There are a slew of people out there trying to launch new products they have created! It's really interesting to talk to product creators and inventors because I love seeing something new and/or groundbreaking. However when someone asks me how to get this product in front of investors, companies (even stores), I feel better when I send them to an expert in launching new products particularly when the inventor/creator is in a product category in which I have little to no expertise. Nicole Lininger is just such an expert on the important things to do! She's guest blogging some key info for you today!
Nicole Lininger, Director of Corporate Communications at InventHelp® is guest blogging on how to approach a company via this list of 5 "do's" and "don'ts" for product creators and inventors. It's important to polish your "elevator pitch" till it shines so that you are comfortable and capable of sharing enough information with a prospective vendor or client to get them interested in you and your product.
InventHelp is a leading inventor service company since 1984 that helps inventors and product creators put together the best presentation and hopefully connect an inventor or product creator with companies and/or investors.
1) Start with a great hook.
2) Frame your value proposition.
3)Use qualitative data to back your claims.
4)Highlight your product's key differentiators.
5) Give listeners a way to learn more.
1) Don't forget to practice.
3) Don't bury listeners in data.
5) Don't forget the call to action.
Nicole Lininger, Director of Corporate Communications at InventHelp®, a leading inventor service company since 1984. InventHelp submits client's inventions, products or ideas to industry in an attempt to obtain a good faith review. For more information about InventHelp, please visit http://www.inventhelp.com or call 1-800-INVENTION. InventHelp's INPEX is America's Largest Invention Show. INPEX offers a venue where inventors can exhibit their inventions and network with companies interested in licensing, marketing or manufacturing new product ideas. For more information about the show, visit http://www.inpex.com or call 1-888-54-INPEX.
Thanks to Nicole Lininger for her great tips for those with new product ideas, presentations and inventions!


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On this day: Celtics icon Larry Bird's debut; first-ever NBA 3-pointer
October 12, 2021 4:00 am ET
On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise debuted their highly-regarded new prospect drafted the summer prior out of Indiana State, a Hick from French Lick, Indiana — Larry Bird. Larry Legend's first game in the NBA came against the Houston Rockets, and fittingly happened to also be the night of the first-ever recorded 3-point field goal in league history as Celtics shooting guard Chris Ford connected from deep in Bird's debut.
Bird, a native of West Baden Springs, Indiana, grew up in nearby French Lick (thus the nickname), and played collegiately briefly at Indiana University before transferring to Indiana State.
This wrinkle made him draft-eligible in what was his junior season at Indiana State.
In turn, this prompted Celtics team president Red Auerbach to exploit the loophole to take Bird with the sixth overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft.
Bird would play his senior season with Indiana State, going all the way to the NCAA title game he would lose to career-long rival and friend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, then join Boston that October.
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Bird would win three titles (1981, 1984 and in 1986), three Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards between 1984 and 1986, two Finals MVPs (1984 and 1986), a dozen NBA All-Star elections and an All-Star MVP, 10 All-NBA nods, and three All-NBA Defensive Second Team selections among many other honors.
He would retire a Celtic in 1992 after 13 seasons with the team, his jersey number retired by Boston immediately after his retirement.
He averaged 24.3 points, 10 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game with the team.
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PCR #401 (Vol. 8, No. 48) This edition is for the week of November 26--December 2, 2007.
Hello, gang! Just some news and notes this week. Shall we begin?
"Enchanted" �by Mike Smith
ODDSERVATIONS
Robert Sandsmark - R.I.P., DVD Grindhouse: "Rats...Night of Terror" �by Andy Lalino
RETRORAMA
DVD Review: "HELP!" �by ED Tucker
MATT'S RAIL
Metal Health....Mr. Karloff....House of Dark Shadows to DVD? �by Matt Drinnenberg
MIKE'S RANT
I Know They Have Hannauka Songs, I've Heard Them .... Giving Up His Day Job .... Ho Ho Honolulu .... Hogan Knows Best? .... And So This Is Christmas .... Passing On .... Andy's Challenge .... .... Whatever Happened To--? Chapter 35: Next Week! �by Mike Smith
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I KNOW THEY HAVE HANNAUKA SONGS, I'VE HEARD THEM
While shopping in the local Hallmark store I was emplored, both by a huge display and the girl behind the cash register, to buy some of their new Christmas CDs. Among the selections were CDs by Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond. Nothing says Christmas to me then a Christmas CD sung by a Jew. Mazel tov!
GIVING UP HIS DAY JOB
Queen guitarist Brian May, who recently completed his degree in Astrophysics, has been appointed chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.
HO HO HONOLULU
Ever wonder where the rich and famous of Hollywood spend their holidays? I'll give you a hint. As a member of the Kansas City Film Critic's Circle I am given a great opportunity to see many of the upcoming films in advance, either through DVD screeners (as of this writing I have 17 to watch by the end of the year) or special theater screenings. This week I received a notice for a new film from MGM that has regular scheduled screenings throughout December at local theatres except for Dec 22, when the screening will be held at 5:00 pm in Maui. Not sure if I'm going to make that one.
HOGAN KNOWS BEST?
The Hulkster may have to change the name of his reality show after being scooped on the news his wife filed for divorce by a St. Pete Times reporter.
AND SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS
This past weekend Juanita and I spent our Sunday afternoon visiting a touring exhibition of the artwork of John Lennon. Or, as all of the publicity material read: YOKO ONO presents the Artwork of John Lennon. A very nice display of some of his doodles and drawings. Prints of Lennon's work ranged anywhere from $900 to $6200. If you wanted a print that Lennon had actually signed, prepare to kick out $22,000. Part of the collection consisted of handwritten lyrics to some of his best known songs. Now, as a songwriter, I know from experience that you just don't sit down and write a song without a lot of erasing and rewriting so these lyrics were written long after the song was finished. The cheapest of these prints was $200 for some solo songs while songs like "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" fetched $5,000. Maybe it's the cynic in me but I can't help but wonder if Yoko would make John write these lyrics down and then save them for a "rainy day." If you don't want to make a visit to the exhibition when it hits your town you can take a peek at www.johnlennonartwork.com
PASSING ON
Sorry to hear that professor J. Robert Cade, who helped create Gatorade while working at the University of Florida, died this week at the age of 80. I will hoist a bottle of Grape Rush in his honor.
Also sad to see Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for 80s metal band Quiet Riot, passed away this week in Las Vegas. He was 52. The band's album, "Metal Health" was the first metal album to hit #1 on the Billboard chart.
ANDY'S CHALLENGE
I was very sad to learn of the passing of Nolan's friend and co-worker, Robert. I'm pretty sure Matt and I met him last month when we were home and he seemed like a friendly guy. I'm getting married in 5 months and had already planned to drop some weight but this event has me taking my goal much more serious. Is there a wager involved here?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...? CHAPTER 35: NEXT WEEK!
Well, that's all for now. Have a great week. See ya!
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If there is one thing I've learned during my time at KISS FM and the years working Live For 175 it's that abuse is a prominent issue in our community and comes in all shapes and sizes. For some reason, it's still taboo to discuss. Women, children and even some men live with it every day and will sometimes go through desperate measures to escape it. So desperate, one woman says jumped from a moving vehicle to try and get to safety.
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The man has a completely different story and maintains his innocence. If true, I commend the woman for doing something extreme to escape her abuser. Hopefully, the media attention this story is receiving will get her the help she needs.


