"Public Surplus Vehicles – Sealed Bid Auction" do those words fill you with delight? Do they fill your spouse or significant other with dread?
As many of you know I work for a large school district in New Mexico. Because of the geographical size (5000 sq. mi.) there are many fleet vehicles in the district. Now I've been told several times that they do unload the "surplus" ones periodically, but even having been employed here since August of 2002 I have not heard of these extra vehicles being sold off. Well my friends that changed this week! When a colleague and friend of mine who works in my department was overheard by me talking to a relative (on the phone) about some of the "surplus vehicles" that were being auctioned off, you know my ears perked up like a dog hearing the can opener.
So some details on the vehicles; the oldest is a 1978 model and the newest is a 1996 model. The highest mileage I observed on the ones that actually had 6-digit odometers was 175,000 miles while the lowest mileage observed was at 108,000. The Pontiacs and Dodges were witnessed by me on the road as late as May of last year, the other vehicles I have not seen in actual use, god knows how long they've been sitting.
Inspections of the vehicles will start on September 23rd and end on September 26th. Bids must be received by 2 pm on September 27th, at which time the bids will be read. Inspections do not include driving the vehicle, only visual and start it up, listen to it run sort of thing. Any of you "seasoned veterans" have any tips for me? Unfortunately the bid packets are only being accepted in person. I WILL NOT be responsible to your spouse or significant other for the car-casses you drag home and I'm not accepting bids for you.
Now you might be asking yourself; "Dan, why the heck are you bidding on any of this stuff?" Have I told you that the "World's Greatest Fiancé™" is also the world's most supportive? I came home on Monday having heard of the auction, found out where the vehicles were parked and after letting her vent about her day, being supportive, I told her about my predicament.
Some more interesting factoids before I depart; the LeSabre's are 1990 models with crank windows AND 3800V6 power, the Bonneville is a 1992 SE option-less model, the Diplomat is a 1988 model with the 318V8, Torque-flite and Salon trim, and the 1987 Caprice comes up as "invalid vin" when I type the supplied (in the bid packet) vin # into any of the many internet databases that can be used to research such things.
What do the CC Commentariat think? Which one gets your blood pumping? Which one would cause someone to make you sleep on the couch for a week? Which one do you have such bad experiences with that you'd like to bid on it just so you could kill it with fire? How many of you think I'm effin' crazy?
I want that blue Heavy Chevy (err, GMC Sierra) parked on my driveway, backed in for the neighbors to enjoy the hood. I'll tell them it has ram air, you ram it to get more air in.
What's the opening bid on that tan 1990-94 Lumina? 3.1 with a 3spd I'd assume.
A note on the Lumina's EVERY single one had a dash that was curled up like bacon in a frying pan. There were cracked dashes in the other vehicles but only the Luminas had truly ugly dashboards. They are 0 option models so they are equiped as plainly as you could imagine.
A $50 money order or cashiers check is required to submit a bid, what you bid is your choice, NO minimum.
In high school my best friend (named Jeff) borrowed his grandmother's Lumina for our prom in 1995. I got to ride in it and was not impressed, I prefered the interior of my 1982 Celebrity. Laurence, you must have had a positive experience with one that I have not.
Hmm, they might be "Iron Duke" Luminas then. I guess I always liked the monumental glass area of the first generation cars.
My family had one as a slightly permanent rental when my mothers Porsche was seriously damaged in a side swipe when I was 8. I think we had it for 3 months and I just remembered being happy not to be cramped in a 944, Camaro or my Dads Cutlass Salon (the lovely lack of space efficiency of the colonnade coupes). The back seat was enormous and there was plenty of glass area so when we did do roadtrips in it I could actually see things without trying to sneak into the hatch (the 944) or the parcel shelf (the Cutlass).
It was probably the 2nd least competitive midsize sedan in the 1990s, but to a child used to the confines of coupes it was a welcome relief.
I like the Caprice, though "gets my blood pumping" probably overstates the case a little. Any of these would result in my sleeping on the couch. Or in the car.
Some of these look like extras from "Breaking Bad".
My dad took me to one of these auctions when I was a little kid, wanting to find a surplus State of Tennessee pickup. However, most of the trucks had been Game & Fish work vehicles and had been abused for years…he wound up not bidding on anything, probably not wanting to be banished to the sofa.
Oh, just go for the Diplomat. You know you are going to anyway! I don't know if NM has the same emissions regs as we do here in Cali, but the swap I saw on youtube involved the fuel-injected 5.2 Magnum out of a Dodge Dakota pickup. I'd do it, but CA has some silly law that all engine swaps must come from a vehicle in the same "weight class" or something like that. Basically Cars to Cars, trucks to trucks.
Now I'm not going to tell anyone what I bid on until I find out the results of the bidding but… I went down on Friday when the inspections opened to look at the cars. The Dippy is complete, nothing is missing but the battery is deader than Spanish Dictator Fransico Franco. So I attempted to open the hood. The latch cable is busted… and they do discourage trying to cut a hole in the grille of a car you don't own yet just to check out the condition of the engine.
Sounds like a good candidate for a scrap value bid. If you win hook it up to a battery and it fires with a little fresh gas down the carb then you got yourself a good deal. If not then recover your money from the scrap man.
Well, I currently own an '86 Diplomat (daily driver these days) and a '92 SSEi. I've also owned two first-gen H-bodies and a '94 Grand Prix.
Of the stuff I'm seeing, I'd be most interested in that bumper-less 3rd(?) gen GMC truck parked next to the Intrepids.
But, you already own a truck. Of the cars, I'd have to go with the '90 Lesabre. If I'm totally honest with myself, I'd get rid of my Diplomat for a first-gen H-body of equal quality.
No sense in bidding – Dan is gonna get the Diplomat anyway.
Ill give ya a couple hundy for the blue ute but the mailing costs would be toooo much.
Those Grands Prix are really ringing my bell (get it?).
I'd love me some southwestern Pontiac, but it's too far for me to make the trip, even if I did win.
@EdDan: Oh, the 3.1 can be made to behave. With these engines, it's more the combination of extremely cheap parts and Dex-Cool from the factory.
I had a 3.4 in my one Aztek that had head gasket AND intake gasket issues. Our Pontiac dealer bought aftermarket gaskets to repair them. Never had another issue with it after that.
I've known several other people who have been in similar situation with their 3.1 or 3.4 powered cars/vans. Used the aftermarket gaskets, they rarely had trouble again. Only bad thing was, they never really trusted the car again, either.
I'm 99.99% positive you'll at least bid on the Diplomat….can you actually kill a 318?
The Caprice would be as fun as the Diplomat, at least if its the 305.
The best daily drivers are probably a toss up between the Grand Prix's and the Bonneville. Similar gas mileage, comfortable, tons of parts availability….
That LeSabre is interesting, something about a Buick with crank windows…ehh.
I'd jump on the Diplomat personally, and or the Caprice. Lots of potential for both to be fun daily drivers (not much better if any than your current truck though) and lots of opportunity to upgrade suspensions to police spec. and large blackwall tires….nice authoratative exhaust system…maybe flowmaster or something along that line….oh now I wish I wasn't on the opposite end of the country!
I'm liking that LeSabre, talk about an honest car!
And jeeze they have that cool reverse opening hood and when's the last time you saw a Buick with crank windows?
The caprice is calling to me but I just can't do it. The diplomat is just as appealing. Either one can be made to run a zillion miles and as fast as you can afford to go. Probably not much time to get over the 25 year hump. The look late 70's. Have fun.
So envelopes were supposed to be opened at 2pm yesterday when the bidding ended, winners would be contacted – loosers would be told to pick up their money orders/cashiers checks. No word yesterday, no word today. Around 3:30 pm today I was sitting in my cubicle taking care of some work related to district mandates when the procurement clerk who has been assigned responsibility for the auction came through. There's a slight personnel shortage in the district and she been so busy she hasn't opened the envelopes yet! We'll see what Thursday and Friday bring.
Yeah, the Diplomat or the Caprice for me too.
I haven't actually been to a state auction in my state (WA) for quite a few years. I remember walking down a long line of '63 Galaxie ex-state-patrol cars, and noticing during the auction that the one that had rust stains all over the engine compartment from the radiator having boiled over didn't sell for any less than the others. A couple of them still had the shotgun pockets across the front of the front seat. One had been converted to bucket seats.
There was another auction a few years later in which one vehicle was unforgettable; a one-ton 4×4 1967 Dodge long narrow box, full four-door-cab pickup in bright red. It had been a forestry rig, and at that time – mid-1970's – was the biggest pickup I'd ever seen.
I've never bought at a state auction but as I posted a couple of days ago, a friend got a nice 70 Fury III sedan for pretty cheap that gave him 100k trouble-free miles.
Well, at one public auction I was at about 15 years ago, I could have had a well-under-100K mile 1975 Chevy Police Package Sedan (454, cop tires, cop wheels, rear sway bar, etc) for just over a grand (but didn't have that much cash with me). Oh, and the car was a city pool car so had never seen police use (and thus, wasn't punched full of holes either). Oh well . . .
Those 1970s and 80s police cars have simply disappeared off the face of the earth, or so it would seem.
Even if one was given that Diplomat, why . . . . ?
A couple of pointers. First and foremost you need to determine the practices of your district. Around here if the vehicle was pulled from service for other than age and/or mileage do they note that in the listing? Also what are their service practices? Is it the typical govt where the do the bare minimum with the lowest bid materials and supplies? Are they using $1 oil filters and rot gut bulk oil where every vehicle gets the same wt, at what intervals? Do they reach a point where the know they machine isn't going to be around long so they stop doing anything that isn't absolutely required to keep it on the road and safe? In recent years especially many fleet managers are cutting the budget any way they can.
You also need to keep in mind that these are fleet cars so they do not have the same equipment as retail model so they are worth less, factor in that they are going to look like crap where the stickers have been removed and they took the paint with it or it reveals paint that isn't faded underneath it. So they are worth considerably less than the prices you'll see for a retail model that has better sound insulation and equipment.
Next it really depends on what you want to use it for and do to/with it. If you've always wanted Box to turn into a Candy/Cereal/household products, dubbed bling machine then it would be worth paying $1000 for that Crap-piece if it passes the limited inspection you can do.
For the most part I don't see any car that I'd pay more than $500 for and that would be the LeSabres again if they are right, with all the important things working properly.
Thank you for your concern. I'm with you in that I don't think that any of those vehicles are worth much more than $500 either and my bid reflects that. The online values for these cars (that I was able to find) were right around the $1000 mark but naturally that would reflect a "perfect" example which these are certainly not. I wish the district had gone a traditional auction route and I could have just showed up on a Saturday morning (after a few days of allowing for inspections) with $500 in my pocket and then seen if that would have actually gotten me something.
The district doesn't think in that style of, "well it's almost time to get rid of it so let's stop the maint." A few of the vehicles in the auction had nearly new tires on them (Goodyears BTW) and one of the SUVs was involved in a front end colision last year and the district actually used the insurance money to fix and paint it! Having observed district employees in action the sedans are driven in a fairly sedate maner and because of our large geographic size most of the drives are sufficently long enough to get the cars well warmed up.
The way they seem to opperate is: We have a vehicle budget, it must be spent. They get close to the end of a fiscal year and realize they haven't spent it, they start buying vehicles. Suddenly they own "too many" vehicles and start liquidating inventory.
I was likely the only person there at inspection time who was not only checking fluids and HVAC systems but looking at the conditions of tires and bouncing the corners of cars to get a rough idea of how ugly the shocks were.
I am trying to go into this eyes wide open. I figure whatever I pick up will become a driver and a hobby in one. My plan is to get the shop manuals and increase my skill.
Yes a traditional auction is a much better deal, if no one else wants it you could get it for $1. Plus if there are multiple vehicles that are of interest you can bid on the next one. With the sealed bid style auction you really only want to bid on the one you want the most so you don't end up with 2 or more vehicles.
For a "hobby" style vehicle the front bumper missing GMC or one of the Broncos are the most natural choice but the Broncos will go for more than $500 particularly with $600 worth of new tires. The GMC may go for the $500-ish range. However since you already have a truck $200 for the Dippy or $500 for the best of the 3.8 powered rigs would be my choice.
Rust-free Dippy all day long. And Dan, lest you think I'm just being a homer, you should run don't walk away from those first-gen Intrepids. Dad had a decent '93 but I had a '96 that would cure even the worst Moparitis.
My Moparitis is very mild. I'm only interested in the Penstar if it has a V8 and is RWD – that's all.
Are those "OJ" Broncos, or F-150s with caps?
They look to be rust free and if they have the 300-6 in them, they'll go forever. Any examples of those trucks around here have rusted pretty badly. Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I actually saw a full size Bronco on the road.
I'd take one for $1k for sure, maybe $1500 depending on the engine & body quality.
Those are OJ edition Broncos with brand new Goodyear Wrangler GA tires on one and nearly new Goodyear Workforce Extra-Grip tires on the other 4X4 models but I'm not sure about the power plant. If the I-6 was available in the year it was built it might be there. I can assure you that nothing bigger than a 302 V8 would likely be present.
The Diplomat, Caprice or '90 LeSabre for me. But I'd put the Diplomat first! Unusual to see a fleet version with the luxury wheel covers. They look like they should be on a Fifth Avenue, but they were an option on the Gran Furys and Diplomats.
The funny thing is I would actually think it was cooler with some factory/cop style dog dishes.
Any news as of Friday night?


