Week 3 in the NFL seems to have gotten us on track with our picks as we all where into double digits with correct picks. Dan the Man won the week going 13-3. Mr. Fantasy and I where a game behind at 12-4 while Schaumburg Stu finished at 10-6. Mr. fantasy has retaken the overall lead at 29-19. Dan the Man has moved into 2nd place with a record of 28-20. Schaumburg Stu is in 3rd with a record of 27-21 while I am still in last place with my record of 25-23. Let's see if we can continue our wining ways going into Week 4.
In NASCAR The Chase is two weeks old and the two drivers moving into the 2nd round by winning races are both from Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). Two weeks ago at Chicagoland Denny Hamlin (#11) picked up the win to advance and last week at New Hampshire it was Matt Kenseth (#20) who found his way into victory lane and punched his ticket to the Contender Round. There's 1 more automatic bid at stake as the drivers go to Dover International Speedway. Now after Dover the 4 lowest drivers will be eliminated from The Chase and there are some interesting names that are in trouble. There is a chance tat at the end of the race this weekend we'll see Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Dan the Man's favorite driver Clint Bowyer all gone from The Chase, It looked like Harvick was going to win his way into the 2nd round, but ran out of gas while leading the race allowing Kenseth to go by him for the win. Don't forget that Harvick had an incident with Jimmie Johnson at Chicagoland. Harvick ended up blowing a tire after his and Johnson cars touched and ended up finishing 42nd. Harvick hung on to finish 21st last week in New Hampshire and finds himself in almost a must win situation t advance. Bowyer is also looking at a must win to move on situation heading into Dover, but not because of anything that happened on the racetrack. Bowyer's car failed inspection at Chicagoland and NASCAR penalized him 25 points and suspended his crew chief. Bowyer and his team are appealing the penalties, but the points are listed in The Chase standings. Busch's Chase got off to a good start with a 9th place finish in Chicagoland, but had an accident last week in New Hampshire and finished 37th. Busch isn't in as dire of a situation as Harvick and Bowyer find themselves in, but he'll need a good finish to move into the 2nd round. Earnhardt Jr. would move on to round 2 with the standings the way they are right now, but he's only a few points ahead of that 13th spot and if he has a bad finish he could fins himself out of The Chase. Earnhardt had a good 12th place finish in Chicagoland and last week finished 25th. It would be difficult to see drivers like Earnhardt Jr, Harvick, Busch and Bowyer gone from The Chase, but that's what makes this format exciting.
If you're a baseball fan you'e probably heard the term good pitching beats good hitting. This statement is really suppose to apply in the playoffs. With the National League playoffs pretty much set which team has that good pitching to move along. Now the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates will have to use one of their top pitchers just to move into the Division Series when the face each other in the Wild Card game. Most teams will go to a 4 man rotation; so let's look and see who might be in the best position rotation wise.
The Pirates would probably go with Gerrit Cole in the Wild Card game and if they win they'd go to Francisco Liriano followed by A.J. Burnett. That gives the Pirates a solid 1, 2, 3 and then they would have their choice of Charlie Morton or left-handers J.A. Happ or Jeff Locke. That's not a bad playoff rotation.
I think everyone in the Chicago area would let out a collective groan if Jake Arrieta doesn't start the Wild Card game. If the Cubs where to move on they'd have Jon Lester ready for Game 1 of the NLDS. After that it gets dicey for the Cubs. Kyle Hendricks is coming off a good outing on Monday against the Kansas City Royals. That performance may have given Hendricks a leg up over veterans Jason Hammel and Dan Haren, but which ever way the Cubs choose t go it could get interesting.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best 1, 2 starting pitching combination in baseball with Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke after that who knows. Veteran Brett Anderson has put up solid numbers this season; so you'd think he might be #3 in the rotation. Then is it Mike Bolsinger, Alex Wood or Carlos Frias making that next start.
With the season ending injury to Carlos Martinez it seems as though the St. Louis Cardinals just have to decide what order they're going t throw their pitchers in. Cardinals opponents should see Michael Wacha, John Lackey, Lance Lynn and Jamie Garcia in some order. The decision for the Cardinals is what to do with the returning Adam Wainwright. Wainwright is going to work out of the bullpen for the remainder of the regular season and maybe he won't be stretched out enough to start a game, but is he is do the Cardinals plug him into the rotation or stick with the pitchers who got them here.
While the Cardinals look to have a very good situation as far as starting pitching goes the New York Mets may have even a better one. The Mets have Matt Harvey, Jacob deGroom and Noah Syndergaard set and ready to go. The Mets have some very good choices for that 4th spot. They could go with a solid veteran like Bartolo Colon or someone like Jon Niese, but there's also young left-hander Steven Matz. While the sample size on Matz is small just 6 starts; he is 4-0 with an ERA of 2.27. Where will the Mets go?
Is there a pitcher out there who can go on a run like Madison Bumgarner did in the post season last year for the San Francisco Giants on their way to a World Series win. Either way it's the post season and it should be exciting.
Are you watching the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup? They started with 16 drivers in the Challenger round. After 3 races they cut 4 drivers and entered the Contender round. 3 more races and 4 more drivers eliminated to get to the Eliminator round which comes to an end this Sunday in at Phoenix International Raceway. Then 4 drivers will advance to the final race and the Championship round of the Chase on November 16th at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin are tied at the top of the Chase standings going into Phoenix while Ryan Newman sits in 3rd. Right now Jeff Gordon has the 4th spot in the Chase, but he holds just a 1 point lead over Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards a 5 point lead over Brad Keslowski and a 6 point lead over Kevin Harvick. None of these 8 drivers have gotten a win in the Eliminator round that would automatically advance them to the Championship. This new Chase set up seems to have made winning more important, but it also seems to have brought out a lot of anger in these drivers. Keslowski seems to be the guy that has taken that bad boy role as he's had issues with Kenseth earlier in the Chase and then just last week after the race Keslowski and his crew had a large brawl with Gordon and his crew. Late in the race after a caution Gordon was starting on the front row with teammate Jimmy Johnson to his inside while Keslowski was lined up right behind Johnson. In the 1st turn after the restart Gordon's car went up the track a little and Keslowski was able to move into that opening. As Gordon went back down to block Keslowski and get his car back in line, Keslowski had his car to far in the opening and the touched. The incident caused Gordon to have a tire go down and end up finishing 29th and dropping 3 spots in the Chase standings. This is what got the altercation started on pit road after the race. While the drivers avoided penalties from NASCAR their crew chiefs and crew members weren't. Here's the penalties from NASCAR. Three Hendrick crew members for six races for being "involved in a post-race physical altercation" and fined them each $25,000. A fourth Hendrick crew member was fined $10,000 and suspended for three races for the same offense. Gordon's crew chief Alan Gustafson and Kasey Kahne crew chief Kenny Francis were each fined $50,000 and placed on probation for six races because "the crew chief assumes responsibility for the actions of his team members." according to NASCAR. Also suspended for six races and fined $25,000 were: Jeremy Fuller, the Kahne crew member who came from behind the scrum and threw several punches toward Keselowski, as well as Gordon crew members Dwayne Doucette and Jason Ingle; Dean Mozingo, another Gordon crew member, was fined $10,000 and suspended three races. Hendrick Motorsports said it would not appeal, and the punished team members would not face further sanctions from the organization. There's still a couple of races left in the NASCAR season; so maybe you should start watching.
In our picks for Week 9 in the NFL I was able to come out on top with a 10-3 record. Mr. Fantasy finished 2nd with a record of 8-5 while Dan the Man and Schaumburg Stu both ended the week at 7-6. For the season I am hanging onto the lead with a record of 86-46-1. Schaumburg Stu is 4 games behind with a record of 82-50-1. Mr. Fantasy is in 3rd with a record of 81-51-1 while Dan the Man is a game behind him with an overall record of 80-52-1. You can hear our picks on the Sunday morning podcast of Sports Time Radio from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. .
We're in the 3rd week of our players challenge with Mr. Fantasy and Greg. The first two weeks where pretty even; so let's see how the 3rd week went. At quarterback Mr. Fantasy went with Seattle Seahawk Russell Wilson while Greg went with Denver Bronco Peyton Manning. Wilson was 22nd among quarterbacks with 8.18 points while Manning was 7th with 18.06 points. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was the high point scorer for Week 9 with 39.90 points. At running back both guys went with Arian Foster of the Houston Texans. Foster finished with 23.15 points and 8th place among running backs. Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks was the highest scoring running back for Week 9 with 35.30 points. At wide receiver Mr. Fantasy took Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles while Greg selected Emmanuel Sanders of the Denver Broncos. Maclin finished as the #1 scoring wide receiver of Week 9 with 32.55. Sanders scored 24.36 points and was in 7th place among wide receiver's. At tight end Mr. Fantasy went with Rob Gronkowski (again) of the New England Patriots while Greg choose Antonio Gates of the San Diego Chargers. Gronkowski was the #1 scoring tight end for Week 9 with 23.50 points. Gates scored 5.05 points and finished in 20th place among tight ends for Week 9. At kicker Mr. Fantasy picked Chandler Catanzaro of the Arizona Cardinals while Greg went with Phil Dawson of the San Francisco 49ers. Both kickers scored 4 points and finished tied for 11th place for Week 9 among kickers. For their Week 9 sleeper picks Mr. Fantasy went with running back Charles Sims of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while Greg selected Oakland raiders wide receiver Brice Butler. Sims scored 0 points in Week 9 and for the season as well while Butler scored 9.50 points for the Raiders in Week 9. This match up may be to close to call. Who do you think got the players challenge win this week?
Major League Baseball handed out it's Gold Gloves for the 2014 baseball season. Here are the winners. Catcher: AL, Salvador Perez, Royals; NL, Yadier Molina, Cardinals. First base: AL, Eric Hosmer, Royals; NL, Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers. Second base: AL, Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox; NL, DJ LeMahieu, Rockies. Third base: AL, Kyle Seager, Mariners; NL, Nolan Arenado, Rockies. Shortstop: AL, J.J. Hardy, Orioles; NL, Andrelton Simmons, Braves. Left field: AL, Alex Gordon, Royals; NL, Christian Yelich, Marlins. Center field: AL, Adam Jones, Orioles; NL, Juan Lagares, Mets. Right field: AL, Nick Markakis, Orioles; NL, Jason Heyward, Braves. Pitcher: AL, Dallas Keuchel, Astros; NL, Zack Greinke, Dodgers. 3 Royals, 3 Orioles, 2 Dodgers and 2 Rockies claimed awards. Did they get it right? How did your favorite team do?


