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Making Sense of and Cents Off the 2018 Midterm Elections just like Sports
Elections feel more and more like sporting events every time they're held. There's more dirty play, more money spent, the officiating gets worse and worse, and there have been more people switching teams, from Republican to Democrat mostly, according to Twitter at least, than ever before. That doesn't make the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections easily understood, however.
Since sports is a language we all understand, I offer this as a means to comprehend the chaos that is contemporary U.S. politics by looking at the races like they're actual races, or any sporting event for that matter. This piece aims to inform you of the facts and stakes surrounding the biggest and closest races of the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections by comparing them to historic sporting events or sports rivalries.
The piece also offers some politics betting advice you can take or leave, but I assure you, politics betting is even more fun and addictive than sports betting. If you're disinterested in politics, politics betting makes politics suddenly interesting. I should warn you, however, that I and just about everyone else in America lost big time in 2016—in more than one way. This election we'll start winning it back together. (Author's note: any winnings are reinvested into candidates' campaigns the following election cycle.)
Georgia's Governor Election a Heavyweight Championship like Jack Johnson vs. Tommy Burns
Democrat Stacey Abrams vs. Republican Brian Kemp
It might not be a perfect comparison to 1908's "Fight of the Century" between the first ever black heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, and Tommy Burns, but Democrat Stacey Abrams is trying to be to the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections what Jack Johnson was to boxing.
Abrams is running to become the country's first ever black female elected governor of any state. Abrams' opponent, Brian Kemp, is doing his damnedest as Georgia's acting Secretary of State to make sure she doesn't. It would be like Johnson's fight against Burns, but if Burns had served as referee of the fight as well. Abrams isn't likely to do a year in prison for dating a white woman like Johnson did, though.
A federal judge has already ruled against Kemp, who was using an "exact match" law to keep over 3,000 people—mostly minorities—from voting for things like misspellings and missing hyphens on their voter registration applications. But over 50,000 voters in Georgia have been flagged as ineligible because of the law, and despite that, Abrams trails in the polls by just one point, according to Real Clear Politics' (RCP) average. She's gotten the Oprah boost recently, too, so expect this one to come down to the wire.
I have $10 on Abrams to win on Predict It, an online marketplace for politics betting, basically. The difference being you can buy and sell shares right up until the election is called, so if Abrams holds a lead at some point on Election Day, I can sell my shares for her to win at a profit in case the late rounds go to Kemp. I won't, however.
Texas' Senate Election like Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors
Democrat Beto O'Rourke vs. Republican Ted Cruz
The basketball battle for the State of California between LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers and the reigning, back-to-back-champion Golden State Warriors is not unlike the battle for the Texas Senate seat. Ted Cruz is the reigning, Republican champion running for a second term, and Beto O'Rourke brings all the glitz and glam LeBron brought with him to the Lakers. O'Rourke doubled Cruz's campaign contributions in the second quarter of 2018, raising more than $10.4 million despite taking no money from Political Action Committees (PACs). His ability to raise money has this shaping up to be the most expensive U.S. Senate race of all time.
Like the Lakers, O'Rourke will have to spend to contend. According to the latest Emerson poll, he trails Cruz by three points, but the RCP average has him even further behind in a state that hasn't had a Democratic Senator since 1993. I have $5 on O'Rourke scoring an upset, but I'm really just hoping early tallies of metropolitan areas like Dallas-Fort Worth have O'Rourke far enough ahead early to sell at halftime before Cruz goes on a run, hitting shots from rural Texas in the third quarter like the Warriors do against seemingly everybody.
Florida's Senate/Governor Elections could Replicate Atlanta's Stunning MLS Success for Democrats
Senate: Democrat Bill Nelson vs. Republican Rick Scott
Governor: Republican Ron DeSantis vs. Democrat Andrew Gillum
While Miamians will vote on a proposal for the purchase of real estate to house a billion-dollar Major League Soccer (MLS) complex, they'll also be voting to potentially restore the voting rights of more than 1.5 million former felons in the state (10 percent of all voters in the state). Florida is one of just three states (Iowa and Kentucky being the others) to automatically bar anyone convicted of a felony from voting. A grassroots campaign run by former felons is looking to change that, but needs 60 percent of Florida voters to vote "yes" on Amendment Four in order for it to pass.
Amendment Four would "automatically restore the right to vote for people with prior felony convictions, except those convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense, upon completion of their sentences, including prison, parole, and probation." And while Florida's ex-cons have an avenue to regaining their voting rights, it's a long street with obstacles abound like the last level of the arcade game, Paperboy, but with an old, pasty boss withholding payment until you get off the bike, walk up to the house, ring the doorbell, and place his newspaper ever so gently in his right hand before kissing the rings on his left.
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Ari Berman explains in an article for Mother Jones that Florida felons can get their voting rights back but have to wait five to seven years to petition a Clemency Board headed by current governor, Rick Scott, who has denied 90 percent of applications—giving just 3,000 Florida felons the right to vote. Scott's predecessor, Charlie Crist, who left the Republicans for the Democrats in free agency, approved 155,000 applications. Even Republican Jeb Bush approved 75,000, and he's still on Scott's team. And that team is hard on crime because it's an easy stance to take and it pays well.
Florida's Rick Scott has received the most contributions from the private prison industry in 2018 ($70,600), and fellow Floridian Rebecca Negron is second ($29,850). Two other Florida Republican candidates make the top 20, accepting $10,000 each to funnel both prisoners and tax dollars to for-profit prisons. Texas "entrepreneurs" were turning old motels into migrant detention centers until they found out they could get away with putting up a few tents instead. Four Republicans and one Democrat from Texas also made the list.
These private prisons are literally banking on recidivism; they want prisoners to keep coming back. To them, convicts are cash cows; they're valued. But to the rest of the world, convicts are always convicts, regardless of rehabilitation. Convicts can find God but not a job. In Florida, they can get a law degree but not practice law. And in Florida, they can indulge in every pleasure imaginable except the pleasure that comes from voting. The second chance ex-cons are afforded, especially in Florida, comes with strings attached, takes five to seven years to earn, and doesn't have to be granted, and likely won't, even if the convict does everything asked of her. That doesn't mean they can't participate in democracy, though.
Even though a million-plus Florida ex-cons can't vote in the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections, you can bet they're knocking doors and phone banking to get Democrats to the polls on Election Day so they can vote someday soon. Felons currently incarcerated in Florida jails and prisons are probably calling home to make sure their friends and family vote in this election so they too can vote someday. Left-leaning voters with friends and family convicted of felonies won't be sitting at home on Election Day, and that bodes well for Democratic candidates. Both Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum were leading in the RCP average polls on the eve of the elections.
The roughly 113,000 Florida votes that separated Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016 (1.2 percent) will surely narrow, because this grassroots movement of former felons has given Florida Democrats an inside track to victory through an issue that has further motivated an already motivated base. Major League Soccer's (MLS) success in Atlanta is indicative of what can be done when you offer people something of which they've been deprived.
Both Minnesota and Atlanta got MLS expansion franchises in 2017. Minneapolis and Atlanta share similar age demographics that make them ideal soccer cities. Residents aged 20 to 30 years make up the largest segment of their populations. Atlanta is obviously more diverse, but that doesn't explain why Atlanta United leads not only MLS, but the NFL, MLB, and NHL in attendance, averaging 46,318 tickets sold per game in its inaugural season. Minnesota United managed just over 20,000 per game in its inaugural season, in a stadium with more than 50,000 seats, which the Loons filled just once and marketed hard to do so.
Atlanta United set new attendance (and points) records in 2018, averaging over 53,000 fans per game. What gives? The Five Stripes were surprisingly good surprisingly fast, but they weren't the Vegas Golden Knights of MLS. The Five Stripes lost in the first round of the playoffs despite finishing the regular season fourth overall. The key to Atlanta's stunning MLS success isn't strictly due to the product's performance on the pitch. It's influenced by the availability of excess income and a lack of quality, sports/entertainment substitutes in the area demanding those dollars.
Atlanta is a business hub home to Home Depot, Coca-Cola, UPS, and Delta Air Lines, so while Atlanta has more impoverished individuals and families than both Minneapolis and St. Paul, a lot of Atlantans have a lot of money. There are more families in Atlanta earning more than $200,000 annually than in any other income level. More than a quarter of married families in Atlanta make more than $200,000 annually. Minneapolis and St. Paul combined have just 23.5 percent of married families making more than $200,000 annually. But what sporting events would Atlantans pay to see in 2017?
The MLB's Braves might have moved into a new, publicly funded stadium in 2017, but they weren't especially good (and neither was traffic or parking), finishing 72-90, 23rd in the standings and 13th in attendance. The Braves turned that record around and won their division in 2018, but still finished 11th in attendance. For reference, in 2011, the Minnesota Twins finished their second season at Target Field with a 63-99 record and managed to finish fourth in attendance. MLB as a whole saw average attendance drop to a 15-year low in 2018, but whether the Braves' struggle to fill seats is due to traffic, parking, the ire of taxpayers, or an overall disinterest in the game doesn't change the fact that their product fails to demand the entertainment dollars of affluent Atlantans.
The NBA's Hawks were even worse than the Braves in 2017-18. After losing out in the first round of the 2016-17 NBA Playoffs, they finished the following season tied for the third-worst record in basketball, ending a run of regular-season dominance culminating in early postseason exits. The Hawks are hoping a renovation of State Farm Arena, complete with golf simulator suites and an authentic, Atlanta barbershop, demand the dollars their product currently cannot.
The Hawks do, however, offer a relatively affordable and valuable season ticket package, which is another means to make a poor product more appealing. Price matters and must reflect not just the product's quality, but how accessibility affects demand for the product. Transportation and parking expenses must be considered when setting a price, and the Hawks have years of experience at their location to more accurately estimate those costs than the Braves did.
Still, the Hawks were dead last in attendance in 2017-18, managing to fill just 14,409 of their 21,000 seats per game (68.6 percent of capacity). Atlanta United originally intended to close the upper bowl of Mercedes-Benz Stadium to create a more intimate atmosphere, lowering capacity from 70,000 to 42,500. That's 109 percent of seats sold in year one, or 66.2 percent if you use the 70,000 figure. In year two, they bested the Hawks' seat-sold percentage by almost 10 percent using considering a capacity of 70,000.
With the NHL's Thrashers becoming the Winnipeg Jets in 2011, Atlanta's affluent population has been deprived of quality, sports entertainment since the Hawks' window of contention closed in early 2017. The wallets of affluent Atlantans were practically begging for a worthwhile entertainment alternative just as Florida ex-cons are actually pleading for an alternative to Rick Scott's Clemency Board when it comes to regaining their right to vote.
Florida Democrats could replicate The Five Stripes' stunning MLS success by simply expressing their support for legislation offering disenfranchised people an alternative to Scott's Clemency Hawks subjectively dictating the voting rights of Florida's former felons with no oversight whatsoever. But something tends to be better than nothing, and nothing is very close to what Rick Scott is offering Florida's 1.5 million former felons right now. Expect a blue wave in Florida across the board.
North Dakota's Senate Election a Light-middleweight Championship like Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather
Republican Kevin Cramer vs. Democrat Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp has a better chance to retain her North Dakota Senate seat (11/2, according to the Predict It market) than Conor McGregor had to beat Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match (11/1). But McGregor was incredibly overrated and idiotically over-wagered. Despite a marijuana legalization initiative appearing on North Dakotans' ballot on Election Day, Heitkamp trails Republican challenger Kevin Cramer by nine points in the latest Fox News poll. With cannabis becoming more of a bipartisan issue, the initiative might bring close as many Republicans to the polls as Democrats, so it looks as though Heitkamp's short reign as North Dakota's Senator could be coming to an end.
Heitkamp's stance against Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court appointment apparently hurt her chances, but she's not stepping into a boxing ring with an undefeated, world champion having never boxed before. She has boxed, and Kevin Cramer is no Floyd Mayweather, except that he did say even if Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, is telling the truth, the recently confirmed Supreme Court Judge would have done "nothing" seriously wrong. Mayweather, you might remember, served two months in jail after being convicted of domestic battery. A 17-year-old Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when he was drunk, allegedly.
I have $5 on Heitkamp overcoming the long odds because she will no doubt attract the most money from Democratic donors down the stretch, as they desperately try to become the majority in the Senate. As her deficit in the polls narrows, I'll start shedding my 15-cent shares at a profit if I can. And even if Democrats see Heitkamp as a lost cause in the late rounds, the votes in Fargo and Bismarck-Mandan areas will undoubtedly be reported first, so she'll look close enough early on to hopefully make some money on my shares. If not, a candidate is out $5 in the next election cycle. I don't think anyone will notice.
Wisconsin Governor Election like 2001 New York Islanders Season (Potentially)
Democrat Tony Evers vs. Republican Scott Walker
Democrats in Wisconsin probably feel like New York Islanders fans between 1996 and 2001: like there was just no chance of winning. With their arena crumbling around them, the New York Islanders were so undesirable to potential buyers, a fraud named John Spano misrepresented his net worth and took over the team for four months. It took another half decade for the Islanders franchise to be saved by Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar, but even then, fans questioned moves made by the new front office, only to enjoy a franchise best start to the 2001-02 season (9-0-1-1) and a second-place finish in the Atlantic Division.
It's been seven years since Wisconsin had a Democratic governor, and it might be time Democrats get their Islanders Season in the Sun. The Democrats already received their John Spano gut punch with a failed attempt in 2012 to recall Governor Scott Walker for limiting public workers' rights to collectively bargain. They and Wisconsinites, like Islanders fans, suffered since, and seem to have suffered enough given Democratic challenger Tony Evers' five-point lead in the latest Emerson poll. He's the guy with experience as a teacher and principal whose education budget recommendations Walker was ignoring while Governor. Wisconsinites seem to think he has the experience to right Walker's biggest wrongs.
It's no secret Walker has undermined labor unions in Wisconsin, especially teachers' unions, but Walker's really failed Wisconsin's youth when it comes to education, as Patrick Caldwell writes in Mother Jones. "Walker slashed funding for K-12 schools by $792 million over two years," forcing local property tax hikes. It's never a good look when a candidate preaching tax cuts is responsible for tax increases.
Desperation is a stinky cologne, and that's exactly what Scott Walker is emitting. He suddenly wants to adopt a portion of Obamacare, protecting coverage guarantees for people suffering from pre-existing conditions. He's hoping it will save his political life like a full Medicare expansion could have literally save the lives of his constituents. It won't be enough, though. Walker's just done Wisconsin wrong too many times—just like Islanders owners done Islanders fans.
Montana House of Representatives Election a WWE Heavyweight Championship like Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar
Democrat Kathleen Williams vs. Republican Greg Gianforte
Greg Gianforte managed to win election to the U.S. House of Representatives despite body-slamming Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs when he asked the candidate a question the day before the election. Gianforte's win might be due to the postponed release of his mugshot to the public and press despite being formally charged and arrested for assault. A court eventually ordered Gianforte's mugshot released, but not before the election was held.
The mugshot might not have mattered, though. Gianforte reportedly raised more money the day after his assault of a reporter than on any other day. Now he's a California-born, New Jersey-raised, Trump-loved Brock Lesnar defending his championship belt in Montana against a tiny, minority-defending female version of Eddie Guerrero.
Kathleen Williams' strong candidacy, likely the strongest Montana Democrats have ever run, might not matter either. Gianforte's folk-hero status with Conservative Montanans could be insurmountable, but she's made the race close for the first time in a long time. Montana is deeply red when it comes to the House of Representatives, especially recently. A Republican has represented Montana in the U.S. House for over 20 years. The latest Gravis poll has Montana's At-Large Seat all tied up though. If Williams gets a surprise spear from Goldberg (i.e. Oprah), she can win just like Guerrero did.
As you can see, I have no money down on Republicans in any races, but I did turnaround some shares I purchased for Republicans to retain the Senate. I also had shares of Democrats taking a majority in the House (they need to win 23 seats, and 25 Republicans are up for reelection in districts Hillary Clinton won in 2016). Both races were too close for my comfort, so I concentrated my funds on individual races I was most confident would either go Democrat or start to lean Democrat so I could sell my shares at a profit.
Basically, I made modest bets on longshots or long bets on what I perceive to be sure things. Use RCP and New York Times polling to guide your bets, and then, on Election Day, vote if you're a registered voter, register to vote if you're not and you still can in your state, and then treat it like the holiday it ought to be. Watch Election coverage like it's Thanksgiving football. Turn it into a drinking game. Eat like an American, and win and lose your bets like an American—"cocky and arrogant, even when you're getting beat."