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You've saved for a long time for your new custom home, but there are some other things you should be aware of before signing that contract.
Buying a home for the first time is an exciting process. It can also be somewhat intimidating, especially if you don't know what to expect. You've saved for a long time for your new custom home, but there are some other things you should be aware of before signing that contract.
One of the most tedious parts of the home buying process is gathering all of the documents that your lender will require. Income tax returns, bank statements, pay stubs, and many, many more. You should also be able to document exactly where the money for your down payment came from. They do this to make sure that you didn't borrow the money and have to pay that back as well. When you're applying for a mortgage, your lender will pick apart your spending and savings history to make sure that they are making a sound investment.
If you've just been renting your home up until this point, your landlord probably covered a lot of maintenance expenses for you. Water, trash removal, lawn care, and snow removal are often included in the price of your rent. As a homeowner, you will need to budget for these expenses and more. For example, if your washer breaks you won't be able to just call maintenance to come and fix it. You will have to call the repairperson and pay for repairs or a replacement. For these expenses, it is wise to make sure you have something saved up just in case.
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Inette Austin-Smith, 1924-2017
Hannah Durham
Pioneer for women architects when there were very few, whose legacy is a practice that thrives today
Inette Austin-Smith on site at the Battersea College of Advanced Technology. Credit: Architectural Association Archives
Inette Austin-Smith, who in 1949 set up Austin-Smith: Lord with her husband, has died at the age of 92. Inette and Mike were a compelling architectural team who achieved many accolades in their lifetimes, earning a great reputation within the profession and by doing so became role models for several generations of architects.
She was born Inge Griessmann (anglicised to Grierson) in Nuremburg, Germany, to Jewish parents. In 1936 the family moved to Highgate, north London, where her father opened a very successful woollen business. Inette first entered Reading University to read Fine Art and Dress Making but upon meeting a family friend, the architect and politician (Baron) Alfred Charles Bossom, she turned to architecture. She felt architecture was well suited to her logical and practical mind. Throughout her career she frequently recalled Bossom's guidance that 'it is very important in architecture to remember architecture is 49% about being creative and 51% about being a businessman and being organised'.
Inette joined the Architectural Association in 1942 when it had been evacuated to Mount House in Monken Hadley, Hertfordshire. She was a strong student who achieved consistent high marks in projects that included an arts centre in Dulwich, an accommodation block in Norwood, London and a new pier on the South Coast. After the war the school made inspirational trips to Sweden and Norway that influenced her later work. It was at the AA that she also met John Michael (Mike) Austin-Smith, to whom she became engaged while still a student. Her parents insisted that she complete her course before the couple married.
Inette Austin-Smith on a 1946 AA Field Trip to Sweden. Credit: Architectural Association Archives
Upon leaving the AA in 1947, they both completed a town planning course before going into employment, Inette at Middlesex County Council Schools Department and Mike for the London County Council Schools' Department. In 1949, while both in full time jobs, they set up the practice JM Austin-Smith & Partner based in their London flat. Later, they moved the office to a room in a woollen warehouse provided by Inette's father.
The practice's first architectural work was varied, including schools, factories, warehouses, offices, shop fitting and residential projects. There was a factory for Silentbloc polymers in Crawley, West Sussex (1954), sheltered housing for the elderly (The Twitten), also in Crawley (1962), and new offices for Hunting Aerosurveys, Boreham Wood (1958). In 1953, the Austin-Smiths were nominated Architects of the Year by the Architects' Journal.
Inette mainly worked on schools and residential schemes, but also took responsibility for the finances and administration of the practice. She was particularly proud of a school for 80 deaf children in Heston, Middlesex (1956), which used prefabricated timber sections; and a primary school at Ghyllgrove in Basildon completed in 1964. The Austin-Smiths learnt the importance of involving clients closely throughout the design process. By understanding what her clients really wanted, she enabled the practice to produce buildings that were highly appreciated and generated repeat business. The practice grew steadily.
Inette Austin-Smith in September 2014. Credit: Architectural Association Archives
Inette was one of a small number of women architects working in London in the 1950s and 1960s and paved a way for future women architects to follow. She spoke of the reaction she received from contractors as a woman and the importance of remaining professional and proving your skills by performing well. She became a Fellow of the RIBA in 1957, a member of the Council of Industrial Design between 1972 and 1981 and an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects in 1978. She and Mike both retired from the practice in 1981. Mike Austin-Smith sadly died in 1999 during its 50th anniversary celebrations, but Inette thrived in retirement in Cornwall. 'I must learn to act my age,' she told one interviewer in 2014, but happily she never did.
Inette and Mike Austin-Smith's legacy is a highly successful architecture practice which today has five partners and over 50 employees.
She is survived by a daughter, Sue Smith, born in 1952.
Hannah Durham is a partner at Cullinan Studio. This obituary draws on material collected from an oral history recorded in 2014 by her, Yasmin Shariff and Samantha Lee as part of the AA XX 100 project, celebrating 100 years of women studying architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (1917-2017).
Austin-Smith:Lord
Alfred Charles Bossom
Architectural Association
John Thompson, 1944 - 2022, HTA and JTP founder and champion of local collaboration
Ronald Lewcock (1929-2022), scholar with a common touch
Influential teacher of architecture Charles Rattray (1956-2022)

