Welfare recipients travel much like the working poor.
Welfare reform ended America's public assistance program as we knew it, transforming it from an income-entitlement program to an employment-assistance program. Following its enactment, welfare rolls dropped by more than half, from about 12 million in 1994 to just over 5 million in late 2001. Fortunately, the majority of those who left public assistance found work. Nevertheless, welfare reform still faces a large, and largely unrecognized, problem.
Inadequate transportation is keeping many from finding and holding jobs. Perhaps just as important for the job search as skills, education, attitudes, and childcare, job-seekers must be able to get to job sites.
Welfare recipients' transportation needs depend on whether they're still actively seeking employment or are already employed. Job searchers must travel to potential employers for interviews and applications, so they make almost twice as many trips as those not in the labor force, and their trips are often to dispersed locations. Many don't own cars, so they're reliant on public transit, but the bus is less flexible and sometimes less reliable than a private car.
Transportation needs go beyond work-related travel; in fact employment-related trips constitute only a small share of total trips (only eleven percent). A typical former recipient also makes multiple daily trips for shopping and social activities, and to fulfill childcare and household obligations.
While most transportation programs emphasize the needs of transit-dependent persons, most people nevertheless rely on automobiles for daily travel. Only 55 percent of welfare recipients own a car, but they make 64 percent of their trips in cars. Households with cars make 83 percent of their trips in private vehicles; but even those who don't own cars travel by private car 35 percent of the time.
Travel patterns of welfare recipients are converging with those of other low-income people. Average trips per day among welfare recipients were only slightly fewer than among low- income single parents in the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey. For both populations, work trips comprise only a tenth of all trips, while shopping and other trips dominate. For both groups, less than a fifth use public transit. Moreover, the average commute distance for employment is about seven miles among former recipients and about nine miles among low- income single parents. This convergence is not surprising since welfare reform is transforming the welfare population into a working-poor population.
These travel patterns have profound implications for the next stage of welfare reform. Transportation policies must now heed the complex and diverse travel needs of both current and former welfare recipients who use both private and public transportation. Moreover, as travel patterns of welfare recipients and working poor converge, policy makers must confront the difficulties that job-seekers and carless job-holders face, by facilitating car ownership and by promoting new transit modes that are affordable, auto-like, and likely to help families that are struggling toward self-sufficiency.
Douglas Houston is an Assistant Professor of Planning, Policy & Design at the University of California, Irvine.


The making and repair of chair seats using rush, willow, straw or cords. For the use of cane, see the separate entry for chair caning.
Chair seats can be made from a wide variety of materials. The primary material within chair seating is cane (see the separate entry for chair caning), but other materials such as rush (from the common bulrush), straw-wrapped rush, seagrass, Danish cord and skeined willow are also used.
Rush seated chairs, either ladder back or spindle back, were produced by wood turners for common use in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in many parts of England. The tradition was strongly associated with the southern counties and home counties, in particular Buckinghamshire, with chair making centred in and around High Wycombe. The North West (Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria) produced great quantities in the of rush seated chairs in the nineteenth century. Regional variation in style could identify the place of origin of a particular chair. William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement, produced the Sussex range of rush seated chairs for many years through his firm Morris and Company.
Rush seating was considered a lowly trade, and in the nineteenth century was carried out by itinerant workers. Prior to that the seating was undertaken by home-based workers.
The rush is dampened and allowed to mellow for a few hours.
Strands are twined to give coils of even diameter, which are then worked in sequence over and under the seat rails to form a solid seat.
The pockets which have formed on the underside are stuffed with dry rush.
There are some rare examples of chairs where the rush coils have been overwrapped with straw. This is worked simultaneously with coiling the rush.
Seagrass is wrapped around round a frame to form the warp.
The weft is woven – there is a variety of patterns.
The warp is worked from front rail to back rail, and is held on the inside of the rail by 'L' shaped nails.
Double strands of cord are woven from side to side through the cords already in place on the seat frame.
A willow rod is split into three or four strands.
The inside pith is shaved off.
The shaved willow is 'uprighted', i.e. pulled between blades to produce a strip of a uniform width.
Market issues: Rush seating has an area of demand with the scope of furniture restoration, and currently 'brown' furniture is not popular.
Market issues: There is the question of the cost of repair weighed against the value of the finished article, and unless the item has a certain amount of sentimental value the restoration can be deemed too expensive.
Market issues: There is, however, at the moment, an inclination towards re-cycling and a degree of willingness to try to repair rather than discard. More modern furniture is now coming up for restoration. Along with a current trend which favours 'natural' materials, there is a slight increase in the demand for chair seating skills.
Market issues: A job can be considered uneconomic when the cost of transport or carriage costs are factored in.
Skills issues: The matter of finding a craftsperson with the necessary skills within a given area can be frustrating, but searching online is a great advantage here.
Perception of the craft/Market issues: As is the case with other crafts, the skill of chair seating is undervalued, and generally the hourly rate poor.
Training issues: There are no accredited courses for teaching chair seating. A few tutors are listed by the Basketmakers' Association, but workshops are few and far between, and those learning the skill are most likely to be working on a one-off piece of their own.
Training issues: There are few tutors, and in order to learn chair seating a keen student may have to seek out tuition on a one-to-one basis, or be willing to travel a great distance to attend a shot workshop.
Training issues: Chair seating could also be considered a category of upholstery. In the past there have been instances of chair seating being taught as part of Adult Education evening classes, but very much on a 'one-off' basis with the student having one project to complete and no interest is extending his/her study to a more advanced level.
At the BA Spring Course in April 2019, Mary Butcher and Bunty Ball are due to teach 8 students skein willow seating.
Status: Skeined willow seating could be seen as critically endangered.
Current number of trainees: There are no accredited courses for teaching chair seating. A few tutors are listed by the Basketmakers' Association, but workshops are few and far between, and those learning the skill are most likely to be working on a one-off piece of their own.
Current number of skilled craftspeople: Information gathered from the Basketmakers' Association membership list would indicate those currently practising falls into the 101-200 category, but very much at the lower end of the range. Of this group, the numbers who run a business or undertake commissions (and are therefore the assumed to be more skilled) falls into the lower part of the 51-100 range. For skeined willow seating, the number of skilled craftspeople is probably in the region of 1-5, with the proviso that this type of work has not been undertaken recently.
Total number of craftspeople: It is difficult to separate those practising the stated varieties of chair seating, whilst excluding those who also practise chair caning. Chair caning could be looked upon as the 'primary' chair seating discipline, and many chairs eaters are able to undertake a variety of disciplines. Based on the numbers who do rush seating the total number is just over 100. Some rush seating may also be carried out by basketmakers who use rush.


- A four-month-old girl who had been swept from her parents' arms in the shattered village of Ishinomaki is saved from the rubble three days later. How do you explain that? What is this girl supposed to do when she grows up. What's her destiny?
- According to AP, Ayumi Osuga was practicing origami with her three children, aged 2 to 6, in their single-story home in the coastal city of Sendai (pictured) when the ground started to shake. Then Osuga's husband called. "Get out of there now!" he yelled. Chilled by the brusque warning, the 24-year-old factory worker quickly gathered her children into the car and fled to a hilltop home belonging to her husband's family 12 miles away. Though her home was destroyed, Osuga knows she is lucky to be alive. "My family, my children ... I have come to realize what is important in life," she said.
- Sai Abe, a 70-year-old woman, from her toppled home in the port town of Otsuchi (pictured) Tuesday, four days after an earthquake-spurred tsunami tossed the house off its foundation in Japan's northeast.
- An 80 year old woman and her grand son were pulled alive from he rubble after 9 days!
If you know of any additional miracle stories, please share them here. I am sure every one would love to hear them.