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Baggy Green dream: Spinner Ahmed's Ashes hopes boosted by citizen law change
By Mike Dawes
Leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed is one step closer to playing for Australia after a bill amending the Citizenship Act was passed through Commonwealth Parliament on Thursday.
The former Pakistan refugee is now theoretically eligible to represent Australia, but must still become an Australian citizen and obtain an Australian passport before his dream can become a reality.
But both those hurdles could easily be cleared in weeks, paving the way for Ahmed to be a possible inclusion for the first Test in Nottingham which starts on July 10.
On the brink: Spinner Fawad Ahmed is one step closer to an Ashes call-up after a citizenship law change
'This is pleasing news for CA and a big step forward in a process that will help enable Fawad Ahmed become an Australian citizen,' a Cricket Australia spokesperson said.
'Pending Royal Assent by the Governor-General, the Bill will become law and Ahmed will be considered for Australian citizenship, subject to the normal tests and assessments that any citizenship applicant would go through.'
Ahmed is unlikely to be selected for the first Test but may come into consideration later in the tour if the form of off-spinner Nathan Lyon wavers.
Australia's chairman of selectors John Inverarity said earlier in the week that Ahmed would be considered for selection once he had passed all the eligibility criteria.
In the mix: Ahmed could be available for the first Ashes Test on July 10 at Trent Bridge
'It is likely that his passport will be through in time for him to be considered for the squad. Then he will be considered for selection,' Inverarity told BBC Radio.
'He is a fine young man who has handled himself extremely well so it's a very interesting story, especially in the diversity context so we will just have to wait and see what happens. He is a very good leg-spin bowler.'
Ahmed took 16 wickets at 28.37 playing for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield last season and is already in England playing for Australia A ahead of the Ashes.
He could continue his push for an Ashes place with Australia A against Gloucestershire in a four-day game which begins tomorrow in Bristol.
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Fawad Ahmed close to Australia's Ashes squad after citizenship law change
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Entertainment lineup incomplete, but coming together at Du Quoin State Fair
Posted on 6/18/2019, 1:30 PM
DU QUOIN -- There are still some open dates to fill, but the entertainment lineup is beginning to take shape at the Du Quoin State Fair.
And it has a distinct country twang.
Among the performers who have signed on the dotted line to date are: Wynonna Judd, Shenandoah, Restless Heart and Confederate Railroad as featured acts at the grandstand. Additional country acts scheduled to perform are: LANCO, Murphy 500, Red Dirt Band, Whitey Morgan and the 78's, Cody Canada and the Departed, and We Got It Covered.
Wynonna and The Big Noise are slated to appear Sunday, Aug. 25. Tickets range from $14 to $20.
Shenandoah, Restless Heart and Confederate Railroad will take the stage on Tuesday, Aug. 27, again with tickets ranging from $14 to $20.
LANCO, along with Murphy 500 and a group to be determined, is penciled in for Wednesday, Aug. 28. Tickets are $15 to $25.
Whitey Morgan with Cody Canada and the Departed and We Got It Covered will perform Thursday, Aug. 29 with tickets ranging from $15 to $25.
Gospel Night is set for Monday, Aug 26 with Matthew West and Leanna Crawford performing.
Fair Manager Josh Gross said he is still working to finalize deals to fill the open dates. He said last week that he hopes to be able to announce the names of those additional acts this week.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, June 24 with a one-hour presale at the Du Quoin State Fair Box Office beginning at 9 a.m.
The Du Quoin State Fair runs from Aug. 23 through Sept. 2.
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EVENTS TO NOTE
-Rennsport Reunion
-Porsche Race Car Classic
ABOUT AUTOCRAFT
The Number 30 Porsche 906 LE is the 24 Hours Le Mans 1966 two-litre, prototype-class winner. The prototype, driven by Siffert and Davis, placed fourth overall. Number 30 was one of three long-tail prototype that the factory raced at Le Mans that year. In between its impressive debut and the day it arrived to Autocraft in September 1989, the prototype had been modified and its outward appearance changed several times. The car had been a short-tail race car and for a time, a hill climber. Fortunately, the years of modifications had not touched the original components under the changeling's many coats.
Before he was able to start any restoration on this project, Robert had to dig deep into the history of the numbers of original parts. While the discovery of the rare, long-tail prototype behind the changeling had been an exciting one, Robert soon discovered that since the vehicle's inception, all blue prints and built-books had been lost or destroyed. For two reasons, the restoration would be arduous, intensive, 24/7 effort.
To begin, Robert's had to re-manufacture no longer existing body parts and components from prints drawn after he had researched each part and produced a precise to-scale print using vintage images, historical print media accounts, collectors' and museum records and old factory-journeymen's recollections.
To boot, the owner gave Autocraft eight months to get the job done.
To blow his own horn, Robert delivered. Of course, he could not have come even close without corresponding 24/7 assistance and help from dependable friends, trusted co-workers, awesome office staff of one ...


