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WHAT IS HOLISTIC NUTRITION WEIGHT LOSS EXPERT PROGRAM?
of it's kind in the industry.
Being at YOUR healthy weight is a not about a number on a scale. It is a byproduct of healthy living and self-love – inside and out. You can be healthy at every age, shape and size but you need make sure your body is in balance.
Unlike other programs or courses that focus on calories and food guides to promote weight loss, the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program is an 8-week program that will teach you how to accomplish healthy weight loss in a holistic way for REAL health results.
Covering nutrition, hormones, digestion, blood sugar management, food allergies, body positivity & so much more… this program will teach you MORE than you thought possible about weight loss and health to help yourself and clients change their lives. Plus, it is taught completely online so you can learn from anywhere in the world!
You are going to learn real, APPLICABLE skills, confidence and the tools, leaving this program knowing how to coach others to make real health changes, learn body positivity.
It is also awesome for the everyday women looking to increase your knowledge in nutrition and weight loss to get results and live your healthiest, fiercest life!
The Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program is an 8 week total coaching program that is taught entirely online so you can access the content from ANY mobile device as long as you have an internet connection!
No more wasting time commuting or worrying about not being able to keep up, modules can be done from wherever you choose and can be viewed again later to work with your day.
This is a complete and thorough 8 week online program that offers practical, applicable (aka you will actually use this in REAL life!) to support the body in weight loss and building healthy minds & bodies, program development, healthy eating and lifestyle coaching and healthy habit building applications.
If you are already coaching in fitness, nutrition or wellness, this program will help you take your skills to the next level. Or if you are just interested to learn more about healthy living, this program will CHANGE your life, weight, the way you view your body and how you treat it with love for the rest of your life…. there is nothing better than that.
What are food allergies, intolerance and inflammation?
Activity Coaching and challenges: how to get moving on the daily!
Habit based coaching for results!
Get certified & create your dream health, life & career!
Automatically approved to join the Health Coaching Alliance and will be awarded the "Registered Health Coach" (R.H.C.) title.
Laura's commitment to women's health earned her 2016 Top Fitness Professional in Canada by Can FIT Pro & Stevie Award for Women in Business – Health & Wellness Company of the Year.
Jennifer Papaconstantinou CNP, NNCP, RNT is a graduate of the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Toronto, where she earned her designation as a Certified Nutritional Practitioner. In addition to graduating with First-Class Honours and Valedictorian, she has continued training with world renowned Premier Research Labs, Seroyal, Edison Institute of Nutrition and Centennial College. She also had the honor to participate in a Mentorship program, studying the philosophies and teachings of Dr. Bernard Jensen and Dr. Robert Marshall PhD. Completing certification courses in Clinical Iridology, B.A.S.E. Allergy Therapy, Live Blood Microscopy, Metabolic Balance, QRA, Holistic Cancer Practitioner Certification and is working toward her Certification in Biotherapeutic Drainage adds to Jennifer's many clinical modalities.
Fitness Professionals, yoga instructors and wellness coaches that want to expand their skills, confidence and coaching offerings.
We want to be straight up because we want you to succeed. This program is full on as we want you to leave with the skills, confidence and true know how to ROCK it in the fitness and health coaching world.
While this is an online program that you can complete during your own time during the course duration, it is a commitment and we will hold you accountable to your goals. You will need to watch the online classes. You will need to complete your quizzes, assignments and at home study.
In short –this program is not for you if you are looking for a short cut to get certified, don't want to put in the time and effort to learn & master your craft or don't want to be a full rounded health coach. We are serious about what we do and we know you are too.
I am a mom of two boys, and my husband, he works offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, so he's gone for like a month at a time. I'm also a nurse, so I was a very busy person, and at that time, I had just discovered my own hormonal imbalances and dealing with some adrenal fatigue, so I was really diving into the research and trying to educate myself so I could start my own healing, and that just really led me to the FIT CHICKS Chat podcast. I loved the content on there, and then of course that just took me a little bit further, and that's when I learned about the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert program.
The experience during the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert program was phenomenal. I can't rave enough about this program. I'm a very busy woman, so I love the fact that I can take all of the courses online at my own pace, but even though they were online, it was still extremely personable. I never felt like I was just looking at a computer screen. I felt like I was right in front of the instructors. The material was extremely easy for me to absorb and it was such, such good material. Life-changing material. And the activities we did, or the assignments, they were super fun. I really can't rave enough about the program. I had such a great experience. There's just so many things I can say about it.
A lot of the modules that we discussed were over things such as blood sugar management, that one stands out the most to me because before taking the course, especially being a nurse, I looked at blood sugars as something that maybe diabetics had to be concerned about, but being a woman who was diagnosed with PCOS and struggling with insulin resistance, it really helped educate me so I could help other women as well about the importance of blood sugar management to weight loss for everyone. It's not just something that is only for diabetics. We all should be considering it and working towards that blood sugar management. That one really sticks out to me the most, but there are so many other things that I could just talk about being my favorite from the program.
Before I began the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program, I was working a desk job and teaching fitness classes on the side, and I just wanted to be able to add a little bit more nutrition to my repertoire.
I was drawn to the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program because I had completed the Fitness and Nutrition Expert Program with FIT CHICKS, and I loved it so much that I wanted to do every course FIT CHICKS has to offer. So that is what made me decide to go with this one.
During the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program, I really enjoyed the experience. I felt like I learned a lot, and I was able to complete it at my own pace and avoided all of the stress that goes with being on a very tight schedule.
My favorite part was getting to delve a little bit deeper into all the different aspects of nutrition. I did learn the basics in the Fitness and Nutrition Expert Program, but it was really great to get to go more into detail for all the nutrition aspects.
I would definitely recommend the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program because you're able to complete it at your own pace, you get a ton of information, and it really helps you feel confident when having to actually deal with clients. You feel like you've learned enough, and the instructors are always there to support you if you want to learn more as well.
I have been a long time licensed Esthetician at a Day Spa with a passion for health and wellness. I am looking to expand my skills even further and bring these two careers together. I will be adding more holistic and nutrition services at The Color Room Salon and Day Spa. I plan on doing workshops as well as teaching about nutrition and the skin as well. The Holistic Weight Loss Expert program has exceeded my expectations. I have enjoyed doing all the assignments which have been so much fun. I feel like I got an amazing education and feel confident to start being an amazing holistic nutrition coach. This is not just a text book course. It kept my attention always. A plus I loved was the coaching calls we got after every module. FIT CHICKS is awesome!
Before I began the Holistic Weight Loss Expert program, I was, I think six months pregnant and running a business at a health food store in my hometown .I just wanted a little bit of extra education to help people with weight loss journeys. I get a lot of clients into the store and I just wanted to have a little bit more knowledge on where to guide them.