I am trying to print a part in ABS, but the shrinking is driving me crazy. Neither heated bed nor glue will prevent it.
But I have noticed that it always happens in the same corner of the building plate, the back left corner (the closest to the extruder origin position).
I have tried to turn the part around and it always start from the same corner.
The heated bed is set to 80°C and I'm printing at 250°C 20mm/s 0.1mm layers. I have tried other settings, without improving results.
Is there a way to avoid, or at least limit the shrink? Without a heated chamber that I don't have?
Do you have any idea what could be the cause behind the shrinking always starting from the same corner of the building plate, no matter the orientation of the part?
I have to add that the first 5 to 10 layers are perfectly fine, but it start lifting after that.
And from then, the effect only increases, until touching the carter around the fan.
You could try printing without the active cooling enabled, or at least turned down by a lot. This works fine for me on a ultimaker original with heated bed at 100C.
Thanks for the tip, I will try that and I will let you know if it worked.
Most people print ABS with the bed at 110C. The glass temperature is around 105C so if you go over that then the material is still relatively solid but you can bend it - it is soft. Soft enough that it won't lift off the bed.
Make sure the bed is below 90C before removing your part!!
Similarly the glass temp for PLA is around 50C to 60C depending on additives.
It's fun to take a thin sheet of PLA or ABS - the dimensions of a thin coin. And place it on the bed and set the bed to just below or above the glass temp and you can let it heat up for 5 minutes and then try to quickly pick it up and bend it or use pliers.
I made 20 of these "coins" and I should leave them on the bed and then I can let it cool 1C at a time and try to find the glass transition.
Why is rear left corner the worst? I think it has something to do with the 3rd fan - the rear fan. And the nozzle placement. The nozzle isn't centered in the print head.
Also maybe something to do with being far from the center of the print bed where things are warmer.
Apart from what has been written so far in this post, I see that the print has warped while the brim still stays flat on the bed. Thus, it looks as if the connection between brim and print is not good enough. I also think I see the lines of the brim having some space in between them at the right back corner.
If this is the case (it is hard to see in the picture if the brim really still has a connection to the bed or has just fallen down again) then there might be additional issues like underextrusion during the brim / first layer, too large distance of the print head from the bed during first layer, an unevenness of the bed (not very likely with a glass bed, I have to admit).
Anyway it might be an idea to check the distance between nozzle and bed at different spots and especially to compare the distance in that corner to the others.
Yes the brim was still flat on the bed, and yes there was some space between the lines of the brim.
I won't go for under-extrusion as every other portion of the print was just fine and the speed very slow. But I will check the bed level to see if it might come from there as well.
Readjusting bed level, heating bed at 110°C and turning completely off the fans, these should help me print that out.
I haven't received my UM2 yet, and this is precisely the sort of concern I have about it. As the printer is supplied with PLA, not many new users have tried ABS yet it seems. I use an Afinia H series and only print ABS. The heated bed is set to 105 automatically, although I think it only reaches about 90-95. I always have the fan set to divert, so the part gets no fan cooling. I've printed literally 100's of parts like this, no problem. I don't think you can eliminate warping with ABS, certainly not without a heated chamber. But hopefully you can manage it to the point where it works well enough. The Afinia uses an intermediate platform between the heated plate and the part. They call it a 'perf' board (short for perforated I guess) and it looks like one of those blank PCB's you make projects on, but without the copper. The benefit of this is that the first layer of the raft actually squirts into the surface and bonds itself there. I run the printer in a metal cupboard to keep a good ambient temp (about 25 ish) and prevent drafts. After printing I remove the board and then with a sharp scraper, slice the part off. Then you peel off the raft. Works perfectly every time. The perf board provides just a bit of compliance (movement/flexibily) between the heated plate and the part. If there's no give in the system and the plate is very stiff, the stresses that build up in the part seem like they are strong enough break the bond between the part and glass. I'm thinking that I may have to modify my UM2 to replicate this proven method of printing ABS. I might even consider removing the side fans because I won't be using PLA, which would reduce head weight as well, but time will tell. If you make any progress with ABS, good or bad, please continue to share your results. I will when I get mine.
use raft and level the bed on the tight side of the tolerance.
this printer is supplied with Kapton tape which helps improve adhesion and reduce warping, would recommend it.
Okay... Now I probably have tried to be too accurate while leveling the building plate. The first layer just won't print, the nozzle is so close to the building plate that what I have can't really be called a layer. It's thiner than anything I thought was possible, and the feeder was crying a bit.
So I just have to wait for the build plate to cool (soooooo long to heat up and sooooo long to cool afterward) and restart the leveling process again.
But I will not try tweaking the gcode for the moment. I will wait to see if I can solve this "normally", as it's the first time I'm having this issue.
Why do you have to wait for the build plate to cool? If it is a failed print then you don't have to worry about damaging the print and you can just scrape it up with a putty knife while still hot. And if it's a "good" print you only have to let the build plate cool to 85C or so before carefully prying it up.
So now I prefer waiting a bit more. But it's not that long to cool, only a minute or so. The realy long phase is the heating of the bed.
There is still one hour to go, but I think that I can safely announce that it will do.
Only a bit of lifting off.
I am printing at 250°C, on a 115°C bed, fan speed 10% (fans off seems to decrease the quality too much), 0.1mm layers and 20mm/s.
That way I'm also avoiding stringing and I keep quality high.
So starting the print with the bed still warming up seems to do the trick.
I've been wondering if frosted glass would be an improvement for ABS. It's still a flat standard but the increased surface area might provide some extra bonding between the part and glass, which might help to prevent any lifting. I'll try this on my UM2 if and when I get it.