Rippin, H.L.; Hutchinson, J.; Jewell, J.; Breda, J.J.; Cade, J.E. Adult Nutrient Intakes from Current National Dietary Surveys of European Populations. Nutrients 2017, 9, 1288.
Rippin HL, Hutchinson J, Jewell J, Breda JJ, Cade JE. Adult Nutrient Intakes from Current National Dietary Surveys of European Populations. Nutrients. 2017; 9(12):1288.
Rippin, Holly L.; Hutchinson, Jayne; Jewell, Jo; Breda, Joao J.; Cade, Janet E. 2017. "Adult Nutrient Intakes from Current National Dietary Surveys of European Populations." Nutrients 9, no. 12: 1288.


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Behind The Scenes At Home Kit Photoshoot
As we launch the new O'Neills home kit for 2019/20, we take you behind the scenes with the players at the photoshoot that took place earlier this week.
Club Announce New Kit Supplier
Hartlepool United are delighted to announce a partnership with Irish sportswear manufacturer O'Neills who will become the Club's Kit Supplier from 2019/20.
Last Chance For Replica Poppy Shirts
Supporters who were hoping to get their hands on one of our one-off Poppy match shirts now have one final chance to snap one up.
Club Seeking New Kit Supplier
Expressions of interest are invited for companies wishing to tender for the kit supply contract at Hartlepool United for the 2019/20 season and beyond.
Update On Situation With BLK
Following previous announcements regarding our relationship with BLK we are pleased to provide the following update.
Pools To Wear Home Shirt On Saturday
Pools will be wearing their brand new home kit in this weekend's season-opener at Maidstone United and you can do the same by picking up your shirt from the Club Shop now.
Over 500 Shirts Sold In 24 Hours
Long-time fan Ivan Carr was the first to get his hands on a new shirt as Pools' fresh look proved a massive hit when it was launched at Victoria Park on Thursday afternoon.
Park Life: Open Day At The Vic
Take a look at our special instalment of Park Life as we take you to the heart of our hugely-successful Open Day at The Vic.
Gallery: Check Out Pools' New Away Kit
Meet The Players And See The New Kit!
We're gearing up for our exciting Open Day and Big Team Photo to be held at Victoria Park this afternoon – are you coming along?
Pools To Honour Neale Cooper With Special Kit
Pools are to wear a bespoke kit created especially to honour Neale Cooper for this weekend's pre-season friendly against Sunderland at Victoria Park.
Past-Season Match Kit Up For Sale
Take a look through the range of past-season match kit we have up for sale right now on eBay.

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You are walking down the street and you see a dog run across the road and get hit by a car. The car doesn't stop, and there is no-one else around. You have a choice to make; maybe you don't feel obliged to do anything since it's not your dog, so you walk the other way and don't get involved. You could be really scared and decide not to stop, but you call an animal protection society to come and help while you're on your way to wherever you are going. Or, you could run over and help the dog. You could do any one of these things – and no-one would ever know either way. It's entirely up to you how you respond.
Let's say that you choose to go over and help the dog. There's an infinite number of possibilities of what you are going to find when you get there. The dog could already be dead… He could be hurt so badly that there is no way to save him… She might just be stunned and you can get her to the vets, and she'll be fine… You could end out covered in blood and crying your heart out because you really tried and there was nothing you could do… These are all the things that you could face as you wade in to try and do your best to help, to do the right thing, whatever that might be. Regardless of the horrible possibilities in front of you, you do it anyway.
Now let's say that back while you're assessing the situation, you remember that your parents are hugely into animal welfare, and will be so proud of you for helping, that they'll probably take you out for a lovely free meal at an expensive restaurant when they find out what you did. You decide to go and help out the dog, because whatever the outcome, you know you will get a truly awesome dinner experience, just for doing a good thing.
The net result is the same; the dog gets care from a stranger, which it might not necessarily have had otherwise. It might have even been the dog's last moments, and you were there to stroke its head and try to impart some comfort… You might be upset, but you can take some personal positives from having been there and done your part.
…but don't ever try and suggest you are better than the person helped anyway, without the promise of a lovely dinner.
This entry was posted in Lifestyle, Religion on October 24, 2015 by kzzinsky.
Is a good deed really good, if it is done out of fear of being burned for eternity for not doing it?
But it is a good analogy!


Here's the version 1.3 XSD and documentation, which is an interim release to focus primarily on supporting upcoming American Archive projects.
Many thanks to those who submitted change requests for version 2.0. We'll keep you posted as work continues to finalize the 2.0 requirements and pbcore.org redesign.


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UGT denounces the Lowpost digital platform for using false self-employed
By Alexander Vasiliev On Jan 11, 2023
The UGT union has denounced Lowpost, a digital platform created in 2014 in Valencia to write content on web pages, for the alleged fraudulent use of workers as freelancers before the General Directorate of Labor. As reported this Tuesday by the union led by Pepe Álvarez, the company has more than 65,000 editors, but only 23 workers are registered in the General Social Security Regime.
False self-employment is understood to be a worker who is registered in the RETA (Special Self-Employment Regime) but who actually does work for someone else; that is, a job as an employee. The companies that engage in this illegal practice seek to avoid certain responsibilities with Social Security, such as paying taxes for employing an employee. These are economic responsibilities that, through the figure of the false self-employed person, end up falling on the worker.
For this reason, UGT has accused the company of take on the guise of a middleman, but "fix all the terms for the preparation of the work, from the time, to the price and the taking of content". As explained by the union, the platform, which requires a prior test and fill out a questionnaire in order to be selected as a writer, sets a price of 100 words per euro, although it operates with an auction system according to which the work takes the first who accepts the conditions.
This person must carry out the work in a certain time and upload it to the platform, to later be reviewed by a proofreader, who evaluates the writer with a score that positions him in a ranking and determines, among other things, his level of responsibility or volume. of work.
According to the union, all these people have to cede the intellectual property rights to the company, that for the moment has not manifested itself in this regard. UGT has also denounced that Lowpost applies a "fraudulent system that harms and makes the activity of its workers precarious" and has called for the approval of a directive that regulates the work of digital platforms.
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Hello! Just popping my head up over a mound of paper-I've been so busy making paper flowers for the past couple of weeks that I've had very little head space for much else! I've been cutting, painting, scrunch pleating, cupping, fringing and glittering like crazy to get them ready in time. Yesterday, all 130 of these little crepe paper beauties which became my evening projects came with me to London's West Elm where they're now enjoying a new home as part of a table I styled with some of my favourite West Elm tableware.
To tie in with my paper flower making workshop at the store next week, the West Elm team invited me to create a tablescape using whatever I liked-how exciting?!!! A few week back I got a sneak peek of the store's summer collection which showed that coral was likely to be a key colour. Riding on the coat tails of the pastel trend, we saw a brief introduction to coral in 2013, but this summer it's about to take centre-stage. And I love it.
Inspired by the idea of a coral, gold and celadon green wedding reception and going all out with my love of pattern and bold colour, I set to work on pulling the look together for what took me most of the day-I was in heaven- settling in on the shop floor, pulling what I needed from the shelves and exploring in the stock rooms, playing and experimenting with the look. For some reason, I just can't move away from celadon green and these organic shaped plates are perfection. I absolutely love them, with such a calming tone they work so well within this colour story.
These jewellery trees become multi-functional decorative pieces with a small handful of blossoms wound around their branches and add a little height to the table without being obstructive.
To echo the red and coral print napkins, I found, as if by perfect serendipity, this coral, red and yellow patterned paper from Paperchase. Drawing templates from a side plate, I cut out the paper discs and laid them on top. They break up the green and tie in with the napkins and coral flowers. If you're a little afraid to work with colour or print but want to experiment then using paper overlays as part of your table decor is an inexpensive way to start.
As sweet little gifts for each guest (names taken from the lovely staff members) I picked out orange and jasmine scented soaps from beefayre, tied with simple cotton ribbon. They smelt beautiful!
And then, as if my day couldn't get any better, Igor Josif of Happy Interior Blog (one of my must-reads) popped in with Bridgee of Little Star Blog. We've been in touch for some time but as he's based in Munich our paths have never crossed until now. As someone I greatly admire, I've come to him for advice on numerous occasions and he's always been so open to share his own experiences, so it was wonderful to catch up and for Igor to see my table come together at the right moment. Thank you for taking the photo Bridgee, although my iphone made the colours look slightly dodgy, you get the idea!
Thank you to Paria, Rad, Jane, Jess and the rest of the West Elm team for making me feel at home to roam around and be in my creative bubble for the day. If you'd like to join me for my workshop next Saturday on April 12th you can find all the details here or pop into the store on Tottenham Court Rd and check out the table which will be there for the following week.
So what do you think of my styling? Are you feeling the coral? Maybe the green? Perhaps you've been turned on to the idea of making your own paper flowers for your next occasion?.
Love the colours at the setting. The flowers are amazing. What are you going to do with them all once you are done?
Thanks Michelle! You know, I have no idea-I guess it's up to the store to decide!
Wow this looks beautiful! I popped over here from Beefayre's facebook page as they shared your post and I'm glad they did it looks stunning!


