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The Economy's Booming, But Florida Voters Are Still Worried
Older Floridians are anxious about being able to make ends meet, with health care topping their list of key issues for the 2018 midterms.
The nation's economy is humming along, with unemployment near historic lows and growth roaring past 3 percent. So is the economy in the country's largest swing state. So why do so many voters in Florida—particularly the bloc of voters 50 and older that are often so decisive in elections there—feel like they are falling behind?
Like so much across the country in the era of President Donald Trump, much of that dissonance appears to be the result of partisan politics. According to an exclusive new POLITICO/AARP poll in Florida that included a particular focus on voters 50 and older, Republicans aren't only more likely to be optimistic about the future—they're more likely to say their own financial situation has improved in recent years.
But there is also widespread anxiety about whether older Floridians will have enough money to retire, or to support family members later in life who need help. Those concerns are poised to play a significant role in this fall's midterm election in Florida, as older voters there say they prioritize issues like health care and entitlements as much as—or more than—the economy and national security.
On a list of issues, more than three-quarters of voters 50 and older, 82 percent, say Social Security will be very important to their vote for Congress this fall. Health care (78 percent) is second, followed by national security and terrorism (75 percent), Medicare (74 percent), the economy and jobs (63 percent) and guns (62 percent). Lower on the list: drug prices (61 percent), taxes (58 percent) and immigration (56 percent).
Voters 50 and older generally see an improving, or at least stable economy, the poll shows. Nearly half, 47 percent, say the U.S. economy has gotten better over the past two years, while only 17 percent say it has gotten worse. About a third, 31 percent, say it has stayed about the same. But that perception doesn't extend to voters' own pocketbooks. Only 21 percent of voters 50 and older say their personal financial situation has improved over that same time period, compared with 25 percent who say their situation has gotten worse. Slightly more than half, 52 percent, say their situation has stayed about the same. And roughly half, 49 percent, say their income is falling behind their cost of living.
Older Florida voters aren't optimistic about future generations, either. Fewer than a quarter of them, 24 percent, think younger people will be better off financially than people are today. Fully 2 in 5, 40 percent, think future generations will be worse off.
How did this happen? The economy in Florida is booming: Gross domestic product grew 3.7 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the most recent quarter for which data are available. The state's unemployment rate for May was 3.8 percent—right around the national average.
See the results of a new POLITICO/AARP poll of Florida. Click here.
Whether it is a symptom or the underlying malady, partisanship helps explain this conflict—and accounts for much of the pessimistic undertone of our survey results. Among voters 50 and older who say they are Republicans, 43 percent believe future generations will be better off financially, and 21 percent will be worse off. But very few Democratic voters 50 and older are hopeful about future generations' financial situation: Only 6 percent think they will be better off, compared with 61 percent who think they will be worse off.
Florida's Deciders in Their Own Words: Sunshine State voters over 50 have strong opinions about President Trump, the economy and the other political party. (CLICK TO OPEN INTERACTIVE)
There are even partisan differences in how older Floridians view their own finances. Thirty-one percent of Republicans say their personal financial situation has improved in the past two years, more than double the 15 percent of Democrats and independents who say their situation is improved. Similarly, 29 percent of Democrats and 33 percent of independents say their personal financial situation has gotten worse—but only 18 percent of Republicans say they are worse off now than they were two years ago.
Key contenders: Sen. Bill Nelson (D), Gov. Rick Scott (R)
One of the few genuine toss-up elections for the U.S. Senate features Nelson, a three-term incumbent and moderate Democrat, facing off against term-limited Gov. Rick Scott, a conservative looking to pick up one of Republicans' most heavily targeted Senate seats.
Key contenders: Rep. Ron DeSantis (R), former Rep. Gwen Graham (D), Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D), former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine (D), Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam (R)
The open-seat race for governor has attracted a wide field ahead of the Aug. 28 primary. In the GOP, there's the Trump-backed DeSantis, and Putnam, a longtime elected official with strong establishment conservative bona fides. Among Dems, Gillum is a progressive favorite, with Graham backed by many elected leaders, and the deep-pocketed Levine blanketing the state with ads that have made him a primary contender despite his "radical centrist" views.
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Key candidates: Former HHS Sec. Donna Shalala (D), State Rep. David Richardson (D), Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro (R)
This is among the surest Dem House pickups in the entire country—a district Hillary Clinton won by nearly 20 points and where longtime incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is retiring. Shalala, the former president of the University of Miami and head of the Clinton Foundation, is the heavy favorite.
Key candidates: Rep Carlos Curbelo (R), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)
Another major Dem pickup opportunity, Clinton won this seat by 16 points. But Curbelo, the incumbent, has amassed a sizable war chest, and his moderate politics have allowed him to survive in the blue-trending seat.
Key candidates: Rep. Brian Mast (R), Lauren Baer (D)
Though Trump won the 18th, Mast, an incumbent freshman, may be undone by a Democratic wave year. Baer, who served as an aide in the Obama administration's State Department, has posted strong fundraising numbers and had been buoyed by support from fellow Obama alums.
Key contenders: Rep. Vern Buchanan (R), attorney David Shapiro (D)
The Sarasota-centered district went for Trump in 2016, but its suburban bases make it a ripe opportunity for a Democratic pickup in 2018.
Key contenders: Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D), businessman Scott Sturgill (R) and Mike Miller (R)
Though is appears unlikely that Republicans will be able to oust Murphy and turn this seat red, their hopes are not unreasonable — Murphy ousted a longtime GOP incumbent to pick up the seat in 2016, and the GOP hopes to flip the seat back in Murphy's first reelection bid.
The POLITICO/AARP poll explores these countervailing trends and how they could affect the midterm elections in Florida. Roughly half of registered voters typically turn out in midterm elections in Florida, and the majority of those who cast ballots are 50 or older. On the ballot this year in the state is a closely watched Senate race, a wide-open contest for governor and elections in a half-dozen contested congressional districts that could determine which party controls the House next January.
The survey is part of "The Deciders" series, powered by a polling and data partnership with AARP. The poll was conducted May 29-30 by Morning Consult and consists of interviews with 1,199 self-identified, registered Florida voters, of whom 653 were 50 or older. Interviews were conducted online, and the data were weighted by age, race and ethnicity, gender and educational attainment. The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points, and the margin of error for voters 50 and older is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Amid intense polarization on the future of the economy in Florida, older voters are not feeling secure about their own retirements. Only 14 percent of voters 50 and older are very confident they will have enough money to retire, while another 30 percent say they are somewhat confident. But roughly half say they are not too confident or not confident at all they will have enough money to retire. The partisan differences are smaller, but Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say they are at least somewhat confident they will have enough money to retire, though there is little difference in the percentages that describe themselves as very confident. And voters who make more money now are more likely to say they are very confident they will have enough to retire: Thirty percent of those making more than $100,000 a year are very confident, but only 8 percent of those making less than $50,000 a year are that confident.
While many older Floridians are anxious about their financial futures, they are more confident in federal entitlements. Roughly two-thirds, 66 percent, are very or somewhat confident that Medicare will be there when they need it. And 67 percent are very or somewhat confident that Social Security will be there for them. (The survey was conducted before the release of a report earlier this month that projected Medicare's hospital trust fund will be insolvent in 2026, earlier than previously forecast.)
More from THE DECIDERS
Generation Pickleball: Welcome to Florida's Political Tomorrowland
By Michael Grunwald
Despite general confidence in Medicare, health expenses are older Floridians' greatest concern, the poll shows. A plurality, 38 percent, say they worry about having health expenses they can't afford—more than worry about not being able to afford retirement (22 percent), having to pay for everyday expenses (21 percent), having to pay too much in taxes (9 percent), not being able to find or keep a job (2 percent) and not being able to pay for college education (1 percent). According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, health care costs over the past 2½ decades have risen 6.3 percent a year, on average, in Florida—just ahead of the national pace of 6 percent a year.
These numbers are the backdrop for another active election cycle in America's perennial and quintessential political battleground, and here the survey shows mixed signs for the president and his party. Florida voters are evenly divided on Trump's job performance: 48 percent approve, and 48 percent disapprove, though there is greater intensity among those who disapprove. Democrats have a negligible, 2-point advantage on the generic ballots for governor and Congress. Expected nominee Gov. Rick Scott has an insignificant, 1-point lead in what is likely to be the nation's most expensive Senate race this year, against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson.
Voters 50 and older lean more Republican. Trump's approval rating is 52 percent among older Floridians, and Scott leads Nelson by 9 points. Republicans have a 5-point lead on the generic congressional ballot, and a 7-point lead in the governor's race. (Nominees in the governor's race will be picked in the late August primary.)
Nelson, Scott and other candidates in Florida will likely spend significant time and resources courting older voters. Seniors 65 and older made up just 20 percent of the state's 18-and-over adult population in the previous midterm elections, in 2014. But nearly 60 percent of them voted—much higher than the state's overall turnout rate of roughly 42 percent.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story included incorrect percentages for the most important issues Florida voters 50 and older are considering in this fall's midterm elections.
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ORTHODONTIC MINISCREWS - GUIDE TO CLINICAL SUCCESS
DERTON N. - GRECO A.M. - GRACCO A. - LUZI C.
200 pages • 810 color illustrations
Prezzo di copertina 145,00 €
Nicola DERTON
Born in Conegliano( TV) - ITALY - 04-15-1971. Degree Dental School University of Padua (ITA). 1996 - 1999 Visiting Professor - Master Oral Surgery -University of Padua (ITA). g.G.o. (gruppo Gaslini ortodonzia) Member from 2003. RedOI (Registro degli Ortodontisti Italiani) Member from 2004. CEO (European Orthodontic College) active Member from 2006. Regular (active) Member Tweed Association from 2007. Courses Instructor Tweed Foundation (Tucson-Arizona) from 2009. Specialist in Orthodontics University of Ferrara from 2010. Italian Board of Orthodontics (IBO) Active Member. Italian Accademy of Orthodontics Active Member. Speaker at national and international Congresses. Author of many Scientific Publications. International expert Orthodontic Skeletal Anchorage. Private Practise.
Alessandro Mario GRECO
