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Public Relations Firm Business Plan
Public Relations Firm
SHP & ASSOCIATES BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Morgan MI 48104
This business plan is for a public relations firm offering both traditional and non-traditional public relations services. It features highly developed goals, strategies for networking, a detailed discussion of the competition in the area, and comments from experts in the field.
COMMENTS ON THE MARKET
DEFINITION OF THE BUSINESS
OBJECTIVES, GOALS AND STRATEGIES
COMMENTS ON THE BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT AND BOARD OF ADVISORS
COMMENTS ON COMPETITION
PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT
POTENTIAL WEAKNESSES OF THE BUSINESS
SHP and Associates serves the needs of companies for quality business communications. It has the ability to help clients formulate and enunciate their information to important audiences in a controlled and professional manner. Its principals are practiced business professionals and communicators. Its associates are able business analysts, writers, trainers, designers and graphic specialists.
This Business Plan indicates that the principals and those associated with the business have defined the business as well as possible using available information and judgment. Further, that they have thought through the issues and created practical, workable strategies; that they have reasonable, prudent and achievable goals; and that they have a realistic assessment of the probability of success for the business and a sound plan to build it.
This plan is to be a living document that we will revisit regularly, especially in the first year of development.
SHP and Associates (SHP) is a business communications firm. It was formed by two experienced business and public relations executives to work in the areas of corporate, financial, marketing and management communication. It serves the corporate relations needs of emerging and operating technology and industrial businesses in the southeastern Michigan region, particularly Morgan.
The firm has operated on a part-time consulting basis with a few clients since 1984. Its principals are seasoned businessmen who have served in executive marketing, communications and financial management positions for a number of large international concerns.
The firm is similar in concept to other traditional marketing or public relations firms. However, it differs from such firms in several important aspects:
It has sound relationships with executives at many operating businesses in its market area, as well as with senior partners in the region's leading legal and accounting firms and senior executives of financial institutions. These relationships with influences and venture capitalists are important to the business because they can provide SHP with immediate awareness and exposure with a large core of influential peers.
A Board of Advisors composed of industrial, marketing and financial executives of business and financial institutions and universities has been assembled. This Board serves as a consulting and directive body to assist the firm in securing and conducting its basic business.
SHP offers independent professional counsel and expertise that can be used by clients on an "as needed" basis. This means clients can benefit from such expertise when they require it, on a project or continuing basis. Clients need not retain an expensive house staff.
SHP has close working relationships with specialty firms to get the best work for clients. These specialists are in existing and established firms that maintain selected areas of expertise in video, art and design, training, and typography. This permits SHP principals to concentrate on developing clients rather than building staff and facilities.
Its principals, Mr. John Smith and Mr. Mike Johnson, have industrial operating business experience, thereby giving them a very real understanding of the kinds of tough business and marketing issues faced by corporate or divisional operating managers. SHP principals are not mere communications professionals; rather they are experienced and accomplished business executives who bring business acumen to any company's requirement to communicate its product, people, and related messages in a disciplined and planned way to its chosen audiences. Mr. Smith and Mr. Johnson have held the following positions: Director of Communications, Controller, Vice President of Advertising and Public Relations, Vice President of Marketing, Vice President of Sales, and Vice President of Corporate Operations.
SHP is developing complementary marketing relationships with a network of existing communications firms in Boston, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. These enable SHP to conduct research or implement activities in those areas on a cost-effective basis.
"This area is well into the phase of requiring a sound infrastructure to support all the excellent area entrepreneurial businesses that have moved out of the start-up phase and into the operational phase. Your kind of business, which can help with market positioning and pinpointing these companies communications, is the key to that infrastructure."
Tom Porter
Partner, Enterprise Management Inc.
Chairman, New Enterprise Forum
The Morgan area "is improving for your kind of business because many companies need help but not necessarily on a regular basis. They don't have resources to staff up, but they do have the needs and resources to expend for major projects."
Dr. John Psarouthakis
Founder, Chairman and President
J. P. Industries
"I know several banks and companies that need your kind of service and will use you - assuming you do quality work at reasonable cost—on an as-needed basis."
George H. Cress
Citizens Trust Co.
"Communications, especially public relations, is growing in every phase of business. An entire redefinition of business communications is taking place and all kinds of companies are looking at how they can communicate most effectively with their audiences, be they investors, customers, communities or employers."
Robert Strayton
President, Advanced Technology Division
Hill and Knowlton
SHP's role is to serve the needs of clients in the newest way—by putting senior executives with broad skills and sound judgment to work on every account.
The Morgan area "is much like the Silicon Valley in California was 12-15 years ago. That is, the infrastructure is now developing here to support the growing number of successful technology businesses as well as the solid operating companies that already exist in the area. That infrastructure includes communications, law and accounting firms. It also includes the general growing awareness the commercial businesses are finding the area a good place to be."
SHP & Associates
The geographic marketplace for SHP is primarily southeastern Michigan, with the highest concentration of effort initially aimed at the Morgan area. It has several substantial existing businesses as well as numerous smaller ones and others spawned by University of Michigan work. Also, the Morgan area is best known to SHP principals; Mr. Smith has worked and resided in the area for most of the past 20 years; Mr. Johnson for the past seven.
Two additional target areas for the business are Toledo and Grand Rapids, both excellent industrial sites. These areas will be explored through complementary relationships with existing communications firms, or with legal or accounting firms or printers.
In the primary target market of southeastern Michigan and northern Ohio, there are approximately 600 businesses that are included in the industrial technology areas. Of these, it is estimated that about 100 now use services in the marketing or financial communication areas; another 50-75 could use such services but do not at this time. These estimates are based on the known number of public companies, client lists of the approximate 30 firms now conducting such business, directories of business from chambers of commerce and Crain's Detroit Business and the Michigan's 100 Leading Securities book of First of Michigan Securities.
In terms of market size, SHP's competitive analysis shows that the approximate 30 firms doing business in this region had a combined total of $ 10 to $ 11 million net fee income in 1986, up from about $6 million in 1981. (Figures based on firms' reports published in Crain's Detroit Business and Jack O'Dwyer's newsletter, the leading PR industry trade publication.)
SHP believes it will build its business in two years. First by gaining accounts from businesses that do not now employ outside communications counsel. Second, over time by gaining accounts from businesses now employing competitive firms.
Further, some five of the 30 firms have been started in the past year, thus indicating decent success at opening this type of business. While this has added to the competition, the five new firms have not been directly in the financial and marketing segment served by SHP.
The type of firms SHP has targeted are:
Public, with need for financial relations work
Private and positioning to go public
Public or private with clear need to communicate with customers and prospects in a controlled, direct manner
Annual revenue in range of $2 to $ 150 million, and particularly in the $25 - $75 million range. Larger firms are also targets although most have in-house staffs to conduct such communications work and are not, therefore, deemed primary targets at the early stage of SHP's business.
This is being created in Phase I through use of the business leaders' network, meetings and presentations with principals of targeted accounts and a mailing to targeted and secondary accounts. It will be broadened in June by official announcement of the business.
In the four county area, which is the initial phase focus of SHP, there are the following businesses: 105 public companies, 100 private, 33 service, 36 manufacturing, 15 bank holding, 14 savings and loans, 31 wholesale and retail, 15 large accounting, 25 large advertising agencies, 15 large law firms, 15 engineering firms, 10 health maintenance organizations, 15 general contractors, 25 large hospitals, 24 divisions or subsidiaries of larger corporations, and 1 major governmental research agency.
The focus of SHP for its three business segments will be:
Marketing Positioning
100 private firms, 105 public firms. Especially those in the $1-5 million revenue range whose markets are unclear and that are run by technically-oriented entrepreneurs.
We are directing our marketing efforts toward them through affiliation with the 1600-member Michigan Technology Council, through venture capitalists who have funded such firms, and through our executive network.
36 manufacturing firms, 1 governmental research agency, 33 service firms. Our marketing efforts are being directed through the executive network, mailing to target accounts, affiliation with Human Resource Development Systems and one key start up reference account.
105 public companies, 100 private firms, firms which recently went public. We are directing our marketing effort through affiliation with an existing PR firm which does not do corporate/financial work, and the executive network.
SHP and Associates is a partnership of professional business executives with expertise in specific areas of marketing, financial and management communications and special events.
SHP and Associates offers professional expertise in areas often needed by industrial and technology businesses on a project or interim basis.
This practice means clients can use SHP for its expertise on an as-needed basis, clients do not have to retain internal staff and they gain the benefit of having experienced counsel to meet needs as they arise. Such services are also available under ongoing programs.
SHP offers these communications services and products.
Corporate/Financial
Corporate identity programs
Annual and quarterly reports
Private and public offerings
Company positioning
Security analyst relations
Business and trade articles, news releases
Market research - focus groups and surveys
Customer newsletters and videos
Marketing plans and presentations
Product and market segmentation and positioning
Sales training/incentive programs
Product introductions
Seminars and employee training/motivational programs
This section outlines the reasons why SHP and Associates can be built into a successful firm. The section contains the non-changing objectives, 1987 goals and 1987 strategies as to how those goals will be achieved.
The objectives of SHP are:
Be a profitable, recognized, respected and authoritative professional leader in its field and market area, as judged by the amount and quality of business it has.
Provide a range of business communications services that are a positive benefit to clients we serve.
Goals and Strategies for 1987
Be a successful start up, emerging from the year with sufficient business to insure profitable operation in 1988. This net fee income base for 1987 will be $125,000 by year end.
Secure sufficient business to insure that we meet plan. Do this by gaining aminimum of eight accounts by year end.
Establish the firm's reputation and awareness among the entire prospect base, the media, the financial community and in the trade, thus helping to position it in order to be able to secure reasonable growth planned for years two and three. Basis of judgement here to be eight clients by year end.
