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Man Charged in Hit-and-Run Unapologetic
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ A man charged in a fatal 1986 hit-and-run said he was guilty only of leaving the scene after driving over a drunken man on a dark beach road and dragging him 60 feet.
″Had I stayed there five minutes and talked to a cop, it would have been all over with,″ William D. Morser said.
Authorities charged the Delray Beach restaurateur Sunday with leaving the scene of the accident, which killed Mark Baltes. The case received national attention because Morser's identity was a secret for more than two years under the attorney-client privilege of confidentiality.
The dead man's mother, Mildred Baltes of Middletown, N.Y., expressed joy that the driver's identity had been discovered. ″I can't tell you what a relief it is,″ she said. ″The one word that enters my minds is, 'Why? Why did you not come forward?‴
She and her ex-husband had filed a $6 million lawsuit in February against the then-unknown driver.
Morser, 55, confessed Saturday. Because he gave his statement under subpoena, nothing he told authorities can be used against him in a criminal case.
Morser blamed Baltes for being in the road in the middle of the night. Baltes, 28, had a blood alcohol level of 0.26 percent, more than 2 1/2 times the legal intoxication level in Florida.
″If there is a jury that won't agree with that, then I'm living in the wrong country,″ Morser said. ″I feel like I have been the one taken advantage of, not the one lying on the ground.″
Morser told reporters he was driving with two elderly passengers early on March 9, 1986, when he saw something that looked like ″a pile of rags″ in the road.
Morser said he tried to straddle the rags, then realized he had hit something, but he didn't realize he had hit a person until he read a newspaper the next day.
″What would you do if you had two 80-year-old passengers in the car who don't need the kind of grief of looking at a dog, cat or person that you can do absolutely no good for at that point?″ he said.
″Why put them through that kind of grief?″ he asked. ″It was accidental. I feel like the engineer of a train.″
After learning that a man had been killed, he decided to seek a lawyer's advice.
″I was not about to walk into a police station and say, 'Hey, fellows, I'm raw meat. Come and get me.‴
In the ensuing months, Morser's attorney, Barry Krischer, refused to reveal his client's identification to authorities or to Baltes' family. Last month, a Palm Beach County judge ruled that Krischer could not be compelled to reveal the identity.
Investigators first suspected Morser on Thursday after inspecting his white Buick Riviera, which resembles the car that struck Baltes. Investigators who talked to him said he seemed nervous and evasive.
Morser was ordered to the state attorney's office on Saturday, where authorites say he admitted he was the driver who struck Baltes. Morser was booked on the third-degree felony and was released without having to post bond.
A subpoena had been issued to compel Morser to talk about the case. Under the terms of the subpoena, Morser was given immunity in exchange for his statement.
The immunity means that prosecutors will not be able to use Morser's statement against him in court, but it would not bar them from bringing a case based on other evidence. Jack Freese, spokesman for the state attorney's office, said Monday that the investigation was continuing.

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'Pray for Paris:' UW-Whitewater students gather in solidarity for Paris, other nations
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Aberdeen pupils hitting the headlines on World Children's Day
by Emma Morrice
Louise Forbes and James Gill
Pupils around the north-east are today marking World Children's Day.
As part of the global awareness event, Louise Forbes, 17, an S6 pupil at Lochside Academy and James Gill, 10, a P6 pupil at Dyce School, joined the Evening Express as guest editors for the day.
World Children's Day also coincides with the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The pair were selected by their schools to be guest editors at the paper and jumped at the chance to see the newsroom in action.
While taking on their newfound roles, James and Louise had the chance to sit in on conferences with reporters and news editors and also tried their hand at writing for the newspaper.
Aberdeen City Council co-leader Jenny Laing said: "Today is a massive day in the calendar for Aberdeen's children and young people and we are proud supporters of World Children's Day.
"We have worked tirelessly to give young Aberdonians a platform to express themselves and make their voices heard.
"We aim to put children's views at the heart of everything we do."
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Meanwhile, three more Aberdeen schools have received recognition from a global children's organisation.
Ashley Road School
Riverbank Primary School, Ashley Road Primary School and Cults Academy are the latest city schools to receive Unicef Gold Awards as Rights Respecting Schools, which shows commitment to embedding young people's rights in the pupils' and staff's everyday activities.
Frances Bestley, Unicef's programme director, said: "Today children in Aberdeen are joining their voices with those of children around the world in celebration of child rights.
"We're very pleased to be working closely with schools in Aberdeen to embed children's rights in a school ethos and culture through the Rights Respecting Schools Award."
It is the third time Riverbank School in Tillydrone has been reaccredited by Unicef at Gold level – the only school in Scotland to do so.
Awards are valid for three years, after which they must be reaccredited.
Deputy head teacher Sarah Sunley said: "The school works hard to ensure children know about their own rights and the rights of children around the world.
"If you visit Riverbank, you will get a real sense of inclusion where pupils feel safe and nurtured, have a voice and are very much listened to."
Cults Academy
Cults Academy has been working for the past two years on its accolade, performing at school concerts, developing the behaviour policy and working with linked primary schools.
Ashley Road School head teacher Anne Wilkinson said: "Year on year we have been building and developing opportunities for staff and pupil leadership and participation in local and global themes.
"We were delighted to share many examples of this work with the assessors."
Other schools also holding a Unicef Gold Award are Culter Primary School, Ferryhill School, Harlaw Academy and Scotstown School.
In Aberdeenshire, schools holding the accolade are Bervie School, Crathie School, Dunnottar School, Ellon Academy, Fordyce School, Foveran Primary School, Lairhillock Primary School, Midmar Primary School, Portlethen Primary School and Redmyre School.
There are also nine schools in Aberdeen and 16 in Aberdeenshire which hold Unicef Silver Awards.
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Louise Forbes
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World Children's Day
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It all began in 1979...
Abbot Kinney was not the once popular and chic-forward boulevard it is today. Abbot Kinney began with very rough roots and was plagued with crime, drugs and violence.
Mr. Abbot Kinney
The innovator of AK
Mr. Abbot Kinney purchased the land in 1980 and renamed the town to Venice, after his most beloved European city in Italy. There, restaurants began to populate the once crime-ridden street and with it, along flocked artists. The culture slowly began to blossom, welcoming business opportunities and visitors from afar.
Roosterfish Original
A safe haven for the lgbt community
The LGBT community has endured extreme bigotry and hatred, which made going out and simply enjoying a beverage dangerous. When Roosterfish first opened, it quickly claimed itself as a gay bar, welcoming only patrons of similar sexual orientation. With this safe haven claimed, patrons were able to drink in peace without judgement from an archaic-minded society.
Roosterfish Today
A new phoenix
With modern day Roosterfish, its doors have reopened, welcoming in all walks of life. Roosterfish's deep history is just a part of its fantastic journey into Mr. Kinney's vision. As one of the original bars along Mr. Kinney's boulevard, is a part of a rare collective of original restaurants along Abbot Kinney, embracing the openness that makes Venice, CA as unique and special as it is. Roosterfish was one of the first progressive bars for the community and the new owners have kept its namesake in respect to the history Roosterfish has undergone. Although, the name is still the same, the drinks have been updated and the bar has been given a modest facelift.