Dental Degree at University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1999, Postgraduate education in Orthodontics at University of Ferrara in 2007, Postgraduate Fellow at San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli. Hospital Isola Tiberina in Rome from 2000, PhD Student at University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Member of Italian Board of Orthodontics (I.B.O.), Member of European Board of Orthodontics (E.B.O.), Active Member of Italian Society of Orthodontics (S.I.D.O.), Active Member of Italian. Academy of Orthodontics (A.I.d.Or.), Active Member of European Orthodontic Society (E.O.S.), Active Member of World Federation of Orthodontists (W.F.O.), President for 2013-15 of Italian. Society of Bidimensional Technique (S.I.Te.Bi), Past President (2013) of Italian Association of Orthodontists Specialist (A.S.I.O.), Clinical Speaker Invisalign. Author of scientific articles on national and international journals, speaker at nationals and international courses and meetings. Dental practice in Rome with exclusive interest to orthodontics.
Antonio GRACCO
Degree in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics from the University of Padova. Post-graduate specialisation in Orthognathodontics from University of Ferrara. Awarded research grant in 2005-2010 for the project 'Three-dimensional Diagnosis in Orthodontics' at the University of Ferrara Department of Medical and Surgical Disciplines. Lecturer and Visiting Professor at the University of Ferrara Department of Orthognathodontics, responsible for teaching techniques such as skeletal anchorage, 3D technologies and the Customized appliances. Past-President of ASIO (Italian Association of Orthodontic Specialists) in 2010. Speaker at various national and international scientific conferences and author of numerous articles published in international journals. Researcher at the University of Padova, Italy.
Cesare LUZI
Dental degree at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Postgraduate education and Master of Science in Orthodontics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Founder and first President of the European Postgraduate Students Orthodontic Society (EPSOS). Active member of SIDO (Italian Society of Orthodontics). Member of the EOS (European Orthodontic Society) and ASIO (Italian Association of Specialists in Orthodontics). Winner of the Houston Research Award of the EOS (2006) and of the First Prize Award for Clinical Research of SIDO (2006). Winner of the Beni Solow Award 2010. Diplomate of the Italian Board of Orthodontics. Visiting Professor University of Ferrara (Italy). Private practice in Rome, Italy, limited to orthodontics.
Orthodontic Panorama of the third millennium showed few news if compared to the last century. Within the amazing new perspectives of our time, skeletal anchorage has undoubtedly a primary role so that researchers from all the world from at least ten years studied its potential applications.
The orthodontic School of Ferrara started to study skeletal anchorage by means of the contribution of the mourning Dr. Aldo Carano who invented the M.A.S. miniscrews to stabilize anterior anchorage during the distalization phase with Distal Jet. The great advantages of this new method were immediately clear for all the international orthodontic community, so today
I'm glad to present this multi hands textbook, written by all young orthodontists alumni of Ferrara Orthodontic School and now expert clinicians recognized all over the world. The textbook explores skeletal anchorage topic giving to the reader the possibility to deepen the theme both from a clinical point of view and from a biomechanical point of view.
Ferrara School, from about ten years, focused on this topic through different researches identifying first the so called "safe-zones", the most safe insertion sites for miniscrews, then through the understanding of screw components in order to guide orthodontists in the optimal choice and finally through the formulation of a new biomechanical system needed for a more modern orthodontic approach able to substitute old anchorage concepts
Today both beginners and experienced orthodontists need to face with skeletal anchorage because it can solve one of the oldest problem of the orthodontic discipline: patient's compliance, offering to orthodontists predictable results reducing unwanted unsuccessful outcomes.
Prof. Giuseppe Siciliani
Director and Chief
Orthodontic Department
Ferrara University
1 - Orthodontic anchorage; skeletal anchorage; miniscrews and its features
(Antonio Gracco, Costantino Giagnorio)
2 - Insertion site selection, surgical procedure and medicolegal aspects with miniscrews
(Antonio Gracco)
3 - Ideal Biomechanics for miniscrews
(Alessandro Mario Greco)
4 - Failure, risks and complications associated to miniscrew us
(Cesare Luzi)
5 - Miniscrews approach in Class II malocclusions
6 - Extraction space closure with miniscrews
7 - Multidisciplinary and adult treatment with miniscrews
(Nicola Derton)
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Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4. REVIEW (again)
Mar 26, 2015 Bassam Kronfli
Lamborghini's replacement to the Gallardo has a serious reputation to uphold. crankandpiston.com finds out whether the new Huracán is up to the task
As a professional road-tester it's my job to be measured in my approach to any new car, but on this occasion my inner twelve year old has firmly taken over. There is a marked spring in my step and I can hardly hide my giddy excitement as the long wait to drive the Huracán LP610-4 has finally come to an end. It's not every day that an all-new Lamborghini comes along, and in this case we've had to wait eleven long years for the excellent but long in the tooth Gallardo to be replaced.
When you consider that the Gallardo accounts for more than half of the cars produced during Lamborghini's entire half a century of existence, you begin to understand the importance of the new car to Sant' Agatha's fortunes. And if visuals are anything to go by, the Huracán is already a winner. The overall look is softer than its predecessor, but that's not difficult considering the so sharp they would cut you lines of the Gallardo. The combination of tight curves and rakish angles is elegant yet full of purpose. There are hints of Lancia Stratos in its stance, particularly at the rear. While not as outlandish as some of the bewinged special edition Gallardo's that were rolled out towards the end of its tenure, to my eyes the Huracán is arguably the prettiest Lamborghini since the bewitching Muira.
Underneath the gorgeous skin the changes are pretty comprehensive. The Huracán features an all-new chassis structure that will be shared with the next Audi R8. As you'd expect there's plenty of carbonfibre at play, with the rear bulkhead, central tunnel and the rear part of the sills all made of carbon weave. From the rear bulkhead backwards and from the base of the windscreen forwards the frame is aluminium as are all the body panels. According to Lambo the chassis is 10 per cent lighter than that of the Gallardo, but 50 per cent more rigid.
Pop open the conventional doors and you are greeted by a pretty unconventional interior. There is a similar vibe to the Aventador inside, mainly because of the digital TFT screen that replaces the conventional dials, and while their graphics are a tad tacky they certainly inject a bit of drama. The other carry-over from big brother is the starter button that sits under a red fighter-plane-style metal flap, childish for sure yet oh so cool. Unique to the Huracán are two air conditioning vents that stick out the top of the dash, that look like they were stuck on as a bit of an after-thought, while they look a bit cheap oddly they add to the supercar atmosphere. The final flourishes come from a small hexagonal display with gauges for Benzina, Acqua and Temperatura that sits above a row of toggle switches in the middle of the centre console. To its right is a hexagonal honeycomb that appears to have no other purpose than to add to the visual theatre. So far, so Lamborghini.
I duck down and into the bucket seats and my backside is greeted with a distinct and uncomfortable lack of padding. The flat-bottomed steering wheel in front of me is littered with buttons a la Ferrari, but the layout is more fidgety and far less intuitive, with the indicator toggle particularly irksome. The most significant button though is the bright red ANIMA switch (that's Adaptive Network Intelligent Management, and not coincidentally the Italian word for soul) which is used to select Strada, Sport and Corsa modes, but more on that in a bit.
Flick up the aforementioned red guard, press the black starter button and the 5.2-litre 602bhp V10 explodes into life with a flamboyant flare of revs, before settling into a busy idle full of mechanical intent. The engine is an evolution of the much loved unit in the Gallardo, and it's refreshing to see Lamborghini resolutely stick to its naturally aspirated guns at a time when the whole automotive world is heading in the direction of forced induction. That doesn't mean that there are no concessions to modern times though, as this is the first Lambo to be fitted with stop/start technology. Apparently our Huracán's lurid paint isn't the only thing about it that's green.
Pull the massive parentheses-shaped paddles and the new seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox comes into play. This is a significant and much needed change, as it replaces the Gallardo's clunking robotised manual. So what is the Huracán like to drive? Well initial impressions are a bit underwhelming. Don't misunderstand this to mean that the Huracán isn't a great car, for it definitely is. It is immediately obvious that there is an increase in finesse compared to the Gallardo, with the quality of the ride noticeably suppler, courtesy of double wishbones at each corner and the use of the clever magnetorheological dampers as seen in many fast Audi's. And that there is the problem, in the softest Strada mode it feels more like an Audi R8 cranked up a couple of notches rather than a fire and brimstone Italian. As you'd expect it's fast, really fast but the way it delivers its performance is more sophisticated than scintillating.
This new found sensibility is starting to worry my inner child, but then two clicks downwards of the ANIMA switch quickly dispels those concerns. I'm now in Corsa mode, and just like that the Huracán has transformed from German scientist to Italian axe murderer. You can feel the damping tense up, while the engine and gearshift become more urgent. In fact that's a bit of an understatement, as the gearshift is now so vicious it borders on sadistic, the violence of a full bore upshift is literally breathtaking, not to mention painful. The V10 sitting behind me is keen to rev and while there's plenty of poke in the lower and mid-range it's at the top where it becomes truly special, screaming manically all the way to the redline. Back out of the throttle and your ears are barraged with a salvo of snap, crackle and pop that Rice Krispies would be proud of.
The end numeral of LP610-4 signifies that the Huracán is four wheel drive and as we've come to expect from Lamborghini this means insurmountable levels of traction, only the slickest of road surfaces will allow you a small wag of the tail, and on those rare occasions the Huracán is poised and predictable. On grippier tarmac the balance is resolutely towards understeer. Our test car is equipped with Dynamic steering, which hasn't received the ravest of reviews in fast Audis, and it isn't much different here. While the level of feel isn't bad the rate of response relative to steering input isn't quite right. This led to some heart-stopping moments on turn-in to fast corners, where for a split-second it feels like the front isn't going to bite before the tires grip and pull you through. In contrast to the steering, the carbon brakes are a revelation, as past Lamborghini efforts have been sorely lacking. This time though they've gotten it just right, the savage rate of retardation matched with levels of sensitivity and feel that Gallardo owners can only dream of.
So does the Huracán meet expectations? It's breadth of ability is unlike anything that has rolled out of Sant' Agata's gates before. It combines captivating looks, supercar theatre and sensational performance with real world usability and is an all-round excellent machine as a result. The problem is I can't help but sense that there is a tad too much Audi underneath that gorgeous exterior and it suffers a bit for it. In some ways it feels like the twelve year old boy has turned into a man.
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A: You said you have an entity named "Company" in your model. Okay, but do you have an actual NSManagedObject class named Company (ie, class Company: NSManagedObject { ... }) that you created from within the managed object model editor in Xcode? This isn't automatic. Without an actual class declared somewhere, it will be an "undefined type" since the entity name is just a string to look things up in your model otherwise.
The fact the rest of your code is accessing properties by valueForKeyPath() strongly suggests there's no actual class Company: NSManagedObject anywhere.


