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Written evidence submitted by the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales (DAB46)
About Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales partners with small and local charities to help people overcome complex social issues. Through long-term funding, development support and influencing policy and practice, the Foundation helps those charities make life-changing impact. The Foundation is an independent charitable trust funded by the profits of Lloyds Banking Group as part of their commitment to Helping Britain Prosper.
The Foundation has supported individual local charities tackling domestic abuse for over 35 years through core funding and capacity building. In 2015 we launched a strategic national programme to help the domestic abuse sector develop new approaches and respond to the challenges facing it, investing an additional £4 million over three years. This written evidence draws on the insight, evidence and experience that the Foundation has gained from partnering with domestic abuse charities across England and Wales, as well as working with Lloyds Banking Group to improve the response to domestic abuse amongst customers and colleagues.
1. The Domestic Abuse Bill is a welcome opportunity to create a step-change in response to domestic abuse in England. To make the most of this landmark opportunity, it's vital that the Bill is well-considered and reflects the views and needs of all victims/survivors, to ensure that it can be as effective as possible, not leaving anyone behind. The Bill is being considered at a particularly important time, as the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an escalation of abuse, and so it is more important than ever to get it right.
2. Ultimately, the effectiveness of the Bill will depend on funding, both in terms of the funding to implement the Bill (including adequate resourcing for the Domestic Abuse Commissioner) and funding for specialist services to respond to needs.
3. Specialist domestic abuse services provide expert support to victims/survivors, but they need sustainable funding to do so. Specialist services are already underfunded and overstretched. During the coronavirus pandemic, levels of abuse have escalated, and a spike in demand is anticipated after lockdown is lifted. Combined with the growing awareness of domestic abuse as a result of the Bill, the numbers of people seeking support are set to be unprecedented. At the same time, charities have seen their income streams hit, and costs rising. The Bill must ensure sustainable funding for specialist services to cope with these demands.
4. While the statutory duty on local authorities to fund safe accommodation is welcome, its focus on accommodation is too narrow. The statutory duty must be widened to reflect the full range of services needed for victims/survivors, children and perpetrators. There should be ring-fenced funding as, in the context of a local authority funding crisis, community-based services are at risk of disappearing.
5. Domestic abuse services run with, by and for BAME communities provide vital support, yet they are more at risk than ever. It is crucial that funding is ringfenced for these specialist services, particularly in the context of the coronavirus pandemic where these communities have been hardest hit.
6. LGBT+ people face higher levels of abuse and face barriers in accessing support. Their needs must be accounted for in policy and in the commissioning and funding of services.
7. Disabled people face higher risks of domestic abuse, as well as barriers in accessing support. Commissioning of services should reflect the need to make existing services more accessible, but also to provide ringfenced funding for specialist 'by and for' services for disabled victims/survivors.
8. The Bill has a significant gap in the response to domestic abuse amongst migrant women. The government should follow the call of the Step Up Migrant Women campaign to create a firewall between reporting and accessing support for domestic abuse, and immigration control. The NRPF restrictions on migrant women should also be lifted, ensuring that they can access lifesaving support following domestic abuse.
9. Tackling perpetrators is vital to preventing and ending the cycle of domestic abuse. Alongside the Bill, there should be a cross-government strategy on tackling perpetrators, as well as well evidenced and quality assured perpetrator interventions.
10. Financial independence can be a barrier to escaping abuse and is key to regaining independence. It's important to look at where government policies can exacerbate or enable this. For example, split payments of Universal Credit should be provided as default, and the five week wait, which often causes unnecessary hardship for victims/survivors, should be replaced with a non-repayable advance grant.
11. Local welfare assistance schemes can be a lifeline for victims/survivors of domestic abuse – for example, providing support with essential household items when leaving refuge accommodation. However, due to funding pressures, many local authorities have been forced to cut back or even scrap their scheme. There should be statutory funding for local welfare assistance to be provided in every local authority in England.
12. Employers, businesses and the community all have important roles to play in raising awareness of abuse and ensuring people know where to find help. Providing 10 days of paid leave for employees who are victims/survivors of domestic abuse would be an important step in achieving this, following the example of New Zealand.
13. The Government could take learning from the approach in Wales – such as embedding approaches where public services ask about domestic abuse and take action to ensure victims/survivors can access specialist support. New commissioning guidance to accompany the Bill in England should reflect that developed in Wales, with an emphasis on the importance of specialist services.
Sustainable funding for specialist services
The Domestic Abuse Bill is a welcome opportunity to create a step change in the response to domestic abuse in England. A number of measures in the Bill are set to increase awareness of domestic abuse which is predicted to lead to increase in victims/survivors seeking support. When victims/survivors come forward, it is critical that they are able to access support. Support is most effectively provided by specialist domestic abuse services – as with specialist sexual abuse services, there is evidence to show that survivors value specialist provision [1] – so it is vital that these services have the resources to meet need. Central to this is securing sustainable funding, both in terms of providing the range of support needed by victims/survivors and children, as well as services to challenge perpetrators. The impact of the Bill in practice depends on adequate funding for the services that can provide specialist support for those affected by domestic abuse.
This funding is critical because research by Women's Aid shows that the domestic abuse sector is already underfunded, with 64% of refuge referrals last year forced to be declined because of a lack of resources, with funding cited as the biggest challenge facing services [2] . If this was the case before the coronavirus pandemic, it is only likely to worsen. Domestic abuse charities have found that abuse has escalated during lockdown [3] . Many of the Foundation's grant holders have seen a rise in referrals for high risk victims, and are anticipating that there will be a spike in demand for support from medium and lower risk victims/survivors after lockdown restrictions are eased, when those who have been unable to reach support may have more opportunities to do so.
At the same time as demand is rising, charities have seen their income hit significantly by the coronavirus crisis. Income streams such as trading and fundraised income have disappeared overnight. At the same time, they have transformed services to deliver support remotely where possible, which requires significant costs in digital support and staff time. Given that many domestic abuse charities were already citing funding as their most pressing challenge before this crisis, it leaves them in a precarious position to be able to continue providing their vital and life-changing services at a time when they are never more needed.
Furthermore, in the context of coronavirus, many refuges are unable to run at capacity because of the need to operate with social distancing. This challenge is compounded by a lack of move-on accommodation, preventing charities from taking new referrals. We welcome government's announcement that domestic abuse victims/survivors will be given priority for housing – but this also depends on sufficient levels of housing that can be accessed.
Many of the points raised in this submission underpin the need for sustainable funding for specialist domestic abuse services. While there is certainly a need for raising awareness and improving the pathways into support for victims/survivors, this is only effective if there are services there to refer people to. Specialist services are best placed to provide the holistic, tailored, expert support that victims/survivors need to move forward in their lives – but as it stands, they do not have the sustainable funding to meet this demand, and it is vital that this comes alongside the Bill.
The Statutory Duty on Local Authorities
The statutory duty on local authorities is a welcome inclusion in the Bill. However, the duty is currently too narrowly focused on accommodation-based services, posing a risk that victims/survivors will not be able to access important community-based support, and resulting in a worsening of the postcode lottery of who can or can't access support. Survivors access support in a range of different ways, so a focus on such a narrow type of activity will only benefit a certain group of survivors, and risks leaving many others without services due to a lack of funding. The focus on accommodation based support may also force people to leave their homes in order to access support, which can leave victims at heightened risk – rather than being able to access community-based support which may be safer in some situations. This also places emphasis on the victim to leave their home to seek support rather than on the perpetrator to tackle their behaviour.
Expanding the duty is particularly important given the funding pressures faced by local authorities. They have been under growing financial strain in recent years. The coronavirus crisis has only exacerbated the demands on stretched budgets, with a number of local authorities being forced to consider issuing Section 114 notices. In this context, there will be little budget left for local authorities to prioritise non-statutory spending. As such, community-based domestic abuse services that were previously funded by local authorities are at risk of being lost altogether if there is only a duty to fund accommodation-based support.
It is vital that the statutory duty is extended to cover the full range of services needed to support people affected by domestic abuse, not just accommodation. This concern has also been raised by the Government's Victims Commissioner, Vera Baird, and Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, calling for the statutory duty to cover 'all domestic abuse services, including for children and behaviour-change programmes for perpetrators' [4] . The Foundation supports SafeLives' #Invest2EndAbuse [5] campaign on this issue, and supports the amendment proposed by Barnardo's to widen the statutory duty.
Ensuring everyone can access support
Alongside the need for an adequate quantum of funding in the statutory duty, attention also has to be turned to how funding is distributed. It is vital that funding reaches specialist services so that all survivors can access the support they need – whatever their background, circumstances or needs. Doing so requires ring-fenced funding and processes that are accessible to smaller, specialist services.
BAME victims/survivors
It must be recognised that different communities will have different experiences and services need to be able to respond in the way that is most appropriate for that community – one size cannot fit all when it comes to delivering domestic abuse support. It is vital that resources reach specialist services run with, by and for specific BAME communities, as they are best placed to provide tailored, understanding support to victims/survivors. These are expert, specialist services which are designed and delivered by and for the users and communities they aim to serve [6] , and have an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of abuse. Survivors are more than three times more likely to self-refer into a BAME-led service than to get help from the national domestic violence helpline [7] .
Organisations supporting BAME communities are at greatest funding risk, are typically smaller and are often disadvantaged in commissioning processes. This has been exacerbated as they have also been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus crisis, leaving their vital services at risk as they are hit by 'dual pandemics' [8] . Smaller BAME charities are at greatest risk of closure in current context [9] . The government have stated their ambition that this Bill should help all victims/survivors – in order to do so, it must ensure that BAME 'by and for' services and organisations are recognised with ring-fenced funding to ensure resources reach them and they can continue their vital support.
LGBT+ victims/survivors
LGBT+ people are also at particular risk of experiencing domestic abuse and face significant barriers in accessing support. As highlighted by Galop [10] , the Bill must recognise and respond to the needs of LGBT+ people through any funding, policy or commissioning arising from it, including the work of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, and ensure that specialist LGBT+ services have sustainable funding and are able to expand so that more survivors have access to the support they need.
Disabled victims/survivors