In today's digital age, everyone's well aware of the value of business software. But when it comes to reporting just how valuable that software is, how do you measure it? With some solutions it's easy to gauge. Finding the ROI of marketing automation and CRM platforms involve simply looking at the number of conversions, leads and customers you gained before and after adoption. But with some systems, such as with recruiting software, the ROI is more difficult to quantify.
To be honest, you can't fully quantify the value of certain software. There isn't an exact metric to gauge how effective it is or exactly how much more productive you are. This is especially true for HR and recruiting software. No single metric dictates the best talent acquisition or the most efficient recruitment process. But there are metrics you can use that give an idea of the added value; numbers that show what has or hasn't improved.
The goal of talent acquisition is to hire the candidates that not only perform the best, but embrace your culture. When trying to find a metric to gauge your recruiting software's ROI, a tempting number is the number of candidates you get for each position. If you get more candidates, you're getting good value, right? Not necessarily. What's more important than the overall number of candidates is the number of quality candidates.
Ronen Shetelboim at Jobvite compares recruiting to marketing, including equating candidates to leads. A good marketing strategy focuses on getting conversions from individuals who have the best chance of becoming customers. You don't just want leads, but highly qualified leads. The same is true for candidates. You have the best chance of hiring the right employee when you get applications from 20 highly qualified candidates, not 100 low- to medium-qualified ones. After all, the only applications that matter to recruiters are the ones that turn into interviews (sorry job seekers).
Therefore, the first metric to measure your recruiting software ROI: the number of quality candidates applying. Or as Shetelboim dubs them: Recruiting Qualified Candidates, or RQCs. Comparing the number of candidates suited for interviews before and after adoption reveals the quality of candidates your recruiting software brings in. If the number of RQCs is higher with software, as it should be, you know your software is providing value.
As we touched on earlier, every recruiter's goal is to bring in a candidate for the long haul. One that gets their job done well and contributes to the culture. Why is this important? They tend to stick around longer and continually improve their performance. The longer an employee stays, the more dollar value they provide. Conversely, the higher turnover you have, the more money you're practically throwing away.
This leads to our second ROI metric: turnover rate. One of the most detrimental aspects of business, especially for small businesses, is turnover. The recruitment process is time-consuming and costly, hence why recruiters use recruiting software. If your company has a high turnover rate, you're spending unnecessary time and money on interview scheduling, training and onboarding. All of these take time away from your other employees, who could spend it on their regular tasks. In addition, it simply costs money to input new employees' information, facilitate their benefits packages, and put them through your training protocols. Zane Benefits put together a handy formula to determine the cost of employee turnover, and we have to say, the costs sadden us.
Reducing your turnover rate means you can reallocate the time and money spent on hiring a replacement. It means you're bringing in the right candidates, making the right hires, and getting great value from your recruiting software.
Side note: use an applicant tracking system, a common component of recruiting software, to find where your best hires come from. Applicant tracking shows you, among other things, where each application originates. Using this information, you can finally find out if job boards bring your best hires, or social media does, or your in-house recruiter. You can then use that information to use the channel more, and hopefully consistently make those great hires.
Now we come to a more traditional ROI metric: cost per hire. Cost per hire is a very straightforward and self-explanatory. It's commonly used by HR departments for this reason, in particular because it's easy for anyone outside of HR to understand, as Ngan Pham points out.
Cost per hire may be the most important recruiting software metric because it directly affects the bottom line. Especially if you had high costs such as recruitment agency fees before adopting recruiting software, chances are you'll find a substantial reduction in cost during the evaluation. This is especially important for large and fast-growing organizations that frequently hire new employees. When hiring is a constant occurrence, a low cost per hire can be the difference between a good quarter and a bad quarter.
It just so happens to also be the easiest of the three metrics to quantify. To calculate your cost per hire, all you have to do is divide your total recruitment costs by the number of hires you made. And if you really want to get down in the weeds, you can add the time spent by your in-house recruiters multiplied by their pay.
The cost per hire metric is especially useful for reporting on your recruiting software's ROI because it puts the value in perspective. If you itemize the costs, you can see everything that your recruiting software replaces. That, in and of itself, provides value.
Using these metrics should give you a great understanding of your recruiting software's ROI. Using them, you can understand whether or not you're getting the value you thought you would. And if you find out you're not getting the value you thought you would, you can fix the problem by either using the software differently or by switching vendors. If only it was always this simple to use ROI to fix business problems.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Fifth Circuit Texas Eastern District Andrews v. Dir TDCJ Filing 15
Andrews v. Dir TDCJ
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION for 11 Report and Recommendations. Signed by District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 12/6/2017. (slo, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TEXARKANA DIVISION RICHARD J. ANDREWS § VS. § DIRECTOR, TDCJ-CID § CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:16-CV-51 MEMORANDUM ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Petitioner, Richard J. Andrews, an inmate confined at the Michaels Unit with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, proceeding pro se, filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Court referred this matter to the Honorable Caroline Craven, United States Magistrate Judge, at Texarkana, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this Court. The Magistrate Judge recommends the petition for writ of habeas corpus be denied. The Court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record, and pleadings. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge have been filed to date.1 Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Magistrate Judge are correct and the report of the Magistrate Judge is ADOPTED. A final judgment will be entered in this case in accordance with the Magistrate Judge's recommendations. Furthermore, the Court is of the opinion petitioner is not entitled to a certificate of appealability. An appeal from a judgment denying post-conviction collateral relief may not proceed unless a judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253. The standard for a certificate of appealability requires the petitioner to make a substantial showing of the denial of a federal constitutional right. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 483-84 (2000); Elizalde v. Dretke, 1 Petitioner received a copy of the Report and Recommendation on October 26, 2017 (docket entry no. 12). 362 F.3d 323, 328 (5th Cir. 2004). To make a substantial showing, the petitioner need not establish that he would prevail on the merits. Rather, he must demonstrate that the issues are subject to debate among jurists of reason, that a court could resolve the issues in a different manner, or that the questions presented are worthy of encouragement to proceed further. See Slack, 529 U.S. at 483-84. . Any doubt regarding whether to grant a certificate of appealability should be resolved in favor of the petitioner, and the severity of the penalty may be considered in making this determination. See Miller v. Johnson, 200 F.3d 274, 280-81 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 849 (2000). In this case, petitioner has not shown that any of the issues would be subject to debate among jurists of reason. The questions presented are not worthy of encouragement to proceed further. Therefore, the petitioner has failed to make a sufficient showing to merit the issuance of certificate of appealability. Accordingly, a certificate of appealability will not be issued. SIGNED this 19th day of December, 2011. So ORDERED and SIGNED this 6th day of December, 2017. ____________________________________ RODNEY GILSTRAP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 2