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Properties Of Structural Steels
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Figure 4.3 shows a typical stress-strain curve for each classification of structural steels defined in Art. 4.40.4. The diagram illustrates the higher-strength levels achieved with heat treatment and addition of alloys.
Tensile Properties of Structural Steels
The curves in Fig. 4.3 were derived from tensile tests. The yield points, strengths, and modulus of elasticity obtained from compression tests would be about the same.
The initial portion of the curves in Fig. 4.3 is shown to a magnified scale in Fig. 4.4. It indicates that there is an initial elastic range for the structural steels in which there is no permanent deformation on removal of the load. The modulus of elasticity E, which is given by the slope of the curves, is nearly a constant 29,000 ksi for all the steels. For carbon and high-strength, low-alloy steels, the inelastic range, where strains exceed those in the elastic range, consists of two parts: Initially, a plastic range occurs in which the steels yield; that is, strain increases with no increase in stress. Then follows a strain-hardening range in which increase in strain is accompanied by a significant increase in stress.
FIGURE 4.3 Typical stress-strain curves for structural steels.
FIGURE 4.4 Magnification of the initial portions of the stress-strain curves for structural steels.
The curves in Fig. 4.4 also show an upper and lower yield point for the carbon and high-strength, low-alloy steels. The upper yield point is the one specified in standard specifications for the steels. In contrast, the curves do not indicate a yield point for the heat-treated steels. For these steels, ASTM 370, ''Mechanical Testing of Steel Products,'' recognizes two ways of indicating the stress at which there is a significant deviation from the proportionality of stress to strain. One way, applicable to steels with a specified yield point of 80 ksi or less, is to define the yield point as the stress at which a test specimen reaches a 0.5% extension under load (0.5% EUL). The second way is to define the yield strength as the stress at which a test specimen reaches a strain (offset) 0.2% greater than that for elastic behaviour. Yield point and yield strength are often referred to as yield stress.
Ductility is measured in tension tests by percent elongation over a given gage length—usually 2 or 8 in—or percent reduction of cross-sectional area. Ductility is an important property because it permits redistribution of stresses in continuous members and at points of high local stresses.
Poisson's ratio, the ratio of transverse to axial strain, also is measured in tension tests. It may be taken as 0.30 in the elastic range and 0.50 in the plastic range for structural steels.
Cold working of structural steels, that is, forming plates or structural shapes into other shapes at room temperature, changes several properties of the steels. The resulting strains are in the strain-hardening range. Yield strength increases but ductility decreases. (Some steels are cold rolled to obtain higher strengths.) If a steel element is strained into the strain-hardening range, then unloaded and allowed to age at room or moderately elevated temperatures (a process called strain aging), yield and tensile strengths are increased, whereas ductility is decreased. Heat treatment can be used to modify the effects of cold working and strain aging.
Residual stresses remain in structural elements after they are rolled or fabricated. They also result from uneven cooling after rolling. In a welded member, tensile residual stresses develop near the weld and compressive stresses elsewhere. Plates with rolled edges have compressive residual stresses at the edges, whereas flame-cut edges have tensile residual stresses. When loads are applied to such members, some yielding may take place where the residual stresses occur. Because of the ductility of steel, however, the effect on tensile strength is not significant but the buckling strength of columns may be lowered.
Strain rate also changes the tensile properties of structural steels. In the ordinary tensile test, load is applied slowly. The resulting data are appropriate for design of structures for static loads. For design for rapid application of loads, such as impact loads, data from rapid tension tests are needed. Such tests indicate that yield and tensile strengths increase but ductility and the ratio of tensile strength to yield strength decrease.
High temperatures too affect properties of structural steels. As temperatures increase, the stress-strain curve typically becomes more rounded and tensile and yield strengths, under the action of strain aging, decrease. Poisson's ratio is not significantly affected but the modulus of elasticity decreases. Ductility is lowered until a minimum value is reached. Then, it rises with increase in temperature and becomes larger than the ductility at room temperature.
Low temperatures in combination with tensile stress and especially with geometric discontinuities, such as notches, bolt holes, and welds, may cause a brittle failure. This is a failure that occurs by cleavage, with little indication of plastic deformation. A ductile failure, in contrast, occurs mainly by shear, usually preceded by large plastic deformation. One of the most commonly used tests for rating steels on their resistance to brittle fracture is the Charpy V-notch test. It evaluates notch toughness at specific temperatures.
Toughness is defined as the capacity of a steel to absorb energy; the greater the capacity, the greater the toughness. Determined by the area under the stress-strain curve, toughness depends on both strength and ductility of the metal. Notch toughness is the toughness in the region of notches or other stress concentrations. A quantitative measure of notch toughness is fracture toughness, which is determined by fracture mechanics from relationships between stress and flaw size.
Shear Properties of Structural Steels
The shear modulus of elasticity G is the ratio of shear stress to shear strain during initial elastic behaviour. It can be computed from Eq. (5.25) from values of modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio developed in tension stress-strain tests. Thus G for structural steels is generally taken as 11,000 ksi.
The shear strength, or shear stress at failure in pure shear, ranges from 0.67Ft to 0.75Ft for structural steels, where Ft is the tensile strength. The yield strength in shear is about 0.57Ft .
Creep and Relaxation
Creep, a gradual change in strain under constant stress, is usually not significant for structural steel framing in buildings, except in fires. Creep usually occurs under high temperatures or relatively high stresses, or both.
Relaxation, a gradual decrease in load or stress under a constant strain, is a significant concern in the application of steel tendons to prestressing. With steel wire or strand, relaxation can occur at room temperature. To reduce relaxation substantially, stabilized, or low-relaxation, strand may be used. This is produced by pretensioning strain at a temperature of about 600F. A permanent elongation of about 1% remains and yield strength increases to about 5% over stress-relieved (heat-treated but not tensioned) strain.
Hardness of Structural Steels
Hardness is used in production of steels to estimate tensile strength and to check the uniformity of tensile strength in various products. Hardness is determined as a number related to resistance to indentation. Any of several tests may be used, the resulting hardness numbers being dependent on the type of penetrator and load. These should be indicated when a hardness number is given. Commonly used hardness tests are the Brinell, Rockwell, Knoop, and Vickers. ASTM A370, ''Mechanical Testing of Steel Products,'' contains tables that relate hardness numbers from the different tests to each other and to the corresponding approximate tensile strength.
Fatigue of Structural Steels
Under cyclic loading, especially when stress reversal occurs, a structural member may eventually fail because cracks form and propagate. Known as a fatigue failure, this can take place at stress levels well below the yield stress. Fatigue resistance may be determined by a rotating-beam test, flexure test, or axial-load test. In these tests, specimens are subjected to stresses that vary, usually in a constant stress range between maximum and minimum stresses until failure occurs. Results of the tests are plotted on an S-N diagram, where S is the maximum stress (fatigue strength) and N is the number of cycles to failure (fatigue life). Such diagrams indicate that the failure strength of a structural steel decreases with increase in the number of cycles until a minimum value is reached, the fatigue limit. Presumably, if the maximum stress does not exceed the fatigue limit, an unlimited number of cycles of that ratio of maximum to minimum stress can be applied without failure. With tension considered positive and compression, negative, tests also show that as the ratio of maximum to minimum stress is increased, fatigue strength is lowered significantly.
Since the tests are made on polished specimens and steel received from mills has a rough surface, fatigue data for design should be obtained from tests made on as-received material.
Tests further indicate that steels with about the same tensile strength have about the same fatigue strength. Hence the S-N diagram obtained for one steel may be used for other steels with about the same tensile strength.
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Q: Asynchronous call of two functions in Angular 2 using promise I have the following method in auth.nav.service.ts:
 public login () {
  this.authService.login();
  this.navService.redirectAfterLogin();
}

in nav.service.ts:
public redirectAfterLogin () {
  let nav = this.app.getRootNav();
  nav.setRoot(TabsPage);
  nav.popToRoot();
}

In Auth.service.ts:
public login() {
  const client = new Auth0Cordova(auth0Config);

  const options = {
    scope: 'openid profile offline_access'
  };

client.authorize(options, (err, authResult) => {
  if(err) {
    throw err;
  }

  this.setIdToken(authResult.idToken);
  this.setAccessToken(authResult.accessToken);

  const expiresAt = JSON.stringify((authResult.expiresIn * 1000) + new Date().getTime());
  this.setStorageVariable('expires_at', expiresAt);

  this.auth0.client.userInfo(this.accessToken, (err, profile) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }

    profile.user_metadata = profile.user_metadata || {};
    this.setStorageVariable('profile', profile);
    this.zone.run(() => {
        this.user = profile;

      });

    });

  });
}

I want to have the login function ran successfully and the use the RedirectAfterLogin. How can I do that with Promise ? I'm using Angular 2, Ionic-Native 3 and auth0.

A: I made it work with a promise, and fixing the scope of the variables (this) inside the then scope.
auth.view.service.ts
 public login () {
  var t = this; // this scope is lost inside the then.
  this.authService.login().then(function (response){
    t.navService.redirectAfterLogin();
  });
 }

auth.service.ts
 public login () {
return new Promise<any>((resolve, reject) => {

  const client = new Auth0Cordova(auth0Config);

  const options = {
    scope: 'openid profile offline_access'
  };

  client.authorize(options, (err, authResult) => {
    if(err) {
      throw err;
    }
    this.setIdToken(authResult.idToken);
    this.setAccessToken(authResult.accessToken);

    const expiresAt = JSON.stringify((authResult.expiresIn * 1000) + new Date().getTime());
    this.setStorageVariable('expires_at', expiresAt);

    this.auth0.client.userInfo(this.accessToken, (err, profile) => {
      if(err) {
        throw err;
      }

      profile.user_metadata = profile.user_metadata || {};
      this.setStorageVariable('profile', profile);
        this.zone.run(() => {
          this.user = profile;
          resolve(profile);
        }); // end zone run

      }); // end userInfo

    }); // end authorize
  }); // end Promise
} // end login

(Let me know in comments if there could be a better practice)
See:
How to wait for a function to finish its execution in angular 2.?
javascript, promises, how to access variable this inside a then scope

A: Update you should be placing the redirection on success of authentication
public login () {
  this.authService.login();
  ///////////////// remove it
}

Place it in the Authservice login() method
 login(){
     this.redirectAfterLogin ()
 }

Or return a Boolean variable on from the login method in AuthService
 login() :boolean {
  //// your code
   if(success) return true;
   else return false;

 }

In your NavService
public login () {
  if(this.authService.login()){
       this.redirectAfterLogin ();
 }

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We were just two completely incompatible people". Through her agent, Lombard heard of Ernst Lubitsch 's upcoming film: For the remainder of her career, Lombard learned to hide the mark with make-up and careful lighting. Described by her biographer Wes Gehring as "a free-spirited tomboy ", the young Lombard was passionately involved in sports and enjoyed watching movies. The ship was involved in rescuing hundreds of survivors from sunken ships in the Pacific and returning them to safety. Although regarded as a musical,  the film has no songs. The film focused on a romance between two cabaret performers, and was a critical and commercial success.
Her performance was well received, with a reviewer for Motion Picture News writing that she displayed "good poise and considerable charm. The performance was considered a satire of Greta Garbo , and was widely praised by critics.


