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Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden watches against the Chicago Bears during the first half of an NFL football game, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)
ASHBURN, Va. — Will Compton figured the Washington Redskins' defense wouldn't be a quick fix, and he was right.
The middle linebacker hoped for the best, but the unit ranked 28th in the NFL for the second straight year as its struggles contributed to what coach Jay Gruden called a "barely above average" 8-7-1 season. Slow starts and inconsistent offense hurt Washington down the stretch, but retooling the defense — again — is a top priority.
Cornerbacks Josh Norman and Bashaud Breeland and linebacker Ryan Kerrigan will be back, but the Redskins could have a cast around them and possibly even a new coordinator if Joe Barry takes the fall for breakdowns and blunders that cost them a playoff berth.
"We didn't do a great job of executing in certain areas of our defense, but we've just got to find a way to get better, whether it's coaching or new players," said defensive end Chris Baker, one of more than a dozen pending free agents. "You can always get more talent, get more depth at each position."
More than just struggling against the run and pass, Washington was worst in the league in third-down defense and among the worst teams in the red zone. Whether that's scheme or personnel is a matter of debate but most likely a combination of the two.
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"The reason he's taking heat is because the people that don't execute his play," defensive end Ricky Jean Francois said. "It's going to make it seem like `Well he doesn't know what he's doing, he's not adjusting, he's not doing this.' Sometimes he may not have done that, but the majority of times when he did do it, did we follow him? And when we didn't, now he's in the hot seat. Now his job is on the line. So I really don't blame it fully on him."
Gruden said every player and coach would be evaluated and that Barry's status would ultimately be his call. Compton said he felt Barry put players in the right position to succeed "a majority of the time."
On the personnel side, the Redskins could use a defensive lineman and a linebacker or two and have to figure out their safety situation. Hybrid Su'a Cravens could be a boon to the defense as a strong safety in his second NFL season.
Some other things the Redskins need to resolve:
COUSINS' CONTRACT STATUS: The soap opera drama over quarterback Kirk Cousins' contract has been renewed for an encore after he played this season on the $19.95 million franchise tag. Because of the uncertainty on each side about a long-term fit, the Redskins' most likely course of action is tagging Cousins again at a cost of $23.94 million and evaluating again.
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In his weekly radio appearance, Cousins was noncommittal when asked about his desire to stay and didn't know if the team wanted to commit to him for the long haul.
"We haven't been able to talk since July 15, so I don't know if they've bought the engagement ring, if you will," Cousins said.
WHAT YA GOT, ROOK: A lost year for rookie receiver Josh Doctson because of Achilles tendinitis means he could get thrown into a big role in his second season, despite just two catches in two games. The Redskins could lose DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon in free agency and don't know what they have in Doctson, a first-round pick out of TCU.
That unknown could force general manager Scot McCloughan to pay a premium to retain Garcon or Jackson.
JONES' FUMBLED OPPORTUNITY: Matt Jones was given the No. 1 running back job and fumbled it away, becoming inactive for the final nine games of the season as undrafted rookie Robert Kelley took over. One season isn't evidence that Kelley can be a top-flight starter, but the Redskins have to decide whether to keep the very affordable Jones around to compete or cut ties.
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"Matt, with what people call his issues with fumbles and everything, he'll get that fixed," said third-down back Chris Thompson, who showed his value as a change-of-pace runner, pass blocker and receiver. Fumbles are "going to happen a time or two. But it's all about how you respond to it."
BACK TO THE VETS: Pending free agent tight end Vernon Davis would like to be back with him hometown team for another season, and fellow 33-year-old DeAngelo Hall is willing to restructure his contract after tearing the ACL in his right knee in Week 3. Center Kory Lichtensteiger is probably as good as gone, and defensive tackle Kedric Golston's return is a major question mark as he'll be 34 and Anthony Lanier and Matt Ioannidis could step up as second-year players.
Hall knows being back isn't a sure thing.
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"If they come to the conclusion that, `Hey we don't want you or `You're too injury-prone,' then it is what it is," he said. "I'll sit back and try to figure out, hey, do I want to go somewhere else and play because I do feel like I can still play, I can still be great."
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Sunderland striker Will Grigg has pulled out of Northern Ireland's Euro 2020 qualifiers against Estonia and Belarus due to injury.
Grigg was not present at training on Wednesday, with the Press Association reporting that he is set to return to Sunderland.
The 27-year-old is one of Liam Boyce's fellow strikers in Michael O'Neill's squad.
Burton Albion leading scorer Boyce has started Northern Ireland's last three matches, while he came off the bench to set up a goal for Grigg in a 2-1 loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina in a UEFA Nations League match in September.
Kyle Lafferty, Josh Magennis, Conor Washington and Paul Smyth - on loan at Accrington Stanley - are the other strikers in O'Neill's squad.
Northern Ireland host Estonia at Windsor Park tomorrow (Thursday) and then face Belarus on Sunday in their first two qualifiers for Euro 2020.
Boyce's Brewers will face Grigg's promotion-chasing Black Cats on April 9, with the game rescheduled due to Sunderland's appearance in the Checkatrade Trophy final on March 31.


A few posts ago I introduced you to the "three M's" of statistics — the concepts of mean, mode, and median. Today I want to talk to you about a related concept called variance.
While the three M's measure the central tendency of a collection of numbers, the variance measures their dispersion. That is, it measures how different the numbers are from each other.
Measuring dispersion is another fundamental topic in statistics and probability theory. On the one hand, it tells you how much you can trust the central tendency measures as good representatives of the collection. High variance usually means a lot of the numbers in the collection will be far away from those measures.
Expected value is another central concept in probability theory. It is a measure of the "long-term average" of a random variable (random process). I know this doesn't sound too clear, but in this post I'm going to explain exactly what it means.
There are many areas in which expected value is applied and it's difficult to give a comprehensive list. It is used in a variety of calculations by natural scientists, data scientists, statisticians, investors, economists, financial institutions, and professional gamblers, to name just a few.


Encourage the membership to steer all grievances towards the union.
Make sure the griever know what the issues are.
Separate personal vendettas from real grievances and remedies.
Plan and prepare your case at every stage.
Brief your member before every meeting you both have with management.
Present a united front when meeting with the management, especially if you meet as a committee.
Try to settle the grievance early on, if possible before filing.
Discourage members from discussing a grievance with management after the Union has become involved.
If you have to hold a meeting with a manager on your own, explain to you member why you are doing it and what you expect to get out of it.
Listen to the company's side — record their arguments.
Find out how management defends their decisions – get the company's answer in writing.
Don't try to prove that the company has done wrong; make them prove that what they have done is right.
Be firm without being discourteous; don't lose or temper; don't go see the manager when you are mad; don't be timid or apologetic either – it's your job to fight for the member's rights.
No deals; no horse-trading; don't get sidetracked – each grievance stands on its own merits.
Keep your member(s) informed at every stage.
Be honest with your members.
Discourage your membership from processing their own grievances and never settle privately with management.
Be a good speaker and a good listener, both with management and with the membership.
Be a good winner and a good loser. Use the experience as a learning tool to better prepare yourself for the next time.
Do I have all the facts from the worker?
Have I checked all the facts by looking around the establishment, checking the seniority and other lists, talking to other Stewards and union officers?
Have I carefully checked the collective agreement and labour legislation?
Have I made a clear record of all the facts gathered on the Fact Sheet?
Have I explained the case to the worker(s) involved?


