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Supermarket struggle: Why are New Yorkers losing their beloved grocery stores?
By Haeven Gibbons Posted on December 3, 2021
A woman shops at the produce stand that sits outside of the construction zone where the Key Food at 22-15 31st Street in Astoria, Queens used to be.
Haeven Gibbons
A pizza place, a Famous Brands department store, a liquor store, a Chinese restaurant and a Sherwin-Williams Paints store line the Queens street leading to a small fruit and vegetable stand that sits outside of the construction zone where a Key Food Supermarket used to be. Ali Meye sells guava, asparagus, oranges, apples, pineapple, avocado, cucumbers and cauliflower from the stand.
The Key Food located at 22-15 31st St. closed at the beginning of October 2020 after serving the Astoria neighborhood for over 20 years. Now, the site is a fenced-off construction zone where a new Target department store will stand by 2023.
The construction zone where Key Foods at 22-15 31st St. was located.
The produce stand outside of the construction zone.
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In the years leading up to the pandemic, supermarkets throughout New York City were already closing due to rent increases, narrow profit margins, increased competition with drugstores and online grocers and larger developments moving in and pushing smaller stores out.
Owner of Gristedes Supermarkets and Red Apple Group CEO and chairman John Catsimatidis, who has owned and operated supermarkets across the city for nearly 50 years, said the only reason Gristedes and D'Agostino have survived is because Red Apple Group is funding them.
D'Agostino, which opened in 1932, is down to 11 locations from a peak of 26 in 1996, and Gristedes, which opened in 1888, is down to 30 locations when there were once over 100 Gristedes stores across the city.
Now, in the wake of the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic, more small business and grocery store owners struggle to pay rent, and with more people opting to order food online, profit margins continue to shrink. The disappearance of local supermarkets is causing food deserts to expand across the city, and in areas where larger chains replace locally owned stores, some workers are left working for non-union companies that pay minimum wage. Often, these larger grocery stores and/or retailers do not offer products that reflect the needs of the community and raise issues of affordability.
How closures affect communities
The Key Food at 22-15 31st St, where the Target is now being built, was down the street from the Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard train station with access to the Q, N and W trains.
One 37th street resident said the closure of Key Food was a "terrible" thing because they had good stuff and it was easy to hop off the train, go shopping and go home and the market had a great selection of fresh food.
Now, some residents have to shop at multiple places to get everything they used to buy at Key Food.
Jose T., an Astoria resident, said losing Key Food was "brutal." Instead of having one grocery stop, he has three: Lidl, an organic vegetable place close to where Key Food used to be and Trade Fair on Ditmars Boulevard. Sometimes he shops in Queens' ChinaTown, but that can be expensive, he said.
"Lots of people shopped there and having it close down closed off the primary source of groceries for a lot of people," Jose said.
The coming Target will likely offer less products that reflect the community, as many large, corporate companies often do not cater to specific community needs.
"Key Food was really a place where everyone felt welcome. The staff at the Key Food knew so many of the members and what they liked and had developed and nourished these relationships over the years," said New York State Senator Jessica Ramos who is the chair of committee on labor, representing city district 13.
The closure also affects area workers.
Key Food Stores Co-op, Inc. is a cooperative of independently owned supermarkets. The Key Food at 22-15 31st St was unionized. Target is a non-union company meaning employees do not have as powerful a voice on the job, and many employees will only make minimum wage. When jobs are non-union, there is a greater turnover over-time among staff, causing inconsistency in service and decreased service quality, Ramos said.
"Ultimately Target, like the Walmart model, really destroys communities. And I haven't only opposed and fought that Target coming to that space on 31st Street, but also the one that has now opened on 82nd Street, which was the first Target that was proposed in my district," Ramos said.
The struggle to compete
Locally owned supermarkets struggle to compete with larger chains because they do not have the necessary access to capital. This leaves storefronts vacant.
"I have seen it with my own eyes in my own neighborhood of Brooklyn, and it's a problem nationwide," said Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, an NYC based nonprofit group working to enact the policies and programs needed to end domestic hunger and ensure that all Americans have sufficient access to nutritious food. "Brick and mortar retailers, not just food stores, are all in trouble. Rent is so high and the profit margins in the supermarket industry are so small it has taken a toll."
Not only do companies, like Target, have the capital to afford higher rent, but also their contracts often include lease riders that prevent landlords from renting any adjacent space to any possible competing small businesses.
This leaves consumers at a disadvantage because they have no choice but to shop there.
"I find that the city has poor economic policy that really dissuades landlords from offering affordable rents to local commercial merchants, namely business improvement districts," Ramos said.
Smaller supermarkets also struggle to compete with online grocers, grocery delivery apps and drugstore chains that have expanded to include grocery items.
A Buyk courier delivers groceries in the Village.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
"Drugstores, online grocery stores, non-union operations— a little bit of everything— everybody has attacked the traditional supermarkets that fed the customers in New York for the last 50 years," Catsimatidis said. "I would say, down deep inside, it's an inconvenience for the consumer and the consumer is not being served properly in the New York area."
Expansion of food deserts
The loss of supermarkets in neighborhoods has caused food deserts to expand.
The USDA defines a food desert as an area with limited access to healthy food. In urban areas, an area is deemed a food desert when a significant share of the population is greater than a 0.5 mile or 1 mile away from the nearest supermarket, supercenter or large grocery store.
Berg said the official USDA definition does not work well for New York City because New York is a pedestrian city, and 1 mile means walking 20 blocks. Experts in the New York City food access field recognize areas a quarter of a mile (about four to five blocks) away from a large grocery store as an area with low food access.
In a highly pedestrian city, like New York, people also have to consider physical barriers to reaching stores like highways blocking pedestrian paths, the safety of a store location and if the store is in a convenient area near other retailers, schools, work and transit hubs.
The USDA's Food Access Research Atlas measures food access by census tracts, small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity. Kings, Queens and Bronx counties all had several low-income census tracts where a significant number or share of residents was more than a 0.5 mile from the nearest supermarket in 2019, according to data from the United State Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service's Food Access Research Atlas.
Excluding income, the same counties also had several census tracts in 2019 with at least 500 people or 33% of the population living farther than a 0.5 mile from the nearest supermarket.
Many tracts in these counties had more than 100 households located a 0.5 mile from the nearest supermarket with no access to a vehicle or a significant number or share of residents living more than 20 miles from the nearest supermarket in 2019.
The Associated Supermarket on Nostrand Avenue near Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, Brooklyn (Kings County) closed its doors at the end of July 2021, nearly turning the neighborhood into a food desert. Now, the nearest supermarket is Empire Kosher Supermarket .4 miles away.
The supermarket served the largely working class neighborhood, where 64.3% of the population is Black (non-Hispanic) and 40.2% of the population is made up of foreign born residents, for five decades.
Its demolition, ahead of a construction project by Midwood Investment & Development, has caused concern for many area residents.
Residents said they worry about the lack of affordable, accessible and healthy food in the area due to the closure, according to a spokesperson from the office of Brooklyn borough president.
Midwood Investment & Development said a grocery store will eventually return on the ground floor of the planned residential development.
But this could take years.
"The recent closures of grocery stores across our borough has been part of a broader trend across the city for a number of years, particularly in areas that otherwise lack access to fresh produce, which has been deeply concerning," said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in an email.
The Brooklyn Borough President's office worked with GrowNYC to fund a farmstand outside the Associated Supermarket on Nostrand Avenue in the wake of its closure, in partnership with local elected leaders.
Barriers to access
Even in areas with supermarkets, barriers to access still persist.
The Economic Research Service's Food Access Research Atlas showed a significant number of low income census tracts (areas with a poverty rate of 20% or higher, or tracts with a median family income less than 80% of median family income for the state or metropolitan area) that had adequate access to food.
"The biggest issue to access is money," Berg said. There is a Whole Foods between a low income and non-low income neighborhood in Brooklyn not far from public housing, Berg said. But for some people, shopping at Whole Foods would mean spending their whole paycheck.
"And just having something there, if it's unaffordable it doesn't have that much meaning," Berg said.
Sabrina Baronberg, who has spent years working in strategic planning and program planning around food access and food insecurity, said there are some people who have a supermarket down the block from them, but they're willing to travel an hour on the bus to get to a better supermarket if it's more affordable for them or more worth it.
"It's really important to not just think about the number of supermarkets and look at them on a map, but really think about, 'What are the options that are available in these different food retail outlets, and are people really going to them?'" Baronberg said.
Working toward solutions
In May, 2021, former City Planning Commission Chair Marisa Lago announced the start of public review for an update and expansion of the Food Retail Expansion to Support Health program that works to provide fresh food options for New Yorkers. The proposal would expand the FRESH zoning incentive to 11 additional lower-income Community Districts throughout the City, on top of the 19 districts where it already applies, bringing more green grocers to underserved neighborhoods.
"No New Yorker should have difficulty finding fresh food for themselves and their families," said Joe Marvilli with the NYC Department of City Planning in an email. "Through our proposed expansion of the FRESH program, we'll make it easier than ever for grocery stores to open and stay open in lower-income communities, greatly improving health and quality-of-life for residents in these neighborhoods."
In October 2021, the proposed expansion of the FRESH program was approved unanimously by the City Planning Commission and is now before the city council for review.
"The city is really making an effort to support and enable supermarkets to survive through programs like that," said Baronberg about the FRESH program.
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Let me formally introduce you to my Achilles' heel: KOKO SAMOA (Samoan Cocoa) — or as I like to call it my Kavity Kulprit. Served hot, strong, and sweet, Koko Samoa is my Unofficial Official National Drink of Samoa. It is unlike anything I've had before and reminds me of a hybrid between hot chocolate and coffee — it has a gritty, bitter texture reminiscent of coffee, with a chocolatey aroma, and an extremely roasted flavor. Personally, I prefer the unstrained version where the grinds of the cocoa seeds (pegu) are left as a reminder of what you're drinking.
Samoa was first introduced to cacao from its' German colonizers in the 19th century as it was among the commercially farmed products brought from abroad. Since then, these technically foreign seedlings have become ingrained into Samoan culture.
My district in Western Savai'i is known for its' cocoa. While not much else grows here, the cacao tree thrives. So much, in fact, a partnership among the Samoan and New Zealand governments, Savaii Cocoa Farmers Association and Whittaker's Chocolates, helped to recently establish a local organic cocoa nursery, which I've had the pleasure of visiting a few times. The partnership created the Samoa Cocoa Export Improvement Programme (SCEIP), which aims at increasing the production of cocoa by providing access to and education about high quality, high yield cocoa plants for local growers, which would strengthen the cocoa supply chain from the grassroots up.
Making Koko Samoa is as much a cultural tradition as drinking is a comfort. Women gather near my house to prep koko to sell in Apia. I hear their singing and know right away what they're up to. To me, it is a cultural symbol of unity and togetherness and is meant to be sipped slowly and savored.
Here's my 1 Second of the Day for the month of June. I know I haven't updated my blog in a minute or two, so here's a monthly recap for you!
Koko Samoa is one of my favorite indulgences here in country. Read this piece on an introduction to Koko Samoa and how it is prepared in Samoa.


