To Extend Unemployment, Congress Proposes Cutting Social Security Disability - South Carolina Social Security Disability Lawyers | Strom Law Firm, L.L.C.
At the end of December 2013, federal unemployment benefits stopped because the government ran out of money to pay long-term unemployment. Now, the Senate is debating a proposal that prevents applicants from "double-dipping" – receiving both unemployment and Social Security Disability benefits at the same time – as a way to cover the $6.4 million required to pay 3 more months of unemployment benefits.
Congress declined to continue the long-term unemployment benefits program, which meant that on December 28th, 1.3 million Americans lost those benefits. Because so many people need the program to stay afloat, the Senate is attempting to find a way to finance the program. They have turned to the already-overextended Social Security Disability program to help finance the unemployment program.
The proposal, initially proposed by Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, and endorsed by Democratic Senators Jack Reed (Rhode Island) and Harry Reid (Nevada), suggests that people who receive Social Security Disability cannot receive another form of income, from a part-time job or unemployment.
Social Security Disability law currently allows workers to apply for temporary disability benefits if they have experienced an extreme mental or physical injury that would put them temporarily out of work, but not permanently. However, in such a difficult economy, even those temporarily disabled will have a hard time finding work, so they are also qualified to receive unemployment benefits – intended to be temporary assistance as well – while they try to find a job and get back into the workforce.
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities pointed out that people who receive Social Security Disability can earn up to $1,070 a month and still receive disability benefits – this is not scamming or double-dipping, but a way for disabled workers to "test their ability to return to work," which is an important step when recovering from a temporary injury.
Statistically, there is also very little overlap between Social Security Disability recipients and federal unemployment benefits recipients. Of the 8.9 million Americans who currently receive Social Security Disability, around 117,000 also receive unemployment benefits. However, there is some inconsistency between states to determine if an unemployed person is "able and available for work," which could lead those who recently lost unemployment benefits to apply for Social Security Disability.
In October, a Senate panel heard a report from Senator Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, about abuses to the Social Security Disability program, which allowed for lower standards so that more claimants could receive funds from the program.
As so much focus has turned to the Social Security Disability program, the Social Security Administration proposed several changes, including updates to potential job listings to define how a worker is disabled, changes to the court system including a lower caseload for judges, and changes to how lawyers and doctors disclose information about their clients' disabilities. These changes, along with the intense federal scrutiny, could make applying for needed Social Security Disability benefits more complex and difficult.


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Financial Technology Company to Expand Headquarters, Adding 300 Jobs in Mecklenburg County Retirement Clearinghouse to invest over $4 million in Charlotte

Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC (RCH), a leading national name in retirement plan services, will create 300 new jobs in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced today.

Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC (RCH), a leading national name in retirement plan services, will create 300 new jobs in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $4.1 million to expand their headquarters and corporate office in Charlotte.
"North Carolina continues to attract innovative technology companies like Retirement Clearinghouse," said Governor Cooper. "This Mecklenburg County expansion highlights the region and how its talented workforce can help tech companies reach their business goals."
Founded in 2001, Retirement Clearinghouse provides retirement asset portability services to employees as they move their retirement savings from one employer plan to another. RCH leverages innovative financial technology to simplify and streamline the process of consolidating retirement savings accounts for six million of the nation's employees. Through its existing partnerships with 401(k) recordkeepers, third-party administrators, and plan sponsors in more than 28,000 company retirement plans, RCH reduces employee cash-outs by 52 percent, thus enhancing the retirement income security for U.S. workers. For more information, please visit https://www.rch1.com.
"We look forward to fulfilling our long-term goal of preserving retirement savings for millions of working Americans," said Spencer Williams, Founder, President, and CEO of Retirement Clearinghouse. "We are proud to continue our growth right here in Mecklenburg County, where our company was founded."
"Retirement Clearinghouse is a pioneer in the fintech industry, and we are proud that North Carolina will be the backdrop for its continued growth," said North Carolina Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland. "The company's decision confirms that North Carolina's fertile economic landscape continues to foster the success of growing, technology-driven enterprises."
The North Carolina Department of Commerce led the state's efforts to secure the expansion by Retirement Clearinghouse, which also considered other national destinations. The company's 300 new jobs will include information technology, call center, client and shareholder services, human resources, finance, administrative, and management staff. The project will generate an annual payroll impact of more than $19 million for the region.
Retirement Clearinghouse's North Carolina expansion will be facilitated, in part, by a Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) approved by the state's Economic Investment Committee earlier today. Over the course of the 12-year term of the grant, the project is estimated to grow the state's GDP by more than $672 million. Using a formula that takes into account the new tax revenues generated by the 300 new jobs, the JDIG agreement authorizes the potential reimbursement to the company of up to $3,267,000 over 12 years. State payments occur only after verification by the departments of Commerce and Revenue that the company has met incremental job creation and investment targets.
Projects supported by JDIG must result in positive net tax revenue to the state treasury, even after taking into consideration the grant's reimbursement payments to a given company. The provision ensures all North Carolina communities benefit from the JDIG program. Moreover, Retirement Clearinghouse's decision to expand in Mecklenburg County, classified under the state's economic tier system as Tier 3, means the company's JDIG agreement will result in as much as $1,080,900 in new funding for the state's Industrial Development Fund–Utility Account. The Utility Account helps rural and more distressed communities finance infrastructure upgrades necessary for attracting future business. More information on the state's economic tier designations is available here.
In addition to the N.C. Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, other key partners in the project include theNorth Carolina Community College System, Mecklenburg County, the City of Charlotte, and the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance.

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Q: 220 volt step-down transformer with 6 secondary wires I am an electronics novice. :)
I opened a working Casio vintage desk calculator (likely from the late 1980s/early 1990s).  It has a 220 volt step-down transformer with six secondary wires.  The two mains wires go into the transformer at the bottom.  The 6 wires come out from the sides (three on each side).  Following are the related images:

I found out continuity among the secondary wires as follows:
Purple-Grey-Purple: Continuity (side one)

Orange-Red-Brown: Continuity (side two)
However, the wires are wired to six separate contacts on the circuit board.
Are there differences in terms of voltage among each set of wires coming from the same side? If each carries a different voltage, how can I test this with my multimeter? I would appreciate guidance for using my multimeter safely/correctly.
If there are no differences among each set of wires exhibiting continuity, why were they wired separately?
Also, do the markings on the transformer mean anything?  There's also another, smaller marking (not visible in the images) that says "E41-2L11/2".
Update: The calculator has an integrated printer, and therefore a motor.
(Thank you TimWescott.)
Update: Calculator display:

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Are there differences in terms of voltage among each set of wires coming from the same side? If each carries a different voltage, how can I test this with my multimeter? I would appreciate guidance for using my multimeter safely/correctly.

No continuity between the two sides means two windings that are isolated from each other. The separation between the two windings at the top and the winding at the bottom indicates an additional level of physical and electrical isolation between the primary and secondary.
The purple-grey-purple winding is likely a center-tapped winding. Yon can expect the voltage between grey and each purple to be half of the voltage between purple and purple.
The brown-red-orange winding likely has a tap somewhere other than the center of the winding. The highest voltage will be the sum of the other two, but the two lower voltages might not be equal.
Since the calculator is working, there does not seem to be any reason to check winding resistances. If the condition of the transformer had been unknown, prior to applying voltage, you would check the resistance from each lead to every other lead and the frame of the transformer.
The best way to use the multimeter would be to set it to an AC range that is higher than 220 volts. Apply 220 volts to the primary and measure all of the secondary voltage combinations. They will presumably be considerably less than 220 volts. Once you know the approximate voltages, you can use a lower voltage setting.

A: They're probably going to two separate power supply circuits.  I thought I saw a motor casing in the corner of one of your pictures -- if there's a motor and possibly other power actuators, it would be sensible to power that separately from the (relatively sensitive) digital electronics.
Transformer manufacture doesn't have a huge benefit from mass production, so it's not at all uncommon even for devices with moderate production volumes to have their own custom winding.  Chances are the number on the transformer is specific to that calculator, and wouldn't mean anything without the original documentation.

