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Some Heartfelt Goodbyes of the 2010s
The 2010s are finally coming to a close. We've all gone through so much this decade: two presidential elections, seven Kanye albums, the literal end of the world. I think it's safe to say we're ready to put the final nail in the coffin of these, let's be honest, pretty subpar last ten years. But before we move on to the Roaring Twenties 2: Electric Boogaloo, let's all take a moment to reflect on what we won't be taking with us into this new decade. And remember, they may be gone, but they'll surely never be forgotten.
1. Pokémon Go: Despite what the song says, there are very few of us left who still "play Pokémon Go everyday." We had a good run, though. I've never seen the country as unified as during that first month or so when everyone was more interested in taking over their local gym instead of fighting for (or against) the government not taking away our basic rights. I've also never seen that many people actually go outside, granted I never go outside myself to see the people. All in all, maybe it's for the best. At least now we won't waste the rest of our lives working to collect essentially useless "things" just to be able to appear relatively "better" than others in an attempt to distract ourselves from our cruel ultimate fate. Oh, wait.
2. Planking: Does everyone remember when people used to just lie down on stuff and it was a thing? Wild times we used to live in. The fad of planking involved one lying face down, and that's about it. As it became more popular, planking became more focussed on the setting, the goal now being for one to plank in the strangest possible location. As with Pokemon Go, it's also for the best that we leave planking behind for good. According to Wikipedia, planking had resulted in many injuries and at least one death. I would go further into details, but out of respect for the deceased, as well as the fact that Wikipedia keeps asking me to "donate" to them, I'll refrain.
3. Fidget Spinners: No doubt that when these were in style, Georgetown bought some cheap blue and gray fidget spinners and then stuck on a "G" logo or a picture of Jack's face on them and sold them for like fifty dollars each. I couldn't find any GU fidget spinners© online, but, as we all know, Georgetown loves covering up its shady past.
4. Vine: Now here's something whose death was definitely not for the best. As I'm sure we all remember, vines were short funny videos. I may not remember how to do basic algebra for the Proofs final next week, but I'll never forget the joy of that little girl saying "look at all those chickens!" "I think I know more about American Girl dolls than you!" is forever etched into my mind. The endless cry of "fre sho voca do" ceaselessly echoes in my soul. We are now condemned to view these sacred texts solely through YouTube compilations. We are cursed with the false prophet that is TikTok, who cares not for the viewer, but wishes only to steal her data for Chinese corporations. Do not fall for their lies. Vine has no replacement.
5. The Environment.
6. The Harlem Shake: The Harlem Shake trend involved a video of a person dancing alone for fifteen seconds followed by a bass drop and fifteen seconds of multiple people dancing, usually in the most absurd way possible.
I know from experience that this trend is dead because no matter how long I dance, I am still alone in this world. And, by the way, can someone please tell the people coordinating the basketball games to stop playing this song during the Hoya dance off?
7. YOLO: I'd like to apologize for reminding you all about the YOLO trend. Luckily, though, since YOLO only lives once, we shouldn't be hearing about it ever again. I have a personal vendetta against every single person who has ever used #yolo un-ironically. Even if you were in middle school at the time, I don't think I can take that as an excuse. Some actions are just unforgivable. And if you think I'm acting irrationally by making sweeping generalizations such as this, I respond with the best way to respond when one accuses you of doing something stupid: #yolo.
8. Harambe: RIP (for more, please see Elon Musk's song).
9. Jokes about 20/20 Vision: Sometimes I sit alone and reflect on the fact that no matter how hard I try, I will never achieve something as great as coming up with the response, "I don't know, I don't have 20/20 vision," when someone asks me where I see myself in a year (or ten years, when asked at the start of this decade). This pinnacle of comedy, however, only works when the year 2020 is in the future. Of course, after 2020 we could always make a joke like this when asked what we were doing last year (or however many years ago), but it just doesn't have the same ring. Because of this, I'd like to indulge myself just this one time. Please read the following line out loud:
Where do you see yourself in a year? I don't know, I don't have 20/20 vision. Ha. Got 'em.


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Helga Haase, geboren als Helga Obschernitzki (Danzig-Schidlitz, 9 juni 1934 – Berlijn, 16 juni 1989), was een Duitse langebaanschaatsster.

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Haase werd in 1952 lid van de SC Dynamo Berlin en ging werken voor de Volkspolizei. In 1955 kreeg zij een dochter en trouwde daarna met haar trainer, Helmut Haase. Ze nam tweemaal deel aan de Olympische Winterspelen als lid van het Duits eenheidsteam (in 1960 en 1964). Ze werd de eerste vrouwelijke olympisch schaatskampioen. In 1960 stond het langebaanschaatsen voor het eerst voor vrouwen op het programma bij de Winterspelen, die gehouden werden in Squaw Valley. De eerste afstand voor de vrouwen was de 500 meter, die een prooi werd voor de Oost-Duitse. Op de 1000 meter voegde ze er nog een zilveren medaille aan toe. Bij haar tweede deelname aan de Winterspelen (in 1964) was de vierde plaats op de 1000 meter haar beste resultaat.

Op het enige andere internationale schaatskampioenschap voor de vrouwen in die tijd, de Wereldkampioenschappen (allround), waar ze acht keer aan deel nam, vormde ze samen met Margit Grobe en Inge Görmer de eerste Oost-Duitse delegatie op het WK van 1956. Op het WK van 1962 behaalde ze een bronzen afstandsmedaille op de 500 en 1000 meter.

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NC19 = niet gekwalificeerd voor de laatste afstand, maar wel als 19e geklasseerd in de eindrangschikking

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Renovated Noyack house with light-filled interiors asks $1.4M
What do you think of the price?
By Grace Cassidy Aug 29, 2018, 6:23am EDT
Check out this totally renovated house in Noyack's Pine Neck community, which just came on the market for $1,395,000.
Originally built in 1994, the compact home is just 1,400 square feet in size, but there are three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, leaving plenty of space for a small family and guests. The living room, kitchen, and dining room share a space through a wide open floorplan with double-height shiplap ceilings that allows flow between the rooms.
Hardwood floors are found throughout the home, while a floating staircase leads to the second level, where one will find the master bedroom suite, laundry room, and a den. The two other bedrooms are on the first floor, each with sliders that lead out to the pool area.
Outside, there's a heated saltwater pool and an outdoor mahogany shower.
Town & Country agent Linda Batiancela is the owner and listing agent of the property.
Batiancela told Curbed that she purchased the home for around $495,000 and put about $500,000 into renovations. While it's close to bay beaches, the 0.17-acre property is about 4 miles west of Sag Harbor village shops and restaurants, and about 6 miles north of Bridgehampton's business district. The renovation looks amazing and we love the brand new interiors, but the house and property are still rather small.
Editors note: An earlier version of this article claimed that the property was purchased for $260,000 in February of 2017, per information from the Zillow listing. Curbed was later informed of the purchase history as represented in the current article.
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Citing financial difficulties, the owner of downtown music venue The Frequency announced Monday that the club will close June 30 after a decade at 121 West Main St.
The Frequency has played an essential role in Madison's music scene over the years, providing a home for local bands, bringing in nationally touring acts, and hosting shows seven days a week. For years, it was home to Funky Mondays with legendary drummer Clyde Stubblefield; it also booked acts like The Lumineers and Macklemore early in their careers.
The venue attracted controversy in 2013 and 2016 when Sampson temporarily banned hip-hop after fights broke out at shows. The 2013 ban was in response to pressure from landlord Larry Lichte of Empire Realty; the 2016 ban came after a patron struck a bartender in the head with a bottle. Sampson later lifted the ban and worked with a task force that included local hip-hop artists. He says he's "grateful" for the experience. "That conversation needs to continue," he says.
News of The Frequency's impending closure comes at a time of big changes in the Madison music venue landscape, with the city's larger venues consolidating under the umbrella of Frank Productions, which recently sold a controlling share to Live Nation. The city's downtown real estate market is tightening as well, making it difficult for a small venue to earn enough revenue to survive. Sampson says Lichte has a new tenant in mind that he thinks will be a better fit for the building.
A goodbye celebration is planned for June 8-9 and will feature bands including Cribshitter, The Skintones, Dead Rider, The Beer Nuts, Cheer Accident, Salamander Exhibit, Faun Fables and more to be announced.


