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Moses continuing Neville's long snapping tradition
Neville's line of good long snappers almost a decade long now continued by the senior tight end
Moses continuing Neville's long snapping tradition Neville's line of good long snappers almost a decade long now continued by the senior tight end Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: http://tnsne.ws/2cpv9bg
Brett Hudson, bhudson@thenewsstar.com Published 6:59 a.m. CT Sept. 15, 2016 | Updated 7:15 a.m. CT Sept. 15, 2016
Neville plays West Monroe during Bayou Jamb at JPS Field at ULM's Malone Stadium on Saturday, August 27, 2016. West Monroe defeated Neville 15-14. (Photo: Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star, 2016)Buy Photo
There is no rhyme or reason to identifying a good long snapper, no set of characteristics that lend themselves to the position – or, at least that's how Neville coach Mickey McCarty approaches it.
That being the case, there is only one way to figure out if a player can perform the task well enough to do it in a game: open tryouts.
Chandler Moses was wrapped up in his spot on the Neville baseball team last spring when the football team held its tryouts for long snapper; when Moses came back to football, he left no doubt who the team's next long snapper would be.
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Moses, also a starting tight end for the Tigers, is the next in a long line of solid Neville long snappers, taking over the role in his senior season as a way to hopefully keep playing the sport after graduation.
"I want to play college football doing something," Moses said, assuming such will not happen at tight end.
McCarty added of Moses, "He's got a good talent at that. If he really wanted to develop that talent, I think he could (long snap) at the next level. He's got that kind of whip to it, and he's a big enough and physical enough kid to protect, too."
Neville's run of excellence at long snapper is getting close to 10 years in length now: Trevor Stennett did it for three years before a string of two-year snappers: Joe Joplin in 2009 and 2010, Trey Lamastus in 2011 and 2012 and TJ Lemoine, son of offensive coordinator Brett, in 2013 and 2014. Defensive lineman Ben Nola, now at LSU as a walk-on, took the role last season.
"We've had some good deep snappers, some guys that were consistent in what they did, did their job and did it well. We've been fortunate," McCarty said. "One of the things that's happened in deep snapping – and it's not new, but it's new to our guys – is back a few years when Trey Lamastus snapped for us, he was the first one that I knew of that went to those snapping camps. There's been some regional competition with that, and those guys have pursued their craft and getting better at it."
Moses plans on doing just that: he will go the Rubio camp in Chicago later this month and plans to go to North Carolina for another one in December. The camps are good for exposure and specialized coaching, the latter being something that can be hard to find in the high school ranks.
"It is a unique craft that's hard to coach," McCarty said. "The good ones that do that are kind of like good golfers, they can adjust themselves. They know better than anybody else what adjustments they need to make."
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Offensive line coach Matt Dickerson coaches the field goal protection unit and defensive coordinator Benjy Lewis handles the punt protection unit, but for the most part, they leave Moses alone: they may make a comment here and there when they notice something, but the necessity to do so is rare.
"It came natural," Moses said of his start in long snapping. "I just like having all of that pressure on me."
Given the unique nature of the position and Neville's recent run of competence at it, it's helpful that the position lends itself to player coaching: McCarty has noted Moses sharing tips with younger players working on long snapping like Grayson Parker and Payton Batteford, helping train the next Neville long snapping machine.
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Q: TCPDF Y Position Getting Reset I am using the TCPDF library to build a PDF to display results of a survey. I have the option to create a custom header to be added to the survey, that can be anything from an image to just text, which can be any size/length.
My problem is on an autobreak the Y position of the following page gets reset and runs with the header.
I am able to change the first page by capturing the current Y position and setting it after the "AddPage()" function. My issue is on the autopagebreaks that occur, I can't find anyway to check if this occurred and trigger something to happen.
I found the "checkpagebreak" but this doesn't work for when the pagebreak occurs during a multicell block of text. I checked the "custom header" example TCPDF has but it appears it uses a static sized header margin, I need to find a way to make that value dynamic.
I am using the following code
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// Process Selection
// **************************************************************************************
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{
// Make all global variables available here
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    {
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        {
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        }
    }
    require_once('tcpdf/tcpdf.php');
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        function Header()
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            {
                $this->SetFont('Times','',11);
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                $this->writeHTMLCell(0, .5, $newX, $newY, trim($this->S1LDESC) , 0,1,0, true, 'C', true);
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            $this->SetFont('Times','B',11);
            $this->Cell(0, .5, "" , 0,1,'C', 0);
            $this->Cell(0, .5, trim($this->S1DESC), 0, 1, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'M', 'M');
            $this->HeadY = $this->GetY();
            $this->SetY($this->GetY() + 5);
        }
    }

    $pdf = new PDF("P", PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);

    $pdf->SelComp = $SelComp;
    $pdf->SelSchool = $SelSchool;

    // set auto page breaks
    $pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(true, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
    $pdf->setFontSubsetting(false);
    $pdf->SetPrintHeader(true);
    $pdf->SetPrintFooter(false);
    $pdf->AddPage();
    //$pdf->SetY($pdf->HeadY);

    $selstring = "SQL To Grab DATA";
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    }
    while($row = db2_fetch_assoc($result))
    {
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        {
            $escapedField = $key;
            $$escapedField = $row[$key];
        }
        $pdf->SetFont('Times','B',11);
        if($HldGroup <> $S2GROUP)
        {
            $HldGroup = $S2GROUP;
            if(trim($S5GROUP) <> "*None")
            {
                //Write Group data
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                {
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            }
        }
        if($S2QUESTTYP <> "HD")
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            $pdf->MultiCell(0, 5, trim($S2QUESTION), 0, 'L', 0, 1, '', '', true);

            $pdf->SetFont('Times','',11);
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If you don't already have a hairstylist that you know and who knows your hair, there are a few other options you can consider. One of these is to hire an on-site bridal stylist. Every stylist in your area will be different, so it's important to find one that's right for you and knows how to help you achieve the look you want.
Flexibility. It's your wedding day, of course you're going to want to try out different hair styles! Make sure to find an on-site bridal stylist that is okay with spending a little extra time playing with your hair and finding the style you like the best.
Skill level. While it might be fun for you and some friends to try an amateur hair stylist for a night out to support their growing business, chances are they won't have as much experience or skill with hair styling. For one of the biggest days in your life, splurge on an on-site bridal stylist that has a high skill level and knows how to create a look perfect for you.
What they offer. Different on-site bridal stylists have a variety of packages and offerings available. Make sure you choose one that offers exactly what you want. For example, you might want your whole bridal party to have their hair done by an on-site bridal stylist. In this case, you would want to look for stylists that offer bridal party packages.
Compatibility. This one isn't as important as the other three, but it's always nice to be able to talk and have fun with the person who will be standing behind your chair for a good chunk of time on your wedding day! Friendly hairstylists will also be more likely to be understanding and flexible to your needs, should they change.
We want you to look and feel beautiful as you walk down the aisle on your wedding day. With these four things to look for in an on-site bridal stylist, that shouldn't be a problem. Contact our salon at (843) 388-3073 or our bridal services at (843) 568-3625 if you have any questions. To set up an appointment, contact us here.


Sophia's new nickname "Pouty puss" She would not smile for pictures at all!!!
My mom (Meme') is a part of a wonderful group called Blue Star Mom's, which essentially is a support system for military mom's. These ladies do wonderful things.
Your children are amazing and adorable. You must be an incredibly strong woman. I guess as mothers we do what we have to and we don't care what it takes. Our children are worth everything.
It looks like you had a fantastic weekend, and the kids really seemed to enjoy it. I hope your week is almost as enjoyable and every bit as short.


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Q: [function.openssl-public-encrypt]: key parameter is not a valid public key Long time listener/first time caller
I have set up a test page as follows
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="value" width="20" max="30" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="go"/>
</form>

with some PHP to encrypt the post data "value" and store it in a variable like so
$pubKey = openssl_pkey_get_public(".../public.pem");
openssl_public_encrypt($_POST["value"], $var, $pubKey);

echo $var;

also have tried
$publicKey = ".../public.pem";
$plaintext = $_POST['value'];

openssl_public_encrypt($plaintext, $encrypted, $publicKey);

echo $encrypted;

Keep getting the error
Warning: openssl_public_encrypt() [function.openssl-public-encrypt]: key parameter is not a valid public key
I created the keys with openssl using:
# generate a 1024 bit rsa private key, ask for a passphrase to encrypt it and save to file
openssl genrsa -des3 -out /path/to/privatekey 1024

# generate the public key for the private key and save to file

openssl rsa -in /path/to/privatekey -pubout -out /path/to/publickey

from this website http://andytson.com/blog/2009/07/php-public-key-cryptography-using-openssl/
also tried creating a key with this method:
openssl req \
  -x509 -nodes -days 365 \
  -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout mycert.pem -out mycert.pem

still same error.  Sorry but the whole encryption this is cryptic to me.  also not very familiar with openssl so code examples would be great.