All programs and events are listed on our Events calendar.
An after-hours evening at the library with computers, video games, snacks, and hanging out. Permission slips are required and may be picked up at the teen desk at the beginning of each month. Late Night is a safe and supportive environment for teens, focused on positive interactions and engagement where all are welcomed.
PARENTS: Sixth grade is the milepost we use for participation in 4TEENS events. However, homeschooled kids and others who may not fall into traditional school divisions are always welcome. If you are unsure if a program is appropriate for your child, please consult the Children's Room staff.


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A cajón is normally a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front (usually called the tapa or head face) or rear faces with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks.
This particular bespoke order also has a double snare near the top. The snares are 20 strand 7" long and adjustable. The inside surface of the beat side is heavily varnished to give the snares a more crisp sound.
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A. Poor sitting posture can cause back pain. Be sure to sit with your spine in good upright alignment. Improve your sitting posture by using a comfortable chair designed to support optimal posture. Avoid slouching by keeping your low back firmly against the back of the chair. Slouching your spine can strain your neck forward, putting extra pressure on the nerves and arteries leading to your arms. Your shoulders should be relaxed, and your elbows, hips, and knees should be bent at right angles (90 degrees). Avoid putting pressure on the back of your knees. Your feet should be kept flat on the floor or supported by a footrest. If your chair does not give you the support you need to keep in good body alignment, you may need a new chair. Otherwise, try placing a rolled towel or pillow against the small of your back, or consider purchasing one of the many commercial lumbar cushions that are available to help improve your sitting posture.
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An organisation's asset register is the foundation on which its Asset Information systems are built. Dodgy foundations mean a rickety building. Here are 5 tips to make sure your Asset Register is rock solid.
Reliability and Maintenance engineers need the asset register so that they can identify assets that are underperforming, and that may need reliability improvement activities performed on them – or may need replacement.
Preventing fraud – an effective asset register allows you to more easily identify assets that have been lost or stolen.
The most common way of structuring the hierarchy is to start at the top and work down. ISO 14224 (the international standard for collection and exchange of reliability and maintenance data for equipment) offers a framework for the hierarchy as shown in Figure 1 below. The standard offers definitions for each of the levels in this hierarchy, and also gives examples (from the oil & gas industry) to illustrate the definitions.
Some of the subtleties involved in setting up the hierarchy are perhaps not evident in Figure 1, or explicitly discussed in ISO 14224. For example, if you consider a pump set (which, for example, consists of a pump and electric motor), should you consider the pump set as one being at one level in the hierarchy, with the motor and pump as "children" to the pump set in the hierarchy? What about the suction and discharge valves for the pump – where in the hierarchy would they sit? Are they children of the pump, or should they be associated with the pipework? There is no single correct answer to these questions – but the important thing is that you have considered these, and that whatever decision you arrive at should be consistently applied across all equipment. Otherwise this will cause confusion amongst your maintainers and operators.
Another key consideration is how to name and number your assets. Names and numbers should be easy to understand so that equipment can easily be identified and names and numbers easily remembered. While it will be possible to identify equipment within your Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system without a logical naming system if you have set up the hierarchy properly in line with Tip 2 above, it will be much easier all round if you can remember the name and/or number of equipment without having to drill down through a hierarchy.
Obviously, this is just a suggestion, and the number of levels in the equipment numbering structure, and the number of characters at each level may (and probably should) vary to suit the specific needs of each site. However, the numbering system and the codes used should be consistent across each site. Consistency is vital. It also helps to be consistent when there are several identical equipment items in a bank (for example in a bank of pumps). Try to make sure that the numbers increase in value when you go from North to South (or East to West), for example, for all banks of equipment.
Naming conventions should be equally consistent. For example, is there any difference between a "tank", a "vessel", or a "vat"? If there is, then make sure everyone is aware of when to use which term. If not, then it will be much simpler to standardise on one name only.
Consistency is also vital when considering alignment with other documents and drawings that may exist for the equipment. For example, if your Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) contain equipment numbers and names, then these should ideally be the same as is used in your CMMS/ERP system in order to avoid possible confusion. It makes sense, therefore, for new plant and equipment, to agree on the naming and numbering convention with your project engineering team before they start designing the plant.
CMMS and ERP systems often differentiate between locations, equipment and components – even though these can relate to assets at different levels in your equipment hierarchy.
To understand the difference between a location and equipment, consider the situation at a power station where you may have several identical boilers and several identical boiler feed pumps. The first boiler feed pump on Boiler 1 may be assigned an Asset code such as BLR1-BFP-001. However, the pump that occupies that location may be able to be removed (and replaced with a rotable spare), overhauled and returned to warehouse stock. When it is reissued from stock, it may be reinstalled in a different location (e.g. BLR2-BFP-001 on Boiler 2). In this situation, BLR1-BFP-001 and BLR1-BFP-001 are locations. If all you want to do is record information (such as costs and maintenance activities performed) against the location, then you can safely use the location code for doing that. If, however, you want to record this information also for each physical item (in this case, the pump) regardless of its installed location, then you would also need to establish a separate naming and numbering schema for the equipment, as well as location. Your CMMS/ERP would also need to be capable of managing this information, and allow you to install and uninstall specific equipment items in given locations.
So one of the key decisions that you need to make is whether you want to record activity and costs against both equipment and location – and if so, which equipment/locations you want to do this for. Clearly, it only makes sense to do this for equipment which can be moved from one location to another – and also for critical or high cost equipment where (for example) repair vs replace decisions may need to be made for specific equipment items.
Components and parts are lower in the hierarchy, and typically have less information recorded for them. Indeed, it is generally not possible to assign a maintenance work order to a component or part – but the definition of what constitutes a component or part is often discretionary.
maintaining and updating the asset register as plant configuration change is a much easier exercise.
Costs – is the item expensive to purchase or maintain? Effective management of costs will generally require that these assets are established separately in your asset register.
Warranty – items for which you want to separately track warranty information (in order to be able to claim warranty in the event of premature failure) are most likely best established as separate items in your asset register.
As a general rule, however, try to minimise (within the constraints above) the number of assets you establish in the asset register. Doing this does make the asset register easier to manage, and also leads to better, more accurate information for analysis and decision-making. One of the traps that we have seen some organisations fall into is establishing every item that has an item tag on a P&ID in the asset register. This is most often an issue when dealing with instrumentation. There is often little value in separately itemising every element in a flow control loop in your asset register, for example. It is unlikely that you would ever analyse separately the costs or performance of the flow transmitter, flow controller and flow control valve – even though these may have separate tags in your P&ID. Better to just record the loop itself as the asset, with the individual items as components of that system.
Most CMMS and ERP systems have the capability to store lots of information regarding each asset. But populating every field takes time – time that is potentially wasted if you are not going to use the information recorded. For example, recording warranty information is of little value if you don't have a system in place to ensure that all possible warranty claims are investigated and initiated if justified – or if the value of the item is so small that the cost of progressing a warranty claim exceeds the potential benefits.
Asset Name/Description: The description should be user friendly – what is it actually called by those within your organisation. This may be different to what the manufacturer or the supplier calls it. You may want to establish a separate field for the description of the asset according to the manufacturer/supplier if this is important to you.
Serial number: If required, this would normally be a number provided by the manufacturer. If the asset is to be a rotable item (able to be moved from location to location), then you will generally need to populate this field. Otherwise it may be optional.
Cost Centre: Required for effective cost management and control as well as for accounting reporting purposes.
Date of purchase: This is generally important for accounting purposes.
Warranty information: Only if you are going to track warranty for the item.
Date asset placed in service: Also generally important to accountants for depreciation purposes.
Statutory Equipment Flag: this allows you to identify any equipment which is subject to mandatory statutory maintenance or other regulatory oversight.
This article has offered five tips to make sure your asset register best meets the needs of your organisation. If you would like further guidance or assistance in establishing or improving the asset register in your organisation, please contact me. I would be delighted to try and help.