Cute cozy mystery featuring several of my favorite things--a clever cat, a heroine who wears glasses, vintage typewriters, and rare books. Oh , and I forgot stationery.
Really loved the setting, even tho I'm not a snow and ski person! Loved the shop. Really liked the main character; good mystery, as well. Am planning to get the next in the series.
What can I say? I have, many times, written about how Paige Shelton started my love of cozy mysteries. This is the 1st book in her 3rd series and I could not be happier. If you have never read a cozy mystery, this is the perfect book to start with. It's fantastic. First the characters are endearing from the start and then the story is amazing. I hope there will be many, many, many more to come for Clare and everyone in Star City!!!
A wonderful cozy and great beginning for a new series. I enjoyed reading about the location, a fictional town, but similar to Park City, Utah, which I have visited. I learned to type on a manual typewriter, so our protagonist's profession repairing old typewriters struck a chord in my memory. Delightful and interesting side characters who add fun and challenges for our lead individual. Lots of potential for relationships and interaction to come in future books. I look forward to reading them.
I adore Paige Shelton's books - and especially loved her Country Cooking School Mysteries - but Helvetica was fun! I'm only sorry I'm a year behind in reading it! The second installment in the series is on my shelf, so I'm ready to dive into it!
Claire and her grandfather, Chester, have a typewriter repair and stationery store in Star City, Utah. The descriptions of Star City make me want to go visit and look through the quaint shops and walk around looking at the homes in the town. I love the relationship between Claire and Chester.Well written and totally hooked me in from the start. Looking forward to reading the next book in this series.
Honestly, this may be the best cozy mystery I've read in years. I cared enough about the characters to keep reading, I didn't solve the mystery 5 pages into the book, and I found myself hoping the author has written more books. It was still a cozy - convenient romance, over explanations, wrapped up in a bow and all, but it wasn't an annoying story at all.
I like a cozy mystery about books, and this isn't a bad example (okay, its technically about typewriters, but you use them to write books, right?). It did seem to take too long to really get anywhere - it was obvious what the clue found by the protagonist was immediately, but it still took her half the book to figure that out. Still, the characters were likeable, and the setting has potential.


The SideStep drill will help you develop the ability to move quickly and effectively laterally on the ice. Lateral movement is one aspect that i feel is neglected when skaters are training. It adds a totally new way of moving on the ice that can seriously benefit any hockey players or skater.
With any drill on the ice remember to keep a wide base, and lower centre of gravity for better control and balance. You should also try and keep your shoulders square to the ice and head up to keep you balance.
The Side Step is almost like a crossovers but to the site, you need to make sure that your not directing yourself forwards or backwards as you need to practice moving in an East to West movement on the ice. If you'd like to practice moving laterally to the left, you need to lift and cross your right skate over your left (as shown below).
After lifting and crossing your right skate over your left, you need to recover your left skate and place it back along side (parallel) the right.
In order to generate speed and power while performing this drill, remember to use your inside edges and also the toes of your blade to push into the ice and give yourself that explosive power. When Side Stepping and moving laterally to your left, you need to lift your right skate over the left one, before lifting your right skate up, you should push into the ice with your right skates inside edge and as you lift the blade off the ice, use the toe area of the inside edge to really dig into the ice and propel you laterally. This gives you that explosive power. When recovering your left skate to bring it back along side your right, you need to push into the ice with your left skates outside edge (around the toe of the blade) to give you that explosive power and speed.
With any drill on the ice remember to keep a wide base, and lower centre of gravity for better control and balance.
Reverse these instructions when moving laterally to the right.
This is a good drill which, if you play hockey will be used more then you think. Example is when your on the blue line and you want a pass from the side or behind the net, theirs going to be players in the passing lane, so you can take a few side steps, get the puck and let rip!
In training, we do this drill in a face off circle.
Start at the bottom of the circle, skate the the middle and stop, side step right to the edge of the circle, side step left back to the center.
Go forwards to the top, pivot backwards to the center of the circle and side step left of circle and back to the middle.
Key like Chris said is keep your upper body up right and looking forward, if you slouch etc its a struggle!


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This park lives up to its name of "my rest", or the "chill-out" vacation park, as I call it. It is not in the center of town, but very walkable from the downtown Lausanne. You get a nice view, some wide open spaces, and a few sculptures. Switzerland's highest court is located here and there is a public swimming pool somewhere.


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Sing songs of praise to the Golden Arches gods because McDonald's announced this morning that the McGriddle—a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich hugged by two syrupy pancakes—will be added to the all-day breakfast menu. No longer will you have to drag your hungover body to McDonald's on Saturday morning before 10:30 a.m. No longer will you need to smite the rumblings in your stomach when that midnight McGriddle craving hits you. Luckily, you will soon be able to meander over whenever you feel like it to feast upon the beloved sweet and savory breakfast sandwich.
McDonald's unveiled an all-day breakfast menu this past year—amid crowds and cheers from breakfast lovers—serving biscuit and McMuffin sandwiches to hungry hoards of McDonald's enthusiasts who had been eagerly awaiting the day to eat McMuffins around the clock. McGriddles, however, remained on the pre-10:30 menu in this cruel, pancake-breakfast-sandwich-discriminating world we live in. But no more.
McDonald's has emphasized that adding the McGriddle was a leading request from customers. The eminent fast food empire will roll out the improved menu nationally beginning in August, and internationally in September.


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Let's face it…sometimes life is messy. For many home caretakers, there seems to be an endless demand for cleaning floors, windows, countertops, appliances, bathrooms, and the list goes on and on. On the bright side of things though, is that the payoff of living in a freshly cleaned home is a wonderful feeling! One chore that you may not have considered before, but can make a significant impact on the cleanliness and freshness of your surroundings, is cleaning the painted walls of your home. If you are interested in learning some new tricks that will make cleaning your painted walls an easier task, then continue reading below. We promise that the rewards will be quite pleasing for your environment.
The walls of your home often receive a lot of abuse that most people do not notice until it is very obvious. From people rubbing against the walls, to fingerprints, to food splashes, and to the collection of dirt and dust, there are many substances that can make a wall appear dirty. If you make an effort to clean the walls within your home on a regular basis, at least once a year, then you can maintain a cleanliness that will benefit everyone in your home.
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Nature: People with numerology number 5 believe in supernatural sciences, to unlock the mysterious life. Such people never stop at one destination and keep on moving for greater heights always having a thirst for new challenges. This helps people with birth number 5 to go on farther. You have both good and a bad side hidden within you. You enjoy company of kids along with your family as your first priority. Spirituality and religion are plus points of people having numerology number 5.
Career: You are a fine sportsman, an innovator with analytical bent of mind, a class one educator and researcher, if your numerology number is 5.