I chose this certification over other certifications because I loved the podcast. I actually listened to the FIT CHICKS Chat podcast for probably a year before I signed up to do the program. And after doing a lot of research, it was really the one that focused on client coach relationships. And that's what I liked about it because I wanted to know how to coach somebody. I wanted the information, but I wanted to learn how to coach somebody as well.
So instead of just getting all the information, this program really helped me learn to take on some clients and to actually help people. My favorite part of this program was being able to share the knowledge. My mother-in-law signed up for the course, and my cousin is signed up for the Fitness & Nutrition Expert course that's coming up in March. It was such a good course I just wanted to share it with everybody.
My experience during the program was really positive. It was during a time in my life where things were chaotic, running a business, and I just had a new born baby in September. So it was nice to close the door and do my work for a while. I graduated university back in 2015, so I haven't really had assignments and projects, and I love that. I love learning. So to be able to close the door and have some me time to learn was really nice.
I would recommend the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert program to anybody. I enjoyed it so much that I have only great things to say about it. It's a nice program, you work at your own pace, you're learning great information, so I would definitely recommend it!
My name is Renée and I enrolled in the HWLE program class of April 2018. I'm also a graduate of the FNE program, class of September 2016. I'm currently working full-time on assignment as a Program Coordinator for the Government.
From an early age, I made the connection between lifestyle and good health (It's important to note that exercise and nutrition are not the necessarily the cure for everything but they can have a positive impact on one's overall physical and mental health). My own interest in this field grew in my early 20s when I started to experience health issues. At my worst, I had difficulty doing things most people take for granted such as being able to lift up my arms, walking across a room, reading a book and even breathing. I was eventually diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and several other issues. As result of this disease, my muscles on my left side atrophied. Over the years I've worked hard to regain what was lost and I attribute much of what I've been able to accomplish to a sound lifestyle, along with proper medical care.
I chose to get certified in nutrition as it's one of my passions. I wanted to better understand how my body responds to food, be able to sort through all the noise in the media and learn to apply that knowledge on myself first. I also wanted to eventually give something back and help others who may feel overwhelmed by the abundance of information out there and who might not know where to start. I'm a strong believer in addressing the whole person and meeting people where they're at. It's one thing give people information but it needs to be relevant to their current situation if they are to have any success. I think the ultimate goal is to cultivate long term habits with clients so that they eventually don't need you at all.
After the positive experience with the FNE program, I was excited to learn that FIT CHICKS was also offering a nutrition program. Both programs are thorough and place an emphasis on practical experience. I felt that the HWLE program was a nice complement to the FNE curriculum. I also love all that FIT CHICKS stands for. At the core of their philosophy resides the importance of being a heart centred professional a belief which is very much aligned with mine.
All modules were great but I especially enjoyed learning about they way our hormones function as well as how to coach clients. The assignments were fun and by the time you've completed the course, you've built a complete toolkit that you can start to use immediately when coaching clients. One stand out moment was the awesome feeling upon completing the blood sugar management info sheet. I put in a lot of time and effort but in the end I had this document that could serve as a hand out to future clients. In the future I could even flush out the content to give a group info-session on blood sugar management.
I'm just about finished the course and I have several ideas on the backburner. However, at this point, I want to use the knowledge I gained from the course to fine tune a few things with respect to my health.
Both the FNE and the HWLE program have had a positive impact in ways that I wouldn't have thought. For instance, public speaking was something which I did not enjoy (or so I thought). In the past, I much preferred one-on-one mentoring and coaching, But thanks to both programs, I'm now at ease doing group facilitations and presentations and I can say that I actually enjoy it.
I contemplated taking the program for over a year and I'm so glad I did. If you're passionate about nutrition and wellness and are looking for ways to round off your knowledge, it's totally worth it. You'll need to put in the effort but that applies to anything worthwhile.
I want to give big thanks to Laura, Sarah and Jennifer. Anytime I had questions they were promptly answered. I truly appreciate their support, encouragement and feedback.
My name is Dawn Daley and I graduated from the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program on November 19, 2018. I am a busy wife, mother and new Grandma who recently graduated from university with a BA after being out of school for over 30 years. I am addicted to knowledge and love learning.
I decided to take the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program as this course, complimented my Registered Holistic Nutrition certification and gave a different spin on helping clients achieve their weight loss goals. I chose FIT CHICKS because when I listened to the podcasts before enrolling I felt the passion and commitment from Laura and Amanda. They were real people with real struggles and believed in this program. They sold me and I never looked back. I enjoyed every piece of the puzzle.
My favorite part of the program was the final project, which not only pulled all the information together from the entire course, but challenged me to put it into practice. I learned a great deal from this part. The support in this program in phenomenal! You are encouraged by the Facebook community and supported by the strong leaders who wish only that you succeed with your goals.
My personal growth changed substantially. I find I am more aware of what I eat, how much I work out and I work on following the tools I was given throughout the course. I listen to what others are saying about their aches and pains, low energy, sleepless nights and feel very blessed I do not have these challenges and now feel I can confidently offer a solution to others. It just makes sense!
My name is Katie Ireland and I graduated from the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program in September 2018. I am a Physiotherapist and Bootcamp instructor offering fitness training and rehabilitation treatment.
I decided to take the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program as I wanted to find out more about nutrition to complement my fitness and rehab clients. I knew abs started in the kitchen. Aswell personally I was always fighting myself about weight gain/loss, felt bloated all the time and was getting a potbelly in my 40s. The program helped me find a path!
I saw the program advertised and the FIT CHICKS philosophy matched my own. I also loved the fact that I could complete the program at home.
I have not yet integrated a nutrition program into my job, but I am able to advise clients better with everyday questions. Personally, I am fighting the bulge less. and feeling better. The Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert Program has guided my learning into new areas.
This program is definitely worth it. It is easy to complete on your own time. and provides information everyone should know. FIT CHICKS have designed a well rounded program to help others enter into the world of nutrition. I would highly recommend this program to any fitness or health enthusiast!
I am a health coach, fitness trainer, and the owner of The Knockout Room. The Knockout Room, based in Toronto, Canada, offers holistic coaching in fitness, nutrition, and wellness for women of all ages. My specialties include in-home personal and semi-private training with a focus on natural weight loss.
