I have been following one of my hobbies semi-closely as of late…that being politics. It is semi-closely due to the ideological entrenchments, vindictiveness, and seeking of power for power that is a bit of a turn off currently. However, that bit of a turn off is why citizens need to engage to hold these parties accountable that are acting like sandbox bullies in a pre-school.
In Ontario we are 5 months into a Doug Ford Progressive Conservative Government, and not seeing either progressive or conservative policies coming to the surface. There is MPP's under investigation in the governing party, rumours that at least seven are about to defect (could be upwards to 14 which would sink the majority)…one already has, placing citizens she represents over party politics and the faux standing ovations her party is whipped to do. Yet that is not what has touched on me to write tonight.
Neither here in Alberta the UCP and NDP using an Alberta Party motion to curtail oil production to aid a flagging sector. Both parties claiming it is there idea…and well…that is just politics as normal sadly for third party ideas with the governing and official opposition. For decades the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives federally did it with the "conscience of Parliament" the CCF then NDP. But that is not why I am writing.
Or that the UCP continue to holds to the idea of a massive majority due to polls. Even though those same polls show numbers shrinking for the party and the leader. As well, the short term memory issue of the polls in the last 3 elections in Alberta that respectively were projecting majorities for the Wildrose, the Wildrose, and the PC. What happened for governance was PC, PC, and NDP. Sooo polling in Alberta not so good. But that is not what brought me to write.
It was a piece on the Prince Edward Island Green Party. Within the next 11 months there is to be a provincial election. The Progressive Conservatives are idle and imploding not being able to keep a leader. The governing Liberal Party has been in power 11 years, and even with a new leader is looking tired. The NDP has only ever held one seat in 1996. The Greens appear to make a break through, and possibly form a government. Yes it would historically be the first Green Party government within Canada. The major thrust being that they are not the same old tired song, but also the PEI Greens have done admirably what other Greens in Canada have not been able to do– show their whole platform with strong local candidates.
Having said that, I do think the Green Party of Canada, under Elizabeth May's leadership could be the surprise of the 2019 federal election in October. Partly due to the introversion of the Scheer Cons, and the lost path of the Singh NDP. What it will take though is strong local riding candidates from a diverse background known in their area. It will also take getting their non-environmental policies on the table to show the strong Red Tory-Blue Grit style policy the party creates. Thus showing it as a strong centrist option to Trudeau's Liberals. The topping on the cake for this decades old federal party would be getting key endorsements from patriarchs and matriarchs of the Progressive Conservative movement of yore: Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney, Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell. Perhaps even swing to the Liberals and see if the Rt. Hon. Paul Martin will endorse. Lastly, with the reading done in Preston Manning's theology around social justice and environment it is highly plausible they may be able to get an endorsement by the father of Reform, the Hon. Preston Manning.
If these things could align, knowing May will be in the leaders debate it could shake up Parliament from the same old same old.
How to bring back constitutional promises?
The Constitution Act 1982 does not speak of political parties, what it does promise is that at each level of governance Canadians are guaranteed peace, order and good governance. In fact it has been a transformational journey of our young Westminster Parliament compared to others, but we can still learn a lot from the "Mother" parliament of the UK, and other styled parliaments within the Commonwealth.
Australia Broadcasting Corporation poked fun at their system in the Fifth and Final season of Rake, that saw Cleaver Greene as a senator, and a rapid succession of Prime Ministers as the party caucus members that controlled kept cycling through to find the one that "worked".
Canada has been seen as one of the most "party" controlled parliaments, in fact, more likely, Leader and their circle controlled. Now you can rebut and say party members elect the leader, yes, but after that what happens? What if the person in the House or Legislature is not up to the job? Do elected members have an ability to make a good change? How is the first minister chosen? We have defaulted to the leader of the party with the most seats.
Are there ideas for changing things? A multi-party work came out in 2017 that shone some lights on change: Turning Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada's Democracy (Douglas & McIntyre); editors: Michael Chong, Scott Simms and Kennedy Stewart. The book was forwarded by Bob Rae, Ed Broadbent and Preston Manning. It has submissions from Members of Parliament across party lines (including Elizabeth May). For most politico it is nothing astonishing, it is a solid collection of 8 ways to give power back to elected representatives and decentralize from the leaders (and by extension PMO in governance) office. The eight essays are easy to follow, well laid out, and easy to discuss for those involved in the systems of politics and those not.
For EDA's; and parties I would encourage reading and discussion groups on the topics. For the non-partisan, get a few friends together to read and discuss the ideas. Even better is that it can be used as a starting point for discussions on what reforms (minor to major) that need to happen.
Such things as the "official party" seat number is just a function, not a rule. How are questions taken/answered in question period? How to get more people involved as candidates? And the list can go on.
What are your thoughts on Parliamentary/Legislature reform?
What steps can happen at the local level?
What can happen within parties?
The conversation of change that threatens power can be a scary one. Mostly because it comes down to the reality that moving forward there will be those accessing power, you were not allowed access to in the same moments of your journey. Yet for constitutional health of our nation, it is a conversation that leads to action that needs to happen.
And it simply begins with talking over a cup of coffee…like so many political movements that shaped our nation and world….
When truly, we have many stones to repair in Castle Le Canada.
When have I been Haman in my world?
When have I found a voice like Esther?
The third is where you find the resonating with the love of the Holy Mystery to take forward. Another spiritual practice would be to rewrite the story from the hardest point of view you have: King, Esther, Mortdecai, Ex-Queen, Haman? What truths are revealed for your life?
But I digress as this is not a theology lesson, but rather a time to be eclectic and percolate some thoughts in our souls as Canadians where next steps lay for our Just Society.
Aboriginal Health Care– due to treaty and the colonial-patriarchy of reserves this falls under Federal auspices, yet any Constitutional Act 1982 student (BNA Act 1867) know that this means literal limbo for our First Nations family members as the true provider of health care is provincial. So how do we truly reconcile, move forward in the new and bury to old? Full signing on of each specific nation as a province under the Constitution Act 1982 and Charter of Rights and Freedoms, with one step forward each nation dependent on population getting 4-8 seats in the House of Commons (not added extra, existing redistributed); and a set 10 block for all First Nations (+2 for Metis, +2 for Inuit) specifically in the senate, again redistribution, not adding.
This then can allow for both the HoC and Senate to be re-worked Constitutionally and perhaps a social charter can be designed that includes housing, health care, education, right of choice in life, death and income guarantees for every Canadian.
Which also flows into the next as #TRC has happened for our First Nations family, yet we have continued to ostracize/demonize another population whose story needs to be told- The Metis (Half-breeds).
The children of colonialism and the fur trade. The Roman Catholic Church forged a cultural community within those of mixed from Aboriginal-French. Which gave our nation Louis Riel and Garbiel Dumont, brought Manitoba into Confederation, first human rights writing in Canada, and a battle for equality. One that as a nation we never saw for this group until the 1930's when they were finally recognized as human beings. The story of the Half-breeds on the book is much more destructive, as the British (Scottish-Irish) did not have collectivist good, and belief in conquering through inter-marriage but rather through absorbing. Which created the choice the child was either Aboriginal or white, so one culture lost completely. That is just what our history books will tell us, what is the story on the ground? That which has been silenced? We already know of the land tracts and speculators swindling them out of the land for a low price. But what other harm/trauma lies underneath that needs to be told? Held as truth? And then as a true community choosing to move forward as one?
This is why the TRC records with First Nations need to be kept in the national archive, need to be published and shared far and wide, so the story is known. It is part of us. But also part of the story is the choice to move forward as one and write a new story. This is the reconciliation piece of Truth and Reconciliation.
But this also brings down to the microcosm.
Where I have been struggling with my own Truth and Reconciliation within the United Church of Canada.The family pilgrimage for sacred community as has been written about, has brought us into a Northeast congregation of the UCC, where yes our son who is differently abled has found embrace. He is quite empathetic and a good reader of a person's true energy, so when he goes on his own volition to join other kids you know the authenticity well.
