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December 6, 1865 — Georgia Casts the Deciding Vote for the 13th Amendment
President Abraham Lincoln. Image Source: Wikimedia.
In the early days of the Civil War, President Lincoln and United States government officials worked to deprive the Confederate States of America of slave labor, in any way possible. The effort carried on through the entirety of the conflict but transitioned from harming the Confederate war effort to the emancipation of enslaved people, which culminated in the passage of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Confiscation Act of 1861
On August 6, 1861, Congress passed the Confiscation Act of 1861. The bill authorized the confiscation of property that was being used to support the Confederate war effort — including enslaved people. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 60-40, and the Senate by a vote of 24-11. Unfortunately, the act was extremely limited in scope and had some shortcomings, which kept it from being fully enforced by officers in the Union Army.
It was difficult to legally prove the contribution of a contraband slave to the Confederate war effort in a court of law.
Transporting and caring for contraband slaves during military maneuvers was difficult
The act did not specify what was supposed to happen to contraband slaves after they were captured.
These issues, plus the fact that not all Union officers agreed with the idea of releasing slaves from their owners, limited enforcement.
An Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves
Six months later, on March 13, 1862, Congress passed an article of war known as the "Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves" that prohibited Federal officers in both the Army and Navy from returning contraband slaves to their owners. The article said:
"All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service."
This illustration depicts enslaved African-Americans fleeing from their owners. Image Source: Library of Congress.
On July 17, 1862, Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act. The new act was called "An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes."
In the preamble, the act stated that slaves owned by anyone who was guilty of treason against the United States "shall be declared and made free."
Section 6 of the act gave all violators living "within any State or Territory of the United States" 60 days to "cease to aid…such rebellion" and "return to his allegiance to the United States." Anyone who was guilty of treason against the United States and remained in rebellion after 60 days was eligible to have their property seized by the United States.
Section 9 of the act cleared up the confusion over contraband slaves that was created by the First Confiscation Act. It declared that slaves captured by Union forces or escaping from Confederate forces while being used to aid the rebellion "shall be deemed captives of war, and shall be forever free of their servitude, and not again held as slaves."
Section 11 gave President Lincoln the power to enlist African-Americans as soldiers in the military, not just as laborers. It said:
"…the President of the United States is authorized to employ as many persons of African descent as he may deem necessary and proper for the suppression of this rebellion, and for this purpose he may organize and use them in such manner as he may judge best for the public welfare."
This illustration depicts African-Americans from the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry storming the battery at the Battle of Fort Wagner. Image Source: Library of Congress.
The Second Confiscation Act was marginally successful because Federal forces confiscated a minimal amount of Confederate property. It was also overshadowed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
As the Union's fortunes on the battlefield languished, claims that emancipation would strengthen the federal war effort increased. By early July, President Lincoln was drafting a presidential proclamation for general emancipation, which he presented to his cabinet on July 22, 1862. Lincoln presented emancipation as:
"a military necessity, absolutely essential to the preservation of the Union. We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably an element of strength to those who had their service, and we must decide whether that element should be with us or against us."
This illustration depicts the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet. Image Source: Library of Congress.
While his cabinet agreed with the message, they were not sure of when to make such a groundbreaking announcement to the nation. Secretary of State William H. Seward suggested — and the President agreed — it should not be made public until the Union achieved a major military victory against the Confederacy.
It took nearly two months for the Union to achieve that success. On September 17, 1862, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia fought the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the American Civil War. Although neither side won the field of battle — it was a draw — the Union gained a strategic victory when General Robert E. Lee withdrew his forces from Maryland two days after the battle.
The Battle of Antietam. Image Source: Library of Congress.
On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln signed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and proclaimed:
"That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom."
On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the final version of his executive order known as the Emancipation Proclamation. The final draft freed few, if any, slaves since it applied only to areas in rebellion. Although applauded by many abolitionists, the document did not go far enough to appease others who had clamored for blanket emancipation since before the Civil War began. Some, including Lincoln, had concerns about how the courts would interpret the constitutionality of the order, especially after the war ended. Gradually, abolitionists came to realize the only way to rid the nation of slavery forever was to amend the United States Constitution.
Drafting a Constitutional Amendment for Emancipation
In December 1863, Ohio Congressman James Ashley proposed a constitutional amendment to ban slavery in the United States.
Congressman James Ashley. Image Source: Library of Congress.
In January 1864, Missouri Senator John B. Henderson introduced a joint congressional resolution to abolish slavery. A month later, Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner recommended similar legislation.
On February 11, 1864, Illinois Senator Lyman Trumbull guided a bill through the judiciary committee that eventually was to become the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Trumbull introduced the proposal on the floor on March 28.
After less than two weeks of debate, on April 8, the Senate approved Senator Sumner's bill 38–6, a margin of eight votes more than the constitutionally required two-thirds majority.
Congressional Approval of the Thirteenth Amendment
On November 8, 1864, President Lincoln defeated Democratic challenger — and former Union General — George B. McClellan in the presidential election.
Lincoln interpreted his reelection as a mandate for abolition. Referring to the election results during his annual message to Congress on December 6, Lincoln said "It is the voice of the people now for the first time heard upon the question."
Arguing that the "intervening election shows almost certainly that the next Congress will pass the measure if this does not," Lincoln urged Congress to reconsider the "passage of the measure at the present session."
The members of the House did more than reconsider. On January 31, 1865, by a vote of 119–56, the House approved the proposed Thirteenth Amendment.
Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
Lincoln's adopted home state of Illinois became the first state to ratify the proposed amendment on February 1, 1865. Virginia became the first former Confederate state to ratify the amendment on February 9. By the end of the month, seventeen more states had followed suit.
On April 14, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln, so he would not live to see his landmark achievement become law.
This painting by Alonzo Chappel depicts Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed. Image Source: Wikipedia.
On December 6, 1865, Georgia became the 27th state to ratify the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that banned chattel slavery in the United States. Secretary of State William Seward verified the ratification results on December 18 and the proposal officially became the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Secretary of State William Seward verified the ratification results on December 18 and the proposal officially became the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Aftermath of the Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
Unfortunately, former slaves quickly found that emancipation was not the same as freedom from racial discrimination. When southern politicians began developing Black Codes to oppress African-Americans, Congress quickly used the authority granted in the Thirteenth Amendment to enact legislation in 1866 and 1867 to protect the civil rights of African-Americans. Additional amendments — the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment — were needed to help ensure due process, equal protection, and voting rights for African-Americans.
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The myth that pro-gun America is simply more passionate about the issue isn't supported by the data.
The debt and the deficit don't really matter, despite what the media would have you believe.
The media loves an easy narrative about winners and losers, but they're missing the real story.
Except they're not doing any of it, because they frickin' love him!
Ignore the naysayers. Economic equality and identity are inseparable.
It is the most united American party in modern political history.
The party hasn't moved too far to the left — it hasn't moved far enough.
Are the Democrats totally screwed?
The road back to power seems blocked at every turn.
And he'll be governing for their gain, not yours.


