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Are Data and Analytics Ruining Baseball?
by Mark Dewey | Mar 23, 2020 | 4 comments
Have sabermetricians gone to far? Are front offices making players feel like a number? Is there more to baseball, and life, than math and science?
Linda Fredericks	on March 26, 2020 at 10:56 pm
Enjoyed the 1st 3 programs. Looking forward to more in the future. Thank you.
Mark Dewey	on March 27, 2020 at 2:11 am
zach.lee	on March 28, 2020 at 8:04 pm
Excellent first episode, Mark. Baseball is so much more than raw data, numbers, and analytics. I love the poetry of the game. And what do we have to say for the reality of intangibles that fill in the tapestry of the old ballgame? The problem with the today's game isn't just analytics. I think ownership, Rob Manfred, and the baseball union have also contributed to a suffering onfield product by due to tiny ballparks, expanding roster sizes, tv contract requirement, liberalizing rules and roster implications for injuries, contact home runs over contact hitting and the run game, etc. There's a lot of blame to go around, but I feel the game is in desperate need of reformation if it hopes to have any sort of future success because 4 hour games with 15 pitching changes and 20 mins of actual action ain't gonna cut it.
Mark Dewey	on March 29, 2020 at 4:05 pm
Zach. Thank you for writing, your words of encouragement, and your keen insight into the game as it is today. I hope you continue listening and providing input.


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HERB DICKIESON: P.E.I.'s gradual closure of Western Hospital fails all Islanders
Contributed | Posted: a day ago | Updated: Jan. 24, 2023, 4:47 p.m. | 5 Min Read
The Western Hospital in Alberton, P.E.I., has been subject to emergency department and collaborative care centre closures on and off over the years. - SaltWire Network File
Herb Dickieson, a retired West Prince physician and an Island New Democrats candidate in the next provincial election for District 25 - O'Leary-Inverness, submitted the following opinion article.
Much public discussion has taken place regarding the threatened permanent closure of the collaborative emergency centre (CEC) at Western Hospital with the straw man argument put forth of usage numbers being low so the medical service is not justified. Meanwhile, the more critical issue of maintaining a viable acute care hospital in West Prince is conveniently overlooked.
Western Hospital Collaborative Emergency Centre closed until at least January 2023
Health P.E.I. halts Western Hospital overnight emergency coverage amid staff shortages
The truth of the matter is that one essential component of an acute care hospital is 24/7 access to emergency medical service capability. For example, if an elderly in-patient at Western Hospital is being treated with an admitting diagnosis of pneumonia, they may incur a cardiac arrest because of age or pre-existing conditions. With this circumstance, a physician, or at least a paramedic, must be close by to perform timely life-saving medical intervention.
Aside from the direct negative impact to West Prince residents, the closure of Western Hospital would negatively affect all Islanders. Wait times at the emergency departments at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown and Prince County Hospital in Summerside would increase, and availability of the more expensive acute care beds at those hospitals would shrink.
The notion of severing the limbs to save the body does not work in this case since the rural limbs are necessary to nourish the provincial economic body. Rural P.E.I. generates wealth through farming, fishing, tourism and wind power, and its people require the health-care infrastructure to sustain communities and keep the provincial body whole.
Aside from the direct negative impact to West Prince residents, the closure of Western Hospital would negatively affect all Islanders.
Gradual closure
If the goal is to gradually close a rural hospital in a fashion that is not noticeably abrupt, the King government is well on its way through the piecemeal removal of essential acute care components that discourage the health-care team, and deflates public confidence in the hospital facility. Here's how it happens:
• Chronically understaff doctors to the region with eight physician equivalents to fulfill the work of 12.
• Eliminate the designated doctor complement of 12 to avoid accountability (This effort failed.).
• Understaff nursing and health-care workers forcing intermittent ER service interruptions.
• Offer "temporary" telemedicine rounds to replace hospitalists which are standard elsewhere.
• Fail to match the compensation enticements or job security at WH offered at PCH and QEH.
• Restrict decision-making to behind closed doors, shutting out public concerns and input.
• Offer a new medical clinic to the community as a consolation prize for closure of the hospital.
The King government approach to health care in West Prince, whether by design or neglect, is a recipe for closure of Western Hospital, and a clear and present danger to the long-term viability of acute care and emergency medical services in West Prince.
The repercussions of shutting down Western Hospital would not only place more pressure on our two main hospitals, but would hamper West Prince's ability to generate the aforementioned wealth to pay for all Islanders' necessary public services, health care and otherwise.
Dr. Herb Dickieson is a retired physician and former leader of the Island New Democratic Party for whom he is running in the next provincial election. - Contributed
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Q: ColumnChart move month to x axis considering provided JSON ORIGINAL POST:
I've created a fiddle to demonstrate how my data comes from JSON and renders in a ColumnChart.
https://jsfiddle.net/w4dokdt9/3/
My JSON comes over like this:
[{"lPlusScoreID":1,"jan":60.03,"feb":43.57,"mar":48.55},
 {"lPlusScoreID":2, "jan":89.42,"feb":85.71,"mar":90.46},
 {"lPlusScoreID":3,"jan":86.22,"feb":90.61,"mar":89.53}]

The column chart comes out like this:

My goal is month across the x-axis and product as column/bar.
How can I accomplish this?  I prefer a Google Visualization chart, method, or configuration option.
Coding to transform the data would be OK if that is the only way, but I new to developing.
Thank you so much, as always!
EDITED POST:
I finally used the below code.

*

*Created dataArray_input with hard coded months and then filled it
with data from original JSON.

*Transposed dataArray_input using transposeArray() function into
dataArray_trans.
function transposeArray(a) {
return Object.keys(a[0]).map(function (c) {
    return a.map(function (r) {
        return r[c];
    });
});  }

*Append dataArray_trans using appendArray() function to final dataArray_output which then is used by the Google API
function appendArray(a, b) {
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
    b.push(a[i]);
}    }

Below is the final code.
I would welcome some feedback to make sure I'm learning in the proper way and direction.  New to this stuff.
Thank you also to @WhiteHat for answering so quickly, also with a good solution.

// Load the Visualization API and the corechart package.
google.charts.load('current', {
  'packages': ['corechart', 'table', 'gauge', 'controls']
});

// Set a callback to run when the Google Visualization API is loaded.
google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(gChart0);

function gChart0() {
  drawChartXYZ();
};

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
//  Remove Duplicates in singleDimensionalArray
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function onlyUnique(value, index, self) {
    return self.indexOf(value) === index;
}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
//  Transpose Array
/*  Source1:  https://jsfiddle.net/w4dokdt9/6/
    Source2:  http://geniuscarrier.com/transpose-in-javascript/
    Call:     a = array to transpose
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function transposeArray(a) {
    return Object.keys(a[0]).map(function (c) {
        return a.map(function (r) {
            return r[c];
        });
    });
}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
//  Append Array
/*  Source1:  https://davidwalsh.name/combining-js-arrays
    Call:     a = source, b = destination   "a onto b"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function appendArray(a, b) {
    for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        b.push(a[i]);
    }
}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
//  Google Function
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function drawChartXYZ() {

    //var urlString = '../mps/forecastVols' + urlParameter1 + urlParameter1_Value;
    //var urlString_temp = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users';
    var urlString_temp = 'https://httpbin.org/get';     //source: https://resttesttest.com/

    $.ajax({
        type: 'GET',
        dataType: 'json',
        contentType: "application/json",
        //url: urlString,
        url: urlString_temp,
        success: function (result) {

            //Manually loaded "result" with JSON that normally comes from "urlString".
            result = [{"name":"Sensor","techName":"GS_SI","p1":305901.00,"p2":343653.00,"p3":414684.00,"p4":324323.00,"p5":366401.00,"p6":369596.00,"p7":273567.00,"p8":407767.00,"p9":396620.00,"p10":434000.00,"p11":392000.00,"p12":336000.00,"p13":420000.00,"p14":378000.00,"p15":434000.00,"p16":420000.00,"p17":420000.00,"p18":434000.00,"p19":336000.00,"p20":434000.00,"p21":406000.00,"p22":0.00,"p23":0.00,"p24":0.00,"p25":358884.00,"p26":335730.00,"p27":358884.00,"p28":347307.00,"p29":358884.00,"p30":347307.00,"p31":361409.00,"p32":361409.00,"p33":349751.00,"p34":361409.00,"p35":349751.00,"p36":361409.00,"p37":0.00,"p38":0.00,"p39":0.00,"p40":0.00,"p41":0.00,"p42":0.00,"p43":0.00,"p44":0.00,"p45":0.00,"p46":0.00,"p47":0.00,"p48":0.00,"id":2,"b1":null,"b2":null}];

            //Declare Array Variables
            var dataArray_ID = [];          //ID List
            var dataArray_input = [];       //Input
            var dataArary_trans = [];       //Transpose
            var dataArray_output = [];      //Output

            //Unique product ID's from JSON result
            $.each(result, function (j, obj) {
                dataArray_ID.push([
                    obj.id
                ]);
            });
            dataArray_ID.filter(onlyUnique);