A: Your paths appear to be incorrect:
$pubKey = openssl_pkey_get_public(".../public.pem");

and
$publicKey = ".../public.pem";

Should be
$publicKey = "../public.pem";
$pubKey = openssl_pkey_get_public("../public.pem");

If the .pem file is in the parent directory, or:
$publicKey = "./public.pem";
$pubKey = openssl_pkey_get_public("./public.pem");

if the .pem file is in the current working directory. Alternately, you can use absolute paths to be sure you are grabbing the correct file.


Dystonia is a disease where muscles in the affected body part are abnormally active. This may result in abnormal postures. The underlying mechanisms are not known. One proposed mechanism is located in the motor area of the brain that controls the coordination of muscles, called the motor cortex. It is well known that the motor area of one hemisphere of the brain (motor cortex) controls the movement of the opposite side of the body. When people perform tasks such as picking up an object or writing there are mechanisms in motor cortex that focus the level of activity so that they can do these tasks with a high level of precision. Focusing activity in motor cortex seems to be disturbed in people with dystonia. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a device that allows the non-invasive stimulation of the brain. When applied to the motor cortex it can upregulate or down regulate its activity. In the present study the investigators will conduct experiments on subjects with task specific focal hand dystonia (such as writers cramp) using TMS to decrease unwanted motor activity. The investigators will assess the effects of this intervention using objective, subjective and kinematic measures. This is a pilot study and will require further research to assess the long-term effects of repetitive TMS on task-specific focal hand dystonia.
We will assess the effects of rTMS using objective, subjective and kinematic measures. This is a pilot study and will require further research to assess the long-term effects of repetitive TMS on task-specific focal hand dystonia.
If you are treated with Botulinum toxin, the testing should be done at least 3 months after your last Botulinum toxin injections.
You take any Central Nervous System CNS active drugs, such as benzodiazepines, Lorazepam, Baclofen, SSRI's and other anti-depressants, etc. that may interfere with the response to TMS.


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The Color Purple won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, making Alice Walker the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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Simply Me: Celebrate Mother's Day with Bonne Maman!
Celebrate Mother's Day with Bonne Maman!
Mother's Day is normally a busy day for my family, we start it off with Church of course. We then do a lunch at my hubby's mom house and a dinner with my mom. Sadly this lets little time for me to just be with my boys. So a few years ago we started a Mother's Day Brunch after Church. That way we don't eat too much, but they still get a special time with me.
Last year we got a few breads and made little finger sandwiches outside picnic style.
Thanks to the Preserves I just got from Bonne Maman I think that is so what we are doing again this year!
Never heard of Bonne Maman?
Bonne Maman produces all-natural, GMO-free preserves and jellies with the same time-honored traditional French recipes used when the brand launched in 1940. The products feature only the finest quality fruit and 100% all-natural ingredients - just like what Grandma made.
Can you imagine the look of joy on your moms face if you would make a picnic lunch basket for her with Bonne Maman preserves inside?
I don't know about you but that sounds like the best gift basket ever!
Sounds pretty good right? And right now they are giving you the chance to win!!
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Q: Ubuntu 17.04 forgetting wifi password after every reboot So, Ubuntu forgets my wifi password and connection every time network-manager restarts, so I have to type in password every time it boots. Changing connection from shared to singe user didn't help. "Connect automatically" check box is checked in nework manager.
I'm using Ubuntu Budgie.

A: Go to the network icon in the top panel. In "Edit Connections..." delete the profile for that particular wireless network, and any duplicates like profilename1/profilename2, and then connect to that same wireless network. It'll ask for your password as it recreates the profile, but it shouldn't ask again.