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Would be nice if you could play as the "bad guys", not just on the U.S. forces side. Haven't played on the most difficult level, but on normal, it's rather easy to build up a strong armored force and just rush the enemy. Not a huge challenge, but still a decent amount of fun to play.
I love 99.9% of everything about this game! The visuals are awesome and it is not any easy game that you can just fly through. The only issue I had w/ it is that it took so darn long to load and it took up a ton of space. Other then that, it is most definatly the best stradegy game I have EVER played.


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MOSCOW, May 23 - RIA News. Moscow is in favor of forming an international partnership to preserve a zone of peace in the Arctic, Nikolai Korchunov, ambassador-at-large for the international cooperation in the Arctic, told RIA Novosti. "We are not in favor of confrontation and rivalry, but in cooperation and complementary efforts of each other, in forming an international partnership, including within the framework of the Arctic Council, in the interests of preserving the Arctic region as a zone of peace, stability and low military tension" he declared.
The diplomat, commenting on the statements of US officials, stressed that "Russia is pursuing an open, consistent policy in the region, based on the norms of international law, with a broad agenda for international cooperation in the interests of sustainable development, open, including to the participation of the United States." Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington was concerned about the "Russian claims to international waters of the Northern Sea Route, including recently announced plans to connect it with the Chinese Sea Silk Road. He also declared that the requirements of Moscow were" illegitimate "in order for the Northern Sea Route to go through the ships other countries, calling them "part of Russia's overall aggressive behavior in the Arctic." In turn, US National Security Advisor to the President John Bolton said Wednesday that the United States would soon establish a year-round presence in the Arctic, when new American icebreakers will be put into operation. According to him, the US "coast guard will take the first step in restoring America's leadership in the Arctic, which has long been ignored." The US Coast Guard, he said, will help Washington fight off Russia's growing influence in the Arctic and resist China's unlawful claim to the status of a near-arctic country.
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Listen to Roisin Murphy "Momma's Place"
This woman can do no wrong in my book. Seriously.
Check out Roisin Murphy's genius new single "Momma's Place" that will officially be released digitally on January 18th. It is a sweeping mash of early '90 club music and contemporary dance pop that go oh-so well with Roisin's bluesy vocals. That bouncy little synth bass and slamming piano interlude is killer.
"So you think you know it all. But that's just the arrogance of youth," she sings. Roisin is showing the ropes. This is how it is done. Move over young ones. This is one hot sassy Momma. Love, love, love. Listen to it her on MySpace page.
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News for fans of soap opera and the theatre of cooking: Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal will appear during tonight's episode of Coronation Street. Not in the Rover's Return exactly, but in the ITV soap's advertising break, when a 3½-minute ad for Waitrose will star "our best-loved cook" and "Britain's top chef". It is the first time the store has used big names in a campaign.
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One-Hour Buttermilk English Muffins | Have YOU Ben Starr Struck?
I used to be grossed out by packaged English muffins. In fact, all packaged breads give me the creeps. I just can't buy them. If they're not sitting in the open air on the shelf of a bakery, and I'm confident they came out of the oven that day, I can't bring myself to buy them. Maybe that's why I make the majority of the bread I eat myself.
Before I went on MasterChef, I had this intuition that there would be an Eggs Benedict challenge, and until that time, I had never even eaten Eggs Benedict, OR its most integral parts…the poached egg or the hollandaise. (Seriously!) I'd heard horror stories about restaurant hollandaise and how poached eggs would kill you, so I had always just avoided it. But since I knew I'd probably have to make it on MasterChef, I set about learning how to make the famous dish. And due to my aforementioned aversion to packaged English muffins, I knew I was gonna have to make my own from scratch.
So after a bit of tweaking, I perfected a batter-based English muffin recipe using one of my favorite ingredients…buttermilk. This recipe takes less than an hour from start to finish, yet is fully yeast-risen. Enjoy!
Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm buttermilk. Then look at the markings on the measuring cup. You should see that you have just a bit more than 1 cup. Set the cup in the warm oven for 10 minutes. In that time, the volume of the mixture will lift to around 2 cups. This is how you know your yeast are active and happy. If your volume stays the same at around 1 cup, your yeast is dead (old yeast, or buttermilk too hot) or feeling sluggish (buttermilk too cold). Recommendation…start over with fresh yeast!
Most older recipes tell you sift your flour. I almost never do that. But in this case, its important to aerate the flour for a speedier rising. (Yeast need oxygen!) Just measure out a cup of flour, pour it into a strainer or sifter, and dust the flour into the bowl.
Sifting is mostly a thing of the past, unless you are rapid-rising yeast dough!
Stir all this around with a wooden spoon until you have a stiff batter. Cover with plastic wrap and set it into the warm oven for 30 minutes. In that time, the batter will double or more.
Stir well. The batter will deflate and become very sticky. Re-cover with plastic wrap.
Place a griddle on the stove over medium-low heat. (I use a cast iron griddle, but any one will do.) You want the griddle at 300F for cooking the muffins. If you're geeky like me and have an infrared thermometer, you'll know exactly when your griddle is ready. If you don't, you can do the sorely inaccurate water test…toss a few sprinkles of water on the griddle and the bubbles should just dance around lightly on the surface, rather than immediately evaporating away into steam.
For this recipe you will also need rings. Alton Brown says to use tuna cans with the tops and bottoms removed, however, most modern tuna cans can only open from one end. I found that pineapple cans could be opened top and bottom, and I used the newer-style of can opener that doesn't leave a sharp edge. I have 4 of these and have used them for years. You can also buy purposed cooking rings at any nice kitchen store or restaurant supply, but you'll pay more for them!
Another tool that makes this recipe easier is a large ice cream scoop with a squeezable handle. Alton Brown calls this a #20 scoop, but I've never seen it marketed that way. It has a capacity of about 1/4 cup, and I've only seen 2 sizes of this type of scoop sold. I have BOTH of them, I use the smaller one for Chocolate Chip Cookies and the larger one for muffins and cupcakes. NEVER for ice cream! Ha ha ha… If you don't have one, just use a 1/4 cup measuring cup, but your fingers will get really sticking raking out the batter.
Spray the griddle and the inside of the rings with cooking spray. Then place a generous scoop of batter into each ring. Cover with a sheet of aluminum foil and cook for 5 minutes. Flip them (I use tongs, because a spatula is kind of awkward for flipping these) and cook them, covered, another 5 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack and jiggle the muffin out of the ring. Re-spray and return the ring to the griddle for the second batch. I usually get 6-8 muffins from this recipe.
Let the muffins cool. Instead of cutting into them with a knife, insert a fork into the middle of the muffin all the way around the edge, then peel open. This keeps all those famous "nooks and crannies" from closing up.
You will NEVER EVER go back to storebought English muffins after tasting these! This recipe may sound complex, but after you make them one time, you'll see how easy they are! I've just given you exhaustive detail to help ensure success. Enjoy!
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You don't use cornmeal to keep them from sticking, are they more like biscuits, if you use cooking spray rather than the cornmeal?
Also, if the pan/griddle is to be 300 degrees F, why can't you put them in the pan/griddle with a lid on and set the pan in. 300 degree oven for 5 minutes, then take the pan out, flip them over and put it back in for another 5 minute So? Wouldn't you get the same result?
Dee, they are nothing like biscuits…biscuits are flaky, these are yeasty and chewy, like a traditional English muffin. In my experience, the cornmeal burns when cooking them on a griddle, which is why I use spray.
A 300 degree cooking surface (direct conduction) is FAR hotter than a pan inside a 300 degree oven (indirect radiation)! The muffins will take far longer to cook, even in a 400 degree oven, than they will cooking them directly on a 300 degree surface. That's not to say that you CAN'T cook them in the oven, but I'd use 375-400 degrees for 10 minutes, and then flip for an additional 10 minutes. (That's just a guess, they may not be done by that point.) Cornmeal may work fine without burning at that temperature.