The human brain is probably among the most complicated structures in nature.
It weighs at around 1.5kg and consists of more than 100 billion neurons that pass along signals to each other. The brain is what controls the cognitive functioning of our thinking, speaking, imagining, planning, physical movements and reasoning. To enhance your thinking, analyzing and planning skills, you will need a good memory power.
Many students have issues with evaluating, memorizing and responding to information that the brain receives. When they experience this, it is an indication of low memory power. There are several reasons for a lack in memory power, which include stress, improper nutrition, deficiency of oxygen and lack of physical activity.
As you begin reaching adulthood, millions of neural pathways have already developed into your brain, which helps you in processing and recalling information fast, solving familiar issues and executing familiar tasks using minimal mental effort.
However, if you continue to stay with well-worn paths, you are not providing your brain with the stimulation it needs in order to continue growing and developing. From time to time, you need to shake things up a bit.
Like muscular strength, memory needs to be used or you lose it. The more workout you give your brain, the better you will be able to take in and remember information. However, not every activity is equal. The best exercises for your brain will break you of routine and challenge you into using and developing new brain pathways.
Regardless of how much the activity is intellectually demanding, if it is a task you have already mastered, it isn't proper brain exercise. The activity you do should be something unfamiliar to you and a bit out of your comfort zone. In order to learn and develop new skills, you need to strengthen your brain.
Brain-boosting activities that actually demand your full attention are the best. It is not enough that at one time the activity was challenging to you. It has to be challenging now and require mental effort.
For instance, learning how to play a new piece of music that is challenging counts; attempting to play a challenging piece that you have already memorized doesn't.
Choose activities that will present you with the opportunity to begin at a simple level and then work your way up once you begin to improve your skills. This allows you to stretch your capabilities since you are constantly pushing the envelope.
If you find you are starting to feel comfortable with a skill that was previously difficult, you need to move on to tackling the next level of performance.
The brain's learning process is supported by rewards. The more engaged and interested you become in an activity, the more you will likely continue doing it and the more benefit you will get from it. Therefore, select activities that, except for being challenging, are also satisfying and enjoyable.
So, try to think of something that you have always wanted to learn, such as juggle, playing the guitar, making pottery, speaking French, playing chess, mastering your golf swing, dancing the tango or perfect your writing skills.
Any of these types of activities will help in improving your memory just as long as they continue to engage you and keep you challenged.


It's always a pleasure to read your articles. The online translator is a good compromise to understand the English language.
I read regularly "Pots and Tea"
Your pictures also express a lot of things where words are powerless.
I love your setup with the small tray and the beautiful "wabi" teapot and the cloth under the teacup... a fairytale in pictures... thank you.
Dear Nicolas, Thank you for your friendly comment. Time to time the google translator helps me enjoy also your blog.


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The world around us is 3-dimensional, but a computer screen is flat (2-dimensional). How, then, does one display 3D information on a 2D screen? Enter the world of 3D graphics.
Computer animation involves continuously modifying something about an object on the screen. This can be its position, color, or even the overall shape (by modifying multiple points at once). This article will explain the details involved in making your own animations in a program.
Computer puppetry is the process of animating an on-screen figure, making it follow a predefined set of movements. A puppetry animation can be as simple as having a stick figure walk across the screen; more complex puppetry animations involve multiple objects performing far more complicated maneuvers while interacting with each other, but the general process is the same. Unlike a video game, a puppet is animated using pre-defined movements as opposed to movements that the user inputs in real time.


I took the longest time to figure out what to make for XY for her birthday as I was having some kind of a sewist's block for awhile.
As XY loves to paint and cook.....I decided to make her an apron that she can use when she engages in her favorite activities!
I made the apron reversible for more variety and it also has an adjustable neck strap.
The brown pokka dot side has got 3 big pockets (in pink fabric) in case she needs some place to put her recipe cards/paint tubes/cellphone/lipstick.
I decided to use a colorful retro fabric for the other side of the apron as I know she's one of the very few who appreciates retro prints and designs.
I'm gonna pack it and mail it off to her real soon. I doubt she reads my blog so I don't think this posting is gonna spoil the surprise for her.
I can only hope that she loves it.


Has energy reached "peak centralization"?
Throughout history, societies have relied on a mix of distributed and centralized organizations. And technology in its modern form has often favored the centralizing tendencies in any society. For example, with transport, many people rely on centralized forms such as trains, trams, buses, and airplanes that adhere to rigid schedules. And even cars rely on central infrastructure such as oil refineries and distribution systems, highways, and bridges. The same could be said of snail mail and land-line telephones: they are services used by individuals, but that depend on centralized networks.
Centralization has also taken place in manufacturing, education, health care, and in government itself. And, of course, energy has become highly centralized, in the way electricity, natural gas, and oil are produced and distributed.
Yet there are signs that suggest that this tide of centralization may be turning, that we may have reached 'peak centralization'.
Incumbent energy producers are already under pressure. Large central utilities, once the safe haven of dependable returns stemming from a stable, well-protected, capital-intensive business model, are losing public and regulatory support, money, and talent.
The cause is a change in the economics of the conventional energy business. Demand has actually fallen in many parts of the U.S. and EU, due in part to the recent recession and increasingly efficient energy use. Coupled with strong investment in distributed renewables in many markets, the centralized energy business has become more marginal. Incumbents are losing customers to attackers with lower costs and more appealing propositions or brands. The retail margins on the remaining customers have eroded and sometimes disappeared. Finally, forced decommissioning of older thermal generation is threatening to take away the remaining profit cushion.
But whatever happens, all this may pale before the general trend towards decentralization, if it comes to pass. In that case, consumers will shift away from central production and large organizations. To understand how that transition will occur, it's important to keep in mind that consumers don't really consume electricity, gas, or oil. They consume hot water, warm and cool air, illumination, entertainment, information, transportation, chilled or frozen food, heat for cooking. They consume energy services, and what they know is when, where, and how they want those services.
And what is now changing perhaps more rapidly than anyone could have imagined even a few years ago is the nature of the relationship between these energy services and the primary energy upon which they rely.
The reason for this change is that the conveniences made possible in the past 200 years by the extraction, processing, and storage of fossil fuels come at an environmental price greater than anyone realized. Concern about climate change has led to the development of alternative sources of energy. The nature of these alternative sources is forcing a change in the nature of the complete energy system. For although there is enough—or more than enough—generation capacity, the variability of some of the key sources of renewable generation compared to traditional sources will drive a need for new system architectures to ensure security of supply at a reasonable cost.
One solution is to move to a more flexible mix of generating resources. Regulators are considering incentive schemes (such as capacity markets) and strategic generating reserves. But as 'smart appliances' are rolled out and new and unconventional players get in the game, consumers themselves may become key players in allowing demand to track varying supply based on the rapidly evolving 'internet of things.' It may turn out that the old paradigm of a centralized power grid slavishly following demand for energy services will no longer be much of a barrier.
Who will fund the necessary investments in these innovative grids and appliances, in transforming the generation mix and in renewables? Many of the traditional utilities have retreated from investments in conventional power generation, while they are also seen to be cutting back investments in renewable generation. Traditional retail suppliers have demonstrated limited capacity to revolutionize their relationship with their customers. Will new players step in? What will be their business models?
In many countries, energy costs are increasing. There are many reasons for this, including the cost of replacing aging infrastructure (in developed markets) or building new infrastructure (in developing markets), rising fuel costs, taxes, subsidies, and environmental regulation. The end result is that the shrinking cost of self-supply options such as photovoltaics is on a collision course with the rising cost of continued reliance on centralized power networks.
At the same time, consumers are already investing for a range of different reasons. About 20 percent of the large power users in Germany have made investments in photovoltaics, combined heat and power, or energy storage to meet their energy needs. Use of the centralized network is slowly eroding and some customers have even moved to 'cut the cord' altogether by adding local storage systems to their own renewable energy sources.
When customers decide to go completely off-grid, a fascinating effect takes place: for the remaining customers, costs to use the central system increase, triggering even more customers to go off-grid. So the adoption of self-supply, for instance from photovoltaic systems, sets in motion a virtuous circle in which the presumption of 'round-the-clock, unfettered access to centralized production and delivery systems will become ever more costly—or less true.
But a complete 'death spiral' leading to the abandonment of all central power generation seems unlikely for the foreseeable future, as there will remain a large core of customers for whom going off the grid is not very easy: city dwellers. As a result, changes in consumer preferences and differences in consumer circumstances will be met by be a steady stream of new entrants offering innovative services—often with business models very different from those of the incumbents. In energy, these services range from lowest-cost offerings to premium green products. But new entrants are also emerging in the area of power equipment. Photovoltaics manufacturers and installers, financing companies, energy installation companies—each of them is trying to get close to the consumer.
491,000) created Sonoma Clean Power. The city of Boulder, Colorado, has recently voted to secede from the local monopoly provider in order to control its own energy choices, with the approval of state regulators. These are local power agencies that seek to procure cheaper and cleaner power than they were getting through their old utility.
What would a completely decentralized energy sector look like? What lies beyond the obvious trends of more efficiency and more renewables?
In, say, 2025 you might hand-pick your energy source in your neighborhood. Already, for instance, a Dutch company called 'Van de bron' ('From the source') allows Dutch consumers to see which solar, wind, combined heat and power, or other energy source exists in their vicinity and buy their energy from there. Balancing services are provided by the network operator. No traditional retailer sits between the consumer and the producer. Energy generation becomes as sharable as lodging through AirBnB or cars through Lyft. And like these peer-to-peer platforms, it seems almost inevitable that some new entrant will seek to offer a 'concierge' service at a price that will make this sort of option attractive to a large and expanding consumer segment.
Helping this along will be an increasing value in the participation of demand to balance energy consumption with variable renewable supply. This will be made possible by a steady decoupling of the use of energy services from energy delivery. For some applications, such as refrigeration and water heating, this is already the case: they involve thermal storage, so their energy demand isn't very time sensitive, and it is surprisingly easy and cheap to expand that functionality. There is vast potential to extend that to other energy services that traditionally required immediate energy delivery.
As a result of these developments, consumers won't need to worry about how much energy they use, when they use it, and what the cost per kilowatt-hour is. Rather, they will concentrate on the services they get, and what these will cost per month or per year. Thanks to the 'internet of things,' consumers can share with an 'energy services provider' what equipment and devices they use and receive targeted proposals for the delivery of their services.
Amid all those changes, the concept of a utility will become lost. To stay in the race, companies need to invent, develop, and market exciting, decentralized energy products. As these are usually not the core skills of current energy companies, and as their privileged regulated access to customers disappears, new companies will take over—companies with more positive and exciting brand identification for consumers than the utilities they have been forced to rely upon for so many years.
But won't the big centralized energy companies simply be supplanted by big centralized information companies? Possibly, but the battle over control of information has raged for some time and will be decided on a broader stage. What is new for the energy industry is that, for the first time in many decades, consumers may have a prominent voice in deciding who wins.
And what remains for the incumbents? In the spirit of decentralization, they may break down the functional silos and cut off parts of the company that can survive on their own in the global network. Complexity, cost, and lack of ownership will outweigh the synergies upon which they used to rely. The winners will be those players, whether new entrants or hived-off components of incumbents, that can empower customers to decouple their enjoyment of energy services from a sustainable but increasingly unresponsive portfolio of primary energy sources.
Jurriaan Ruys is CEO of the Land Life Company, active in sustainable agriculture and nature restoration. He experience also includes past roles as partner at McKinsey & Company, COO of Dutch utility Eneco, and chemical engineer at Shell. Michael Hogan works on electricity decarbonization policy with the Regulatory Assistance Project. He previously led the European Climate Foundation's Power Programme and holds master's degrees from both Harvard and MIT.
A version of this article originally appeared in The Colours of Energy: Essays on the Future of Our Energy System. Adapted with permission.


