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Three Critical Pitfalls of Physician Mortgages
Dave Denniston, CFA
, Josh Mettle
Josh Mettle
Here are three critical issues to avoid for physicians to buy a home after residency and facing a mountain of student debt.
If you spend a few minutes in physician chat rooms where the topic focuses on mortgages, you're more than likely to read nightmare after nightmare and horror story after horror story. It's so devastating to see what happens to a crushed home loan and what closing can do to a family.
One time out of the blue, we received a call from a young resident while he was relocating to Utah. The gentleman was working on a home purchase for two months and he was called the day before his closing and two days before he anticipated moving into his home with his wife and two kids.
They were literally driving across the country in a U-Haul truck, and told they were declined for their mortgage loan. He was wrecked. He did not know how to respond to that. He couldn't believe that he could get so deep into a transaction, supposed to have his keys the next day, and move into his home, and at the last minute he was declined.
What we found out is that the loan officer had failed to realize that he had about $170,000 in student loans and they all showed a zero payment. The loan officer made the mistake of just excluding all of that debt from his debt-to-income ratio. When the loan finally made its way to an underwriter, the underwriter had not made the same mistake and eventually declined the loan.
Explore with us three pitfalls that you can implement today in order to make sure that this doesn't happen to you.
Pitfall #1:The Yes Man vs. The No Man
There's a tremendous difference between a mortgage broker and the underwriter. As a matter of fact, there is tension between the two that can lead to these issues.
We call it biggest conflict in mortgage banking.
Quite simply the loan officer is paid to say, "Yes." No loan officer in the country has ever been paid on a loan when they said, "No." In order to get paid, they need to say "Yes."
Think of it as the carrot and the stick.
The conflict arises because the underwriter is the gatekeeper. The underwriter is the quality-control person. The underwriter is responsible, and truly their job and their reputation as a professional underwriter is on the line with every loan that they sign off on.
That's the person who's paid to say, "No." It's not that they want to say no, but it's their job to make certain that everything fits in the box. The income, credit, and down payment have to fit. All those things have to add up and qualify into the underwriting guidelines, and it's at that point where, unfortunately, many physicians are turned down and are now scrambling to find a solution.
Instead, reverse engineer the process to go through underwriting before you write a contract or an offer on a home. This virtually eliminates the chance that you're going to have a problem with the transaction.
Pitfall #2: Renting versus Buying
Most residents and fellows transition out of their residency into fellowship in June and are very eager to buy a new home with their increased income. On the other hand, they want to get out of the mountain of debt hanging over their heads. They grapple with the question, "Should I buy or rent?"
On one hand, interest rates are at historically low rates. It looks great. Yet, if they rent, they can save a good deal of cash flow.
We suggest that you need to be more cautious as you move and get settled into your practice. Consider that in most cases, you have no idea what the heck you are getting into. What if you become unsatisfied with your supervising doc or the practice, or simply don't like the city? Then, you move a few years later - you could lose a lot of money if you are buying and selling homes. In that situation, you are better off renting instead.
Also, consider the market conditions where you are moving. If you're entering a market where there are multiple offers, it's heated. If you can feel there's fierce competition for properties, then that is a market where there is a lot of emotion in that market.
Whenever you're seeing prices outpace rents, your mortgage payments are drastically more than what your rents are, and there is a fierce competition for properties. Those are two signs to be very cautious about, and if you're going to be in a home for a short period of time, you may want to lean towards renting.
Also, think how long you're going to be there. If you're only going to be there two or three years, you might want to consider renting if you're not sure.
However, if you know you're going to be there, you should buy. Consider waiting 6 months and get settled in and get familiar with your area. Just don't wait too long.
Consider this current interest rate environment which most experts say is only going to be going up over the next 5 years to 10 years.
Annually, what would be the average rate you could have gotten each year for the last 30 years had you locked in the 30-year loan? The average is 7.69 percent. In comparison, over the last five years, we've been averaging slightly above 4 percent.
On a $400,000 home, that's a difference of over $12,000 in interest a year. Rising rates could easily add another $1,000 per month to your mortgage payment.
Pitfall #3: Enrollment in an Income-Based Repayment Program
Thinking of rates, the one rate that we see a lot is 6.8 percent with the student loans that a lot of physicians have. Physicians, as they are in and out of residency face choices like income-based repayment (IBR), pay-as-you-earn PER, or totally deferring their loans.
For example, when you go from med school to residency, there is a lot of change going on with those student loans. They're coming out of a deferral period. You have to make a decision. Am I going to go into forbearance? Am I going to go into pay-as-you-earn? Am I going to go into income-based repayment? Student loans are changing. Income is changing.
These danger zones are areas where loans are often declined. When you're moving in between one area and another area with this whirlwind of change, you're going to see higher rates of underwriter decline. Specifically speaking about medical school and the residency, that's really where the choice is usually made are where we're going to get into pay-as-you-earn, income-based repayment, or continue to do forbearance.
That's where loan officers tend to overlook a lot because those payments don't come into repayment until towards the end of the year. If you're going to finish your med school in May and start your residency in June or July, you're not going to be forced to make a decision on payments until December usually of that year.
Many loan officers cannot wrap their arms around that change. They misjudge the qualifications, and say someone is qualified when indeed they're not. With a physician loan, we look at those and we can actually qualify someone off of no-payment if it's deferred or in forbearance for long enough.
Alternatively, if they're going to enter into an income-based repayment or pay-as-you-earn, we can qualify someone off of that payment, even though they're not enrolled in it yet.
Consider that if you have totally deferred on your loan, and haven't chosen one of the income based programs, you can still make the choice to start now.
You can possibly avoid some heartache down the road by just enrolling in these programs. If you're working for a nonprofit right now, you can start that 10-year clock on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program even if you may not qualify down the road.
In order to do so, you'll need to choose from among IBR, PER, and one of the other income based programs. This will require you to start paying on a monthly basis, but usually the amount is fairly nominal - maybe $200 to $300 a month - it depends on the loan amount and your household income.
Consider that even if you are going not to work for a nonprofit employer, at least your loan balance isn't getting bigger and bigger with the $100, $200, or $300 you're paying towards your loans every month. Simply, get her done and get enrolled in an income based program today.
Dave Denniston, CFA, is a professional wealth manager and financial advisor located in Bloomington, Minn. He is also the author of 5 Steps to Get out of Debt for Physicians, The Insurance Guide for Doctors, The Tax Reduction Prescription, and his new book, The Freedom Formula for Physicians. Visit daviddenniston.com/physicians for more information.
Josh Mettle is an industry leading mortgage lender and published author, specializing in financing physicians, dentists, fellows, PhDs, and physician assistants. He is also the author of the new book Why Physician Home Loans Fail. Visit www.utahphysicianhomeloans.com/blog for more information.

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The two versions compared on this page.
The English logo is a little bigger, and it has a fancy sun for the letter "O." Presumably due to the logo size difference, "Press start!" moved up to the top of the screen.
The pictures on the Options screen moved around a little. The two versions have the same voice acting, so the Japanese version has subtitles by default.
The Japanese version has Japanese above the area name. "Story" changed to "Episode," and "My score" was shortened to "Score."
When Mario bites the dust, the English version sympathizes with you.
Isle Delfino's name in the Japanese version is "Dolphic Island." However, the same English voice acting is used in both versions, so "Isle Delfino" is heard during the in-flight infomercial in the Japanese game also.
One instance of "Dolphic" still remains in the English version... sort of. Two posters that read "DOLPIC" hang on one wall in a room in Sirena Beach's Hotel Delfino.
One of the more well-known things about Super Mario Sunshine before its U.S. release was the "Shine Get!" phrase shown everytime Mario obtained a Shine. Not surprisingly, this fine example of video game Engrish was changed to simply "Shine!" for the English version.
"Kinojii," Toadsworth's Japanese name, is a play on words; more specifically, a combination of kinoko (mushroom) and ojiisan (old man).
The table below compares names provided by the game text and Nintendo's official Japanese and English game guides.
クッパJr Kuppa Jr Koopa Jr. Bowser Jr.
The Japanese names for the new bosses were formed by simply adding "Boss" before the usual enemy name.
Blooper: "Gessō" comes from geso (squid tentacles).
Boo: "Teresa" comes from the verb tereru, which means "to be shy."
Cataquacks: The "hana" in their Japanese names means "flower" and also comes from Wiggler's Japanese name ("Hana-chan").
Cheep-Cheep: "Pukupuku" is derived from bukubuku, a bubbling sound.
Chomps: "Wanwan" (Chain Chomp) and "Kyankyan" (Chain Chomplet) are both onomatopoeia for dog barking. Kyankyan is more of a shrill yelp.
ボスパックンを たおせ! Bosu Pakkun o Taose! Defeat Boss Pakkun! Down with Petey Piranha!
ぐらぐらカガミで ドッシン!! Guragura Kagami de Dosshin!! Guragura Mirror de Dosshin!! Mirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam!
ばくそう!ボスハナチャン Bakusō! Bosu Hanachan Bakusō! Boss Hana-chan Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead!
みつけたぞ! ニセマリオ! Mitsuketazo! Nise Mario! Found You! Fake Mario! It's Shadow Mario! After Him!
メカクッパ とうじょう Meka Kuppa Tōjō Mecha-Koopa Appears Mecha-Bowser Appears!
まて!! ニセマリオ Mate!! Nise Mario Wait!! Fake Mario Hold It, Shadow Mario!