Disabled women are more likely to experience domestic abuse [11] than non-disabled women, and they also face significant barriers in accessing safe, appropriate support. The commissioning of services should reflect the need for specialist support. Existing support and information needs to be made more accessible. The Foundation has supported work to better understand how services need and can adapt to both physical [12] and learning [13] disabilities. There is a need for this work to be expanded alongside developing more specialist user-led services supporting disabled survivors. Ring-fenced funding needs to be provided for specialist services for Deaf and disabled survivors
Migrant victims/survivors
One of the gaps highlighted most clearly in the previous iteration of the Domestic Abuse Bill was the lack of provision for those with insecure immigration status. The Government has stated its ambition to support all victims of abuse – it should not matter where they are born. Too often, a victim/survivor's immigration status is used as a tool for further abuse, and prevents them from seeking life-saving help. As outlined in the recent letter from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner and Victims Commissioner: 'The Domestic Abuse Bill must help all victims, regardless of their immigration status. To do otherwise contravenes the Istanbul Convention – to which the UK is a signatory – which stipulates non-discrimination in the provision of services.' Every victim should be treated first and foremost as a victim, regardless of their immigration status.
The Foundation supports the Step Up Migrant Women campaign [14] , led by Latin American Women's Rights Service, which calls for a firewall to be created between seeking protection and support from abuse, and immigration control. This was endorsed in the conclusions and recommendations of the report from the previous Domestic Abuse Bill committee:
61. We recommend that a more robust Home Office policy is developed to determine the actions which may be taken by the immigration authorities with respect to victims of crime who have approached public authorities for protection and support. We support the recommendation of the Step Up Migrant Women campaign to establish a firewall at the levels of policy and practice to separate reporting of crime and access to support services from immigration control. (Paragraph 251) [15]
Failing to introduce a firewall will lead to greater physical and emotional costs of abuse, as victims/survivors are left unable to seek support, and perpetrators will go unchallenged – meaning the Bill will fail to meet its objectives of providing support to all victims of domestic abuse.
Due to the conditions of No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), women with insecure immigration status are also least able to access refuge and are faced with an impossible decision of homelessness and destitution, or staying with their perpetrator. The Istanbul Convention requires support to be available for all women, regardless of their immigration status. As such, the NRPF restrictions on migrant women should be lifted, ensuring that they can access the refuge, welfare support and legal protection that they need.
Furthermore, the Foundation supports the call of the coalition of organisations led by Women's Aid to extend the eligibility of the Domestic Violence Rule so that all women are eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain and the Destitution Domestic Violence Concession, which should be extended to at least six months – recognising the barriers that migrant women face in obtaining safe accommodation, support and legal representation needed to make applications within the three month period, and the time this can take.
Holding perpetrators to account
To have a significant impact on domestic abuse, attention must also be turned to stopping abuse. Alongside providing support for victims/survivors, there must be well-evidenced, consistent interventions to tackle perpetrators, ending the cycle of abuse. The Domestic Abuse Protection Orders in the Bill need to go hand in hand with well-evidenced and quality assured preventative services, such as behaviour change programmes.
The Foundation is one of the leading partners in the Drive programme, which demonstrates the impact that high quality perpetrator interventions can have in practice. Over three years of working with high-harm perpetrators, the Drive programme led to an 82% reduction in physical abuse and an 88% reduction in sexual abuse. The programme involves close working with IDVAs to support their work with victims, alongside and coordinated with perpetrator interventions. The Government's support announced in the 2020 Budget is welcome, but availability of access to quality perpetrator programmes is still very limited. It is vital that, where perpetrator interventions are commissioned, they are well-evidenced and quality assured, to ensure that the safety of victims/survivors is paramount. As such, we support Respect's proposed amendment to the Bill on quality assurance for perpetrator work.
The Foundation supports the call to action [16] , led by Respect along with almost 80 other organisations and launched in January at the APPG on Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse, for a cross-government strategy on tackling perpetrators to be published alongside the Bill. The strategy should include:
1. Criminal justice system and other public and voluntary services trained, and working together to hold perpetrators to account
2. Proven interventions for all perpetrators available everywhere; and education to prevent and raise awareness of abusive behaviours.
3. Regulation to ensure all programmes are high quality and safe; and ongoing research to evaluate what we are doing.
4. Investment – a perpetrator strategy requires funding, but done well, it will save money in policing, justice and health costs.
5. Leadership to make it happen.
Financial support for victims/survivors
Access to money is often used as a tool of financial and economic abuse, but it is also crucial for enabling victims/survivors to reach safety and recover from abuse in the longer term. Issues with Universal Credit are often raised by charities funded by the Foundation as one of the biggest challenges facing the clients they work with. As Universal Credit is only paid to one member of a household, this can be a significant barrier from being able to escape abuse. Split payments are available on request, but it is often impossible for those in an abusive situation to access this without putting themselves in a potentially dangerous situation. While the Government have focused on raising awareness of split payments, this will not address the issue, because the act of requesting a split payment is an example of a victim/survivor exerting power, which can expose them to increased abuse. Split payments of Universal Credit should be the default option, to safeguard against financial abuse and give survivors the financial independence to enable them to leave.
The five week wait for Universal Credit is also raised consistently by charities funded by the Foundation as a cause of hardship amongst those who are escaping or trying to recover from abuse. The prospect of five weeks without any income may deter some victims from leaving the perpetrator as they may not have the financial independence to do so. Many survivors apply for Universal Credit for the first time when they leave the perpetrator. At a time when survivors are trying to get back on their feet, the wait leaves them with no money to cover basic living costs, pushing them into further debt when they are in a vulnerable situation, even running the risk of having to return to a perpetrator simply to survive financially. Victims/survivors often leave with nothing, without access to savings or any funds at all. The five week wait should be ended for all claimants, but as a priority it should be ended for those in situations of domestic abuse, or advance payments should be provided as a non-repayable grant.
Local Welfare Assistance schemes, at best, can be a lifeline to survivors of domestic abuse. For example, after leaving a refuge, survivors are often left with no resources to furnish new accommodation for them and their family. Support can be provided through Local Welfare Assistance towards essential household goods to start a new home. However, since local welfare provision was made discretionary for local authorities, in the context of massive budget cuts, access to support has been stripped back, and in some places has disappeared altogether. With the coronavirus pandemic causing an unprecedented income shock to many individuals and families, it is more important than ever to have a strong safety net, and this is felt most keenly by those affected by abuse. This safety net is broken in many areas.
Too often, charities, such as those that the Foundation supports, have to step in fill the gaps. While the Foundation is supporting the Coordinated Community Support Programme [17] to improve the coordination of crisis support between voluntary sector and local government provision, it is not enough to expect charities to pick up the pieces. One charity supported by the Foundation reported that, when a mother had to flee abuse with her 8 month old daughter, her Universal Credit claim had not yet come through and she had no money to get the essential items she needed for a new home. An employee of the charity brought a cot, clothing and kitchen items from her own home to ensure she and her daughter had enough to get by. This is not a sustainable solution - an effective local welfare assistance scheme should provide for situations like this. The Foundation supports the amendment proposed by the Children's Society, calling for a Local Welfare Assistance scheme in every local authority in England, to provide vital support to victims/survivors of abuse and others in need.
Pathways to support – the role of employers, businesses and communities
Employers and businesses undoubtedly have a role to play in tackling domestic abuse - raising awareness, ensuring everyone knows how to spot the signs of abuse and where to signpost people for support. There are lots of existing resources, initiatives and good practice taking place to ensure this. The Foundation is a member of the Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse (EIDA), which includes over 300 employers, and provides resources, toolkits and learning opportunities to help businesses better support their staff. Given the importance of financial independence in escaping from abuse, and the turmoil that it can cause in preventing victims/survivors from maintaining a job, one measure which could make a significant difference would be a period of paid leave for employees experiencing domestic abuse. Providing 10 days' paid leave to survivors/victims of domestic abuse is a measure which was already introduced in New Zealand, and is seen as good practice. It is also a useful prompt for businesses to consider their response domestic abuse, and provides a greater assurance to victims that they will be supported if they disclose abuse.
There are also a number of initiatives aiming to improve responses from communities and those working in public services – such as the Champions Networks [18] led by Reducing the Risk and funded by the Foundation. Expanding these schemes to improve the response to domestic abuse across the community and public services would help to ensure that victims/survivors can disclose abuse and be supported to access expert help.
These are all vital initiatives to improve pathways to support. However, it's important to recognise that their role is to ensure people know where to get help, rather than provide it directly. For example, Lloyds Banking Group, the Foundation's own funder, recognise in their approach to domestic abuse that colleagues do not have to have all of the answers to be able to be helpful in responding to signs or disclosures of abuse – but they do need to be able to signpost people to specialist services with the expertise to provide life-saving support.
If these initiatives exist to raise awareness and signpost people to expert support, they will only be effective if specialist support services for victims/survivors have sustainable funding – to cope with current capacity challenges, as well as any additional demand that comes as a positive outcome of the measures to raise awareness.
Devolved nations
While the Bill only covers England, there is useful learning that can be taken from the approach to domestic abuse in Wales – such as 'Ask and Act', recognising the role of public services in identifying and responding to abuse. The commissioning guidance [19] produced alongside the VAWDASV Act (2015) also provides a good blueprint for recognising the importance of specialist services.
[1] http://www.mash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MASH-Voices-of-Survivors.pdf
[2] https://www.womensaid.org.uk/funding-crisis-for-domestic-abuse-sector-with-64-of-refuge-referrals-declined/
[3] https://www.womensaid.org.uk/survivors-say-domestic-abuse-is-escalating-under-lockdown/
[4] https://victimscommissioner.org.uk/news/the-domestic-abuse-bill-a-once-in-a-generation-opportunity/
[5] https://safelives.org.uk/invest-to-end-abuse
[6] Imkaan, The Alternative Bill: From the Margin to the Centre https://www.imkaan.org.uk/resources
[7] Imkaan: From Survival to Sustainability https://www.imkaan.org.uk/survival-to-sustainability
[8] https://www.imkaan.org.uk/covid19-position-paper
[9] Ubele Initiative – Impact of Covid-19 on the BAME community and voluntary sector https://www.ubele.org/our-research
[10] http://www.galop.org.uk/galop-safelives-and-stonewall-briefing-the-lgbt-community-and-domestic-abuse/
[11] Stay Safe East https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GBA95OxQHMzmx3n3Pztag03uHbtn9gkD/view
[12] We Matter Too, Ann Craft Trust: http://www.anncrafttrust.org/research/we-matter-too/
[13] Toolkit for supporting people with learning disabilities who experience domestic abuse: https://www.carmdas.org/people-with-learning-disabilities
[14] https://stepupmigrantwomen.org/
[15] https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201719/jtselect/jtddab/2075/2075.pdf
[16] http://driveproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Call-to-Action-Final.pdf
[17] Coordinated Community Support programme: https://coordinatedcommunitysupport.org.uk/
[18] https://www.reducingtherisk.org.uk/cms/content/da-champions-network
[19] https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2019-05/statutory-guidance-for-the-commissioning-of-vawdasv-services-in-wales.pdf