But aiding him to walk as the weather change is making his muscles sore into the Wonderkids, and seeing the mish mash of kids: other cultures, typically and differently abled just together being kids it hit in my heart.
For it was seeing lived out today in church, what almost 10 years ago got me fired from the United Church Congregation that I surrendered any hope of ordination to choose inclusion.
Just one of those aha moments, that when you start to unpack the day, and realizing the connections of everything…people…nature…energy…the Holy Mystery permeates all, and all is interconnected within it.
So as with the differently abled community coming into full inclusion in the microcosm, I look to the TRC at the more macro level for inclusion at the national level… and to the two national party's choosing leaders-Conservative and NDP I ask members to look to the core of the beautiful mosaic Canada is, and to vote your conscience for a leader, and for policy that shapes your party in that unity within our diversity to move forward from troubled waters of the past both recent and historic.
Make the choice as Esther did, to find our voice, step out of the silence, and into the resounding thunder of justice, equality and belonging that resonates from the centre that is love. Out of this love, live our lives for a true difference, for a truly better world.
We are thankful for these and all the good things of life. We recognize that they are a part of our common heritage and come to us through the efforts of our brothers and sisters the world over. What we desire for ourselves, we wish for all. To this end, may we take our share in the world's work and the world's struggles.
An end note aside: To Bernie Van De Walle (my theology professor at Canadian Theological Seminary)-I finally fully get your comment about reading my theolgoy through the lens of Woodsworth.


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Russell Terrier
Russell terriers are incredibly intelligent, endlessly sociable, and unquestioningly adorable. Learn about their temperament, level of care, and more to decide whether this breed is right for your family.
By Chad Taylor Updated March 01, 2021
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Russell terriers are small dogs with big personalities. Blisteringly intelligent, these little dogs are incredibly easy to train, love learning and performing tricks, and are virtually the dictionary definition of "cute little dog."
Bred for hunting foxes, voles, and farm rodents, the Russell terrier has a small, compact body with short, wiry fur and small, intelligent eyes—all of which help to give him a disarming, thoroughly charming appearance. Under the hood, however, you'll find an incredibly sharp, cunning little mind that soaks up information like a sponge and comes equipped with an almost single-minded prey drive.
What all of this adds up to is a dog who, for the right owner, can be a marvelous companion. Russells love to run, compete, dig, hunt, and play. Tricks and playing games will keep them alert and happy. But make no mistake, this is a high-maintenance breed that can very quickly become headstrong and get into trouble if bored or not shown proper guidance.
To see the Russell terrier is to love the Russell terrier. These dogs are universally recognized for their small, inquisitive faces; sharp, bright eyes; and overall friendly demeanor. Their coats come in two varieties: "smooth" or "broken" (scruffier and wire-haired). To refer back to those famous TV Russells, Wishbone was a smooth-haired Russell, while Eddie was broken-haired. Most dogs in the breed are white with some variation of brown, black, or tan spotting.
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Jack Russell Terrier looking up
Left: Russell terriers have a small, compact body that was bred for going to ground to hunt foxes, voles, and farm rodents. | Credit: Rajtar photography / Adobe Stock
Right: The Russell's scruffy little face and bright brown eyes instantly make you fall in love. | Credit: Reddogs / Adobe Stock
Russells were bred to be able to go to ground and chase burrowing game, so their bodies are squarish in shape and compact. The hallmark of the breed is their diminutive size, with male and female Russell terriers being just about equally sized at 10–12 inches tall and 9–15 pounds.
Here's a question for you: Is the Russell terrier going to be your first dog? Because you do not want the Russell terrier to be your first dog. These little guys have a huge motor and are blessed with brilliant minds. As a result, they require a deft hand, someone with enough time to keep them occupied and active, and someone who doesn't mind putting in the time and effort to train them—something that will need to be an unending, lifetime activity. For as enjoyable and fun as the Russell terrier can be, these are high-maintenance little dogs.
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"They're wired up for activity," says Dennis Riordan, DVM, of Riordan Pet Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. "They are hyper. They are the definition of a terrier. I always say, 'I like them, but I'd never have one.'"
Jack Russell Terrier puppy running in grass
Despite their small size, high-energy Russell terriers need regular exercise and ample room to zoom around.
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For starters, digging is an ingrained part of their personalities. It's not merely a bad behavior that can easily be trained out of them; it's who they are. Bred to hunt burrowing rodents, going to ground is second nature to these little guys. As such, you can expect lots of help tilling your garden. This is also the behavior a bored Russell will revert to most often if left unattended for too long.
The one thing you can (and clearly should) train them to do is not treat your couch like a flower bed. These little fellows will start to dig in cushions and rugs if they get bored indoors, but can fairly easily be trained to understand that couches are not for digging.
Additionally, a high amount of energy plus a lot of smarts equals a dog who can and will get bored exceptionally easily. Which is why they thrive best in households where they can have a job. They're enthusiastic hunters and runners but are also very adept at agility, obedience, flyball, and rally competitions—though sometimes with mixed results.
Jack Russell Terrier sitting in grass
With consistent training (and ample patience!), your Russell can learn to be a dapper little gentleman.
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For Russell terrier puppies, training can and should start extremely early. Russells are bright enough to start soaking up instructions as young as eight weeks old. If you wait until six months, you're going to be dealing with a much more headstrong dog.
Finally, Russells have an incredibly high prey drive. This means that any small critter (cats included) that makes its way into your backyard is going to be on the hit list, and the Russell is cunning and quick enough to catch a lot of them.
Living Needs
You can live with a Russell in an apartment, but you're going to have to make him a full-time hobby in order to keep him alert and not destructive. Houses with fenced yards are better options and farms are ideal. "They're very nice farm dogs," Riordan says. "They burn that energy off."
Russells are bred to hunt in packs and groups, so houses with other dogs should be fine, though their energy levels won't mesh well with every personality type. Socialize any current dogs in the household with a Russell terrier to see how they get along before you commit to owning a Russell.
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Russell terrier puppies should be trained and socialized from an early age to deter any undesirable behaviors—like hand-chewing!
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Because of their innate prey drive, cats aren't good companions for Russells. It's possible for Russells to overcome their nature if they are acclimated to cats at a very young age and trained properly, but that is very easily the exception and not the rule.
Contrary to what we see in "Frasier," Russells need more stimulation than most seniors will probably be able (or willing) to provide, but any active adult can enjoy a Russell as long as they have the patience. Households with children are also good because kids can often keep a Russell occupied for long stretches of time. But it's recommended children be over the age of six or so—the Russell terrier is a pretty easy-going dog, but because of his hunting instincts he might not be a good fit for small children. Again, make sure to socialize your Russell early and often.
Jack Russell Terrier running with stick
Russells thrive best in households where they can have a job. They're enthusiastic hunters and runners but are also very adept at agility, obedience, flyball, and rally competitions.
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For as intensive as their mental and activity needs are, Russells make up for it by being pretty "set and forget" when it comes to physical care. They are fairly light shedders and the natural oils in their hair don't tend to hold on to dirt or burs, so a quick brushing maybe twice a week to keep things looking neat is all they should require. Baths are going to be more of an "as needed" kind of chore rather than a regularly scheduled event.
Russell terriers are, by and large, a healthy breed. A quick perusal of the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America's website will show you an intimidating list of ailments that can befall the breed. However, the vast majority of those illnesses are rare occurrences. The American Kennel Club (AKC) recommends getting your Russell terrier tested for BAER (related to hearing) and having a PLL DNA test (related to the lens of the eye) done as well. Additionally, watch for eye infections. As your dog gets older patellar luxation (loose kneecaps) can occur.
Jack Russell Terrier running on beach
Russells have so much energy and can become bored easily. Make sure to exercise him every day and (even better!) give him a job to do.
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The question on your mind is probably, "So are Russell terriers, Jack Russell terriers, and Parson Russell terriers the same dog?" And the answer is an enthusiastic "sort of!" Strap in, because this can get confusing.