I joined the FIT CHICKS community in 2009 as a client, enrolling in the amazing FIT CHICKS Bootcamp. I enjoyed the welcoming environment, the workouts, and the positive, encouraging vibe. I developed an appreciation for holistic health and my body. In 2015, following the completion of my Master of Business Administration in Copenhagen, Denmark, I enrolled in the FIT CHICKS Academy Fitness and Nutrition Expert program because I trusted Laura and Amanda, their brand, and their mandate. At the time, this was very much a personal journey to take control of my health and wellbeing. I was impressed with the program, how much I had learned, and my new confidence. I saw changes in the way I looked and felt – and I wanted to keep it going!
I wanted to expand my knowledge in nutrition since nutrition is such an important component of living a healthy lifestyle and attaining my fitness goals. Having had such a successful experience with the FIT CHICKS brand, enrolling in the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert (HWLE) program was a no-brainer. During the program, I applied my learnings to my own life and lost 23 lbs over the course of 7 months. People around me took notice and started asking me for advice! What began as a personal journey was now turning into a business. I enjoy learning every day and helping my clients look and feel their best the healthy way.
My name is Jenn, and I graduated from the HWLE program in June of 2018. I'm currently a GoodLife associate looking to expand my career as a fitness expert. I also have a website called EnergeticPunch where I blog about life and fitness. I'm also a mom of 2 wonderful little boys so I have quite the busy life.
I always was a "foodie" that liked to put a healthy spin to my food. So looking at recipes and fitness blogs, I wondered if I could do such a thing because I light up whenever I talk about food and how it works in the body. When I stumbled upon FIT CHICKS , I knew I was on to something special. After being part of an info session, I knew that Laura was a genuine person that also had a passion for health and fitness. And that spoke to me more than anything could.
Going through the course, I loved anything that was related to nutrition and how macronutrients and micronutrients worked in the body. I really enjoyed Jennifer Papaconstantinou's take on the gut was my absolute favorite. I was already pretty knowledgeable but I'm in total awe in how much I know now and happy to pass on the information.
My life has changed for the better in personal growth and career wise. I've decided to pursue a career in personal training and nutrition. Because I enjoyed the HWLE program so much because of the expansion of my knowledge in holistic nutrition, I've decided to expand my learning and become certified as a Fitness and Nutrition Expert.
I'd recommend this course for anyone interested in natural nutrition, wanting to expand their knowledge for a career in personal training, or even just for fun. The teachers are wonderful.
This certification has changed my life in many ways and I cannot wait to spread the wonderful information to friends, family, and clients. Greatest life decision I've ever made.
"My name Marja A. Oliden and I graduated from the Holistic Nutrition Weight Loss Expert program in March of this year. I am starting up Iron Rose which will be an online and in person weight-loss program for women. I have my first nutritional seminar booked in May for an all woman's boot-camp class. I have also begin to collaborate with my brother who is a chef about putting together a collection of recipes/meal prepping book.
I was looking to get certified in nutrition because In my own pursuit to becoming healthy, fit and strong, I was trying to learn as much as I could about nutrition and there was so much conflicting information out there. I wanted to be able to navigate through all the BS and then I thought I oh this person can use this information and that person can use this. So I started looking for a program that I could learn from and in turn teach others. Also something that was in line with my philosophy of not just looking a one aspect of nutrition but taking a holistic approach and when I came across fit chicks it had to be divine intervention because it was so inline with what I wanted to learn and needed to know and so much more.
One stand out moment about the HWLE program was when I realized that I wanted to help empower and inspire woman to make positive lifestyle changes not only in nutrition but in all aspect of their lives to become the best versions of themselves…whatever that may be. By educating them on nutrition, mindset and healthy habits.
Since starting the HWLE program I have personally grown and learned so much about nutrition and myself. I have been empowered and inspired and taken charge of my health. I have been able to pass my knowledge to my two daughters to help them learn how to eat for health. Within the next couple of months I am hoping to generate an income.
I had the best time with this program! I was able to enhance my nutrition knowledge while still working full time. It has given me the tools to understand a wide array of issues that in the body that can be supported with the use of nutrition. By learning the different qualities of foods, and what food sensitives are lying under the surface I am able to see health & weight loss in a different perspective. All of this great knowledge from Laura Jackson and team gave my business a new edge! As a personal trainer, all I was able to offer clients was the physical fitness aspect. By adding this certification, I launched new programing called 'Balanced Training' that brings fitness, nutrition, and wellness together!
I was attracted to take this program because it covered many topics that are not traditionally covered or discussed in basic fitness and nutrition courses and discussions – notably the roles of digestion and hormones in personal health, fitness and weight loss. I am the type of person who reads a lot and who is always learning, and I am pleased to report that I learned ALOT from this course. It has fuelled by desire to continue my education in holistic nutrition. I also feel much more well-equipped to speak to the role of hormones and digestion in wellness and weight loss – conditions that are commonly experienced by so many women.
As I took this course, I was able to learn more about my own body as well, and perform some useful self-experimentation. I have lived with digestive distress for parts of my adult life, and the content of this course has helped me piece it together a bit more, which in turn, I hope can help me to help other women out there with similar experiences. I now also have the tools to help educate other women.
Loved taking this program! The main reason for taking it was for personal reasons. I was trying to figure out what was going on with inside my body,Thru taking this program it helped me get to the next step in taking the right steps to getting back to where I was. Always learning and always expanding my horizons and my goal is to guide others with helping them achieve optimal health. Thanks Laura and team for everything!!
The Holistic Natural Weight Loss Expert Program is fantastic. The information packed into the classes is valuable. This program sets you up for success! It is a great addition to the FNE program which I also took and has helped me understand and use my knowledge for my programming that I have created for my clients. There is a lit of support from students, grads and of course Laura Jackson and Jenn.
I found these two amazing women in FIT CHICKS, and I found them through doing a retreat. There was all the physical activity that you were expecting, and then we sat down for the nutrition portion, and I was blown away, because here were women who were talking to me, and they shared the same food philosophy that I had finally adopted.
It was about eating real whole foods, the fat, the proper carbs, the protein and how they all work together. It just really solidified my food philosophy, and that's why I fell in love with this company. I decided, because I do love to share my knowledge and it's an outlet for me, I decided that I really wanted to take this holistic weight loss coach certification, especially tied it with all the struggles I've had since I've been a teenager, a girl growing up in this diet world and everything was fat free and low fat.
I was also addicted to sugar at the same time. This was this multi-year transition for me. I thought this is exactly what I want and what I want to learn more of. I think the biggest standout for me about this certification was yes, they talked about the same food philosophies I had, they talked about how to combine real foods. But they went so far beyond the weight loss piece of it, and the diet piece of it.
The program goes into how to heal your body and from diabetics to high blood pressure, how to work with these foods to keep your body in the best running condition for health. Because ultimately, that is the most important part, is how healthy our insides are is what's going to keep us going and keep us moving and doing all of the things that we want to do.
Because sitting there at that table and then asking me, what is it that you can bring to these Lunch and Learns, and they had their own thoughts, and they asked me. I think my favorite question was, what do you think of the Canadian Food Guide? For all of you new to the program, I'm going to let you answer that question on your own. I know they've done some upgrades to it. It was a really standout moment for me, and I want to thank these amazing women who've put together this program.