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Home › Marvel Villains › Will O' The Wisp
Jackson Arvad
Fighting Excellent
Strength Incredible
Endurance Incredible
Intuition Good
Resources Typical
Density Manipulation-Self: He can range his Density between Shift-0 (Intangible) to Amazing. With this ability he has gained the following power stunts:
Flight: At Shift-0 Density he can fly at up to Typical Airspeed
Invulnerability to Physical Attack: At Shift-0 Density he cannot be touched by Physical Damage. Energy Damage can still affect him, but at -3CS. Psionics and Magic affect him normally.
Body Armor: He gains Body Armor equal to his Density Rank up to Amazing for Physical and
Energy Protection. He can vary the Density of different parts of his body, allowing him to solidify parts while the rest remains intangible.
Hypnosis: Remarkable ability to mesmerize an individual when using his abilities, due to the sparkling lights that accompany his powers. The Intensity of the lights vary depending on the level of his power he is using. At full power the Intensity is Excellent and it is difficult to see him through the lights.
Electromagnetic Engineering.
Jackson Arvad, the chief scientist for electromagnetic research at the Brand Corporation, was turned into the energy being called Will O' The Wisp during an accident at his laboratory. After escaping from the lab, where he was left to die by his employer, James Melvin, in his new electromagnetic state, he contacted Dr. Jonas Harrow, in order to be cured of his deteriorating condition. Harrow, implanted a receptor onto his skull, which on the surface would allow Wisp to maintain his physical integrity, but really would allow Harrow to control the energy being. After using Wisp for his own criminal ends, Wisp revolted, and was punished by Harrow for doing so by being dissipated by the implanted receptor. Some time later, Wisp returned and, by taking control of the battlesuit of the Killer Shrike, kidnapped Dr. Marla Madison and brought her to his old lab. There, he regained his corporeal form, destroyed the laboratory, and escaped. Afterwards, he tracked down Melvin, and, rather than killing his old boss, turned him in to the authorities and forced him to spill the beans on many of the Brand Corporation's illicit activities. He later met up with Spider-Man, who had confronted Wisp many times before, and actually teamed up with him and other allies of the web-slinger to form the Outlaws. Wisp joined them on a mission or two, and then departed.
After a considerable hiatus from action, Will O' The Wisp returned in the aftermath of the Spider-Man "Clone Saga." Upon his return, he confronted Spider-Man, but because it was not the Spider-Man of old, Spider-Man at first did not know of Wisp's intentions. Fortunately, he learned about him and agreed to help Wisp lose the receptor that Jonas Harrow implanted in Wisp years before. After a battle with one of Harrow's flunkies, the Dragon Man, the trio succeeded in turning the tables on their foe, and Wisp succeeded in destroying the implant, freeing himself from Harrow's control, allowing him to once again, be his own man.
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Шель-Деба́ () — муніципалітет у Франції, у регіоні Окситанія, департамент Верхні Піренеї. Населення —  осіб (2011).

Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 640 км на південь від Парижа, 105 км на захід від Тулузи, 16 км на північний схід від Тарба.

Історія

До 2015 року муніципалітет перебував у складі регіону Південь-Піренеї. Від 1 січня 2016 року належить до нового об'єднаного регіону Окситанія.

Демографія

Розподіл населення за віком та статтю (2006):

Економіка

У 2010 році в муніципалітеті числилось 81 оподатковане домогосподарство, у яких проживали 207,0 особи, медіана доходів виносила  євро на одного особоспоживача

Посилання
 Шель-Деба на сайті французького Національного інституту географії
 [ Розташування муніципалітету Шель-Деба на мапі Франції та сусідні муніципалітети]

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 Список муніципалітетів департаменту Верхні Піренеї

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Kanton Neuves-Maisons (fr. Canton de Neuves-Maisons) je francouzský kanton v departementu Meurthe-et-Moselle v regionu Lotrinsko. Tvoří ho devět obcí.

Obce kantonu
od roku 2015:
 Bainville-sur-Madon
 Chaligny
 Chavigny
 Flavigny-sur-Moselle
 Frolois
 Maizières
 Maron
 Méréville
 Messein
 Neuves-Maisons
 Pont-Saint-Vincent
 Pulligny
 Richardménil
 Sexey-aux-Forges

před rokem 2015:
 Bainville-sur-Madon
 Chaligny
 Chavigny
 Maizières
 Maron
 Méréville
 Messein
 Neuves-Maisons
 Pont-Saint-Vincent

Externí odkazy
 Kanton Neuves-Maisons na stránkách INSEE

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We are delighted to welcome Aitor Gonzalez as one of 2018's Micro Residency Artists. Aitor will spend the next six weeks at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, developing his work.
Aitor Gonzalez's artworks explore the conceptual and formal possibilities of everyday objects. In his practice, objects are taken from an urban environment. Uprooted from their specific consumerist context they are replanted transformed through a process of deconstruction and reassembly in the cultural sphere. His work challenges the viewer to find new perspectives from which to consider manufactured goods, to find new significations and to question their own place in the process of production and consumption.


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From its founding in 2003, the Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble has been sponsored by Concordia University of Wisconsin, which has generously shared equipment and rehearsal space. Since receiving 501(c)(3) status, MHE has made it a goal to purchase its very own equipment and is officially launching their newest fundraiser, Sponsor-a-Bell. Donors may now direct their tax-deductible donations towards a bell of their choosing! As bells are purchased, donor names will be placed on our website. Donors may also remain anonymous if they wish to do so.
I would like to Sponsor-a-Bell!


"The Voice" Recap: Christina Aguilera Makes a Dramatic Steal!
Six battles went down during the hit reality show's Oct. 16 episode.
Someone call the police because Christina Aguilera just made the steal of the competition!
"The Voice's" new "steal" feature has dominated season three's battle rounds and the fourth night of battles continued the trend, with the diva committing a steal that even her fellow coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton thought was "cool."
Missed last night's episode of "The Voice"? Catch up with our recap!
Liz Davis and Nicole Johnson are the first singers to battle and Blake decides to have the duo sing "Baggage Claim," his wife Miranda Lambert's hit song. Christina compliments their "strong voices" and says it will be a "tough one" for Blake. Adam calls the duet "great" and says Nicole won the battle. In the end, Blake decides to keep Liz based on "experience." No one steals Nicole.
The Maroon 5 singer decides to pit 17-year-old Alessandra Guercio against fellow 17-year-old Kayla Nevarez because he believes they can connect on Katy Perry's "Wide Awake." After their performance, Blake says, "Damn Adam, this is a sucky one for ya." Christina agrees, but Cee Lo says Alessandra should move forward. Adam admits he was "a bit sad" over Alessandra's lack of confidence and reminds Kayla to be "humble." So who does he keep? Kayla!
28-year-old Michelle Brooks-Thompson and 15-year-old Adanna Duru battled on Beyonc's "Crazy in Love," and though Adam commended the younger performer on her vocals, he advanced Michelle to the knockout round.
Though Alessandra was booted off of Team Adam, Christina decides to steal her as she believes the trained singer deserves the opportunity to prove she has another side to her, comparing it to her own experience on The Mickey Mouse Club. "Let's work on that confidence thing," she tells a crying Alessandra. "That was so cool," Blake says of Christina's steal. Later, Christina pitted duo Beat Frequency against Laura Vivas on Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and chooses Latin pop singer Laura as the winner.
In a quickie battle, pop singer Ben Taub and soulful artist Mycle Wastman battled each other and the "Forget You" singer decides to keep Mycle.
Country artist Emily Earle and 19-year-old guitarist MacKenzie Bourg are the final performers of the night and they are tackling Owl City's "Good Night." Adam says the energy was "a little uncomfortable," and picks Emily as the winner. Blake compliments MacKenzie's "strong voice," but tells him to stop doing the breaks. He gives the edge to Emily as well; Christina picks Emily as the winner. In the end, Cee Lo decides to keep MacKenzie in the competition.