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THE HEART OF A SOLDIER
A True Story of Love, War, and Sacrifice
by Kate Blaise with Dana White
Memorable account of the Iraq war as experienced by an Army captain and her husband, a helicopter pilot with the 101st Airborne Division.
Kate and Mike Blaise were deployed to Iraq in March 2003. She managed transportation for the 1st Brigade's 327th "Bastogne" Infantry, which was attacked from within even before entering Iraq when a sergeant who had converted to Islam years earlier lobbed grenades into several tents, hoping to kill as many Americans as possible before they could "rape and murder innocent Muslims." While Kate's battalion set up camp at Qayyarah West (immediately dubbed "Q-West"), an abandoned Iraqi airbase that had been bombed by coalition forces, Mike and fellow Air Cavalry pilots provided much needed aerial support to the ground troops. The author's straightforward prose gives readers an inside look at the difficult conditions in Iraq: wearing heavy gear in 130-degree heat; enduring fierce sandstorms that make breathing all but impossible; worrying about the possibility of biological attack. Life at Q-West was made bearable by the hard work of soldiers and civilians. A makeshift golf course sprang up amid charred debris, making the official list of the PGA; Kate started a newsletter, The Sandy Club Gazette, which boasted a popular French-bashing section; and Iraqi locals opened American-style pizza parlors. Tragically, Mike's helicopter went down just days before he completed his tour of duty; Kate escorted his body home to Missouri and tried to adjust to her most difficult role yet—widow. Extensive information about the couple's teenage years and initial Army service round out this story.
An earnest tribute to unsung heroes.
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by Thomas Childers
by Kate Blaise
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Human Rights Centre Holds Seminar for Law enforcers in Samegrelo –Zemo Svaneti
"Prevention of Torture –Aspects of Implementation of International Law"- this topic was discussed by the Human Rights Center and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture together with the law enforcers in Zugdidi. European Union representatives also attended the seminar on December 25, 2009. The Human Rights Center lawyer familiarized the police officers, the representatives of prosecutor and judicial officers with the importance of various Georgian laws and international instruments that must be realized in those bodies by all means.
Tax Demanded from Farmers for Abolished Taxes
Farmers Are Demanded to Pay Long-abolished Land Taxes from Small Farmer
Farmer have reported to the Human Rights Centre that in 2000 Dedoplistskaro district was declared a natural disaster zone of and consequently, former president Eduard Shevardnadze ordered at that time Georgian government to abolish taxes on land plots in the district. However, district tax inspections are still demanded locals to pay taxes on their small land holdings. This is especially worrying since on July 11 2007 amendments were introduced to the Tax Code and these abolished taxes all together on land-owners, private persons and local authority on the debts accumulated in arrears prior to January 1 2005. Thus, as lawyers define, the land owners were discharged from the debts they had accumulated in arrears before January 1, 2005. However, the commission of the Ministry of Finances passed a resolution on November 21, 2008 which ordered regional tax inspections to demand farmers to pay taxes and penalty charges on land holding dating back to 2000.
Budget Funds in Kakheti Region Inadequate for Social Programs
In 2008 municipality boards of Kakheti region abolished libraries, culture houses and several dozens kindergartens in the villages because of a lack of funds in local budget. For the same reason expenses for social programs have been decreased or completely abolished. Several hundreds employees of the organizations that are funded from local government have not received their salaries yet. Meanwhile the salaries of district governors increased from 1,500 to 2,400 GEL; and chairpersons of municipality boards have their salaries increased from 1 000 to 1 500 GEL; as well as other expenses of the regional governor's administration.
Tsalenjikha District Council Member Speaks, Media Freedom Restriction and Misuse of Funds
Giorgi Vekua, member of Tsalenjikha District Council expressed what is considered as a scandalous statement during the Tsalenjikha District Governor's election. He said that the freedom of media was restricted. Such a statement is repeated each day. However, what is surprising is to consider that Giorgi Vekua is a National Movement member. He made this and other such statements during a council session. Giorgi Vekua was a Tsalenjikha District Governor candidate but he declined during the election process, which was conducted during the council session. He demanded that an interim commission be set up to study the work of the District's administration.
Gocha Dzasokhov and Leri Khabelov Have Fled From Georgia
Russian Soldiers Reinforce Control of Gali District
Georgian journalist personally saw the deployment and mobilization of Russian army in the village of Pichori in Gali district two days ago. Paata Lagvilava, journalist for the regional newspaper "Samgrelos Kronika" arrived in the village with the support of his relatives and despite the great risks involved, he was able to spend two days and nights in Pichori. The journalist managed to interview locals and was able to take photos of the village. Residents of Pichori complained about hard social and the political situation they face.
Agents of Insurance Companies Blackmail Teachers
Agents of insurance companies are compelling teachers to sign contracts with insurance companies. The agents are workers of educational-resource centers or their relatives and/or the family members of the employees working at educational resource center; in some instances they are pubic school directors. If teachers do not sign contracts with insurance companies, they are threatened with dismissal from their jobs. Although Georgian government issued resolution # 256 on November 21 2007 that envisages assigning free medical vouchers to teacher, it is at the discretion of the voucher holder as to which insurance company is selected prior to December 31 2008. The beneficiary shall not be unjustly influenced in making the choice. The Minister of Education provided written instructions about this policy to territorial departments responsible to the ministry about it in written form.
Batumi Residents Dissatisfied with Transport Itineraries
Police Forcibly Evicts Iremadze Family
Population vs. "Kakheto Power Distribution Company
Expenses of the District Administration Office Was Increased At the Expense of Abolishing Social Programs
Lagodekhi District Court Ordered District Police Department to Send Criminal Case Materials to the Journalists
Georgians Buy Putrid and Dangerous Food Products in Bazaars and Shops
Thousands of GEL for Needless PR And "Unknown" District Governors
According to official information Kakheti municipality budgets spent 350 thousand GEL on the publicity of the activities implemented by local authorities. In parallel to funding, regional newspapers with the district administrations, independent online and printed media sources receive part of local budgets for "informational-advertising services". Besides that, events aimed for the publicity of activities of local governments are funded from so-called "other" cultural and administrative departments. Although first officials of local authorities almost every day meet TV Companies and newspaper reporters, over 82 % of interviewed people does not know who is the governor of their district.
Five Basic Problems facing the Samtskhe-Javakheti Region
A Samtskhe-Javakheti regional conference was held in the town of Akhalkalaki. The conference was dedicated in its title to "Patience, Tolerance and Civil Integration." As a result, civil society representatives adopted a joint resolution upon the conclusion.
Russian Soldiers Returned to Village of Perevi Village
Residents of the village of Perevi in Imereti region, where Russian have since returned, live in the village under constant fear. People state they were not so scared, even when Russians first occupied their village; they added how the return of Russian occupants might cause even more serious problems for them.
Majority of Personnel of Kakheti Regional Administration Failed Tests
On December 20, personnel of Kakheti regional administration was tested and only four out of 15 people passed the tests. According to the resolution of the examination commission of the regional administration the aim of the testing was to assess professional skills, qualification, abilities and personal character of the people employed at the regional administration. However, deputy regional governors did not take part in tests.
Houses Burnt Down Two Kilometers Away from Fire-Brigade Office
In the evening of December 18 sudden fire seriously damaged four houses in Ketevan Tsamebuli Str. in Akhaltsikhe. Since telephone does not work at the office of fire-brigade the rescue team arrived at the place half an hour later. It must be noted that the service office is located two kilometers away from Ketevan Tsamebuli Street.
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Are there political prisoners in Georgia currently?
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They wait for me in Abkhazia
Last time, I visited Abkhazia five years ago. Since then, not a day goes by without thinking about it, without missing the Abkhazian
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I learned about healing water Dzuguri first several days ago. Having searched information, we learned that Dzuguri water is sold near the chain
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In July I will be running 100km to try to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease care, research and to raise awareness. Motor neurone disease is a devastating condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting, and leads to paralysis. It is currently untreatable and the only treatment available prolongs life by 3months.
3 years ago I began working as a research scientist within a team based at the institute of neurology, London. Our aims are to investigate the underlying causes of MND, hoping that our work would be able to guide future therapeutic strategies. Here I have witnessed the devasting impact that MND has - those affected are rapidly stripped of the ability to do all the tasks we take for granted every day, such as walking, playing sports, eating. On the other hand I have also seen, and been part of, the huge progression in research behind MND. Therefore I want to raise money for MNDA so that both the support for those affected by MND and the groundbreaking research that is currently going on can be continued so that in the future we will have earlier and more accurate diagnosis, increased awareness and one day a cure for MND.