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Ed Quinn
Title: Ed Quinn
Subject: Gia Mantegna, February 26
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Quinn at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2007
Arthur Edward Quinn
(1968-02-26) February 26, 1968
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Arthur Edward "Ed" Quinn (born February 26, 1968) is an American model, musician, and actor who has appeared in several film and television roles, including Eureka, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, Young Americans and True Blood.
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Quinn was born in Berkeley, California, where he attended St. Mary's College High School and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991. While in Berkeley, Quinn was a brother of Alpha Delta Phi (California Chapter). After graduating, he worked as a model in Paris, Barcelona, and Milan, landing parts in more than 35 international television commercials. When he returned to the United States, Quinn landed the starring role of Finn in The WB summer series Young Americans. From 2006 through 2008, he played Nathan Stark in the Syfy series Eureka, reprising this role once during 2010.
He has three siblings: Mary, Lizzy, and Joseph.
Before acting, music was Quinn's main pursuit. He studied with Joe Satriani and played in the Los Angeles-based bands Mad Theory and Scattergood, which led to a recording contract. He handled lead/rhythm guitar and vocals for the band ScatterGood, which has taken a hiatus. Ed Quinn recently did his first solo demo CD, entitled Quinn, with three songs produced by his friend Chris Lloyd: "Because of You", "Cause I Do" and "We Had It Made". Another 5 song EP was released in 2013 titled "ED QUINN" and is available on iTunes and amazon. Songs include "Lights Out Love" "Miles Away" and "Overdose".
2002 Beeper Dr. Richard Avery
2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Cpl. Joe Griff Direct-to-video
2005 House of the Dead 2 Lt. Jake Ellis
2006 Hooked Ed Short film
2007 Neighbor, TheThe Neighbor Jonathan
2008 Rainbow Tribe, TheThe Rainbow Tribe Sunny
2011 Caller, TheThe Caller Steven
2011 Blood Out Anthony Direct-to-video
2011 Low Fidelity Bob
2012 Werewolf: The Beast Among Us Charles Direct-to-video
2014 Audrey Pete
2014 Last Light, TheThe Last Light Jack Lewis
2015 Navy SEALs vs. Zombies Pete In post-production
1999 V.I.P. Jeff Episode: "Why 2 Kay"
2000 Dharma & Greg Stavros Episode: "The Best Laid Plans"
2000 Young Americans Finn Main cast; 8 episodes
2001 Jack & Jill Peter McCray 6 episodes
2001–02 Crossing Jordan Tyler 2 episodes
2003 Life with Bonnie Rock Benson Episode: "Queer Eye for the Straight Lie"
2004 It's All Relative Brad Episode: "Cross My Heart"
2004 According to Jim Doug Episode: "Everyone Gets Dumped"
2004 JAG Simon Tanveer Episode: "Hail and Farewell (Part II)"
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tom Cunningham Episode: "Swap Meet"
2005 Jake in Progress Dakota Episode: "Stand by Your Man"
2005 What I Like About You Jack Episode: "Bad to the Scone"
2005–06 CSI: NY Frankie Mala 4 episodes
2006–10 Eureka Nathan Stark Main cast: seasons 1–3; recurring: season 4;
2009 True Blood Stan Baker 3 episodes
2009 Beautiful Life: TBL, TheThe Beautiful Life: TBL Richard Foster 2 episodes
2010 Desperate Housewives Brent Ferguson Episode: "Down the Block There's a Riot"
2011 Behemoth Thomas Walsh Television film
2011 NCIS: Los Angeles Steve Brenner/Justin Marchetti Episode: "Empty Quiver"
2012 Castle Gabriel Winters Episode: "The Final Frontier"
2012 12 Disasters of Christmas Joseph Television film
2014 Exes, TheThe Exes Matt Episode: "When Haskell Met Sammy"
2014 Bad Judge Chad Forbes Episode: "One Brave Waitress"
2015 Revenge James Allen 6 episodes
2015 Mistresses Dr. Alec Adams 10 episodes
2015 Faking It Hank 3 episodes
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This Summer, Kindergarten Readiness is the Last Thing on My Mind
My daughter missed the last three months of her preschool year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but I'm not at all concerned about "kindergarten readiness." As we enter the summer months, in fact, I'm not doing anything to prepare her for kindergarten - and I think that's perfectly fine.
Last year, I enrolled my then 4-year-old in a state-funded Pre-K program. She attended for three hours a day, five days a week. My entire purpose for putting her in preschool was for the social enrichment. I wanted her to learn how to follow directions, work cooperatively, and make friends. While she may have failed her reading and math assessments, she met all her social-emotional benchmarks. So when school was cancelled for the rest of the year without getting past the letter "u," I didn't worry about rest of the alphabet. I just let her play. And that's the mindset I'm taking into summer.
For the next two months, there will be no academics in our household. No workbooks. No ABC Mouse. Instead, we'll be having family dance parties, taking swim lessons, and visiting our newly reopened library. If she wants to break out the Frozen II inflatable kiddie pool every afternoon, so be it. Zoom tea party with her auntie? Done. She gets 18 summers to be a kid, and I'm going to do everything in my power to fill them with the fun and freedom that summer is all about.
I'm Seriously Thinking About Homeschooling Our Kids Next Year
But it's not just about having fun. The way I see it (and Mr. Rogers agrees, thank you very much), the work of childhood is play. There's an incredible amount of learning that happens through free, creative play. When my daughter dresses up as a princess, she's building her capacity for cognitive flexibility. When she cares for her baby doll, she's learning empathy. Riding her bike develops gross motor skills, while making a blanket fort strengthens spatial awareness.
I think it's to her detriment to fill her June and July with letters and numbers. Sure, she'd be more ready for the rigors of modern-day kindergarten. (Sadly, gone are the days of play kitchens and naps.) The reality is, the academics will come when she's developmentally ready, but I can't go back and give her back this time to explore and learn on her own terms. And I'd go as far as to say that the openness to learning and joy in discovery fostered through independent play will serve her better in her education than a summer spent identifying phonemes in words.
This isn't a careless or lazy decision. I'm playing the long game here. My goal is the same as most parents: to raise a confident, curious, and happy child. And, for me, that means preparing her for kindergarten in a somewhat unconventional way: that is, not "preparing" her at all.