The hilarious hit movie 9 to 5, with its catchy theme song, can still feel relevant today. The story of secretaries who plot to overthrow their sexist boss shined with the combined talents of Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda.
Fast forward 45 years, and the movie's now a stage musical with an inventive score by Parton. The show has been drawing big crowds nationally, and when Flat Rock Playhouse asked 30,000 patrons to vote on shows for this season, it came up a big winner and snagged a run starting in late July.
The cast includes actors with Broadway credits in the lead roles and features local favorite Scott Treadway. Parton's character, Doralee, is played by the vivacious Laura Woyasz, who made her Broadway debut as Glinda in Wicked.


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Man City vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news
March 5, 2016 March 4, 2016 Stephen Donovan
Manchester City will be desperate to end their barren run in the Premier League as they face an Aston Villa side that appears to be merely counting down the days until their seemingly inevitable relegation is confirmed.
The euphoria of winning the Capital One Cup did not last long for Man City, as just three days later they were sent crashing to a convincing defeat by Liverpool, the same side they edged out at Wembley. It was a result that manager Manuel Pellegrini blamed on the fatigue accumulated by playing three games close together at high intensity, but it leaves them needing something special in terms of the race for the title, while only goal difference is keeping them in the Champions League places.
Even without a couple of key players, City are badly underperforming in the league and they just did not get their game going at all on Merseyside. Sergio Aguero had one of his quietest games of the season, David Silva seemed strangely lethargic, and Raheem Sterling had an evening to forget on his return to his former club as he was withdrawn at half-time. They are overwhelming favourites to win this one, so maybe this can prove the beginning of a storming run between now and the end of the season, something which City are well and truly capable of.
It only took five minutes for Aston Villa to fall behind at home to Everton on Tuesday, a cheap goal which paved the way for another miserable outing which typified the sorry situation that the club finds itself in. That the current team's ineptitude has led to them becoming something of a laughing stock is a great shame, but despite Remi Garde's best efforts and his insistence that he is still fighting to achieve Premier League survival, they are just woefully inferior compared to all the other members of the top-flight.
Despite the presence of some very experienced players – a couple of whom have won the league title – they are failing on the most basic aspects of football, such as industry, work rate and marking from set-pieces. After months of admirable support from the stands the fans are beginning to desert their team, and those who make the trip to the Etihad Stadium could be in for a very long afternoon. Garde managed to keep out Man City in his first game in charge, but this one has the potential to be even worse than the 4-0 FA Cup loss to the hosts back in January.
Yaya Toure should be back for Man City, but they are still without Kevin de Bruyne, Fabian Delph and Samir Nasri.
Aston Villa may give a start to Rudy Gestede, while Carlos Sanchez, Adama Traore, Jordan Amavi, Jack Grealish and Libor Kozak are all unavailable through injury.
Last Meeting: A dramatic late winner in April 2015 meant that a superb Aston Villa comeback was in vain. A shocking mistake by goalkeeper Brad Guzan allowed Sergio Aguero give City the lead early on, and Aleksandar Kolarov's free-kick made it two. Goals from midfielders Tom Cleverley and Carlos Sanchez pegged them back, only for Fernandinho to make the decisive contribution a minute from time.
Played for both – Darius Vassell: A highly-rated striker when he came through the club's youth system, Vassell made 162 top-flight appearances for Villa and scored 35 goals, becoming an England international in the process. He left for Man City in 2005, scoring 17 goals in 103 top-flight outings before a combination of injury and intense competition for places saw him leave in 2009.
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If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.
I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are.


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IN MISSOURI
On June 7, 1831, a "revelation" was given out (Sec. 52)
announcing that the next conference would be held in the promised
land in Missouri, and directing Smith and Rigdon to go thither,
and naming some thirty elders, including John Corrill, David
Whitmer, P. P. and Orson Pratt, Martin Harris, and Edward
Partridge, who should also make the trip, two by two, preaching
by the way. Booth says: "Only about two weeks were allowed them
to make preparations for the journey, and most of them left what
business they had to be closed by others. Some left large
families, with the crops upon the ground."*
* Howe's "Mormonism Unveiled."
Smith's party left Kirtland on June 19, and arrived at
Independence in the following month, journeying on foot after
reaching St. Louis, a distance of about three hundred miles.
Smith was delighted with the new country, with "its beautiful
rolling prairies, spread out like real meadows; the varied timber
of the bottoms; the plums and grapes and persimmons and the
flowers; the rich soil, the horses, cattle, and hogs, and the
wild game.... The season is mild and delightful nearly three
quarters of the year, and as the land of Zion is situated at
about equal distances from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as
well as from the Alleghany and Rocky Mountains, it bids fair to
become one of the most blessed places on the earth."* The town of
Independence then consisted of a brick courthouse, two or three
stores, and fifteen or twenty houses, mostly of logs.
* Smith's "Autobiography," Millennial Star, Vol. XIV.
The usual "revelation" came first (Sec. 57), announcing that
"this is the land of promise and the place for the City of Zion,"
with Independence as its centre, and the site of the Temple a lot
near the courthouse. It was also declared that the land should be
purchased by the Saints, "and also every tract lying westward,
even unto the line running directly between Jew and Gentile"
(whatever that might mean), "and also every tract bordering by
the prairies." Sidney Gilbert was ordered to "plant himself"
there, and establish a store, "that he might sell goods without
fraud," to obtain money for the purchase of land. Edward
Partridge was "to divide the Saints their inheritance," and W. W.
Phelps* and Cowdery were to be printers to the church.
* Phelps came from Canandaigua, New York, where, Howe says, he
was an avowed infidel. He had been prominent in politics and had
edited a party newspaper. Disappointed in his political ambition,
he threw in his lot with the new church.
Marvellous stories were at once circulated of the grandeur that
was to characterize the new city, of the wealth that would be
gathered there by the faithful who would survive the speedy
destruction of the wicked, and of the coming of the lost tribes
of Israel, who had been located near the north pole, where they
had become very rich. While not tracing these declarations to
Smith himself, Booth, who was one of the party, says that they
were told by persons in daily intercourse with him. It is doing
the prophet no injustice to say that they bear his imprint.
The laying of the foundation of the City of Zion was next in
order. Rigdon delivered an address in consecrating the ground, in
which he enjoined them to obey all of Smith's commands. A small
scrub oak tree was then cut down and trimmed, and twelve men,
representing the Apostles, conveyed it to a designated place.
Cowdery sought out the best stone he could find for a
corner-stone, removed a little earth, and placed the stone in the
excavation, delivering an address. One end of the oak tree was
laid on this stone, "and there," says Booth, "was laid down the
first stone and stick which are to form an essential part of the
splendid City of Zion."
The next day the site of the Temple was consecrated, Smith laying
the cornerstone. When the ceremonies were over, the spot was
merely marked by a sapling, from two sides of which the bark was
stripped, one side being marked with a "T" for Temple, and the
other with "ZOM," which Smith stated stood for "Zomas," the
original of Zion. At the foot of this sapling lay the
corner-stone--"a small stone, covered over with bushes."
Such ceremonies might have been viewed with indulgence if
conducted in some suburb of Kirtland. But when men had travelled
hundreds of miles at Smith's command, suffering personal
privations as well as submitting to pecuniary sacrifices, it was
a severe test of their faith to have two small trees and t wo
round stones in the wilderness offered to them as the only
tangible indications of a land of plenty. Rigdon expressed
dissatisfaction with the outcome, as we have seen; Booth left the
church as soon as he got back to Ohio; members of the party
called Cowdery and Smith imperious, and the prophet and Rigdon
incurred the charge of "excessive cowardice" on the way.
Smith made a second trip to Independence, leaving Ohio on April
2, 1832, and arriving there on his return the following June. His
stay in Missouri this time was marked by nothing more important
than his acknowledgment as President of the high priesthood by a
council of the church there, and a "revelation" which declared
that Zion's "borders must be enlarged, her Stakes must be
strengthened."
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Previous: The Directions To The Saints About Their Zion


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Coronavirus and food: new Business in Focus guidance
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting lockdown has changed our lives drastically in a short time. Everyone has had to change the way they live, work and conduct their business. The closure of all pubs and restaurants has hit a UK industry worth over £40 billion, and many fear long-term damage.
Many businesses are exploring, and others have already begun diversifying their business model to adapt to 'the new normal'. To aid this, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have launched a free expert guide on business diversification during the pandemic. It can be found in Business Companion's Business in Focus area.
Pubs and restaurants that have typically never offered takeaway options before are embracing it as a surefire means of generating income during the pandemic. The internet is now full of easy to use third-party platforms for businesses to set up their takeaway options. Changing the model may mean that businesses will have to engage with rules and regulations that they haven't before.
CTSI Chief Executive, Leon Livermore, said: "CTSI is committed to encouraging good practice and helping responsible businesses improve their services. The COVID-19 emergency is an unprecedented challenge for business, and many, especially in the food and drink sector, are looking to diversify during the lockdown.
"Business Companion is free, and an absolute must-have for UK business. Its new Business in Focus section on coronavirus and food provides a comprehensive and clear guide for the industry. Importantly, it covers parts of industry regulations that businesses may have never considered before and puts business on the fast-track to diversification."