Successfully complete all work for clients and build awareness and credibility of the firm by marketing these results.
Provide communications products, thus directing the business to the areas for which it desires to become known.
Provide the benefits of the firm's accumulated knowledge and expertise in marketing and communications to counsel and guide where there is apparent client need.
Attract sufficient investment to insure the ability to direct attention to building the business successfully and not diverting attention to fund raising or other ancillary activities.
Work with investors, banks or other appropriate financial institutions. Do not give up any ownership in the business by raising capital via other private investors.
Establish separate corporations which will work together under the joint venture of SHP & Associates.
"98 percent of all businesses that fail do so because of the lack of expertise of management in the business, or management's incompetence."
—The Business Plan
Price Waterhouse
"Any consulting business must never try to be all things to all people. You must direct your work and be able to perform better than your competitors in those certain select segments."
Founder, Chairman and President, J. P. Industries
"Three things are needed for an entrepreneurial business to succeed: the best people, the resources those people need and the environment they need."
—John Barfield
Founder, Barfield Companies
"The best things a good businessman has going for him are his integrity and reputation."
Vice Chairman, Johnson Controls
The firm began partial operations in 1984 as a consulting business serving different computer and software companies.
It functioned as Michael Johnson Associates and was run on a part-time basis. The firm's primary area of business was the preparation of marketing and communications plans, with some implementation work. Clients of the firm in this period included JM Systems Corporation, Data Logic Systems, Dynagraphic Systems Corporation, and others.
In the summer of 1986, Johnson became associated with John Smith. They produced a 50th anniversary celebration plan for Huge Firm International, a division of Huge Conglomerate Inc., in addition to developing other marketing and public relations activities, projects and programs for industrial and technology companies.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Johnson direct the business. In addition, SHP uses business and technical writers, designers, graphics specialists and other support staff to conduct assignments. Also, the firm has a business relationship with an 11-employee professional design and production firm that has been in business since 1975, and a management and sales training firm, Resource Development Systems. Additional business relationships will be structured in 1987 that are complementary to the nature of SHP's business. That is, with existing established communications and marketing firms that offer services synergistic to SHP's. This will include complementary marketing agreements with existing communications firms in New York, Minneapolis, Chicago and Boston, as well as agreements with an audio-visual firm. Freelance researchers and writers will be employed on an as-needed basis throughout 1987; there are no present plans to employ additional staff.
SHP and Associates is a business partnership with Michael Johnson and John Smith as principals. The goal is to incorporate as separate businesses and form the joint ventures of SHP & Associates. The firm also has Board of Advisors, as follows:
T. Randall Macintosh, Group Vice President and Director, Inc., $70 million computer software firm.
George Coswell, President, Big Insurance Co.
Joseph Gerald, President, Huge Firm International, a Huge Conglomerate Company.
Dr. Thomas Kennedy, Associate Dean and Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Minnesota.
The above individuals are available for references, also. Additional references and a current client listing are available upon request.
There are some 30 general and specialized public relations and communications firms already in the marketplace in which SHP operates. These include large, established firms with substantial financial, people and customer resources; smaller general and specialty firms that have unique market niches; and individuals who perform freelance work. In general, many of these firms are run by former newspaper or broadcast people ("communicators") whose business experience, understanding and acumen is not high.
It is estimated that these firms have net fee income of approximately $10-11 million annually, and that this number has increased from $5-6 million annually five years ago. These estimates are based on published figures for firms in the attached competitive analysis. Another relevant factor is the number of start ups that have been successful and have thus added to the total market size.
Competition also includes in-house staffs, although this is primarily confined to the larger companies in the area. Also, such larger firms tend to have larger budgets and therefore use outside resources to augment their own capabilities.
Another element of competition is commonly overlooked, but certainly ever-possible. That is… not doing this type of marketing and communications work at all. The reasoning, although believed specious by SHP, is that this type of work is optional to a company, that is does not contribute to the bottom line, to product development, or to sales.
And that may well be… for firms that have a unique and solo market niche, ever satisfied customers, no desire to create awareness or generate business leads, or for other reasons.
But for those majority that do not fit such categories, SHP has several differentiators which set it apart from its competition. Those are listed below.
Business Relationship: a network of known industrial, community and academic leaders.
Industrial Operations Experience: first hand knowledge of business operations due to the principals breadth of experience.
Product Specialization: in financial, marketing and management communications areas.
Board of Advisors: of high level business leaders.
Complementary Marketing Agreements: with sound established firms whose skills, geographic range and goals are complementary.
Following is a summary of area firms with which SHP and Associates competes…
Frederick Marshall, Detroit
A large firm in the midwest with an annual net fee income in the millions. Specialized in financial and marketing PR and has numerous clients covered by its numerous employees. Has very professional brochures and capabilities book and lists many large companies as clients. Has high fees ($4000 monthly retainer is common at low end). Its market is primarily larger companies with substantial promotional budgets.
DP & Associates, Detroit
DPA has 37 employees and $2.5 million net fee income, double that of four years ago. Much lower visibility than Marshall, but has solid client list in Coopers and Lybrand. Owner is a creative and independent person, known for crisis-type guidance to clients as opposed to the strategy planning and counsel of Marshall. DPA is well regarded for special projects, general publicity and brainstorming ideas with clients. Does much community and charity work and has good ties with the Michigan Commerce Department and area ad firms which do not have PR units.
The Hutchinson Group, Ypsilanti
High competition. Smart people, good work and reputation. Five years old and run by Terrie Hutchinson, a well known promotion woman who created a noted and successful Michigan university fund-raiser. She is well connected and does work for the Chamber of Commerce, accounting firms, Ann Arbor News, Private Industry Council and some 15 other clients. Billings in 19 86 said to be $500K; seven employees, all bright. Not much financial, corporate or marketing work, but deemed to be a primary competitor because of established base and abilities. Primary emphasis is publicity programs; well known capability is staging special events.
Butler Communications, Jackson
Run by Jeff Lehman, who was general manager of the Business Alliance before starting Quorum in 1981. Does advertising, writing, design. Very good growth in hospital promotions-St. Peter's HMO etc. Did 1985 TL Industries' annual report design. Has some lO people. Very well tied to the community to get business leads; has capitalized on these relationships to build the business.
Willis Communications, Southfield
Run by Kelly Willis, an ex-Hamilton PR executive. Aims at high tech companies and does all kinds of brochures, annual reports, articles. Irwin Magnetics, La-Z-Boy Chair, Synthetic Vision and Symplex Corporation are or have been significant clients. Probably $100K net fee income in 1986. Willis knows many people and is well liked.
Gabriel Sapetta, Troy
New and aimed at corporate-financial area. One man band with Detroit, Michigan as an account. Has made self known among target audience since he left Hamilton, where he was Director of Press Relations for one year.
None of the firms mentioned are public. Companies of this kind tend to list clients as if they do all the client's work. In fact many, or even most, do project work—not on-going retainer work—except with the larger companies.
There are many, many competitors—mostly small. Numerous one and two man bands, as well as consultants in select areas who could be competition on some projects.
Large New York or Chicago headquartered firms have never had much good results in establishing outposts offices in Detroit, Minneapolis, Cleveland, or other mid western cities.
Their costs and fees are high and they offer the New York mentality of "tell them how to do it" which is not often accepted well by the typical midwestern businessman. Therefore, they are not deemed to be a significant current factor in competition.
Primary competition we are running into are Hutchinson, Willis, and Sapetta.
Two Chicago-based firms currently have clients in SHP market area. Public Relations Board serves Great Lakes Federal Bank and Interface Systems for financial and investor relations. The Investor Relations Company serves Medstat.
SHP's plan is to divide the start up year of 1987 into two phases: April 1 - June 30 and July 1 - December 31. These activities are planned in Phase I.
Build client base
Prospect mailing and meetings with top 5-On going
Key influencers list
25 next likely
Remainder (100)
Complete Business Plan—March 31
Reviews by selected participants
Complete Corporate Structure—April 30
Establish of Board of Advisors
Get reference approvals
Evaluate Complementary Relationships
Opportunities April 30
TI Group
Other design firms
Other PR firms
Evaluate facilities May 31
Offices at client sites
Offices in, or with, other firms
Conduct work for those clients we gain Ongoing
Announce the business June 1
Complete plan for development for Phase II June 15
Complete Phase III (1988) Plan
Too few people to complete work on time, in budget on a consistent basis.
Acceptance of projects that are not within the segment of business SHP desires to build; may be especially true in year 1.
Cash flow inadequate to meet necessary goals
Clients may desire to pay less for services the SHP desires to charge
Lack of awareness of the firm could cause lack of chance at existing opportunities, especially in first several months.
Could be trying to do too many things
Not absolutely certain of what the market will buy
Competition could beat us out
Freelance writers: Marie Caliski, former Business Week writer; Margaret Dayner, technical writer; Ted Moran, business and technical writer
Freelance Artists: Mega Group-design and graphics work
Management sales and training firm: Resource Development Systems
Business executives and others in network
Printing Firms
University of Michigan Business School
Public Relations firms in other cities, and in local area
"The central question to any business is: who will buy this service or product?"
John Smith, Partner,
"The toughest part of a business plan is the sales forecast. You must do your best to understand the environment, outline assumptions, and list controllables and noncontrollables."
Richard David, Partner
Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington
The plan of SHP is not to spend unless it is absolutely necessary or an opportunity becomes apparent at an earlier time than was planned, thus requiring expenditures earlier. This policy will apply through Phase la, at the end of which the policy will be refined to account for expenditures necessary in Phase Ib.
It is the anticipation of the principals of the business that numerous assumptions made in the Business Plan will prove to be wrong, while other unknowns will prove to be a benefit. This is, some planned areas of developing revenue will not workout, while others will arise.
Two phases in year 1
April 1 - June 30
July 1 - December 31
No office space paid for until July 1 at least
Use TI office
Use TI phone answering and message center
Use home offices
Use offices at client sites
No wages until July 1
Exception as client engagements are gained individually, or joint projects with work apportioned.
Design and production work gratis by TI
SHP pays typeset, print costs
Probable purchase of used MVI furniture