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Gosling Film Booed At Cannes Film Festival
Ryan Gosling is a well-known Golden God these days, so it comes as a surprise that his film, "Only God Forgives", was met not only with mixed reviews at Cannes this week, it was actually booed by the audience.
Gosling couldn't attend the festival this year because of a commitment to "How To Catch A Monster", which he's directing right now in Detroit. Luckily, he wasn't there to hear the bad reaction, because I'm willing to bet there's nothing sadder than a sad Ryan Gosling.
"Can't believe I'm not In Cannes," Gosling wrote in a note to Cannes director Thierry Fremaux. "I was hoping to come but I'm on week three shooting my film in Detroit. Miss you all. Nicolas, my friend, we really are the same person in different dimensions. I'm sending you good vibrations."
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described as a bloody noir, about a boxing club owner whose mother wants him to avenge his brother's murder. It is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, who paired up with Gosling for "Drive". That film won him the Best Director prize in 2011. This year, he's not having such luck. Some viewers said they were turned off by the graphic violence in the movie.
"Art is an act of violence," Refn said. "Art is about penetration. … I approach things very much like a pornographer. It's about what arouses me. And certain things turn me on more than other stuff, and I can't supress that. … I have surely a fetish for violent emotion and violent images and I can't explain where it comes from."
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• The shortlists of seven books and six journalists expose grooming, torture and taxes; they probe the state of the NHS and the church; reporting the front line from Iran in the eighties to Aleppo now • Winners of £3,000 prizes for the 20th annual Orwell Prize to be announced on 15th May • Shortlists revealed at Burma themed debate; When censorship declines does freedom emerge? The shortlists for this year's Orwell Prize – Britain's most prestigious prize for political writing – have been announced today, Wednesday 17th April, at the University of Westminster, Regents Street. The Prize is sponsored and supported by the Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, AM Heath and Richard Blair (Orwell's son). The shortlist announcements (from 6.30pm) were followed by the annual shortlist debate, this time a Burma themed discussion; When censorship declines does freedom emerge? The debate featured Julia Farringdon (Index on Censorship), Nita May OBE (BBC World Service) and Tayzar Moe Myint (former PoW). Jean Seaton (Director of The Orwell Prize) announced the shortlist and chaired the debate. Book Prize The shortlisting narrows 210 books down to seven. This year's book judges are Nikita Lalwani (Desmond Elliot award-winning author), Arifa Akbar (assistant books editor, The Independent) and Baroness Joan Bakewell (Labour Party life peer, broadcaster and writer). The shortlisted books are: Carmen Bugan Burying the Typewriter (Picador) Marie Colvin On the Front Line (HarperPress) Richard Holloway Leaving Alexandria (Canongate Books) Pankaj Mishra From the Ruins of the Empire (Allen Lane) Raja Shehadeh Occupation Diaries (Profile Books) Clive Stafford Smith Injustice (Harvill Secker) A. T. Williams A Very British Killing (Jonathan Cape) Raja Shehadeh won The Orwell Prize for Books in 2008 with Palestinian Walks, the same year that Clive Stafford Smith was previously shortlisted for Bad Men: Guantanamo Bay and the Secret Prisons. Director of the Prize, Jean Seaton, said: This year's judges started from Orwell's injunction, 'My starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.' That is what the judges hunted for and found, writing that was measured and calm not simply angry. Writing that is nevertheless driven by values. Journalism Prize The six top journalists from 155 entries were chosen by Jo Glanville (Director of English PEN), Nicholas Timmins (former Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times) and Chris Mullin (author, journalist and former MP). The shortlisted journalists are: Jamil Anderlini Financial Times Tom Bergin Reuters Ian Cobain Guardian Andrew Norfolk The Times Christina Patterson The Independent Kim Sengupta The Independent Four of the six journalists shortlisted are first time entrants. Director of the Prize, Jean Seaton, said: This shortlist is a testament to the determination, authority and brilliance of much British journalism. It is also a testament to the intelligence and implacable public service of the best editors who have helped support this journalism. Important stories told with clarity, and sometimes grace, have made our society immeasurably better. The winners of the Orwell Prizes – each worth £3000 – will be announced at an awards ceremony at Church House, Westminster, on Wednesday 15th May, 6.30 for 7pm. ENDS Notes to editors 1. The Orwell Prize is Britain's most prestigious prize for political writing. Every year, prizes are awarded to the work – for the book, for the journalism and for the blog – which comes closest to George Orwell's ambition 'to make political writing into an art'. Each Prize is worth £3000. 2. The Prize was founded by the late Professor Sir Bernard Crick in its present form in 1993, awarding its first prizes in 1994. The Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly and Orwell Trust are partners in running the Prize, through the Council of the Orwell Prize. Richard Blair (Orwell's son) and A. M. Heath. 3. For further information, please contact the Operations Manager, Katriona Lewis at katriona.lewis@mediastandardstrust.org or 0207 229 5722.


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Is there a setting to set the gap between the dimension text and the dimension line?
ANSI, with a font modification.
Dang....this is a tough one. I am not seeing any spot in the document properties for it.
From the end of the line. If so yes but it would be real time consuming. When you have the dimension selected the text box on the left you could insert spaces in front and after. But you would need to do this on every dimension.
I looked but did not find any other way.
The only way is to add a space, as David Nelson suggested. If you want to you could save that as a Dimension Style, which would make it much easier to apply to multiple dimensions.
Thanks everyone, just wondering if there was a setting. I don't want to add spaces.


At the end of DARKNESS, DARKNESS (Pegasus Crime, $25.95), John Harvey advises us that this will be the final novel in his masterly series featuring Inspector Charlie Resnick. Is there any way we could take a vote on that? We'd hate to lose this Nottingham policeman whose love of jazz and compatibility with cats (named after the likes of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie) distinguish him as the mellowest of detectives.
Hard as it is to let our hero go, the elegiac tone struck in this melancholy story makes it clear that Harvey has no intention of giving Resnick (or his surviving cat) a reprieve. To take the sting out of this parting, the detective's last case sends him back to the miners' strike of 1984, when he was much younger and less disenchanted. Jenny Hardwick was a real firebrand back then, and Resnick knew her as an impassioned orator exhorting miners' wives to keep their men out of the pits and on the picket line — never mind that Christmas was coming and the Thatcher government wasn't backing down. When he next lays eyes on her, some 30 years after she dropped out of sight, Jenny is a pile of bones, unearthed during the demolition of a block of houses.
Casting the narrative in two time frames allows Harvey to show us both the Resnick that was (an intelligence officer, reluctantly sending undercover agents to spy on the desperate miners) and the Resnick that is (an older and wiser man with even more regrets). Assigned to the task force under a former protégée, he searches out all the old suspects and witnesses, even as he keeps losing himself in the long-ago.
Harvey is too particular a stylist to limit his story to the old days. Every action has its parallel, every voice has an echo, and all the sharply drawn working-class characters are as complicated today as they were back then. "Long memories, some people," one former miner says of his neighbors, and maybe himself. "Resentments, buried deep." Once upon a time, those geezers puttering around in their gardens were young and dangerous, and it's Resnick's job to find the murderer among them. But reliving the past has been a painful experience, and by the end of the novel he seems genuinely content to sit on a bench "watching the good folk of Nottingham go about their daily business" without him.
Mosley has a great time making fun of the hippies in Laurel Canyon and the silly girls who declare their independence by enslaving themselves to "despots and dictators" in dashikis. But Easy is never happy unless he's doing favors for people with no one else to turn to, so there are plenty of secondary plots with frantic characters, all talking a blue streak. As always, Easy is their man.
Reading the 15 stories in PRISON NOIR (Akashic, cloth, $26.95; paper, $15.95) is a sobering experience. Unlike most claimants to that much-abused term, this is the real thing — the work of men and women incarcerated in correctional institutions across America. The anthology's editor, Joyce Carol Oates, who has taught writing workshops at San Quentin, is no pushover, so much of the material holds up on a literary level, notably "The Investigation," an austere narrative about an existential moment in the life of a longtime prisoner. It's the work of William Van Poyck, an inmate in a Florida prison who was executed last year. The power of this collection comes from the voices of these authors, voices suffused with rage ("3 Block From Hell," by Bryan K. Palmer), despair ("There Will Be Seeds for Next Year," by Zeke Caligiuri) and madness ("Shuffle," by Christopher M. Stephen). Perhaps the most harrowing is Andre White's "Angel Eyes," the stunning account of an old-timer who helps a youngster survive the culture of violence that now defines his life.