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Q: Three.js | How to use object's child's property outside loader.load I need to update the object's color property dynamically using dat.GUI().
It was simple if the object is created using three.js geometry but as I'm working on an imported object (.obj & .mtl), I need to update the property outside the loader.load function.
How can I achieve it?
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var mtlLoader = new THREE.MTLLoader();
mtlLoader.setPath( 'obj/Cube/' );
mtlLoader.load( 'cube.mtl', function( materials ) {
materials.preload();

    var objLoader = new THREE.OBJLoader();
    objLoader.setMaterials( materials );
    objLoader.setPath( 'obj/Cube/' );
    objLoader.load( 'cube.obj', function( object ) {
        object.traverse( function( child ) {
            if ( child instanceof THREE.Mesh ) {
                child.castShadow = true;
                child.material.color.set( 0x00ff00 );  // change color without dat.GUI
            }
        } );
    companion = object;
    scene.add( object );
    });
});

gui = new dat.GUI();

parameters =
{
    color: "#ff0000",
    visible: true,
};

var objColor = gui.addColor( parameters, 'color' ).name('Color (Diffuse)').listen();
objColor.onChange(function(value) // onFinishChange
{   companion.material.color.setHex( value.replace("#", "0x") );   });

gui.open();
updateColor(companion);

function updateColor(obj)
{
    obj.material.color.setHex( parameters.color.replace("#", "0x") ); //I need to use the property here.
}

A: How about this? -
objColor.onChange(function(value) // onFinishChange
{
    companion.traverse( function( child ) {
        if ( child instanceof THREE.Mesh ) {
            child.material.color.setHex(value.replace("#", "0x"));
            child.material.needsUpdate = true;
        }
    } );
});


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What's the Best Price?
Yes, yes, I know I just blogged about the benefit of more "pure math" and somewhat less "real life application", but this was just too good a problem to give up, so here goes...
Recently, Ms. Teschow was invited by the teacher federation to present a math workshop for teachers in London, Ontario. Since Ms. Teschow lives in Toronto and teaches in Mississauga, she decided that the most efficient way to travel would be by train.
She called to inquire about train tickets to London. As it turns out, the train that leaves Toronto Union Station for London makes a stop in Oakville, not too far from Mississauga, and on the way to London.
In an attempt to save the federation some money, Ms. Teschow decided to teach in her classroom in the morning, and then go to the Oakville train station at lunch to catch the 12:40 p.m. train to London, where she would be presenting the workshop later that afternoon. (Her plan was to head back home toToronto on the train later that evening, after the workshop was over.)
Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication with the travel agent booking the train ticket, and the outbound ticket sent to Ms. Teschow was booked to leave from Toronto Union Station!
Since Ms. T would be teaching in Mississauga until 11:30, and the train would be departing Union at 12:15 p.m., there was no way she would make it. But when she called the train company to see about getting her boarding pass changed to Oakville, the person on the phone told Ms. Teschow that she would have to pay a fee of $25 to have her ticket changed! Since Oakville is closer to London than Toronto is, Ms. Teschow didn't think she should have to pay extra, so she argued with the person on the phone, and was told that although the Oakville-->London ticket was about $3 cheaper than the Toronto --> London ticket, because of the change fee, it would still end up costing more in the end.
Frustrated, Ms. Teschow decided to take her chances, and just go to Oakville the next day at lunch to see what would happen there in person.
As it turned out, the nice lady at the Oakville train station said "don't worry about it, you can get on here, just explain to the train attendant that there was a mix up with the ticket". Whew! So Ms. Teschow boarded the train and sat down at her computer to put the finishing touches on her presentation.
While eating her dinner and looking out the window on the train later on, Ms. Teschow couldn't help but wonder if it might have been cheaper for everyone if she had just taken the whole day off.
So here's the problem:
IF MS. T ACTUALLY HAD TO PAY THE $25 CHANGE FEE FOR THE TICKET, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN LESS EXPENSIVE FOR MS. T TO TAKE THE WHOLE DAY OFF WORK, INSTEAD OF JUST HALF A DAY?
Some numbers you might need to solve the problem:
Substitute teacher costs for half a day (approx) - $135
TTC fare to get from Ms. T's home to Union Station - $3.25
What Ms. Teschow paid to take a taxi from home to school in the morning, with all her workshop supplies - $32.49
Taxi from school to the Oakville train station - $45.00
Lunch enroute (could have been saved if I had stayed home in the morning; could have made myself a sandwich before going to the train station in Toronto) - $15.82
Train ticket from Toronto Union to London - $95
Ticket from Oakville to London - $74.58
BONUS QUESTION #1:
When Ms. Teschow looked online for the information, she discovered that in fact it was NOT $25, but 25% of the original fee that is supposed to be charged for a change in booking. Does this make a difference to the above problem? Explain your thinking.
BONUS QUESTION #2:
The teacher federation has a discount agreement with the train company of approximately 10%. How does this affect the overall price in the other problem(s)?
Happy calculating! :-)


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Guiding Principles Compliance for new construction of federal buildings
March 1st, 2014 / By: IFAI / Case Studies
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) launched the Guiding Principles Compliance for New Construction (GPC NC) of federal buildings. The program for assessing building sustainability was developed with extensive input from federal government agencies.
As a sister product to the GBI's program for existing federal buildings, which to date has been used to certify more than 250 existing federal buildings and facilities, GPC NC was developed to significantly reduce the amount of time and effort required from federal agency personnel to achieve a green building certification, enabling staff to retain focus on the agency's mission while concurrently measuring progress towards compliance with the Guiding Principles.
The GPC NC Program is the first third-party assessment and rating program designed specifically for federal agencies to assess compliance with the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Building, established by Executive Order 13514, issued by President Barack Obama in 2009. The Order mandates that at least 15 percent of existing federal buildings and leases that are over 5,000 square feet must meet Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Guiding Principles by 2015, and that annual progress be made toward 100-percent conformance of all federal buildings, with a goal of 100 percent of all new federal buildings achieving zero-net-energy by 2030.
In response to this mandate, GBI created a straightforward and cost-effective means, utilizing as the basis its existing Green Globes® for new construction rating and certification tool.
GBI's program includes a third-party on-site assessment, compliance score and rating, detailed reports, and supplemental tools to enhance and clarify the Guiding Principles Compliance process, which focuses on five key areas, which are equally weighted in the assessment:
Employ integrated design principles
Optimize energy performance
Protect and conserve water
Enhance indoor environmental quality
Reduce environmental impact of materials
Projects are rated on a scale of 0 to 100% compliance, with a minimum score of 40% required for the first level of compliance. There are five levels of compliance, with 100% compliance receiving the highest score.
The GBI is a nonprofit organization and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards Developer dedicated to accelerating the adoption of green building practices. Founded in 2004, the organization is the sole U.S. provider of the Green Globes® and federal Guiding Principles Compliance building certification programs.
Mesh structure evokes Atlanta's tree canopy
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Q: Pfaffian Equations Solve the Pfaffian Equation below:
$$(yz-1)dx+((z-x)x)dy+(1-xy)dz=0$$
I have tried to find the determinant, and it is $0$. So it is integrable. I let $z$ to be a constant. After I'm having problems solving it.

A: To start, I'm assuming that we're working with $x,y,z\in\Bbb R$. As a consequence, closed and exact forms are exactly the same, i.e.
$$ \text d\omega = 0 \Leftrightarrow \omega = \text d\alpha $$
for some form $\alpha$.
Now, if
$$\omega = (yz-1)\text dx + x(z-x)\text dy + (1-xy)\text dz $$
we can see that
$$ \text d\omega = -2x \ \text dy\wedge\text dz - 2y \ \text dx\wedge\text dz - 2x \ \text dx\wedge\text dy \neq  0 $$
so $\omega$ is not closed and therefore not exact. This means we need to find $\mu(x,y,z)\neq 0$ such that $\omega/\mu$ is closed, and therefore exact. Then, there will be some $\alpha$ such that $\omega/\mu = \text d \alpha$ and so $\omega = \mu\text d\alpha$. Then the integral surfaces are $\alpha  = c$.
Take $ \mu = (xy-1)^2 $, then $ \text d(\omega/\mu) = 0 $ and so we can integrate to get
$$ \alpha(x,y,z) = \frac{x-z}{xy-1} = c $$
are the integral surfaces, or
$$ z = x + c(1-xy) $$