So all three dogs are currently considered separate breeds. However, as you might suspect from their names and nearly identical appearances, they share a common history. That history starts with an English reverend (parson) named, wait for it … Jack Russell.
According to Depauw University's "Humanimalia" journal, Russell enjoyed fox hunting and was looking to develop a small, agile, intelligent dog who could keep up with fox hunters, but was compact enough to follow a fox into a burrow and flush them back out again. The dog he developed was 10–12 inches tall, white with brown spots, and was blessed with great intelligence and an incredibly strong prey drive.
After Rev. Russell's death, hunters in hillier regions wanted a dog with similar attributes, but slightly taller, with a longer stride better suited to their terrain. This is where the Parson Russell terrier started to be developed. Meanwhile, Rev. Russell's original breed of dogs made their way down to Australia, where they were developed into the Jack Russell that we know today.
So where does that leave us now? The Parson and Russell are currently accepted as different dogs, despite having the same basic shape and coloration. The main differences are in size, and even that can be pretty subtle: Parson Russells stand at about 14 inches tall, with a more squarish body, while Russells are smaller, at about 12 inches tall. In the U.S., Parson Russell terriers were originally called Jack Russell terriers or Parson Jack Russell terriers (sometimes colloquially referred to as "shorty JRTs,").
Eddie from the TV show, Frasier
While Martin Crane's Russell terrier, Eddie, may have been the furriest star in Frasier's apartment, that wasn't the only place in Hollywood where he lent his talents. Moose, as he was known off the set of "Frasier," also appeared in My Dog Skip and had a book written about his life as a rags-to-riches pup in showbiz (Brian Hargrove's My Life as a Dog).
Credit: CBS Photo Archive / Getty
Russell terriers are popular in the film and TV world. In The Mask, Jim Carrey's canine companion Milo was a Russell, as was Gene Hackman's pet in Crimson Tide. Eddie from "Frasier" and the titular Wishbone from PBS's children's series were Russell terriers.
Russells have been notably depicted in the comic strip "Mutts."
Nipper, the dog looking inquisitively down a victrola speaker horn on the Victor/RCA logo image for "His Master's Voice," is a Russell terrier.

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Stacy Blint studied painting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She now writes, makes art and provides direction to all things creative in her home state of Wisconsin. Stacy's work attempts to create a dialog between the visual and the written, capturing experiences, possibilities, and instances of the human condition—its splendor, its vulgarity, and its weird and comic manner. Stacy is interested in exploring the domestic, the daily, the mundane, the overlooked, dreams, family, love, death and relationships in her work.
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und bisher Sophos, ZyXEL, Lancom etc. gewohnt.
nachzuschauen, wie oft mein Provider mich z.B. aus meiner PPPoE Session disconnected.
Das gleiche gilt für Firewall Regeln die einen Zugriff erlaiben/verhindern,..
bin gewohnt Logging an und ausschalten zu können.
Die Reports haben mich nicht weitergebracht oder ich habe nicht den passenden Eintrag gefunden.
FYI: ich nutze die Free Variante auf meinem QNAP453A mit der Virtualization Station.
danke. Jetzt kenne ich zumindest das live log.
Aber ich Frage mal anders.
bei meinem Provider eingewählt hat ?
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This will show data used over time.
The data usage is not helpful.
I need to know when my external pppoe interface tried to authenticate with my credentials at my provider.
Normally there is written which dynamic IP i received and how long it took.
I dont want to see a report / statistic. Just a normal logfile where i can see what the firewall do.
Same question was asked in this thread / die selbe Frage wurde in folgendem Thread behandelt.
but the answer is missing. / aber die Antwort fehlt.
I don't see a way to do that in the GUI currently.


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Making It Work: Minimum Wage, Five Years Later
Join us Thursday, January 28 at 1:00 p.m. as we take a look at the impact of 2016 law, five years later.
Making It Work is a live, interactive online series that brings together business leaders who are finding new ways to retain and generate revenue.
Payroll is often the biggest expense of many business operations. So what's been the impact of five years of sustained increases to the state's minimum wage on small businesses and nonprofits? What was $7.50 per hour in 2016 is now $12.15 statewide, and for Portland businesses, an $18 per hour hazard pay wage is in dispute. How do small businesses and nonprofits recruit and retain workers in such an environment? What regulatory changes would they like to see?
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Suzanne A. Foley-Ferguson is the owner/operator of Beals Old Fashioned Ice Cream on Veranda Street in Portland, Maine. Suzie's entrepreneurial spirit centers on the ordered philosophy "People, Planet, Profit". A Biology graduate of the University of Michigan, she has spent countless professional and volunteer hours working to conserve and protect Maine's special places with Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and Saco's land conservation organizations. Before purchasing her ice cream business in 2010, Sue worked in many small businesses including non-profits, education, retail, public education and telecommunications jobs. Until October of 2020, she ran two ice cream stores with as many as 24 employees. As a two-term Town Councilor in Scarborough, Suzanne worked for six years developing growth management, housing, conservation and tax policies. Suzanne is an avid reader of all genres, and enjoys politics, the beach, the forest, and spending time with her daughter, her two dogs, and husband of 32 years.
Peter Kowalski, recently retired executive director of John F. Murphy Homes, a provider of services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Mr. Kowalski spent 36 years as the organization's CEO and the past year working with his successor. He is a 1976 graduate of the University of Maine, Orono. Mr. Kowalski served as ANCOR president for years, a national organization representing private providers of service for people with intellectual disabilities. In addition he has served as president of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary club where he has been a member for 34 years. He is also past president of the Board of the Public Theater in Lewiston. Peter resides in Turner with his wife Gail. They have two children and four grandchildren living in the area.
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A stylish Whitefriars Baxter design Kingfisher blue. Drunken Bricklayer' Art Glass vase which dates. In good condition with no chips, cracks or restoration. Item number:- 2804 - 092. Cromwells Antique Centre is open.
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This chapter describes the present state of the art of software development. The major components of software engineering include process models, methods, languages, and tools. Methods define the procedures for handling software in the different phases of development. They support project planning and estimation, system and software requirements elicitation, systems analysis, design of functions and data structures, algorithm development, structured coding, 1and testing and organized maintenance. Languages allow one to apply abstract methods and are of special importance as a means of communication among different groups of people in the usually team-oriented development process. They serve as a medium of communication between developer and customer and between programmer and machine. The language structures an analyst's thinking and shapes some features of the design. Tools expedite the development process and automate parts of the developer's work. Furthermore, in large systems tools are essential to the application of methods and languages in a structured and efficient way. They promote the necessary immediate feedback to manage the project properly. One of the basic concepts of software engineering is the so-called "software life cycle." This notion refers to the various phases through which software passes from the time it is conceived to the time it is discarded. Development, operation and maintenance are the major phases in the life cycle. Once the software has been developed, operation, and maintenance form a cyclic pattern of use and modification throughout the service life of the system. © 1992, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved.


Cover illustration: Three-dimensional reconstructed crystal (purple), loop (yellow) and solvent (transparent pink) for a native DNA sample. Courtesy of Brockhauser, Di Michiel, McGeehan, McCarthy & Ravelli [J. Appl. Cryst. (2008), 41, 1057-1066].
An approach is proposed providing the means for determining stacking fault properties by analysis of the relative positions of selected pairs of X-ray diffraction peaks.
Small-angle X-ray scattering was used to study modifications in the correlation function in tetraethoxysilane-derived poly(vinyl alcohol)/silica hybrids. An additional scattering at low q was found to overlap the fundamental mass-fractal scattering from the basic silica. The fraction of both contributions to the total correlation function was estimated; this is the first time that such a study has been carried out for mass-fractal structures.
The high-pressure behavior of nanocrystalline mackinawite (FeS) has been studied by X-ray total scattering experiments and pair distribution function analysis. A pressure-induced structural phase transition has been observed at about 3 GP and from the tetragonal mackinawite structure to orthorhombic FeS-II.
The matrix method for diffuse scattering was effectively used to simulate powder X-ray diffraction patterns of misfit mixed-layer compounds in a restacked binary nanosheet system.