            //Loop for each ID:  Input, Transpose, Output
            for (var j = 0; j < dataArray_ID.length; ++j) {

                dataArray_input = [];
                dataArray_input.push([
                    'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
                ]);

                //Input Array
                $.each(result, function (i, obj) {
                    if (obj.id == dataArray_ID[j]) {
                        dataArray_input.push([
                           //"Line ID",
                           obj.id,
                           obj.id, obj.id, obj.id, obj.id, obj.id, obj.id,
                           obj.id, obj.id, obj.id, obj.id, obj.id
                        ]);
                        dataArray_input.push([
                           //"Prod CY",
                           obj.p1, //JAN_CY
                           obj.p2, obj.p3, obj.p4, obj.p5, obj.p6, obj.p7,
                           obj.p8, obj.p9, obj.p10, obj.p11, obj.p12
                        ]);
                        dataArray_input.push([
                           //"BP CY",
                           obj.p25, //JAN_CY_BP
                           obj.p26, obj.p27, obj.p28, obj.p29, obj.p30, obj.p31,
                           obj.p32, obj.p33, obj.p34, obj.p35, obj.p36
                        ]);
                        dataArray_input.push([
                           //"Prod CY+1",
                           obj.p13, //JAN_CYPLUS1
                           obj.p14, obj.p15, obj.p16, obj.p17, obj.p18, obj.p19,
                           obj.p20, obj.p21, obj.p22, obj.p23, obj.p24
                        ]);
                        dataArray_input.push([
                           //"BP CY+1",
                           obj.p37, //JAN_CYPLUS1_BP
                           obj.p38, obj.p39, obj.p40, obj.p41, obj.p42, obj.p43,
                           obj.p44, obj.p45, obj.p46, obj.p47, obj.p48
                        ]);
                    } //END if
                }); //END $.each(result, function (i, obj) {
            }; //END for (var j = 0; j < dataArray_ID.length; ++j) {

            //Transpose Array
            dataArray_trans = transposeArray(dataArray_input);

            //Append Array to Output
            appendArray(dataArray_trans, dataArray_output);

            //Create DataTable
            var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();

            //Add Columns
            data.addColumn('string', 'Month');//0
            data.addColumn('number', 'Line ID');//1
            data.addColumn('number', 'Prod CY');//2
            data.addColumn('number', 'BP CY');//3
            data.addColumn('number', 'Prod CY+1');//4
            data.addColumn('number', 'BP CY+1');//5

            data.addRows(dataArray_output);

            //Create Data View
            var viewFilter = new google.visualization.DataView(data);
            viewFilter.setColumns([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
            viewFilter.setRows(viewFilter.getFilteredRows([{ column: 1, value: 2 }]));

            var viewTable = new google.visualization.DataView(viewFilter);
            viewTable.setColumns([0, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

            var viewChart1 = new google.visualization.DataView(viewFilter);
            viewChart1.setColumns([0, 2, 3]);

            //Options
            var optionsTable = {
            };

            var optionsChart1 = {
                title: 'Volume Development - CY',
                vAxis: {
                    title: 'Volume',
                    minValue: '0'
                },
                series: {
                    0: { type: 'bars' },    //Prod CY
                    1: { type: 'line' },    //BP CY
                }
            };

            //Instantiate and draw chart, passing in options.
            var table = new google.visualization.Table(document.getElementById('table_div'));
            table.draw(viewTable, optionsTable);

            var chart1 = new google.visualization.ComboChart(document.getElementById('div_chart1'));
            chart1.draw(viewChart1, optionsChart1);

        } //END  success: function (result) {
    }); //END  $.ajax({
} //END  function drawChart()

A: with google charts, it's all in how the data is fed to the chart
there are data manipulation methods for group() and join()
but not any to pivot from columns to rows, etc...
for the requested chart, the data will need to be structured as follows...
['month', 'Product1', 'Product2']
['jan', 60.03, 89.42]
['feb', 43.57, 85.71]

see following working snippet...
the data table is created with a single column for month
a new column is added for each "lPlusScoreID"
data table method getFilteredRows is used to see if the month has already been added as row
if so, the row is updated
otherwise, a new row is added

google.charts.load('current', {
  packages: ['corechart']
}).then(function () {
  var jsonData = [
    {"lPlusScoreID":1, "jan":60.03, "feb":43.57, "mar":48.55},
    {"lPlusScoreID":2, "jan":89.42, "feb":85.71, "mar":90.46},
    {"lPlusScoreID":3, "jan":86.22, "feb":90.61, "mar":89.53}
  ];

  var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
  data.addColumn('string', 'Month');

  // build data
  jsonData.forEach(function (row) {
    var colIndex;
    var rowIndex;

    // process each key in the row object
    Object.keys(row).forEach(function (key) {
      // add column for ID
      if (key === 'lPlusScoreID') {
        colIndex = data.addColumn('number', 'Product' + row.lPlusScoreID.toString());
        return;
      }

      // find / add row for month
      rowIndex = getRowIndex(key);
      if (rowIndex === null) {
        rowIndex = data.addRow();
        data.setValue(rowIndex, 0, key);
      }
      data.setValue(rowIndex, colIndex, row[key]);
    });
  });

  function getRowIndex(rowMonth) {
    var rowIndex = data.getFilteredRows([{
      column: 0,
      value: rowMonth
    }]);
    if (rowIndex.length > 0) {
      return rowIndex[0];
    }
    return null;
  }

  var chart = new google.visualization.ColumnChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));
  chart.draw(data);
});

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MONDAY REPORT: With First Win Under Belt, Ducks Prepare For Five Game Road Trip
Sunday's win over Minnesota was a result that was coming, now Ducks sights are set on upcoming Central Division road swing.
By EricTheHawk Oct 19, 2015, 12:00pm PDT
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Shawn Horcoff, Anton Khudobin, and Rickard Rakell celebrate the Ducks win over the Wild on Sunday at Honda Center.
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The first homestand for the Anaheim Ducks can be summed up in a word: frustrating.
After suffering a 2-1 shootout loss in the home opener against the Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim was shut out in successive games 4-0 by the Arizona Coyotes, and 3-0 by the Colorado Avalanche. Finally on Sunday the clouds parted with the relief of a first win, a 4-1 triumph over the Minnesota Wild.
What compounded the early irritation is that the Ducks didn't play poorly for the majority of those games. A look at the underlying even strength numbers from the week:
Game Shots Shots/vs SAT SAT/vs BlkSh BlkSh/vs SC SC/vs HiSC HiSC/vs
vs VAN 24 19 55 37 9 16 27 13 11 6
vs ARI 29 21 39 34 9 5 10 20 4 6
vs COL 29 19 71 33 9 33 22 17 10 4
vs MIN 20 31 42 63 16 9 17 37 10 21
TOTALS 102 90 207 167 43 63 76 87 35 37
The Ducks had the better shooting metrics in three of the four games, all losses. The Minnesota game is an outlier, but it's also the game where the Ducks had the lead for a significant majority of the game, which feeds in to the score effects.
An area that may be of concern is the percentage of scoring chances (and high danger area scoring chances) to shot attempts ratios. In the four games the Ducks SC/SAT was .37, and .17 for HiSC/SAT, while opponents generated .52 SC/SAT and .22 HiSC/SAT. It speaks to the lack of cohesion along the back end, which will continue to be tested with both Simon Despres and Clayton Stoner on injured reserve. Allowing a scoring chance for every other shot attempted will not cut it, and even with removing the Minnesota game and it's ballooning numbers the SC/SAT actually jumps to .55 though HiSC/SAT falls to .15.
As evidenced by the game against the Wild, goals will come if the Ducks get to the front of the net and clear out some of the shooting lanes. Anaheim had 30.4% of their shot attempts blocked this past week, but in the Wild game that percentage was only 21.4%. Obviously, getting shot attempts actually on net is vital to scoring goals, so look to see if the Ducks can improve on getting better than the 49.2% of shot attempts actually on net in the coming week, while also bringing down the 53.9% of opponent attempts that were on frame and limiting scoring chances.
It'll be three days before Anaheim laces the skates up against the Nashville Predators. After that it's a Saturday visit to St. Paul for the second of three games against Minnesota; the final game of the season series against the Wild will be an NBCSN game on January 20 at Honda Center.
The Predators are once again off to a strong start under Peter Laviolette, having won two of a three game road trip last week with wins in New Jersey and Ottawa, suffering their only loss thus far this season against the Islanders. They welcome Tampa Bay tomorrow night in what promises to be an entertaining tilt before facing the Ducks. 15 players have already gotten on the score sheet, with seven different goal scorers. James Neal and fourth year former Wisconsin Badger Craig Smith currently lead the team with three twine-ticklers apiece, while defenseman Roman Josi's three helpers and five points are best on the team. Pekka Rinne is off to a strong start as well, with a .944 save percentage. Check in on the Predators at On The Forecheck.
Minnesota is an eminently familiar commodity now having seen the Ducks knock them off last night. The folks at Hockey Wilderness are concerned about the amount of ice time defenseman Ryan Suter, wanting to keep the numbers lower than previous seasons and allow more of a role for the other younger defensemen. Their game story from the Ducks 4-1 win points out Anaheim feasting on the Vanek-Coyle-Fontaine line for all three of their non-empty net goals, while the top line of Zucker-Koivu-Niederreiter continues to be an absolute monster possession-wise for the club. It speaks well that the Ducks were able to survive and come away with the win it what the HW folks are calling the most complete effort from Minnesota thus far this year, but also highlights the continued need for improvement when the two teams square off this weekend.
5-on-5 stats via War-On-Ice
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The Volunteer team at Grantham Museum is gearing up for next weeks' Gravity Fields festival in the town, which runs from Wednesday 21st To Sunday 25th September. In the next few days we are installing new exhibits with a scientific theme, to appeal to people of all ages.
The centrepiece is a giant whiteboard where visitors will be invited to write their personal message to Isaac Newton, who went to school in the town. The Museum will be tweeting favourite messages throughout the festival.
Other exhibits include science bygones, children's science experiments, and a new Newton statue, and 'Newton's Diary' on the day he discovered Gravity, written by St Mary's School in Grantham.