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The system looks similar to a projector, but features a camera at the top that shines down onto the screen. Children place a series of blocks on the screen and then hit record. The camera takes one picture, and they can then rearrange the pieces for the next frame.


In RootsMagic, find it under the Tools menu. Select Problem Search, then Problem List to select the different kinds of problems you can have RootsMagic identify for you and to choose what age ranges you decide are out of bounds for a new father or mother.
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Dragon Age: Absolution is an animated series coming to Netflix
Today during Geeked Week 2022, Netflix and BioWare announced the new animated series, Dragon Age: Absolution.
Set to debut in December, the series tells a new story set in Tevinter and features an ensemble of new characters inspired by Dragon Age lore. This includes elves, mages, knights, Qunari, Red Templars, demons, and other special surprises.
Addition details on the show are to be announced at a later date.
Created in collaboration with BioWare, the series is executive produced by Mairghread Scott (Guardians of the Galaxy TV Series, Transformers Prime) who also serves as head writer and showrunner.
Scott is known for writing comics such as Transformers: Till All Are One, Transformers: Windblade, Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots, and Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters. Scott also wrote five episodes of the Transformers Prime series, and an episode of Transformers Rescue Bots: Griffin Rock Rescue.
Red Dog Culture House ( The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf) is in charge of animation.
Since the debut of Dragon Age: Origins in 2009, the award-winning video game franchise has produced two additional games, four spin-off games, six novels, a tabletop game, numerous comics, toys, an anime film, and two web-based series were produced.
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, the next game mainline game in the series, will be a single-player title that could star Solas, one of the party members of Dragon Age: Inquisition – if the hints do indeed point to Solas.
Development on the fourth game in the series originally started in 2015 before the project was scrapped in 2017 after the studio decided against the addition of multiplayer. After a reboot, BioWare announced in 2018 that the next Dragon Age was in development
BioWare has said more information on Dreadwolf will be provided in time, and it will talk more about the game later this year.
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\section{Introduction}

It has been suggested by Beck and Mackey \cite{BM1} that part of the
zero-point energy of the radiation field that is gravitationally
active can be determined from noise measurements of Josephson
junctions. This caused some widespread attention.  In a reaction we
\cite{JS} we thought we had clearly shown that there is no basis for
this claim, by following the reasoning in \cite{BM1} for a much
simpler model, for which it is very obvious that the authors
misinterpreted their formulae. More  generally, we stated that the
absolute value of the zero-point energy of a quantum mechanical
system has no physical meaning as long as gravitational coupling is
ignored. All that is measurable are \emph{changes} of the zero-point
energy under variations of system parameters or of external
couplings, like an applied voltage.

Recently, Beck and Mackey argued \cite{BM2} that our argument does
not apply to their original proposal. They state in particular that
the measured noise spectrum of Josephson junctions is a consequence
of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, while our argument `` is
based on equilibrium statistical mechanics and does not incorporate
non-equilibrium effects''.

Mainly for this reason we demonstrate below explicitly that the
fluctuation-dissipation relation is immune to any shift of vacuum
(zero-point) energies. In particular, the vacuum energy of the
radiation field, cut-off at some frequency, does not enter in the
fluctuation-dissipation theorem. The misinterpretation of the
formulae by Beck and Mackey is, as we shall show, exactly of the
same type we pointed out in our first reply \cite{JS}.

\section{On the fluctuation-dissipation theorem}

For the sake of our argument, we have to briefly recall a derivation
of the famous \emph{fluctuation-dissipation theorem}, originally
discovered by Callen and Welton \cite{CW}.

Mathematically, the fluctuation-dissipation theorem relates for an
operator $Q(t)=e^{iHt}Q e^{-iHt}$ ($H$ the Hamiltonian of the
system) the canonical expectation values (denoted by
$\langle\cdot\rangle$) of the commutator $[Q(t),Q(0)]_-$ and the
anti-commutator $[Q(t),Q(0)]_+$.

Let $\alpha^{''}(\omega)$ be the Fourier transform of
$\frac{1}{2}\langle [Q(t),Q(0)]_-\rangle$,
\begin{equation}
\alpha''(\omega)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{-\infty}^\infty \langle
[Q(t),Q(0)]_-\rangle e^{i\omega t}~dt.
\end{equation}
In physical applications $\alpha''(\omega)$ is the imaginary part of
a generalized susceptibility $\alpha(\omega)$ (Kubo formula for
linear response), and describes energy dissipation caused by an
external perturbation. It is now a matter of at most a few
lines\footnote{All that one needs is that the Fourier transform of
$\langle Q Q(t)\rangle$ is equal to that of $\langle Q(t)Q\rangle$ times
$e^{-\beta\omega},~\beta=1/kT,~\hbar=1$.} to show that
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{2}\langle [Q(t),Q(0)]_+\rangle=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_0^\infty
\coth\frac{\beta\omega}{2}\alpha''(\omega)e^{-i\omega t}~d\omega
\end{equation}
($\beta=1/kT,~\hbar=1$).