Help clients manage both the new net investment income tax and passive loss limitations.
BY PHILIP GARRETT PANITZ, ESQ. AND BARBARA LUBIN, ESQ.
The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Reconciliation Act), P.L. 111-152, imposes an additional 3.8% tax on net investment income, which includes income from common financial investments and from passive trade or business activities, including real estate rentals.
Starting in 2013, this tax raises the stakes for taxpayers pursuing real estate activities, particularly rentals. It increases potential financial downsides to pursuing passive activities or activities that the IRS may deem passive under Sec. 469. If the passive activity operates at a net loss for the year, the losses in excess of income are generally not currently deductible (deferred), and if the activity operates at a net gain, the profit can be hit with the additional 3.8% tax. Consequently, meeting the tests for qualifying as a real estate professional and material participation can be doubly important.
Under Sec. 1411, enacted by the Reconciliation Act, the threshold modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) amount for the 3.8% tax to apply is $250,000 for a joint return or surviving spouse, $125,000 for a married individual filing separately, and $200,000 in any other case. MAGI is adjusted gross income increased by foreign earned income excluded under Sec. 911(a), which is defined as net of the deductions and exclusions disallowed with respect to the foreign earned income.
Allowable deductions allocable to such gross income or net gain (Sec. 1411(c)(1)).
Passive activities under Sec. 469 generating net investment income include, notably, real estate rental activities, except for real estate rental activities of materially participating real estate professionals, as described below. Therefore, it is now all the more important for taxpayers who meet the threshold amount who are real estate professionals to be able to document and support their material participation in real estate activity, not only to preserve their ability to recognize losses from the activity but also to limit their net investment income tax liability.
Under Sec. 469(a), a passive activity loss of an individual for a tax year is generally not allowed as a deduction for the year. For this purpose, the passive activity loss is generally the amount by which the passive activity deductions for the tax year exceed the passive activity gross income for the year (Sec. 469(d)(1) and Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-2T(b)(1)). Sec. 469(c) defines "passive activity" as any activity that involves the conduct of any trade or business in which the taxpayer does not materially participate and any rental activity without regard to whether the taxpayer materially participates in the activity (but see discussion of material participation by a real estate professional, below).
Generally, disallowed passive losses may be carried forward to the next tax year (Sec. 469(b)). However, if the activity continues to be passive in future years, losses are in effect carried forward until the underlying activity is disposed of (Sec. 469(g)). In the real world, this translates to the losses accumulating until the property is sold.
Although rental real estate activities are per se passive, they may nonetheless avoid the passive loss limitations if the taxpayer (1) qualifies as a real estate professional and (2) materially participates in each rental activity. Under Sec. 469(c)(7)(B), a taxpayer is a real estate professional if (1) more than one-half of the personal services the taxpayer performs in trades or businesses during the tax year are performed in real property trades or businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates, and (2) the taxpayer performs more than 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates. In a joint return, these requirements are satisfied if either spouse separately satisfies them (Sec. 469(c)(7)(B)).
The best way to explain and simplify this complicated Code section is to visualize two circles, one large and one small (see Exhibit 1). The smaller circle is completely within the larger circle. The larger circle represents all the taxpayer's activity relating to the real estate profession. All activities (hours) that are spent on real estate that fall within the larger circle count toward the two tests mentioned above, both toward the 750 hours on real-estate-related activities and toward the more-than-50% test; in other words, the taxpayer must spend more time on real-estate-related activities than on non-real-estate-related activities.
The second, smaller circle represents material participation hours on particular properties owned by the taxpayer. As explained later, the tests for material participation relating to the properties owned (since they fall within both the smaller circle and the larger one) count toward the "real estate professional tests," above, as well. The hours spent on particular properties also count toward the specific property-by-property material participation tests.
However, activities relating to real estate in general (in the larger circle but not in the smaller one) do not count toward the specific property material participation tests and only count toward the real estate professional tests. An example would be a taxpayer who is searching for additional replacement property to acquire in a Sec. 1031 exchange. The taxpayer is certainly engaged in a real-estate-related activity, and his or her hours in this regard count toward being a real estate professional. But, because no property is actually owned related to the activity, no material participation hours are acquired relating to a specific activity, as explained in greater detail below.
As a practical matter, it is exceedingly difficult for taxpayers to prove to the IRS's satisfaction that they meet the real estate professional threshold if they are otherwise employed in an unrelated occupation.
The IRS typically uses this first factor (the bigger circle) to exclude taxpayers with non-real-property-related full-time occupations. An examiner assumes that 40- or 50-hour-a-week wage earners would have to spend more than an additional 40- or 50-plus hours a week in a real property trade or business. Even if the taxpayer does not work full time in an unrelated occupation, an unrelated part-time occupation can still make it difficult for him or her to meet the 50% requirement.
The second requirement of proving more than 750 hours were spent in the tax year materially participating in real property trades or businesses likewise presents a substantial issue of proof. In DeGuzman, 147 F. Supp. 2d 274 (D.N.J. 2001), the taxpayer husband failed to meet the 750-hour requirement when a portion of the hours were spent cleaning, shoveling snow, and maintaining his wife's leased office space, because he was basically just being a nice husband rather than participating in a trade or business. Hours spent on call, available to attend to rentals should the need arise, do not count toward the 750-hour requirement (see Moss, 135 T.C. 365 (2010)).
Furthermore, without a detailed, contemporaneous log, the Tax Court has repeatedly found reconstructed logs and taxpayer testimony to be inadequate proof of the number of hours (see, e.g., Harnett, T.C. Memo. 2011-191). The Treasury regulations do not specifically require a contemporaneous log and indicate that a "narrative summary" by the taxpayer can suffice (Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-5T(f)). In practical application, however, the IRS regularly dismisses a narrative summary as self-serving and is more apt to accept a contemporaneously created log that is cross-referenced to objective substantiation.
A good example of an acceptable log is one that references, for example, "meetings with the plumber," and the hours indicated are cross-referenced to a calendar entry, an invoice from the plumber with that date, and telephone records of calls made to the plumber's number.
If the two threshold real estate professional factors are satisfied, each rental activity will nonetheless be treated as a passive activity under Sec. 469(c)(1), unless the taxpayer materially participated in each rental activity (evaluated separately) (Regs. Sec. 1.469-9(e)(1)), unless the taxpayer elects to treat all interests in rental real estate as a single rental real estate activity. The hours spent on material participation on specific properties is the theoretical "smaller circle" mentioned above. Every hour spent by the taxpayer that counts toward material participation with respect to the actual properties owned by the taxpayer also counts toward the hours required to be a qualified real estate professional (as they fall within both circles).
In other words, in determining a taxpayer's material participation in a rental real estate activity, the rental real estate activity cannot be grouped with any other activity of the taxpayer (Regs. Sec. 1.469-9(e)(3)(i)). For instance, a taxpayer's activities as a real estate agent assisting clients with buying and selling homes and maintaining bank-owned properties are separate from his or her activity as the owner of rental real estate for the purpose of determining whether he or she passes the material participation tests with respect to the rental real estate (see Hoskins, T.C. Memo. 2013-36). Likewise, in Perez, T.C. Memo. 2010-232, the taxpayer qualified as a real estate professional, but she did not actively participate with regard to her three rentals. Her activity as a real estate agent and loan broker was separate and irrelevant to whether she materially participated in the "smaller circle" of the rental real estate activities.
A taxpayer can establish material participation by satisfying any one of seven tests provided in Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-5T(a): (1) The individual participates in the activity for more than 500 hours during such year; (2) the individual's participation in the activity for the tax year constitutes substantially all of the participation in such activity of all individuals (including individuals who are not owners of interests in the activity) for the year; (3) the individual participates in the activity for more than 100 hours during the tax year, and that individual's participation in the activity for the tax year is not less than the participation in the activity of any other individual (including individuals who are not owners in the activity) for the year; (4) participation in the activity is significant (exceeds 100 hours during the year), and the individual's aggregate participation in all significant participation activities during the year exceeds 500 hours; (5) the individual materially participated in the activity for any five tax years (whether or not consecutive) during the immediately preceding 10 tax years; (6) the activity is a personal service activity (performing personal services in the fields of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, or any other trade or business in which capital is not a material income-producing factor), and the individual materially participated in the activity for any three tax years (whether or not consecutive) preceding the tax year; or (7) based on all the facts and circumstances (including specified ones in Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-5T(b)), the individual participated in the activity on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis during the year.
Work done by an individual in the capacity of an investor in an activity is not generally treated as participation in the activity (Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-5T(f)(2)(ii)(A)). The IRS typically considers activities of an investor for this purpose to include studying and reviewing financial statements or reports on operations of the activity, preparing or compiling summaries or analyses of the finances or operations of the activity for the individual's own use, and monitoring the finances or operations of the activity in a nonmanagerial capacity (Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-5T(f)(2)(ii)(B)). In Lapid, T.C. Memo. 2004-222, the Tax Court found that reviewing financial statements and reports on operations from a management company was time spent in the taxpayer's capacity as an investor, and thus they did not count toward material participation hours.
In addition, work is not treated as material participation if it is not of a type customarily done by an owner of such activity and if one of the principal purposes for performing such work is to avoid the passive activity limitations of Sec. 469. If the taxpayer uses the services of a management company and the taxpayer's only activity is reading reports from the management company, that is an investor type of activity and is therefore passive. On the other hand, if the taxpayer is managing the property himself or herself and generating the reports for an accountant to put on a tax return, this should more likely count toward material participation.
To prove material participation, taxpayers face an uphill battle when their rental real estate activity is out of state or when a management company is involved. In Madler, T.C. Memo. 1998-112, the Tax Court found that the taxpayers failed to show that they, rather than the third-party management company they hired, materially participated in their real property rental activity. See also Koenig, T.C. Memo. 1998-215, finding real estate losses were passive when the taxpayer managed one rental property but hired a management company for four other rental properties.
When rental real estate is out of state, the IRS highly scrutinizes claims of material participation because it appears unrealistic to an examiner that taxpayers can do much on a property 2,000 miles from their home, for instance. In a rare taxpayer victory involving both of these issues, taxpayers were able to deduct the losses from one of their two out-of-state Hawaiian condos, without the passive loss limitations (Pohoski, T.C. Memo. 1998-17).
The key to overcoming the IRS's bias against out-of-state property owners is to thoroughly document the tasks performed on the properties managed, with as much objective and as little subjective documentation as possible. A New York taxpayer managing her Florida rentals spent most of her working hours on the telephone with contractors, tenants, accountants, etc., and was able to convince the IRS that she was managing her properties from her base in New York. This was documented with telephone records, affidavits from the vendors, travel records, invoices, and substantiation notebooks, to the point that the IRS capitulated in the matter before trial (Hendren, No. 28245-07 (Tax Ct., settlement entered 3/2/11)).
As mentioned above, once a taxpayer qualifies as a real estate professional, his or her material participation is determined separately with respect to each rental property unless he or she elects to treat all interests in rental real estate as a single rental real estate activity (Sec. 469(c)(7)(A); Regs. Secs. 1.469-9(e)(1) and 1.469-9(g); see also Bailey, T.C. Memo. 2001-296). To make this election, the taxpayer files a statement with his or her original income tax return (see Regs. Sec. 1.469-9(g)(3)).
Once the election is made, it is binding for the tax year in which it is made and, unless duly revoked by the taxpayer, for all future years in which the taxpayer is a real estate professional, even if there are intervening years in which he or she is not a real estate professional. If a taxpayer failed to file an election to treat all interests in rental real estate as a single rental real estate activity with the original income tax return, Rev. Proc. 2011-34 allows the late filing of an election with an amended income tax return, provided several criteria are satisfied.
In evaluating material participation, it is important to distinguish the properties that qualify as rental real estate from those that do not. In other words, if an election to treat "all as one" is made, only those hours spent with regard to properties that properly qualify as rental real estate count toward the annual hours of material participation requirements (Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-1T(e)(3); see also Hoskins, T.C. Memo. 2013-36, and Bailey, T.C. Memo. 2001-296).
Residential rental property that is rented, on average, for seven days or less at a time is not considered a rental activity for purposes of Sec. 469(c) ("vacation rentals") (see Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-1T(e)(3) and Lapid, T.C. Memo. 2004-222). With vacation rentals excluded from rental activities within the meaning of Sec. 469(c), the real estate professional test is not a prerequisite, but material participation is still required to avoid the passive loss rules (see Chapin, T.C. Memo. 1996-56 (finding that the taxpayers did not materially participate when they had rental agents to handle the day-to-day operations); also Mordkin, T.C. Memo. 1996-187).
The extent of an individual's participation in an activity may be established by any reasonable means. Contemporaneous daily time reports, logs, or similar documents are not required if the extent of such participation may be established by other reasonable means. Reasonable means for purposes of this paragraph may include but are not limited to the identification of services performed over a period of time and the approximate number of hours spent performing such services during such period, based on appointment books, calendars, or narrative summaries.
See also Lee, T.C. Memo. 2006-193, finding the taxpayers' post-event time logs and trial testimony were exaggerated and "not really in the ballpark at all" when they claimed to have spent more than half of their time on rental real estate activities but were otherwise employed in unrelated full-time occupations, and D'Avanzo, 67 Fed. Cl. 39 (Fed. Cl. 2005), aff'd 215 Fed. Appx. 996 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
Submitting time logs at trial with significantly more hours than were submitted at audit has proved to be a poor strategy as well (see, for example, Lee, T.C. Memo. 2006-193, and Anyika, T.C. Memo. 2011-69). In both cases, the taxpayers apparently considered only the 750-hour requirement of the real estate professional test and then, at trial, learned of the equally important more-than-50% requirement. If taxpayers' rental real estate activity is located far from their personal residence or a management company is involved in the rental, a contemporaneous, detailed log is even more important because, as discussed above, those situations will almost surely be subject to scrutiny in an IRS audit.
The taxation of rental real estate and passive losses is a battle that now holds even greater consequences with the 3.8% additional tax. This area of law was always complicated, but with good tax planning, it is one that can withstand an IRS audit.
Beginning this year, taxpayers with income or loss from passive rental real estate activities face twin perils. Besides the passive loss limitation of Sec. 469 as in previous years, high-income taxpayers may now be subject to the new 3.8% net investment income tax on such income.
Taxpayers may be able to avoid either hazard if they can establish that they materially participate as real estate professionals in their real estate activities. A qualifying real estate professional must perform more than one-half of all personal services in real property trades or businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates. These real property activities must also total more than 750 hours during the tax year.
Taxpayers must also show they materially participated in rental real estate activities by each property separately or grouped, if they elect to treat them all as a single activity. Material participation must be established under at least one of seven tests under Temp. Regs. Sec. 1.469-5T(a).
Contemporaneous logs describing activities and recording hours spent on them, while not required, are strongly encouraged as a practical means of substantiating material participation, along with other supporting substantiating documents.
Philip Garrett Panitz ( pgp@pktaxlaw.com ) is the senior tax partner at the law firm Panitz & Kossoff LLP in Westlake Village, Calif. Barbara Lubin ( blubin1225@aol.com ) is an attorney with Panitz & Kossoff LLP.