Cycling during the calendar's chillier months can be a rewarding escape from seasonal obligations, but if you're not properly equipped, those peaceful, therapeutic base miles can just as easily turn into frosty-limbed torture. Pearl Izumi's recommended temperature range of 40 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit mean the P.R.O. Escape Thermal Men's Jersey is designed for any outing between Thanksgiving and Easter, ensuring that those form-building forays don't turn into sufferfests for the wrong reasons.
Though many of us vary in cold tolerance levels, we find that Pearl's recommended range of temperatures is more or less accurate. This wide range is the result of two types of paneling: Thermal + material, which makes up the jersey's body, and strategically arrayed ventilation panels. Thermal + is a wicking material with a soft, brushed inner face that creates a bit of insulating loft between your heat-generating body and the external chill. Though it does breathe, Thermal +'s insulating properties mean it's not as efficient as Pearl's summer-weight kit, so the additional ventilation panels help keep internal moisture to a minimum during early spring intervals and hill repeats.
The jersey's Escape fit isn't as painted-on as Pearl Izumi's summer-weight racing kit, but it's not to meant to be. The slightly more forgiving cut allows for base layers, but it's still anatomical enough to ride in the saddle without flapping in the wind. It also thrives as a mid-layer, and the rear hem's usual inward-facing silicone grip is matched with an outward-facing equivalent, so the jersey helps maintain coverage for itself and anything you wear over the top of it.
Pearl equips the jersey with some serious cargo space. It has four pockets in total, and the center rear pocket is protected by Softshell Lite to help protect vulnerable ride essentials from the elements. The jersey is finished with reflective detailing to help keep you visible on the kind of chilly, overcast afternoons where its insulation will come in handy.
Size Bought: Medium - Fits 39.5" Chest just right if you like a tailored fit.
Great fitting quality piece for the colder-season here in California. It does as great job at keeping me warmer in general, but lacks any kind of windproofing (air moves through it freely). So this means maximum breathability which is great, but minimum protection on cold descents or windy passes. I have to carry a stowable light jacket for those situations with this piece; I am using it as part of my layering options. Pockets are just the way you want them and looks good too.


This Tiger's research has not only benefited the field of communication, but American politics in general. He and his colleague, Patrick Warren, are studying the impact Russian troll accounts had on the 2016 presidential election and continue to have on politics. Their work has been highly successful, even being featured in congressional hearings pertaining to social media disinformation.
Years at Clemson: 11 as a full time faculty member, a lifetime as a Tiger. I'm a second-generation Clemson professor. My father was the agricultural meteorologist here at Clemson for most of his career. I moved away for many years, but Clemson has a way of pulling you back.
What I do at Clemson: In addition to my responsibilities as a faculty member, I have been the basic courses director in the department of communication. I have been in charge of all oral communication general education classes in the department. Ninety-five percent of all Clemson students in the past 11 years have taken my tests. After 11 fantastic years, I'm stepping down from this position in December to focus more on my research and teaching.
What I love about Clemson: I love having access to all that the Clemson Forest and Botanical Gardens have to offer. It's wonderful living in a town where I can enjoy lakes and waterfalls while still being a part of a dynamic, internationally diverse community.
My defining moment at Clemson: My wife, Claiborne, and I have two amazing daughters, Sylvia, 8 and Amelia, 6. My defining moment was after we had them and I realized this is where I am raising my family. There are many wonderful people doing amazing work here at Clemson and I love that my girls will have such great role models in their life as they get older.
Accomplishment I'm most proud of: My work with my colleague in the department of economics, Patrick Warren, understanding the activity of Russian disinformation campaigns on social media. We were able to use Clemson's Social Media Listening Center to download three million tweets from known Russian accounts attempting to further divide Americans along ideological lines. In July, we released these data publicly and have been thrilled with the response from both the media and fellow researchers. We hope to continue to work to better understand this ongoing societal threat.
Where I see myself in five years: Still teaching the best students in the world!
Last thing I watched on TV: The Durrells in Corfu, because I'm a BBC nerd.
Guilty pleasure: Podcasts. Lots of podcasts.
One thing most people don't know about me: Despite being in charge of the public speaking program for more than a decade, I've never taken a public speaking class.


The Ritz Group sponsors the Angel Club for accredited Angel Investors in the Buckhead Metropolitan business community. The By-Invitation-Only Angel Club meets on the last Wednesday of each month for lunch at the City Club of Buckhead 3343 Peachtree Road in Atlanta, Georgia, 30326.
The Angel Club luncheons are designed to expand private equity investment interest and confidence through Angels sharing their personal investment experience. Invited guest/s will share current issues and topics related to "Smart" Angel private equity Investing.
Ritz Group President and CEO, Larry White, stated that seed-round funding is, and continues to be, the Achilles heel of Georgia's private equity funding food chain. In the Valley and major cities, this GAP is fulfilled by Entrepreneurs and Investors exiting and taking lucrative lead seed rounds for new early stage companies. Yes, they are playing with "house money," but mitigate risks by forming familiar teams consisting of ex-founders and syndicate partner teams with proven track records. Of course, we do some of this in Georgia, but need to close the GAP with more early stage lead Angel round investing. The Angel Club is designed to foster Angel investing collaboration and confidence. We believe this will lead to more funding engagements in early seed round companies. Creating more confident Angels will lead to funding more companies.
Hot Topics: A group share to identify any of the NEW trends or "things" happening in our ecosystem.
Angel Education: Provide attending Angles with the insight into the latest trends in Angel Investing.
Investment BLOGS: Providing Angel Club Members with Investment topics to continue the investment discussion. Topics are often derrived from discussion topics generated at the Luncheon.
The goal of the Angel Club is to foster more Angel Investing through Angel-to-Angel information sharing and collaboration. It is a non-pitch forum designed to support and inform Angels on "best practices" strategies from existing Angels who are engaged in the process. We talk "deal flow." It is an informal, low key approach, to perfecting successful strategies, minimizing risks, sharing investment information and testing new concepts among peers. For more information on our Agenda and Angel Education scroll down to preview our agenda.
There are NO Angel Club dues or fees. Accredited Angels attending Angel Club luncheons pay for their lunch and gratuity via cash or credit card. Membership in the City Club is NOT required. Non-Members of the Ritz Group can attend one meeting as a guest. Each luncheon will be sponsored by one local Sponsor, in addition to the City Club and the Ritz Group.
For more information on the Angel Club - contact Jim @ritzgroup.org or Larry White at Larry@ritzgroup.org.