Like most of you, I have some special people in my life who have been diagnosed in recent years with Alzheimer's Disease, a form of dementia. The disease progresses relentlessly, forcing significant life changes upon patients and family members struggling to care for their loved ones. As I walk with them in their journeys, I have often been reminded of the melancholy and dreadfully apt title of Nancy Reagan's book, "The Long Goodbye", a tribute she wrote about the gradual loss of her husband, President Reagan, to Alzheimer's.
To date there is no known cure; medications are few but research is ongoing. I attended one of the most optimistic Alzheimer's conferences here in Indy in May that described hundreds of ongoing research studies that underline the promise that a day will come when there will be an Alzheimer's survivor. I took a great deal of hope away from that conference and it affirmed my commitment to continue donating time, talent and treasure to that cause.
But I wanted to do more; to do something concrete and useful that would have a measurable impact. I recalled that when my Dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease 30 years ago, he was offered the chance to take part in clinical trial of L-Dopa, a new drug that looked promising in those days. He readily volunteered, but, sadly, the trial proved that the drug had only limited effectiveness. Still, he was content that he had contributed to that conclusion, regardless of the outcome.
That memory likely contributed to my decision to subscribe to an online newsletter called the Brain Health Registry (www.brainhealthregistry.org). Late last year, I read with great interest the following announcement: "The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is the long-running, National Institutes of Health-supported study investigating brain and fluid biomarkers of the disease. It has entered a new phase of discovery with the launch of ADNI3.
It feels great to be doing something positive and meaningful. I feel like I am part of a unique community of people committed to a research effort that will help build greater understanding of the disease, and perhaps lead to finding a way to prevent it, or treat it. One of the outcomes for me already is an end of life decision to donate my brain, after I die, to I.U. I have always planned to be cremated and I have been an organ donor for years, so it felt natural to give my brain to them. Besides, I am confident that they will have already gotten to know it pretty well during the study!
Footnote: If you have an interest in getting involved, the ADNI3 study team is seeking more volunteer study participants. Here's the contact information: Christina Brown at 317-963-7426 and her email is chbrown@iupui.edu.


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It is an agent's biggest fear. You invest a ton of time, money, and your heart into a solid player who is a great role player, but not yet a super star. He gets his chance in his respective league, gets better and better by the year, and eventually gets elected to represent his conference in his league's all-star game. Then he drops you for a bigger, more well-known agent right before you get the chance to truly make some money on his big pay day. There is no doubt in my mind that Steve Baker of Baker Sports Management is hurting right now.
Steve's website still lists Nnamdi Asomugha as a client; however, that is no longer the case. The former last pick of the first round for the Oakland Raiders in the 2003 NFL Draft has fired Baker Sports for Tom Condon and CAA. Asomugha got onto the 2007 Pro Bowl roster at the last second due to another player being injured, but did not make the trip out to Honolulu. This year is the second in a row that he has been invited to the game (although this time he was invited right after the ballots were counted). The team captain had a Franchise Tag thrown on him before the 2008 season, which he was obviously very upset about. Asomugha believed he was worth more than the $9.765 million he is receiving for suiting up in silver and black this year. Angered with his current situation and not interested in a repeat, Asomugha fired Baker and hired Condon.
What will this mean for Asomugha's cousin, Adimchinobi Echemandu, who is also represented by Baker? Will he also jump ship and go CAA? Will CAA accept him as a client? Does he have any intention of following his cousin's lead or will he act on his own? No matter is Asomugha is represented by Baker, Condon, or Jerry Maguire, he will have only two options if the Raiders refuse to offer a long term deal and instead tag him again this offseason: Accept the Franchise Tag value for another year or hold out.
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Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.
Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.
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Rating from A+ to F: I gave this book an A-! You can find why with the rating analysis at the end of my review, with a parental review.
Where The Truth Lies is definitely a book with a heavy message. I had no idea the message of this book until about halfway into it, and I have to say it was beautifully written even considering the main idea of the story. (I can't tell you what that message is since it would be a spoiler, but you have to figure out for yourself by reading it!) This book is definitely a thrilling page-turner and I had to find out what happens as soon as I got into it.
When you first begin to read this book, you find Emily to be the perfect girl, living at a boarding school where her father is the headmaster. Emily has a great life, except for her nightmares which fill her dreams with horror. Whenever she has these nightmares, they seem so familiar to her, but she can't place where they come from. So, basically readers are led onto thinking the main problem in the book is the nightmares, but you'll find out as you read it...it isn't. That's just a side problem. Emily learns secrets and lies, but she also has secrets of her own. When she meets Del Sugar, everything changes in her life and Emily is faced with things she doesn't know how to handle.
I guarantee that you won't be disappointed by this book, with wonderful writing from Jessica Warman.
1. Plot-18 out of 20 points.
2. Characters-15 out of 15 points. The characters were well-developed in the story.
3. Writing-20 out of 20 points. Beautiful writing!
4. Creativity-14 out of 15 points.
5. Originality- 6 out of 10 points. Not a very original book, I could think of a few books like it, but that was my only problem with the book.
6. Ending-14 out of 15 points.
7. Cover- 5 out of 5 points. Really pretty cover!
Drug/Alcohol Use- You will find a few pages with drug use in this book.
I'd recommend this book to ages 14 and older.
I just finished reading Dreamland, and that was for the second time. Sarah Dessen is an AMAZING writer, and this book really shows her true talents of writing. You can understand the book perfectly, and find it so interesting, that you can't put it down! The book does have a slow beginning, but as soon as you get farther into the book, you won't be able to get out of it!
You can realize that Rogerson does come into Caitlin's life at the right time. She is dealing with her sister, Cass, running away, and Rogerson takes Caitlin's mind off of Cass. But, Rogerson does have problems with his anger: whenever someone is late, he becomes very anxious. During the book, I was basically pleading with Caitlin to somehow end the relationship before things got worse, but the book ends in a perfect way, and is by far a great book for teens to read and learn a moral from.
1. Plot- 18 out of 20 points. My only problem with the plot of this book was that some parts were slower than others, but overall a very good plot!
2. Characters- 15 out of 15 points. Sarah Dessen did a great job at developing the characters in her book!
4. Creativity- 14 out 15 points. There isn't a lot to be creative about in this book, but Sarah still did a great job with showing an important issue in relationships.
5. Originality- 9 out of 10.
6. Ending- 15 out of 15. I thought it was an amazing ending!
This definitely would be for mature teenagers, and it is a book with a very heavy message of abusive relationships. I would rate the age for this book 14 and older.
Sarah Dessen is the author of six novels for young adults. Among other accolades, That Summer, Someone Like You, Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, and This Lullaby have all been chosen as Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and This Lullaby was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize. In addition, That Summer and Someone Like You were adapted for the movie How to Deal, starring Mandy Moore. Sarah Dessen's most recent novel is The Truth About Forever. Ms. Dessen lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with her husband, Jay, and teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Perfect, picturesque Orchard Hill. It was the last thing Ally Ryan saw in the rear-view mirror as her mother drove them out of town and away from the shame of the scandal her father caused when his hedge fund went south and practically bankrupted all their friends -- friends that liked having trust funds and new cars, and that didn't like constant reminders that they had been swindled.
So it was adios, Orchard Hill. Thanks for nothing. Now, two years later, Ally's mother has landed a job back at the site of their downfall. So instead of Ally's new low-key, happy life, it'll be back into the snake pit with the likes of Shannen Moore and Hammond Ross. But then there's Jake Graydon. Handsome, wealthy, bored Jake Graydon. He moved to town after Ally left and knows nothing of her scandal, but does know that he likes her. And she likes him. So off into the sunset they can go, right? Too bad Jake's friends have a problem with his new crush since it would make Ally happy. And if anyone deserves to be unhappy, it's Ally Ryan. Ally was hoping to have left all the drama in the past, but some things just can't be forgotten. Isn't there more to life than money?
I wasn't expecting much out of this book, it was just a book I had picked up at the library, and was interested in because of the cover. But, as soon as I started reading it, it drew me right in. I really liked the way the book was formatted: starting with a month and a little gossip: which kind of gives you a glimpse of what might happen in the chapter. The chapters are narrated by Ally, the main character, and Jake.
Jake. At first, he seemed to me like an ordinary rich kid: stuck-up, popular, and obnoxious. But, as I kept reading, Jake seemed like a normal boy, but acts like a rich teenager. He really grew on me as the book progressed, and I became more interested in the love life of Ally and Jake. I felt bad for Ally: her old friends weren't interested in her anymore after what her father did, but then she gained a few more friends, not the popular group, or the "Cresties," but the normal group of teens, the "Norms." It was fascinating to see that Jake was interested in Ally, even though she was a Norm now. He would stick up for her when her friends were playing pranks on Ally...or at least didn't take part in it. At first, he was scared to talk to Ally, afraid his friends wouldn't want to hang out with him anymore because of it. But, by the end of the book, Jake didn't care what his friends thought.
The ending of the book was surprising, and made me want to know what happens next. And, I mean I was obsessed...looking up when the sequel comes out, He's So Not Worth It, (by the way it comes out June 7th), and marking down that I HAVE to get it! I don't think any teen readers will be disappointed in this book.
1. Plot: 17 out of 20 points. At some times, I was a little confused with the plot and events in the book, but I still thought it was a very good plot and these were very few times!
2. Characters: 13 out of 15 points. I thought the characters were pretty well developed!
3. Writing: 20 out of 20 points. Kieran Scott is a very good writer and I loved the way she wrote this book!
4. Creativity: 15 out of 15 points. I thought how she would put a month with some gossip at the beginning of a chapter, was very creative and I loved it!
5. Originality: 9 out of 10 points. This book is pretty original, and there aren't many other books with a plot like this.
6. Ending- 15 out of 15 points. Very good ending and can't wait to read the next book in the series!
7. Cover- 5 out of 5 points. Love the cover!
Kieran Scott is a young adult author who was born, bred and still resides in New Jersey along with her husband Matt and her two-year-old son. A graduate of Rutgers University with a double-major in English and Journalism, Kieran worked as a YA editor for several years before striking out on her own as a writer. Her first hardcover novel, Jingle Boy (Delacorte Press), was published in 2002. Her next book, I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005) was an ALA Quick Pick, an NYPL Book for the Teen Age, and was featured on the Texas Library Association's TAYSHAS Reading List for 2006-2007. The book spawned two sequels,Brunettes Strike Back (2006), and A Non-Blonde Cheerleader in Love(2007). Kieran's fifth hardcover novel, Geek Magnet, was published by Putnam in 2008. She's So Dead to Us, the first volume of her new trilogy about friendship, love and the things that really matter, was released in May 2010 from Simon and Schuster.