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BFoM's July 2019 petition includes background and history to explain where the BSD's music program has been, what BFoM has been doing to advocate, and how that relates to what's happening right now. The following expands on those points for those who wish to have a deeper understanding. We're constantly learning about school policies, so please let us know if there's anything we missed.
To start things off, let's take a look at where our middle and high school programs stand now in terms of staffing and scheduling. Here we can see that most band programs met daily last year, but the majority will now meet every other day, even in cases where the band director position was just increased. Three band programs and one choir program that were meeting daily last year will now meet every-other-day, and there are only three band programs left that meet daily with a full-time director. Three schools still have absolutely no choir curriculum offered at all (highlighted in bright red). Four directors were transferred this summer due to the changes in allocation at each site, yet the overall FTE dedicated to music remains basically flat:
Key: 1.0 = one full-time teaching position • 0.5 = one half-time position • "Daily" = students attend the class every day • "e/o" = students attend class every-other-day
1. BSD Funding for Curricular Programs
BSD has two systems for funding curricular programs in schools: Centrally-allocated and Site-based. The district budget provides some details in the SAM ("Staffing Allocation Methodology") section of the budget.
Centrally-allocated staffing means central office administrators determine the service level that should be offered and then allocate the appropriate number of staff positions to provide that service level at each school. Some of these programs have their own line-item in the district budget, such as "Specialists" (i.e. Music & PE) on the SAM for Elementary Schools.
Site-based staffing means each school starts with a lump sum of general staffing funds. In conference with staff committees on class size and scheduling, the principal at each site decides how the funds should be split between each subject and how the subjects should be scheduled (class length & frequency). Changes in site-based positions are harder to track within the district budget because the decisions are made at the building level, sometimes after the budget is passed.
BSD elementary schools are centrally-allocated for music (and PE, and most other major programs). Each elementary and K-8 school is allocated 1.0 FTE music teacher for 18 homeroom classes, 1.5 FTE for 19-24 classes, 2.0 FTE for 25-35 classes, and 2.5 for 36+ classes. The same model is used for PE classes. The formula moves in concert with the Certified Collective Bargaining Agreement which entitles elementary homeroom teachers to 675 minutes average weekly plan time. It is straightforward and fair, requiring principals to schedule all elementary students for minimum of 90 minutes of music and 90 minutes of PE every 5 to 6 school days no matter which of the 34 elementary/K-8 schools they attend.
Note: General staffing for elementary homeroom teachers is also centrally-allocated based on the district's student-to-teacher ratio for the budget year; it provides a lump-sum number of classroom positions and each school's Class Size Committee determines how many sections of each grade level there will be that year. In this way, principals and staff still have some flexibility with their schedule and class sizes, but music and PE curriculum remain guaranteed at 90 minutes per week.
BSD middle and high schools use the site-based model for staffing music and almost all other programs. The SAM provides a lump-sum number of teaching positions based on the district's student-to-teacher ratio for the budget year, and the principal (in conference with staff committees on Class Size and Scheduling) decides how much or how little of each subject will be supported in their particular school. That is why the offerings often look different from school to school, sometimes varying widely.
Note: There are certain programs at the secondary level that are centrally-allocated and have their own line-item on the SAM. AVID and Intervention are two examples. ELL and Special Eduction (a.k.a. "Resource Room") programs are also centrally-allocated for both elementary and secondary levels; they have a dedicated page in the district budget. BSD has centralized policies dictating the level of service and frequency of access students should have to those programs. The district tracks student enrollment in these programs to predict the level of staffing that will be needed for each program at each school.
2. Who Decides about Curricular Programming
During this year's budget process, specific program reductions were outlined by the district in order to balance the budget. The cuts touched many areas including central office TOSAs, but the district did not announce which categories of TOSAs would be reduced during the budget process. In that regard, the cut to our Fine Arts TOSA position, while disappointing, is not a complete surprise, but rather somewhat a surprise. The PE TOSA was also cut to half-time FTE this summer, but that was expected since half the position had been funded by an expiring grant.
A few of the other major areas listed for reduction in the 2019-20 budget were ELL & Title I (adjusting for enrollment), Intervention, and the Primary Years Program. Some of the cut Intervention positions were at the middle school level, and somewhere between losing the Intervention positions and making building decisions about scheduling and class size, the cuts ended up unexpectedly falling to electives programs including music. This part is a complete surprise. We heard there were also unexpected cuts to some middle school Spanish and drama courses. There may be other courses affected that we haven't heard about yet.
Building principals made the decisions in this case, but BFoM does not believe building principals hold all of the responsibility. There is a problem with our district's system for programming middle school curriculum. Schedules and course offerings at our eight neighborhood middle schools have varied considerably for years, with no sense of vision for ensuring equitable opportunities to learn. This causes issues for student experience with K-12 music education as well as other subjects that require sequential instruction over time. The target of our advocacy needs to be both principals in charge of steering their building and the higher levels of administration who have the power to fix the systemic part of the problem.
3. BSD Music Task Force of 2014 and Initial Progress
Part of the reason this summer's situation is so frustrating is the Board and administration have been aware of the issues, and they could have been successfully addressed long ago if only it had been made a priority. We feel confident that it isn't so much a budget issue as it is a philosophical/structural issue. Our coalition successfully provided unified support for the district to create a Music Task Force in 2014 and begin to implement its recommendations. Unfortunately, the district stopped implementing those recommendations shortly after elementary music was restored and our Music TOSA (now Fine Arts TOSA) was hired. As promised, some bond funds were distributed to middle and high school band and choir programs for materials and equipment. Along the way, middle and high school principals increased or maintained music staffing according their own timing and building-level priorities. That all represented progress compared to where things were after the sweeping music cuts of 2012, but representation of music courses in the middle school schedules remained spotty and lop-sided. BFoM was keeping an eye on that situation and listening for ways we could help when a couple of new complications came onto the scene.
4. A Surprise Music Cut at Mountain View in 2015
In 2015, the outgoing principal at Mountain View Middle School unexpectedly cut the school's daily band and choir program in half and the band director was involuntarily transferred to another school. PE became a daily class, math/science/humanities courses were lengthened from 70 to 90 minutes per day, and a Spanish elective option was added. The cut in music FTE and the schedule crunch meant band and choir classes would be scheduled every-other-day. This was the first music cut of any kind since 2012, and BFoM sprang into action to support the MVMS parents and students. They ran a petition that gathered 1400+ signatures asking the new principal to bring the band director back and schedule music classes daily. Sadly, the principal chose not to return the cut positions or scheduling, but our advocacy did lead to the creation of a new 5th grade band pilot program in hopes of bolstering enrollment for the following year. This program excited us because returning elementary instrumental education was one of John Benham's top recommendations back in 2013 and the Music Task Force had asked for a 5th grade band pilot program in its 2014 Final Report. The pilot started in January, 2016 and was supported with $20,000 for new beginning band instruments at Mountain View. By spring of that year, Carl Mead, then deputy superintendent for Teaching & Learning, announced the program would be expanded district-wide for the 2016-17 school year, but those plans ultimately fell through. While there was a decent amount of interest and participation, there were also a number of problems with the pilot: it was not scheduled for success (the beginning 5th grade band classes took place after school and required long bus rides for the students who were enrolled), and band directors at middle school were concerned about how they'd handle teaching 6th grade beginners along with the 6th grade students who'd already had a year of band. The disparity in middle school music class scheduling exacerbated this problem. Some schools were scheduling band and choir every other day whereas others had it daily, and our middle school choir programs had been in crisis for years (3 schools had NO CHOIR at all). It seemed logical to focus on ensuring all middle school students were having a quality experience before expanding the elementary feeder program, and the pilot was not renewed or expanded.
5. The PE Mandate
By 2016, the new elementary and middle school PE mandate was heavy on the minds of administrators and began adding to the scheduling complexities for middle schools. They had to figure out how to provide daily 45-minute PE classes along with electives (and elective choices) as well as ELL/SPED/AVID/Intervention services. Many schedules at that time had shifted to a 5-period day with daily math, science, humanities and two elective slots. The daily PE took one full elective slot, leaving only one left for an actual elective. If it was a daily elective (such as music) there would be no room in the schedule for a second elective or a special service. Some principals decided to cut music to every-other-day in order to provide students with their special service or second every-other-day elective. Others used a 6-period schedule and/or kept PE every-other-day to make it work. Some scheduled teachers in ways that allowed them to provide special services during part of the regular class time.
6. BFoM's Proposed Solution: "PE + 2 Everyday" Middle School Scheduling
BFoM studied the schedules of Oregon schools that were navigating the challenges and still offering great music education to their students. We coined the term "PE + 2 Everyday" to summarize the policy change we're seeking. "PE + 2 Everyday" is a short term for a basic level of service we feel BSD should be providing to all middle school students. In addition to their math, science, language arts, and social studies courses, students should be able to have daily PE and two electives, at least one of which is a daily, year-round elective of their choice protected from pullouts for special services like ELL/SPED/AVID/Intervention. The other elective would either be an every-other-day subject of choice alternating with a special service, or a second daily year-round elective of their choice. A number of schedule formats provide this for students (7-period day, modified block, etc.). Our idea is that building administrators should select from a variety of possible schedule formats that support "PE + 2 Everyday" and central administration should provide centralized staffing for a basic set of electives in the SAM to guarantee at least daily band and choir for all students who want to enroll. Other elective courses would have the same advantage of being centrally guaranteed, helping ensure quality experiences no matter which path students take with their education.