desks, chairs, conference table
•files, audio-visual equipment, IBM XI computer, phones easel other sources also available - leasing, etc.
No public announcement of the business until it is solidified
Complementary relationships established
Start up Costs (1 year period)
Used IBM XT with hard disk and printer $1500
3 desks and 2 chairs
1 conference table and 4 chairs
2 wood book shelves
2 file cabinets
1 computer table
2 credenzas $5000
Office supplies $ 500
Secretarial help $2000
$500/month × 4 months
Telephone $ 75
$25/month × 3 months
Professional fees
Attorney $1000
Accountant $1000
Printing and mailing
stationery, brochure, business cards $1000
Copying $250
Travel and entertainment $2000
Auto leases $2100
2 × $350/month × 3 months
Second Phase: Year 1 (Ongoing Costs)
Note : partners may only take expenses from business in this phase; depends on size of revenues.
Office space (6 months) $7500
Lease cars (6 × $700/months) $4200
Attorney $ 200
Insurance $1500
Wages $10,000
Secretary (6 months)
Partners (6 months)
SHP & ASSOCIATES, INC. PROFIT & LOSS
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year
Partnership Billings 93 144 168
Outside Reps/Contractors Billings 20 40 80
In-house Media/Adv Services
Creative 20 80
Printing Etc. 30 120
Gross Income 113 234 448
Cost/Services Provided
Partnership Draws 73 100 120
Outside Reps/Contractor Billings 15 28 55
Gross Margin 25 71 133
G&A & Other
Rent (includes clerical services - 1st year) 6 5 8
Clerical Payroll & Costs 12 18
Partnership Insurance 5 6
Auto Expenses 8 12 12
Office supplies/Postage 2 5 8
T&E 3 6 12
Telephone 2 6 10
Professional Services, Dues & Subs 3 6 10
Furniture & Fixtures (Expenses) 4 4 4
Other (included adv. promotion, interest exp. & Loan reimb. 7 15 23
Totals 35 76 111
Net Income (Loss) (10) (5) 22
Employees (including partners) 2 2 3/4 4 1/2
SHP & Associates, Inc. "Samples": Analysis/Draws
I II Total
1987 Partners Individual Billings 45.0 48.0 93.0
Outside Reps/Contractors Billings (less costs) 20.5 2.5 5.0
In-House Media/Adv. (less cost)
Gross Billings/Receipts 47.5 50.5 98.0
Less: Operating Expenses 17.5 17.5 35.0
Net Before Loan 30.0 33.0 63.0
Rates: Loan 5.0 5.0 10.0
Net Draw/Taxable 35.0 38.0 73.0
1988 Partners Individual Billings 80.0 64.0 144.0
Outside Reps etc. 6.0 6.0 12.0
In-House Media etc. 7.5 7.5 15.0
1988 Cont'd … I II Total
Gross Billing/Receipts 93.5 77.5 171.0
Less: Operating Expenses 38.0 38.076.0
Outside Reps etc. 12.5 12.52 5.0
In-House Media etc.
Gross Billings/Receipts
55.5 55.5 111.0
Less: Operating Expenses
Net Draw/Taxable
SHP & Associates, Inc. Income Analysis
By Income Element 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Total
Partner's Billings (Retainer etc.)
1988 34 36 35 39 144
Outside Reps/Contractors Billings
1988 10 10 10 10 40
1987—Partner's Billings 9 28 27 29 93
Outside Reps/Contractors 5 15 20
In-House Media/Adv.
1988-Partner's Billings 34 36 35 39 144
Outside Reps/Contractors 10 10 10 10 40
By Year Cont'd … 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Total
In-House Media Adv. 5 10 15 20 50
1989—Partner's Billings 40 42 41 45 168
In-House Media Adv. 30 50 60 60 200
Profit & Loss Assumptions
Partner's draw equal to individual billings and allocations of outside reps/contractor's services (billings less expenses) less 1/2 operations expenses (in first year of operations - partners will equally share responsibility of $20,000 loan line (by individual investor) and will borrow $ 10,000 ($5,000 each) against this line).
Partner's will file corporation papers under sub-chapter "S" and will assume income tax liabilities (Federal and State), FICA, etc. as individual payers.
Net Income derived from billings for outside contractors and reps, for in-house media services, printing, etc. less expenses for such services will be divided equally among partners.
All expenses associated with operations will likewise be born equally by the partners.
SHP & Associates, Inc. Expense Analysis—see following page…
SHP & Associates, Inc. Expense Analysis
J F M A M J J A S O N D TTL.
Rent (includes clerical srvs.–1987) .8 .8 .8 1.0 1.0 1.1 5.5 5.0 8.0
Clerical Payroll & Payroll Costs 12.0 18.0
Partnership Insurance 5.0 6.0
Auto Expenses 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 8.0 12.0 12.0
Office Expenses .1 .1 .5 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 1.9 5.0 8.0
Telephone .1 .1 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 2.4 6.0 10.0
T&E .1 .1 .1 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 3.1 6.0 12.0
Professional Service, Dues & Subs .6 .3 .7 .2 .8 .5 3.1 6.0 10.0
Furniture & fixtures (expensed) 2.7 1.3 4.0 4.0 4.0
Interest Exp & Loan Repayment 1.0 1.0 6.0 11.0
Other (includes adv/promotion) .6 .1 .9 .7 .1 .1 .6 1.7 1.2 6.0 9.0 12.0
.2 .2 3.5 1.1 1.9 4.9 3.1 2.8 3.4 3.5 4.6 5.8 35.0
3.9 7.9 9.3 13.9 35.0 76.0 111.0
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A woman performs a traditional Native American dance during the North American Indian Days celebration on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Mont., Friday, July 13, 2018. North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says Native American women are often subject to high rates of violence. "It becomes a population that you can prey on because no one does anything about it, because there's no deterrence, because there's no enforcement and no prosecution," said Heitkamp, who has introduced a bill aimed at addressing this issue. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes.
The statistics reinforce arguments that the criminal justice system still fails to protect these women, and its shortcomings again are being exposed as another crisis gains attention: the disappearances of hundreds of Native American and Alaska Native women and girls from across the United States.
In the past decade, Congress responded to the problem of violence against Native American women with intensely debated legislation seeking to close legal loopholes, improve data collection and increase funding for training of tribal police. Those efforts have proven severely limited, however, prompting advocates to again push for more reforms .
"I think the reason that Native women may go missing at higher rates than other groups of people is very similar to the reason that they are at higher risk for domestic violence and sexual assault," said Sarah Deer, a University of Kansas professor, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and author of a book on sexual violence in Indian Country. "The legal system is simply not functioning properly (to prevent) these types of things from happening."
At the end of 2017, the FBI's National Crime Information Center database had 633 open missing person cases for Native American women, who comprise 0.4 percent of the U.S. population but 0.7 percent of cases in the figures obtained by The Associated Press. African-American women were the only other group to be overrepresented in the caseload compared to their proportion of the population. The numbers are considered an undercount, however, given reporting is largely voluntary and some tribes only gained full access to the database under a Justice Department program launched in 2015.
Just 47 of the nation's more than 570 federally recognized tribes are part of DOJ's Tribal Access Program , which allows them to exchange data with national crime information systems for civil and criminal purposes. The Justice Department has gradually allocated funding to bring more tribes on board, and up to 25 are expected to join the program in the next year, officials said. Other tribes have limited access via state, federal or local law enforcement agencies.
"We think that's an important way of ensuring that tribes have the ability to directly deal with the issues on the ground that their families and their community are dealing with," said Tracy Toulou, head of the Justice Department's Office of Tribal Justice.
That program was one of many crime-fighting measures in the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 , which gave tribes authority to hand down longer sentences while mandating that federal officials do more to train tribal police on evidence collection and provide an annual report on Indian Country crime statistics.
Years later, those data collection and reporting efforts are still in development, funding for law enforcement training remains limited, and the Justice Department's assistance with public safety on reservations — a role referenced in multiple treaties with tribes — has fallen short of officials' expressed commitment to Indian Country, according to the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General.
In a 2017 report , the Inspector General also highlighted U.S. attorneys' uneven track record with prosecuting serious violent crimes on reservations, citing data that must be collected under the 2010 law to help improve those prosecution rates.
Before the law, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found , U.S. attorneys declined to prosecute half of cases on reservations, leading to concerns that the practice was creating a safe haven for criminals on tribal lands. The latest figures from 2016 show U.S. attorneys declined to prosecute 46 percent of reservation cases, marking only marginal improvement. That included rejecting more than 550 assault and sexual assault cases — more than any other type of crime. (Domestic violence cases typically fall under assault.) Prosecutors blamed the vast majority of rejections on insufficient evidence.
A few weeks ago, at an annual meeting between tribal and federal officials about violence against Native women, Jesse Panuccio, the Justice Department's acting associate attorney general, identified domestic violence and sex trafficking as two underlying issues that may be linked to disappearances of women in Indian Country. He said improving law enforcement's response to those crimes could help.
"Many tribal leaders have testified that the disappearance and deaths of American Indian and Alaska Native women are not taken seriously enough, and that increased awareness and a stronger law enforcement response are critical to saving Native women's lives," Panuccio said.
Some tribal leaders and victims' families contend authorities too often are unwilling to help search for missing loved ones or even file a report.
In Alaska, state authorities — who handle criminal investigations in more than 200 Alaska Native villages — have been accused of classifying fatalities as suicides when families feel certain their loved ones died from a homicide, according to representatives from the Akiak, Emmonak and Tetlin communities. The state, which has the highest percentage of Native residents in the U.S., also has some of the biggest crime disparities in the nation, including the highest rate of women murdered by men.
A 2013 report found that at least 75 Alaska Native communities had no law enforcement presence, and Alaska Native officials spoke candidly in a federal report last year about barriers victims face in seeking justice. Some victims needing a sexual assault forensic exam must take a boat or plane to an urban area, according to Michelle Demmert, chief justice for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes.
As a result of complaints over police response nationwide, proposals have begun to emerge to address how officers respond, with calls for the Justice Department to establish standardized protocols.
One of those proposals, included in draft legislation to renew and broaden the Violence Against Women Act, would expand tribal jurisdiction over a range of crimes. For example, tribal police would be able to arrest non-Native Americans suspected of selling women for sex or running trafficking rings.
An earlier version of the Violence Against Women Act gave tribal authorities the ability to prosecute non-Indians in domestic violence cases. However, only 18 tribes have met the mandates to do so, the National Congress of American Indians reported in March. Those mandates include requiring tribes to provide an attorney to suspects who cannot afford one — a costly ask for cash-strapped nations.
"We can't guarantee that because we don't have the funding to guarantee it," said Robert LaFountain, a prosecutor on Montana's Crow Reservation, where the per capita annual income of roughly $15,000 is about half the national average. "The funding is always difficult."
Another measure included in the VAWA reauthorization calls for annual reports on the number of missing and murdered Native Americans, one of multiple federal proposals aimed at measuring the full scope of the problem.
The Violence Against Women Act expires this fall, and prospects for passing any new changes are uncertain. There are no Republicans co-sponsors, and the U.S. Justice Department has not signaled its support for amendments. As a senator, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions opposed the legislation in 2013 over his objection to expanding tribes' authority over non-Indians and other provisions.
Contributing to this story were AP data journalist Angeliki Kastanis in Los Angeles and photographer Sue Ogrocki from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mary Hudetz, an Albuquerque-based reporter, can be reached at mhudetz@ap.org or on Twitter @marymhudetz. Read AP's full coverage of #MMIW: https://apnews.com/tag/MissingInIndianCountry