A joint probability distribution function method is described for finding the anomalous scatterer positions from two-wavelength powder data.
It is shown theoretically that single-crystal diamond would be the ultimate neutron monochromator material if it were available as large mosaic crystals. Present chemical vapour deposition growth techniques are capable of preparing single crystals with a suitable mosaic spread and should be further developed with the aim of producing neutron monochromators.
The problems associated with cooling powder samples below 1 K are discussed. Two strategies for mounting neutron powder diffraction samples are described and evaluated.
An investigation of the usefulness of higher-order least-squares fits in the post-processing of intensity measurements is presented.
Atomic coordinate analysis allows the property of ferroelectricity, previously unsuspected in a material, to be recognized if its crystal structure is known. An earlier such prediction that NaSb3F10 is ferroelectric is unambiguously confirmed.
The title 1,1′-disubstituted ferrocene derivative exhibits a nematic phase only, and the rod-like shape of the molecule favors liquid crystalline behavior. C—H⋯π, π–π and T-stacking interactions play a major role in stabilizing the molecular packing arrangement and the mesomorphism.
The technique of neutron polarization analysis spectroscopy on a multi-detector instrument is described.
A simple model-independent method is proposed to retrieve strain profiles in thin films using X-ray diffraction. The dynamical diffraction from the substrate as well as the film thickness fluctuations are explicitly taken into account.
The effect of pressure on both the structure and the electrical conductivity of the superionic Ag7GeSe5I phase has been studied at room temperature (i) by powder X-ray diffraction from 0.1 MPa to 10 GPa, (ii) by single crystal X-ray diffraction from 0.1 MPa to 2 GPa and (iii) by impedance spectroscopy from 0.1 MPa to 1.5 GPa. The decrease in conductivity of about one order of magnitude, when the pressure increases up to 1.5 GPa, can be explained by the compression of the cell.
Conventions are proposed to encode information about the diffraction geometry and polarization properties of the incident X-ray beam in an unambiguous and economical way. The use of these definitions is beneficial in the analysis of polarization-dependent phenomena in X-ray diffraction.
The techniques of synchrotron radiation micro-X-ray fluorescence, neutron diffraction and scanning electron microscopy have been applied to the study of different whewellite kidney stones.
A template-matching-based indexing scheme for Laue diffraction patterns is implemented, and a method is proposed for misorientation determination within a diffracting volume from smeared/split Laue patterns. The methodologies developed are illustrated using micro-Laue patterns obtained from a fatigue crack-wake.
A small, inexpensive and automatically operated device for the flash annealing of crystals of macromolecules is presented. Operation of the device is completely integrated within the ESRF beamline control graphical user interface for macromolecular crystallography experiments, mxCuBE, and the device can thus be controlled either from the beamline control cabin or by users accessing the beamline remotely.
This paper presents a hands-free protein crystallography system in which all aspects of crystallographic experiments from crystallization to diffraction data collection are performed within a modified X-ray glass capillary.
An approach is described where structure solution may be attempted from powders with preferential orientation. Based on spherical harmonics, it does not assume any orientation direction but is stable during simulated annealing. The approach relies on a macro keyword already present in TOPAS, but could be implemented in other simulated annealing codes.
ACDP is a Java application for processing protein circular dichroism spectra. Three different algorithms for secondary structure deconvolution have been implemented, and spectra can be analysed without the need for data reformatting.
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Dec. 26, 2018—There are initial signs that the private passenger nonstandard automobile segment is beginning to improve after years of unfavorable results, including continued premium growth in 2017 and through mid-year 2018, reported Insurance Journal.
The findings come from Best's Market Segment Report, "Early Signs of Improvement in Nonstandard Auto Market," and the report states that the recent improvements reflect a variety of carriers' underwriting initiatives, including increasing rates significantly over the last few years.
As the auto premium base expanded in 2018, loss cost trends and severity increases have mostly been in line with companies' expectations.


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A former print editor looks at the news
This morning I made my usual journey through the day's news -- reaching for the iPad while still in bed, nosing my way through Google news, Politico, the latest stock prices and the like. Not an unusual morning for most of us -- us ADD news consumers who look over dozens and even scores of headlines in search of, what, maybe two articles that interest us enough to actually read all the way through.
I almost forgot. I also happened on a mildly amusing video of Jimmy Fallon (or was it Jimmy Kimmel?) imagining a phone call between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. And then there's the obligatory glance at Facebook to see what my lefty friends think is important today.
Such is the state of news consumption. One would think that this former print newspaper editor would be more in-depth, more thoughtful than that. One would imagine a retired former editor ambling to the curb to pick up his morning Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
No. Like much of our culture, I've joined the quick and dirty crowd, reaching out into the webosphere for whatever meanders in my direction. Disclosure: I do receive The Wall Street Journal online (as a retiree of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, a one-time member of the Dow Jones family, I get it gratis) and I actually pay for The New York Times.
But like most folks, I'm not a devotee of one publication or one news organization. Call it fear of commitment.
So it felt like a trip down memory lane yesterday when I went to lunch alone except for two print newspapers -- The Journal and the Sentinel. A depressing journey.
For those paying attention, the Sentinel is in the early stage of a "new look" -- brighter, more colorful and, chiefly, cheaper to produce. Like its many sister newspapers all over California, it's now produced elsewhere, with local reporters here and production people toiling away at desktop computers in Chico.
The less said about the new look the better. But at least it stilll has some good local content, especially considering the small staff now out trying to cover the news.
But even more depressing was something I saw in The Wall Street Journal: a misspelling in a headline. (Prairie without the first "i"). Yikes! Yes, I've committed such an error in my time, but I have never -- ever -- seen such a misstep in the Journal.
It's probably not fair to form a conclusion based on just two observations. But times are changing and the extra care that goes into preparing a good print publication is a luxury no longer possible in a fast-moving, "read-it now" and "see it now" world.
What's the impact? Stay tuned.
Posted at 09:43 AM in Business, Current Affairs, Media, Newspapers, Santa Cruz, Television | Permalink | Comments (1)
Bezos a white knight? Don't count on it
I was at a journalism conference in 1999 or so when somebody in the audience asked a Los Angeles Times panelist why the Times had expanded into the online world and exactly what The Times had planned.
His answer was pretty good: "It's just like when you play Monopoly and you land on Marvin Gardens. You buy it even though you don't know what you're going to use it for."
That insight came to mind this week when Jeff Bezos found an extra $250 million in the pockets of his jeans and purchased The Washington Post and a few other Post properties.
Since then, the chattering class has taken hold. (Although the funniest reaction came from The Onion, right here, which reported: "Bob Woodward Gets New Job.")
Ever hopeful of a white knight, some journalists say that it's Bezos's way of saving good journalism, arguing that the future of newspapers resides with civic-minded billionaires in place of the traditional civic-minded millionaires of a generation ago.
Skeptical observers say that Bezos has an agenda. After all, if his motive is philanthropic, why didn't his foundation make the purchase? Is he trying to increase his political influence for his own economic interest? Does owning the Post help Amazon in some particular way?
Like every question about the future of journalism, no one -- including Bezos -- can know how it will all shake out.
But it's worth remembering this: what happens at the Post -- or The New York Times or any other paper of national influence -- probably won't affect the average American newspaper. For community newspapers across the counry, there's no Bezos bailout on the horizon.
The problem your average newspaper faces actually doesn't involve content -- or at least, not directly. The problem is that the advertising revenue that newspapers once enjoyed has gone elsewhere: to Google, to Facebook and especially to Craig's List. Without that ad revenue, news staffs have been cut, never to return. And without adequate staffing, content suffers and the audience (once known as the readership) goes away.
Even Bezos can't fix that.
Posted at 01:42 PM in Books, Current Affairs, Media, Newspapers, Non-profits, Politics, Santa Cruz, Television, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0)
For Weiner, Sanford and Spitzer, is the goal public service or the lure of political power?
Public service is an honorable calling, but for some, it's more about their own ego and the ambitious pursuit of power.