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Hurricane Michael Recovery Resources
Hurricane Michael – Florida Disaster Overview
The president issued a major disaster declaration, including Individual and Public Assistance, for Florida (DR-4399). Other helpful information for Hurricane Michael recovery in Florida can be found at fema.gov/hurricane-michael and at floridadisaster.org
Homeowners and renters in the following counties are eligible to apply for assistance under FEMA's Individual and Households Program: Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Taylor, Wakulla, Washington Counties. For more information about the types of assistance available through the Individual Assistance program, see the Individuals & Households Program Fact Sheet.
This includes assistance provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to businesses, nonprofits, homeowners and renters.
Individuals, including homeowners and renters, in the above designated counties who suffered loss or damages due to Hurricane Michael may register for assistance online at DisasterAssistance.gov, by downloading the FEMA mobile app, or by calling 800-621-3362. For those who use 711 or Video Relay Service, 800-621-3362. TTY is 800-462-7585.
Disaster recovery centers offer in-person support to help Florida residents through the assistance process. DRCs are open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. For a list of centers: floridadisaster.org/info/#drcs.
Businesses may apply directly to the SBA online using the Electronic Loan Application at the SBA's website at DisasterLoan.sba.gov. For additional details on the locations of disaster recovery centers, business recovery centers, and information on the loan-application process, call the SBA Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 (1-800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or e-mailing to [email protected].
State of Florida Resources for Businesses
The State of Florida offers affected businesses a wide range of disaster assistance and information.
FloridaDisaster.biz, a partnership between the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the Florida Division of Emergency Management, is a new website developed to provide businesses, small and large, easy access to critical information before, during and after a disaster.
Visit FloridaDisaster.biz to fill out and submit a Business Damage Assessment Survey and/or get information on numerous disaster-recovery programs and resources, including the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program, Microfinance and State Small Business Credit Initiative programs, the Disaster Dislocated Worker Program, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Labor Market information, and the Employ Florida Disaster Recovery Jobs Portal. Please see the attached fact sheet for more information about many of these programs.
Businesses that need assistance may also call the Florida Private Sector Hotline at 850-815-4925 or email [email protected]
DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
Disaster Unemployment Assistance is available to Florida residents whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a result of Hurricane Michael.
Workers can apply if they worked/were self-employed or were scheduled to begin work/self-employment and are not able to work or perform services because of physical damage or destruction to their places of employment as a direct result of the disaster.
**The deadline for Florida residents to apply is Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.**
To file a DUA claim, go to www.FloridaJobs.org or call 1-800-385-3920. Customer service representatives are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST to assist claimants. For DUA claims information, call
800-204-2418 and select the "speak to an agent" option.
FLORIDA SMALL BUSINESS EMERGENCY BRIDGE LOAN PROGRAM
The Bridge Loan Program supports businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael by providing short-term, interest-free loans to small businesses that had physical or economic damage directly from Michael. The program bridges the gap between the time a major catastrophe hits and when a business has secured longer-term recovery resources, such as payments on insurance claims or federal disaster assistance.
Applications must be completed by Friday, Dec. 7, 2018; apply at www.floridadisasterloan.org. For more information, contact the Florida Small Business Development Center Network at 866-737-7232 or email [email protected].
Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network
For affected businesses to receive on-site assistance with preparing disaster-loan applications and other post-disaster challenges, the Florida SBDC Network, in partnership with SBA, establishes temporary business recovery centers. Find BRC locations and hours at www.sba.gov/disaster-assistance/hurricane-michael.
The Florida SBDC Network has also established a business-disaster hotline for questions at 850-898-3479 (toll-free at 866-737-7232). Email inquiries to [email protected].
Business Recovery Centers
In times of disaster, the Florida SBDC Network, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, establishes business recovery centers in communities most adversely affected for businesses to receive on-site assistance with preparing disaster-loan applications and other post-disaster challenges. Businesses needing assistance may go to one of these centers or their local Florida SBDC office; find locations and hours at sba.gov/disaster-assistance/hurricane-michael.
Neighbors helping neighbors is a crucial step in the recovery process. Companies, organizations and volunteer groups looking to help can learn more at www.volunteerflorida.org.
Florida farmers and ranchers who suffered livestock mortality and/or damage to working lands due to Hurricane Michael are encouraged to sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Agricultural producers in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla, and Washington counties are eligible to apply for assistance. The first sign-up period ends Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. A second sign-up period will end Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. This assistance does not apply to local governments or other entities.
Conservation practices available through EQIP can protect your land from erosion, support disaster recovery and repair, and help mitigate loss from future events. Visit a local NRCS office to sign up. Bonifay, Marianna, and Quincy field offices are open to serve producers in Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, and Liberty counties until the Blountstown Field Office is repaired.
Through its new website Farmers.gov, the USDA recently launched a disaster assistance discovery tool that walks producers through five questions to help them identify personalized results of disaster assistance programs. For more information on disaster assistance programs for farmers and ranchers available from USDA, visit farmers.gov/recover.
Disaster Legal Services
A legal-aid hotline is available for Hurricane Michael survivors in Florida who cannot pay for an attorney: The hotline operates through a partnership including The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and FEMA.
Caller (in English and Spanish) can leave a message to ask for storm-related legal assistance and to provide their name, telephone number, county of residence and a description of their legal problems.
Assistance through this hotline is available to qualified Floridians affected by Hurricane Michael in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Taylor, Wakulla and Washington counties. Free legal help can involve:
Securing FEMA and other benefits.
Making life, medical and property-insurance claims.
Dealing with home-repair contractors.
Replacing wills and other important legal documents destroyed in the hurricane.
Helping with consumer-protection matters, remedies and procedures.
Counseling on mortgage-foreclosure problems or landlord/tenant issues.
Callers can leave a message on the hotline at any time. Calls will be returned within two business days between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Counseling Support
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Disaster Distress Helpline assists survivors coping with stress. To connect with a trained crisis counselor, call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 (for Spanish, text Hablanos to 66746).


