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Sergeant Semolina was born November 22, 1991, and graduated from Delano High School in 2010. He was a dedicated member of the United States Marine Corps, becoming the Company Guide in boot camp and receiving a meritorious promotion to Lance Corporal.
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Friedrich Hartman (* 1563; † 1631 oder später) war ein deutscher Buchdrucker in Frankfurt (Oder).

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Friedrich Hartman war seit 1588 als Buchbindermeister in der Offizin seines Vaters Johann Hartman in Frankfurt tätig. Die Drucke erschienen seitdem mit den Namen von beiden. 1607 übernahm er die Werkstätten nach dem Tod des Vaters. Nach der Zerstörung der Stadt im Dreißigjährigen Krieg von 1631 gibt es keine Nachrichten mehr über ihn und die Offizin.

Friedrich Hartman druckte religiöse Literatur, Schulbücher, offizielle Dekrete, historische Literatur, hebräische Drucke und weitere Schriften.

Der Sohn Johann Christoph Hartmann wurde Jurist und Landsyndikus der Uckermark, der Enkel Johann Christoph Hartmann wieder Buchdrucker und Teilhaber bei Jeremias Schrey in Frankfurt.

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 Hans Grimm: Der Verlag und die Druckoffizin der Buchbinder "Hansen und Friderichen Hartman Buchhendlern zu Franckfurt an der Oder" (1588–1631). In: Gutenberg-Jahrbuch. 1960. S. 237–254.
 Josef Benzing: Die Buchdrucker des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts im deutschen Sprachgebiet. 2., verbesserte Auflage. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1982. S. 143.

