a little… sparkle and shine.
Yesterday's victim lucky object was an old lamp that's been sitting on my desk for ages. I've been wanting to change it out for quite a while now. You might remember the numerous blog posts about what I'd like to replace it with, and, yup… I still haven't done a thing…Sigh. So, I thought, why not a fresh coat of paint?
I decided to go for it and got everything prepped and ready – cleaning off any dust and/or dirt and using painters tape to cover the top bracket and cord.
I LOVE how it turned out, but honestly, I wasn't super excited about it on the desk. So I decided to search out some other spots for it.
I'm SO loving it with a black shade.
Not completely convinced this will be it's permanent home… I'm still fiddling with it. I have a few other spots to try out.
Gaaahhh I can't read the whole post yet (blocked at work) but just the little snippet I see I cannot agree more. I'm commenting before reading because I am DYING over that lamp…. it makes me want to spray paint mine or to my white rose chandy. Shoot. It was 'spensive…. maybe I do it to a cheapie.
I know, I'm scouring my house for inexpensive objects to dowse in gold spray paint, too. I'm thinking a bunch of old terra-cotta pots that I have in the shed… hmmm… you've definitely created a monster! Haha!
I almost did my banister when I started . It's bad.
I am so with you – I keep painting things gold around here, too. What color spraypaint is that? The gold I bought isn't quite yellowy-gold enough so I've found myself using some craft paint that I like better. Your lamp looks so great!


A second Norwegian Cruise Line ship will arrive in Honolulu tomorrow for a seven-month stint of cruises through Hawai'i and to Fanning Island.
The 10- and 11-day cruises on the Norwegian Wind will run through April, when the ship will return to Vancouver.
While the Norwegian Wind has sailed in Hawai'i before, it is normally here for only a month and a half in the spring or fall. During the rest of the year, the ship is used for seven-day cruises in the Caribbean or Alaska from Vancouver.
But Norwegian said late last year that it would extend the ship's stay in the Islands, giving an added boost to the state's burgeoning cruise industry.
Over the next seven months, the new ship is forecast to bring in a total of nearly $26 million in spending and about 36,000 visitors to the state, according to state economist Pearl Imada Iboshi. Cruise passengers typically spend about $90 a day and stay two days extra in the state, spending about $700 per trip, according to state figures.
Norwegian started year-round seven-day cruises through Hawai'i and to Fanning Island in December with its Norwegian Star.
The longer 10- and 11-day cruises being offered on the Wind are expected to attract older visitors who are more likely to have the time to take a two-week vacation.
The Norwegian Wind will alternate between the 10-day and 11-day routes. The 10-day cruise starts in Honolulu, then sails to Kona, takes the two-day trip to Fanning Island, then goes to Hilo, Lahaina and Kaua'i and returns to Honolulu. The 11-day cruise spends two days at Lahaina.
But Norwegian has had some difficulty attracting customers for the longer cruises, with ships sold out only two or three months ahead and cruises in the first quarter of next year now only about half full, chief executive Colin Veitch said yesterday.
Because of the narrower appeal of the longer cruises, the prices for some dates are currently less than the seven-day cruises. Norwegian yesterday was offering specials for some 10- and 11-day cruises in November and December for $699. The cheapest seven-day cruise in October was priced at $799.
The new ship can carry 1,740 passengers and is smaller with fewer restaurants than the Norwegian Star, which carries 2,250.
Originally, the Norwegian Wind was planned for cruises in Asia and would have been in Hawai'i for only January through March.
"We cancelled the program after Sept. 11 because we said, 'No one's going to fly out there (to Asia)' and said, 'Let's just go out to Hawai'i,' " said Veitch.
Next year, Veitch said, the Wind will likely return to the Islands for a shorter period of cruises, because this seven-month run is "a Sept. 11 phenomenon."
"It's part of our plan to build up a 10- and 11-day business in Hawai'i, but the natural growth of that would be a lot slower," Veitch said.
Reach Kelly Yamanouchi at 535-2470 or kyamanouchi@honoluluadvertiser.com.


AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, WISCONSIN.
This ordinance shall be known, cited, and referred to as the "Well Head Protection Ordinance" (WHPO).
The users of the City of Independence water supply system located in the City of Independence depend exclusively on ground water for a safe drinking water supply. Certain land use practices and activities can seriously threaten or degrade ground water quality. The purpose of the WHPO is to institute land use regulations and restrictions to protect the City of Independence municipal water supply and wells, and to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of the City of Independence.
These regulations are established pursuant to the authority granted by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1983, Wisconsin Act 410 (effective May 11, 1984), which specifically added ground water protection to the statutory authorization for municipal planning and zoning in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
The regulations specified in the WHPO shall apply within the City limits of Independence.
No new use or change in use of any structure, land, or water shall be located, extended, converted, or structurally altered, and no development shall commence without full compliance with the terms of this ordinance and other applicable regulations.
Aquifer - A saturated, permeable, geologic formation that contains and \/'.III yield significant quantities of water.
Hazardous substance - The term "hazardous substance" has the meaning specified under sec. 289.01, Wis. Stats.
Mixing - The mixing or stirring of pre-manufactured product.
Paint and Coating Manufacturing - The blending of raw ingredients to formulate a new product. The phrase "Paint and Coating Manufacturing" does not include the mixing or stirring of pre-manufactured products.
Recharge Area - Area in which water reaches the zone of saturation by surface infiltration and encompasses all areas or features that supply ground water recharge to a well.
Well #1 - The municipal well for the City of Independence located on Lot 90 of the 1949 Assessor's Plat for the City.
Well #2 - The municipal well for the City of Independence, Wisconsin, to be located near the north forty line of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Sec. 24, Township 22 North, Range 9 West.
Zone of Influence - That area around a well in which the ground water flows to the pumping well. The Zone of Influence for Well # 1 and Well #2 of the City of Independence water supply system has been estimated to be 850 feet in diameter.
The Ground Water Protection District (hereafter called "the District") consists of three separate areas.
The first area to be protected is the land immediately surrounding the well. The limitations placed on this area are those specified in the Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 811.16.
The second area to be protected is the land within the Zone of Influence of the well.
The third area to be protected is the land within the Five Year TOT Area of the well.
The Zone of Influence is shown in Figure 1, attached, and made part of this Ordinance.
The area to be protected is the land immediately surrounding Well #1 and #2. These lands are subject to the minimum development restrictions by code because of their proximity to the well field and the corresponding threat of contamination. These minimum separation distances shall be as set forth in NR 8 11. 16 or as that section may be amended.
Fifty feet between a well and a storm sewer main.
Two hundred feet between a well and any sanitary sewer main, lift station, or single family residential fuel oil tank. A lesser separation distance may be allowed for sanitary sewer mains where the sanitary sewer main is constructed of watermain materials and joints and pressure tested in place to meet current AWWA C600 specification. In no case may the separation distance between a well and a sanitary sewer main be less than 50 feet.
Four hundred feet between a well and a septic tank receiving less than 8,000 gallons per day, a cemetery, or a storm water drainage pond.
Six hundred feet between a well and any gasoline or fuel oil storage tank installation that has received written approval from ILHR or its designated agent under ILHR 10. 10.
One thousand feet between a well and land application of municipal, commercial, or industrial waste; industrial, commercial or municipal wastewater lagoons or storage structures; manure stacks or storage structures; and septic tanks or soil absorption units receiving 8,000 gallons per day or more.
Twelve hundred feet between a well and any solid waste storage facility (except as provided herein), transportation, transfer, incineration, air curtain destructor, processing, one time disposal or small demolition facility; sanitary landfill; coal storage area; salt or deicing material storage area; gasoline or fuel oil storage tanks that have not received written approval from the Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations or its designated agent under ILHR 10.10; bulk fuel storage facilities; and pesticide or fertilizer handling or storage facilities. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the requirements of this paragraph do not apply to solid waste storage facilities utilizing containers such as lugger boxes or rolloffs for solid waste storage serving apartments, commercial establishments, business establishments, and industries, and the containers are located on the premise which are served by the containers.
The primary area to be protected is the land within 850 feet of Well #1 and #2, known as the Zone of Influence. These lands are subject to the most stringent land use and development restrictions because of their proximity to the municipal well and the corresponding high threat of contamination.
g) Furniture and manufacturing and all activities and uses relating to furniture manufacturing, including but not limited to parking and minor maintenance or repair of vehicles transporting materials to and from the site, and the use or storage of Hazardous Substances so long as such substances are used only on site in the ordinary course of a manufacturing business, and provided that the use of the Hazardous Substances takes place within a structure with an impermeable floor and the storage of the Hazardous Substances, if required by Wisconsin Statutes or Administrative Code, takes place within a structure with an impermeable floor and sidewall which will not allow spillage outside of the storage structure. In any event, a stock pile of such Hazardous Substances shall not exceed a 90 day supply.
h) Commercial or Industrial uses, except those listed below as prohibited uses unless granted by requiring an authorized use permit under section 6.0.
j) The use or storage of Hazardous Substances in the ordinary course of a manufacturing business subject to the conditions set forth in subsection g) above.
k) The mixing or stirring of pre-manufactured products to create lacquers, paints, and similar products used in conjunction with a commercial or manufacturing furniture activity or use permitted by this ordinance.
r) Hazardous Substance use and storage, except those authorized uses in Section 5.2.2 (g), (j) and W above.
s) Hazardous waste facilities; "hazardous waste facility" has the meaning specified under sec. 291.01 (8), Wis. Stats.
y) Other similar uses that pose a threat to ground water quality which are not listed as authorized uses under sec. 5.2.2.
a) All uses listed as Permitted Uses in the Zone of Influence Area, Section 5.2.2.
b) Commercial or Industrial uses except those listed below as prohibited uses, unless granted by an authorized use permit under section 6.0.
m) Paint and coating manufacturing except those uses authorized in Section 5.2.2 above.
n) Hazardous Substance storage and use, except those authorized uses in Sections 5.3.2 (a) and 5.2.2 (g), (j) and (k) above.
o) Hazardous waste facilities; "hazardous waste facility" has the meaning specified under sec. 291.01 (8), Wis. Stats.
r) Other similar uses that pose a threat to ground water quality which are not listed as authorized by sec. 5.3.2.
Upon request from an individual or facility, the City of Independence may issue an authorized use permit for land uses in the Well Head Protection Area other than those already permitted by Sec. 5.2.2. and Section 5.3.2. Authorized use permits may also be granted for those uses listed as prohibited where minimum prohibited activities would occur or changing information or technology establishes that an otherwise prohibited use would pose no risk to the water supply. Any use subject to an authorized use permit shall be a conditional use and may include requirements for environmental and safety monitoring consistent with local, state, and federal requirements and/or bonds and sureties as the City may require.
Insofar as the standards in this section are not inconsistent with the provisions of Section 62.23(7)(h), Wisconsin Statutes, they shall apply to all pre-existing uses.
No modifications or additions to a pre-existing use shall be permitted unless they are made in conformity with the provisions of this section. For the purposes of this section, the words "modification", and "addition" shall include, but not be limited to, any alteration, addition, modification, rebuilding or replacement of any such existing structure. Ordinary maintenance repairs are not considered structural repairs, modifications or additions; such ordinary maintenance repairs include internal or external painting, decorating, paneling, and the replacement of doors, windows, and other non-structural components.
If a pre-existing use is discontinued for 12 consecutive months, any future use of the land, structures or building shall conform with the requirements of this ordinance.
Facilities shall provide, within 30 days of the receipt by the facility, copies of all federal, state and local facility operation approvals or certificate and on-going environmental monitoring results mandated by local, state, or federal law to the City of Independence.
Facilities shall have the responsibility of devising and filing with the City of Independence a contingency plan in conformity with Wisconsin Administrative Code sec. NR 630.22.
In the event an individual or facility causes the release of any contaminants that pose a danger to the water supply, the owner shall immediately cease the activity causing the release and cleanup and remove the contaminants. The owner shall be responsible for all costs of cleanup. Such costs shall include the City's costs for supervision of the cleanup as if no federal, state or other local agency assumes responsibility for the monitoring and supervision of cleanup. Such costs would be those as are authorized under Chapter 292 Wis. Stats.
Violations - It shall be unlawful to construct or use any structure, land, or water in violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance. In case of any violation, the City may institute appropriate action or proceeding to enjoin a violation of this Ordinance.
Penalties - Any person, firm, or corporation who fails to comply with the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, nor more than 'Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars, plus the costs of prosecution for each violation, and in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail until payment thereof, but not exceeding thirty (30) days, or in the alternative, shall have such forfeiture and costs added to their real property as a lien against the property. Each day a violation exists or continues shall constitute a separate offense.
These penalties are not the City's exclusive remedy for violations. The City may take other steps to insure compliance and recover for losses including, without limitation, injunctive action, revocation of permits and suit for damages.