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Four Biggest Fears of Business owners
Daniel Joseph
Daniel is a freelance writer, with vast knowledge on major life's issues and subjects across various fields and life's endeavors.
Clearly, the quantity of characteristics and qualities expected to prevail in business is very broad. So does that imply that a business person should be a superhuman to win in the business world?
In no way, shape or form. Barely any individuals are brought into the world with every one of the magnificent capacities that are expected to prevail throughout everyday life. However, fruitful entrepreneurs seem to get around their inadequacies by advancing as they go, conceding their frailties, and supporting their shortcomings - a cycle that beats their apprehensions. Dread is a typical feeling that frequently shows itself into reasons, stalling, or inaction.
Without a doubt, numerous therapists say that dread is the underlying driver of most human issues. Recorded beneath are four of the most well-known fears related to beginning a business.
1. Age.
Precisely what age is excessively old or excessively youthful to maintain a business? Quite a while back, the proprietor of an outdoor supplies store in the USA commended his 100th birthday celebration (he opened his venture in 1933). He was just working four hours per day, yet he was all the while working, presenting new items, and beating his rivals. Colonel Sanders, the one who designed Kentucky Fried Chicken, started offering his mysterious recipe to franchisees at 64 years old. Beam Kroc, a malt-shake machine sales rep from Illinois, purchased four California burger eateries when he was 52 years of age and once again took them into the McDonald's domain. Thus it goes as the quantity of business people beyond 50 years old is supposed to rise emphatically as per industry specialists.
At the opposite end of the scale, Michael Dell, the organizer behind Dell Computer, started his most memorable business at 13 years old. When he turned 19, the PC parts business he ran out of his school apartment was earning $80,000 each month. Not to be outperformed, Bill Gates began Microsoft at the young age of 19. What's more, today, recent college grads are beginning organizations at two times the pace of their more established peers (Petrilla 2016). The general message is that age isn't a determinant factor with regards to beginning and maintaining a business. Demeanor, mental fortitude, and activity are undeniably more significant.
2. Lack of Money.
There's no question that having bunches of capital makes beginning a business to some degree more straightforward. However a sizable number of fruitful specialists unfalteringly accept that having a better-than-normal measure of start-up capital has essentially nothing to do with general achievement. To be sure, many hardcore business people guarantee that it's really useful to make a business with as minimal expenditure as could be expected. Their conviction is that such a large number of people, while beginning with a heap of money, squander it on things they don't require - an office, a secretary, costly PC gear, etc. Then again, having a modest quantity of startup cash shows moderation and effectiveness. In the event that you're not persuaded by this contention, consider the huge number of people all over the planet who started their organizations with minimal more than sucker change and a deep yearning to see their thoughts prove to be fruitful. For instance, Disney, Apple, Hewlett Packard, and the Mattel toy organization, all started life in carports. Seattle based teen Jim Casey established UPS with $100, two bikes, one phone and six workers. The Nike Corporation started in 1964 when Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman each put $300 in a shipment of athletic shoes and sold them out of a vehicle at track meets. Eighteen-year-old Joyce C. Lobby began the Hallmark welcoming card organization with an armful of postcards he kept in two shoeboxes. Thomas Monaghan, who went through his initial time on earth all through halfway houses and cultivate homes (and was removed from everything subsequently from a Catholic theological school to the Marine Corps) began Domino's Pizza by turning a bankrupt pizza parlor - a big part of which he exchanged for his Volkswagen Beetle - into the USA's main pizza conveyance administration. What's more, the Marriott Hotel chain started its life as a modest root brew stand in 1927. Basically (as the familiar axiom goes), outcome in business is normally founded on 10% capital and 90% guts. Expressed another way, individuals that can't bring in cash without cash for the most part won't bring in cash with cash. As indicated by fruitful business experts, mind power, persistence, and enthusiasm are undeniably more persuasive.
3. Fear of Rejection.
Best entrepreneurs promptly concede that the way to thriving is cleared with dismissal. Without a doubt, some no-nonsense business visionaries state straightforwardly that they frequently bomb two times as much as others. So for what reason do they wind up succeeding? Since they attempt more. Rather than surrendering, effective entrepreneurs figure out how to manage disappointment and misfortune and afterward continue on. Take for instance Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank who, in 1978, united with
associate Ronald Brill and established Home Depot - after every one of the three men had lost their positions in a corporate buyout. Or then again think about King C. Gillette, the creator of the wellbeing razor, who experienced six years of embarrassing dismissal from organizations, financial backers, and toolmakers while they laughed uncontrollably at his imaginative new item. When King ultimately chose to create his development himself, deals increased at a pace of 1,000% yearly! The narrative of Ewing Kauffman gives one more genuine illustration of how effective business visionaries bounce back from dismissal. Not long after WWII, Kauffman was terminated from his occupation as a sales rep since his payments surpassed the president's compensation at the organization where he worked. Unafraid, he slipped into his storm cellar and started making calcium pills from shellfish shells. Years after the fact, subsequent to catching a little less than half of the $100-million calcium supplement market, he offered his organization to Dow Chemical for a fortune.
Such return stories are not the stuff of outdated inspirational stories. Without a doubt, recent college grads appear to be more inclined than their seniors to gain from disappointment, dismiss it, and afterward parlay it into triumph (Petrilla, 2016). The illustration here is that triumphant frequently lies in the brain. Accomplishment to those with the persistence to remain in the game is generally just disappointment turned back to front.
4. Lack of Education or Experience.
There is proof that proposes an advanced degree doesn't ensure business achievement. Without a doubt, it in some cases shows up in any case. Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, for instance, established Apple Computer subsequent to exiting school. Neither one of them had any enterprising experience. Michael Dell, the multi-tycoon organizer behind Dell Computer, is likewise a school dropout. The equivalent goes for Ted Waitt, who, subsequent to stopping school, went through nine months of hands on preparing at a PC organization just to leave and begin Gateway 2000. After a decade, his compensation surpassed $500,000 per annum. John Bond, previous director of HSBC (one of the world's biggest banks), likewise never went to college.
Still not persuaded? Then, at that point, consider the account of Ian Leopold, whose school teacher bombed him as a result of the ridiculous field-tested strategy he submitted in class. By adhering to his impulses, Leopold transformed a $48 interest into $4-million every decade with exactly the same arrangement (composing college manuals). Furthermore, somewhat recently of her life, multimillionaire Anita Roddick, organizer behind The Body Shop, encouraged business people to 'avoid business colleges'. Her conviction was that business colleges center a lot around the monetary side of business and disregard the extremely significant human component.
Obviously this doesn't imply that training and experience are not expected to begin and maintain a business. The accompanying assertion was transferred to me quite a while back by a fruitful business person in France: 'I took in no momentous insider facts in business college,' he said. 'The vast majority of what I've realized I encountered at work. However, one thing I've seen over the course of the years is that regardless of where business studies are instructed, the people who need this data the most are generally mysteriously absent.' His point is that there's no disgrace in not having a universal knowledge of maintaining a business. There is just disgrace in not letting it be known and overlooking the need to get to the next level.
© 2022 Daniel Joseph
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Why a Secret Invasion of the MCU Is a Terrible Idea (With Serious Potential)
by Gary Walker
– on Feb 09, 2019
Considering Secret Invasion's status as one of Marvel Comics' most landscape changing events to date, it's understandable why fans believe we'll eventually see a version of it in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, albeit with a few tweaks. The event completely changed the status quo of the Marvel Comics universe, and there's no doubt it could do the same for the MCU.
Changing things up so drastically in the wake of Thanos' threat, however, may prove harmful to the established MCU. The Mad Titan shook things up in a major way when he dusted half of the universe in Infinity War, after all, so is it really a good idea to throw the heroes directly back into disarray, so soon after they (presumably) put things right in Avengers: Endgame?
The Skrulls Are Coming
The alien race known as the Skrulls are set to appear in Captain Marvel, with a spotlight being shone on their infiltration methods. This isn't the first time we'll see evidence of their MCU existence (their language appeared on computer screens as far back as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1), but it will be a shock to the Avengers' system nonetheless when they eventually learn of their existence. The entire premise of Secret Invasion is that the shapeshifting and infiltration acumen of the Skrulls makes it so that no one can trust anyone, so you can understand why Marvel may want to explore this direction. It presents a risk, however, given that we've already seen the mistrust angle not too long ago, in Captain America: Civil War.