A: Alexander gave a perfectly fine solution, but here is the general approach you should follow if the answer doesn't "leap out" at you. There are also more elegant approaches (due to Sophus Lie, of Lie group theory) if you can spot a group that leaves the differential equation invariant.
We have the Pfaffian system $\omega = 0$ (where $\omega$ is a $1$-form, here on $\Bbb R^3$). If $d\omega = 0$, then we know from multivariable calculus how to find a potential function $f$ so that $df=\omega$. If $d\omega\ne 0$ but $\omega\wedge d\omega = 0$, then the differential equation is in fact integrable and this means that there is an integrating factor $\mu$: Namely, there is nonvanishing function $\mu$ so that $d(\mu\omega)=0$.  Since
$$d(\mu\omega) = \mu\,d\omega + d\mu\wedge\omega,$$
we want to solve
$$d\omega + \frac{d\mu}{\mu}\wedge\omega = 0,\quad\text{or}\quad
d(\log\mu)\wedge\omega = -d\omega.$$
Comparing the $dx\wedge dy$, $dz\wedge dx$, and $dy\wedge dz$ coefficients on both sides will give you a linear system of equations for the partial derivatives of $\log\mu$, and you can use standard linear algebra to solve a $3\times 3$ system of linear equations for those partial derivatives. Since we are guaranteed a solution, we will be able to integrate $\partial(\log\mu)/\partial x = P$, $\partial(\log\mu)/\partial y = Q$, $\partial(\log\mu)/\partial z = R$ for the function $\log\mu$.
EDIT: With thanks to @AntonioJPan, the error in one of the equations has been corrected.
In this particular problem, the equations are (letting $g=\log\mu$ because I'm getting tired of typing)
\begin{align*}
x(z-x)\frac{\partial g}{\partial x} +(1-yz)\frac{\partial g}{\partial y}  & =2x \\
(1-xy)\frac{\partial g}{\partial x} +(1-yz)\frac{\partial g}{\partial z} &= 2y \\
(1-xy)\frac{\partial g}{\partial y} + x(x-z)\frac{\partial g}{\partial z} &= 2x,
\end{align*}
and standard linear algebra gives us a particular solution
$$\frac{\partial g}{\partial x} = \frac {2y}{xy-1}, \quad \frac{\partial g}{\partial y} = \frac {2x}{xy-1}, \quad \frac{\partial g}{\partial z}=0.$$
Wasn't that convenient? Now we immediately get $g(x,y,z)=\log(xy-1)^2$, so $\mu(x,y,z)=(xy-1)^2$.
However, as @Antonio suggested, if we look at the general solution of this system of equations, we see that $dg$ will need to be a functional multiple of our original $1$-form $\omega$. In hindsight, this is obvious, as adding any functional multiple $\lambda\omega$ to $dg$ contributes $\lambda\omega\wedge\omega = 0$ to the equation. Indeed, this is just back to the original problem. However, since $\omega$ is nonvanishing off the curve $x=z=1/y$, we can argue that any other solution $h$ of $dh=\lambda\omega$ must satisfy $dh\wedge dg=0$, and so $h$ is a function of $g$.


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Name: Alberto Medina
Age: 39 years (28 May 1983)
Nationality: Mexico
Role: forward / edit.
Club: Chiapas / edit.
Alberto Medina. Biography
Mexican footballer Alberto Medina Briseño was born on 29 May 1983 in Culiacán. Medina plays as a forward, besides he can be utilized both as a right wing and a left wing midfielder. In 2000 Alberto made his senior debut for Guadalajara. When Medina played at youth level, he was considered to be one of the most promising Mexican footballers. He was invited to join Borussia Dortmund, but Guadalajara rejected all the offers.
In 2003 Medina was selected for the Mexico national squad. He participated in the 2004 Olympic Games and in the 2005 Confederations Cup. In 2007 the footballer helped the national squad become the runner-up of the CONCACAF Gold Cup and win the third place in the Copa América. By 2009 many veterans had retired, that's why Medina got a chance to come on the pitch more often. Under head coach Javier Aguirre the Mexico national team with Alberto Medina won the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
In July 2012 Medina moved from Guadalajara to Pachuca, and in 2013 the footballer completed a deal with Puebla. One year later he switched for Chiapas Jaguares.


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Q: startActivity runs but activity is not shown on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 My app has a service and an activity. From the service, on some triggers, activity is called with following code:
    Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    startActivity(intent);

On my test phones (mostly Samsung, Lenovo and Huawei)  , activity starts and is displayed on the phone screen with its layout.
However, on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with Android 7, activity layout is not displayed.
I only see the following line on logcat:

I/Timeline: Timeline: Activity_launch_request time:281438674 intent:Intent { flg=0x30000000 cmp=com.test.app/.MainActivity }

The activity class extends AppCompatActivity , but I also tried with a normal activity class (same layout) and the result did not change.
activity is defined like below in the manifest:
    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:screenOrientation="portrait">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

There is no exception or other error/warning on log. So I am not able to troubleshoot further.
What can I do ?


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//  SHKActivityIndicator.h
//  ShareKit
//
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/*!
 @class SHKActivityIndicator
 @discussion Displays HUD with info about status of the sharing process. In case multiple sharers run at once, HUD displays info about the most recent sharer. Previous continue to share silently.
 */

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@class SHKSharer;

@interface SHKActivityIndicator : UIView

+ (SHKActivityIndicator *)currentIndicator;

- (void)hideForSharer:(SHKSharer *)sharer;
- (void)displayActivity:(NSString *)m forSharer:(SHKSharer *)sharer;
- (void)displayCompleted:(NSString *)m forSharer:(SHKSharer *)sharer;
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"I am sure not all people understand and approve of what I do and how I look, but this is art. ...Art never teaches, it only shows or reflects our dreams or thoughts. Art he;ps people think, look inside themselves, make a choice, or become intrigue..., but art never commands people what to do. Art has no rools. Art has feelings , and real art touches people's hearts and brains..."
Shows of Leonid the Magnificent designed to play big night clubs, cabaret settings or theaters. The shows are geared towards an audience that seeks alternative entertainment to what Broadway shows currently offer. It is new, fresh, and exciting, and with a touch of sensuality and elegance that will also attract young and hip audience seeking more than what the downtown scene offer.
We document all your memories and produce then in an artistic way, that will be loved by you and your family for many years to come.


UK: First Western Sovereign Sukuk?
UK: A Capital Of Islamic Finance?
On October 29, a little piece of history was made when the UK finally announced it would become the first Western country to issue a sovereign sukuk, or Islamic bond.


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package com.microsoft.graph.models;
import com.microsoft.graph.serializer.ISerializer;
import com.microsoft.graph.serializer.IJsonBackedObject;
import com.microsoft.graph.serializer.AdditionalDataManager;
import java.util.EnumSet;
import com.microsoft.graph.http.BaseCollectionPage;
import com.microsoft.graph.models.WorkbookChartSeriesFormat;
import com.microsoft.graph.models.Entity;
import com.microsoft.graph.requests.WorkbookChartPointCollectionPage;

import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

// **NOTE** This file was generated by a tool and any changes will be overwritten.

/**
 * The class for the Workbook Chart Series.
 */
public class WorkbookChartSeries extends Entity implements IJsonBackedObject {

    /**
     * The Name.
     * Represents the name of a series in a chart.
     */
    @SerializedName(value = "name", alternate = {"Name"})
    @Expose
	@Nullable
    public String name;

    /**
     * The Format.
     * Represents the formatting of a chart series, which includes fill and line formatting. Read-only.
     */
    @SerializedName(value = "format", alternate = {"Format"})
    @Expose
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    /**
     * The Points.
     * Represents a collection of all points in the series. Read-only.
     */
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    @Expose
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    /**
     * Sets the raw JSON object
     *
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     * @param json the JSON object to set this object to
     */
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        if (json.has("points")) {
            points = serializer.deserializeObject(json.get("points"), com.microsoft.graph.requests.WorkbookChartPointCollectionPage.class);
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Q: Refresh Only template Grails I have a list.gsp which loads a template .
Actually the template contains  which loads the data from the domain class.
Every 10 seconds I want to refresh the template only, so that it gets latest data from the db. How can i do this?

A: There are several ways to solve this but all of them require Ajax.  I'll give one example:
Suppose the following HTML:

  ... other content here

     <g:render template="someTemplate" ... />

  ... other content here

Then this javascript:
setInterval(refreshTemplateEveryTenSeconds, 10000);

function refreshTemplateEveryTenSeconds() {
   $('#template').load("/some/server/resource");
}

See the jquery load docs for more info on this.
Obviously, if you're not using jQuery then modify to do the ajax call as your technology would suggest.  But this gives you a general idea of how you might approach the problem.