God is glorified when we are obedient to him. That glory unto God is not conditional upon someone else's response.
Jesus models for us kingdom ministry—teaching, proclaiming and healing.
Jesus was purposeful to engage as many people as possible, and he was also purposeful to go to the places where seekers would be. In his time, seekers were in the synagogue.
Today, seekers might be within the wall of the church. We must be intentionally alert to the people who come to MeadowBrook, for some of them are here because they are seekers of truth, wanting to understand more about the Bible, God and salvation.
Where would Jesus be in our community? We should be there physically in his stead.
Jesus reveals to us the motive for ministry—compassion.
The way we view people will either move us to minister to them in the Spirit or move us to withdraw from them in our flesh.
Jesus viewed people in the crowds surrounding him as harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Jesus saw the inward need of people. He was not distracted by the way they presented their brokenness.
Compassion moves towards hurting and hurtful people to help them discover the gate to the kingdom of peace, which is Jesus Christ.
If compassion was a glorious beam of light that could be divided by a prism, then the refraction would reveal the love, mercy and grace of God.
Ask the Lord to open your eyes so that you may see as he sees and be filled with his compassion.
Jesus informs us of the power of ministry—prayer.
Planning is important, but praying is essential. Jesus raises prayer to the highest priority of life and ministry. He does not call the disciples to more vigorous action; he calls them to pray.
In the economy of God, there are certain accomplishments and spiritual harvests that only come by prayer.
The impotence of the church is directly related to its view of prayer as being unimportant.
Ministry that is mobilized with plans and strategies glorifies people, but ministries that mobilize out of prayer glorifies God.
Our prayers and actions are meant to be coupled together. Our prayer is to be "God do it, please; here am I, send me." We pray for harvesters while were are putting on our gloves to work.
Jesus multiples and authorizes us for ministry—commissions the church.
There is a process unfolding.
1. The first step of God's ministry was by the incarnation of Christ.
2. The second step was the commissioning of the disciples.
3. The third step was the commissioning of the church.
MeadowBrook is empowered and authorized to do great eternal ministries in the name of Jesus.


Renting a violin is a good way for beginners to try the violin with minimum expense. Parents often rent the smaller size violins for their children, it spreads the cost and provides an easy upgrade path from one size to the next as the child grows.
We rent several violin models both new and used. If you look at our violins for sale pages you'll see that some models have a Rent This Violin alongside. If you click on one of the buttons you'll be shown the initial cost and the monthly rental price of that violin.
These are the steps involved in renting a violin from us.
Select a violin to rent and click on the Blue "Rent this Violin" button. Read the terms and conditions and then click on the payment button and either enter your paypal details or credit card details to pay the initial three month rental.
After the initial three months we collect the monthly rental payments by Direct Debit using GoCardless. We send you an email from our account at GoCardless. On the email is a link to a secure area of their web site where you can enter your bank details and authorise us to take the monthly payment when the initial three months is up.
You return a signed copy of the agreement.
This will confirm your address, give us your telephone number and confirm that you accept the terms of the agreement. In order to speed things up we will accept a scanned PDF copy of the agreement sent by email.
We can then set up the monthly payments starting at the end of the three month initial rental period.
We pack and arrange for our courier to collect the violin. We send you an email confirming the despatch and expected delivery date. We send violins by UPS and they normally deliver on the next working day.
We will not send a violin until all these steps are complete.
1) We will rent a violin to you for as long as you wish, our minimum term is 3 months.
2) After two years of rental, you may keep the violin without further charge or we will trade it in at 50% of the original value against another violin.
3) At any time after 3 months you may return the violin and replace it with another on rental. This means you can move from one size to another without incurring further charges. We would like an email prior to you returning the violin.
5) We will replace broken strings but only if the string breaks while being tuned by a music teacher and the replacement is fitted either by ourselves or by a music teacher. We will repair any damage caused in transit, if we cannot repair it we will replace the violin.
6) You are responsible for keeping the violin in good condition and for any breakages except strings. We recommend that you insure the instrument against damage. If the violin is damaged beyond repair then you will be liable for the full price of the violin less 75% of the rental paid. If you have been renting the violin for more than 13 months we will waive all charges as long as you continue with renting a replacement violin.
7) If you default on the rental payments you will be charged the full retail price of the violin. If your financial circumstances change and you have difficulty with repayments please email us so that we can sort something out before we feel forced to apply such draconian measures.
8) When you wish to terminate the rental agreement you must email us informing us of the termination and return the violin, securely packaged to ourselves as soon as possible. No monthly refunds will be made if you return the violin more than one week into the rental month.


There is always life after mistakes, difficulties and setbacks. Being open and honest about your experiences creates a platform that brings to life a number of issues that are often unspoken. Dwain delivers talks in a wide variety of places and tackles questions that are relevant to his past. Much of Dwain's experiences throughout his career has a close correlation to incidences that can occur within a business, college/university student or promising sportsperson.
The theme behind what Dwain talks about boils down to "CHOICES". Knowing that you have a choice is a strong tool to use as there are times when a decision made in reaction to a current situation can cost you dearly in the future. Take your time and think, allow your thoughts to digest and in your own time you will make a decision that's right. Dwain's journey is clear for all to see. We will all face a crossroad at some point in our lives and the individuals we surround ourselves with play a vital role in the decisions we make.
When making a decision in your life, it's important to consider the impact that it will have on you and those around you.


text:
package com.zimbra.qa.selenium.projects.desktop.tests.preferences.mail.signatures;

import java.util.HashMap;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.items.MailItem;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.items.RecipientItem;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.items.SignatureItem;

import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.ui.Button;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.util.HarnessException;

import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.util.GeneralUtility;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.util.ZAssert;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.util.ZimbraAccount;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.util.ZimbraSeleniumProperties;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.framework.util.ZimbraAccount.SOAP_DESTINATION_HOST_TYPE;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.projects.desktop.core.AjaxCommonTest;
import com.zimbra.qa.selenium.projects.desktop.ui.mail.FormMailNew;

public class ComposeMsgWithTextSignature extends AjaxCommonTest {
   String sigName = "signame" + ZimbraSeleniumProperties.getUniqueString();
   String sigBody = "sigbody" + ZimbraSeleniumProperties.getUniqueString();

   @SuppressWarnings("serial")
   public ComposeMsgWithTextSignature() {
      super.startingPage = app.zPageMail;
      super.startingAccountPreferences = new HashMap<String, String>() {
         {
            put("zimbraPrefComposeFormat", "text");
         }
      };
   }

   private void _createSignature(ZimbraAccount account) throws HarnessException {
      account.authenticate(
            SOAP_DESTINATION_HOST_TYPE.SERVER);
      account.soapSend(
            "<CreateSignatureRequest xmlns='urn:zimbraAccount'>"
                  + "<signature name='" + this.sigName + "' >"
                  + "<content type='text/plain'>" + this.sigBody
                  + "</content>" + "</signature>"
                  + "</CreateSignatureRequest>");

      // Refresh is needed by synching ZD to ZCS, then reload the page by logging out,
      // then relaunch ZD
      GeneralUtility.syncDesktopToZcsWithSoap(account);
      app.zPageMail.zWaitForDesktopLoadingSpinner(5000);

      app.zPageLogin.zNavigateTo();
      super.startingPage.zNavigateTo();