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One of the best ways to meet people who share the same passions as you is to attend conferences — this can also be incredibly energizing and inspiring. Conferences allow you to network with other business owners and opens the door to be found by new customers. If possible, find a way to participate in the conference as a panelist or presenter instead of just attending. This will put you and your product in the limelight for the world to see.
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Erykah Abi Wright (born Erica Abi Wright; February 26, 1971), better known by her stage name Erykah Badu, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, activist and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre. She is known as the "First Lady of Neo-Soul" or the "Queen of Neo-Soul".
Early in her career, Erykah Badu was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a range of supporting roles in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules and House of D. She also speaks at length in the documentaries Before the Music Dies and "The Black Power Mixtapes".
I'd like to dedicate this to all of the Creator's righteous children.
I have some food in my bag for you.
Not that edible food — the food you eat?
No. I have some food for thought.
Since knowledge is infinite it has infinitely fell on me.


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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee calls for assault weapons ban
Posted 4:41 PM, June 13, 2016, by Web Staff
HOUSTON, TX - The shots fired in Florida are causing some to take new aim at stricter gun control. US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is calling for a federal reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, after 49 people were massacred in Orlando. Sunday's incident is the deadliest mass shooting in us history.
Congresswoman Lee will team up with Florida US Representative Corrine Brown, to introduce legislation this week that could prohibit assault weapons, again. The first ban lasted from 1994 to 2004. Lee also wants to shed light on how the nightclub gunman, Omar Mateen was able to legally buy an AR-15-style weapon, despite being investigated by the FBI for possible terror ties.
Also in the cross hairs, the New York Daily News places the blame for the massacre on the NRA, for what the paper calls a "continued opposition to an assault rifle ban." Still, not everyone is on board with reinstating the assault weapons ban.
Bernard Jackson of Houston says, "Tougher laws maybe. Pre-screening maybe. Making them less available maybe. But these tragedies have always happened and will continue to happen. If it's not assault rifles, we'll use clubs and bats, and rocks and sticks. That's not the solution."
Weapons of war, maybe. But the real battle will be in Washington DC. Until then, according to the Gun Violence Archive, we're 165 days into 2016 and we've already had 133 mass shootings.
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Zinc prices are at 10-year highs but you wouldn't know it from looking at the share prices of the zinc project developers. While producers are enjoying good times on the bourse, shares in the next generation of zinc miners are drifting. But analysts say the developers offer plenty of upside.
The 10-year high in zinc prices has not amounted to much in the local market for the near-term developers.
While the established and new producers have been rewarded with strong share price gains in response to their higher earnings, the developers have been left out in the cold.
Because they are not yet in production, the argument goes that a 10-year-high metal price of $US1.55 a pound – it compares with the 2016 average of US95c and the 2017 average of $US1.29 – means nothing for them.
What's more, analysts en masse are forecasting that zinc will begin a retreat later this year towards a long-run price of about $US1.10/lb. It is something that could come to pass.
But it can be argued that the developers – again, because they are not in production - are not being priced properly in the market for a $US1.10/lb zinc world anyway, let alone a $US1.55/lb world.
It is a sentiment-driven distortion that reflects the en masse call that zinc is headed to $US1.10/lb. It will be resolved as the individual developers de-risk their projects, the ultimate de-risking event being to achieve first production without any nasty surprises.
So there is upside to be had in the developers in a $US1.10/lb zinc market, and something more again should zinc show up the commodity forecasters by sticking close to these higher levels for longer than they suspect.
The market in New Century Zinc (NCZ), the biggest of the near-term zinc developers, demonstrates the point.
It is shooting to have its tailings retreatment operation up and running in the September quarter and is currently trading at $1.39.
No less than Michael Slifirski at Credit Suisse has a $2.35 price target on the stock, a 70% premium.
In doing, Slifirski noted his valuation assumes a long-term zinc price of "only" $US1.04/lb.
"A clear re-rating opportunity will be achieving production to DFS specifications at mine restart, due in the September quarter 2018," Slifirski said.
He has NCZ posting net income of $149m in FY2019, rising to $282m in the FY2020. Impressive stuff for a company with a market cap of $490m. Massively so if you're tempted to plug in $US1.55/lb zinc prices.
As an aside, the firm's modelling does not include any uspside for the potential to bring forward zinc production from hard rock sources at Century to capture the benefits of the 10-year high in zinc prices.
It is something that NCZ is looking into in a feasibility study. Previously the plan was to produce zinc from hard rock sources after the tailings retreatment phase was completed.
Venturex is another example of a zinc (and copper) developer that has been left to trade as if zinc was something less than $US1.10/lb, let alone its actual price of $US1.55/lb.
Sulphur Springs' potential was outlined in a study in February last year. It built on previous studies and outlined a $166m project with average annual production of 32,000 tonnes of zinc and 12,000 tonnes of copper (in concentrates).
It found producing zinc at a cash cost of 14c/lb was possible (with the help of the high-grade copper) for an initial 12 years. Capital payback was put at 1.6 years.
Venturex estimated a pre-tax NPV of $338m and a 52% IRR based on a zinc price of $US1.15/lb and a copper price of $US2.93/lb. Both are much higher now and the zinc price used accounts for the expectation that zinc prices will weaken.
But the distortion in zinc developers talked about earlier is at play. Venturex is trading at 2.1c for a market cap of about $70m. (Euroz put a 4c price target on the stock back in November using the $US1.15/lb zinc pricing).
Even then, the 2.1c share price (there are 3.5 billion shares on issue) is after the stock put on 10% on Thursday in response to an impressive batch of infill drilling results from Sulphur Springs.
Both high-grade zinc and copper hits were reported and the identification of a previously unrecognised zinc-rich zone overlying the previously recognised copper zone enhanced the deposit's volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit credentials, with all of its exploration potential for other VMS pods to be found nearby.
More immediately, the success with the infill drilling program (best results included 30m of zinc from 169m and 36m of copper from 204m) points to a resource upgrade in the current quarter.
That will set the stage for Venturex to think about giving the go-ahead for a mine development come mid-year.


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The Mount Mercy women collected their first Tier I title of the 2021-2022 season, and the St. Ambrose men successfully defended their title last weekend at the Kegel/ISBPA Midwest Collegiate Classic.
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The final USBC Collegiate events of 2021 wrapped up last week, with the Indiana Tech men sweeping the top spots and Lawrence Tech and SCAD-Savannah women each recording a victory in Tier I competition.
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The South Point Bowling Plaza was the place to be for more than 70 varsity collegiate bowling programs over a four-day stretch as a pair of Tier I events were contested in Las Vegas.
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At last weekend's Warhawk Open, the Midland men went undefeated in the bracket to capture the win, while the Saint Xavier women won the deciding game in each round of match play to collect the victory.
The McKendree women and St. Ambrose men each collected their first Tier I victory of the 2021-2022 USBC Collegiate season last weekend at the National Collegiate Team Match Games.