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Alejandro Freire is a pro baseball player who plays First baseman. Freire was born on August 23, 1974, in Caracas, Venezuela. This page will take a closer look at Alejandro Freire's net worth.
Alejandro Freire Career, Earnings
Freire bats Right and throws Right. Freire debuted in the MLB on August 9, 2005 for the Baltimore Orioles. In all, Freire played for the Baltimore Orioles. Freire's career ended with the Baltimore Orioles in 2005.
Some of Freire's most prominent statistics in the MLB included a Batting average stat of .246, a Home runs stat of 1, and a Run batted in stat of 4.
Alejandro Freire Net Worth 2018
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In the minor leagues, most contracts pay less than $10,000 a year.
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A Post-Coronavirus Scenario for Travel and Hospitality: Where We Might be Going
By Woody Wade, Scenario planning expert
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In scenario planning - a foresight method for visualizing how your future business landscape could evolve - you sometimes create a "vignette": a short, fictitious story that illustrates how this particular scenario might look and feel. A vignette can be any kind of story, from a day in the life of the CEO to the observations of a normal citizen driving to work in the morning. They're usually written to be a bit "over the top", because exaggerating the future landscape's positive and negative features draws your attention to the differences between the present and the future.
Depending on the underlying scenario, some vignettes paint a rosy picture of the future, as it's assumed that the uncertainties will resolve themselves favorably. But other vignettes may showcase things that have not turned out so well: an indication of potential challenges ahead. Here is a vignette for our industry for the year 2023.
This is not a prediction! It's just a story, food for thought
The year: 2023
The place: A hotel industry conference in Berlin
The event: A panel discussion between the heads of the WTO, a global hotel group and a major hedge fund
Dave Johnson, Moderator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Industry Leaders Panel here at the 2023 Berlin Conference. [Squints out across the room.] I see that several dozen of you have physically made it to Berlin this year - thanks for your courage! We also have over 4,000 delegates participating on Zoom, an amazing shift in the way this conference is held compared to five years ago. Let's get started! José, my first question is for you. Can you briefly bring us up to date on the current state of world tourism?
José Fernandez, Director General, UNWTO: Well, there is some good news and some bad news. The good news is that over 90 million people have now joined the Global Travel Passport Program that we set up last year. So we're doing a good job penetrating the worldwide population of travelers, as we had hoped. We'll hit our targets this year, both in numbers of travelers and revenues.
Moderator: This is the program you initiated with Google, Apple and the WHO, right?
Fernandez, WTO: Yes, that's right. The WHO owns and manages the worldwide database of people who have been infected, tested, treated, or have the required antibodies. Our friends in Silicon Valley developed the tech aspects of the passport, and the WTO is marketing it, mainly through the remaining airlines.
Moderator: "Marketing" is an interesting choice of words. Isn't it mandatory to have the Travel Passport if you want to fly?
Fernandez, WTO: For most airlines, yes, it is. And that is a good thing, for safety and peace of mind but also because the price of joining helps subsidize the travel sector, and they still need help.
Moderator: Remind us again - what does it cost?
Fernandez, WTO: For a single traveler, it's 950 US dollars per year, or $2500 for a family.
Moderator: Everybody here who came to Berlin by air this year will already have seen how it works, but for those watching online who haven't yet joined, tell us briefly what the program does.
Fernandez, WTO: When you join, you download an app on your phone which retrieves your real-time personal health file from the WHO, which gets the data either from your local doctor or hospital, or from the NHS and similar organizations in other countries. The app has an algorithm that assesses if you can travel or not. For example, if the app shows that you've already had COVID19, COVID20 or COVID21, or if you've tested negative for any of the 3 COVIDs in the previous five days, or tested positive for the antibodies, then you are given a "green" code and are free to travel.
Moderator: By air, you mean.
Fernandez, WTO: Air, rail or ship. Of course, you can always travel by private car even if the app codes you as "red". You shouldn't, but you are allowed to.
Moderator: So you flash your phone at the gate when you're boarding your plane…?
Fernandez, WTO: Well, no: before that, actually. You must show that you're green when booking the trip - but the app does that for you automatically. You see, the ingenious thing is that it's also a booking engine. When you reserve a flight, it enters your personal color code, and if it's green you can continue with the booking.
Moderator: What happens if you're red?
Fernandez, WTO: Well, when booking, the process just stops. It's like having an expired credit card. Or, if you were green at the time you booked, but by the time you check in at the airport, you've turned red, you cannot receive a boarding pass.
Moderator: So the idea is to keep infectious people off the plane…
Fernandez, WTO: That's right.
Moderator: Are all the airlines still in business participating?
Fernandez, WTO: About 75% so far. But there's a huge incentive for them to join, because it gives passengers confidence. Nobody wants to fly on an airline that doesn't give you these assurances! Otherwise, you could be seated next to Patient Zero for the next pandemic.
Moderator: Do the airlines have to pay to join the program?
Fernandez, WTO: Yes, three million dollars annually - a modest amount compared to the value of knowing the passengers and crew are all uninfected.
Moderator: You may well be right. Now I want to ask you about another feature. I joined the program in order to make this trip to Berlin, and I noticed yesterday at the airport, the app on my phone was flashing a yellow alert all the time. Once I got on the plane, it calmed down. And then here in Berlin, it started again. My taxi driver, for example, was apparently full of the bug, as the phone never stopped flashing. I wonder, did anyone else experience something like this?
[Every hand in the room goes up.]
Fernandez, WTO: This is a very important function. The Passport app uses geo-location to assess your risk of getting the infection in real time. It does this based on your proximity to someone who is also in the program and who, according to our data, might already have the virus. It's very simple. Whenever your phone is within 2 meters of someone who is "red" in our database, you receive a risk alert. This doesn't mean you're red now, too, but can see, in real time, whether you're safe or at increased risk, and can take appropriate measures.
Moderator: Like jumping out of a moving taxi!
Michael Cappuccio, Marlton Hotels & Resorts: If I can interrupt for a second...
Fernandez, WTO: Yes, of course. Michael Cappuccio, CEO of Marlton Hotels & Resorts, please.
Cappuccio, Marlton: Marlton was one of the first hotel groups to sign on to the Passport Program, and although it's expensive, we do find it very helpful. At our hotels, you also have to be green to book a room. And we've taken this a step further: if you're red, you cannot even enter the hotel. We monitor the app of everyone right at the entrance, and even if you're green, we also take your temperature.
Moderator: How many people do you turn away?
Cappuccio, Marlton: It varies from place to place, but the average is about 1 out of 30.
Moderator: Is it possible to cheat, José? If I know I'm red and I borrow someone else's phone to get onto a plane or past security at the hotel…
Fernandez, WTO: Not with facial recognition, no.
Moderator: Michael, back to you. What happens if a guest arrives, flashes a green code but he has a fever?
Cappuccio, Marlton: If you're green but have a fever over 38° C, we send you to a special testing station located on the hotel premises, but not in the building. It's the new one-minute test. If you're negative, you can check in. If you're positive, I'm afraid you can't.
Moderator: But Michael, based on your company's "asset light" strategy, you actually only own a relative handful of the properties that fly the Marlton flag around the world. The vast majority are owned by franchisees and other investors. Do they have no say in who at least is allowed to come through the door?
Cappuccio, Marlton: No. This process is now written into our standards, across all 14 of our brands, worldwide.
Moderator: Interesting. And very thorough! Let's come back to you, José. You said you had good news and bad news. I forget now - was this the good or the bad?
Fernandez, WTO [laughing nervously]: That was the good news. The Global Travel Passport Program is up and running - and it is making us all safer!
Moderator: All that was the good news?? Whoa! So what is the bad news?
Fernandez, WTO: Well, before the Travel Passport system went live, we had a couple years where - as you'll all remember - the world divided into two camps. One couldn't wait to get back on a plane and fly off on vacation. But the second camp was quite reluctant. We believe these people were weighed down by a whole raft of anxieties. They had legitimate concerns for the spread of the virus, but according to some studies we commissioned, they also felt jealousy and resentment toward those who wanted to get back in the game. They saw travelers as rich, entitled folks who were endangering the rest of us - and they believed most travel simply should not be allowed. This was the camp that we witnessed demonstrating at airports and hotels back in 2020 and 2021… It was an interesting - and frustrating - psychological reaction.
Moderator: Back then, most people in the travel industry expected demand would bounce back quickly - we just had to get through COVID19….
Fernandez, WTO: Yes, and it did start to pick up again - and then we got hit with the COVID20 wave. People were afraid to sit in a long metal tube for eight hours with 200 other people who might be sick.
Moderator: Yes. How many airlines ended up going out of business? What's the latest number?
Fernandez, WTO: I can't say exactly, but counting smaller regional airlines, it's around seventy or eighty.
Moderator: Terrible for that industry. And for travelers. What about the travel destinations themselves?
Fernandez, WTO: Countries that have been dependent on the tourism industry but are geographically isolated and can usually only be reached by long-haul flights: well, they've suffered terribly. Especially popular island destinations like the countries of the Caribbean, the Canaries, Bali, Maldives, Seychelles… Arrivals in some of those places dropped by over 95%. Thousands of hotels and restaurants closed and never reopened. You can imagine the jolt to the local economies.
Moderator: Have any destinations done well - relatively speaking?
Fernandez, WTO: Tourism has been down everywhere, but there are some destinations like Switzerland or Dubai that haven't suffered too much because even though tourism is an important component to their economy, it's not the only sector that keeps the country afloat. Moreover, Switzerland can be reached by car - and that is how most Swiss-bound tourists arrived in the last two years. Our analysis shows that tourism has shifted from intercontinental to regional. If you can't fly, some vacationers are willing to drive 12 hours or more to reach their holiday destination.
Moderator: Sure - just like when I was a kid! Every couple of years, my family loaded up the car and we drove from upstate New York to Florida. It took two days, but the drive was just part of the experience.
Fernandez, WTO: It is doable, but it's not for everyone. With our Global Travel Passport scheme, people will eventually start to return to these places by air, but so much damage has already been done. Airlift has been slashed. On some Caribbean islands, there's not a single hotel open that anyone at this conference would probably want to stay in. Hotel inventory, restaurants, leisure activities - all wiped out.
Moderator: And is it coming back? Do investors at least see the potential for these places to become what they once were? Let me ask that question to you, Heinz Petersen. Your hedge fund is one of the biggest investors in the hotel industry worldwide. Are you investing, or planning to invest, in these destinations?
Heinz Petersen, CEO, The Crackstone Group: We're looking closely at your sector, and speaking with industry leaders, but for now we aren't making any moves.
Moderator: So: nothing yet. Why not? There must be dozens, if not hundreds, of exquisite hotel properties - even entire companies - that you could buy now at fire sale prices.
Petersen, Crackstone: If all we were looking for was a good hotel that we could buy and bring back to life, of course - such properties are sitting all over the world right now. But you have to understand that these hotels do not exist in a vacuum. The entire tourism ecosystem in their setting is broken and needs to be rebuilt. As investors, we have to look at this big picture. Like José said, you've got airlines that don't fly to these places any more. Can Crackstone fix that on our own, too? No. We're not in the airline business. Somebody else has to make that happen - and it's a chicken and egg scenario: who moves first? On the same note, many local economies are simply wrecked. They suffered a blow that will take years to recover from. Can Crackstone fix that? Get these places back on their feet, people employed again, restaurants functioning, services, local transport - all the things tourists need and want? No. Not alone. To top it all off, you've got governments in these places that have gone to the wall. They're broke. The virus took every resource they had, and more. There's going to be no infrastructure spending in some of these places for a generation. Roads, airports, bridges, hospitals, schools… Somebody might come in… the World Bank, the G7, I don't know. But even that will mostly be in the form of debt; and that will keep these places down for another forty years. I'm sorry to say, you can't just buy a beautiful hotel in these places, hire Marlton or some other great brand to flag it and operate it for you, and then sit back and watch the tourists roll in with their money. First, you have to repair the whole country. And as rich as Crackstone is, we aren't able to do that.
Moderator: What about other hotel investments? In places not quite as devastated as these destinations?
Petersen, Crackstone: Travelers are coming back. We see growing demand, but it is not intercontinental travel right now. People want a vacation experience closer to home. Business travel - well, early on, it collapsed entirely, as we all know. We don't see it coming back very strong yet - and maybe it never will, thanks to virtual meetings and all those new ways of working we got used to the last couple of years. I think we'll be lucky if we see business travel get back to even 50% of what it used to be.
Michael, let me ask you about that. Marlton is one of the biggest hotel companies in the world, with 6,000 properties worldwide. How much do your executives travel now?
Cappuccio, Marlton: I'll level with you all. Our own travel is down 70% compared to 2019. We learned to get by with virtual meetings, like everyone else did. And frankly, a lot of our executives said No to travel. They're just as concerned about health risks as anybody else.
Fernandez, WTO: You must sign up for the Global Travel Passport! Then there are no worries!
Cappuccio, Marlton: José, of course you're right, and as you know, our company supported it from the outset. But let's face it, one of the apparent consequences of all this - including the launch of your Passport Program, José - is that travel is once again going to be a perk enjoyed mainly by the wealthy.
Pay an annual fee of 950 bucks just for the right to fly? Not everyone can afford that. You say you've got 90 million people already signed up, and I congratulate you. But as a percentage of the people who would like to fly, what is 90 million? Maybe 5%? I'm sure many more will eventually sign up, but how many of the world's previous travelers won't be able to? Half? I don't know, but I can tell you this: It won't be the wealthy half of the world that foregoes travel. It will be everyone else. We're un-democratizing travel.
Even putting aside the Passport costs, travel is going to get more expensive. With the demise of literally all of the low-cost carriers and 60 or 70 other airlines, we all know that the cost of a plane ticket is going nowhere but up. Even with oil at $8 a barrel. So our message for the people who used to fly is, "Into the car with you, and off to Florida! Drive safely!" Like you did as a kid, Dave. Once every couple of years, maybe. No, what we're seeing is that the relatively rich will be the travelers of the future. Everyone else - well, it was nice while it lasted.
Moderator: Surely there are wonderful travel experiences to be had that don't require a plane trip…?
Cappuccio, Marlton: Of course! But the whole trip is going to get pricier, not just air travel. You are also going to have to budget more for staying at a hotel now. Why? Because our revenues are going down and our costs are going up - way up. If we face a profit squeeze, we're going to put up our prices. And we can, because we know the wealthy can afford it.
Moderator: How are your profits being squeezed?
Cappuccio, Marlton: Lots of ways. We have a policy that a room needs to be empty for 48 hours between guest stays, so we can thoroughly clean and disinfect it - obviously, that reduces revenue. Money makers like buffets and mini-bars are all gone now. Banquets, weddings. On the cost side, testing, cleaning, disinfecting… a zillion gloves and face masks... this is all very expensive. Our companywide budget for virus testing alone is over 70 million dollars a year. Why so much? Because we have to have trained staff to do this properly, on call 24 hours a day - in 6,000 hotels.
Security and surveillance costs are higher. More people, more drones. And we've had to convert thousands of swimming pools to patios!
And lastly, we shouldn't forget that guests need to see all this cleaning and disinfecting happening in front of them, or they may not believe you've actually done it. So there's a kind of "security theater" we have to carry out that we've integrated into our standards - and that costs more in time, training, materials and additional staff. All of this adds up, and it all means we have to charge higher room rates.
I'll also just add, our fee to be part of the WTO Global Travel Passport scheme is ten million dollars a year. (Thank you, José!)
Moderator: And legal costs, Michael? Tell us about this court case we've all been reading about.
Cappuccio, Marlton: Well, I can't comment on the case, as it's still ongoing, but the essence is this. About a year ago, 200 people who contracted COVID21 traced the infection back to one of our hotels. Although they all lived in different cities, they had all stayed at this particular hotel at approximately the same time. They filed a class-action lawsuit against us. Their experts are trying to show that the virus was spread through the hotel's air conditioning system. And that we were of course "negligent", and therefore liable.
Moderator: What happens if you lose that suit? How much will you have to pay?
Cappuccio, Marlton: You know I can't talk about that, Dave.
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The Most Stylish Windows phone launches worlwide
By Vicky Singh Rao July 3, 2016
Microsoft has been struggling for months to get good results when it comes to selling their Nokia Lumia Devices. They give us 10 new reasons to use Windows and we find hundred more reasons to use Android or iOS. Perhaps, they are hoping to make an impression via third party headsets which uses Windows OS.
The Most Stylish Windows phone
Earlier this year, a company named "NuAns " claimed to launch the most stylish windows phone we've ever seen. They launched model "NuAns Neo" in Japan.
Neo is quite different if we compare it to the Lumia devices. It has a chunky 11.3mm-thick frame with up to 64 different interchangeable snap-on covers that include materials like wood and ultra suede.
It has TWOTONE interchangeable covers for its back. It has 5-inch HD display, 2GB/16GB memory configuration, 13MP/5MP camera combo, and 3,350mAh battery. The device features a USB Type-C port. It even has a Snapdragon 617 processor, so you'll be able to use the Continuum feature of Windows 10 Mobile to turn this phone into a PC.
The company found it difficult to bring it to the world. Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign, now the device is all set to launch worldwide.
"The NuAns NEO will be available to select countries outside of Japan via our Kickstarter campaign which will launch Friday, July 1, 2016," the company said, adding that there will be great rewards and discounts available prior to the handset hitting wireless retail locations worldwide.
According to the press release, NuAns is aiming to raise $725,000, and an early bird price of $270 will secure a Neo and a choice of the two tone cover or a flip case.
NuAns even claims that the Neo will let you make NFC payments. Microsoft revealed an update to its Wallet app for Windows 10 Mobile last week, but only the most recent Lumia devices are supported for tap-to-pay.
Highly Customizable with lots of back cover & Flip cover that works as a stand too
Size : 141 x 74.2 x 11.3mm
Weight : About 150g
OS : Windows 10 Mobile
CPU : Snapdragon 617 (MSM8952) – Cortex-A53 Octa-core 1.5Ghz
Memory : 2GB RAM / 16GB Storage and microSD slot
SIM : micro-SIM (nano SIM adapter is included)
Support band : 2G(Quad band) 3G(Band 1/6/8/9/19
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Display : 5 inches 1280*720 with anti-fingerprint coating
Camera : 13MP, F2.0, BSI, 28mm Lens (back) / 5MP, F2.4, BSI, 24mm Lens (front)
Battery : 3,350mAh, standby more than 400 mins
WLAN : 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
One speaker, two microphones
USB Type-C (support Quick Charge 2.0)
Hope this most stylish windows phone will fit user needs as they described.
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AC Milan Close To Securing First Signing Of The Summer As Target Scores Winner For Liverpool In The Derby
The side will be pushing to get him on board given his tendency to score the big goals next season.
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AC Milan are leading the race to sign Liverpool FC striker Divock Origi this summer on a free transfer. As per some journalists, the deal is pretty much done as only the signatures are missing.
Calcio Mercato are reporting that an agreement is in place for a 4 year contract worth 4 million euros per year for the player. Milan will also take advantage of the Growth Decree to lower the gross wages for him.
Origi scored the winner in the Merseyside derby against Everton this weekend. His manager Jurgen Klopp spoke to the press after the game and said to Sky via Anfield Watch:
"We will never a player like him because if he leaves, he will explode wherever he goes. He is a world class striker, he is a legend and will stay a legend forever. He doesn't always make the squad which is ridiculous, but he is there when we need him every time. He was involved in both games."


