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Unions to discuss Antigua gov't offer to ex LIAT workers
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BARBADOS TODAY: Trade unions representing LIAT workers across the Caribbean will meet virtually next week to examine an offer which hundreds of terminated employees of the Antigua-based airline have been given until yearend to accept.
President of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers' Union (ABWU) David Massiah said on Wednesday that during that Zoom meeting, each union will make its submission on the "compassionate" pay offer from the government of the twin-island nation.
The Gaston Browne administration has proposed to pay 50 per cent of the outstanding severance – in cash, bonds and/or land – owed to pilots, flight attendants, engineers and other employees from Barbados and other regional countries who were sent home in April 2020, and has given them a month to respond to the offer.
"There will be a meeting of all the unions in a couple of days where we will be discussing the situation," Massiah told Barbados TODAY. "I will be leading that discussion … so that we can make a decision as regards to the deadline that was issued by the government of Antigua."
Massiah said unions will be notified early next week of the meeting.
"We have to notify everybody to make sure everybody is onboard," the ABWU president added.
On Tuesday, Antigua's Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Lennox Weston served notice that the government will withdraw its offer to the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) and all other former employees at the turn of the New Year.
"We are going to keep it on the table until the New Year and then we are going to move on," Weston said.
After that, he said, LIAT 1974 Limited, which is currently in administration, could be wound up and LIAT 2020 launched.
"And then they will just follow the law…. They should just follow the law and wind up the company and the accountants will do their calculation, the benefits will then go to the workers and employees.
"The offer is very simple. We are paying 50 per cent of their severance package and they need to sign off for that as final payment. If not, they can then do what all people do in a bankrupt company – the company is wound up, the assets are sold, the net assets are then divided according to the law, with the ranking of individuals…spread out among all the beneficiaries," Weston added.
He contended that while the workers have a right to refuse the government's offer, any benefits derived from a liquidated company would be less than the existing offer.
"They may think otherwise; they have thought so and they have rejected the offer. LIALPA went by themselves and they were given the same answer. We have not heard any difference from them, other than they rejected the offer so far," Weston said.
LIALPA Chairman Patterson Thompson was adamant that the offer first put on the table by Prime Minister Browne was not feasible. Browne, meantime, has said the proposal is non-negotiable.
In an open letter to the Antiguan Prime Minister, dated December 1, 2021, Thompson said the pilots continue to express gratitude for the correspondence dated November 20, 2021, which identifies a modified version of the September 3, 2021 concept to pay all terminated and soon-to-be terminated employees.
This, he said, is the only concept, to date, that offers some financial relief to all staff members.
However, the LIALPA leader recorded the union's disappointment that the Prime Minister's "caring" Cabinet was not convinced by him to award the workers 50 per cent of all entitlements, including vacation pay, and not just the severance payment.
"You stated that you understood the gravity of the situation and you stood by your word. It is also very unfortunate that you have closed the door to further discussions on the issue," Thompson lamented.
Cancellations and a slow pace of bookings affecting the hospitality sector
He complained that LIALPA had trouble deciphering several aspects of the offer and therefore needed some questions answered. These include when the 30 per cent cash will be available, how these funds will be disbursed, the location of the plots of land, whether the lands were developed or undeveloped, and the value, per square foot, of the land on offer.
Thompson said if the situation is not settled soon, each former employee may have to make an individual decision on whether they will accept the offer.
In a letter dated November 19, 2021, addressed to Thompson from Cabinet Secretary Konata Lee, the Antigua and Barbuda government broke down the initial offer and included a new payout cash proposal from the sale of LIAT chattel assets, excluding the aircraft which are owned by the Caribbean Development Bank.
The compassionate payment would be either in cash, bonds or land or a combination thereof, wherever possible. The bonds would be issued for a term of 10-years at a rate of two per cent.
It added that where lands form part of the offer, Cabinet will waive the non-citizen landholding licence for employees who are not citizens of the country.
The Browne administration has also agreed to waive the stamp duty on the transfer of lands from the Crown to any former LIAT employee, as a part of the "compassionate" payment agreement.
Alternatively, and in lieu of accepting the preceding offer, a former LIAT employee may opt for a scholarship in any field of study, capped at the value of the employee's severance, offered by the University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus. That scholarship would be transferrable at the request of a former employee, to his/her children or agreed family member, in the event the employee decides not to take the scholarship himself/herself.


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Q: Combination of specific letters in many words I have a database with a table called "sales person" which has a combination of names & surnames. On my report it must include the shortened name. Just the most left character of the Names and Surname combined. For example some has just one Name and a Surname, eg. "Pete Sampras". Combined it would show "PS" on my report. Some have more, like "Pete Steff Sampras". Combined it would be "PSS". For my own name is Johan vd Westhuizen. It must now look like "JVW". How would I go about it?
I am a beginner at this, and I'm not sure what to use. I have tried left(), but that's only for the first name

A: You can split the word in the spaces, and then use the Left() function to get the first character for each word.
In addition, convert it to upper case and trim to remove any spaces (I don't expect any but just in case).
See an example:
Public Function GetInitialsFromName(ByVal fullname As String) As String

    'Array to hold the words
    Dim arr As Variant
        arr = Split(fullname, " ")

    Dim initials As String, idx As Integer

    'Loop each word, take the 1st letter and append it to the initials.
    'Trim and convert to upper case.
    For idx = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
        initials = initials & StrConv(Left(Trim(arr(idx)), 1), vbUpperCase)
    Next

    GetInitialsFromName = initials

End Function

To call it:
Debug.Print GetInitialsFromName("Johan vd Westhuizen")
Debug.Print GetInitialsFromName("Pete Steff Sampras")
Debug.Print GetInitialsFromName("Pete Sampras")

'JVW
'PSS
'PS

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Unable to reproduce. More information needed.
The exception does point to a location that is suspect. I'll try this out on some windows machines to see if I can get it to reproduce. I'll also look into the suspect code to figure out why it got so wonky.
Off-board discussion with the user revealed that the bug pertains to deletion of the Object itself, and not the instance in the room.
With this clarification, I'm able to reproduce this bug.
Obviously a workaround would be to delete all instances of the object in the room prior to attempting to delete the object itself.
A quick fix is described above. The quick fix will cause the instance to stick around in the room, but it will identify its parent object as "<no object>"
Quickfix applied in r438. Leaving open until a more permanent solution is applied.