If anybody's considering the program, the one thing I would say is, make sure it fits your food philosophy. If you're looking for something where you can eat real food, if you're looking for something that is going to teach you how to heal your body by eating, and learning how things contribute and support all through the foods you eat, to give yourself and others maximum health, this is the absolute program for you.
Not only that, is when you're done program, the women support you through every endeavor long after you've graduated. The support you get, the guidance, the advice, is like nothing I could ever even imagine or experience. I would highly recommend this to anybody who's looking for an amazing community of women, an amazing amount of knowledge, an incredibly Holistic and large amount of knowledge to support everything that you could possibly be interested in.
I actually had taken the FIT CHICKS Academy Fitness &Nutrition Expert program and what was great about that program is that it did deal with fitness, nutrition, wellness, and business. Now, you're probably thinking, "Well, if it dealt with nutrition, why are you taking the FIT CHICKS Academy Holistic Weight Loss Expert program?" I'm going to tell you.
In this program, you're going to learn about hormones. You're going to learn about the mind, body, and gut connection. You're going to learn about blood sugar management, but in such detail that you will be ready to coach your clients, if you choose to go through the business route. I have learned so much, and taking this, you learn how to write recipes. You actually … They actually give you a scenario where you're basically, you're able to coach somebody. It's great practice, and that's what I love about the FIT CHICKS Academy programs.
You get the practice, so every assignment that you do in the Holistic Weight Loss program is going to help you and better prepare you for once you start coaching people. The great thing is, is that you realize that nutrition is not a mystery. That there's a science to it, and they help you understand the mystery. You're learning a lot of detail, but it's simplified. So I encourage you to definitely, if you're still not sure; attend the webinars, talk to either Laura Jackson or Amanda. They are two of the most down-to-earth women I have ever met. They're so positive, and here's the best thing. Once you enter into the FIT CHICKS world, you never want to leave.
As like many courses offered by FitChicks, it was very detailed and specific and made you do the work to ensure you really understood the lessons. I really liked the way you had to learn the theory and then put it to practice. I found the course a lot of work but so worthwhile. I could confidently put someone on a program knowing that I providing the right advice for their specific situation. One of my highlights from the program was actually putting together the programs and the calculations to ensure the right amount of macros were assigned. It showed me how much time and work goes into these programs. The tailor made programs were designed to specifically to meet their needs and to make the program sustainable. I enjoyed seeing the results of the people I put on a program. It has definitely changed the way that I eat and encourage others too as well.
Then we want to give you EVERY opportunity to create the life, health and career you have dreamed.
That's after participating in the program for 14 days and you show us that you've kept up with all the work including classes, quizzes, assignments and co-op (you have to show us proof!), and for some crazy reason DO you not feel like you are growing personally and professionally, then we will be happy to return the investment.
The Natural Weight Loss Coach Program is for women who are committed to learning and growing in the fitness, nutrition and wellness fields, who want to spread the healthy love and get more clients,and NOT for people who just want to collect a piece paper to say they have it.
And we will be strict on this last point – you absolutely must do the work and submit after 14 days* to be eligible for a refund.
There's so much transformation waiting for you on the other side of this program, and since our main goal is for you to succeed, we aren't afraid to give you some tough FIT CHICKS love when it comes to holding you accountable.
*Refunds will only be issued if all complete work is submitted on day 15 of the program to fne@fitchicks.ca. No exceptions or extensions will be provided.
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Book Review: San Francisco is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires
Comments: 5 Books April 1, 2007
Dennis Smith, author of Report from Ground Zero and former New York City firefighter, turned his journalistic skills and disaster-zone experience to the biggest metropolitan fire in history: San Francisco in 1906.
San Francisco is Burning is a well-researched account that should appeal to anyone interested in how little we've learned in the 100 years between SF 1906 and Katrina/New Orleans 2005. Smith's book came out before Katrina, but the similarities are downright scary: the heroism of the first responders counterbalanced by the sheer incompetence of the politicians and managers; the bravery of some citizens counterbalanced by looting and murder from others; ignored warnings from experts before the fact (about unstable levees in the Gulf Coast or fire hazards in SF buildings); and on and on and on.
Smith casts a particularly negative eye on General Funston, whose bust resides in SF city hall and for whom a major boulevard is named. Funston was an army general in Presidio who became the key manager of the firefighting effort, despite knowing nothing about fires. It was Funston who was responsible for two key errors in the effort: ordering dynamite explosions throughout the city, which were supposed to act as fire breaks but instead made things worse, and second, failing to enlist the help of average citizens to tame the smaller flames. As President Bush might say, "Heckuva job, Funsty."
100 years later San Francisco is rebuilt and glorious. But, expectedly, Smith ends his book on an ominous tone: the chances of a quake as large as 1906 within the next 30 years is a near certainty, and yet we continue to shrink fire department resources, continue to hold lackadaisical building codes, continue to live — as residents — largely unprepared as far as emergency supplies and procedures go. Our grasp of natural disasters generally, Smith notes, is poor. Many New Yorkers think they're safe from earthquakes, for example, even though a major fault line runs through the city.
Living in a danger zone is the cost of living in paradise, I suppose, but — if we adopt Richard Posner's formula as outlined in Risk: Catastrophe and Response and summarized in his blog post — given the expected cost of a 1906-esque natural disaster, even with a very low probability of occurrence, we should be doing much, much more to prepare ourselves.
Related Post: Earthquake Zone vs. Hurricane Zone: The Anxiety of Certainty
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Are there any Disney pelikula that were released the taon you were born?
Who do you think the villain of nagyelo 2 will be?
Who's your paborito Disney walrus?
What is your least paborito Disney sequel?
Um.. Will it be possible if some of William Shakespeare's uh stories would ever be one of the Walt Disney pelikula or not?
What were your paborito Disney films when you were a child?
Am I the Only Person Who Has watched Big Hero 6 that doesn't pag-ibig Tadashi?
Should it be Jack frost to be with Elsa in nagyelo 2???
Why We pag-ibig Each Disney Heroine: Comments for Alice?
What are your paborito Disney Villain songs?
Real Heroine of nagyelo in your opinion?
Do you think Belle is one of the best role mga model for Disney ?
How do you feel about Big Hero 6 and Gusot getting their own series in 2017?
Disney characters to represent Easter and Possibly St. Patrick's araw nominees needed!
Who are your 10 least paborito Disney characters?
Am I the only one not disappointed sa pamamagitan ng the newer Disney pelikula and CGI?
I'm planning on doing a Marching Band/ konsiyerto band made out of Disney characters. How should I do it?
Does reyna Elsa count as a antagonist?
Most cringeworthy ipakita on Disney Channel?
Who are your least paborito nagyelo characters?
Who are your tuktok 10 paborito nagyelo characters?
Who are your tuktok 10 most beautiful Disney Channel girls?
Disney is releasing the Diamond Edition of Aladdin in October and has invited Fanpop fans to interview the cast! Post your best interview tanong for Linda Larkin (Jasmine), Scott Weinger (Aladdin), and Jonathan Freeman (Jafar)!
paborito character from your paborito movie in the Revival Era?
Google paghahanap your paborito Disney character (just their name) and post the first image that shows up.
What are your paborito Disney movies?
What are your paborito Disney songs?