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Palm Springs is home to the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world, known as the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. A ride on the tram is a must during your vacation due to the easy access it provides to some of the most breathtaking natural wonders of Palm Springs. Find out more about the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway by reading on below!
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway takes visitors on a journey over Chino Canyon, exposing them to awe-inspiring views of one of the most iconic natural landmarks in Palm Springs. At the tram station at the top of the mountain, there are two restaurants, multiple observation decks, a natural history museum, a cocktail lounge, a gift shop, and over 50 miles of hiking trails.
We recommend purchasing tickets for the tram online at least 24 hours in advance (but not more than 6 weeks in advance) if you wish to secure an exact time. However, you can also purchase tickets at the station. Tickets are priced between $16.95 and $25.95 depending on age for just riding the tram, while Ride 'n' Dine tickets cost $23.50-$36.00. Summer passes and annual passes are also available. Parking costs $5.00 (unless you have a summer or annual pass, in which case it is free) and opens at 7:00am daily.
In the winter, the tram runs from 10:00am until 8:00pm on Monday through Friday and from 8:00am to 8:00pm on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Summer hours last from May 25th through September 1st, during which time you can ride the tram from 10:00am to 8:00pm on Monday through Thursday, from 8:00am to 9:00pm on Fridays through Saturday and holidays, and from 8:00am to 8:00pm on Sundays.
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Platinum's famous permanent waterproof ink. Platinum Carbon Ink is pigmented ink suitable for fountain pens - for documents, drawings (including line and wash) and general-purpose use. However, this ink does have the potential to damage pens if not used according to instructions. This ink can dry and clog fountain pen feeds if left too long as it contains ultra-fine carbon particles. It is only suitable for pens that are in daily use and if the pen is to be left more than a couple of days without use then we advise flushing the pen and converter.
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Carbon Ink uses pigmented ink in order to improve the water-resisting property, light stability and heat-resisting properties while normal Black/Blue Black ink is water-based with dyes.
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Blake Ellender Lively, the American actress, was born on 25th August 1987, at California, U.S. She is the daughter of Elaine, a talent scout, and Ernie Lively, an actor. She has four siblings, and every one of them and her both parents are, or have been, in the entertainment industry.
She started her acting career when she was 10 years old with the 1998 film Sandman. It was in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants of 2005 that she played a notable role, which was filmed between her junior and senior years in school. The movie earned her a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout. Her most acclaimed role was the supporting role as a younger version of the title character in The Private Lives of Papa Lee of 2009.
Lively is best known in television series is as Serena van der Woodsen in the CW drama series Gossip Girl, which telecasted from 2007 to 2012. Her other films include The Town, Green Lantern, Savages, The Age of Adaline, and The Shallows.
Blake Lively Religion
Lively was raised in a Southern Baptist household, but it seems like she is not that much into religion. Her life had the religious effects until she was in her teenage years, like she was not allowed to have a boyfriend until 17 years of age.
Yet, she admits that her family was not a regularly Church going one, and she is not a great believer of her religion.
Blake Lively Political Views
Lively is a well-known activist in several fields. She appeared in Gucci's "Chime for Change" campaign, which aims at raising funds and awareness of women's issues like that in education, health and justice fields. Also, she has raised her voice to increase public awareness of missing and exploited children.
She is an active supporter of the former president of United States, Barack Obama. She has expressed her support for Obama during the 2008 United States presidential election.
She was in a relationship with Penn Badgley, who was her co-star in the television series Gossip Girl. The couple broke up after three years of dating. Later in 2010, she met Ryan Reynolds during the filming of Green Lantern. They began dating in October 2011, and got married on September 2012 in South Carolina. The couple have three daughters, James, Inez, and Betty.
Blake Lively Hobbies
Lively likes to describe herself as a "foodie and cook". She is a great fan of Martha Stewart and Nigella Lawson. She has stated in several occasions that she would love to open an interior decorating company and a restaurant. She has prepared cakes and worked as pastry chef in famous shows and restaurants as she dreamt.
She launched a website named Preserve in 2014, which is also a digital magazine, which deals with hand-made one-of-a-kind items, all selected by Lively.
• Lively was given the name Blake after her grandmother's brother.
• She had to 'shed serious weight' for her role as Anabelle in the film Elvis and Anabelle, which she described as a difficult process since food is "the No. 1 love of my life."
• She was named as the most desirable woman of 2011 by AskMen.com.
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Q: When to use Data Transfer Objects and DataSets I'm trying to come up with a methodology for when to use Data Transfer Objects and when to use DataTables.
As an example of the problem I'm facing in our system...
We have 6 different business entity assemblies representing the same things but with different properties.  They have been created by several developers concerned with different problems over a period of several years.
For example different applications using the "Bicycle" class over the years were concerned with different properties of the bicycle.  So they called different data methods that only retrieved and populated the properties they were concerned with.
Data Service 1 Populates

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*Brand

*Color

Data Service 2 Populates

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*Gears

*Tire Size

and each uses a different business entity.  Clearly this is ridiculous, you can't be creating a new class for every possible combination of properties.
My gut feeling tells me that if this is a problem then we should probably be using an ORM.
But for the time being I want to say.

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*If you are populating or returning an entire row from a table then use the DTO / Business Entity that matches the database.

*If you are returning a random set of properties then use a datatable.
Could anybody offer some guidance?
Thanks

A: I would keep it simple and always return a DataSet -- in short, use DataSet as a generic DTO. It's flexible, it's type-safe, it's available. Unless you get into some very hairy nested object models, DTO's won't buy you anything for the effort.

A: This will vary based on the size of the system we are talking about. If these are really separate systems, then it stands to reason they work with different ways of viewing the same concept. This is called bounded context: http://dddcommunity.org/discussion/messageboardarchive/BoundedContext.html
If that were the case, the probably problem you would have is that you are communicating between different bounded contexts through the database, instead of explicit boundaries, usually at the API level.
Also note that managing or returning a subset of information, doesn't necessarily means using a separate class. You could have a shared class implement different interfaces, so the calling code is able to deal with a subset of the information.

A: There's nothing wrong with separating entities from the database. You can do this easily with Entity Framework. You can have multiple entities mapping to the same table or set of tables, each with different sets of properties.
Now, on the other hand, there's also no reason not to standardize on a common "Bicycle" definition. If data service 1 wants to update just the brand and color, it can have an UpdateBrandAndColor operation. It doesn't need to pass the entire entity, just its id, brand and color. Same with #gears and tire size.
But there should only be a single Bicycle entity type returned from the GetBicycle operation.


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IPAR again listed in BRW Fast 100
October 29, 2012 /in Awards, General News /by Rebecca Emett
We are delighted to announce that for the second year running IPAR has been listed in the Business Review Weekly (BRW) Fast 100 List. The BRW Fast 100 ranks Australia's fastest growing companies, based on their average growth rate over the previous three years.
In the 2012 list announcement, IPAR has come in at position 60, with the same average growth rate that saw us listed in the 2011 Fast 100. In order to qualify for the list this year, the minimum average growth rate was 39%, the highest it has ever been.
"This achievement is a direct result of the hard work and dedication shown by our staff," says IPAR Managing Director, David Sagar.
"I am immensely proud that we continue to deliver the very best outcomes for our customers, which sees them continue to use our services again and again."
Morwell Office Now Open IPAR Retains 'Perfect Score' in Worksafe Ratings