Back in 2007, we entered into our first 48 Hour Film Project. I started a team because I wanted to learn more about working with different kinds of people, shooting live action (I was primarily animation in college), and learn more about making a short film. We drew "Musical or Western" and had about 27 people on our team. The film, to put it bluntly, was a hot mess. We had a great team, and there are some outstanding parts. Mostly the music by Dan McDonough. And the next year…it also wasn't that great. But year after year we entered, and sometimes we won awards (four!).
What the 48 HFP provided for us was a chance to experiment and learn: try out new crew, practice with new equipment, and/or just have fun. We've taken what we learn in those couple days each summer and built a team of prepared professionals that work well under pressure.
After seven years, I've decided to try something else and mix it up. We're making a short film!
We've produced a number of short films, but never one quite like this. Part zombie film, part musical, this will be a realization of an idea that's been kicking around for awhile. It will utilize many or our strengths, and hopefully give us a chance to learn even more as we work on something that is 100% us.
The storyboard is in the rough draft stage, and we're lining up the pieces to shoot this summer. I'm not going to go into the details of the story, but in the meantime, enjoy the song. Stay tuned for "Won't You Come Home, Bones Bailey?", coming out in 2014!
UPDATE: Incase you were wondering, the music for this project is being done by long time collaborator Billy Moretti of The Denver Boot. He's worked on two of our 48 hour projects and numerous spots for WPI and others.
In case you didn't know, we make videos. Videos of all kinds: funny, informative, technical, web-based, and corporate. Video is a powerful medium that can make your company stand out in a crowded market place and have a lasting impression on your customers. Knowing how video makes your company more awesome is important to know when entering into a video production. Knowing the strengths of video can help you utilize this tool even better and get the best results possible. For the simplification purposes, I use the term "video" to mean both live action and animated videos.
Follow me on a walk through of three ways video strengthens your company.
A lot of the videos on the internet are tutorials, walk-thrus, or how-tos. If you include home-made as well as professionally produced videos–you've got months or years of content on very specific topics.* Apps, Kickstarters, gadgets, and specialized services can use video to show their clients how their product or service work. Better than a text-based document, clients can really see how something comes together, how best to use it, and come away better informed.
Kickstarters in particular benefit from the power of video to explain things. Typically the companies or individuals that use Kickstarter only have working prototypes. They can't rely on reviews because they haven't massed-produced their product yet. Instead, live demonstrations of their product can prove the viability of their product and create interest before they go into a larger (and more costly) round of production.
Another way video connects online viewers to physical products are assembly or usage videos. Anything that needs to be put together or has complicated operating procedures can benefit from a video. Creating an informed customer that can use the product means they're more likely to recommend the product and purchase future versions or offerings. Any video under a minute will leave the client satisfied and free to go back to their life.
Knowing is the first thing your video should accomplish: what it is, how it works, and why it's better.
Music, lively characters, and animation are really powerful elements that are only available to the world of video. Making your customers feel something about your product–not just know–creates a deeper connection and sense of trust. Your customers don't just know what you do, but feel that you know and care about them.
With so many things available on the internet, an emotional impact helps you rise above the noise. You're not just offering a well made product or service, but one that appeals to the needs and wants. For instance, if you're selling a product for "embarrassing bathroom situations" making customers laugh and feel like this is normal can unite everyone over a topic that is infrequently talked about.
A memory tied to an emotion will be stronger than just the memory alone. Video–more than any other medium–has that ability to emotionally connect. It's not just text. It's not just pretty faces or funny cartoons. It's storytelling, graphic design, photography, and music all combined into one impactful tool. The last element is the most key: music is a huge emotional tool that other mediums just don't have. Utilizing well produced music that fits your brand is something you can't skip in the video making process.
This is the end result of making your customers know and feel about your product/service/company. They know what your product does, they feel a certain way about it, but bringing these two things together is the experience. This is the difference between a Gillette commercial and a Dollar Shave Club youtube video. It's not just serious vs. funny. Traditional vs. quirky. It's making your customers identify themselves by buying your product/service.
Making customers experience your company also sets the tone for future interactions and what they can expect. There are many values your video can offer–great customer service, locally sourced, well made, technically advanced, problem solving, etc. Each comes with their own virtues. Videos where customers experience (not just know or feel) the value of your product prime the client up to expect the same in the future–where they'll only consider you as their number one choice. Make your clients know and feel that you are the best and you start the pathway to a life long customer.
Who hasn't made a personality judgment on a certain kind of computer user? Let a friend use your computer and I'm sure you've heard "Oh, I don't really like Macs" or "Guh, PCs are so clunky." Even better, "I'm an Android user." People enjoy identify as Mac vs. PC, Android vs. iPhone, iPad vs. Nexus, etc. This comes from these companies creating a strong experience that turns the user into a citizen of their brand.
Just as you're trying to get your company to stand out–so are your customers. It sounds silly, but every purchase is a way of saying "this is who I am". Customers have so many choices of what color, size, shape, style, technology, price, etc. they'd like. Having a living, breathing embodiment of your company depicted in a video makes your company a personality they can connect and identify with. They aren't just purchasing the product, but an addition to their life.
I would be remiss if I didn't cite some of my influences. I started this post with the idea of "Know, Feel, Experience", but the visuals came from a couple other sources. Specifically, this Lifehacker article and Hugh MacLeod's image helped me create a visual representation of these concepts.
*Update: this statement has been changed to reflect the lack of data on this topic. Something we hope to correct in the future.
For all of 2011, when I asked clients what videos they liked, the answer would always include Volkswagen's 2011 "The Force" commercial. If you haven't seen it yet, just go watch it and come back.
• It was shown first during the Super Bowl–not the web.
• 111 million people watched the 2011 Super Bowl (the most watched program ever at the time)–not an obscure source.
• While it's hard to gather this data from Youtube, it looks like it got 6 million views in the first week or so–most likely from people that saw it on the Super Bowl and told others to watch it. It was popular before it got on the internet.
Currently "The Force" video has approximately 57 million views, or 20% of the population of the US has watched this video. With those numbers, they were able to increase sales by 18% That's amazing numbers. That's like everyone that watched the video also bought one (if we just count Youtube views). So, what is "The Force" if it's not a viral video?
Check out the data about Volkswagen sales.
Let's peel away the layers of what the video is doing, and how this is most likely just a reflection of strong market research.
• Market > 30-40 year old parents looking for a car in the $20,000 range.
• Key elements to highlight > new blue tooth/near field technology in the car.
Ok, we know who they were talking to, and what they care about. The car is affordable, for families, and has some neat tech inside.
• Put a kid in it > kids can sell almost anything–sorry, it's true.
• Figure out what 30-40 year olds like (and if you can include their kids, even better) > It just so happens that Star Wars has been consistently popular for the last 30 years.
• Oh, look > there's something in Star Wars that can be used to teach potential customers about how the car works.
BOOM > that's the ad. It's not hard to put those things together if you've done your research and have the money to license some pieces from a major franchise.
For 2012's Super Bowl ad, they scrapped the movie references in favor of their "Get Happy" campaign. I've been working on this idea since the summer of 2013 and–get this–the ad is gone from their page and most of the internet. All I can find is a pre-release from Clevver news and a few videos about how rascist it is–all before the official Super Bowl airing.
The Clevver News shows the ad before talking about it, so check that one out.
The sales figures also reflect this dip in the market place. The sold 25% less cars than in 2011. Somehow, no one spoke up and said "If we're going to parody any culture, maybe it should be–you know–Germans, since that's who makes our cars." The whole thing is a great study in what not to do.
• No idea who their market is > Racists? Folks that want a vacation?
• No idea what their demographics thinks is funny or enjoy doing.
• No value element to highlight. How can you prove a certain car brand makes one "happier"?
Between just the Today Show and Good Morning America, there are 5 minutes of content talking about how rascist the ad was. That's 10 times the length of the thirty second spot that would have aired during the Super Bowl. Let's just say that Volkswagen fumbled that campaign.
My favorite quote from this Today Show spot (quote is link): "We consulted about 100 Jamaicans." You can get 100 people to say many things, that's not that many people–nor proof that your idea is good.
Favorite quote from GMA (quote is link): "He's even negotiating VW for some sort of co-branding." Since it's been scrubbed from the internet, I don't think that panned out.
I can see what Volkwagen is trying to do in their newest ad "Wings". A movie parody worked before, so it will work again. They took the notes on their 2012 ad and made their home country Germany the focus instead of an arbitrary country.
It's hard to break down how successful this ad is, since some of that will not be based on views, but also how many cars they sell in 2014.
• Clear market > families with teenage children.
• Clear value statement > this car is well made by Germans.
• It has 12 million Youtube views already. It's on par with the 2011 video.
• Unclear who is the huge It's a Wonderful Life fan. I'm not sure this is that popular with 16-25 year olds and that parents that enjoy that movie want the quirky humor this ad presents.