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Q: What is DOMElement.shadowRoot? What is DOMElement.shadowRoot? What does it do? Why does it return null? What can it be used for?
document.body.shadowRoot

I tried searching but I can't understand what it does.

A: It's a container for the "internal DOM" (i.e. the shadow DOM) of native elements such as <input> or <button> (or custom elements made with the web components APIs).
When you inspect <input> you only see the <input> itself:

But you can turn on a flag in the Chrome Dev Tools to enable the visibility of the shadow DOM:

You can now see how the <input> is "implemented" by the browser. For example the placeholder is contained within a <div> element:

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Iflix hires Disney exec as CTO
by Robin Hicks
KL-based internet TV firm Iflix has hired Emmanuel Frenehard, head of tech for Walt Disney in the US, as chief technology officer.
Kuala Lumpur, 7 November 2016 – iflix, the world's leading Internet TV service for emerging markets, offering subscribers thousands of TV shows, movies and more, is thrilled to welcome the head of technology for all of Walt Disney's businesses outside of the United States, Emmanuel Frenehard as Chief Technology Officer of iflix Group, effective from January 2017.
Frenehard most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Walt Disney International, where he led technology strategy and operations across all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Previous to this, Frenehard served as Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer for Walt Disney International. In this position, he was responsible for Information Technology services including strategy and planning, infrastructure, common applications and support operations.
Frenehard will bring 20 years of experience leading large-scale global technology organizations, driving Disney International's global expansion and implementing new business models. His recent achievements include the launch of Disney's first ever multi-content direct-to-consumer digital subscription service in the UK, namely DisneyLife.
iflix Group Co-founder and CEO Mark Britt commented: "We are thrilled to welcome Emmanuel, one of the world's foremost digital technology experts and strategists to the iflix family. His proven track record in leading technology operations and delivering results though collaboration is unparalleled and will be a key driver as we continue to consolidate iflix's leadership position and rapid growth globally."
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The package from the NARA was waiting for me on the counter after work. It was heavy and I was surprised at the amount of paperwork that it contained. Not only was it full of paper but would uncover several things about the family that I did not know, creating even more questions.
James William Zuver born September of 1843 died during the Civil War in Washington DC on December 13 or 17, 1863. He was wounded and moved to the hospital in Washington, had Chronic Dysentery and died. The letter detailing his death and notifying his parents isn't in the packet from the NARA that came yesterday but the packet was large. The army claims James died from Dysentery and his family claim it was from wounds.
Susan Goodman Zuver was James' mother. She filed for a Mother's pension, Act of June 27, 1890, on Oct 11, 1890 and was granted a rate of $12.00 per month. From the documentation she was not to receive more than $44.00 a year. The documentation states that they are old and George is unable to thoroughly support his wife on the income they had coming in and needed the pension.
Susan died November 20, 1900 and George would be the next one to claim James' pension. This is where I learned the most, not about James but the rest of the family. An affidavit was included in the package that was signed by George and detailed information that he had given the writer of the document. George went on declaring when he had married Susan, a date I did not have, and how they had lived together as man and wife. There are details concerning how much land they had owned, the oil wells still being drilled on the property and the profit from those wells.
I was very surprised to learn that the majority of the 46 acre farm belonged to Susan and when she had died had not left a will. I was surprised at this statement and wonder how the land was purchased or inherited or transferred to Susan and why. They had been married for 17 years prior to moving to Pleasantville, Venango County and living on the land. Dower rights were given to George that appears to have been 1/3. The oil wells and their value did not belong to George either and he was receiving 1/8 royalty on the barrels the wells did produce. It goes on to state that farming is not possible as the pipes that run the wells had ruined the land, snaking across the landscape making it impossible to plant. His claim is that the remaining acreage was rocky, unimproved and impossible to plant. Six acres would be claimed as purchased and owned by him. He notes that he is too old and too poor to hire help to plant.
I went back to my files and looked at the notes that I had for George E Zuver, born February 1, 1820. The Census records had detailed that his property value in 1860 was $2,000 and his personal value was $682. By 1870 he had increased his property value to $12,000 and his personal value was $2,000. Unfortunately the census stops detailing these values in 1880. Between 1860 and 1870 pipes had been developed and put in place to transport the oil to different locations in the Oil City area. This could explain the increase of profit for George. The one thing George did consistently was define himself as a farmer in the Census records, this from a man who was making his wealth in oil production. In the documents included was one from an oil producer that was paying George E and Susan Zuver and the George E Zuver and Co. royalties.
From the affidavit I learned the dates of birth for all of George's surviving children, the married name of his sister Elizabeth Zuver Patterson and various friends information that had claimed to know him and his wife and were vouching for his respectability and need of funds. During his life George not only oil produced and farmed, but ran the stage for mail delivery for the area starting in 1866 and was a magistrate in the State and County offices for many years. After all of this work at 82 years old, George was poor.


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Is the Iranian regime set to tear itself apart?
The office of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, the cleric-controlled judiciary and the security forces have agreed, until now, not to go after opposition protesters too aggressively for fear of creating martyrs as they did when they murdered Neda Agha-Soltan in 2009.
But in Iran's "parliament," regime allies want the opposition leaders dead - and they want it now. Take a look at this video, shot today, February 15, 2011, inside the Iranian "parliament" and brought to us by the Confederation of Iranian Students. A large number of members begin chanting, "Mousavi, Karroubi, Khatami must be executed." More and more members join in, egged on from the leadership at the dais:
Those being targeted for death aren't even the ones calling for regime change - they're merely advocates of "reforming" but maintaining the Islamic Republic.
The three are: Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who served as the Islamic Republic's prime minister from 1981-89 and ran against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 2009 election for president as leader of the Green Movement; Mehdi Karroubi, a follower of the late Ayatollah Khomeini who chaired "parliament" from 1989-92 and, by regime standards is considered a "reformer"; and Sayyid Mohammad Khatami, a cleric and former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran who is also a "reformer" in comparison with the present leadership.
In short, those who brought the world the Islamic revolution and plunged Iran under shariah dictatorship are now bent on devouring one another.
History shows that this can't exist for long - if the "reformers" cave in to preserve themselves, they will lose their own support base and will radicalize Iran's young people beyond all control; if they end up siding with the young people who want a secular democracy, they will have had a hand in destroying what they built. Either way, the system is unsustainable.
By publicly and enthusiastically calling for the deaths of these three former regime officials who seek mere reform, the pro-regime members of "parliament" are hastening the death of the Islamic Republic.
History also shows that, in times like these, regime figures will start to defect to the intractable opposition. That's good news. The world should be encouraging those defections and be welcoming and merciful to regime figures who switch sides.
Time to keep up the pressure in the streets, friends!
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Local legislators were united in their support of the Maine Clean Election Act that provides public money for the campaigns of gubernatorial and legislative candidates. The House voted 112-33 on June 14 to defeat a bill, LD 659, that would have repealed the Clean Election Act. The Legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee had recommended defeat of the repeal effort. The bill is sponsored by Rep. ...
Local legislators were united in their support of the Maine Clean Election Act that provides public money for the campaigns of gubernatorial and legislative candidates.
The House voted 112-33 on June 14 to defeat a bill, LD 659, that would have repealed the Clean Election Act. The Legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee had recommended defeat of the repeal effort.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Aaron Libby, R-Waterboro.
The Clean Election Act was approved by voters in a 1996 referendum. The bill provides money for candidates' campaign if they do not accept private money.
All local legislators were opposed to the repeal bill.
"I am a strong supporter of the Clean Elections law, but even if I wasn't, I would oppose this effort to repeal it because it was put in place by the voters in referendum," Rep. Chuck Kruger, D-Thomaston, said. "I think it works very well especially at the Legislative level."
Rep. Joan Welsh, R-Rockport, said Maine's Clean Election Act is very important and enables people from all walks of life to run.
"Eliminating funds for governor could well restrict some qualified people from running," Welsh said.
Rep. Andrew O'Brien, D-Lincolnville, said 390,000 people voted for clean elections by referendum.
"I don't believe that the Legislature should vote against the will of the people. Forty thousand people check the box on their tax forms to support clean elections every year. Repealing clean elections would bring more money into local elections and restrict many new and qualified people from running," O'Brien said.
Walter Kumiega III, D-Deer Isle, noted he ran with public financing and thought the system worked well and should continue.
The Senate has yet to vote on the measure.