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Making Maddocks: in the community
Working with a range of clients and witnesses and being able to pursue my passion for social justice by coordinating the pro bono program have been some of the defining moments in my career at Maddocks.
There is a lot of variety in the employment team so my days really vary.
I typically spend most of my time at the moment responding to employment law queries from clients, drafting advices/policies/employment contracts and mentoring junior lawyers. When I am working on litigation, I spend time talking to witnesses and attending VCAT or the Fair Work Commission.
I also do a lot of pro bono work and coordinate pro bono in the Melbourne office.
Last year I was able to work on a pro bono case for a client who was significantly underpaid; treated very badly at work after suffering from a workplace injury; and ultimately dismissed because of his workplace injury. At a conciliation in the Fair Work Commission we were able to negotiate a significant settlement. The employer signed a deed but then did not pay the money. Over six months we were able to assist the client to recover the money and the client was so grateful.
I am also passionate about social justice and have been able to incorporate this into my Maddocks work through the pro bono work I do.
I have recently finished a part-time secondment at Westjustice in their employment team, assisting international students with employment law queries. I also attend Refugee Legal clinics approximately once a month, assisting refugees and people seeking asylum with the bridging visa process.
We are given full budget recognition for pro bono work and Maddocks is a signatory to the National Pro Bono Target. Pro bono work also provides great experience and training for our lawyers. In Melbourne, lawyers are able to attend Refugee Legal clinics, while in Sydney, lawyers attend homeless law clinics and assist people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness with legal enquiries such as tenancy. The employment law team in Sydney also assists the Fair Work Commission with its free workplace advice service, providing phone advice for unrepresented litigants. Maddocks also works closely with Justice Connect and directly with various community organisations in order to provide legal assistance to those in need across a range of legal areas.
Apart from the work, there are two other important factors that I love about working at Maddocks.
The first is that I really like the culture – the people tend to be very down-to-earth as well as very engaged and smart. It is also a very supportive place – for example, I was able to take a year off to go overseas and study a Masters. The firm sends me on secondments, the training is excellent and I feel like I matter to the firm.
The second is that I love the people – I find it very rewarding to work with such smart, kind and passionate people. I also love employment law – it affects so many people and it is so important to have a good workplace. I enjoy the stimulation of working in so many different areas (ranging from industrial relations, to litigation, to more standard employment law, to OHS, to due diligence) and with different clients (all levels of government, non-profits and private sector). Employment law is constantly changing, so I am constantly learning and developing.
Ready to discover more about working at Maddocks?
Get in touch with the People & Culture team.


Ship Life Editor Yvette Betancourt turns daily nutrition into a fun dessert in less than 10 minutes with ingredients typically already found in the kitchen.
I woke up Sunday morning with the intent to try out a new recipe this week. My initial goal was to attempt to make Almond Joy cookies from a Facebook video. From the title of this recipe, I clearly did not make Almond Joy cookies. I tried and failed. After disappointedly glaring at my atrocities of cookies, I panicked as I thought of a new recipe. Then, some fresh bananas shined on my kitchen counter. My eyes shifted and the cinnamon caught my eye and a light bulb went off. I decided to turn one of my favorite fruits into a dessert. I checked my kitchen and found some other ingredients and threw them into a saucepan. I have never been more proud of my experimental impulses.
2. Slice the bananas into approximately 1/2 inch pieces.
3. Melt the butter in the saucepan, then stir in the cinnamon, nutmeg and honey.
4. Add the banana slices and let cook for 2-3 minutes, then turn and cook the other side. Make sure they are completely covered in the mixture.
5. Remove from heat and drizzle confectioner's sugar over the top.
Although I mixed the ingredients directly in the saucepan, I found that it may be easier to make the mixture in a bowl and dip the bananas in it before cooking.
The bananas I used were slightly under ripe to keep the shape. Bananas get mushy when heated, so ripe and overripe bananas can be messy.


A fairly even encounter at Anfield saw Manchester City secure a draw against Liverpool. Two changes were made for the home side against the side that saw off Chelsea last week at Stamford Bridge. Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing were recalled in place of Maxi Rodriguez and Craig Bellamy who sadly withdrew from the game following the tragic news of the death of Wales manager Gary Speed.
A fairly even encounter at Anfield saw Manchester City secure a draw against Liverpool. Two changes were made for the home side to the one that saw off Chelsea last week at Stamford Bridge. Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing were recalled in place of Maxi Rodriguez and Craig Bellamy who sadly withdrew from the game following the tragic news of the death of Wales manager Gary Speed.
Liverpool fans can feel hard done by after being kept at bay by some superb heroics between the sticks by City 'keeper Joe Hart who put in a Man of The Match performance.
The initial stages swung back and forth as both sides sought a way through some stout defending. Pepe Reina was on hand to keep out a poor back pass from the usually faultless Jose Enrique as the Anfield faithful held it's breathe. Chances came for both teams although it has to be said that Liverpool were on occasion wasteful in possession.
The breakthrough came in the 31st minute as Vincent Kompany's head met David Silva's corner and diverted the ball past Reina. The City lead, however, was soon undone. A mere 107 seconds after Kompany's goal, his defensive partner Jolean Lescott equalized for the home side. The ex-Everton defender inexplicably sticking out a boot to divert Charlie Adam's tame 30-yard effort past the helpless Hart. Liverpool were back on level terms.
Both sides started the second half tentatively, although City had the better of the early exchanges and Liverpool were to some degree on the back foot. There was little to part both sides who were both guilty of squandering possession needlessly in what was largely a nervous opening 20 minutes.
As the second half progressed, Liverpool began to get the better of the visitors and looked to take control of the game. Again, a poor back pass, this time from Lucas Leiva left Aguero through on goal after beating Reina to the loose ball. Virtually the entire back four manned the Liverpool goalmouth and eventually the ball was cleared by Enrique.
On 65 minutes, Roberto Mancini removed Samir Nasri in preference of Mario Balotelli, clearly feeling the City midfield was in need of a little more strength over flair. The move proved ill-fated as Balotelli was promptly dismissed 17 minutes later following first a needlessly bringing down Glen Johnson and then leading with his elbow against Martin Skrtel.
Liverpool smelt the chance of victory and set about pressing the City midfield and defence in search of the winner. Downing went close, followed by Hart superbly diverting Luis Suarez's effort round the post. A double save from Hart in stoppage time from Carroll's header and Suarez's follow-up attempt saw the visitors literally cling on for what most home supporters would have considered a fortunate point.
Again another home draw for Liverpool, and yet again, another match-saving performance from the opposing man between the sticks. Liverpool should not be down hearted by this result. Despite the result the reds carved out chances aplenty against Mancini's table topping outfit. You can't really ask for more than that. The only downside was again the profligacy in possession and some poor back passes that put almost put the team in jeopardy. We have Pepe Reina to thank for some great decision-making in some desperate situations.
Overall, I think Mancini will be the happier of the two managers. Kenny Dalglish will be happy that his team dominated for large periods but will be a little disappointed by the fact that the team has again had to settle for a draw having put so much pressure on the opponent's goal. Not a total disaster, but I would have preferred the three points.
Tomorrow I'll be giving a low-down from a statistical point of view, which I promise you will make for some very interesting reading.
What Did We Learn from Liverpool v Man City?