• Middle ground parody. If they're going parody a conversation between Zuzu and George Bailey–you should GO for it. Neither actor is very cute/endearing and it looses a lot of ground in the casting area. Very few people are excited by annoying teenage girls and average-looking dads.
They made about 10 easter egg/vignette videos that reside on their Youtube page. These are way funnier, and present the joke from the mouths of a couple straight-faced German engineers. I think it works when you get further away from the Americana-folksy inspiration than the ad with the unpleasant family explaining the joke. Those online vignettes have a low amount of views, 4,000-15,000 views. If they're looking at targeting a younger market, these could work if they're carefully placed online and in certain broadcast time slots.
One million views seems confer some sort of prestige. But, there's a fine line between the Old Spice Guy and the Mountain Dew goat. Before hitting the 'cat-acular button', you should figure out if your audience even likes cats. It's all well and good to make a parody, but it might not be what your market wants to hear. With a combination of tools and strategy, the average marketer has the tools to make sure that the people that need to see the video–infact–see the video. Learn the tricks to make a valuable video, and skip the viral.
P.S.–All of this might not matter anyway, since 80 % of Super Bowl Ads Don't Help Sales.
We do a lot of special effects here at Tools! , and sometimes it seems like it's just 1-2-3-Software! We've all seen the "click to remove" behind the scenes videos from DVD extras. But it's rarely that easy. Usually, there's a few steps between "green" and "clean" that take a skilled fx person–like us–to make perfect. Here's the 5 steps we take to turn our fake into a piece of cake. (Err, sorry for all the puns).
Here's the full process covered in one video. A shot like this probably take about 3-6 hours for a talented fx person.
The key to shooting the footage is to make sure the green is lit as evenly as possible. The more even the color/shade, the easier it is for the software to do its job. We make sure we know all our shots ahead of time with storyboards so we know how each shot needs to look. The last thing we have to be careful of is clothing choices. White clothing will pick up and reflect the green–making some of the actor disappear as well. Light colors like yellow can also cause problems. You may have noticed the bottom left corner, we can get those out later–just watch.
A "garbage" just means a rough trim of the edges of the footage. We can make the software work better if we give it less to process. We roughly "cut" the edges with a vector mask and animate it to follow the actor. This process can take a couple minutes to a couple hours, depending on how much movement there is.
NOW we use the filters our software comes with. There actually thousands of shades of green in our greenscreen. The software can only take out so many of them depending on how high we set the "tolerance". The problem is that it might also start to take away other light colors–skin, teeth, eyes–if we set the tolerance too high. In this stage, we're looking for 85-95% of the green removed, while still leaving all the of the actor on the screen. If you look in the bottom left hand corner, you can see some speckles of the screen left behind. This is fine for now.
Now we mask specific parts of the actor and just user filters on these specific areas. Really fine areas like the rapidly moving hands will have to be masked manually. That means we draw a mask around the hand almost every frame to carve them out while retaining details like the fingers and motion blur. No little speckles should remain in around the figure.
Depending on your background, you might need to color correct or shade the actor to match the background. When we're filming, we try to match light direction and temperature, but since we need a flatly lit background, we can't do too much. This will require putting filters and animated filters on top of the actor to get them to be the same color/lighting as the background. Luckily for us, this project just required the actor to be in a big white space. We did warm up her skin tone a little to make her more lively though.
Here's the final image with background. We did fuzz her edges just a little bit more to make her blend with the background. We also added her shadow onto the "i" of the logo if you look closely. Those little details can really make the actor seem like they're in the space and interacting with the elements around them.
Did anyone catch the local commercial green screen joke in Bob's Burgers? It's only during the credit where they screen the family-centric commercial. Linda Belcher has a speckly green halo around her for some shots–indicative of a bad (home made) green screen job. That level of detail for a gag over the credits is pretty nice.
Recently, I was talking with a colleague that described one of their vendors as "great, they're really cheap!" In my head, I had an immediate knee-jerk reaction to that description as a way of ascribing value. It made me reflect on where I think my company's value lies, and why "cheap" is not the only thing I look for as a business owner or the way I market my company.
If I had to guess why we're passed over for projects, probably more than 50% of the time the reason is the price. For the potential client the price is too high, not what they expected, or they had no idea what similar services could/should have cost in the first place. 99% of the time these clients that decline are services are respectful and don't make make any negative comments about our pricing…and then there's that 1% that believe cheaper is always better.
Just like a physical object, you get what you pay for. Most of the time, if you're using a low-priced graphic designer, photographer, animator, or videographer those cost savings translate into a poorly made product. The design quickly looks dated or doesn't work for a variety of applications. The photography is poorly lit and unflattering. The animation or video isn't well scripted and doesn't reflect the unique message you wanted (in addition it can also suffer from the same problems as cheap graphic design and photography). Occasionally, you can find that rare "unicorn" of a creative that is both good and cheap, but they don't stick around long. Either they get snatched up by fulltime work, increase their rates, or have to take on more work to make up the difference on their cheap prices-and consequently have less time for your project.
To save money, it's best to have an idea of what you want and be honest about what you're able to achieve in your scope of time/budget/abilities. For example, if you need a video that explains your business plan to investors, then you should know your business plan before you start to make a video. Developing it alongside the video can muddle the two processes and overextend the timeline (and budget). Figuring out what you want and planning that idea are monumental steps that can take months and months (or years) if the client isn't clear with themselves and their contractor from the beginning.
If you do manage to find that "unicorn" creative that can make what you want, for less than the other guy, what is the real harm? You're right, there's little harm if you can reach an amicable agreement with someone that is cheap and does good work. It's also an almost unattainable goal and a waste of your time. Cheap creatives are going to be something someone finds every once in awhile. Meanwhile, there are so many professional creatives that are well priced–and all it takes is some careful planning and saving up to afford their services. Services that will carry your business further and last longer than the cheaper alternative. Well priced creatives will still meet all your needs, and you won't have to worry that they'll dissappear or be unattainable in the future. And, since they're easier to find, you can get back to working on the more pressing parts of your business and be more efficient overall. Spending money on a well priced creatives guarantees a certain level of quality in return. Always searching for the ultra sale can be a waste of time/money/effort.
So…What's The Problem With Cheap?
Getting back to my colleagues comment, "they're really cheap!" The problem is that in creative agency work, the "materials" aren't just paper and pen, or cameras and computers. People–designers, animators, videographers–are just as valuable as a workstation. Without a well-trained professional operating the equipment, it's useless. It's like going to a restaurant and having the chef be really excited that their ingredients are the cheapest they could find. Or knowing a skyscraper was built for bottom dollar. Or having the lowest-paid doctors and nurses doing your operation. Cheap is not a mark of quality. This is the essence of the meaning behind our company name "They're Using Tools!" A creative, clever, and resourceful person will be able to take any idea and use "tools" (their mind and talents) and make something astounding with it. That ability shouldn't be a dime a dozen.
Because we pride ourselves on our creativity and cleverness, we always try to work within a client's budget, and give a variety of scaleable options for any projects. A client is not going to insult use by asking for a re-quote or clarification on pricing. It's only insulting when we hear "I'm going to go with someone cheaper" or "I think I'll go with my relative in college, they have all that software too" that it becomes insulting. The insult isn't that a client went with someone else, but that what we offered–experience, professionalism–didn't matter. Only price mattered and we couldn't meet those low expectations.
We can't please everyone. For some, cheaper will always be better. That is something that is hard to become accustomed to, but our skin gets thicker over time. All I can hope is that maybe this will give some out there some more options when contemplating their next design/video project. Direct their choices away from cheap cost and towards well made.
This is somehow a big deal.
Let me rock your word: every news segment you see isn't a made-fresh-daily product. I know some newscasters that definitely develop/put together their own stories. They can put months into a 5 minute broadcast. Because they care about the subject. Because they know getting their facts and interviews straight will be worth it to their audience.
It doesn't surprise me that some (or most) of it is scripted by someone out of house. Because at the end of the day–every day–they have to fill so many minutes of airtime. Tragedies, snow days, first days of school, lost puppies, firefighter strikes, slow news days, and all the in between. These stations bought a packaged segment, probably because no one wanted to waste valuable time writing a fluffy holiday piece.
I'm not even surprised if most of the "big" news is a pre-made package. There's no way a station in California is going to have any personally researched information on something happening in New York. They're getting their news from CNN, the Associated Press, Reuters, or some form of social media (Twitter/Facebook/audience reporting). They bought those facts–and their exact wording–from somewhere that was vetted and had double checked their facts. Ok, yes, in the case of social media you can't really "fact check", but they are getting screen caps and usually reporting this as information they got from those sources. Again, "usually". Buying it from a source makes that source liable if something goes wrong, and saves newscasters some time in the era of 24 hour reporting.