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Classic an international celebration
Team Japan opens and closes as worldwide champions of baseball
By John Schlegel / MLB.com
Confetti falls during a ceremony before the Classic championship game. (Ben Platt/MLB.com)
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Ichiro lifts Japan to Classic glory
Second staging of Classic growing to maturity
Dice-K repeats as MVP of the Classic
Classic's All-Tournament Team named
Japan rode difficult road to Classic title
Korea leaves Classic with no regrets
Classic mementos donated to Hall
Bauman: Classic final shows East's dominance
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The Samurai, as Team Japan is known at home, started this wild, worldwide ride almost three weeks ago, and sure enough they finished it, throwing the first and last pitches of the second edition of the World Baseball Classic.
But in between those two pitches, baseball wound up the winner, not just Japan with its second title in as many tries.
Competitive play was king in this Classic, with the Japan-Korea rivalry setting the tone all the way up to Monday's final crescendo, a 5-3 win for Japan in 10 innings. The two teams played five times, with Japan winning three games. The final runs tally: Japan 43, Korea 38.
"The fact that the two Asian countries were able to play against each other in the finals is something that we and the Koreans can be proud of," Japan manager Tatsunori Hara said.
Very true, but this was much more than Japan vs. Korea. It was a 16-nation baseball army that marched through March and provided, once again and in different ways than in 2006, a welcome appetizer for Major League Baseball's regular season. And, just as it did in 2006, it showed how large the world of baseball is becoming.
The first pitch came from Japan's 22-year-old phenom Yu Darvish in the early-morning hours of March 5 in the U.S., when Japan got Tokyo Dome rocking and began its title defense with a 4-0 victory over China. The last pitch came in the late-evening hours Monday night at Dodger Stadium, when Darvish -- now serving as Japan's closer -- delivered an unhittable slider for the final out and a championship in extra innings.
In all, there were 39 games played at seven international venues over the course of the tournament, and each of them had a story.
A review of some of the key games along the way:
March 5: China 4, Chinese Taipei 1 -- Less than a year after the Major Leagues made its first trip to the Great Wall, China earned its first big win in international competition.
March 7: Netherlands 3, Dominican Republic 2 -- Three quick runs showed the world the Dutch were in the tourney. Holding off one of the pre-tourney favorites showed they were there to stay.
March 7: U.S. 6, Canada 5 -- With Rogers Centre rocking, the border "friendly" turned into a tense affair down to J.J. Putz's last pitch and bear hug of catcher Brian McCann. Surprisingly, Canada would be out two days later after losing to Italy.
March 9: Korea 1, Japan 0 -- In stark contrast to the 14-2 rout Japan had put on Korea to start what would be their best-of-five series, this seeding game turned into a pitching duel between Jung Keun Bong and Hisashi Iwakuma, who'd meet again in the final.
March 10: Netherlands 2, Dominican Republic 1 -- After the D.R. took the lead in the 11th, the Dutch flipped it around in the bottom half of the inning with the winning run scoring on an error, thus eliminating the D.R. and propelling The Netherlands to the second round.
March 14: Puerto Rico 11, U.S. 1 -- This game was called in the seventh on the mercy rule, as Carlos Beltran homered and Pudge Rodriguez hit a pair of doubles, putting the U.S. up against the wall in embarrassing fashion.
March 15: U.S. 9, Netherlands 3 -- Team USA ended the dream for The Netherlands in a game that saw Jimmy Rollins and Brian Roberts, a late replacement at second base for injured Dustin Pedroia, ignite the offense from the top of the order, and later included some heated words after U.S. pitcher Matt Lindstrom threw a pitch behind Vince Rooi after Lindstrom believed that Bryan Englehardt took too long watching his two-run home run in the eighth inning.
March 16: Venezuela 2, Puerto Rico 0 -- Felix Hernandez, the rising star right-hander for the Mariners, pitched 4 2/3 shutout innings, and Francisco Rodriguez, the closer who signed as a free agent with the Mets this offseason, finished off Puerto Rico's first loss of the tournament with a four-out save, while clinching a spot in the semis for Venezuela.
March 17: U.S. 6, Puerto Rico 5 -- With a wave of David Wright's bat at a pitch low and away, the Mets third baseman sent a sinking liner down the right-field line and two runs across the plate for a victory that set off a wild celebration at Miami's Dolphin Stadium and sent the U.S. to the semis.
March 18: Japan 5, Cuba 0 -- The defending champions met baseball's greatest amateur power in an elimination game, and Japan survived. That left Cuba out of the finals of a major international tournament for the first time since 1952.
March 22: Japan 9, U.S. 4 -- Team USA advanced one more round than in '06, but it turned into one game as Japan earned the right to meet Korea for the title behind Daisuke Matsuzaka.
In the end, Dice-K was named MVP of the tournament, an honor that could have gone to his teammate Iwakuma just as easily.
But one thing they definitely shared afterward: A desire to do it all over again.
"I want to continue to be a player that would be invited to this," Matsuzaka said. "That's how I feel."
Said Iwakuma: "It was the pride of Japan. And if possible, I would like to participate again."
John Schlegel is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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Even though pearls have been around for as long as recorded human history, there is still a lot of mystery that surrounds them. There's a lot of fact, fiction, and folklore to sort through, so let's get started, shall we?
While it's true that pearls are the only gemstone made by a living animal, it's a myth that removing the pearl from a mollusk (soft body, hard shell) results in certain death. While this can sometimes be the case, it's not an absolute. It's well-documented in the world of cultured pearls that once a pearl has been harvested, a mollusk can continue to produce pearls.
Pearls are odd birds in the world of gems. Not only do they come from a living creature, they come from one that knows how to turn a bad situation into something beautiful. The story that everyone knows is that a grain of sand makes its way into an oyster and from this a pearl miraculously appears. Well, not exactly. It's more likely that a microscopic organism hitchhiking on that grain of sand is the culprit. This would help explain why pearls are so rare. If a grain of sand were all it took, pearls would be much more plentiful.
So, how does the little interloper entice a pearl out of the oyster? Once it finds its way into the fleshy part of the shell, a substance (nacre) is released to soothe the irritation. Because the houseguest won't take a hike, over time, this substance forms a pearl.
Less than one percent of the world's pearls are natural. Natural just means that no human intervention was involved. Natural pearls have always been rare, but are even more so today due to water pollution, tsunamis, and other issues that make it really hard for a mollusk to stay in the water long enough to grow pearls of any consequence.
Nearly all pearls harvested today are cultured. Cultured pearls are still pearls – it's just the irritant that inspires the pearl is introduced by humans instead of Mother Nature.
I know that some people conjure up images of their grandmother when they hear talk of pearls. But pearls aren't called the rainbow of the ocean for no reason. They come in a myriad of colors and shades. And designs that are pretty cutting edge – definitely, not your grandmother's pearls.
The type of mollusk usually determines the color as well as where they call home. The color of a pearl is taken from inside the shell in which they grow. Colors in pearls consist of three components. The hue is the first impression color. The tone is the lightness or darkness of that first impression color. The saturation is the intensity of the color.
There are a couple of legendary stories about pearls being consumed. One of the most famous and ancient is that of Cleopatra when she met Marc Antony. In her effort to impress him with her kingdom's wealth, she put a very expensive pearl into a glass of wine and drank it down. That pearl would be worth about $30M today. Quite possibly, the most expensive cocktail in human history. No one knows for sure if this is fact or fiction, but after reading a biography about Egypt's last Pharaoh, I say it sounds about right.
Kokichi Mikimoto of cultured pearl fame believed that pearls did a body good and was said to have eaten two pearls for breakfast every morning. Now, it's hard to know if this was a marketing ploy or if he actually believed it – but one can only come to the conclusion that he may have been onto something since he lived until the age of 96. Though my grandmother drank whiskey and lived to be almost 100, so maybe imbibing what you love is the key.
Princess and movie star Grace Kelly favored pearls on the silver screen and in her private life. She loved how they made a simple outfit stunning. Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy thought pearls were always appropriate. Fashion icon Coco Chanel said that every woman needed ropes and ropes of pearls.
Cleopatra dug them, Queen Elizabeth I had to have them, and Marilyn Monroe's favorite piece of jewelry was none other than a pearl necklace given to her by famed Yankee slugger Joe DiMaggio. They meant the world to her and were one of the few pieces of fine jewelry that Monroe owned.
If not, you really should give them a try. There's something about pearls that's hard to explain. Marilyn knew it – Jackie knew it – and Coco damn well knew it. All of them would tell it to you straight if they were here. They would say that you not only should have pearls in your life, you absolutely need them.
There isn't a powerful or enigmatic woman anywhere in human history that didn't have pearls along for the ride. They were all pearl girls. Whether it's your first piece of pearl jewelry or your tenth, I would love to help you find just the right design. Call this pearl girl at 619.223.2151 or stop by so we can talk.