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Public Event, October 16th Featured Speakers About the Special Report
Public Event, October 16th
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Exploring New Approaches for Atrocity Prevention:
From a "Responsibility to Protect" to a "Right to Assist" Civil Resistance Campaigns
Join ICNC and the U.S. Institute of Peace for a discussion on ICNC's new Special Report, Preventing Mass Atrocities: From a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) to a Right to Assist (RtoA) Campaigns of Civil Resistance. Drawing from social science research and insights from practitioners, this Report proposes a new doctrine called "The Right to Assist" that strengthens external support for nonviolent civil resistance campaigns demanding rights, freedom and justice against non-democratic rule.
This event will address how such external support can help avert atrocities and civil war and increase the prospects for long-term democratic stability. It will also offer detail on how the Right to Assist doctrine could be implemented by laying out a five-part typology of forms of international assistance, and considering external support from the perspectives of efficacy, international law, practical concerns, and possible unintended consequences.
Time: 3:00 – 4:30pm EDT
Where: U.S. Institute of Peace
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Ariela Blätter
Program Officer, Atrocities Prevention and Response,
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Alejandra Espinoza
Executive Director,
Voices of Nicaragua
Nancy Lindborg
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ICNC
Director, Program on Nonviolent Action,
Events of the last decade demand new approaches to atrocity prevention that are adaptable, innovative and independent of a state-centered doctrine. With the aim of reducing risk factors such as civil war, we argue for a new normative framework called The Right to Assist (RtoA), which could strengthen international coordination and support for nonviolent civil resistance campaigns demanding rights, freedom and justice against non-democratic rule.
RtoA would:
1) Engage a wide range of stakeholders such as NGOs, states, multilateral institutions and others;
2) Bolster various factors of resilience against state fragility; and
3) Incentivize opposition groups to sustain commitment to nonviolent strategies of change.
The adoption of this doctrine can reduce the probability of violent conflict that significantly heightens atrocity risk, while increasing the prospects for constructive human development.
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Morning Political Briefing: Three Quick Things You Should Know
By Dustin Rowles | Politics | July 31, 2018 |
Here are three quick things that maybe you should know about in the world of politics this morning:
Trump Threatens to Shut Down the Government over funding of the Wall — The thing is, if he does it, people will say, "He always follows through on his promises," and if he doesn't do it, it'll just be one of the many promises he doesn't follow through with.
The thing is, though, is that it would be highly unusual, because Republicans don't want a shutdown over the wall — in fact, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell have already laid out their plans for the budget, and it includes punting funding on the wall until after the midterms — and obviously the Democrats don't want it. This won't be a situation where it's the Republicans' fault or the Democrats' fault. It'll be a situation where it's Trump's fault, and if that happens, his base will blame the Republicans, which is likely to hurt enthusiasm even more among Republicans. That is to say, Trump would be boosting the Republican base to the detriment of the Republican Congress.
Sounds exactly like something Trump would do (that said, I'm 85 percent certain he won't).
Trump considers another tax cut for the wealthy — Speaking of Trump's base, he's mulling a unilateral tax cut (without the aid of Congress) to benefit the wealthy to the detriment of Trump's so-called base (and again, there's more to his base than white, working-class racists. His base also includes a lot of very wealthy racists, too!) It would be a $100 billion tax cut to cut capital gains taxes, which is exactly what the Red-State, working-class Trump supporter is dying for: A haircut on his cap gains tax. Maybe they can take the money they save from their non-existent capital gains to pay for their non-existent healthcare!
(Another interesting irony: The $100 billion in tax cuts could pay for The Wall four times over.)
The Second Trump Tower Meeting — To reiterate, yesterday, Dumbass Giuliani essentially confirmed that there was another Trump Tower meeting in which Don Jr., Manafort, and Jared Kushner strategized for the Trump Tower meeting with Russian officials. Cohen was apparently going to leak that, but before it became public (and there are serious doubts about whether it would have), Giuliani essentially confirmed it by saying that the President was not at the non-existent meeting.
The danger in that meeting, of course, is that if it happened, and if Trump knew about it (as Cohen allegedly alleges), that means that Don Jr. lied to Congress, which could set off a domino effect of Don Jr. being arrested for perjury, and Don Sr. raising holy hell and committing all sorts of obstruction.
Something occurred to me in the middle of the night. Giuliani said that Rick Gates was at this non-existent meeting, and if that is true, then Bob Mueller probably already knows about it, because Rick Gates has been cooperating with the independent counsel as part of a plea deal this whole time, which makes Giuliani's denials all the more absurd, unless of course the allegedly alleged meeting didn't actually happen, in which case Giuliani is ever dumber for bringing it up, knowing that Rick Gates could have confirmed its non-existence.
(Header image of Kate Beckinsale, because someone in Pajiba Love last night suggested we use Beckinsale photos in Trump's stead. I like that idea!)
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So this is going to be the first of probably quite a long series of New Zealand travel diaries - if you ever go hopefully these will be helpful and if not maybe it will just be a bit interesting (I hope!) to see what I've been up to. I haven't written a travel diary on here in ages so I'm super excited to share this first instalment today.
As mentioned in my last post, during the few weeks I was staying with my sister in Darfield we did quite a few day trips to nearby places and they were my favourite days I spent there. Today I thought I'd share my experiences from those day trips and my favourite parts of them. We always had a five and three year old in tow so all of these examples are child-friendly and hence not too crazy but nonetheless lovely places to visit if you're in New Zealand.
CHRISTCHURCH :: Christchurch was the airport I flew into and is the closest city to my sister so we had quite a few days in and out of Christchurch. As I'm sure you'll have read if you've looked up Christchurch in any travel guide, it's changed massively since the hugely destructive earthquakes of 2011. In fact, it's still being rebuilt after the earthquakes and lots of New Zealanders have moved out of the city centre as a result. Because of that, I would really recommend going to the museum Quake City, if you have a chance. It's about £10 entry but it's a really great museum and worth seeing if you're at all interested in the earthquakes and how they affected this area. We also went to the Air Force Museum which is amazingly free entry and quite interesting (not quite my thing but worth a visit if it's at all of interest to you, especially since it's free!). Apart from that, we mainly did kiddie things in the city like taking my nieces to the incredible Margaret Mahy playground (seriously if you have kids, go, it's amazing and I wish I'd had a park like it near me when I was growing up). I would have loved to have had a walk around the botanic gardens as well as I've heard they're great but maybe I'll have time if we stay at my sister's for a few days before we leave New Zealand.
TAI TAPU :: There are some lovely little towns surrounding Darfield where my sister lives and so we often took their dogs for walks and saw a little bit of them. My favourite of these outings is (shockingly) food-related. If you're anywhere in the nearby area you *have* to stop in Tai Tapu and go to The Raspberry Cafe. Firstly it's just a lovely place for lunch - they have tables in their beautiful gardens so if you get a sunny day it's just perfect. It's also dog-friendly, has fresh berries you can buy from their shop and a playground area for children. But most importantly, their cakes are incredible. I'm honestly salivating just thinking about them. My sister took me there within my first week of staying at hers and when Liam arrived I had to take him too and honestly two visits still doesn't feel like enough. Their cakes are so delicious that I can't even begin to describe them but on my first visit I had a chocolate and raspberry cake and on my second I had raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake and I'm still thinking about them now. The staff are lovely, it's a great location, just go if you can.
SUMNER BEACH :: Ok so moving away from cake before I write 1,000 words on it (which believe me I could do), there are lots of lovely beaches around Christchurch. The first one I went to was Sumner, on my sister's recommendation. The weather was beautiful and Sumner is a really stunning beach with great rock pools and coves to look in as well as swimming in the sea. There is also a real fruit ice cream stand which was delicious and Sumner pretty much has everything to offer that you'd want for a great beach day. We had a lovely day there.
AKAROA :: Akaroa completely stole my heart. So much so that again I went twice because I really wanted Liam to see it too. It's such a lovely little beach town and completely beautiful. The drive there from Darfield itself was stunning, especially going through a place called Duvauchelle, which gave us the most amazing views of mountains and lakes and if you go you should definitely stop along the way at Barry's Bay for incredible cheese and wine (and they do free samples which is always a win). In Akaroa itself you can do boat trips, swimming with dolphins and wildlife activities but we didn't really have a chance when we went there. We both times just had a great time on the beach and had amazing weather so nothing to complain about at all! If you're there for lunch I really recommend a little van which you can find towards the end of the pier which sells freshly grilled fish and chips called Murphy's Seafoods. Liam was disappointed because it wasn't your classic battered fish and chips but I personally love grilled fish and so it really hit the spot for me and was nice and inexpensive!
ARTHUR'S PASS & CASTLE HILL :: As you do on Boxing Day, we were desperately wanting a walk to counteract the amount of food we had eaten on Christmas Day. This year, however, I did more of a Boxing Day climb rather than a walk. First we went to Castle Hill which is a 700m hill with loads of limestone rocks decorating it. It was a bit grey but the weather soon turned itself around and we had a great time climbing it with my nieces. We'd packed a picnic, ate it at the top and admired the really great view. It was just what the doctor ordered and not too difficult, but definitely not a walk in the park either. Afterwards we headed to Arthur's Pass National Park where there are quite a few walks varying in length. Because we had the two girls in tow (at least that's my excuse) we just did the Devil's Punchbowl track up to the waterfall which is a very manageable, lovely walk. It's a really nice area and definitely worth a visit if you ask me.
HANMER SPRINGS :: Finally, the weekend before Liam arrived we went away for a night to Hanmer. It's a really lovely little town which apparently only has a population of 900 people who live there year-round which I couldn't believe coming from London and all. We went for a walk in the lovely forest to stay cool (it was 30 degrees all weekend which was amazing but a bit of a killer trying to stop my nieces getting sunburnt) and stopped at Si Gelato which did amazing ice cream. The highlight of the weekend though was of course going to the thermal hot pools. I didn't really get any pictures in there because we were surrounded by pools and, knowing me, I'd have dropped my phone or camera in one of them but it's well worth a visit if you're anything like me and love sitting in hot pools. Most of the pools are natural thermal ones with minerals which is pretty cool and it was great to spend the day sunbathing and going from pool to pool as we felt like it. I'd quite like to take Liam there before we leave New Zealand so hopefully I'll be back at some point to try them again. We stayed in a motel called Forest Peak which was perfect for the four of us, had a great DVD selection and was pretty reasonable on price!
So those were the highlights from my first few weeks in New Zealand. Once Liam and I set off in the van we did a lot more walking than I managed with my sister and nieces and covered a lot more ground in a short space of time. I'll be back to write about my favourite places we've been to so far in a few days. I hope you enjoyed reading through my first travel diary entry from this trip!
Happy New Year everyone! Slightly belated, I know, but the past month since I came to New Zealand has been pretty non-stop and this is the first chance I've had to sit down and write about it. I hope you all had a great New Year's Eve though and that 2019 will be good to you.
First things first, how are we already over midway through January of 2019?! (It wouldn't be one of my new year posts if I didn't comment on how quickly time is going.) That's sped by far too quickly for my liking but perhaps that's because nearly every day has been full to the brim for me.
My first month in New Zealand has been amazing. I spent four weeks at my sister's in Darfield (about forty minutes outside of Christchurch city centre) and had the most wonderful time. As I've mentioned before, my sister has lived in New Zealand for nearly ten years and I've been desperate to get out here since she moved. And I'm finally here!! Since she's been here she's been busy marrying my brother-in-law who's a Kiwi and having my adorable two nieces who are five and three years old.
Finally having the chance to spend some proper time with them was honestly a dream from start to finish. I did a load of babysitting which was great fun and on my sister's days off from work we did day trips (which I'm going to write about hopefully over the next few days) to some really amazing places. It was just a perfect way to start my trip because I can't tell you how comforting it was to get off of my flight, which all in all had taken around thirty hours, and have my sister and a bed in her lovely house waiting for me so that I could fully recharge my batteries and not head straight to a hostel. It was a definite luxury and something that I'm super grateful for.
Also I have to quickly talk about Christmas here. Like everyone said it would it felt a little wrong. We had such a lovely Christmas, especially with the girls being so young and being desperately excited when Father Christmas paid them a visit, but sitting around the table in a vest on Christmas day is just not right when you're used to wearing approximately ten layers to keep warm typically. We had a lovely roast ham and some whitebait fish that my brother-in-law's aunty had made for lunch (apparently it's a big deal out here and I did like it) - an odd combination but it worked. So I've now had my first hot Christmas, something I think everyone should experience at least once in their life!
Anyway, towards the end of my stay at my sister's Liam came to meet me with the campervan that we've been using since we left for our travels (and that he'd been using beforehand when travelling around with one of his friends). It has been so unbelievably lovely to be reunited with him and my nieces absolutely adored him. Since Liam and I left we've had four nights travelling around in the van (post to come on what we've done also in a few days) and are now staying just outside of Dunedin doing a housesitting job for a week. To be honest, it's absolute bliss to have a week to chill out in a lovely house when all we have to do is feed the family's animals while they're away. And with fresh eggs every day from their chickens, there's really nothing to complain about while we have this time to plan the next few months and gear up to hit the road again on the 25th.
So all in all my first month away has been incredible. I haven't really felt homesick - it probably helps that I was with family straight away once I got here - apart from the first morning when I was jet lagged and woke up thinking about just how far away I am from my home. But actually since I've got over the jet lag and my brain has been working properly again, I've not felt far away from home at all. I've been in touch with friends and family at home almost every day and I'm so lucky to have spent the past month with some of the best people I know. Travelling (so far) is amazing and I'm so excited for the next few months to come.