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Things in the MCU currently appear to mirror the environment the Secret Invasion occurred under in the source material. Knowing fans have been talking about this, Captain Marvel's producers even addressed Secret Invasion rumors, saying they's "always" planting seeds for future films. And considering how fractured the Avengers have been ever since Civil War, even if they do end Thanos' threat in Endgame, the heroes are still vulnerable to another, even more insidious threat.
A Changing of the Guard
With some of the films' longer-running stars apparently set to depart after Endgame, new figureheads will be needed to carry the Avengers torch. While it is hard to imagine the MCU without the likes of Chris Evans or Chris Hemsworth, this will eventually be the reality of things. With the grand plans Kevin Feige has for the future, relatively new heroes to the MCU, such as Black Panther and Captain Marvel, will need to be built to the same level as Captain American and Iron Man before them.
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The problem is, if they pull the trigger on Secret Invasion too soon, it may make these newer heroes hard to invest in. It would be pretty jarring to follow, say, T'Challa for another film or two, only to have him be revealed as a Skrull, forcing us to get to know the real character. And it has to be a big gun on Black Panther's level to make it work, as revealing, say, Everett K. Ross as a Skrull wouldn't have a heavy enough impact.
The Slow Burn is the Best Burn
The reason Infinity War and the upcoming Endgame has fans so hungry is that the build to the story was gradual and meticulous. Details being dropped across all films for several years makes the payoff all the more sweet, and helps reinforce the idea of a living, breathing narrative universe. If Marvel approaches Secret Invasion in the same way, it could do something really spectacular. With after-credits scenes no longer locked in to teasing Thanos' quest for the Infinity Gauntlet, suspicion regarding Skrulls could be sown with these scenes instead
With Disney's recent acquisition of Fox's Marvel assets, there is time to build to the Skrull infiltration of Earth's super teams over several phases, much like it did Thanos' threat. It would give Marvel time to bring the X-Men and the Fantasic Four into the fold, if desired. Having the invasion affect a number of super teams, as it did in the comics, would give the event the gravitas it deserves.
To really deliver a Secret Invasion to capture the chaos Skrulls can cause, the timescale on the story needs to be expansive. Fans of the MCU will need time to get fully invested in the post-Endgame reality, as things will likely change drastically. The Skrulls need to be portrayed as a formidable, looming and powerful threat, and suspicion of their whereabouts within the MCU needs to reach fever pitch in order to earn the best possible pay off.
Secret Invasion was an incredible story that relied on a lot of groundwork and backstory. There's little doubt Feige and co. are capable of putting the time in to make it something grand, but with the Kree/Skrull war arc seemingly being condensed into one Captain Marvel film, there's reason to worry about this being too abrupt as well. Secret Invasion is the kind of story that needs time to breathe, with attention to creating an atmosphere where no one can be trusted. Here's hoping we're still piecing clues together throughout Phase Four, and well into Phase Five.
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From our beginnings online in 1999 to the realization of our brick & mortar store in 2010...then our new, bigger store in 2014, and then our second location in 2017, and finally a relocation of the first store in 2019, here's the story...
We Got The Beats was started by Tony on a webTV(!) in his apartment in 1999 when he discovered ebay. He went there to buy music, but noticed so many of the CD's in his own collection selling on ebay for a lot more than what he paid. So next time he went to his local record stores (All Books & Records, Uncle Sam's, Larry's Records, CD Heaven, etc.) - which typically happened a few times a week anyway because he is a music addict - he bought some things he thought others might be interested in, and gave them a whirl on the world wide web.
After one of them (a Whitney Houston CD single from the UK) sold for $110, Tony was hooked.
(Since Tony is actually typing this, he's going to stop referring to himself as "he" now, if you don't mind. It feels a little crazy.)
The name "We Got The Beats" was meant as both a hint that we focused on "the beats," i.e. dance, R&B, hip-hop - and a nod to another favorite/specialty: 80's music. Plus there was no availability for a website called "The Beat" or "The Beats," which were the original ideas. (Ha!) I think that was for the best. Our name can get stuck in your head...
After what seemed like a lifetime in retail management and customer service up in New Jersey, and then a few years tending bar in Florida, I packed up whatever fit in the van and spent nearly four years traveling around the USA (with my cat) in search of great music you just can't find at your local Big Box Mart. Selling much of it on ebay along the way covered expenses (keeping my faves for myself, of course.)
That trip was a blast! I found some great stuff, and even met some of my ebay customers and other sellers. I had the best time (and best finds) in Vegas, Memphis, Detroit, L.A., Austin, Pittsburgh, and Nashville. I was able to go to nine Mariah Carey concerts from coast to coast (and met her in Philly!) And I even got to go to the Grammy Awards that year. THAT was wild. (Prince, Sting, White Stripes, P-Funk with Earth, Wind & Fire...) Throw in visits to the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame and the Motown Museum, and it was a very music-oriented odyssey. Our story (and reputation) got around, and kitty and I were honored to be featured in a book called "eBay Powerseller Secrets" (Schep/Schep) and featured or mentioned in three other eBay books.
After settling back down in Florida in 2005, what had been a strictly online business for a dozen years or so finally translated into a "real live" record store on Dixie Highway in Oakland Park in 2010. This was a realization of a lifelong aspiration. I tried to take what I liked and didn't like about all the music stores I'd visited all over the country, throw in a little funk and glam, plus my years of experience in retail, and create the ultimate destination for dance music & more in South Florida.
Initially, I took a lot of music I love that tends to be marginalized in local record stores - dance music, disco, freestyle, remixes, R&B, hip-hop, and especially CD singles (LOVE!) and 12" vinyl singles (LOVE!) - and put those front and center with lots and lots of selection. We maintain the lowest prices in town and are even competitive with Amazon.
Eventually we outgrew the Oakland Park store, and closed it for good on Christmas Eve, 2013. On Feb 1, 2014, we opened at our new, improved location - with (finally) a dedicated rock section, and plans to expand even further in the future. Within the first year, we did, taking over the unit next-door as well, doubling our size to about 2,000 sq ft, and enabling us to have a "dance & soul side" and a "rock & hip-hop side."
The business has evolved much more into vinyl than CD's, but we still love and carry a nice selection of CD's - including lots of CD singles (with remixes woo hoo!)
Our rock department continued to expand, and as we learn more and more from our customers, we have gone beyond our mainstream top-40 rock roots and now stock a solid selection of hard rock/heavy metal, modern rock, punk, etc.
Our Fort Lauderdale store is probably still best known for our 12" singles collection - we carry thousands of them at a time and regularly get new collections from DJ's and collectors. But fully half the store is rock music now.
In 2017, just after Thanksgiving, we opened our second location in Lauderhill. I knew this place was magic the moment I walked in. It's in the same plaza (just a few doors down) from where Uncle Sam's used to be, and right next to Tate's Comics & Toys and a great Tattoo parlor (and what I'd later learn is a little slice of Heaven - Shell's Kava Bar - love it!)
We built this one out with a slightly different flavor, while maintaining our brand. We still have more 12" than the average indie record store, but not as much as our East side store had. We went deeper catalog on metal and jazz, a big selection of hip hop, and are increasing punk as we go.
The Lauderhill store was an instant hit! It continues to grow and amaze. Despite being about the same 2,000 square feet as the Fort Lauderdale store, there's no wall down the middle, which made for a much more open feel, room for a band, etc. Plus there's an awesome upstairs loft where you can hang and play records with your friends, have a kava or a soda, etc.
As the Fort Lauderdale building filled up and so did the parking lot, we realized we were out of room. Folks were saying, "You must be doing great, the parking lot is always full!" But, no, we were sharing 13 spots with 10 other tenants. There was no math where that works. In addition, we saw the success of the Lauderhill store with good (and relevant) neighbor businesses, and a nice wide-open space. So we set out to find a new space on "the East side" with plenty of parking, relevant neighbors, a wide-open space, and it couldn't hurt to be on a main drag with a little history to boot.
Our new Oakland Park location has all those bases covered. There are well over a hundred (shared) parking spots. There's an awesome craft beer bar called Fat Tap. We're already working on Vinyl Wednesdays with them at their place. There's a restaurant moving in, a place to get an excellent hair cut, and it's on Oakland Park Blvd, but "set back" in a big, double-shopping center off of 8th Terrace, so you're in a nice, quiet lot, not having cars whiz by you every second. We love it. We think the floor plan works; we still kept our signature huge DJ and dance section, but still had enough room to expand all the rock genres considerably.
We run no-attitude stores. Listen to what you love, no judgment. If we carry it, it's awesome. Our staff is helpful and customer-service oriented (not like movies you see about record stores LOL.)
We're very excited about where things are heading and vinyl blowing up, and appreciate all the support from the South Florida community!
Hope to see ya soon.
Thanks so much - we appreciate ya!
We Got The Beats Record Store
840 E Oakland Park Blvd, Suite #118
Oakland Park FL 33334
We Got The Beats (Too)
Lauderhill FL 33351
Keep up with our Facebook or Instagram for most up-to-date info! (Recent Facebook posts now show on our home page in case you are not on Facebook!)