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UPDATE: Euro zone banks' shortfalls in loss-absorbing buffers up to $216 bln
| The European | 17 February 2020
On Monday, Euro zone banks had combined shortfalls in their loss-absorbing buffers of up to 200 billion euros ($216 billions) at the end of 2018, estimates from the bloc's banking watchdog showed.
Under international and EU banking rules, large banks must issue expensive loss-absorbing debt known as TLAC and MREL that can be converted into capital during crises. Very large systemic banks, such as Deutsche Bank or ING, are already required to meet these debt targets. The rule will kick in for other large banks from 2022.
Banks under the watch of the EU's Single Resolution Board, the EU regulator in charge of disposing of failing lenders, have already issued 2.3 trillion euros of loss-absorbing buffers, mostly in the shape of senior unsecured and senior non-preferred debt.
However, according to SRB's figures updated to the end of 2018 for a sample of 107 banks, to meet the overall target by 2022, they will need to issue more debt to cover a gap estimated between 150 and 200 billion euros.
In relative terms, the shortfall is estimated at less than 3% of the target, but includes up to 70 billion euros of subordinated debt which costs banks more to issue as it is more risky for creditors. The shortfall also does not include debt issued under English law, which can not be used as a loss-absorbing buffer after the Brexit transition ends in December.
In 2018 the SRB estimated the overall debt issued under English law by euro zone banks at around 100 billion euros.
The exposure to debt that may no longer be eligible as buffer is now much smaller, an EU official said.
Reported by Francesco Guarascio
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The AFL-CIO Is on Sound Political Ground to Push for Wage Increases
Harold Meyerson Editor-at-Large, The American Prospect
"Raising wages is the single standard by which leadership will be judged," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka announced Wednesday at the federation's conference unveiling labor's political agenda. To that end, he said, the AFL-CIO would launch projects this year in the four states that hold the first four presidential primaries and caucuses of 2016 — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — as a way to make presidential candidates spell out exactly what they would do to boost Americans' increasingly anemic wages.
The focus on wages is hardly new to U.S. labor, of course. In 1996, Trumka's predecessor as federation president, John Sweeney, co-authored a book with David Kusnet titled "America Needs a Raise." Since Sweeney's book appeared, however, the raise has all but disappeared from the lives of U.S. workers. As Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) noted in addressing the conference, the bottom 90 percent of Americans, who received 70 percent of the income growth between 1935 and 1980, have gotten precisely zero percent of the income growth since 1997.
The AFL-CIO is on sound ground politically, no less than economically, in making candidates' positions on increasing wages the key to labor's support. In November's midterm elections, after all, voters in four solidly conservative states — Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota — overwhelmingly approved ballot measures increasing their respective state's minimum wage.
Trumka also announced that the federation would initiate projects in seven cities that would organize workers — whether union members or not — in campaigns to boost wages and enact such pro-employee ordinances as mandating paid sick days or requiring retailers to give their workers sufficient advance notice of their hours. The cities range from such liberal bastions as Minneapolis and Washington, where legislation that pushes the envelope of workers' rights can be enacted, to cities such as San Diego and Atlanta, where demographic change is creating the possibility of more progressive government, to Columbus, where creating an organization of low-wage workers could help keep Ohio in the Democratic column in the 2016 presidential election.
Trumka's emphasis on cities, not states, acknowledges one of the fundamental realities of political power in the United States right now: While Democrats control both the legislature and governor's office in just seven states, Republicans control them in 24. At the same time, 25 of the 30 largest U.S. cities have Democratic mayors. It's cities, not states, that have set the highest minimum-wage standards, adopted the most immigrant-friendly policies and passed the most far-reaching environmental protections. The nation's laboratories of progressive democracy, the AFL-CIO clearly understands, are its city halls.
The federation's seven-cities project has the potential to do more than create more pro-worker ordinances. With most private-sector union organizing blocked by employer opposition and weak protections for workers who seek to form unions, the project could also generate organizations of low-wage workers, whether union or not, that might become a force in their cities and states. Alongside the nation's existing unions, other organizations — somewhat like the 19th century's Knights of Labor — could arise with the capacity to advance workers' causes politically. Lacking the capacity to bargain collectively with their employers, such groups would be halfway houses for workers' interests, but until labor law and corporate practices are altered to allow for union organizing again, a halfway house is better than nothing.
The missing link in labor's raise-the-wage agenda is what to do about the majority of workers who make too much to be affected by minimum wage increases, or who already have paid sick days, but whose incomes have nonetheless stagnated or declined while the cost of college and medical care has continued to rise. Some points on labor's to-do list — embracing a trade policy that doesn't put American workers in competition with workers in the developing world, investing more in roads, rails and bridges — address those concerns somewhat, but workers also need policies that address the wage gap more directly.
One such policy informs a bill that Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, introduced this week. The bill would prohibit publicly traded corporations from taking tax deductions for their chief executives' "performance pay" in excess of $1 million unless they give their employees' raises in line with the nation's productivity increases. If the company's performance is so terrific that the CEO deserves a huge bonus, its employees likely had something to do with it, too, and should also reap a (considerably more modest) reward. That's the spirit that informs the AFL-CIO's new project and that labor wants to see in the candidates who seek its support.
This has been reposted from The Washington Post.
Harold Meyerson also is political editor and columnist for the L.A. Weekly, the nation's largest metropolitan weekly, and a regular contributor to The Washington Post.. In 2009, Atlantic Monthly named Mr. Meyerson one of 50 Most Influential Columnists. He is the author of Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz?, a biography of Broadway lyricist Yip Harburg. From 1991 through 1995, Meyerson hosted the weekly show "Real Politics" on radio station KCRW, the Los Angeles area's leading NPR affiliate. He is a frequent guest on television and radio talk shows.
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Good day, fellow home handyworkers!
Having some leaking issues with your old dear garbage disposal, aren't you? I can even tell that you're here reading this NOT for pleasure, but, in fact, for helpful tips that would help you with that messy situation you've got going on.
And let me tell you this – here be that much-needed information.
With all my knowledge and abilities, I'll guide you through the whole thing, from diagnosing the problem to mending the unit back to its normal and fully functional state. You'll get past this in no time.
However, I should also say that this is only meant to help you do what we HOMECOOKS could do to mend a leaking disposal machine, not professionals. If something is not mentioned, it probably is a matter for the experts.
Meanwhile, let's do what we can before sending for them, shall we? Might as well since you're already here!
And do leave a comment or something to let me know if this were useful at all. That would help me alot. Thanks!
Let me be frank here, the concept is nothing complicated. It leaks mainly because of weak seals. So to deal with leaks is to find the exact location(s) and find the way to secure the seal this time around.
If you're also having other problems with your machine, take a look at our article on the matter. You may find something.
Ah, I forgot! There's another thing that's worth mentioning: preventive steps. To fix leaks, the best way is to not have them at all. So, when a unit is first installed, pay some extra attention to the connections. You can take care of it yourself or ask the plumbers to be thorough.
First off, we have to look at the potential spots closely in order to get a hold of the situation and make sure of the number of leak points. Once you've done that, we'll talk about what can be done to help better keep the fluid within its supposed tract.
This is the core of the whole repair so be mindful, and I recommend that you take this into your own hands. Because by doing so, you can also determine the current condition of your unit, and decide whether to go for a fix or a replacement instead.
The sinkhole should be the number one suspect whenever leaking is spotted. Due to the design, the mount assembly of garbage disposals is likely to have people confused and leads to it being set up the wrong way, especially when one tries to install the unit by themselves for the first time.
That being said, it's only as complicated as you are inattentive. Be a tad extra careful and everything should be alright.
Back to dealing with the problem. If it leaks there, there's a big chance that the seal is not secure any longer. You'll have to remove the machine and the mount assembly, and set it in place correctly this time.
If the provided rubber gasket was used to seal the flange the first time, remove it and use plumber's putty instead.
If putty was used, don't go easy on it this time. Excess putty can be retrieved and reused. Remember to clean the sinkhole off debris first.
Refer to the guide sheet(s) to make sure of the number as well as the order of gaskets onto the underside of the sink.
Check if the sink itself isn't punctured in anyway. If it is, call for professional services.
The second most likely spot for a leak is the wastewater outlet of garbage disposals. There are two reasons why this joint is prone to leaking: 1) the first installation was somewhat wrongfully done, 2) the vibration of the machine has compromised the dignity of the joint or the elbow pipe itself.
To handle the situation, first we have to see whether it's something repairable. If there's nothing too serious, we need to readjust the joint for a better connection.
Try using a screwdriver to check if the bolts are tight enough and see if that fixes it. If it still leaks, remove the elbow piece and put it back properly.
Check if the elbow pipe is cracked. If it is, buy a replacement. It can't be fixed, not properly.
Disconnect the subsequent pipes from the elbow piece for easy removal of the elbow piece.
When putting the piece back, make sure that the rubber gasket is in place.
Don't fasten the bolts too tightly to avoid damaging the parts. Snug is good enough.
The food waste disposer inlet is designed to receive the outlet from the dishwasher. It's a fairly basic and standard connection that hardly anything can go wrong.
And if there's something, it's usually an easy fix, unless the inlet port is cracked. If it's indeed damaged, you're advised to send for professionals.
Use a (soft) tube/hose of the right size. Refer to specification sheet.
Always use a hose clamp and not to overtighten it to avoid any damage on the port and the hose.
If the leaking is from none of those above, but instead from the bottom of the machine itself, that means the internal seals are all burst up. It usually occurs due to old age, expected after 5 to 10 years of usage.
In case your unit is ACTUALY so old that it leaks, contacting professionals for repair and opting for a new unit are are the two optimal options. I, myself, suggest going for the latter. After all that time, the old "dude" deserves to rest.
Sometimes it also happens to new yet faulty machines. To prevent that, one should choose a trustworthy brand. There are quite a few of them, but it should not be too difficult. Off the top of my head, Insinkerator and Moen are two reputated companies. The quality of their products rarely dissapoints.