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WRAL.com Wins National Murrow Award
WRAL.com has been honored with an Edward R. Murrow award for excellence in journalism.
RTNDA, a national professional association for electronic journalists, announced Monday, June 29, 2009, that WRAL.com had won the award for best broadcast-affiliated website among large-market TV stations (markets 1-50). Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville is 27th in market size with just more than 1 million households.
Contest judges evaluated websites based on depth and quality content, innovation, use of audio and video, visual design, functionality and usability, interactivity and storytelling techniques.
WRAL.com, operated by Capitol Broadcasting Company's New Media Group, qualified for the award after winning a regional competition for large-market broadcast sites earlier this year.
"This a high honor for WRAL.com," said General Manager John Clark. "The Murrow is a prestigious national award, and it confirms that we're giving our visitors quality news and information."
WRAL-TV Vice President and General Manager Steven D. Hammel said, "We have a talented staff of journalists who work around the clock to keep our community informed of important news and useful information. We're honored to be recognized for that quality work."
RTNDA has honored outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. The award is named for the late broadcast journalist best known for his radio broadcasts during World War II and his TV reports that led to the censure Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
The Murrow Award is the latest in a string of awards for WRAL.com. The site also has received awards in 2009 from The Associated Press in North Carolina and the Midsouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. WRAL.com was a finalist for a fourth year for Editor & Publisher's international EPpy Award for best local TV Web site.
Launched in 1996, WRAL.com is the most popular media site in the Triangle area and one of the most popular TV Web sites in the country. More than half of adults in the Raleigh-Durham metro area visit the site each month, according to The Media Audit. Only Google and Yahoo have higher market penetration rates.
Thanks to WRAL-TV's Debbie Strange for this capcom story.
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The chef with a Michelin Star combines his two cuisine styles, as always with the best product and his personal touch.
Gaig, armed with his quality ingredients and his star, now has the freedom to be more creative, while still serving up classics.
Perfectly elaborated dishes, with high cuisine crafts, that centre on the popular Catalan recipe book.
The chef offers an à la carte menu split into two parts: one featuring traditional dishes and the other with more up-to-date cuisine.