I started drinking caffeine about 20 years ago. It began "innocently" enough. Sure, I knew what Ellen White had written about it, but still . . . I did it rarely: for a long drive, after a hard night, or to compensate for jet lag. I did it once every two months, or maybe it was once a month . . . ? I don't remember—only that it wasn't much.
At least at first. Then it was once a week. A treat. To get a burst of energy. "Gourmet" coffee shops were taking off; they were part of the culture. Who didn't go to them? A number of us, Adventists all, would trudge off together. We could talk, chill out, and get caffeinated, which definitely gave us a boost to go back to work.
I'm a pastor, ordained even. Many who drank with me were too. At times I would think, I shouldn't be doing this, but I didn't really want to stop. I didn't see a real need to. After all, it was just a latte, a soy latte even.
Before I knew it I was drinking coffee every day. A cup in the morning. Maybe something in the afternoon, just to keep me buzzed during the day. It would help me a lot in the pulpit as well. This went on for years. I didn't really think much about it anymore; drinking coffee was just what a lot of people did. After all, how bad could it be when so many Adventists were doing it?
I read medical reports about coffee, and though some did warn against excessive use, most made coffee sound pretty benign; some even touted the apparent health benefits: less chance of Alzheimer's, that kind of thing. Just what I loved to hear. In cases in which laboratory rats given caffeine would get some horrific disease, I assuaged myself by thinking I'd have to imbibe three gallons intravenously per day to equal, proportionally, what they gave to those wired-out rodents.
More years went by. I would tell myself, You can quit whenever you want. I just didn't want to. I was told of the massive headaches you'd get, and how for a few days you'd feel terrible. I didn't want to put myself through it. Why bother? It was, after all, just coffee.
After about 20 years, though, I realized I was drinking it much more than before. I needed a cup just to feel normal. I think that's called "tolerance," the idea that your body, getting so used to the drug, needs more and more each time to give you the effect it had before. I remember drinking a cup of coffee in the early days and getting utterly euphoric. I can't remember the last time it did that to me. All coffee did now was help keep me awake, give me some energy, at least for a while.
One effect I did notice fairly early on was how it impacted my sleep. I used to be able to put my head down, hit the pillow, and in 10 minutes I would be out and not move until seven hours later. I hadn't had a night's sleep like that in 18 years.
Then I decided to quit. Twenty years is enough, I thought. I wasn't getting any younger. I was having some health issues; whether they were linked to the coffee or not, I didn't know. I just could tell that I had been drinking too much coffee for too long. It was time. More than once I had wished I hadn't started, but the recriminations weren't enough to get me to seriously think about stopping. Again, I would ask, What's the big deal? It's only coffee!
Then, on a whim, on the spur of a moment, I said, "That's it." I was going to have some time off, wasn't going to have my usual heavy load for about two weeks, and thought this would be the perfect time. I braced myself for the upcoming headaches and a few days of feeling a bit groggy, that's all.
Not long after I stopped I started to feel a bit sick to my stomach. Because I was having a stomach issue already, I just assumed that's what it was. Eventually the stomach issue just got worse. I was nauseated, achy, exhausted; all things that I attributed to my ailment.
After about two days a headache came. Ah, I thought, here it is. Just what I need while dealing with my stomach. But I was determined to quit. Fortunately the headache soon went away. Though my stomach was hurting me, I didn't feel any of the expected withdrawal symptoms. Man, this is easy. I don't even miss it. By that time I was feeling so ill that nothing, not even coffee, appealed to me.
After about four days I was miserable. I had no appetite and was very nauseated. Plus, I couldn't sleep. I must have had two nights in a row when I didn't sleep a wink.
Then the real nightmare began. I was overwhelmed with anxiety. I had never had panic attacks before; now one after another would roll over me. I would think about a problem, any problem, and my chest would tighten, and I'd let out a deep sigh. Again and again waves of panic swept into me, where they firmly lodged in my head and chest. I had no idea what was happening. For almost 36 hours I'd have moments when I feared I was losing my mind. What is going on? I knew that unless something gave quickly, I was either going to kill myself or get myself committed.
The biggest stressor was not knowing what was happening. Why was I so sick? Why was I feeling this incredible anxiety? This couldn't be the caffeine withdrawal, could it? That had turned out to be a three-hour headache, no more.
I got out of bed, got online, and much to my amazement, after looking up "caffeine withdrawal symptoms," saw that this was exactly what I was going through. A headache is the most common symptom, but it's not the only one, and not everyone gets it. I read about severe withdrawals and realized that was what was happening to me. What did I think—putting a drug for the past 18 years almost daily into my body, and I would quit cold turkey and get nothing but a little headache?
I am ashamed to say it, but I was going through an intense drug withdrawal. That was the horrid anguish my body and mind were experiencing.
I was relieved. At least now I knew what was happening. Looking back, I can thank the Lord that I didn't link my symptoms to caffeine withdrawal until I was through the worst, because had I known what was causing those symptoms, I would have gone back to drinking it, and with a vengeance. Once I realized what was happening, I was over the worst. And it was bad! Real bad.
As of now, I've been off caffeine several months. I'm still not 100 percent myself, but every day gets better (thank the Lord!). I never knew what wicked stuff caffeine really was, not until this experience.
Learn from my mistake. If you haven't started drinking it—don't! Forget the fact that so many people are doing it. Many people drink alcohol; that doesn't make it right, or healthful for you. If you are doing it only a little—stop! The longer you drink it, the more likely you will drink more, and the harder it will be to quit. It's a drug, and like most drugs, it's addicting. Only coffee executives will deny the addictiveness of caffeine; everyone else knows better. If you are a heavy drinker—ease out of it. Wean yourself off (you can do cold turkey, but be prepared). Though everyone is different, and you might not have the symptoms I did, you might have worse. You might even want to get professional help.
It's not just coffee. It's caffeine, a powerfully addictive drug. God wants better for you.
William Hayden is a pseudonym.


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While Islam and bigotry are two completely different and opposite religions, they are considered equal to Islam by people who do not have enough knowledge or have not done any research on the issue.
While the religion the majority of the Muslim community follows today is known as Islam, the truth is that what rules the region is a religion of bigotry that is mostly based on superstitions; it is far removed from the Qur'an and what our Prophet told us.
There is a huge difference between bigotry and real Islam.
The religion of bigotry, on the other hand, has many different sources. Some of these invalid sources would be thousands of made-up hadiths attributed to the Prophet, fabricated rules and prohibitions, wrongful interpretations of the Qur'an made up by the people who are presented as Islamic scholars in addition to incorrect beliefs, judgments and practices that are, in many instances, based on pre-Islamic superstitions, customs and traditions.
In short, bigotry is an evil system that produces hundreds of prohibitions and restraints on every issue, without taking any evidence or verse in the Qur'an as basis, and drives people away from the blessings and beauties God created.
Those who suffer the most under this system are women. The bigoted mindset that isolates women from the social world and blessings of Earth, imprisons, oppresses and exposes them to every ill-treatment and discrimination fosters a deeply-rooted subconscious hatred against women. The envious and ignominious characteristics of the bigots have caused them to fabricate numerous made-up religious rules, prohibitions and restraints against women.
The bigoted mindset has a special hostility and hatred against any grace, elegance and fine arts, just as against women. It is told in the Qur'an that Prophet Solomon had many sculptures, fountains and castles made in his palace (The Qur'an, 34:13). The magnificence, beauty and grace of heaven, which God uniquely and perfectly created, is also depicted in detail in the Qur'an.
Bigots, on the other hand, are dead set against fine arts, elegance and beauty. They consider sculptures, paintings and music to be amongst the biggest of sins. They suppose that it is a so-called sacred duty to damage and destroy them at every opportunity.
Consequently, the bigoted understanding of religion raises introverted, loveless, stone-hearted and unhealthy masses that are unable to enjoy any of the beauties of life.
It should be known that it is impossible to say that a mindset following the principles of the Qur'an is prevalent in a country where women are not considered humans and are not free, where the streets are dreary, where there are no scientific or technological breakthroughs, where people cannot state their opinions and practice their religion freely, where people are coerced into living by Islam in any way, where people in different sects are declared "unbelievers," where atheists and non-believers are under oppression, where churches and synagogues are attacked, where people from every religion, language or race are not treated as first-class citizens, where painters, sculptors, opera singers and singers in general, men and women of literature are not held in high esteem, and the quality of life has fallen due to the lack of good manners.
However, bigotry cannot be eliminated by oppressing people who are under this illusion. These people are made to believe in this system through indoctrination. Through counter-education, it is possible to rescue them from this dark world by showing them that what they're doing is wrong by means of the verses of the Qur'an.
Once the principles of the Qur'an are preached and followed, peace, decency, rationality, democracy, freedom, fine arts, quality, good manners, scientific breakthroughs, joy and in short, the best of all the beautiful things, will prevail and humanity will finally be freed of the burden of superstitions.