7. Elective Offerings
Elective subject offerings have also been identified as a point of disparity in Beaverton middle schools. Where one school may offer 4 electives (say band, art, drama, and tech), others may offer 6 (band, choir, art, tech, Spanish, and drama). Still others offer 10+ electives. The number of electives at some schools has expanded since 2014, putting increasing pressure on music courses to compete for students and time in the schedule. When 5th graders are asked to forecast for an elective, they are usually advised to select their top three choices in order of priority. The number of possible electives can dramatically effect how many students will select any given elective. Principals operating under a site-based staffing model allocate FTE to courses based on enrollment. In a year where additional courses are offered, enrollment is spread out among the different offerings and the music enrollment drops accordingly. "Enrollment dropped" is the justification principals have sometimes given for reducing their music program even though the cause of the drop is not always the quality of the program itself or even students' level of interest, but rather changes in the building schedule or forecasting process.
8. BFoM and The Big Picture
Beaverton Friends of Music was founded by about 40 parents, teachers, students, and community members in 2012 after sudden, disproportionate cuts to the music program cut elementary music by 50% and secondary by 20%. The cuts happened during a year the district cut an overall 10% from the budget, and they touched every single program K-12. Our community quickly united and petitioned the district to add one more furlough day to the calendar in order to stave off music cuts. Unfortunately, we were too late to affect change that year, but our coalition continued to grow, learn, and build rapport with district leadership. We vowed to see programs within one year, or else we feared their total demise, and we vowed to make BFoM a permanent watchdog group so we could be more proactive in building and maintaining programs.
BFoM is traditionally a zero-budget, grassroots organization, but in 2013, our community chose to raise $7000 for the specific purpose of commissioning renowned researcher and advocate, John Benham, to study the status of music education in the BSD. The Oregon Music Education Association served as our local account/umbrella organization in this effort, and contributions came from many individuals and businesses. Benham completed a 50-page report (available on our website www.musiceducationmatters.org) that was presented at a public meeting in May, 2013. Benham stated that he found our district's music program in some of the most chaos he's seen in his 30-year career. Based on his report, Beaverton Friends of Music requested that BSD make no more cuts until a Task Force had been convened to look at the problem further and make recommendations. Superintendent Jeff Rose responded, and the Task Force was recruited: 3 parents, 3 teachers, 3 community members, 2 administrators, and 1 board member. The team worked for about nine months and presented its Music Task Force Final Report to the School Board in the spring of 2014. (The report is typically posted on the BSD Fine Arts website, but that space is in transition to a new platform, so if you want to read the report, it can be found on the BSD BoardBook under year 2014, meeting date June 2nd… or on our website). The recommendations of the Music Task Force form the basis of what BFoM is asking for in our 2019 petition. If you're curious about which elements of the Music Task Force recommendations have been implemented since 2014, you can read the Music Program Status Report from April, 2017 (also available on BSD BoardBook). Keep in mind that not much has changed since 2017 besides this summer's cuts at Whitford Band, Cedar Park Band & Choir, and Five Oaks band, as well as the increases at Stoller Band and Mountain View Band & Choir.
The problem of site-based staffing and scheduling for music is a known issue that's been allowed to continue unaddressed for too long. We think the systematic lack of action toward fixing the underlying system undercuts the district pillar of Equity and shows a need for leadership. BFoM is advocating for BSD to resolve the systematic inequity as soon as possible, and that is why our petition asks administrators to guarantee daily band and choir at all middle schools for the 2020-21 school year, if not sooner.
BFoM has been successfully advocating for music in Beaverton since 2012. The district regularly uses the centralized staffing & policy for elementary music and has finally made strides toward correcting the cutbacks at Mountain View MS, but has not yet resolved its district-wide middle school staffing and scheduling policy problem in order to guarantee quality music education for all middle school students. Site-Based advocacy will not be enough to keep middle school programs thriving because, until a centralized staffing model is adopted for middle school, and until central administration sets policy to create a common middle school experience with "PE + 2 Everyday" scheduling, each site is just one principal decision away from losing their program. Improving these policies will lead to better overall experience for students in their school music programs, greater predictability for students and parents for the middle school years, and better transparency in our district budget process for the whole community.
BFoM is advocating for a district-level policy change to correct a district-wide problem. We need district-wide engagement and unity from stakeholders around the solutions. That's where our reach of 1000+ parents and community members comes in. With everyone pitching in, we can connect the right people together and complete the necessary tasks to demonstrate unified, wide-spread support for resolution. Please watch this space for more information on how you can get involved.
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Alexander Rinnooy Kan is the chair of the Big Data Alliance. He is also a University Professor of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam with a specific focus on change processes at the micro and macro level. Besides these appointments, he is president of many different organizations and multiple Supervisory and Advisory Boards, more information can be found here.
Alexander Rinnooy Kan (1949) studied mathematics in Leiden and econometrics in Amsterdam. He has held academic positions at a number of universities including Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam. At Erasmus University Rotterdam, he was appointed professor of Operational Research in 1980, before becoming director of the Econometrics Institute in 1983, and Rector Magnificus in 1986. In addition, he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In 2007, he was appointed honorary professor of Policy Analysis in the Private and Public Sectors at the UvA.
From 1991-1996, Rinnooy Kan was president of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry (VNO) and, after a merger with the Netherlands Christian Workers Union (NCW), the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW). He joined the executive board of bank and insurer ING, where he remained a member until June 2006. From 2006 until 2012, he was a Crown-appointed member and chairman of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands.
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Real estate businesses thrive when they have a steady stream of leads to grow their business. One of the most important tools you can add to your real estate business marketing plan is a direct mail campaign.
Although direct mailing might receive negative comments, such as "How important is junk mail?" the CMO Council reports direct marketing was responsible for $2.05 trillion in sales. Direct mail produces a 13-to-1 ROI providing you with a cost-effective way of obtaining new business.
So how do you build a direct mailing list for your real estate business?
Before you can start building a direct marketing list, there are a couple questions you will want to consider.
The first step in building a list is to identify which products or services you offer. You don't market a small single family home to the same demographic interested in a commercial building. If you have a variety of properties on the market, or services that apply to multiple demographics, you should segment each distinct offering. When you segment your services, you increase your chances at a response, due to the relevancy to your target audience.
Once you define your services and products as clearly as possible, you should define the target demographic. For real estate audiences, you typically work within defined geographic areas. If you want to reach home buyers, you should establish the average income necessary to afford your properties, whether the audience already owns a home or rents, and other data points that focus the audience as much as possible.
If you're reaching out to purchase properties, remember to focus on data points such as pre-foreclosure and foreclosed homes, the average value of the properties, specific types of properties, homeowners in bankruptcy and landlord-owned properties. These data areas will provide ways to narrow your audience.
Eviction: Public records provide you with a wealth of valuable list-building information; eviction judgments get you in touch with frustrated landlords who may want to sell their homes.
Tax records: Tax records allow you to figure out which properties are landlord owned; you can either target absentee landlords or reach out to renters who may be interested in purchasing a home.
Probate: Inherited property is not always welcome property to the new owner, who may want to get it off his or her hands.
"Driving for Dollars": This term is used when you drive around and look for properties that are for sale, abandoned or otherwise distressed.
Paid list services deliver you with real estate leads based on pre-defined criteria, such as addresses within a specific zip code, families within an age or income range, home values, and other data points useful for filtering to an interested audience. You don't need to spend the time digging through public records, driving around town looking for properties, or other time consuming activities, but you do need to pay for this type of service.
In general list brokers are going to be able to provide you with a higher quality list of leads for your real estate direct mail marketing campaign. That said, keep a couple of key things in mind when working with a list broker.
Pricing for list broker services will be based on the complexity of your list filtering criteria. Most brokers have a base rate per 1,000 addresses, and then increase that rate if you want to filter on things like household income, purchasing history, or credit scores.
In general expect to pay anywhere from $10 – $30 for every 1,000 addresses received from a list broker.
There's no such thing as a 100% accurate mailing list: Time is really the biggest culprit in the inaccuracy of mailing lists. Situations change between the time the compiler collects information and the time that information reaches you, the client.
There's no such thing as a 100% deliverable mailing list: Statistically, a little over 17% of the country moves on an annual basis so time is again complicit in the reduction of accuracy. By the time the data is scrubbed through the National Change of Address (NCOA) database, the Do-Not-Mail registries, and the prison and pander files, some people on the list will likely have moved.
Keep this information in mind when working with a list broker. If they do not address the issue of deliverability, you will most likely want to look at another shop.
Mailers Haven : These guys have been around for forever and use multiple data providers to compile their lists. Expect to work directly with a broker that will walk you through the list building process.
Datamyx : Datamyx is another list broker that can create a direct marketing list based off of many advanced filters options.
Contact us for names of the individual brokers we've worked with from each of these companies.
Here at Lob, our goal is to always be providing resources to help you automate and grow your business.
If you are not already using a platform to manage your leads, consider Podio! Here is an awesome video by Dan Schwartz on how to use Podio to automate your real estate workflows.
If you are already using Podio, here is a video that shows you how to integrate Lob + Podio to automatically send your leads mail.