   }

   /**
    * Test case : Create signature through soap Compose text message and add
    * text signature Send mail to self and verify signature through soap.
    *
    * @throws HarnessException
    */
   @Test(description = " Compose Msg with text signature and Verify signature thropugh soap", groups = { "functional" })
   public void ComposeMsgWithTextSignature_01() throws HarnessException {

      _createSignature(app.zGetActiveAccount());

      // Signature is created
      SignatureItem signature = SignatureItem.importFromSOAP(app.zGetActiveAccount(), this.sigName);
      ZAssert.assertEquals(signature.getName(), this.sigName,"verified Text Signature is created");

      // Create the message data to be sent
      MailItem mail = new MailItem();
      mail.dToRecipients.add(new RecipientItem(app.zGetActiveAccount()));
      mail.dSubject = "subject" + ZimbraSeleniumProperties.getUniqueString();
      mail.dBodyText = "body" + ZimbraSeleniumProperties.getUniqueString();

      // Open the new mail form
      FormMailNew mailform = (FormMailNew) app.zPageMail.zToolbarPressButton(Button.B_NEW);
      ZAssert.assertNotNull(mailform, "Verify the new form opened");

      // Fill out the form with the data
      mailform.zFill(mail);
       //click Signature drop down and add signature
      app.zPageMail.zToolbarPressPulldown(Button.B_SIGNATURE,Button.O_ADD_SIGNATURE,this.sigName);

      // Send the message
      mailform.zSubmit();
      GeneralUtility.syncDesktopToZcsWithSoap(app.zGetActiveAccount());
      app.zPageMail.zWaitForDesktopLoadingSpinner(5000);

      MailItem received = MailItem.importFromSOAP(app.zGetActiveAccount(),"in:inbox subject:(" + mail.dSubject + ")");

      logger.debug("===========received is: " + received);
      logger.debug("===========app is: " + app);

      //Verify TO, Subject, Body,Signature

      ZAssert.assertEquals(received.dFromRecipient.dEmailAddress, app.zGetActiveAccount().EmailAddress,"Verify the from field is correct");
      ZAssert.assertEquals(received.dToRecipients.get(0).dEmailAddress,app.zGetActiveAccount().EmailAddress,"Verify the to field is correct");
      ZAssert.assertEquals(received.dSubject, mail.dSubject,"Verify the subject field is correct");
      ZAssert.assertStringContains(received.dBodyText, mail.dBodyText,"Verify the body content is correct");
      ZAssert.assertStringContains(received.dBodyText, this.sigBody,"Verify the signature is correct");

   }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Founded in Mumbai in 1999 and launched in 2007, BookMyShow is the leader in the online entertainment ticketing space, with over 50 million app downloads. The company has expanded its presence to over 650 towns and cities in India and sells over 10 million tickets a month across categories including movies, sports, events, plays and concerts.
With over 75% of transactions being driven through mobile, it was only fitting that BookMyShow decided to create a robust mobile marketing strategy to engage with its users.
It was important to work with an analytics and engagement platform that could efectively handle the increasing scale of BookMyShow's marketing campaigns while providing a personalized app experience for each of its users.
Achieved a 5x increase in CTRs on personalized push notification campaigns.
Used customer analytics to streamline promotions between multiple blockbusters.
With multiple entertainment options for its users, the marketing team is tasked with effectively promoting them to the right audience. Extensive user data was needed to increase engagement and ultimately drive more ticket sales.
This is where the BookMyShow team wanted a marketing solution that would give them access to real-time insights into user behaviour throughout the user journey, from onboarding to retention.
With CleverTap, BookMyShow is able to access real-time user data. They can easily segment users who like a particular movie genre or event type and engage them with targeted campaigns.
With such deep customer analytics, it's easy for the team to make datadriven marketing decisions on what messages to send users, when, and on what device.
BookMyShow can now define key user attributes – like users who watched a specific film trailer, or who previously purchased tickets to a comedy show – and CleverTap will add users to that segment as soon as they meet the criteria. BookMyShow can easily target specific segments of users with personalized messages, all in real time.
BookMyShow uses Pivots to find out when users are most active on the app. The team had been sending push notifications between 3-6 PM, but saw low engagement rates. By pivoting on events like 'App Launched' or 'Trailer Watched,' the team now knows that most of their users are active between 12- 4 PM -improving CTRs by 5x.
BookMyShow now tailors notifications to suit user interest based on their activity and user behaviour. Marketing holiday blockbusters is much easier now that the team has visibility user behavior which users like certain types of movies, and they're seeing a 2x increase in engagement.
Equipped with a single platform for both analytics and user engagement, BookMyShow is using personalized marketing strategies to make every communication more meaningful to users.
BookMyShow has always maintained a customer-first philosophy, building unique user experiences right from the beginning. They now look forward to using CleverTap's solutions to further deepen user engagement.


In the upper corner of the image is the building overhang protecting strollers from rain many of the downtown businesses are build this way. Five feet away it may be pouring but the people are dry allowing the rain to add another layer of reflection to the evening lights.
Photographic Art Rain on the window from a past life Willi the old site.
I don\'t see the building\'s ledge but almost looks like a G-clef from music in the center of the colored lights….
The building ledge is just the dark area that makes the image seen not square. I am one of the only ones who notices the well me and other photographers. Just me being picky. i see the G-clef now cool. Hope you are enjoying winter I don\'t miss the cold. Fifties yesterday blue sky strolling about with Daughter and granddaughter great.


text:
Le samedi 17 mai 1952 est le 138 jour de l'année 1952.

Naissances
 Alberto Cairo, physiothérapeuthe et gestionnaire de programme
 Bernhard Brink, chanteur et animateur de télévision allemand
 Boudjemaa Talai, homme politique algérien
 Francis Décamps, musicien français
 Howard Hampton, hockeyeur sur glace canadien
 Jorge Olguín, footballeur argentin
 Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira, homme politique catalan
 Leonel Almeida, chanteur cap-verdien
 Marguerite Deprez-Audebert, femme politique française
 Marianne Eriksson, député européen
 Marianne Eriksson, député européen
 Norv Turner, joueur américain de football américain
 Philippe Chazal, dirigeant français de télévision
 Victor Boștinaru, personnalité politique roumain
 Walter Mantegazza (mort le 20 juin 2006), footballeur uruguayen

Décès
 Henry Bérenger (né le 22 avril 1867), diplomate français, sénateur de la Guadeloupe
 Vladimir Pravdich-Neminsky (né le 14 juillet 1879), physiologiste ukrainien

Événements
 Fin de Coupe d'Europe FIRA de rugby à XV 1952
 Début de Tour d'Italie 1952