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WestJet unveils custom-painted aircraft featuring Sorcerer Mickey
Date: Dec 3 2013
CALGARY — WestJet, WestJet Vacations and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts (Canada) have pulled back the curtain on a custom-painted Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 series aircraft featuring Mickey Mouse in his most famous role, Sorcerer Mickey.
WestJet, WestJet Vacations and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts (Canada) first forged a relationship in 2004 based on a shared vision of creating memorable experiences for their guests. Known in the social media world as the #MagicPlane, the aircraft will perform its inaugural flight on Dec. 3, 2013, from Calgary to Orlando, home of Walt Disney World Resort.
Following the flight, the Magic Plane will fly throughout WestJet's domestic, transborder and international network.
"We are very proud of our work with Disney and everything we've done together over the years to enrich the lives of our guests," said Gregg Saretsky, WestJet President and CEO. "With the Magic Plane, we are soaring to new heights, offering guests of all ages the chance to share the skies with one of the world's most beloved and iconic figures. We also look forward to having fun with our guests on the ground as they see the Magic Plane flying over their communities and at airports across our expanding network."
"Bringing this vision to life has been a true collaboration between our companies and it's so exciting to see the final result – the aircraft is absolutely beautiful," said Marlie Morrison, Managing Director, Marketing & Sales, The Walt Disney Company (Canada) Ltd.
"WestJetters are the first point of contact for many of our Walt Disney World guests embarking on their memorable family vacation. We have a great appreciation for WestJet, which shares a similar culture in bringing guests an exceptional experience from beginning to end."
WestJet serves Orlando, home of Walt Disney World Resort, with a total of 39 flights per week during peak winter months from Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Hamilton, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Moncton and St. John's.
WestJet Vacations offers a variety of vacation packages to the Walt Disney World Resort. Play, stay, dine and save when you book a five- to 15-night vacation package at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels that includes Magic Your Way tickets and a Disney dining plan. The offer is valid for bookings made by Feb. 22, 2014, for travel between Jan. 5 and April 12, 2014.