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Matsu To Bring Modern Japanese Cuisine To San Diego's North County Starting On September 30
Modern Japanese cuisine with Michelin-ambitions are on the menu when the highly anticipated Matsu finally opens its doors in San Diego's North County on September 30.
Chef William Eick brings 12 years of experience in traditional Japanese cooking to what he hopes will be a Michelin-starred, Modern Japanese experience in Matsu, unveiling at the 2,400 square-foot former Flying Pig Pub space in Oceanside on Thursday, September 30. Named after the matsutake pine mushrooms native to Japan, Matsu will have 48 seats within a minimalist designed, sleek and modern interior dining room, intentionally leaving space for guests to have a very personal dining experience. The interior features handcrafted dining furniture by local artisan Chapman Cochran. Eick opens Matsu with an elite team of industry professionals, including corporate executive pastry chef Felipe Orozco, formerly of Market Del Mar, and bar manager Aaron Lara, who previously worked at VAGA in Encinitas.
"For years, I've challenged myself day in and out to go beyond the recipes, ingredients and influences - beyond what exists - to give guests a series of firsts in dining," said Chef Eick. "I'm humbled to give my community my all: an experience that reflects the full capacity of flavors unique to both our local area and Japan. My team and I are committed to carefully crafting dishes that have never been introduced in San Diego, with excruciating attention to detail."
Matsu will have a frequently changing menu with rotating a la carte dishes, as well as price-fixed, multi-course meal options. Eick, who formerly owned once-beloved 608 restaurant on nearby Mission Avenue, selectively procures ingredients straight from Japan and from farms and foraging around San Diego, blending tradition with the best of the local bounty. The restaurant's full bar will be mostly wine-forward, with the aim to offer perfect pours to expertly pair with dishes.
During construction, Matsu operated a to-go exclusive eatery dubbed Naegi (meaning "sapling" in Japanese), which focused on Japanese fried chicken karaage, katsu sandwiches and onigiri rice balls. Eick also operated a bakery onsite that provided area restaurants with Japanese milk bread buns, rolls and loaves. Naegi will soon be a temporary food truck as Eick and his team search for a permanent location for the more casual concept.
Reservations for Matsu are currently available online. The restaurant is located at 626 S. Tremont Street in San Diego's North County city of Oceanside. For more information, visit eatatmatsu.com and check out the launch menu below.


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First city electric train to arrive from Switzerland in January
This year, Belarusian Railways has concluded a contract with Swiss Stadler for the purchase of ten electric trains. Six are to operate in Minsk, while four others are to connect regional cities, with three city electric trains coming into operation in 2011.
The first electric train is already being assembled at a plant in Swiss Bussnang. "It is due to arrive in Belarus in January," explains the Head of Belarusian Railways, Anatoly Sivak. Pre-operation tests are to be conducted at the engine depot in Minsk, with Swiss specialists participating. The train will be delivered from Switzerland on six cargo trucks.
Another two electric trains, destined for Belarus' city routes, are now being assembled in Switzerland, due to arrive in February and March. "We plan to test run these trains in August," adds Mr. Sivak. Their major advantage is that they can service routes with heavy passenger flow; they are sure to enjoy demand.


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This article is about the type of jacket or vest. For the type of lower-body garment, see Cut-off shorts. For other uses, see Cutoff (disambiguation).
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Motorcycle club members wearing cut-offs bearing various patches
Biker's vintage cut-off adorned with club badges
A cut-off, battle jacket, battle vest or kutte in heavy metal subcultures, is a type of vest or jacket which originated in the biker subculture and later found popularity in punk and various heavy metal subcultures. Biker, metal and punk subcultures differ in how the garment is prepared, what decorations are applied, and how this is done.
Cut-offs are usually made from leather or denim jackets with their sleeves removed, or cut very short, and often adorned with patches, badges and painted artwork that display motorcycle club affiliations known as colours,[1][2] or alternatively band names, political affiliations, beliefs, or sexual acts performed.[3]
In the 1970s and 1980s, cut-offs were almost always blue denim. Thrash metal fans favoured heavily washed denim, while members of one British motorcycle club bleached theirs until they were almost white.[citation needed] From the mid to late 1990s, some punks and metalheads have worn multi-pocketed hunting or fishing vests, both in plain colours and camouflage patterns, and leather cut-offs—always popular with punks,[citation needed] and with bikers in recent decades.
Punk vests are often made from leather and heavily decorated with metal studs
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In punk subculture, cut-offs are often leather (but can also be denim). Typical decorations are metal studs and badges (often painted-on) of bands or political causes, with cloth patches being secondary, ultimately because of the difficulty of doing the required needlework on tough leather. In addition, sleeves are more likely to be kept attached to the body of the jacket. As part of the DIY philosophy of the hardcore punk scene, the vests may be home-repaired with heavy thread, dental floss, or safety pins, and the band logos may be put on using paint and crude home-made stencils. Some wearers also drape chains or other paraphernalia from the vest.
Heavy metal/hard rock fans with vests
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Cut-offs in the heavy metal scene are often adorned with patches of logos and album covers of bands, ranging in size from small square patches to large patches that fill the back panel of the vest. Patches are the main decoration. However, some Heavy Metal kutten have studs on them, particularly for fans of crossover thrash bands such as mid-1980s Discharge or of thrash metal.
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Between the latest Apple iPad and Microsoft Courier rumors, the race to the perfect tablet has become something of a waiting game. If last night's Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards are any indication, however, Michael Arrington and TechCrunch just might beat all of the major tech players to the punch.
During last night's ceremonies, PM handed out awards to the Nikon Coolpix s1000pj ad the Palm Pre, among others. One product stood out on the list, however: TechCrunch's long rumored CrunchPad tablet, which appeared on the evening's program but was conspicuously absent from the night's festivities.
According to Popular Mechanics, the actual device just didn't make it in time, which seems to suggest that while the CrunchPad does in fact exist, its creators rushed--and failed--to get it in under the wire.
Perhaps it's just wishful thinking, but this also seems to imply that we may be seeing an actual product coming to market soon. After all, the Breakthrough Awards are largely given to existing products and technologies.


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Andrij Walerijowytsch Scholdak (; * 3. November 1962 in Kiew, Ukrainische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik) ist ein ukrainischer Theaterregisseur.

Scholdak studierte am Moskauer Staatlichen Institut für Theaterkunst (GITIS), der heutigen Russischen Akademie für Theaterkunst, in der Meisterklasse von Anatoli Wassiljew.

Scholdak ist seit 2002 Intendant des Schewtschenko-Theaters in Charkiw. International bekannt geworden ist er mit Gastspielen seiner Inszenierungen in Deutschland, Finnland, Frankreich, den Niederlanden, Polen, Österreich, Rumänien und Russland. Am Theater Oberhausen inszenierte er  seit 2009 Bühnenfassungen von Henry Millers Sexus, Dostojewskis Idiot und Franz Kafkas  Erzählung Die Verwandlung.

Andrij Scholdak ist der Urenkel von Iwan Karpenko-Karyj.

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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It is an 1857 book by Hinton Rowan Helper, who declares himself a proud Southerner. It was written mostly in Baltimore, but it would have been illegal to publish it there, as he pointed out. It was a strong attack on slavery as inefficient and a barrier to the economic advancement of whites. The book was widely distributed by Horace Greeley and other antislavery leaders, and infuriated Southerners. According to historian George M. Fredrickson, "it would not be difficult to make a case for The Impending Crisis as the most important single book, in terms of its political impact, that has ever been published in the United States."  In the North it became "THE book against slavery." A book reviewer wrote, "Next to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Hinton Helper's critique of slavery and the Southern class system, The Impending Crisis of the South (1857), was arguably the most important antislavery book of the 1850s."

Condemnation of slavery

The book condemned slavery, but "not with reference, except in a very slight degree, to its humanitarian or religious aspects," which had already been dealt with at length by Northern writers. Instead, Helper criticized slavery on economic grounds, appealing to whites' rational self-interest, rather than "any special friendliness or sympathy for the blacks." Helper claimed that slavery hurt the Southern economy by preventing economic development and industrialization, and that it was the main reason why the South had fallen far behind the North, both economically and demographically. Helper tried to speak on behalf of the majority of Southern whites, poor or of moderate means — the plain folk of the Old South — whom he claimed were oppressed by a small aristocracy of wealthy slave owners.