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Katerina Vignau: Italia as Text 2022
Roma as Text
"The Realities of Christian Persecution," by Katerina Vignau of FIU at Rome on May 17, 2022
As we slowly uncovered the history of Ancient Rome on our Grand Tour, we learned of the beauty and gruesomeness of humanity represented in the Roman remnants. There are awe-inspiring feats of architecture, technology, art and ingenuity revealed in structures such as the aquaducts, Colosseum, and Pantheon.
But we saw the bad with the good. The Romans would be cruel to the treacherous to the state regardless of their kinship and would relish in the gory murders of citizens in the arenas. Thousands of people would die horrific deaths and the people would be celebrating and snacking, waiting for the next atrocity to stimulate them.
Along with that, there was the persecution of Christians.
This however may be more morally complex than originally considered. We see things through the western-Christian worldview. As a Christian myself, I had never been taught about the Roman perspective or the specifics of the persecution of other Christians other than the disciples.
The Romans had opened their country up to immigrants of any culture or country. Anyone could become a Roman citizen. They believed it would make their empire stronger. However, it was under the one condition that people must adopt their laws and gods. Obviously, being a monotheistic culture, the Christians resisted worshiping other gods and would only obey the Romans up to the extent that it didn't go against their God or their Bible. This posed a problem for the Romans and they felt it as a threat to their control over the people.
Now, their methods may have been extremely harsh, but it wasn't personal. They would have dealt with any other threat just as ruthlessly. When you see it that way, it seems the Romans were more reasonable than originally imagined.
Additionally, I mostly learned of the Christian persecution as represented in the Bible. Persecution in the Bible is addressed but doesn't express the complete picture of how Christian's were treated by the Romans. Paul writes to churches everywhere about the persecution he has gone through (he writes many of his letters from jail). He writes to Christians that are struggling and encourages them to have hope and joy in the trials because they have Jesus and Heaven at the finish line. The Bible also details what happens to the disciples in the book of Acts after Jesus leaves them. They were chased and crucified by the Romans but their convictions were so strong and their love for others so expansive that they continued to share the Gospel to people up until the point they became martyrs.
As we toured Rome, the once conceptual and general idea of Christian persecution became a tangible reality.
We biked through the Roman road lined with hundreds of trees that hung Christian martyrs on crosses.
We walked through the catacombs and learned of the Popes and Christian martyrs that died in awful ways. Or how early Christians ran to the catacombs for temporary shelter from the Roman soldiers.
I was struck with encouragement as our Christian tour guide, Eric, explained that he felt the examples of Christian persecution in the catacombs made him feel empowered to persevere through any he might face.
I felt grateful for the Christians that stood before me and for my country that allows me to love my God openly.
Photograph taken by Katerina Vignau / CC by 4.0
Pompeii as Text
"Roman Politics- Thing of the Past?" by Katerina Vignau of FIU at Pompeii on May 14, 2022
Romans were politically advanced. The idea of a Republic was a Roman idea that the United States adopted today. They believed in the sharing of power to keep order and prevent dictators that would abuse the people. They did this to avoid corruption.
They had a strong allegiance to their state. So much so that they would kill their sons or their dogs if they felt that they had been treacherous. Treachery was one of the biggest sins in their eyes. The U.S. may not have been so aggressive with this ideal but allegiance and pride in the country is definitely a prominent part of our culture that we learned from the Romans.
However, even the Romans weren't above corruption and manipulation of the people. They built the Colosseum to entertain people and distract them enough to keep them content with their political leader. The United States are masters at misdirection. The news and politicians will find any way to distract its citizens to whichever topic they please.
In Pompeii, one of the signs of this in the Temple of Apollo by one of the leaders in Rome. It was basically a sign to ensure that the citizens that went into the temple to worship would know that it was him who gave it to them. This was, in essence, political propaganda. He knew how to keep the people pleased. It's a similar idea with our presidents. Even if they don't practice religion, they claim to be church-going Christians and take videos of them in church that they distribute right before election season. They know that if people believe that God (or the gods in the Roman's case) are pleased with their ruler.
When we moved on towards one of the most opulent houses in Pompeii, we were met with a self-portrait of the owner of the house. He wore white robes that represented candor or trustworthiness. He would allow people to visit his home and see him as a trusted and open person. All to convince the people to elect him into a government position. The candidates for the United States President all wear suits and shake hands with respectable people. They wear colors like white, blue, and red to show their patriotism.
Similar to Romans, only the wealthy had a real opportunity to become representatives. They needed houses to invite the masses to. They needed seamstresses for their stately attire. Presidents of the United States need money to run and campaign. The most recent ones have all been educated which means that they had to have had enough money to study and not work right away.
Romans have pioneered the way for our modern American system and continues to leave its mark in the everyday happenings and political schemes of today.
Photograph taken and edited by Katerina Vignau/cc by 4.0
Assisi as Text
"The Makings of a Legend" by Katerina at FIU at Assisi on May 20,2022
A lot of Italian culture and lore seems to be exaggerated and hyperbolized over the years. The she-wolf lf who raised Remus and Romulus for example. It seems larger than life. Similarly, sometimes real people become legends in their own right.
But what makes people become legendary?
It seems that one requirement is being influential in their lifetime or doing something revolutionary or unique because not all legends get recognized in their lifetime. As with many artists, legends often only gain notability once they have passed away.
I believe legends come from leaders.
San Francesco is a prime example of this.
From an early age, Francesco was a very giving man and had a heart for the poor. He's recorded to have given all the money in his pockets to a poor man regardless of the chastisement he received from his father. He cared more for people than he did about worldly pleasures or punishments. Trading his life of comfort and luxury for a simple life of rags and service. That is a revolutionary mindset. It's not in our human nature to be so sacrificial.
As Catholics believe, San Francesco was a man who was chosen by God to change the church, and he did. San Francesco started gaining a following but was not recognized officially by the church right away. This was probably due to the fact that he pushed for reform of the church that was too rich and decadent and not giving enough. For San Francesco, this was a wide deviance from what he believed Jesus wanted for Christians. The wealthy leaders of the church wouldn't benefit from this movement so there may have been some resistance. However, the Franciscan order grew quickly. Finally, after both Francis and Pope Innocent dreamed that Francesco was holding up a broken church, the Catholic Church officially recognized his movement. For them, the dreams meant that Francesco would help fix the church. His influence proved Francisco as a leader early on.
But there is more that influenced Francis' rise to legend.
Francesco had a quite symbolic and shocking way of showing his dedication. He ripped off his clothes in public as he renounced his old life and claimed God as his only Father. Showing that he was quite literally willing to take the clothes off his back for others.
Furthermore, Francesco was one of the first to give all of God's creations importance by preaching to them. He established a new order in the church and created a following that still exists today. Franciscan monks and the Ciara nuns that stemmed from his establishment are still proliferate today (we actually had the privilege of getting to know some of them on our trip to Assisi.)
Perhaps one of the most pivotal moments in his life was Francesco's stigmata. A stigmata is a state in which a person becomes so connected with Christ, they adopt the wounds of Jesus. This supernatural and miraculous death lead to Francesco being named a Saint soon after his death.
There could have been so many factors that lead to his renown today. The unusually self-less way he lived, the special communication he had with God, or even the fact that he was publicly recognized by the Pope. Perhaps without the Pope's recognition, his following may not have been as heavily remembered. He probably would not have had a church in his honor the way he does now.
I think we can learn from Saint Francis. Maybe we should be less fearful of doing what looks odd or uncomfortable. Fearing people is not what we're here to do. Nothing gets done that way. No one started a revolution, movement, or reformation by asking for everyone's approval. Icons follow their convictions and are recognized for it. Leaders become legends with conviction and action.
Photograph taken by Katerina Vignau CC by 4.0
Siena As Text
"Living Intentionally" by Katerina at FIU at Siena on May 27, 2022
Studying abroad has taught me to appreciate the moment I'm in. As you go through the trip, you start to realize that you will never have a trip like this again with the same people. This trip is fleeting just like every other season in life. Many of the artists from the churches had much more life experience than I do, realized this. They knew that they needed to focus on what God has for them to make life meaningful. The cappuccinos made art made of their bones to remind people that time is limited, death is a part of life, and to take your relationship with God seriously.
Siena was a beautiful city that seemed to be streets teeming with commercialism and chain stores but then in a sharp juxtaposition, had medieval churches. In the middle of the Opera Della Metropolitana's floor, there was a piece made of in-laid stone showing the progression of wisdom people go through in life. First, you accumulate money, and grow in wealth. Once you have reached the height of riches and luxuries, you realize that money is meaningless. You reject your wealth, when you reach the peak of wisdom. This artist realized that striving for money is worthless.
In the Medici Chapel, Michaelangelo made sculptures called Dusk, Dawn, Night and Day. They all had downcast expressions on their faces. While Michaelangelo made them, he was going through a dark time where he felt that everything he had done was meaningless. His strivings in art suddenly didn't feel as important anymore near the end of his life. When he realized this, he became more devout and started to focus more on God.
So much of the churches we saw are trying to point you up to the heavens and to what really matters. One day, we'll hopefully realize that so much of our striving is not as important as we think it is. This may seem like a depressing or unsettling thought for someone but it's a comforting one for me because it reminds me to live with my priorities in the right place so that I don't squander my life. I aim to live my life intentionally, so that I won't live life with regrets.
Picture taken by Katerina Vignau CC by 4.0
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"Connection through Relics" by Katerina Vignau at FIU at Firenze May 28,2022
Connection through Relics
So many churches keep records through relics. Catholics will often hold objects from important parts of their history in the center of their churches. They keep them on display and protect and decorate them with ornate cases. People from across the world go on pilgrimages, traveling extremely far distances to witness the real relics in-person.
These momentos vary from body parts to man-made items. I continued to see them in almost every Catholic Church we visited. Pieces of the cross, a saint's head, or piece of Saint Catherine's finger. They had the Pope's staff or their entire body.
To Catholics, there is power in being close to these objects. The holiness of these relics are deemed so influential that they can help people get into heaven simply by being buried close to them.
For them, these relics are much more than interesting. These relics have power and meaning. It gives Catholics a tangible item to see and hold and interact with. It's similar to why people like to keep items from their loved ones who have passed away. Relics give Catholics a way to connect with the Saints and their God, whom they care so deeply about. They become less of these medieval figurative ideas and more humans.