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Not to engage in acts of violence, verbal aggression, threats or intimidation at Free Cascadia Witchcamp.
Treat my fellow campers at camp with respect and dignity.
Be respectful in every form of my communication: verbal, non verbal, energetic, written, etc.
Respect the diversity, sacred spaces, privacy, and culture of the camp and fellow campers. Please refer to the Radical Access and Liberation Statement for additional perspectives on this.
Honor boundaries that are clearly communicated to me, and ask for clarification if I am uncertain about a boundary.
Take responsibility for myself, communicate my boundaries and needs as clearly as possible, ask for help when it is needed and understand that the answer offered to requests may be a yes, a maybe or a no. Recommendations on how to access help are given in the Conflict Engagement and Exploration Protocol.
Participate fully and contribute my emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual energies to the best of my abilities.
Help maintain the integrity of the container in a way that strengthens and supports our individual and collective magics.
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Another week, another episode recorded from my Brooklyn closet. This week, I wanted to talk with you about self-care. I used to think self-care meant spending a ton of money on massages, weekend getaways, and manicures…But some of the most beneficial self-care rhythms I've implemented in my life over the last few years have been completely free.
Studies have shown that sleep deprivation can be linked to weight gain, high blood pressure, comprised immune system, memory loss, and type 2 diabetes.
Now I am committed to sleeping at least seven hours a night. And I've noticed I have more consistent energy and focus throughout the day, and am less foggy headed.
Even though alcohol is a depressant, it spikes our heart rates and can cause poor sleep. To fix this, we often turn to caffeine which jolts our system again.
im not going to sit here + tell you to stop drinking both cold turkey—but I'd say pause + think about your relationship with both alcohol + coffee.
I was in a bad habit of checking email and social media before I got out of bed. This started my day off with stress and anxiety.
Now, I allow an hour for this each morning, and I soak up every moment. If you're new to this, try sitting quietly in a comfortable place for 15 minutes before your day gets started.
Before, I'd find myself running from one thing to the next. I'd blink and realize it was 3:00 p.m. and that I hadn't eaten since breakfast.
I'm no chef — I make things simple and easy. But having meals ready that I can grab and take with me helps prevent me from headaches, making less healthy choices, and maybe the worst symptom of all: being hangry.
I had to let go of FOMO and trust that creating space in my life to rest was setting me up for success to be more present throughout the rest of my week.
Do you feel exhausted or stuck too? Girl, I get it! I challenge you to practice these five things for the next month. I'm living proof that it's possible to create new rhythms. It's all about starting slow with small decisions, being patient, and committing to the process!
Have some thoughts on self care? Let's start a dialogue! (Even if you don't agree with me!) Share your thoughts on IG and tag us! Did you know that outside of @therefinedwoman Instagram account, we also have an account for the podcast? It's under @therefinedcollective. So head over to Instagram to see all things podcast related.


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The Big Deal: 4 Tix to The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs at Dallas Children's Theater
by Anne Bothwell 12 Jan 2011
Finally, A. Wolf gets to tell his side of the story! Based on the popular children's book (confession: I bought it as an adult), The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs allows you to help determine the ending of the play. The Children's Theater promises a "rock hip-hoppity musical that will blow the hair off your chinny chin-chin."
We will mail one lucky winner a gift certifcate for four tickets to a performance. The show runs Jan. 21 through Feb. 27, and the winner will have to reserve a date to attend.
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FRANKLIN, Mass., Oct. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthrosurface® announced today that at the September 27, 2016 American Society for Podiatric Surgery (ASPS) meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, the new CheckMATE® 3.0 Fusion Plate was launched for end stage toe arthritis. One study showed that 35%-60% of the population over 65 years old has osteoarthritis of the big toe, making this a common problem. The CheckMATE® plate was designed to offer advantages over existing systems by including features to make the plate low-profile, yet strong, rigid, and faster to implant, reducing surgical time and improving patient comfort. These features may also provide cost savings to the healthcare system and other clinical benefits to the patient. Arthrosurface is advancing patient care in the extremities market with a special focus in foot and ankle applications. Using evidence based designs that reference scientific literature, combined with clinical input from expert surgeon design teams, the Arthrosurface® extremities portfolio has expanded significantly over the past several years to provide innovative options for both surgeons and patients.
The CheckMATE® 3.0 complements the Arthrosurface® forefoot portfolio allowing surgeons to address the full spectrum of forefoot arthritis. With rising costs associated with valuable operating room time, shorter procedures become increasingly important. Various speed elements were built into the plate to reduce implantation time while still maintaining a state of the art forefoot fusion surgery. The CheckMATE® 3.0 plate is designed to minimize post-operative irritation and the need for secondary surgery for hardware removal, again providing a significant cost savings to the system and a potential improvement in patient comfort.
Dr. Patrick DeHeer, surgeon pioneer for the CheckMATE® plate commented, "The goal was to design a plate that is low-profile, but strong and rigid, providing the best of both internal and external fixation. This could allow patients to bear weight on their forefoot earlier, and to minimize secondary surgery and hardware irritation. This new plate has incorporated all these elements, making it a very attractive option for surgeons who perform first MTP fusions."
"From a design perspective, our goal is to provide surgeons with complete and innovative solutions that improve upon the standard of care for patients experiencing forefoot arthritis. We want to challenge the status quo and use insights from the clinical data and our developers to make products that are anatomic, joint preserving and quick to implant," said Steve Ek, Founder & CEO. "Arthrosurface is focused on bringing new products to the market that may enhance patient outcomes and potentially provide better options for both surgeons and patients in the extremities market," commented Joseph Darling, Executive Chairman at Arthrosurface, Inc.


I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. I moved to Munich sometime in the late 90s from San Francisco. The first few years I lived here I thought it was too small and provincial. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else.
I'm a designer. I grew up in a letterpress print shop. I own three Dirndls.


In my talk I will focus on one of the first serialized, colored comic figures of the late nineteenth century, which appeared in two competing New York newspapers (The World and the New York Journal): Mickey Dugan, better remembered as the Yellow Kid. This kid was one of the first successfully marketed, iconic comic figures to which the public was introduced, and whose adventures it encountered over a 5-year period (1893-1898). The Yellow Kid had not only a place, and served diverse functions, within the Sunday comic supplements – as a protagonist in the comic pages, as a want-ads promotional device, and as a front-page filler – but also 'outside' of them, in the form of all kinds of merchandise products, advertising, poster and billboard 'sign,' and as a name-giver for, or rather protagonist in, songs and theater plays (among other things). The Yellow Kid was a commodified ware to be purchased and collected in all kinds of forms. There were, among other things, Yellow Kid candy, chewing gum pets, Yellow Kid pin-back buttons (often giveaways distributed by tobacco companies that used the Yellow Kid to introduce and sell a new cigarette brand), wooden cigar boxes, numerous tins (in different sizes, and designed for all kinds of purposes), puzzles, dolls, and many more things. What interests me about the Yellow Kid, and what makes this comic figure a relevant research topic for this symposium, are precisely these 'border-crossings' or transitions, from one (carrier) medium to another and the effects these changes generate. One line of argumentation I wish to pursue in my talk is that the merchandising of the Yellow Kid is a narrative moment in itself, which is also, self-reflexively, commented upon in the Yellow Kid newspaper comic pages.