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Janusz "Jasiu" Rewers (ur. 22 listopada 1969 w Słupcy) – polski artysta kabaretowy.

Życiorys
Pochodzi z wielkopolskiej Słupcy. Inicjator wielu wydarzeń kabaretowych i artystycznych, m.in. Kabaretobranie w Zielonej Górze z Polsatem na żywo w latach 2009-2017. Założyciel, manager, autor wielu tekstów kabaretu Ciach do roku 2014. Od 2015 występuje w Kabarecie Rewers. W latach 2005-2010 prezes Stowarzyszenia ZZK. Dyrektor generalny Festiwalu Kabaretu w Zielonej Górze w latach 2005-2009. Do 2006 roku właściciel kultowego klubu studenckiego "Karton" w Zielonej Górze.

Wcielał się w postać Franka Dealeya w improwizowanym serialu kabaretowym Spadkobiercy. Grał tę postać także w odcinkach prezentowanych na przeglądach kabaretowych, które nie są nagrywane dla telewizji.

Filmografia
 1997: Robin Hood – czwarta strzała – żebrak
 2003: Baśń o ludziach stąd – Richelieu
 2004: Dzień, w którym umrę
 2007: Ryś – policjant Pieróg
 2007: Zamknięci w celuloidzie – kierowca

Linki zewnętrzne

Polscy artyści kabaretowi
Ludzie urodzeni w Słupcy
Urodzeni w 1969

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SSR #20: "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
December 5th, 2018 All Entries, SlimKirby's Simpsons Retrospective No comments
We had a Christmas special in Season 1 and a Halloween special in Season 2, so it's not surprising that the Simpson family is going to tackle another one of the classic American holidays in the form of Thanksgiving. An interesting thing to note is that they have not touched the Thanksgiving holiday very much, if at all, since this episode (at least not to my immediate recollection anyway). I suppose Christmas is easier to make a story with and Halloween is such an annual tradition and fun story creation for the writing team, so it makes some sense in the long run that not many extra stories have come out of this holiday. With all that being said though, let's get this thing started and take a look at "Bart vs. Thanksgiving."
SSR #19: "Dead Putting Society"
November 22nd, 2018 All Entries, SlimKirby's Simpsons Retrospective No comments
There is one rivalry in the Simpsons world that we haven't exactly explored quite yet, and it may seem a bit surprising that we haven't after eighteen episodes. We've seen these two interact before, but now we are going to get an actual episode about their conflict. Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for a battle between the Simpson family and the Flanders family; in perhaps one of my all-time favorite Season 2 episodes, Dead Putting Society.
SSR #18: "Dancin' Homer"
November 16th, 2018 All Entries, SlimKirby's Simpsons Retrospective No comments
Homer has had a lot of jobs over the years, many of which have nothing to do with the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. In today's episode, we are going to take a look at the first time Homer got to spread his wings outside of the plant gates and do something he actually enjoyed. I don't think he got any actual money for this particular gig, but he did seem to have a lot of fun with it and he seemed to be very good at it as well. Today we are going to go down to the old baseball field and take a look at "Dancin' Homer."
SSR #17: "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
November 8th, 2018 All Entries, SlimKirby's Simpsons Retrospective No comments
I have no intention of starting a discussion on politics here, but I do hope all of you, American citizens, went out to vote this week. After all, you don't want a person like Mr. Burns in charge, do you? So, last week we had a very appropriate episode to celebrate the Halloween holiday. This week, we have another episode that's very appropriate, time-wise, to what the US is currently going through with the mid-term elections going on. It's interesting how starting Season 2 so late ended up being thematically appropriate to the current schedule of events huh? It's almost like I planned it that way (I really didn't, don't give me that much credit).
SSR #16: "Treehouse of Horror"
November 1st, 2018 All Entries, SlimKirby's Simpsons Retrospective No comments
There is one holiday that the Simpson family never seems to miss a beat with and that holiday is none other than Halloween. Every season, starting with this season, has had a Halloween special and it has become a bit of a tradition with the all the writers and producers. It's a time where they can all come together, pitch some scary story ideas, come up with some interesting parodies, bring the aliens Kang and Kodos out of retirement, and just in general have fun with creating some non-serious and non-canon storylines. It's not just for the writers' benefit though, as the Halloween specials are quite popular with the Simpson viewing audience too. In a countdown I watched many years ago of the most favorite Simpson episodes of all time, there were many Treehouse of Horror episodes featured in the Top 10 list alone, which shows how recognized and how loved these spooky stories are. So today, in the spirit of Halloween, we are taking a look at the very first Treehouse of Horror.
SSR #15: "Simpson and Delilah"
October 25th, 2018 All Entries, SlimKirby's Simpsons Retrospective No comments
We've all been quite accustomed to Homer Simpson's hairstyle…an extremely bald head with two single hairs on top and a continuous "M" strand around the back (mainly to signify creator Matt Groening's signature with Homer's G-shaped ears). However, Season 2 decided to experiment very early on with an episode that gave Homer a full head of hair; an experiment that led to some very interesting results for the animated father-figure we all know and love. Today we will be taking a look at "Simpson and Delilah!"
SSR #14: "Bart Gets an 'F'"
Ladies and gentleman, it is time to take the long-awaited dive into Season 2 of The Simpsons for this retrospective. It's been over a year since I took a look at the final episode of Season 1, and I do not feel like making you guys or myself wait any longer. Season 2 is a very iconic season for me; mainly because it was the season where I first started watching the show and are the earliest episodes I remember watching as a kid, aside from the Christmas special. My parents had a video cassette that had a number of Season 2 episodes on it; from Dancin' Homer, Dead Putting Society, Bart the Daredevil…lots of episodes that I have pretty much grown up with and episodes that are very iconic or memorable to me. I wouldn't say that Season 2 is the best season of the show; in fact, most Simpson fans consider Season 2 to be the bronze age of the series (episodes that are indisputably good, but not amazing). Season 2 is probably the most nostalgic for me though as I've seen a lot of these episodes a number of times and could more than likely identify most of these episodes from a still image alone if provided to me. I have a lot of fond memories of this season and I very much look forward to re-examining the era and seeing how these episodes still hold up today.
The Simpsons: Season 1 Episode Ranking
October 8th, 2018 All Entries, SlimKirby's Simpsons Retrospective No comments
Hello Simpson fans, SlimKirby here and about ready to start Season 2 of the Simpsons Retrospective I started last year. I know it's been awhile since I've done anything with this series, but I've been very busy with making videos, streaming, and being part of the Link to the Past Randomizer tournaments, but I've been on a bit of a Simpsons kick lately (especially after the Hit & Run revisit on my Youtube channel) and felt like it was a good time to pick this back up and watch some more Simpsons episodes.
However, before moving on straight to Season 2, while I was in the process of finishing Season 1, I mentioned making another post where I would rank all the Season 1 episodes in order of favorite to least favorite. So to officially close out Season 1, and do one final recap of the season as a whole, I present to you my final ranking of all the Season 1 episodes for the Simpsons television show.
So my process for doing this was quite simple
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Game: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Start Date: September 4th, 2018
End Date: October 25th, 2018
It's time to enter the world of Zelda yet again, but this time with a two-for-one special! After the success of both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, Nintendo knew the Zelda train should continue on the Game Boy Color, and with the additional success of Pokemon and their strategy of creating multiple versions of essentially the same gameplay concept, the Oracle games were born! This is the first of the Oracle games I will be covering; Oracle of Seasons!
I've been wanting to do Wind Waker for awhile now, but before I officially go on to tackle that beast, I wanted to get the Oracle games out of the way first, just so I can continue the Zelda series in the order of game release. I don't have the most experience with playing the Oracle games, but I do enjoy the gameplay system set up by Link's Awakening and thought it would be a good series of games to do in the chill-down period of 2018. I will be covering Seasons first and then Ages following it.
Game: Mega Man 9
Start Date: September 18th, 2018
End Date: September 28th, 2018
After Mega Man 8, Capcom spent some time away from the Blue Bomber to work on the X-series and other games that they were currently trying to promote. Convinced he was forgotten about, the world was surprised to find that in 2008, Mega Man would be returning to form and out of what felt like a retirement, and thus Mega Man 9 was born! What's Dr. Wily up to this time?
Mega Man 9 was a game I was not completely sure how I would be able to play until Capcom revealed a very convenient collection that was coming out to current-gen consoles; including the Nintendo Switch, a system I was very glad I owned at the time of that particular announcement. Because of this collection, I was finally able to get my hands on both Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10 without any worry of having to buy DLC and having a single, convenient place to play all of the classic Mega Man games.
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After a sharp rise in metallurgical coal spot prices in H2 2016 to over US$300/t driven by China's 276 workday/year restriction, global supply is returning. China relaxed its work rule, Australian longwall mines have returned and others globally are expanding. We expect prices will return to near marginal costs over 2017, rising to about US$120/t by 2035.
Coal is not crumbling. The great price rollercoaster of 2016 peaked in early November, and now looks set to speed towards marginal costs.
Metallurgical coal demand is expected to remain flat to the mid-2020s, holding LV prices under US$95/t and later only rising to US$119/t.