Voir aussi
 17 mai et mai 1952

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Ohio State and Campus Partners Unveil Plan for Development at 15th and High
By Vico on February 28, 2015 at 1:56 pm @ourhonordefend
Any Ohio State alumni reading this who got their degree ten or more years ago? You probably remember Long's bookstore at the corner of 15th and High. This was the de facto campus bookstore for students, whose iconic display served as both public thermometer and clock for students walking on High Street. That display moved to the Barnes and Noble in the Campus Gateway when that bookstore opened. The old Long's bookstore remained as an empty building.
However, its days are numbered. Ohio State and Campus Partners unveiled a nine-acre development plan today that would knock down the old building.
The plans layout a "more rational" street grid that would also make 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th avenues into two-way streets.
There is no timetable for when the construction will start as Ohio State and Campus Partners look to shore up support in the community for the long-term goals of the project.
Source: columbusunderground.com/osu-unveils-ambitious-nine-acre-plan-for-15th-...
Email this Buckshot Share on Reddit Share on Twitter Share on Facebook


In Le Gros' work, Religion hurls down thunderbolts upon an old woman representing Hatred while a male figure of Heresy writhes vanquished beneath; to reinforce the point, a putto cheerfully tears pages out of a volume by the Swiss reformer Zwingli, and a tome beneath the figure of Heresy bears Luther's name prominently on its spine.
In a similar vein as Le Gros' masterpiece stands Pope Gregory XVI's 1832 encyclical, Mirari Vos, On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism. Written during a time of great political and ecclesial tumult, and by a pope only in the second year of his pontificate, Mirari Vos employs the full authority of the papacy to boldly combat error. The language is direct and triumphalist in tone, differing significantly from what we have seen so often in recent years. Pope Gregory is also succinct in stating his purpose. At a mere 24 paragraphs total, Mirari Vos is most effective in part because of its brevity.
In the wake of the modern ecumenical movement and interfaith discussions, and at a time when religious truths often play second fiddle to religious liberty, the triumphalist language found in Mirari Vos is refreshing. As in Le Gros' masterpiece in the Church of the Gesù, pray that we will once again see heresy and error condemned with such boldness by the Holy Father and his brother bishops. Mercy and charity call for no less than this.
An earlier version of this post originally appeared at OnePeterFive on June 22, 2015.


A measure of a great boss is not just how their team performs, but how their team develops. A great boss boosts the skillsets of their employees, which lifts the organization to new heights.
Coaching. Great managers coach their employees, rather than telling them what to do. This leads to employees figuring out problems themselves, which improves them at a far more rapid pace than is otherwise possible.
Coaching is not instinctual though – in fact, coaching goes against our natural instinct of solving a problem ourselves. Hence, the fundamentals of coaching need to be learned.
All the fundamentals of coaching won't be taught in this article, you should probably watch LinkedIn Learning Instructor Lisa Gates' full course, Coaching and Developing Employees, for that. But, as any great coach already knows, great coaching starts with developing a key competency: asking great questions.
First and most obviously, the manager needs to ask questions, instead of making judgment statements or offering criticism. For example, if an employee misses a deadline, the wrong approach is to lecture them. Instead, to properly coach you need to hold the employee accountable through questions: what prevented you from missing the deadline? How could you avoid that in the future?
The questions themselves need to be open-ended. Asking a person a yes or no question rarely leads to development. You wouldn't ask an employee if they like working with a colleague, you'll likely get a yes. Instead, ask how are things working with a colleague, which encourages thoughtfulness and reflection.
Finally, one question often isn't enough. If you ask someone what prevented them from hitting a deadline and they say, "I didn't manage my time effectively", don't stop there. Ask more questions – how exactly did you mismanage my time? What could you do differently next time to manage your time better? These follow-up questions are critical to keeping employees accountable and ensure they get to the root of the problem.
Okay, those are the basic fundamentals of the first part to effective coaching: asking powerful questions. But what are some examples of powerful questions that bosses should ask their employees?
Examples of good goal-based questions: What is it you'd like to focus on? What would you like to happen that is not happening now? What are all the things that would need to be done to achieve the goal?
Examples of assessment questions that help you better understand a situation: When and how often does this happen? What is that person's perception of the situation? What have you tried so far?
Examples of questions that encourage an employee to brainstorm a solution: What possibilities for action do you see? What are the benefits and pitfalls of these options? Who might be able to help?
Examples of questions that identify action items: What are your next steps? Precisely when will you take them? What might get in the way?
Asking great questions is an essential skill for effective coaching. If you don't ask powerful questions that cause an employee to think through an answer and come up with a solution, you won't develop an employee.
But asking great questions is hardly the only skill a coach needs to master. You also need to know how to listen effectively, how to be sympathetic without accepting excuses and how to give feedback, etc.
The payoff to mastering these skills is huge. A great coach doesn't just engage their employees in ways traditional management cannot. They also develop them far faster than a traditional management can.
One last thought: recently, we asked 500 learning and development pros at organizations through North America the skill they most want their managers to learn. Their answer?
The reasons were for exactly the ones we outlined here. So, if you truly want to be an elite manager, it starts with learning the fundamentals of coaching.
Want to learn how to effectively coach employees? Watch Gates' course, Coaching and Developing Employees.
Have you already learned the basic fundamentals of coaching? Than check out Gates more advanced course, Coaching for Results.


text:
Biografia
Robert John McClory è nato a Detroit il 10 ottobre 1963 ed è il più giovane di quattro figli di James e Ann McClory.

Formazione e ministero sacerdotale
Ha frequentato le scuole elementari "San Francesco di Sales" a Detroit e "Santa Maria" a Royal Oak e si è diplomato alla George A. Dondero High School di Royal Oak. Ha conseguito la laurea in politica e comunicazione presso la Oakland University di Rochester nel 1985, il Master in Public Administration in sviluppo economico alla Columbia University di New York nel 1987 e il dottorato di ricerca in giurisprudenza presso l'Università del Michigan nel 1991. Dal 1991 al 1994 ha lavorato in uno studio legale.

Ha studiato filosofia al seminario maggiore "Sacro Cuore" di Detroit dal 1994 al 1995. Nel 1995 è stato inviato a Roma per studi. Ha preso alloggio nel Pontificio collegio americano del Nord. Nel 1998 si è laureato in teologia presso la Pontificia Università Gregoriana.