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Deelnemers en resultaten

Alpineskiën

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After testing the junk mail settings for several days, I get "DHSPAM" tags on addresses on my white list and stuff gets through that I don't want. Anyone have any recommendations? I currently use tag level 4 and Q level 5.
Does the tagging continue or does it eventually put tagged addresses in the Junk folder?
If you use webmail on a regular basis, then you can set much lower threshold values. Very low values make a pretty aggressive filter and it is very likely that good mail will be quarantined, but that's intentional.
The trick then is to check the quarantine routinely, and the good mails that are falsely caught indicate to you how you should fine-tune your whitelist. Consider whitelisting entire domains like "@dreamhost.com".
I actually don't even use "Tag" but only "Quarantine" (I have both values set to 1). There's not much point in tagging if you're going to check the quarantine regularly anyway.
Set How long should mail stay in the quarantine before being automatically removed? to 30 days. This gives you ample time to detect any mails that were falsely caught.
[quote]Does the tagging continue or does it eventually put tagged addresses in the Junk folder?
The filter is not "smart" in that way. It will keep on tagging and never learn from it - but you can use the tagged messages to finetune your blacklist, if you can detect a pattern. But really, I'd recommend the above approach instead. Yes, it's a little more trouble to check the quarantine list, but you'll need to do that anyway, and the tags are just ugly in your mailbox when they're applied to legit mails.
Very helpful. I wish I could have found this on the Wiki. Maybe it's there and I missed it. Would have saved some hassle. Thanks. I'll give your recommendations a try.
Good point; I've added this to the wiki now.


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by cnueva75 February 17, 201410:17 am March 24, 2014
7 Cajas (7 Boxes): opens Feb. 28 at the Roxie Theater
The exuberance of this latest film by the filmmaking duo of Maneglia-Schembori is reflected in its trailer; no doubt fans of heist genres will enjoy the multiple narratives and good guy/bad buy characterization. The film is at its strongest, however, where complex ideas surface from the hubbub.
For instance, there is Victor's (our protagonist) fixation on being filmed and being famous—his drive propels both him and the film forward, gives him some agency and provides a different way of showing how a poor boy from the city dreams of a better life. That better life is represented, variously, by an expensive mobile phone with a video camera and the ubiquity of TVs in the market, each depicting some version of the good life. (In this respect the film reminds me of Matteo Garrone's Reality, which also takes place in a marketplace and uses television to hilarious and devastating effect). The second strongest idea in the film is that of the marketplace. The market, a slice of the urban jungle, is but a backdrop (albeit a dazzling and thoroughly wonderful one) for a bigger exchange that goes beyond goods. To survive, each person has something to trade for a price— information, a mobile phone, a dirty secret, an affair. Throughout the film, the characters— often hilariously—trade goods for information, information for favors, secrets for safety. So while there are the good guys and the bad guys, everyone is driven by their own instincts for preservation, thus blurring those distinctions. There is also a delicious cross-section of leading and supporting characters which make both the narrative and the "market-ness" of the market more poignant: the lecherous but well-meaning police officer, the frustrated father unable to provide medicine for his child, the petty thief with helpful manners, the prostitute who encourages a budding romance, the jock-y immigrant boy ready to be a knight in shining armor.
The filmmakers have plenty to say on the socio-cultural front: they turn their frank eye to the pervasive fickleness of the dollar; the dangerous seduction of TV and advertising; the grind of urban poverty; and the inequality of the sexes. But they still manage to to turn in a warm-hearted, funny, suspenseful film which roots for both the underdog and the not-so-bad guys.
7 Cajas (7 Boxes), dir. Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori, 2012. 100 min. Maneglia – Schémbori Realizadores, et al. In Guarani and Spanish.
Opens at The Roxie Theater, San Francisco, 28 February 2014.
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Dishonored 2 was a long time coming. As far as sequels go it plays things pretty safe, presenting the same cool steampunk world and satisfying magical-stealth gameplay. Where Dishonored 2 succeeds is in its incredible level design and far more engaging story.
Dishonored 2 takes place several years after the first game. Protagonist Corvo Attano had successfully rescued the daughter of the slain Empress and fought back against the new regime. Emily Kaldwin now sits on the throne, though it's not exactly a time of peace and prosperity.
The opening introduces the delicious Evil Queen-like villain Delilah Copperspoon (I adore this series' character names). She leads a coven of witches who wield the same void powers that Corvo used in the first game, and she appears to be startlingly immortal.
You're given the choice between playing Emily or Corvo in the sequel. Each character has slightly different void powers to aid them in their skulking and assassinating.
I played as Emily of course. While it's nice to see Corvo actually voiced (he was a silent protagonist in the first game) I definitely wanted to see how Emily developed as a character, and the displaced, reluctant young Empress seemed far more compelling.
From there your character flees Dunwall with the help of Megan Foster aboard her boat the Dreadful Wale, which becomes your base of operation throughout the story. It's a much smaller, simpler base than the first game with not much to do but talk to one or two people and move on to the next mission.
The overarching story becomes a sequence of hunting specific targets as you dismantle Delilah's power structure and discover the truth behind her powers. It's a bit too simple and structured, but the individual storytelling within each mission is fantastic.
In one of the later missions you have to choose between one of two terrible factions to help in order to access an area – or do a bit of extra investigation and help neither. There's a lot of fun little scenes and NPC dialogue scattered around the world, making it very rewarding to leap around rooftops and spy on unsuspecting guards and citizens.
The level designs are exceptional. The Greek Island-like steampunk-whaling world of Dishonored is already amazingly cool, with evil witches, clockwork soldiers, electro-gates, and pistol-wielding guards. But the sequel introduces some fantastic new levels and toys, including a clockwork mansion that moves and shifts around you, allowing you to sneak in the in-between spaces.
The most astonishing level takes place during two different time periods. You're given a device that lets you see into the past or present (whichever you aren't in currently) super-imposed onto your current view, and it's absolutely magical. The entire level becomes a puzzle you have to navigate, using your ability to time-shift.
At your disposal you have a host of special void powers that are so useful they make the game almost too easy – and I played on Hard. Emily's powers include teleporting to far places, as well as grabbing people, easily separating foes from each other. If there's too many simply use Domino to link them together and let fly a single sleep dart. If you're really in trouble, use Mesmerize to stun a whole group as you teleport away.
The void powers are nicely empowering, and let you explore every hidden path on your way to collecting more runes and bonecharms. Runes are used to purchase powers and upgrades, and bonecharms are used to passively buff your stats or offer perks – like mana regeneration under water or longer Shadow Walk duration. You can purchase a power to let you craft bonecharms and stack the bonuses into becoming crazy overpowered.
The powers are a lot of fun but by the end of the game I was cruising through every encounter with ease. Granted I was taking my time and grabbing every rune and charm and was enormously powerful, but the game just couldn't seem to deal with its own powers it gave me.
There is an option to refuse the void powers and go at it with grenades, mines, and crossbow alone, which feels like a suitable answer to those wanting a far more challenging experience. Alas, I barely have time to play games once, let alone replay with more challenge.
Early on you're given a device that automatically tracks every rune and bonecharm in each level, which pretty much forced me to find and collect every one of them. Each level, from outdoor city scapes to giant buildings is fun to explore and offers a variety of challenges, including blood-fly nests, walls of light, wolfhounds, and patrolling guards.
The final DLC for Dishonored, The Brigmore Witches, is hugely important to the story of Dishonored 2. That DLC introduced what becomes the main adversaries for the sequel, which unfortunately took the wow factor out of seeing the witch enemies in Dishonored 2. Not to mention the aforementioned sliding difficulty at the end that made them more of a minor nuisance than a real threat.
I was able to complete Dishonored 2 with Low Chaos. The concept of Low/High Chaos returns from the first game, and again represents how many people you killed in your adventure.
Like the first game, killing people gives you the High Chaos ending = which is evil and bad. This time there's no rat plague to make the body count a bad thing – you're just not supposed to kill too many people. Want the good ending? You'll need to be more Batman, less assassin.
I'm fine with a more nonlethal approach but it feels like a weird conceit, especially since some foes, like the witches, are super evil. The game also goes out of its way to let you take out each and every boss nonlethally. Each one requires you to do an extra side task that usually comes down to some easy busywork, like mixing a potion. You could complete the game without killing a single soul, which is impressive.
As a fan of the first game, Dishonored 2 gave me everything I wanted in a sequel and more. The story is far more interesting with a voiced protagonist and fun cadre of villains. The mission structure is still linear but individual levels take full advantage of offering unique gameplay experiences and story moments. And the Chaos levels, void powers, and choice of hero offers a lot of replay value. At this point I would be fully on board with a third game that lets me further explore this fascinating world.
Final Say: A satisfying sequel that fixes many of the issues of the first game to become a memorable stealth adventure.
I really did enjoy Dishonored. I wish I had more video gaming time, but I'm sure this will be bought by me at some point.
After I get through Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Xcom 2, Fallout 4….damn, I guess it will be a while.
Yep, I bought it on sale. I find that relatively shorter games are much more appealing to me these days. I get more excited about a 20 hour Dishonored than a 50+ Fallout. Tho I did spend over 50 hours with XCOM 2.