The Best Traditional African Herbalist in Africa is non other than Dr. Sharif Ayub, Herbal healing has been practised all over the world for centuries now, from correcting sexual problems to improving a persons cognitive capablities herbal medicines are known to be the purest form of treatment anybody can ever have in this world. Herbal medicine do not contain chemicals which can cause you to have unintended side effects and other diseases due to the use of the products. Apart from this herbal medicines are known to have a tone of even more helpful benefits such as , they are more affordable than conventional medicine, they Promote natural healing, they strengthen immune system, they are easier to obtain than prescription medicine, they stabilize hormones and metabolism, they have fewer side effects, they are cost effective these are just a few reasons on why you should use herbal medicines.


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Q: iOS How can I access UIView property from UIViewController Can someone Please walk me through the steps because I feel a little stuck and lost
Previous question : iOS - set UIButton target and action from its super class
Now I'm trying to get a more general idea - I'm very new to this
Help is very appreciated

A: If you are looking to access the UIView of an associated UIViewController from inside the view controller itself, you simply use self.view. To access the same UIView from outside of the UIViewController class you would use the instance name of the class plus the .view property. For example:
//SomeClass.m
- (void)accessVCView
{
   //With a Nib File:
   MyUIViewController *aVCObject = [[MyUIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MyNib" bundle:nil];
   //Or with a Storyboard:
   MyUIViewController *aVCObject = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"myStoryboard" bundle:nil] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"MyViewController"];

   UIView *myUIViewControllerView = aVCObject.view;
}

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Cook Custom Homes is pleased to declare that all our custom built homes are already in compliance with the New Home Buyer Protection Act.
Alberta's New Home Buyer Protection Act went into force on February 1, 2014. The new Act requires that all Alberta home builders provide a significantly broader home warranty to their new home buyers, with much higher limits of coverage than previous policies offered.
In a nutshell, for the first time, every new home built in Alberta will be protected under warranty. Alberta's New Home Buyer Protection Act encourages even higher quality standards, making sure all new homes stand the test of time.
Cook Custom Homes prides itself on customer satisfaction; consumer protections defined by the New Home Buyer Protection Act is simply an extension the standards of excellence we've always maintained.
"The Arden" by Cook Custom Homes at 20 Wycliffe Mews in Watermark at Bearspaw conforms to New Home Warranty Act.
Cook Custom Homes opens Show & Design Suite for Marda Gras Festival in Marda Loop!


This month the station has a number of different programmes celebrating the life and works of Ursula K. Le Guin in her 85th year.
A preview of our Le Guin celebration.
Already broadcast was an interview with Le Guin herself along with contributions from younger writers inspired by her work, and today saw the first part of a two part adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness starring, among others, British genre favourite Toby Jones. This will be followed later in the month by a six part adaptation of the first three novels in the Earthsea Cycle.
Now, if I am correct the online recordings of these shows should be available regardless of what region you are in, they don't yet state how long they will be available for, but most shows remain on the service for about a month after first broadcast, so you've plenty of time to catch up!


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Q: How to hide bin and obj folder from being displayed in solution explorer I am using Visual Studio 2008.
I have a windows forms application in VB. My project is working fine, but I would like to hide the bin and obj from being displayed in solution explorer.
The reason being that I could see other forms application in project in similar( bin and obj not displayed in solution explorer) way all though they have the bin and obj as folders.

A: One of the buttons at the top of Solution Explorer is to Hide/Show All Files. When on/pressed/Show, the bin and obj folders show as dotted lines (may depend on themes and settings) to show they are VS folders:

Note that when you have it as Hide some other things are hidden. My Project for instance can no longer be opened/expanded:

The My Project files are all VS/Designer files which can be changed elsewhere (Settings tab for instance), but sometimes it is nice to just open one to check something.
Unlike C# projects, VB also hides References so you cant right click it for the short Reference context menu.  Add Reference is still on the longer Project context menu and of course in Project Properties.


How Smart Are Great Danes?
You're the proud owner of a dog so wonderful he has "great" in his name, so he must be pretty accomplished, right? The Great Dane has many admirable qualities making him a solid choice for a family companion. Though he's not the smartest breed dog, he's intelligent enough to learn how to be a responsible, happy family member.
He's more likely to eat your homework than to help you with it, but he'll learn to sit nicely by your side.
If you're wondering how smart your Great Dane is, you'll have to be satisfied with the answer "about average." Canine intelligence tests aren't comparable to human intelligence tests, which rank according to intelligence; instead, they only point out where your dog fares in certain skills. However, there are some basic indicators about breed intelligence to compare your Great Dane to other breeds. Psychologist and dog author Dr. Stanley Coren conducted a study, sending out extensive questionnaires to 199 dog obedience judges registered with the American Kennel Club and the Canadian Kennel Club. Based on his findings, he was able to rank 133 breeds of dogs based on one of three levels of intelligence. The Great Dane ranked number 48 out of 79 on the list, tied with the boxer.
Dr. Coren notes dogs have three types of intelligence. The first type, instinctive intelligence, refers to what a dog is bred for. For example, herding dogs were bred to round up animals and keep them close together while driving them in a specific direction. A herding dog's instinct gives him the intelligence to excel at these tasks with human input only necessary for direction and control. Border collies are exalted as the most intelligent of dogs, but if you put one to work in the Great Dane's historic role as a tough hunter, chances are he wouldn't match the Great Dane's success.
Of course, dogs learn to do many things they aren't born to do; the measure of what a dog can learn to do for himself is what Dr. Coren refers to as adaptive intelligence. This skill allows a dog to solve problems and benefit from experience. Adaptive intelligence is more measurable, and you'll get an idea of how your Great Dane fares by watching how he responds to the same things. For example, how long does it take him to get used to the Friday evening baby sitter? Does each visit entail a new introduction, or is your dog used to the routine comings and goings in the house? Adaptive intelligence varies by dog, so your Great Dane may be lingering in kindergarten or he may be headed to college in this area of intelligence.
Working, or obedience, intelligence is what a dog can learn to do when he's instructed by people. Your Great Dane's 48 score on Dr. Coren's scale puts him in a group of dog breeds with average working/obedience intelligence. According to Dr. Coren's study, the Great Dane -- and other dogs in this group -- tends to require 25 to 40 repetitions to understand a new command, and about half the time he'll obey a command on its first order. That doesn't mean the Great Dane is stupid, nor does it mean he's not as good a choice for a pet as one of the higher rated dogs, such as the poodle or papillon. It also doesn't mean he's a better choice than a beagle or bulldog, who are at the lower end of the scale. It only means you have a dog who tends to be average in learning new tasks and that you'll need to be patient and consistent when teaching him how to be a welcome family member.