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Several members of the Drexel LeBow community participated in the 2014 Pennsylvania Conference for Women, held Oct. 16 at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The day-long event featured keynote speakers such as Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and actress-turned-best-selling author Diane Keaton.
LeBow alumna Maria Allison '14 participated in a panel discussion called "Turning Your Dream Into Reality." This panel was popular among young women who had started a business or had an idea for a business and wanted to learn about next steps.
When it comes to networking, don't be shy.
If you're decisive, people will take you more seriously.
"There's a big difference between saying 'I think I'm going to start this business' and saying 'I am going to start this business.'" Allison says people take you more seriously and give more constructive advice and feedback if you sound decisive.
Trina Andras, PhD, academic director of LeBow's Center for Corporate Reputation Management, hosted a small business roundtable discussion that provided marketing tips for owners of small businesses.
"Most small business owners have a great idea and value proposition, but little experience or knowledge in how to communicate with stakeholders, to create awareness, persuade and motivate, and do it all on a shoestring budget." She provided tips and resources, and fostered a conversation about the biggest challenges these women have faced, how they overcame them, and their biggest successes.
Alumna and LeBow adjunct professor Susan McGann MBA '06 presented a workshop titled "Coach or Mentor?" designed to help attendees better understand the difference between them and how to find a good fit.
She says coaches help turn training (corporate or schooling) into actionable information that you can use to meet your immediate goals. They should be certified or have extensive experience with the particular skill you're trying to acquire or challenge you're trying to overcome.
Additionally, more than a dozen Drexel employees were on hand to offer one-on-one resume reviews and career coaching.
Jewell Parkinson, head of HR of SAP North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific Japan, spoke with DWIB about her successes in her career at SAP.


Servers are friendly, coming around with the iced tea pitcher or to check on you just often enough.
The menu's about what most of us have come to expect of Chinese restaurants in Texas -- lengthy and comfortably familiar with no real surprises.
But before you settle in and simply expect the expected, take a bite of Hunan Garden's General Tsao's Chicken. The little Kingwood restaurant has taken this requisite specialty and made it its own. Crisp, battered bites of moist chicken meet their soul mate in the tangy, slightly sweet sauce peppered to your tolerance level. The platter's big enough to share, but you probably won't want to.
First timers just have to salute the general (and it's the restaurant's most popular dish, says Linda Wang, so repeat customers apparently can't resist it either), but the kitchen acquits itself well enough on most counts. Also tasty on a recent visit: fried tofu with vegetables, orange beef, the bo-bo appetizer plate and flavorful egg drop soup.
Hunan Garden holds down a corner of the Albertsons Shopping Center at the northwest corner of Kingwood Drive and Lake Houston Parkway. The restaurant, open since 1988, is the second location owned and operated by the Wang family, two brothers and a sister; their first Hunan Garden continues in Rosenberg.
Hunan Garden Restaurant: 4331 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood. 281-360-2668. Open daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday brunch served 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Lunch specials Monday-Saturday; delivery in limited area. Original location at 4601 Avenue H in Rosenberg, 281-342-7279.


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Jane Austen 's Sense And Sensibility
Jane Austen 's Sense And Sensibility Essay
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As vital components when regarding the importance of etiquette during the antiquity of the late eighteenth century in England: class, rank and money were all highly valued among families. In Sense and Sensibility, a novel written by Jane Austen in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady," transformed into a motion picture, a story similar to the novel Pride and Prejudice outlines the daily lives and drama of the Dashwoods. An upper class family who unfortunately came under deep infelicity and public disrepute after the passing of the patriarch, Mr. Henry Dashwood. After his death, his son, John Dashwood resumed the estate at Norland Park and his wife, Fanny whom which is described as being "narrow-minded" and a "selfish woman," evicted Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters and impelled them into being mere visitors of their own home, and in turn lowered their social rank. In addition to being ousted out of their own estate, Mrs. John Dashwood split the inheritance of the old Dashwood family from ten thousand pounds to five hundred pounds each, which left them virtually penniless. Sense and Sensibility encapsulates the importance of a fatherly or husbandly figure in a quintessential eighteenth century English family. At the core of income, inheritance, and social standard, the demise of a paramount power can drag a family from royalty to ruins. The pivotal role social rank took within the standards of society during the time of George III included how a family would act, participate, and…
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Thinketh, are validated in Jane Austen's, Sense and Sensibility. The novel takes the readers on an adventure through the lives of Marianne and Elinor Dashwood on their quest for happiness. Both Marianne and Elinor are faced with challenges in relation to love. Elinor is the mature, eldest sister who is associated with sense, while Marianne is more sentimental and is linked to sensibility. Sense is representative of self-governance, reason, and acute analysis, whereas, sensibility correlates to the "emotional…
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Jane Austen, an author of the eighteenth century wrote Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion, novels about young women struggling to navigate through the obstacles set by the society of the time. Jane Austen elicits the flaws and corruption in her society by using exaggeration and sarcasm in her novels. She discusses the societal expectations that shaped her characters that continue to exist to this day. Many saw their marriage as a rung of the social ladder, marriage was for social and economic benefits…
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minds; no one would listen. Some writers, including Jane Austen, thought that maybe, they could plant a little seed of feminism, or the start of feminism, into their minds with stories that challenged current views. All of Austen's works deal with these issues and their themes have resonated through the centuries. In a modern adaptation of Austen's Emma, Clueless, we see that the same themes that arise in a traditional adaptation of Sense & Sensibility such as whether to marry for love or money, whether…
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wealth, especially inheritance and land ownership were inseparable from engagement and marriage. This is the world that Jane Austen found herself living in, and she used her writing as a means of exposing these flaws. Through her writing, she often satirizes characters by making them obsessed with social distinctions, and reveals their foolishness. In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen uses satire to expose the most appalling parts of the society. She is able to narrate and develop a plot in which the…
In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Marianne and Elinor Dashwood are constantly caught in the struggle between expectation and reality. They undergo suffering when reality unfolds against their wishes and expectations. However, the sisters rely on hope in order to better contend not only with their internal conflicts but with society's expectations as well. Therefore, Jane Austen illustrates the ability of hope to influence Elinor and Marianne's perception of reality to highlight the differing…
Above all else, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility teaches us that nothing is sacrosanct. With such a heavy emphasis on the importance of marriage for young women of the eighteenth century, the novel suggests that there is an unspoken agreement that their romantic relationships are open to speculation and scrutiny among family and friends due to an interest in having a say in such marriages. Especially in the romantic relationships between Marianne and Willoughby, Elinor and Edward, and Lucy and…
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complexity of the English language reaches an all time high when one attempts to discover the varying meaning and historical uses of a word in the Oxford English Dictionary. In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, she often uses the same word to transcend one definition and create depth in her writing. The novel Sense and Sensibility focuses on the lives of the Dashwood women following the death of their father and husband; the novel follows them through their blossoming romances, friendships, and tribulations…
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Jane Austen was not known for her interesting or memorable life. Many label her life as "uneventful" or "dull." The stories she creates in her novels seem as if they couldn't be any more different from her own life. Jane Austen's novels are exciting and full of romance and adventure. Jane Austen never married, but she did yearn for a husband, someone for her to love. At first glance Jane Austen's life had no similarities to her novels, but her experiences did influence her writing. Jane Austen…
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efforts only lead to success so big. Such successes are then loved and cherished by people from all over the globe. These masterpieces were left in the form of a series of written treasures that are still vividly alive in the hearts of the reader. Jane Austen, a woman who expressed writing in such a way that created, left and till date leaves the reader in the midst of a magical aura. She is known to publish the Holy Bible of romance. From subliminal messages in her dialogues to substantial marks of…
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Working at Nets puts you at the heart of this rapidly evolving payments industry which is exciting to be a part of. As payments are something that we all use in our daily life, I can relate my work with my everyday life.
I like that Nets is highly open to explore new payments ideas. Nets organizes Hackathons. These Hackathons promotes innovative ideas. I have had the pleasure of participating in it and to present my idea. I learnt a lot from other participants as well.
I have also been a part of "Technology Track Day", where it is possible to talk to people who are creating and finalising policies or structures of different tracks that Nets has defined. The track leaders interact with a few chosen members from different accounts. At one point, I was the nominated one from my team. Furthermore, the track day gives you the chance to talk about how you feel about your job, task areas, etc. There is also the initiative that even though we have a top down structure, everyone get feedback from the bottom up. Even developers and architects, who are not involved in the strategy directly, can in this way still give their inputs. It feels good witnessing that the management values the opinion of other departments and layers of the organisation. In general, I think that Nets has a very open culture and is not as hierarchical as it could be.
Being a developer working in e-commerce is exciting. I believe it is a positive thing that I easily can relate the technology I work on to my daily life. Sometimes when I make a payment I see the result from one of our projects coming up on a screen during a payment. That makes me proud.
In our team we do not stick to only one area of products and technology. I have the freedom to test technology that I think is good instead of only working on one specific technology. That brings a lot of value to the work I do, as there are different aspects to learn about with all the different technologies.
I studied Electronics Engineering, a four-year course, from NIT Surat (National Institute of Technology) in Surat, India. After graduating I started working in the IT industry.
I work with IT Merchant Services as a full stack developer. I work on the project, Netaxept, which is an online payment gateway.
It is important to work on the latest technology when you are a developer, and you get the opportunity for that at Nets. There is room for flexibility in our department, and Nets offers a lot of opportunities to grow and try different roles. Personally, I feel like I can choose a career path for myself within Nets.
We have an initiative going on called "Fun at work" in which we do some activities that connects the members in the department. The activities include games, gatherings, and small events. It is important to everyone in the department to also have fun while we work.
It is worth mentioning that Nets has a gym in the basement, which I enjoy before working hours.
We do a lot of changes very quickly that becomes visible in the market. When it comes to e-commerce we constantly must be one step ahead and adapt quickly, as the market constantly experiences changes.
When we hear about technology that are being used in other countries, we try to see what we can do with our current projects in order to adapt. Currently, we keep an eye on future payments like biometric payments and mobile payments. It is exciting to witness different payment methods being implemented and talked about by the public, such as Apple Pay. Apple Pay was integrated by our team, and I was fortunate enough to be the one who did it. When projects like that hits the market and becomes something that people talk about, it gives me a very good feeling to know that I have been a part of it.