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How to Calculate Average Monthly Return
By: Carter McBride
When people invest money, they care about what return they will receive, either in the short or long term. Over the course of a year, most investments' returns will vary from month to month. For the investor to see how he did over a year, he might look at his average monthly return for the year. This gives him a sense of how his investment performed during this particular period.
Investors often calculate monthly returns on their portfolio's assets.
Determine the total return over the course of the year. For example, if you purchased a stick on January 1 for $150, and sold it on December 31 for $168, your total return for the year is $18. Your percentage return is 12 percent ( [$18/$150]*100).
To determine the average monthly return, divide the dollar return by the number of months in the period. In this case, divide $18 by 12 months to get $1.50 per month.
Follow the same approach to determine the average monthly percentage return: 12 percent divided by 12 months equals 1 percent per month.
How to Calculate the Average Rate of Return
How to Calculate a Geometric Average Return
By: Nucreisha Langdon
How to Calculate Annualized Return
By: Mark Kennan
How to Calculate YTD Annualization
How to Calculate a Monthly Rate of Return
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Robert Rosenbaum
Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum, PhD, has been a Zen practitioner for forty years and received lay entrustment from Sojun Mel Weitsman of Berkeley Zen Center. Bob is also authorized as a senior teacher of the Taoist practice of Dayan (Wild Goose) qigong in the lineage of Yang Meijun by Master Hui Liu and teaches at the Wen Wu School and the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. For thirty years he practiced Zen and qigong while raising a family, trekking the mountains of the High Sierras and the Great Himalaya Trail, and working as a neuropsychologist, psychotherapist, and specialist in behavioral medicine and chronic pain for Kaiser Permanente. Bob is the author of Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy. He has also been a Fulbright Professor at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in India and director of the doctoral training program at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Books, Courses & Podcasts
Walking the Way
What's Wrong with Mindfulness (And What Isn't)
Walking the Way affirms that, like yin and yang, the flowing spontaneity of Tao and the precise simplicity of Zen find perfect balance with one another. Robert Meikyo Rosenbaum brings the two traditions together in a unique presentation that elicits Zen insights from his fresh interpretation of verses from the Taoist classic, the Tao Te Ching. Personal anecdotes illustrate the dynamic potential of Rosenbaum's approach, skillfully revealing Zen within the Tao and the Tao of Zen. Not only does the author reveal the elegance of each tradition, he shows how their interrelatedness does, in fact, have import on our meditative practices and on our day-to-day lives. Parenting, meditating, dealing with setbacks and illnesses—Walking the Way shows us how to live well in the midst of many complex demands, finding harmony and equilibrium between honing in and letting go, balance between being ourselves and selflessly serving others.
Mindfulness is in fashion. Oprah loves it, Google teaches it to employees—it has become widespread as a cure-all for stress, health problems and psychological difficulties, interpersonal trouble, and existential anxiety. But when mindfulness is separated from the Buddhist tradition, is something lost?
The Zen teachers gathered here each offer a unique perspective on what "mindfulness" means, its strengths, and the potential pitfalls.
Gil Fronsdal and Max Erdstein thoughtfully explore the rich Pali roots of mindfulness.
Barry Magid and Marc Poirier examine the unintended side effects of exposing a spiritual tradition to the demands of capitalism.
Norman Fischer demonstrates how mindfulness informs his creative process.
Grace Schireson shows how mindfulness allows her to engage fully with the world as a feminist.
And more, including essays on mindfulness and environmentalism, science, and psychology.
Each chapter offers insights to ground mindfulness in a deeper understanding of both where it comes from, and where it might be headed.
Entangling Vines (Paperback)
Nonduality
Sharon Salzberg: Loving-Kindness: More than Just a Concentration Practice
The 17th Karmapa on How to Use Technology Wisely
Business and the Buddha
Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved
Buddhist Peacework
The Buddha's Apprentices
Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures
The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed
Blue Jean Buddha
The most contemporary of the the classic koan collections—representing centuries of practical refinement by Zen masters working with their students.
Entangling Vines is a translation of the Shumon Kattoshu, the only major koan text to have been compiled in Japan rather than China. Most of the central koans of the contemporary Rinzai koan curriculum are contained in this work. Indeed, Kajitani Sonin (1914–1995)—former chief abbot of Shokoku-ji and author of an annotated, modern-Japanese translation of the Kattoshu—commented that "herein are compiled the basic Dharma materials of the koan system."
A distinctive feature of Entangling Vines is that, unlike the Gateless Gate and Blue Cliff Record, it presents the koans "bare," with no introductions, commentaries, or verses. The straightforward structure of its presentation lends the koans added force and immediacy, emphasizing the Great Matter, the essential point to be interrogated, while providing ample material for the rigors of examining and refining Zen experience.
Containing 272 cases and extensive annotation, the collection is not only indispensable for serious koan training but also forms an excellent introduction to Buddhist philosophy.
The concept of nonduality lies at the very heart of Mahayana Buddhism. In the West, it's usually associated with various kinds of absolute idealism in the West, or mystical traditions in the East—and as a result, many modern philosophers are poorly informed on the topic. Increasingly, however, nonduality is finding its way into Western philosophical debates. In this "scholarly but leisurely and very readable" (Spectrum Review) analysis of the philosophies of nondualism of (Hindu) Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, and Taoism, renowned thinker David R. Loy extracts what he calls "a core doctrine" of nonduality. Loy clarifies this easily misunderstood topic with thorough, subtle, and understandable analysis.
In this episode of the Wisdom Podcast, host Daniel Aitken speaks with Sharon Salzberg, world-renowned meditation teacher and practitioner, and New York Times bestselling author. Sharon is also cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre Massachusetts, the first ever western meditation center established in the United States. In this episode, you'll hear Sharon discuss one of her all-time favorite topics: the practice of metta, or loving-kindness. Sharon talks about what initially drew her to the practice and its transformational effects over the course of her lifetime. In her down-to-earth style, Sharon explains the practical application of loving-kindness in daily life. As more than just a concentration practice, loving-kindness can function as an antidote to fear, anxiety, and emotional withdrawal. It can heighten a sense of connection with others, help us be more assertive, and even transform the most difficult of relationships. She compares it to what the Buddha taught as "gladdening the mind," or ways of cultivating a loving mental environment in which to navigate the more difficult aspects of life and practice. If you're interested in hearing more from Sharon, be sure to check out our first podcast with her, Sharon Salzberg: Faith and Doubt.
When it comes to business, everyone wants to do well. But can we do good at the same time? Lloyd Field (and, indeed the Dalai Lama, who provides the foreword here) says, unequivocally, Yes. Field's Business and the Buddha lays out the guidelines for putting ideas about individual and corporate social responsibility into practice without sacrificing the bottom line.
No longer can business—big or small—afford to focus solely on profit. Real assessment of a business's worth must take into account its consideration of our shared human values, and the realities of our shared planet. That doesn't mean a business can't or shouldn't compete; it means that investing in efforts to build a better society can be, on many levels, an asset.
Drawing in a substantial and sophisticated way on traditional Buddhist teachings, Lloyd Field shows how decision-makers and entrepreneurs can achieve new levels of happiness and security both inside and outside the company, and take a power-position as a force for positive global change.
Since its beginning, Buddhism has been intimately concerned with confronting and understanding death and dying. Indeed, the tradition emphasizes turning toward the realities of sickness, old age, and death—and using those very experiences to develop wisdom and liberating compassion. In recent decades, Buddhist chaplains and caregivers all over the world have been drawing on this tradition to contribute greatly to the development of modern palliative and hospice care in the secular world at large. Specifically Buddhist hospice programs have been further developing and applying traditional Buddhist practices of preparing for death, attending the dying, and comforting the bereaved.
Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved contains comprehensive overviews of the best of such initiatives, drawn from diverse Buddhist traditions, and written by practitioners who embody the best of contemporary Buddhist hospice care programs practiced all over the world today.
Contributors include Carl B. Becker, Moichiro Hayashi, Yozo Taniyama, Mari Sengoku, Phaisan Visalo, Beth Kanji Goldring, Caroline Prasada Brazier, Joan Jiko Halifax, and Julie Chijo Hanada.
Buddhism is famous for bringing inner peace, but what about social harmony, human rights, and environmental balance? We have a responsibility today to work directly with our own suffering and the suffering in our communities, the world, and the environment.
Buddhist Peacework collects—for the first time in one place—first-person descriptions of the ideas and work of eminent Buddhist leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Maha Ghosananda, A.T. Ariyaratne, Daisaku Ikeda, Shih Cheng-yen, Sulak Sivaraksa, and Robert Aitken. These 18 essays are divided into three sections that explore the newest Buddhist social developments, the principles that guide Buddhist peacework, and the importance of ongoing inner peacework in developing a sense of kinship with all people.
A table of contents for this book can be found here.
Sumi Loundon's Blue Jean Buddha was hailed by the New York Times Review of Books as "a bellwether anthology"—mapping the spiritual trails followed by a generation of American Buddhist youths. The Buddha's Apprentices examines that territory in fuller detail, telling twenty-six more stories of this powerful spiritual path, including the stories of many teenagers. The book shows us the common challenges that spiritually hungry young adults of today might face, with a focus on the identity issues around personality, profession, and lifestyle. Also included are several affirming essays from prominent older Buddhists, recalling their first encounters with Buddhism. The Buddha's Apprentices inspires, examining the tectonic shifts that young, spiritually-inclined people undergo as they leave home, search for partners, consider commitment and marriage, and build their lives. Furthermore, they tell of how Buddhism changes and enhances their abilities to face life's difficulties.
Sumi Loundon's rich and youthful commentary lets us appreciate each contributor's individual voice, and helps us to see how they contribute to the always-evolving chorus of modern Buddhism.
The Buddha's Apprentices can be considered a sequel to Sumi Loundon's Blue Jean Buddha, but goes beyond that work by giving extra attention to teens and young adults and including pieces from Thich Nhat Hanh, Lama Surya Das, and a truly diverse array of younger author/contributors.
As both Buddhism and psychotherapy have grown and diversified in Asia, as well as in the West, so too has the literature dealing with their interaction. Today, Japan and the United States are the two largest psychotherapeutic cultures in the world, and this volume brings together seminal contemporary thinkers in both disciplines on both sides of the Pacific. Both Buddhism and psychotherapy are cultural institutions that evolved over time as their native cultures evolved, as the configurations of the self evolved, and as new cultures assimilated them. And both have transformed the cultures in which they have evolved. Cross-cultural interaction occurs not only between the two disciplines of Buddhist and psychotherapeutic practice (involving various schools and approaches within each) but also across geographical and ethnic boundaries, within the practitioner him- or herself.
Contributors explore the creative possibilities emerging from the synergy of Buddhism and psychotherapy. Many conference participants came from a Pure Land Buddhist background (the largest stream of Buddhism in East Asia), specifically that of Jodo-shin (commonly known as Shin Buddhism), although Buddhist teachers and scholars of the Zen, Tibetan, and Vipassana traditions were also well represented. This volume in particular brings together world-class specialists from the United States and Japan, including Jack Engler, Anne Klein, Jeremy Safran, Naoki Nabeshima, Yasunobu Okada, Taitetsu Unno. They are versed in various forms of psychotherapy and counseling including clinical practice, therapist training, the care of the terminally ill, and in the practice of Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana and Pure Land Buddhism. This ground-breaking volume offers rich reflections at many levels.
After the death of her six-week-old son, Liam, Katie Willis Morton embarked on a courageous search for solace and understanding. The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed invites readers to share in her voyage as she travels the world and the landscapes of her own experience. Interweaving what she witnesses—simple rituals like children's baths and picnics, and birth and death rites—with her own recovery and growth, she discovers that the pain she has experienced is both unavoidable and necessary, a pivotal part of the process of healing that can lead to "a victorious kind of joy, of acceptance." In discovering herself, Morton speaks to readers suffering similar tragedies, and indeed to all of us, in an intimate and inspiring story about enduring world-shattering pain and coming out whole.
The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed helps us confront the universal truths of love and loss that we all will eventually and inevitably encounter. This book will be a comfort to anyone who has faced a tragic loss, but not only that, it takes us all on a rich journey, through joy, suffering, and ultimately to hope, in a way that is quietly beautiful and, above all, utterly life-affirming.
In an age when the Dalai Lama's image has been used to sell computers, rock stars have used tantra to enhance their image, and for many, Nirvana calls to mind a a favorite band, what does Buddhism mean to twenty-somethings?
Blue Jean Buddha offers real stories about young Buddhists in their own words that affirm and inform the young adult Buddhist experience. This one-of-a-kind book is about the experiences of young people in America-from their late teens to early thirties-who have embraced Buddhism. Thirty-three first-person narratives reflect on a broad range of life-stories, lessons, and livelihood issues, such as growing up in a Zen center, struggling with relationships, caring for the dying, and using marathon running as meditation. Throughout, up-and-coming author Sumi Loundon provides an illuminating context for the tremendous variety of experiences shared in the book.
Blue Jean Buddha was named a finalist in the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Awards (Multicultural Non-Fiction—Young Adult) as well in NAPRA's Nautilus Awards, in the Personal Journey/Memoir/Biography category.