Helper's tone was aggressive: "Freesoilers and abolitionists are the only true friends of the South; slaveholders and slave-breeders are downright enemies of their own section. Anti-slavery men are working for the Union and for the good of the whole world; proslavery men are working for the disunion of the States, and for the good of nothing except themselves."

The poverty of the slaveholding South
According to a published summary of the book, the South, under slavery, is not doing well economically. Massachusetts produces sixteen bushels of wheat to the acre, while Virginia produces only seven. Iowa produces thirty-six bushels of oats to the acre; Mississippi produces only twelve. In 1790, at the time of the first census, the population of New York was 340,000 and that of Virginia 748,000; in 1850 the population of New York was 3,097,000, while that of Virginia was 1,421,000. Land in the North sells for much more than land in the South. These are only a few examples of the many statistics of this sort in the book. Many draw on the U.S. Census, or other "confessedly authentic, and for the most part official, sources of information."

Political impact
A version of it was published in German translation in 1860.

With the approach of the 1860 presidential election, to help the Republican Party a Compendium version appeared in July 1859; it was an abridgement that kept the statistics but watered down some of the confrontational rhetoric. It was endorsed by 68 Republican members of Congress. By December 1859, 500 copies a day were being sold.

This version met with fierce opposition. Possession of a copy was treated as criminal offense in most of the South. Distributors of the book were arrested, and three men in Arkansas were hanged for possession of it.

Congress convened on December 5, 1859. The House of Representatives was unable to conduct any business until February 1, 1860, because the body was so divided that it was unable to elect a speaker. Helper's book was the only topic. During the "ill-spirited and acrimoneous" election campaign, Southerners refused to accept anyone who had helped Helper. It is the second-longest such dispute in House history. Another source says it was the longest dispute, with 44 elections for speaker.

In rebuttal, Louis F. Schade published in 1860 A Book for the "Impending Crisis!" Appeal to the Common Sense and Patriotism of the People of the United States. "Helperism" Annihilated! The "Irrepressible Conflict" and Its Consequences! (80 pages).

Rowan's racism
Although it was mostly ignored by the abolitionists, Helper was a rabid white supremacist. His goal in writing the book, as he says, was to help Southern whites, not Blacks. According to him, Blacks were inferior to whites, and there was no place for them in the United States; after emancipation, they should be removed from the country, he said. "A. B. Burdick, the publisher of The Impending Crisis, testified that Helper ... avoided all contacts with Negroes, refusing even to patronize hotels or restaurants which employed Negroes in menial capacities. Another man who knew Helper before the war recalled that 'he has always been inflexibly opposed to all the relations and conditions which have kept the two races close together; and this ... was one of the principal grounds of his opposition to slavery."

References

Further reading

Bailey, Hugh C. (1965). Hinton Rowan Helper: Abolitionist-Racist. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. Review, pp. 410-411
Brown, David (2006). Southern Outcast: Hinton Rowan Helper and the Impending Crisis of the South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Review

External links
1857 text of  The Impending Crisis at the University of North Carolina
 Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South (1859 version online)