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The industry's favorite "odd couple" is back on the road with a new season of Tamron's Unofficial Field Guide. Andre Costantini and Ken Hubbard are at again with plenty of classic sarcasm together with their unique passion for imaging and stunning shots.
They're on the road in Lake Tahoe and joining them is Patrick Nagle, another member of Tamron's Tech Team. Patrick brings another dimension to the trip and the content.
In this first episode of the season, Andre gets the sunrise shot because, "...Ken didn't because he was fumbling with the crap in his bag!" Ken, not to be outdone though, came back with a stunning black and white, "We lost the color that was in the sky, but I think it's going to make a nice black and white"...
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What I enjoyed most about this first video in the new series is the amount of "how-to" content. Both Andre and Ken always share a lot, but bringing Patrick's expertise into the episode adds a lot more to the mix, especially when he's doing some outdoor lighting on the slopes!
Tamron USA is always focused on ways to help artists raise the bar on the quality of their images. Great glass is a big part of what makes Tamron such a great company, but the other ingredients come in the form of their commitment to education and passion for imaging.
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Designed as a preview on the scale of a single building of the diverse ecosystem of mediapark.brussels, Frame will be a modular and adaptable "tool". In keeping up with the times, it will offer various facilities and shared spaces to a range of different occupants. Its ambition is no less than to become a new Brussels epicentre of creativity in the media, audiovisual and communication sectors.
In addition to the media ecosystem (pp. 8-9) and the four main occupants (p. 10), Frame's design has also taken a number of other factors into account: recent developments in the organisation of workspaces, especially shared workspaces; the sociology of media, audiovisual and communication workers and the project mode of operation that they often use (pp. 8-9); the ongoing shifts in this sector, linked to both technological advances and changes in the way content is consumed; and the desire of the academic world to follow these trends as closely as possible.
Frame will therefore feature modular and adaptable layouts and shared facilities, creating favourable conditions for the exchange of knowledge and expertise in collaborative mode.
state-of-the-art technical installations, with exemplary energy performance.


Nearly every rabbit in pictures in books and stuff is a white rabbit with dark, dark eyes. Apparently, this is really hard to find. Most white rabbits have red or blue eyes. But Ping-Ping has her heart set on a small white rabbit with dark eyes.
I have no idea where we are going to find one…though the breed of dwarf hotot looks really promising.
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In this section, you can talk relaxedly about everyday matters, and also engage in more serious discussions. Please try to keep this place accessible to everyone and write your posts in English.
Awesome! This website will get quite a bit of usage I guess. Really love that scream and also the one from "Postmortem": "...fatality, reality, you await the final CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!"


The radiant Joan Smalls is conquering the world one runway at a time. She's Glam Belleza Latina's beautiful cover girl for their latest spring issue. This college grad has the brains [and] beauty that makes her the envy of girls everywhere. She sat down and chatted about her long, but amazing, rise to model fame and how at the end of the day, she gets her best beauty tips from her mom.
fdmLOVES JOAN SMALLS Taking Over commentary by Allison Ripa.
Photo Credit: Jonas Bresnan More from the Glam Belleza Latina story here.


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import { backwardCompatibility } from '../easy-date'
backwardCompatibility()

describe('EasyDate Formats', function() {
  it('dates will have a default format function', function() {
    var now = new Date(2015, 11,1);
    expect(now.format()).toBe("Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00");
  });

  describe('#fromNow', function() {
    it('will return formatted date string if mask is passed', function () {
      var now = 2..days().fromNow();
      expect(2..days().fromNow("yyyy")).toBe(now.getFullYear().toString());
    });
    it('will return the actual date object if now masked is passed', function() {
      var now = 2..days().fromNow();
      expect(2..days().fromNow() instanceof Date).toBe(true);
    });
  });

  describe('#since', function() {
    it('will return formatted date string if mask is passed', function () {
      var now = 2..days().since(Date.now());
      expect(2..days().since(Date.now(), "yyyy")).toBe(now.getFullYear().toString());
    });
    it('will return the actual date object if now masked is passed', function() {
      var now = 2..days().since(Date.now());
      expect(2..days().since(Date.now()) instanceof Date).toBe(true);
    });
  });

  describe('#ago', function() {
    it('will return formatted date string if mask is passed', function () {
      var now = 2..days().ago();
      expect(2..days().ago("yyyy")).toBe(now.getFullYear().toString());
    });
    it('will return the actual date object if now masked is passed', function() {
      var now = 2..days().ago();
      expect(2..days().ago() instanceof Date).toBe(true);
    });
  });

  describe('#until', function() {
    it('will return formatted date string if mask is passed', function () {
      var now = 2..days().until(Date.today());
      expect(2..days().until(Date.today(), "yyyy")).toBe(now.getFullYear().toString());
    });

    it('will return the actual date object if now masked is passed', function() {
      var now = 2..days().until(Date.today());
      expect(2..days().until(Date.today()) instanceof Date).toBe(true);
    });
  });

});

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Discussion in 'Technique [BG]' started by [SD], Feb 24, 2004.
hello i have a question, i've got a 5 string warwick standard corvette and a digitech bp2000 multieffects pedal and i was thiking if with a bow i could get a nice bowing sound!
So if any of you have any experience on bowing on a electric bass please advice me if it's possible or not!
Yes, It is possible to bow on electric bass!
BUT the fingerboard is not curved so you can really only play the highest or lowest string easily. The two highest for double stops is also easily posible. The strings do get rather sticky wherever you use a horse hair bow. I find it easiest to bow in the 16th-21st fret area of the fingerboard. I usually use it for long drones on slower songs.
Yeh it is hard. I played it once just mucking around. I could only do the g string or the e string. Or all of them. I suppose you could higher each of the strings so it is curved like a double bass. but then you would have change all of the intonation.
I suppose you could higher each of the strings so it is curved like a double bass. but then you would have change all of the intonation.
...and the middle strings would have substantially less output, since the pickups are flat, not rounded to the curve of the strings. And it would feel totally different to play those two strings with such a sunstantially higher action. It is pretty impossible to do that and still have the bass playable.