For $t=0$ this formula expresses the fluctuation $\langle
Q^2\rangle$ in terms of the susceptibility. A slightly different
form is
\begin{equation}
\langle Q^2\rangle=\frac{2}{\pi}\int_0^\infty
\left[\frac{1}{2}\omega+\frac{\omega}{e^{\beta\omega}-1}\right]\alpha''(\omega)\frac{d\omega}{\omega}.
\end{equation}
This connection is what one calls the fluctuation-dissipation
theorem. The formula used by Beck and Mackey is equivalent to (3).
They use the relation between $\langle\dot{Q}^2\rangle$ and
$\alpha''(\omega)$, which is obtained from (3) by multiplying the
integrand with $\omega^2$.

Obviously, $\langle [Q(t),Q(0)]_{\pm}\rangle$ do not change under
the substitution  $H \rightarrow H+const.$ Therefore, this
substitution does not induce an additive constant in the square
bracket of (3), contrary to what was suggested by Beck and Mackey in
their equation (5.13). The term $\frac{1}{2}\omega$ in the square
bracket has nothing to do with the ground state energy of the
system. The latter does not show up in the fluctuation-dissipation
theorem, and can be treated as an arbitrary normalization.

Testing relations like (3) amounts to testing basic quantum theory,
and has nothing to do with dark energy.

\section{Concluding remarks}

We hope to have shown in sufficient detail that \emph{vacuum
(zero-point) energies do not show up in any application of the
fluctuation-dissipation theorem}. Therefore, the change suggested in
eq. (5.13) of Ref. \cite{BM2}, is wrong. The term
$\frac{1}{2}\omega$ in the square bracket of (3) has nothing to do
with vacuum energies.

In their rebuttal \cite{BM2}, Beck and Mackey make in Sect.~V the
following general statement: `` The theory of dissipative
non-equilibrium quantum systems, such as driven Josephson junctions,
is much less well understood than the Casimir effect. Whether the
dissipative quantum theory underlying resistivity shunted Josephson
junctions can be renormalized is presently unclear. Hence the
absolute value of the vacuum energy may well have physical meaning
for these kinds of superconducting quantum systems.'' Our comment to
this -- beside our concrete remarks in the previous section -- is:
The basic theory underlying resistivity shunted Josephson is a
renormalizable theory, namely quantum electrodynamics. In this
theory the vacuum energy can be normalized to any value, without
changing any observable prediction. This can only change when an
enlarged theory containing gravity is considered. Outside gravity,
vacuum energies are unmeasurable. (The standard model of particle
physics is renormalizable.)

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this morning, my alarm went off at 5:30am for my new miracle morning challenge - please feel free to join along! ... i am not going to lie, getting up that early wasn't easy for me (and i kind of regretted the glasses of wine i had while watching 'bachelor in paradise' with my husband last night) but... i really, really loved it. and i am excited about this lifestyle change. after my hour alone, i had breakfast with my boys, parks and i took a long walk, we went to trader joe's, i cleaned/started laundry, he went down for a nap and i started working for the day. my mind and soul felt more clear and accepting of the day ahead. i think it's working.
yesterday, we walked across the street with a friend to a new area in charlotte called camp north end for an eclipse viewing party... it was fun, but we wish we would have brought a bottle of cold rose and some fun snacks. there was about 98% coverage here and it was so fascinating to see that just 2% can still light up the sky so well... it was dim all around us but still lit. the whole thing was just fascinating (i loved how everyone came together to watch) and how it is another sign of just how creative God is.
he wasn't facing the sun but loved the shades!
my husband and i packed up my old inventory (about 800 pieces to send back) and started to get ready for my new adventure... you can read more here but i am SO excited!!


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Recently, an international marine life census concluded that over 200,000 organisms call Earth's oceans their home. Remarkably, a handful of those life forms happily exist at depths and temperatures where life was once thought to certainly perish.
Yet despite the fact that people have been intimately engaged with the seas for thousands of years, we still know very little about many of these creatures, discovering new ones on a routine basis. If even the darkest, coldest, and seemingly oxygen-depleted regions of our own world are capable of harboring life, perhaps life may be flourishing elsewhere in the solar system; for example, within the oceans of the Saturnian moon Titan.
Only recently have we begun to explore the surfaces of distant worlds, and as the 21st century unfolds, ambitious plans abound for undertaking such future ventures.
However, many of these plans are reliant upon technology that is realistically quite some time away from implementation, or even purely theoretical at this juncture.
Propulsion systems employing fusion power or matter/anti-matter collisions are all promising conduits for efficient and timely inter-solar and deep-space exploration, but are thus far undeveloped or unfeasible at the present time. Even the promise of ion propulsion, having successfully been demonstrated in a handful of robotic spacecraft (such as NASA's Dawn and the Japanese Hayabusa mission), does not offer an immediately viable, large-scale solution.
Yet as we aim beyond sending humans to Earth's moon, the risk for exploratory stagnation is high as traditional chemically-fueled rockets (utilized in every manned space vehicle from the Saturn V to the recently retired Space Shuttle) are unsuitable for long-distance, heavy payload missions.
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We ordered a custom wallpaper for our son's room. A big train. There's a company at http://www.fotomuur.nl (and a lot of other European country-related domains) that can print your photo.
Good print quality. I didn't see any defects. We've got two wallpapers (also one for our room) and both are fine. Good colors (at least to my eyes).
Make sure you've got a high resolution picture. One of our two is at the minimum recommended resolution and that's fine, but the higher resolution one is noticably better.