1857 non-fiction books
Non-fiction books about American slavery
Abolitionism in the United States
American Civil War books
Origins of the American Civil War
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Youth violence lower in countries with complete ban on corporal punishment
One of largest cross-national analyses of youth violence, based on information from over 400,000 adolescents in 88 countries
A study published today in the BMJ Open shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children there is less fighting among young people. There was 31% less physical fighting in young men and 42% less physical fighting in young women in countries where corporal punishment was banned in all settings, compared with those where corporal punishment was permitted both at school and at home. In countries where there was a partial ban on corporal punishment (such as in Canada, the US and the UK where corporal punishment not banned in at home), the level of violence in young men was similar to that in countries with no bans, though the level of violence in women was lower (at 56%).
Previous studies have shown a clear relationship between childhood spanking and a host of negative outcomes later on ranging from aggression to mental health problems. In this case, however, the researchers caution that they see an association rather than a causal relationship between legal bans on corporal punishment and violence in youth.
"All we can say, at this point, is that countries that prohibit the use of corporal punishment are less violent for children to grow up in than countries that do not," says Frank Elgar, of McGill's Institute for Health and Social Policy, the lead author on the study. "At this point we are simply taking a stratospheric view of the issue at an international level and note the correlation. To be able to show an effect of bans on youth violence, we will need to go back in 4-8 years after more data has been collected. We will also need to ask children and youth more questions about what's going on at home, something that researchers have typically been shy to do."
Frequent fighting was generally more common in young men (close to 10%) than in young women (about 3%)
Fighting varied widely from one country to the next ranging from under 1% in Costa Rican young women to close to 35% in Samoan young men
The researchers found that the associations between corporal punishment and youth violence remained, even after taking potential confounders were taken into account such as per capita income, murder rates and parent education programmes to prevent child maltreatment.
How the research was done
The researchers used data gathered from adolescents in 88 countries around the world by the World Health Organization Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study and the Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS). The youth responded to survey questions at varying ages about how often they got into fights. The researchers correlated this information with data from each country about the prohibition of corporal punishment. Countries were grouped into: those with a complete ban on the use of corporal punishment at home and in schools (30 countries, the majority of which are in Europe, as well as a smaller number in Latin America, Asia and Africa); those with a ban in schools but not in the home (38 countries, among them China, the US, UK, and Canada), and those with no ban on corporal punishment (20 countries, ranging from Myanmar to the Solomon Islands).
To read "Corporal punishment bans and physical fighting in adolescents: an ecological study of 88 countries" by Elgar FJ, Donnelly PD, Michaelson V, et al., in BMJ Open 2018 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021616
The research was funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Canada Research Chairs Program.
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Life with my Joys: Heritage.
There's this little white building with a proud white steeple - way up in God's Country - which can be seen for miles around from the highest point in Hodgdon... that played a hugely pivotal role in my life during all of my growing up years, and that still to this day is very near and dear to my heart.
See the steeple - far far away?
Every single Sunday - barring sickness or death - my two brothers and I crammed into the backseat of our little family car, and our family headed across our small town of Hodgdon over to the other, equally small little town of East Hodgdon, where we would meet up with the rest of the Quint's and the Smith's, the Duff's and the Foster's and everyone else in between who was related to all of the rest of us in some way or another.
And it was in this tiny little building, with tons of friends and cousins, and with a church "family" that watched me grow up from the time I was a baby until the day I moved away as a "Mrs."... and who loved me no matter what.... where I learned so very many things.
There's something pretty special about a place where there are so many families with three generations represented. There's something very sweet about seeing a grandbaby being bounced on his Grampy's lap during the middle of the service so that the baby's Mama can actually get something out of what the pastor is saying, and there's something pretty cool about watching little cousins all lined up together in the same pew -- literally growing up together in the church.
....There's also something really embarrassing about having the Mama's - mid service - split up said cousins and make them return to their rightful owners because they can't stop the snorting belly laughs or the note passing during the pastor's message.
It was there, though - in that little building, and with those precious people - where I witnessed and observed faithfulness being modeled. It was there where I learned what I really and truly believe - and why I believe it. It was during those years and in that building where I learned to love Jesus and where I learned to not just read His Word - but to live and practice it, as well. And it was from those people where I learned that family extends far beyond "blood," and of what it honestly means to be the Hands and Feet of Jesus.
This is the "family" that - while some of the older generation teased me about my wild and crazy hair and ear lobe piercings..... also openly welcomed and accepted my edgy, but truly-searching-for-Jesus, new boyfriend....who not only sported an earring himself, but who also had some pretty wild and crazy hair.
This is the "family" that supported me and prayed for me when I flew clear across the world having never been on an airplane before...and who loved me and listened to my follow-up presentation that went way, way, way overtime upon my return home.
This is the "family" that not only threw me my bridal shower, but who also gave me showers for my first...and for my last wee baby...fourteen years later.
And it was in this building where I learned loyalty and love...and where it was shown by the people within those four walls, that "you can always come home."
I learned what a strong marriage looks like.
I learned what it looks like for an older woman to be an example to the younger.
I learned what it means to be faithful in little, and what it means to be faithful in much.
And I saw parents loving their children well.
This is a rich, rich heritage.
And this is a legacy that my three small boys get to be a part of whenever we return back home for a visit.
I also, and equally as firmly believe that it's the people inside that make the difference.
And it's the love and the "walking alongside" that stays with others forever.
And it's the "family" that extends far beyond the borders of blood that truly creates the definition of a "church."
And while I know and love so many friends who believe that God is irrelevant and that church is no longer necessary in this day and age...I also know that you can't judge God by His kids. And while no-one is perfect, and while some of His kids have scarred others for life by both their words and by their judgmental actions...there are also some of God's kids - and many who reside here in this sweet, small building - who have solidified in this woman's heart the very real relevance of God Himself and of my very great need for Him each and every day of life.
I am so very thankful to be able to say that my growing up years, and my rich heritage in that sweet little Hodgdon building on the White Settlement Road way up North in God's Country, helped shape and mold me into the woman that I am today.
And it taught me the deep, wild love of a Father God.
It solidified and and confirmed to me what my parents modeled and taught me at home.
And it showed me authenticity.
There is more to life than these fleeting years on Earth.
And may He find us faithful.
For these truths taught to me - and for so very many more - I will remain forever thankful.
Written in honor of my sweet little church family who is celebrating "up Home" tonight.
I'm certain I have no idea what you're talking about......you weren't the one who had to get up in the middle of church and go back to sit with your parents because you had been naughty!!
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How Legendary Fashion Designer Kate Spade Built Her Business
She tragically passed away today at age 55.
By Maggie Maloney
Fashion designer Kate Spade tragically died at age 55 on Tuesday.
The iconic designer is remembered for creating her namesake accessories empire, which she founded in 1993. Her lasting legacy is captured in the ethos of the beloved Kate Spade brand. Despite the fact that Spade sold her company years ago, the brand shared its sadness with a touching tribute on Twitter, remembering its "visionary founder:"
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— kate spade new york (@katespadeny) June 5, 2018
Spade leaves behind an enduring legacy of colorful, whimsical designs and an incredible story of her path to the top of the fashion industry. We're taking a look back at her extraordinary career here:
Kate Spade Was Founded in 1991
Before she was Kate Spade of Kate Spade & Co., she was Kate Brosnahan, a senior fashion editor at Mademoiselle magazine. The legend goes that in 1991, Kate was dissatisfied with the handbag market, and her then-boyfriend, Andy Spade, encouraged her to design her dream bag, Racked reports. Brosnahan quickly got to work creating samples, and in 1993 the couple formally founded Kate Spade & Co., using $35,000 Andy had in savings as initial funding.
The inspiration behind Kate's design was simple: Kate had long loved her mother's collection of bright, whimsical handbags, which she first encountered in her childhood home in Kansas City, Missouri. "She had clutches, oranges, pinks, chocolates, huge pearl buttons," Kate told Time Magazine in 2004. And Kate didn't just want to design a bag that looked nice—she wanted it to be practical, as well. ''I wanted a functional bag that was sophisticated and had some style,'' Kate told the Times in 1999.
One of the highlight's of Kate's early designs was the "Sam" bag, a simple boxy bag created in a nylon material. The bag has stood the test of time, and was re-released to mark the brand's 25th anniversary in 2018, according to Fashionista.
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Kate and Andy took the first collection of bags, which were priced between $100 and $400, to trade shows around New York. According to Racked, Barneys and Fred Segal first placed orders of Kate's designs, and were quickly followed by Bloomingdales, Nordstorm, and Saks. The company was making waves in fashion magazines, as well.
"When Candy Pratts Price at Vogue put our bag from our very first line on her back page, Last Look. I was beside myself," Kate recalled to the San Francisco Examiner in 2000. "Having been an editor, I was incredibly flattered. It was one of our best credits."
Kate Spade's Business Takes Off
The business quickly took off. In 1993, the company's revenue was less than $100,000, but by 1995, it was $1.5 million, Forbes reports. While Kate worked for the company full-time from the beginning, Andy formally joined full-time in 1996 after quitting his advertising job. Kate and Andy also hired two friends, Pamela Bell and Elyce Arons, to work on the business with them.
That same year, the company opened their first boutique in New York, and even larger orders were coming in from department stores: Saks and Neiman Marcus each ordered 3,000 bags for all of their stores. And in 1996, Kate Spade New York reported a revenue of $6 million.
By 1998, the Spades opened additional stores in Los Angeles and Japan, and were reporting sales of $27 million. That was when they decided to expand beyond handbags into lifestyle items, including planners and photo albums, Racked reports. In 1999, the company introduced footwear, followed by a men's line called Jack Spade.
Neiman Marcus Buys Kate Spade
Kate Spade at her store in Boston June 25, 1999.
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In 1999, Neiman Marcus bought 56 percent of Kate Spade New York for $33.6 million. This marked the start of numerous transitions for the company, along with increasing revenue numbers. In 2005, Kate Spade New York was reportedly making $89 million in revenue, climbing to $99 million in 2006, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Spade and her remaining partners sold the rest of Kate Spade New York, another 44 percent, to Neiman Marcus for $59 million in 2006. While the exact figures remain unclear, the Spades likely walked away with $46.5 million before taxes, Forbes notes.
In 2006, Liz Claiborne Inc. Takes Over
In 2006, Neiman Marcus sold Kate Spade to fashion powerhouse Liz Claiborne, which already had more than 40 brands in operation. Claiborne bought Kate Spade New York for about $124 million, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Kate with daughter Frances in 2007.
Kate and Andy Spade formally left their roles as designer and chief executive officer of Kate Spade New York in 2007 to spend time with their daughter, Frances Beatrix Valentine Spade, who was born in 2005, Vogue UK reports. "This is a hard decision, and I feel very emotional about it," Kate said to WWD after the news was announced."But the emotions would be more about melancholy if I thought we weren't doing the right thing."
Kate and Andy Spade Launch Frances Valentine
Kate and Andy Spade discussing Frances Valentine at Build Studio in April 2017.
While Kate Spade New York is worth billions today, Kate Spade's net worth was estimated to be around $150 million, the Richest reports. Spade and the other Kate Spade founders had been separated from the namesake company since 2007 and the Spades embarked on a new fashion business two years ago.
Kate and Andy created Frances Valentine, a shoe and handbag company, in February 2016. The new brand was also marked by a change for Kate Spade herself: she legally changed her name to Kate Valentine Spade, Fast Company reports. "I thought it was important to distinguish who I am now," she told People of her name change."I'm the same person, but there's a difference." Kate and Andy were joined at Frances Valentine by former Kate Spade partner Elyce Arons and another Spade veteran, Paola Venturi.
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The designer is survived by her husband, Andy, and their 13-year-old daughter, Frances.
"We are all devastated by today's tragedy," the Spade family said in a statement, according to the New York Times. "We loved Kate dearly and will miss her terribly. We would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time." Our thoughts are with the Spade family during this difficult time.
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This audiobook is the first book in the new academic book series, Hermit Kingdom Studies in Christianity and Judaism, which seeks to encourage advancement of knowledge in the area of Hebrew language studies, Jewish historical studies, and Early Christianity/New Testament studies. The academic series particularly encourages the use of interdisciplinary approaches and creative thinking.
Hebrew, Jewish, and Early Christian Studies: Academic Essays by Heerak Christian Kim contains six academic papers. The academic papers represent fruits of academic research conducted in a period of 10 years in three countries in three continents: Israel, United States, and United Kingdom. The research was conducted under the auspices of some of the world most prestigious fellowships, such as the Lady Davis Fellowship and the Raoul Wallenberg Scholarship. Heerak Christian Kim researched with some of the world's greatest minds - at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cambridge University, and America's Ivy League universities. Some of the papers in the collection were delivered before an academic audience in important academic conferences (Society of Biblical Literature, British New Testament Conference, and American Schools of Oriental Research) and represent cutting-edge research in the respective field. The essays show erudition. But more importantly, some of the creative ideas contained in the audiobook represent potentially a strong force of change in methodology and academic consensus in the area of Hebrew, Jewish, and Early Christian studies. This audiobook is aimed at specialists in the field and can be used as a text book for college courses in the area of Hebrew, Jewish, and Early Christian studies. This audiobook would be beneficial and helpful for clergy and informed laity who want a more serious study of the Bible, Christianity, and Judaism.