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Check Out 10 Minutes Of Disney's John Carter
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In a bold strategy to help build some positive buzz, Disney has released an extended 10 minute clip from John Carter. Unlike most of the trailers and clips released, this 10 minute clip takes place entirely on Earth. It features John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) and Powell (Bryan Cranston) as they get into a tussle with some natives.
The clip starts out a lot funnier and lighter in tone then you'd expect, but it quickly escalates as the action becomes the focus of the clip. It ends rather abruptly, which is kind of lame, but expected. I'm not sure why they decided to release this particular clip because it doesn't really give us much back story or provide us with one of the cooler looking action sequences. It's kind of bland, but it still makes me want to see the film.
John Carter opens in theaters this Friday on March 9th.
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Anti-LGBTQ media outlets peddle myths about autism and trans identity
This article first appeared on December 19th, 2018 in Political Research Associates.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds), founded in 2002 in opposition to the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) support for adoption by LGBTQ couples, was cited in one of several articles published by right-wing news outlets in late November in apparent concern over transgender people "taking advantage of" and "recruiting" people with autism. Church Militant, the Post Millennial, and the Federalist all published articles or op-eds based in some part on The Daily Mail's mid-November expose on a teacher, Carol, who claims that students with autism are being "'tricked' into believing they are the wrong sex":
I'm now so alarmed by the force of the transgender agenda that I'm not sure how much longer I can go on for, as I can no longer be honest with the students. We are being dictated to by groups who don't know these kids, to make decisions that are harmful to them. And we are giving children a huge amount of agency to make decisions when what they need are boundaries to make them feel safe and secure. It feels as if we are walking into a nightmare.
A concurrently published article from Spectrum, an online news outlet launched in 2015 to publish objective coverage of autism research, points out there are myriad reasons why people with autism are more likely to identify as LGBTQ including "decreased adherence to social conventions" and "greater forthrightness and honesty." But the correlations are not important to those peddling in conspiracy theories.
Church Militant, a Steve Bannon-connected traditionalist Catholic blog headed by ultra-conservative Michael Voris, took up the story from the Daily Mail, looking at the narrative through a lens domestic to the United States. "They are just young people with mental health problems who want to be part of a group," reads the sub-heading. Church Militant goes on to cite Dr. Michelle Cretella, executive director of the American College of Pediatricians, whom the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as a "fringe anti-LGBT hate group that masquerades as the premier U.S. association of pediatricians to push anti-LGBT junk science."
Dr. Cretella told Church Militant that children with autism are "very aware of being different from their peers and/or isolated by them at a very young age. Consequently, when autistic children are exposed to transgenderism, it has a two-fold appeal. . . . Once they declare a transgender identity, they suddenly have a group of 'friends' the likes of which they have never experienced." Dr. Cretella regularly espouses her anti-transgender views through the American College of Pediatricians and at conservative venues across the country, such as the Family Research Council-run Values Voter Summit.
As she did from the main stage at the Values Voter Summit, Dr. Cretella cited Dr. Lisa Littman's discredited study on transgender identity among young people to Church Militant. Earlier this year Dr. Littman, who conducts her research at Brown University, published a paper that purported to have discovered a rash of youth transitioning in UK schools. In fact, Dr. Littman didn't talk to any transgender youth at all—nor did she collect data on health outcomes for youth who are allowed to assert their gender identity. Instead, she interviewed parents who frequent three UK-focused message boards, message boards for parents critical of supporting children's asserted gender identity. The results of the study were unsurprising: the research describes "clusters" of children asserting a transgender identity, frequently after an increase in internet or social media use. Dr. Littman coined the term "rapid onset gender dysphoria" to describe this phenomenon.
To be clear, "rapid onset gender dysphoria" is not a scientific term. Nor does it describe any phenomenon known to social science or pediatrics. After significant outcry, the report was discredited by Dr. Littman's own institution Brown University and called under investigation by PLOS ONE, the journal who initially published it. But the research has become part of the rhetoric among those who most vocally oppose transgender equality, include Dr. Cretella and the American College of Pediatricians.
Two more right-wing publications picked up the Daily Mail article. The Post Millennial published an op-ed from a transgender person warning parents against their kids with autism being taught "confusing and yet 'magical' ideas regarding gender." The Federalist also published an op-ed, this time by a queer person who identifies as non-neurotypical. They write: "So I do understand why many who live with the duality of feeling uncomfortable in their own skin would seek to change their skin instead of their mind. That would be a lot easier. Yet I didn't have that choice."
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The New York Times, Jan. 21, 2018
By Anthony Tommasini
Liederabend: New York, Carnegie Hall, 20. Januar 2018
The Elusive Jonas Kaufmann Finally Returns to New York
Forgive and forget. That was clearly the prevailing attitude among audience members for the tenor Jonas Kaufmann's sold-out recital at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night. Actually, Mr. Kaufmann's many fans in New York have a right to be miffed, given his history of cancellations in recent years.He was supposed to be singing the role of Mario Cavaradossi right now in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Puccini's "Tosca. But he withdrew just weeks after the Met announced it. In 2016, he pulled out of the company's production of "Manon Lescaut,"not to mention a couple of sold-out performances of "Carmen" in 2015 as well.But, finally, showing up as scheduled on Saturday, he performed Schubert's song cycle "Die Schöne Müllerin" with the probing pianist Helmut Deutsch. When Mr. Kaufmann appeared onstage (after a tension-inducing 15-minute delay), the audience broke into prolonged applause and bravos. Mr. Kaufmann apologized for starting late and then, in somewhat confusing comments, he explained why: The work (a cycle of 20 songs lasting some 60 minutes) would be performed without a break, he said, and he wanted to make sure everyone in the audience had arrived. (Officially, no latecomers were admitted.)
The performance started off strongly. In the opening song, "Das Wandern," the cycle's protagonist, a journeyman miller, sings of the joys of his lifestyle, wandering from town to town, taking work at a mill and moving on, just like the babbling waters of the brook. The qualities of Mr. Kaufmann's voice that have made him the most sought-after tenor in opera were vividly present, especially the unusual combination of burnished, virile sound and slightly covered, dusky shadings. In the second song, "Wohin?" ("Whither?"), Mr. Kaufmann brought poignant earnestness to the questions that run through the miller's thoughts as he looks to the gurgling brook for guidance: "Is this then my path?" "Why do I speak of babbling?"
Soon, however, some vocal glitches and moments of tightness started creeping into Mr. Kaufmann's singing. They continued throughout this sometimes frustrating performance.
One moment he would take you to the core of a dramatically complex song, like "Der Neugierige," when the miller, smitten by a maid at a mill he's come upon, wonders if she returns his feelings. But a couple of times during this song, and in others, Mr. Kaufmann's voice nearly broke. He reined in his sound tastefully to adapt his voice to lieder. But when he really let go and sang with operatic fervor, he sounded more secure.
Mr. Kaufmann performed the cycle, which leads to suicidal despair for the miller, with dramatic focus, insight and integrity. But the vocal glitches were too frequent to ignore. A couple of times, while singing, he yanked on his collar and coughed to clear his throat. Was he grappling with a cold?
The ovation was tremendous. Mr. Kaufmann sang four Schubert songs as encores and the audience would have been happy to stay for more. This may have been an off night. But Mr. Kaufmann will be returning to sing Tristan, no less, when the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Act II of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" at Carnegie Hall in April. Assuming he does not cancel.
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Stefan Palios
Freelancing has a lot of great benefits: flexibility, time freedom, and in many cases more money than you could earn in a job. With more people considering freelancing and big businesses jumping on the freelance revolution, there are a lot of opportunities coming. But for every success story, there is a horror story. We've rounded up some of the top stories from different freelance horror story Reddit threads. From the crazy to downright nasty, here are the worst freelancing horror stories on the web.
Some of the responses may have been edited for clarity and length.
1 – Don't fight in front of the freelancer
I was hired by a company who was run/owned by 2 people, both equal partners. The catch was they were a former married couple who got divorced.
I show up 45 min before shoot is to begin. The ex-wife showed up with her own clothes and that started an hour-long fight that ended up with the ex-wife making the models take off the clothes the husband gave them and cutting them into pieces with scissors. The husband threw mud on top of the dresses the wife brought, with the models hiding in their cars.
Both tried to refuse to pay me and claimed it was my fault for not shooting their idea, but the threat of small claims court got my shooting fee.
By geekandwife
2 – Derek sucks
About 10 years ago I used to do a lot of work for one newspaper. Another freelancer did a lot of work for them too, Derek.
One day I got a phone call from an event organiser, asking me to photograph their event. I told them that was Derek's gig. The organiser said they still couldn't get hold of Derek, had no idea if he was going to turn up or not. I reluctantly agreed.
The day before the Games I got a phone call from the newspaper. Derek had phoned the editor and told her that I'd stolen the job from him. That newspaper refused to work with me ever again. F**k you Derek.
By meejahor
3 – The wrong kind of grand finale
When I met up with a client he explained that he wanted to make a documentary about his dead son.
The day of the shoot we drove out to the desert. He began to empty the contents of his van to set up his scene including 2 Manikins (man and woman) sitting at table eating dinner and a shit load of ketchup.
He loads a few 22 caliper pistols and a shotgun and asks me if I am ready. I roll… he shouts into the camera for a bit and the unloads into our dinner guests.
By WillMakeFilmForFood
4 – A regular stiff
Apparently, working with a bankrupt company is a bad idea. Unfortunately, freelance horror stories start, as too many do, with the freelancer not knowing about the bankruptcy:
I got hired through a production company, not an ad agency (as was usual). The agency had big overage charges from my work, though. But because the agency was responsible for overages, not the production company, the production company wouldn't pay for the overages and I got stiffed for several thousand dollars.
By 24framespersec
5 – It's called a "value exchange," look it up
I had one client that took me out for coffee, complimented my work (I'm a freelance writer), and said he really wanted to help me out. Of course, when it came to scoping, he talked about how his company was young and new – so he didn't have a huge budget. First red flag, but I was an idiot. Anyway.
Long story short, he hard-balled me on price so much that I ended up agreeing to a rate that was about half my full rates at the time. In exchange, he said he would provide mentorship and free consulting to help me build my business (ohhh the irony). At the end of the day, he not only didn't deliver on his end of the bargain but also kept pestering me to do more for him – help him find other freelancers, help him get backlinks to his content (not the project we scoped) and more.
6 – From wedding to wake
I had posted an ad as a wedding photographer. Guy contacts me and asks if I'll do a wake. I say sure but… Won't it be a little dark of a situation for a photographer? He assures me not to worry, that it will be a happy event with lots of good memories.
So I show up with all my gear and start shooting like I would any other event. I got so many weird looks from people, even some scowls from some older folks.
Ended up with lots of pictures of people crying and hugging, pics turned out fine and the client thanked me, paid me, offered to write a review or recommendation, then I never heard from them again.
By ChickenPicture
7 – Shady marketing department
I was asked to shoot a product/lifestyle video for a company that produces women's fitness leggings (I.e. yoga pants with pockets, basically). They don't have a marketing department or anything but they're also wildly successful.
So I show up to the shoot, do my thing. I chop up two edits, one 30 seconds and one 60 seconds I send it over. They don't like it. Ok, I'm fine with that. I politely declined the project and wished him luck.
A week later, a friend messaged me with a couple links to their social media channels that featured some of the work I made for them. Now I'm peeved. Emailed 'ol buddy and told him that if he wished to use my work he could purchase the rights to them for $X and that if he declined then he needed to take down the content. He blamed his "marketing team" for using it…
By _ham_sandy
8 – Gosh darn realtors get you every time
I was contacted by a real estate agent to do a video interview thing for this community series she wanted to start.
The Realtor grilled this poor teacher for almost an hour, asking where she was from, where she has taught before, what her perspective is on current events (cyber bullying, school shootings, kids sexting). I had to stop the interview after 19 minutes (max run time for my DSLR is 20) and said "We're at 20 minutes, do you have a lot more questions?" She said, "Just a couple more." A second time, "We're at 40 minutes, I think this is plenty of content…?" She said, "Oh but I haven't gotten to my most important questions yet!" Ugh. I was there for almost 3 hours. It was only supposed to take 30-45 minutes.
By Arkayb33
9 – Can't you see how bad you are?
I once had a client that was super friendly to start. He even offered to pay me more than the rates I quoted – he said my rates were too low and he wanted to pay me fairly. I was over the moon as a new freelancer.
Then the client sent me about 100 pages of "brand decks" and told me to create brand relevant content. That was about it. No other guidance. When I asked for clarification, I got told I "had enough" to go off of.
I did my best and delivered an article. The client then invited me to coffee. At the meeting, he shoved a printed copy of my article back in my face and said "can't you see how bad this is?" over and over. I politely told him we couldn't work together anymore and promptly walked out the door. What a jerk.
10 – It's from scratch, I swear
Our production company was getting off the ground and we decided to shoot a free commercial for a cupcake bakery. The owners said they give us two dozen cupcakes for payment. Sounded good to us. Well we show up to shoot and the owner tells us we are not allowed behind the counter or in the baking area because she didn't want us stealing her secret recipe. The shots were utter crap cause all the display glass had fingerprints and it was impossible to get anything remotely appealing.
We edit the commercial and send the cut to the bakery for review. She sends back this livid response. She was super upset about us using a text reveal that said all the cupcakes are made from scratch. "From Scratch" was literally part of their company's name. She said if we didn't remove it she was going to leave us negative reviews all across social media. We ended up never posting it or responding to her.
By flyingthedonut
11 – The nerve of some people
Unfortunately, some freelance horror stories start out with the best of friends:
My best friend is planning his wedding and he wants me to shoot his wedding. Usually I work in a team and we get between €1,000 and €2,000 for a half day shoot. I told him that he doesn't have to pay me, only my partner.
He was like "wow that's expensive"… I'm disappointed, he's receiving a 750€ wedding gift but doesn't realize it.
By strouze
12 – "But you're so muscly!"
Not my client, but I went to an event on behalf of a client and had to work with the onsite agency. I'd done this a bunch of times before, so it was no big deal.
The day was going fine, but the agency leader kept asking me how much I would be writing about the event, what kind of coverage I'd be doing (I'm a freelance journalist), and when I would be submitting my stories.
Then another person from the agency came up to me. Without prompting and before I'd even said hi to her, she grabs my arms and says "oh my god your biceps are so big!". I didn't even know how to react. But I told my client and I think she ended up getting taken off the project.
13 – Lowballing always costs you
Last spring, my barber's boss asked me to take photos of his wedding. I just wasn't aware of the work load. I'm used to doing 30 minute senior photo sessions and having a small work load.
We agreed on $300 which to me didn't sound bad at all. I got a list of what they wanted and basically I would have to be there from 7 am ~ 5 pm which to me didn't sound bad at all.
I didn't even come close to leaving at 5. I was there until 11 pm because of the pacing of everything and I had to be there for all of it. So about 15 hours of work on top of the week it took me to go through and edit over 400 photos made me realize my worth.
By acwdfa
14 – Couldn't get less professional than this