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Pozo Alcón é um município da Espanha na província de Jaén, comunidade autónoma da Andaluzia, de área 139 km² com população de 5437 habitantes (2005) e densidade populacional de 39,72 hab/km².

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Pozo Alcón
Municípios por nome da Andaluzia
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Localidades de Xaém (província da Espanha)
Localidades da Andaluzia
Localidades da Espanha

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STUNNING EXECUTIVE type home that sits on nearly 1.5 acres in a highly sought after neighborhood ! This is as true a must-see as must-see can get. This executive style home features hardwood floors, tile floors, granite counter tops, tile backslpash, huge closets, fenced in yard, and so much more. We don't have room to list all of the amenities of this property.


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Paid Search and Advertising
While many SEO efforts focus on improving organic search results, companies can also use paid advertising to push their links in front of users. Paid ads can come in the form of text, banners, and even on social media platforms, so it's important to understand how each one works.
Do you have revenue goals you must reach that could use help? Have you considered using paid advertising to compliment your marketing efforts?
Do a search for terms that your users might look for. What paid ads appear? Are they your direct competitors?
If you're on social media, have you considered advertising? What are your competitors doing?
While many SEO efforts focus on improving organic search results,
companies can also use paid advertising to push their links in front of users--
all in the hopes of generating business.
Now, these marketers need to create ads
that are eye-catching, and relevant,
and compel users to click through to a page
where they can take action.
Paid ads can come in the form of text,
banners, and even on social media platforms,
so it's important to understand how each one works.
Google AdWords is the top pay-per-click system in use today.
Pay-per-click advertisers bid on key words
and can set budgets on how much they're willing to pay.
If you go with this option, you'll be bidding for your ads to appear on search result pages
when people search for the corresponding key word.
Your ad may also appear from Google AdSense,
the system that displays ads within websites relevant to the same key words.
Display advertising is another option.
Display ads--or banner ads as they've been known for years--
require the production of visual elements that appear on different websites.
They come in many different shapes and sizes,
and like text ads, they work best when targeted at the right audience.
The social media advertising has increased in prominence
as each platform has established itself.
Facebook, Twitter--even LinkedIn--offer different advertising opportunities.
What's especially nice about advertising on social networks
is that they already possess personal information about its users.
Facebook uses various demographic data
such as age, gender, marital status--
even who they're connected to--
to display targeted ads for each person.
LinkedIn is similar in that it pulls from personal data--in this case
a person's job, company, and experience--
when displaying those relevant ads.
And no matter what your ads look like or where they might appear,
they need to link to a page that's compelling.
If you get users to click through,
don't waste the opportunity by simply sending them to your homepage.
Creating a landing page should provide users with all the information they need
to get started, or to sign up, or even to make a purchase;
and they'll be effective as long as the content matches the ad that they saw.
Think back to the ideas we discussed about information sent.
If the destination doesn't match the link
or their expected results, user confusion may result in failed conversions
and users leaving the site.
Keep in mind that paid ads have their drawbacks.
In addition to costing advertisers money,
research has shown that users do not trust paid ads nearly as much
as personal recommendations.
Users are especially wary of being mislead
when money might be involved.
Nevertheless, certain companies have found a way to make it work,
and that explains why paid advertising is a billion-dollar industry.
So if you're trying to attract new business
be straightforward about your communications
and concentrate on providing great content
to influence them not mislead them.
Success may vary depending on the products you market, the ads you use,
even the search platform your ads appear on.
In the end, if you do try it out
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Кратер Мак-Олифф () — небольшой ударный кратер в северо-восточной части чаши огромного кратера Аполлон на обратной стороне Луны. Название присвоено в честь американского учителя, члена экипажа погибшего в катастрофе космического корабля «Челленджер», Шэрон Кристы МакАлиф (1948—1986) и утверждено Международным астрономическим союзом в 1988 г.

Описание кратера

Ближайшими соседями кратера Мак-Олифф являются кратер Смит на северо-западе; кратер Скоби на севере; кратер Ярвис на юго-востоке и кратер Резник на юго-западе. Селенографические координаты центра кратера , диаметр 19,1 км, глубина 1,7 км.

Кратер Мак-Олифф имеет циркулярную форму и умеренно разрушен. Вал несколько сглажен но сохранил четко очерченную кромку, внутренний склон гладкий.  Дно чаши ровное, испещрено множеством мелких кратеров, не имеет приметных структур.

До получения собственного наименования в 1988 г. кратер имел обозначение Борман Y (в системе обозначений так называемых сателлитных кратеров, расположенных в окрестностях кратера, имеющего собственное наименование).

Сателлитные кратеры
Отсутствуют.

См.также
 Список кратеров на Луне
 Лунный кратер
 Морфологический каталог кратеров Луны
 Планетная номенклатура
 Селенография
 Минералогия Луны
 Геология Луны
 Поздняя тяжёлая бомбардировка

Примечания

Ссылки
 Цифровой фотографический атлас Луны

Andersson, L.E., and E.A. Whitaker, NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.

Кратеры Луны


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WHILE working on a jigsaw puzzle with her husband, she was asked whether or not she had got all the puzzle pieces with blue on them together into one pile.
WHEN it was pointed out to her that there were about 20 more puzzle pieces with blue on them that she had not put into the pile, she thought hard about this.
Then she said: Some is like All, only Less– and Easier.
AND then, having faith that she had explained herself clearly, she walked away from the dining room table, trusting that she had done her bit for this project. Needing to put distance between herself and those 1000 dusty puzzle pieces. Wondering why she said that she'd help with this stupid puzzle to begin with.
I am picturing you with chocolate smeared all over your face and hands, insisting that you did not eat the chocolate. And I plan to keep that little justification handy. Some…. easier. Yes.
Zazzy, I thought it was a rather useful phrase. A bit of a koan, actually!
Look at you, referencing Tinkerbell phrases like it's no big deal. I knew you were awesome beforehand, but now you are a flower growing in the garden of awesome. Sprinkled with fairy dust, of course.
Stephanie, I'm a flower, huh? Wow, you really do know how to turn a phrase. I knew that someone would get my reference– should have figured that it'd be you!
It is magical when you walk up to a jigsaw puzzle, pick up a piece, and without trying, find the spot where it goes!
robin, I agree. Pity that rarely happens to me when confronted with a jigsaw puzzle. The hubster, on the other hand, finds where pieces go with annoying regularity. I end up surly; he ends up magical.
Well that is just maddening.
I do not like puzzles–I guess I'm just not spatial enough to do them. Or perhaps I'm just an impatient grumpster every time I have to sit and stare at a bunch of random pieces.
philosophermouse, I know what you mean. Too many pieces, too much dust… not my first choice for entertainment, but the hubster does like himself a puzzle or two each winter.
I enjoy helping my Grandma with a puzzle, or the lady on my Meals on Wheels route, because they're old and perhaps really do need my help. Not terribly fond of them myself, though.
J, you are a good person to help those older women. I bet that they love it. Time well spent.


As a Retirement Plan Client Service Manager on the Finerty Retirement Team, Jennifer Suda works mainly with group retirement plan business. In this role, she handles client requests and helps prepare plan reviews for clients. She also speaks with and assists plan participants, processes their distributions, and works closely with RPS Benefits, and other third-party administrators and record keepers, on the team's retirement plans.
Prior to joining Moneta, Jennifer spent four years as an administrative assistant at Master Benefit Group, a small Third Party Administrator. She also worked in Human Resources and retirement and 401(k) planning at Boatmen's Bancshares. In 2010, she joined the Finerty Pietroburgo Carpenter Team. She holds "Retirement Plan Fundamentals" certificate through the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA).
Outside of Moneta, Jennifer is a busy mom of three sons: Ryan, Dan, and Tommy. She especially enjoys spending time with her sons and in her spare time, she loves walking, shopping, and getting together with friends and family.


You can view all your invoices in your account Billing.
Click on Invoices, in the sub-menu, on the left side of your screen.
You will see each invoices with their ID number, date, amount and status.
Click on View invoice to open the PDF of your invoice and see all of its details.