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5. Describe your major assigned responsibilities during the evaluation period.
6. Describe your major performance objectives during the current evaluation period.
b. List your significant contributions to academic advisement.
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a. Indicate your assessment of the faculty unit member's performance by explaining whether, consistent with contemporary standards of the institution, the faculty unit member exceeded, achieved or fell short of the level of performance reasonably expected in a(n) (indicate rank) with like tenure status and comparable professional responsibilities and resources. The explanation must indicate the consideration given to rank, experience and tenure status, professional responsibilities and resources. Separate ratings must be given for teaching, including separate mention of academic advisement, research and service responsibilities. In each instance, based on the information supplied by the faculty unit member, the supervisor must identify the specific activities, or lack thereof, that warrant the rating.
b. For all faculty unit members who serve on tenure track contracts or who hold rank below that of professor, comment about progress towards achieving the levels of performance that, in keeping with institutional standards, justify a recommendation for promotion to a more senior rank or award of tenure. Comments must address each area of professional responsibility.
c. Where appropriate, include recommendations for augmentation monies and contract renewal.
d. Response to the faculty unit member's major performance objectives for the next evaluation period?
12. I have received these comments and ratings from my immediate supervisor. I understand that I have the right to respond to these comments and ratings in writing or to call upon a peer group to review the evaluation, provided that notice of such intent is given to the department head within five (5) working days after receipt of this document.


Being on an island with only a single resort, your options for food are somewhat limited. For lunch you can choose to eat at either the Beach Café or the Turisops restaurant. Depending on the weather they also have a Beach BBQ restaurant open on some days. The Turisops restaurant serves buffet meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The cost of this buffet is $21 for breakfast and lunch and $30 for dinner. The buffet offers a wide variety of food which should satisfy most people's tastes. The food is your typical buffet faire and nothing out of the ordinary. Overall I'd give it 3.5 out of 5.


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Baldwin REALTORS® selected as Inman Innovator winner
ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – Baldwin REALTORS® has been selected as the 2019 Inman Innovator Awards winner in the Most Innovative MLS, Association or Industry Organization category.
Baldwin REALTORS was selected based on the major milestone it reached in 2018, when it became the first REALTOR Association in the nation to offer group health, dental and vision insurance plans to treat its 2,300 members.
"Being able to offer health, dental, and vision insurance to our membership is one of the most defining accomplishments of my career," said Sheila Dodson, CEO of Baldwin REALTORS. "To be recognized for this accomplishment by the leading real estate news organization and to be chosen as the leaders among thousands of associations is humbling. It is amazing what can happen when you set out to help others, especially with such an important need as healthcare."
Dodson, along with Troy Wilson, 2018 President and current Immediate Past President, and Kandy Hines, 2019 President of Baldwin REALTORS, accepted the award in Las Vegas July 25.
"Not long after reality set in that we were nominated as an Inman Innovator finalist, we were off to represent our association as winner of this prestigious award that is so highly respected in the real estate industry," said Hines. "The encouragement and support we received was overwhelming. Baldwin Realtors is honored to be recognized as a leader in creating a pathway to successes for our association and its members."
The REALTOR association was selected among an elite group in the real estate world including Zillow, Redfin, the National Association of REALTORS, Tom Ferry and others.
"It was an honor to have been nominated as a finalist for the 2019 Inman Innovator Award, but absolutely incredible to actually win the award," Wilson said. "Considering all the talented and much larger competition we were up against, it makes winning a more monumental success. This was such a meaningful and significant accomplishment for Baldwin REALTORS. This award is a major milestone for the association, and it helps to symbolize the positive impact Baldwin REALTORS has been and continues to be for so many of its members. "
Inman Innovators are described as "…the visionaries, the forward-thinking, the stubborn, the tinkerers, the obsessed, the tech-savvy and the creative minds always testing boundaries. They are entrepreneurs pushing the old ways aside, data scientists discovering new ways to examine behavior, marketers inventing new ways to showcase properties, agents developing new ways to reach clients, companies building new technologies and brokerages creating new ways of doing business." These winners lead the future of real estate.
The Inman Innovator Awards requires a company or person who consistently tries new things, adopts new technology, creates a new culture or approach to real estate or has achieved an unmatched level of success. Over 60 finalists are then grouped into six categories.
In an article on Inman.com, publisher Brad Inman said: "The Inman Innovators represent the boldest minds in real estate working to change how the industry does business."
Baldwin REALTORS® is the source for real estate in Southern Alabama. We provide resources, education and tools to over 2,300 professionals across the region. We work to protect the interests of property owners, and our members serve buyers and sellers as REAL Advocates, Advisors, and Experts. REALTORS® agree to abide by a strict code of ethics and are held to a high ethical standard by their peers through their association membership. The term REALTOR® is a federally-registered trademark owned by the National Association of REALTORS® and denotes membership in the Nonprofit Association.