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RUSH LIMBAUGH PONTIFICATING REGARDING THE FANTASTIC CONTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN COMPANIES
liberalnewsreview Current Commentary April 15, 2020 June 16, 2020 16 Minutes
RUSH LIMBAUGH PONTIFICATING REGARDING THE FANTASTIC CONTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN COMPANIES.
What happens when GM contributes to a loss of new car production, and there are not enough cars? This is the beginning of a socialist/marxist/bolshevik loss of services spiral that ends in a subjugated, waiting and pleading for relief slave population.
It is all a tactic to give power over YOU, to the president. Like I have mused and wondered for years, he is one of them. The outright, obvious, treasonous efforts by democrats, liberals, and subversive republicans (Romney) has made me wonder if Trump is a cardboard cut-out establishment enemy. I found it interesting that, all along, he attacked the swamp, verbally a ubiquitous generic enemy, no better than Osama bin laden (oops- Obama sin laden), covid-19 squirrels and Russian collusion.
The governors "shut down" We, the People on the fears of a poorly predicted ghost.
Michigan has shut down people's abilities and capacities to buy seeds for planting food. This is everywhere. Destroying people's rights to live is just part of the art of ruler manipulation to extort compliance. Some people live on restaurant and bar food. They are starving.
The governors have seized control where nobody has watched and noticed they were building an organized front against our rights and very lives, while President was engaged defending himself from overt democrat party and liberal media attacks.
Anyone who claims to give you something, or anyone who gives you something, with force of law, such as legislated authority, can take it all back. You are now subject to the whims and moods of a dictator, you are a subject.
While governors tread a thin line, we are ready to hang them for treason. There is an ignition point and the authorities are waiting for it, then Trump will "open" the economy.
All these years the way Trump has helped America was to get out of the way. All through this administration Trump has been under attack, sometimes ruthless attack, dangerous attack, life-threatening attack, but acts and operates as if he is not worried. There were times through these three years that normal people wondered if Trump's life were under threat. So how did he survive? Surely, if they could, there is not a single democrat or hate-stream media "person" who would not have him, so we think, removed for mental reasons. Pelosi went nuts at times, threatening, and Schumer actually threatened President Trump and a new appointee to the Supreme Court.
How is it that threats, lies, fraud, subversive treasonous activities and obtuse hatred and attack goes unreported by hate stream media and impunity is available to the haters in chief, Pelosi, accosta, CNN MSNBC, Schumer et al?
This economy and the hatred, and the unauthorized power governors have seized, Trump's apparent safety from attack, Trump's opening the economy through three years, Trump's apparent ability and constitutional authority to "open" the economy, are all connected.
First point: What made the American economy grow and "open" these last three years? Was it Trump opening the economy? No. Was it Trump getting out of the way by removing regulations? YES!
Through this stupid stimulus Trump did not veto, the democrats, liberals and bolsheviks behind the scenes in the establishment/swamp government added liberal/marxist/bolshevik gains that put all "Trump's" works back 20 years. It is as if he had not been around for these last three years, as planned, and he allowed it.
What would it take to "open" the economy? Would it take a presidential decree or law, vetoing governors? Would it take Trump giving our economy back to us, so he could take it back whenever he wanted? Would it place our economy and rights to work and live in his hands? Would a decree of something, instead of what has worked for three years, place subjective powers in his hands? Would that make us subject to a supreme ruler who has his state agents controlled, voluntarily and by predetermined tactics, in the hands of a supreme authority?
We go back to work for ourselves.
There is no epidemic, by any real measurements and standards. There is, and never was, a pandemic, by any definition.
You, cowards, are cutting your own throats giving power to them by dealing with them.
We go back to work because we decide. If you are fearful of a fake epidemic, stay home, but support us who want to work.
Pelosi has warned us that there is an inherent infrastructure problem. When did this word, infrastructure" start being used? The word became popular with politicians, seizing control of utilities. It is fascism by regulations. Ventilator acquisition, hospital beds and hospital purchases and construction have all been under state government control for years.
Governors, mentally deranged Cuomo especially, refused all these necessities for which there is a great need, is now begging for federal help, to give the central authority power over states, through governor submission. Cuomo and Herbie have lied and lied and lied, all along.
What we do is not assemble and protest.
The only thing we can do is ignore them and go to work.
I am working. I have told my customers I am still ins business. I will get no money from the Federal government, and I do not want my business and success subject to edicts, dictates, "openings" and easing. My success will not be subjective, subject to anyone.
You, dear fellow citizen, can do that if you want. You are a subject as it is, moving slowly to being a slave, closer with federal aid. Good luck when the day comes and you have to admit you contributed to the economic fealty to another nation or, worse, the slaughter coming upon America.
By definition there is no epidemic. By definition there is no pandemic. By reason, there is no covid-19. Somebody has gone to great lengths to convince We, the People, that there is a pandemic, easier than convincing us that there is an epidemic. But if we believe the lying liberal media, and the fools going along, then we can believe there is a pandemic, almost everywhere except here, all the hundreds of thousands of "heres" across the nation.
There is no epidemic except in liberal and democrat party strongholds: strongholds of propaganda primarily.
If we look at the definition of epidemic, there absolutely is NO epidemic in Utah, Wyoming, California, 95 percent of China. There ini epidemic in New York
Pan, the prefix, means all, total, complete. There is no epidemic everywhere. All, total, complete does not define this so-called epidemic, rendering the spotting hotspots of liberal/democrat party epidemics extremely rare, almost absolutely inapplicable and thus, not pandemic.
But, there is a reason and timing for this fake virus. How many people have gardens?
Andy pooper reports California claims grim blueprint for life after covid, reopening.
Nope. If you accept their subjectivity you move closer to being a subject, a slave, and death.
Death, too much to believe?
Many states do not allow purchasing of garden seeds. Shut downs, cessation of services, and America's national debt called in, and there is no money, and absolutely no sovereignty. No money going to out of work Americans, no food and we find ourselves fighting each other, not the tyranny that has deceived and extorted compliance.
Pelosi and the democrats plan to remove services, electricity, communication (internet and meetings), and petroleum products for heat, cooking, and transportation. The infrastructure, we are told, is compromised. If Trump were to actually be one of us, he would simply remind Americans that the governors do not have authority to seize control and stop Americans from our sovereign rights. If we want to die working, good. It is our choice, and with no epidemic, there is no justification for oppression.
A simple declaration by Pelosi and the rat-brain lizards of the democrat party, who plan to give Americans help but have already dumped the hispanics they claimed for years they loved, shows they are not human. People working under the table pay no taxes, and will receive no federal money. In a way, incidentally, they are being elevated above We, the American people by their abilities to work in spite of challenges. It is the plan of rulers, not rule of law. All public utilities, utilities We, the People paid for, are under siege. The plan is seize control of more utilities by default, by pretenses that we need a supreme authority to reorganize and distribute utilities because strain and crisis: rises created by lying governors, politicians at all levels, and the corrupt marxist/bolshevik/progressive media.
Protests do not do much. Protests, against politicians dictates and edicts, give power to politicians.
Power is found in truth, a long as we action it. There is no covid. There is an attack on the masses of the world. We, the People of America, and OUR Constitution are the only blocks to total world domination and genocide.
The New Olympians, as the behind-the-scenes-rulers consider themselves, want to and, will without remorse or hesitation, eliminate seven billion people. If they could get away with outright slaughter, they would. The Constitution, stronger than YOU, or anybody thinks, is only one of two things standing in the way. We do not bow to magistrates, political pigs, rabid governors or traitors of any name and party.
We go to work.
I worked today and so can you. Just go, take power from governor dictates by ignoring the bastards and political whores. Herbie is a filthy, lying pig, and should be hung.
We need a justice department that seeks justice for the crimes of the clintons, pelosis, obamas, all democrats and some fake republicans.
We all have the "power to do something, to stand up, and be counted", by the rulers who have their minions take notes, send the police to eliminate you behind public purview thus conquering, and killing. Go ahead, do what "they" promote, stand up, be noticed, noted, marked, and eliminated. This message brought to you by the ad council, a central government tyranny propaganda institution, spending your, OUR money against We, the People.
Go to work, get together with your neighboring businesses and file lawsuits, file class action suits against herbie himself, and those who have lied to deceive and destroy your businesses. Herbie lied, not a thing; not a government. Herbie lied.
Or we will be fighting over scraps, while rulers take the real spoils.
Go to work. Some police officers will support but most will take the side of tyranny. Police are hired for their capacity for submission to authority. Police forces today are filled by numerous anti-social personality disordered candidates. The mental aberration Test, MMP3…something (I forget), identifies those with low moral character easily moved to gain in spite of ruthless dictates from authority.
So if you are a police officer and think you are above the simple minded capacities of rabid dogs, you had better make up your mind now to serve We, the People or serve politicians, rulers and genocide. That is where this is all going.
The people of America would be, and are, stunned, shocked and in disbelief that anyone would dare try to eliminate a whole country, especially this one, OURS, that we are so good nobody would want to take out a glowing light for all mankind. Evil does not care! You, me, We are an impediment to the New Olympians' rule and leisure.
There are innumerable people in the world who would slaughter every person in America if it guaranteed the one major barrier to world rule were eliminated.
This leads to another topic nobody has mentioned.
It is not only unconstitutional but sick and twisted, evil to the core, to make innocent people pay for crimes of others. In fact in America, under the only truly fair justice system ever devised; America takes that principle so far that if there is ever a chance law or justice will make an innocent pay, the guilty is allowed to go free.
The same principle applies. The innocent never suffer for the crimes or challenges of others.
Economically, scores of millions of people are suffering for the "crimes" of a few who get sick and run to authority for subjective "help".
To clarify, the suffering of some by an augmented, non epidemic, questionably existent virus, does not give government the authority to inflict and make anyone else pay pay in any way.
Herbie can go to hell. We are going back to work!
Monday, April 20th. Just go back to work. The first thing you do is you talk to staff and tell them the situation. Have meetings with your neighboring businesses and staffs. Work this as a block organization. You surely will need to inform your staff that if something happens, and suddenly you decide to change your mind, over the following days, it is because the authorities have threatened you. This will give them power to know. This power of knowledge translates to support for friends, as opposed for submission to authority.
Organize by streets or blocks, but get together and be prepared for all to contribute to a fund to sue the bastards stealing your, your employees' and your friends' and families' lives. This fake epidemic; this seizure of power, is a step to genocide, YOURS!
If the police come, sue them as well. Sue everybody so the courts are flooded and justice knows we will not comply. Will you comply with your own death? Maybe, a sacrifice. But if you know your sacrifice will protect those you love and serve, then do it.
I am no hypocrite. I have put my life on the line for years. No details, but writing this should show that I am willing to speak truth, for you. My words do nothing if I do not live what I preach. I am broke, have no retirement fund or sources because I have written and resisted for over 20 years. I have been self-employed and refused to be part of master-slave relationship. I have fought the evil, the lying liberal agent provocateurs on craigslist. I have written no less than 5,000 articles and commentaries. I barely know how to make my site organized and working, but have spent tireless hours writing, editing and fighting.
Go to work! Tell the authorities, the lying politicians in the process of stealing power through your submission and surrender of authority; tell them by your actions, to go to hell, and be prepared to fight.
If the police decide to side with unjust authority, that is the problem of the individual, too bad. By submitting to evil, any and all police know, if they have half a brain, they are also putting their own lives in jeopardy. People are people, they, We, will rebel.
Trump is playing a part and We, the People are giving him authority and power through submission to governors' unconstitutional, illegal, and immoral dictates. Hang them for treason!
Where is our "leader" cleaning the swamp? Trump never was our president.
If Trump wants to prove he is a president of the people, he will tell Americans to ignore governors' dictates and go back to work. He will rescind all congressional give-aways to organizations and causes unrelated to the covid stimulus, all ultimately unwanted by conservatives and republic-oriented citizens.
If Trump wants to actually show he is a president of We, the People, he will clear the justice department, firing immediately swamp creatures, and begin investigations, like democrats have done for decades, on corrupt people, with arrests and punishment for treason.
Clintons should have been in jail, and would have been either in jail or swinging from a gallows, already, if Trump had delivered on his promise to clear the swamp.
Even with an unbelievably honest and conservative champion of republic principles, Trump did nothing for justice. This alone should be a clue to who and what he really is.
It has all been a ruse, a scam, a ploy and plot to turn republic-oriented citizens into slaves to an idea, easily destroyed. The trick, finally discovered and employed by those who intend to cleanse the world and rule with totalitarian control, is to find the right pied-piper to lead republicans, conservatives, and freedom oriented Americans to a mass grave.
If Trump were truly a president of We, the People, he would do what he has done for three years, get out of the way, eliminate obstructive regulations, and side with the rights of We, the People to self-determinate, work and live. Is that what he is dong?
If you are republican or conservative, be prepared to chase principle no matter who is the source, and be prepared to oppose, resist, and fight tyranny., no matter who or what.
You had better know who your friends and foes are. You had better be ready to look at what others do, and not what they, he or she, promises to do; who delivers on promises and he or she who talks and fails or magically cannot deliver, is not your friend.
How on earth, dear republican/conservative fellow citizen, if Trump is a brawler, a president of We, the People, a fighter to clear the swamp, but has not done it, why?
The so-called brawler offered no resistance, no fight for the bolshevik/marxist/democrat party pretense of a stimulus. Why not? What does trump say and what does he do? Two different things?
You are giving subjective power to a person who has not delivered, when he could have. You have succumbed to the most evil bolshevik/marxist democrat party rule, imposed upon us all by delivering marxist/bolshevik totalitarianism and rule, delivered by President Trump himeslf.
Either wake up, take back your lives, go to work, be prepared to fight, or die.
Watch a movie, a Russian made movie called, The Checkist, 1992, to see just how democracy works. READ! Read the letters to colonials at the time of the break from Britain. Read The Federalist Papers to know why and how we have a Constitutional Republic and how your rights, as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, came to rule America. Read and see the differences between what tyranny promises and what representation does. Read and rediscover our friends, and enemies.
Hang Herbie, Romney, Mcadams, Hatch, Mattheson, Cannon, Leavitt. Hang them all for treason, their contributions o destroying OUR representative processes of self-governance. Hang them for lying, cheating, corruption, stealing and subversion: all part of conspiracy to kill. Do not run away because I used that word conspiracy. There is a reason evil has propagated a fear about it. Evil conspires.
Investigate these traitors' wives for knowledge of treasonous activities, and apply justice.
Go to work, your best way to prove you want life over the death these lizard-brain beings have planned for you, in a hundred ways these traitors to We, the People offer.
Go to work, unite against governments, kingdoms, principalities and evil by any and all names: "nice" socialism, democracy, and outright marxism/bolshvism/progressivism.
I, myself, expect they, the authorities, will come for me soon. I hav legal backing but a fake crisis propagated by a fake epidemic will be the claim tyranny uses to convince me they are justified in suspending of my rights. I will not go along, and I may be gone but you have power of truth now.
Be vigilant. Learn to discern. Be prepared to drop your idols, Limbaugh, Levin, others. They have all deferred and submitted to propaganda they know originates with deceptive, dishonest evil sources, the liberal media. I ask once more: how on earth can Rush, Levin, Hannity, Ingraham, Praeger, that silly punk and the sub-intellectual second rate Shapiro; how can these dummies attack, dissect, and expose the lies of the lying liberal hate-stream media for so many years, yet suddenly believe and defer to a sudden streak of honesty from sick and twisted "persons": accosta, hayes, mad-cow, don lemon, and hundreds, if not thousands, of others?
If you know the story of the frog and the scorpion, tell us Rush, Chris, Larry, Mark how do the scorpions of the media suddenly transform and become frogs? How can these liars and incorrigible frauds and enemies of humanity, still openly showing their hate for a duly elected president, be frogs in one thing?
How on earth can these so-called intellectual leaders and heroes believe for a second that liberal media suddenly acquired morals and ethics, and is telling the truth about covid deaths, covid infections, covid origin, and the Chinese sources of "truth? How on earth can these people think for a moment that the lying liberal media; the media propagating and promoting removal of a duly elected president,; how can these "smart" people actually believe the lying liberal media, sub-human reptilians, suddenly got honest?
This is it. Fight or die.
Stay at home and die? Suffer through starvation, and die? Suffer through thirst and die? Suffer through poisoned water (fluoride and other chemicals) and die? Suffer through fake epidemics, submit to forced "vaccinations" (stupid pharmakaia dogma to begin with), and die? Suffer through investigation, interrogation and torture, and die? Suffer through accidental infection, forced medication and vaccination (see Global Environmental Energy Technology and Paul Pantone, in SLC), and die mysteriously of a fake epidemic.
Fight, say no. Go to work. NOW!
A protest is seen by authorities as a step towards violence directed at authority. If you protest against authoritarian measures you are protesting that particular authority. I t takes almost nothing for authority, one that lies, for example, about a non-existent epidemic or measures to protect from a non-existent epidemic or pandemic, to single out individuals and arrest them secretly when they least expect it: at home.
It takes nothing in this age of technology to identify, isolate, and sequester individuals without legitimate right to organized self-defense (see Frederick Bastiat, The Law), and then harass, arrest or threaten compliance.
Why show your hand, so to speak?
If you want to resist you must employ Sun Tzu's principle of feigning weakness in strength. Go to work. If you simply go to work and the police show up, to force you to comply with an admonition, you can easily refuse and refute with a simple claim you have a right to work. Do not make any overtures that you are resining or that you are protesting. Be prepared for court and get your employees behind you.
If it appears that all you are trying to do is work and live, the presumption that you are resistant with potential force, by showing it in protest, is seldom perceived.
A paranoid ruler might presume that, however, and we see this in ruthless totalitarianism. We still have tactics we can employ to fight tranny's next moves, one of which is ruthlessness. Is it not ruthless enough already that there are tens of millions of American lives compromised by ruthless lies and fake epidemics?
1,000,000 cases of fake covid, 10,000 deaths, or whatever.
1,000,000 cases of unemployment and cessation of livelihoods, 20,000 deaths.
Consider this, while it is on my mind. Ruthless seizures, ruthless oppression, ruthless force of medication and vaccines and treatments with poisons administered to kill resistance to authoritarian measures, accompanied by lies to make inevitable covid death appear from murder. There are sick people everywhere ou live, everywhere you go who will kill innumerable others for gain. How is it possible there are none in politics?
Just as rats and vampires have association so do ruthless politicians have the same associations. Do not fool yourselves that these liars "love" or respect you. YOU!
Go to work. That's it. Be prepared in advance. Call your neighbors in advance, meet with them. Feign compliance by wearing masks (they do little anyway).
Go to work! Open for business. Engage with others, There is no epidemic. Herbie lied from the very beginning, employing a sub-intelligent ploy to create a fear from nothing.
A man died. He was 80 years old, sickly and near death for years prior. The news article lied to deceive because the writers knew the real news would not be alarmist enough to manipulate your compliance to subjective rule. There are other points in this fake covid death that are covered in my other commentaries.
Go to work, engage in social intercourse, discourse and activity. Openly live and refuse to submit to self-isolation and social suicide.
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Abby Vogen Horn leads program operations, including client satisfaction, safety, customer care, engineering, program marketing and integrations. She oversees operations for more than 60 programs on behalf of 35 clients and has over 20 years of program design, management and oversight experience. Abby assisted in the creation of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance, the Daylighting Collaborative, and IES Daylighting Institute. She serves on the Board of the American Institute of Architects and has published and presented her research at multiple conferences. Abby holds a bachelor's degree in government from Lawrence University.