How else can you explain Anthony Weiner, Elliot Spitzer and Mark Sanford?
Sanford fell into disgrace with his infamous romantic journey to Argentina. Spitzer -- Mr. Law Enforcement -- decided that prostitution laws didn't apply to him. And Weiner ... the less said, the better.
Yet all three think that the world can't do without their presence in public life. In fact, Congress has not been improved by having Sanford back. The people of South Carolina could easily find someone else to serve in his place. Spitzer is hardly the only qualified person for the job of New York City comptroller. (If his service there was so damn important, why did he instead run for governor back in 2006?) Or, as a spokesman for his chief opponent said: "It's clearer and clearer that for Eliot Spitzer, this campaign is not about the needs and struggles of New York's middle class – it's all about Eliot Spitzer."
And Weiner doesn't even have the modicum of taste to drop out of the race for mayor of New York. The city has done fine without him over the past couple of centuries, but he's arrogant enough to think that the city is in need of his services. It's not. He actually said this: "I want to bring my vision to the people of the city of New York. I hope they're willing to still continue to give me a second chance."
Why should they? Just so Weiner can add to his resume?
What's the lesson here? For voters, it's this: is someone running for office because they want to serve? Or is it because it satisfies their self interest? Those are questions worth asking.
Posted at 03:16 PM in California politics, Current Affairs, Law enforcement, Legal issues, Media, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0)
Do you think the desalination debate is about water? For the opponents, it's not
Those of us who think that Santa Cruz County has a water crisis are witnessing a frustrating political fight over a proposed desalination plant.
What's frustrating is that the two sides aren't fighting over the same thing. The pro-desal people see it this way: "We're worried that there won't be enough water and that when the next drought hits we'll be in a real fix."
But the anti-desal people would be happy not to have enough water. They won't say so, but it goes back to an old theory -- limit services and you limit growth.
All the things that a lack of water brings are growth limiting: things like building moratoriums, fewer water hookups, increased housing costs that limit an influx of new people. And that's what a number of people want. Take for example the huge cost of developing second units, unimproved lots or even the proposed Aptos Village development out in the Soquel Creek Water District. If you don't want new people here, you say to yourself, "No new connections? Great!"
Anti-desal folks really don't want any new supply of water. Not that there's even one available -- except desal. Just try proposing a new reservoir. (In fact, doing so wouldn't even do much good; the problem Santa Cruz has is that most of its water comes from collected runoff -- and if and when there's a serious drought there won't be enoughwater no matter how many dams you build.)
Desal opponents have done nothing but attack an environmental impact report on the desal project since it came out. Wouldn't you think that at least one person might say something like: "Hmmm. Maybe the report makes sense."
It won't happen. Instead, they focus on more conservation (Santa Cruz already conserves more per capita than anywhere else around) -- and pit toilets, no lawns, fewer showers and -- yuck! -- recycling sewage runoff.
Meanwhile, Soquel Creek Water District, which unlike Santa Cruz utilizes groundwater, faces severe overdraft on its wells. Now. Today.
That's why the argument shouldn't be about growth. But that's where the anti-desal folks focus -- even though they're not saying so.
Posted at 02:29 PM in Aptos, Business, California politics, Capitola, Coastal issues, Current Affairs, Environment, Media, Politics, Santa Cruz, Science, Soquel, Water | Permalink | Comments (1)
Diagnosis of a disease
I have never begun a piece of writing with such misgivings. (Yes, that's basically the opening line from Somerset Maugham's "The Razor's Edge," but it applies here.)
A year ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. So far, the impact has been slight -- a stiff shoulder and a shaky hand. After years of making a living at a keyboard, I now find it bothersome to type with my right hand, and that, probably as much as anything, has kept me from writing more in this space -- or anywhere else, for that matter.
I've never been comfortable with columns about personal matters. Sure, I'm as egotistical as any journalist, but that need to tell my story doesn't really extend to those little intimate confessionals that mark so many of the newspaper columns that have grown so popular over the past 25 years.
Still, at least three people have convinced me that writing about this unfortunate, progressive disease might prove to be a worthwhile venture, if only as a way to document the disease as it worsens and takes hold. Jesus, I hope it doesn't, but you've got to face reality.
Two things seem to relieve the symptoms: working out and taking a drink. Fortunately, I like both. I'm on one medication, a drug called Azilect, which my doctor says has shown to slow the disease -- in one study, that is. Other studies haven't proved the effectiveness.
Azilect is lightweight stuff, or so one of my best friends says. My unfortunate pal is deep into the disease, and it's complicated by dementia, which occasionally accompanies Parkinson's. Of course I assumed upon receiving the diagnosis that I was headed to that sort of cloudy future, but my doc has urged me not to compare myself to any other patient. "Don't go there," he said.
Easier said than done. Still, there are scores of diseases that are worse than what I have and there are any number of people suffering far worse. Let's keep perspective. Complaining doesn't make much sense. You can go nuts worrying about the worst that can happen, or you can put it out of your mind. Linus of "Peanuts" fame said it best: "No problem is so big or so complicated that you can't run away from it."
That's the way I feel. That's why I'm reluctant to write about it. But because no one can tell me what the future holds, documenting the whole thing might be worthwhile.
Posted at 12:28 PM in Business, Current Affairs, Health care, Media | Permalink | Comments (7)
Why the Santa Cruz community owes so much to local law enforcement
The tragedy of last week's shooting of two Santa Cruz police officers has resulted in an unprecedented level of community support, emotional outpouring and media coverage, but one aspect of the episode has gone unnoticed: the superior performance of local law enforcement that prevented the violence from escalating further.
The professionalism of the Santa Cruz Police Department and the other agencies involved -- the Sheriff's Office, the Highway Patrol, the Fire Department and others -- kept the situation from degenerating into an even bigger tragedy.
The man responsible, Jeremy Goulet, shot officers Butch Baker and Elizabeth Butler, but he was intent upon taking out additional people -- other officers and innocent passersby. He had stolen not only some police weapons, but also one of the officers' protectivc vests. He wanted to make a last stand. He was a mass slayer in the making.
Local police officiers put a stop to it without more violence. They did it thanks to a tactical response by cooperating law enforcement agencies. They did it thanks to a high level of training, work that goes unnoticed by the general public. They did it despite the emotion that must have been bubbling up inside them, knowing that two of their own had fallen. Mourning could come later. They had a job to do --- and they did it.
Goulet was on the move after the shooting. He had driven around town and was perhaps headed back to a location where he could have made a stand -- taking aim at more people. The SCPD and SCSO stopped him. And they did so without any more casualties.
The community already knows this: our law enforcement officers do a great job -- day in and day out -- of serving those of us who live here. But most of us don't realize the level of professionalism that they can call on when the worst happens.
The wounds to the Santa Cruz community are real. The wounds to local law enforcement are severe and won't be overcome anytime soon. But the biggest tribute to the memory of Officers Baker and Butler is that they were part of a law enforcement community that responded with professionalism, bravery and competence. There is no greater tribute.
Posted at 01:30 PM in Capitola, Current Affairs, Law enforcement, Media, Newspapers, Politics, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (3)
Beware of smart media stars who are sure of their opinions
One of the great qualities of the best journalists is that they're not sure of anything. That's the main reason they get their butts out of their chair and actually go talk to somebody. My God, sometimes they even talk to somebody different from themselves, someone who views the world differently. They're interested in what others have to say and how the world looks from behind someone else's eyes.
Alas, today's journalists -- especially the biggest stars -- are increasingly sure of themselves and their own knowledge. Fox News and MSNBC are particularly known for hiring people straight out of the partisan political world: Chris Matthews, Karl Rove, Sarah Palin and Robert Gibbs. They're smart. They're argumentative. They take no prisoners. They get great ratings.
The latest to join the party is David Axelrod, famously a big part of President Barack Obama's political success, who has joined NBC News.