WHAT HE DOES: DeMartino is responsible for food service at the University's residential dining halls—John Jay, JJ's and Ferris Booth—as well as at Uris Deli, Café 212, Carlton Café and the three Blue Java cafés on campus. He oversees a staff of 160, who prepare some 12,000 meals a day.
ROAD TO COLUMBIA: A native of Staten Island, where he still lives, DeMartino comes from an Italian family where "everybody is a good cook." He started working in local delis and bagels shops at 13, but after high school was unsure about what he wanted to do. When he announced his plan to join the Marines, his mother quickly set him straight. "First she threw something at me, then when she calmed down she talked sense into me," he said, encouraging him to attend culinary school. He enrolled at the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island, where "you see more stuff than in 10 or 15 years in the field," he said.
After graduating, he was hired by the Intercontinental Hotel in Manhattan, where he started as a sandwich maker and, after working under four master chefs, became a chef himself. After five years there he went to work for the Marriott Corp., managing private dining rooms at banks and law firms. He made the switch to education in 1995, spending 18 years at Fordham University, where he rebuilt five kitchens and "had a ball," he said.
IN HIS SPARE TIME: What with working 12 to 14 hour days, DeMartino doesn't have much of it, "but I go home happy as hell," he said, to his wife of 25-plus years, Liz. If his two sons, 22 and 17, and daughter, 20, are home, he'll make them pancakes at midnight. Otherwise, "it's whatever the family wants to do," he said. He calls his mother every morning when he gets off the train at Morningside Heights.


How can changing your morning routine change your life?
Do you start your morning feeling relaxed and under control or do you start it feeling tired and frustrated?
By crafting a morning routine that enables you to take care of YOU before you take care of everyone else, you can overhaul your entire experience of life and business.
In this episode, I share my own 3 hour morning routine, which includes things like yoga, reading, and spending quality non-work time with Nick, my husband, before we start the day's work. I explain why I do the things I do each morning – and give you some suggestions for things you might like to consider incorporating into your own morning routine.
This is my routine – yours will look different. It all comes down to what you know you need to incorporate to help you start the day relaxed, and from a place of power and calm instead of stress. And the key element of this is the word 'routine' – I talk about the power of crafting positive habits, and how to grow your routine incrementally over time.
Overhauling my morning routine changed my life – I now start my days from a place of power – knowing I've done all my vital self-care activities, and can launch into my workday from a place of energised calm. Of course – some days it all falls apart, and that's okay! It's what you do most of the time that matters – and the longer you work at crafting your routine, the more powerful it will become.
There are heaps of great apps and websites you can find which give you exercise ideas and which can do within the time you have available for your morning.
Leave yourself as much time as you can for your morning routine.
Changing one thing in your morning routine is actually about changing a whole bunch of habits.
All your habits are triggered by something which precedes them.
Understand the reward for changing your habit – why do you want to change your habits?
You will find that overhauling your morning routine will bring about 'Energised Calm'.
If you feel that you're putting your needs above other people, you are! But that's OK as you need to look after yourself before you can look after other people.
Morning routines start the night before.
Set a bedtime alarm so you get to bed with enough time to get ready and get enough sleep to get in gear for your morning routine.
Getting more sleep is the number one way to boost your mental ability and mood.
Make a plan – brainstorm everything you want in your morning routine and do a timeline.
Have a shower and get dressed even if you are working from home that day.
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Q: Multiple possible variable assignment in angular I need clarification of on variable assignment in an Angular service,
I am new to Angular and I wish to have a deep understanding of the implications if any of assigning a variable in these three locations as illustrated bellow.
Case 1
    import { Injectable, OnInit } from "@angular/core";

    @Injectable({
      providedIn: 'root'
    })
    export class FavoriteMovieService implements OnInit {

      sampleArray;

      constructor() {
        this.sampleArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
      }

      ngOnInit() { }
    }

Case 2
    import { Injectable, OnInit } from "@angular/core";

    @Injectable({
      providedIn: 'root'
    })
    export class FavoriteMovieService implements OnInit {

      sampleArray;

      constructor() {}

      ngOnInit() {
        this.sampleArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
      }
    }

Case 3
    import { Injectable, OnInit } from "@angular/core";

    @Injectable({
      providedIn: 'root'
    })
    export class FavoriteMovieService implements OnInit {

      sampleArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];;

      constructor() {}

      ngOnInit() {}
    }

Version information
  Angular CLI: 8.3.5
Node: 10.15.3
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 8.2.7

A: Before adding the differences, please note that the ngOnInit won't work at all in your case. It won't get called.
The only lifecycle hook that will work with the services is the ngOnDestroy, which will be called when the service got destroyed. All other lifecycle hooks like the ngOnInit won't get called as they will only get called for the components and directives.
I will add the differences and include the ngOnInit if it is implemented inside a component / directive instead.
For the differences between the constructor assignments and inline direct assignments, from here:

Both are correct programming wise,
Initialized within the constructor

It would be good practice to initialized within the constructor , it's kind of code separation of declaration + initialization .
That will increase your code readability and you will be sure that all
    values initialized within the constructor only. and because in the constructor is when the object is created, and it is when the variable
    should initialized.

Initialized outside the constructor

One issue with initialized using the constructor is , more code to
    write , when you have alot variable to work with , in that case you
    should use direct counter: number = 1 , In this case you can check
    declaration + initialization in single line , but in above case you
    have to go through 2 steps declaration + initialization

It really matters when you choose initialisation within one of the life cycle hook (E.g. NgOnInit / NgAfterViewInit) vs the
  constructor. Either it's just a coding style

For the constructor and ngOnInit hook, from here:

The Constructor is a default method of the class that is executed
  when the class is instantiated and ensures proper initialization of
  fields in the class and its subclasses. Angular or better Dependency
  Injector (DI) analyzes the constructor parameters and when it creates
  a new instance by calling new MyClass() it tries to find providers
  that match the types of the constructor parameters, resolves them and
  passes them to the constructor like
new MyClass(someArg);

ngOnInit is a life cycle hook called by Angular2 to indicate that
  Angular is done creating the component.
We have to import OnInit in order to use like this (actually
  implementing OnInit is not mandatory but considered good practice):
import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';

then to use the method of OnInit we have to implement in the class
  like this.
export class App implements OnInit{
  constructor(){
     //called first time before the ngOnInit()
  }

  ngOnInit(){
     //called after the constructor and called  after the first ngOnChanges()
  }
}

Implement this interface to execute custom initialization logic after your directive's data-bound properties have been initialized.
    ngOnInit is called right after the directive's data-bound properties have been checked for the first time,
    and before any of its children have been checked.
    It is invoked only once when the directive is instantiated.

Mostly we use ngOnInit for all the initialization/declaration and
  avoid stuff to work in the constructor. The constructor should only be
  used to initialize class members but shouldn't do actual "work".
So you should use constructor() to setup Dependency Injection and
  not much else. ngOnInit() is better place to "start" - it's where/when
  components' bindings are resolved.
For more information refer here:

*

*https://angular.io/api/core/OnInit

*https://stackoverflow.com/a/35846307/5043867

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With this feature, you have the ability to add additional content on your pages such as chat plugins, videos (for YouTube, Wistia, Facebook or Vimeo you can use the Video element), iFrames, image galleries, or sliders and many other HTML widgets.
Marketers who experiment with multimedia content often see a rise in their conversion rates and Instapage recommends A/B testing with multimedia when possible, but only if it makes sense for your brand.
Now position the HTML block wherever you want on the page and click save. In order to see the widget, you need to view your landing page in Preview Mode.
Just keep in mind, you should only use this feature if you're confident in your skills because it can affect the design of your page.


