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Wages and the Cost of Living
Readjustments of Prices and Wages
Conflicting Views on Wage Policy
Recent Trend of Wages and of Living Costs
Pre-War and Post-War Wage Movements
For Ten Months commodity prices have fallen steadily. Sharp declines in wholesale prices have been followed—at a less rapid rate—by reductions in living costs. One of the consequences of this development has been a sharp controversy over the relation of commodity price readjustments to the future course of wages, for if living costs should become stabilized at present or lower levels and wages remain unchanged, employees generally would receive substantial gains in real wages and in purchasing power.
Opposition to wage reductions, at least in the immediate future, has been expressed recently by prominent business men who contend that wage cuts would reduce efficiency in production, would limit the markets for manufactured goods and other commodities, and thus would hamper the recovery of business activity. The soundness of this view is challenged by others who maintain that, to some extent at least, wages must share in a general readjustment of the prices of all goods and services. Downward wage readjustments have in the past attended periods of falling prices, although frequently the downward movement of wage rates has gone less far than that of prices, leaving wage-earners with a net gain in real wages.
The actual number of employees affected by wage cuts put into effect in recent months can not be determined because of the non-existence of sufficiently comprehensive statistical data, but reports of the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and surveys by trade journals indicate that probably only a small proportion of the total number of industrial establishments have thus far made outright changes in wage rates. A majority of the reductions announced have been made in the textile, lumbering, and mining industries.
Cost of Living and Wages
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Sep. 08, 2017 Universal Basic Income
Apr. 08, 2016 Future of the Middle Class
Apr. 18, 2014 Wealth and Inequality
Jan. 24, 2014 Minimum Wage
Jun. 19, 2009 Rethinking Retirement
Mar. 06, 2009 Middle-Class Squeeze
Mar. 14, 2008 Gender Pay Gap
Dec. 16, 2005 Minimum Wage
Sep. 27, 2002 Living-Wage Movement
Apr. 17, 1998 Income Inequality
Oct. 27, 1978 Wage-Price Controls
Jun. 16, 1978 Military Pay and Benefits
Mar. 23, 1966 Rising Cost of Living
Oct. 25, 1961 Price-Wage Restraints in National Emergencies
Jun. 21, 1961 Wage Policy in Recovery
Jun. 11, 1958 Prices and Wages in the Recession
Sep. 18, 1957 Control of Living Costs
Nov. 02, 1955 Wages, Prices, Profits
Jan. 26, 1954 Minimum Wage Raise
Jan. 02, 1954 Cost of Living
Jan. 21, 1953 Guaranteed Annual Wage
Dec. 17, 1952 Future of Price and Wage Controls
Nov. 19, 1951 Fringe Benefits and Wage Stabilization
Dec. 06, 1950 Wage Control
Jun. 13, 1949 Wages in Deflation
Jun. 04, 1947 Guarantees of Wages and Employment
Oct. 29, 1946 Decontrol of Wages
Dec. 01, 1945 Minimum Wages
Sep. 29, 1945 Wage Policy
Oct. 27, 1944 Wage Security
May 17, 1943 Incentive Wage Payments
Aug. 25, 1941 Prices, Profits, and Wage Control
Apr. 28, 1941 Wartime Changes in the Cost of Living
Sep. 21, 1940 Two Years of the Wage-Hour Law
Nov. 01, 1938 Industry and Labor Under the Wage-Hour Act
Jan. 20, 1938 Wage Rates and Workers' Incomes
Apr. 11, 1935 The Cost of Living in the United States
Sep. 01, 1930 Wages and the Cost of Living
May 24, 1930 The Anthracite Wage Agreement
Feb. 20, 1925 Measure of Recovery in Profits and Wages Since 1920–21 Depression
Economic Crises


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Ring Sarasota, the area's premier handbell ensemble, is making music throughout the Gulf Coast. With a passion for playing, these spirited musicians captivate audiences age seven to seventy-seven with a unique combination of entertainment, education, and community engagement.
Announcing Season 12 Program – Stage & Screen!
After a year of social distancing, masks and mandates, Ring Sarasota is ready to cut loose! Having missed attending concerts, plays, and movies, the ringers are ready to entertain audiences with some of their favorite music from the stage & screen. From TV favorites to classic westerns, and songs where audiences can hum along, the diverse repertoire includes such titles as "Let the Sun Shine In," "Over the Rainbow," and "The Addams Family." In addition, the ringers have selected a few original pieces to show off the amazing music composed specifically for handbells.
"For our 12th season, the ringers really want to put on a show, so we went straight for what entertains us - movies, musicals, and television," says Rick Holdsworth, Principal Conductor.
Not your traditional handbell choir, Ring Sarasota's 17 musicians utilize 111 handbells and 73 chimes during their performances.
Ring Sarasota in concert
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Stage & Screen at Prince of Peace Lutheran, Largo
Stage & Screen at Community Concerts of Lake City
Stage & Screen at United Methodist Church, Gainesville
Stage & Screen at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Venice

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– Aurélie Soulat : french and international projects officer. A wine knowledge, a relationship with domains and journalists, writing. Qualified in Winemaking (University of Dijon 2016), WSET 3 course, judge in many tasting competitions.
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– Worldwide partner agencies, notably in Japon, GB, USA, Holland, Germany.
Regular mailing to worldwide journalists, professional tastings organization in France for foreign wines and in the world for french domains (New-York, Montréal, Tokyo, Londres, Hambourg,…).


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The NSW government has rolled out the second phase of its $1.1 billion Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF) choosing another four new community housing providers to build another 1000 homes.
Anglicare will deliver 550 homes, Housing Plus will build 220 homes, SGCH Portfolio Ltd will put up 260 homes and Uniting will develop 300 homes.
The future Ivanhoe Estate, the biggest social and affordable housing renewal development in Australia and the first of five major sites to be delivered under the Communities Plus program.
The SAHF is one of Australia's biggest social housing construction program aiming to deliver 27,000 social and affordable homes over ten years. Most of the homes will be built on land owned or acquired by non-government organisations.
The first phase is underway to deliver 2200 homes across NSW and they are being built by BaptistCare, Compass Housing Services Co, SGCH Sustainability Limited, St Vincent de Paul Housing and Uniting. This initial phase, which launched in May 2017, looked to house single-parent families with a focus on women affected by domestic violence.
About 320 individuals and families have already moved into the homes built under the first phase.
NSW's social and affordable housing program is also moving past just providing homes for those in disadvantaged socio-economic brackets.
It has also started invest in the build-to-rent sector which offers market rental apartments owned and leased by a single institutional landlord. The tenet of both programs is the same that is assisting Australians who struggle to find or buy an affordable home. Affordability has worsened across the board as prices soared between 2012 and 2017.
By offering government land and combining social housing with market rental apartments, the NSW government is trying to bring the build-to-rent sector life giving Australians more than just buying as an option.
Its first venture is Redfern Communities Plus project in inner-city Sydney.