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius has taken notice, saying in the Washington Post's Post Partisan blog: "NBC boasted in its news release about how 'for nearly three decades Axelrod guided successful campaigns at every level on the ballot.' Once upon a time, that would have been a disqualification for a news organization."
These are people who are sure of themselves and of their opinions. (Of course, smart people who were sure of themselves and their opinions started the Vietnam War, the Iraq War and a few other misguided ventures.)
Don't expect Axelrod to innocently question either a Democrat or a Republican. He's damn sure of what he knows. It's the people -- like me -- who aren't smart enough to be sure of ourselves who used to ply their trade in journalism. People like me actually were interested in what others had to say -- especially when they saw the world differently. It was one of the basics of good journalism.
True, there are still those who play it that way, but they don't get the high ratings and don't get the huge number of page views. They're the ones who at the end of the day can be found at the grocery store or watering their lawn. The smart, opinionated media stars are more likely to be whisked away in their limo, on their way to exclusive fund-raisers. We're rewarding the smart people whose are sure of their opinions.
As Ignatius says "No wonder the American public increasingly mistrusts the news media. We are obliterating the line between the political players and the people who are supposed to act as commentators and referees."
POSTSCRIPT: Not every political person wants to sit and pontificate. Buried deep in today's news is a story about recently retired Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, joining a think tank called the Bipartisan Policy Center, where she will co-chair the group's new Commission on Political Reform. The group will study the causes and consequences of partisan politics -- and will even look toward government reform.
Don't expect much coverage from the likes of Rove and Axelrod. They wouldn't get the ratings that way.
Posted at 03:20 PM in Business, Current Affairs, Media, Newspapers, Politics, Radio, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)
Selfish. Always have been; always will be
I've written the same thing so many times that it keeps me from updating this blog very often. But with the new year -- hey -- why not?
Don't blame the politicians. Even those who serve in the sideshow otherwise known as the U.S. House of Representatives. Blame us. Most of us, anyway -- those who want a lot of government services and want someone else to pay for it.
The so-called budget deal achieved nothing. Go ahead -- tax the wealthy if you want. Just realize that it doesn't solve anything except making you feel better about not owning yachts and vacationing on private islands.
Don't take it from me. Here's a great explanation from Charles Babington of the Associated Press: "Cliff Deal is Another No-Pain Punt.
It feels almost quaint to suggest an AP story in this day of hyper-opinionated journalism ranging from Fox News to Paul Krugman. But this Babington has it right -- he says the fiscal cliff deal "is the latest in a long series of decisions by lawmakers and the White House to do less than promised - and to ask Americans for little sacrifice - in confronting the nation's burgeoning debt."
What Americans are doing, essentially, is putting off hard decisions on the next generation. You know, those young people who are having trouble finding good jobs, affordable housing and even decent health care. But the general voting public, urged on by politicians, lobbyists and media stars continue to believe that government benefits don't have to be paid for -- or can be paid by someone else.
As Anderson Cooper might say about the Baby Boom Generation (and I know; I'm one of them): "The fact is, they're selfish. Always have been. Always will be."
ADDENDUM: Two Washington journalists from The Wall Street Journal, David Wessel and Gerald Seib, have published a helpful graph right here of how the new law affects the deficit. Yes -- annual deficits remain over $1 trillion with no end in sight.
Posted at 11:53 AM in Business, California politics, Current Affairs, Media, Newspapers, Politics, Radio, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)


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Trips and falls are the leading cause of unintentional home injury and cause 43% of home injury deaths. Often times they are caused by situations that are 100% preventable, such as slipping on a loose rug or tripping over clutter, broken flooring, or an extension cord.
Wet or slippery surfaces. Think showers and tubs as well as spills on the kitchen floor or an unsecured rug.
Environmental conditions. Ice in the winter or wet steps after a rain.
Insufficient lighting. Not being able to see can cause people to stumble over items that they would normally avoid.
Changes in elevation. Stairs certainly come to mind, but any change of more than a quarter of an inch can cause people to stumble. Flooring changes, cracks in flooring or pavement, and thresholds can all cause falls.
Housekeeping issues. Items left on the floor or stairs can cause certain hazards.
All people are at risk of falls, but they are more common in children (who are just learning to walk and are still developing their sense of balance) and the elderly.
The obvious health impacts are scrapes, bruises and broken bones. The elderly are particularly susceptible to falls, and the stress of the injury can have extreme effects upon their health. According to a recent study, women aged 65 and older who fracture a hip are more than two times as likely to die in the year following injury.
Look around your home for potential trip and fall hazards and correct them.
Wipe up spills and other liquids on the floor right away.
Use double-sided tape to tape down area rugs.
Make sure lighting is sufficient in all areas, and that it can be turned on without walking in the dark.
Repair flooring and stairs that are in disrepair.
Install stable railings alongside stairs.
Use a stair gate and window guards, especially with younger children.
Install grab bars in showers and bathtubs.
Young children spend about 70% of the time in their home.


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"Romaine Calm"... New YEAH! BURGER Concept "Upbeet" is Opening Soon
New concept to debut later this summer
Erik Maier, co-founder and CEO of YEAH! BURGER, has reportedly changed the name of his upcoming Westside restaurant. Originally called "Juicy Green," my research indicates that the concept will now be called "upbeet."
In my opinion, the upbeet name is far superior to Juicy Green and will surely lend itself to some beet-centric menu items and themes.
Rumors began circulating in late 2014 that Maier would open a new restaurant in the redeveloped Sunlow Inc. building at 1071 Howell Mill Road. While work on the space's shell is basically done, the restaurant buildout is seemingly just getting started.
In my preparation for this post, I found what appeared to be Maier reaching out to the former owner of the "upbeet" twitter handle. No word on what was involved in freeing the handle, but I hope the owner was compensated appropriately.
The upbeet website displays a rotating list of menu items one can expect to see in the restaurant. Offerings include: seasonal sides, vegan options, organic juices & smoothies, paleo, vegan and gluten-free pastries, grain bowls, protein plates, acai & yogurt bowls, and organic salads.
Upbeet also has an active facebook page.
Sources indicate that upbeet will be similar in some ways to Los Angeles-based Lemonade, a quick serve healthy eatery currently experiencing tremendous growth. While I have not personally been to Lemonade, I have been to another similar concept, Flower Child. Developed by Sam Fox of Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts, Flower Child is like the little sister of True Food Kitchen. Both Lemonade and Flower Child offer wide varieties of healthy seasonally inspired fare, fresh juices and assorted proteins.
Launched in 2010, YEAH! BURGER currently has two locations: West Midtown and Virginia-Highland.
While expansion of the upbeet concept is surely in the back of Maier's mind, there are already three more YEAH! units in the works. YEAH! BURGER is expected to open later this year in the recently renovated "Buckhead Exchange" at the corner of Peachtree Road and Grandview Avenue in Buckhead. YEAH! BURGER is also expected to open in Peachtree Crossing, the new Whole Foods Market-anchored center in Chamblee, which is due to open next year. YEAH! will also enter the Nashville market with a location in Hill Center Brentwood, a new mixed-use development, with plans to be open by next spring. While originally announced to be franchised locations, the upcoming YEAH! restaurants will reportedly all be corporately owned.
Upbeet is reportedly expected to open later this summer or early fall, but YEAH! BURGER Marketing & Creative Director Kelly Wallace indicated to me that updated information on the concept and opening will be announced in the coming weeks.
Have you been to Lemonade or Flower Child? If so, what were your thoughts? Are you excited to see this concept coming first to the Westside? Where else in Atlanta should upbeet open?
We need more fast casual healthy fare that isn't $9 juice in a bottle. Hopefully this will help fill that void.
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This concept would do well in Decatur!
Yeah! Burger is also opening fairly soon in a very wealthy suburb of Birmingham, mountain brook, the devil-mention is called lane park and it's a redevelopment of mountain brook village. A Grand Bohemian hotel has already opened as phase one, phase 2 should have the yeah! Burger. And who knows what phase 3 will include (the original shopping center has to be torn down to complete phase 3.). Mountain ?|Brook is one of the wealthiest zip codes in the United States, and no I don't love there!