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Some of Dorset's parish councils may not be able to function from next month because they have failed to attract enough candidates for elections.
At least 130 of 163 parishes and towns in the Dorset Council area do not have enough candidates for the 2 May polls, while 20 have no candidates at all.
Some areas will go to the polls in June if enough volunteers are found, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
Others may continue without elections if they find the legal minimum number.
In the neighbouring Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council area, where there are three parish councils, only one parish ward - Highcliffe, in the newly-formed Highcliffe and Walkford Neighbourhood Council - will hold elections, because the others have the same number or fewer nominees to seats.
In the Dorset Council area, the parishes with insufficient candidates include Bradford Peverell, Chettle, Compton Valence, Margaret Marsh, Marnhull, Purse Caundle, Tarrant Crawford, Tincleton, Toller Fratrum, Up Cerne and Winterborne Came.
All of the parish councils are currently operating with sufficient councillors.
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Jacqui Andrews, of Dorset Council's democratic and electoral services, said the number of not-contested seats was usual for Dorset and reflected the national situation.
She said: "We have a number of parishes for which we have received no nominations or insufficient to constitute a legally formed parish council.
"This means that there will be no councillors on 7 May 2019 when the sitting councillors retire and the council will be unable to function."
Chief executive of Dorset Association of Parish and Town Councils Hilary Trevorah said "an impressive" 1,500 people had stepped forward to serve as town or parish councillors across the Dorset Council area.
Ms Trevorah said she hoped people will volunteer to fill the vacancies, saying "it is now more important than ever to become a parish or town councillor".
Elsewhere in Shropshire, people will be unable to vote in the local elections due to uncontested seats in 35 out of the 67 town and parish council wards in Telford and Wrekin.
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Blog: Silverstone Preview
Date: 1st July 2015 at 8:38am
Written by: Red5
Every year at around about this time I get a sense of conflict. I'm not one driven by patriotism. Indeed I'm often suspicious of it. And this applies especially to my views of F1, wherein nationalities have never mattered a single jot to me. But even I can't credibly deny that there is something special about the British Grand Prix.
Its appeal, certainly that of its hardy venue of Silverstone, isn't universal either. In contrast to many great circuits which seem to fit quintessentially into their surroundings, Silverstone even all these decades on retains a feel of being rather imposed on a barren, windswept wartime airfield plain. Further it lacks the postcard scenery and undulations of Spa, the cooked intensity of Monza and certainly Monaco's glamour. The late Christopher Hilton once noted, possibly harshly, that 'people get emotional at Silverstone but not emotional about Silverstone. Even when they're trying to save it, they're doing it because they want the British Grand Prix to survive, not because emotion dictates Silverstone.'
Yet still few refute the notion that it belongs right alongside those events mentioned that seem part of F1 furniture, perhaps even deserving to be prioritised ahead of them. And this is for a number of reasons.
Chief among these is that it is F1's home town gig. Eight of the 11 F1 teams are based in Britain, and seven of them are based within a few miles of the Silverstone track, as are a myriad of companies that supply them in this sport's equivalent of silicon valley. Most of their staff will be present at the circuit this weekend.
It's also because it was at Silverstone that it all started for F1 back in 1950. And despite inevitable and sometimes extensive changes in the meantime it retains much of its old character: flowing, rapid and with many long and mighty turns that challenge and entice the drivers.
And in an age wherein such core support has had its back turned on it by the F1 itinerary, to be replaced more and more by rounds that owe more to the host Government's desire to 'brand' the country and boost its tourism rather than to local motorsport passion, Silverstone's crowds remain both numerous and with an inimitable organic feel. It is almost alone on the entire itinerary in that several tens of thousands can be expect to come through the door even for Friday practice. And while of course we can point at exceptions, the public here also has a good record of respecting all-comers rather than just the local favourites.
Eddie Cheever, in the dark but recent days when the race looked to be under threat, summed it all up by stating 'not having a British Grand Prix is like the Pope not going to the Vatican'.
Thankfully this absurd threat to the race's future has since receded; the contract to keep the race at Silverstone all the way to 2027 is in place and in recent years the venue has undergone its most extensive revision since its early days. A significant detour has been added and in 2011 the start line was moved to between Club and Abbey, in deference to the new 'wing' pit and paddock complex there. The move added to the venue's slight curiosity as it leant it a strange, out of context feel, almost like the paddock and the fraternity therein had been picked up and moved away from where everyone else is, especially as most of the infrastructure around the 'wing' while promised has yet to arrive (there even is a shuttle bus to cart the paddock folk back and forth from the other side of the track all weekend). But it did mean that no longer can Bernie claim that Silverstone is the sport's straggler facility. He's now found a few other classic venues to threaten instead at least for the next while.
Long, fast corners will mean a very different challenge from those of the last few stop-offs of Monaco, Canada and Austria. And unlike the last two Silverstone is not really a point and squirt sort of layout on which the Mercedes-powered machines can be counted upon to make hay.
And yet heading into the weekend it is hard to see other than a works Mercedes walkover. Its advantage on chassis appears if anything even greater than its advantage on power. Further its strong energy recovery is rewarded well here, as Silverstone has few big braking zones making energy harvesting a challenge. And indeed in last year's Silverstone race you could make a case that the Mercs' pace advantage was as great as we ever saw it that campaign. The two silver cars in the early laps were capable of running routinely in the low 1m 39s at least as well as banged in plenty of 1m 38s. The rest at the same moment circulated at best in the 1m 41s…
We thought for a time that perhaps the legendary British summer weather could throw a much-needed spanner into the works, After all, for much of this year summer hadn't really happened on these shores and it was the same rain – combined with the vast expanse of the track which was wetter in some parts than in others – that bumped Lewis Hamilton down from a pole that looked his by right to a sixth place starting slot in the final blink of qualifying here last year. But right on cue summer has happened in recent days and latest forecasts suggest not much rain will be around this weekend.
So that leaves the usual Lewis vs. Nico scrap, but of course that might just have taken on a new bent in recent times. Nico Rosberg triumphed in Austria of course, and while this wasn't a new thing that he did it with no significant impediments for Lewis, self-inflicted or otherwise, arguably was. Afterwards too the German spoke of adding recently a missing piece of race craft.
This weekend therefore will put this to the test. Will it all revert to type with Lewis reclaiming control of the title (and intra-Merc) battle or has Nico indeed found something?
There will be few venues that will test the theory more sternly, as Lewis appears to have inherited Nigel Mansell's habit of finding extra resolve for his home race. He of course won here last year from his humble starting slot, and may even have done so without Nico's gearbox failure which halted him, while his 2013 drive through the field to fourth after an early puncture possibly was the drive of anyone of all of that season. Then we have him clinging to Mark Webber's coat tails in 2012, and of course his 2008 win here which was one even of his finest.
Strategy may throw in the otherwise absent spanner however, as while most thought at the start of last year's race that it'd be two-stoppers for everyone many discovered during the race that a one-stopper was doable due to medium and hard compounds that ran all day and had little between them on the stopwatch. Lewis indeed likely would have taken that avenue to victory had Nico's mechanical stoppage not taken the necessity away. It is the same medium and hard compounds available this time.
Set-up can be tricky here too given as mentioned it's a sort of layout not really encountered much on the F1 calendar these days. It also shows up aerodynamic instabilities rather ruthlessly as well as can give bum steers on the tyres (see last year). That rain isn't likely to disrupt practice running will help a little bit.
It is a high fuel consumption track also, so the dreaded 'lift and coast' is likely to be heard if there is not a safety car period, and this characteristic too will further scrutinise the cars' energy recovery.
The rest likely will be fighting for best of the rest behind the Merc two. Ferrari of course will start this battle as the favourite but Williams has in the last two rounds at least been close enough to take advantage when the Italian team erred, and Valtteri Bottas's race here 12 months ago to second from starting 14th was astonishing. Force India is bringing an updated car to its home race and will be another worth watching, particularly as that team is another that has been in good form lately.
None of this will likely perturb Mercedes though, which as usual should exist in a very separate battle out ahead. Just as well we have the comforts of home to compensate.
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2. If the Department, School, or College is unable to address the issue, or it is not addressed to the student's satisfaction, then the student may request of the Provost's Administrative Assistant that the complaint be directed to the appropriate University office or personnel for further consideration. The appeal may require further conversations with the student and the party against whom the complaint has been filed.
Matters of serious legal or consequential outcomes will be directed without delay to other appropriate venues. All matters shall be considered confidential and shall involve only the necessary parties and representatives of the University. Records of complaints and their resolutions shall be retained in such a way to respect the privacy of the complainant. Students should rest assured that their complaints will not result in retaliation.
The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) also has a procedure to receive complaints from other institutions, students, faculty, or the public against a university, including tuition and fee policies, and as related to NECHE standards, policies or procedures. Such complaints shall be placed in writing in detail by the complainant and submitted to the NECHE office. You may review the criteria for making a public comment or filing a formal complaint and download the required complaint form at http://cihe.neasc.org/information_for_the_public/comments_amp_complaints/. If the complaint meets the Commission's criteria for consideration, it will be forwarded to the University's President, who is asked to respond within 30 days. At NECHE's next regularly scheduled meeting, the Commission may consider both the complaint and the Husson University's response and determine whether or not further action is required. The complainant and the institution will be notified in writing of the Commission's decision in the matter. For guidance on filing either a Public Comment or Complaint, you may email cihe@neasc.org.
For information on registering a complaint against the University in the State of Maine, students should contact the following agencies for additional information. When the Consumer Protection Division receives a complaint, they will determine whether it is suitable to refer to their Consumer Mediation Service. In many cases, the best response is to provide the complainant with information on how to resolve your problem.
Maine Attorney General
consumer.mediation@maine.gov
http://www.maine.gov/ag/consumer/complaints/complaint_form.shtml
Maine Department of Education
Angel Martinez Loredo
The policies and procedures with respect to student complaints are not meant to prevent a student from seeking immediate resolution to a matter that could result in ongoing and serious physical, emotional, or financial harm to the student or to others. Rather, they are meant to foster a productive and meaningful resolution to legitimate student concerns.