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When he was attending his grandfather's funeral, Robert Pasin, the CEO of Radio Flyer, was overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection and respect for the family patriarch, who had originally founded the third generation family business, which manufactures toys. "All these people who worked in the factory, all these suppliers, they told me stories about my grandfather. His word was his bond. One supplier told me that they'd never even had a signed contract, just a handshake agreement. I remember feeling proud and grateful that that kind of person had established this company." It was a lesson that Robert had absorbed over the years watching both his grandfather and father run the business, one that became part of his DNA. "When you start out with really good values, it's much easier to maintain them," Pasin says.
With recent headlines about dubious ethical choices that businesses have made in pursuit of profits, it's not hard to imagine the pressures that influence business choices. Temptations to cut corners are very real for every business, especially companies trying to live up to Wall Street analysts' expectations.
In theory, family businesses are well-positioned to resist those temptations. Because most family businesses are privately-held, their owners are often shielded from the pressure of quarterly reports. Instead, they can make business decisions that might look irrational to the outside world — forgoing opportunities, investing in a strategy that might not make economic sense on paper — but that are consistent with their values and long-term goals. "There are fewer pulls on you in a family business to do things that are shortcuts," Pasin says. "There's just not the pressure for crazy growth." That means that family businesses built on a history of integrity, like Radio Flyer, should be more immune to those temptations. For them, it's not just business, it's personal.
The results bear out in the real world, too. In 2017, the Edelman "Trust Barometer" survey of 15,000 respondents across the globe found that family businesses were far more trusted than those that were not family-owned. With all those advantages going for your family business, how do you make sure that you don't unintentionally let your values drift and damage the business your family has spent generations building?
As he discusses in his book How Will You Measure Your Life?, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen argues that the road to ruin happens one incremental step at a time. Each individual choice that moves further from the moral high ground makes it easier to take the next one. This is the theory of marginal thinking: making what seem to be completely rational choices about the immediate decision in hand, without ever considering the full costs of that decision over time. For example, in 2005 General Motors made the decision not to redesign a faulty ignition switch that was linked to car crashes because it would have added $1 cost per car. The decision to keep the defective switches would eventually cost far, far more, leading to $4.1 billion in repair costs, victim compensation, and other costs, not to mention the toll of congressional hearings and the ensuing public relations debacle.
The same marginal thinking happens in our personal integrity as well. Just this once, I can make an ethically questionable choice or ignore the rules. Just this once. Except for most of us, Christensen argues, "just this once" repeats itself over and over again.
In our experience working closely with multi-generational family businesses, it's clear that the risk of marginal thinking can play a significant role in leading a family business away from the values it once stood for. Many family businesses find themselves in situations they never intended to pursue as a result of many logical, small, incremental decisions. Staying true to those values requires work and vigilance from each generation.
Here are the five warning signs that your family business is in jeopardy of heading down the wrong path:
You lose the full family narrative. Family values are passed down from generation to generation through stories. But not just the triumphant ones. It's important to share both the successes and failures in family business history, what Emory University professor Marshall Duke calls "the oscillating narrative" — an acknowledgement not only of the good times, but also the difficult times. Understanding why the family came to face difficult challenges and what sacrifices were made or not made to overcome them can provide guideposts to help future generations avoid temptations to compromise on their values for short-term gains.
You think "professionalizing" the business means taking the heart out of it. Steve Shifman, CEO of Michelman, a developer of environmentally-friendly materials for industry, struggled to balance maintaining qualities that made his third-generation family business special and the need to remain competitive when he first took over the business in 2003. "I was hell-bent on professionalizing the whole business," Shifman recalls. "But then I slowly realized that I had created a false binary between 'family business' and 'professional business.' Part of what made us able to recruit and retain our amazing talent was also what made us special as a family business. We are driven by purpose and values, not just by markets. This isn't just a wealth-generation machine to us, it's something more. I realized there was something magical about that."
You only allow "credentialed" people in the room for key decisions. Often as family businesses grow, they build boards with outside professionals. Those who don't "measure up" (often family members) are ignored or excluded. Usually those external professionals assume that total shareholder return is the ultimate goal — and advocate choices consistent with that goal. But those choices may also be inconsistent with family values. Protecting those values requires a family member with an outsider's perspective in a position to ask important "why" questions. In fact, some of the best family business board members we've seen have no "traditional" experience but always ask the hardest questions. In one striking instance, a family member who had been relatively uninvolved in the business during the past decade challenged the board to justify why they had agreed that the company's industrial tooling business could make parts for semi-automatic rifles. The marginal economic rationale was clear, but the underlying family values didn't support the investment. Without a fresh perspective to pause the conversation and make sure that such a step was consistent with the family's values, the company might have gone head-long into the weapons business.
You start defining yourself and your family through money. People who know the Pasin family know they stand by their word. The inherent trust, built up over generations, doesn't exist because of their wealth. It is defined by the many handshake agreements honored throughout their history. Sometimes, however, family business owners start defining themselves through their money and fame, lending their name to buildings, parks, and other public areas. There can be lots of good civic reasons to support local causes, but if the underlying motivation is about showing off your money, the family has started down a slippery slope. When the need for outsider adulation dominates decisions, those outsiders start defining your values, rather than your own family. And once you've given others a right to define your own family values, you may feel the pressure to cut corners to make ever-grander gestures that maintain your public image.
Profit becomes your primary motive. Academics and thought-leaders have been telling us for years that the purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder value. That may be true for public companies, but family businesses are free to be different. They have an advantage in that the owners can choose what to prioritize — be it profit, family harmony, social responsibility, or some other dimension. When family businesses choose to over-emphasize profit to the detriment of their customers or the communities within which they live, they can find themselves heading down the wrong path. But those that can clearly articulate their motives beyond profit can help reinforce values and strengthen family harmony. At one family with whom we worked, the owners chose to run one of its businesses at a loss because it provided careers for family members and a much- needed public service to the community.
Because family companies face so little scrutiny from the outside world, it might be all too easy to take "just this once" baby steps down a path that can eventually destroy the values they hold dear. Radio Flyer's Pasin recalls one such moment with his father, years ago, when he questioned his father's decision not to use cheaper materials for one of the company's trademark red wagons. "I remember my Dad making the decision whether to use a cheaper steel and a cheaper tire on one of our wagons years ago," Pasin recalls. "And I said to my Dad 'Does it really matter? Will consumers know?' And my Dad said 'I'm not sure. But when in doubt, I like to overbuild stuff because I can sleep at night. There will be a lot of things you will lose sleep over running this business, but this won't be one of them.' I think about that every day. It's one of the most important lessons my Dad ever taught me."
First Published: 15 May 2019 on HBR.org
About Nick Di Loreto
Nick Di Loreto is Principal at BanyanGlobal. He provides advice to families in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East on issues related to governance and business strategy. This includes helping families review their portfolios, develop organizational capabilities, and plan for generational transitions.
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Der Friedhofsteich (auch Teich am Granauer Berg genannt) ist ein stehendes Gewässer im Westen der Stadt Halle (Saale).