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A number of years ago a gentleman asked me if I recommended insurance. I said that I did, and he wanted to know why. I explained that sometimes we just cannot refund money for unused portions of a trip, say, if a guest had to leave prematurely for an emergency. The gentleman informed me that he was in good health, he had a good job, and he didn't plan on canceling his hike for any reason. I honored his response.
Unfortunately, this was not the end of the story. Our guest experienced a family emergency that he never could have anticipated, and he had to leave his hiking tour on day 2 of a 10-day itinerary.
Here's the rub. Once we've committed money to our hotels and contacts overseas, we become another link in what quickly becomes a long refund chain. Our policy is to work with our guests whenever we can, but once the tour starts, we are very limited because we've already paid money for goods and services. This puts us in a very undesirable position when one of our guests requests a refund for something that was out of both parties' control. The gentleman would have received a full refund even if he had purchased the bare minimum amount of travel insurance. Cancellation insurance covers tour interruption due to preexisting medical conditions, employment lay-offs and/or transfers, family emergencies and more.
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The whole situation makes the parents look like idiots. Surely they know that Bay's life will be affected by this? Surely they might understand why she is unhappy during her sentence? Why aren't they trying to support her and cheer her up, and why didn't they get her a lawyer after she "confessed"? Also, why are they not thanking her, if they think it's such a great thing she did, and why are they not holding Daphne accountable and asking her to do something besides have fun in college? It's really weird how the parents are even more blase about it than Daphne is. Really, Toby seems to be the only person who is concerned for Bay. I dont know why Bay is only angry with Daphne, and not with the parents, also.
I like Emmett's friend. I just hope the kiss was not the beginning of another mess.
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why didn't they get her a lawyer after she "confessed"
This. Why didn't they get a (good) lawyer? If it was so believable that Bay did it instead of Daphne, couldn't the same case be made that it was believable that Daphne did it, not Bay - thus poking reasonable doubt into both cases? It was never the slam-dunk case they made it out to be, which is all the more frustrating.
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Exactly! A first time offense for someone that young usually means a diversion program where their conviction is stayed until completion. I've seen those with public defenders, never mind someone with the money to hire a real lawyer.
At this point, I am surprised they didn't make Daphne's interpreter story line somehow turn into Bey giving up her dreams to learn to be an interpreter - you know, so she can follow Daphne around for the rest of her life
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I agree with the poster who stated Vanessa is a much better actor than Katie , so she gets more trauma in her life. I hope this ends soon because I'm ready to give up on this show. I've come to really resent both Daphne with her screwing up, and Regina with her continual hookups.
I don't really have a problem with Regina having boyfriends. I mean, she's an attractive single woman who dates. It's not as though Daphne has been waking up to a parade of men coming out of Regina's room (which would be a problem).
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Anyway, curious, if any of you are hiring managers etc. how would it would go in reality for someone like Bay who has to check off "felon" on job applications etc. do their applications get immediately tossed? Do you look up the crime first?
It will definitely depend on a lot of things. For something like property damage, she could get passed over for any sort of managerial stuff. Like someone else said, she wouldn't be able to receive federal financial aid for school. She will continue to be passed over for any art program that receives NEA funding. If she ever decides she wants to work with kids, it could be a black mark on her for a while. As she gets older, it probably won't be as big of a deal, but for now, she's basically torpedoed her life plans.
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On-the-run spammer caught and canned
Christopher Smith was arrested as he stepped off a plane in the US after a combined effort from the FBI and Spamhaus
By Will Sturgeon | July 6, 2005 -- 15:55 GMT (08:55 PDT) | Topic: Networking
One of the world's most prolific spammers has been arrested in the US as he stepped off a plane from the Dominican Republic, where he had been holed up running his illegal operation.
Christopher Smith, originally from Minnesota, has moved his operation around the world to locations such as China and Malaysia, according to anti-spam campaign group Spamhaus. Earlier this year US authorities seized assets from Smith and shut down one of his businesses which was illegally selling pharmaceuticals online.
According to Steve Linford from Spamhaus, who traces the movements of the world's worst spammers, Smith then went on the run with a fake passport.
During this time Spamhaus was in contact with the FBI, sharing information on Smith's movements and activities. Spamhaus was notified by the FBI about Smith's plans to return to the US and Smith was arrested late last week as he stepped off the plane in Minneapolis.
According to Linford, Smith was a particularly prolific spammer.
"He was well up in our top 10," Linford said. But it was his decision to the return to the US which was his undoing.
"It seems that he must have forgotten something and came back but really I think he was just incredibly stupid," said Linford.
Last week's arrest was related to Smith skipping bail and travelling with forged documents, following his initial arrest for illegally selling pharmaceuticals. But Linford isn't too worried that the arrest did not take into account Smith's spamming, as long as he is now out of the picture.
"Behind bars is behind bars," Linford said.
Unsurprisingly, given the close tabs the organisation kept on him, Smith also had a particular axe to grind with Spamhaus.
"At one point he even tried to register the domain Spamhaus.org.uk and offer spam services from it in an attempt to damage our reputation," Linford said.
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Lofts at Fillmore– One of the icons in the Roosevelt Historic District is the Fillmore building that was constructed in 1929 as an apartment building. Lowrey + Mahoney, the same team that designed Fontenelle Lofts, got ahold of this building and renovated it into a condominium complex in 2000. This uniquely designed building is distinguishable from any others in the area, which adds to the appeal for residents.
As one of the first "streetcar suburbs," the Historic Roosevelt District has a storied past that definitely includes the building. Residents reside in either 1- or 2-bedroom floor plans that range from 900 to 1,300 square feet. The unique design of this building allows the first-floor units to have basements with bedrooms and the top two floors of the four-story building are the 2-story condos with loft options. With 18 total units, Lofts at Fillmore offers a sense of closeness while still having the utmost privacy. To learn more about condos for sale in Lofts at Fillmore, let our team help you. We are experts in the Valley real estate market and would love to help you find your dream home.
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Construction starts on new radio towers
Provided photos: Upstate Tower does the site work in Kendall for a soon-to-be erected 180-foot-high radio tower, one of four new ones being constructed in Orleans County. Upstate Tower also is doing site working, including pouring concrete, for the tower sites in Lyndonville and Holley. A new tower will also go up next to the Public Safety Building in Albion.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 15 January 2020 at 10:38 am
Contractors have started work on four new radio towers that soon go up in Orleans County to enhance the emergency communications system.
The towers are part of a $6 million project to upgrade the system in the county. The state awarded Orleans a $5,897,141 grant for four new towers, accompanying communication shelters, technology to connect separate radio systems and new radio channels. The project will strengthen communications between multiple jurisdictions and agencies.
The base for a new radio tower is in place next to the Orleans County Public Safety Building in Albion.
Three of the towers will be 180 feet high and they will be located by the Public Safety Building on Route 31 in Albion, Millers Road in Yates near the water tank, and at the Kendall Central School near the bus garage.
The other tower will be 150 feet high and will be near the Holley water tank on Route 237.
The Orleans County Department of Public Works is putting in all stone access roads and electrical trenching and conduit.
Upstate Tower is doing the site work and concrete foundations, and will be installing the towers that were constructed by Nudd Tower in Ontario, NY.
Once the towers are up, the radio tower shelters and emergency standby generators will be installed.
After that the radio system equipment will be installed in late winter or early spring. This project is administrated by the Orleans County Emergency Management Office.
The emergency communications system serves firefighters, law enforcement, highway employees, probation and some other municipal workers in the county.
The system currently has poor coverage in the Holley area, along Lake Ontario and some other isolated locations in the county, especially in buildings with thick walls.
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If you have some spare time, no matter how small or how often, we would love for you to come visit us.
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Xbox Series X in Poland. Players can purchase a no-frills console or a special edition device
Benjamin Blair November 17, 2021 1 min read
In recent days, many of our readers have asked me about the availability of the Xbox Series X. As it turns out – the equipment is back on sale and you can access consoles without add-ons, in bundles or even in a limited edition. Check the details.