In 2015, I had a 470lb beam fall on me when I was up on a ladder. It crushed my head between it and the concrete. I had to have 9 staples. Broke my jaw, nose, and left ear drum. I was in a coma for 3 days and in ICU for 13. They put a tube in my back to drain fluid off my brain. I get Percocet 10 but takes 45 mins to start working. So I vape Koi first thing in the morning to help me get out of bed. I also vape it to help with pain throughout the day. This is my second time to ordering Koi. I've tried three other brands from my local vape shops. Koi is the only one that REALLY helps. I think I need to try your 500mg or the 1000mg. The 250mg works but I have to vape it more often. Both times I got the Watermelon/Apple and it's good but think I want to try other flavors.


Produced by Fernando Perdomo (Todd Rundgren/Jakob Dylan) and Ken Sharp, this record (Sharp's fourth album and first in nine years) showcases musical contributions from Rick Springfield ("Burn & Crash", "Satellite"), guitarist Wally Stocker of The Babys, bassist Prescott Niles of The Knack and keyboardist Jimmy Waldo of New England alongside the team of Perdomo and gifted musicians Rob Bonfiglio (Wanderlust/Wilson Phillips) and Ritchie Rubini (The Caulfields).
Sharp is one of the leading lights of the Pop Underground, both as a writer (he has authored or co-authored over eighteen music books) and as singer-songwriter. His songs channel the authentic spirit of Pop-Rock, Power Pop and Retro-Pop while lyrically express the pain of loss and regret. Melancholy vibes dominate even as Sharp mines the rich pop-rock heritage of the 60s through to the 90s.
The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, ELO.
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It's been a tough year for the UCLA football under new head coach Chip Kelly.
They began the season 0-5 and had so many injuries they began to look like a M.A.S.H unit. However, this past weekend a lot of bitterness went away as they defeated their cross town rival for the first time in four years 34-27.
Freshman JT Daniels connected on 20 of 34 passes for 337 yards and 2 scores. Michael Pittman caught 7 of them for 106 yards and Amon St. Brown had six catches for 98 yards.
Trailing 27-21 headed to the fourth quarter UCLA (3-8, 3-5 PAC 12) rose to the occasion on both sides of the ball.
Senior QB Wilton Speight completed 13 of 22 passes for 166 yards and Theo Howard was on the receiving end of 5 of them for 76 yards. Tight End Caleb Wilson had 5 receptions for 63 yards.
UC Davis Transfer Joshua Kelley continued his running ways exploding on a 55 yard run that helped the Bruins win the quarter 13-0. It was part of a season long 97 yard drive.
When USC got the ball sophomore Darnay Holmes picked off Trojan quarterback JT Daniels and that led to a field goal for the Bruins. Bakersfield's Krys Barnes help stymie USC (5-6, 4-5 PAC12). In the fourth he made big plays stopping USC on a 4th and 3 near the end of the game. Barnes had a big day leading the defense with 11 tackles.
However, the story of the game was Kelley who had 389 yards on the ground moving him into third place on the all-time single game list behind Maurice Jones-Drew (322 yards) vs. Washington in 2004 and Deshaun Foster (301 yards) also against Washington in 2001.
The forty carries also got the attention of Head Coach Chip Kelly. "I wish he could have carried it a 100 times." It was the seventh straight game he had a rushing touchdown. That's the longest since Skip Hicks 14 games since 1996-1997.
Kelley also became UCLA's first 1,000 yard runner since Paul Perkins 1,343 in 2015. He now has 1,188 yards. "If you're going to buy stock in a human being, buy stock in Josh Kelley," added Coach Kelly.


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This ark features a combed boat with a grained roof and detailed white house. The set of animals includes: Noah and his wife, a dove, a raven and pairs of hippos, giraffes, tigers, camels, chickens, zebras, llamas, polar bears, lions, cats, and their offspring.
This ark features a brown boat, brick-red log cabin and cream shingled roof. The set includes Noah and his wife, a dove, and pairs of: blue jays, cardinals, woodpeckers, robins, butterflies, bears, raccoons, beavers, foxes, squirrels, deer, skunks, rabbits, chipmunks and opossums.
This ark features a carved boat with detailed roof and house. This set includes Noah and his wife, and pairs of camels, rhinoceros, ostriches, okapis, cats, horses, giraffes, kangaroos, leopards, elephants, tortoises, and a dove.
God called on Noah, his wife, three sons and their wives to build an ark. This ark features doors that open where monkeys hang. Through the open windows you see giraffes, zebras, camels, Noah and Mrs. Noah. The hand painted scripture verse was taken from Genesis 7:13-16. The ark includes a total of 65 animals and Noah's eight family members.
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It was a busy weekend for one young commuter.
The red-head jeune fille spent Friday night with a guy-friend whose cat just died.
The 13-year-old feline's death was apparently so devastating, the owner didn't tell anyone about it for two weeks.
Saturday was spent at a party with some 'old' high-school friends and on Sunday she watched an entire season of Nurse Jackie – and somewhere in between she wrote notes for her study group.
In other news, her friend Daniel, who she has known since Grade 2, is apparently in love with her.