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2004 Honda S2000collectage2017-09-25T10:38:22-05:00
6-SPEED TRANSMISSION
One of the hallmarks of a good sports car is that the harder you drive it, the more rewarding it becomes. Of the Honda S2000, MotorTrend said "treat the S2000 like you hate it and you'll get the most out of it. We did and loved every minute of it." With Honda's team of racing engineers behind the development of the S2000, it was practically a sure thing that it would be a good drive. The overall structure of the car was designed to be incredibly rigid while keeping the weight down, and the 2.2-liter engine, which feels docile around town, doesn't really wake up until the point after most other engines would be banging off their rev limiter. From the moment you plop yourself into the driver's seat, it becomes crystal clear that the Honda S2000 was designed from the ground up to be as rewarding and driver-focused as possible.
Although the engine takes some work to get the most out of, the rest of the car, from the gearbox, to the brakes, to the suspension, is designed for driver enjoyment. The crisp 6-speed manual makes every shift a pleasure and helps you get the most out of the high-revving engine. The brakes offered class-leading stopping power in their day while also delivering confidence-inspiring brake feel. The tight suspension allows flat cornering while transmitting just the right amount of information to the driver through the chunky steering wheel. With each mile behind the wheel, it becomes more and more clear that the S2000 is a cohesive package that was designed for the sole purpose of having fun.
A LOOK IN THE REAR VIEW
Honda surprised the world when they rolled out a lightweight convertible concept car, dubbed the Sport Study Model (or "SSM"), in 1995. It took another four years until the production S2000 appeared in April of 1999 to celebrate Honda's 50th anniversary. The first generation S2000 featured a high-revving 2.0-liter 4-cylinder that produced 237-bhp, making it the highest specific output of any naturally aspirated engine in the world when it debuted. The 8900-RPM redline helped the S2000 stand out amongst other drop-top sports cars like the Porsche Boxster and BMW Z3.
In 2004, the second-generation S2000 debuted with a larger 2.2-liter engine and although the extra displacement didn't bring any additional horsepower, it bumped up the torque by 9 lb-ft and made the powerband slightly more accessible. Unfortunately, the tradeoff was that the new FA22 engine only revved out to 8000 RPM now, instead of the truly magical almost 9000 RPM redline available in the first generation. Still though, the second generation brought with it other improvements throughout the S2000 to further stiffen the chassis while also increasing its ease of use and drivability.
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November - 2006 - issue	> People Manager
"Managing People Is Like Herding Cats..."
C. Mahalingam
'Managing People Is Like Herding Cats...' iss what the Leadership Guru, Warren Bennis said and wrote about! And he had compelling reasons for doing so. To quote him: "People may, however, be coaxed, cajoled, persuaded, adored, and gently led." He continues further, "...any leader who dares to think of himself or herself as the 'cat's meow' will likely be hissed and clawed. The recipe calls for more catnip, less catnap!"
Very successful people managers stand out for the following reasons:
l They understand that motivation is almost always intrinsic
2 Motivated people move faster, take ownership, solve problems and build and keep the team together
3 Encourage people to work hard and play even harder
4 Help every one in the team to become career-resilient
And the way they go about accomplishing all this is amazingly different! They stop managing 'people'. Instead, they manage the 'context'. Therefore, the secret to smart and successful people management lies not so much in managing people, but managing the context in which people function. Let me explain what 'managing the context' means.
Firstly, it means building trust and mutual respect within the team and between teams. This, of course, takes time. It involves reliability and constancy. Managers build trust when they articulate the values they stand for and when their people know where you are coming from. It is often emphasized that 'trust-worthiness' precedes trust and the trusted leader behaves as trust worthy as a prelude to creating trust in workplace. Trust worthy leaders do not pretend to be what they are not and they acknowledge that every member in the team including themselves is unique in what they bring to the work in terms of their abilities and motivation.
Managers create a climate of trust by focusing on three things:
l Demonstrate Competence. Competent managers generate a lot of trust in the team
2 Demonstrate Congruity. This is about integrity, saying what you mean, meaning what you say and bridging the gap between what is being said and being done
3 Demonstrate Constancy: Clearly stating a purpose and sharing the same with the team engenders a lot of trust in the team
Secondly, managing context means empowering the team in every possible way. Empower-ment is usually experienced in four different themes:
l People feel significant and wanted
2 Learning & Competence matter
3 People are part of a community
4 Work is exciting and every thing possible is done to make the work exciting
Thirdly, it means explaining the big picture to team members. This is a key ritual that leaders across levels in organizations need to keep in mind and perform with religious fervour! The big picture should cover amongst other things how a team member's quality impacts over all quality, linkage between organization's vision and its meaning to individual's goals and contribution and the like.
Fourthly, context management also means creating 'gung ho' spirit at workplace where people feel like coming to work every day, looking for challenges and stretching to better their own performance with each passing day. It also means making people perceive who needs what help and support and going the extra mile to extend this.
Fifthly, it also calls for a culture of catching people doing things right, rather than doing wrong things. If only managers pay attention to the 'invisible sign' around the necks of their team members, they will be able to read 'make me feel important'. So, catching people doing things right and celebrating success, no matter how small they are, will go a long way. Early in my career, I had a manager who took enormous pride in declaring his philosophy about people, which is: "when people do a great job, they do not need a praise since they are paid for it anyway….
And when people do a bad job, they need to be fixed as I am paid to do that anyway!" Understandably enough, his team had low motivation and began to look for opportunities elsewhere within and outside the organization.
Sure enough there are many other routes to 'managing the right context' for people to reach out to their potential within and deliver their very best. So, stop trying to manage people, but manage the context for best results.
Remember what Warren Bennis remarked: "When it comes to cats, it is milk before meat!"
The author is Sr.VP-HR with Symphony Services Corporation. He can be reached at mahalingam.c@symphonysv.com
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FA Women's National League
30 September 2018 Venue Stadium MK Attendance
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Report: MK Dons Ladies 1-0 Gillingham Ladies
MK Dons Ladies record a win over Gillingham Ladies at Stadium MK…
Kim Farrow's second-half strike ensured that MK Dons Ladies picked up all three points against Gillingham Ladies on Sunday afternoon.
The Dons defeated The Gills 1-0 when they hosted them at Stadium MK in their league encounter in order to register their second win of the season.
Farrow struck in the 76th minute of the match after turning home Ellen Martin's free-kick in what as a positive performance from James Honeyman's side.
Both sides started the game in determined fashion as the two sides exchanged possession in the early stages, as they both searched for a way to carve out a clear-cut chance.
Gillingham were the first to go close as they broke through on goal in the 13th minute and forced Emma Kirby to come charging out of her goal to close down the angle, before Mollie cleared off the line.
The Dons then enjoyed the majority of possession throughout the early stages. Leah Cudone's provided a creative outlet, with her dangerous whipped cross a touch away from the back of the net, while, Leah Littlechild had her shot tipped over the crossbar.
From the resulting corner, Laura Bright almost broke the deadlock as she lost her marker but her header was saved and cleared.
Littlechild then proceeded to have a couple more attempts at goal after working hard to make space for herself but her shots went narrowly wide on both occasions.
Farrow then had the best opportunity of the first-half, as she burst through on goal only to see her following effort roll agonisingly wide of the post.
Following the half-time break the game got back underway in a similar fashion to how the game started with both jostling for possession.
The first real chance of the second-half came after some tricky footwork from Leanna Doyle on the wing, this led to a cross being played towards Farrow – her powerful header was well saved.
The next ten minutes of the game saw the Dons have to stand firm at the back as Sammy Booker whipped in a corner kick for The Gills which struck the post. Minutes later, Booker followed that effort up by rattling the crossbar from a free-kick moments later.
However, after surviving that danger, the Dons took the lead through Farrow as she slotted in a free-kick which Martin had lofted into the box.
The Dons then held onto their 1-0 win in the time that remained as they comfortably held onto possession with some sublime passing moves.
Speaking after the game James Honeyman shared his pride in his side's performance and claimed his side could now build on the positive result.
"I'm really happy with our performance - I felt we deserved to result in the end," said Honeyman.
"It was important to ensure we are better defensively - we set out to do that and we get opportunities.
"I do feel we need to be more ruthless in front of goal, but that's the first clean sheet of the season and a win that we can now build off."
He added, "As each week goes by we look more and more comfortable at this level and with seven points from the last four games - we are really growing week by week.
"We set up a game plan today to frustrate them and that's exactly what we did and we deserved the win."
Starting XI: Kirby, Doyle (c) (Wright, 86), Bright, Barrett, Clarke, Farrow, Burgess, Cudone, Hughes, Littlechild (Martin, 73), Newman (Naylor, 79).
Unused Subs: Shults, Stanley
Goal: Farrow (76)
Booked: Doyle (18), Farrow (88).
MK Dons Ladies in Stadium MK action this afternoon
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Entry can paid for on the gate, with prices just £5 adults, £3 seniors and FREE under-16s. Gates open at 1.15pm ahead of the kick-off at 2pm. Seating is unreserved in the clubRed area.


Ziad Rahbani performed on Thursday 12 July at the opening ceremony of Beiteddine Art Festival. He was accompanied by a large orchestra and choir from Lebanon and the Middle East in a fully packed arena of fans eager to watch and listen as this legend performs after a two year absence from the music scene. The crowd cheered for their favorite musician, composer and playwright as he revived songs from his rich 40 year repertoire.


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Q: background doesn't stay fixed when I add video header -chrome Please see background effect here: https://jsfiddle.net/xorkme75/embedded/result/
background is fixed here. so when you scroll the page, you can see rest of the image. for example scroll down and you can see the lady's face.
Works both chrome and firefox.
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But when I add video to header. This effect not working in chrome anymore. Here is example (please see in chrome): http://areafordemos.net63.net/chrome.html
How did I broke it?
I added to CSS:
#video-container {
    top: 10%;
    width:100%;
    height:70%;
    overflow: hidden;
    z-index:-1;
    }

video.fillWidth {
    width:100%;
    }

and I added to HTML:
<div id="video-container">
    <video autoplay muted loop paused class="fillWidth">
        <source src="xhttp://demosthenes.info/assets/videos/polina.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>
        <source src="http://demosthenes.info/assets/videos/polina.webm" type="video/webm"/>
        Your browser does not support the video tag. I suggest you upgrade your browser.
    </video>
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A: Try to add z-index:-2; to .dzen_bg. Because I see you have z-index:-1; on #video-container. I guess it will fix yout problem.