What we do and how we can help!
Your first port of call for any new development should be to obtain a copy of our records from our Property Solutions team via the ′Maps of our assets′ webpage.
Getting a copy of our records will help you through each step of the process, and will help you determine if any of our water mains or sewers are crossing (or close to) your site, and if there′s anything there for you to connect to.
Starting any development work without knowing exactly what is under the ground is extremely risky and can result in unexpected cost.


My brother's a Peacekeeper. I figured he'd be able to help out if my 'side business' ever got discovered, you know? I never thought he'd be the one who'd actually launch a raid with Gears and Fire Dragons to break up our little underground dueling ring. It wasn't a big league, mostly just second-hand Stone Masons and other work gears bashing each other with welded-together clubs to keep the contract workers at the yard entertained. Sure, that one guy got killed the one time, but it was his fault, nothign we did.
I never expected full MP squads of Cobras and Iguanas to come in. They even had a Fire Dragon for crowd control! One of our duelists put up a fight, but a arm-mounted chainsaw isn't going to do much when two Peacekeeper Gears want take the poor guy down. One disarmed him and knocked the work Gear down then the second ended the fight with an autocannon round right into the cockpit..
My own brother dismounted and shoved me into the truck they were using. He jsut shook his head as mea and my pals Rory and Xao were identified as the 'rignleaders' and sentenced handed down. it wasn't just the dueling. They said we were dity and had been laundering money for organized crime. I don't know anything about that, maybe Xao's friends were connected. I just liked being a big shot, setting up the fihgts, keeping everyone entertained. I never wanted to hurt anyone.
- Prisoner Jin Hojire, last statement before execution.
Welcome to the Mekong Dominion!
The Mekong Dominion is known as the economic powerhouse of the South, with Mekong Dominion corporations owning assets all over the Allied Southern Territories with interests extending into the badlands and even into the Northern leagues. The Dominion government is based around corporate policies, with citizenship based on shares that can be bought and sold. As such, effective rulership of the league is in the hands of the largest corporations based in the league.
While the MILICIA is expected to provide for the defense of the league, the Dominion Peacekeepers are a force to be reckoned with and provide a mix of policing, special operations, and defensive resources to the league. The peacekeepers are highly autonomous and have been inspired to base many of their traditions around tales of samurai from distant Earth.
Peacekeeper forces are known for their sense of honor and duty. They often field units with ceremonial, but still highly effective, vibro-katanas to give their Gears a devastating weapon for assaults. Because they are a police force, they often use MP squads and have additional options for these squads. However, as they are considered a defensive force and the Mekong government is unwilling to spend the hard currency to keep them int he best gear, many units are equipped with older Gears.
The Military Police squads are an iconic unit for the Mekong Dominion and a great unit to model and paint. Other squads are often equipped with vibrokatana as a sign of station.


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De Vatevijver is een vijver in het Belgische stadje Lo. De vijver ligt ten zuidwesten van het stadhuis en de markt.

Geschiedenis
Een vate werd aangelegd om regenwater op te vangen, meestal in de onmiddellijke omgeving van de kerk. Dit was cruciaal bij de aanleg van een polderdorp, een omgeving waar veel brak, onbruikbaar water aanwezig is. De vate was tegelijkertijd een drinkwaterput, drenkplaats, watervoorraad om te wassen en bluswatervoorraad. De Vatevijver werd voor het eerst vermeld in 1404.

Vrouwen zouden vroeger naar de Vatevijver trekken om de was te bleken. Het was er verboden om wol te wassen of zeepsop of andere vuiligheid er in te gieten. Het waren de keuren die instonden voor de reinheid van het vatewater.

Lo-Reninge


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var assert = require("assert");
var models = require("../js/models");

describe('Point', function(){
  describe('#()', function(){
    it('Should return new object with point x,y', function(){
        var p = new models.Point(2, 1);
        assert.equal(p.x, 2);
        assert.equal(p.y, 1);
    });
  });
  describe('#toJSON()', function(){
    it('Should return JSON object with values', function(){
        var p = new models.Point(2, 1);
        var o = p.toJSON();
        assert.equal(o.x, 2);
        assert.equal(o.y, 1);
    });
  });
  describe('#equals()', function(){
    it('Should return true if points are equal', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(2, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(2, 1);
        var p3 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        assert.equal(p1.equals(p2), true);
        assert.equal(p1.equals(p3), false);
    });
  });
});

describe('Shape', function(){
  describe('#()', function(){
    it('Should return new object with a list of points', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var p3 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3];
        var zone = new models.Shape(points);
        assert.equal(zone.points.length, 3);
        assert.equal(zone.points[0], p1);
        assert.equal(zone.points[1], p2);
        assert.equal(zone.points[2], p3);
    });
  });
  describe('#toJSON()', function(){
    it('Should return JSON object with values', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var p3 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3];
        var zone = new models.Shape(points);
        var o = zone.toJSON();
        assert.equal(o.points.length, 3);
    });
  });
  describe('#getTopLeftPoint()', function(){
    it('Should return JSON object with values', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(2, 1);
        var p3 = new models.Point(2, 2);
        var p4 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3, p4];
        var zone = new models.Shape(points);
        assert.equal(zone.getTopLeftPoint(), p1);
    });
  });
  describe('#getBottomRightPoint()', function(){
    it('Should return JSON object with values', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(2, 1);
        var p3 = new models.Point(2, 2);
        var p4 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3, p4];
        var zone = new models.Shape(points);
        assert.equal(zone.getBottomRightPoint(), p3);
    });
  });
  describe('#getTopRightPoint()', function(){
    it('Should return JSON object with values', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(2, 1);
        var p3 = new models.Point(2, 2);
        var p4 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3, p4];
        var zone = new models.Shape(points);
        assert.equal(zone.getTopRightPoint(), p2);
    });
  });
  describe('#getBottomLeftPoint()', function(){
    it('Should return JSON object with values', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(2, 1);
        var p3 = new models.Point(2, 2);
        var p4 = new models.Point(1, 2);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3, p4];
        var zone = new models.Shape(points);
        assert.equal(zone.getBottomLeftPoint(), p4);
    });
  });
  describe('#getHeight()', function(){
    it('Should return int with value', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(8, 1);
        var p3 = new models.Point(8, 6);
        var p4 = new models.Point(1, 6);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3, p4];
        var shape = new models.Shape(points);
        assert.equal(shape.getHeight(), 5);
    });
  });
  describe('#getWidth()', function(){
    it('Should return int with value', function(){
        var p1 = new models.Point(1, 1);
        var p2 = new models.Point(8, 1);
        var p3 = new models.Point(8, 6);
        var p4 = new models.Point(1, 6);
        var points = [p1, p2, p3, p4];
        var shape = new models.Shape(points);
        assert.equal(shape.getWidth(), 7);
    });
  });
});

describe('Util', function(){
  describe('#argmin()', function(){
    it('Should return the min index given a list', function(){
        var m1 = models.Util.argmin([3, 2, 1, 5]);
        assert.equal(m1, 2);

        var m2 = models.Util.argmin(
            [[0, 1], [2, 1], [5, 0]],
            function(x) {return x[0];}
        );
        assert.equal(m2, 0);
    });
  });

  describe('#argmax()', function(){
    it('Should return the min index given a list', function(){
        var m1 = models.Util.argmax([3, 2, 1, 5]);
        assert.equal(m1, 3);

        var m2 = models.Util.argmax(
            [[0, 1], [2, 1], [5, 0]],
            function(x) {return x[0];}
        );
        assert.equal(m2, 2);
    });
  });
});

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King Georges Field, Latchingdon01621 773183workParkThis is a large, well equipped recreation ground with good access from the surrounding area. Car park, village hall/pavilion, children's play equipment, full size and mini football pitch, youth shelter, small woodland area, dog walking area and recycling point.
This is a large, well equipped recreation ground with good access from the surrounding area. Car park, village hall/pavilion, children's play equipment, full size and mini football pitch, youth shelter, small woodland area, dog walking area and recycling point.