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Folger Levin Honored At 2014 Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition Awards Ceremony
Sep 15 2014 | in General | by Genevieve Evarts
Folger Levin received the bronze level award from the Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition for the firm's dedication to providing a mother- and family-friendly workplace. The award was presented at the coalition's second annual awards ceremony on September 15, 2014 in San Francisco. This year's twenty-four honorees represented a range of businesses, organizations, and law firms in San Francisco, including Twitter, Bi-Rite Market, the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, and UCSF's National Center of Excellence in Women's Health.
The Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition is a collaboration of nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies and employers dedicated to improving the working conditions, health and equity of new mothers and their families. The coalition was formed to tackle inequities and gaps in policy that lead to challenges in balancing healthy motherhood and child development with a successful career. It aims to improve working conditions and ensure lactation accommodations, while educating and supporting employers and working parents through such activities as the Health Mothers Workplace Award.
For more information on the award and the ceremony, click here.
Folger Levin LLP Assists UrbanSitter, Inc. with Series B Financing
Feb 17 2014 | in Corporate & Real Estate, General | by Jonathan Saben
On February 13, 2014 UrbanSitter, Inc. announced that it raised $15 million in a Series B round of financing. The round was led by DBL Investors with participation from Match Group, a division of IAC, and newly launched VC firm Aspect Ventures, as well as existing investors Canaan Partners, First Round Capital, Menlo Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners. Folger Levin LLP represented UrbanSitter in the financing.
Founded by four busy parents, UrbanSitter is an online resource where parents go to find & book babysitters recommended by people they know. The Folger Levin team that represented UrbanSitter in the transaction includes partners Jonathan Saben and Adam Sachs.


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Muhammad Qasim (born 1 May 1984) is a retired Pakistani professional footballer who played for Khan Research Laboratories throughout his professional career as a right-winger. He has also represented Pakistan on international level.

Qasim has won league title with Khan Research Laboratories for four times, winning his first league title in 2009-10. Qasim won further three back to back league titles in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. Qasim has also won National Football Challenge Cup with KRL on six occasions including four back to back cup wins from 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He won the two more cups in 2015 and 2016.
Qasim also won Geo Super Football League with Islamabad United in its inaugural season.

Early career

Ravi FC and Islamabad United
Qasim started his footballing career with Ravi FC Islamabad before joining Islamabad United for the Geo Super Football League. Qasim won the inaugural season of Geo Super League, scoring 3 goals in 6 appearances.

KRL F.C.

2007-10: Debut year, injuries & first league title
Qasim joined Khan Research Laboratories after conclusion of Geo Super League. He played his first national league game in 2007-08, where he ended the season on third position with KRL and scored 9 goals in 18 appearances.

Qasim missed the 2008-09 season due to a knee-injury.

Qasim along with Khan Research Laboratories won their first ever league in 2009-10 after drawing 0-0 with Army on the final day of the league. Both teams ended on 60 points each, with Khan Research Laboratories winning the league on goal differences.

2010–2011: Vice captaincy
Qasim was made club's vice-captain in the 2010-11 season. Qasim started his and KRL's season with a 2-0 victory against PAF, Qasim scored the opening goal in 37th minute. On 3 October 2010, Qasim scored his second goal of the season in the 6th minute, as KRL defeated Navy 2-0 in the game. Qasim netted his first hat-trick of the season in a 4-0 thumping of PEL scoring goals in 23rd, 33rd and 52nd minutes of the game, it marked as his ninth hat-trick of the career. On 3 December 2010, Qasim scored the only goal of the game against Afghan in the ninth minute. KRL defeated SSGC 3-0 with Qasim scoring second goal for the club in 54th after the left-winger Mehmood Khan broke the offside trap to assist the goal for him. On 12 December 2010, KRL defeated NBP 2-0 as Qasim scored goals in each half, scoring in 18th and 81st minutes respectively.
Qasim ended the season as the top-scorer of KRL, scoring 11 goals in 30 games as KRL finished second in the table.

International career
He earned his first international cap by head coach Akhtar Mohiuddin against Iraq in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, a game which Pakistan famously drew 0-0 in Damascus, Syria with Qasim's strong running and work-rate giving a strong impression for the coaching staff and fans alike.

His first goal came in a friendly against Nepal at Pokhara on March 27, 2008 which Pakistan won 2-0 after a long run from his own half before a powerful shot that beat the Nepalese keeper. Qasim later scored an international hat-trick in the 9-2 record win against Guam in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers.

International

Goals for Senior National Team

Honours
Islamabad United
Geo Super Football League: 2007

Khan Research Laboratories
Pakistan Premier League: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
National Challenge Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016

References

1984 births
Living people
Pakistani footballers
Pakistan international footballers
Association football forwards
Association football midfielders
Khan Research Laboratories F.C. players