A: You have height: 70% in #video-container, if you remove it will work fine. And add this height to video.fillWidth

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Lampy Ngake is the new in thing in the hot sinnesters to women in the BDP ranks. He has been re-elected to be Tonota South councillor once more. He joins the rest of the new hotties in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) which held its primary elections. He sure rocks those looks that get the women yelling and twirling as they see him. Lampy is the new face of BDP, he is trending both for winning the primaries and the looks.
He will be contesting under the BDP belt once more. His suits and clean cuts are what the new good-looking guys in town get categorised with. Those close to him argue that he is the gigantic intellectual gladiator in the BDP that has been needed by the party. It is said also that his gestures when he makes a command and word also do the things that needs to be done to women.


How To Make Your Thoughts Work for You ?
You have an idea, and you should discover the best ways to use it. There are 2 levels of your thoughts the conscious or reasonable level, along with the subconscious or unreasonable level.
You think with your aware mind, and whatever you basically think sinks down into your subconscious mind, which creates according to the nature of your idea; Your subconscious mind is the chair of your feelings and is the ingenious mind. If you think excellent, great will follow; if you think bad, bad will follow. This is the means your mind will work.
The main function to bear in mind is when the subconscious mind accepts a thought, it starts to execute it, It is an interesting and undescribed truth that the law of the subconscious mind works for great and bad concepts alike.
This law, when applied in an incredibly negative way, is the reason for failure, disappointment, and unhappiness. Nevertheless, when your habitual thinking is polite and useful, you experience ideal health, success, and contentment.
Assurance and a healthful body are unavoidable when you begin to think and feel in the proper means. Whatever you claim psychologically and feel as real, your subconscious mind would accept and come up with into your competence.
The only thing necessary for you to do is to get your subconscious mind to accept your idea, and the law of your own subconscious mind will yield the wellness, peace, or the position you desire.
You give the command and your subconscious will faithfully reproduce the idea impressed upon it.
This is the way your mind will work.
You will absolutely get a reaction or feedback from your subconscious mind in accordance with the nature of the thought or concept you hold in your conscious mind.
Psychologists stress the point that when thoughts are communicated to your subconscious mind, impressions are produced in the human brain cells. As soon as your subconscious welcomes any idea, it continues to put them into effect immediately to works by association of ideas and utilizes every bit of knowledge which you have collected in your lifetime to lead to its purpose.
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Comunicate February 14, 2019
SHINE Ibiza Reveals Season 2 Dates & Line Up
PVD -HEADLINED IBIZA NIGHT FLIES IN HOST OF TRANCE HEAT FOR 2019's 11 SHOW RUN. ALY & FILA, COSMIC GATE, GIUSEPPE OTTAVIANI, ALEX M.O.R.P.H., JOHN O'CALLAGHAN, JOHN 00 FLEMING, BRYAN KEARNEY AND JORDAN SUCKLEY AMONGST THOSE SET TO APPEAR
If you happened to be looking in the other direction throughout January, let us catch you up! Events on Planet SHINE have been running – fair to say – plenty hot over the first month of the year. Assumed – and subsequently confirmed – the White Isle breakout is returning for the summer of 2019.
For its second season run, word of a venue uptick got out, taking SHINE to its own space at the legendary Eden. From there things started to get a little crazy. Having been on the circuit for but a single season, SHINE's owners dropped word of a partnership with none other than Tomorrowland, which – come July 20 – will see the marque takeover Freedom – the festival's second biggest stage.
And today SHINE are delighted to share the entire roll call of DJs that'll be joining them on the island this year. With PvD's Ibiza performances clicking back into the traditional #TRANCETHURSDAYS groove, SHINE has once again placed max emphasis on crowd-drawing spinners who embody the truest form of the genre.
Goes without saying that Paul will headline each of the nights and the first month's worth of shows alone will see him joined by the likes of Bryan Kearney, John O'Callaghan, Jordan Suckley and Giuseppe Ottaviani. Aly & Fila (who'll SHINE six times over the summer's duration!) will be doing an XL set on July 11's opening night. As Ibiza shifts into high season, Cosmic Gate, Alex MORPH, John 00 Fleming, Grum and others will be over to play their part too.
Events come to a head on September 19, with SHINE's co-headliners Paul van Dyk and Aly & Fila both delivering summer summating 3hr sets for its closing party. Every date & every DJ below. Could be time to call the travel agent.
Previously: reflecting on their first season and looking forward to the one ahead, SHINE ambassador Paul van Dyk said: "SHINE brought a breath of fresh air to Ibiza in 2018. To break out and do something new and under our own steam was a wonderfully liberating experience for myself personally and, I think, all involved. The team was right, the vibe was right and the DJs SHINE brought in to play were second to none. Trance and its global family were back on the island in its truest form. That all showed in the reception the night received.
On my last trip to Ibiza this year I dropped into the recently fully redeveloped Eden. I was blown away to see how the venue was modernized and refined. I've played the best and most exciting venues in the world and the new Eden is exactly that. Alongside San Antonio's continuing regeneration, I am sure SHINE will host a world-class 2019 production there. Trance and Eden have a close relationship/shared history that goes back decades. In tandem with the desire to have the night back on Thursdays, I'm delighted to say that SHINE will be moving to the club for the upcoming 2019 season."
Of the night's move to Eden, the club said: "We are delighted to be hosting SHINE Ibiza for the first time in San Antonio. We are dedicated to offering a diverse range of club nights to our Ibiza crowd. We can think of no better team to bring Trance to Eden than with legendary Paul van Dyk and the SHINE family for 2019".
SHINE promoter and MD of The Supernova Group Nick Ferguson echoed that, saying: "We are very excited by the opportunity to move SHINE to Eden for the 2019 season. The club has recently experienced a fantastic redevelopment and resurgence, as has San Antonio. Eden is well run, by people that believe in trance and are passionate about working with an exciting new brand!"
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This is an opportunity to a property that consists of an approved project for the construction of one modern Villa of 417 m2 on an plot of 1,400 m2 in the private urbanization of Roca Llisa.
The property of 417 m2 has a large living room, dining room, a second independent dining room, a fully equipped kitchen, four large bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms and a toilet. The master room is on the first floor and has beautiful mountain views and to the golf course. The basements which can be expanded and later if the buyer wishes turned into an apartment in creasing the m2.
The property have an extraordinary garden with swimming pool and a large area to park. Also among its fantastic equipment are some incredible finishes and the incorporation of the latest materials on the market.
For lovers of tranquility who looking for a space of privace, Roca Llisa is a luxury urbanization with maximum security. Located in the municipality of Santa Eulalia, 15 minutes from Ibiza and 20 minutes from the Airport, its properties have impressive views, near to Cala Olivera or the Golf Course. Within its extensive community services are the cleaning and protection of the flora of Ibiza, the conservation and lighting on its roads.
We have a building quote for around 2000 euros a sqm and would expect that on top of that you might need to pay some money on landscaping. Working out at around 750,000-800,000 to go on top of the purchase price depending on finish etc.
The final price with key in hand is 1.8 million !!!!


Here is another character Milt Kahl didn't particularly enjoy animating, but as usual he pulled it off beautifully. There was criticism at the time as to why Madame Bonfamille in "The Aristocats" looked so realistic. This lady was eccentric enough to will her fortune to her house cats, so why not design her as a nutty old woman?
Milt's response was that the story guys thought of her as a beautiful, dignified elderly lady, as did Ken Anderson. So he refined what they gave him, not changing the character's concept.
In an interview Milt said that it doesn't hurt to do your straight, realistic job once in a while, knowing that you will have other characters in the picture who are eccentric and more entertaining.
And of course Milt did pride himself for being able to do assignments like this one that called for careful realistic handling.
"Realism is not the problem, it's the way (other) people do realism that's a problem!" he said.
To me the contrast between her and the lawyer and butler works quite well.
American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson might have been an influence on Milt when he drew Madame Bonfamille. You find the same careful accuracy in the remarkable draughtsmanship of both artists.
This is a photo of Grace Godino posing as Madame Bonfamille. To my knowledge no film footage was ever taken. Grace was an inker at Disney, she also had a little acting experience as a stand-in for Rita Hayworth.
The following rough animation drawings are from the scene in which Madame greets her old friend, lawyer Georges Hautecourt. He is about to compliment her on her soft hands after having just kissed the cat's tail.
These drawings AMAZE me…elegance, grace and perfection.
The motion of her left hand reaching forward is beautiful.