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Take a home and garden tour through Eau Gallie
In addition to a visit to the Mitchell House, the $20 donation for the tour includes admission to six other stops, among them the Rossetter House Museum and Gardens.
Take a home and garden tour through Eau Gallie In addition to a visit to the Mitchell House, the $20 donation for the tour includes admission to six other stops, among them the Rossetter House Museum and Gardens. Check out this story on floridatoday.com: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/entertainment/2019/04/08/home-and-garden-tour/3362789002/
Maria Sonnenberg Published 9:27 a.m. ET April 8, 2019 | Updated 9:57 a.m. ET April 8, 2019
You could say that Steve Mitchell owns the original party house.
His Eau Gallie Arts District home, once known as the 1915 Villa House, long ago served as a dance hall for merrymaking by the locals. The parties are over, and now the home is restored to its original frame vernacular charm.
The Mitchell House will again host visitors, this time as one of the stops in this year's Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club's Eau Gallie Historic Home and Garden Tour.
The Melbourne home of Steve Mitchell on Highland Avenue is part of the 2019 Historic Eau Gallie Home & Garden Tour. The tour takes place from 9:00am- 3:00pm on Saturday, April 13, and starts at the Rossetter House Museum and Gardens. (Photo: TIM SHORTT/ FLORIDA TODAY)
The tour, scheduled from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday should make for a pleasant day of investigating the charming nooks and crannies of EGAD. The mild spring weather invites visitors to enjoy a leisurely stroll around the properties, all within walking distance of each other in picture-perfect EGAD.
Each stop has its own delights. Among the unique features at the Mitchell House are the parlor fireplace updated with New Orleans fireplace mantle salvaged from Hurricane Katrina and the chandelier which originally hung in a historic Merritt Island hotel.
The sun room ceiling was inspired by a porch ceiling seen in Charleston and the dining room by a pineapple Alaskan chandelier purchased in Vero Beach. The laundry room was inspired by a screen door purchased at Shelly's and the downstairs bath by an 1800's "bowl and pitcher" vanity from France and an old tub once used as a flower pot.
The parlor in the Melbourne home of Steve Mitchell on Highland Avenue, which is part of the 2019 Historic Eau Gallie Home & Garden Tour. The tour takes place from 9:00am- 3:00pm on Saturday, April 13, and starts at the Rossetter House Museum and Gardens. (Photo: TIM SHORTT/ FLORIDA TODAY)
Descended from 17th century New England pioneers, James Rossetter arrived in Eau Gallie in 1902 to make his mark in the local fishing industry as a charter partner of the Indian River & Lake Worth Fish Company. He bought a small structure on the current site in 1904, but soon needed more room for his expanding family.
Instead of building an addition, Rossetter opted to buy the winter home of wealthy New York industrialist John Aspinwall and move it down the Indian River to his Eau Gallie lot. The Aspinwall house, built in 1890, is now the west wing of the house, which Rossetter connected to the existing building with open-air breezeways.
A visit to the house and grounds transports visitors to the well-heeled Florida of the early 1900s. When the Rossetter sisters willed the property to the Rossetter Foundation, they left not only the house and gardens, but also all the furnishings, including Ella's 1930s Model A Ford convertible, often used as backdrop for many weddings.
The interior door to the laundry room incorporates an image from past days.The Melbourne home of Steve Mitchell on Highland Avenue is part of the 2019 Historic Eau Gallie Home & Garden Tour. The tour takes place from 9:00am- 3:00pm on Saturday, April 13, and starts at the Rossetter House Museum and Gardens. (Photo: TIM SHORTT/ FLORIDA TODAY)
Both women were ahead of their time. Carrie was the first woman agent for Standard Oil of Kentucky and owned several gas stations in the county. Ella owned and operated the Rossetter Insurance Agency. Pillars of the community, they supported local churches, museums and the Florida Institute of Technology, among other local causes.
Though the Rossetter sisters are long gone, their home is frozen in time, and their possessions, including Carrie's many hats and the Lily Pulitzer dresses she favored, still await her return.
During the tour, guests can see the neighboring Houston Pioneer Cemetery, where members of area pioneers Houston family rest. The historic cemetery is open to the public only on rare occasions such as the tour.
Also welcoming visitors for tour day is St. John's Episcopal Church, built from "Merritt Island mahogany," as the now extinct Merritt Island pine was known because of its strength. For a lunch stop, Big Don's Real Pitt BBQ will be at the church parking lot. Valkaria Tropical Gardens will offer plants for sale there, too.
The tour additionally highlights Twin Oaks on Highland Ave. General Douglas MacArthur's second wife, Jean Faircloth, lived here during the winter months. At Twin Oaks, the Garden Club will offer baked goods for sale.
Tour visitors can check out the musket ball found lodged in the wood of the fireplace mantel at the 1912 Woods Home on Houston St. Guests are encouraged to pencil in a stop at Houston Street Park for a grand view of the Eau Gallie River and Ballard Park.
The tour includes a stop for refreshments and an infusion of art on the lanai of Victoria Landing, which also has an interesting history of its own. Award-winning guest artists Therese Ferguson and Tricia Eisen will display their works there that day.
Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit a plethora of charities, including Viera Wetlands, Meals on Wheels, Marine Resources Council, Habitat for Humanity, among others.
Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club's Eau Gallie Historic Home and Garden Tour
When: Saturday, April 13 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
What: Guests can visit as many of the seven stops on the tour in any order they wish.
Tickets: A $20 donation. They can be purchased at cocoarockledgegardenclub.com or in person at Rockledge Gardens, Bath Cottage in Cocoa Village, Eau Gallie florist, Carousel Florist in Rockledge and Better Homes & Gardens Realty in Cocoa Beach.
For more information: Call 321-633-5613 or 321-863-0277
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'Doctor Who' is iPlayer's 'most watched'
Matt Smith's first full Doctor Who episode was the most watched show on BBC iPlayer in 2010.
By Naomi Rainey
Matt Smith's full-length Doctor Who debut has been named as the most watched programme on BBC iPlayer in 2010.
BBC News reports that the episode 'The Eleventh Hour' has been streamed 2.2m times since it was first broadcast in April.
The first episode of Top Gear's recent series came second with 1.6m views, and Sherlock's opening show followed in third with 1.4m.
The iPlayer, which is due to celebrate its third birthday on Christmas Day, experienced its busiest month in November when 141m of this year's 1.3bn requests were made.
Daniel Danker, general manager of BBC Programmes and On Demand, said that the service has had a "remarkable" year, and promised "dramatically" increased investment in mobile and TV in 2011.
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Die Gmina Stary Targ ist eine Landgemeinde im Powiat Sztumski der Woiwodschaft Pommern in Polen. Ihr Sitz ist das gleichnamige Dorf ( Altmark in Westpreußen).

Geschichte
Obwohl damals eine Mehrheit für den Anschluss an Polen stimmte, kam das Gebiet der Gemeinde von 1920 bis 1939 zum Regierungsbezirk Westpreußen der preußischen Provinz Ostpreußen.

Von 1975 bis 1998 gehörte die Gemeinde zur Woiwodschaft Elbląg.

Verkehr
Die Ortschaft Mleczewo hat einen Bahnhof, Dąbrówka Malborska einen Haltepunkt an der Bahnstrecke Warszawa–Gdańsk. Die Bahnhöfe Szropy, Tropy Igły und Waplewo Wielkie lagen an der stillgelegten Bahnstrecke Małdyty–Malbork.

Gliederung
Zur Landgemeinde (gmina wiejska) Stary Targ gehören 14 Dörfer (deutsche Namen amtlich bis 1945) mit einem Schulzenamt (sołectwo):

 Bukowo (Buchwalde)
 Dąbrówka Malborska (Deutsch Damerau)
 Jordanki (Jordanken, 1938–1945 Jordansdorf)
 Jurkowice (Georgensdorf)
 Kalwa (Kalwe)
 Kątki (Kontken, 1938–1945 Kantken)
 Łoza (Losendorf)
 Nowy Targ (Neumark)
 Ramoty (Ramten)
 Stary Targ (Altmark i. Westpr.)
 Szropy (Schroop)
 Szropy Niziny
 Tropy Sztumskie (Troop)
 Tulice (Tillendorf)

Weitere Ortschaften der Gemeinde sind:
 Brzozówka (Brosowken, 1938–1945 Birkendorf)
 Czerwony Dwór (Rothhof)
 Dziewięć Włók (Neunhuben)
 Gintro (Gintro, 1938–1945 Guntern)
 Grzymała (Grzymalla, 1875–1945 Birkenfelde)
 Igły (Iggeln)
 Klecewo (Klötzen)
 Kościelec (Altkirch)
 Krzyżanki (Wiesenfelde)
 Lasy (Laase)
 Łabuń (Laabe)
 Malewo (Mahlau)
 Mleczewo (Mlecewo, 1938–1945 Heinrode)
 Olszówka (Olschowken, 1938–1945 Althausen)
 Osiewo
 Pijaki
 Pozolia
 Stary Dwór (Alt Rothhof)
 Szropy-Osiedle
 Śledziówka Mała (Klein Heringshöft)
 Śledziówka Wielka (Groß Heringshöft)
 Telkwice (Telkwitz, 1938–1945 Telksdorf)
 Trankwice (Trankwitz)
 Tulice Małe (Tillendorf)
 Waplewko (Klein Waplitz)
 Waplewo-Osiedle
 Waplewo Wielkie (Groß Waplitz, 1938–1945 Waplitz)
 Zielonki (Grünfelde)

Weblinks

 Webpräsenz der Gemeinde (polnisch)
 Informative Website über Stary Targ (polnisch)

Fußnoten

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The Directorate General, Civil Defence was established by MHA on 17th November, 1962. There were only four sections during that time i.e. Fire Section, Civil Defence, Home Guards and Communication Section. On 7th January 2003, this office has been declared as an attached office of MHA under Disaster Management Division and two more sections i.e. Cash and Establishment were added. On 2nd September,2004 it was re-designated as Director General, National Emergency Response Force and Civil Defence. On 01st December, 2006 it was re-designated as Director General, National Disaster Response Force & Civil Defence. Again, on 26th February, 2014 it was re-designated as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards.