A client said he was trying to start a live recording business and asked if I'd give him a hand recording a gig for a popular local band. He said there were 16 live tracks. I try the computer, and there are only two channels shown. Where are the other 14? I start poking around and voila! 16 channels to choose from.
At this point, my buddy comes back. He looks bad – he's stumbling, and more confused than before. He then pushed ALL THE GEAR off the shelf it was on to the floor 3′ below. Turns out that my friend is a massive substance abuser, and he'd actually gone out to have a drink and chug about 1/2 a bottle of Robitussin cough syrup. I was beyond pissed.
By 12stringPlayer
15 – The shoe killed the cable!
I was doing a corporate live gig. ONE microphone for one person. I show up and the crew has set up everything and I just run through and double check that the one mic is working etc. The speaker shows up and we have her check the mic; I get my level sorted out, all is well and we are ready to make a few easy bucks for the day.
The event starts and as soon as she begins speaking, nothing but hum on that channel. So me and the guy I'm working with begin to track down the issue. Not the board, not the amps; well shit whoever set this up ran the signal line under tables and someone's chair or shoe has killed the cable.
So here we are in a room full of people waiting as we run new cable. From heroes to zeroes!
By sloanstewart
16 – Freelance horror stories part 16: from 8 page feature to 2 page listicle
Not everything a freelance writer does is published. That's ok, but then there are clients like these:
An editor-in-chief once added some "atmospheric" information in a longform feature of mine, which were total BS and never happened. That was a shock, but not horror.
Horror: the same editor asked me to write a longform 8-page feature. I complied. Weeks later the article is published and it's like a top 10 list on 2 pages. No Sorrys, no anything. Also: got paid only for those 2 pages.
By trigunned
17 – It's 2 acres, I swear!
Sometimes there are red flags that, when ignored, launch freelance horror stories like this one:
I had a guy argue with me that his property was two acres, when it was clearly one. I resorted to walking it with him and my 100 foot tape measure, and doing the math on the back of my sketch. Nope, I was wrong. He could not tell me where the other acre was.
He was a buyer, who had been renting the place for years. The seller was the wife of a former governor who did jail time for, um, real estate fraud. I wanted to ask who they thought they should trust here, but I just declined to finish the assignment. Not one of my regular lenders, everyone would be mad, no point.
By wamazing
18 – Maybe don't sexually harass the home inspector
I had a client get under contract multiple times, always backing out on home inspection. She was generally a pain, I would have dumped her sooner, but she came from a former client referral and I absolutely adore that guy.
Turns out, her reason for going through the home buying process multiple times is because she had a crush on the home inspector. He finally called me and told me she was reaching out to him at night and crossed the line into 'uncomfortable' territory and that he wouldn't be able to perform any more inspections for her.
Sexually harassing the inspector was on the mild side of her bizarre behavior. I did finally fire her.
By novahouseandhome
19 – 2 week project to 4 month nightmare
It was a 2 week project for my first corporate client that turned into a 3-4 month nightmare.
They said only intended to pay me for the initial 2 week estimated timeline. When I confronted the lead about him not valuing my time, he tried to convince me it was part of the design culture and I had to take all of the shit because the client was important in our area and could give me design work in the future (sounds great but I can't pay bills with possibilities).
The revisions process was terrible, the client praised all of my ideas but ultimately didn't know what he wanted, and the design firm was disgustingly unprofessional. Crap from start to finish.
By clifflicker
20 – They own everything, even your ideas
I worked for a local nonprofit for 2 years as part of a magazine project as a videographer / graphic designer / journalist.
After working there for two years my whole team was given contracts that labelled us as interns, said we can't create anything (even personal projects) without his permission, and said that if we were to quit we wouldn't be able to practice our trade anywhere in the province. When I asked to renegotiate he said that it was a take it or leave it kind of deal.
After the weekend I walked in and quit.
By aqualink97
21 – Don't ruin my whole business, please
I freelance on a freelancing website. I make 3D images, usually products or interiors. And it's my main source of income.
The client had made several attempts to get my email which I declined because usually when clients ask for email they are trying to take payment out of the website that I use. Which is a big no no. I can lose my account and my business for taking payment off the platform.
Anyways we complete the project. A few months later he called back and had another project. Again asked for my email. Bingbangboom first thing I get is one of his employees asking me for my bank account information so that they can send me direct checks.
I very professionally told him to f-off and find another freelancer.
By Diylion
22 – Chaotic evil client
I'm a Freelance Makeup Artist. I haven't been working for long (about 2.5 years) but at the same time, I know what a short film set or any set should be like.
On the end of the 3rd day, the director said that he'd send out a call sheet to everybody by midnight or something. Ok, whatever. I ended up waiting until 1am for the call sheet before I eventually fell asleep but of course assumed Call Time would be at 11am because it had been 11am all 3 days. So when I woke up at 7:30 with the notification that the call sheet had been sent at 3 am saying that call time was now 9am I was livid.
I've still to this day never had another experience on set like that and I hope to never have another one like it.
By avaxpompea
23 – You already approved it, sir
Sometimes, freelance horror stories are that special kind of story. That kind when the client actually agreed with what you proposed but then somehow got mad when you delivered… exactly what you told them you would deliver:
Client: why does it look like that?
Me: why do you think it would look different than the final proof that you approved?
This happens way too often.
By Got_2_Git_Schwifty
24 – You know that's a lot of money, right?
For most freelancers, a bit of client tinkering is fine, if annoying. But then you get clients like these ones and you remember how awful it is when someone won't let you do your job. It's not even about the money at that point – there's a certain pride that you simply have to fight for:
I had a client who would regularly google his brand name, and if our ad wasn't at the top of the SERP, he'd go into the campaigns and boost every keyword's bid by 10%. This happened at least every week, sometimes more often, and he would never mention it unless we called him out.
By SpiffyPenguin
25 – A 1970s rocker in the 21st century. What could go wrong?
I worked with this eccentric rockstar who peaked in the 70s. He actually had a couple of hits, so it was interesting to get to work with him.
His website was just a standard showcase of his discography, his latest projects, news, merchandise, etc. No big deal. But it turns out this guy was insane. By the time we got done with the project (that went 8 months over budget), we had created the most bizarre website I have ever seen. It was almost something to be marveled at.
And after all of this…he says he loves it and pays us, then we spend 3 months trying to coordinate to get his domain pointed at our server so it could be "live". We eventually gave up because he wasn't taking any action and we had already been paid. To this day (about 4 years later) his website still has a coming soon page up.
By hivoltage815
26 – Cute and playful, or something
Artist here. I was at my first ever furry convention doing commissions at my booth. A guy commissioned a painting of his character – a blue dragon. No problem. When he picked it up he loved it. Brought three friends to my booth who all wanted to commission me… Awesome!
They all had blue dragon characters. Practically identical.
All four said they wanted something "cute and playful."
I was so stressed trying to make the four paintings unique enough that they wouldn't feel like they got the same thing as each other. SO stressful. On the plus side, all four were lovely clients and two ended up being repeat customers.
By Moldy_slug
27 – "If you love children, you shouldn't ask to be paid for your work"
It's hard to pick the worst one but I would say it's the one where I was illustrating a children's book. My illustrations get approved and a month later a higher up would out of nowhere demand it to be changed completely. And they paid me late.
The pay was also low. Of course they wanted a lot of work done in a very short period of time so I was spending everyday drawing my butt off for them so I had no other income. There was a month I was running out of money and had to work at a shady restaurant for 8 hours and get paid next to nothing. At some point my client refused to pay and they asked me "Don't you love children?". Luckily I was paid in full and it was finished 🙂
By letsgokoyo
28 – Real tears, guaranteed
Not a horror story in the traditional sense, but definitely an emotional roller coaster. It's one thing to deal with loss. It's an entirely different thing to have to live with the pain that this freelancer went through:
After a long year of fighting cancer and pneumonia and other health issues with our dog, we had put her down.
It broke my heart.
The next three commissions? "Can you paint my dog, we just put her down?" Nothing like doing watercolors with real tears.
29 – Just one thing, and another, and another
Worst was definitely when a guy wanted a picture of himself to be drawn. He provided me with his profile picture and stated the colors and details he wanted. All good. I finish the drawing and show him a preview of it, he loves it but decides, hey, edit my smile into a frown. I reluctantly redo like half of it, because you can't just "edit" an expression, you literally have to redraw it all, because the eyes, nose, jaw, everything is affected by your expression. I show him a preview and he loves it again, but asks for the colors to be swapped around, and for his shirt, which in the profile picture he sent me had stripes on it, to be plain.
Mind you, back then I used to take a small deposit before I began, and the remaining amount after the drawing is done and the client is shown a preview of it. That was the tipping point for me and the reason I started taking the full amount as a deposit before I drew anything.
By AnonSketch
30 – Someone else can "fix" it, right?
Worst was when I was doing commission about 15 years ago I turned in a really rough sketch (my sketches are ugly).
The commissioner decided to give my artwork to another artist to "fix my mistakes" without asking me first if it was ok.
Didn't even bother to ask me to fix it first, just straight up gave my work to their artist friend to fix.
It upset me a lot so I refunded the client, chewed them out, and told them to never do that to an artist.
By Lilyia_art
31 – Pumping out words at the speed of light
I used to do jobs for an umbrella that encompassed 6 separate translation agencies, of which one or two were regular customers. I think they just tried to dump the shitty jobs no one else wanted on me.
One day, they called me while I was waiting to board a flight, to ask if I could do a translation due the same day (while I'd indicated I was on holiday in their online portal). I don't remember the word count, but estimated the job would take longer than my wait time, so I refused. When they kept prodding, I explained I'd be on a plane in max. 1h and would be in the air for the rest of the day. After a short pause, they went "So… can't you do it before you board?"
I couldn't officially drop them because I didn't want to lose the other agencies in that umbrella, but I refused everything they sent since then.
By Isbistra
32 – Talk about demanding…
I do subtitles for students who major in film. I secretly do it dirt cheap, because I love short films and the effort gone into making them. It's almost like a charity.
However, one client in particular felt the need to be a hotshot. They would say "Have this done by tomorrow, I'm busy" "What's wrong with this translation" (nothing was wrong).
Yesterday, they contacted me Saturday at 7am asking if I was available. I answered at about 9, and the response was "Oh I asked somebody else because you didn't answer".
I won't be working with said client any further.
By JaredAhn
33 – Two stories for the price of one
I had one client who would ask for my availability and then finish negotiating with the end-client for something completely different, but expect me to stick to the first deadline, no matter how unrealistic. Then if I said no, I couldn't agree to the new conditions, they would get all bent out of shape.
I had a client that asked for a volume discount on large jobs, and told me that it was standard practice. I agreed because I really wanted the job and because I was new and just took their word for it that it was standard. Then after a few small jobs at the beginning, they started making sure that every file they sent was far over the discount threshold, so I would end up doing lots of free work for them. When I finally wised up and said I couldn't continue the volume discount, they just stopped sending me any work at all. Good riddance.
By fartist14
34 – Translator client from hell
Last weekend an agency asked me if I can standby on Monday for a job that's due the same day. They promised the file would come before noon, and they want it before 5pm.
Normally the answer would be no, but I've been getting less jobs from them lately, so I thought maybe I should make a good gesture.
Came noon today, no word from the agency. I waited until 2pm before I asked and they just said the client wasn't ready.
Finally, at 5pm, the agency notified me that the client made a mistake. The job was for another language pair. Just like that, I wasted a day for them. Didn't even offer an apology.
35 – The real freelance horror stories of Canada
I did work for a Canadian crown corporation. There was so much back and forth and revising it was ridiculous, but I charged them for my time (as well as the word count).
They said the last review was fine. I submitted the final document, and didn't hear back for a bit. They finally contacted me trying to nickel and dime me, and claimed that everything was "wrong" and that the manager working on this project had to spend hours making corrections etc. None of it made sense. At the time, I had been working as a freelancer for 10 years and never had any such complaints!
They wanted to pay me a ridiculously low percentage of the original fee. I negotiated and didn't get as much as I wanted to but I just wanted to be done with them. I tried getting some legal advice but it was hard to get anywhere, and I wasn't in Canada.
36 – Oh I was off by an order of magnitude, sorry
When clients change their mind, that's one thing. But withholding payment is truly the worst of the freelance horror stories:
My horror stories generally revolve around clients changing their minds on what exactly/how much they wanted. The worst part is then they start withholding pay until I've provided way more work than we initially agreed.
Most irritating early one was a client saying they'd mistyped and could I please do 10,000 words, not 1,000.
I now ask clients to agree on a very precise work outline first.
By Phintys
37 – Good golly your grammar is godawful
Of all the freelance horror stories out there, this one hits different:
I had a client demand revisions when they have worse grammar than me.
What's the point of getting a writer if you're just gonna insist you know better than the writer when it comes to grammar? The worst is when they change it after you write it so now it's wrong, your name is on it publicly, and you had no say in it.
If my name will be in the byline, I make sure it's in the contract that they print exactly what I send.
38 – When they steal your work and ghost
I had been freelancing for around two months. Really quick, one-off type jobs.
Then, I scored a big client who promised as much work as I could handle per day. He sent the article topics, keywords, formatting requirements, etc. All via Skype. Back then, I had no idea about contracts or the like. So, I wrote daily. About 4-5 hours per day. In total, according to his pay rates, I earned about $1,400 for two weeks of work. It came time to pay. He disappeared with all my work.
Originally, the guy told me he ran a content marketing agency in the UK. I looked it up, traced it back to a company in India. The UK company website was a front. He stole two weeks of my life and work. The biggest lesson I learned from that time.
By iNomaD0
39 – 'Nuff said
Here's a free tip: you can avoid freelance horror stories of your own by reading this one and taking notes.
Don't work with anybody who says "I've got the idea, you write the code, and we will split the money. "
I avoid those situations unless the guy with the idea has loads of money. I mean enough to leave my cushy six-figure job. And they have to be willing to put it in escrow so I can continue to live off it if he bails. Thankfully, that hasn't happened yet, though there have been discussions.
People think software must be easy because so many phone apps are free.
By dswpro
40 – When admitting the truth is too hard
Some of the most uncomfortable things I've found during my time as an accountant has been people embezzling money from where they work.
The worst is when the company owner comes to me with the numbers, and I have to look at them and ask "So, where'd all the money go?" and have them tell me that they have no idea.
Sometimes these owners don't even realize their employees are ripping them off, and I hate being the bearer of bad news.
By eperman
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ALSO I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING FANTASTIC.
So I was just in Katoomba for the weekend. At womens convention. AND YOU SPOKE! But I've only JUST put two and two together and realised this was your blog - you mentioned it when you were interviewed and being the fellow blogger I am, I became interested ... and then realised we had already had contact before!
I was ridiculously excited, as you may have noted.
Anyway - thank you for this weekend - it was very encouraging to hear you speak so faithfully from God's word. You had me in tears at one point yesterday. So thankful that God used you to bless so many.
what a shame we did not meet, I would have liked that!