All of my packages come with a set number of digital images and your print release.
A 50% session retainer is due to secure your session date/time, with the other half due on the day of the session.
My MINI newborn session is short and sweet; typically 30-60 minutes. You will choose 8 of your favorite images from the session with a print release. Family and/or sibling photos are NOT included with the MINI session. This one is all about the baby!
My FULL newborn sessions last 3 hours. You will choose 20 of your favorite images from the session with a print release. Family and sibling photos are included and encouraged.
This is my most popular newborn session option.
add on a maternity session with your newborn session investment (also includes 15 images).
My full child or baby session is 60-90 minutes and includes 20 images with a print release.
Add on- $50 per sibling and you will receive 5 additional images per sibling added.
If you are a newborn client, ask about my baby plan.
My FULL family sessions last 60-90 minutes and can be done in the studio or outdoors. You will choose 30 of your favorite images from your session with a print release.
and individual images of the kiddos.
My PETITE sessions last 20-30 minutes & can be done in the studio or outdoors. These are for babies (not newborns), children, families or a pet session. Includes 10 of your favorite images with a print release. These are limited to local FM locations.
My senior sessions include a 3 hour session at various locations which can include the studio, downtown Fargo-Moorhead for that urban look, and a country/nature setting close by.
Four outfits are encouraged. My sessions are always done in the evenings starting about 3 hours before sunset. In fact, we shoot right up to sunset for the best golden hour light for those final images of our session.
The session includes your choice of your favorite 35 images with a print release.
What's the best time for outdoor sessions?
Will you photograph my extended family?
50% of your session investment is due upon booking to secure your date/time. Once that is received your session is considered booked and official!
Our natural light studio is in downtown Fargo in the historic Ford building. Once you are booked, I will give you specific directions.
Your session retainer is non -refundable, but is transferable to another date if you have extenuating circumstances and need to reschedule.
All of my packages include digital files with a print release that allows you to print wherever you would like.
You also do have the option to print your photos right through your gallery and those would be from my favorite professional lab that I collaborate with.
I shoot all my outdoor sessions during the golden hour which is those last couple hours before sunset. That allows me to incorporate that soft gorgeous light you see in my work into your session as well. If we are doing a studio session, and we planned to do some outdoor urban shots downtown, we can definitely still go outside during the day or late afternoon since the tall buildings provide the shade we need from the bright midday sun.
Yes, for an additional fee, I do travel outside of the FM for FULL family sessions, children sessions and for senior sessions. I would love to come to you whether that is your farm, country or lake home or another preferred location out of the FM.
*Inquire for travel fee quote.
Please note- I do not travel for petite sessions.
At this time, I am not photographing extending families, but I have some great photographer friends that do and I would be more than happy to put you in touch.


Maze Quest little-known RPG that is the shareware version of City Quest, which is said to be a sprawling full-length RPG with numerous features. I'm not sure about that, since I'm not aware of an existing copy of the full game of City Quest. This entry is a first-person RPG (like Dungeon Hack and similar games) using high-res 16-color graphics. You begin by painstakingly assembling your party of adventurers, and then after a brief and somewhat confusing venture around town, you enter into the "maze" to fight creatures like rats, and presumably more fierce beasts later on. Make sure to buy and equip weapons before you enter the maze because you won't be able to damage anything without 'em! Read the in-game help for descriptions of the various keys. You can only achieve level 2 for each character in the shareware version.
Maze Quest. Added to website: 2019-01-07. All copyrights, trademarks, etc, are property of their respective holders.


As Executive Creative Director of Google Creative Lab, Robert Wong has the enviable job of getting Google's "toys out to the kids," as he puts it. We sat down with him at the Tomorrow Awards conference in Montreal and asked him about the role storytelling plays in the Google universe.
Everybody knows Google. Everyone uses Google. And unless you work for Microsoft or Yahoo or maybe Facebook, chances are you love Google. Which means that Robert Wong, creative head of Google's in-house advertising agency, has the easiest job in the world, right?
Well, sort of. When I cheekily asked him this question, Wong explained that Google's routine presence in our everyday lives can actually make it a challenge for the brand to resonate with people on an emotional level. That's where story comes in.
@sparksheet – Search Stories: Video Q&A with Google Creative Lab's Robert Wong http://bit.ly/hlKyFr Great Stuff!


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Q: Getting data from pivot table using eloquent I have two tables with a pivot table
Table user
id | name | email
Table drinks
id | name
Pivot Table user_drinks
id | user_id | drink_id | quantity | price | status
I want to get all users and drinks with status set to 1 and their latest details from the pivot table, that is use the user_Id to get the username and drink_Id to get the drink name then the price and quantity from the pivot table.

A: In your User Model put this //App\User.php
public function drinks()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Drink::class)->where('status',1);
    }

In your DrinkModel put this //App\Drink.php
public function users()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Drink::class)->where('status',1);
    }

Then in your controller you can use this like
$users = User::has('drinks')->get(); //to get all the user that has drinks column status set to 1

foreach ($users as $user) {
    //you rest of code
}

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Over the Top is the debut album by the American heavy metal band White Wizzard released on February 8, 2010 in Europe and March 9, 2010 in North America, through Earache Records. The limited edition was available for pre-order on the Earache Records US webstore until February 8, 2010.

A music video for the song "Over the Top" was released on January 29, 2010. The video featured the band playing in a snowy Western town and combating a "Jazz Wizard".

The video was directed by Dave Vorhes, who directed White Wizzard's previous music video as well.

Track listing

Personnel

White Wizzard
Wyatt "The Screamin' Demon" Anderson - vocals
Jon Leon - bass, lead and rhythm guitars on tracks 1,2,9
Erik Kluiber - lead and rhythm guitars
Chad Bryan - rhythm and harmony guitars (appears in the credits, but does not play in the album)
Jesse Appelhans - drums
Giovanni Durst - drums on bonus tracks

Production
Ralph Patlan - producer, engineer, mixing, 2nd guitar solo on track 1, outro guitar on track 9