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The Reverend Christopher Smith
Hey! I'm Pastor Chris Smith. I was born and raised in the Hermitage area of Nashville, Tennessee. My spouse Becky and I love going on adventures. Whether it's exploring a new city, finding a new trail to hike, or cooking a new dish together, we love to discover the wonders of God's creation, though we also love spending time on the couch with our two dogs Peach and Gizmo.
I'm an avid tennis fan, I enjoy playing board games, and you will rarely find me without a guitar nearby. I hold a B.S. in International Relations from Middle Tennessee State University, a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and a Certificate of Advanced Theological Studies from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.
This call to ministry has taken me from congregations, camps, and retreats all around the country. I've served in congregations in the San Francisco Bay, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the streets of Midtown, Atlanta, by the rivers of Chattanooga, and now the beautiful Bellevue community where I serve as Pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
Gathering for worship and sharing life together are central to our lives of faith. My passions for ministry involve seeking new ways to be the Church in the world, translating and sharing the grace and love of God as we experience it. I find great joy in working with others to unlock our creative side. Through teaching, preaching, and facilitating discussion, I hope to cultivate growth in understanding of the Word and growth in love for Jesus and each other.
I believe God's activity in the world is directed toward the transformation of the whole of creation: moving from destructive to creative, from outcast to inclusion, from fear to hope, from death to life. My call to ministry, and I believe all of Christ's disciples, is to participate in God's realm as it breaks into this world. I always look forward to seeing what God is up to in our lives and world!
David Dorn:
Minister for Music
David is a passionate and versatile pianist who has played piano since the age of 6. He grew up in South Carolina playing in churches starting at the age of 8 and studied classical piano for over 20 years. He was accepted into the prestigious South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts where he studied piano with some of the top classical pianist in the world.
After graduating from the Governor's School, he was accepted to Erskine College where he received a full scholarship to study piano. He studied at Erskine for two years before deciding to transfer to Belmont University. He quickly recognized that being in Nashville would provide more opportunities as a musician and Belmont had a great reputation for its music department. Shortly after moving, David was appointed as the music director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, where he still serves today. After graduating, David built his own studio off of music row where he produces demos for many songwriters and independent artists. He is presently playing sessions for many of the top songwriters in Nashville. When not in the studio or out on the road, David enjoys writing and hanging out with his talented wife as well as hiking and drinking a good cup of joe with friends.
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Pastor Emeritus
David Julseth - President
Linn Folger - Vice President
Nathan Quinn - Secretary
Russ Anderson - Treasurer
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We are Disciples of Jesus Christ called to proclaim God's grace and serve the community!
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Medicine Man chief operating officer Pete Williams, front, checks with first customer Tony Muhle from Bennett before opening the door on the morning of Jan. 1, 2014.
Ryan Luck, from left, manager Pete Vasquez, president Andy Williams, chief operating officer Pete Williams and Nelson Figueiredo check the computer by the register for recreational marijuana sales at Medicine Man dispensary on Jan. 1.
Chuck Howell makes clone plants from the mother pots of the Green Mile room at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary.
Lala Herzog trims marijuana leaves at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary, which its owners say has ambitions of becoming a national brand.
In a warehouse district of northeast Denver, right next to a post office, the Williams family is building the Costco of weed.
Nine relatives from three generations work behind the bulletproof glass at Medicine Man, which opened in 2010, grew into one of the state's largest medical marijuana dispensaries and has aspirations of becoming a national brand if pot legalization continues its march.
There was never any doubt that Medicine Man would open as a recreational pot shop after Colorado voters approved Amendment 64 in 2012, making it legal for anyone 21 and over to possess and use marijuana.
The brothers who started the business — Andy and Pete Williams — are risk-takers and dreamers who put everything on the line betting on a product that remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government.
Their older sister, always the protector, has kept them in check. Or tried.
The Williams siblings describe recurring nightmares about being busted, strained marriages and the judgment of neighbors, but also the rush of being a part of something groundbreaking.
This is an industry like no other, populated by stoners, white-collar entrepreneurs, genius growers and hustlers out to make a buck, all on the cusp of incredible fortune or one raid or election from ruin.
A day at the office at Medicine Man means armed guards, stacks of cash, rewards programs for employees and sales clerks versed in 70 strains of marijuana and peach soda that can get you high.
Over the next year and beyond, the Williamses' faith in themselves and an unproven new industry will be tested. This spring will bring a $2.6 million expansion of Medicine Man that will double growing capacity and feature a retail shop done up all in white like an Apple store.
But first, Medicine Man would need to pull off successfully opening on Jan. 1, or "Green Wednesday," the long-anticipated first day of legal recreational pot sales not only in Colorado but the world. It was a moment the Williamses had been building toward for months.
There are no losers at the Medicine Man employee Christmas party raffle. Everyone from trimmers and budtenders, or counter clerks, to the cleanup crew are guaranteed goodies ranging from Target gift cards to an iPad mini.
Like any good business owners, the Williamses want to keep their employees happy. That means paid time off and year-end bonuses too.
Before the party ends, Andy Williams briefs his crew on plans for Jan. 1. Eleven budtenders, instead of the customary three. Pamphlets describing marijuana dos and don'ts to customers.
Williams, the 45-year-old president and chief executive, is confident of one thing: Medicine Man will not run out of pot on opening day. The dispensary took the unorthodox step of trying to sell less of its own starting in September to stockpile for recreational sales.
Not only did Medicine Man cut out discounts to medical patients, it steered customers to marijuana-infused products such as chocolate chews and soda — products made with other people's weed that also can provide a longer high and cost less compared with smoking it.
That Medicine Man was first in line to apply for a recreational store license might seem strange, given that at the beginning, Andy and Pete Williams just wanted to grow.
After the Obama administration signaled in 2009 it would take a hands-off approach to medical marijuana businesses, the restless entrepreneur Andy approached his mad-scientist brother with a proposition: I'll be the brains and you be the green thumb.
Andy had built a career as an industrial engineer but also did his own things on the side, not always successfully. A mall kiosk that sold patriotic knickknacks "did not earn a red cent," and a construction company he poured his savings into folded after 11 months.
Other ventures flourished, including a company that managed seized properties that were to be renovated and resold.
Andy approached Pete about getting into the pot business because his younger brother was a caregiver for medical marijuana patients and earning more than $100,000 a year growing out of his basement and selling to dispensaries.
Though his pot-growing experience had been limited to tossing a few seeds in the backyard, Pete sunk about $15,000 into building a grow room and spent hours at grow shops absorbing advice about nurturing his "tomatoes" — code for pot during riskier times.
The risks were small for Pete. His wife had recently left him. His children were grown. A high school dropout who delivered pizzas and drove limos, Pete Williams eventually earned a GED, got into construction and ran his own successful tile-flooring business before getting into growing pot.
Circumstances were different for Andy, who was working at the time as a project portfolio manager for the aviation firm Jeppesen. He was married with a 5-year-old daughter (a son would come later).
"I'd dream multiple times a week of landing in prison and never seeing my family again," Andy Williams said.
A dispensary needed to be in the plan because the state required grows to be connected to a store rather than operating as wholesalers.
The Williamses set that goal of becoming the Costco of marijuana, offering 70 strains at competitive prices and nothing too fancy.
But mostly, the brothers poured money into perfecting their grow.
At every turn is a lighting rig, drainage system or other contraption invented by Pete, a born tinkerer who likes to sit in front of his fireplace at home, smoke cigarettes and jot ideas on napkins.
The trim room where workers wearing ear buds cut the flower from the plant sounds like a barber shop — snip, snip, snip.
On one desk, a computer displays trim performance metrics, with squiggly lines for each employee tracked against production goals. Andy is a numbers guy, a process obsessive. The data is analyzed monthly.
Sixty-five video cameras are trained on the property. Security guards patrol the alley and monitor cameras inside. A $35,000 charcoal air filtration system eliminates pot smell coming out of the building.
"We really are trying to industrialize a hippie process," said Pete, 43, whose two grown children also work at Medicine Man.
According to Andy, Medicine Man is the single largest dispensary in Colorado. Other companies sell more through multiple locations, but no one location moves more pot, he said. He declined to provide figures, citing competitive concerns.
With success has come outside interest. Last fall, Andy walked into an ornate ballroom at the Denver Athletic Club and along with other budding pot moguls pitched his businesses plan to the ArcView Investor Network.
The 3-year-old endeavor, based in California, brings together investors willing to bet on marijuana-oriented businesses.
Williams said he walked away with about $1.4 million in loans from seven people. Because out-of-staters cannot own a stake or hold shares in Colorado marijuana businesses, the investors earn their profit from interest — in this case, 18 percent.
After the investment pitch, the guy who grew up dirt poor attended an after-party on the pool deck of the Four Seasons hotel.
As young children, the Williams siblings were nomads, following their mother from marriage to marriage and town to town, from Washington state to upstate New York to California and Colorado.
There was a period living in a trailer park, when meals of noodles with butter were the norm and Spam on Sunday night was a treat.
Their mother, Michelle, held down three jobs at one point, including working the graveyard shift at a sewing factory. She would fall asleep at stoplights. The kids would yell "green light!" to wake her.
Those early years were formative, the Williams siblings said, instilling in them a survival instinct and drive to succeed.
Andy said all the moving — the kids changed schools three times one year — made him a good enough fighter that no one hit him. Pete learned to make friends easily. Sally, the eldest, became the protector, a role she never gave up.
The family settled for good in Denver, putting down roots that eventually led the brothers into business with each other.
Not everyone was convinced of their plan, including Sally, who rebuffed their invitation to invest. She was always the steadiest of the bunch — homecoming queen, valedictorian, head cheerleader.
She eventually joined the company in May, coming out of semi-retirement after working in pharmaceuticals, real estate and running a continuing education business to work as Medicine Man's controller.
Sally Vander Veer is 46, married, lives in a nice suburb, has a 14-year-old daughter, a 16-year-old son and a car that smells like weed.
She said she had reservations about working in the industry because of the stigma and impact on her children. Vander Veer tells them it's their choice whether to smoke pot, but they must wait until they are 21. She views it as a positive her job leaves her little choice but to talk about it.
Countdown to Jan. 1The buildup to Jan. 1 was a mad rush — applications, hearings, inspections, a quickie renovation to add temporary additional space for recreational sales, making sure 5,000 plants got radio-frequency tags so the state can track inventory through the process.
Medicine Man did achieve its goal of opening at 8 a.m. on Jan. 1, which Andy believed was imperative to winning and keeping customers in what is shaping up to be a cutthroat business.
Driving to work that morning, Andy Williams felt a pain in his chest. He was anxious, short of breath and wired from having slept all of 2½ hours.
It was still dark, not even 5 a.m. He pulled out a cigarette to calm his nerves, part of a pack-a-day habit. A blue suit Sally had picked out for him at Men's Wearhouse hung in the back seat.
Snow was in the air, and a line had formed at the door when Williams pulled into the employee parking.
There were so many unknowns. Would five people show or 500? Would supply hold up? How would Medicine Man be portrayed on CNN and French television, both of which had cameras in the lobby?
There were some glitches. Power was knocked out briefly in the back, and cash registers on the medical marijuana side of the business stubbornly refused to accept recreational purchases.
By day's end, Williams said 680 people purchased pot at Medicine Man on Jan. 1, three times the amount of the medical dispensary's best day.
He said the store moved 15 pounds of marijuana and took in $93,000.
Denver City Council members, regulators from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division and a state legislator stopped by, and several told reporters nice things about how mellow the crowd was.
Late in the afternoon, Andy Williams could finally take a breath. He had long since changed out of the suit he wore for TV interviews, slipping into one of the countless short-sleeve polyester and rayon Medicine Man-embroidered shirts he wears no matter how cold it is outside.
The line to get in still wrapped around the building. Ninety minutes before closing, anyone still waiting in the cold and snow was handed a coupon and invited to come back another day.
Williams was so focused on getting open, the significance of the occasion didn't hit him until he talked to customers and heard the cheers as they walked out the door Jan. 1.
Williams was more relieved than anything. The strategy of stockpiling weed and an accompanying price hike seemed to work.
While other stores ran low and restricted sales or even shut their doors, Medicine Man has kept the bud coming. Williams increased prices again — from $45 for an eighth to $50 — in response to market forces.
Even with those steps, Williams said the weed is not likely to last, especially if customers shut out elsewhere head to his shop.
Williams projects he will likely run out of supply by March. His grow expansion into vacant space next door will not be complete until spring. The first harvest will probably not be until June.
But at least for a moment, he could relax.
On Green Wednesday, the family-owned pot shop passed its first big test.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in an occasional series of articles on Year One of recreational pot sales in Colorado told through the lens of one business. The Denver Post will revisit Medicine Man throughout the year to follow its progress and challenges.