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Q: scrollToElement in iScroll not working as expected I am implementing two separate horizontal iScrolls which is related to each other using scrollToELement(). Whenever i select something from the first iScroll, I am using scrollToELement() to got the specific item inside the second iScroll by passing index value.
k_imageScroll.scrollToElement('li:nth-child('+index+')', 0)

It is working as expected - displaying the item to which i am jumping.
But the problem is while scrolling the second iScroll, it starts scrolling from the first item. Even if i am jumping to middle item using  scrollToELement(), while swiping it starts from first item, not the very next item.
Please provide ideas to fix this issue.
Thanks in advance.


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Live Sex Show 'Sex Box' Has Parents Up in Arms
1:49PM EST 2/24/2015	 Kelly Oliver
Slated to premiere on Feb. 27, "Sex Box" will feature real-life couples having sex for a national television audience. (Flickr)
The Parents Television Council issued a statement in response to WE tv's request that PTC members watch its newest show, "Sex Box," a live sex show, before signing the PTC's national petition to #StopSexBox and have the show removed from the cable bundle. (Full story at Deadline.)
Slated to premiere on Feb. 27, Sex Box will feature real-life couples having sex for a national television audience. Participants enter a soundproof box on stage, have sex and then discuss their "intimacy issues" with a panel of so-called experts.
"Parents and families don't have to watch 'Sex Box' to know that this live sex show isn't something they want coming into their homes. The problem is that every single PTC member—and, in fact, every American—who wants to watch any cable programming is also forced to pay for this live sex show that masquerades as 'therapy' whether they want it or not. That is an outrage, and it demonstrates just how broken the cable programming marketplace has become," said PTC President Tim Winter.
"WE tv has made us an offer in an attempt to deflect any responsibility for the content of this show, so here's my counter-offer: WE tv should reimburse every PTC member for the monthly cable subscription fees it receives from our members who don't want WE. They should make the same offer for all cable and satellite subscribers. In the meantime, we will continue our campaign to stop Sex Box."
The PTC is continuing to invite its members, as well as other concerned Americans, to sign its national petition found at: parentstv.org/stopsexbox to demand the removal of WE tv from the cable network bundle.
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I thought I would write about Paradise Gallary because I really love the owners. Shamefully, I'd never been to the shop.
Sandy and Jeff (aka Bud) have been coming to San Pedro FOREVER. The pamphlet Bud pushed on me says 1979. They just recently made the permanent move down here and opened a shop. They are solid, solid, solid people. And lots of fun. They even put up little wooden signs around town. I am a big fan of that. Ever heard of "The Best Burger in Town"?
I am a sucker for art. Linda Mikulich (former San Pedro resident) can attest to the fact that I would squander my meager paychecks on her awesome paintings. But I am sure you guys are not one bit surprised…I am quite the renaissance woman about town.
Wow this place is classy. Look at that lamp.
I love the idea selling framed maps.
It's not all museum worthy pieces. Their senses of humor shine through. Great place to buy some decorations for your bar (home or business).
Or just your living room or dive shop.
This place looks AWESOME and again, I am ashamed that I had never been in. I have been holed away at a certain bar for far too long. If you are done buying shot glasses, t-shirts, icky beads or other junky souvenirs, stop by Paradise. It's in the Vilma Linda Plaza…right across from the RC school…the big purple building that houses Seaduced.
And get this…they do framing too. I mean, real framing…and it doesn't cost $600 to get your poster framed. It's the real deal.
By the way, Vilma Linda Plaza is a really nice spot with some other businesses…it also has the only fish pond I've seen in San Pedro.


One CSTEP student presented her research at the CSTEP Statewide Conference (April 7-9, 2017).
We continue to have a very to have a strong interest from our CSTEP students to serve as mentors to our STEP participants in our Saturday STEP program. There are currently fourteen (14) CSTEP students serving in this capacity.
During the summer of 2017, three (3) CSTEP students participated in the 2017 Brookhaven National Laboratory CSTEP Mini-semester; three (3) CSTEP students participated in Stony Brook University's (SBU) Garcia REU and one CSTEP students participated in the Stony Brook University Nanotechnology REU.Finally, six of our CSTEP students are also current NSF-S-STEM scholarship awardees at SCCC.
Finally, five students each from STEP and CSTEP participated in a STEM Celebration Dinner with NASA Astronaut Commander/SCCC Alumnus Hoot Gibson on May 22, 2017.
(l-r, Dr. Shaun L. McKay, President Suffolk County Community College; Tristan Moreau, STEP student; NASA Astronaut Commander/SCCC Alumnus Hoot Gibson).
(l-r, NASA Astronaut Commander/SCCC Alumnus Hoot Gibson; Malmi Kiriwandalage, CSTEP student).