DO NOT FEEL LONELY. The entire universe is inside of you.
In the years that followed the uterine cancer surgery, my body became a place of unrest. Going through "the change" 10-15 years earlier than my friends meant that I was in menopause at 40 while they were still blossoming in motherhood. I resented having a body that looked and felt older than my spirit.
As I began to lean into the call of Growing Grace Farm, I wanted my body to feel at peace just like my spirit. That is when I discovered yoga.
Yoga taught me the relationship between spirit, breath and body. Meditation and contemplation taught me center head and heart and yoga completed the mind-body-spirit connection.
As a part of my yoga reading, I came across the philosophy of bhakti yoga. Bhakti is one of the six systems of yoga and is considered to be the yoga of devotion. Bhakti is a Sanskrit word meaning deep faith, love, and devotion. As you practice asanas, or poses, the bhakti path connects you to God through love and devotion. Yoga then becomes a body prayer–another way of communicating with your Creator. Bhakti practice includes nine principles that parallel Christian prayer practices, including surrender, thanksgiving, purification, love, and praise.
Bhakti yoga, or yoga in general, is not a practice that replaces Christian prayer; rather, it is another form of prayer that integrates body-mind-spirit.
Interested in learning more about Bhakti yoga? Bhakti Flow Yoga by Rusty Wells has been my favorite resource, but I strongly recommend that you consider taking a yoga class. While practicing on my own is very centering, I have gained so much spiritually, emotionally and physically from practicing corporately with others. Hmmm, sounds a little like what we are told about prayer, doesn't it?


Chhiv Himal (6,650m), first ascent; Saribung (6,328m), second ascent, new route. Four members of the Japanese Alpine Club, Student Section, made the first ascent of Chhiv Himal (6,650m) on September 18, 2004. On the following day, all five members of the expedition reached the summit of Saribung (6,328m) via a new route; it was the second ascent of the peak.
The Kingdom of Mustang is a frontier region that well preserves an old form of Tibetan Buddhist culture. The Damodar mountain group is located in the eastern part of Mustang. At Ghami, our caravan shifted away from the main route, instead heading toward the east, following a tributary of the Kali Gandaki. After crossing three passes over 5,000m, the magnificent Damodar Himal appeared. It had been a nine-day trek from Jomson (including one rest day).
With Khumjungar Himal (6,759m) as the main peak, the group of mountains encircles the Namta Khola glacier in a horseshoe formation. One wing of the mountains heads in a northeast direction toward the border with Tibet. The newly opened Chhiv Himal (6,650m) is an independent (and previously unclimbed) peak located in the southeast area of Khumjungar Himal.
The expedition was comprised of team leader, Takeshi Wada (23), Chiba University Alpine Club. Deputy-Leader: Takeo Yoshinaga (23), Waseda University Alpine Club. Team Members: Kenichiro Kato (23), Rikkio University Alpine Club; Yuko Shibata (22), Gakushuin University Alpine Club; Mitsuhiro Kosei (19), Waseda University Alpine Club. The ascent was planned and executed with no assistance from climbing Sherpas.
On September 8, we set up the Base Camp (5,250m) at the end of the glacier that flows northeastward from the foot of Chhiv Himal. We made Camp 1 at 5,650m, on September 11. To reach C2 from C1 it is necessary to cross the glacier, which is about 1km wide at the crossing point. The whole glacier field was filled with seracs, some of which were 20m tall. As the sun rises, the bottom part of Pk 6,225m became dangerous because of the frequency of falling rock from the ridge. In addition, the snow plateau that leads to the west face of Saribung was potentially dangerous with hidden crevasses. Therefore, we made Camp 2 on the col (6,170m) between Chhiv Himal and Saribung, on September 15.
The northwest face of Chhiv Himal is shrouded with snow due to the strong wind, while its eastward side is rocky. Our route was on the ridge that came down northeastward from the peak. It continued for three roped pitches to a four-pitch 60° snow wall. On top of the wall the ridge became flat and continued to the summit. At this point (6,450m), we returned to C2. On September 17 all five team members started from C2. We continued along the gentle upper ridge, which became knife-edged and developed a cornice. At a 6,610m top, with almost all our snow pickets and fixed ropes used and the weather becoming worse, we returned to C2.
On September 18 four team members retrieved some of the fixed ropes for use on the final ridge to the summit. From 6,610m the party carefully followed the knife-edged ridge of snow, which was sometimes elusive in a whiteout. At 13:15 four team members reached the broad snow stance of the summit: the first ascent of Chhiv Himal. We had fixed approximately 850 meters of rope.
On September 19 all five team members left C2 to the summit of Saribung along the south [west] ridge. As the south face of Saribung is fortified by rock walls and several crevasses, we proceeded carefully, fixing seven pitches of rope. At 12:30 all five team members had made the second ascent of the peak, via a new route. The first ascent of Saribung was made by Americans Jim Frush and Peter Ackroyd in 2003.


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Mexico asks U.S. to investigate use of tear gas at border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's foreign ministry presented a diplomatic note to the U.S. government on Monday calling for "a full investigation" into what it described as non-lethal weapons directed toward Mexican territory on Sunday, a statement from the ministry said.
U.S. authorities shot tear gas canisters toward migrants in Mexico on Sunday near the border crossing separating the Mexican city of Tijuana from San Diego, California, after some of them attempted to cross into the United States.
Reporting by David Alire Garcia; Editing by Michael O'Boyle


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I bought this game 3 days ago. Its feckin solid.
looks like a game a 2 year old could do, you gonna buy it mikeybear?
Ive got IL2 vanilla here somewheres i'm sure (...unless I sold it) will have a dig.


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Part 2: How 114 Videos Tell One Story about Forced Evictions in Rio	We share findings of our curation project, bringing over 100 videos together to tell the story of forced evictions in Rio de Janiero. Priscila Néri	October 9, 2013
Can 114 Videos Tell One Story about Forced Evictions in Rio?	A video curation project brings together over 100 powerful videos to show how forced evictions unfolded across Rio de Janeiro. Priscila Néri	October 7, 2013
Two Years After Forced Eviction, Community Fights for Compensation in Rio de Janeiro	Yesterday marked two years since government bulldozers arrived at the Restinga community in Rio de Janeiro to demolish the homes and small shops belonging to 153 families.	Priscila Néri	December 18, 2012
VIDEO: Meet Elisângela, the Other Face of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Legacy	Elisângela wasn't home when they arrived. Her 17-year-old daughter called her cellphone, frantic, to break the news: "There are several men from the municipal government here at our door; they're saying they're going to demolish our house." Elisângela raced home to try to negotiate, to no avail. In a few hours, the home she and her family had spent years building was now a pile of rubble.	Priscila Néri	June 21, 2012
New Video the Government of Rio de Janeiro Doesn't Want You to See	Roughly 170,000 people are either at risk, or have already been subjected to, forced evictions throughout the 12 Brazilian cities gearing up to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. Priscila Néri	December 14, 2011
World Habitat Day Is About People: Their Struggles, Their Strategies	As I shared in an earlier post, Global Networks Unite on Forced Evictions, WITNESS, our partner the Habitat International Coalition and 6 other networks working on housing and land rights have organized World Habitat Days - six weeks (16 September - 31 October) to bring attention and activism to forced evictions, land grabbing and activists at risk.	Ryan Schlief	October 3, 2011
Brazil: Megaevents and Forced Evictions	For the past 20 years, the roughly 450 families that live in Vila Autódromo, a low-income community in western Rio de Janeiro, have been fighting off eviction.	Priscila Néri	November 23, 2010


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Lindsey Graham: Iran will look at America's broken promise to Ukraine
Senators Robert Menendez (R) and Lindsey Graham speak to reporters just after the Senate voted 99-0 in favor if the sanction package.
Sen. Lindsey Graham is warning that two current foreign policy concerns might just intersect as the United States negotiates with Iran over its nuclear program.
Appearing Wednesday on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," Graham reiterated his longstanding warning against the White House's negotiations to allow Iran to continue its nuclear program as long as it isn't used to make weapons. Graham and other Republicans don't believe the Iranians are acting in good faith.
And he told CNN that the Iranians have good reason to believe the United States won't do anything to stop them if they violate an agreement.
Pointing to the current peace talks between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists, Graham noted that the United States, Russia and other countries signed a memorandum in the 1990s that Ukraine would be protected if it agreed to give its nuclear arsenal to Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Now, America is offering only food and other non-lethal aid to the Ukrainians as they fight off the Russian-backed troops.
"What do you think the Iranians are thinking right now?" Graham asked. "Looking at the West, given the deal we have done with the Ukraine, don't you think the ayatollahs are thinking, no matter what I sign, if I break it, they're not going to anything about it?"
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World Oceans Day is observed annually on June 8 around the world.
The oceans cover about two-thirds of the surface of the Earth and are the very foundations of life. Oceans are the lungs of our planet, providing most of the oxygen we breathe.
80% of all pollution in the ocean comes from people on land.
8 million tonnes of plastic per year ends up in the ocean, wreaking havoc on wildlife, fisheries and tourism.
Plastic pollution costs the lives of 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals per year.
Fish eat plastic, and we eat the fish.
Plastic causes $8 billion in damage to marine ecosystems each year.
Use less plastic and recycle the plastic you must use.