Many of our applications in this chapter will revolve around minimum and maximum values of a function. While we can all visualize the minimum and maximum values of a function we want to be a little more specific in our work here. In particular, we want to differentiate between two types of minimum or maximum values. The following definition gives the types of minimums and/or maximums values... First, we want to find the minimum and maximum points of the equation. #y=1/3x^3+2x^2+24# To get these pieces of information, we need to take the derivative of the function.
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To get the minimum value in a data set using multiple criteria (i.e. to get MIN IF), you can use and array formula based on the MIN and IF functions.... The minimum pension payment is based on a percentage of your superannuation pension account balance. For some individuals, they may start a pension account with all of their retirement savings. Other individuals may start a pension account with some of their retirement savings, while also running an accumulation phase account.
A quadratic equation is an expression that has an x^2 term. Quadratic equations are most commonly expressed as ax^2+bx+c, where a, b and c are coefficients.


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Satana Hellstrom is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and John Romita Sr., she first appeared in Vampire Tales #2 (October 1973). Satana belongs to the species of magical beings called demons, who are born with supernatural abilities, as a human-succubus hybrid. She is the younger sister of Daimon Hellstrom and the daughter of Marduk Kurios.

Satana, renamed Ana, made her live action debut in the Hulu television series Helstrom, played by Sydney Lemmon.

Publication history

Satana made her debut in Vampire Tales #2 (cover-dated October 1973). She was created by Roy Thomas and John Romita Sr.

She appeared as a regular character in Thunderbolts since issue #155, and remained with the team when the title transitioned into Dark Avengers beginning with issue #175.

Fictional character biography
Satana and Daimon were born in the fictional town of Greentown, Massachusetts. They were the half-human children of Satan (their father was later retconned into a demon named Marduk Kurios, who used the name Satan). Satana and her brother were groomed by their father to be evil, but Daimon rejected these teachings, while Satana embraced them.

When Satana was still a child, her mother, Victoria Wingate, discovered her husband and children's true nature and was driven insane. Daimon was raised by servants, while Satana was taken to her father's particular Hell-dimension (of which there are many in the Marvel Universe) and taught black magic. As a reward for her devotion to him, Satana's father gave her a familiar named Exiter, with whom she formed a close bond. Satana began studying magic under her father and the demon Dansker. In Hell, her soul was bonded with an evil spirit called the Basilisk (not to be confused with the supervillain the Basilisk) in order to increase her magical power.

As an adult, Satana was banished to Earth by the Four as a succubus, draining the souls of men. When she does this, the victim's soul transforms into an ethereal butterfly; Satana then consumes its essence by eating it. She also possesses the ability to gain strength through the use of weapons that were used to kill a living being. In order to do this, she merely places a portion of her own blood on the chosen weapon. She used both her magic and sexual wiles to get the victims she needed.

As a succubus, she stalked victims in New York City, and then in Los Angeles she befriended a Satanist named Ruth Cummins. When Ruth was killed, Satana avenged Ruth's death by destroying Darkos Edge and Harry Gotham. She later battled the Four, a mystic cabal. During Satana's first time in the mortal dimension, she was attacked by Monsignor Jimmy Cruz and his band of soldiers. During this battle, Cruz summoned demons called the N'Garai. Exiter tried to fend them off, but was killed trying to protect his mistress. Though she was too late to save her beloved Exiter, Satana gained her revenge by killing Cruz and consuming his soul. She confronted her father, who was disguised as Miles Gorney, and defied him by saving Michael Heron's soul from him. Some time later, Satana was seemingly destroyed by her brother Daimon Hellstrom, but she defeated the demoness Kthara. She was transformed by the Camarilla of the N'Garai into a human, Judith Camber. She was restored to normal, and destroyed the Camarilla.

Eventually, however, the demon to which she had been bonded began to desire its freedom. The Basilisk managed to put a curse on Doctor Strange, basically turning him into a werewolf. With the help of Spider-Man and Clea, Satana was able to free Strange's soul from the curse, but the Basilisk was released in the process, and stabbed her in the back with a mystical blade. Satana died laughing, however, because their life forces were still bound together; by killing her, the Basilisk had sealed its own fate as well. She had thus sacrificed her life to cure Strange of lycanthropy.

As a supernatural being, however, Satana's death was not permanent. Her spirit returned to her father's realm of Hell for a time, until she and a cabal of demons arranged to have her soul (among others) placed into a soulless body on Earth. There she began to build her powers again, preparing to return to Hell and conquer her father's realm.

At some point, she apparently died again. In the short-lived Marvel series Witches, Satana is resurrected again by Doctor Strange and teamed with two other magic-wielding women to defeat a powerful mystic enemy called the Hellphyr, which was a front for her father Marduk Kurios. According to that series, the three witches formed a coven in order to protect The Tome of Zhered-na (a powerful Book of Shadows belonging to the Kale family) from would-be thieves such as Doctor Strange.

After a brief cameo in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Satana has been shown to have reverted to her former wicked ways; reaping souls in Manhattan and plotting her father's overthrow from the comfort of a desecrated church. Despite her fatherly conflict, Satana revealed that for every nine mortal victims she takes, she must offer the 10th victim as supplication to her father. The Hood seeks her out to find out more information about Dormammu. Some time after the fall of the Hood, Luke Cage and Doctor Strange attempt to apprehend her for working with the Hood and to get her to join the Thunderbolts. She is initially resistant, but happily agrees when she realizes she will get to work with the Man-Thing.

In the course of Marvel's Deadpool Team-Up series, Satana loses her soul to four geeks in a high-stakes poker game, and she subsequently seeks out Deadpool's help to get it back. Deadpool discovers the poker-playing geeks are actually demons debating which one will marry Satana in order to become the heir to Hell. Deadpool comes up with a plan to swindle Satana's soul back from the demons: he marries her, binding their souls together. Satana strengthens Deadpool's katana swords with his own soul power to make the inevitable fight with the demon suitor more evenly matched. When the demon comes to take Satana as his bride, Deadpool produces the marriage certificate, denying the demon his bride. The demon then points out the loophole — marriage is only valid until death; therefore, he decides to kill Deadpool. In the ensuing battle, Deadpool uses his soul-enhanced swords to easily dispatch the demon. Afterwards, Satana slips off and leaves Deadpool a letter explaining the inevitable divorce. She indicates she will be keeping half of his soul — her entitlement in the divorce settlement.

She later was involved in a battle with several Hell-lords, attempting to take control of new territories within Hell. She was killed in battle by the mutant / Asgardian god hybrid Tier.

Powers and abilities
Satana is a half-demon/half-human hybrid and a succubus; she has some innate mystical abilities inherited from her father, as well as some that her father granted to her. As a succubus, she is able to extract and feed upon the psychic energy of human male souls to increase her abilities and magical powers. For a time, Satana had to extract and feed upon the psychic energy of human souls periodically to survive. She has the ability to manipulate magical forces for a variety of effects, including inter-dimensional teleportation, levitation, and the projection of concussive bolts of eldritch energy in the form of "soulfire" or hellfire. She also had a limited ability to hypnotize her victims and control their minds psionically. If she touches an object used to kill someone (like a knife or sword) she can absorb its "blood energy" to become stronger in proportion to the souls the weapon has taken. She also has superhuman strength. For a time, she had the ability to contain the Basilisk, a powerful demon, within her spirit and to release it to do her bidding and then return within herself. Satana also trained in the mystic arts and learned how to cast spells and perform witchcraft. She was trained by her father "Satan" in the use of her demonic powers.

Reception

Critical reception
Marc Buxton of Den of Geek referred to Satana as one of the "greatest monstrous creations that ever sprang from the nightmares of the House of Ideas," writing, "The devil's daughter herself, Satana, burst open the Marvel black and white scene in the early seventies and was a nice tribute to cleavage laden, Technicolor Hammer Horror of the era. Satana is a succubus who seduced sinners and reduced their souls into butterflies, which she then kept in a little box and at times devours. Some of the finest artists of the Bronze Age worked on Satana's early adventures starting with Roy Thomas and John Romita Sr. and moving on to Chris Claremont and Estaban Moroto. Her adventures were clearly cut for the same cloth as the Vampirella/Harris Comics stable of fright characters but they were also adult oriented, sexy, and atmospheric." Georgeof Chrysostomou of Screen Rant asserted, "Satana is another classic Marvel character who has been around for a long time despite not becoming widely recognized. She may be another powerful member of the Thunderbolts, but she is one that is traditionally used to working solo, to follow her own self-interests. More of an anti-hero, Satana comes from a Hellish background. With demon parents, not only does Satana carry with her satanic powers, but she is often mistrusted because of her origins. She's manipulative, a sorceress, and incredibly dangerous. Her odd human and demonic heritage certainly makes the character unique."