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VICE PRESIDENT Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has sworn in the three-member Commission of Inquiry tasked to probe the violence which occurred during the by-election held in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency on Thursday, January 31, 2019.
The Chairman of the Commission is Justice Emile Short, a former head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and the other members are Mrs Henrietta Mensah Bonsu, a legal luminary and jurist, and Mr Patrick K. Acheampong, a former Inspector General of Police.
Mr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, former Dean of the Faculty of Law of GIMPA and a private legal practitioner, will serve as Secretary to the Commission.
The terms of reference of the Commission, according to the statement that announced their appointment, are: to make a full, faithful and impartial inquiry into the circumstances of and establish the facts leading to the events and associated violence during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election on the 31st day of January 2019; to identify any person responsible for or who has been involved in the events, associated violence and injuries; to inquire into any matter which the Commission considers incidental or reasonably related to the causes of the events and the associated violence and injuries; and to submit within one month its report to the President, giving reasons for its findings and recommendations, including appropriate sanctions, if any.
The Vice President After administering the Oath of Secrecy and the Official Oath to two out of the three members of the Commission, Justice Emile Short and Mrs Henrietta Mensah Bonsu, due to the fact that the third person, Patrick K. Acheampong, was out of the jurisdiction, as well as to the Secretary to the Commission, Mr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, the Vice President said the Commission had been set up in the interest of the Ghanaian public.
He added that all required logistics will be made readily available to the Commission to ensure that it executes its assignment within the proposed timeline of one calendar month.
Chairman Short The Chairman of the Commission, Justice Emile Short, in response to the Vice President remarks, said they would carry out their assignment transparently, objectively and without fear or favour.
He assured the President and Vice President that the Commission would dig deep into the under-currents of election-related violence and come up with a detailed plan on how to deal with the phenomenon once and for all in the country's body politic.


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Q: Sorting out Django and MySQL in virtualenv I'm following this tutorial to get started with Django, but I'm very confused about how to integrate MySQL. Doing this in the context of virtualenv (which is new to me) seems to complicate things even further.
I'm running on Ubuntu and the MySQL server is on another host. Here are my specific questions:

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*What packages do I need to install and in what order?