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Sperling var namnet på två befryndade, svenska adelsätter: en friherrlig och en grevlig.

Ätternas gemensamma förfäder kom från Mecklenburg där de i flera generationer uppehållit olika höga poster och erhållit adelsvärdighet. År 1612 inkom den unge Caspar Otto Sperling (1596–1655) jämte sin bror Henric till Sverige och påbörjade här en lång och framgångsrik militär karriär vilken bland annat gjorde honom till generalmajor och generalguvernör över Halland. Han naturaliserades som svensk adelsman 1632 och introducerades på Riddarhuset 1634. Den 8 juli 1653 blev han friherre och introducerades året därpå som sådan under ättenummer 43.

Caspar Otto Sperlings yngre son, fältmarskalken med mera Göran Sperling (1630–1691), upphöjdes den 10 december 1687 till greve och den grevliga ätten Sperling introducerades på Riddarhuset 1689 med numret 28. Denna ätt utdog på svärdssidan med Görans sonsons son, kapten Göran Casper Sperling (1747–1769), och slutgiltigt med dennes syster Catharina Gustafviana Sperling, gift Leijonhufvud (1748–1819).

Den ursprungliga friherrliga ätten hade utdött redan 1712 med Göran Sperlings brorson, översten och kommendanten i Wismar Carl Gustaf Sperling (1660–1712).

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 Första divisionen (svensk film i vilken Stig Järrels adliga rollfigur givits det utdöda namnet Sperling)

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 Gabriel Anrep: Svenska adelns ättar-taflor, band 4 (Stockholm 1864)

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The greenhouse effect is the natural warming of the Earth's atmosphere. Solar radiation enters the atmosphere mainly as light, and some of that radiation is absorbed by the Earth's surface then changed to heat that is re-radiated into the atmosphere where it is absorbed by greenhouse gases then re-radiated back to Earth again.
How does warming of the Earth's atmosphere occur?
The greenhouse effect occurs naturally, and without it, the Earth would be -19ºC on average.
Total solar radiation entering the atmosphere is 342 Watts per square metre (W/m-2). This is mainly visible light (short wave radiation) but also some ultra-violet radiation and infra-red radiation (heat or long wave radiation).
Some heat is lost to space, while the rest is absorbed by greenhouse gases, warming the Earth's atmosphere to an average 14ºC.
What makes them greenhouse gases?
These gas molecules, in particular, are all bound loosely enough to absorb heat. Once heat is absorbed, the molecule vibrates and heat is released and absorbed by another molecule.
Do all greenhouse gases have the same effect?
Each gas differs in its effectiveness at absorbing heat, the effect it has on other greenhouse gases, and the average time it stays in the atmosphere and consequently its potential for warming over time.
Methane, for instance, is considered to be 23 times more effective at warming than carbon dioxide over 100 years! Although methane lasts about 12 years in the atmosphere, whereas carbon dioxide lasts for 50–200 years, methane indirectly affects ozone and water vapour, making it a more effective greenhouse gas. Methane comes from many sources – in New Zealand, our many cows and sheep are responsible for high methane production. This is the reason why a "fart tax" was proposed. Interestingly, though, most of the methane actually comes from the animals burping, not farting.
The table below shows the global warming potential (GWP) of some greenhouse gases.
Earth's atmospheric composition has changed throughout its existence. Initially, there was very little oxygen and the atmosphere consisted mainly of carbon dioxide and nitrogen with a little methane, ammonia and sulfur gas. When blue-green algae evolved several billion years ago, they used sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and released oxygen as a by-product (i.e. photosynthesis). Slowly the atmosphere accumulated enough oxygen for oxygen-breathing organisms to survive.
What evidence is there that greenhouse gases affect the Earth's temperature?
It has been learned from ice core data from Antarctica and Greenland that, over the past 400,000 years at least, temperatures were warmer when there were more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and vice-versa.
Is global warming the same as the greenhouse effect?
The Earth goes through natural cycles of temperature increase and decrease due to changes in the Earth's orbit called Milankovitch cycles. However, since 1860, the increase in global temperature by about 0.6°C is considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to result mainly from increased greenhouse gas concentrations. From 1750 to 2001, there was an increase of 31% carbon dioxide, 150% methane and 16% nitrous oxide concentration in the atmosphere. This is due to an increase in the burning of fossil fuel, change in land use and agriculture, and decrease of carbon sinks such as forests through deforestation.
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Dr. Josie Badger received her Bachelor's degree in Disability Law and Advocacy from Geneva College, a Master's in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Doctorate in Healthcare Ethics from Duquesne University. In 2014, Josie founded J Badger Consulting Inc., where she provides consulting services for organizations, including the PEAL Center, on transition and leadership development. She is the Co-Director of the national RSA-Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) technical assistance center (RAISE). She is also the campaign manager of the #IWantToWork Campaign to improve the employment of people with disabilities. She serves as a board member of the United Way of Southwestern PA and FISA. In 2012, Dr. Badger was crowned Ms. Wheelchair America. Previously, she was an author for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the book Launching into Adulthood, and she served as president of the National Youth Leadership Network and the Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network (PYLN).
Peg Kinsell
Co-Director of RAISE, Peg Kinsell currently serves as the Director of Public Policy for SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, where she works on both state and federal legislation that impact children with the greatest need due to disability; special healthcare needs; poverty; discrimination based on race, sex, immigrant or homeless status; involvement in foster care, child welfare, or juvenile justice systems; and geographic location or other special circumstances. Peg serves on numerous state and national committees and coalitions related to mental health, child welfare, poverty, and education. She has presented at statewide, regional, and national conferences on the issues of public policy advocacy, juvenile justice, and restraint and seclusion as they pertain to students with disabilities. Peg is a member of APRAIS, the leading national coalition fighting to abolish the use of restraint and seclusion in schools; she is also a member of TASH's Human Rights Committee, the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities Education Task Force, NJ Anti-Poverty Network, and Time To Care Coalition, along with many other statewide taskforces and workgroups. She is the recipient of the Elizabeth Boggs Family Member Advocate Award and was named one of Burlington County's "People Making a Difference." Additionally, Peg has expertise working with military families of children with disabilities and directs the Military Family Support 360 Project at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. She is the proud mother of three young adults with a variety of talents and abilities.
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Resource and Product Coordinator
Myriam Alizo has over 17 years of experience helping parents navigate the special education system. She worked for NJ Parent to Parent and for Parent to Parent of Miami (FL) before moving to NJ, where she now works for SPAN, the Parent Training and Information Center of New Jersey, helping to start and run parent groups and conducting bilingual special education trainings. At SPAN, she also works for the Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR), the national organization that provides information and products to the network of Parent Centers. Myriam is currently a member of the NJ Special Education Advisory Council (NJSEAC) and the advisory board for the National Center for Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE); she was a member of the National Center for Learning Disabilities' (NCLD) Parent Leader Team and is a consultant for Understood.org. Myriam also coordinated the English-Spanish Glossary for OSEP. Myriam has a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela. Myriam is the proud mother of two young adults with amazing talents. Myriam enjoys cooking, practicing yoga and working out; and recently became a Zumba instructor. Myriam lives in New Jersey with her two daughters and her husband.
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Debra Jennings leads SPAN's national efforts to promote the capacities of the approximately 100 Parent Training & Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) assisting families with children with disabilities in each state, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Palau. These projects provide Parent Centers with the information and materials that support their individual parent advocacy efforts and systemic improvement activities across disabilities and across age spans from birth to 26. Debra's experience as an advocate and leader includes organizing and supporting grassroots parent advocacy organizations and efforts around general and special education issues. She joined SPAN in 1997 to lead its "Parents Engaged in Public Policy Project." On several state and national advisory committees, Debra is committed to ensuring that the voices of parents/families and communities are not left out of discussions of policies and practices impacting children and families. Debra is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Economics and has completed coursework in business, finance, public administration, and non-profit management at the Kellogg School of Management and Seton Hall University Center for Public Service. Her eclectic professional experience prior to joining SPAN in 1997 includes construction, economic development, finance, and constituent affairs. Debra also served on a local school board. She is the mom and first advocate of two daughters, one of whom received special education services and the other who participated in Title I Basic Skills; both are college graduates. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, a middle school administrator.
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Donna has over 10 years of experience at SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, where she currently works on four projects. She is the Central Regional Associate for NJ Statewide Parent to Parent covering five counties (Ocean, Monmouth, Burlington, Mercer, and Middlesex), and she works on the Military Family Support 360 project as a Navigator at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County, NJ. She also covers Ocean County as SPAN's Family Resource Specialist and is housed at the Ocean County Family Support Organization in Toms River, NJ. Donna became the new RAISE Product & Resource Coordinator in Fall 2017. Previously, she worked for 18 years at Block Drug Company, a pharmaceutical company in Jersey City, NJ, in the Operations and Travel Departments. Donna is a proud mom of two young adult daughters who amaze her every day. She enjoys her five pets—two dogs and three cats—the beach is her happy place, and she loves to travel. Donna lives in Monmouth County, NJ, with her two daughters and her husband of 34 years.
Maria has been with the SPAN Parent Advocacy Network since 1990. During that time, she has worked on almost every project that has been or is under the SPAN umbrella. Maria is currently an integral part of the RAISE and CPIR projects. She helps manage webinars and other presentations, events including conferences and summits, and the creation and distribution of the wide variety of materials RAISE, CPIR, and SPAN produce. A devoted mother and grandmother, Maria enjoys visiting her large family and various loved ones throughout the country and Puerto Rico whenever she can find the time!
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Jessica Wilson is the Director of Communication & Dissemination for SPAN's two national projects—RAISE and the Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)—in addition to other state and regional projects as needed. She has backgrounds in publishing as a copy editor, proofreader, and production editor for elementary education, map-making, Photonics, trade magazines, and more; higher ed international marketing and recruitment; and website design and management. Certified to teach Language Arts, ESL, and Adult Education, Jessica was an instructor of ESL for university students and business professionals before joining SPAN. Her favorite creation was a literature course based on Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon, Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron," and the movie Gattaca that questioned society's perceptions of intellectual disability and intelligence, multiple intelligences, equality, and the quandary of eugenics and gene manipulation. Certified for "Intercultural Communication" and "Diversity and Inclusion," she has presented on topics ranging from professional development for language teachers to workshops on business writing, best practices in social media, disproportionality and multiple intelligences, and much more. Jessica's greatest pleasure in life is her gorgeous son, whom she wrote about in a blog published by the Department of Education for Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
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Soaring Eagle Academy offers a new look at children with Autism and related disorders as individuals with great potential for interacting, communicating and thinking. As the only school to integrate Developmental Language Models and DIR®/Floortime principles, for students ages 3 through 21 years old, within a nurturing social and academic environment that embraces the "whole child" supporting their individual differences and learning styles, while wooing each child into engaging interaction and meaningful learning, we believe that when students comprehend and their intentions and actions are truly understood, amazing development unfolds and students soar to higher levels of learning!
We are honored to receive a proclamation from the State of Illinois Executive Department, proclaiming April 2018 as Autism Awareness Month in Illinois and recognizing Soaring Eagle Academy, presented to us by State Representative Peter Breen. Our students helped welcome Rep. Peter Breen and even helped give a tour of our school! Thank you Rep. Breen for taking the time to visit SEA and present us with the proclamation!