I felt like Saint Catherine was looking right at me while I was looking at her preserved head. She became more than just a story about a person and more of a living and breathing human being right in front of me.
This part of Catholic culture was a new experience for me. I didn't know that so many churches had these or how important it was for them. And the idea of preserving pieces of their bodies was jarring and confusing for me but as I saw Catholics interacting with them and I saw them myself, I began to realize why they use them.
It preserves part of their history and takes the ideas of these people and makes them feel real and relevant today.
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"People Reflected in Traditions" by Katerina at FIU at Cinque Terre on June 1, 2022
Cinque Terre is a collection of five towns that sit beside each other. They all have their unique environments and cultures but all have preserved a lot of their small town tendencies despite being very commercialized. When most people think about Cinque Terre they think about fresh sea food, lemons, the hikesand of course the gorgeous beaches and mountains.
What they often forget to mention is its rich culture and traditions.
The people of Cinque Terre have pilgrims across the world that come to walk the Cinque Terre trail and visit the chapels along the way.
Interestingly, there are also a lot of traditional celebrations that prove Cinque Terre is much more than a beach vacation spot.
Manarola has a nativity scene made of thousands of lights. Vernazza has an underwater Jesus birth. Monterrosso, famous for their lemons, has a lemon festival.
Then, there is a race that includes all the towns, in Spring, where they race in honor of the Sciacchetra wine.
There's a Christ Feast, a San Giovanni Feast, and a Saint Peter's and Paul's Feast. All with their own specific traditions and foods served on those days.
And of course there are two anchovy festival because this is the world renowned seafood hub. One is a fried anchovy festival and the other is a salted anchovy festival. Monterrosso hosts both these fishy festivals with vendors and tastings all over town(Festivals and Feasts in the Cinque Terre, between Religion and Tradition).
As shown above, Cinque Terre has holidays that would put American's Fourth of July fireworks celebrations to shame. These holidays give you insight into who the Italians of that region are. The abundance of religious holidays show the importance of Catholicism. The festivals surrounding food show their pride and culinary ingenuity with their local foods. The racing shows their competitive spirit. And lastly all their celebrations show how much Italians like to enjoy life and celebrate with one another.
"Festivals and Feasts in the Cinque Terre, between Religion and Tradition." Visit Cinque Terre, 12 June 2020, www.visitcinqueterre.eu/en/2020/06/12/feste-cinque-terre/. Accessed 3 June 2022.
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"La Dominante e La Serenissima" by Katerina at FIU at Venezia on June 4, 2022
Venezia has two names: La Dominante and La Serenissima(Venezia: La Serenissima, la Dominante). These directly translate to The Dominant and The Most Serene. Venezianeeded one title to earn the other. Similar to the Pax Romana, peace was achieved by becoming the most dominant military force in the region. The people who later became Venetianswere being plumaged continuously by barbarians on the mainland. When they realized they could escape their tormentors by building in the ocean, the city-state of Venezia was born and achieved peace.
Venezia became a refuge. And when if the city was ever underthreat by pirates or different naval powers, Venice would protect their peace. Venice's unmatched naval strategy, technology and force was what allowed them to establish peace for so many years.
Venice's history shows that peace is something that needs to be fought for.
"Peace be with you, Mark my evangelist. Here [in Venezia] will be your resting place." An angel said this to Mark as he travelled over the Venetian Lagoon. And in keeping with Venetian tradition, Mark's journey to resting in peace in wasn't an easy one.
Mark's body needed to be smuggled into his final resting place, here in Venezia, past the Muslims who persecuted Christians by hiding his body under pork. Even after he was finally in Venezia, Mark's body was lost temporarily to then be returned later.
As history has shown, the world doesn't make peace easy to encounter. There is always someone or something just around the corner that will jeopardize it. It's a part of life. But, we can learn from the Venetians to be strong and ready to guard our peace.
"Venezia: La Serenissima, La Dominante." Il Vaticanese, http://www.ilvaticanese.it/2011/09/venezia-la-serenissima-la-dominante/. Accessed 5 June 2022.
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Deep learning identifies more than 1.8 billion trees in the Sahara, Sahel and sub-humid zones
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Without distinct canopy regions, many lone trees have been overlooked in traditional remote sensing surveys. Deep learning algorithms have now helped to pinpoint individual desert trees
New 'deep learning' technology is helping to identify trees in the Sahel where few were thought to grow
A combination of high-resolution satellite imaging and 'deep learning' has identified more than 1.8 billion trees across the West African Sahara, Sahel and sub-humid zone – significantly more trees than were previously thought to exist in the region. The collaboration between NASA and several geoscience departments across the world used 11,128 satellite images from four satellites to count individual trees across 1.3 million square kilometres.
The deep-learning approach has, for the first time, allowed researchers to identify individual trees across the dryland expanse. Because of the absence of closed canopies, many parts of the Sahara and the Sahel have previously been mapped with zero per cent tree cover. 'You need high-resolution satellite images to be able to detect individual trees and not just to make estimations based on identified areas of canopy cover,' says Martin Brandt from the University of Copenhagen.
Traipsing through new satellite images, Brandt manually identified nearly 90,000 individual trees in the Sahara and the Sahel. Each identification increased the sophistication of a deep-learning computing system. The system then took over, using data from Brandt's manual identifications to spot individual tree-like objects in the satellite images. The final map shows that tree density develops along the rainfall gradient. Trees are sparse in the hyper-arid Sahara Desert in the north, are scattered in arid and semi-arid lands, and form denser coverage in the sub-humid south.
More than anywhere else on Earth, the Sahel is on the frontline of climate change. Persistent droughts are hastening desertification, soils are eroding and agricultural yields are declining. For these reasons, the region's scattered trees are precious. They combat desertification and soil erosion, locking in nutrients for agriculture, on which 80 per cent of inhabitants depend. Tree-derived products provide a source of income for communities, while fruits and leaves are a valuable source of food. 'Many people in dryland, semi-arid and arid areas depend on trees for their entire livelihoods,' says Brandt.
Of atmospheric carbon entering terrestrial carbon sinks, more than 40 per cent is predicted to enter arid and semi-arid regions around the world. Newly identified trees in the Sahara Desert will help scientists to understand the role of desert biomes in the carbon cycle
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Enumerating the trees that dot these drylands is essential to our understanding of their value to local communities, but also to the rest of humanity. 'Thirty per cent of our carbon emissions enter terrestrial carbon sinks and numerical simulation modelling indicates that about 40 per cent of this will enter sinks in arid and semi-arid regions,' says Compton Tucker, an earth scientist at NASA and co-author of the study. 'Mapping tree distribution in the Sahara and the Sahel – vast tracts of which were once thought to be barren and treeless – will build our understanding of the carbon-sequestration potential of the region.'
In 2007, more than 20 African governments came together to launch the Great Green Wall project, an ambitious initiative that aims to plant an 8,000-kilometre-long forest from Dakar, Senegal to Asmara, Eritrea – the entire length of the Sahel. Brandt and Tucker think that a more complete understanding of the area's vegetation is key to the project's success. 'It's not just about planting as much as possible: there should be a sustainable and ecologically reasoned plan behind planting initiatives. Data such as ours can help,' says Brandt. The scientists' next step will be to quantify the carbon-sequestration potential of these newly identified trees. 'By doing that, we might further understand the mechanisms that control carbon sequestration,' says Tucker.
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When one is not enough: finding hyper-sensitive genes
Study reveals genetic signatures for childhood developmental disorders caused by the loss of one of the two copies of a gene
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Screenshot of the gene sensitivity scores in DECIPHER. The colour of the HGNC genes tracks (in the bottom half of the screen) denote haplosensitivity: with red indicating a high probability of haploinsufficiency and green a low probability.
Researchers have uncovered genetic signatures that may allow more accurate diagnosis of developmental disorders in children. These patterns will also be used by researchers to hunt down genes that are particularly sensitive to the natural variation that occurs in the human genome for further research and analysis.
Normally children inherit two versions of every gene: one from their mother and one from their father. This allows a gene to keep working even if one version is lost. However, more than 300 genes have been discovered that will cause developmental disorders if only one version of the gene is present - and more have yet to be identified. In this study, scientists compared these sensitive genes with more than 1000 non-sensitive genes to find common genetic 'signposts' that could then be used to predict whether a gene is likely to be sensitive or not.
"When we compared genes sensitive to the loss of single copy with non-sensitive genes, we found that there were key evolutionary and functional similarities between the sensitive genes. In particular, these genes tend to be longer and to be highly conserved among higher primates. Also we found that they tend to play a role in the early stages of embryonic development and often work in conjunction with other sensitive genes."
Matt Hurles, leader of the study, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
The study's authors looked at the genomes of more 8,000 apparently healthy people, underscoring the value of using a comprehensive understanding of normal variation to better identify disease-causing variation. They hope that these findings will enable researchers to quickly identify other sensitive genes and target them for further investigation.
"We have built a predictive computer model using the genetic signatures we identified and have rated more than half of all human genes with their probability of being sensitive to loss of one copy. Using this probability map, we expect that fellow researchers will be able to prioritise variants and genes for follow up studies."
Ni Huang, PhD student and first author on the publication, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
They also hope that this research will enable more accurate diagnosis of developmental disorders.
"Until now, clinicians have tried to diagnose developmental disorders by using the size of a chromosomal deletion, counting the number of genes lost and looking at the function of the genes where this is known. However, this does not take into account the underlying sensitivity of the deleted genes. Using our sensitivity predictions, we are better able to discriminate between deletions we know to cause childhood developmental disorders and those that do not."
Helen Firth, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Every individual genome, not just in children with developmental disorders but even in healthy individuals, has more than a hundred genes that have lost one of their functioning copies. Understanding which genes are sensitive and which are not, allows us to interpret more fully personal genomes.
It is not currently well understood why certain genes require both versions to be working to maintain healthy function, but by identifying commonalities between them it is hoped that this will help shed more light on this mystery.
Characterising and predicting haploinsufficiency in the human genome.
Huang N, Lee I, Marcotte EM and Hurles ME
PLoS genetics 2010;6;10;e1001154
PUBMED: 20976243; PMC: 2954820; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001154
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This looks like jQuery. In that case use .val(data.ip) to set a form field's value. Read the documentation for more information on handling forms.
You also do not have id="ip" in the HTML of your question - assuming you just left that out - otherwise check if the id attribute is set.
For demonstration I changed the input to a type="text" below, but a type="hidden" field works just as well.