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Professor Metal's Free-Market Lair
'Targeted Tax Cuts' For Dictionaries!
"Aggrandize"
Years ago, I saw that word in a George Will column and was intrigued; "what does THAT mean??" I found the answer using a fairly simple exercise; I consulted a dictionary: "to widen in scope, increase in size or intensity". These days, I have my Dictionary app handy whenever a word stumps me. When that doesn't work, I simply go to the website itself.
In a sign that our stagnating educational outcomes of recent decades might start at the top, those who shape & influence our public policy in government and the media seem too often to be grammatically-challenged. In few places does this manifest itself more than in discussing & debating tax policy.
"The rich are now paying their fair share in taxes."
"Across-the-board income tax cuts would benefit the wealthy disproportionately."
The U.S. has a progressive income tax structure, with seven rates ranging from 10% to 39.6%; the more you earn in wages & salary, the greater the percentage you pay in taxes. As a result, one-fifth of American households pay roughly two-thirds of federal income taxes. We're already in 'disproportionate' territory. Logic dictates therefore, that those who pay more would experience a greater absolute 'benefit' from an 'across-the-board' cut in income taxes. Although one might say that 'benefitting' from Uncle Sam taking less of our earnings is akin to 'benefitting' from him spying on us less.
Moreover, the concept of 'across-the-board' income tax cuts is itself erroneous when almost half of all Americans pay no net income tax (either they have no taxable income, or it's cancelled out by all the deductions, exemptions, credits & other loopholes). It'd be more accurate to say 'halfway-across-the-board', though that admittedly doesn't roll off the tongue as smoothly.
"The border adjustment tax … is needed to help pay for a steep cut in corporate and income taxes."
"… costs a great deal of revenue …"
"I just don't see how we can afford these tax cuts."
Taxpayers 'can afford' to fund the National Institute of Health's study of tobacco use in Russia, the National Park Services research into how bugs respond to lights, and the National Science Foundation's $1.6 million project programming robots to dress senior citizens and see how well it works in their dating life (all info courtesy of Oklahoma Senator James Lankford's "Federal Fumbles" report) … but we have to find a way to 'pay' for the 'revenue' forgone when we forcibly extract (by threat of imprisonment) less from productive citizens??
The poor essentially subsidize the rich via the National Endowment Of The Arts, but it 'costs' Uncle Sam to withhold less from our paychecks? In a world of seemingly infinite television channels, tax dollars support PBS, but we have to find a way to 'pay' to be taxed less? The federal government spends $70 billion yearly on the department of education (constitutionally a state responsibility), but our elected representatives don't think we 'can afford' to allow graduates to realize the full rewards of the skills/intellectual capital they gained??
"Tax cuts pay for themselves."
Indulging the notion for argument's sake, it's hard to tell for sure whether or not tax cuts 'pay for themselves'. The Congressional Budget Office doesn't even try, preferring the use of static scoring to predict the effects; a tax cut of $1 necessarily means a loss of revenue for Uncle Sam of $1.
However, it's probably safe to say that the vast majority of us do not take any increased disposable income and simply stuff it under the proverbial mattress. And by virtue of that fact alone, it contributes to increased economic activity no matter what we do with it. Many of us may go shopping (we are Americans after all; we buy so much 'stuff' we have to rent storage in which to put said 'stuff'). My uncle stuffed most all his lifetime raises into savings, which banks typically turn around & lend to those who have a more immediate use for it. And then there are folks like a couple friends of mine.
In the last couple years, they have branched out, either expanding an existing business to another location, or opening another different business altogether. That requires buying capital equipment, wiring a new building for electricity, water & the like, and hiring new staff. That new staff will pay some income taxes (not to mention payroll & sales taxes). If they left another job, it's possible they were lured away by higher pay. And the jobs they left vacant maybe had to be filled.
It's activities like those that have historically produced greater revenues in the wake of income tax cuts than the CBO originally predicted.
"Tax cuts cause deficits"
When a person's income declines (as has happened to many in my industry in the last few years), his credit card balance doesn't automatically increase as a result. It increases only if he doesn't reduce his level of credit expenditures.
It's spending that 'causes deficits'; not lower tax rates.
"Tax cuts" vs. "tax reform".
These are not the same thing.
The former now seems to require the use of budget reconciliation in the Senate to get around the sixty-votes necessary to invoke cloture (i.e. breaking a filibuster), and pass with a simple majority. The problem is that the tax rates must revert to their former levels in ten years should deficits increase (see 'tax cuts cause deficits' above) over that time, thereby introducing impediments to peoples' & entities' long-term planning.
The latter on the other hand, would require all sides to marshal up a filibuster-proof majority who could resist the urge of social engineering via the tax code and agree on one rate that would apply equally to all citizens (something that might even be a challenge in the House, where few hurdles to a majority vote exist).
The former can be used to bestow favoritism on this demographic or that, while the latter takes political courage to eliminate such benefits that arguably shouldn't have been conferred in the first place.
The former has therefore turned into political red-meat, something on which to campaign nearly every congressional cycle, while a comprehensive, ideal version of the latter would strip busy-bodies of something 'to do', allowing us to shift our collective attention to real issues.
On one side opposing true 'tax reform' you have folks like 'conservative' talk show host Hugh Hewitt, who recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal that "Generations of Americans have relied on (mortgage interest, charitable contribution and state taxes) deductions in making enormously consequential decisions(.)" In an unscientific poll of my friends, I found that little (though not totally zero) attention is paid to the charitable deduction in that vein. Same goes for the mortgage deduction. As my wife & I near closing on a house, that consideration never came up.
On another side of opposition you have the likes of former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who doesn't think 'the rich' pay enough in taxes. One of the first & most regular things I tell all my classes is to see things from the supply side. 'The rich' that are invariably in these crosshairs aren't always the mansion-dwelling, sports-car-driving, private-jet-owning people we see on T.V. They are just as likely to be my students' employers. "We're all demanders" I tell them; we already know how prices & incentives work on us. For every extra dollar their managers have to pay in taxes or tax-preparation however, they're that much closer to hiring one less employee.
"Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society."
This quote is attributed to an opinion rendered by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in a 1927 court case about business insurance premiums in the Philippines, which was a U.S. territory at the time. Before it was bandied about as a rationalization for the size of our government (by some who don't even pay net income taxes; see above), 'civilized society' had a simpler meaning: to protect the private property that fosters widespread prosperity; to provide a police force & court system to take the place of duels in settling disputes; to carry out a democracy & setting up a government.
Is it really 'civilized' for someone to commandeer the earnings of her neighbor to pay for her pet project, when what the coerced is really paying for is her requisitioner's haughtiness & lack of initiative?
Part of effective communication is ensuring the message gets across. It's a fine line between being understood, and using the most accurate, appropriate word possible. I feel it's my duty as an educator to talk UP to people. Even though our (elected) leaders are primarily an extension of us, they should rise above the heated fray & carry out the best, fairest public policy. A good start in conveying what that might be is using accurate, objective terminology.
Last year one of my friends posted on Facebook "I fear there is too much eleutherophobia in our society today." When I looked up 'eleutherophobia', I discovered that it's an ancient Greek term for a "fear of freedom". I countered with "you could add epistemophobia & hypengiaphobia to the mix."
Don't know what those words mean?? Prove me wrong & look 'em up.
Ernie Cash
Well said, Metal Head!
And I'm with you 100% on all that stuff in your vision statement *except* "power of metal" stuff.
Chris Baecker is a contributor to The American Spectator, The Federalist, the Foundation for Economic Education, Intellectual Takeout, Mises Wire, RealClearMarkets and the San Antonio Express-News.


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March just arrived and I have some February favorites to share with you all. Today's post consists out of a little Home Ware, Lifestyle and Beauty. So if you cannot contain your curiosity continue on reading!
Ikea Cupboard Flysta- I love this cupboard! I purchased one for in my bathroom and one for in my kitchen. It has offered me so much space to store stuff and especially the one in the bathroom looks very aesthetically pleasing too me.
Ikea Sinlig Candle in Vanilla-I love to buy a candle on occasion and one of my favorites scents is Vanilla. So of course when I was browsing for candles in the Ikea I picked up the scent Vanilla. It smells so good when you walk in the room when the candle is lit up and it smells of Vanilla goodness !
L'Oreal Color Riche lipstick in 297 in Red Passion – Lately I am getting more into wearing more bold lip colors and this has been a fave. The only thing with this one I really need to line my lip otherwise this one will slightly bleed out of the lip line.
The Greatest Showman Soundtrack ** Favorite songs This is me, Never Enough and Rewrite the Stars.
Ikea Champagne Flutes in Konungslig- I know these Champagne Flutes look a bit ostentatious. But hey that is me, a little bit O.T.T! Yet they are so nice and they fit in my interior. I just love the pink glass and the way these glasses have been molded Very Organic.
I hope you all enjoyed reading my favorites for the Month of February. As always feel free to leave a comment and leave a like. And if you have not spotted it already, I have joined the Instagram Family! To be honest also a favorite for the month of February! So if you want you, you can give me a little follow @thumbelinaslifestyle.
But enough rambling and until next post friends!