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Ages 11-15 • M-F, July 29-August 2 • 8:30-3:00pm • Instructor: Tim Maynes & Nate Venet • $350
This camp is now full. Please contact the FlynnArts Coordinator to be placed on the waitlist.
As all good Broadway stars know, theatrical singing requires more than just hitting the notes on-key. In this camp, singers learn how to develop a confident stage presence, improve singing technique, act through the song, and brush up dancing skills as they prepare Broadway musical numbers for a revue on the Flynn MainStage. Family and friends are invited to see the young performers in the limelight at a performance on Friday.
TIM MAYNES has a B.A. in Drama from Ithaca College and an M.A. in Arts Leadership from Syracuse University. A former English and Theater teacher in Vermont, Tim currently lives and works in the greater NYC area. He formerly worked in the education department of Disney Theatrical Group on Broadway, and he currently works at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. He has extensive experience directing school/youth theater productions and is excited to return to Vermont this summer.
NATE VENET is a musician, pianist and educator based in Winooski VT. He brings over fifteen years of experience as a music director for both adults and children, and has spent time with many companies, including St. Michael's Playhouse, UVM, Lyric Theatre, Broadway Workshop, Spielpalast Cabaret, and numerous Vermont schools. Recent credits include Oklahoma! (Skinner Barn), The Who's Tommy (Lyric Theatre), and Peter and the Starcatcher (UVM).


The pre engineered metal bike shop was constructed for a local school in California.
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FB&E installs a new trommel for a material recovery facility in Hesperia.
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The Animal Shelter in Yucca Valley was built with the animals in mind, featuring a courtyard for the animals to roam and play.
The Yucca Valley Animal Shelter has its own Administration building that accommodates to its staff and the demands of the rescue center.
The public works project in Yucca Valley features three metal buildings catered towards the rescued animals and administration staff.
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Tickets for the concerts are at ChurchofJesusChrist.org/events of by calling 801-570-0080 (locally) or toll free 1-866-637-8457.
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Live concert) All tickets distributed.
Joseph Smith Building Legacy Theater (Premium Simulcast) A few tickets remaining for each night.
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Continuing their tradition, The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will perform Messiah on April 10–11, 2020. Every two years since 2014, the Choir and Orchestra have performed Handel's Messiah at Easter time in the Salt Lake Tabernacle and live streamed the concert over the internet to audiences around the world.


Shaver's Creek is putting the finishing touches on what has been the biggest renovation and expansion in its history, and with it has come lots of small adjustments. But it's easy to point to one thing that has remained constant: people love birds, and they love supporting them.
The Birding Cup is Shaver's Creek's annual fundraiser, and past year's funds have gone towards projects like our front yard pond, nestbox installations around the community, and bird-friendly glass in our buildings (to prevent collisions). But as construction wraps up on the human-occupied facilities at the Creek—a new visitor center, staff space, and classrooms—we are also beginning the construction of brand new enclosures, or mews, for our resident birds of prey.
If you don't know, the Birding Cup itself is a 24-hour friendly competition in which small teams explore central Pennsylvania, seeking the most bird species possible. In addition to gathering over two decade's worth of useful data, each team also solicits donations—and this year, it's for those new homes for our birds.
And the outpouring of support for this project has been overwhelming! Our initial goal of $15,000 to support this project was blown away in the days leading up to the Birding Cup. As of this writing, a few of days after the Birding Cup, over $21,000 has already been donated through our online platform — and that doesn't include folks who were waiting to support a team with a per-species donation.
Wow. We can't thank you all enough for your support.
It's also not too late to donate—our target goal only covers a portion of the total cost of the enclosures, and more support is definitely welcome and appreciated.
We also would like to thank our friends at Annual Giving at Penn State for helping us create a new online platform this year. Each team now has control of their own page with a fun bio and photos, and it's much easier to share the page for online donations. If you haven't seen it yet, it's a great way to get to know all of the teams—check it out here!
We would also like to thank our sponsors: Appalachian Outdoors, Purple Lizard Maps, Bobby Rahal Honda, Wiscoy for Animals, Lost Creek Shoe Shop (Mifflintown, PA), Collegiate Pride, Envinity, and Honey Creek Bill & Beak!
So without further ado—which team's names are the next to be forever engraved on our five trophies?
The County Cup—for the team who finds the most species in a single county—goes to longtime participants, Bad Optics (134 species), who birded Huntingdon County!
The Potter Mug—for the most accomplished team of "new" birders, with less than two years of experience each—goes to first-time team Fearless Fledglings (87 species).
The Birding Boot is reserved for those dedicated few who refuse to burn any fuel in a motorized vehicle. Bikes, boats, even horses (maybe next year?) are all fair game. The Red-rumped Irruptives (127 species) pedaled their way to victory this year.
The Micro Cup — for teams of strictly two, exploring no more than a mile's diameter of land—debuted for the first time this year, landing in the hands of Two Cuckoos (124 species) at Canoe Creek State Park.
Finally, the grand winners of the Birding Cup, those who saw the most species far and wide: Psycho Killdeers (152 species) defends their title, making them champions for the second year in a row!
Thanks to everyone for participating! You can check out more information about all of the teams, and even donate to your favorite one, here!
Finally, you're wondering: what birds were seen?! Weather conditions (despite a few heavy storms on Friday night) led to some terrific migratory activity, and 189 total species were observed. WOW! Congrats to all of our birders for gathering this important data!
And that's a wrap! Thank you all for your support!
With photos by Jerod Skebo, Jen Anderson, and Justin Raymond.


It's important to highlight that email marketing is one of the most powerful ways to get to your customers. The potential return on investment can only happen if your email campaign is engaging and interesting. Therefore, you must consider using meme's and GIFs to get the party started.
Nonetheless, this doesn't mean that you should go overboard, in fact, you will do more damage than good if you don't know how to do it properly.
So, here's what you shall do.
There's no point of including Graphics Interchange Format (GIFs) in the campaign if they don't work. Thus, it's essential that you test and preview the email itself before you send it to the customers. After all, your reputation will be at stake. Everyone knows that numerous companies all over the world copy and paste GIFs. However, not many people realize that it doesn't work properly all the time. Therefore, you should never risk it.
Keep it short and snappy – A GIF should never be longer than 10 seconds.
Lifespan – Generally, memes have a short lifespan, make sure that when you choose a meme, it's well-known.
Copyright issues – Some GIFs are protected under copyright laws. Hence, you should do research on the one that you're using.
You should never forget that these are for decoration. The customers still want well-written content. If you add too much of everything, it would be difficult to follow the content. Limit yourself so you get your point across with ease.
When you decide to incorporate such accessories into the campaign, it should reflect your brand and help what you're trying to put across. As you may know, different memes are preferred by different demographics. Thus, if you believe that your customers are from a certain age group, you should choose the ones that are most relevant to them.
It's important to stay relevant and engage the audience as much as you can. If you have the wrong type of memes and gifs, it will have a negative impact on the open rate of the next campaign.
When it comes to this, the best tip that we can give is to use an email list tool. This tool will upgrade the list so you will know exactly what type of customers and audience you have. It would be very difficult to be relevant if you don't know the age group of those that are reading your campaign.
You can use such tools to guide the customers towards a specific call to action. Sometimes, it's difficult to guide people towards the next steps through content. Memes and gifs express emotion much better than words can. After all, all eyes are attracted to something funny or something that is moving. Therefore, you will find that in the campaigns where these tools have been used, the business earn conversions are improved.
In order for the CTA and such tools to work in harmony, you must ensure that you know how to properly incorporate CTA. The best advice that we can give you is to always remember that keep it simple. As well as, if you want to incorporate colors, orange is the best choice for a call to action. You should never use harsh and dominating colors.
It's essential that you keep in mind accessibility. Some people may be sensitive to fast-moving pictures or bright colors as it can give them seizures. This is why you should never add such files in your campaign as you will be left in the spam folder forever. No discount or reward will ever save you.
Not every platform is advanced enough to support memes and gifs. Therefore, you should keep that in mind at all times. For example, Outlook is the Gandalf of Gifs.
Again, it's essential that you must use sufficient content as well. There's no point of sending an email if you haven't put the main idea across.
Emoticons are used literally everywhere, even elders feel comfortable to use these. If you don't want to use them in the same campaign that you've used gifs and memes, you can create an email that has a majority of emoji. Nonetheless, you should never complicate things or go overboard.
The message should be conveyed properly and easy to understand at all times. As well as, too many emoji will be distracting and will move the attention somewhere else. There's no doubt that if you don't use it strategically, many customers will find it annoying and move you to the spam folder.
Sometimes you will misjudge the situation and make a mess of things, especially if you don't use the right ones. Therefore, if you make a mistake you should play it cool. Thus, we advise you to not find any excuses as you can dig yourself another hole. You don't want to go viral for the wrong reasons so you must consider using a friend that is knowledgeable in gifs, memes, and emoji. Now that you know everything that you should know, may the force be with you.
An effective marketing campaign will boost sales, attract customers for CTA, and sign up for services. This is why it's essential that you avoid making common mistakes that will cost you time and money.
Email ROI is a representation of the overall success of your email campaigns. It has been noted that it has an impressive ROI of 4000%. Therefore, for every $1 spent, you will earn $40. That is an incredible amount of potential.