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Updated teen vehicle recommendations
IIHS used car lists help families choose safer, larger vehicles for teens
A pair of IIHS crash tests shows why teen drivers should be steered away from minicars and small cars. Updated used vehicle recommendations help families find alternatives.
When it's time for a new driver's first set of wheels, many young people and their parents opt for something cute and inexpensive — in other words, small. In terms of safety, that's a mistake.
IIHS recently conducted a pair of front-to-front crash tests demonstrating what happens to small cars and minicars — even new ones with stellar safety ratings — when they collide with larger used vehicles from the same manufacturer. The results show the importance of size and weight when it comes to occupant protection.
The tests reinforce a message IIHS has been sending since it began publishing an annual list of recommended used vehicles for teens in 2014: An older, larger used vehicle is often a safer choice than a newer small vehicle that costs the same. This year's list of recommended vehicles for teens includes 53 Best Choices, which start under $20,000, and 62 Good Choices, which start under $10,000. All the models on both lists are midsize cars or larger.
"We know safety is just one of the factors people consider when choosing a vehicle, but we hope parents will give it extra consideration when purchasing a vehicle for a teenager," says Jessica Cicchino, IIHS vice president for research. "Teen drivers are at greater risk, due to immaturity and inexperience behind the wheel."
In its regular vehicle ratings program, IIHS evaluates passenger vehicles of all sizes, and even minicars are eligible for the Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards. That's a nod to the reality of the marketplace: Some consumers want small vehicles, and including them in the testing program encourages manufacturers to make those vehicles as safe as possible.
But the vehicles IIHS rates can't be compared across size and weight classes because the severity of the front and rear tests is determined in part by the vehicle's own weight. Consumers who opt for smaller vehicles are choosing a lower level of protection even if they purchase a Top Safety Pick winner.
Kia Sorento vs. Kia Forte and Toyota Avalon vs. Toyota Yaris iA
In the first of the two demonstration tests, a used 2016 Kia Sorento, a midsize SUV, and a 2018 Kia Forte, a small car, collided with each other. In the second test, a used 2015 Toyota Avalon, a large car, was paired with a 2018 Toyota Yaris iA, a minicar. Both the Sorento and the Avalon are among the IIHS Best Choices for teens. The Forte and the Yaris iA have good ratings in the five IIHS tests relevant to driver protection, and the Forte is a 2018 Top Safety Pick+ winner.
In each test, the vehicles traveled toward each other at 40 mph, with 50 percent of the smaller vehicle's width overlapping the larger vehicle.
Forces on the driver dummies in the smaller vehicles were much greater than those in the larger vehicles. Measurements indicated a high likelihood of head injuries for the driver of both the Yaris iA and the Forte in a real-world crash of the same severity. Right leg injuries would be likely in the Forte and possible in the Yaris iA. Neck and chest injuries would also be possible for drivers of both vehicles, and left leg injuries would be possible in the Forte.
In contrast, the Avalon and Sorento had mostly good injury measures, aside from a possible right leg injury in both.
The structures of the Forte, which weighs 928 pounds less than the Sorento, and the Yaris iA, which weighs 1,033 pounds less than the Avalon, didn't hold up as well against the larger vehicles as in the car-to-barrier tests on which IIHS ratings are based.
In the crash with the Sorento, the Forte had an acceptable structural rating, with maximum intrusion of 8 inches at the left toepan. In the crash with the Avalon, the Yaris iA also had an acceptable structural rating, with maximum intrusion of 10 inches at the center toepan. In contrast, the Forte and the Yaris iA earn good structural ratings in the moderate overlap and the driver-side small overlap front crash tests.
The Avalon and the Sorento had good structural performance in the paired crashes.
"Bigger vehicles provide greater protection," Cicchino says. "If you're riding in one of the smallest vehicles on the road, you'll be at a disadvantage in a crash with almost any other vehicle around you."
Toyota Yaris iA
When the Toyota Yaris iA, a minicar, and the Toyota Avalon, a large car, were crashed into each other, the smaller vehicle's structure didn't hold up as well as it should have. The same was true of the Kia Forte, a small car, when it was crashed into the Kia Sorento, a midsize SUV. More alarming were the forces on the driver dummies in the smaller vehicles. Measurements indicated a high likelihood of head injuries for the driver of both the Yaris iA and the Forte in a real-world crash of the same severity. Right leg injuries would be likely in the Forte, and injuries to other regions would be possible in both vehicles.
115 vehicles to choose from
IIHS compiles its list of recommended used vehicles for teens to help families choose vehicles with good safety credentials and reasonable price tags. Vehicles must meet specific safety criteria without exceeding the price limits. For the first time, IIHS is also factoring in data on insurance claim rates under first-party injury coverages. Prices for the used vehicles are provided by Kelley Blue Book, based on estimates for a private-party purchase near the Institute's Arlington, Va., office.
In addition to skipping minicars and small cars, the lists avoid excessive horsepower. Young drivers may be tempted to test the limits of a powerful engine. IIHS research has found that high-horsepower vehicles are more likely to exceed the speed limit. Analysis by HLDI, meanwhile, has found that high horsepower is strongly associated with higher insurance losses.
Vehicles that only come with powerful engines have been left off the lists, but some recommended models have high-horsepower versions. Parents are advised to stick with the base engines.
All recommended vehicles come with standard electronic stability control. This technology, which has been required on all new vehicles since the 2012 model year, cuts single-vehicle fatal crash risk in half by helping drivers maintain control on curves and slippery roads.
The models on this year's Good Choices list earn good ratings in the Institute's moderate overlap front, side, head restraint and roof strength tests. This is the first year that roof strength has been factored in for the under-$10,000 Good Choices list.
Vehicles on the Best Choices list (under $20,000) must meet the same criteria and also have a good or acceptable rating in the driver-side small overlap front test. This test, which was introduced in 2012, replicates what happens when the front, driver-side corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.
Data on insurance losses were used to further narrow down the Best Choices. Models with substantially higher than average claim rates under medical payment or personal injury protection coverage were scratched from the list. Both coverage types pay for injuries to occupants of the insured vehicle. Which of the two coverages is sold in a given state depends on the type of insurance system the state has. HLDI publishes insurance loss data by make and model every year.
"The data that HLDI collects provide another perspective on how vehicles keep their occupants safe in the real world," Cicchino says.
Although many options are close to the $20,000 limit, there are a range of prices. The least expensive Best Choice is the 2005 Volvo XC90, which is estimated at $3,700.
If rated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), vehicles on either list must earn 4 or 5 stars overall or 4 or 5 stars in the front and side tests under NHTSA's old rating scheme, which was used through the 2010 model year.
"Our list of recommended used vehicles shows you don't have to spend a fortune to keep your new driver safe," Cicchino says. "You just have to be willing to spend a little time looking for a good deal on the right used vehicle."
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Simonson's former personal injury and medical malpractice law firm had worked with Trighton for more than 5 years and had been enjoying the benefits of its website's top ranking in Google for many years. Therefore, when starting a new firm, Simonson wisely chose to continue working with Trighton and sought to leverage the authority of his former firm's web presence in conjunction with his own professional authority as a preeminent New York City attorney.
This situation presented a major marketing challenge because the new law firm had a different name, different domain, and different physical location than his previous firm. Moreover, Simonson Goodman Platzer did not have a brand or website, and they needed both immediately to begin acquiring clients and laying the foundation for the firm's future success.
The Trighton team knew they had to gain consensus among key stakeholders and move quickly to launch a new custom responsive design website and comprehensive internet marketing strategy. They also knew they had to do everything possible to the fullest extent possible to successfully meet the challenge presented by creating an effective web presence and marketing plan for a new firm with exceptionally high standards of quality and performance.
Working collaboratively and efficiently, the Trighton team partnered with Simonson, Goodman and Platzer to develop branding, a new best in class responsive website, and a well-planned, integrated marketing strategy, including search engine optimization, local search, video marketing, social media marketing and content development. And they did it all within a matter of weeks to meet Simonson Goodman Platzer's expedited timeline.
Simonson Goodman Platzer PC's responsive medical malpractice attorney website design, expertly optimized for search and conversion, was launched September, 2014. Immediately thereafter, the new firm began experiencing the benefits of the website and their coordinated internet marketing strategy. With Trighton's expert execution of advanced search engine optimization (SEO) tactics, Simonson Goodman Platzer was able to retain the high SEO rankings and authoritative digital presence of the founding partner's previous firm.
One month after Simonson Goodman Platzer's website was launched, Trighton was notified that the website had won the prestigious 2014 Best in Class Interactive Media Award (IMA) in the legal category. Developed to recognize "the highest standard of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement," the IMA gives the Best in Class award as the "highest honor" to represent the "very best in planning execution and overall professionalism".
From the start of the development process, the Trighton team partnered with Simonson, Goodman and Platzer in envisioning a powerful web presence with a consistent message about the firm's extremely high standards of service and practice. The law firm website design team then worked to create an intuitive user experience that would convey a sense of sophistication and quality. From concept to launch to performance, the website demonstrates exceptional quality in design, content, feature, functionality, usability, and standards compliance (the five criteria the IMA uses to evaluate websites. According to the IMA, "to win an IMA your site must excel in each criterion, rise above your competitor's sites and deserve to be a top choice for your target market." The website Trighton Interacive designed for Simonson Goodman Platzer PC excelled in all criteria, achieving an amazing score of 485 out of 500 points – Best in Class!
The attorneys who formed Simonson Goodman Platzer were all well-established personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers with excellent reputations in New York. Having worked closely with two of the partners at their previous firm, the Trighton team knew how to leverage the attorneys' real world reputation and authority to maximize client acquisition through the firm's website. Trighton also had the expertise and commitment to its client to quickly implement advanced SEO tactics so that the new firm's website could benefit from the authority of the old website in search rankings, even though it was launched with a new name and new domain.
Given its expertise in web design, internet marketing for attorneys and commitment to getting results for its clients, Trighton served (and still serves) as Simonson Goodman Platzer's marketing team. That is, the Trighton team handles all internet marketing functions for the attorneys, from branding design and development of letterhead, business cards, etc. to developing and distributing new content and attorney videos, maintaining their social media presence, handling their listing in local directories, and studying their data and making changes to improve site optimization.
From strategy through production and implementation, differentiating Simonson Goodman Platzer PC from other New York personal injury law firms was key to successfully launching a new law firm. To position the firm for success, Trighton's award-winning design team developed branding that visually conveys the attorneys' expertise and sophistication.
From its best in class responsive website and attorney videos to letterhead and business cards, Simonson Goodman Platzer's key message of sophisticated, expert representation is conveyed through color, layout, text, photos and imagery.
Simonson Goodman Platzer's website achieved the #1 Google ranking within 1 month of launching.
The website generated a $500,000+ medical malpractice client within 1 month of launching.
More than 75% of the firm's leads come directly from the website.
In the first 6 months after launching the website, the firm retained a combined settlement amount above $20 million.