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Q: Gii page not showing in Yii2 I am new to yii but I have covered the installation section of the guide. I could use gii on windows but I could not even access the page on Ubuntu 12.04. I installed both the basic and advanced frameworks and used the url
"localhost/advanced/frontend/web/index.php?=gii" and
"localhost/advanced/backend/web/index.php?=gii" for advanced and
"localhost/basic/web/index.php?=gii" for basic but it did not direct me to the Gii page. Am I doing anything wrong?

A: Try "localhost/advanced/frontend/web/index.php?r=gii"
I assume you have made the right config in main.php


Eligibility: Bell Labs is welcoming applications from innovators from around the globe. You must be a citizen of one of these countries. You must be aged 21 or over at the time of registration on the website.
Bell Labs is the research arm of Nokia and one of the world's foremost technology research organizations.
The Bell Labs Prize is a competition for innovators from participating countries around the globe that seeks to recognize proposals that 'change the game' in the field of information and communications technologies by a factor of 10 and provides selected innovators with the unique opportunity to collaborate with Bell Labs researchers to help realize their vision.
Nokia is looking for game-changing and impactful ideas that have the potential to change the way we live, work and communicate with each other.
The competition welcomes applications from innovators from participating countries around the globe. If you have a 10x game-changing idea and are interested in developing it with leading Bell Labs researchers, you have come to the right place.
In the second stage, 10 finalists will be selected to compete for the 3 prizes at an event scheduled in the late Autumn, in front of a panel of renowned experts and industry leaders.
Bell Labs will be awarding the 1st prize of $100K, 2nd Prize of $50K and 3rd prize of $25K.
All three winners will also be considered for the unique opportunity to work within the world-renowned Bell Labs to further explore their ideas, following the end of the competition.
Interested in applying for the Nokia Bell Labs Prize 2019? Register your participation by following the application link and taking the suggested steps.
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E1.37-2 defines additional PIDs for configuring IPv4 and basic DNS functionality for a device. As more products start to include IPv4/Ethernet interfaces, it makes sense to have a single set of PIDs to configure settings such as the IPv4 Address, Subnet mask etc., rather than relying on manufacturer PIDs.
This standard was published in October 2014 as ANSI E1.37-2 and is available from the PLASA Foundation.


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Q: Why my CNN based on Alexnet fails in classification? I'm trying to build a CNN to classify dogs.In fact , my data set consists of 5 classes of dogs. I've 50 images of dogs splitted into 40 images for training and 10 for testing.
I've trained my network based on AlexNet pretrained model  over 100,000 and 140,000 iterations but the accuracy is always between 20 % and 30 %.
In fact,  I have adapted AlexNet to my problem as following : I changed the name of last fully connected network and num_output to 5. Also ,  I ve changed the name of the first fully connected layer (fc6).
So why this model failed even I' ve used data augmentation (cropping )?
Should I use a linear classification on top layer of my network since I have a little bit of data and similar  to AlexNet dataset ( as mentioned here transfer learning) or my data set is very different of original data set of AlexNet and I should train linear classifier in earlier network ?
Here is my solver :
net: "models/mymodel/train_val.prototxt"
test_iter: 1000
test_interval: 1000
base_lr: 0.01
lr_policy: "step"
gamma: 0.1
stepsize: 100000
display: 20
max_iter: 200000
momentum: 0.9
weight_decay: 0.0005
snapshot: 1000
snapshot_prefix: "models/mymodel/my_model_alex_net_train"
solver_mode: GPU

A: Although you haven't given us much debugging information, I suspect that you've done some serious over-fitting.  In general, a model's "sweet spot" for training is dependent on epochs, not iterations.  Single-node AlexNet and GoogleNet, on an ILSVRC-style of data base, train in 50-90 epochs.  Even if your batch size is as small as 1, you've trained for 2500 epochs with only 5 classes.  With only 8 images per class, the AlexNet topology is serious overkill and is likely adapted to each individual photo.
Consider this: you have only 40 training photos, but 96 kernels in the first convolution layer and 256 in the second.  This means that your model can spend over 2 kernels in conv1 and 6 in conv 2 for each photograph!  You get no commonality of features, no averaging ... instead of edge detection generalizing to finding faces, you're going to have dedicated filters tuned to the individual photos.
In short, your model is trained to find "Aunt Polly's dog on a green throw rug in front of the kitchen cabinet with a patch of sun to the left."  It doesn't have to learn to discriminate a basenji from a basset, just to recognize whatever is randomly convenient in each photo.


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The Voice of Wilkinson
Interdisciplinary Minors
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June Edmonds: Stories in Color
In honor of Woman's History Month, we are highlighting some of the work acquired by the Escalette Collection of Art this year as part of the Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on the Significance of Race Initiative.
Olé by artist June Edmonds is an explosion of color and texture, full of movement and passion. The painting seems to rotate in kaleidoscopic motion, the thickly layered paint almost oozing off the canvas. Her abstract color works are inspired by quilts and other vibrant textiles, such as African fabrics.
Edmonds is an L.A.-based artist who uses abstract painting to explore how color, pattern, movement, and balance can channel spiritual contemplation and foster interpersonal connections to her African-American roots. She recently spoke at Chapman as part of the Visual Thinker's Lecture Series, hosted by the Art Department (watch the recording here). Edmonds was always interested in art growing up. After a trip to the art museums in Washington D.C., she decided to pursue Art at San Diego State and an M.F.A. in Painting at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.
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Recognition for Dr. Justin Walsh's Pioneering Space Archaeology Project
Student Perspective: Engagements with the Escalette Collection
Voces Novae Winning Streak Continues
A Talk with Lalo Alcaraz: Editorial Cartoonist, Chicano Artist, TV Writer and Producer
Wilkinson College
Marine Science Experience on Catalina Island Is 'Hands on' and 'Paddles in' for Chapman Students
Escalette Collection of Art
"The Artist is Present" – New Escalette Podcast - Hosted by Catalyst: A Creative Industries Podcast
Wind and Imagery of Migration: Interview with Escalette artist Bovey Lee
Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on the Significance of Race.
'I Didn't Know that …' - Considering the painful history of race and social justice, there is no end of ways for students to finish such a sentence of discovery.
Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on the Significance of Race Podcast Series
Justin Riley: Embracing His New Magnified Role at Chapman University
The Escalette Collection's 2020 Exhibit: Creativity After Combat - Now Open, the Exhibit Focuses on Artworks Created by Veterans.
Art Across the Border - La Frontera - The Border: An Interdisciplinary Examination
Art Collections Forges Lead in Representation
Irreverent Representations: A Conversation with Ryan RedCorn
November 30, 2022 by Lisa Wong '25 | News
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Month, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences recently welcomed Native filmmaker Ryan RedCorn (Osage) to speak about his overall experiences in the industry, working as a screenwriter on FX's Reservation Dogs, and directing his film "Dead Birds Hearts." While working on his MFA in screenwriting, RedCorn took electives
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A good recruiter could be the most important person to help you land a job. If you're questioning whether to work with a recruiter and what they can do for you, here are five reasons you should consider working with one! Recruiters Work with all Experience Levels and are Free A great place to start


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