References

2010 debut albums
White Wizzard albums
Earache Records albums

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Much Warmer Monday, Some Strong Storms Possible Tuesday
Attached is the Official Storm Related Outlook Issued by the Storm Prediction Center at 3:29AM Sunday morning, valid for Tuesday. SPC has placed the Florida peninsula in "See Text". This is reserved for when 1) some storms could be strong; or 2) it is deemed that strong activity seems fairly likely, and that the area is being monitored for an upgrade to a "Slight Risk" of severe weather. Please see the body of this post under "TUESDAY" for an explanation of the markings I've superimposed on the image.
TODAY: The second of the two cold fronts associated with Friday's storm system now long gone has cleared the Florida peninsula. Winds immediately behind the boundary are northeasterly becoming easterly today, eventually ESE to SE over far Southeast Florida by late this afternoon into the evening. For the most part, today will be much like yesterday with changes in store beginning late this afternoon first over SW Florida. Otherwise, highs today along the A1A corridor in the upper 70Fs with low 80Fs far inland and all of the west side, some mid 80F SW Everglades region. More moist air will work into South Florida later today, and a rain shower is possible west of metro Miami and eventually NW ward toward Sarasota until 9pm. Once daytime heating has been sufficiently squelched the rain showers there will end.
MONDAY: Winds becoming SE-SSE all day, breezy along the east coast/beaches particularly and up the intracoastal of Brevard into Southern Volusia, especially 2pm -6pm. Moisture will increase throughout the day with the long fetch persistent SSE flow at play bringing dewpoint temperatures into the low-mid 60F degree range, and near 70F far South Florida. Rain showers are highly unlikely anywhere.
MONDAY NIGHT: After hemming and hawing over 6 model runs of 3 different models, it appears that somewhere in Central Florida will receive a rain shower which will form after peak heating in the late afternoon. Guidance has been all over the place as to where this would occur, but the focus has been somewhere in South Central Florida, with a new one popping up in the morning GFS in NE Florida. Based on averaging all these locations together, the most likely scenario this morning after the 12z runs came out is for a small cluster of showers, perhaps initially a weak thunderstorm to form near the Polk/Osceola County line inward toward Orlando Metro. If this does indeed develop, the activity will be swept ENE-NE ward toward the east coast and weaken. Thus, somewhere between Daytona Beach to Cocoa Beach could have a rain shower somewhere between midnight and 4am. Overall rain chances are basically zero...but I noticed that the NWS has thrown a 10 percent chance of rain into the forecast for some folks overnight which backs this theory up.
Meanwhile, a very mean storm system will be developing this afternoon over the east central Plains states with an associated cold front. Strong jet stream level winds and deeply rich moisture laden air with cold air aloft will spread across portions of the Deep South later today, combined with veering wind profiles will set the stage for all modes of severe weather beginning late today and expanding in terrain going into tonight and tomorrow morning, Monday. There is a chance of large, damaging hail initially over East Central Kansas spreading NE ward into Missouri before dark, after which stronger wind fields will move in to the north of this area going into the evening. The hail threat will translate into a tornado threat further north toward Chicago mainly just to the SW of that location...but they are not left out of the game. Activity will be on going tonight but weaken a bit in general until Monday mid-morning when the front confronts the warm, moist air that will have been on-going for a full 24 hours prior. Conflicting air masses will provide the ingredients for supercell thunderstorms and bowing line segments of particularly vicious nature. Tornadoes are very possible, almost likely from Louisiana northeastward into Mississippi, northern Alabama, Tennessee, and Southern Indiana where the warm moist air from the south confronts cold air aloft and stronger winds. This entire region is most favored in different areas for different reasons, so I won;'t go into the finer details.
MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY PRIOR TO SUNRISE: The storm system's main energy will be carried to the NE and into less favorable northern latitudes to sustain severe storms, but the southern more portions will continue east ward as an advancing squall line composed of strong straight line winds as the winds aloft become more unidirectional with height. Further south, a tornado threat will continue, but the likelihood of formation becomes less favorable with time due to the departing upper level support. Don't get me wrong though, there will still be plentiful factors at play...so the storm threat continues east and south into the Florida Panhandle.
By sunrise Monday morning the front will be advancing into NW Florida toward North Central. All models agree that the front will enter the far reaches of North Central Florida around 8am.
It is at this point we refer back to the annotated image at the top of this post:
TUESDAY: Peninsular Florida will remain warm, moist and breezy over night Monday night...as the frontal boundary approaches stronger upper level winds will spread across all of North Florida, sinking into a portion of North Central at daybreak. There might be a brief lull in the activity over the peninsula near sunrise, but that could change after 8am as a secondary upper level broad streak of stronger winds moves in from across the Gulf
FROM THIS POINT ON, THE REMAINING PORTION OF THIS POST IS LARGELY BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THOSE WINDS WILL MANIFEST.
By that time the boundary will be approaching Daytona Beach. The South HALF of Florida in the meantime will have ample time to warm and become modestly unstable, but not tremendously with almost no convective inhibition. With dewpoints near 70F far South and in the mid-60Fs South Central...storms very well could ignite by 10AM and expand in coverage well in advance of the actual frontal boundary. If storms remain more isolated they could be strong. Greater coverage, even if only showers, will cloud up the sky and cut off the 'heat' supply. If they remain more isolated, a severe storm is possible south of the red line I've drawn in with all those little red question marks inserted to emphasize this point.
NOTE: It was not until late yesterday that this pre-frontal shower activity was hinted at by one model. The subsequent model runs not only showed that more than one model was following suite, but also that it would be more likely, especially (and quite rapidly) after 10AM Tuesday morning. There was one run that showed near severe category level intensity type storm over the Everglades and SW Coast, as well as the Lower East Coast region, but that has not re-emerged as a viable option, yet. But the fact that this was implied once might mean it could come to fruition in later guidance.
Outside of South Florida, it gets very complicated along the 'red line'. The front is forecast by the two mainstream models to be situated along that line around the 1-2:30pm time frame. The strongest wind profiles with this storm system throughout all of the atmospheric levels are not expected to make it much further South than Port Canaveral...however at one level they remain the whole way to South Florida.
For this reason, do not foresee a strong outflow boundary to suddenly swoop southward as a result of the main line suddenly collapsing. The strongest activity should occur near the same location as where it occurred both last Thursday and Friday, being that area will receive both the benefit of the destabilizing air mass over South Florida and the last of the remaining stronger wind fields aloft. I've drawn in a potential area that COULD be upgraded to Slight Risk of Severe in later outlooks, although the NWS in Tampa has made no reference to such. Probably 'wantful for excitement' thinking on my part, with no one to bounce such illogic against me. It is possible that all of South Florida would be upgraded, but unlikely. We'll see.
Further east toward Orlando and the Space Coast, this system could come through as a "multi-tasker"...with both the unstable Southern Peninsular activity combined with the passage of the front as heating will have begun. The fly in the ointment here is that antecedent cloud cover will likely reduce CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) more than what model guidance indicates.
However, if cloud coverage is not as thickly distributed across dead Central Florida...a series of storms could ride along or near this line depending on where multi-parmaeters have set up boundaries between where they are weak vs. strong. We will not know where to draw the line until Tuesday morning. In other words, at this point this is strictly a 'theory'.
Otherwise, at this point in time given the amount of unsurenesses already at hand...we can generalize in writing with saying that there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms, and a couple could be strong. I will watch each and every model run from here to eternity to see how subsequent runs vary within and between them through tomorrow to monitor the trends and future evolution of any unforeseen circumstances.
IN CLOSING: This system does not appear will be nearly as 'threatening' as the ones last week. So an elevated awareness at this point in time is not required. Just be aware for now.
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Many folks in the Wasilla, Palmer, and Southern Alaska area wonder if daily mouthwash should be part of their dental routine. Brushing and flossing are the two habits that have the greatest impact on dental health, so if you're doing these two things, is mouthwash necessary?
If you've ever walked the aisles of any Anchorage, Alaska drugstore, you know that there are many different types of mouthwash. Some tout their germ-killing abilities, others brag of fluoride content, and some claim to whiten teeth while freshening the breath. These are all great benefits, but will they make or break your dental health?
I'm Dr. Kirk Johnson of Excellence In Dentistry in Anchorage. When my dental patients ask about mouthwash, I usually tell them that as long as they follow the directions on the bottle, mouthwash can only benefit dental health, even if it doesn't live up to every promise as advertised.
Thank you for visiting the Anchorage Dental Health Blog. We like to tackle important issues such as dental products, cosmetic dentistry procedures, over-the-counter teeth whitening, sedation dentistry, invisible braces, pediatric dentistry, oral care habits, and more!
My practice, Excellence In Dentistry, is currently accepting new patients. If you are interested in making an appointment, please call us at (907) 349-0022. A caring member of our staff can also answer any questions you have about dental implants, veneers, gum contouring, or smile makeovers.