*Which packages should be installed while virtualenv is activated?

*How do I know whether to use pip, easy_install, or apt-get install?

*If I run any of the commands above while the virtualenv is activated, are they only installed in the virtualenv?

*I seem to run into problems when I try to issue the above commands with sudo. I've avoided this issue by logging in as root. Is this to be expected?

A: *

*You need to install the system library. This is global and does not happen inside a virtualenv.  If you have aptitude it is as easy as sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
this alos needs libmysqlclient (libmysqlclient18 - MySQL database client library) too.

*after installing libmysqlclient and python-mysql using aptitude you can activate your virutualenv and install python-mysql package pip install MySQL-python.  This will make MySQLdb avaialable within your virtualenv

*Mysql is a tricky package because it requires the mysql client libraries, which must be installed on your system.  the vast majority of python packages will be available on pip or through github (which you can easily install through pip) and will not require extra system packages.

*if you pip install something while your virtualenv is active it will install it only into your virtual env.

*You will probably need to run sudo to install system wide packages using aptitude.  Please don't log in as root, you can grant your user sudo access
THe good news is mysql is pretty much as difficult as it gets.  Almost all other python packages are as simples as activating your environment, and pip install <pacakge_name>

A: The following worked for me:

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*sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb

*sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

*sudo apt-get install python-dev

*pip install mysql-python ( Inside your virtualenv )

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Life insurance policies tend to fall into two very different categories, namely, whole and term. The main difference will be that a term life insurance policy is simply that, life coverage only and for a specified term or period of time. A whole life insurance policy will not expire during your lifetime, and as the name implies, will provide coverage for the whole of your life. With that said, many whole life insurance policies may only cover you up to the age of 100.
You will also find that a whole life insurance policy will typically build up a cash value. Whole life insurance will also generally offer fixed premiums, as opposed to the increase in premiums that can be found in many other types of term life insurance policy. The cash value feature of a whole life insurance policy is also guaranteed. It is critically important to realize that no matter which type of life insurance policy you have, you must pay the full premiums in order to have continued coverage.
Whole life insurance is considered to be a great choice for those long-term goals, especially as it has fixed premiums and will accumulate a cash value. All whole life insurance policies will feature a savings element that will allow you to build up a cash value that will be paid out as a tax-free lump sum. You are able to cancel or surrender this type of life insurance policy any time you wish, and you will still receive the cash value that has been generated in that time. Another advantage of whole life insurance policies is that they often generate a far larger cash value than the original guaranteed amount. This will, of course, very much depend on how the market performs.
You will typically find that the cash value of a whole life insurance policy may be affected by the future performance of an insurance company, although there is always a guaranteed cash value. This is not the case with variable life insurance policies which are unable to guarantee a set cash value. Many people also choose to borrow money against the cash value of a whole life insurance policy, and this will generally be issued on a loan basis. It is believed that the cash value of a whole life insurance policy is able to compete extremely well with any other form of fixed income investment.
Possibly the most valuable benefit of having a whole life insurance policy is the ability to earn dividends. The insurance company from which you purchase this policy will base the overall return on the investments that make up your policy. You will also find that the interest on a whole life insurance policy will be adjusted annually, whereas other types of life insurance policy will adjust interest monthly. This is likely to work to your advantage. There is no one set whole life insurance policy, and you will typically find that there are various options for you to choose from.
It is important that you budget for a whole life insurance policy, and should never consider purchasing one unless you absolutely know that you can afford it. Whole life insurance will generally have far higher premiums than a term insurance policy, but this is because they are able to protect you for your whole life. One of the most attractive features of a whole life insurance policy is the fact that they have fixed level premiums and a fixed death benefit. However, you should be aware that you will not be to decrease your premium payments on a whole life policy, although other types of insurance policy will allow you to do this.
You will typically find that many agents may try to promote term life insurance over a whole life policy. They will highlight the fact that the premium is much lower, although in the long run this may prove to be extremely deceptive. It is true to say that a whole life policy may generally cost twice as much as a term life policy. However, as a whole life policy will provide coverage for the rest of your life, you may actually find it cheaper. Once you reach the end of a term life insurance policy, you may try to renew this again, although you are likely to find that the premiums are far higher as you are obviously a lot older than when originally took the policy out.
A whole life insurance policy may also provide you with additional assets during your retirement. Once you have retired you may decide that you no longer need as much life insurance, and you actually have the opportunity to convert some of your funds into a fixed annuity. This will then provide you with an income for the rest of your life, whilst still keeping some form of life insurance in place. As mentioned, you may also use a life policy as a source of emergency funds. It is obviously not advisable to borrow against a life insurance policy unless you deem it to be absolutely necessary. This type of borrowing should always be looked upon as a last resort, but it can provide help in your hour of need. The beauty of borrowing against a whole life policy is that you will not in fact have to repay the loan, but simply pay the interest amount each year.


We present a controlling potential method for solving the three-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE), which governs the nonlinear dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in an inhomogeneous potential trap. Our method allows one to construct ground and excited matter wave states whose longitudinal profiles can have bright solitons. This method provides the confining potential that filters and controls localized BECs. Moreover, it is predicted that, while the BEC longitudinal soliton profile is controlled and kept unchanged, the transverse profile may exhibit oscillatory breathers (unmatched case) or moving as a rigid body in the form of either coherent states (performing the Lissajous figures) or a Schrödinger cat state (matched case).


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If you were arrested for a Vermont DUI, an officer believed that you were operating a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. "Operating" means the immediate, actual physical control over a motor vehicle that is in motion and/or has its engine running. Driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or greater is considered per se, or automatically, driving under the influence of alcohol. Below we have outlined the most important information for you to inform yourself about DUI in Vermont.
IMPORTANT: IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING YOUR ARREST – REGARDLESS OF THE CONTENT OF THE ARRESTING OFFICER'S REPORT AND YOUR BAC RESULTS – YOU MUST RESPOND BY THE DATE ON YOUR 'INTENT TO SUSPEND' FORM AND REQUEST YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING WITH THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. CONTACT AN EXPERIENCED VERMONT DUI ATTORNEY TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE YOUR HEARING AND SAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
If you are convicted of a first-time DUI in Vermont, you could spend up to 2 years in jail! Additionally, you can expect to be fined up to $1000 in fees and court surcharges. Additional penalties can include the attendance of alcohol education courses, being forbidden from ingesting alcohol, and the installation of an ignition interlock device, of which you will be responsible for the installation and monthly maintenance fees.
Vermont has a "look-back" period of 1o years. A look-back period means that if you get a 2nd Vermont DUI within 10 years of your first DUI, you'll be subjected to increased penalties. These penalties can include up to 2 years in jail, fines up to $2000, and having your driver's license suspended for up to 18 months. The penalties for DUI in Vermont for repeat offenders is substantially more punitive in an effort to curtail the DUI problem. Consult with an experience Vermont DUI attorney to ensure your best chances of not being convicted of a 2nd DUI.
An arrest for DUI in Vermont does not necessarily equal a conviction. Vermont DUI attorneys defend DUI offenses and drunk driving cases in Vermont. A good DUI attorney or criminal defense attorney will be able to assist you with the two separate cases. DUI attorneys will be able to offer you DUI defense strategies. They will be able to handle both the criminal DUI charges and the administrative hearing with Vermont DMV, regarding your license suspension.
Another penalty that is often overlooked is your driver's insurance. If you're convicted of a Vermont DUI, you will have to get what is called an SR-22 insurance. Your Vermont DUI attorney can discuss what SR-22 is and what it will potentially cost you.
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Q: Magento compile error php bin/magento setup:di:compile I am running Magento 2. And my Magento admin is missing CSS also the below error is shown while compiling .
syntax error, unexpected '?' in /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/module-store/App/Config/Source/InitialConfigSource.php on line 72