The funny thing about history is that it can only be viewed in retrospect. While the redundancy of that statement is rather blatant, what I mean by it is veiled a bit. Certain milestones in our culture seem inevitable, but there will always be a level of uncertainty to their happening until the day finally arrives. Integration was inevitable in the 1940's, but it took the risk and guile of Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson to make it happen. Larry Doby and others followed soon thereafter. In a much less socially turbulent manner, Masanori Murakami became the first Japanese player to make the Major Leagues in 1964, nearly a century after the inception of professional baseball. Robinson, Doby, and Murakami were not the primary trailblazers, though. Many men had tried and were held back by any number of disadvantages. They were the men to break through. Fifteen and a half years into the twenty-first century, the paradigm of baseball and American sports is much different, and two very young women are kicking up dirt on another cultural inevitability.


When you say 'I do' you expect it your marriage to last forever, so it stands to reason that when a marriage ends it will take some time to adjust to life without your ex. You may be the one who instigated the divorce, or you can find yourself having to cope with a divorce that you didn't want in the first place. Whatever your circumstances you can find yourself feeling a type of anger the intensity of which you haven't experienced before, and it can be difficult to know how to deal with it.
When a relationship breaks down both people will experience a broad range of feelings such as sadness, bitterness, anger, frustration, hurt and sometimes even relief. However, during this time it can be difficult to maintain control of your emotions, as you go through the process of separating yourself emotionally and physically from someone with whom you've spent a considerable proportion of your life.
One of the most important elements of the healing process is recognising and allowing yourself to feel the emotions you are experiencing. It is ok to feel grief, sadness, loss and hurt – these are natural human responses. It is easy, especially when there are children involved, to put on a brave face for them or to shove aside your own feelings because you are afraid of not being able to control them once you allow them to surface. Women in particular can be prone to ignoring their negative emotions because they don't feel as though they are either acceptable or legitimate.
Suppressed anger can lead to depression so it is important to explore the reasons why you feel angry and vent those feelings safely. Anger is a form of energy: it is healthy and normal, so allow yourself to express it. Some people punch a pillow, others go to the top of a hill and scream, whilst others hit the gym for a rigorous work out. Whatever you choose to do, it is vital that you find a means of expressing the way you feel.
Once you have expelled the immediate need to assert your anger, explore the reasons behind what is making you feel so angry. Some people find that writing about their anger can help them to come to terms with they way they feel. Others talk over their emotions with a trusted friend, whereas some prefer to seek the support and sympathetic ear of a therapist.
Exercise is not only great for health and longevity: it is also a fantastic way to expel ongoing feelings of anger, frustration or other excess energy. If you cannot exercise, learn breathing techniques that help you to relax and practice them daily. This will also help you to remain calm in difficult or fraught situations.
Dwelling on the past is bound to make you angry and, whilst you need to heal old wounds, living in the past or continually asking 'what if?' or wondering what things would be like if you hadn't divorced your ex are all thoughts that take you away from the reality of today. While it is natural to think like this occasionally, it means that you are not focusing on the here and now. Be grateful for the good things you have in your life, and try to focus on those rather than the negatives.
It may sound obvious, but while we can control our own actions we cannot control or change other people's behaviour. Trying to make your ex's behaviour more acceptable is futile and will only result in your feeling increasingly frustrated and angry.
If you can try to put yourself in your ex's shoes, you may come some way to being able to empathise with them and the motivations for their actions. Remember, they may be very angry too and will also be trying to come to terms with their own sense of loss.


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Do you know the name Michael Horn? He's the CEO of Volkswagen of America. You know what's going on with Volkswagen, right? Dieselgate? The fact that the software that controls the Diesel engine in some of their cars was specifically written to defeat emissions tests? Yeah, apparently that software could detect when an emission test was being run, and could put the engine into a mode where it emitted one fortieth of the noxious nitrogen oxides of it's normal operation.
You can hear him say this at 1:11:40 into this recording.
Now, never mind that nobody in their right mind believes this asinine statement. The effects may be profound.
It is now a matter of congressional record that software developers can be used as scapegoats. This particular accusation may not be believable; but the next one might be. Indeed; once executives improve their game a bit; they may be able to set up far more convincing evidence of programmer malfeasance.
The public has been made aware that programmers can be culprits. This will make it more likely that the next time something goes wrong – a plane crash, a fire, a flood – that the public will jump to the conclusion that some programmer caused it. Yes, this is a stretch; but it wasn't so long ago that the concept of programmer implication in disasters was non-existent.
But that's just my paranoia talking. Yeah, I worry that the public, and the politicians, are one day going to realize that they depend upon programmers far too much, and regulate them far too little. You've heard me preach about this before.
Never mind all of the above. There is a much deeper problem here.
Some programmers did, in fact, do this.
That they did it without authorization is neither likely, nor relevant. They did it.
It doesn't matter that their bosses told them to do it. They did it.
It doesn't matter that they were paid to do it. They did it.
I suppose you could make the argument that these programmers did not know what they were doing. That they were simply given some specs, and they implemented those specs, and didn't know that they were accomplices in a case of massive fraud.
I think that argument is even more asinine than Michael Horn's. They knew. And if they didn't know, they should have known. They had a responsibility to know.
If we had a real profession, those programmers would be brought before that profession, investigated, and if found guilty, drummed out of the profession in disgrace.