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NASPO publishes third edition of "State and Local Government Procurement: A Practical Guide"
The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) has released the third edition of its flagship publication, "State and Local Government Procurement: A Practical Guide." First published in 2008 and updated in 2015, this guide is an indispensable reference tool for both new and experienced government procurement professionals.
"Whether you're a career procurement professional, a student seeking to learn about procurement, a supplier doing business with government or an educator teaching a procurement course, the Practical Guide is a valuable resource," said NASPO President Lisa Eason, of Georgia. "This guide should be on the bookshelves of all procurement staff—from seasoned procurement professionals to those just entering the workforce or new to the field of procurement."
Keeping pace with changes in procurement trends, the third edition of the Practical Guide has several new features, including IT procurement, sustainable purchasing and the use of eProcurement systems. The latest guide also includes expanded narratives on procurement planning, source selection methods, evaluation of bids and proposals, quality assurance and contract management.
Each chapter of the 2019 edition includes a comprehensive list of recommended best practices for that specific chapter topic. Enhanced cross-referencing within each chapter is also used to demonstrate the interrelationships among all of the subject matters addressed.
Also new to the 2019 edition of the Practical Guide is a glossary of commonly used terms, as well as a directory of frequently used acronyms and abbreviations in the procurement field. The final element that has been newly incorporated into the third edition is the use of callouts within the text to highlight important concepts related to contract negotiations, an increasingly critical part of the modern procurement process.
Copies of "State and Local Government Procurement: A Practical Guide" are available for purchase at here. The cost of the publication is $65. A discount of 10 percent will be applied to orders of 10 copies or more.
In support of NASPO's ongoing efforts to elevate the profession of public procurement through partnerships with institutions of higher learning, NASPO is offering a special discounted rate of $45 for students.
Updates and revisions to the new Practical Guide were executed by NASPO staff with the leadership and guidance of a steering committee comprised of current and former state procurement professionals.
"The process of updating this book has truly been a collaborative effort," said Dianne Lancaster, NASPO's Chief Learning Officer. "This endeavor would not have been possible without the dedication of our outstanding volunteers and exceptional staff."
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How to optimize the business and find new ways of development?
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How to get a grant from the EBRD?
The company MNC Group recommends for projects in the framework of the EBRD's Business Advisory Services Program (BAS), which makes it possible to compensate from 50 to 75% of the funds spent for ISO systems and other standards.
How to increase the knowledge of your staff?
Our company regularly organizes trainings on management systems. After completing the training course, the personnel of your organization will receive useful, relevant knowledge in the field of such standards as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP / ISO 22000, FSSC, GMP + etc.
Our company MHC Group - domestic leader in the field of consulting and audit services to develop and implement management systems on the requirements of standards: ISO series, GMP +, FSSC 22000, IFS, OHSAS 18000, GlobalG.A.P.., GMP, IRIS, ISO / TS 16949. We help our customers to reduce the business risks, optimize working processes, and provide sustainable development of the company. We strive to be the most competitive in the domestic market. For this we are constantly improving their competence, improve the existing knowledge and skills. Our experts regularly participate in conferences and exchanges of experience, which are held in Ukraine and abroad. This allows us to offer customers the most efficient and optimal solutions.
At AGROEXPO 2017 one of our themes – organics!
21-23 September in Kropyvnyts'ke (Kirovohrad) will host an exhibition AGROEXPO 2017. Alexander Smirnov, head of certification direction of MNC Group will be the topics: "Requirements for food safety. The HACCP system. Certification of farms and their products" and "Organic livestock farm. The requirements for obtaining the status of organic farms and their products."
In order to succeed, you need to constantly go forward!
Experts MNC Group continue to conduct training all over Ukraine! What is the basis of food safety? Is the HACCP system! HACCP is a documented system that provides hazard analysis and identifying critical control points. Is a system that allows a food enterprise, the results of the risk analysis is to focus control at critical … Continue reading "In order to succeed, you need to constantly go forward!"
"Diagnostic audit" or forewarned is forearmed!
In the new edition of the law of Ukraine on food safety has the responsibility for the operation of enterprises is not on the system "hazard analysis and critical control points" better known as HACCP. Primarily this will affect companies who are engaged in the primary processing of animal product, that is, enterprises engaged in meat, fish and dairy products.
Ukraine's course towards Euro integration did for Ukrainian entrepreneurs issue certification of products according to European standards is very important. While international ISO quality standards are advisory in nature, they are used in more than 160 countries around the world and affected not only internal trade, but also the output of enterprises on foreign markets.
Our company MNC Group offers its services in training the construction of modern management systems. We can improve their skills senior managers, leading specialists, managers of functional units and other personnel. Our trainings have a practical focus. Lectures on the standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP / ISO 22000, FSSC, GMP +.


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The broker charges or pays a certain amount of commission depending on the interest rate differential between the two currencies involved in the transaction, on its direction and volume.
Swap operations emerge in the "very top" of the currency market that is in the Interbank Market, and then go down affecting all levels of its hierarchy.
When making a deal to buy/sell a currency, the parties commit themselves to make final payments on the day, called Value Date. In the Spot market the settlement is carried out within two working days following the transaction. Thus, for example if a position is opened on Monday, the settlement is made not later than on Wednesday.
If a position remains open and is rolled over to the next day, in terms of mutual settlements, it means that the value date is transferred to a day ahead. The corresponding volumes of currencies involved in transaction are lent and borrowed in the interbank market at current deposit and credit interest rates.
- Or the position is left with the previous price, but the swap is credited to or deducted from the client's account.
The cost of the rollover, or more precisely saying, its volume and sign, depends on the interest rate differential between the two currencies of the transaction. Normally, deposit and credit rates on the same currency are different (credit rate is usually higher). That is why the costs of rolling long and short positions over on the same currency pair are different.
When the Rollover is beneficial for a trader?
From the client's perspective, the higher the rate for the currency purchased and the lower the rate for the currency sold, the more beneficial the position rollover will be. Swap rate is credited to the client's account in case the applicable interest rate of the currency purchased is higher than the applicable rate for the currency sold. Alternatively, Swap rate is deducted from the client's account.
Obviously, Swap conditions offered by different companies may vary dramatically: the cost of the position rollover on the same trading instrument sometimes is quite different. The question is how far a company has stepped away from the current rates of interbank market in Swap calculation.
Since the position is rolled over to a day ahead, these are Overnight Rates, which reflect the current situation in the money market and provide the most favorable Swap conditions for the client. However, if a company is far from the upper levels of the hierarchy of the market, the cost of the rollover gets worse for the clients just because each new level of the hierarchy adds to rollover costs its own interest; that is why real Forex Swap Rates may differ significantly from the interbank rates.
Other companies, providing trading services, often set their interest as a fixed percentage when calculating Swaps, thereby worsening conditions for the Client. The amount of such additional "commission" in different companies may also vary substantially.
When studying the conditions of Swap operations, it is also worth to pay attention to the difference between Swaps for Long and Short Positions. The greater the difference, the greater interest is added in the calculation by a company, because the spread between overnight deposit and credit rates is usually low in the interbank market, especially for liquid currencies.
Swap operation is performed once a day, so the conditions of rollover are especially important for those who hold positions open for a considerable period of time, focusing not on intraday price fluctuations, but on more continuous movements, for clients who open strategic positions and trade on the trend on the basis of fundamental changes in the market.
In addition, favorable Swap conditions have a vital importance for clients using Carry Trade strategies. These strategies are based precisely on the interest rate differential between currencies, with borrowing in a currency with a lower rate, and depositing in a currency with a higher rate.
One more example of the "Interbank" Swap importance for the client is the case of lock mode hedging. Imagine that the client has opened a position expecting a certain movement in the market, but it has not begun yet. The client may wish to hedge the position through opening an opposite one (without closing the first position). Then the low spread between the rates, ensured by the "Interbank" Swap, will minimize the cost of maintaining such positions.