Last year we celebrated the release of new consoles, but the hardware is still hard to come by in many places. In recent days, many readers have asked me about the possibility of buying Xbox Series X in Poland and today there are some interesting offers.
Xbox Series X seems to be a good offer without any extras – in this case you don't have to pay extra for consoles or games and you can put together the expected set yourself. However, some may be interested in the limited edition Xbox Series X… although in this case you'll also get an Xbox Elite 2 controller – a pity this isn't a special edition developed for the premiere of the latest Halo.
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Once you place your order – it's also worth taking a look at the Xbox Game Pass catalog because Yesterday, more productions targeting the service were announced. Remember also about Free Online Mode with Halo Infinite.
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Living by the Clock of the World: Grace Lee Boggs' Call for Visionary Organizing By: Matthew Birkhold Date Published: April 17, 2012
In response to a question regarding advice for young activists, 96 year old movement veteran Grace Lee Boggs recently told Hyphen Magazine that activists should turn our backs on protest organizing because it "leads you more and more to defensive operations" and "Do visionary organizing" because it "gives you the opportunity to encourage the creative capacity in people and it's very fulfilling." This quote made its way around facebook, twitter, and tumblr, as fans of Grace reposted it like it was common sense while others thought the quote bordered on conservatism.
To better understand Grace's call, we need to understand the historical perspective in which it's rooted. We also need to understand how visionary organizing differs from protest organizing, how Grace understands revolution, and that the way history develops means that ideas that were progressive or even revolutionary in one era, can become mental roadblocks to progress in another era.
Occupy Opportunities for Collective Liberation - Catalyst Project's Anti-Racist Organizing Strategy By: Chris Crass Date Published: December 14, 2011
Melanie Cervantes - http://dignidadrebelde.comCatalyst Project, a center for political education and movement building, has compiled a list of resources for anti-racist/collective liberation work to build up the Occupy movement. The following is an essay from the resource list, sharing key insights from Catalyst's anti-racist organizing strategy and how it relates to the Occupy movement. The resource list will be sent out widely soon.
The Occupy movement is one of the most profound organizing opportunities in decades, because of its mass invitation for the 99% to step forward and challenge systemic economic inequality. For white anti-racists, this is a moment when we can engage with, support, and organize hundreds of thousands of white people to deeply connect economic justice to racial and gender justice.
Occupying the Imagination, Cultivating a New Politics By: Vijay Prashad Date Published: November 23, 2011
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Reports and rumors filter out of government documents and family distress signals to locate precisely the ongoing devastation of social life in the United States. Unemployment rates linger at perilously high levels, with the effective rate in some cities, such as Detroit, stumbling on with half the population without waged work. Home foreclosures fail to slow-down, and sheriffs and debt-recovery paramilitaries scour the landscape for the delinquents. Personal debt has escalated as ordinary people with uneven means of earning livings turn to banks and to the shady world of personal loan agencies to take them to the other side of starvation. Researchers at the RAND Corporation tell us that absent family support, poverty rates among the elderly will be about double what they are now. In other words, economist Nancy Folbre's "invisible heart" is trying its best to hold back the noxious effects of the "invisible hand."
So Real it Hurts - Notes on Occupy Wall Street By: Manissa McCleave Maharawal Date Published: October 4, 2011
I first went down to Occupy Wall Street last Sunday, almost a week after it had started. I didn't go down before because I, like many of my other brown friends, was wary of what we had heard or just intuited that it was mostly a young, white male scene. When I asked friends about it they said different things: that it was really white; that it was all people they didn't know; and that they weren't sure what was going on. But after hearing about the arrests and police brutality on Saturday, September 24th and after hearing that thousands of people had turned up for their march I decided I needed to see this thing for myself.
So I went down for the first time on Sunday, September 25th with my friend Sam. At first we couldn't even find Occupy Wall Street. We biked over the Brooklyn Bridge around noon on Sunday, dodging the tourists and then the cars on Chambers Street. We ended up at Ground Zero and I felt the deep sense of sadness that that place now gives me: sadness over how, what is now in essence just a construction site, changed the world so much for the worse.
Tadamon! 10 Years of Notes from the Global Intifada By: The Editors Date Published: March 11, 2011
Notes from the Global Intifada – Believe it or not, over the past year we at Left Turn had been discussing changing our tag line, it is as though a long time can go by without fundamental change happening, and then all of a sudden there is a week when everything takes off.
Ten years ago when Left Turn emerged, momentum seemed to be on our side. In 1999 historic protests shut down the World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle. A wave of anti-corporate globalization protests that had begun building in the movements of the Global South seemed to sweep into North America and finally caught the people of the US. A project that could document and project this global rebellion for a specifically US audience seemed necessary and full of possibilities.
The Future of Left Turn By: Editorial Collective Date Published: December 12, 2011
We have some major news about the future of Left Turn. We have published the final issue of our print publication. This decision did not come easily, but in the end we felt we had no choice.
The Responsibility of Radicals By: Esther Wang Date Published: July 30, 2011
THE NEXT AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BY GRACE LEE BOGGS & SCOTT KURASHIGE
University of California Press, 2011
"What time is it on the clock of the world?" If you've seen Grace Lee Boggs speak, you've likely heard her raise this question. In her new book co-authored with Scott Kurashige, The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century, the 95-year-old activist offers some answers—proceeding to lay out in six essays an assessment of what stage we are at in our evolution as a species and her vision for a more human and humane century.
Turning Left By: Harmony Goldberg Date Published: March 11, 2011
The last decade has been a period of profound struggle and realignment for the Left in the United States. We entered the decade with a disorientation shaped by the exhilaration of the 1999 Seattle protests and the world-changing events of September 11, 2001. Ten years later, that disorientation has started to shift, and a new level of clarity is emerging.
We are, however, far behind the clock in terms of preparing ourselves to play the kind of political leadership role that history is going to demand as a number of intersecting crises unfold in the coming decades. To try to capture the development of our work over the last decade, I'm offering a few "snapshots" describing how we entered the last decade, how we are leaving it and how we need to approach the next ten years.
Capitalism: How profit rules By: Kevin Ovenden Date Published: June 1, 2001
Lockeed Martin, the biggest arms manufacturer in the world. GlaxoSmithKline, the most profitable drug company. Exxon, the leading oil giant. These multinationals are the modern day horsemen of the apocalypse—merchants of death, profiteers from disease, polluters on a global scale.
South Africa: One for our Side By: Rami El-Amine Date Published: June 1, 2001
AIDS, health, and anti-globalization activists scored a major victory against corporate greed in mid April when they forced 42 Pharmaceutical companies to drop their lawsuit against the South African government's production of generic AIDS drugs. The HIV/AIDS pandemic had reached such a catastrophic level in South Africa that the government was forced to take drastic measures to begin addressing the problem. South Africa has the highest number of people living with AIDS: 4.7 million. Four hundred thousand South Africans have died of AIDS related illnesses since a generic drug law was introduced in 1997.
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Patrick Speranza is an active percussionist, educator, and composer in the Northwest Indiana and Chicago-land area.
Patrick is currently the Percussion Director at Munster High School in Munster, IN where he directs the marching percussion program, the Winter Percussion Ensemble, the Concert Percussion Ensemble and assists with the percussion sections in each of the concert bands. Under his direction, the Munster Winter Percussion Ensemble has been an Indiana Percussion Association State Finalist each year since it's founding in 2016 and was named the Concert Open Class State Champion in 2018. Patrick also works as a Percussion Instructor with the band programs of the Lake Central School Corporation.
As a performer, Patrick has been a regular member with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago since 2016, and he frequently plays with regional orchestras around Chicago. He has been a finalist in the Northwestern University Concerto Competition, Semi-Finalist in the Southern California Marimba Competition, and the winner of the DePauw University Concerto Competition. Patrick has made international tours to Brazil and China and was a member of the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps for two years.
Patrick holds his Master's Degree in Music Performance from Northwestern University and his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from DePauw University.