One of the major concerns with buying a house is unforeseen expenses and safety issues. Be sure you are making the right choices by getting a Pre-Purchase Inspection. It reduces the risk of unexpected and costly surprises, makes you aware of the house's condition, and helps you feel completely comfortable with your home purchase decision.
By hiring a home inspector, homebuyers have saved thousands of dollars during renegotiations based on report findings, while others have avoided purchasing a "money pit".


Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows (like apt-get or yum ,but, for Windows). It was designed to be a decentralized framework for quickly installing applications and tools that you need. It is built on the NuGet infrastructure currently using PowerShell as its' focus for delivering packages from the repositories to your computer. Chocolatey is like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind (there are differences and limitations). For those unfamiliar with APT/Debian, think about Chocolatey as a global silent installer for applications and tools. It can also do configuration tasks and anything that you can do with PowerShell. The power you hold with a tool like Chocolatey is only limited by your imagination! Chocolatey is the brainchild of Rob Reynolds, a passionate developer and technology guru.
Microsoft out of the box support for Chocolatey?
That's right, Microsoft OneGet uses Chocolatey , see Windows PowerShell OneGet.
Squidworks has harnessed the power of Chocolatey and brought it into the LabTech RMM platform. This allows MSPs to control mass amounts of Windows systems and software applications in a very simple to use interface. In fact, managing software applications could not be easier when using the Chocolatey plugin for LabTech. As you read further I will go over the plugins functions and how you to can harness this power for your MSP.
The Master Control manager provides the on and off controls over whole system. The configuration tab of the manager incorporates licensing and the common settings to control auto installs and auto updates. This global view has some permissions you can use to control access to the Master Control Manager. Only Super Admins and users joined to the "Chocolatey" user class can access the Master Control Manager.
This is where you setup your application list, we recently added the ability to set a repository for each application you want to control. This allows a MSP to pick and choose where they get each application. We also provide a "seed" button that will auto populate the list with the most common apps used like Java, Chrome and Adobe. The Auto Enable feature sets the application being added as enabled for all systems that are currently set to enable installs. By default any application being added to the approved apps list is excluded from install on all systems.
You can control who is allowed to install applications at a global level and make quick work of allowing or denying installs across clients. This was completely rewritten after Beta 6 release to be more accurate and faster.
See detailed information on the applications being distributed across your MSP, monitor the versions of each installed application across you client base. Have direct access to the PC consoles of each system and control installs and updates from this global view.
See what applications are being distributed across your MSP, monitor the versions of Chocolatey installed across you client base and see the current daily install activity.
The License Manager allows you to see how the deployments are going and who has successfully licensed. From this view you can repair the Chocolatey framework install, remove Chocolatey from system, clean up old data or launch right into a PC console.
Here you can include or exclude a client directly or select any set of apps to exclude from the client as a whole.
Here you can select systems and applications from the approved apps list and manually install them, update or delete them. Everything is reported back to plugin in real time so you get to see what is going on as it happens.
We provide very granular control over who, what and when applications get installed. You can control down to the PC level if apps get installed and what gets installed to provide a very low level of control for the distribution of applications.
On the software tab you can do one-off installs of any software from any repository for extreme flexibility. Any applications installed will be included in updates, they will get listed and version checked as part of the maintenance cycles. You are also able to update and delete software at this level making it very convenient for MSPs to manage software . Everything is reported back to plugin in real time so you get to see what is going on as it happens.
This service monitors PCs for software installed and or approved and not yet installed and makes sure that the PCs get the new software based on the maintenance cycles selected.
This service checks for and executes updates for both the Chocolatey application and all applications installed.
All behind the scenes services will run at least once every 24 hours and can be set to run as much as once per hour by adjusting the controls in the master control.
Interested in managing your own repository?


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Pathfinder OutSource Manufacturing
Pathfinder OutSource Manufacturing Stories
A Partner in Need is a Partner Indeed
Our Sunday Visitor had a critical need for some helping hands about four years ago, and that's when the company turned to Pathfinder OutSource Manufacturing. It's been a very productive partnership ever since.
"We called OutSource Manufacturing out of necessity the first time around," says Cindy Dillman, distribution manager for Our Sunday Visitor. "It was during a peak-season crunch. We really needed help to meet customer demand. Pathfinder's workers rose to the task and did a great job. It was spot on. In fact, they finished the work and returned it faster than we could have done it ourselves."
No job too big
Among the many Catholic-related products and services it offers, Our Sunday Visitor is the world's largest manufacturer of church offering envelopes, making several hundred million annually. So what role do Outsource Manufacturing's workers play in Our Sunday Visitor's bustling business?
"They do quite a variety of work," Dillman says. "They perform rework on products. They sort out bad copies and insert replacement parts when possible. They bundle loose items. They label products for specific stores. They put together kits, as well as presort, bag, and tag mail before it's sent to the post office. I'm stunned by the variety of things they've been able to take on and accomplish.
"Pathfinder as an organization also provides a high level of personal service," Dillman says. "Their representatives are very involved and really get into specifics. Sometimes they see things we don't. And we're seeing a measurable return on our investment. Using Pathfinder allows us a faster turnaround, which maintains our level of customer service when we can't do everything ourselves."
Pathfinder OutSource Manufacturing meets ISO 9001 standards, and Dillman says that's a reflection of the workers' attention to detail and conscientiousness. "We don't require that they meet ISO 9001 standards, but we can definitely see that they hold themselves to very high standards and a level of quality we can rely on."
Good for business, good for people
OutSource Manufacturing's workers are of varying abilities. Dillman says Our Sunday Visitor is very pleased to provide them with a way to earn. "Our partnership with Pathfinder is a business decision first. But it's also a benefit to give people opportunities for employment that they might not have otherwise. In fact, some of our full-time employees have family members who are Pathfinder clients."
Dillman highly recommends Pathfinder's OutSource Manufacturing to other companies looking for a high-quality helping hand. "I absolutely recommend them. The folks there are equipped to handle a wide range of tasks. I was surprised by the level of flexibility they offer, as well as the detail and complication the team could tackle. We all have peaks, surprises, manning shortages—that's how I discovered Pathfinder as a resource—but after being pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to do business with them and how quickly the work is turned, I now appreciate them as more than a partner during crisis. I imagine there's something they can do to help any manufacturing company."
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The modern woman juggles a multiplicity of different roles at work and at home.
However, in her quest to maintain them, and to nurture and to provide for her loved ones, many often neglect to plan for what might happen to them if the unforeseen occurs.
But think about this – as a mother, daughter, sister and wife, the last thing you want is to leave your family stranded in a difficult financial situation should disaster strike.
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MANCHESTER UNITED chief executive Ed Woodward must have felt like throwing himself through the transfer window before it slammed shut.
But on the evidence of recent weeks he would have probably left it too late and smashed his face against the glass instead.
United claim to be the biggest club in the world. Wrong. Their behaviour this summer has been more akin to that of Trotters Independent Traders.
And doing his best Del Boy impression has been Woodward, who succeeded David Gill and took on the responsibility of running a global brand and footballing powerhouse. He has been described in some quarters as a commercial genius and this might well be true.
But there is more to running United than selling shirt space and sponsorship deals to firms lining up to associate themselves with the champions.
The other thing in Woodward's 'to do' tray this summer was to attract some of the world's biggest stars to Old Trafford.
Manager David Moyes is on a hiding to nothing when it comes to replacing Sir Alex Ferguson.
He needs all the help he can get but it hasn't been forthcoming and that 'million dollar' move hasn't materialised.
Within four months Woodward is facing accusations of being out of his depth. Supporters want Gill back and the bare facts of a harsh and shambolic summer paint a woeful picture.
United have faced constant rejection during the transfer window from all over Europe.
The club looked into luring Cristiano Ronaldo back. No chance. They then turned to Cesc Fabregas but Barcelona turned down their bid and the player wanted to stay.
The tale of woe continued and Moyes has to shoulder his share of the blame.
Having rejected the chance to sign Thiago Alcantara from Barcelona and been dissuaded from pursuing Luka Modric, Moyes stood behind Woodward and insisted progress was being made and deals would get done.
United were telling people on the quiet that Mezut Ozil had been offered to them but they weren't interested in him.
Other sources claim United were outbid, by Arsenal of all clubs. Whatever the truth, either outcome does United's reputation no favours.
It gets worse. United have made bids below the market value for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines, having failed to trigger the former's £23m escape clause in July.
Ultimately Fellaini was bought from Everton moments before the deadline passed, for £27m, as Woodward scrambled around looking to get a deal done.
Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira were targets that came to nothing. They also tried to borrow Fabio Coentrao from Real Madrid but couldn't even manage this.
Yet the most shocking indictment of United's failings was the farcical attempt to sign Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera.
A £36m fee triggered Herrera's release clause. He wanted to join United so much he was willing to sacrifice millions.
Even then United failed to get the deal done after some men in suits claiming to act for the club turned up at the La Liga offices in Madrid to discuss the paperwork - and left empty-handed. Then United insisted Fellaini had always been the No.1 target. If so, why leave it so late to sign him? Their attitude has been a toxic mixture of arrogance and incompetence, not helped by an average start on the pitch.
In the past their name made things happen but Europe's bigguns haven't flinched. Even Everton refused to be bullied before stripping United of an extra £4m to rub their noses in it. This would never have happened on Fergie's watch.
The implications of his departure are stretching far and wide and for United's sake, it can only be hoped Woodward has learned some harsh lessons.
If he hasn't then those men in dark suits could don white coats instead and take him away before any more damage is done.