L'8 ottobre 1998 è stato ordinato diacono nella basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano dal cardinale Edmund Casimir Szoka. Il 22 maggio 1999 è stato ordinato presbitero per l'arcidiocesi di Detroit dal cardinale Adam Joseph Maida. L'anno successivo ha conseguito la licenza in diritto canonico presso la Pontificia università "San Tommaso d'Aquino". In seguito è stato vicario parrocchiale delle parrocchie di Sant'Isidoro a Macomb Township e di Santa Teresa di Lisieux a Shelby Township dal 2000 al 2002; segretario amministrativo del cardinale Adam Joseph Maida dal 2002 al 2003; cancelliere arcivescovile dal 2003 al 2009; cooperatore festivo delle parrocchie di Nostra Signora dei Laghi a Waterford, di San Biagio a Sterling Heights e di Sant'Andrea a Rochester dal 2004 al 2011; vicario generale e moderatore della curia dal 2009 al 2018; parroco della parrocchia della Presentazione e di Nostra Signora della Vittoria a Detroit e osservatore per la regione ecclesiastica VI presso la Conferenza episcopale dal 2011 al 2017 e rettore della basilica santuario nazionale del Piccole Fiore a Royal Oak dal 2017 al 2019. È stato anche giudice presso il tribunale metropolitano di Detroit dal 2001 al 2019, professore di diritto canonico presso il seminario maggiore "Sacro Cuore" di Detroit dal 2002 al 2019 e membro del collegio dei consultori. Il 20 maggio 2005 è stato nominato cappellano di Sua Santità.

Ministero episcopale
Il 26 novembre 2019 papa Francesco lo ha nominato vescovo di Gary.  Ha ricevuto l'ordinazione episcopale l'11 febbraio successivo nella cattedrale dei Santi Angeli a Gary dall'arcivescovo metropolita di Indianapolis Charles Coleman Thompson, co-consacranti l'arcivescovo metropolita di Detroit Allen Henry Vigneron e il vescovo emerito di Gary Dale Joseph Melczek. Durante la stessa celebrazione ha preso possesso della diocesi.

Oltre all'inglese, conosce l'italiano, lo spagnolo e la lingua dei segni.

Genealogia episcopale
La genealogia episcopale è:
 Cardinale Scipione Rebiba
 Cardinale Giulio Antonio Santori
 Cardinale Girolamo Bernerio, O.P.
 Arcivescovo Galeazzo Sanvitale
 Cardinale Ludovico Ludovisi
 Cardinale Luigi Caetani
 Cardinale Ulderico Carpegna
 Cardinale Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
 Papa Benedetto XIII
 Papa Benedetto XIV
 Papa Clemente XIII
 Cardinale Marcantonio Colonna
 Cardinale Giacinto Sigismondo Gerdil, B.
 Cardinale Giulio Maria della Somaglia
 Cardinale Carlo Odescalchi, S.I.
 Cardinale Costantino Patrizi Naro
 Cardinale Lucido Maria Parocchi
 Papa Pio X
 Papa Benedetto XV
 Papa Pio XII
 Cardinale Eugène Tisserant
 Papa Paolo VI
 Arcivescovo Gabriel Montalvo Higuera
 Arcivescovo Joseph Edward Kurtz
 Arcivescovo Charles Coleman Thompson
 Vescovo Robert John McClory

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


text:
Q: Estimate of Uncertainty (95th Percentile - 5th Percentile) I'm going through the Harvard Data Science Course (CS 109), and at one point, when trying to model the 2008 election, the instructor says:

Compute the number of votes at the 5th and 95th quantiles, and display
  the difference (this is an estimate of the outcome's uncertainty)

Could someone please explain how computing these quantiles would help determine uncertainty. What does uncertainty even mean in this context?
Thanks
Edit:
I am trying to generate a model to predict the 2008 election based on polling data. Here is the hist that I created

A: The difference between the 5th and 95th percentiles will be proportional to the standard deviation of your data. This is because it's a rough estimate of how much your simulation results vary from one simulation to the next.
It looks like you've run a simulation to determine how many electoral votes Obama would receive in the election. Under the assumptions of this model, at the 5th quantile, the chances of receiving that many electoral votes or fewer is roughly 5 percent. Similarly, at the 95th percentile, the chances of receiving that many electoral votes or greater is also roughly 5 percent.
Therefore, with 90 percent confidence, the result of the simulation (and the actual result of the election if your model is accurate), will be a total number of electoral votes between the 5th and 95th quantiles. In this way, you've generated an empirical 90% confidence interval for the total number of votes Obama receives.
Also, if you compute the percentage of simulations for which the number of electoral votes falls below the victory threshold, then this gives you the probability under your model that Obama will lose the election.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
You are on the Page that Reflect Songs Written and Produced by Jeff Mustard for Boycott, the Musical.
The proper title for the Show: "Boycott" A NYC 1902 Hip-Hop Musical – See Album Cover/Poster Below.
These Six Songs Represent Key Story Points Represented in the Musical Stage Version of the show.
Total Running Time for the Six Songs: 61 Minutes
For Clarity – "Boycott" the TV Series, is a Dramatic-Historic Fiction Drama TV Show.
"Boycott" – A NYC 1902 Hip-Hop Musical is in fact a separate, but related project.
Music/Audio Tracks
Presently, Teaser Music Snippets have been provided for each song.
The Full Length Tracks can/will be provided via separate discussion with Media and interested parties.
[Below, under each song, is an abbreviated version of liner notes. A more complete version with song development and scene descrsiptions, will be made available to Media and other appropriate and interested parties upon submission request and approval by Producer. See Contact Form on website.]
Music Track (Snippets Only)
Below are TEASER MUSIC SNIPPETS – Cut-Down Sample Tracks from the Full-Length Songs Produced for: Boycott – A NYC 1902 Hip-Hop Musical, inspired by the real-life events of the 1902 Kosher Beef Boycott.
We have produced a snippet for each song/track.
We will be releasing additional snippets for each song on this site location, and through Social Media platforms, over time.
Media and Producers can contact Jeff Mustard directly for access to the full length tracks AND LEAD Sheets via website contact form.
Too Much Greed — Hip–Hop — (31–Second Snippet)
https://boycott1902.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Too-Much-Greed-Snippet-1-Hip-Hop-Version-From-Full-Orchestral-Track-0m31s.mp3
Boycott Beef — "Work, Work, Work" — (31–Second Snippet)
https://boycott1902.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Snippet-4-Boycott-Beef-work-work-work-31s.mp3
Baron's Beware — "President Roosevelt Makes Things Right" — (51–Second Snippet)
https://boycott1902.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Barons-Beware-Promo-Clip-2-51-seconds.mp3
Step Aside — "I Forbid You to Go" — (58–Second Snippet)
https://boycott1902.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Step-Aside-Snippet-02-I-Forbid-You-to-Go-58-sec.mp3
Fanny's Fury — "Hello, Ladies of Ward 10" — (1:21 Snippet)
https://boycott1902.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Fannys-Fury-Snippet-02-1m21s.mp3
More in Store — "A Snappy Finale 'Rap'-Up" — (2:02 Snippet)
https://boycott1902.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/MIS-Snippet-02-2.02-mins.mp3
Watch the Music Videos