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Two Rare Finds in Aledo
Sunday April 25th was a beautiful day with full sun and mild temperatures. I had been advised that BNSF was in the process of replacing a bridge near Alvord on…
BNSF 25th Anniversary Visits the FWWR
Just having caught the empty coal with all SD70MAC's and Amtrak 21 with Heritage 184 leading the day before; early on the morning of Thursday April 22nd I had no…
Two Interesting Trains
On Wednesday April 21st the timing worked out for me such that I was able to catch two interesting trains in the Fort Worth area. My first target train was…
Heritage on a Sunday
Sunday April 18th I had word the UP 1982 - the Missouri Pacific heritage locomotive - was leading a northbound San Antonio to North Platte manifest train that would pass…
A Brief Visit on Sunday Morning
On the morning of Sunday April 11th I headed to Arizona Street on the east side of the tracks south of Tower 55. There I met my friend Ethan Whetstone…
NS 1066 Crossed Off The To Do List
Thursday April 1st found me around Fort Worth taking pictures for a client. By chance I was photographing street scenes along east Lancaster Avenue from the small railroad-themed park in…
From College Station Back to Fort Worth
By the time I was packed up at the Bush Library on Monday afternoon it was late enough that I did not want to drive the 150 miles back home.…
UP 4141 Comes Home For The Last Time
Back in 2005 the Union Pacific renumbered one of their EMD SD70ACe's to 4141 to match George H. W. Bush's presidency and painted it in a scheme inspired by Air…
Railfanning Around Bryan / College Station
On Saturday March 20th friend Robert Holzweiss and I had a safety briefing to attend at 11:00 am in College Station, so we decided to do some railfanning both before…
Heading to College Station
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Rep. King on U.S. intel on Ukraine: The Russian invasion was not predicted
Was the United States caught off guard?
There are serious questions about whether U.S. intelligence failed to predict what's happening on the ground in Ukraine.
In a tense hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Senator John McCain hammered Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, asking him whether U.S. intelligence was aware of Russia's plans to invade Crimea.
Hagel said that the U.S. was aware of the threat early last week, but that didn't satisfy the senator.
MCCAIN: So, despite all the media reports, our intelligence sources predicted that Lavrov would invade Crimea?
HAGEL: As I said, I don't get into the specifics in open hearing, but if you would like a briefing of your staff on the specifics of your question.
MCCAIN: Well, how about commenting on news reports that say that.
HAGEL: Well, news reports are news reports, but that's not the same as real - it's not real intelligence though.
MCCAIN: OK I - in other words, the fact is, Mr. Secretary, it was not predicted by our intelligence, and that's already been well-
known, which is another massive failure because of our misreading, total misreading, of the intentions of Vladimir Putin.
The CIA responded saying, "Since the beginning of the political unrest in Ukraine, the CIA has regularly updated policymakers to ensure they have an accurate and timely picture of the unfolding crisis. These updates have included warnings of possible scenarios for a Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Any suggestion otherwise is flat wrong."
CNN's Erin Burnett asked New York congressman Peter King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, whether McCain went too far?
"The invasion or the incursion was not predicted, however, it was among a list of possibilities," King said. "We are going to hold hearings, do an investigation as to if more intelligence could have been gathered or was the problem with the analysis."
Filed under: International • News • Ukraine • Vladimir Putin
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St Helens has a population of 2000 and is sheltered by Georges Bay and the long headland of St Helens Point, 1,066 hectares (2,500 acres) of which is reserved as a public conservation area.
On the other side of the bay is Humbug Point, which is also a protected environment.
The town was established in the 1830s when tin was discovered in the Blue Tier mountains. The history of the town and the region is told in displays in the St Helens History Room.
The average temperature in January is 23 degrees Celsius (73.5 degrees Fahrenheit), while in June it's a mild 14.5 degrees Celsius (58 degrees Fahrenheit). The town is 163 kilometres (101 miles) from Launceston and 265 kilometres (165 miles) from Hobart.


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Home / Collections / Autographed Photos / "A Helping Hand" photo autographed by D-Day paratroopers
"A Helping Hand" photo autographed by D-Day paratroopers
Famed 101st Airborne paratrooper, Lt. Col. Robert Wolverton (C.O., 3rd Bn., 506th PIR), helps his battalion surgeon, Capt. Stanley Morgan, suit-up for D-Day. Morgan would survive, whereas Wolverton would make the ultimate sacrifice on D-Day.
This photo is autographed in black marker by 101st Airborne D-Day paratroopers Brad Freeman and Bob Noody. The photo features an exclusively designed vintage motif.
Shipping added in checkout // photo size: 8" x 10" // ships flat in a heavy-duty envelope
BRAD FREEMAN
Bradford Freeman was born and raised in the lush Mississippi farmlands of Lowndes County, near Columbus. He was one of 8 children, 3 of whom fought in the war. After high school graduation he enrolled in Mississippi State University, which he attended for one semester before enlisting in the US Army on December 12, 1942.
He joined the paratroopers, following in the footsteps of his older brother, who became an officer in the 11th Airborne. Freeman was assigned to the 506th PIR., 101st Airborne at Alderbourne, England in February 1944. There, he trained under the watchful eye of mortar squad leader Don Malarkey and platoon leader Bill Guarnere, both of whom he describes as great fighting men.
On D-Day Freeman parachuted into Normandy in Malarkey's stick, forming up and fighting with Sgt. Chuck Grant until they joined the company near Brecourt Manor. Freeman vividly remembers the fierce fighting at Carentan, where he feels E-Company came together as a combat unit.
Freeman participated in the invasion of Holland, and recalls endless patrols and "scary" night outpost duty on the banks of the Rhine. Following Market Garden Freeman survived the brutal weather and constant shelling in the Bois Jacques woods at Bastogne only to be wounded by a "screaming mimi" (Nebelwerfer rocket) in Easy Company's attack on Foy. Following release from a hospital in England, Freeman joined up with HQ Staff in Berchtesgaden in April 1945, and later with his E-Company comrades in Kaprun, Austria.
After the war Brad Freeman went back to Mississippi State University for a semester, and then returned to help run a 197 acre family farm in Lowndes County. He later worked with the US Postal Service, retiring after 32 years of service.
BOB NOODY
Bob Noody joined the Army in February 1943, shortly after his 18th birthday. He volunteered for the paratroopers, not knowing what that was about, except that it meant an additional $50 per month. His arrival at Ft. Benning was an eye-opener, yet he survived the "brutal training." He joined Fox Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne at Aldbourne, England, just in time for the Normandy invasion.
On the evening of June 5, 1944, at Upottery Airfield, Noody was immortalized in a photo taken of him aboard his C-47 immediately before takeoff. The photo was first published on the cover of an Army Air Forces magazine and it took on a life of its own afterward. In the picture Bob remembers he must have weighed at least 250 lbs., encumbered with his M-1 rifle, a bazooka, three rockets, land mines, and other assorted "necessities."
Fifty feet of rope hung from his chest, which he later used to lower his leg bag to the ground, easing his fall and ensuring he was ready to fight. He landed behind the mayor's house at Ste. Mere-Eglise. In the ensuing days, Noody utilized his bazooka to destroy a German tank that threatened his unit outside of Carentan. It was his first and last bazooka usage, as he expended the three rockets he carried into battle. A leg wound at Carentan ended his Normandy adventure.
Noody recovered from his wounds in time to make the Market Garden jump. He fought with Fox Company from Eindhoven to the Rhine. While recovering from the exhaustive Holland campaign, Noody and his unit were rushed by truck to stem the German breakthrough at Bastogne. He froze in regular fatigues, holding the line in the Bois Jacques woods next to Easy Company, above the town of Foy. He survived the patrols and constant shelling only to be wounded during a nighttime recon patrol of Foy prior to Easy Company's assault on the town. Noody was wounded by friendly fire when a comrade dropped a live grenade while they sought refuge in a small house outside of Foy.
Noody recovered from his wounds in time to join his unit at Hagenau. He vividly recalls lying in a graveyard on the German side of the river at night during an attempt to take prisoners. As fighting ensued a friend whispered, "Boy, what a convenient place to die." He survived the patrol only to discover that the "Grease Gun" he carried was defective.
As the war ended, Noody celebrated with his unit in Berchtesgarden. One day, searching a train hidden in a tunnel, he retrieved a hand-crafted ceremonial sword belonging to Herman Goering. With the help of his friends he managed to get his prize home to America, where it now resides in a private museum collection.
Noody completed his wartime duty in Zell Am Zee, Austria, and returned to the US where he received his discharge in November 1945 at Ft. Dix, New Jersey.
We recommend that all autographed items be displayed or stored using archival quality, acid free materials away from any moisture or strong light exposure. When framing art/photographs/posters, we recommend locating a framer who is familiar with archival framing, has a storefront so you can see examples of their work, is not within a big box store, and has full insurance in the event an accident occurs while framing your item.
UV blocking glass/acrylic, spacers, and acid free framing materials must be used to protect the image and signatures. Fading can occur even if an item is not displayed in direct sunlight (even a light bulb omits UV rays) so UV blocking glass/acrylic is necessary. Acid free spacers or mat board must also be utilized to prevent the signatures from direct contact with the top layer of glass/acrylic. If a signature is pressed against the clear material it will lift off the photo/poster/print and deteriorate.
In order to retain full value of your item, your art or collectible should be able to be removed from its frame or storage container and still be in the same original condition as it was when purchased from Valor Studios.
If you decide to store one of our art prints/collectibles without getting it framed, then we recommend flat storage in either an acid free art sleeve or between pieces of acid free foam core. The item should be stored in a dark and dry location, several inches off the floor. We do not recommend storing prints/posters/photos in tubes for any extended length of time.