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Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor and President
Professor Peter Høj AC,
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Welcome to the University of Adelaide, one of the top 1% of universities worldwide.
At the University of Adelaide, innovation and world-class teaching and learning are built on a rich history of excellence spanning more than 140 years.
Our bright young minds learn alongside internationally recognised leaders in their fields, and our globally recognised research creates economic and social impact for industry, government and the community.
A member of Australia's prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) research-intensive universities, Adelaide is the leading university in our state. Our operational revenue of almost $1 billion annually makes us a major educational and research powerhouse, with the vast majority of our research rated 'above or well above world standard' by the Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research Australia program.
Five Nobel Laureates, more than 100 Rhodes Scholars – including Australia's first and third Indigenous recipients – and Australia's first female Prime Minister are all among our distinguished alumni. We attract a diverse student body from more than 90 countries.
The University of Adelaide is known for its excellence, creativity of thinking, and innovation. We were established on a foundation of access and equity, and we have a proud history of diversity – we were the first university in Australia and among the first in the world to admit women to all degree programs.
Under my leadership, the University of Adelaide will also be known for its integrity, honesty and accountability, for its diversity of opinions and backgrounds, for a culture of mutual respect and dignity, and for its dedicated support for our students and staff, and the community in which we are based. Together we will achieve more for the prosperity and social cohesion of the local and global communities we serve in.
Professor Peter Høj AC
About Professor Peter Høj AC
Professor Peter Høj AC has more than 20 years' senior leadership experience in higher education and research and is the current Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide. Prior to that he was Vice-Chancellor and President of The University of Queensland (2012 – 2020) and The University of South Australia (2007 – 2012).
He was educated at the University of Copenhagen, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, and has a Master of Science degree in biochemistry and genetics, and a PhD in photosynthesis.
Professor Høj was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2019 for "eminent service to higher education and to science, particularly to the commercialisation of research, and to policy development and reform".
Professor Høj is a Fellow of Academies in Australia, the USA and Denmark, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from institutions including the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, University of Queensland, La Trobe University, and University of Copenhagen.
In addition to his academic leadership roles, Professor Høj is Trustee of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and a member of the IP Group Australia Steering Group. His previous Board roles include Wine Australia, the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board for the Medical Research Future Fund, Member of the Australian Human Rights Commission Leadership Council on Cultural Diversity, Group of Eight (including Chair in 2017), Universities Australia, CSIRO, Business SA and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He has also served on the Australian Government's University Foreign Interference Taskforce.
Professor Høj commenced in February 2021 as the University of Adelaide's 24th Vice-Chancellor and President.
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It's our final evening here in Sussex. Leaving my home territory tomorrow will be very hard indeed. I've literally breathed in as much Sussex air as I can. The smell of the forest, wood smoke in the air, tree lined country lanes, gorse, bracken, half tiled or half weatherboarded cottages.
We rented this barn for the week as a tenth wedding anniversary present to ourselves. Ten years ago when I first introduced M to just the idea of visiting Sussex he was not at all keen. He said he would feel like a fish out of water. That's exactly how I feel with where I live right now. M did squirm a bit and try to lose his few northern pronunciations (his accent isn't that strong compared to some regions close by). Over the years though he has come to love some of the places I've taken him to; Rye, Battle, Bexhill, Hastings, Brighton, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes and Ashdown Forest.
This week we've tried to slow down and not rush about visiting places. We brought the children here some years ago and did all the Pooh Bear sites such as the original Pooh sticks bridge, hundred acre wood (which is the five hundred acre wood here) and Hartfield which is where AA Milne lived at Cotchford Farm. M was quite sad that they are all grown up now. He wandered round the Pooh Corner shop looking quite forlorn. Eventually we decided that it wouldn't hurt to have an old looking Pooh Bear at home for when we eventually have grandchildren. I think he's just a big kid really but he didn't get too much argument from me. I've never been a teddy person, or a doll person God forbid, but I like the vintage style of this bear.
We popped over to Tunbridge Wells one morning for no particular reason. We headed away from the modern shops and sought coffee in The Pantiles. Somehow M has a knack of being in the right place for picking up old ladies who have fallen over. I'm always with him but of course he hears the shopping hit the floor and rushes over. On this awful occasion the poor woman was head down a flight of stone steps. He kept her talking while he gently repositioned her legs and then gradually got her to a sitting position. A passer by thought he was an absolute expert and asked me if he was a doctor, I said no, he's just very experienced at picking up old ladies! Thankfully the woman in question seemed fine after a sit down and a nearby shopkeeper invited her into the warm for a cup of tea.
After that drama we found a wonderful artisan coffee place and later we managed to find a whittling knife for M. I've got hand carved crochet hooks in mind, he likes a challenge! I gathered some wind fallen pieces of beech today for practice pieces but we've got quite a few choices in our back garden too. I did reflect on all the wealthy housewives laden with designer shopping bags and witnessing one who spent £280 on two cushions (freshening up the look for Christmas guests no doubt!) and thought how terrible I am at shopping in general and how happy I was that we found this little knife.
M earned husband brownie points by not moaning and protesting loudly over my suggestion to go for a short circular walk in Ashdown Forest today. I think I've harped on enough about how my childhood was filled with adventurous walks along clifftops, through woodlands, beside rivers etc. and he finally gets that I love walking! He hates it and doesn't see the point at all which is not helped by the fact the fact that he has a back injury. I was prepared to go at snails pace and I was happy to stop when he needed to. Eventually we made it round this boggy woodland route, taking in what was left of the autumn colours, the views over the South Downs, little babbling brooks, rabbits darting for cover, the odd deer in the distance. Halfway round he said, yes I think I get this now, it's actually quite beautiful. I could have cried. The reality though was that he was suffering quite badly. I always know when he's really in pain because he actually complains less. It's probably a man thing. He also goes quite pale which is a dead give away.
At Pooh Corner with warming 'cappoohccino's' (their pun not mine) I told M that I really appreciated him attempting that walk, that it meant a lot. Sadly though I don't think it's ever going to be a pastime we do much of together. It'll be back to the compromising that we worked out in Derbyshire this year, involving the car, a cafe and a crossword (while I hike a little).
Before we set off on our walk we exchanged numbers with a chap who had lost a golden retriever. He was waiting with the car and the second dog in case she found her own way back and his wife was out looking. Of course we know how this feels so we said we would join the search party but happily the dog turned up looking casual and wondering what all the fuss was about, as they do. Later in the day, on the way back to the barn we narrowly missed a small scruffy Terrier Jack Russell type thing trotting across a sixty mile an hour country lane looking a bit lost. I shouted stop and we hopped out and M managed to grab him first. He was quite friendly and immediately started licking M's ear. He belonged to a man in a little cottage set back from the road who was very grateful for his safe return and didn't realise that the gate had been left open. What with picking up old ladies and rescuing small dogs M has been quite the hero this week!
The best part of the week though, was being near enough to my Grandad for him to come over for a visit. My Uncle and Aunt decided to come and see the barn too and we all had a lovely catch up and lunch at the local pub. In fact that rather odd looking wallpaper with the ghostly Pooh Bear walking off into the woods with piglet is on one of the walls in the pub. I quite like the wallpaper design because the Pooh stories are, at the end of the day, just imagination. It's rather how I felt about my childhood adventures in forests like this one and how I imagined our long gone little black cocker spaniel trotting off into the woods today.
We will both take a few ideas back to Lincolnshire with us. Ideas that can be stored away for the future. We've been amazed at how easily we could see ourselves living in just a small barn like this one, with perhaps a brick outbuilding or two. It's really quite small with just one bedroom, a bathroom and open plan living room/kitchen but we wouldn't need much more. M was also taken with the Sussex trug company here and could happily have moved in to their workshop as an apprentice trug maker. As a compromise (because his day job pays a bit more) I'm going to book him on to one of the two day introductory courses for next year. You can see how my cunning plan to make him fall in love with Sussex has worked out nicely this week!
Finally, because there's always crochet talk here, I have made progress with just the one project this week. Totally focussed, no getting sidetracked with other things (even though I did bring three projects with me.) I'll save the scarf pics for another post. It's long, it's thick, it's super chunky and I'm a bit worried it'll be too heavy to wear but even with the yarn substitution it still weighs the same as the recommended yarn so it must have been tried and tested. It will definitely wrap twice round the neck and still have plenty to spare. (Link to the pattern is in my previous post). I think I've managed to stay focussed on this one project because it's been perfect for slight daydreaming whilst crocheting. I blame the hypnotic effect of the flames in the wood-burner window, so much more absorbing than the film we watched one night. I've frogged so many rows due to losing a stitch here or there but in super chunky that hasn't been too bad.


In the world of gaming there's enough instances of games being pushed back for later release dates to keep us used to the idea, and somewhat expecting, for certain titles. Gran Turismo Sport was initially set to release all the way back in the holiday of 2016 but has since been put on hold for an un-announced date. That being said, there has been a release of a closed beta offering a look at what the folks at Polyphony Digital have to offer for the seventh installment (not including 2007's Prologue) of the long running racing sim series.
Beautiful detail embraces the racer in extraordinary fashion with impressive car models and the familiar realism that comes as an anchor in the Gran Turismo series. The lighting, shading, color tones and wonderful materials and textures gives the 4K experience a sense of gratification beyond the previous releases in the franchise. With a much smaller list of cars rounding somewhere near the 140 mark, the game will focus more on the racing, both online and offline, giving the player the feel of a true racing sim.
One big addition to the customization side of the game is the livery editor. Finally. Now racers have the ability to create and design their own unique livery and graphics for their vehicles giving a bit more personality to your racing machine. Additionally, you're capable of sharing your favorite designs online with friends and other racers, showing off your creative side to the world.
There's still much about the new title we're not very clear on. How much different is Sport compared to other numbered games in the series, if at all? Is Sport acting as more of a half-way point to Gran Turismo 7 or taking the roll as a major release in the series? And, most importantly, will it deliver new, fresh and, at this point, crucial enhancements to various aspects of the game to keep it from declining further into staleness of the franchise? With no official release date on paper and E3 right around the corner, keep your eyes peeled for more on this title in the near future.