Accolades

 In 2015, Den of Geek ranked Satana 20th in their "Marvel's 31 Best Monsters" list.
 In 2019, CBR.com ranked Satana 2nd in their "10 Daughters Of Marvel Supervillains That Are More Dangerous Than Their Parents" list, 10th in their "10 Most Powerful Earthbound Demons and Devils In Marvel History" list and 13th in their "21 Most Powerful Sorcerer Supreme Candidates" list.
 In 2020, CBR.com ranked Satana 9th in their "Deadpool: 10 Of His Love Interests" list.
 In 2021, Screen Rant ranked Satana 5th in their "10 Strangest Members Of The Thunderbolts" list.
 In 2022, WhatCulture ranked Satana 10th in their "10 Supernatural Heroes We Can't Wait To See In The MCU" list.
 In 2022, CBR.com ranked Satana 6th in their "10 Best Members Of Marvel's Legion Of Monsters" list.

Other versions

The Supernaturals
In a four-issue alternate reality miniseries called The Supernaturals, Satana is Melissa Ramos, a Catholic girl who is possessed by a demon. She is recruited by a magician named Brother Voodoo, along with alternate versions of the Werewolf, the Black Cat, the Ghost Rider and the Gargoyle to fight a mystical threat. This version of Satana has mystical control over fire, as well as the power to fly. Despite her demonic possession, she has a very pure soul and was going to be offered as a sacrifice by a demon called the Jack 'O' Lantern until she was saved by the Werewolf.

In other media

Television
Satana Hellstrom, renamed Ana Hellstrom, appears in Helstrom, portrayed by Sydney Lemmon.

Video games
 Satana appears as one of the patrons at a demonic bar in Morrigan's ending for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
 Satana appeared as a boss and an unlockable playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance.
 Satana appeared as a boss and an unlockable playable character in Marvel Avengers Academy.
 Satana appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Future Fight.

Notes
 In Tales to Astonish #3, there is a character called Princess Satana.

References

External links
 Satana bio at Marvel.com
Satana at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.

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High School Junior on Long Island. Previously followed the Mets and Major League Baseball. Occasionally found giving my insight on B1G and Penn State Football.
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Sometimes you stumble into something that needs no comments; except to note that Cassandra's task, really, is hopeless.
TALCAHUANO, Chile – Eric Pineda, a dock agent in this old port south of Santiago, peered deep into the Achernar's hold at a measly 10 tons of jack mackerel — the catch after four days in waters once so rich they filled the 17-meter fishing boat in a few hours.
You should ask what he will leave for HIMSELF tomorrow. And if he answers "I will have to find something else" try to lead the conclusion to "you have to do it now".
But you are right, probably it is hopeless.
Just 40 years ago my lab was called "Fishery research institute". No longer. Since about 20 years ago it is "Institute of Marine Sciences". The oldest researches working on fisheries tell you stories about the ictiofauna that used to crowd the Mediterranean, the memory of a vast majority of it being lost for many of us. Spanish and French fishermen are still trying to finish the job and finally exterminate red tuna fish in the Mediterranean. FAO alerts that if we continue at this rhythm we would exterminate all fisheries all over the world in 20 to 40 years.
So that, maybe peak oil, or peak net energy, is a blessing after all. At least for the planet: we won't go ahead with out ecocidal plan of mass extinctions.
You know that telling: "Our ancestors did not care about us. Why should we care about our children?"
Or, to say otherwise: "There is never a future, there is only a present." (And we might add that there is never a history, since we have learned nothing from history).
You say so probably because you don't have children.
People simply don't want to listen, they are not psycologically ready to accept Truth. They prefer to live in a blind collective "delusion" until the End arrives... That seems to be average Human nature to me.
Being aware of its "hopleless" task and even so still willing to continue "fighting" makes Cassandra's task even more brave and heroic in terms of greek tragedy.
At least a few ones of us acknowledge and appreciate this strange Beauty.
I made too many typos.
Here is an interesting variation on the theme.
A little bit of action might just help.
In the longer term though I fear the acidic layers of the stratified ocean as the CO2 levels climb.
Best Hopes as they say!
The return of "The Limits to Growth"


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School evacuation an 'over-reaction'
City orders to evacuate schools in Oslo on Thursday were unnecessary and an "over-reaction" to concerns that fire extinguishers might explode on contact. Importers of the extinguishers said they'd never suggested there was any imminent danger.
City education officials, however, didn't want to take any chances. They ordered all junior high- and high schools to close, while elementary school children were evacuated to school yards to wait for their parents to pick them up.
Officials in other cities around Norway, like Kristiansand and Ålesund, reacted differently and kept schools open while collecting the allegedly faulty fire extinguishers. A production error in their vents was the cause of the concern.
"In the worst case, the vent can pop off the extinguisher under high pressure, and possibly fly off and hit someone," Frank Willy Ottesen, product chief at import firm GBPM Nordic, told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). But he said the producer in Germany had merely recommended swapping the extinguishers during an annual control. "We have not understood there's any acute need to remove the extinguishers immediately," Ottesen told NRK.
He said his company was informed of the problem with 2-kilo- and 5-kilo-CO2 extinguishers last summer. Around 94,000 of them were sold in Europe, 8,360 in Norway. He claims there was no danger of explosion.
Lars Eliassen, managing director of another firm importing potentially faulty extinguishers, also said the evacuation was unnecessary. "We did not consider the situation acute," Eliassen told NRK. "The evacuation wasn't necessary, it was an over-reaction."
Rigmor Hansen of the city agency in charge of schools in Oslo, Undervisningsbygg, said they were first made aware of the problem on Wednesday. She wouldn't say why it took so long to get word of the problem that was reported in August.
She said she and her colleagues simply "took the situation very seriously. The safety of the students has been the most important."
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Washingtons Helnykterhetssällskap (Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society) var en amerikansk nykterhetsförening, bildad den 2 april 1840, på Chase's Tavern, Liberty Street, Baltimore av sex f d alkoholister: William Mitchell, David Hoss, Charles Anderson, George Steer, Bill M'Curdy och Tom Campbell.

Deras mål var att, genom kamratstöd och gudomlig hjälp, fortsatt hålla sig helnyktra.

Innan jul hade man sänt nykterhetsförkunnare till New York och Cincinnati och snart spreds rörelsen över USA med förbluffande snabbhet och entusiasm. Tusentals människor samlades till stora väckelsemöten och redan efter ett år hade 600 000 människor avlagt personliga nykterhetslöften. Lokala Washingtonian-grupper (för män) och Martha Washington-grupper (för kvinnor) sköt upp som svampar ur jorden, men de var mycket löst organiserade och någon nationell paraplyorganisation kom aldrig till stånd.

Samtidigt som denna rörelse uppstod ett löst nätverk av (både privat och offentligt finansierade) hjälpinrättningar för alkoholister, kallade "asyler" eller "reformhus". Bland dessa fanns t.ex. Washingtonian Homes, som 1857 öppnades i Boston och Chicago.

Washingtonian-rörelsen upplöstes snart på grund av bristande organisationsvana och splittring men enskilda medlemmar förde vidare nykterhetsarbetet i andra nykterhetsorganisationer som Nykterhetens söner och Jerikos riddare.

Källor
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Sept 13 2018 Update: NEW Griffin Repo source from Team DnA!
Uranus is a great new Kodi video addon from the Griffin repo, which itself is located in the Team DnA repository. The Uranus addon is a fantastic all-in-one Kodi Addon for streaming movies and TV shows. Platforms like Trakt that enable you to keep track of the TV shows and movies you watch are also compatible with this addon. Most of its streaming links work well at this time, so you won't have to sift through endless lists of stream sources to find working links.
Special Note: Griffin repo must be installed from within an installed Team DnA repo.
If running Kodi 17 Krypton or newer, enable unknown sources in Kodi before attempting to install Uranus. Also, if you'd like to use the fully illustrated step by step guide to install Uranus, it's farther down the page.
Navigate Kodi System >> File Manager >> Add Source (left side) >> <None>.
Enter http://teamdna.pw/Install/, click OK, name it dna and click OK again.
Navigate Kodi Add-ons >> Add-ons browser >> Install from zip file >> dna.
Click repository.teamdna-X.X.X.zip to install Team DnA Repo.
Navigate Install from repository >> Team DnA >> Add-on repository >> Griffin Repo >> Install button.
Navigate Install from repository >> Griffin Repo >> Video Add-ons >> Uranus >> Install button.
You must first enable unknown sources before Kodi will allow this required step.
Click on the System Settings icon that looks like a cog in the top left.
Then, click on File Manager.
3.Click Add Source in the left menu.
Enter URL http://teamdna.pw/Install/ and click OK.
Name it dna and click__OK__.
Installation of Team DnA repository is necessary, as Griffin is currently accessible only from within the Team DnA menu.
Go back to Kodi's main menu and click Add-ons.
Click the Add-ons browser that looks like a package icon.
Then, select the dna resource saved earlier.
Though the numbers in the file's name may have changed, click on repository.teamdna-X.X.X.zip file.
A pop-up should appear in a moment letting you know the Team DnA Add-on installed.
Back in Kodi's Add-ons browser, click on Install from repository.
Next, click the Team DnA repository.
At the top of the list, click Add-on Add-ons.
Then, choose Griffin Repo from the available addons.
Lastly, click Install button on the bottom right.
A pop-up should appear in a moment letting you know the Griffin Repo Add-on installed.
Installing Uranus is now simple as 1-2-3! Don't forget 4 and 5, though.
Once more from the Kodi Add-ons browser, click on Install from repository.
Next, click the Griffin Repo.
At the bottom of the list, click Video Add-ons.
Then, choose Uranus from the available addons.
Soon you should see the Uranus Add-on Installed notice slide in for a moment letting you know the installation was successful. Fire up your IPVanish VPN app then enjoy a show!
Is Uranus Kodi Addon Not Working or Down?
At this time, Uranus is working great, but has moved to a new location. You'll no longer find Uranus in the Blamo Repo, as Mr Blamo pulled his repository and all of its Kodi addons offline for reasons undisclosed. The developer Griffin moved the home for Uranus, Griffin Repo, to a new location within Team DnA repository. If you have Uranus installed and it has stopped working properly, install the Team DnA repo to receive future updates to Griffin Repo and its Kodi addons including Uranus.
The Uranus plugin has a great collection of stream sources. Far more working streams can be found in this addon than many of the more popular Kodi addons at this time. If you enjoy movies and TV shows, you'll love the Uranus Kodi addon. It just may currently be the best addon for providing high-quality stream sources.
The links provided by the Uranus addon are also impressive in their quality. It aggregates plenty of Full HD 1080 links, most of which work. This really can't be said of many Kodi addons these days. Uranus plays a game of quality over quantity, and we hope it wins for this. If you enjoy incredibly easy, high-quality entertainment, install Uranus onto your Kodi media center.
So, now that we have that out of the way, thank you for the heads up on this addon. I miss my Elysium. It's been a long time.