(a) A lawyer who knows that another lawyer has committed a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a question as to the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects, shall inform the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.
(b) A lawyer who knows that a judge has committed a violation of the applicable rules of judicial conduct that raises a question as to the judge's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness for office shall inform the Judiciary Commission. Complaints concerning the conduct of federal judges shall be filed with the appropriate federal authorities in accordance with federal laws and rules governing federal judicial conduct and disability.
(c) This rule does not require the disclosure of information otherwise protected by Rule 1.6 or information gained by a lawyer or judge while participating in an approved lawyers assistance program or while serving as a member of the Ethics Advisory Service Committee.
The Louisiana Supreme Court adopted this rule on January 20, 2004. It became effective on March 1, 2004. The court amended the rule shortly thereafter, on May 12, 2004, to address in paragraph (b) reporting of wrongdoing by federal judges. This rule differs from ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.3 (2002) in some minor and in some major respects.
As to the minor differences, paragraphs (a) and (b) designate the "Office of Disciplinary Counsel" and the "Judiciary Commission" as the appropriate professional authorities to whom lawyers must report violations of the relevant standards of professional conduct. Paragraph (b) directs lawyers to report the wrongdoing of federal judges to federal authorities rather than to the Louisiana Judiciary Commission. Finally, paragraph (c) identifies the "Ethics Advisory Service Committee" in addition to the "approved lawyers assistance program" mentioned in Model Rule 8.3(c).
 A report about misconduct is not required where it would violate Rule 1.6. However, a lawyer should encourage a client to consent to disclosure where the prosecution would not substantially prejudice the client's interests.
 If a lawyer were obliged to report every violation of the Rules, the failure to report any violation would itself be a professional offense. Such a requirement existed in many jurisdictions but proved to be unenforceable. This Rule limits the reporting obligation to those offenses that a self-regulating profession must vigorously endeavor to prevent. A measure of judgment is, therefore, required in complying with the provisions of this Rule. The term "substantial" refers to the seriousness of the possible offense and not the quantum of evidence of which the lawyer is aware. A report should be made to the bar disciplinary agency unless some other agency, such as a peer review agency, is more appropriate in the circumstances. Similar considerations apply to the reporting of judicial misconduct.
 Information about a lawyer's or judge's misconduct or fitness may be received by a lawyer in the course of that lawyer's participation in an approved lawyers or judges assistance program. In that circumstance, providing for an exception to the reporting requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule encourages lawyers and judges to seek treatment through such a program. Conversely, without such an exception, lawyers and judges may hesitate to seek assistance from these programs, which may then result in additional harm to their professional careers and additional injury to the welfare of clients and the public. These Rules do not otherwise address the confidentiality of information received by a lawyer or judge participating in an approved lawyers assistance program; such an obligation, however, may be imposed by the rules of the program or other law.
A lawyer must immediately report to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel any violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a question as to another lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects–unless doing so would divulge confidential information. See La. Rules of Prof'l Conduct r. 8.3(a) (2004); id. r. 8.3(c); In re Tolchinsky, 740 So. 2d 109 (La. 1999) (failure to report unauthorized practice of law by another lawyer). This reporting obligation is "triggered when, under the circumstances, a reasonable lawyer3 would have 'a firm opinion that the conduct in question more likely than not occurred.'"4 See In re Riehlmann, 891 So. 2d 1239, 1244 (La. 2005) (quoting Attorney U v. Mississippi Bar, 678 So. 2d 963 (Miss. 1996); Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers § 5 cmt. 1 (2000)). For a general discussion of a lawyer's reporting obligations, particularly in the context of litigation, see ABA Comm. on Ethics and Prof'l Responsibility, Formal Op. 94-383 (1994).
This rule does not require a lawyer to report the lawyer's own violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct. First, the text of the rule refers explicitly to the obligation to report a violation by "another lawyer." See La. Rules of Prof'l Conduct r. 8.3(a) (2004) (emphasis added). In contrast, the 1987 version of this rule imposed the reporting obligation as to any "violation of this code" without reference to the violation being committed by "another" lawyer. See La. Rules of Prof'l Conduct r. 8.3(a) (1987). Second, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has opined that a lawyer is not obliged to report his or her own misconduct. See ABA Comm. on Ethics and Prof'l Responsibility, Informal Op. 1279 (1973). Finally, the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination should protect lawyers from having to self-report certain types of serious misconduct to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. See ABA Model Rules of Prof'l Conduct r. 8.1 cmt. 2; see also La. Rules of Prof'l Conduct r. 8.1(c) (2004) (permitting lawyers to refrain from cooperating with ODC investigation upon "openly expressed claim of a constitutional privilege").
Absent aggravating or mitigating circumstances, the following sanctions are generally appropriate in cases involving violations of Rule 8.3: disbarment, when the lawyer knowingly engages in conduct that is a violation of a duty owed to the profession with the intent to obtain a benefit for the lawyer or another, and causes serious or potentially serious injury to a client, the public, or the legal system; suspension, when the lawyer knowingly engages in conduct that is a violation of a duty owed to the profession, and causes injury or potential injury to a client, the public, or the legal system; reprimand, when the lawyer negligently engages in conduct that is a violation of a duty owed to the profession, and causes injury or potential injury to a client, the public, or the legal system; and, admonition, when the lawyer engages in an isolated instance of negligence that is a violation of a duty owed to the profession, and causes little or no actual or potential injury to a client, the public or the legal system. See ABA Stds. for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions stds. 7.0-7.4 (1992).
This page was updated on March 9, 2019.
The former Louisiana rule on reporting lawyer misconduct, in effect from 1987 through February 29, 2004, had an even broader reporting obligation than is contained in the current rule. The former rule required a lawyer to report "unprivileged knowledge or evidence" of any ethical violation by a lawyer–no matter how trivial. Compare Model Rules of Prof'l Conduct r. 8.3(a) (2002) with La. Rules of Prof'l Conduct r. 8.3(a) (1987). In 1985, the Task Force concluded that it was inappropriate to put a lawyer "in the position of making a subjective judgment" regarding the significance of a violation. See Report and Recommendation of the Task Force to Evaluate the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Prof'l Conduct, at 24 (Nov. 23, 1985). The Task Force concluded that it was "preferable to put the burden on every lawyer to report all violations, regardless of their nature or kind, whether or not they raised a substantial question as to honesty, trustworthiness or fitness." Id. at 24-25.


This workflow generates a sequence logo image for a set of amino acid sequences of FOXP2 gene, by downloading the amino acid sequences in Fasta format through Togo Web Service with UniProt identifiers (togoWS, provided by the G-language Genome Analysis Environment SOAP Service), running BLAST web service (runBLAST), retrieving a set of sequences from ID list (togoWS), aligning the sequence with MUSCLE (runMUSCLE), extracting a certain region from the alignment (extractalign, provided by Soaplab), and generating its sequence logo image (runWebLogo). See http://www.g-language.org/kbws/ for more information about Keio Bioinformatics Web Services.
This workflow generates a sequence logo image for a set of amino acid sequences of FOXP2, downloading the amino acid sequence in Fasta format through Togo Web Service with UniProt identifier, using BLAST web service (runBLAST), retrieving a set of sequence from ID list (togoWS), aligning the sequence with MUSCLE (runMUSCLE), extracting a certain region from the alignment (extractalign), and generating its sequence logo image (runWebLogo). See http://www.g-language.org/kbws/ for more information about KEIO Bioinformatics Web Service.
- change parameter of "runBlast" methods.


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Q: ArcGIS ModelBuilder model works in Edit windows but not from the "open" window - do you have any experience or advice? I am using ArcGIS 10.1, most recent service pack/patch, and on Windows 7 with 8GB RAM
I always run Models from ArcCatalog
I have a model that validates and runs from the "edit" window.
When I run the exact same model with the exact same input data, but from the "open" window it returns error messages.
Do you have any experience or advice to share over this issue?
Are there certain tools or processes that can cause this issue?
The issue that occurs most frequently is with the Focal statistics and the Get Raster Properties Tools - when the model is run from the Open window these tools can fail because the preceding data does not have valid statistics. It is unclear why the model runs OK (with exact same data) from the edit window. Surely this should be picked up by the model validation process?
The errors that occur are

ERROR 001100: Failed because no statistics are available.

The solution can be to add in "Calculate Statistics" tools into the models, however the behaviour appears erratic and this solution has occasionally not worked, even on the same model , same data, same computer.
One of the models that runs OK from the edit Window, into which I have added the Calculate Statistics tool, return the following error only when run from the Open Window.

ERROR 999999: Error executing function. The workspace is not
  connected. Failed to execute (Calculate Statistics).

Any ideas/thoughts?

A: Whilst preparing this data to send off to ESRI support I did a quick test of copying and pasting the whole model into a new blank Model.
The model now works OK from both Edit and Open windows without adding in any extra Tools / processes.
However this issue - as explained above - happens so frequently that I would be very interested to hear from anyone else reporting similar issues.
For now I have not included the additional "calculate statistics" tools in my model, it remains unclear if the occurrence of these errors messages, and the different behavior between the Open and Edit window is a symptom of an unstable model that is resolved, or if it will re-occur.

A: I think that the problem comes from the type of input. In edit you probably drag-droppped a raster layer, but when you open it it could have been a raster dataset. This could explain why the statistics are not properly identified. Try selecting a layer (drop down arrow) instead of a dataset (navigate directory).
In you model, you could use the "make raster layer" and the "calculate statistics" to make sure that your data is read in the best possible  way.  If your data is of integer type, you can also "build raster attribute table".


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When Leo Fender added a bass to his growing family of instruments 50 years ago, he created a new world for musicians and revolutionized an industry in the process. Using hundreds of photographs, this exciting new release chronicles the evolution of that instrument from 1951 to 2001, providing background, history and highly researched facts vital to understanding everything about this remarkable member of the Fender family. A must for all music fans!