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Ashleigh Gray, Oliver Tompsett, Evelyn Hoskins & Sue Kelvin complete cast for Musicals Unsung Concert
The producers of 'Rachel Tucker: Live at Zedel' and the hit concert series 'West End Switched Off' have announced a new concert - Musicals Unsung - which brings you songs that have not made it to the final cut from the golden age of Hollywood to the latest Broadway shows
The concert is on 1st November at 9:15pm at The Crazy Coqs, and the full line-up of West End talent includes Oliver Tompsett (We Will Rock You, Rock of Ages, Wicked), Ashleigh Gray (Wicked, Cool Rider), Evelyn Hoskins (Carrie, The Sound of Music Live, Spring Awakening) and Sue Kelvin (Wicked, Barmitzvah Boy). Musical Direction is by Kris Rawlinson
The concert will feature songs that have been cut from films and shows including Frozen, Wicked, The Little Mermaid, The Last Five Years, Carrie, and Little Shop of Horrors
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Home Animals 816JRA – Purakkalum Vedanum (The Pigeons and the Hunter) with Jeeva Raghunath
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When we don't listen to elders we always get into trouble . That's what happened when a flock of pigeons were caught in a huge net. Did they escape? Did the Hunter sell them at the market? The story will tell you what happened to the pigeons.
வகுப்பு: மழலையர் பள்ளி:
ஆய்வுப் பொருள்: தைரியம்:
கதை தலைப்பு: யானை மற்றும் எறும்புகள்.
யானை பெரியது, வலிமையானது, சக்தி வாய்ந்தது என்றும் எறும்பு சிறியது, பலவீனமானது, சக்தியற்றது என்றும் நாம் அனைவரும் நினைக்கிறோம். வலிமையான மனதின் மூலம் ஒரு சக்திவாய்ந்த உடலை தூக்கி எறிய முடியும் என்பது உங்களுக்குத் தெரியுமா? இதைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள நீங்கள் இந்தக் கதையைக் கேட்க வேண்டும். யானைகளுக்கும் எறும்புகளுக்கும் இடையில் ஒரு சுவாரஸ்யமான சந்திப்பு.
முக்கிய சொற்கள்: யானை, எறும்பு, காடு, தாகம், நதி, பாதை, காதுகள் மற்றும் கடி.
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ABOUT JEEVA RAGHUNATH
Jeeva has been a professional storyteller since 1997 and is a pioneer of the storytelling revival in India. She has performed in 27 countries and has organised her own International Storytelling Festival 'Under the Aalamaram' for the past 6 years. Jeeva's storytelling style leaves her audience spell-bound. She believes that she herself is the best prop for her storytelling. Her repertoire of stories includes a wide range of Indian and Asian folktales, European tales, family stories, true-life incidents, cross-cultural and modern stories.
Jeeva has facilitated many workshops and shows around the globe and trained and captivated with her storyetelling more than 50,000 children and adults. She has conducted numerous workshops in use of storytelling in the classroom to develop language skills for teachers of Tamil in Singapore. ( NIE,Umaru Pulavar, Sinda , The Indian Ceritage Centre, The Zoo and various MOE primary schools).
Jeeva is also an author and translator. She has published 12 children's books and translated over 65 books from English to Tamil. She has been creative head of Image Venture (India) an animation company and Verite Productions (Singapore) in concept and script writing.
Awards so far:
Best children's programme on Vasantham TV, Singapore.
Best entrepreneur award for contribution to storytelling.
"Pride of Asia" awarded by Surin Rajabhat University, Surin, Thailand.
I) Dive Into Storytelling – Module 3 (Practical Instructions)
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Anansi is the spider-hero of west African folktales and we've taken it as the admin nom-de-plume (?!) for our storytellers' collective. Each individual story video, however, is identified by the name of its creator.
Website: https://storystream.com.sg
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Sometimes we wish for things beyond our means. In a way it's being greedy. Here a dog wants to become a superior being. Did he succeed? We need to listen to the story to know the a...
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This story, which had been recrafted from the Sejarah Malayu (Malay Annals), takes in a wide sweep of Asia. From India, to Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Indonesi...
818JRA – Yaanai Matrum Erumbugalum (The Elephants and the Ants) with Jeeva Raghunath
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We all think that Elephant is big, strong and powerful and that the Ant is small, weak and powerless. Do you know that through a mighty mind one can overthrow a powerful body. You ...


Tell us why you love or hate reality television. What is your favorite or most hated program? Would you ever or have you ever tried to be on a reality television show?
I love reality tv...I think that my favorite is Bret's show and Mario's show...loving both of them. Most hated..hmm not too sure. No I haven't ever tried to be a reality show and No I don't think that I would ever try. Oh and I like Wife Swap because those shows are just great to watch how others live.


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Statement from the Chairman
A statement from Sir Richard Sykes FRS, Chairman of the Royal Institution, regarding the charity's plans to remove its outstanding debt.
For over 200 years the Royal Institution has been at the forefront of public engagement with science and our mission is to encourage people to think more deeply about the wonders and applications of science. Through our educational and heritage programmes we inspire the next generation to become actively involved in scientific discovery and to think critically about the world.
There is much to celebrate at the Ri as our diverse programme of public engagement activities for all ages goes from strength to strength. Our membership remains at a historic high of around 5,000 members; our filmmaking expertise via the Ri Channel is now internationally recognised through a 2014 European Science TV and New Media Award; our activities and resources are more accessible than ever with the launch of new digital projects such as our ExpeRimental films which support parents to do science at home with their children and have been watched more than 400,000 times; we have expanded existing programmes for young people including our hands-on Masterclasses which encompass Computer Science alongside Mathematics and Engineering and stretch from Aberdeen to Jersey; and our Science Learning team can now take our much loved science shows out of London and in to schools and community audiences around the country.
The heritage programme of the Ri includes research on various aspects of its history, currently significant projects on Humphry Davy, John Tyndall and George Porter, obtaining grants to conserve items from the Collections and to purchase material within our accessioning policy, most recently a collection of 30 letters written by Michael Faraday.
At the May 2015 AGM Members were notified of these achievements, alongside plans to address the outstanding £2million debt. These are:
Reconfiguration of space within our building to allow for increased revenue funding from tenants and venue hire. Space currently occupied by the Ri Bar will be leased to a commercial tenant from early 2016 on a long-term basis, generating a significant source of income for the Ri. The Ri's café and in-house catering service for events will continue.
One-off sale of a small selection of books (85 lots) from the Ri's Library Collection, all of which are classified as non-core heritage items. For reference, this proposal was agreed by the Trustees at their meeting on 15 September 2014 after a lengthy period of careful consideration. The Trustees then followed the processes required by Arts Council England (ACE) and the Museum Association's Ethics Committee who commended the Ri for having followed established procedures and seeking their advice.
At the most recent Trustees meeting of 8 June 2015 it was agreed that the most appropriate course of action for this sale would be a one-off public auction through Christie's. The decision to sell the books via a public auction was adopted to ensure market value and transparency in the process, in line with the Museum Association's code of practice. The auction is scheduled to take place on 1 December.
The books were selected in line with our status as an ACE accredited organisation and the Ri's heritage policies which state that we will only acquire material for our Collections (either through gift or purchase) that is of direct relevance to the Ri or to those who have worked or lived in the building. The list of books that will be put up for auction will be made available in November 2015 in line with the publication of Christie's auction catalogue.
The Ri is committed to preserving and promoting our unique scientific legacy. We believe that taking these necessary steps will provide a strong foundation from which to safeguard our core heritage collection - the Faraday Museum and Archive Collection - and continue our vital work across all of our charitable programmes for the benefit of future generations.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to highlight the fact that, as an independent charity, our ongoing activities rely on finances raised through sponsorship, donations, grants, membership subscriptions and venue hire. If you would like to find out more about the different ways you can support the Ri's wide range of charitable activities, please contact development@ri.ac.uk.
You can find more information about the Ri's governance, including the 2015 AGM minutes, here.
To view our Annual Accounts, please visit the Royal Institution section of the Charity Commission's website here. Please note we operate according to a 1 October to 30 September financial year.


LIVERPOOL want to sign failed Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic on a knock-down fee.
Jovetic, 25, is set to leave Manchester City this summer after a second season in which he has failed to hold down a regular place at the Etihad.
The Montenegrin has scored just eight league goals since his £22million move from Fiorentina two summers ago and boss Manuel Pellegrini is ready to let him go.
According to the Mirror, Liverpool are keen on the forward but will part with no more than £12m.
That figure is a reduction for a player who was touted as the next Premier League star when he arrived in Manchester two years ago, but reflects his disappointing stint in England so far.
Jovetic bagged six goals in his debut season and boasts just five for this campaign, having started just 14 games.
Pellegrini is reportedly seeking additional firepower this summer and, along with Edin Dzeko, wants to sell Jovetic to raise cash before entering the transfer market.
Liverpool, meanwhile, consider Jovetic a cheap replacement for flop striker Mario Balotelli, who himself is set to leave the club on a cut-price fee this summer.