A celebration of the era of ragtime music is in store for families when the annual Ragtime Street Fair returns to the grounds of Greenfield Village in Dearborn, July 13-14, 2013.
Ragtime was a popular music form in the early 20th century, a predecessor to jazz. It was a type of music different to any other of its time. This upbeat tunage will get you up and dancing with its bouncy melodies and intricate rhythms.
Boogie the night away to classic ragtime tunes and even learn a dance or two to take back home and impress friends. Performers include River Raisin Ragtime Revue and the Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band. Also hear the music of George Gershwin in a whole new way. Check out the Piano Cutting Contest, too, where participants will be judged on their musical abilities.
Enjoy dinner and a movie, the 1924 silent film, Lizzies of the Field – which will be accompanied by live piano playing. Watch as the chefs of The Henry Ford prepare fresh dishes of the ragtime era right in front of you, with food provided by local farmers. After dinner, win a dessert at the cake walk!
This event is free with admission: $24 for adults, $17.50 for ages 13-61 and free for ages 4 and under. Parking costs $5 per vehicle.
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How To Build A Climate Workforce In Hawaii - Honolulu Civil Beat
IDEAS: Essays How To Build A Climate Workforce In Hawaii
IDEAS: Essays
How To Build A Climate Workforce In Hawaii
The state needs to create opportunities to engage youth and build a workforce to combat global warming.
By Tiffany Huynh
October 24, 2021 · 7 min read
Tiffany Huynh
Tiffany Huynh is the director of external affairs at Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit on a mission to redesign the systems at the root of climate change.
When it comes to climate change, we all approach it with different levels of understanding and lived experiences.
Fortunately, the general population has begun to recognize that it is indeed a global crisis, no matter where you live. As an industry, we have a responsibility to help create pathways for youth to explore these issues and provide opportunities for professional development. Because if you can see it, you can be it.
We are currently seeing more evidence of climate change around the world with the wildfires in Australia, the Amazon and the Pacific Northwest, the icy wave that shocked Texas or the rising heat and sea levels here at home in Hawaii.
According to the latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, "It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land."
Despite a short-term fall in carbon emissions as a result of the pandemic, 2020 tied 2016 as the warmest year on record. A study finds that if the planet continues to warm on its current trajectory, the average 6-year-old will live through roughly three times as many climate disasters as their grandparents.
The recent frequency of extreme weather events is causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damages to businesses and infrastructure across the U.S. On Oahu, think about the residents on the North Shore who are regularly dealing with the erosion of roads and retaining walls from rising sea levels.
Not only is this an environmental crisis, it is an economic one. Hawaii already pays three times more for energy than any other state in the nation, and something as simple as the cost of running air conditioning in your home or small business (if you're fortunate enough to have it) will almost certainly see dramatic increases in the very near future. (Pictured at top: The company CarbonCure infused CO2 into concrete for new infrastructure builds in Hawaii. Photo courtesy Elemental Excelerator.)
Ampaire's hybrid-electric plane fueling a commercial route in 2020 for Southern Mokulele Airlines on Maui. A new workforce can be grown with a proactive response to climate change. Elemental Excelerator
Warming temperatures also have a domino effect on the concentration levels of workers in all industries, from teachers and students in the classroom to how many hours people can safely work outside for jobs like construction, landscaping, or farming in a given day. Whether or not you realize it, you are experiencing climate change.
Although we recognize that humans have caused this crisis, our team at Elemental Excelerator is optimistic in the collective impact we can all make in the fight against it.
In addition to supporting technologies that have the potential to rapidly decarbonize our economy, we believe in the power that education has to catalyze community action and create impactful workforce development opportunities.
Classroom conversations around climate, technology, policy, and the future of our state provide a great opportunity to introduce students to the problem and the paths toward potential solutions. Their education plays directly into their roles as the next generation of climate leaders who will ultimately deploy solutions and combat more environmental crises than any of the generations before them.
Therefore, it is crucial that we provide opportunities for students to stand on the shoulders of giants as they explore professional pathways.
My own career started because of an invaluable summer internship at a hospital with the only drivers' training and rehabilitation program in the state that helped people who had suffered traumatic injuries. My task was to develop a business plan with recommendations for the flailing program. The implementation of that report ended up saving the program from closing its doors.
Although my experience was not directly related to climate, I saw first-hand how youth can make a profound and lasting difference in organizations and the community. Cultivating and investing in these types of experiences are integral to how students view their impact and career opportunities.
I truly believe that, in the near future, every job will be a climate job. Whether you are a city planner, accountant, or marketer, everyone plays a role in our fight against climate change.
TerViva Bioenergy planted 70 acres of pongamia on distressed Kamehameha Schools agricultural land in 2018. TerViva
This past summer, Elemental partnered with Teach for America to pilot a new program called "Root for Innovation." This builds on TFA's existing teacher externship program which aims to catalyze industry growth, job creation and global action.
The pilot paired each of the teachers with two rising high school juniors and seniors from public high schools across Oahu and Hawaii Island. Not only did they work together to gain hands-on innovation and entrepreneurship learning experiences, they were also tasked with co-creating curricula to bring learning about systems change and real-world climate problems back into their classrooms. This helps to provide students with the context and experience necessary to navigate similar issues they might come up against as they enter the workforce.
Investing In Classrooms
For example, Berit DeGrandpre, a second-year Teach for America fellow and Root for Innovation participant, teaches "Participation in Democracy" at Aiea High School. This summer, she designed a project called "Designing the Climate Future Through Democracy" with two students, David Jimenez (Konawaena High School) and Chrissea Hagemann (Aiea High School).
In the project, students are divided into four districts according to seating arrangements and are asked to elect a district representative to act as their legislator. The students not chosen as legislators are grouped as scientists, business advocates, or townspeople. Within each group, students take on unique roles such as farmer, journalist, glaciologist, etc.
Students are asked to research their individual roles and develop three goals regarding climate future and design. Then, in their constituent groups, they discuss and negotiate until they are able to agree on five group goals. In the project's final "town hall" meeting, students must convince their four legislators to adopt their group's goals and interests.
Following the town hall discussion, students complete a reflection assignment to assess the strengths and weaknesses of designing policy priorities through democracy. They are also asked to take it one step further by researching potential policy implementation and design for one of the final climate goals selected by the class legislators.
By collaborating as peers, DeGrandpre, Jimenez and Hagemann embodied the systems change they worked to cultivate. This resulted in an assignment that will help incoming students understand how to create progress in a democratic structure by identifying and selecting the most pressing climate needs currently impacting the community. This project will become a class-wide assignment in each of DeGrandpre's future Participation in Democracy classes.
We believe in the power that education has to catalyze community action.
This example is just one of many that have emerged as a result of Elemental and other organizations' focus on local climate education. By investing in our classrooms, we are investing in a healthier climate future. This is an important pillar of Elemental's five-year strategy to inspire 10,000 climate jobs across Hawaii and beyond.
Our young people are urging us to include climate change and social justice into their curriculum. We know there are many organizations and businesses such as Blue Planet Foundation, KUPU, and Servco Pacific that are investing in our schools to create the next generation of leaders. As we see more renewable energy solutions come online, the time is now to intentionally create opportunities in these new industries.
We're all in the same canoe here, and together we hope we can inspire students and teachers to help build the workforce we need to redesign the systems at the root of our climate crisis.
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I am sorry, but Hawaii is not the right place to fight global warming. We are already the lowest in the nation in per capita electricity usage and the average number of miles driven, and close to the very top in the adoption of electric vehicles. Hawaii's migration to renewable energy can, and should, pay for itself as the cost of oil goes up and the cost of new energy technologies goes down. Whatever funds we can spare, we should spend on anticipation and mitigation of the effects of global warming (first and foremost, the ocean level rise), not on boondoggles such as burning wooden pellets at the Barbers Point electric plant, premature switch to battery storage, or various feel-good but ultimately fruitless awareness initiatives and publicity stunts.
Chiquita · 1 year ago
In the 70's when we were burning more oil. cars got less then one third gas mileage than now we were warned of a mini ice age was immenent. What happened? No one seems to explain, only avoid.
Whatarewedoing · 1 year ago
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Aiken Promotions and Creative Live proudly presents One Day featuring Gorgon City, Sonny Fodera and special guest Duke Dumont live for the biggest festival in Cork, Live at The Marquee, Saturday 22nd June 2019. Early bird tickets from €35.00 inclusive of booking fee, on sale this Friday at 9AM.
Cork Live at The Marquee will host three of the biggest DJs this summer, Gorgon City, Sonny Fodera and very special guest Duke Dumont.
Gorgon City, consisting of Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott, has charted over 676 million combined streams to date. Recently delivering their brand-new 'Escape' album - featuring singles such as 'One Last Song' with Yungen & JP Cooper, 'Go Deep' with Kamille and Ghosted, and D Double E collaboration, 'Hear That' - the release followed Gorgon City's recent sold out UK and Europe 'Kingdom'.
Joining Gorgon City is, Sonny Fodera, climbing to a remarkable 40 million streams on Spotify and Apple music. His latest Mixmag lab stream from Hideout had a staggering 1.5 million views. After nearly a decade since his first release at the age of 23, Australian-born Sonny Fodera has created his own brand of groove driven and emotive of house music that now resonates with loyal fans around the world.
Grammy-nominated UK producer Duke Dumont will also perform in Cork this June; a true global superstar, Duke Dumont has amassed over 1 BILLION combined streams across his flurry of releases to date. Having recently produced and co-written Katy Perry's 'Swish Swish' and remixed 'The Man' by The Killers, Duke will embark on a headline tour of Australia in Spring, before returning to Ibiza as a summer resident at iconic super club Amnesia, with a spot at his homeland festival of Creamfields already secured.