Entstehung
Er entstand in dem Tagebaurestloch der stillgelegten pfännerschaftlichen Braunkohlegrube "Alt-Zscherben" (vormals "Königlich-Preußische Braunkohlengrube bei Zscherben"), deren Kohle (ab 1876 mit der Pfännerschaftlichen Kohlebahn) hauptsächlich an die halleschen Salinen geliefert wurde. Der Abbaubetrieb dauerte mindestens bis Juli 1944, möglicherweise auch noch etwas über das Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges hinaus.

Beschreibung
Der Teich hat eine Wasserfläche von 5,3 ha und eine maximale Tiefe von 20 m. Er ist seit 1979 als Flächennaturdenkmal unter Schutz gestellt.

Etymologie

Die Namen sind vom nahen Friedhof von Halle-Neustadt bzw. von der seit dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg wüsten Siedlung Granau abgeleitet.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Gewässer in Halle (Saale)
 Kirchenruine Granau (Halle)

Weblinks

 "Teich am Granauer Berg" auf der Webseite der Stadt Halle
 Umweltatlas der Stadt Halle (Saale); http://halgis.halle.de/

Einzelnachweise

Teich in Sachsen-Anhalt
Tagebaurestsee im Mitteldeutschen Braunkohlerevier
Gewässer in Halle (Saale)
Wasserbauwerk in Halle (Saale)

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This couldn't have come at a better time in my life. I have had the hardest few months of my life which have been overshadowed by the devastating loss of my beloved father (again another grovelling apology for being such a rotten blogger). Meeting Katie couldn't have come at a better time for me. Stress was starting to impact my health; I was constantly tired, lethargic, depressed, my immune system had left me out in the cold and to make matters worse I was slowly gaining weight.
Before delving into Hayo'u's incredible product line, it's important for me to briefly discuss my meeting with Katie. A trained Chinese doctor, Katie asked specific questions about my health throughout my life. Whilst detailing my then symptoms she carefully explained why I was feeling the way I was feeling and how I ended up being zombie-like, a little soft and very low. It was an education in itself to speak with someone who really helped me wrap my head around how stress had affected me and how my body wasn't functioning as it should. Everything made perfect sense to me which as strange as it may sound was incredibly comforting and liberating that I felt like after thirty years, I got it. Since meeting with Katie, I've had a newfound appreciation of my body, how it handles bumps in the road and can work so beautifully and efficiently should you look after it. For those of you lucky enough to sit down and talk to Katie, I could not be more excited for you.
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First and foremost are the breathing exercises which are carefully explained on Katie's website. These can be done sitting on the tube to work, in the car waiting to pick up the kids from school or slaving over dinner at night. Anyone, anywhere can take one minute of their day to do breathing exercises. I tend to do mine morning or night in my Himalayan Pink Salt Bath.
Anyone who knows me will know how much I adore my evening bath. It's my quiet time to soak, switch off and relax at the end of each day. I have amassed a collection of salts, oils, soaks and soaps over the years which I generally switch up daily depending on how I feel. After trying the Himalayan Pink Salt Bath, I can safely say that I would be more than happy to only bathe using this. I was warned before I met Katie and tried out the products that this was a magical product and the way it left you feeling post-bath was indescribable (this had quite a lot of live up to saying the least). Needless to say this was the first thing I tried. The bath salts have a way of making you feel like your detoxing you body, relaxing your muscles and also completely switching off at the same time – it was almost like the equivalent of having a big glass of Malbec. I felt relaxed, stress-free, calm and had one of the best sleeps that I've had in what felt like forever. I couldn't recommend this enough to anyone struggling with stress at home, work, dealing with children or just looking to really reset and switch off. It is quite an experience in itself.
After trying the bath salts, I ignored the Shower Minerals (which sadly had to wait until the bath salts had been used up). I probably should have known it but this is equally as amazing. I tend to use this in the morning or post-gym and spend a minute doing my breathing exercises whilst massaging the oil into my body (my skin has never looked better). All of the Hayo'u products are free from parabens, SLS and SLES as well as having no mineral oil or petrolatum making them the perfect cocktail for absorbing into the skin.