The Dailey Method is definitely known in San Francisco and worldwide as one of the most effective and quickest ways to change your body shape and tone. Two months after having Harley, I decided to commit to these no-nonsense workouts (just 2x a week) and was joyfully overwhelmed with how fast my post-pregnancy body took back ownership of my pre-baby shape. Jill Dailey started her practice and business on just this premise, to empower women by strengthening their bodies, minds and confidence. Jill shares her story of how she built her business from her first client into a worldwide operation and franchise company and a few tips/ exercises for getting started on alignment and strength at home.
I am the founder of The Dailey Method Barre Studios. I am a mother of three children, a wife, a teacher, a friend and a sister.
I started my journey as a dancer. In college I was drawn towards anatomy and physiology classes and realized I loved learning about the human body. This led me a degree in kinesiology.


In general it is a mindless task to migrate things that have been changed due to a new major release.
For JUnit 4 one of the most popular features, which are new compared to JUnit 3, is the usage of Annotations and Pojos for test classes.
Quite a lot of work, if you have to do it manually, isn't it?
In order to automate this "mindless task" a bit, I started to write a migration plugin, which is available on GitHub and also as p2 updatesite on bintray.com.
After you have installed this plugin you can trigger the follwing action on every Java project, java package or java class in the package explorer by selecting Soure > Convert to Junit 4.
As one of our aims at the vogella company is keeping the Eclipse code clean and modern the migration of the Eclipse tests to JUnit 4 is currently in progress.
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In today's modern time choosing the right bicycle is one of the toughest decisions to make. One can find a varied range of bikes with unique features for every price point, each one equally enticing and attractive. One can find bicycle from numerous brands for a range of price and quality. Irrespective of which type of bike you want, whether you are looking for Open Cycles, Hybrid Bicycle, Folding Bike or the Santa Cruz Mountain Bikes, you can find them all.
There are bicycles which can help you in optimizing your ride for a windy or a bumpy adventurous ride. But this is where the problem arises since none of us has so much time to go through all the options and varieties available in the market, we often get confused about the bike that we should buy. And to help you in this difficult here we are with some tips for choosing your bike.
The most asked question by men and women across the world thinking about long distance traveling is about choosing a bicycle for long distance traveling. They often get confused between whether to buy Santa Cruz Mountain Bikes or Scott Mountain Bikes. Selecting a bike for yourself can be a tedious task, and if you are a beginner it is not going to get easier.
Each and every bike available in the market is unique and is different in quality and price. So if you don't have any history in biking this can be a challenging task. Each and every bike which one can find in the market is meant for a specific kind of traveling, so before finalizing the bicycle it is important to be sure about where and how you are planning to ride it.
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Talking about long distance traveling, it is highly important to choose a bike which is high on quality, tough, durable and can bear the wear and tear of the weather. There are certain additional features such as the headlights, which you can aspire to have in your long ride bike. The bike which you are thinking about selecting should also be comfortable for long rides. Keeping all of the above in mind it gets essential to choose the perfect bike for yourself which is ideal for long distance traveling. The Santa Cruz mountain bikes have a wide range of options catering to the need.