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Labour plans more controls on planting plantation forests to protect valuable soils and water resources, will require residential property managers to be licensed and will put a framework in place to help people with properties affected by climate change
2nd Oct 20, 12:23pm by Greg Ninness
Labour has announced some key aspects of its plans to replace the Resource Management Act, and confirmed it will introduce a licensing regime for residential property managers.
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and environment spokesman David Parker say that if Labour is re-elected it will repeal the Resource Management Act and replace it with two new laws - a Natural and Built Environments Act and a Strategic Planning Act.
As part of that process, Labour will also introduce a third piece of legislation, a Managed Retreat and Climate Change Adaptation Act, which was a one of the recommendations in The Randerson report on the Resource Management Act.
That would put a framework in place to assist people that need to relocate from coastal areas due to the effects of climate change such as coastal erosion.
Labour also intends to revise current regulation to restrict the planting of plantation forests in certain areas.
Ardern and Parker's statement said Labour would revise the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry in its first six months of government if re-elected, to enable councils to determine what classes of land can be plantation and carbon forests.
"While increased forestry provides environmental benefits for New Zealand, we do not want to see our most productive farm land planted in exotic trees," the statement said.
"We also need to avoid trees being planted in areas where they could cause wilding tree problems, or in water-short areas where they could impact significantly on currently available water resources."
Residential property managers will also come under the government spotlight if Labour is re-elected.
Property management is currently unregulated, but Labour says it will introduce a Code of Conduct and licensing regime for property managers and require them to meet a good character test.
However the statement on this policy was short on detail as to how this would work, other than to say that it will "work with industry to develop practical standards and consider the similarities and differences with the existing regime for real estate agents."
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Labour Party Plantation forests Property managers RMA Climate change coastal erosion Election 2020 Jacinda Adern David Parker
by Apex Andy | 2nd Oct 20, 12:29pm 1601594957
Labour proved last time that election promises mean nothing once they have won power. All credibility lost. Look at house prices.
by Advisor | 2nd Oct 20, 12:44pm 1601595886
Yeah, we're screwed. Labour-Greens can't deliver on affordable housing promises, and Nats-ACT want to roll back foreign investment ban and reinstate previous bright-line test limits, as if housing inflation wasn't high enough already.
At one of last week's debate, National and ACT reps dodged questions on the RMA and opening up markets to overseas buyers incentivising premium home building, instead of their promised boost to affordable housing.
It makes no economic sense as to why most developers would waste their limited land, time and financial resources catering to demands of median households, when they could profit a lot more from building premium housing for rich buyers in NZ and from overseas.
by sadr001 | 2nd Oct 20, 1:09pm 1601597388
Premium housing eventually becomes median housing. Build née premium houses so the buyers of those houses vacate their formerly premium houses and your housing is overall of a higher standard.
by Advisor | 2nd Oct 20, 1:23pm 1601598182
Sure, unless the buyers want to add these newly-minted 'poker chips' to the 40k vacant homes in Auckland (7.3% of the city's private dwellings lie vacant), lying as stock for capital gains.
I see where you're coming for but trickle-down economics doesn't really work in this case either. Also, 5 luxurious homes usually take up the same amount of spaces and occupy the same building workforce as roughly 20+ townhouses.
by Fritz | 2nd Oct 20, 1:23pm 1601598212
To be fair Labour have done *some* good things, and they are still better than the other bunch.
by youngdumbandbroke | 2nd Oct 20, 1:31pm 1601598703
Elaborate please
I said *some* things:
- Foreign buyers ban
- extension of bright line test
- National Policy Statement - Urban Development
- Urban Development Act
- Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act
The last three are potentially very powerful, but let's see how well they use them in their coming term...
I would give them a C overall on housing because of the things above. Could have scored higher if they had done better on Kiwibuild, and if they had introduced a CGT.
How could you give them a C when they've made no tangible progress on housing affordability? We all knew it wasn't the foreign buyers that were causing affordability issues. One word - immigration
Why? Because of the other things, which are quite significant.
The things they did had no effect? Token gestures
How do you know they had no effect? The market has been flat the last 3 years.
Anyway, I am not here to defend Labour, just wanted to provide some balance.
I think it will be fairer to judge them at the end of their next term.
The market has been flat? You sure? I personally don't think we have another 3 years to waste
by tfair | 2nd Oct 20, 3:39pm 1601606347
lol classic scapegoating of immigrants again. Come on now, lf it's all the immigrants at fault then why have prices spiked this year despite negative net migration numbers? It's all about credit growth. If banks weren't continuously willing to lend crazier and crazier sums then none of this would be possible.
100% agree with you there
by nz-it-worker | 2nd Oct 20, 4:07pm 1601608031
Its a multitude of factors; immigration, banks/the reserve bank, the resource management act, tax policy, lazy politicians who pay lip service to productivity ...
Despite Labour's claims, they have really accelerated migration recently; in the year to March, 86,000, a record gain.
This chart gives a good visual of the increase:
net-long-term-migration
If we have 10-15 years of migration numbers at their previous long-term trend of 10-15,000 per year, and house prices are still this crazy, then you could say your right. The recent boost to inflows is not going to be dissipated over-night.
Sadly, NZ will probably look to revert to type as soon as possible, as GDP juicing population growth is an excellent distraction from NZ's declining productivity performance, and general decline in living standards.
by Roger the dodger | 2nd Oct 20, 5:55pm 1601614527
The low cost of money is what causes house prices to rise.
Everything else is a sideshow.
by Apex Andy | 2nd Oct 20, 1:36pm 1601599009
Like fix huge immigration problem...... oh no... that was COVID-19. Labour just stopped processing residency permits and thought we were so stupid we couldnt see what game they were playing. Same numbers coming in, just slower to process paperwork, that will fool 'em! Now you know why Jacinda talks to us like we are foolish children.
John Key's mass migration policies brought an abundance of low-wage workers and consumers from overseas, boosting profits for low-value businesses that drove economic growth in NZ for the better part of a decade.
A sudden reduction in migration numbers would be nothing short of throwing a spanner into our economic machine. This would have also reduced the coalition's ability to address the under-investment in core services and infrastructure under John Key.
To Labour's credit, they have been negotiating and signing agreements with sectors that rely the most on lower-skilled migrant workers. These sectors are allowed to sponsor visas for short-term migrant labour on the condition they do more towards training and bringing locals to address shortages in their sector.
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/what-we-do/our-strategies-and-…
by Casual Observer | 2nd Oct 20, 3:24pm 1601605456
New rules/changes already signed off for Central Otago for hort and viticulture https://workandincome.govt.nz/about-work-and-income/news/2020/supplemen…
by Kate | 2nd Oct 20, 1:52pm 1601599967
The difficulty for many in relation to understanding these good things is that much of the progress are incremental changes (in the right direction) to many of the ills/problems of our society and environment. Take changes to the RMA - National frames its response as 'get rid of the RMA' but of course it has to be replaced by something. Ultimately their intent is no different than Labour, i.e., legislative change, but what National doesn't explain is what the interim is. Perhaps they intend to make amendments to the RMA as an interim, but they aren't (that I've heard) stated what those intended amendments are - they're just going to 'get rid of the RMA', whatever that means.
Whereas Labour are already building an interim framework via legislative initiatives such as the 3 waters project; the new NPS on freshwater, the Urban Development Act, the new organisational powers/responsibilities given to Kainga Ora, the change to 12-monthly rental increases, the restrictions on foreign owners of existing residential housing, etc.
the new organisational powers/responsibilities given to Kainga Ora
That's an interesting one. Kainga Ora could issue consents for its own developments, provided a Specific Development Project has been approved through the right channels of central government and independent environment court judges.
These recent developments have made LGNZ uneasy and mayors around the country uncomfortable, which as I see it is a good sign of progress.
Dave Cull from LGNZ responded "you get the best outcomes if you make the decisions at a local level and empower those communities". Tell that to Aucklanders whose formal request to draw more water from the Waikato river took 7 years and a once-in-decades drought to be even considered.
Kate: "National frames its response as 'get rid of the RMA'" but they aren't (that I've heard) stated what those intended amendments are... - they're just going to 'get rid of the RMA', whatever that means.
Judith Collins, July 2020: "Collins said previous governments had tinkered with the RMA with amendments, and that was a "mistake''.
"We will replace it with two new pieces of law: an Environment Standards Act, setting our environmental bottom lines; and an Urban Planning and Development Act, giving clarity and consistency. We will begin this work in our first 100 days."
by Kate | 3rd Oct 20, 12:05am 1601636717
Given these are just 'names' of intended legislation, and given we already have RMA instruments (National Policy Statements and National Environmental Standards) that set bottom lines, and given the coalition government have just brought into force two acts dealing to the RMA's deficiencies in the urban environment, and given a very detailed Resource Management reform consideration has just been completed by an independent working group - Collins needs to be a bit more specific than a couple of 'names' for proposed legislation.
And she's absolutely right - the previous National government tinkered and tinkered and tinkered - and many of the tinkerings were a near total waste of time/bureaucratic nightmare; e.g.,
http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1991/0069/latest/DLM7236259.html
Problem for National is the real progress on reform began 3 years ago, but not under their watch.
All that said, I really should read their full policy document (if they have one).
by Roger the lodger | 2nd Oct 20, 4:15pm 1601608556
House prices have risen 27% since they came in to power. It's entirely due to Tywfords inability to live up to his promise to remove urban growth limits in Auckland. Instead he became transfixed with light rail and Kiwibuild - both failures.
The median section price in Auckland is around $600K - this is main driver of over-priced housing. Nothing else matters much - markets will respond with supply when they are not restricted by central planners. Why build a cheap house on a $600K section?
27%? Talk about fake news LOL
Why fake news?
House prices are up +29% in three years. - David Chaston end-its-first-term-we-look-economic-benchmarks-we-when-labour-nz-first-greens-government
Apologies you are right. I was thinking more of Auckland.
Fair enough. I'm not sure if Roger's talking about nationally or Auckland either actually.
Are Labour so sure of winning that they can simply announce National policies? First Tiwai keep-alive and now RMA repeal and replace with two new acts.
Border force next perhaps?
The coalition government have been working towards repeal/replace of the RMA ever since they formed a government. A lot of regulatory and legislative work already done; plus the high-level report on intentions for repeal/replacement. Here's a press release by EDS on their thoughts on their intent in that regard;
https://www.eds.org.nz/our-work/media/media-statements/media-statements…
To borrow from Shakespeare, what's in a name...? We already have a border force - it's just not called that. Do you really think we need a whole new government department/agency created in response to COVID border protection?
by Beanie | 2nd Oct 20, 3:34pm 1601606074
Setting up a "Border Force" is the last thing we need right now. It takes time for any new entity to find its feet and settle efficiently down to work, that's time we can't afford to be having extra stuff ups. Plus where would the staff come from?...they would be mostly poached from existing border staff, plus a few plum positions for friends.
Good that Labour has worked that out at last. IIRC they were able to block repealing of the RMA when National was in power.
Now both major parties want do the same thing. The pity is that it could have already been in place by now.
Right now we probably don't need a border force. We needed one 4 or 5 months ago.
Right now what we need is Ashley Bloomfield to write an order instructing the govt to stop flights from countries with out of control Covid.
I don't think National (under Key's 9 years) ever proposed repeal of the RMA - they just amended it. To repeal it they would have had to have written alternate legislation and introduced those Bills.
One amendment they tried to get through was blocked however because they didn't have the numbers from their coalition partners (neither Māori, nor United First would vote for it), but that proposed amendment was simply word changes to the act's purpose, section 5. And they on their own wouldn't have magically made the RMA any less cumbersome and bloated from a development perspective. The only way those amendments would have got traction/application would have been via Court proceedings and new precedent settings - and those take years to find their way through the system. And moreover, only the big guns can afford to litigate - and there are big guns on both sides.
Hence repeal and replace is the only way to go - to my mind, that is.
by AndrewRiddell5886 | 3rd Oct 20, 7:48am 1601664513
The Resource Management Act was passed in 1991.
Its effective operation depended on central government providing country-wide guidance via national policy statements and via technical support for local authorities from the Ministry for the Environment.
Neither happened under Bolger/Shipley or Clark. Finally some national policy statements under Key. The Key government also tinkered and tinkered with the Act, making it more and more convoluted (thanks Nick Smith).
Meanwhile the 1991 changes to housing finance by Richardson and Shipley - ending government assistance for first time buyers through such measures as capitalising family benefit, State Advance low interest, Central government assistance in developing new urban infrastructure; and introducing corporate welfare for landlords (aka housing supplements) - gave us our current housing crisis.
There should be no way coastal property owners get to put their hand in my pocket because they were dumb or vain enough to buy right on the coast.
Sea level rise is 3mm per year, so 6 inches over 50 years. That shouldn't catch out anyone properly prepared and thinking ahead. Coastal erosion has always been happening and comes with the territory.
by al123 | 2nd Oct 20, 4:47pm 1601610466
Beanie, you don't get it - they are property owners! They cant ever be expected to shoulder any risks. They are a protected species.
by Averageman | 3rd Oct 20, 11:01am 1601676077
Haha...if that want so true it could be funny.
by waymad | 2nd Oct 20, 5:19pm 1601612392
Coastal accretion also occurs, as does tectonic uplift. Swathes of the East Coast of the South Island are safe from SLR for a millennium at 3mm/year.....Then there's isostatic rebound, subduction zones, fault lines ( all essentially impossible to predict return times for). We definitely need some sort of insurance, as we just don't know what that ol' trickster Gaia will do next. Or when. Or where.
Yes, I'm wary of that whole issue as well. The main proposals I've heard of envision an EQC-like fund for those properties 'tagged' for managed retreat through administrative/regulatory policy/rule making. We haven't let risk-based pricing as is now being implemented by insurance companies run its course yet. No one I know has adequately answered why the public should interfere in the market. It's a bit like accommodation supplement on steroids.
Sea rise retreat management - what is that, can Labour hold the tide back? Sounds more like a bailout fund.
Visit any beach, look at the planning map, regardless of your opinion why, beach front is in retreat. At the current rate, many sections and the associated land will be gone in a generation unless we build walls like they did long ago in Holland.
Why people pay the prices they do for this exposure still makes me laugh.
Auction/sales results
Commercial building consent analysis
Residential building consent analysis
Sprawl visualisations
Home loan affordability report
Residential rent report
Greg Ninness ANZ says house prices likely to fall by 7% this year, more than double its previous forecast of a 3% dip.