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LIMIT: "We're just trying to find ourselves right now"
Tom Matthiesen
Schalke 04 is going through a rough patch. Just last week it was announced that the organization has sold its LEC slot to Swiss team BDS as Schalke's football branch is in financial peril. Over in the LEC, Schalke 04 has slipped to the bottom half of the ranks. While the team did take down Fnatic in the fourth week, the squad's inconsistency saw them drop an all-but-won game versus Astralis.
Trailing behind their direct competition, Schalke 04 needs to step it up in the second half of the LEC Summer Split. Image courtesy of Michal Konkol for Riot Games.
Support player Dino "LIMIT" Tot joined us for an interview to discuss his team's struggles so far in the Summer Split. He went in-depth about the indecisiveness that's plaguing the team when they have leads, but also spoke optimistically about the steady progress they're making.
Hotspawn: It was a mixed weekend for Schalke 04, LIMIT. What are your takes from the games?
LIMIT: I mean, it kinda sucks that we lost to Astralis. We were supposed to win that game. I feel like, in scrims, we take those games ten out of ten times and just close it. But I don't know, it's just a few mistakes that snowballed into us losing a free win. It sucks. The win could've put us in like a five-way tie for fifth place, or something like that. Now we're lacking one win behind them. It's not a terrible position, but it does kinda suck, you know?
Hotspawn: During the Astralis game, it felt that you guys were very indecisive, not sure what to do with your lead. I had the same feeling when watching you play against Excel in week one. Do you notice that indecisiveness too?
LIMIT: It's kind of a common occurrence for us and we've been trying to fix it. Either with approaching it directly in scrims, by changing the champions, how we play, maybe giving more agency to certain players… It's something we recognize as a problem for sure. We're actively trying to fix it. It's one of the biggest issues for the team.
Hotspawn: Can you explain what's going wrong in the team to cause these indecisive moments?
LIMIT: Well, let's say in scrims and stage games are kind of known to be different from each other. It's different how the teams play. Sometimes the losing team just YOLOs it and they just give you a win. They just run into you and kill themselves and give you a bigger lead. In scrims, everyone obviously wants to win, but they play differently. They get a bit more creative if they don't have the champions to just go into the enemy and hit a hook or a stun. That's something we had some issues with, you know? Getting stuff done when we could have an easy tool to start off with.
Hotspawn: How has this changed from before, then? I remember Schalke 04 being pretty determined in victories in the Spring Split.
LIMIT: The meta maybe impacted it a bit. There's more possible for solo laners and jungle rather than what we had before, where it was more on the support. You could just pick Alistar, do your combo and start a fight. You can do this now, but it's not as good as before. The meta changes, champions change. Now, you can get punished, maybe you're not even able to hold the game, until you can get a good teamfight. So right now, we're just experimenting and seeing what works, what fits for us.
Hotspawn: Within a lineup, there generally is a player who is the main shotcaller. How is this organized within Schalke 04? Is that maybe an issue with closing out games?
LIMIT: A designated, prime shotcaller is not something we really have. We're all chipping in and saying what's going on, kind of, and discussing what we're supposed to do. In the early game, it's mostly Kirei and then in the mid-game Broken Blade and me. But Nuclear[Int] and Neon also give their input. It changes with the champions too, right? Nuclear gets a lot more active when he's playing Twisted Fater or Ryze. It fits those kinds of champions so he should also talk more if he plays those champions.
Hotspawn: This lineup has quite some experience combined playing League of Legends professionally. So you can maybe expect issues to be pointed out and addressed quickly. How does the team go about fixing issues?
LIMIT: The issues are addressed the moment we spot them. We, as the players and the coaching staff, see them and feel them. We're like "Man, we really suck at this part, we should probably address it and check what's up." [Laughs] It's not that we're not seeing that the problem is there, or that we're not addressing it. It's just that… maybe we're not actively pushing to fix it. It's kind of hard to explain.
As you said, we have experience, so it shouldn't be that big of a problem. In a vacuum, where single players can do stuff themselves, it's obviously different. But when you play in a team with different individuals, who might have a different game overview than you, it can get messy.
Hotspawn: So you're still figuring out how to play as a squad together?
LIMIT: Well, recently the mid lane got a big meta shift, especially with the changes to the mage items. We've been playing AD mids and AP jungles in scrims for two, three weeks straight and we were doing fine in them, actually. With the meta changing we have to adapt and kind of relearn the game again. We're just trying to find ourselves right now.
Where I go after we lose pic.twitter.com/Ch0hjRzgXS
— Dino (@S04LIMIT) June 23, 2021
Hotspawn: Something people might be wondering about is how the announcement of Schalke 04 selling their LEC slot to BDS affected the team. We know that most of your contracts would run out at the end of the year anyway. Still, did the sale impact you at all?
LIMIT: Not really. We talk about it, obviously, it's the future of the team. But when it comes to practice, when it comes to LEC games, no one talks about it and no one mentions it. I don't know if anyone thinks about it or if it gets into their head that this is happening, but for me, I don't see it as a big issue or as an excuse for what is happening.
Hotspawn: You don't let it affect you.
LIMIT: Nah, I don't it affects anyone really.
Hotspawn: Looking forward, as you said, you're not too far behind other teams and we've seen Schalke 04 recover from worse positions, albeit with a different lineup. Given the progress you've seen from your team, what are realistic expectations for the second half of the Split?
LIMIT: I feel like the games we played against Fnatic and Astralis were a decent indicator of what we can do. I agree that it really should have been a 2-0 week for Schalke, and I think people would talk differently or feel differently about us then. We're on a steady improvement rate now. I think in week two or three we stagnated a bit and dropped some games, which sucked, but what can you do? [Laughs] You have to accept it and move on. But now I feel that we've addressed most of the problems that we had before. We changed—and we really needed to change things, of course—pretty fast.
We'll see. Also, with the LEC coming back with on-stage games, it will be a good way for us to reset. We can go up from here.
Hotspawn: Are stage games going to give you a benefit?
LIMIT: I like playing on a stage, especially the LEC stage. I just feel good there. I think we've all played on-stage except for Nuclear[Int], he didn't play a single game on stage. Ever. [Laughs] So it's gonna be fun to see how he does and how he feels. It might take some time for him to adjust, but maybe he just goes there and smurfs. Hopefully! But I'm excited to go there and play. It's a different feeling than just staying in the office and playing the LEC games.
Hotspawn: To round up, is there anything you'd like to say to the Schalke 04 fans?
LIMIT: Just thanks to everyone. This is the last Schalke Split—I'm not gonna say ever because who knows what happens in the future, right? But it's the last one for now. We're all gonna try to make it a good and memorable one at least. We had a strong Spring Split and I just hope that we can round it up with a good Summer Split as well. And who knows? We're only at the halfway point, so everything can happen. Keep cheering for us and be excited for another miracle run. [Laughs]
Schalke 04 plays their next game in the LEC against SK Gaming on Friday, July 9th, at 6 PM CEST. You can watch the game live on the official LoL Esports website.
Tom has been an esports journalist since 2015 and has taken an interest in a wide range of esports titles. More recently has fallen in love with League of Legends esports. In particular, the League of Legends European Championship.
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Westrock Co (NYSE:WRK) Director John A. Luke, Jr. sold 188,659 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.67, for a total transaction of $7,672,761.53. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 689,418 shares in the company, valued at approximately $28,038,630.06. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.
NYSE WRK traded up $0.17 during trading on Monday, reaching $40.50. 119,372 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,920,776. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The firm has a market cap of $10.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.63. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $38.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $36.33. Westrock Co has a 12-month low of $31.94 and a 12-month high of $48.55.
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Westrock (NYSE:WRK) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The basic materials company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.19 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $4.65 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.84 billion. Westrock had a net margin of 4.72% and a return on equity of 8.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.29 EPS. Research analysts expect that Westrock Co will post 3.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th will be given a dividend of $0.465 per share. This is an increase from Westrock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 18th. This represents a $1.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.59%. Westrock's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 46.73%.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Voloridge Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Westrock during the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,542,000. National Pension Service lifted its position in Westrock by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 374,408 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $13,647,000 after acquiring an additional 18,926 shares in the last quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio raised its position in shares of Westrock by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 87,514 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $3,190,000 after purchasing an additional 1,485 shares in the last quarter. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC raised its position in shares of Westrock by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC now owns 1,231,037 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $44,871,000 after purchasing an additional 67,878 shares in the last quarter. Finally, California State Teachers Retirement System raised its position in shares of Westrock by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 419,966 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $15,308,000 after purchasing an additional 2,890 shares in the last quarter. 80.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Several research analysts recently commented on WRK shares. BNP Paribas started coverage on shares of Westrock in a research note on Monday. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $48.00 price target on the stock. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Westrock from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating and set a $39.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Monday, October 14th. ValuEngine downgraded shares of Westrock from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. KeyCorp reaffirmed a "sell" rating and issued a $34.00 price target on shares of Westrock in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Westrock from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $48.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Westrock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $43.22.
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WestRock Company manufactures and sells paper and packaging solutions for the consumer and corrugated markets in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Corrugated Packaging, Consumer Packaging, and Land and Development. The Corrugated Packaging segment produces containerboards, corrugated sheets, corrugated packaging, and preprinted linerboards for consumer and industrial products manufacturers, and corrugated box manufacturers.
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People like Nate are rare to find – confident, self-assured, easy-going, kind, hard-working – the ultimate addition to any growing company. Entrepreneurial in his thinking and work habits, Nate fit in naturally upon joining the team at STC Direct.
Born in Goldsboro, NC to a military family who moved frequently, Nate mastered making new friends easily! When he, his mom, dad, sister, settled lastly in Pittsburgh, Nate recalls a comfortable childhood spent outdoors running around playing football, baseball, basketball, and soccer. He met his best friend at the age of 6, gained a second family and a new found love for hunting and fishing.
As he aged, Nate's parents invested into a HR Block in the town of Du Bois – a business that taught him so many valuable skills about customer interaction, time management, and leadership that he brought to STC Direct! Starting first in client relations where he would schedule appointments and greet incoming customers, Nate graduated over time to a store management role, helping his mom with the day-to-day operations during tax season!
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An avid hunter, Nate spends ALL of his free time hunting deer, bear, turkey together with his black lab, Ruger! In 2018, he aspires to grow into a management role here at STC Direct, helping our client grow into a new market and state (maybe somewhere where there's better hunting game!). We wanted to express our gratitude to Nate for the reliability and confidence he shows at work, demonstrating to new team members that the fastest path to success is showing up everyday and believe in yourself.