This article originally appeared on the Special Needs Answers website. To view the original article, click here.
If a person with special needs receives a large personal injury award, paying for health insurance could become an unaffordable expense unless precautions are taken. Consider the case of Paula Homan, a 63-year-old California woman who was seriously injured in a car accident in 1980. Ms. Homan obtained an $800,000 settlement from the city where the crash took place. Half of the settlement covered Ms. Homan's past medical expenses and fees and the remainder was used to purchase an annuity that now pays her about $4,800 a month.
The funds from Ms. Homan's annuity have always been enough to cover the cost of her caretaker and some other minimal expenses, but she has never been able to afford medical insurance. Instead, her aging parents pay her premiums, which amounted to more than $1,000 a month in 2011. Ms. Homan's father explained to a reporter that because Ms. Homan's annuity income is so high, she is unable to qualify for public benefits like Medicaid that would make private insurance coverage unnecessary. As Ms. Homan ages, her parents worry about the increasing cost of insuring her and wonder what will happen to her when they are no longer able to cover her premiums.
It appears that this situation could have been avoided through the use of a "first-party" special needs trust. (The law in this area was very different in the early 1980's, so options that are currently available to people in Ms. Homan's situation may not have even existed when she was injured.) A first-party special needs trust is a trust that is designed to hold the individual assets of a person with special needs, and it is typically created for large accident settlements and inheritances that are given directly to a person with special needs. If properly drafted, the funds held in a first-party special needs trust will not count against a person with special needs if she requires government assistance in the future, but the government may be able to recover some of the cost of that assistance from the funds remaining in the trust when the beneficiary dies.
If Ms. Homan's injury had occurred recently, she could have created the first-party special needs trust and her annuity payments could have been directed right into the trust. In this scenario, the annuity income would not be attributed to Ms. Homan and, barring other disqualifying factors, she could qualify for Medicaid. The funds in the trust could still be used as they are now — to supplement Ms. Homan's medical insurance and provide her with live-in care. Ms. Homan's parents would be able to save thousand of dollars a year and not have to worry about their daughter's future health care because she would have affordable comprehensive coverage.
First-party special needs trusts are not appropriate in all situations, but if you have been injured and are thinking of settling your case, you should certainly consider first speaking to your qualified special needs planner about creating one; it could pay dividends for years to come.
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As we get ready to preach through Mark, here is a helpful overview of his gospel.
Mark records in sixteen chapters "the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" (Mark 1:1). This opening verse introduces major themes in the book―Jesus as the Christ and the Son of God.
After introducing the beginnings of Jesus by speaking of John the Baptist, Jesus' baptism, and Jesus' temptation (Mark 1:1–13), Mark gives a summary statement of what we find Jesus doing throughout the book: "Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God" (Mark 1:14–15).
Beginning with the call of four disciples (Mark 1:16–20), Mark records Jesus' initial ministry in Galilee (Mark 1:16–3:6) and then summarizes by noting the region's reaction to Him―people swarming to Him from all directions to be healed from disease and demons (Mark 3:7–12). Beginning his next section with the appointment of the twelve apostles (Mark 3:13–19), Mark then records Jesus' continuing ministry in Galilee (Mark 3:20–5:43). Through the miracles and teaching of Jesus, both sections show Jesus to be the Christ and Son of God.
After coming back to his hometown Nazareth (Mark 6:1–6), Mark again begins with a focus on Jesus' disciples and records the continuing ministry of Jesus (Mark 6:7–8:26). The disciples see, but not clearly, that Jesus is the Christ (Mark 8:27–30; cf. 8:22–26), a climactic confession that comes almost exactly halfway through Mark's gospel. As Jesus continues to travel and teach to Galilee and the surrounding regions (Mark 8:27–10:52), Mark emphasizes through Jesus' words that being a disciple of Jesus means understanding who He is (cf. Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:32–34) and losing one's life by giving it away to live for Him (Mark 8:34–38; 9:35–37; 10:42–45).
Opposition mounts against Jesus as he teaches in Jerusalem (Mark 11:1–13:37), which leads to the record of events two days before His death (Mark 14:1–72), including the Jewish leadership's rejection of Jesus' claim to be the Christ and Son of God (Mark 14:61–64). After His trial before Pilate, Jesus is crucified and buried (Mark 15:1–47). Just after Jesus' death, a Roman centurion confesses what Mark desired all his Roman readers to confess: "Truly this man was the Son of God!" (Mark 15:39). The book ends by leaving the reader to wonder with the women at the emptiness of Jesus' tomb after His resurrection (Mark 16:1–8).
As one can see, two dominant themes in Mark are who Jesus is (the Christ and the Son of God) and the cost that comes with being His disciple (suffering). As we study Mark together, may God help us to truly understand Jesus and genuinely follow Him.
-This outline of Mark more or less follows pp. 169–72 in D. A. Carson and Douglas J. Moo's An Introduction to the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005).
"First Peter: A Living Hope in Christ" is a 10-week study of the Apostle Peter's first letter, using the Bible (1 Peter) and a study guide (available free of charge at our study). We will not only learn about our hope found only in Christ, but we will also learn how to study the Bible for ourselves in the process!
Beginning Sunday, September 14, please join us at 6:00 PM on Sunday nights scheduled for Women's Bible Fellowship. You can see our calendar by clicking here.
Our Ladies' Bible Fellowship is led by Holly Huffstutler. She is our pastor's wife, holds an M.A. in Biblical Ministries, and is the mother of three small children.
To know the current passage and topic that we will be studying for upcoming Sundays, watch for our regular updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Why so many? What's the Difference? Confused? Have you ever wondered why there are so many churches and denominations? Where did they all come from? What are the differences? Do you have to belong to a particular church, or any at all, to go to heaven?
While some claim that association with their denomination is necessary in order to go to heaven, the Scriptures are clear that they only requirement is genuine faith in the work of Christ on are behalf. So why so many? What are the differences? Do they matter?
Beginning Sunday, October 5, we'll take a few weeks to explore the origin and differences between our various denominations and sects. In the process, we'll discover that eternal life is not primarily a matter of religion, but of relationship – a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Please join us for these informative and perhaps life-changing sessions.