Peppermint Patty came to us as part of a scared litter of stray 2-3 month old kittens last fall. We thought they'd all end up feral, but Pep showed restraint in her reactions, so we gave her some time and worked with her. A few months later and she has come around, even moving into the sun room for adoption. She's still very shy, but she is very playful and curious. She'll take patience and a lot of love, but we think she will fit into a quiet home.
The cats had extra special visitors today. As part of their Labor Day week volunteering, a dozen students and three teachers from the White Mountain School in Bethlehem came to the shelter this morning to help in any way we needed. And what we needed was cleaning!
The windows are now extra sparkly, the walls are squeaky clean, the baseboard is scrubbed, and garbage has been hauled. Also, Ladybug and the kittens got some extra attention and some future vets/vet techs got to help give a kitten a bath and feed it!
And the morning cleaners got a little extra help in cleaning the cages...many thanks to our regular Monday morning volunteers Mike and Bev for helping direct the kids in cat care!
We raise our paws to the students from White Mountain School - Many meows and thanks!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR YOUR LABOR OF LOVE!
This looks so adorable that I couldn't wait to try it out.I did this along with my cousins and all have come out really good.Thanks for sharing.


The Oakland Raiders signed unrestricted free-agent quarterback MIKE GLENNON as a backup to starter DEREK CARR. Glennon will be with his fourth team in as many seasons. The 29-year-old veteran is a former third-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Bucs from way back in 2013.
The Oakland Raiders are reportedly close to finalizing a deal to add free agent wide receiver TYRELL WILLIAMS to the team. Williams, 27, would join ANTONIO BROWN and JORDY NELSON to give quarterback DEREK CARR three experienced targets heading into the 2019 season.
Around the NFL: What can Brown do for you?
With wide receiver AMARI COOPER now in Dallas and lead running back MARSHAWN LYNCH on injured reserve, quarterback DEREK CARR took matters into his own hands in Sunday's loss to Indianapolis. Any remaining fantasy owners had to be pleased with Carr's 4 touchdown effort against the Colts.
Oakland head coach Jon Gruden expects wide receiver AMARI COOPER to see more than 3 targets a game as the centerpiece of the Raiders offense. Gruden seemed to be critical of quarterback DEREK CARR for repeatedly checking down to his tight end when Cooper appeared to be open downfield.
The Oakland Raiders signed former Green Bay wide receiver JORDY NELSON to a two-year deal last week. Nelson spent his first 10 seasons in Green Bay but now moves to Oakland, where he is expected to line-up with fellow wideout AMARI COOPER while catching passes from DEREK CARR.
Oakland wide receiver AMARI COOPER had a career-worst season in 2017 but he apparently played through a foot injury all season long. Raiders quarterback DEREK CARR defended his star wideout, saying that Cooper was basically on the field "playing on one foot".
Oakland quarterback DEREK CARR has known new Raiders coach Jon Gruden since 2014 and is excited to have Gruden as his new head coach. Carr realizes that Gruden will be demanding and seems to embrace the idea that his new coach will push him to be his best.
Carr on hot seat with Gruden hire?
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Tascam EZ Connect is a software application software for computers and mobile devices that allows users to control the Tascam Dante Compact Processor Series models (MM-2D, MM-4D/IN, ML-4D/OUT, AE-4D) and the MX-8A matrix mixer. The simple designed and easy-to-use interface allows end-users to timely control the volume and input source of an area while being actually in that environment. It is also possible to collectively manage multiple areas at the same time by operating multiple Tascam EZ Connect instances on one computer.
Faders and buttons are functionally allocated on the interface to provide an intuitive use. Control functions can be customized via the control software for system integrators (Tascam DCP Connect or Tascam MX Connect). By only assigning the necessary functions, it prevents end-users from unintentional control errors or troubles.
Tascam EZ Connect is available for Windows and macOS computers as well as iOS and Android devices and can be freely downloaded from the Tascam websites.


An article posted in the New York times last weekend titled "The Decline and Fall of the English Major," discusses the waning popularity of English as a college major and the decline of appreciation for the art of writing by the general population. The article claims that people are pursuing degrees in anticipation of careers that bring about more instant gratification in the paycheck department. Of course, I don't blame someone for making that choice. What makes me happy is not the same as for everyone else. But personally, I am quite proud of my status as an English major as well as my possession of a Master's degree in the same subject. I wouldn't change what I studied in school for anything else in the world (least of all, for money) and I find the waning appreciation for English and those of us who choose to study the art of reading, writing and analysis to be very disheartening and I grieve for mankind just a little bit.
As the author of the New York Times article states, it is sad that the world does not seem to appreciate the humanities for what they are, the richness they bring and the importance of the skills they teach. My skills at writing, analyzing and comprehending—which I learned in pursuit of my English degrees—are what have led to my current success. It may not lead to a paycheck with 10 zeroes, but that is not what I want out of life (as previously stated). Instead, I search for beauty, for joy and connections.
People fail to comprehend all of the ways that studying literature and writing come into play in the world. I can tell you that I have edited dozens of papers for individuals pursuing degrees in business. I can also confidently say that if it weren't for me, my ex-boyfriend would never have been considered a good writer. I edited every single paper he wrote for his BA and his MBA. I have helped people beyond the business school realm too. I have edited for friends pursuing M.S. degrees in Psychology, EDDs, and M.F.As in textiles.
If you are not yet convinced of the importance of English majors, the use of an English major does not end in academia. I know that as an English major who works in the business world I am a bit of a rarity. But if you look, you can find English majors everywhere. They are writing manuals and press releases, they work in business and many other fields. I have written resumes and cover letters for people and drafted content for entire websites. I have helped friends title art projects and shows, written slogans for their business pursuits, and even drafted contracts. The possibilities are endless, although at times you have to be a little creative.
I don't say all of this to brag about my willingness to help others or to express the versatility of my skill set. Nor am I trying to suggest that I am superior to others—for certainly, I am not. Studying those fields or pursuing any of the above projects would be very challenging if not impossible for me and if I weren't writing/editing, I wouldn't have much else to offer to society. Instead, I remark on my work as an editor and a facilitator of the writing and pursuits of others because of the importance of having good writing skills and of the many ways that I have found for an English major to fit into and contribute to the world at large. I love helping people learn to write, or at least to write better and I love writing for people. And while some people understand the importance of writing well, the majority of people in the world take writing and lucid communication for granted.
I will say that when I was in school, people were always asking me what in the world I was going to do with an English degree. And the most consistent suggestion I received from people who asked this was to be a teacher. I have a huge respect for teachers, but that was not the route that I wanted to go. I think I was the only person in my Master's program who did not go on to a PHD program or have the desire to go into teaching. When I would express my hopes of doing something different, rarely would people have any other idea of what I could do with myself after I left school.
I'm sure these well-intentioned people were concerned about my potential for finding a job in the future with two English degrees under my belt. And believe me, as I waded through the depressing depths of the recession, jobless and dangling over the edge of hopelessness, I began to doubt myself and my potential too. But in the end, I found where I was supposed to be.
Being an English major is much more than just having a degree, having read tons of books, discussing and analyzing things ad nauseum and learning how to write with a flourish and a style that is my own. Being an English major is ingrained in who I am as a human being. The way I look at the world is influenced heavily by my love of literature, of writing. I am constantly in search of beauty in the written word (in my own writing and in the writing of others) and in life. Because I am an English major, even the concept of beauty has grown to have multiple layers, meanings and manifestations. Beauty goes beyond the physical and is a form of art all its own. These are not things that I would have discovered had it not been for the education and guidance I received while in pursuit of my English degrees. I believe that I would still have felt them, but I would not have known what they were. Nor would I have had the ability to express and give life to them properly.
So, as I watch the procession of fewer and fewer English major colleagues exiting campuses across the country, I will sit here and I will wear my English major-dom with pride and I will hope that someday, others in the world will rediscover the significance of not just English or literary studies, but all of the humanities. For at the heart of humanities (to be a little cliché) is what makes us human. If you have ever studied critical theory, or perhaps taken a philosophy class you may be familiar with one of the first debates of the ancient critics. I believe it was Horace who wrote about the purpose of poetry (and poetry can stand for numerous other artistic entities, pursuits and the humanities). And what was the purpose of poetry, he mused, to teach or to delight? Personally, I think it's both and so much more.
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A business owner's reasons for why he likes hiring English majors. Great additional reading, should you be interested!
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Thank you so much for writing this, it was so wonderfully encouraging!
I've been running into similar problems myself, as a classical studies major; NO one ever seems to think there's any use for it outside of being a teacher. But, it's true, studying the humanities influences so much of who we are (as people AND as writers), and our perspectives are forever enriched.
You have posted a nice and useful article here…..as we know the importance of English, and if we talk about English majors then these are the important parts of English without using proper, we can't speak fluently.