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The Boardwalk pool is good. The Yacht and Beach Club pool is GREAT. These two hotels share one pool complex called Stormalong Bay. Stormalong Bay is a three acre mini-waterpark that is for the exclusive use of Yacht and Beach Club guests. There are many different areas of the pool: a shallow area with a real sand bottom, perfect for preschool castle building, and a giant water slide that teens love. Plus there's a "lazy river" and traditional swimming areas that the whole family can enjoy.
To narrow your resort choice even further, you mention that you're looking for room to stretch. The most spacious rooms at WDW are in the villa resorts. And just your luck, the Beach Club has villa rooms. The one and two bedroom villas are great for families that need a bit more space. You can choose either the one-bedroom version that sleeps up to six or the two-bedroom version that sleeps up to eight. These rooms include a living area that is separate from the bedrooms and a full kitchen. They're really like cozy apartments right in the middle of Walt Disney World.
My own family's resort of choice is the Beach Club Villas. We've stayed there many times. My kids ALWAYS want to stay here for the pool. And I love the space and the location. So we're all happy.


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Q: Taking data from a function to use it in another one in C language typedef struct Projet
{
    /* data */
    char theme[20];
    int diff;
    char etudiant1[4]; //L'Etudiant 1 affecté dans le projet par Matricule
    char etudiant2[4]; //L'Etudiant 2 affecté dans le projet par Matricule
}Projet;