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Q: Calculate confidence intervals in R I wanted to calculate a confidence interval of 95% for an specific parameter beta using the function intervals(object,level,...)
but marks an error that says

Error in UseMethod("intervals"): no applicable method for 'intervals'
  applied to an object of class "lm"

It should have not mark any error because in the help section says clearly that this function is for Confidence intervals on the parameters associated with the model represented by object are obtained.
Could you please tell me how to fix this problem?

The example that I tested was something like this
f<-lm(y∼x1+x2+x3)

intervals(f,level=.95)


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Huge Mexican volcano eruption hurls burning ash into the sky (VIDEO)
A cloud of ash belches out of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, some 55 km from Mexico City.(AFP Photo / Arturo Andrade) © AFP
Mexico's active Popocatepetl volcano has registered a massive explosion spewing ash and incandescent rock almost 4 kilometers high. Authorities have warned that winds could blow the ash cloud as far away as Mexico City.
Inhabitants of villages up to 25 kilometers from Popocatepetl (colloquially known as 'Don Popo') rushed out of their houses when the massive explosion reverberated through their homes.
Esther Matinez, resident of Amecameca municipality, told Mexican publication La Jornada that the blast was like a rocket explosion. Around 4.5 million people live within a 50-kilometer radius of the active volcano, 650,000 of whom are considered to be at high risk.
According to authorities in the state of Puebla, where the second-tallest volcano in Mexico is located, the incandescent fragments released in the blast fell as far as 2 kilometers from the crater. Director of Puebla's Civil Protection department Jesus Morales said that burning rocks sparked small fires around the volcano.
"There were clouds at the time of the eruption so it was possible to observe the large shock wave accompanied by a plume of ash and incandescent material," Morales said.
Mexico's National Center for Prevention of Disasters (Cenapred) said the volcano had returned to its previous activity level, and that the volcanic alert level would remain at 'yellow phase two.' In addition, volcanic ash that was blown up to 4 kilometers into the air could be shifted by wind currents and then fall on Puebla, or even as far away as Mexico City, Cenapred warned.
Popocatepetl had previously been in phase two after breaking the record for the most volcanic emissions in one day – the 5,452 –meter-tall giant gave off 300 emissions in just one day in May.
In December 2000, the volcano registered one of its largest eruptions in recent history, prompting the mass evacuation of the surrounding countryside. The name Popocatepetl originates from the native Mexican Nahuatl language and means 'smoking mountain.'
Red alert issued for Chilean volcano
Three volcanoes erupt in Kamchatka Peninsula