Khibiny, winter sports resort from November to June.
The Khibiny Massif, Khibiny Mountains, Khibinsky Mountains or Khibins, Khibinsky tundras, Khibiny is one of the two main mountain ranges of the Kola Peninsula, Russia, within the Arctic Circle, located between Imandra and Umbozero lakes.
Kirovsk known as Khibinogorsk until 1934, is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Mountains on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, 175 kilometers (109 mi) south of Murmansk. Population: 28,625 (2010 Census).
The massif is of oval shape of about 1,300 km2. and occupies the central part of the peninsula at a relative elevation of 900–1000 m above the surrounding plain. The mountains are not particularly high; the two highest peaks are the Yudytchvumtchchorr, which stands 1,201 metres (3,940 ft), and the Chasnachorr, which stands 1,191 metres (3,907 ft). The average elevation is 1,116 metres (3,661 ft). The mountains form the shape of a horseshoe topped by a high plateau, drained by a series of deep canyons. The peaks are of plateau type, with steep slopes, with glaciers, icefields and snowfields in some places. The overall terrain is alpine tundra.
Khibiny mountains are mostly uninhabited, except for one of the world's richest mineral quarries. One of the minerals discovered there is reported to have a potential as a nuclear waste radioactivity absorbent. By the foot of the massif the cities of Apatity and Kirovsk are situated.
On the photo: Kirovsk (town), known as Khibinogorsk until 1934. And frozen Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr.
Khibiny have an Arctic-moderate climate, with an average winter temperature of -5 °C (23 °F). However, the temperature can potentially drop to -30 °C (-22 °F) during the night. The Gulf Stream, which brings warmer water to the Kolsky Peninsula from the north, moderates the climate, making it slightly warmer than other Arctic regions.
Kirovsk is situated on the shore of Lake Big Vudyavr. The city is surrounded by mountains on three sides: from the west, on the opposite shore of the lake - a spectacular community by her looming cliffs on the east - Mount Aikuaivenchorr (Sleeping Beauty), in the hollows of which are the best in the Northwest of the ski slopes, well, in the north - Mania into the Khibiny wide passes. At the entrance to Kirovsk, left the lake stands the bulk array Vudyavrchorr. On the right, from the top to the west stretches Aikuaivenchorr 4-kilometer range, on the northern slopes of which are equipped with the slopes for skiing. Steepness of the slopes varied give the opportunity to find an acceptable solution for downhill skiers, with varying degrees of training.
The duration of the ski season - from November to June. Heavy snow with north winds of the mountain is covered with a thick layer often pereduvaemogo snow that accumulates in depressions on the slopes of many-pillows. They are places all summer, which allows you to ride even in June and July. Best time in Kirovsk, and indeed in the Khibiny - March-April. Lovers of exotic would be interesting to visit these places in December, the New Year, and to admire the northern lights.
The fauna of terrestrial vertebrates Khibiny massif is represented by 27 species of mammals, 123 species of birds, 2 reptiles, 1 species of amphibians. Here are almost all mammals Murmansk region. Some of them are classified as protected or endangered.
Khibiny - the oldest ski resort in Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula (Murmansk) above the Arctic Circle. The relatively low (up to 1200 m), almost treeless Khibiny with their soft and gentle plateau-like topography peaks remain snow-capped most of the year. The duration of the ski season, November to June, but the best time in March or April. In winter it is possible to admire the northern lights. Duration and amplitude of the snow cover, low prices - the main advantages of this resort.
Lifts and focused on the mountains and Kukisvumchorr Aikuaivenchorr framing Kirovsk. Steepness of the slopes varied give the opportunity to find an acceptable solution for downhill skiers, with varying degrees of training.
Aikuaivenchorr mountain, the ski complex "Kolasportland." Length of the route of 30 km, 6 and 1 ski chairlift. The most interesting for skiing slope is serviced by a lift "Latvia" length of 1300 meters on the top and bottom of the cable car has a cafe'. Ski complex "Aykuay" (slope of the back side of the mountain). 3 km length of the route, elevation 550 m, 2 lifts. Kukisvumchorr mountain, located 5 km east of Kirovsk. 8 km length of the route, elevation 520 m, the highest point 890 m Freeride 2-3 km. Route is shorter than on the slopes Aikuaivenchorr Kirovsk, but steeper, so this ski area more loved by snowboarders. There is a giant slalom run (2 km). Serve three yoke.
Most trails Kirovsk (some floodlit) ends almost in the city, you can drive them on public transport. At 1.5 km from the ski lifts array Aikuaivenchorr located hotel "North", "Ekkos", 2 km Hotel "Sport", 200 m Hotel "Khibiny".
Sports resort facilities are not limited to Ski. There are flat trails (about 14 km), snowmobiling, heli-skiing - you can rent a helicopter, fly 04.05 tops and slide down the virgin snow.
In Kirovsk You can visit the museum of stone, historical museum with the memorial of Sergei Kirov, as well as the unique Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden (the northernmost in the world, in his collection of 2.5 thousand plants from all over the world).
Four ski areas: in the Kirovsk (Aikuaivenchorr mountain, the ski complex "Kolasportland"), the ski complex "Aykuay" (slope of the back side of the mountain), 25 km (Mount Kukisvumchorr) and Mount Sparrow in Apatity.
Sparrow Mountain is conveniently located in Apatity away from traditional wind Kirovsk and is in the forest belt, which protects the slope from the winds blowing snow. Here is a school ski slope sports school in Apatity.
On the contrary, the Aykuayvechorr, the lake, gleaming white mass Vudyavrchorra. Steep cliffs break off the lobby, where there is snow until late May. In late April - early May for these couloirs can take estrimnye runs, but it is associated with a greater risk of getting into an avalanche. Without an experienced instructor here is better not to go.
You can rent a helicopter, fly 5.4 hour tops and perform with them on the slopes unexplored virgin snow.
Train to Apatity, on a car or bus to Kirovsk about 30 minutes.
Plane to Apatity, on a car or bus to Kirovsk.
Plane to Murmansk on the machine to Kirovsk about 3 hours.
Restaurant, cafe and bars. Pool. Bowling.