Florida's crime rate dropped in the first six months of 2018 according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The Judicial Nominating Commission recommended 11 people to fill three upcoming vacancies on the Florida Supreme Court.
Romaine lettuce grown in Florida was cleared to be back in the produce section, after an E. Coli outbreak removed all romaine from shelves.


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Articles by Islamist Watch
Ilhan Omar in Service of Islamist Agendas
by Hany Ghoraba
https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/60332/ilhan-omar-in-service-of-islamist-agendas
When Ilhan Omar met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a state legislator in September 2017, the Islamist dictator asked her to pledge support to Turkey.
Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is often presented in the press as the quintessential Muslim American, representing the values of an increasingly politically active class of voters who cling to their religious convictions while embracing progressive activism. She has unilaterally established the boundaries of appropriate discussion among Muslims, labelling any topic "Islamophobic" that infringes upon her carefully curated image as a champion of the oppressed. Yet, when it comes to Omar's flirtations with Islamist dictators such as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, her agenda could not be more at odds with the Muslim Americans she claims to represent.
While serving as a Minnesota state legislator in September 2017, Omar met Erdoğan in a closed-door meeting. She gleefully tweeted about her experience in her native Somali, and it was covered in official Turkish media. The only U.S.-based coverage of the exchange came from a Somali-language newspaper article that explained how Erdogan concluded the meeting by asking Omar to pledge support for Turkey.
Omar and Erdoğan make fitting partners. Under the Turkish dictator's rule, Turkey has become a stronghold for Islamists and a Muslim Brotherhood hub. Concurrently, Omar has cultivated strong bonds with Islamists both American and foreign Islamists loyal to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Omar has not been shy about vocalizing this support on social media. She praised the Islamist regime in Ankara for the "humane way" that it ordered medical evacuations from Mogadishu in the aftermath of a deadly 2017 bombing. Yet, the Minnesota Democrat has categorically ignored the Turkish-orchestrated genocides in northern Syria documented by numerous international human rights organizations.
Civilians flee Kurdish-controlled cities in northeastern Syria following indiscriminate artillery strikes from Turkish military forces.
Instead, Omar has blamed President Donald Trump for the bloody outcome in Syria, accusing him of using "dehumanizing language" and deeming him a "threat to global peace."
On the other end, Omar received campaign donations in September 2019 from Halil Mutulu, the co-chairman of the Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC), a political advocacy group with close ties to Erdoğan.
In October, Omar voted in favor of two controversial bills which happened to coincide with Turkish foreign policy interests. First, she was the only House Democrat to vote against a bill threatening to impose fresh sanctions on Turkey for its military action in northern Syria.
Her reactions was bashed by NBA basketball star Enes Kanter, a Turkish exile and prominent regime critic, Kanter said the congresswoman "seems like [she is] on Dictator Erdogan's payroll [and is] working for his interests, but not for the American people and democracy." The Boston Celtics player is a wanted man by Erdoğan's regime for supporting exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, Erdoğan's well known archenemy who is currently residing in the U.S. Turkish state media went as far as censoring his image on the basketball court during broadcasts of NBA games.
Boston Celtics basketball player Enes Kanter, a Turkish exile and outspoken regime critic, has his image censored during live Turksih media broadcasts of his team.
Second, affirming her allegiance with Erdoğan's regime, Omar abstained on a resolution to condemn the historical Armenian Genocide, which Turkey continues to deny. Omar deflected criticism by arguing that any true acknowledgment of genocide should include the transatlantic slave trade and Native American genocide.
Iraqi–American journalist Dalia al-Aqidi, one of Omar's staunchest opponents, criticized the congresswoman's decision to deny the Armenian Genocide. "What if we change the name from Turkey to Israel, would your reaction be the same?" she asked.
Omar's apparent loyalty to an oppressive Islamist tyrant fails to mesh with her self-proclaimed status as a champion of human rights. "I believe in an inclusive foreign policy — one that centers on human rights, justice and peace as the pillars of America's engagement in the world," she wrote in the Washington Post. According to Omar, peace is only achievable when we "apply our universal values to all nations."
That is, all nations except Turkey, apparently. Erdoğan continues to jail critical journalists at rates outpacing any other country. Erdoğan's Turkey has been a hub for fugitives members of terrorist organizations -- members such as the Muslim Brotherhood and even ISIS. The Turkish president's Islamist ideals are reflected in his belief in the resurrection of the Ottoman Caliphate as the protector of Muslim minorities around the world, from India to China. As with Erdoğan, Omar looks to Islamists to speak on behalf of the Muslim community, and she remains the darling and frequent guest speaker of the domestic Islamist organizations such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Turkey is not the only Islamist regime that Omar chooses to embrace. Shockingly, she denounced the targeted killing of terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani by writing, "We are outraged the president would assassinate a foreign official." Omar ignored the fact Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of 600 U.S. service members in Iraq, including the December death of a U.S. defense contractor at the hands of an Iranian-back militia.
Omar's Islamist platform is increasingly at odds with the Muslim women she claims to represent. Former Miss Universe Iraq, Sarah Idan has described Omar's behavior as "Anti-American and Anti-Semitic," adding that, "Ilhan Omar does not represent me as a Muslim – does not represent millions of Muslims in the Middle East."
Former Miss Universe Iraq Sarah Idan engaged in a Twitter feud with Ms. Omar, where the ex-pageant contestant accused her of "dividing and weakening" America with "Islamic socialism goals."
These sentiments are shared by Shireen Qudosi, a Muslim reformer and Clarion Project national correspondent who condemned Omar in an article titled: "Ilhan Omar Doesn't Represent American Muslims, She Represents Islamists."Qudosi accused Omar of dividing the Muslim American community and exposing it to "debilitating chaos."
Egyptian-British Muslim political analyst Nervana Mahmoud's summarized Omar's status as an Islamist in a tweet: "Ilhan Omar is not a liberal Muslim with a headscarf; she is an Islamist with a deceptive liberal cover that aims to alienate real progressive Muslims, and present herself and her Islamist clans as useful voices in the fight against US president Trump."
Exploiting her position as a congresswoman, Omar has repeatedly placed her Islamist affiliations as a priority ahead of all else. She has been happy to offer compassion towards Muslims, such as Indian Kashmiris or Chinese Uyghurs, when a non-Islamist is the "oppressor." But she is willing to neglect the plight of Muslim Kurds who are being displaced and massacred on the orders of a Turkish Islamist tyrant. If Omar continues to selectively promote human rights causes based solely on the radical ideology of the perpetrator, she risks dividing her base of support. Omar's Islamist backers may wield great influence, but it remains to be seen if they possess the grassroots power and voting numbers to sustain Omar's political career indefinitely.
Hany Ghoraba is a writer for Islamist Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum. He writes for Al Ahram Weekly and is the author of Egypt's Arab Spring: The Long and Winding Road to Democracy.
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OneBlood Study Could Make it Easier for Some LGBTQ Folks to Donate Blood
Thursday, May 20, 2021 by Danielle Prieur (WMFE)
Photo: Stavrialena Gontzou
A pilot study with OneBlood, Red Cross and Vitalant could help the FDA change its blood donation restrictions for men who have sex with men.
Current FDA guidelines say that men who have sex with men must wait three months before they can donate blood.
The new study will determine whether the FDA should replace its 3 month waiting period with an individual risk assessment.
OneBlood's Principal Investigator Dr. Rita Reik says data won't be available until December.
But she says making it easier for LGBTQ people to give blood could help alleviate a nationwide blood shortage brought on by the pandemic.
"Well I think anytime you can safely include a whole population of people as blood donors, you're going to definitely have a happier blood supply."
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Scott Moriczdetecso is a participant in the study.
He says changing this policy would be a step toward normalizing gay people in American society.
"It's taking away a stigma that's existed since the AIDS epidemic that no longer really is necessary. So it's about getting rid of the laws that are no longer necessary from that time."
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Danny Garcia gave blood during the pandemic.
He says there was anger and frustration after Pulse when so many LGBTQ people could not give blood.
"Not being able to help our brothers and sisters is what really frustrated me. And then now we're in a global pandemic, and the fact that it opened up, it just made the situation a lot better but it still feels like we're being pushed down."
Last year the FDA shortened the waiting period before men who have sex with men can donate blood from 12 months down to three months.
OneBlood is still looking to enroll men in the study.
Tags: blood, blood donation, blood donor, gay, gay men, LGBTQ
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If you're a big fan of the Lethal Weapon franchise, you'd better head to Netflix right away. All four films will disappear from the streaming service on July 1st. As a side note, all FIVE of the Bring it On movies are leaving, too.
But hey, on the bright side, there's new episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and Happy Gilmore on the way!
Here's a full list of what's leaving and coming to Netflix in July.