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Native Treasures: Gardening with the Plants of California
M. Nevin Smith
University of California Press, 2006 - Gardening - 278 pages
Nevin Smith has spent his life growing plants and exploring the wild California landscape. A highly respected horticulturalist and practitioner who is also a gifted writer, Smith shares his years of experience growing native California plants in this lively, informative book. Rather than being a systematic "how-to" manual, Native Treasures combines Smith's personal thoughts, sometimes maverick opinions, and matchless expertise with practical advice on selected groups of native plants and their culture. The author explains how California's diverse terrain, climate, and geology support a wealth of plant species--more than 6000--and offers suggestions for designing with most of the major natives in cultivation, as well as with some more obscure but garden-worthy groups. With an engaging narrative and a wealth of illustrations, this ode to beauty and diversity celebrates California's rich store of native plants and encourages readers to visit them in their native haunts and invite them into their gardens.
* Describes the use of plants in varying landscapes and gardens
* State of the art propagation techniques
* Beautifully illustrated with color photos and line drawings
Nevin Smith is Director of Horticulture at Suncrest Nurseries Inc. in Watsonville, California and an occasional columnist for Fremontia, the journal of the California Native Plant Society.
Title Native Treasures: Gardening with the Plants of California
Phyllis M. Faber Books
Author M. Nevin Smith
Publisher University of California Press, 2006
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Gunnar Norrman (1912, Malmö – 2005, Lomma) was a Swedish graphic artist.

The only formal education in the arts that Gunnar Norman received was a three-month long course in printmaking in 1941. He also studied botany extensively and trained to become a concert pianist. The first exhibition of Norrman's work was in his hometown Malmö in 1942. During his entire career, he produced only black and white prints and drawings, often with themes from nature. One of his American gallerists described his style thus: "His subjects are filled with silence conveying the Oriental tradition of reverence and humility before nature, a strong theme in the artist's life. As an accomplished musician, Norrman achieved in his work the same rhythm, delicacy and rigor found in the compositions of Schumann and Brahms; the musicians he most admired."

Works by Norrman are included in the collections of the British Museum, London, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (among others).

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A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
Black, Sue
Book of the Year, 2018 Saltire Literary Awards For fans of Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, and CSI shows, a renowned forensic scientist on death and mortality. Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist. She has lived her life eye to eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about it in this book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir of a woman whose first paying job as a schoolgirl was to apprentice in a butcher shop, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives. It is a treat for CSI junkies, murder mystery and thriller readers, and anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all. Cutting through hype, romanticism, and cliché, she recounts her first dissection; her own first acquaintance with a loved one's death; the mortal remains in her lab and at burial sites as well as scenes of violence, murder, and criminal dismemberment; and about investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident, or natural disaster, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. She uses key cases to reveal how forensic science has developed and what her work has taught her about human nature. Acclaimed by bestselling crime writers and fellow scientists alike, All That Remains is neither sad nor macabre. While Professor Black tells of tragedy, she also infuses her stories with a wicked sense of humor and much common sense.
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This past weekend we went to the 24th Annual Abate Freedom Rally in Algona, Iowa. What a party. About 30,000 Bikers on 123 Acres of land that the Abate of Iowa owns.
Many people take freedom to a whole new level.
Us girls have fun dressing up in different themes every night. This night was school girl night and I was the Head Mistress.
My girlfriends brother is a Tattoo artist and he had a booth set up. What an artist.
The worst, or should I say painful, part about the tattoo is the outline. Once that is done it isn't so bad. OK, not as painful. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
After that was done we went up to watch Joe Diffie. He sings "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox When I Die." What a great concert.
We are already looking forward to next year's 25th Annual Freedom Rally.
Freedom isn't Free. Many men and women have faught for our freedom and for that I say Thank You!!
Nice tattoo Brenda. It looks kind of like the first one Tara had done.
I had to laugh, that festival, "Abate Freedom" sounds like "nip it in the bud!"
Carl...Heritage Springer 95th Anniversary Addition. I surprised Biggy B with it for his 31st Birthday!! Then the next year I bought a 2002 Duece. I make a terrible passenger. Biggy B says it's a control issue.


Ripple Labs, Inc is big on decentralization right now. Stung by criticism that XRP is a centralized currency, and the very real risk that an ongoing lawsuit could see it ruled a security, Ripple has been on the offensive. Its latest effort to disambiguate Ripple the company and ripple the coin has seen Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz pen a treatise on "The Inherently Decentralized Nature of XRP Ledger". It makes some bold claims.
Decentralization has become something of a stick for cryptocurrency purists to prod one another with. Ever since the SEC declared that ethereum doesn't constitute a security because it is now "sufficiently decentralized", other altcoin projects have spotted a way out. Through achieving the holy grail of full decentralization, so the theory goes, it ought to be possible to escape censure from regulators. Ripple has come in for particular scrutiny on this count due to the fact that the majority of all ripple coins are held by the company. While it has been making efforts to disburse these through business partnerships and charitable initiatives, it could be decades before Ripple owns a minority stake of its coin.
A lot of the arguments revolving around ripple's decentralization, or lack thereof, stem from Jackson Palmer's well-intentioned Are We Decentralized Yet? website. It tracks metrics such as the percentage of money held by the top 100 accounts (19% for BTC versus 81% for XRP) and the number of public nodes. As Jackson Palmer would concede, though, his site is not intended to serve as a rubric for defining decentralization; rather it is a tool for highlighting the distribution of power and control in cryptocurrency projects.
Since the keys were all downloaded from the Ripple.com server, Ripple is essentially in complete control of moving the ledger forward, so one could say that the system is centralised.
Even Ripple's fiercest critics would concede that the company and its eponymous coin have many positive attributes. Ripple is fast to send, has extremely low fees, and the company has been praised for its meticulous transparency reports that shed light on its performance over the previous quarter. There's also Ripple's Xrapid settlement solution that may have useful applications for international money transfer, particularly when switching between foreign currencies.
At the start of January, David Schwartz stated that increasing ripple's decentralization was his "number one priority for 2018". It's a laudable goal to pursue, for many reasons. His assertion that ripple is more decentralized than bitcoin or ethereum, however, has been met with incredulity. Schwartz's argument that PoW coins are becoming more centralized due to the increasing power of mining pools is disingenuous, as there are many other factors that make the likes of bitcoin decentralized. Not having a CEO or CTO who can be hauled up in court any time an investor loses their shirt is one of them.
"It's very clear to me that XRP's not a security," said Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse in a livestreamed AMA last night. With the class action lawsuit gathering steam, we shouldn't have to wait long to find out.
Do you think ripple is more decentralized than bitcoin? Let us know in the comments section below.
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I tried to work on the memoir yesterday, thinking it would help me feel more grounded. But I just felt a rush of resistance.
All this work on structure is so necessary. But after piecing apart the first few chapters, I'm left with just that--pieces. I have no way to give someone who might express in the book the slightest hint of its merit. If a literary agent or publisher finds my blog and says: "That sounds great! Send us the first few chapters!" I can't.
Now that I'm writing about it, it feels silly. If a literary agent or publisher did express interest, then I'd polish the first few chapters and send them over. And if they wanted the full manuscript, well, the book needs to be written in its own time. So there's that. I will write the book in its own time and nothing needs to be complete or presentable at this present moment.
How can I release these self-imposed weight of obligation, and still arrive at a place where I feel more grounded? Review my progress, I suppose. And keep documenting all the small steps forward.
This anxiety is all about control. I feel out of control and yet I want to control everything.