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Nine Inch Nails releases two new albums for free – CNET
Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts are two very different albums.
If you're running out of good working-from-home music, here's what to load up next. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, aka Nine Inch Nails, have gifted us two new albums, available now on Spotify — for free.
"Anybody out there?" Reznor tweeted Thursday. "New Nine Inch Nails out now. Ghosts V – VI. Hours and hours of music. Free. Some of it kind of happy, some not so much."
Anybody out there?
New Nine Inch Nails out now. Ghosts V – VI. Hours and hours of music. Free. Some of it kind of happy, some not so much.https://t.co/Q7VZ1z8gFi
— Trent Reznor (@trent_reznor) March 26, 2020
Reznor and Ross explained on their website that Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts are the result of the pair pushing themselves to finish the music during this time of self-quarantine.
"Weird times indeed…" they wrote. "As the news seems to turn ever more grim by the hour, we've found ourselves vacillating wildly between feeling like there may be hope at times to utter despair — often changing minute to minute.
"Although each of us define ourselves as antisocial-types who prefer being on our own, this situation has really made us appreciate the power and need for connection.
"Music — whether listening to it, thinking about it or creating it — has always been the thing that helped us get through anything — good or bad."
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"With that in mind, we decided to burn the midnight oil and complete these new ghosts records as a means of staying somewhat sane."
Reznor and Ross' descriptions of each album suggest you should probably start with Ghosts V: Together, the one with the white cover, which has their signature atmospheric, misty sound, but with a slowly climbing trickle of positivity.
"Ghosts V: Together is for when things seem like it might all be okay," they wrote.
Captain Marvel in her NIN T-shirt.
As for Ghosts VI: Locusts, the one with the black cover, it's definitely the darker yang to this up and down journey. "Well, you'll figure it out," the pair wrote.
Reznor and Ross have provided some of the best movie soundtracks over the past decade, from The Social Network to the recent Watchmen series on HBO.
It's been two years since they released records as a band, and they join other musicians in gifting music to those self-isolating at home during the coronavirus quarantine.
Livestreamed concerts are the new thing, with Miley Cyrus, Diplo, Questlove and more set to pump their music through your home theatre systems.
"It made us feel better to make these and it feels good to share them," Reznor and Ross wrote of their new albums.
"Music has always had a way of making us feel a little less alone in the world…and hopefully it does for you, too."
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There is a proven relationship between the level of union membership and the size of the American middle class.
For the last thirty-plus years, both have been moving downward. From 1979 to 2012, union membership in the United States fell by half. In the same period, the middle class shrank by over 10 percent.
Some of these losses were unavoidable. Technology and outsourcing have taken thousands of good jobs out of the US economy. But other losses, caused by employers and politicians hostile to unions and the power they give to working people, are being fought.
Today, unions are fighting, working and winning key battles in our effort to strengthen the working middle class. We are finding companies and industries where we have a good chance to get a foothold.
There is a lot at stake: when unions negotiate fair wages, benefits and safe conditions for workers, they raise members—and their families—from poverty to prosperity. All of this means the country does better, too, when membership is high and active.
A union member earns $980 weekly.
A union worker makes $204 more every week.
That's $10,608 more every year.
Since union members earn more than their non-union peers who perform similar work and face less uncertainty than those whose economic security is totally at the mercy of their bosses, the differences are substantial. Family health costs, retirement and college educations become things not to be feared but planned for.


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Q: XMLHttpRequest wrapper using fetch for chrome extension service worker We have mansifest 2 chrome extension which is using Asp.Net SignalR, Twilio Voice, Twilio Conversation and other websockets and other js libraries. We are migrating to manifest v3. Now most of them are using XMLHttpRequest internally to communicate with servers. Since there is no XMLHttpRequest api in service worker, only fetch is available. Is there any wrapper for it using fetch api as most of them are large libs and modifying them its a complex approach. Most of them are not available on CDN and only can be downloaded using npm. I was also using axios which also gave error so I transform it to below code.
const HttpClient = {
    get: async (endpoint, customConfig = {}) => {
        const token = await getItem('token');
        const headers = { 'content-type': 'application/json' }
        if (token) {
            headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token.accessToken}`
        }
        const config = {
            method: 'GET',
            ...customConfig,
            headers: {
                ...headers,
                ...customConfig.headers,
            }
        }
        return global
            .fetch(endpoint, config)
            .then(async response => {
                if (response.status === 401) {
                    sendUnAuthorizedEvent();
                    return;
                }
                const data = await response.json();
                if (response.ok) {
                    return { data };
                } else {
                    return Promise.reject({ response: { data } });
                }
            })
    },
    post: async (endpoint, body, customConfig = {}) => {
        const token = await getItem('token');
        const headers = { 'content-type': 'application/json' }
        if (token) {
            headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token.accessToken}`
        }
        const config = {
            method: 'POST',
            ...customConfig,
            headers: {
                ...headers,
                ...customConfig.headers,
            }
        }
        if (body) {
            config.body = JSON.stringify(body)
        }
        return global
            .fetch(endpoint, config)
            .then(async response => {
                if (response.status === 401) {
                    sendUnAuthorizedEvent();
                    return;
                }
                const data = await response.json();
                if (response.ok) {
                    return { data };
                } else {
                    return Promise.reject({ response: { data } });
                }
            });
    }
}

export default HttpClient;

Need help how can I overcome this XMLHttpRequest issues.


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REVAMPED DUNDEE CENTRE PREMIER INN OPENS ITS DOORS
Dundee Centre Premier Inn re-opened its doors to the public following an extensive yearlong refurbishment.
The revamped design, by LMA Architects, involved the demolition of the restaurant and saw the refurbishment of the existing 40 bedrooms as well as the addition of 108 new bedrooms and new restaurant. The completed hotel comprises 148 bed rooms with a 180 cover Beefeater restaurant which has panoramic views across the River Tay. Construction works were completed by Ogilvie Construction.
Located on the quayside, the 4 storey hotel sits next to the new V&A museum, the Discovery Visitor Centre and Dundee railway station.
Stephen McGhee, Principal of LMA Architects stated, "We are delighted to see the successful completion of what was a challenging project for the design and construction teams to build 109 new bedrooms and a restaurant round an existing hotel block and complete the construction works during infrastructure works and construction of the adjacent V&A museum and Railway Station."
He added "This has been an exciting time to have worked in Dundee given the amount of construction work taking place on the quayside and the investment flowing into the City. Credit must also go to the officials at Dundee City Council who worked positively with the team from design stages to completion."
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Q: "Direct" numpy functions on an array vs numpy array functions I have a question about the design of Python. I have realised that some functions are implemented directly on container classes (e.g. numpy arrays) while other function that act on these containers must be called from numpy itself. An example would be:
import numpy as np

y = np.array([4,7,9,1])
m1 = np.mean(y)  # Ok
m2 = y.mean()  # Ok
print(m1 == m2)  # True

x = [2,3]
r1 = np.concatenate([x, y]) # Ok
r2 = y.concatenate(x)  # AttributeError: 'numpy.ndarray' object has no attribute 'concatenate'
print(r1 == r2)

Why can the mean be calculated directly from the array while the array as no method to concatenate another one to it? Is there a general rule which functions can be called directly on the array and which ones not? And if both is possible what is the pythonic way to do it?