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Vencer o morir II: La arena de la muerte (título original: Cage II) es una película estadounidense de acción y drama de 1994, dirigida por Lang Elliott, escrita por Hugh Kelley, musicalizada por Richard Lyons, en la fotografía estuvo Sandra Chandler y los protagonistas son Lou Ferrigno, Reb Brown y Shannon Lee, entre otros. El filme fue realizado por Performance Pictures Inc. y Rocket Pictures; se estrenó el 14 de diciembre de 1994.

Sinopsis
A un veterano de Vietnam le hacen creer que su mejor amigo ha fallecido, ahora no tiene otra alternativa que entrar a "La arena de la muerte".

Referencias

Películas en inglés
Películas de 1994

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Conky is an exceptional system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop. If you haven't met conky until now, do so here.
In this tutorial you will install the latest conky manager (2.4 at the time of writing) and some other tools, usually being used by conky themes and widgets. Enable a widget or a theme and modify it to your needs.
For seamod you're going to modify the files mentioned below which live under ~/.conky/Conky Seamod. If you need an example, refer to my conky gists, at the end of this article.
Notice arguments at lines 105,106,107 (and change them to the appropriate HDD paths) and lines 113, 115 to set your network interface.
Now open conky manager, choose widget conky_seamod and press the play button.
You can modify the lua script and see real-time the changes you make.


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La Yeshivá de Volozhin (en hebreo: ישיבת וולוז'ין) era un centro de aprendizaje del Talmud de Babilonia, y una yeshivá judía ortodoxa que estaba ubicada en Valózhyn, Bielorrusia.

Fundación (1803)
Esta yeshivá fue fundada en el año 1803 por el Rabino Jaim de Volozhin, quien era alumno del Gaón de Vilna. Al morir el Rabino Jaim, tomó posesión de esta su hijo el Rabino Itzjak (1821). Posteriormente fue el encargado el Rabino Eliezer Fried, junto con el Rabino Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlín, mejor conocido como el Netziv, como su ayudante (1849). Al morir el Rabino Fried poco después en 1854, el Netziv se convirtió en el nuevo director de la yeshivá (rosh yeshiva) junto con el Rabino Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, también conocido como Beis Halevi, el padre del Rabino Jaim Soloveitchik.

Clausura (1892)
La Yeshivá fue clausurada en el año 1892 por orden del gobierno ruso, este hecho sucedió como consecuencia por no aceptar las reglas que impuso el gobierno zarista, sobre la obligación de incluir los estudios seculares en la Yeshivá. Esta ley fue considerada por los grandes rabinos de la época como la destrucción espiritual de la Yeshivá de Volozhin.

Alumnos prominentes
Baruj Ber Leibovitz
Iser Zalmen Meltzer
Jaim Ozer Grodinski
Jaim Soloveitchik
Shimon Shkop
Zundel Salant

Provincia de Minsk
Volozhin


The second Andy Benz solo album from 2016.
This item is available as a CD and as a download.
Many people find it hard to believe, but all the sounds on this album where created with samples from the electric upright bass. It is another groundbreaking album from the danish double bassist, Andreas Bennetzen.
Thank you: Margit Lund, Felix Ruckert, Karl Bille, Buda, Al Lindrum, Tomzen, Ulla & Jørgen, Magnus, Seir, Marie, Birk & Pipaluk.


The acquisition will add three mobile units, an ENG truck, and a studio control room to NEP's worldwide resources.
NEP Group Inc. ('NEP') announced today that it has acquired the assets of Danish Outside Broadcasting firm DBlux, based in Aalborg, Denmark. The acquisition will add three mobile units, an ENG truck, and a studio control room to NEP's worldwide resources. DBlux is currently the leading provider of OB services in Denmark. The acquisition will allow NEP to provide a deeper inventory of production resources to clients in Denmark and throughout Scandinavia.DBlux has provided OB, TV, sound, lighting and AV productions to clients throughout Scandinavia for more than 20 years. DBlux specializes in live broadcasts of sporting events and news coverage, and they are the largest supplier in Denmark of live transmissions to several national TV channels."We look forward to bringing the DBlux team onboard to assist with our production support in the Nordic region," said Paul Henriksen, President of NEP Broadcast Services Europe. "The DBlux team shares the same commitment to client success as we do in NEP, and the additional staff and equipment based in Denmark will be a significant benefit to our clients."DBlux will operate as NEP Denmark from the current facility in Aalborg, and will maintain its current staff. The Managing Director for NEP Denmark will be Mats Berggren, and daily operations will, as before, be led by Henrik Borup who will work in close cooperation with NEP Sweden.


Crafternoon for the month of April was a combination of baked potato bar feast & a craft attempting to sew a bunch of tank-dresses. I baked up a bunch of potatoes and then just had as many toppings as I could think of spread out along the table. It was one of the easiest ways I have ever fed a crowd. As for the dresses you can find all kinds of tutorials for them online just by searching "fast tank dress". You sew a gathered skirt from fabric to elastic, and then sew a tank top onto it. After sewing our skirts I think most people decided to just keep it as a skirt and that way you could wear any tank top with it, and achieve the same look. Jessee went ahead and made her dress ahead of time which was very helpful as she could then assist everyone. The skirt sewing portion went pretty smoothly. Mine ended up on the large size (I can pull the skirt outward and easily fit another person in there with me) but you can't really tell when I have it on. It does tend to slid down slowly over the day though, so I am going to try and alter it to not have so much stretch.
A lot of the ladies do not enjoy sewing, so I loved that everyone was such a great sport! You can see there was such a variety of fabrics, and lots of trying on the skirts over whatever we were wearing. I used the beautiful Trefle Cucito Double Guaze fabric by Kokka for my skirt, and I am so pleased that I ended up having a bunch leftover so I can play around with it.
I found the silly PA Dutch napkins at a thrift shop recently. It was an unopened package for 25¢, and too funny not to pick up for crafternoon.
The last photo is the items I stitched up for the white elephant gift exchange. I love this free drawstring bag pattern as a go-to for a quick way to wrap up a gift.
Next month we are going to be working on some faux food and I have been so excited planning for it!
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I found you a little over a year ago and thrilled that I have. I joined Pom as soon as I got the invite. I do the Instagram thing too but do enjoy the blog,so please do Keep Blogging !!!
Elizabeth, thank you so much for the comment! I love hearing that the quilt inspired you to sign up for a class, that makes me so happy & excited for you!! I also very much appreciate your comments on the POM club, I love knowing that something I made is so appreciated, thank you for making my day!


reaching in for my soul to call it back home.
for what I needed to come home.
inside this hateful world we've created for ourselves.
gestures, thoughts and motions I still don't understand.
pressed your hands into my soul and brought me home.
on this crystal clear and tragic night?