4th July marks the celebration of the Independence Day, an annual event in lieu of the independence that we got back in the year 1941. The whole of U.S. comes together to make this day special; dazzling fireworks, parades and large number of mobs are the common sights that could be seen on the streets. This day is not just a holiday, it's an event that can be enjoyed and utilised in many other ways. Out of which, traveling and spending the weekend with family or friends is an ideal way to do the same. So, pack your bags and take a break to spend some time together while celebrating the freedom of being independent.
Being one of the oldest cities of the U.S, Boston hosts a party of a different kind, as one of the nation's premier July 4th destination. The activities like fireworks, concerts, kids' days, cruises and tours are prominent in the city. Apart from celebrating the Independence Day, there are many other sightseeing spots such which can be explored too, these include the Freedom Trail, Fenway Park, Public Garden, Boston Harbor, Museum of Science and Faneuil Hall etc. Plan a trip your buddies and enjoy the weekend in a unique way.
Chicagoans are quite excited for celebrating the Independence Day. The enthusiasm can be seen among the residents who start making the arrangements in advance. Spectacular firework displays, fun festivals, rockin' concerts and ballgames make the city an obvious choice for a holiday. Also, the various spots such as Lake Michigan, Navy Pier, Willis Tower, Lincoln Park Zoo, Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain make it a perfect destination for spending the weekend. Book your flights now to avoid any kind of hassles.
There cannot be a better place to celebrate the Independence Day than in the city of the Nation's birth— Philadelphia. The old stomping grounds of the Founding Fathers, this history-rich city lays claim to being the place where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were both drafted. The historical past of the country will definitely urge you to explore it thoroughly. Not just this, the Independence hall, Liberty Hall, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia Zoo and Franklin Square are some of the places that can make your visit worth during the weekend.
While you are looking for a town that celebrates the Independence Day with some barbecues, beer, bonfires and fantastic fireworks, then San Diego is the place to be at. Enjoy an evening along the Mission and Pacific beaches which are crowded with merry sunbathers from dawn 'til dusk. Your visit can be more exciting if you visit the major attractions like, San Diego safari park, Birch aquarium, Belmont Park etc. Do not forget to witness the Big Bay Fireworks show at 9 pm. That happens to be the largest celebration event that lights up the sky with amazing fireworks.
There cannot be a better place to celebrate the Independence Day other than its capital. Several exciting events lead up to the culmination of the July 4th festivities, one of which is the Smithsonian Folklife Festival along the National Mall. There are many historic landmarks, parks and neighbourhoods that include the famous National Space and Air Museum, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, International Spy Museum, Newseum, Ford's Theatre etc. There is so much to see in Washington D.C. that you'll definitely enjoy spending your weekend here.
Though there are many more places that can be visited during the Independence weekend but celebrating while exploring is a perfect idea. You can fly to any of these places by grabbing huge discounts with the Independence Day Deals and save big. Book your flight now to avoid any kind of hassles.