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Gary Heery (Australia)
Born in Sydney, Australia, Gary Heery studied sociology and psychology at the University of New South Wales. In 1974 he moved to the US where he co-founded India America, a magazine chronicling Native American society and culture in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two years later he moved to Los Angeles where he photographed album covers for Roy Orbison, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles, B.B. King and Joe Cocker. He also shot portraits of film and music stars for magazines including Life, Esquire, Rolling Stone and Interview. In 1981, Heery moved to New York, opening a studio in Soho where he photographed album covers for Madonna and Paul Simon (Graceland) and advertising campaigns for Swatch, Karl Lagerfeld and Sony. Since returning to Sydney in 1987, Heery has worked in advertising and fashion with clients such as American Express, Pepsi, Westpac, Telstra, Toyota, Lane Crawford, Qantas and Coca-Cola. He has shot award-winning campaigns for the Australian Wool Board, Trent Nathan, Dove and Sony. He was a three-time finalist in the Citi Bank Portrait Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, a finalist in the National Gallery Portrait Prize and was selected for the American Photographer Annual. He is a much sought-after speaker at photographic seminars. His exhibitions and books include Nudes.
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Kids differ from one another and should be treated differently. This is why parents have to be innovative and always look for new ways to take care of their kids. Sometimes it might even require them to conjure up clever tricks and hack just to keep their parenting game top notch. Parenting is definitely not easy and innovation is a huge part of being a great parent.
This is what 23-year-old Abigail Rivera Garcia from Massachusetts came to learn with her newborn. She encountered a peculiar problem that required her using some unconventional but clever tactic to take care of her baby. The young mother seeing how helpful the trick is decided to share it online for other women in her condition to learn from as well.
With a 16 months old and another two months old baby, Abigail literarily has her hands full at the moment. Both of her babies were preemies so she is used to the unusual and demanding level of care that she has had to give her babies. But her Second daughter 2 months old Ananyah was more of a handful than her first baby was. The little girl was colic and reflux which made her super cranky and she was always wanting to be held. Of course, this was always tiring and was not always possible.
"It got to the point where I couldn't put her down for more than 10 minutes without her crying," she wrote in a piece for Love What Matters.
But luckily for Abigail, while surfing online she came across a hack on Pinterest that has proven to be quite valuable in relieving her of some of her worries about her little girl. The hack involved laying her baby down on her stomach and placing a glove filled with rice on her back.
It worked like magic. Abigail says its "the BEST THING" she's done yet. The baby immediately stopped crying as the rice-filled glove mimicked the mother's hand on the baby's back. It would definitely be a few more years before Ananyah would be old enough to find out her mother's little trick. Hopefully, by then, she wouldn't need the glove anymore.
She also had to add a little disclaimer on her post to clarify something about the picture she posted.
"Note: My baby never sleeps with all the blankets around her or near this window; she has a crib for that. This was just a quick picture and she was being monitored the whole time," she explains.
Abigail's post has since gone viral as many parents seem to resonate her feelings about the hack. "My baby loved this when she was in NICU and so did the nurses," one mom commented on Facebook. Hate it all like it, Abigail's hack works for her and the baby and that is what really matters at the end of the day.