Along the Silk Road linking the cultures of Asia with those of Europe, goods and raw materials--as well as knowledge, techniques, religions and cultural traditions--traveled east and west. Buddhism spread via the trade routes from India to China. Early representations of Buddha from Gandahara were influenced by Hellenistic elements from the west. Cobalt blue first decorated ceramics in Iraq in the 10th century, later emerging as a Ming jar, then traveling westward to become blue and white Delftware. Tying the east and west together along the ancient trade routes through desert and mountains were nomadic peoples, traveling commercial merchants on their camels, spreading cultural wealth over centuries of exchange. Marco Polo was the first Westerner to write about his travels along the Silk Road to China, inspiring other travelers and influencing European map-making.
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Description: Hall. Used for lodging, storage, stabling. Detail, portal, onto courtyard west. Richly carved, geometric and rosette designs.
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Description: Courtyard south-east corner. High open arcade.
Description: Mosque (masjid). Square pavilion, raised on arched base. View west elevation with external, double staircase.
Description: Mosque. West elevation. Detail, underside of staircase, muqana detailing.
Description: Hall. Double side aisles.
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Tag Archives: Perlan Project
520 UPS Airlines
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We look at UPS Airlines, including the fleet, the pilots, the technology, and the processes employed. Also, the Perlan 2 altitude record flight, GA accident rates, an F-35C incident, and pizza for 159 American Airlines passengers. We celebrate the 97th birthday of a WASP, look at the Immortal Red Baron air show act and a new Old Guys and Their Airplanes video. We also have a promo code for tickets to the 2018 Audi Stuart Air Show.
UPS Airlines 747-8F. Courtesy UPS.
Jim Mayer is public relations manager for UPS Airlines. He's based at the airline's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.
Jim Mayer, UPS Airlines Public Relations Manager.
We talk about the UPS Airlines fleet makeup: the "brown tails" (including the new 747-8F freighters) and the small feeder aircraft vendors. Jim explains the daily cycle at the Worldport® global air hub in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the world's largest automated package sorting hub, where they experience airplane landings every 70 seconds over about a three hour period each night.
Jim tells us about cockpit technology projects, the hot spare aircraft that stand ready, and the UPS Flight Path program with Ameriflight to help keep new pilots in the pipeline.
UPS is the official logistics provider for Expo 2020 Dubai and we talk about the daily nonstop flight from the Worldport hub to Dubai, UAE. Made possible with the Boeing 747-8F freighter, this route improves time-in-transit from North and South America to Middle East destinations by one business day.
Of course, over the years UPS Airlines has encountered some unique shipments, and Jim tells us about a few of them, as well as recent humanitarian flights to Puerto Rico.
Jim joined UPS in 2003 following a career as an Emmy-award-winning broadcast reporter. As PR manager at UPS Airlines, Jim manages media relations and external communications for one of the world's largest airlines. He has traveled extensively around the world, helping to tell the UPS story, including coverage of major facility expansions in China and Europe; and unique charter moves such as whale sharks and humanitarian aid flights.
Jim is a Chicago-area native and has a B.A. in Telecommunications from Indiana University in Bloomington.
Follow UPS Airlines on Twitter at @UPSAirlines, and find them on Facebook and Instagram. Also, see the latest news at the UPS Pressroom, where you'll also find UPS Air Operations Facts.
UPS Airlines Worldport global hub. Courtesy UPS.
Pushing the tank onto UPS Airlines. Courtesy UPS.
Experimental Perlan 2 aircraft breaks high-altitude human flight record
The Airbus Perlan Mission II pressurized glider has been out riding atmospheric pressure waves, and it's reached more than 76,000 feet. That's believed to be the record for subsonic human flight in a winged aircraft. This meant the flight crossed the Armstrong Line, the altitude above which a human's blood will boil without some kind of protection.
AOPA Nall Report: Accident Rates Drop Again
The AOPA Air Safety Institute's Joseph T. Nall Report [PDF] says that the general aviation overall and fatal accident rates are at a 10-year low. Fatal crashes decreased to 0.84 per 100,000 hours. Accidents with pilot-related causes make up 74 percent of non-commercial, fixed-wing accidents. Accidents related to mechanical and maintenance issues made up about 16 percent of the overall total.
F-35C, Super Hornet Damaged During At-Sea Aerial Refueling
An F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter flying from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) was damaged during an aerial refueling exercise. The engine ingested debris from an aerial refueling basket.
American Airlines pilot buys Papa John's Pizza for 159 passengers after flight is diverted
American Airlines Flight 2354 from Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort-Worth experienced extreme thunderstorms and was diverted to Wichita Falls, Texas. The next flight to DFW was the following day. Captain Jeff Raines responded by ordering 40 pizzas from the local Papa John's store, and even hand carried the pizzas from the delivery car to the waiting passengers.
Audi Stuart Air Show
November 2-4, 2018 in Stuart, Florida you can experience the Treasure Coast's largest annual event with breathtaking performances including by the United States Marine Corp Harrier, the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team, the Phillips 66 Aerostars, and others. Of course, there will be many static displays like The Movie Memphis Belle, the C-17 Globemaster III, and the OV1 Mohawk.
At the Stuart Air Show, you can also take advantage of rides offered with special guests, including a Cobra Attack Helicopter and a T-6 Texan. Plan your Audi Stuart Air Show experience now at stuartairshow.com.
Also, starting September 17th, Airplane Geeks has teamed up with the Stuart Air Show for a week of aviation trivia. Each day September 17 – 23rd at 6 pm on their Facebook page, they will be posting an aviation-related trivia question. The person with the most correct answers (and who answers the fastest) will win 4 tickets to their VIP event on November 2nd! That is a $600 value! Learn more about the Stuart Air Show at stuartairshow.com and on Facebook.
We are thrilled to be able to bring our listeners a special ticket offer to the Stuart Air Show. Use promo code "geekspodcast" at checkout to enjoy a special $10 ticket offer through October 31, 2018.
Immortal Red Baron
At the Blue Bonnet Air Show at the Burnet, Texas Municipal Airport, Airplane Geeks reporter-at-large Launchpad Marzari interviewed Stefan Trischuk of the "Immortal Red Baron" air show. This was a different act as it was a staged dogfight with another airshow performer.
Jane Doyle
Also at the Blue Bonnet show, Launchpad met Mrs. Jane Doyle, celebrating her 97th birthday. Jane is one of the last WASP.
Artist John Mollison has released another "Old Guys and Their Airplanes" video featuring 2nd Lt. James Kunkle who flew P-38s with the 9th Air Force over Europe during WWII. Jim was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his combat action on Sept. 16, 1944. In this video, Jim describes a terrific dogfight that he experienced in 1944 where he took on 20 or so German fighter planes. OGTA #12 – Split Second – The Jim Kunkle Story.
Listener Hendrik sent in a picture from his wedding to his lovely wife Marielle. If you remember a few weeks back, on their way to Hawaii for their honeymoon, they got a tour of Los Angeles from Brian during their LAX layover. Featured in the picture is a Beluga, Marielle's favorite plane, carrying some precious cargo: their wedding rings.
Whirly-Girls opens their 2019 scholarship season.
This photographer captured total solar eclipse from a commercial airplane at 39,000 feet
And special thanks to co-host Max Trescott for constructing Knoxville Studio B, just for this episode:
Now that's how you do it in a hotel room!
This entry was posted in Episodes and tagged air show, American Airlines, Ameriflight, AOPA, F-35, Perlan Project, Southwest, UPS, WASP, Whirly-Girls on September 12, 2018 by maxflight.