Trent Kelly has 59 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2015 House Proceeding. The year with the most videos was 2017 with 20 videos. Most appearances with John M. Shimkus (4), Kevin Brady (4), Raul Ruiz M.D. (4). Most common tags: House of Representatives, Sports/Athletes.
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Home News Better late than neverSuzuki eVX Concept
●Light pure electric CUV
●In line with the trend of electrification, take the road you are good at
●Exhibit a casual and rough momentum
●Four-wheel drive dual motors, battery life 550km
In the past, Suzuki has brought many surprises to car fans, but in recent years, the timing seems to be somewhat weak, and even the sound volume is almost drowned out in this wave of electric and new energy. Finally, it was selected for the 2023 Auto Expo held in New Delhi, India. At the expo, this small car-specialized Japanese brand unveiled its latest concept work eXV. Although the light CUV format is the way it is good at, the purely electrified power structure is particularly attractive.
Lightweight CUV, pure electric is more powerful
As the first pure electric car released by Suzuki, although the identity of eVX Concept is only a concept car, the symbolic meaning behind it is self-evident. Just looking at the body size, the body size of 4,300mm x 1,800mm x 1,600mm is roughly similar to the S-Cross, but the eVX Concept is contrary to the smooth and smooth outline like the S-Cross or the straight and sharp like the Vitara. Lines, with a thick and bulging texture similar to Volvo XC40, portray an unprecedented robustness, and the extremely simplified image of the sheet metal seems to echo the new design style, plus the customary fog surface around the car for cross-border travel The original color plastic lower guard plate and the occasional aluminum-like decorative plate are used as embellishments, as well as the beautiful aluminum ring design with low wind resistance and design sense. The next-generation electric energy CUV has a clean and urban sense, and highlights the fashionable outdoor entertainment atmosphere.
Selected in India, where the demand for small cars is extremely high, Suzuki announced the latest concept car model eVX Concept at the 2023 Auto Expo held in New Delhi.
Suzuki eVX Concept is a crossover with a body size of 4,300mm x 1,800mm x 1,600mm. It is about the same size as the S-Cross, and at best, the body is slightly wider and slightly taller.
eVX Concept is different from the smooth and smooth contours or straight and sharp lines used by previous brands, and uses a thick and bulging texture similar to Volvo XC40 to portray a strong momentum.
Four-wheel drive dual motors, battery life 550km
Since the cockpit photos and information were not provided by the original Suzuki factory at this auto show, it can only be estimated based on the straight and square body, the sense of riding space and wide field of view should be quite good, as for the power structure, there are four front and rear dual motors The wheel drive configuration is matched with a battery pack with a capacity of 60kWh, providing a cruising range of 550km under the Indian MIDC test specification. At the same time, Suzuki is also working closely with Inmotive, a Canadian transmission system company. It has a two-speed transmission system, which brings lighter and less power consumption data and better driving distance.
Suzuki eVX Concept, which has a compact cross-border style and pure electric driving capability, is expected to have further information announced in 2025. Judging from the high-quality and low entry threshold characteristics of this Japanese brand in the past, it will be really exciting to see what it will be able to do by then. expect.
In terms of power architecture, the front and rear dual-motor four-wheel drive configuration is matched with a battery pack with a capacity of 60kWh, providing a cruising range of 550km under the Indian MIDC test specification.
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In these budget-conscious times, many business owners are keen on tightening their purse strings. Little wonder, when so many small and large businesses are closing their doors for good on a daily basis. It's fair to say then, that saving money should be a priority. On the other hand, provided a budget is being adhered too, there are reasons why a little spending here and there can be a worthwhile investment. Sometimes, to spend money is to make money, and that is particularly true in the following examples.
No business is going to make money when people are unaware of its very existence. This is why advertising and marketing are so important. Now, the wise business owner will do this carefully. There's no point spending money on non-measurable marketing techniques or advertising a product or service to the wrong demographic. Careful research needs to take place, finding out where potential customers hang out online and off, and keeping in touch with their ever-changing consumer demands. When the right information has been acquired, the marketing and advertising budget can be put to good use.
When it comes to hiring others, there is a right and a wrong way to do it. In terms of the wrong way, there is little need to hire people when there isn't enough work for them to do. Considering the expense in hiring somebody, money will be wasted. Sometimes, outsourcing or a temporary contract is better than hiring somebody longer term. On the other hand, there are those jobs that should be considered a necessity, and the hiring decisions won't go to waste. A marketing team will spread the word about the business. A sales team will attract customers to open their wallets. Investing in payroll jobs and bookkeeping professionals will cover the accountancy side of the business. These are the right people to hire, whether on a part or full-time basis. They will help grow the business and control and boost revenue, unlike those other staff members that could be considered an unnecessary financial burden.
A well-trained team will do their job well, provide a quality service, and will impress both customers and business clients. A poorly-trained team will deliver an ineffective service, struggle to maintain productivity, and possibly bring down the reputation of a business. It's obvious how this will affect a business financially. When productivity is high, and customers are impressed by the product quality, more money will be made. This is why training opportunities need to be sought, for the betterment of the business and the employees who work there. Also, considering the constant changes in tech and working practices, the right training will keep a business ahead of the curve and a step up from the competition.
When starting out in business, it's fine to operate from a bedroom, garage, or shared office space. This makes practical and financial sense. However, when profits to start coming in, it's important to spend money on bigger and better business premises. By doing so, you will be able to accommodate more staff (provided you need them), have meeting rooms to impress potential clients, and have the space for any technology and equipment that will further benefit the business.
A happy employee is a productive employee, so it's always worth investing in your staff when considering where to spend money. We have already covered training, but there are other ways money can be spent. This might include a pay rise, not only to stay in line with inflation but to reward the employee as a thank you for helping to raise company profits. A break room will also serve employees well, giving them space to rest at an appointed time, or a gym room, where employees can invigorate themselves during the working day. Both ideas will boost productivity, and in turn, company profits. Happy employees will also stick with a company longer, so there will be less need to spend yet more money on the hiring process.
If a business already has a full lineup of staff able to take on board every task imaginable, there is little point in outsourcing. On the other hand, if there are skill gaps in the staff team or their time is better used elsewhere, then it's worth considering outsourcing as a viable option. There are other advantages in doing so. An outsourced company, be they web design, digital marketing, or whatever, will have the time to complete the job to the best possible standard. An outsourced company can also alleviate the need to hire yet more staff who may not be needed in the longer term. So this works twofold. Outsourcing is an effective way of saving money down the line, and the quality work produced will benefit the business financially.
To reach new marketplaces, it is sometimes important to grow geographically. Of course, this is an expensive investment, as there is a need to buy or rent new premises, employ or migrate staff, and open up the marketing budget in the new location. Still, the company will grow when new customers come in, and it will do wonders for the business reputation when others see how it has grown. A geographic expansion should be a longer-term proposition, of course. There's no point going down this route until it makes practical sense to do so, but it is something worth looking at when working on the long-term growth factor on a budget plan.


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Q: Any way to get the console run as a tab in Visual Studio 2010? In Eclipse, when a program is run the output is displayed in a tab in the bottom portion of the screen. Is there any way to do this in Visual Studio?
For example if my program prints Hello World I want it to show Hello World in some sort of console tab instead of opening up in a totally different window.

A: Visual Studio also have Output Panel, where you can view debug process and console output etc.
you can access this from View Menu -> Output or Debug Menu -> Windows -> Output. Debug menu will let you to see the printed console output while you are debugging or running the program.
or using keyboard shortcut Ctrl + W,O.
To print some thing in output windows use System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine() or  System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write() methods.

A: Navigate to Debug -> Windows -> Output

A: You can use System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine method.

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This SPEC Kit collects baseline data about ARL member institutions' institutional repository activities.
For the purposes of this survey, an IR was simply defined as a permanent, institution-wide repository of diverse locally produced digital works (e.g., article preprints and postprints, data sets, electronic theses and dissertations, learning objects, and technical reports) that is available for public use and supports metadata harvesting. If an institution shares an IR with other institutions, it was within the scope of this survey. Not included in this definition were scholars' personal Web sites; academic department, school, or other unit digital archives that are primarily intended to store digital materials created by members of that unit; or disciplinary archives that include digital materials about one or multiple subjects that have been created by authors from many different institutions (e.g., arXiv.org).
The survey was distributed to the 123 ARL member libraries in January 2006. Eighty-seven libraries (71%) responded to the survey. Of those, 37 (43%) have an operational IR, 31 (35%) are planning for one by 2007 at the latest, and 19 (22%) have no immediate plans to develop an IR. The survey found that most IRs had been established in the last two years (or had just been established). By far, the library was likely to have been the most active institutional advocate of the IR. It was also likely to have been the primary unit leading and supporting the IR effort, sometimes in partnership with the institutional information technology unit. The main reasons for establishing an IR were to increase the global visibility of, preserve, provide free access to, and collect and organize the institution's scholarship.
This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents in the form of IR home pages, IR usage statistics, deposit policies, metadata policies, preservation policies, and IR proposals.
Bailey, Jr., Charles W., Karen Coombs, Jill Emery, Anne Mitchell, Chris Morris, Spenser Simons, and Robert Wright. Institutional Repositories. SPEC Kit 292. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, July 2006.