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Who was the first black footballer to play for England?
Sam France
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Viv Anderson, Laurie Cunningham, Emma Clarke and Kerry Davis are among the trailblazers to have made history with the Three Lions
The first black man to play a full international match for England was Viv Anderson in 1978.
Born in Nottingham, defender Anderson spent the first 10 years of his career at Nottingham Forest, breaking into the first team under Brian Clough in 1974.
Anderson was an important part of the Forest side which won promotion to the First Division in 1977, lifting the title and the League Cup a year later. He was called up to the England side by then-manager Ron Greenwood soon after, making his debut in a 1-0 friendly win over Czechoslovakia at Wembley.
English football in the 1970s could be a hugely hostile place for a black man, and Anderson was regularly subjected to racist abuse from fans.
Anderson told ITV: "I remember going to Carlisle; something happened and I'm sat down within five minutes. [Clough] said, 'I thought I told you to warm up.' I said, 'Well they're throwing apples and pears and bananas at me.' He said, 'Go back out there and get me two pears and a banana.'
"Then in the dressing room he pulls me and says, 'I did that for a reason, you know - because if you let them dictate to you, you aren't going to make a good career and I think you can play. Don't let them influence you in any way.'"
Anderson went on to enjoy a hugely successful career, winning back-to-back European Cups under Clough at Forest.
His competitive debut for England came in a 2-0 win over Bulgaria in qualifying for the 1980 European Championships.
Anderson left Forest for Arsenal in 1984 and, three years later, became Sir Alex Ferguson's first signing as manager of Manchester United.
He eventually won 30 senior caps for England in an international career spanning 10 years. Short spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and Middlesbrough followed, before his retirement in 1995.
Across six clubs, Anderson won all there was to win in English football, with medals for the First Division, FA Cup, League Cup and Charity Shield, as well as two European Cups and the European Super Cup.
While Anderson was the first black man to win a senior international cap for England, he was not the only such pioneer.
In 1962, West Ham full-back John Charles became the first black man to represent England at any level when he made his debut for the Under-18s.
Charles played alongside World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore in West Ham's defence but retired from the game at just 26 due to a recurring hamstring injury.
A report from BBC London revealed that in 1971, Benjamin Odeje became the first black male to represent England when he played for England Schoolboys against Northern Ireland in front of 70,000 fans.
Decades before Anderson made his senior debut, Plymouth striker Jack Leslie was called up to play the Republic of Ireland in 1925. However, he was dropped from the squad before making his debut.
Leslie's family believed he was dropped after a scout was sent to watch him play and realised the colour of his skin, having been called up on the strength of his goalscoring statistics in the days before video footage was available.
The first black woman to play for England is thought to have been Liverpool-born Emma Clarke in 1881. Clarke played in a match against Scotland in Edinburgh which is widely considered to be the first organised game of women's football.
The first black woman to play in an official England international was Kerry Davis in 1982. Davis scored twice on her debut against Northern Ireland and went on to become England's record goalscorer with 44 goals in 82 games, until her tally was surpassed by Kelly Smith in 2012.
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SEC rules top 15; Oklahoma St. in
Sports // College Sports
Associated Press Sep. 14, 2014
South Carolina's win over Georgia vaulted the Gamecocks 10 spots to No. 14 in the Associated Press college poll, giving the Southeastern Conference an unprecedented seven teams in the top 15.
The SEC had eight teams ranked for the third straight week and five in the top 10 for two weeks running. Alabama is third behind No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Oregon, followed by No. 5 Auburn, No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 8 LSU and No. 10 Mississippi.
Georgia fell to No. 13 after losing to the Gamecocks 38-35 and Missouri was No. 18.
Florida State, which was off, has 37 first-place votes, losing one to the Ducks, who have 17.
Oklahoma held its position at No. 4 after beating Tennessee, Baylor moved up one to No. 7 with a rout of Buffalo and No. 9 Notre Dame was back in the top 10 for the first time since 2012 after moving up two spots.
Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly, however, only sees flaws in his team's play.
"We're falling off a block here, we miss a fit there," he said after Saturday night's 30-14 victory over Purdue. "It's nothing big, but it's everything."
Meanwhile, Nebraska's poll exile lasted a whole week. The Cornhuskers fell out of the ranking from No. 19 after a close victory over FCS McNeese State, but were back in this week at No. 24 after hammering Fresno State 55-19.
Oklahoma State joined the poll at No. 25. The Cowboys recovered from an opening loss to No. 1 Florida State by beating Missouri State last week and easily handled UTSA 43-13 on Saturday.
Neuheisel reflects: It was Hollywood script for Jerry Neuheisel, the backup QB and son of the former coach who helped No. 12 UCLA avoid an upset in a 20-17 win over Texas on Saturday.
"They don't write them much better than that. I promise you," Neuheisel said. "I was actually born at UCLA. I went to a Rose Bowl in 2001 with the Washington Huskies. I always knew that the Rose Bowl was where I wanted to play and I wanted to go to UCLA."
UTSA mounts largest comeback in recent history, beating Old Dominion
Jackson sparks run as UTSA blows out Charlotte
UTSA looking to boost offense by attacking inside
New offense from first-year coach Morris sparks Incarnate Word
Wide receivers put Roadrunners in good hands
Off Topic: Marcus Davenport
Michigan puts emphatic end to Loyola's Cinderella run
Wagner's heritage, Sister Jean's presser highlight day
Diversity dwindling among NCAA basketball coaches
25 and counting: Alamodome fights to remain viable as Final Four site


A Belfast city councillor has vowed to fight a decision to suspend her from council duties for four months while investigations are carried out into complaints about statements she made about Islam.
Independent councillor Jolene Bunting, who formerly represented the TUV, revealed on social media yesterday that she had been suspended from her duties "for criticising Islam".
"This is a dark day for democracy and freedom of speech," the Greater Shankill (Court DEA) representative, who has had links with far-right group Britain First, posted on her Facebook page.
A statement issued by the Northern Ireland Local Government Commissioner for Standards (NILGCS) said the acting commissioner had decided to suspend councillor Bunting for four months while an investigation into complaints against her continues.


You may not think a refrigerator has much to do with travel or value, but in-fact, when we go away on vacation, we leave several hundreds of dollars worth of food in our refrigerator and freezer. If either fail while we are away, as ours did recently, the costs can be staggering.
We purchased a $1600 Maytag 25.3 Cubic Foot Side-by-Side Stainless Steel Refrigerator (Model # MSD2576VEM) through Home Depot's website (www.HomeDepot.com) on November 26, 2011, just over two years ago. It is now a 250 pound door stop!
A $1600 refrigerator should last more than two years and 120 days, but this one died last week when the condenser failed, an $863.46 repair.
When I called Home Depot to see if they stood behind the faulty products they sell, I was told "we're so sorry for your troubles, let me connect you with Maytag". I told the individual that the Maytag warranty was for 12 months, parts and labor, and that my MasterCard extended warranty added an additional 12 months to the warranty, expiring less than 4 months ago. I asked again "are you going to stand behind this product" and was told "I'm sorry, but you'll have to contact Maytag" … WRONG ANSWER!
How can a $1600 appliance fail after just two years? Because it is garbage. Why will Home Depot and Maytag NOT stand behind their products? Because they can! These companies could care less that one of their products failed just as Apple Inc. could care less that their products are junk, and only because individual consumers just do not count. If I do not buy another Maytag or Home Depot product, which I will not do, it means nothing to their bottom line. They only care about large losses and knowing that people care only about themselves, they know all too well that we will not unite and boycott their products and services, so they blow us off. Being the owner of two homes, one a rental property, I spend several thousand dollars each year at Home Depot. As a Home Depot, Inc. and Maytag Corporation shareholder (large cap mutual funds), I have serious concerns when the companies I am part owner of fail customers with faulty products and poor support. You should too!
I refuse to spend another penny, much less $863.46, to repair a two-year old Maytag refrigerator which should last at least 10-15 years. This is not the first problem I have had with Home Depot and have only continued as a customer because the nearest Lowe's is over 30 miles away. This was my first Maytag appliance, even though I had heard terrible things about their products prior to purchase, AND MY LAST.
I hope I can save at least one person the same grief and expense we have suffered at the hands of Home Depot and Maytag by writing this review. Hopefully, enough people will read it and Home Depot and Maytag will get the message, but I am not counting on it because THEY DON'T CARE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO!
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CombatCritic Gives the Maytag MSD2576VEM Refrigerator, Home Depot, and Maytag Corporation 1 Out of 10 Bombs … MORE BOMBS ARE GOOD!