A: The overview of NumPy history gives an indication of why not everything is consistent: it has two predecessors that were developed independently. Backward compatibility requires the project to keep array methods like max. Ongoing development favors the function syntax np.fun(array). I suppose one reason for the latter is that it allows array_like input (the term used throughout NumPy documentation): anything that NumPy can  turn into an ndarray.

A: The question of why there are both methods and functions of the same name has been discussed and links provided.
But to focus on your two examples:
mean uses just one array.  Logically it can be an ndarray method.
concatenate takes a list of arrays, and doesn't give priority to any one of them.
There is a np.append function that looks superficially like the list .append method.  But it just passes the task on to concatenate with just a few modifications.  And it causes all kinds of newby errors - it isn't inplace, it ravels, and it is slow compared to the list method.
Or consider the large family of ufunc.  Those are functions, some take one array, others two.  They share a common ufunc functionality.
np.add(a,b)   <=> a+b   <=> a.__add__(b)
np.sin(a)    # no a.sin()

I suspect the choice to make sin a ufunc rather than a method has been influenced by common mathematical notation.
To me a big plus to the function approach is that it can be applied to a list or scalar. np.sin(1) works just as well as np.sin([0,.5,1]) or np.sin(np.arange(0,1,.5)).
Yes, history goes a long way toward excusing the mix of functions of methods, but many of the choices are logical.


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Poliske () or Polesskoye () is an abandoned settlement and former urban-type settlement in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, part of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the Uzh River and was an administrative center of Poliske Raion (district). However, later the town was taken out of a registry as it was completely depopulated being located in the Zone of alienation. Currently around 20 people live there, so called samosely ("self-settlers").

History

Overview
Originally called Khabnoye or Khabne (, ), it was renamed Kaganovichi Pervye or Kahanovychi Pershi (, ) in 1934, and Poliske in 1957.

Founded in the 15th century, it was the home of the Polish family Horwatt from 1850 to 1918. In the 19th century, this small city was known for its weavers and its textile industry. In 1890, 80% of the population was Jewish. In the later half of the 19th century, and in the beginning of the 20th century, there was known a klezmer band of the Makonowiecki family. Khabne lost all its major architecture during the Soviet Union – the castle of Radziwiłł, Orthodox churches, and the Catholic Church. In 1938, Khabne received official city status. After the Chernobyl disaster, Khabne's population started to fall off. In 1999, the remaining population was evacuated. In 2005, there were about 1,000 people still living there, mostly senior citizens.

From February to April 2022, Poliske was occupied by Russia as a result of the 2022 invasion.

Abandonment

Following the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, a Zone of Alienation (Ukrainian: Зона відчуження Чорнобильської АЕС, zona vidchuzhennya Chornobyl's'koyi AES), also known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the 30 Kilometre Zone, or simply The Zone (Ukrainian: Чорнобильська зона, Chornobyl's'ka zona) was designated by the USSR military after the 1986 disaster.
Initially, 30 km radius area was evacuated and placed under military control, however, over time the borders of the Zone of Alienation have increased to cover a larger area of contamination. The zone is now approximately 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq miles), where radioactive fallout contamination is highest. Public access and inhabitation is restricted due to radiological hazards and allow for ecological monitoring by environmental scientists. Ten "self settlers" have remained in the nuclear ghost town.

Geography
Located in the north-western corner of Kyiv Oblast, at the borders with Zhytomyr Oblast, Poliske is part of the natural region of Polesia, and is 27 km from the Belarusian border. Crossed by the regional highway P02 Ovruch-Kyiv (135 km south), the town lies between Vilcha (17 km north) and Krasiatychi (27 km south). It is 41 km far from Narodychi, 53 from Ovruch and Ivankiv, 58 from Pripyat and 65 from Chernobyl.

Notable people
Iser Kuperman, a seven-time world champion of draughts, was born in Khabne on 21 April 1922.
Lazar Kaganovich, one of leaders of the Soviet Union,  was born in the suburb of Kabany (, ), (near Khabne) in 1893.
Avraham-Yehoshua Makonovetsky, klezmer violinist, was born here in 1872 and was the leader of the town klezmer band from the 1890s into the Soviet era.

In popular culture
 In the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, there is a cut location called Dead City which appears to draw inspiration from Poliske.

See also
Krasiatychi
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

References

External links

Urban-type settlements in Vyshhorod Raion
Ghost towns in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Populated places disestablished in 1986


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Family Photo at Inspiration PointThis was a bold plan and probably my finest moment in family adventure planning. I should retire right now while I'm still on top.
Since the boys have moved West and we are still on the East Coast, planning holidays has gotten a bit more challenging to say the least. Not wanting to have the boys pay the high airfare around the Thanksgiving holiday for a short trip back East, Herb and I figured we would go their way, adding a week before and a week and a half after the holiday. The problem was where was "their way," as they lived 13 hours apart from each other.
So there was the anchor point in our trip – 4 nights in Yosemite Valley. Now all I had to do was figure out a plan for before and after, which is something I love to do.
Celeste's wonderful parents made the before part really easy, by inviting us to a pre-Thanksgiving feast at their house the weekend before, plus the promise of hikes on the Sonoma Coast. The trip was starting to take shape nicely.
For the back end of the trip, Herb and I figured we would drive down the Pacific Coast Highway to San Diego and back, beaching and kayaking along the way. Unfortunately, the record breaking cold front that moved in after we left Yosemite put a kink in any water-related activities, but we still got to see some beautiful, new places to come back to in the future, when bathing suits rather than a parka would be the proper attire.
It turned out to be, as one of the boys proclaimed, "our best family vacation ever," and that's saying a lot!


The recent case of Uber serves as an illustration of what a high performance organization actually is … and isn't. Many people believe that an HPO's main concern is achieving better financial results than its competitors. If this were the case, companies like Uber, and also Airbnb, would be HPOs for sure. After all, these companies have boosted their market value to enormous heights.
But why is it then that recently Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, and with him several other executives, were forced to resign from their posts because they failed to deal with the sick business culture at Uber? Why have there been so many complaints about the company's sexist culture, stories about fights, and legal procedures with their main "employees" the taxi drivers? And why did Minister of Justice-turned-advisor Eric Holder write, in a recent report, no less than thirteen pages of recommendations to sanitize Uber's organizational culture? Surely none of the above are signs of high performance.
The clue is in one of the characteristics of an HPO that states it maintains good and long-term relationships with stakeholders. In many companies shareholders benefit most from the financial success of the organization. Other stakeholders, such as employees, clients, suppliers, government, interest groups, and society at large, often share less direct in the profits. And although there is nothing wrong with shareholders getting a good return on their investment, it is only acceptable as long as it is not detrimental to the interests of other parties that have dealings with the organization. It seems clear that at Uber the alpha-male culture of chasing financial success at all cost went at the expense of the treatment of (especially female) employees, one of the most important stakeholders of the company.
The key issue is finding a balance. As the interests of different stakeholder groups may not always coincide, it is essential to find a balance between them to make and keep every stakeholder happy. In this respect, an important difference between HPOs and non-HPOs is how they view the world and their position in it. HPOs look at their organizations from a more holistic perspective, take responsibility for their role in the world, and are strongly committed to responsible and sustainable entrepreneurship. By simultaneously focusing on the financial and non-financial aspects of their operations they are able to make a profit as well as balance the interests of all stakeholders of the organization. HPOs have the motto that everybody who gets into contact with the organization should get a good feeling, experience added value, and get a smile on their face when thinking of the organization.
To achieve this, HPOs aim to treat all people fairly and respectfully, regardless of their age, race, gender, or origin; deliver quality by giving clients, and also partners, value for their money; and pay attention to the effects of their operations on the environment. But make no mistake: HPOs may look like "playgrounds" where freedom rules and everyone can do whatever they like, but they are not. They are tough places with hard-working people, precisely because these organizations do not only focus on the financial results but also and especially on the non-financial results. Being financially successful is actually not that difficult to achieve as many managers know. After all, practicing cost reduction gives quick results. Or the company might be lucky enough to sell innovative products that everyone wants. The challenge however is to achieve both profit and non-financial results at the same time, and with that, safeguard the balance of all important aspects of organizational performance. This balancing act makes being an HPO so hard – but also so worthwhile.
But being an HPO is not for everyone, as the recent unfortunate occurrences at Uber show. In fact, one could argue that it is precisely because Uber did not pay (enough) attention to non-financial aspects that these incidents could take place. Thus, readers of success stories in business magazines should bear in mind that an HPO is always financially successful, where as a financially successful organization is not always an HPO. To be successful, it takes more than just chasing the almighty dollar!