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Giveaway ends June 11, 2016.
Solaris Mortem is available now on Amazon for pre-order. Thank you, beta readers for your input! It's been invaluable, and your final copies are on their way very soon.
You can pre-order you copy of Solaris Mortem:The New Patriots HERE.
Book One of the planned trilogy, Solaris Mortem, is nearly ready. ARC copies are going out next week. Contact me if you'd like to be an ARC reader.
Six weeks ago, this draft sat at 25,000 words, just as it had for the last two years. What happened? A lot, I guess.
I let go of some anchors that had been holding me back. Not physical anchors, but the bad kind: emotional. It's all too easy to find excuses not to write and I latched on to them—tight. No longer.
I made writing a priority, no matter what. I set my goal low: 500 words per day of fiction with the goal of working up to a 1000 per day. I started low to avoid failure, with the requirement that it be done everyday, no matter what. I'm at 700 words per day presently, and it takes an hour or less most days. It's not breakneck speed or an incredible word count everyday, but it is steady progress. I'm grateful for that.
We moved back to town from our off-grid paradise. That part is bittersweet, but let me tell you, living off-grid and working full-time, leaves you with no time. A writing habit requires your time. There's no two ways about it. You either make it a priority, or you don't. Results may vary.
And lastly, some of the credit goes to Ulysses writing software. I finally found the right one for me. I've written by hand, on typewriters, dedicated word processors, Scrivener, Word, and Storyist. They're all good. They all have their strengths, but Ulysses is the one that was written just for me. No frills but entirely powerful. Finally, I am home.
Check it out. You'll probably love it.
But most importantly, write everyday. No matter what.