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World War II and Political Resistance
After the closing of the theological seminary and eight months in detention, Asmussen met former mayor of Leipzig Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884–1945) in 1942, thus approaching the political resistance. Goerdeler had formed a conservative resistance group, which pursued Hitler's overthrow as its chief aim.
The head of this civilian resistance movement (the "Goerdeler Circle"), Goerdeler personally rejected tyrannicide but collaborated with the military resistance around General Ludwig Beck in order to be able to establish orderly conditions in the period after a successful coup.
In conjunction with this, he asked Asmussen in 1942 for a statement on the church's economic policy and later also for a plan for reorganizing the churches once the system changed. Asmussen, however, continued making the autonomy of the church's missions top priority during their collaboration. He would have considered the final step in active political resistance to be a misuse of the church's mission to confess and preach the Gospel.
After his residence in Berlin had been destroyed by bombs, Asmussen allowed resistance contacts to ostensibly hire him as a secretary at an arms factory in Bremen in 1943, without ever really working there, though. Rather, this job allowed him to travel throughout Germany unimpeded under the pretext of work "essential to the war effort" in order to maintain his contacts to the Confessing Church. In the last years of the war, he collaborated on Bishop of Württemberg regional church Theophil Wurm's "unification efforts" and moved to Schwäbisch Gmünd as a pastor.
During the war, Asmussen had sought contact to the ecumenical movement, especially its designated general secretary Willem Visser't Hooft. As of 1942, he spoke of the Germans' huge debt of guilt and therefore requested a conciliatory continuation of these talks with the global church. He was thus an important contact for the ecumenical movement after the war's end and significantly shaped die "Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt" that addressed its representatives.
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Amy Kakimoto Oral History
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Born on January 26th, 1911 in Kobe, Japan, Amy Kakimoto immigrated to United States at age twelve or thirteen. In 1928, she married her husband Ikuo (Ikey) Kakimoto, a Santa Barbara native who owned and operated a produce store at the corner of Anacapa and Canon Perdido Streets before the outbreak of World War II. Residing on East Haley Street, Amy Kakimoto and her family attended the Japanese Congregational Church prior to the war which became Bethany Congregational Church after the war. Along with the other Japanese Americans in Santa Barbara, Amy was interned during World War II. She was first sent to the Tulare assembly center and then to Heart Mountain internment camp for approximately four years.
Above Photo: Amy Kakimoto pictured in the 1940s.
Clip 1: One of the only Japanese American families to retain their house during internment, Amy recounts how her husband Ikey, with a little help from his old high school friend Clarence Ross, was able to accomplish this feat.
Clip 2: Amy reminisces about "Kakimoto Corner," where the Kakimoto family lived and operated a produce stand on the corner Anacapa and Cannon Perdido
Clip 3: Amy discusses her job as a knitting teacher, which paid a whopping ten dollars a month, at Heart Mountain Internment camp during World War II.
Clip 4: Living in the Presidio with prominent community members, Amy fondly remembers Elmer Whittaker and his philanthropic presence in the neighborhood.
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Amy Kakimoto
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"Amy Kakimoto Oral History," Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation: Collections Online , accessed July 15, 2019, http://omeka.sbthp.org/items/show/278.


NEW YORK (AP) - GM says it's notifying 1,100 "underperforming" dealers that it plans to drop them, as the automaker works to nudge itself back into the black.
FedEx letters bearing the bad news began arriving today, saying dealers were judged on sales, customer service scores, and the location and condition of facilities.
But, the letters say the decision isn't finalized, giving dealers to the end of the month to submit information that may change the automaker's mind.
One GM executive says dealers are an asset, but too many dealers "are a problem."
The cuts are part of the automaker's plans to lose about 40% of its 6,200 dealerships. They come on the heels of Chrysler's announcement that it's shedding 800 dealerships.
GM also plans to provide updates to about 470 Saturn, Hummer and Saab dealerships on the status of those brands, which it plans to sell. It says it expects some dealers will shut themselves down.
Auto dealers have always been a major source of charitable contributions for their local communities.
Now, with Chrysler and GM closing nearly 2,000 dealerships by late next year, many communities will lose key sources of charitable funding.
Dealers sponsor everything from Little League teams to libraries, rodeos to road races. In return, car dealers get their names printed on jerseys, programs and signs, and customers are often happy to repay that generosity when it comes time to buy new vehicles.
One terminated Chrysler dealer says, "You try to stay involved and support the community and keep your name out there also."
Charities across the country are bracing for reduced help not just from the dealerships but also from their laid-off employees.
Smaller towns will expecially feel the pinch, because there are few other businesses to turn to for donations.


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Medical Secretary:
Spire Alexandra Hospital
Dr Adrian Barnardo
Consultant Gastroenterologist
BMedSci(Hons), BM, BS, MD, FRCP, AGAF
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Dr Adrian Barnardo trained at the University of Nottingham, awarded BMedSci (Hons) in 1992 and BM BS in 1994. He undertook general and specialist training in the London Deanery including the Institute of Liver Studies at Kings College Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' University Hospital and Brighton and Sussex University Hospital. He was awarded a prestigious hepatology training fellowship at the Peninsula Liver Centre in Plymouth in his final year of training where he further developed his hepatological and endoscopic skills.
During his time at King's College Hospital he undertook research into MARS therapy (a liver assist device) and the haematological complications of liver disease. He has presented the results of this and other research nationally and internationally and was awarded his Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2009 for this work. In 2009, he was appointed Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at St Mary's Hospital, and moved back to Kent in 2012.
Since being appointed as a Consultant he has been a Royal College Tutor and trainer on national JAG Endoscopy Courses at Brighton University. In 2012 he became a nationally recognised bowel cancer screening endoscopist. In 2015 he was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and this was followed recently by the prestigious award Fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGAF) in 2017 in acknowledgement of his ongoing work in Gastroenterology.
He was lead consultant on the development of local liver services at Medway Maritime Hospital NHS Trust for four years before transferring to Maidstone & Tunbridge NHS Trust at the end of 2016.
Dr Adrian Barnardo is able to see children from the age of 16 years and over.
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Adrian Barnardo at Spire include:
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Bowel disease
Special clinical interests: Heartburn, Barrett's oesophagus, Indigestion, Hiatus Hernia, Bloating, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Bowel cancer screening, Abnormal liver blood tests, Fatty liver disease, Viral liver disease, Endoscopy (diagnostic / therapeutic / training).
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British Medical Association
Fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGAF)
European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation
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The UK-PBC risk scores: Derivation and validation of a scoring system for long-term prediction of end-stage liver disease in primary biliary cholangitis.
Carbone M, members of the UK-PBC Consortium. Hepatology 2016 Mar 63(3):930-50
'Coffee ground vomiting': an unusual cause of a common presentation.
Pee, Ammanuel, Barnardo British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2015 Feb: 76(2):114-5
International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways.
Cordell UK-PBC consortium Nat Commun. 2015 Sep 22; 6:8019.
Current NHS posts
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Telephone 01634 662822 / 845
Website http://adrianbarnardo.co.uk/
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