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-------Mr. Zhi Wei Golden Yuan is one of the founders and a board member of Hope Education Foundation based in Monterey Park CA. Mr. Zhi Wei Golden Yuan is currently president of P.T. S. International Inc and Perfect Trans & Travel Service, Inc which was founded in 1991. Its primary focus is:
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B.Full travel business service in North America, South America and <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />China.
C.Cross cultural exchanges.
D.Education training.
E.Provide service for students from China to study in the U.S.
F.Publisher of books.
Mr. Zhi Wei Golden Yuan was educated First Branch College of China People�s University with a BA degree in 1982.
-------Mr. Steve Cook is a board member of Hope Education Foundation. He lives in Orange County, California. Mr. Steven E. Cook is a Chinese Language & Culture Instructor
1?Developed the first comprehensive Chinese language and cultural training program for K-12 public schools in Orange County, California.
2?Founder of the Chinese Cultural Center at Las Flores Elementary School.
3?Co-author and recipient of $300k Federal Grant awarded for �Critical Foreign Language Instruction�.
4?Started additional after-school Chinese Language and Culture program for students living outside Las Flores Elementary boundaries.
5?Organized members of the Southern California Asian business community to participate in cultural events in order to heighten cultural awareness among students.
6?Initiated, marketed and led student tours throughout China.
7?Teacher of the Year, Las Flores Elementary School, 2000
8?English Instructor, Central Taiwan, 1980-1982
Mr. Steven E. Cook received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mandarin Chinese and a Minor in Asian Studies from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1986
Mr. Steven E. Cook has a Multiple-Subject Teaching Credential with a Cross Cultural, Language and Academic Development (CLAD) Emphasis from California State University, Fullerton, California, 1996
-----Mr. Daniel Chiu, age 50, has extensive experience in the field of cross cultural education, financial planning and real estate. He is currently the Executive Director of APEX Scholastic & Financial Services, Inc., which he founded in 1991.
----His cross cultural education experiences include the following: arranging student group visits from overseas to the United States for both short and long term studies, sending English teachers to Taiwan for both short term camps and long term teaching positions, originating, marketing and implementing English Programs and English camps with Taiwan high schools/colleges, recruiting and administrating more than 100 host families in the LA area to receive oversea students, arranging cultural and business tours to the US for corporations in China, and serving as agent and sales representatives for Chinese businesses in the US, as well as for US corporations in China.
------Mr. Chiu also co-founded and operated Premier English School, Pasadena CA, in the early 90�s, and a few years later bought The Bassist College, in Portland, Oregon. Being the sole shareholder, he also served as the Chairman of the Board. The Bassit College, originally founded in the early 1960�s, was a 4-year accredited institution---- offering BA programs in the Design and Management fields. It was later bought out by The Art Institute Schools (NASDQ: EDMC).
---- Mr. Chiu has a diverse background in the financial arena as well. As a real estate investor, he has experience in land entitlement and construction, and manages property mixes such as land, single family homes, multi-plexes, condotel and apartment complex, pre-constructions and vacation homes, as well as oil and gas interests. He also traded stocks, options and commodities. Through APEX, he was a broker in life, health and casualty insurance sales, and has held a series of Security licenses, the CA Real Estate license, and the CA Insurance license
---- Mr. Chiu was educated in UCLA with an undergrad major in Biochemistry, received his BA at Azusa Pacific University in 1980. He studied in the MA of Psychology program in Pepperdine University, but graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot Seminary in 1984. He also served as the youth pastor before entering into the education and business fields.
---- Although he came to the United States when he was fourteen, Mr. Chiu remains fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese. He is also an accomplished public interpreter, and has interpreted for the Christopher Sun Crusade, in cities of North America, and in other Asian countries. He also volunteers his time to do motivational programs on the radio, while helping his wife in caring for their second son, who has Autism. The Chiu family currently resides in San Marino, California.
-------Mr. Ron Wyman is a board member of Hope Education Foundation. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. Ron is currently the Executive Director of the Chinese American Music and Cultural Exchange, Inc. (CAMACE), which he founded in 2002. CAMACE supported the first educational concert tour of a concert band from China to perform in the United States. Prior to founding CAMACE, Ron spent nine years with Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., leading a team of investigative analysts for the company's largest clients. Additionally, he was a partner of a small commercial development firm, in Tucson. Prior to moving to Tucson, Ron was employed by Fox Photo, Inc., as an area retail manager, covering the North Texas and Southern Oklahoma region. Ron was educated at North Texas State University, majoring in Corporate Finance.
-------Ms. May Zhang is a board member of Hope Education Foundation. She lives in Seattle, Washington. As a Chinese representative, Ms. Zhang managed trade and investment negotiations, investigations and research between China and developing countries for the Industry Development Organization of the United Nations in Poland. Ms Zhang was also the Executive Assistant to the Director of Information Center at the China International Trust & Investment Corporation, one of the largest companies in China. Ms. May Zhang has 17 years experience in the international travel and tour business. Additionally, she has extensive experience in tour marketing and promotion gained while working for China International Travel Service, one of China�s largest travel agents. Ms. May Zhang has strong intercultural communication skills in both Chinese (Mandarin) and English. She is well-organized, conscientious, hard-working, and a person of high integrity. Ms. May Zhang was educated at the Beijing Foreign Language Institute, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1978. She majored in English. In 1984 she received her diploma from the Beijing Tourism Administration University with a degree in marketing.


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class RemoveFtsFromEnvelopes < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2]
  def up
    remove_column :envelopes, :fts_tsearch, :text
    remove_column :envelopes, :fts_trigram, :text
    remove_column :envelopes, :fts_tsearch_tsv, :tsvector

    execute <<-SQL
      DROP TRIGGER fts_tsvector_update ON envelopes
    SQL
  end

  def down
    add_column :envelopes, :fts_tsearch, :text
    add_column :envelopes, :fts_tsearch_tsv, :tsvector
    add_column :envelopes, :fts_trigram, :text
    add_index :envelopes, :fts_tsearch_tsv, using: "gin"

    execute <<-SQL
      CREATE INDEX envelopes_fts_trigram_idx ON envelopes
      USING gin (fts_trigram gin_trgm_ops)
    SQL

    execute <<-SQL
      CREATE TRIGGER fts_tsvector_update BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE
      ON envelopes FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE
      tsvector_update_trigger(fts_tsearch_tsv, 'pg_catalog.simple', fts_tsearch);
    SQL
  end
end

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