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Terracotta Teapot
Sue Pryke
Terracotta Teapot by Sue Pryke
This beautiful Terracotta Teapot is handmade in England from slipcast English terracotta and features a white tin glaze on the inside. A glorious example of English craftsmanship, the handle for the teapot is made from steam bent Oak and the turned wooden knob on the teapot's lid is also Oak. We adore the combination of wood and terracotta, and the simple and elegant form of the teapot. Designed by ceramicist, Sue Pryke, the teapot holds four generous mugs of tea. Each piece of the teapot is individually handmade and as such there will be slight changes in each piece, which is indicative of the materials and the hand made processes. Sue Pryke is a British homeware designer who has designed her own tableware collection (click here to see) after having had a successful career which has involved collaborations with the likes of Virgin Atlantic, John Lewis and Marks and Spencer's.
Terracotta and wood.
Delivery of this product within mainland UK will be made using Royal Mail or Parcelforce and will cost between £5.50 (3-5 Working Days) and £8 (Next Working Day) depending on the shipping option selected during checkout. Orders received before 12pm (noon) GMT will ship that day. Orders received after 12pm (noon) will be shipped the next Working Day.
English terracotta, steam bent and turned oak. Each teapot is individually made and so there will be slight changes in each piece. The volume capacity of the teapot is 1 litre (2 pints), which equates to 4 generous mugs of tea. Size: H19cm x W16cm
Sue Pryke is a British homeware designer, who started her journey into ceramics at a small pottery in Lincolnshire. After graduation Sue's first job was at Wedgwood as a shape designer, guided by the design team she was taught to understand the breadth of ceramic form. Since then Sue has had a successful career which has involved collaborations with a wide range of clients, from Virgin Atlantic to High Street retailers such as John Lewis, Marks and Spencer's and prestigious manufacturers such as Wedgwood and Royal Doulton.
Sue is inspired by the everyday and the ordinary; material qualities, textures and the interaction we have with objects. Recently Sue wanted to create her own collection of objects that sit comfortably in the home, that aren't awkward, audacious or tricky to use or care for, but are familiar, have fluency and sit effortlessly. To bring this range together she collaborated with small factories and studios in England working with traditional craftsmanship, materials and techniques to make high quality products made by hand.