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Claudia Mendoza is a Research Analyst at the Legatum Institute. She works on a variety of topics related to foreign policy, security, and the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and the Gulf. Prior to joining the Institute, Claudia was an Associate Fellow for Middle East, at the Henry Jackson Society. She is also a former Legacy Heritage Fellow at the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels. She has published articles in various publications including Standpoint Magazine, the New Statesman, the Jerusalem Post, and the Daily Star Lebanon. Claudia has a Master's degree in Middle East Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University College of London.


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I started work in the 80s, the Thatcherite, loadsamoney, yuppy era when success was very clearly defined. It was primarily about money and, after that, power. When the decade changed, however, I clearly remember believing that the 90s would be different. We talking about the "caring, sharing 90s" at the ad agency, and, although "sustainability" didn't have quite the omnipresence that it has today, "green" was definitely on the agenda. I believed all this because I'd already seen colleagues in their 20s suffering from stomach ulcers, breakdowns and other stress-related illnesses.
In the 90s, I made a career move that wasn't incredibly clever in terms of money and power. I moved to a country where I could order beer but was otherwise clueless about the language, where Strategic or Account Planning was in its infancy in the ad agency world and where being a mother and having a career sat uneasily together.
But I gained so much more personally. This was followed by my decision to go freelance twelve years ago. I have found my own way and success on my own terms.
It's sad that not much has changed in thirty years in the way that Western culture measures success. And that there seem to be even more people suffering from burn-out and stress-related illnesses. Part of it, I am sure, is that many people have become slaves to technology - that double-edged sword that both simplifies and complicates our lives.
The latest book on the subject is from Arianna Huffington - Thrive. In it, she talks about the "money and power" definition of success as being like a two-legged stool. At some point you fall off. And that the 3rd leg of success is about Well-being, Wisdom, Wonder and Giving.
You may not be able to stop the world and get off, but you can certainly switch off the virtual world every evening.
Labels: business books, green, happiness, modern, psychology, women
Action Men (and Women)
I was chatting to an old pilot chum of my dad's the other day who was bemoaning the fact that everyone has become an collector and interpreter of data these days, to the extent that pilots don't pilot, teachers don't teach, engineers don't engineer and doctors don't doctor - we are all too busy trying to keep on top of the data. It's the same for those that work in Marketing and Advertising - we're so busy with KPIs and goals, justifying this expense and filling in that form, rating this colleague or informing that one that we don't have that much time to do what we're really paid for.
A new book has been published this week, by Adam Ferrier of cummins&partners, called The Advertising Effect. In the blurb for the book, Adam asks those in advertising to do something that some may consider radical: forget rational messaging and creating an emotional brand connection and focus on affecting action and behavioural change.
And furthermore, he asks us to "get over and accept" a simple premise: we are in the behaviour change business.
This is all fine stuff, but I confess that I'm a little surprised. This is precisely what I have always understood advertising to be about. Early on in my career, we always had a part of the brief which was titled something like "what would we like people to think, feel and do as a result of this campaign"? And although these were laid out in this order, I don't think it was ever implied that the thinking resulted in the feeling which resulted in the doing.
In the end, advertising works in many weird and wonderful ways. The same campaign can have different effects on different people. One TV spot, say, can give one person a nice warm fuzzy feeling about the brand that's so strong that it's still around a year later when she's in the market for one of those. And for the next person, it may simply act as a catalyst for buying one of those (that he needs) tomorrow, and the ad is forgotten the next day.
What's important to me is that advertising is about change. Whether it's an emotional connection that leads to a change in behaviour or behavioural change that triggers a perceptual change isn't the point.
And it's a permanent change in how someone thinks, feels or behaves regarding that brand, not just change for change's sake.
Labels: advertising, agencies, behavioural economics, business books, messages
Brands on the Black
Do you ever get paralysed by process, fed-up with frameworks while working on positioning a brand?
In the past, I can remember long debates about semantics - was "long-lasting" a benefit or a feature or a reason to believe? And, if it was a benefit, was it an emotional benefit or a rational benefit?
This kind of discussion usually leads nowhere and is often missing the point: what is really important about my brand? What makes people love it? What makes it indispensable?
Ulli Appelbaum is currently developing a new way (I hasten to call it a tool as actually it's more like a game) to help position brands and tell brand stories. It's currently in beta mode, so Ulli is open to thoughts, additions and subtractions.
It's called Positioning-Roulette. The thought behind it is that the act of brand positioning is as much about creativity and ideation as it is about intellect and process, although pre-given frameworks, agendas and philosophies often force marketers into thinking only along certain lines.
Positioning-Roulette helps you to find more creative solutions in a shorter space of time to a Brand Positioning task.
It's all about approaching the task from different angles - 25 of them, in fact, which are selected by random. These 25 areas include the usual suspects, such as Brand Purpose and Benefits, through to areas that you may not normally consider, such as Appeal to the Senses or Romancing how the Product Works, through to turning the task on its head - Conventions Disrupted, Problems & Paradoxes.
Just what you need, maybe, to move your brand from the red to the black.
Labels: brand model, gaming, Planning, positioning, Strategy
A sweet idea
With football fever revving up in earnest, it's mildly amusing to see which brands are joining in with the fun, and who's opting out of the mad samba spectacle.
I'm a bit disappointed with Coke's creativity. After the wonderful "share a Coke with..." personalised bottles last year, all they've done is recycle that one, with the names of the team - and just the German team as far as I can see.
A much sweeter and cleverer idea is that from Kinder Schokolade with the Fußball-Star-Edition. The usual smiling youngster has been replaced by some less familiar-looking Jungs. Or are they less familiar? On closer inspection, they are young versions of famous German players from good old Rudi Völler, through to Michael Ballack and Jens Lehmann to stars of today such as Lukas Podolski and Sami Khedira.
Brilliant idea - it has everything: collectability, multi-generation appeal, topicality, limited edition rarity, the awww factor for the mums, and totally in character with the brand.
All they have to do is win and those packs will be worth a bomb one day.
But then again, England are going to win this time, aren't they?
Labels: children, chocolate, food and drink, football, packaging
A tale of two Hartleys
It was L.P.Hartley who wrote 'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.' When I first saw the classic TV ad for Yellow Pages, which told the story of an elderly man tracking down his long-lost book, Fly Fishing, I think I got my Hartleys muddled up and they merged into one.
The gentleman in the ad is J.R.Hartley and his creator, David Abbott, who founded the advertising agency AWV BBDO, passed away on May 17th. Although I never had the experience of working in his agency, his work was a huge influence on me in my choice of a career. Just one example is the series of posters for The Economist.
Why do I love the Yellow Pages ad? Well, it is classic storytelling at its best, and I bet David Abbott didn't need to go on an academic seminar on story arcs and heroes' journeys to learn his craft. And the brand is integral to the ad - not tacked on, not plonked in. Everyone remembers it's for Yellow Pages. And then the way it's put together - the music, the actor Norman Lumsden's performance, the Joss Ackland voiceover - wonderful! The ad was even recreated in 2011 in an updated version, with a middle-aged DJ searching for his 90s vinyl hit, aide by his young daughter and the Yell app.
Claire Beale, the editor of Campaign, wrote of David Abbott: 'Abbott's writing was created to sell, but to sell with an integrity and a humanity that truly respected the consumer.' And that's where the other Hartley quote comes in. Is this a thing of the past? Did David Abbott "do things differently" from the young copywriters of today?
I do hope not.
Labels: 1970s, 1980s, advertising, apps, books, iPhone