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Minos Take Out & Dining Room
MINOS Takeout on Barrie Street, is a family run restaurant owned by Anna and George Barrico. MINOS Takeout was the third MINOS Restaurant that opened under the MINOS family in 1996.
MINOS Take Out
MINOS Takeout was established to accommodate the demand for take-out, catering, and delivery focusing on "Great Food Fast!" at an Exceptional Value. For Catering, pick up, or delivery, Minos Takeout offers daily specials, a wide variety of Greek cuisine, party platters, canapes, appetizers, lunch and dinner. Try any of our specials on the take out page, or choose from a variety of Salads, Lights meals, House specialties, seafood, and much more!
MINOS Dining
In December 2009, Minos Takeout expanded its operations with the introduction of the Dining Room next door to the Take Out. With a lot of hard work and innovative ideas, an ambiant restaurant is now available to serve you all the Greek delicacies you've come to enjoy and a variety of more dishes to satisfy your taste! Fully licensed under the LLBO we offer a wide array of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and drinks.
Where does the name MINOS come from?
The name MINOS was derived from a mythological figure, King Minos. KING MINOS was a legendary ruler of the Greek island Crete; he was the son of Zeus, the King of the Gods, and Europa (a personification of the continent of Europe.)
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Q: What's the oldest MacOS I can put on a 2019 MacBook Pro? I bought a 2019 MacBook Pro that arrived with Catalina installed.  I want to create installers for older versions, but I don't know how far back I can go.  Since it takes a long time to download (and you can only download one at a time), I wanted to format the space for them while they are downloading.  Thus the question, What's the oldest MacOS I can put on a 2019 MacBook Pro?
Re, long time to download: Monterey took a full hour after asking "are you sure?"  Big Sur didn't ask and took a few minutes.  Catalina asked, and then complained there wasn't room for it (needs 12.75GB).

A: If it is a MacBook Pro 16" 2019, it can run 10.15.1 (or later).
If it is a MacBook Pro 15" 2019 or either of the 13" 2019, it can run 10.14.5 (or later).
For this information, I use MacTracker (from the App Store) which has much the same data as EveryMac.
Just clear a common source of confusion, no Mac can run a version of macOS dating from before that model of Mac was first released. To put it another way, macOS does not know about future Macs and doesn't have the drivers, etc. to support them.
If you do need/want to run macOS from before Mojave/Catalina, you should use a virtual machine. With VMware Fusion you could run macOS back to 10.6 (Snow Leopard), though you will find that older versions are no longer supported (but do work) by VMware Fusion and some (e.g. 10.6) will require hacks.  But that is a different question.
If it is a time bottleneck, you can download more than one at once by using the Apple direct download links which are list here by Mr. Macintosh.