At the first sign of a cold, I put one drop of the essential oil blend, Thieves, on the soles of my feet before bed, keep the diffuser pumping throughout the house with essential oil blends such as Purification, Eucalyptus Radiata, Lemon, Peppermint or Thieves, and take regular doses of the Head Cold Complex and Bulletproof, my flower essence blend. It's important to ensure plenty of rest and a good, clean diet with minimal sugar and dairy. During recovering, I take Rocket Fuel to assist with recovery and returning to normal energy levels.
The Head Cold Complex supplied by Owen Homoeopathics is an excellent all-rounder. It contains remedies that are useful at the first stages of illness – the blocked nose, the profuse sneezing, or the runny nose; the sore and sensitive throat or the frontal headache. This complex may also help shorten the length of head colds, assist with expelling excess mucous, and relieve rattly coughs, ear aches caused by congestion and sore throats1.
Another remedy that we use frequently in our household is Ferrum Phos. It is the remedy I go to when I notice one of the children is 'off colour'. It is very helpful during the first stage of a head cold, sore throat, mild fever or tonsillitis1. It boosts the body's vital force to power up and beat the invader. In many cases the illness never eventuates in it's true form.
For more homeopathic remedies to help you through a head cold, check out this factsheet.
Australian Bush Flower Essences can help with cold symptoms by relieving the pain of a sore throat, boosting your immune system and stimulating the body's defence mechanism, the lymphatics. Emergency Essence can help with the pain and discomfort of a head cold3,a as well as any irritability, while Bulletproof can assist with kick-starting the immune system to work optimally. Don't forget that Sizzled Bits can assist with managing temperatures or fevers but supporting your body through high temperatures and dehydration.
If you find that your head cold starts with frequent sneezing, Sneezy Wheezy is a great first line of defence. It can help reduce the amount of sneezing and expulsion of mucous.
Calm Your Farm can help if the head cold is a result of feeling stressed and run down prior to the cold. Especially effective on children is Jacaranda in the case when the child gets sick when they are too scattered with their energy, and Paw Paw helps with children who get sick when overwhelmed. Both of these essences are in Calm Your Farm essence.
Diffusing essential oils is a fantastic way to purify the air to help prevent the cold from spreading to other members of the family. Studies have shown that diffusing Thieves for just 20 minutes can kill up to 99% of airborne micro-organisms!
One drop on the soles of your feet and rubbing your feet together is an excellent preventative measure and a good idea when sending little ones off to school or daycare to provide protection against illness.
1-2 drops on a cotton wool ball under a pillow when sleeping at night, or in the vent of a car or air-conditioner.
Make your own chest rub and apply to your chest, neck and soles of the feet. I use this recipe from Natural New Age Mum and then added Thieves for an extra kick. This chest rub can even be used for foot massages, concentrating on the areas of congestion using a reflexology chart. Please note that this remedy is not recommended for children under two years of age due to possible irritations of the oils.
Another excellent blend from Young Living designed to help strengthen immunity is ImmuPower4. This can be diffused, or diluted for a body massage.
1. Get plenty of rest.
2. Eat a clean diet of a range of fruit and vegetables that contain help anti-oxidants and vitamin C like oranges, lemons, grapefruit, strawberries, blueberries, corn, red capsicum and broccoli.
3. Keep fluid intake as high as possible.
4. Consume fermented/cultured food and drinks such as kefir, sauerkraut, cultured vegetables etc to assist your gut in fighting the virus.
5. Always wash hands after blowing or wiping your nose, and try to sneeze in to the corner of your elbow instead of your hands to reduce spreading the virus.
6. Consume bone broth whenever possible as this will also help you maintain a healthy gut to fight off infection.
7. A fortnightly dose of Anas Barb 200c as a preventative during the cold and flu season. Suitable for children too.
8. Martin & Pleasance have a range of tissue salts formulated for children. In the case of Head Colds, the Pain & Fever Ease and the Cough & Cold Relief are a quick and easy way to support children's bodies through a cold. These chewable tablets are suitable for children from birth and can be crushed and mixed through food. I find the Cough & Cold Relief tablets particularly helpful if the child's sickness lingers and there seems to be a lot of mucous still to expel after the cold has passed.
Owen, J. (2010). Homoeopathy for the home prescriber. Western Australia, AUSTRALIA: QDirect.
Brauer. (2013). Baby & Child Cold & Flu. Retrieved May 11, 2014, from https://www.brauer.com.au.
White, I. (2009). Happy Healthy Kids. From conception to age 7 with Australian Bush Flower Essences. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Young Living Essential Oils. (2011). Essential Oils Pocket Reference (5th ed.). United States of America: Life Science Publishing.