Admin Css hosted in below url
/store/pub/static/adminhtml/Magento/backend/en_US/css/styles.css

is showing this error
Compilation from source:
adminhtml/Magento/backend/en_US/css/styles.less
variable @icon-external-link__content is undefined in file /home/username/public_html/store/var/view_preprocessed/css/adminhtml/Magento/backend/en_US/Magento_Analytics/css/source/_module.less in _module.less on line 59, column 14
57|   &:after {
58|     &:extend(.abs-icon all);
59|     content: @icon-external-link__content;
60|     font-size: @font-size__xs;
61|     vertical-align: super;
62|   }
#0 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/View/Asset/PreProcessor/AlternativeSource.php(155):
Magento\Framework\Css\PreProcessor\Adapter\Less\Processor->processContent(Object(Magento\Framework\View\Asset\File))
#1 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/View/Asset/PreProcessor/AlternativeSource.php(115):
Magento\Framework\View\Asset\PreProcessor\AlternativeSource->processContent('css/styles.css', '', '',
Object(Magento\Framework\View\Asset\File\FallbackContext))
#2 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/module-developer/Model/View/Asset/PreProcessor/PreprocessorStrategy.php(62):
Magento\Framework\View\Asset\PreProcessor\AlternativeSource->process(Object(Magento\Framework\View\Asset\PreProcessor\Chain))
#3 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/View/Asset/PreProcessor/Pool.php(74):
Magento\Developer\Model\View\Asset\PreProcessor\PreprocessorStrategy->process(Object(Magento\Framework\View\Asset\PreProcessor\Chain))
#4 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/View/Asset/Source.php(152): Magento\Framework\View\Asset\PreProcessor\Pool->process(Object(Magento\Framework\View\Asset\PreProcessor\Chain))
#5 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/View/Asset/Source.php(105): Magento\Framework\View\Asset\Source->preProcess(Object(Magento\Framework\View\Asset\File))
#6 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/View/Asset/File.php(150): Magento\Framework\View\Asset\Source->getFile(Object(Magento\Framework\View\Asset\File))
#7 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/App/StaticResource.php(97): Magento\Framework\View\Asset\File->getSourceFile()
#8 /home/username/public_html/store/vendor/magento/framework/App/Bootstrap.php(258): Magento\Framework\App\StaticResource->launch()
#9 /home/username/public_html/store/pub/static.php(13): Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap->run(Object(Magento\Framework\App\StaticResource))
#10 {main}

After i had updated my php to 7.0. The below issue is shown on compile.
Fatal error: Declaration of Magento\Sales\Model\Order\Shipment\ItemRepository::getList(Magento\Framework\Api\SearchCriteriaInterface $searchCriteria) must be compatible with Magento\Sales\Api\ShipmentItemRepositoryInterface::getList(Magento\Framework\Api\SearchCriteria $searchCriteria) in /home/gs/public_html/store/vendor/magento/module-sales/Model/Order/Shipment/ItemRepository.php on line 18

Right after the above error, i thought of updating my magento to 2.1.12 ( current version) and the composer shows the below error right after showing Generatng auto lock file
Warning: Ambiguous class resolution, "PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_Generator" was found in both "/home/username/public_html/store/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects/src//Framework/MockObject/Generator.php" and "/home/username/public_html/store/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects/src//Generator.php", the first will be used.

Warning: Ambiguous class resolution, "PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_Invocation" was found in both "/home/username/public_html/store/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects/src//Framework/MockObject/Invocation.php" and "/home/username/public_html/store/vendor/phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects/src//Invocation.php", the first will be used.

A: You might using PHP 5.x version
and the given line syntax error, unexpected '?'  because this is a new feature introduce in php 7 more info find http://php.net/manual/en/migration70.new-features.php
and respective css error might be came because of first error.
So better install magento 2 in php 7.x version and try if any concern are still there feel free to reply.


The Southpoint Animal Hospital concept started with a casual conversation among a group of compassionate caregivers who wanted to create a safe, calm, and trustworthy haven for clients and their pets.
These caregivers had worked in various animal hospitals but always dreamed of starting their own model of integrative care. After two-and-a-half years of planning, Southpoint Animal Hospital opened on April 24, 2010 in a convenient location that would be easily accessible for pet owners throughout the Triangle.
It has always been Southpoint Animal Hospital's dream to provide an environment where dogs, cats, and their owners feel cared for both emotionally and physically. We believe in educating our clients and are always willing to change our treatment plan based on the family's feedback. We make it a priority to provide flexible services and a positive in-clinic experience.
Our original team of ten has grown to a team of thirty-three, including five Doctors of Veterinary Medicine. We have built a strong community of pet owners, including families from Wake Forest, Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and Hillsborough. We even have families who travel from the beach and mountains for our excellent care.


Today I wanted to share some Christmas tree decor inspiration pics. I love looking at pictures of holiday decor on the web and getting ideas for my home. There are tons of ideas for trees out there and I have included everything from whimsical to more traditional. I tend to stay on the traditional side with decorating however these make me want to try something a bit more funky! I hope these ideas spur something creative in you when it comes to decorating your tree this year!
Now I want to go switch up some of my decorations!!


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Twins add pitching with Maloney, Davis
The Twins added pitching depth Monday by claiming a couple of pitchers off waivers. Matt Maloney, a 27-year old right-hander, split time in Triple-A and the big leagues with the Reds. Minnesota also signed 29-year old right-hander Jeff Gray off waivers from the Mariners.
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Twins looking to Japan for pitching help?
With the hot stove league set to start after the World Series, word has it the Twins may be interested in signing Japanese free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma. The Twins made a bid for negotiation rights last year, but lost out to the Oakland A's, who ultimately failed to sign him.
Twins claim pitcher from Diamondbacks
Esmerling Vasquez is the newest member of the Minnesota Twins. The hard-throwing right-hander was claimed off waivers from Arizona. Vasquez went 5-10 with a 4.66 ERA during his three seasons with the Diamondbacks.
Twins add OF Mastroianni off waivers
In preparation for spring training, which begins February 18, the Twins claimed outfielder Darrin Mastroianni off waivers from the Blue Jays. The 26 year-old hit .276 in Toronto's minor league system last season.
Twins sign righthander Jason Marquis to one-year deal
The Twins have signed free-agent right-hander Jason Marquis to a one-year $3 million contract. Marquis played for Washington and Arizona last year. The 33-year-old is 104-98 in his career, with a 4.55 ERA.
MLB Draft: Twins add All-American catcher, more pitching
Twins name minor league players of the year
The Minnesota Twins announced their minor league players of the year on Thursday. Infielder Brian Dozier was named player of the year while right-hander Liam Hendriks was named pitcher of the year.
Twins call up Lester Oliveros to to help patch together pitching staff
With P.J. Walters perhaps headed to the disabled list, the Twins starting rotation is in tatters once again. Lester Oliveros, the player to be named later in last year's Delmon Young deal with the Tigers, is being called up from Triple-A Rochester.
Johnson feels at home with Wild
Wild forward Nick Johnson has finally found a home. The 25-year old has never been traded, but he's bounced on and off waivers during his short career. The Wild claimed him off waivers from the Penguins before the season began, and he's taking advantage of the opportunity.