AirplaneGeeks 357 Einar Enevoldson and the Perlan Project
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Perlan Project aims to soar to 90,000 feet in a glider, a sightseeing crash in Alaska, United buys into Azul Brazilian Airlines, China building airport infrastructure, news media companies start drone testing, OneGo to offer flights for a fixed monthly fee, and Solar Impulse leaves Japan.
Einar Enevoldson is a lifelong glider pilot and a former NASA test pilot.
In 1992, Einar first envisioned the Perlan Project when a LIDAR image was shown of a stratospheric mountain wave at 75,000 feet above Northern Scandinavia. Einar believed that these mountain waves could be used to fly a sailplane to great heights.
The Perlan Project is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit aeronautical exploration and atmospheric science research organization that utilizes sailplanes (gliders) designed to fly at extremely high altitudes.
Einar and Steve Fossett proved their concept when they set a world altitude record for gliders of 50,671 feet on August 30, 2006. They flew the Perlan I, a modified DG505M, in stratospheric mountain waves generated by the Polar Vortex over el Calafate, Argentina.
In July 2014, Airbus Group became the partner and title sponsor of Airbus Perlan Mission II.
Sometime in 2015/16 the Airbus Perlan Mission II intends to set new altitude records by flying a purpose-built pressurized high-altitude glider higher than any other manned wing borne aircraft has ever flown in sustained flight using stratospheric mountain waves and the polar vortex. Perlan Project intends to use the Airbus Perlan Mission II to expand their educational programmes by creating more partnerships and forming an international education committee.
YF-12A
Einar's military service includes test pilot on the Hunter, Lightning, and Javelin British fighter aircraft from 1966 to 1967. Following that, Einar was a NASA research pilot at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. Among the many planes he flew for NASA were the YF-12A (Interceptor version of the SR-71), the oblique wing AD-1, the Controlled Deep Stall Sailplane, and the X-24B Lifting Body. He was twice awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal.
X-24B
Eight Holland America Guests Die in Alaska "Flightseeing" Accident
Eight passengers and the pilot died when their "flightseeing" DeHavilland DHC-3T Turbine Otter crashed into a rock face about 20 from Ketchikan, Alaska. The floatplane was providing a tour for passengers from Holland America Line's MS Westerdam cruise ship. The wreckage is on a 60 degree slope at the base of a mountainside cliff.
Azul by Paul Flimer
United Airlines to pay $100 mln for Azul stake, for foothold in Brazil
Azul Brazilian Airlines is the third largest airline in Brazil, and was founded in 2008 by Brazilian-born David Neeleman, who also founded JetBlue Airways. Neeleman is Azul's chief executive. United would gain access to Brazilian cities. Azul gets investment money where they have been unable to offer an initial public offering due to Brazil's poor economy.
China's aviation boom drives airport building frenzy
More than 60 inland airports in China are expanding, and another 30 new regional airports are being built. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), says more than $80 billion will be invested in aviation projects this year alone. Driving this are business travel and outbound tourism.
News Coalition Launches Hands-On Drone Testing Program with Virginia Tech
Fifteen news media companies launched research testing of sUAS for news gathering in partnership with Virginia Tech, one of the six FAA UAS test sites. Flight tests will include a series of scenarios to simulate news gathering with small UAVs.
OneGo Will Offer Unlimited West Coast Flights For $1,500 A Month
Startup OneGo wants to offer this service to small and medium businesses where team members have to do a lot of travel. In exchange for the fixed monthly fee, travelers will get unlimited economy class direct flights on major airlines like American, Delta, United and Virgin America, as well as Gogo WiFi membership, and enrollment in TSA Pre for faster security screenings.
Solar Impulse Crossing The Pacific
Solar Impulse 2 finally launched from Nagoya, Japan, en route to Hawaii. The flight is expected to take five days.
Grant's holding together with cold and flu medicine long enough to get an AusDesk recorded with Steve covering:
First C27J Spartan (the "baby Hercules") arrives in Australia
BAE Systems gets their contract with the Royal Singaporean Air Force extended until 2019
Another Qantas 747 goes into retirement
Remove cat before flight
This Boeing 747 Has Been Transformed Into An Awesome Hotel
Flight Threats – An iOS app designed as a situational awareness improvement tool for pilots.
Flight Accidents – An iOS accidents search app.
Flying Over Active Japanese Volcano
Utah's NASA ambassador jumps with 50-year-old parachute
Courtesy of Skydive Utah: NASA Ambassador Patrick Wiggins, 66, is no stranger to the sky with about 760 jumps under his belt as he logs another while stepping out of a Skydive Utah plane near Tooele. On Friday the education assistant at the University of Utah donned his original 1965 "antique parachute" and gear to mark the 50th anniversary of his first jump while joining friends at Skydive Utah, at the Tooele Valley Airport in Erda.
Stamp commemorates dropping of atom bomb
Transatlantic flight diverted 'after passenger kept demanding nuts'
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Beach and East York residents protest local paper
July 2, 2015July 15, 2015 Andrew Hudson
It sounded like a regular community newspaper.
Shortly after Genet Rady moved her downtown hair salon to the Upper Beach, she bought a year's worth of ads in the Your Ward News. But when her first customer picked up a copy in her new Gerrard Street salon, Rady got a shock.
"Do you read that newspaper?" he asked.
Started in 2007 by local music promoter LeRoy St. Germaine, the Your Ward News has a history of provoking headlines, usually by ranting against politicians in the Beach and East York.
But St. Germaine's paper turned a corner this year. Since March, Your Ward News has been wrapped in neo-Nazi style ads for a group calling itself the New Constitution Party of Canada, and has prompted several hate crimes complaints to Toronto police.
It also prompted Rady to try and pull her ad.
"I went there, I had a big argument," she said. "Finally, I just decided I don't want the money, just get rid of this ad."
"They didn't take it off."
Peter Grudzinski, who runs a local cleaning business, had a similar experience.
"I told him two times already to just discontinue," said Grudzinski. "I don't want money back – just quit, simple."
Besides customer complaints, Grudzinski and Rady got calls from East End residents who are tired of getting the Your Ward News delivered to their doors.
One of those residents is Scott Fraser, who started phoning such advertisers with some friends and neighbours this March. They call their group East Enders Against Hate and For Responsible Advertising.
"We're not the government, we can't censor anyone," said Fraser.
"We're letting businesses know who they're working with, and who they're supporting."
Warren Belliveau, a friend of Fraser's, said the East End group has about 300 members so far, and most of the advertisers they've spoken to have wanted to get out of the Your Ward News once they learn what it is.
"We're not against free speech, we're not trying to prevent him from publishing," said Belliveau, noting that they are avoiding any direct confrontation, such as pickets, that could lead to violence.
"In our view, what we're doing is counter-speech."
In April, Your Ward News started paying for door-to-door delivery by Canada Post.
One local postal worker objected, but legal experts hired by the Crown corporation found Your Ward News did not meet its threshold for "non-mailable matter."
According to the Canada Post website, "non-mailable matter" includes any mail that is illegal, obscene, or fraudulent, including "articles that are obscene, indecent, immoral, or scurrilous."
Local MPP Arthur Potts has asked Canada Post's CEO to reconsider, saying that while he respects freedom of expression, he disagrees that a government agency should deliver the Your Ward News.
Scott Fraser agrees.
"The idea that it's a censorship issue to me is just a distraction from the more substantive issue of the content of the paper," he said, noting that the paper doesn't rely on Canada Post to get published.