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Pittsburgh becomes CEDAW City
Posted on January 24, 2017 by denverforcedaw Leave a comment
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh City Council approves measure to fight gender bias
Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak introduced the legislation, which follows the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, or CEDAW.
By Adam Smeltz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh City Council is putting bias against women under a citywide microscope.
With a unanimous vote, council passed legislation Tuesday to create a Gender Equity Commission, discourage gender discrimination across city government and commit Pittsburgh to a treaty against such prejudice.
Work to start implementing the ordinance in 2017 should run about $50,000 — the cost for a part-time executive director, Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak said. She introduced the legislation, which follows the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, or CEDAW.
"Is anything going to change in a year [or] a year and a half? Probably not. But over time, it will," said Marcia Bandes, who chairs the Pittsburgh for CEDAW Coalition. She said the legislation gives the city a methodical approach to assess and redress gender discrimination.
About 30 organizations including the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh and the Women's Law Project backed the effort. The ordinance pledges the city will pursue "the principles underlying" CEDAW, which the United Nations General Assembly adopted in 1979. Countries that ratify CEDAW must condemn all discrimination against women and girls and ensure their equal treatment across the civil, political, economic, social and cultural spectrum, according to the legislation.
The U.S. Senate has not ratified the treaty, but Pittsburgh joins at least two dozen other communities across the country that have adopted CEDAW ordinances or resolutions, according to the Cities for CEDAW campaign.
In particular, Pittsburgh's plan includes a citywide analysis of gender discrimination, plus guidance to address any disparities found in city departments.
Thirteen gender-equity commissioners are expected to develop a five-year action plan for city departments and to advocate generally for principles such as "access to fair wages and human services," according to the legislation.
Ms. Rudiak has said the measure "calls out" stark differences in how men and women experience life. Among its functions, the ordinance can help the city develop public policy from analyses of sexual harassment, rape and assault cases, she said during a meeting last week.
"All citizens, male and female, young and old, deserve a life of opportunity and safety and acceptance," Ms. Rudiak said.
Adam Smeltz: 412-263-2625, asmeltz@post-gazette.com, @asmeltz.
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