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98 Świrska Gwardyjska Dywizja Powietrznodesantowa im. 70-lecia Wielkiego Października, odznaczona Orderem Czerwonego Sztandaru i Orderem Kutuzowa () – związek taktyczny Sił Zbrojnych Federacji Rosyjskiej, wchodzący w skład jednego z dwóch samodzielnych rodzajów wojsk Sił Zbrojnych Federacji Rosyjskiej (drugi to Wojska Rakietowe Przeznaczenia Strategicznego), stacjonujący w Iwanowie.

Historia
W 1991 dywizja w składzie 217.,299. i 300 pułk powietrznodesantowy oraz 1065 pułk artylerii posiadała swoje jednostki w Kiszyniowie i w Biełgorodzie  w Odeskim Okręgu Wojskowym.

Jednostka brała udział w działaniach w Gruzji, w walkach na Ukrainie, m.in. w rejonie Iłowiajśka, zajęła parlament Krymu podczas aneksji tego terytorium.

Struktura
2015.
 217 pułk powietrznodesantowy,
 331 pułk powietrznodesantowy z Kostromy,
 1065 pułk artylerii z Kostromy,
 5 pułk przeciwlotniczy,
 pododdziały wsparcia

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Związki taktyczne i oddziały rosyjskich wojsk powietrznodesantowych


Canoeing Regatta attracting Scout Troops from all over the country. They do well and attribute their success to regular training and admiral teamwork.
Explorers have advanced their years at Ajax growing in skill and ability. The Duke of Edinburgh Award is completed with a challenging row rather than the more common weekend hike and some Explorers have pushed themselves to complete the 21.6 mile Great River Race.


On-the-job accidents can happen in any type of workplace, but some jobs carry more hazards than others. Because construction is an inherently dangerous industry, there are innumerable measures and requirements in place to safeguard the well-being of workers, but accidents do occur. When they do, it is critical to have the proper first aid supplies available. R. Baker & Son is wholly committed to the health and safety of staff, subcontractors, and visitors, and works in full compliance with all laws, regulations, and standards.
OSHA requires every employer to have first aid kits readily available, but does not list specific supplies, instead referencing ANSI Z308.1-2009 for recommended minimums.
Kit types: The ANSI standard specifies basic fill contents for first aid kits and divides them into four performance categories. Types I and II are intended for general indoor use, but are usually not sufficient for most construction and are generally recommended for office use and light manufacturing. For construction, recommended first aid kits fall under types III and IV. Type III, the category typically carried by R. Baker & Son workers in vehicles and job boxes, is intended for portable use in mobile industries and/or outdoor applications. They should be moisture and corrosion resistant, equipped with a carrying handle, have the means for being mounted in a fixed position, and must meet certain performance requirements. Type IV kits are for industries where potential for damage due to environmental factors and rough handling is high, and performance testing is particularly stringent.
First aid supplies: To comply with the ANSI standard, first aid kits must contain a minimum of specific supplies and must be regularly inspected. These supplies include such items as bandages, tape, compresses, gloves, antiseptic, burn treatment, cold packs, and sterile pads. In construction, first aid kits of type III or IV should be readily available on the jobsite and in work vehicles. Because of the strenuous nature of the job and the tools and machinery involved, a construction first aid kit should contain supplies beyond the minimum recommended, taking into account the trade in which it is used and the types of accidents and injuries that workers are more prone to.
Safety and first aid training: First aid kits are only useful if workers know how to use them and can readily access them. Employees must be properly trained in how to render first aid to themselves and fellow workers who have been injured, especially in industries like construction where accidents are more likely to occur. All R. Baker & Son personnel are continually trained in all safety procedures including first aid kits. Prevention, of course, is supremely important, and workers must receive thorough job safety training, utilize personal protection equipment, and work properly and safely at all times.