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DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION Nairobi – Sagana
DEPARTURE TIME Morning
Private transportation in a custom safari minibus OR 4×4 jeep with pop-up roof ideal for game viewing and sightseeing.
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Full Board accommodation in all lodges and luxury camps
Bottled drinking water for use during the safari
Game drives as mentioned
All taxes plus Park entry fees
All other expenses of personal nature such as visas, travel/baggage insurance, laundry, beverages, tips etc.
Day 1: Arrival Nairobi – Sagana
On arrival, you will be picked up from JKIA by a representative who will brief you about your safari. Thereafter, you will depart for Sagana. You will enjoy lunch enroute to Savage Wilderness where you will partake in various activities.
Rafting at Mathioya River
Rafting or white-water rafting is a challenging recreational activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water.
This is usually done on different degrees of rough and calm water, in order to thrill and excite the passengers. Rafting in Kenya has been going for over 25 years and has some of the best rafting in the world. The rivers in Kenya have varying degrees of difficulty, but whichever you choose, you'll have an adventure you'll never forget.
Savage Wilderness have teamed up with Bungeewalla, the only bungee jumping company in Kenya with a 60m high.
Thereafter, you will enjoy:
Sun Downers
Sit back and watch the sky break open in colour in one of Kenya's beautiful, breathtaking sunsets, while enjoying a breath-taking 'Sun-Downer' from Kiambicho hill in front of Camp.
You will later be transferred to your hotel to freshen up.
Dinner and Overnight at Destination Resort Centre.
Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner.
Day 2: Sagana – Ol Pejeta Conservancy
After breakfast, drive through the lush tea and coffee estates to Sweetwaters Tented Camp. Sweetwaters land, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and its sumptuous ranch were once the private domain of famed multi-millionaire, Adnan Kashoggi.
We visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a charming haven established by the Jane Goodall Institute to provide sanctuary to orphaned chimps, and the specially protected and fenced refuge of black rhino with its stunning forty specimens! In fact Sweetwaters boasts excellent game viewing with the highest ratio of game to area of any park or reserve in Kenya. Moreover, the camp has its own private waterhole and salt lick so we'll be guaranteed unprecedented close encounters. Whether its day or night game drives, camel trekking, lion tracking, al fresco dining or relaxing by pool, Sweetwaters is bound to delight.
Dinner and Overnight at Sweet Waters Serena Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 3: Sweetwaters – The Forest – Naivasha
Enjoy your breakfast before departing for Kereita Forest. Take a scenic drive to Kimende and a further 10 kilometers ride brings us to the Carbacid Forest Gate which is our starting Point. This general area sits on top of an underground natural Carbon dioxide reservoir that is currently mined by Carbacid limited for industrial and commercial purposes.
During the first hour, you'll hike through large open clearings and as you get further into the forest land and descend into the first river valley, the clearings give way to indigenous trees. The trail then goes deeper into the forest, with the undergrowth now getting thicker and more interesting and varied. Giant ferns and climbers abound deep in the forest, competing for the meager light filtering though old gnarled mammoth trees that stand tall and proud, untouched by human exploitation. The sounds of various species of monkeys and birds increasingly become a regular part of the jungle. The trail is hardly noticeable due to infrequent visitors to this part of the forest. The guide therefore has to carry a machete for cutting his way through some of the undergrowth, in addition to following animal trails going the general direction of the waterfall.
After walking up and down two steep river valleys for about two hours, the trail passes by Elephant Pool, a large natural water body that Elephants love to frolic in before finally getting down to Kereita Waterfall on Gatamaiyu River. This waterfall drops 60 feet to the stream below.
To the right side of the waterfall is a cave with a small bat population. Enjoy a short rest and walk back to enjoy lunch.
Thereafter, you will partake in some activities:
Fly across The Forest on East-Africa's longest zip line tour, offering over 2.4km of flight across the lush Kereita forest.
This is the perfect way to de-stress on a rush of adrenalin and marvel at the beautiful scenery from a different point of view.
The zip line experience is offered every day of the year, as long as it is not raining.
Archery is the sport, practice or skill of using a bow to propel arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. Come try your hand at Archery and see how good your aim is as you shoot targets with a bow and arrow.
Paint Balling
Enjoy Paint Balling at the forests two sites set up for teams to battle it out with color paint balls as projectiles, a fun and excellent activity which causes no harm to the environment.
Thereafter, you will depart for Naivasha for some rest and relaxation.
Dinner and Overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge.
Day 4: Explore Naivasha
After an early breakfast drive to Hell's Gate National Park. Once at the Park, enjoy a game drive.
After a brief stop at the rangers post start a walking safari. Enjoy the spectacular views of the gorge. The park provides a variety of wildlife, unusual flora and many species of birds and is one of the only two Kenyan Parks where climbing, walking and biking are allowed. Animals seen here include Bushbucks, Dikdiks, Gazelles, Gnus, Hartebeests, Impalas, Klipspringers, Buffaloes, Hyraxes, Zebras, Hyenas, Jackals, Mongooses, Baboons, Monkeys and Porcupines amongst others. The park has historically been an important home for the rare lammergeyer vultures and over 103 species of birds have been recorded in this park, including vultures, Verreaux's Eagles.
You will then proceed to your lodge for lunch.
Later, you will enjoy a boat ride on this beautiful freshwater lake; Lake Naivasha, which is the second largest freshwater lake in Kenya. The waters of the lake draw a great range of game to these shores. Giraffes wander among the acacia, Buffalo wallow in the swamps and Colobus monkeys call from the treetops while the Lakes large hippo populations sleep the day out in the shallows. You will also take walk on Crescent Island. The terrain is flat, making it easy for walkers of all abilities to enjoy themselves.
There is a lot of easy to see game e.g. giraffes, waterbucks, elands, wildebeests, zebras and impalas. It is also a heaven for birds with +200 species recorded. The lake has a lot of hippos, which you can easily spot from the island. Among the resident birds are fish eagles, ospreys, lily-trotters, black crakes and a variety of herons. Hippos also live in the lake. A number of mammals can be seen grazing in the surrounding lake environs, such as zebra, impala, buffalo, giraffe, Kongoni and, at night, hippos.
Day 5: Naivasha – Masai Mara Game Reserve
This morning, you will depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve–jewel of Kenya's Game Park. This enormous Reserve actually part of the vast Serengeti plains is famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration and is a true home of the big five-Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Cape Buffalo.
Upon arrival, lunch will follow. Later, explore the reserve on a late evening game drive.
You will also be treated to dinner in the wilds of the Masai Mara. Which will commence with the setting of the sun. You will find that a table and chairs have already been set up and that a campfire, lanterns, and bush kitchen awaits them.
Dinner and Overnight at Ashnil Mara Camp.
Day 6: Explore Masai Mara
On this days, you will enjoy two extensive game drives in this globally famous reserve known for its exceptional population of lions, leopards and cheetahs, game, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson's gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.
Masai Mara Game Reserve is ranked amongst the world's finest wildlife sanctuary with well over 450 species of animals having been sighted in this marvel of nature. The endless plains of the Masai Mara are the setting for the world's greatest wildlife spectacle – over 1.5 million animals, including the wildebeest and zebra migration. They are in turn relentlessly tracked by Africa's great predators, including lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs, making for some of the most amazing hunting scenarios witnessed in the wild.
Thereafter, you will be transferred to the banks of the world-famous Mara River, you will be met by a traditionally clad Maasai warrior who will lead you where countless hippos wallow. Once you reach a clearing, you will be offered a glass of chilled sparkling wine or fresh juice before being shown to your table, which is located in a shady grove immediately alongside the hippo pool. Beneath the trees, you will find a full display of fruit, patisserie and cereals as well as a line of chefs ready to cook eggs, bacon, sausages and chicken to your specification.
You will then enjoy a guided nature walk enroute to a Maasai village which is an interesting experience. As you arrive at the village, excited children and adults welcome you with song and dance, At certain times, one of the dancers will jump up and down gracefully. The jumps are several feet high! You will be invited to try jumping -(dancing), too, to your dismay you will be no match for their levitation act!! You will then be welcomed into one of the homesteads in the village, The village huts (called Manyatta) are made of cow dung and clay plastered over stick frames. this is quite practical, the Masai maintain cattle herds, and the dung is always in generous supply, and it's free. You will have an insight into Maasai life. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the history and lifestyle of these Maasai.
Return to your lodge for lunch in the camp then its time at leisure to relax by the swimming pool. Later in the afternoon enjoy a game drive returning to the camp before dark.
You may also opt to enjoy an hour floating over the savannah on a balloon safari over the vast plains of the Maasai Mara National Game Reserve.
After a leisurely full English style breakfast enjoy a game drive to experience the wonders of the Masai Mara one last time. Thereafter, you will depart for Nairobi where you will be transferred to the airport for your onwards flight back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast.
Please Note: In case your group consists of a number other than what is mentioned above, kindly enquire for the price to apply.
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The wife of entrepreneur David Siegel, who was featured in a documentary about the largest home in America she was building with her hubby, reportedly used to date real estate tycoon Donald Trump!
It looks like Jackie Sigel, not only loves huge real estate — she's attracted to the powerful men who build them! The star of the revealing documentary Queen of Versailles, which showed Jackie and her husband David Siegel as they struggle to build and pay for the largest home in America, confessed to going on a couple dates with billionaire Donald Trump.
Jackie and her husband had been building a $90,000-square-foot mansion, modeled after France's Palace of Versailles, which would be the largest single-family home in the United States. But the documentary revealed the struggles the couple encountered to finish their home, and pay for the work they had planned to complete.
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This well-known bridal gown business has a sister site offering bridesmaid dresses. The site boasts a unique Virtual Showroom feature to help bridal parties share an online shopping and purchasing experience when members of the party aren't available to shop in person.
Before I was brought aboard, usability tests had focused on gauging the Showroom experience in terms of customer interest rather than ease of use. Upon further testing, I found new users were unaware of the Showroom until it was pointed out to them. Use of features within the Showroom was confusing without guidance.
For upgrades to the site, I proposed an onboarding process for the Showroom, in the form of a step-by-step tour.
It's not a criticism to say that everyone on the team, including myself, came in with preconceived notions about bridal shopping.
I interviewed 10 women who had been in weddings in the last two years, either as a bride or bridesmaid. Traditional affinity mapping helped me recognize patterns of behavior related to their experiences.
How did you start the shopping process for bridal party dresses?
Describe any rules governing your purchasing decisions.
Tell me about your favorite/least favorite shopping experience. Who was there? Where did you go?
How did you communicate with the party members?
Tell me about your experience shopping online for clothing in general.
10/10 described color choice as the most important factor in choosing a dress.
7/10 preferred that bridal dress choices be made by the Bride and/or Maid of Honor, avoiding a group shopping day.
10/10 said they would browse for clothing in an app but make purchases on a desktop or laptop.
7/10 interviewees preferred a single line of communication with their party.
Combining my findings with data previously collected by the team, I created personas for approval by stakeholders (including the Director of Product Development and Brand Managers) to ensure we all understood our customers. Stakeholders provided budget ranges to assign to the appropriate persona.
In usability testing where scenarios and tasks were assigned without background or guidance, users weren't able to navigate the showroom smoothly or confidently. They liked the idea of the virtual Showroom, but were too frustrated to make it work.
6/7 could not locate the Showroom without guidance.
7/7 did not understand "My Dress" area in the Showroom and assumed it was there for them to upload a bridal gown.
7/7 were frustrated that color swatches didn't act as filter.
4/7 did not see commenting option or section.
Reduce users' cognitive load for locating and understanding options within the Showroom.
Design a clear, frictionless introduction to the Showroom itself.
The existing drop-down menu to create or access a Showroom offers little to clarify what exactly the feature does.
The "Personal Showroom" acts as a Favorites page; this was also not clear to users when viewing the menu.
Below, a storyboard I provided to the Developer team describing proposed changes, including introductory information, changing "Personal Showroom" to "Favorites," and the option to retake the tour as needed.
I created this chart to advise the Developer team of the options available to users from the improved Showroom dropdown.
At dessy.com, prior to accessing the showroom, the site automatically runs the user through multiple modals with instructions.
At azazie.com, the showroom feature is explained in the FAQ on a single page.
My initial concept was designed to fit the desktop space. These wireframes illustrate a tour which overlays a dummy showroom and explains each section as the user scrolls down.
I started to sketch out a similar experience for mobile, but our limited resources for the upcoming two-week sprint wouldn't allow for the creation of two different onboarding experiences.
With this constraint in mind, I re-designed the showroom tour as a series of modals overlaying an empty showroom. They are specified to fully display on the smallest available screen size.
The sprint to make upgrades to the live website is currently scheduled for 2019. Upon approval, hi-fi wireframes will be produced applying on-brand visuals.
The team works in an agile sprint methodology which incorporates continuous feedback into the sprint process. Alternatively, I would create a quick prototype in InVision to conduct usability tests and see what iterations need to be made to the onboarding tour prior to development.