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This is one week's worth of crochet and that is not counting what I had already mailed out. My right wrist is a little sore, so I am taking today "off" from crocheting and I am trying to come up with something fun to do with the kids.
What have you guys been up to? Leave me a comment with your blog's link so I can visit you or just leave a comment, I love getting to know you!
Oooh, you have been busy. I picked up my crochet hooks on yesterday to work on a chunky cowl for the fall. Can you believe I haven't crocheted a full item in months! *gasp* I have lots of projects and tutorials and pictures forthcoming of what I have been doing, other than preparing for a 5K in October. Still running. :-) But right now I'm cleaning my kitchen. I'm participating in A Bowl Full of Lemon's 14 Week Home Organization Project. Wish me luck!
Rest up your hand and have fun today!


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Gaviões é uma localidade rural do município de Silva Jardim de notável interesse ecológico, situada nas proximidades da Serra do Bertholdo e da Serra do Mar, respectivamente nas divisas políticas com os municípios de Nova Friburgo e de Cachoeiras de Macacu.

Em suas serras podem ser encontrados resquícios de Mata Atlântica, bem como animais silvestres desse notável ecossistema.

O lugar é um dos pontos de destino dos praticantes do trekking e do ecoturismo.

Povoados do Rio de Janeiro
Geografia de Silva Jardim

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COMFOMART B.V. We are a trading company for computer related products. We are importer and as well as exporter of the New, Factory Re-certified Laptops, desktops, All-in Ones and etc. We guarantee the best price for the product we offer and it always has a dependency on the quantity of the items required.


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Q: HTML Page Caching Question I understand the basics of HTML page caching.
My uncertainty relates to how caching works on images, included external scripts, and included CSS stylesheets that the HTML page uses.
For example, let's say I have an HTML page that is set to expire in 7 days. The page has 10 images on it, 2 included external CSS (.css) stylesheets, and 2 external included javascript (.js) files.

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*Do all of these also expire in 7 days and follow what I implement in the HTML page?

*Any way to specify individually when these external items expire?

I seem to get mixed results on different browsers and/or with a reload or SHIFT+RELOAD action.
Perhaps there is an article somewhere that explains how this works (or should work)?
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A: HTTP resources expire based on their own expiration settings. An HTML document is cached if that document is cached. An image referenced by that document is cached if that image is cached.
See the Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters

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Do all of these also expire in 7 days and follow what I implement in the HTML page?

No, they all counts as separate and individual requests and have their own response headers. They do for sure not "inherit" them from the parent HTML page as you seem to think.

Any way to specify individually when these external items expire?

You normally do that at webserver level. Consult the documentation of the webserver in question. If you're using a server-side programming language like PHP/ASP#NET/JSP-Servlet, then you can often also control the response headers programmatically. For the case you're using JSP-Servlet and you've a performance concern, you may find this article useful.

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This year The Hillsboro FFA chapter did our annual Christmas Adopt-A-Family a little different. Instead of getting two or three families to adopt, they decided to help several kids in need within the school district. There were a total of 152 students that the Hillsboro FFA helped. These students received hats and gloves as a Christmas gift. All the students in the FFA classes took a full day to get involved and help wrap all the hats and gloves. "It's really great to be able to be involved and help the kids in need in our own community," said FFA member Kelcie Thornburgh. The money used to purchase the hats and gloves was purchased the annual FFA 5K held in October. This year it raised $915. Every year the kids in the FFA Chapter look forward to having this fundraiser in order to be able to help families and make sure they have a merry Christmas. In the picture, Hillsboro FFA members Kelcie Thornburg and Mallory Parsons wrap gifts.


Lachha Paratha at Amar Punjabi Dhaba attain a unique taste when applied with pure Deshi Ghee (clarified butter) or ample of butter.
This plain Lachchha Paratha (multi-layered Indian bread) made using pleated wheat flour dough (Lachchha rolled tightly in a circle. It is shallow-fried on both side evenly applying oil/ desi ghee (clarified butter)/butter and is relished with any lentil curry or dry vegetables. The taste is available from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Consumed as a breakfast dish, a tea-time snack and a part of main course. Paranthas are one of the most popular unleavened flat Indian breads. It is prepared with wheat flour and stuffed vegetables. Unlike Roti/Chapatti ghee or cooking oil is added while kneading Parantha dough, the shallow frying further makes it tasty and look different. Variety of Stuffed Paranthas are served, popular ones include stuffing prepared from mashed & spiced Potatoes, Radish, Cauliflower, Spinach, Lentils, Cheese, etc. Parantha is usually served hot with any Indian curry, butter and yogurt. Paranthas made with beaten eggs added with diced onions, green chilies, green coriander leaves, little salt also tastes delicious and relished independently or with spicy chutney, tomato ketchup or salad.
Nearly one and a half decade old establishment, Amar Punjabi Dhaba continues to have a large number of customers all through the day owing to the variety of delectable food it serves. With a nice Interior, it offers a decent ambiance to the customers and serves its delicacies at not very high prices.