Panther Filmmakers! Join us this Thursday, October 19th, at the first of several Panther Filmmaker Mixers at Deuxieme Maison (DM) 457 from 3:00-5:00 PM. This first event will serve as a Meet & Greet where those of you interested in learning more about the Panther Film Festival (PFF) will have an opportunity to ask us questions and meet other students who are interested in making films. We encourage you to stop by and pitch your ideas to everyone in attendance as you look to potentially fill some missing roles in your production crews! Oh, and as if you needed more of a reason to attend: there will be food and refreshments available. We're excited to meet you all this Thursday and look forward to watching you develop your projects in the coming months!
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Mario Avalos is a senior at Florida International University, where he is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in English Literature, along with certificates in Film Studies and Professional and Public Writing.
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The Vancouver Housing Bubble Is Back, And It's (Almost) Bigger Than Ever
For a while it seemed that the Vancouver housing bubble, the direct result of a relentless tidal wave of Chinese "hot money", had burst after last August the British Columbia province implemented a 15% property tax to stem the inflow of offshore funds. And indeed, in the immediate months that followed, Vancouver's housing priced tumbled from record highs.
However, it was not meant to be, and less than a year later, the Vancouver housing bubble is back, and it's (almost) bigger than ever.
Over the past few months, with many suspecting - as we did - that the housing market in Vancouver had finally normalized, attention shifted to what emerged as the next hotbed of rampant housing speculation in Canada, Toronto, where last month average selling prices surged by 33%.
As it now turns out, ignoring Vancouver, and underestimating the persistence of aggressive Chinese buyers turned out to be a mistake, because earlier today the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver announced in its latest monthly report that while home sales in the Vancouver housing market had predictably slowed down in April compared with a year ago, prices - which had dipped slightly in recent months- once again surged.
First the (somewhat) good news: the overall turnover in the Vancouver resi market slowed down appreciably, with property sales in the region totaling 3,553 in April 2017, a 25.7% decline compared to April 2016 when 4,781 homes sold and a 0.7% decrease from the 3,579 sales recorded in March 2017. Sales of single-family homes in April 2017 were hit the hardest, reaching 1,211, a decrease of 38.8% from the 1,979 detached sales recorded in April 2016. Meanwhile, sales of apartment, or condominium, properties reached 1,722 in April 2017, a decrease of 18.3 per cent compared to the 2,107 sales in April 2016.
Yet while sellers and buyers were less likely to agree on a closing price than just a few months ago, that does not mean that sellers were more aggressive, or that prices had declined at all. In fact quite the opposite: the benchmark price for all types of residential properties in Metro Vancouver, Canada's most expensive real estate market, was C$941,100 ($686,583.50) in April. That was up 5 percent over the past three months and 11.4 percent higher compared with a year ago.
The breakdown was even more stark by category:
For condominiums, the benchmark price was C$554,100 last month, a 16.6% jump over the past 12 months and 3.1% more than March.
The benchmark price of an attached unit was $701,800, 15.3% more than a year ago, and a 2.4% increase compared to March 2017.
The benchmark price for detached properties is $1,516,500, an 8.1% increase over the last 12 months and a 1.8 per cent increase compared to March 2017.
And the visual testament to just how strongly the Vancouver housing bubble has returned, and as of April has almost surpassed last year's all time highs:
In other words, all that the 15% surtax achieved was to drastically slowdown the rate of transactions (or perhaps home flipping). Meanwhile, as sellers held out to find more aggressive buyers, they were in luck as the new wave of buyers has emerged, and undeterred by the 15% premium, they have been slowly but surely lifting all available offers.
"In the condominium and townhome markets, demand has been increasing for months and supply is not keeping pace, said the board's president, Jill Oudil. "This dynamic is causing prices to increase and making multiple-offer scenarios the norm," she said in a statement.
She added that "Home buyers are looking to get into the market and they're facing fierce competition", and it mostly comes out of China. Or perhaps it is simply other Canadians armed with cheap money loans, rushing to fill the void, because as the following charts show, whether it is due to Chinese buyers or not, China has a very big housing problem on its hands, and explains why the recent collapse of alt-mortgage lender Home Capital Group, which accounts for just 1% of all loans in the market, has escalated all the way to the finance minister. The reason is simple: one the first domino falls, nobody knows just how far the resultant avalanche will go.
To put Canada's housing market, and bubble, in perspective, first here is a chart of total Canadian household debt. Most of this is in the form of mortgages.
Next, despite Canada's low rates, the debt service ratio of an average Canadian household is nearly 40% higher than when compared to the US.
And finally, the punchline: indexed home prices in Canada compared to the US.
In retrospect, perhaps Canada was lucky that the attempt to deflate the Vancouver housing bubble failed, had it succeeded and spread across the nation, leading to a collapse in collateral values and widespread defaults, the "mean-reversion" outcome may have been far more devastating. Which of course, is not to say that Canada's problem has been fixed, but at least for the time being, the can has been kicked once again.


A book review to die for.
A book review can provide a "writer's high," or reduce the author to a pile of rumble. But when the words come from his mentor, the review is a big deal.
Elizabeth Theresa Klaver was a Professor of English at Southern Illinois University; my client when I had a financial planning practice, and a friend as I shared my history of physical and sexual childhood abuse. Poetry was my means of expression. I shared my poems with Elizabeth, and what followed were months of private sessions where we worked on my writing skills. What happened, we never could have imagined. My fourth book is about to be published.
Supermax Prison is the best of Franklin's books to date. It's a must read for anyone interested in the US criminal justice system and its Supermax prisons. Franklin provides the historical context for the supermax and the philosophy behind it, the pros and cons, the supporters and detractors, and whether it can actually work in practice. The supermax at Tamms, Illinois, is his case in point. Covering its rise and fall, Franklin shows how local developers in Southern Illinois, one of the state's most impoverished areas, convinced the governor to award the supermax to the village of Tamms, bringing with it hundreds of jobs. Soon, though, it became a subject of controversy, lauded on one hand as a model of rehabilitation, therapeutic support, and security for both inmates and employees and on the other as a torture chamber. Recognizing that there are no easy answers to the problem of what to do with the most dangerous inmates, Franklin gives a fair hearing to all sides of the supermax question, providing documents and interviews with Tamms inmates and their court appeals, guards, psychiatrists, therapist, the warden, and even the chaplain. Though the story of the Tamms Supermax ends with its closing, Franklin draws on his research to imagine a prison of the future that might just work.
The writer crawls from his cocoon.
My last blog was written on October 30, 2015 when I had recovered from two back surgeries and swallowed my last oxycodone. The pain was gone, my swagger was back, and the creative juices were flowing. It was time to take that glorious trip I had taken on three prior occasions. It was time to write a book, and leave the seclusion of my cocoon.
for my latest book, "Maxed Out: The birth and death of the Tamms supermax." The projected release date is mid-June, 2017. It seems appropriate to include the Prologue in this blog. After all, this has been a major part of my life for the past nineteen months.
While there are stories of unimaginable violence, sadness, and injustice, there are hues of happiness and hope. An abundance of literature addresses the perceived evils of Tamms. But any piece of investigative journalism moves past the obvious and seeks the information hidden within the unfamiliar. I discuss in some depth the treatment of mental illness in and out of a prison setting, the difficulty of providing correct diagnosis within a unique population, and society's moral responsibility in caring for the mentally ill. It is the author's desire to present the good and bad, the certain and unimaginable. The reader can choose sides on the issue, or embrace the broader story of Maxed Out: The birth and death of the Tamms supermax.