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Victoria Chavez Confirmed, Sworn in as Court of Appeal Justice
By KENNETH OFGANG, Staff Writer/Appellate Courts
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Victoria Chavez won unanimous confirmation yesterday as a justice of Div. Two of this district's Court of Appeal.
Confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments came at the end of a 50-minue hearing, following which the new justice, who succeeds retired Justice Michael Nott, was sworn in by her father, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Victor Chavez.
Father-daughter swearing-in ceremonies are not unprecedented for the Chavezes. Victoria Chavez, then a Municipal Court judge, swore in her father when he was appointed to the Superior Court, and he swore her in when she was elevated to that court.
The three members of the commission — Chief Justice Ronald M. George, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, and the district's senior presiding justice, Joan Dempsey Klein of Div. Three — made few comments before casting their votes in favor of the nominee, who was rated "qualified" by the State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation.
Speakers Urge Confirmation
Speaking in favor of the nomination were attorney Leonard Pomerantz, who was partnered with Victor Chavez when Victoria Chavez started her legal career at their firm; Los Angeles Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge J. Stephen Czuleger, who noted that he and Chavez started their judicial careers together in traffic court; Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Allen J. Webster Jr., who tried cases as a criminal defense lawyer before Chavez prior to becoming her colleague in the Compton courthouse; and Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers.
Meyers, who grew up in Compton and was calendar deputy in Chavez's courtroom there, delivered a ringing endorsement, saying the new justice had "changed the lives of people living in the South Central judicial district."
She praised Chavez for having made the "remarkable" decision to volunteer for service in the economically deprived, crime-ridden community, where Chavez served as supervising judge and presided over calendar filled with violent crime cases.
Chavez, she said, ran her court with a "sense of compassion and commitment to justice," demonstrating both a genuine desire to help defendants who were trying to straighten out their lives and could benefit from alternatives to prison, as well as a tough veneer and a willingness to impose maximum sentences when called for, including the death penalty on three occasions.
'Caring and Feelng'
Chavez, Meyers said, is a "caring and feeling human being," whose concern extends to all who come into contact with the court. She is friendly with the support staff and the prosecutors and defense lawyers who work in her courtroom and takes a genuine interest in their lives, , and is adamant about respecting jurors' time and not keeping them waiting, Meyers said.
As an appellate justice, Meyers predicted, Chavez will draw on her "vast experience" in the trial courts and take a realistic approach to cases.
Two witnesses who had been granted permission to speak in opposition to the nomination, attorney Stanley Arouty and his paralegal Bradford Henschel — a suspended lawyer — changed their minds and informed the commission before the hearing that they would not testify.
In virtually identical and sometimes-rambling letters to the commission, the two accused Chavez and fellow Compton jurists John Cheroske and Jack Morgan of "denying due process to minority criminal defendants" and sought to link the nominee to a local practice in Compton — disapproved of in a recent Court of Appeal decision — of requiring that all pretrial motions be heard at least 30 days before trial.
Chavez is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and Loyola Law School, who entered law practice in 1979. She was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1988 by then-Gov. George Deukmejian and elevated to the Superior Court in 1992 by Deukmejian's successor, Pete Wilson.
She was selected for the appellate court from a list of applicants that included a large number of her Superior Court colleagues, as well as U.S. District Judge Nora Manella.
Chavez — who is married to Los Angeles attorney Timothy Morris — has also served on the Superior Court Executive Committee and has was the site judge at Airport Court before going to Compton.


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