It's like buying a store bought pie, but making the turkey yourself. These stations–especially the smaller ones–want to deliver a consistent, good product. And sometimes they just don't have time to make the pie and the turkey, so they bought something that was already well made. What's shocking is that the folks that made the original package didn't have a cap or a counter so that small news stations could see how many times their segment was used. This is pretty common on stock photo sites so you can see how often the photo has been used and you can even buy exclusive licenses. It's to help the purchaser make an informed decision and give them the option of buying another, less-used product and keeps everyone's message fresh and original looking.
This was just a lazy market place and everyone got caught. And the folks at Conan's show probably knew that this was a practice that had been going on for awhile and realized they could fill their joke time slot with a segment about newscasters filling their holiday time slot. Here's another shocker: Conan doesn't write all his own jokes. He has a writing staff of 20+ people, who are probably are getting some of their ideas from aggregate companies that watch all the news, cable, and tv internet that they couldn't possibly watch and still come to work and write jokes everyday.
I just wanted to throw in some rational to mix with the Big Brother conspiracy theories. Conan's segment isn't proof that Big Brother exists, it's proof that no one knew how the news worked before today.
I've been having a conversation with someone about "spoilers" and why the matter.
-I don't care about spoilers.
-Other people care about spoilers, so I won't talk about any major plot points in a movie less than 20 years old out of courtesy to others. Haven't seen Blade Runner? Sorry, you should already know everyone is a robot.
Honestly, being hung up on the ending is like being upset that someone reveals an answer to a math problem. There's only so many outcomes (it's a trap and/or it was all a coma dream). Being hung up on the surprise of the ending doesn't give the audience intellectual credit to enjoy the rest of the film regardless of the answer.
It's a journey, and that is what's interesting. This isn't Christmas, Santa Clause isn't real. But a great film is still a gift that should be treasured.
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About the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
The hospital's more than 120 board-certified faculty and staff veterinarians, along with a team of 350 highly-trained staff members, saw more than 60,000 patient visits for the year. The 133 members of the Class of 2018 were trained in each of these patient visits, and our 115 house officer veterinarians (residents, fellows, interns) gained experience in 34 specialty disciplines. Our clinicians are innovators of some of the most cutting-edge procedures in veterinary medicine. Our hospital has more specialty services than any teaching hospital in the country. Many services saw caseload increases to capacity-serving levels.
Highlights of the year include:
Top-10 Services by Caseload
The hospital's caseload remains consistently high, and ranks as the largest caseload of any veterinary teaching hospital in the country. Oncology continues to be our busiest service, with new therapies being discovered by UC Davis researchers using a One Health approach to cross-species cancer initiatives working with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Our Emergency Room, which is open 24/7/365, again saw a record number of patients for the year, increasing their caseload by a massive 30 percent. Across the board, each service continues to grow, as UC Davis leads the way in veterinary care.
Heartworm Removed through Femoral Artery of a Cat
Drs. Catherine Gunther-Harrington and Maureen Oldach of the Cardiology Service and Dr. Ingrid Balsa of the Soft Tissue Surgery Service performed a unique heartworm removal through a cat's femoral artery. An echocardiogram on Stormie, a 4-year-old female Siamese cat, revealed a heartworm in the pulmonary artery, and an abdominal ultrasound confirmed that the heartworm extended into her abdominal aorta and down her leg into the right femoral artery. The worm was cutting off the blood supply to the right leg and needed to be surgically addressed immediately in order to avoid amputation. A paper on the procedure, "Aberrant migration and surgical removal of a heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) from the femoral artery of a cat," was published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, and a video of the surgery was viewed more than 1 million times on social media. This was the first known procedure of its kind in a cat.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Cares for Sick Foals
Members of the Equine Medical Emergency, Critical Care and Neonatology Service work around the clock to help newborns beat the odds. Sick foals brought to UC Davis are admitted to the veterinary hospital's Lucy G. Whittier Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The team there, led by Dr. Gary Magdesian (chief of service and holder of the Roberta A. and Carla Henry Endowed Chair in emergency medicine and critical care), handles the most complicated cases, providing coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Resident veterinarians, technicians, veterinary students, and undergraduate members of the UC Davis foal team are also part of the cooperative effort involved in managing these patients. This dedication is needed to see mares and foals through a lengthy stay in the NICU. A foal named Brave spent 43 days in the NICU after he was born five weeks early. Few equine hospitals have the capability to care for a critically sick foal around the clock for more than a month.
Blister Beetle Toxicity Discovered in a Goat
The Livestock Medicine Service discovered and treated cantharidin intoxication in Pedro, a 6-year-old male Nubian goat. Cantharidin is a defensive secretion of the blister beetle, which is common in other parts of the United States, but not as prevalent on the West Coast. Blister beetles feed on alfalfa bloom and can be found in some livestock feed. Alfalfa harvesting can crush the stalk, but also crush any beetles that may be present, causing them to release cantharidin. Just a few beetles in a typical feed amount can be lethal to livestock, with a fatality rate estimated at greater than 50 percent – this includes horses. Blister beetle toxicity is commonly diagnosed in horses after consumption of contaminated alfalfa hay, but reports in ruminants are rare.
Livestock Field Visits Benefit Students
Nearly every day, students accompany faculty and residents to local farms, ranches, and production facilities to examine livestock. Whether veterinary students plan to enter a career in livestock medicine or not, fourth-year clinical rotations through the livestock services are an opportunity for future livestock clinicians to hone their skills in some of the newest techniques being offered. Students become skilled in artificial insemination, embryo transfers and other advanced reproductive technologies, as well as gaining better understandings of basic herd health concepts like preventive medicine, vaccinations, disease outbreak investigations and interventions during a crisis, improving their critical thinking skills.
Surgeons at Forefront of Innovations in Minimally Invasive Surgery
An adrenal tumor removal is traditionally one of the most challenging procedures in small animal surgery, as the adrenal gland is located in a difficult position next the vena cava (the largest vein in the abdomen) as well as the renal arteries and veins (to the kidneys), the aorta, and other vital structures. Additionally, many adrenal tumors will release excessive amounts of hormones that can cause clinical problems in dogs. When tumors occur in the gland, they can invade surrounding structures including these blood vessels, making them challenging to resect. Soft tissue surgeons Drs. Philip Mayhew, Michele Steffey, Bill Culp, Michelle Giuffrida and Ingrid Balsa are making advancements in laparoscopic approaches to these surgeries. A laparoscopic adrenalectomy is a keyhole alternative to traditional open surgery and allows a minimally invasive approach that is less painful for the patient. Bilateral tumors are rare in dogs, and bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy is very rarely performed. UC Davis has performed more laparoscopic adrenalectomies than any veterinary hospital in the world, saving the lives of several animals, including Makana, a 7-year-old female yellow Labrador retriever.
Comparative Oncology Advance Cancer Treatments
Through a collaboration with the UC Davis Comparative Cancer Center, the Oncology Service is discovering new treatments for dogs with naturally occurring cancers while helping humans who may be inflicted with the similar disease. One such discovery is that enhancement of a type of immune cell population, natural killer (NK) cells, when combined with radiation therapy, can be effective against spontaneous osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in dogs. The research showed these NK cells were able to target cancer cells and reduce cancer metastasis, offering a potential immunotherapy against solid tumors. The study was published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer.
Thousands of Images Taken
Our Diagnostic Imaging Service has increased their caseload by 5 percent, performing 17,594 imaging procedures this year. The addition of a full body volumetric PET scanner for small animals (the first of its kind in the world) is allowing radiologists and clinicians to explore new imaging therapies to improve animal health. An All Species Imaging Center will be a major focus of our new Veterinary Medical Center. The proportion of imaging procedures that relate to a particular type of imaging are shown in the illustration, with the total number of procedures shown in parentheses.
Large Animal Clinic Clinicians and Staff Complete Leadership Training
Twenty faculty and staff members of the Large Animal Clinic completed a leadership training program in order to improve workflow efficiency and morale among the team. The Zoetis PeopleFirst™ Leadership Certificate Program covered four 2-day sessions spread out over seven months for a total of 70 hours. Those who participated received continuing education credit for their achievement. The program covered learning points such as: employee engagement, learning styles, effective communication, active listening and time management. The lessons were enhanced by group discussions, brainstorming and newfound awareness of similar and different challenges. An overwhelming consensus taken away from the training was an eagerness to share this exercise with other members of the team and begin implementing the outcomes.
Stem Cell Treatment for Spina Bifida Helps Dogs and Children