/****---Function to add a project---****/
int AddProjet(int nmbProjet){

    int rows;

    Projet TabProj[nmbProjet]; // Table to store the projects

    /* --Loop to get the project info-- */
    for ( rows = 0; rows < nmbProjet; rows++)
    {
        printf("\t--> Theme %d : ",rows+1);
        scanf(" %s",&TabProj[rows].theme);
        /****Project Theme****/

        printf("\t--> La difficulte [1-10] : ");
        scanf(" %i",&TabProj[rows].diff);
        /*****its difficulty*****/

        printf("\n");
    }
}
/*****************************************/

/****---Function to add 2 students in a project---****/
int AffEtudiant(int nmbPrjAff){

    int choix_prj_aff;

    Projet TabProj[nmbPrjAff];//Table of the projects

    puts("--> Choisir un projet :");//Choose a project

/***--Loop to list all the project that the user has added--***/
    for (int i = 0; i < nmbPrjAff; i++)
    {
        printf("\t%d- Projet %d :\n",i+1,i+1);
        printf("\t -> %s",TabProj[i].theme);
        printf("\n");
        printf("\t -> %d",TabProj[i].diff);
        printf("\n\n");
    }

    printf("--> Votre choix est : ");//Choice
    scanf("%d",&choix_prj_aff);

    printf("\n<----------------------->\n\n");

     printf("--> Entrer le Matricule de 1 etudiant : ");//Enter the code of student 1
     scanf("%s",&TabProj[choix_prj_aff-1].etudiant1);

     printf("--> Entrer le Matricule de 2 etudiant : ");//Enter the code of student 2
     scanf("%s",&TabProj[choix_prj_aff-1].etudiant2);

    printf("\n<----------------------->\n\n");
}
/*****************************************************/

The problem is when I try to add two students after adding the projects the second function which is called (AffEtudiant) can't get the projects data (theme/difficulty) to list them. Instead it shows some garbage values, even though I called the same table that I have set in the function of adding projects (Project TabProj[]);
How can I get that table of data to use it in another function?

A: TabProj is a local variable inside each of the functions and it gets freed once the function exists. You should define it outside the functions and pass a point to it to the function when you want the function to update it.

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Our gossip for Tuesday begins on a low note as we pay our respects to Chicago Bulls' Taj Gibson and his extended family, as they mourn the loss of a member of the family.
6-year-old Prince Joshua Avitto and 7-year-old Mikayla Capers have been stabbed to death by an unknown assailant, reports the New York Post.
The attack happened on Sunday night in Brooklyn.
Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul has revealed what present meant the most to him.
At least we think anyway. Per SB Nation.
If you're an Oklahoma City Thunder point guard, chances are you're going to be a bench warmer when Russell Westbrook is joining you in the lineup.
During the Thunder's exit interviews before he go into off-season mode, Jackson stepped furthest outside the company line. He didn't pull any punches about his desired role. "I'd like to be a starter. I'm not going to lie," he said.


The laser safety loupes, F27.P1E01.1231, combines the proven F22 eyeglass frame, with the help of a newly developed adapter, with the magnifier, HR2.5x / 340mm, one of the leading German manufacturers. Through the magnifying glass you get a 2.5x magnification at a working distance of 340mm. The orange-colored P1E01 filter in the shield and on the magnifying glass used here has a good visual brightness and a VLT of about 40%.
The laser safety loupes F27.P1E01.1231 with standard brackets is certified for the UV and visible wavelength range from 180 to 540 according to EN 207 (full protection). This filter is particularly suitable for UV and Nd: YAG lasers and has a good subjective brightness. The laser protection loupes are primarily used in the dental field. The loupes F27 combines the proven overbrillenfassung F22 with the help of a newly developed adapter with the magnifier HR2.5x / 340mm one of the leading German manufacturers. Through the magnifying glass you get a 2.5x magnification at a working distance of 340mm. The P1E01 filter in the shield and on the magnifying glass has good visual brightness and a limited color vision. The frame with folding brackets can also be worn as over-glasses on corrective lenses. The delivery takes place in a handy case with padding to store the laser safety loupes carefully. The case contains a professional cleaning fluid and a cord for hanging the glasses as standard.