Not a huge update today, but hopefully an informative one. We'll talk a little about what the heck you do gameplay wise in Quack, and then we'll take another look at some footage! Let's get quackin'.
The first portion of the gameplay takes place during what is called "cloud mode".
During this mode, Quack is incognito in his cloud and is unseen by the world and its inhabitants.
In cloud mode the player needs to interact with the environment of the level in order to expose the enemy's weakness. This typically involves a lot of rapid tapping (or clicking for PC users) on specific objects during small time frames. But what do you need to interact with? That's where Quack's trusty ear horn comes into play.
While Quack is in cloud mode, he can don the ear horn to listen for clues as to what you may need to do to uncover the enemy's weakness. Simply tapping (or clicking) anywhere on the screen while using it will give visual and audible clues to the player. Hear a ding or see a shine? That's probably something you need to interact with at some point.
You can consider using the ear horn as somewhat of a hint system, but it's not going to hold your hand. You'll have to observe and solve the puzzles for yourself as well.
When the enemy becomes vulnerable you'll move into the game's second phase of gameplay — ATTACK MODE!
When you shift into attack mode, the gameplay changes up somewhat drastically. Instead of solving puzzles and turbo tapping with precision, you need to unleash a stool storm in an arcade shooter/bullethell type of environment.
Quack has a number of different types of attacks, but for today we will focus on three: normal, spread, and beam.
Normal simply shoots straight down.
Spread shoots two smaller bullets down at an angle and does less damage than a normal shot.
The Beam attack. This shoots a large and wide beam of stool down for as long as you have the special resources for it. It does very high damage but it depletes quickly!
These So what about abilities?
Quack can obtain a number of different types of abilities, but the two we will focus on today are: shield and teleport. Quack can only equip one ability at a once, but they can be swapped at any time during gameplay.
All of the abilities have a cooldown on use so you can't just frolic through the game spamming them constantly.
Shield creates a shell of invulnerability around Quack for a short period of time, making him immune to all incoming damage for its duration.
Teleport will instantly send quack to the end of the screen in whichever direction you are moving. Very useful for a quick escape or if you need to get somewhere quick to pump out some damage.
Utilizing all of these things to your advantage can help you defeat even the most difficult of encounters. When the enemy's health hits zero, it's a glorious victory for Quack and another step towards his ultimate revenge.
I hope this information gives you a bit more of an idea of what you can expect when playing the game. As promised, here's a fresh look at some in-game footage. The footage takes a look at Newspaper Ned, the third encounter in the Parklands area of the game.
This entry was posted in Captain Quack and tagged Captain Quack, Development, Game Development, Games, Gaming, Homebody Games, Independent, Indie, Linux, Mac, Nindies, Nintendo, PC, Video Game, Video Games, Wii U on March 21, 2016 by Homebody Games.


It's the time of the year again - Christmas is around the corner.
Just a snowmacaron patiently counting down to Christmas on a park bench.
Christmas always seems to start one month earlier. Society gets up and buzzing with enchanting Christmas lights and decorations as early as November, all in a bid to usher us into the festive season. However, some might feel like we are being ushered into the harsh reality that yet another year has passed. Is that why the Grinch was so unhappy?
Looking at it from another perspective, as over-enthusiastic as it may be to put up Christmas decorations one month in advance, it could be a blessing. This is because it gives us time to ease into the fact that yes, this year is coming to an end, and yes we may not be pleased with how we have passed the year; but it's okay.
Why? Because there's still one more month to do something about it. It could be a small attempt to get some tasks checked off the "to-do" list - anything to make you feel better. Alternatively, we can see it as time given to allow us to come to terms with the year's events and acknowledge them gracefully.
So apart from love and giving that Christmas stands for, it is also a time for self-assurance that it's fine that not all things worked out, at least some things did.
So go with the flow, let yourself be washed up in the festive joy and welcome a fresh beginning with the new year. Join this snowmacaron and countdown to Christmas.