text:
Front page - The Men - All U-boat Commanders
Officers and Men
All Commanders
Commander Crews
Youngest / oldest
Deaths since WWII
The U-boat Crew
Personnel files
Günther Stark
The Men - U-boat Commanders
Gerhard Meyer
Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve
2 ships sunk, total tonnage 17,651 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,085 tons
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,085 tons
Born 15 Apr 1915 Kiel
Died 12 Apr 1945 (29) Norwegian Sea
If you can help with photo or any information on this Officer please contact us at gummi@uboat.net.
1 Jul 1943 Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve
Iron Cross 2nd Class
Iron Cross 1st Class
7 Feb 1945 German Cross in Gold
U-boat Commands
U-486 22 Mar 1944 12 Apr 1945 (+) 2 patrols (55 days)
Gerhard Meyer joined the Kriegsmarine in 1935. He served as a Watch Officer (WO) on the destroyer Z 15 Erich Steinbrinck from March 1942 to May 1943. He joined the U-boat force and went through U-boat training, including Commander courses, from May 1943 to Jan 1944 (Busch & Röll, 1999).
To prepare for his own U-boat Command he began his U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung) in Jan 1944. On 22 March 1944 he commissioned the brand new type VIIC boat U-486 at Kiel and started his work-up training in the Baltic (Busch & Röll, 1999).
On 26 Nov 1944 he sailed from Egersund, Norway for his first war patrol (Busch & Röll, 1997). His destination was the English Channel. This was to be one of the mos successful war patrols in the last year of the war. He sank or destroyed 4 ships; including the 11,506 BRT troopship Leopoldville on 24 Dec and the British frigates HMS Affleck (K-462) and HMS Capel (K 470) on 26 Dec (Rohwer, 1998). He returned to Bergen, norway on 15 Jan 1945 after 51 days at sea (Busch & Röll, 1997).
The Belgian troopship Leopoldville sunk by U-486 (Meyer) on 24 Dec 1944.
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection.
This performance, under constant Allied sub-hunting, should have ensured a Knight's Cross for him but the Allies spread disinformation that the Leopoldville was a hospital ship and also BdU seemed oddly unaware of his exploits.
On 9 April 1945 U-486 left Bergen for its second patrol. The boat was sunk with all hands (48 men) 3 days later on 12 April by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Tapir (Niestlé, 1998).
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.
Patrol info for Gerhard Meyer
1. U-486 6 Nov 1944 Kiel 9 Nov 1944 Horten 4 days
2. U-486 17 Nov 1944 Horten 20 Nov 1944 Egersund 4 days
3. U-486 26 Nov 1944 Egersund 15 Jan 1945 Bergen Patrol 1, 51 days
4. U-486 9 Apr 1945 Bergen 12 Apr 1945 Sunk Patrol 2, 4 days
2 patrols, 55 days at sea
Ships hit by Gerhard Meyer
18 Dec 1944 U-486 Silverlaurel 6,142 br BTC-10
24 Dec 1944 U-486 Leopoldville 11,509 be WEP-3
26 Dec 1944 U-486 HMS Affleck (K 462) (t.) 1,085 br
26 Dec 1944 U-486 HMS Capel (K 470) 1,085 br
4 ships sunk (19,821 tons).
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).
S.S. Leopoldville Disaster
Andrade, Allan
German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim
A Night before Christmas
Sanders, Jacquin
Listing of all U-boat commanders


MAGDALENA is the most popular 1688.th name in USA (... 1686.cornelia , 1687.moon , 1688.magdalena , 1689.desiree , 1690.nanette ...). One in every 13,504 Americans is named MAGDALENA and popularity of name MAGDALENA is 74.05 people per million.
If we compare the popularity statistics of MAGDALENA to USA's population statistics, we can estimate that as of April.18.2019 17:00 there are 24,645 people named as MAGDALENA in the United States and the number is increasing by 195 people every year.
First Names which are compatible or rhyming with MAGDALENA. They will be the best brother/sister names for MAGDALENA.


text:
Home » Foreign » 20 Years After: Biden Calls For Unity As America Marks 9/11
20 Years After: Biden Calls For Unity As America Marks 9/11
Photo by Reuters
US President Joe Biden has called for unity as his country remembers the victims of the 2001 11 September attacks.
In a video released on the eve of the 20th anniversary, he paid tribute to the 2,977 people who lost their lives.
"We honour all those who risked and gave their lives in the minutes, hours, months and years afterwards," Mr Biden added, speaking of the emergency workers who responded to the attacks.
Commemoration events are due to take place today.
There will also be six moments of silence to correspond with the times the two World Trade Center towers were struck and fell, and the moments the Pentagon was attacked and Flight 93 crashed.
"No matter how much time has passed, these commemorations bring everything painfully back as if you just got the news a few seconds ago," the president said.
He acknowledged the "darker forces of human nature – fear and anger, resentment and violence against Muslim Americans" which followed the attacks, but said that unity had remained the US' "greatest strength".
"We learned that unity is the one thing that must never break," he added.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meanwhile said the attacks had failed "to shake our belief in freedom and democracy". Among the dead in the 11 September attacks were 67 Britons.
The attacks, which were planned by al-Qaeda from Afghanistan, saw four US passenger jets seized by suicide attackers – two of which were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
Another plane crashed into the Pentagon, just outside the US capital, Washington DC, and a fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back.