The Kentucky Chamber not only advocates on behalf of business at the state level, but also in the nation's capital where congressional and executive-branch decisions have a direct impact on you and your business.
Free enterprise creates jobs, opportunity and a successful business climate. The Kentucky Chamber advocates for federal policies that will result in economic growth, fewer government regulations and encourage policymakers to expand – not limit – job growth and economic opportunity through the decisions they make.
The Chamber urges Congress to address the serious fiscal challenges that continue to exacerbate the annual budget deficit and growing national debt. To protect the long-term fiscal health of the United States, it is imperative Congress pass tax and entitlement reforms that will fix the structural imbalance and begin to pay down the national debt. Permanent pro-growth tax reforms that will broaden the tax base and lower rates will give businesses the certainty needed to compete globally.
Along with tax reforms that will grow the economy and revenue, responsible reforms to America's entitlement programs (many of which are presently unsustainable) are needed to ensure we do not continue to bury our citizens and children in more and more debt. The Chamber is encouraged by the recent bipartisan effort in Congress to deal with Social Security reform in a balanced way.
The Chamber recognizes the need for smart federal regulations to ensure workplace safety and to protect public health. At times rules are necessary to avoid states regulating industries in the absence of federal oversight. But with the huge cost of compliance and an increasing number of complex rules, it is clear our regulatory system isn't working the way it should. Many regulations stifle economic growth and impose unnecessary costs that businesses have to pass along to their customers.
Lawsuits are often filed due to the questionable legality of certain rules. The Chamber supports postponement of rules where legal challenges are present until all appeals have been settled.
Businesses deserve a regulatory system that is fair for everyone, takes into account the views of communities and businesses, evaluates the impact the rules have, and protects our economic and personal freedoms.
Improved enforcement to protect our borders while facilitating the flow of trade and travel.
The Kentucky Chamber supports education policies that will prepare students, our future workforce, with the skills the workplace demands. That's why the Chamber advocates for legislation and regulations that address shortcomings in our education system. It is vital that students leaving our public school systems be college or career ready, that higher education be accessible and affordable, and that employers have access to a workforce that meets their needs.
Federal law should give states the ability to implement education policies that will drive innovation in our schools to promote opportunities for work-based learning opportunities such as internships and youth apprenticeships. The development of curriculum, standards and accountability systems must include meaningful input from businesses.
A strong education system is crucial to preparing young people for good jobs and bright futures. The Kentucky Chamber will continue to support policies that help ensure Kentucky, and our nation, can develop and sustain a globally competitive workforce.
The Chamber supports the development and expansion of American energy resources to improve energy security and create jobs in the United States. Reliable and affordable energy is essential to running a business and fueling economic growth and competitiveness. We support investments that will allow Kentucky to maintain its role as an energy leader and create further export opportunities for our coal and natural gas industries. The U.S. is on track to become a net energy exporter, an accomplishment that would place the U.S. at an economic advantage while enhancing our security.
The Chamber has opposed federal regulations that threaten the Commonwealth's low cost energy advantage and our ability to expand business. Specifically, rules aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions threaten Kentucky's electric power fleet and deter the extraction of viable natural gas reserves. These rules could limit the economic viability of power plants and wells, thereby limiting supplies of fossil fuels and forcing the state to rely on more costly alternatives.
The Chamber supports the development of regulations that are stakeholder driven and based on scientific evidence, technical viability and economic rationality. For example, the Chamber opposes the regulation to control carbon dioxide from new coal plants because compliance with the rule would require the use of environmental controls that are not commercially viable or result in retirement of economically viable units without any significant environmental benefits. Further, the Chamber supports legislation that would give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more time to consider if new criteria air pollutant standards are warranted before promulgating the standard. The Chamber also believes additional time is necessary for fish and wildlife officials to adequately collect and review data before listing a new species as endangered and threatened.
We support policies that allow Kentucky regulators, instead of outside interest groups and regulators, to make decisions that are best for the Commonwealth. The Chamber has opposed federal regulations, including one directed at the effects of coal mining, that were developed with limited involvement of state regulators and stakeholders. Further, the Chamber opposes "sue and settle" tactics where a special interest group sues the EPA to enter into a settlement that then directs the EPA into a course of action not vetted through the traditional stakeholder process. The Chamber has supported legislation to improve the transparency of these arrangements.
The Chamber supports strategies and solutions to encourage health care reform that lowers cost, improves quality, expands access to health care and protects American jobs and the employers who create them. It has been more than five years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and the Chamber continues to push for further reforms that are needed to lower health care costs and improve care. Within the ACA, the Chamber supports restoring the 40-hour work week, repealing taxes such as the excise tax (also known as the Cadillac tax), medical device tax and health insurance tax which all increase premiums and ultimately cost jobs.
The Chamber supports raising awareness of positive wellness initiatives, such as worksite wellness programs, which improve health outcomes, lower insurance costs and increase productivity.
The Chamber opposes cuts on the federal level to Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The Chamber supports policies to open trade with promising markets abroad and to remove barriers that shut U.S. exports out of foreign markets. Promoting international trade for companies in Kentucky and other states will generate economic growth and job creation.
The Chamber supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will put fairness and accountability at the heart of our trade relationship with the Asia-Pacific region and open markets for American goods and services.
The Chamber also supports the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which would remove trade barriers between the United States and European Union, help level the playing the field and boost economic growth and jobs.
The Chamber supports efforts to improve the quality of America's infrastructure, including investments in transportation, energy, waterways and wireless and broadband access. Transportation and energy infrastructure directly impact our ability to compete in the global economy.
The Chamber supports a comprehensive plan to ensure our transportation system does not crumble. This includes not only raising the gas tax, which hasn't been increased since 1993, but encouraging the use of public-private partnerships and permitting streamlining for transportation projects so they can be completed in a timely, cost-efficient manner.
The nation's transportation system fuels economic development, creates jobs and enhances our overall competiveness.
Frivolous lawsuits are a drain on our economy and undermine true justice for legitimate victims. The threat of frivolous lawsuits stifles growth, investment and competition and is bad for business. The Chamber supports comprehensive tort reform to end lawsuit abuse and ensure businesses receive the fair and equitable justice system they deserve.
The Kentucky Chamber and its member companies are very protective of intellectual property laws; however, there have been increasing abuses by so-called patent trolls. Generally, there has been a perception that patent trolls mainly target tech companies. The truth is that they target a broad range of American businesses: large and small, tech and Main Street, manufacturers, realtors, restaurants, convenience stores, auto dealers and more.
The Kentucky Chamber supports legislation that would stop the Department of Labor's misguided proposed overtime regulation from going forward and sets out the conditions for reissuing a new overtime proposal.
The proposed regulation would double the salary threshold under which employees would have to be paid overtime for hours worked beyond 40 per week from $23,660 to $50,440. This is a major increase which will force employers to decide whether to reclassify millions of employees to nonexempt status or increase their salaries to keep them exempt.
Reclassifying employees will mean they will lose the ability to set their own hours or to work from home since that time will be compensable and tracking it will be impossible. Many employees who have been reclassified consider it a demotion and resent the change.
The Kentucky Chamber believes this proposed rule will greatly interfere with businesses' ability to manage their workforces for growth.


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Trends in hospitalization for acute bronchiolitis in Portugal: 2000-2015.
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Every few years I grow tired of my website and build a new one. More often than not, it is actually me trying to simplify something that I made more complicated than it needed to be. After listening to friends and co-workers, I'm finally making the jump to static sites.
I've had probably half a dozen websites since my first one in 2012 (I think?). My first website was HTML made in Dreamweaver for part of my undergraduate Music Technology class. In this class we covered a short section on what was called "web development", then more music related technologies such as Finale and ProTools. I purchased my domain masonegger.com and deployed the site. Shortly after that I decided to pursue Computer Science in college (that story is long and I'll probably write a blog post on that later). After a few years and rough iterations of my basic HTML site I decided to learn Django. I worked for the Computer Science department and we had decided to rewrite our site using Django, so I took it as an opportunity to learn on my own and make my own website. I created three separate sites www, resume, and labs (I was a lab instructor at the time and wanted to host my materials). This was all fine and good but the overhead required for each of these sites was a database. Now I was just using sqlite, but the process of building an entire database driven site around what was mostly static content, seemed unnecessary. I liked the idea of trying to use the Django admin panel as sort of a Content Mangement System (for anything other than a small website, this is a bad idea) but, as it turns out, I rarely go back and edit my site (And by the time I do I've forgotten the password so I have to login and run django admin to reset the bloody password). The other issue is that my version of Django has become hopelessly obsolete. Like, refactor the whole site to move to 2.0 obsolete. So I was faced with the choice of a) redo the site in Django again with the same frontend (I'm actually not really a fan of it anymore) or b) explore new options. I chose that it's time to explore new options.
When I first started looking into build a website, my first boss had tried to point me to static sites. He said something along the lines of "You don't need a dynamic site, and the security of it will eventually cause you problems." Luckily, I haven't had security issues with my website (You have to have something of value to be an actual target 😂), am running it on FreeBSD which, more often than not, boggles the minds of pen testers, and finally, am not an easy to hit wordpress site. I started looking around into static site generators and immediately could see the benefits. Once the templates are setup I can simply write Markdown for posts. I enjoy this way more than logging into a WYSIWYG editor. There is no denying the speedup implications regarding a dynamicy python site vs. static html files. I am also learning Golang for my current job, so that naturally brought me to Hugo (which I had previously received many glowing recommendations for). After looking around at the pre-built templates I finally settled on one that I liked (what you're seeing now).
I've always dabbled with the idea of writing a blog. I had a WordPress blog site once and acually liked it (until I accidentally nuked the cloud instance from orbit and had no backups😬). I tried building a blog in my old Django site, but absolutely loathed the interface, even after vamping it up with TinyMCE. I started a Medium blog and even published a post through my employeer HomeAway. However, I recently learned that Medium is starting a membership program where you will have to pay to get full access to the site. As someone who founded UnlockedEdu(see my projects section) and doesn't believe that knowledge should be hidden behind a pay wall, this pissed me off. I had been putting off updating my website and moving forward, but I do believe the Medium situation was the straw that broke the camels back. I will still have to publish there due to work (when I write public blogs) but I will write a post with a link to the blog. I don't think I can republish it under this site since it is technically the property of my company (No animosity in this statement at all, I love my job and my company. It's just how it is).
Low and behold, a new site was born. It's the site you're reading this blog on. After the intial "what the hell is this?" phase with Hugo I've come to enjoy it. The template that I chose was a good starting point, and I have spent more time modifying the template than actually writing the initial content of this site, but I'm happy with the result. Once I get the deployment of this site up and have automated the release process, be on the look out for another blog post detailing this process.
Welcome to my new site, it's good to have you here.