A pair of English bulldog puppies born with spina bifida were the first patients to be successfully treated with a unique therapy—a combination of surgery and stem cells—developed at UC Davis by a team of veterinary and human medicine researchers and clinicians. In collaboration with the Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures and UC Davis Health, Dr. Bev Sturges dissected and replaced myelomeningocele sites in their spinal canals with stem cells being surgically placed over the defects. This "One Health" approach to medicine is exemplified at UC Davis, where physicians and veterinarians, along with their research counterparts, work side-by-side to develop cures and treatments to diseases and illnesses that affect humans and animals. The UC Davis team on this project included stem cell biologists and tissue engineers, along with the medical and veterinary clinicians – a group of forward-thinking minds that are not often found under the same roof.
Hospital Adds Two Orthopedic Surgeons
Drs. Denis Marcellin-Little and Barbro Filliquist joined the Orthopedic Surgery Service this year, further strengthening the service with a well-balanced team-to-caseload ratio. The addition of Dr. Filliquist allows the service to see more patients on a regular basis throughout the week, while Dr. Marcellin-Little brings a level of expertise to our team that will allow us to offer additional services, especially in joint replacement, and give our referral community an outlet for complicated cases. Dr. Marcellin-Little is one of the foremost authorities in the field of veterinary orthopedics and helped develop the system for total hip replacements. The service has been able to expand joint replacement offerings and provide more opportunities to help animals with unique or complicated growth deformities, limb sparing situations, complicated total joint replacements, and surgical revisions for failed joint replacements or limb deformities.
Champion Roping Horse Returns after Botulism Poisoning
John, an 11-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding and champion roping horse, developed botulism, a toxic poisoning that had already killed one of his stablemates. His owner was determined to save the gelding, and worked with the Equine Medicine Service to do everything he could for a positive outcome. John remained hospitalized at UC Davis for 26 days. During that time, he was treated with botulism anti-toxin plasma. He received other supportive care including intravenous fluid therapy, anti-inflammatories, and vitamin E. John was unable to stand without help, so faculty, staff and students in the Large Animal Clinic instituted the "Large Animal Lift" to assist him to stand. This pulley system can lift several thousand pounds and helped John to stand whenever necessary. Miraculously, after recovering, John qualified for the 2017 World Series of Team Roping, a rodeo event that challenges mounted riders to rope a running steer.
3D Printed Mask Helps Heal Dog's Skull
Oral surgeons worked with biomedical engineering students to design an apparatus that could help the healing process of maxillofacial fractures, much like a traditional cast helps leg fractures heal. The result was the Exo-K9 Exoskeleton – a custom, 3D printed exoskeleton for dogs with maxillomandibular injuries. Loca, a 4-month-old female Staffordshire bull terrier, was the first patient to wear the mask. She recovered well from severe injuries to her head after being attacked by another dog.
Hospital Treats Wildfires Victims
This year, the hospital treated 77 animals—one dog, one goose, one chicken, two llamas, 14 horses, 25 cats, and 33 koi fish—injured in the 2017 Napa area wildfires. Many of the other animals received at the hospital were referred from veterinary centers closer to the fires. As those facilities became overwhelmed, animals were transported to UC Davis. Caring for those hospitalized animals were many faculty and resident veterinarians from various services who volunteered their time to be assigned as the permanent caretakers of specific animals. With this continuity of care, the animals received the individualized attention that smaller hospitals were not able to provide. Perhaps the true heroes for the hospitalized animals were the technicians and students who provided the everyday care duties. Burn victims are laborsome patients that require hours upon hours of hands-on care each day.
Healing Burns with Fish Skin
Following the lead of physicians in Brazil who are using fish skin bandages to help heal burns, Dr. Jamie Peyton of the Integrative Medicine Service worked with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to apply the process to the care of two bears and a mountain lion burned in the Southern California Thomas fire in 2017. Subsequently, veterinarians in England asked Peyton to travel to the UK to help them with a severely burned foal in 2018.
Community Surgery Gives Students Hands-On Training
Veterinary students spend their fourth and final year rotating through the many services of the hospital. Often stated as their favorite rotation is the Community Surgery Service. Unlike their time spent in the specialty surgery services (where student participation is limited to observation), a rotation through Community Surgery offers students a hands-on experience performing spays and neuters as well as mass removals and other basic surgical procedures. The capabilities of a veterinarian to perform these surgeries are determined by preparation in veterinary school, coupled with additional skills gained from experienced associates and continuing education programs. Students perform surgical procedures that an entry-level veterinarian should be able to perform in practice with supervision. Faculty veterinarians guide the students through the cases, but allow the students to take the lead on the case, from initial intake to discharge.
Specialized Equipment Advances Care
Veterinarians at UC Davis are using cystoscopy to evaluate the lower urinary and genital tracts of animals. A cystoscope is a thin tube with an attached camera that is inserted through the urethra into the bladder that allows doctors to see areas of the bladder or urethra that may not be visible on x-rays or ultrasound. The procedure is performed while animals are under general anesthesia. Cystoscopy can be used to help identify many urinary health problems. Ectopic ureters (where the ureters, the tubes that connect the kidney to the bladder, open in an abnormal location), are a common reason why young dogs have urinary incontinence, and can be diagnosed via cystoscopy. Cystoscopy can also be used to less invasively obtain biopsies of the lower urinary tract if mass lesions such as polyps or tumors are suspected. This year, the Internal Medicine Service utilized cystoscopy to remove bladder stones from many dogs, including Callie, an 8-year-old female poodle/spaniel mix.
Ophthalmologists Help Save K-9 Officer's Eye
K-9 Officer Blitz, a 5-year-old German shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix, was performing routine training exercises when he caught his eye socket on a car tailpipe, causing extensive damage to his eye. Our Ophthalmology Service performed an emergency evaluation of the eyelid damage that resulted. They found severe lacerations to both the upper and lower eyelids and surrounding tissue, which would need surgical intervention. Remarkably, the eye itself was preserved and healthy, with no signs of trauma. Blitz was hospitalized and his eyelids were repaired with sutures beneath and above the skin surface. His tear ducts were also flushed during the procedure, and no damage to these structures was noted. While Blitz had to curtail his activities and get some much-needed rest, he ultimately made a full recovery.
Hospital Installs World's First Volumetric PET Scanner
Our hospital began imaging patients on a new PET/CT scanner this year known as the Mini Explorer II. This advanced imaging system, the first of its kind in the world, is designed to provide veterinarians with both anatomic and physiologic information about body parts being imaged. Typical scans require 30-45 minutes to obtain the information needed to make a diagnosis, although the increased sensitivity of the new scanner may ultimately allow radiologists to reduce this time to as little as 5-10 minutes for some types of studies. This is possible because the width of its PET detector is much wider than a conventional scanner, allowing a volumetric acquisition. As an example, the head, neck, and abdomen of a 30-pound dog can be scanned in just two acquisitions instead of the multitude of readings that would be required with a conventional scanner.
Neurosurgeons Continue to Innovate Brain Tumor Treatments
Dazzy, a 4-year-old male French bulldog, was diagnosed with a grade III oligodendroglioma, an extremely aggressive brain tumor that carried a poor prognosis. After realizing how severe the tumor was, his owners decided to enroll him in a clinical trial investigating whether small particles called nanoparticles can be used to better visualize tumors during removal surgery, and potentially to see if they will be a useful method to deliver drugs into brain tumors for treatment. While Dazzy's immediate health was almost back to normal following surgery, his tumor is expected to return. His veterinarians estimate that the surgery and radiation treatments have given Dazzy 1-2 more years of normal life with his family. The information gained from the delivery of nanoparticles to Dazzy's tumor will be used to develop new treatments for brain tumors in both humans and companion animals.
Hospital Launches Free Public Educational Series
This year, for the first time ever, the hospital launched an educational series of lectures on animal health topics. The series—entitled "An Evening with Vet Med"—features on-campus seminars once a month that are free and open to the public. The lecture series is geared toward both large and small animal owners interested in learning the latest in caring for their four-legged family members. Future lecture topics may include basic dog and cat first aid, dental health, biosecurity at farms and horse events, animal behavior, eye health, and much more.
Taking the World's Best Veterinary Care to the Next Level
The school announced plans to raise $115 million in philanthropic support to update and improve three critical areas of the veterinary hospital: the Livestock and Field Service Center, the Equine Performance Center and the All-Species Imaging Center. This campaign, called "Leading the Way," marks the first phase in a long-term plan to transform the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital into the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Center. UC Davis' veterinary medicine program is already ranked No. 1 in the world. However, the university's veterinary teaching hospital is overdue for an update. Opened in 1970 to serve 3,000 patients per year, the hospital now sees more than 60,000 annually, causing the hospital to face significant constraints in space, layout and capacity, and impacting the speed at which clients receive care.
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Assistant Professor Robert Henderson recently in Guatemala co-organizing the 5th FAMLi conference (Form and Analysis in Mayan Linguistics). With generous financial support from the UMD Language Sciences Center, FAMLi 5 took place in Antigua, Guatemala on August 10-11. The conference was held at the Cooperación Española, and attracted over 60 attendees. It was truly an international affair, attracting participates from Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, Canada, and multiple European countries. More importantly, the conference was deeply local, with over half of the presenters being native speakers of Mayan languages. Look forward to the proceedings, which will be published in 2019, and to FAMLi 6, which will take place in Chiapas on the campus of UNAM-CIMSUR.