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Nashville Names First Chief Strategy Officer
Nashville, Tenn.'s new chief strategy officer will work to further the city's goals of citizen-centric government and transparency in the coming fiscal year.
by News Staff / December 14, 2016
Courtesy City of Nashville, Tenn.
The city of Nashville has appointed a chief strategy officer (CSO) to head up the municipal government's delivery of high-level service and accountability initiatives.
In a Dec. 12 press release, Mayor Megan Barry announced that Brian Kelsey, formerly of Civic Analytics, an economic research and planning firm based in Austin, Texas, would be stepping in as the city's first CSO.
"Brian Kelsey will be a great addition to our team in Metro [the Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County], emphasizing bold, innovative strategies to operate a more transparent and effective government for the people of Nashville," Barry said in the release. "While government isn't a business, we can seek out and adopt successful business tools that will improve our operations and lead to better outcomes for constituents."
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Kelsey will work with department heads throughout the city to better align local government priorities with the budget, according to the mayor's office.
The creation of the chief strategist role follows recommendations from the Strategic Budgeting and Innovation Project Public Investment Plan earlier this year. The plan highlights the need for improved transparency and citizen-centric government in the coming fiscal year.
"Nashvillians should be confident that their tax dollars are being used efficiently to improve their quality of life in Davidson County," said Metro Finance Director Talia Lomax-O'dneal. "Brian Kelsey, with the leadership of Mayor Barry, will be a critical component of our strategy to ensure our budget priorities are meeting the needs of Nashville."
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Musharraf: Pakistan Does Not Know bin Laden Location
Pakistani President, General Pervez Musharraf, says his country's troops do not know the whereabouts of wanted al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, who is believed to be hiding somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Speaking on the CNN television program Late Edition, President Musharraf said the Pakistani military is still committed to finding Osama bin Laden, but is not searching for him exclusively. "When you talk only of bin Laden, frankly, the issue is not going and locating one individual. We are operating against all terrorists. Now, within that, we don't know where he is. He could be anywhere," he said.
The head of the al-Qaida network is accused of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. General Musharraf said he believes the wanted terrorist is not on Pakistan's side of the border because of Pakistani military presence there. "Is that the case on the Afghan side? Is all the border region, is the [Afghan] military operating in all the border regions of the border? No sir, they are not," he said. "So, I leave it to anybody's judgment, where would he feel safer?"
In an interview that was published in Sunday's Washington Post newspaper, Mr. Musharraf suggested that Washington shares some of the responsibility because the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan does not have enough troops there. In the same interview, he said Pakistani intelligence has only been able to determine that Osama bin Laden is still alive, but does not know where he is hiding.
The CNN interview also took place in Washington, after Mr. Musharraf met with President Bush at the White House Saturday. The Pakistani leader said his priority was to push for a resolution to the Middle East crisis. "That [issue] was on top of my agenda, frankly," he said. "And I am very glad to say that President Bush realizes it. And he is very sure that he is going to play a very active role in bringing peace to the region, and on the basis of two states, Israel and Palestine."
President Musharraf said he does not believe the Iraq war has made the world safer. But he said he believes finding lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians will be good for global security because the issue has repercussions with Muslims and in Islamic countries around the world. "Yes, indeed [the world will be safer]. Because that's going to pull the rug out from under the feet of all extremist organizations, I think," he said.
One contentious issue between the United States and Pakistan is Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man whom U.S. officials believe helped countries such as Libya develop nuclear bombs. Pakistan has refused to allow investigators from the United States or the International Atomic Energy Agency to directly question Mr. Khan, who has been pardoned and remains in Pakistan.
Currently, all questions and answers to and from Mr. Khan go through Pakistani officials. Mr. Musharraf said trying to bypass Pakistani officials shows a lack of trust in Pakistan. "We can question him the best. And there is a sensitivity, there is a domestic sensitivity. This man is a hero for the Pakistanis. And, the the sensitivity that maybe the world wants to interfere in our nuclear program, which nobody wants, which nobody likes. It's the pride of the nation," he said.
The Pakistani leader acknowledged that Mr. Khan was discussed in his talks with President Bush, and that the main focus was on U.S. requests to see if Mr. Khan could reveal any more information.
On the issue of Pakistan's relations with India, Mr. Musharraf said he is optimistic and, in his words, fairly upbeat that the two nuclear-armed countries will move ahead on resolving disputing claims to the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The Pakistani leader came to the United States for a one-day visit, following stops in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. He meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London Monday.
Musharraf Arrives in London for Talks with Blair
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has arrived in London for talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair on terrorism, trade and the situation in Afghanistan. General Musharraf traveled from Washington where he met with President Bush. During his visit he said the search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has gone completely cold. In an interview published Sunday General Musharraf says Pakistani forces are aggressively pursuing Osama bin Laden, but have only been able…
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are holding talks today expected to be dominated by the fight against terrorism, the Middle East, Afghanistan and Kashmir. Before the London meeting, General Musharraf told the BBC that the global war on terrorism has made the world less safe and is not addressing the social grievances that help recruit terrorists. In a separate interview, the Times of London quotes General…
Musharraf Says Moderates Must Fight Terrorism
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The Related Posts feature analyzes previous posts you've published on your site, then underneath each individual post it displays links to three other posts that are related to your current post.
If you've set a featured image for a post, that's what will display when it's listed as a related post; otherwise, an image attached to the post will be used. The image will be resized and cropped to be 350x200px.
Note that if the contextual analysis doesn't come up with at least three good results, no related posts will be displayed.
Here are examples of how the different permutations will look.
You can customize what image is displayed, how the image is resized, change the "Related" header text, modify how many related posts are displayed, and a number of other things.
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GIN Holding
San Giorgio del Porto
Top Quality Service and Experienced Workforce Since 1928:
90 Years of Naval History
San Giorgio del Porto S.p.A. (SGdP) is a legacy shipyard with advanced facilities, having operated in the ship repair industry since 1928. Nowadays, SGdP is a global point of reference for the repair and conversion of all ship types, ro-pax vessel upgrades, as well as mid-range vessel construction projects. The shipyard's portfolio includes famous clients and prestigious worldwide owners.
The yard employs about 140 people and with its staff of naval architects, mechanical engineers, skilled workers and its emergency response teams of specialized technicians, can offer assistance to vessels worldwide. With qualified personnel and a skilled labor force, San Giorgio del Porto's aim has always been to continue to meet the high expectations of Customers. All repairs and conversions are carried out in accordance with the rules of all Classification Societies, most of which have offices in Genoa.
The SGdP yard is located close to the downtown area and the airport, with hotels within walking distance, offering customers easy transfers, saving them time and money.
Directly connected to highway, the yard is next to the town center and to the Cristoforo Colombo Airport (9 km). SGdP, together with its sister company CNdM - Chantier Naval de Marseille, operates eight dry-docks and over 2 km of equipped repair quays. The shipyard is capable of handling the largest vessels and is perfectly positioned to support the needs of the maritime, offshore and renewable energy sectors, providing specialized service and assistance 24/7/365.
History of the Shipyard
Legacy shipyards with advanced facilities, with operations in the ship repair industry since 1928
San Giorgio del Porto is a Genoa-based shipyard that was founded in 1928 as a ship maintenance workshop and foundry by Ferdinando Garrè, who went by the same name as the current CEO.
Due to bombing that destroyed the workshops during World War II, the shipyard was forced to relocate to northern Italy, where it engaged in the production of agricultural equipment. Only after the end of the war, was SGdP able to return to Genoa, where the shipyard expanded its range of activities over the years to include vessel reconversion.
While in the early years, the shipyard focused primarily on routine maintenance and repair operations (engaging in three main types of activity: mechanical, metal carpentry, and structural engineering), a glorious decade began after the war was over, in the 1950s.
SGdP used to specialize in propeller drive shafts and frequently had to work without tools that could substitute human efforts. Thus, it was often necessary to move huge weights by hand, or at best using hoists.
This is a time when the shipyard was involved in an area that up until then was little known, i.e. the transformation of vessels. In this way, the company worked at a steady pace until the 1980s.
After the shipbuilding industry entered a crisis, the company experienced evolution as the range of operations changed and became more challenging. For this reason, SGdP decided to focus on advanced engineering, as well as safety and environmental issues, as well as new business segments.
Thanks to 90 years of experience and a staff consisting of naval architects, mechanical engineers, a highly skilled workforce and emergency response teams trained by specialized technicians, San Giorgio del Porto is nowadays a top-notch Mediterranean shipyard capable of assisting any type of vessel (cruiser, offshore, chemical and gas carrier, military ship, etc.) all over the world.
The main references of the shipyard.
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Launched December 2020
GRT 30277 t
Launched November 2020
Aida Mira
GRT 48 t
Balearia Jaume III
Launched July 2019
GRT 4305 t
Ursa Major tugboat
GRT 2 t
Rhourd El Hamra - LPG tanker
GNV Majestic
Launched September 2018
GNV Splendid
Launched June 2018
Algerie Ferries El Djazair II
Launched March 2018
GNV Fantastic
GNV Excelsior
Lewek Connector - Support vessel
Launched January 2017
Lewek Constellation - Pipelay vessel
Greta - Tanker
Launched October 2016
Barouda - LPG Tanker
Rhourd El Fares - LPG tanker
Berga II - LPG Tanker
Saipem 10000 - Drilling ship
Miranda - RO-RO Cargo
G Adventure Expedition
Windstar Star Legend
Windstar Star Breeze
Costa neoClassica
Kherrata - Cargo
Saipem Castoro Sei - Pipelay vessel
Saipem Portugal Crawler -Ship shaped barge
USS Navy Mount Whitney - Command Ship
GIN - Genova Industrie Navali
Genova Industrie Navali: a reliable naval Pole in the Mediterranean able to fulfil every need of superyachts and ships up to 465 m.
The Genova Industrie Navali Holding Company is the product of an agreement between the San Giorgio del Porto Company (an important name in ship repairs), and Mariotti Company (specialising in the construction of ultra-luxury vessels) which, coincidentally, both share the same place and date of founding: Genoa (Italy), 1928.
Formed in 2008, this holding company, which is constituted solely of private companies, has the important role of coordinating and developing the activities of all the maritime companies directly affiliated with it.
Since its foundation, its shared strategy has been to allow each company to continue to act independently within its own market, without making changes to any of their individual characteristics.
With a medium total production value of 211 million euros, 500 employees, 260,000 square meters of available facilities, 2,828 meters of quay, 5 dry-docks in Genoa and 3 dry-docks in Marseille, Genova Industrie Navali is one of the most important shipbuilding and repair groups in the entire Mediterranean Basin.
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...that the Builders were the highest rate of Forerunners and were responsible for designing most Forerunner technology?
...that Ghibalb was the homeworld of the Forerunner race?
...that the Mongoose does not appear in the RTS game, Halo Wars?
...that Halo Wars concept art depicts an Arctic Beast?
The Original Series is the retroactive name given to the original four Halo novels. It consists of Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001, Eric Nylund), Halo: The Flood (2003, William C. Dietz), Halo: First Strike (2003, Eric Nylund), and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (2006, Eric Nylund).
The series covers the origins of SPARTAN-II program and SPARTAN-III program, with a particular focus on John-117 and Blue Team. These novels set up the events of the original trilogy of Halo games, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3.
Halo: The Fall of Reach Eric Nylund Todd McLaren 2001 Details the SPARTAN-II program, the Covenant attack on Reach, and how the UNSC Pillar of Autumn escaped to Halo.
Halo: The Flood William C. Dietz Todd McLaren 2003 The novelization of Halo: Combat Evolved. Also features a number of additional subplots which expand on the events on Installation 04.
Halo: First Strike Eric Nylund Todd McLaren 2003 Fills in the gap between Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, explaining the Master Chief's return to Earth and the survival of a number of characters from Reach and Halo.
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx Eric Nylund Jonathan Davis 2006 Follows Kurt-051, the training of the Spartan-IIIs on Onyx, and the three-sided battle for the planet in 2552.
As the original novels, these novel form the groundwork for the majority of Halo lore released after 2006.
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