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Cleveland Salt Company – Middlesbrough
Posted on July 28, 2015 by chris.twigg
Cleveland Salt Company – Vulcan Street
In 1859 a borehole was started at Bolkow and Vaughans' Middlesbrough Ironworks in search of a clean water supply for use in their boilers, instead of dirty water from the Tees. By 1862 at a depth of 1200ft a bed of rock salt was discovered that was almost 100ft thick.
The Cleveland Salt Company was formed in 1887 to exploit this resource for the fledgling chemical industry, Carl Bolckow nephew of Henry was one of the first board members, fresh water was pumped down into the salt bed which it dissolved, brine was then pumped out and evaporated in large pans to drive off the water and extract the salt.
The six original pans were initially fired by waste hot gas from the Middlesbrough Ironworks blast furnaces, this was expanded to thirteen pans in 1889. In 1920 the blast furnaces were blown out and the pans had to be converted to run on coal.
A total of four wells existed in the companies' lifetime, The original No.1 was abandoned in 1893 due to a roof fall, No.2 and No.3 from 1888 and 1893 respectively operated until around 1938 when they started to become choked. So No.4 which had been an incomplete well started in 1896 was re-started, but was not completed until 1941 due to drilling problems and the outbreak of the Second World War.
In 1945 and 1946 there were roof falls in the remaining No.4 well after which the evaporation pans were never restarted. The company wound up in 1947 having produced 879,972 ton of salt in 59 years.
Making a few calculations that suggests a volume of over 400,000 cubic meters, or 165 Olympic Swimming Pools. It's an interesting thought that there must now remain a huge water-filled void under the area, most likely under the river and Transporter Bridge !
Today all that remains is the impressive red brick boundary wall on Vulcan Street dating from 1887. This became a listed building in 1988, however it's not totally original as it was rebuilt from other interesting sections of the original building by the Cleveland Community Task Force, Middlesbrough Council and the Davy Corporation in 1982.
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14 thoughts on "Cleveland Salt Company – Middlesbrough"
Geoffrey Stanway on July 28, 2015 at 5:47 pm said:
Around 1885 my Grt Grandfather James Stanway and his family, travelled from Natwich in Cheshire to Middlesbrough to take up employment with the Cleveland Salt Company. As I understand it he worked at the Vulcan Street Works, along with my Grandad, Walter Stanway. Both of them worked at the Lion Salt Works near Natwich as Saltboilers before coming to Middlesbrough. Later they both worked at the Brinefields, over the river in Port Clarence, along with my father. I have tried to find who holds the employees records forThe Celeveland Salt Works to confirm the dates that they were employed, without success. Any help would be appreciated.
Annette Quinchard on February 6, 2019 at 3:13 pm said:
my great grandfather, William McDean, also moved from Winsford Cheshire to Cleveland at this time, he was also a saltboiler and lived in Haverton Hill. I would also be very interested to know anything about the employees of these saltworks if you have found any information since you wrote your question.
Matt357 on July 29, 2015 at 1:00 pm said:
When I was a student at the Poly (now University) I used to live on Breckon Hill Road, just off Marton Road. At the end of our road was a road called Saltwells Road, does this imply that there was some associated works in that area linked to the above?
chris.twigg on July 30, 2015 at 9:27 pm said:
Not directly linked, but another brine works.
Jimmy kelly on September 19, 2015 at 5:47 pm said:
Lived in Ely st bottom of saltwells red and Lytton st when was Lytton st changed to Marlborough st.
Simon Greenwood on September 27, 2015 at 7:46 am said:
I lived on Saltwells Road 1987-8. The site of the wells is a business park now. It seemed a very long way from the town centre and the Poly, underlined by being able to see North Ormesby clock from the back of the house. The name intrigued me so I'm pleased to finally find more about it.
Jonathan May on July 29, 2015 at 1:51 pm said:
There are some related images on the BFA website.
the site has gone but you can see the boundary wall here:
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw032482
Some salt wells from nearby Greatham Creek:
These might of been owned by Greatham Salt and Brine Company (Cerebos).
Jim Wem on July 30, 2015 at 7:28 am said:
We used to play around the reservoirs on the West side of Saltwells Rd during WW2while we lived in Croydon Rd. The houses next to them are still there
Gavin on August 11, 2015 at 9:36 am said:
A few years ago I was told that it had emerged that B&V had drilled a number of wells in the area searching for an extension to the Durham coalfield. This information was commercially sensitive so they claimed that they were drilling for water.
chalky on April 12, 2016 at 4:02 pm said:
Chris any ideas how large the chambers underneath the brine wells located at south bank iron works in 1920 were thoughts suggestions of likely sizes of excavated chambers would be really helpful
chris.twigg on April 12, 2016 at 6:13 pm said:
Figures for output from South Bank are 243,470 tons in 38 years.
Back of a cigarette packet calculations assuming no loss.
243,470 tons is 220,872 metric tonnes.
Density of salt is 2.170tonnes/meter cube.
So 110,784 cubic meters.
David Cundy on November 11, 2018 at 12:33 am said:
I believe that my great grandfather, Francis Pallister, was the Secretary of the Cleveland Salt Company at some point, probably sometime within the 1900-1930 timeframe. Much of that side of the family hails from Middlesbrough. Grandpa used to take my mum to watch Wilf Mannion play at Ayresome Park, after the war.
David Marshall on November 29, 2018 at 6:39 pm said:
David, sat in front of a poor copy of a family tree, from Ray Pallister, filling in old connections. My dad Colin Marshall was the nephew of Walter pallister, who married into our Marshall family with wife Winifred (Winnie). My dad passed in March this year and we are still building up the history. Can you contact me? David borocanuck@gmail.com
Ian Williams on October 18, 2019 at 9:24 pm said:
Interesting details. My great,great grandfather was also a salt boiler. My sister discovered this when researching the family history:
HEATLEY Thomas of 35 Clarence Street, Haverton Hill, County Durham, salt boiler, died 16th August 1893. Administration (with will) London 27th October to Ann Heatley, widow. Effects £81.10.3d.


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Vermont learns it can't do its own gun checks
A report dashes the state's hopes of offering background checks in private sales.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont will not be able to run its own background checks for gun sales, according to a new report.
The Department of Public Safety finds in a report issued Dec. 17 to legislators that because only licensed dealers can access the federal database system, the state will not be able to offer an alternative to running background checks through gun shops, Vermont Public Radio reports .
Federal law requires anyone who buys a gun from a federally licensed dealer to undergo a background check. In a private gun sale between two people, a background check is also supposed to be performed through a dealer before the gun is sold.
Lawmakers wanted to see if a system could be set up for private sales.
"In multiple phone calls with the FBI, and reviewing federal law and regulation, it became clear that we would not be authorized to have access to the full range of databases that are performed on a normal background check for a gun purchase," said Public Safety Deputy Commissioner Christopher Herrick.
The National Instant Background Check System is managed by the FBI. Gun shops do not have access to it but licensed dealers can make requests to the FBI, Herrick said.
If Vermont relied on only state data, people from out of state may be able to go around the system, he said.
"Any background check that Vermont police agencies would be doing would be thin and incomplete and would potentially put the public at risk," Herrick said.
The report said "the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms will be performing outreach to federally licensed firearm dealers in Vermont to help them understand the important role they can serve with respect to the integrity of gun sales in Vermont."


Large trucks, tractor-trailers, and semi-trucks hold the potential to do a great deal of damage when involved in a collision. Most accidents involving a large truck result in injuries not to the driver of the truck, but to the driver of the other vehicle involved. Between 2013 and 2014, the rate of injury accidents where large trucks were involved rose by a stark 17%, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). 111,000 people total were injured in truck accidents, with 17,000 truck occupants injured in multiple-vehicle collisions, and 82,000 occupants of other vehicles injured in these collisions. Large trucks accounted for 8% of all vehicles involved in fatal crashes, resulting in 3,903 fatalities in 2014. Among all those fatally injured in a truck crash, 73% were occupants of other vehicles.
If you're involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer or 18-wheeler in New Jersey which was the result of the other driver's negligence, be sure to take the following steps to preserve your right to compensation for your injuries.
Report the accident to police: First and foremost, be sure that the accident is reported to the local authorities and that a report is created documenting the crash. This report will become useful later when pursuing your claim, and will likely be something that your insurer will require in order to process your claim.
Seek medical attention: Be sure to visit a doctor as soon as possible after an accident. While you may not realize you're injured at first, a doctor will be able to give you a thorough examination for lurking issues, and will be able to create a record of your injuries and symptoms.
Document the scene of the accident: The position of the vehicles, the damage they incurred, and things like tire marks or damage to property can all provide experts with an indication of how and why an accident occurred. Take as many photographs as you can of the aftermath of the accident before vehicles are removed. You can also return to the scene of the accident with your attorney at a later date, to document any remaining evidence on the road at the site of the crash.
Don't admit to anything at the scene: Due to the high expenses involved in large truck crashes, insurance adjusters and representatives of the trucking company may immediately come to the scene of the accident to begin an investigation into what happened. Whether speaking to insurance adjusters, the other driver, or police, be careful about what you say. There may be a tendency to apologize for what happened, even if you know the accident ultimately wasn't your fault. While your nerves are jangled and you remain in shock after an accident, do not accept responsibility for the crash, and do not sign any statements presented to you by an insurance adjuster. Speak with an attorney first.
Find an attorney experienced in trying claims against truck drivers: Claims for personal injury damages after a crash with a large truck involve many legal issues specific to these vehicles. Large trucks fall under the supervision of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, as well as state-based laws governing commercial drivers' licenses. These laws create additional theories under which a trucking company or driver can be found responsible for an accident. For example, a driver may have been in violation of federal laws limiting the number of hours in a day a driver can be behind the wheel. Alternately, a carrier company may have loaded the truck above the legally-permissible load. Finding a lawyer who understands and is well-versed in these laws means that you will have an improved chance of receiving the full compensation you're owed.
If you've been injured in an accident with a semi-truck, tractor-trailer, or 18-wheeler in New Jersey, contact the knowledgeable, experienced, and compassionate Wayne truck accident attorneys at Massood Law Group for a consultation on your case, at 973-696-1900.


I'll be the first to admit that St. Marks Square architecturally has the advantage over Union Square, but the recently opened All'onda offers Venetian cuisine as good as anything you'll eat overlooking the lagoon. Good Venetian cuisine reflects the rich history of Venice itself, and at All'onda, most dishes come with a complexity of flavors that make them unique.
But before you sit down to eat, take the time to savor the richness of the space. All'onda is both modern and serene. With its wooden booths and the sharp modernist lines of its metal railings, All'onda offers private, contained spaces in which to enjoy the attentive service and wide variety of its cuisine.
My guest and I began with the Arancini, a dish quite unlike anything I have ever eaten at an Italian restaurant. Three balls, each with a crispy outer layer, melt in the mouth, as the crispiness gives way to a perfectly fresh, perfectly cooked interior with flavors of sea urchin and squid ink. Next, we ate the Crostino: monkfish liver and persimmon under caramelized onions, all over a white roll. If you are dining with friends, be sure to order some of the antipasti é crudi. The sardines were delivered on wood, topped with pine nuts, fennel, and pickled pearl onions. The sweetbreads were divine. The Kampachi combined kuri squash and pepperoncino, swirled together with soy, bringing together Italy and the Orient in a distinctly Venetian way.
For our main courses, we chose the Bucatini and the monkfish. The pasta dish was perfectly al dente, with delicate flavors of smoked uni that never overwhelmed the dish. The monkfish was served with a sea urchin polenta that I will be sure to order again on my next visit. To accompany our food, we ordered from a wine list replete with wines from the Veneto, reflecting the region's recent emergence as a source of interesting, thoughtful wines produced by small vineyards and dedicated growers. Among the reds, I recommend Peter Solva's Vernatsch I Vigneti Alto Adige, which nicely complemented the firm monkfish.