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Rev. Leland Bond-Upson has been a lifelong Unitarian Universalist, graduating from Starr King School for the Ministry with a Masters in Divinity in 1976. He met his wife Deborah on their first day in seminary. They raised their four delightful children in northern California, continuing rewarding work leading education centers originally meant just to finance grad school, and used their position to advance the careers of hundreds of underrepresented minorities. In 2008 Leland returned to the parish ministry serving the Petaluma UU Congregation as a regular preacher, then embarking on serving churches as Interim Minister in Honolulu,HI, Fayetteville, AR, Bellingham, WA, Santa Barbara.,CA, Vancouver,WA, and Charlotte, NC.
Leland and Deborah put down roots in Hawai'i during his interim ministry there in 2010-11. Deborah keeps their home in Hawai'i while active in education equity politics, consulting to education organizations, writing, painting and sculpting. He spends his vacation time at home in Hawai'i and is delighted to be in Elgin working with this welcoming congregation.
His wife and children, social justice, history—especially the history of religious tolerance, politics, poetry, education, film, and art—are his major interests. Visit his website: lbuuu.org to see some of his writing, favorite videos, and personal history.
Rev. Leland began his service with us on Wednesday, January 9, 2018.
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Sheena John has been a member of UUCE since 1998. In 2014 she joined the staff as the part-time Church Administrator.
Not a stranger to administrative work, Sheena has run her own landscape design business since 1992. She's keen to help UUCE maneuver and take advantage of the many changes that have taken place in electronic communications, social media and record keeping.
Together with the routine activities of taking care of the church, she believes UUCE's vibrant and growing community will benefit from a centralized administrative hub where information can be collected, stored and provide a strong networking and communication resource for the church community.
Sheena may be reached at: administrator@uuce.org or 847-888-0668.
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Chelsea began attending UUCE as a child with her family. After being a member of the Unichords handbell choir for several years, she took over as the director in 2017. In 2019, she became UUCE's Music Director.
She's a singer, violinist, and arranger, with more than 12 years of experience in music performance. Along with her position at UUCE, Chelsea is a violin and viola teacher at a local private studio. In her position as Music Director, she's excited to incorporate both modern and traditional styles into regular worship.
Chelsea can be reached at: music@uuce.org or 224-806-9515.
Darla J. Iaquinta
Darla grew up in Wisconsin where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1978. Married life took her to a variety of Music teaching positions in Cheyenne, WY, Price, UT, Ithaca, MI, and the last 15 years of her career in Midland, MI. Darla earned her Masters of Arts degree in Humanities at Central Michigan University in 2002.
During her last 25 years in Michigan, she served as Choir Director and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Midland. Darla and her husband settled in Elgin to be nearer to family in Illinois and Wisconsin. She looks forward to working with the Music Director and Worship Team to integrate beautiful choral music into UUCE services.
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FOXBOROUGH, MA – AUGUST 22: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots throws the football in the first quarter of the preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at Gillette Stadium on August 22, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. He is now the new quarterback for the Buccaneers, who turn to the 2020 NFL Draft to get him some help. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
The Buccaneers were able to reel in Tom Brady in free agency. Who are some 2020 NFL Draft prospects they could look to upgrade the talent around him?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers created quite the wave throughout the NFL landscape last month when they were able to sign the great Tom Brady in free agency. He was one of the more talked about names in free agency and arguably the best quarterback available. The signing will obviously impact Tampa Bay's plans in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft.
Luckily for the Bucs, there aren't many glaring holes on the roster that need to be addressed early in the draft. That said, improving the offensive line in front of Brady is the clear and obvious priority number one for the rest of the offseason. Outside of that, however, the only other needs are possible upgrades in talent and added depth.
The positions that the Bucs could look to upgrade through the draft is slot receiver, running back, and defensive line. They could use added depth at nearly every position, but offensive line, defensive line, and the secondary are the main position groups that would benefit the most from added depth. With Tom Brady entering his age 43 season, it would also be wise for Tampa Bay to think about taking a developmental quarterback in the middle of the draft as well.
Guys like Tom Brady don't become available in free agency all that often. There is no doubt that Tampa Bay will be very aggressive in upgrading the talent around Brady in an effort to win now. Here are some ideal prospects in the 2020 Draft the Bucs could look to target:
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Simona Halep moved one step close to the Mutua Madrid Open title on Thursday, defeating her compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 in the quarter-finals.
Following widespread carnage amongst the top seeds this week, Halep is the only top 10 player remaining in the women's draw.
A runner-up in Madrid two years ago, the Romanian is now heavily favoured to take the title, although her match against Begu was marred by some inconsistency.
Begu definitely had her chances in the first set, but failed to capitalise on the openings she created, instead allowing Halep to claim the decisive breaks and go one set up.
There were no such problems in the second set, however. In contrast to the first, Begu made just one error throughout, stunning her opponent with three successive breaks of serve.
It needed a strong response, and Halep was able to provide it, regaining her lost momentum with an early break before all but sealing the deal with another break a few games later.
"It wasn't my best day," Halep admitted. "Anyway, if I won means that I played good tennis. I'm confident it was a good match for me.
"I take it like a positive one, even if I gave that second set easy. I was there until the end, and I'm glad that I could control myself until the end."
Halep moves on to face the winners of the match between Sam Stosur and Patricia Maria Tig.
The second semi-final sees American Louisa Chirico take on Slovakia's Domonika Cibulkova.
Chirico defeated Australian Daria Gavrilova 7-6 (7-1), 6-2, while Cibulkova defeated Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.