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Crash-for-Cash scam busted; Direct Line chasing £600k fraud case
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One of the most elaborate 'crash for cash' scams uncovered by insurers has been derailed this week. In total, claims could have risen to £1.3M had all been paid out.
But Chester CID apprehended John Christopher Smith, MD of Swift Accident Solutions, before all of the 218 referrals received compensation.
Smith, of North Wales, is now beginning a six-and-a-half year jail sentence as the orchestrator of the scam. In all, Judge Andrew Blake convicted another 13 people for their part.
First Direct suspicious of similarity
First Direct first noticed a pattern when investigating a series of incidents involving First Group buses in and around Chester. The similarity was striking, and it was this similarity that drew suspicion.
In all, there were seven staged 'crashes'. Drivers of vans or cars would wait for a scheduled bus to pull out then gently bump into it. The incidents happened at low speed and the driver of the van or car would admit liability.
How did that work, then? The ingenious part of the scam was that people on the bus itself were in on it. As soon as the collision took place, they would feign their injuries.
Whiplash and soft-tissue injury cited as the cause of injury
Soft tissue and whiplash injuries were the modus operandi. These were the obvious choice as such injuries are difficult to prove.
These scammers informed their GPs that they'd been in a collision and they'd then issue a sick note. The fakers would then take along their doctor's note with the claim, Smith would refer them and collect the referral fee.
On average, Smith was pocketing around £900 per no-win, no-fee referral. 177 cases in all are adjudged to have been processed in this manner.
During the period that he was running the scam, a little over a year, it's estimated he grossed £159,000. He was jailed on fraud and conspiracy charges that could have risen to over £1M if they'd gone unchecked.
Rachel Cooper, the last member of the gang to be tried for the scam, escaped a custodial sentence. The 32-year old from Great Sutton escaped with an 18-month suspended sentence.
She did, however, receive an order to undertake 250 hours unpaid work as a repayment of her debt to society.
£600,000 fraud case brought by Direct Line
Elsewhere, Max Clifford is once again in the media for all the wrong reasons. This time, however, it's not the publicity guru in the dock.
Clifford was filmed in a coffee shop with Kevin Morgan, a former manager from Weybridge, who was himself under surveillance.
Morgan was in a 'low impact' accident in 2005. But the injuries he sustained have deteriorated to the extent that he can no longer live a normal life. Both psychiatrist and the original doctor's statements seem to support Mr Morgan's defence.
Direct Line, however, still became suspicious. Between 2009-2012, the insurers placed Morgan under surveillance.
On ten of those occasions, he was seen to leave the house. Any signs of the reported spasms in his neck didn't materialise. Moreover, the prosecution commented that his demeanour in court was completely different to that on film.
Mr Morgan said that he has both good and bad days. It was on one of the good days that he was filmed in the coffee shop with Mr Clifford.
Whole livelihood on the line
Direct Line have now taken Morgan to court to try to claim £600,000 fraud, suggesting that the injuries the victim sustained have been exaggerated.
His defence is arguing that the evidence supports the ex-manager's claim. Morgan can now only live a 'retired lifestyle', a far cry from the handyman he was before the accident occurred.
The limitations are such that Mr Morgan now exists within a 1,350ft radius from around his once 'immaculate' home. The meeting in the coffee shop falls within that territory.
Mr Morgan has also spoken out against Direct Line's heavy-handed approach. He likened his treatment to being 'on a murder charge'.
Despite the fact that he could lose his home if he's found guilty of fraud, Morgan insists that he wants this opportunity to clear his name.
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United Language Group Announces Acquisition of VIA, Inc.
In response to growing demand for legal and compliance-specific language solutions, VIA provides enhanced services, technology, and regulatory expertise to ULG.
Minneapolis, MN, USA, March 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Language Group (ULG) today announced its acquisition of VIA, a leading provider of language solutions across a diverse portfolio of global brands. This acquisition further solidifies ULG's position as the single-vendor option for clients requiring scalable, fully-supported document translation and interpretation services across an array of regulated and non-regulated sectors.
VIA is recognized for offering innovative solutions in the areas of legal contracts, cross-border litigation and eDiscovery, healthcare compliance, learning localization, and global product and brand management. In response to increased customer demand for innovative language solutions, this merger immediately extends ULG's core services and support, particularly for clients in regulated industries, while bolstering the Octave suite of technologies to solidify ULG's position as a technology innovator within the language service industry.
"We are incredibly excited to be joining United Language Group. This merger will enable VIA to offer an increased array of language and technology solutions to all of our customers," said Chanin Ballance, president and chair at VIA, Inc. "Additionally, VIA's solutions and expertise in compliance and legal will add depth to ULG's customers and prospects."
"As part of our vision to create a world in which language is no longer a barrier, we make every possible effort to give our clients the opportunity to succeed internationally by providing smart, seamless and secure language solutions," said Kristen Giovanis, president of United Language Group. "With this in mind, VIA was a natural fit into our company as a specialized language services provider with deep expertise in legal, healthcare, life sciences, and beyond. Our combined teams will bring exceptional value and service to our customers in all of the verticals we serve."
This merger is another significant growth milestone since ULG's formation in 2015. In July of 2017, ULG was named to Common Sense Advisory's list of 25 top-grossing language services providers globally, ranking 19th internationally and 7th in North America. As a result of this acquisition, ULG will surpass $100 million gross annual revenue, underscoring a rapid expansion into the ranks of the top performing language services companies worldwide.
The transaction was finalized on March 6, 2018.
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United Language Group (ULG) is one of the largest language solutions providers in the world, providing smart, seamless and secure language solutions that help businesses succeed in the global marketplace. ULG envisions a world in which language is no longer a barrier and helps global clients turn language translation and interpreting into a competitive advantage.
VIA is recognized for offering innovative solutions in the areas of legal, cross-border eDiscovery, compliance and learning localization.
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This is an interesting mix of some classic melodic thrashy death metal with rrrreggaeton!
Al Son del Bodom Beach Boom by Alex Yule is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
Note that this is still a work in progress, just created it and looking for feedback on how it fits together, but most importantly how to mix/eq to bring out the parts better (so far my only real edits besides slicing have been a volume envelope that changes throughout the song). But its definitely 90% there — a 'rough cut', since most of the actual mashing is done.
Another thought would be to redo the mashup using the acapella of Al Son Del Boom, but I think the drums are already minimal enough to work, and in certain parts they add a lot to the song. And it would be a huge pain in the arse.


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Registration for APF's Emergency Course and the Podiatry Scientific Mission in Israel Is Picking Up!
In conjunction with Israel's Ministry of Health and the Israel Defense Forces, APF's unique Course in Israel for healthcare professionals will take place from November 3 to 8, 2018. There will be special 70th-birthday dinner celebration on Tuesday, November 6.
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APF's Second Podiatry Scientific Mission in Israel will be held October 28 - November 7, 2018. There will be special 70th-birthday dinner celebration on Tuesday, November 6.
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John Galliano, previously designer for Dior, was famously sacked by the top fashion label Dior on March 1 following anti-Semitic remarks he had made in a bar in Marais. His comments were filmed and published on the internet.
The story continues: John Galliano was just fired by the company which is named after him, according to the American fashion magazine Women's Wear Daily and several press agencies including AFP which took up the story.
Without specifying the source of the information the journalist mentions that Mr. Galliano, at the age of 50, has been "formally made redundant" by the company John Galliano, 91 per cent owned by Dior. Closing the company "is not an immediate priority for its owners", despite this being in the obvious interest of its Chinese, Italian, and Middle Eastern investors.