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Omar Al-Ubaydli is a Senior Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a senior fellow at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International, and Energy Studies, and an affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University.
He was also a member of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell's Joint Advisory Board of Economists. He specializes in experimental economics, political economy, the economics of science, and the economics of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Al-Ubaydli has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, including PLOS Medicine, and his research has been covered by the Economist and Newsweek.
Al-Ubaydli received his MA and PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and his BA in economics from Queen's College (University of Cambridge).
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by Bahram Rahman; Gabrielle Grimard (ill.)
★The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman
by Kathy Stinson and Marie Lafrance (ill.)
The majority of Canadian children – though shamefully not all – can take for granted the availability of books at home or in schools and local libraries. Two new picture books, both told from the perspective of children, are set in war-ravaged countries where access to books is anything but a given. The Lady with the Books recounts the story of Jella Lepman's groundbreaking travelling exhibit of children's books in post–Second World War Germany. The Library Bus introduces readers to the brave women in contemporary Afghanistan who run mobile schools and libraries to teach young girls and provide them with reading and writing materials.
The Lady with the Books is the slightly darker and more complex of the two, yet also the more whimsical. The world of Anneliese and her little brother, Peter, is grey and rubble-filled, and the reality of loss and hunger is clear. The children are drawn to the unusual exhibition thinking that the lineup may lead to food. But then whole worlds open when they see the unexpected collection of picture books from other countries, in other languages.
The children are introduced, in particular, to the compassionate and strong Pippi Longstocking and to The Story of Ferdinand. The latter – about the bull who prefers to smell the flowers instead of fighting and which was banned by fascist leaders – was translated and distributed by Lepman to tens of thousands of German children after the war. (It was her explicit agenda to introduce the children to literature from the countries with which Germany had been at war.)
Marie Lafrance's illustrations introduce Ferdinand's beloved flowers, as well as other figures from the books, via fanciful red-line drawings laid overtop of the grey day-to-day world of the children. In a beautifully illustrated nighttime reckoning with Anneliese's imagination, she resolves to deal with the broken world around her.
Bahram Rahman's The Library Bus is inspired by growing up in Afghanistan and by the children he met during visits to orphanages and camps in Kabul. It is Pari's first day accompanying her mother, as she drives a converted bus to a small village, then to a UN refugee camp. In each place, Pari's mother gathers the young girls to teach them and provide them books from the well-stocked library on wheels. Pari will be going to school soon and in that way is far luckier than the girls on the bus route. Pari's mother explicitly points out that education will make her daughter free.
The dangers and obstacles that still exist for girls getting an education in Afghanistan are not emphasized; Rahman instead refers back to the education of Pari's mother by her father, which had to be conducted in utter secrecy. In the afterword, the author mentions the inspiration he drew from the real-life children he met. Gabrielle Grimard's characteristically warm style and her animated representation of Pari and the other children beautifully brings to life the vitality and potential of the girls in the book.
Both these titles speak to the connections made through books and are great teaching tools to gently expose young children to the impacts of war and the influence of books on individual lives. The background information provided by Rahman about growing up in the midst of war in Afghanistan in The Library Bus, and about Lepman's creation of the International Youth Library and the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in The Lady with the Books are informative resources for parents, teachers, and young readers.
Reviewer: Attila Berki
Publisher: Pajama Press
Page Count: 32 pp
Format: Cloth
Released: Oct.
Issue Date: September 2020
Categories: Kids' Books, Picture Books
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Issue Date: September 1, 2020
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What was your clinical focus in Tanzania?
After the Cardiovascular-Respiratory-Renal unit at TUC, I developed an interest in pathology and wanted to see if that manifested in the hospital setting. I spent countless hours in the laboratory at the Shirati KMT Hospital, whether it was determining someone's blood type or interpreting a lymph node biopsy. One day the Shirati nursing students surrounded me at the microscope and asked me to teach them the different parasitic forms, which I was no expert in. But we all spent an hour learning them together, and that ended up being very enlightening. I bring up that anecdote because there were less than 20 pathologists in the entire country of Tanzania at the time (whose population is approximately 50 million people), and the need for teaching is essential.
What was the most impactful patient experience that you had there?
It was close to midnight one night when me and my classmates, Harjyot and Eric, were at the hospital, and a mother in the pediatric ward frantically waved her arms at us. We ran to find that her infant had experienced a seizure and then became comatose. We each performed CPR on the infant until the night attending requested we stop. It was clear that the infant had passed away. We all felt despondent and had difficulty sleeping that night since this was our first patient death. Our TUC attending Dr. Nibbe spent the entirety of the next day with us and helped us grieve and cope with what happened the night before. We discussed the likely causes of death, including Reye's syndrome, since a local healer had given the infant a white liquid which may have contained aspirin. We also discussed how to deal with patient death. Our sympathetic debriefing helped us gain closure to become not only better physicians but better humans.
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Why did you choose the Global Health Program at TUC? What about its program in Tanzania called you to pick up your life and go there?
I chose the global health program at TUC because it provided a superlative experience in tropical diseases, which was of interest to me. I also chose the program since it incorporated clinical experience and research into one summer which I thought was efficient and effective. Plus who wouldn't want to go to Tanzania??
Most pathology residents do a 1-2 year fellowship, and I am considering cytopathology since it is intriguing and has global health relevance. My ultimate plans are to teach and practice pathology on the global scale and maybe one day be a part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Assembly.
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New Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Education, Dr. Michael K. Barbour, has recently released his ninth annual "State of the Nation: K-12 E-Learning in Canada ". He explains that not only is the study a unique tool for Canadian policy makers, but that the US can also learn more about e-learning by looking at different approaches.
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"This is important because in the United States the growth has largely been advocated for by for-profit corporations," says Dr. Barbour , "whereas in Canada that growth has been largely due to the necessity to provide equitable access to education and/or due to conscious decisions by practitioners about the appropriateness of its use for their students."
Dr. Barbour continues, "In Canada, K-12 online and blended learning began as a way to serve students that didn't have access to certain aspects of the mandated curriculum, but it has evolved into an option that teachers have to better serve their students as another arrow in their pedagogical quiver. There are still some elements of this in the United States, but it tends to be dwarfed by free market principles."
Dr. Barbour's project is the most complete study of its kind in Canada and demonstrates that enrollment in blended and online learning courses continues to increase. The report collects data for Canadian education policy makers that would otherwise fall through the cracks.
"There is no national department of education in Canada. Often one province doesn't really know what the others are doing," explains Dr. Barbour. "Ontario and Atlantic Canada are highly centralized, while most of the West of Canada goes largely unregulated. But all parts of the country are finding similar results in growth."
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[Diyosa Carter] I'm an only child but come from a big extended family. My mom is one of ten, and I've lost count of the number of cousins I have. After my dad passed away, I was raised mostly by my mom, grandmother... and 5 of her sisters. They taught me how to be both strong and soft, something I'm working on passing on to my own 3 daughters.
[Guy Remo-Aguigui] My family has been very influential in shaping who I am today as a person by providing me with a strong background of our Filipino culture, including learning how to read, write, and speak Tagalog fluently, while learning English and American history. They were all about meshing together the Filipino and American way of life, and they taught me that family and faith are the most important things that I could always count on for support to help me deal with everyday life.
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[Nicholas Crawford] Put simply, my brother is my counterpoint, my parents are my emotional grounding, and my wife is my life.
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[Andrea Garcia] Can I call my husband a luxury item?!
[Diyosa Carter] I'm fairly used to roughing it from camping and backpacking trips, so I would bring writing/drawing supplies. Lots of notebooks and pens so I can write out my thoughts, draw, make paper airplanes and later use the paper to help with fires.
[Guy Remo-Aguigui] It may not seem luxurious but I would bring a lighter with me, since I know I'd have a very difficult time trying to start a fire on my own. Fire would provide me with heat to keep me safe and warm at night, along with providing flames so I could cook food and boil water.
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In 2006, a small Mexican restaurant chain IPO'd at $45 a share. The stock had been offered at $18, but it launched more than 100% higher on its first day as a public company.
At the time, this chain had 500 stores, and annual revenue had just jumped 32% to around $650 million a year. That's a very strong jump in sales. Investors clearly believed this chain was going to be a winner.
After all, the company had a powerful yet simple formula: serve easily accessible food using quality ingredients at a reasonable price.
Since that 2006 IPO, the company has grown to 1,600 locations. Its sales have jumped from $650 million a year to $4.5 billion. And the stock price launched from $45 to over $650 a share.
You probably know by now that I'm talking about Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG).
Chipotle shares are up 1,371% since that IPO, making it one of the very best investments you could have made over the last decade. It's right up there with Apple and Netflix.
I've found an up-and-coming restaurant chain that is being completely overlooked by investors. One prominent restaurant analyst said this new restaurant is "one of the best-in-history up-and-coming restaurant concepts... [its] early-stage momentum and store-level profitability is even outpacing Chipotle's... early-stage results."
This restaurant is slated to grow by a factor of 15, pushing its stock price 1,100% higher over the next few years. That's why I've started to call it the "Next Chipotle."
The Hunt for the "Next Chipotle"
Restaurants can certainly make great investments. If a restaurant's concept resonates with diners, growth can be explosive.
The best example may be McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). It basically invented fast food at a time when Americans were falling in love with cars and cheeseburgers. Perfect.
It has been one of the great investments over the last 25 years. $100,000 invested in McDonald's in 1990 has turned into over $2.3 million today.
I'm not a fan of McDonald's today — it just doesn't offer enough opportunity for growth. But the example of how much money investors can make in successful restaurants is valid.
Take restaurant stocks like Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) or Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA). Starbucks shares have launched from a split-adjusted $2 a share to $55 since 1998. Panera has done even better, soaring from $5 to $175 in 15 years.
Investors are well aware of the outrageous success they can have with restaurant stocks. Gourmet burger joint Shake Shack's (NYSE: SHAK) shares have been up as much as 229% since its recent IPO.
More recently, chicken wing specialist Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) jumped from an offer price of $19 to $30... on its very first day of trading.
Of course, not every new restaurant stock is a winner...
How to Pick the Winners
Boston Chicken — now known as Boston Market — ramped nearly 140% on its IPO day in 1993. Investors thought the idea of a restaurant that featured relatively healthy carryout meals for the family was pretty good.
They were wrong. Boston Market expanded too fast and never really caught on with consumers. Just five years after that hugely successful IPO, Boston Market filed for bankruptcy protection.
It was bought out of bankruptcy court protection by McDonald's two years later.
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And even at that price, the forward price-to-earnings ratio is above 25. That's pretty expensive for a company that won't grow earnings more than 15% next year...
Then there was sandwich shop Potbelly (NASDAQ: PBPB). This Chicago-based chain debuted at ~$32 in October of 2013.
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This is the "Next Chipotle"
Now let me fill you on some of the details behind this overlooked, fast-growing company...
The first thing you need to know is how well these restaurants are doing.
Right now, each of this company's 150 locations is averaging $1.5 million in annual sales. That's better than Starbucks, Burger King, and Subway. In fact, at this stage of its growth, Chipotle was doing right around $1.5 million per location, too...
Next up is the expansion plan.
This "Next Chipotle" company plans to have ~1,500 locations open by 2022 — roughly the same number of stores as Chipotle has now.
If it can simply maintain the average of $1.5 million in annual sales per location, that would mean $2.4 billion in annual sales. That's nearly 1,200% revenue growth.
But the simple fact is, this company is growing its revenue at an industry-beating pace. In its last quarterly earnings report, the average revenue at each location grew nearly 8%! For comparison's sake, same-store sales are growing around 2% at Panera and 10% for Chipotle.
Finally, there's the valuation. This "Next Chipotle" company is just turning the corner to profitability. So we have to compare how it is trading in relation to its sales. And at 4 times sales (or revenue), this stock is cheaper than Starbucks, Chipotle, Shake Shack, and Wingstop. It trades with a similar valuation to McDonald's, even though McDonald's sales are falling while this company's sales have 10-fold upside.
Quite frankly, this "Next Chipotle" stock shouldn't be this cheap.
Because if the "Next Chipotle" simply hits its goal of 1,500 restaurants and shows zero same-store sales growth, a P/S ratio of three (below where it is now) would value the company at $6.75 billion — we're talking 1,110% growth for the stock (from $40 to $440) over the next few years!
The "Next Chipotle" has been flying under the radar. But its most recent earnings report, where it reported that fantastic same-store sales growth of nearly 8%, really got some investors' attention. The stock has run from around $32 to $40 over the last few weeks. In other words, the run to $440 a share has begun.
Hands down, this is my favorite investment idea right now. And I've got a great presentation for you that fills in more of the details. You can check it out here.
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A 21-year veteran of the newsletter business, Briton Ryle is the editor of The Wealth Advisory income stock newsletter, with a focus on top-quality dividend growth stocks and REITs. Briton also manages the Real Income Trader advisory service, where his readers take regular cash payouts using a low-risk covered call option strategy. He also contributes a weekly column to the Wealth Daily e-letter. To learn more about Briton, click here.