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Happy National Read a Book Day tomorrow! (If you live in the U.S.) To celebrate, I've compiled the best books I've read this year. I highly recommend all of these books and wish I could make them required reading for all of my readers. I hope you have an opportunity to cozy up with a warm blanket, tea and one of these fantastic books!
You might've seen the movie that came out earlier this year, but the book is nothing like the film. If you like fantasy like The Hunger Games or Harry Potter, you will love this one. I haven't read a page turner quite like this since those series came out. As someone who grew up playing Super Nintendo (or grew up in the 80's) you will have a lot to love about this action-packed gem.
Although a bit unorganized, this memoir reads more like a stand up comedy, with a side of tragedy. And only Carrie Fisher can make it work. If you read "Bossypants" you'll love this one even more. It's short, sweet, hilarious and gives glimpses into Fisher's world that I never knew I needed. Fisher's writing style is a welcome deviation from all other "famous people" memoirs I've read.
Now that you have a few recommendations head over to your local library and check one of these amazing books out! I'm sure at least one of these must've peaked your interest. And thank you readers, for allowing me to share what I'm currently loving with you.
I hope you can take a break this busy fall for some just-for-fun reading. It's such a wonderful way to keep your creativity fresh and mind sharp.


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Graphic Conservation Company worked with the Illinois State Historical Library to restore this copy of the Gettysburg Address. One of only five copies handwritten by Abraham Lincoln, this document underwent treatment to ensure its continued preservation. Our conservators deacidified the document, removed adhesive residue from its back, and repaired its tears and weak areas. A custom mount was then created to protect the document.