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From A to Z, Apple Controls Its Supply Chain, Giving It Huge Advantage Over Anyone Else
Operations provides a massive competitive advantage for Apple. This is the world of manufacturing, procurement and logistics in which the new chief executive officer, Tim Cook, excelled, earning him the trust of Steve Jobs. According to more than a dozen interviews with former employees, executives at suppliers, and management experts familiar with the company's operations, Apple has built a closed ecosystem where it exerts control over nearly every piece of the supply chain, from design to retail store. Because of its volume-and its occasional ruthlessness-Apple gets big discounts on parts, manufacturing capacity, and airfreight. "Operations expertise is as big an asset for Apple as product innovation or marketing," says Mike Fawkes, the former supply-chain chief at Hewlett-Packard and now a venture capitalist with VantagePoint Capital Partners. "They've taken operational excellence to a level never seen before."
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For over two decades, the Swiss artist Hans Schärer focused on painting the female figure, transforming conventional depictions of women into highly unexpected forms. Beginning in the early 1960s, he danced between creating a series of over 100 vibrant Madonnas — each with slim resemblance to the religious Mary — and one of over 150 highly eroticized, fantastical scenes that edge the female nude towards the realm of pornography. These two groups literally come face-to-face in Hans Schärer: Madonnas and Erotic Watercolors at the Swiss Institute, the first solo exhibition of Schärer's work in the United States and a condensed version of a show the Aargauer Kunsthaus hosted last May. Hailed in his country as one of the most profound artists of his generation, Schärer — who also painted landscapes and still lifes — is often characterized as an outsider artist or as part of the Art Brut movement due to his often-crude aesthetic, but he was actually very involved in the art scene of his day.
The airy, one-room gallery houses his striking work well, not only allowing one to step back and broadly observe Schärer's oeuvre but also placing the contrasting series in dialogue with one another. Madonnas line the walls of the lower floor and are hung to loom above viewers as if they were icons in churches; the erotic watercolors occupy the upper section, creating a wholly different mood of levity. The paintings themselves, which number over 80, are all bewitching even as they stand as variations on the same two motifs. Whether Schärer intended to establish an explicit relationship between the two bodies of work isn't clear, but his long and concurrent devotion to the themes was tantamount to an obsession with the image of the feminine.
"There's clearly some sort of question he was trying to solve with both of these, as he was making them back and forth from one another," curator Alison Coplan told Hyperallergic. "It's this thing concerning devotion; of sex and eros and faith, and it's interesting to see how he was working with these themes through his whole life. Although he made these works over 20 years, you don't see a development. It's more consistently unique; it's this chronology without development."
Schärer's Madonnas were inspired by a Byzantine mosaic that he saw in the Cathedral of Maria Assunta in Venice, though the resulting oil paintings far from resemble the motherly woman. Androgynous and unaccompanied by a baby Jesus, each frontal-facing figure stands as an abstract, alien-like creature with just a head atop an ovoid body. Some have eyes that stare ahead; others seem visionless. Many bare their teeth — pebbles or other shards of debris Schärer found in his backyard and embedded in the dense layers of paint — lending the figures aggressive expressions. Dark shapes like veils surround many, but these shrouds are the sole reminders of classic Christian iconography. Allusions to non-Western cultures pop up, from patterned African masks to abdomen cowrie shells like those on Kongo figures to bandaged bodies that recall Egypt's mummified dead. The sacred image Schärer painted dissolves into ambiguity, at times to the point of extreme abstraction: in one work from 1966, subtitled "Vernagelte Madonna," Schärer simply offers a grate within a red, wooden frame. Humorous — or at least bizarre enough to warrant the lift of a brow — his Madonnas are powerful for their decidedly cryptic appearance. Part of the intensity also stems from their texture: looking at the thickly and roughly applied paint, one has a sense of Schärer's force against his canvas, of him repeatedly trailing the brush as if he were scraping away a surface.
The mask-like heads of Schärer's Madonnas appear in the background of some of his erotic watercolors, but aside from such chance overlaps, the series are largely distinct. The thinned medium alone lends the paintings a luminosity that makes the startling subjects feel lighthearted. In these, naked and voluptuous women — seemingly iterations of the same model — smile widely and frolic in theatric or carnivalesque settings. Women embrace phallic structures and receive pleasure from creepy, grinning animals; bizarre contraptions; and, eventually, men, with the episodes increasing in explicitness over time. Rather than a slice of a continuous narrative, each painting is a vignette, one with as much mystery as the Madonnas' identities hold. The images seem like they should be demeaning, but the women are commanding, asserting charge in each situation. Schärer portrays them larger than the men, who often appear as clowns or balding, comical figures with phallic noses. Dream-like, blatantly absurd, and thoroughly exhilarating, his watercolors don't only celebrate sex but do so from the female perspective; they suggest that no woman's fantasies are off-limits.
If you stand along the gallery's edge to survey these watercolors together with the Madonnas, the disparity between the two in subject and style is evident, but color jumps out as the immediate overlap. Schärer painted with a vibrant, often joyous palette; even his works with darker tones seem to dazzle with hints of brilliant hues. The meaning of his Madonnas and nudes may be muddled, but from the physicality of his paint as well as the spirit of his painting emerges a palpable energy that only seduces the eye.
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Gang Of Youths Attack Animal Hospital With Fireworks On Bonfire Night
Published 8:55 PM, Sunday November 08 2020 GMT
Police are seeking information that could lead to the identification of a gang of thugs who pelted an animal hospital with fireworks on Bonfire Night.
The barrage was so terrifying that the animal carers felt it was necessary to barricade themselves inside the building as the gang of youths fired explosives at the centre.
When the police arrived, they also found themselves under attack from the gang whilst them attempted to stop the incident and protect both the animals and staff at the hospital.
The gang also lined up a load of bins outside the doors of the hospital, meaning that the employees couldn't have got out of there, even if they'd have wanted to.
The shocking incident took place at the RSPCA Harmsworth Animal Hospital in Finsbury Park, North London.
Credit: Triangle News
Camera footage taken by one staff member shows the whole street lit up by the fireworks, and could be heard to comment that 'it's like something out of a warzone'.
Obviously, animals are not the best around fireworks at any point, but some of those staying in the hospital had to be moved around the building because of the distress they were in, as well as because of the fear that they could end up getting hit by one of the explosives.
It's a pretty horrible tale from start to finish, really.
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A spokesperson from the RSPCA said: "Our dedicated workers at Harmsworth Animal Hospital are trying to continue to care and treat animals during the challenging times of lockdown and they should be able to do this without fear for themselves or the animals."
"Fireworks have been going off in this area during the week upsetting the dogs and animals in the hospital, and staff also reported sparks visible in the branches of the trees close to the hospital.
"We had one particularly horrible incident where fireworks were launched at a police car right outside the hospital.
"This anti-social and dangerous behaviour is obviously unacceptable but, as well as this, lockdown measures this year also mean that very few organised, public displays are likely to go ahead.
"We suspect this will mean people will have their own displays at home instead and we fear that this will result in lots of little displays taking place over a few weeks, spreading out fireworks noise and causing prolonged distress for animals."
"Fireworks are extremely stressful and frightening for lots of animals. But they can also cause very serious injury and even death to some."
The hospital is home to a load of sick cats and dogs. Attacking anyone or anything with fireworks can result in a fine of £5,000 or six months imprisonment.
Featured Image Credit: Triangle News
Topics: Police, UK News, crime, Animals
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