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MAGG Malta commissions public monument to the elderly – Press Release
by MAGG Malta
We prioritise the person who will spend most of their waking hours within spaces we provide.
Press Release issued by MAGG Malta and shared with permission.
The Maltese Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics was honoured to showcase the permanent monument installation by Mr Wallace Falzon, which has been done in collaboration with the Sliema Local Council. The inauguration of this public monument, entitled 'Lest We Forget', was held by His Excellency George Vella, President of Malta, at 19:30 on Saturday the 16th of July, at Sliema Promenade, Fond Għadir.
The world's population is rapidly ageing; indeed, the proportion of the world's older adults is estimated to almost double from about 12% to 22% between 2015 and 2050. In absolute terms, this is an expected increase from 900 million to 2 billion people over 60. It is one of the most significant demographic and socioeconomic developments that is happening on a global scale. Malta is not exempt from this phenomenon, as about 20% of the Maltese population is already over the age of 60 years. This will put increased economic and social demands on all countries.
At the same time, older people are a precious yet often ignored resource that makes an important contribution to the fabric of our societies. A resource that societies seem slow to appreciate and fully utilise the older persons' expertise accumulated over so many years of experience. The COVID-19 pandemic has put more senior people in a disadvantageous position, from targeted public health measures to discriminatory discourses and stereotyping of a generational cohort. Ageism and age discrimination violate older persons' human rights and exacerbate inequalities in different ways.
Hence, this sculpture, commissioned by MAGG, holds a noble cause as it commemorates those older persons who have suffered isolation, pain, or death during the COVID-19 pandemic and acknowledges and supports those people's resilience who have forged successfully through it. The sculpture consists of two figures in metal, one a teenage girl and an older woman touching the tip of their fingers with each other. The concept is three-fold; the touch signifies the psychological relief following the end of the COVID-19 isolations. It also embodies the inter-generational resilience, where the younger and older person supports each other through the tough times. As well as the oscillation between the phases of time, from past to future and vice versa; the young child will one day be the older person and the older person who looks at their past life in the eyes of the youth.


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Mariinsky Orchestra – Valery Gergiev
Megaron Mousikis |
The Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest in Russia. Its history dates back to the first orchestra of the St Petersburg Imperial Orchestra, covering a period of over two hundred years.
In the distant past, the orchestra of the Board of Imperial Theatres emerged and developed its activities under two conductors. The first of them was composer Caterino Cavos (from 1803 Principal Conductor of the Russian Opera Theatre and, from 1832, Director of the Imperial Theatres´ Orchestras). As head of the ensemble, Cavos conducted not just premieres of his own numerous operas, but was musical director of productions of Mikhail Glinka´s opera A Life for the Tsar. Moreover, he was involved in the Russian premieres of operas by foreign composers – Cimarosa´s Horatii and Curiatii (1815), Weber´s Der Freischütz (1824), Bellini´s I Capuletti e i Montecchi and Rossini´s Semiramide (1835) and Le Compte Ory (1838) among others…
The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra has played a role in countless Russian premieres as well as the first Russian performances of European operas and ballets including works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, operas by Mikhail Glinka, Аlexander Dargomyzhsky, Аlexander Serov, Anton Rubinstein, Modest Musorgsky, Alexander Borodin, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gioacchino Rossini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Daniel Auber, Giacomo Meyerbeer, ballets by Riccardo Drigo, Cesare Pugni, Boris Asafiev, Dmitry Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian, Vasily Soloviev-Sedoi and Andrei Petrov – the list is endless…
In 1978 the Mariinsky Theatre (then the Kirov) appointed Valery Gergiev Conductor, making him Artistic and General Director in 1996. With the maestro Gergiev´s arrival, the Orchestra´s repertoire expanded significantly. In addition to operas (first and foremost Der Ring des Nibelungen as well as all of Wagner´s other operas starting with Lohengrin performed in German, all of Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich´s operas, the lion´s share of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky´s opera legacy, both of Musorgsky´s versions of Boris Godunov, operas by Richard Strauss, Leoš Janaček, Mozart, Puccini and Donizetti) the Orchestra´s repertoire has come to include symphonic works and other genres of philharmonic music. The Orchestra has performed every symphony by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Mahler and Beethoven, Requiems by Mozart, Verdi and Tishchenko and works by Shchedrin, Gubaidulina, Kancheli and Koretnikov among many others. In 2008, according to results of a survey of leading music critics from major publications in America, Asia and Europe, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra was one of the top twenty orchestras in the world, beating two other Russian orchestras also listed in the ratings.
source: http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for violin, Op. 35, and Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5
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Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra of Saint Petersburg
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
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Jennifer Logan, recently widowed to a Rhode Island Senator nearly twice her age, retreats to a charming villa overlooking a lake in Switzerland. It is very easy to be attracted to the area, but Villa del Sol More of Switzerland is always a good thing!
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"...I can't explain it, but I think I was this woman in another life."
In 1989, a young newlywed is murdered. At the time, her husband, attorney Mike Strange was working on a case against a company that withheld evidence pertaining to high levels of r "...I can't explain it, but I think I was this woman in another life."
In 1989, a young newlywed is murdered. At the time, her husband, attorney Mike Strange was working on a case against a company that withheld evidence pertaining to high levels of radon found on a site where they were constructing a large condo complex. Amid detailed investigations, courtroom drama, and his paralegal being run off the road, Strange continues to mourn the loss of his wife and her killer remains at large. Twenty-two years later, young coed Samantha Collins is plagued by dreams suffered since adolescence, about a woman brutally attacked. When unexplained coincidences and an unexpected detour land Collins in the neighborhood of the decades old Strange crime, she soon realizes a deep connection to the murder victim. This same young woman who had once given an eerily topical valedictorian speech regarding life after death, suddenly feels compelled to flush out the killer.
For those drawn to the popular "Cold Case" television series or headlines of faltering investigations that benefit from the insight of uniquely gifted individuals, Ayotte delivers the perfect read. This is a story filled with emotionally distraught characters searching for answers, from a broken-hearted husband, devastated families, and determined detectives, to a young woman desperate to find peace in her own existence. In contrast, Ayotte provides a cast of wrong-doers who need to be held accountable for their actions.
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Mining the Torah for Gems: The Case of Parashat Terumah
Daniel Aronson February 19, 2021 Leave a comment
Parashat Terumah / פרשת תרומה
Torah Portion: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19
In this week's portion, Parashat Terumah, God gives Moses instructions to build the ark that would contain the tablets of the covenant between God and Israel, the menorah that would stand in the Tabernacle, and the Tabernacle itself. The word "terumah" refers to the voluntary offerings of materials – minerals, stones, fabrics, dyes, oil and spices — that Moses was to take from the Israelites to build these things and other holy objects. If you're into lists, you'll love this week's reading!
The lists and instructions in Terumah, however, may very well cause some readers' eyes to glaze over. Unlike the narrative components of Torah, the details of the Tabernacle do not provide the most engaging reading. To be sure, Terumah is just one of many portions dedicated to seemingly mundane or esoteric topics relating to the priestly system, much of which can be difficult to access without a full appreciation of their significance to biblical Israel or to us today. Without the willingness to discover transcendent meaning in the details of the Torah, the Torah itself will appear to many people as a massive rock that cannot be penetrated, when in truth, the Torah is an endless mine of precious gems.
Don Isaac Abravanel, a 15th century Spanish commentator also known simply as Abarbanel, feels the pain of those who try to find meaning in Torah but fall short when they encounter the complex, drier sections of Torah, such as we have in Terumah. Speaking to the Jewish community of his own day, Abarbanel writes:
Do not think that the commandments about the Tabernacle, which do not apply to us here in the exile, or the laws that are valid only in the land of Israel, or the laws of priestly purity, have not value for us today. The Torah is a book of elevated wisdom and divine teaching. What we understand of these matters today, in terms of their allusions to higher things, is of as much value as when they were in practice. The same is true of all Torah matters. The Torah is a tool to prepare the way for us to become "like God, knowing good" (Gen. 3:5), to keep us alive in every place and at all times.[1]
Clearly, we are not the first generation to struggle with the Torah's density, but as Abarbanel suggests, there's much to be learned from the Torah if we're willing to look closely and patiently at the text and, I would add, be a little creative.
One of my favorite examples of this approach to Torah comes this week in relation to the construction of "an ark of acacia wood," the portable container for the tablets of the Ten Commandments:
They shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold — overlay it inside and out — and make upon it a gold molding round about. (Exodus 25:10-11)
The late 11th century commentator, Rabbi Shlomo Itzchaki, aka Rashi, helps us visualize these instructions:
Bezalel (the master craftsman, who oversaw the construction of the Tabernacle and its contents) made three arks, two of gold and one of wood. Each one had four walls and a bottom, and they were open on the top. He placed the wooden one inside the golden one and the [other] golden one inside the wooden one. He covered the upper rim with gold, thus it is found that [the wooden one] was overlaid from inside and from outside [with gold]. — [from Yoma 72b, Shek. 16b][2]
Rashi demonstrates that the ark is a complicated structure. Though God instructs Moses to build simply "an ark of acacia wood," the ark is in fact three boxes, one made of wood, two made of gold.
The rabbis of the Talmud take this description of the ark and transform it into a lesson about the integrity of Torah scholars: Any Torah scholar who is not the same on the inside as on the outside, is no Torah scholar [Yoma 72b]. That is, as pure as one appears to be on the outside, one must also be in the inside. This is an ideal not just for Torah scholars, I believe, but for all of us.
There is yet another message to be found in the construction of the ark.[3] Why couldn't the ark be made of just the two gold boxes? What need is there for the box of acacia wood as well? One answer is that in many respects human beings are most like this wooden layer. Unlike gold, which is a pure, unchanging metal, wood comes from trees, which grow and change over time. We may want to present ourselves to the world as pure in thought and resolute in belief, like the outer box of gold, which can be seen by all. We may want to present ourselves to God with similar purity and resoluteness, like the inner box of gold, which is closest to the tablets and seen only by God. On the way to achieving such purity and resoluteness, though, we humans need to be able to work out our ideas, acknowledge our doubts, and struggle with whatever keeps us from maximizing our intellectual, physical, moral and spiritual potential. That work of self-improvement is often done in solitude, out of the public eye. Furthermore, it is work made possible by the gift of free will; even God provides us the space to keep on growing.
There is much more to be learned from the Torah's treatment of the ark and the Tabernacle than I can possibly touch upon here. Indeed, the mine of Torah never ceases to yield brilliant gems. Unless one is prepared to do the work to discover those gems, however, the Torah will always appear as a big, impenetrable rock.
Shabbat Shalom.
[1] Carasik, Michael. The Commentators' Bible: Exodus. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2005. p. 215.
[2] Ibid., p. 219.
[3] See, for example, http://www.aish.com/tp/b/sw/Holy-Inside-and-Out.html.
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Participation in a course with environmental health promoters on water and stove projects.
Participation on night calls for medical emergencies and births with the midwives.
Work with the promoters at different community clinics.
The health care system for people in the communities I visited is very precarious. There is total scarcity of resources (equipment, medicines, health care workers) which makes providing quality health care to those communities a nearly impossible task. The health of those communities rests mainly in the hands of health promoters who are trained by organizations like Concern America, ACECSA and other international voluntary health workers.
The experience was an excellent opportunity to work with Guatemalan community-based promoters and midwives in rural areas. This experience helped me better understand the struggle for health rights at home and abroad.