i just created a new tab on the website called "green". yes groundbreaking news, right? and original too. i created and put together 5 green lifestyle modules several months ago but had them hidden under the services tab until i could figure out what to do with them. so i had my web designer create a new tab called "green" and when you scroll over it, it turns green. again groundbreaking. you can click on each module or icon and find out more information about each module.
the 5 green lifestyle modules are designed to provide information for homeowners interested in building green. they were also put together because it's important that we look at the building as a whole, as a living breathing thing. i'll also be rolling out some videos in the near future explaining the green lifestlye modules in further detail.
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Ex-Roma coach Paulo Fonseca settles down in Lille: "I am very proud" | league 1
Paulo Fonseca succeeds Jocelyn Gourvennec as coach at Lille. The Portuguese faces the task of rebuilding the club after falling to 10th place after winning the surprise title in 2021.
We know Paulo Fonseca mainly from his visits to Shakhtar Donetsk and AS Roma. Now the Portuguese globetrotter is settling down in France, where he takes last year's number 10 under his wing with Lille.
That 10th place was a huge disappointment for the reigning champion. With the (probable) departure of Sven Botman and Renato Sanches, Fonseca will have to rebuild at the northern French club.
"I am very proud and honored to be the trainer of Lille," said Fonseca, after signing a two-year contract. "I know it is a club with a rich history. Because of this I also bear a great responsibility."
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Ineos said to have made takeover bid for ConocoPhillips UK arm
Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe is reported to have made a takeover approach to ConocoPhillips for its North Sea assets which was rejected by the company.
According to reports in the Sunday Times, the $2billion plus offer was turned down amid a boardroom shake-up.
ConocoPhillips has been operating in Britain for more than 50 years and employs around 900 people.
Ineos is said to have tried to purchase the British arm of the US oil and gas firm.
According to sources, private equity firm Blackstone is also said to have made a bid.
It comes after Ineos spent £500million buying a dozen gas fields from LetterOne.
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