After the latest edition published a quote calling him a "n****r," Fraser complained to Canada Post.
Fraser said he was told there is no way to opt out of Your Ward News alone, though he could cancel all unsolicited mail, the delivery of which Canada Post considers a public service.
"I asked, 'Are you saying that in order to get this public service, I have to put up with being racially harassed from time to time?'"
"The answer was a sort of shrug and 'Talk to the ombudsman.'"
Patrick Clohessy, who writes a blog called Your Wards News Watch, said he's not a big fan of Canada Post deciding what is mailable or not.
"But at the same time, I'm against Nazi propaganda being sent out as unsolicited junk mail to everybody in the neighbourhood," he said.
Clohessy started his blog after reading an October column by Your Ward News contributor Michelle Erstikaitis, in which she endorsed two white supremacists in city elections.
One, Christopher Brosky, served 16 years in prison for the racially-motivated murder of a man in Texas. During his recent campaign for a seat in Toronto Centre-Rosedale, Brosky gave a TV interview wearing a swastika around his neck.
The other, Paul Fromm, made a failed bid for mayor of Mississauga last year. Fromm lost his Ontario teaching licence in 2007 for giving racist speeches and joining neo-Nazi rallies, including events hosted by the far-right Heritage Front and a party on Adolf Hitler's birthday.
Asked how the Your Ward News is funded, St. Germaine said most of its revenue comes from donations, and it doesn't need advertising to stay afloat.
St. Germaine welcomed the campaigns to phone his advertisers, saying that while Your Ward News has lost a few hundred dollars a month in ad revenue, the campaigns caused a "massive surge of thousands of dollars a month of donations from free speech advocates."
As for residents who do not want the paper delivered to their door, St. Germaine said it's impossible to pick and choose houses using Canada Post.
"If a thin-skinned, brainwashed recipient is offended, they can chuck it in the recycling bin," he wrote.
Members of East Enders Against Hate and For Responsible Advertising say that besides Your Ward News, they are concerned about door-to-door ticket sales for St. Germaine's Beaches Blues Festival.
The festival is registered as a non-profit corporation, and St. Germaine said that in the last 20 years it has supported disadvantaged youth with tickets, food, and T-shirts, as well as raising cash for worthy causes.
Vanessa Milne, a member of the East Enders group, said a Beaches Blues Fest canvasser came to her door about a month ago to sell tickets, and offered a reduced price if she made a charitable donation.
In his hand, he held what he said were hand-written letters by Toronto street kids. Milne had her doubts and declined to buy tickets or make a donation.
As for the free speech questions raised by St. Germaine's newspaper, Milne, a journalist, took a different stance.
"I support free speech," she said. "But for 50 years, we've had hate speech laws, and free speech at the same time."
"They co-exist. It's crazy to say this is about free speech, and if we don't have this, there's no free speech."
"To frame it that way is giving this guy an argument that he doesn't deserve."
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Bahman Yazdanfar says:
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Lawrence McCurry says:
If we are going to have free speech then even the people who say things you don't want to hear must have free speech as well, The hate laws in Canada should not exist at all. I read the paper in question and you have wrongly reported that the paper called somebody a nigger, it reported that "The TV station owner had"
The liberal left has been very vocal in trying to kill this paper to the point of starting a harassment campaign against it's advertisers who, being small businesses have caved to the non stop phone calls and visits from scary members of the liberal left obedience cult.
If thee Beach Metro is going to report on this story they should at least be honest in said reporting and not lie the way this article does.
Lawrence McCurry, Media Critic
Beach Metro also failed to report that they are the only other competitor in terms of a neighbourhood paper. Why did you fail to report that you are in a direct competition with the paper you are mis-reporting on here???
Arnold J. Rimmer says:
Lawerence McCurry was the campaign manager for Arthur Smitherman, a right wing extremist who has run for city council twice and who is also a Your Ward News columnist.
Yes I was and calling Arthur Smitherman a "Right wing extremist" is just one more LIE, which the obedience cult of the far left seem to have no problems doing.
Interesting that you failed to report your involvement with YWN columnist Smitherman. What are you trying to hide Lawrence?
That's just ridiculous, the guy wrote one article for the paper. I intend to write something as well just for you mr. No Name.
Heywood Jablomee says:
Oh Lawrence…you aren't a media critic. Calling the advertisers to inform them of with whom they are dealing is the very essence of free speech. You obfuscate things by who said what…in the same way that paper tries to dodge responsibility ( so they can avoid the law ). The point is he was called out as a "n*gger*" in the paper.
You actually are going to tell me you support this rag and having it delivered by Canada Post? Go ahead… stand with them. At least say it. You can join them in their very small, very pathetic club.
And if you really believe that garbage why not use your real name and stand behind what you say???
And if you believe that the Canada post carrier union should get to censor what you read or don't get to read you are not living in the same Canada I am.
Upper Beacher says:
Its free speech. Deal with it! I can't stand our Councillor and how she goes about using her office budget to sponsor local events, without telling citizens that the funds are from her office budget. The citizens are under the belief that she is donating this money. Its papers like this which reveal this stuff. Yeah they are also crazies but there is some truth to the stuff they say.
"In his hand, he held what he said were hand-written letters by Toronto street kids."
Here's a link to several Your Ward News articles calling street kids "vermin", "violent, aggressive, and use drugs", and "unmotivated slackers".
https://yourwardnewswatch.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/ywn-door-to-door-fraud/
And that is a fine example of how the left obedience cult deal with free speech they don't like. Threats, Lies and intimidation.
Classic Liberalism:
" I disapprove of what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it"
New Liberal Left:
" I disapprove of what you say, And I will publicly shame you, Lobby to have you censored and demand you be fired from your job "
Lawrence, tell us again how 9/11 was an inside job.
Primus says:
Hey AAAARNOLD! Ad hominem attacks are the last resort of the desperate purveyor of
pernicious pejorative.
Also, Arthur Smitherman is not a right wing extremist, as you implied, but, I suppose, if you keep saying it, along with whatever other insidious montra that helps you to pigeon hole someone then you can rest well, knowing that you have helped to spread misinformation. The piece people are objecting to was not spewing Nazi propaganda, but merely making light of a fact, that being that Pierre Trudeau actually did parade around in a Nazi uniform. Although I do not believe that he was a nazi, it is certain that he and his good bud Rene Le Vesque were both card carrying members of the Communist party before the big time show in Parliament.
As for an Ex heritage front member writing articles, as long as he is not spreading hate his opinion is as valid as anyone. BTW, for anyone with a long memory (that would be me) the Heritage front was formed by CSIS in order to discredit the Reform Party. Not a conspiracy theory,but a fact, so you can stop invoking 911 as a means to destroy someone's character.
Yet its ok for the Councillor to claim that she is donating to neighbourhood association events (see BHNA for example) and reap the free publicity a month before the election, when in reality she was actually using tax payers' dollars.


cats have to earn a living somehow . . .
I don't know this cat's name, but he works very hard.
She rescued him from "the slaughters," but couldn't afford to feed him, so she put him to work begging for his supper. Regular readers of World Wide Whiskers know that I love cats with jobs, but I think this may be a little too much for me.