RGIPT M.Tech Admission Application Form 2017: The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology is one of the India's leading institutes. Applicants admission will be the basis on GATE Scores card and candidates performance in B.Tech Courses. To get admission in institute applicants have to fill RGIPT PG Application Form 2017 which is compulsory for all applicants. Only can eligible applicants can fill the application form. Admission in RGIPT provides many programs for M.Tech applicants. This examination is conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology for postgraduate applicants admission. The examination is university level exam for M.Tech course.
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Applicants who going to take admission in RGIPT they can follow the RGIPT M.Tech Admission Exam Dates 2017 which is given down.
Students get admission in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology they need to apply for the application form to get admission. Applicants have to submit the application form before the last date of form submission. Following are the process to fill RGIPT 2017 Application Form which is explaining as follows.
Applicants need to open the official web portal of the institute, i.e. rgipt.ac.in/.
Upload all required documents in the application form.
Make payment of application form through the payment mode.
Note: if Aspirants need to get more details about RGIPT 2017 clicks and gets more information.
RGIPT is providing various engineering programs to eligible applicants. To apply for admission process applicants must have to qualify the GATE entrance examination. The RGIPT Notification 2017 will be announced on official website of Institute. Before applying for application form all the applicants have to meet and clear the eligibility criteria to fill the form. Applicants must have to submit the RGIPT M.Tech Admission Application Form 2017 on before the last date of form submission. Applicants have to fill the application form to get admission in M.Tech programs. For any type of assistance, while applying online for the RGIPT UG Admission Form 2017, you can contact us by commenting at the end of the post.


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Guide to Andros Island
Bahamian Nature Highlight
The largest island in the Bahamas at a staggering 2,300 square miles, Andros is an often overlooked beauty which boasts some incredible natural sights.
Made up of three main islands, Andros hosts the oldest diving location in the area and offers exemplary access to the world's second largest barrier reef. Across North Andros, South Andros and Mangrove Cay the environment differs on a large scale giving all visitors the chance to see marshlands, densely vegetated forests and sublime crystal clear waters.
Exploring Andros will bring you face to face with some exquisite species of wildlife including some creatures which are native to the island. Taking a tender through the winding rivers you can also see some spectacular flora and fauna displays which boast how untouched and beautiful this island is.
Whilst exploring the mainland you may also be on the look out for some of the mythical creatures from Andros known as the Chickcharnees. The part-bird, part-man creatures are said to roam through the trees and help ward off evil beings. On the contrary, another mythical being also lives in the blue holes of the island. This one is named Lusca and has more than a slight appetite for swimmers and divers.
When avoiding the clutches of Lusca, there are plenty of opportunities to tick off a blue hole on your bucket list. With the most densely populated collection of blue holes in the world, you are spoilt for choice when choosing which of these incredible diving phenomena to investigate. With some out in the open waters and others in the middle of the forest, there are many species living in the blue holes for you to visit and photograph.
Feeling inspired to try diving in blue holes? Incorporate the stunning Andros Islands in to an idyllic Bahamian itinerary by viewing all the available luxury superyachts for Bahamas yacht charters.
The largest, yet most sparsely developed of all The Bahamas - is king when it comes to exceptional natural surroundings
The world's third-largest fringing barrier reef. The reef is 190 miles long, drops to about eight feet on the island side and plunges to more than 6,000 feet in the Tongue of the Ocean.
Many consider Andros the Bonefishing Capital of The World
In land are numerous blue holes surrounded by thousands of acres of virgin forest, teaming with exotic flora, fauna and wild life.
Home of the famous land crabs, the annual harvest season culminates with a grand Crab Festival that lures hundreds of visitors to her shores year after year.
Andros has the highest concentration of blue holes in the world. They house many unusual and unique cave fish and invertebrates, some not found anywhere else in the world.
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