While the once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse is an excuse for most of us to take a break from work, there are some people who will be over the moon with excitement that they get to work during the rare event on Monday, Aug. 21.
Before you feel sorry for them for being stuck at the office, read on — these may be some of the coolest jobs under the sun.
As you gaze skyward from the company parking lot or rooftop, four NASA flight crew members will be chasing the eclipse in a jet at 460 miles per hour.
The planes are outfitted with cameras in their nose cones to record the solar corona, the outer atmosphere of the sun. Because the sky is too bright on regular days to see the corona, the eclipse allows the dim corona to become more visible. But ground-based cameras only capture about two and a half minutes of the eclipse. (The eclipse is when the moon moves between the earth and the sun, blocking out the sun.) So NASA's stratospheric airborne science team will deploy the four jets, two of which will fly in tandem with the eclipse as it cuts its 70-mile-wide path of totality across the United States, so that they can capture three and a half minutes each of totality.
Scientists will later stitch together approximately 29,000 photographs of the corona and use the results to better understand solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which can disrupt radio frequency and cell phone communications. The telescopes on the noses of the jets also will observe Mercury and take the first thermal map of the planet.
The corona images will help the team search for a hypothesized family of asteroids thought to orbit between the sun and Mercury. Because scientists believe these asteroids, called vulcanoids, are left over from the formation of the solar system, discovering any could change what scientists understand about planet formation.
As you can imagine, those scientists aren't the only NASA employees working the eclipse. The federal space agency is deploying 50 high-altitude balloons and 11 spacecraft to record the event and will have correspondents and scientists stationed across the nation to provide live updates of the eclipse during a telecast.
One of the best viewing spots for the eclipse will likely be aboard the International Space Station, where six astronauts will get to see the eclipse three times.
"Because we're going around the Earth every 90 minutes, about the time it takes the sun to cross the U.S., we'll get to see it three times," astronaut Randy Bresnik said during a Facebook broadcast.
If that doesn't make you envious, think of this as you put on your flimsy eclipse-viewing glasses: the astronauts, as they orbit the earth, will be 250 miles closer to the celestial event than any other living human.
Not to be confused with future-predicting astrologers, astronomers examine the cosmos and use applied physics and mathematical formulas to attempt to explain, classify, discuss and offer explanations about the universe. While most astronomers work in office and laboratory settings, in the months and days leading up to the eclipse, they've practically risen to rock-star status, as in-demand speakers at public and private events.
On the day of the eclipse, Natalie Hinkel, a Vanderbilt University astrophysicist, will be looking at nearby stars. Because the moon will be blocking out much of the sun's light, she will be able to witness with her own eyes prominences coming from the sun and nearby stars — something a typical astronomer does not get to do.
Shadia Habbal, an astronomer and professor at the University of Hawaii, and her colleagues will have five observation stations spread out along the path of totality. She studies the solar wind — a stream of particles that flows off the surface of the sun as both gentle breezes and violent eruptions. She can't miss this once-in-a-lifetime event because total solar eclipses are the only way to directly study the emergence of the solar wind — and she might be saving humanity. Habbal and her team hope that their research will help them better predict solar weather and possibly save humanity from a devastating solar disaster. No pressure, though.
Talk about pressure — two days before the eclipse, ABC's Good Morning America chief meteorologist Ginger Zee called her eclipse forecast one of the most important forecasts of her career.
But not all meteorologists are on-air weather predictors.
April Hiscox, associate professor of geography at the University of South Carolina, will be launching weather balloons and taking measurements from a small tower detecting temperature changes — all in an effort to answer the question of whether a total eclipse can generate internal atmospheric gravity waves. She says that the eclipse has her feeling like a kid again, thinking about the sky in a different way.
The first coast-to-coast eclipse since 1918 has a lot of people feeling that way. But if it's sparking more than just childhood fascination with space and you're seriously considering a career, explore NASA jobs or other eclipse jobs at PayScale's Career Research Center.
Do you have a job that involves the solar eclipse? We want to hear about it! Tell us about your experience in the comments or join the conversation on Twitter.


Titanium Cookware Set Home And Furniture | Dumpjaygarner titanium cookware sets. titanium cookware sets uk. titanium cookware sets for backpacking.
Brilliant Titanium Cookware Set Of Zwilling Ceramic Nonstick 10 Piece Williams. Best Choice Of Titanium Cookware Set At Up To 11 Off On 10 Piece Groupon Goods. Enthralling Titanium Cookware Set On Amazon Com ProHealth HealthPro Lightweight 3 Piece 1 2L. Wonderful Titanium Cookware Set On ILO. Amusing Titanium Cookware Set At Zwilling Ceramic Nonstick 12 Piece Williams. Captivating Titanium Cookware Set Of Todd English Sparkle Series Infused Ceramic Nonstick 19. Marvelous Titanium Cookware Set Of HealthPro Lightweight 3 Piece 1 2L 800ml 400ml Pot And. Likeable Titanium Cookware Set On Amazon Com COMBO 3Pcs Camping Lightweight. Marvelous Titanium Cookware Set At 5 Best Reviews Of 2018 BestAdvisor Com. Best Choice Of Titanium Cookware Set Online Shop TOAKS Pot 1600ml Frying Pan. Awesome Titanium Cookware Set In Fire Maple Horizon 2 Camping Pot Cooking 3pcs. Unique Titanium Cookware Set On High Quality Design Buy. Lovely Titanium Cookware Set Of Keith Camping Pot Outdoor Picnic. Remarkable Titanium Cookware Set Of Wholesale Gotham Steel Non Stick 10 Piece. Entranching Titanium Cookware Set In NoStick MytiStax Pot With Non Stick Fry Pan Alpkit. Romantic Titanium Cookware Set At Keith 3Pcs Pans Bowls With Folding Handle Cook Sets. Various Titanium Cookware Set At Toaks Frying Pan With Folding Handle Diameter. Best Choice Of Titanium Cookware Set At Pot Pan Sets Stock Pots Professional Calphalon. Wonderful Titanium Cookware Set In T Fal 12 Piece Forged Advanced Non Stick Wayfair. Remarkable Titanium Cookware Set On T Fal Pro Grade 12 Pc Nonstick. Luxurious Titanium Cookware Set On 2 3 People Camping Pot Outdoors. Amazing Titanium Cookware Set At Toaks Portable Three Piece Outdoor. Eye Catching Titanium Cookware Set At T Fal Ultracook Nonstick 12 Piece Page 1. Unique Titanium Cookware Set On CRUX 12 Piece Copper. Endearing Titanium Cookware Set Of Amazing Savings On Culinary Edge 7pc Copper Ceramic.


What are You Really Paying for When You Purchase Bottled Water?
We all drink water. Chances are you take a bottle of water to the gym with you, carry one during a run or even keep a bottle on your desk during the work day. We have been told to drink at least eight, 8 oz. glasses of water per day for probably as long as most of us can remember. However, before you run to the vending machine and grab a bottle of water or stock up on a 24-pack at the grocery store, you may want to think again. Bottled water may not be the best way to go about staying hydrated – when it comes to your health as well as your wallet.
Much of the time, bottled water is simply tap water. Take a look at where your bottle of water was bottled. There is a good chance you may simply be drinking tap water from the town your water was bottled in. In some cases, the tap water may be filtered or purified. A lot of times you may just be paying for the exact same water that comes out of the faucet at your house. Here's something to think about: have you ever seen a label on a bottle of water that indicates that it is the city's water that you have been consuming? The chances are slim; especially if you are drinking water bottled in a different town or across the country. Purified water also has its downfalls; it may be very acidic.
If you've ever turned on the news or gone shopping for plastic dishware or water bottles, the letters BPA probably sound very familiar to you. Why? The plastic bottle that you are drinking water out of may be more of a concern than the actual water itself. Your plastic bottle may be packed with harmful chemicals. A large number of plastic bottles contain a chemical called Bisphenol A or BPA, which can contaminant the water that you believe to be purified. This can lead to a host of health problems. One of the biggest health problems caused by drinking water from plastic bottles is the possibility of abnormal fluctuation of your hormones.