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The Environment Bill: The Third Piece in the Jigsaw?
By seneddresearch July 7, 2015 December 3, 2019
Article by Nia Seaton, National Assembly for Wales Research Service
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The Environment Bill is third in the line of key strategic pieces of legislation brought forward by the Department of Natural Resources in the Welsh Government. The first was the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the second was the Planning (Wales) Act 2015. Speaking to the Environment and Sustainability Committee on 24 June 2015, the Minister for Natural Resources, Carl Sargeant, described the Environment Bill as the third piece in his department's legislative jigsaw.
Cumulatively over the three Bills there will be approximately 26 new reports, plans or statements being produced by the Welsh Government and/or different public bodies in Wales over the next ten years. The legislation doesn't specify how many strategic development plans could be brought forward under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 or how many area statements there may be under the Environment Bill so this number could increase or decrease depending on these decisions. The Welsh Government has indicated that public bodies might be able to produce one report to cover a number of the different duties in the Environment Bill but this isn't specified in the legislation as of yet.
Given the volume of new reports and duties, stakeholders, such as local authorities, have been calling for clear links to be made between the three pieces of legislation. There are some references in each of the Bills but the evidence provided to the Environment and Sustainability Committee suggests that stakeholders remain unclear about how this will work in practice.
The Links That Exist
The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 introduces a requirement for Local Development Plans to have regard to Local Well-being Plans.
Under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015, the National Development Framework, any Strategic Development Plans and Local Development Plans have to be delivered in accordance with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 definition of Sustainable Development.
Under the Environment Bill local well-being plans published under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 have to take account of any Area Statements produced under the Environment Bill and any Strategic Planning Panels established under the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 would be subject to the new biodiversity duty contained in the Environment Bill.
What are the Missing Links?
Stakeholders have highlighted a number of areas where they believe there are still missing links or puzzle pieces. Their evidence to the Environment and Sustainability Committee suggests that they would like to see these filled by the Environment Bill. They include:
The need to link the National Development Framework in the Planning Act to the National Natural Resources Policy in the Environment Bill;
The need to link the State of Natural Resources Report under the Environment Bill to a Future Trends report under the Well-being of Future Generations Act; and
The need to link any Strategic Development Plans and Local Development Plans to both the National Natural Resources Report and any Area Statements published under the Environment Bill.
In its evidence to the Environment and Sustainability Committee the UK Environmental Law Association urged the Assembly not to miss the opportunity provided by the Environment Bill to ensure a coherent narrative across the three pieces of legislation.
What will the final jigsaw look like?
The Environment and Sustainability Committee will continue its evidence gathering until September 2015 with Assembly Members being provided with opportunities to amend the Environment Bill during Stage 2 and Stage 3 of the legislation process. Therefore the make-up of the final jigsaw won't be known until early next year.
In the meantime to help set out how these different reports, plans and statements might fit together over the next ten years the Research Service has produced an infographic to give an indicative guide to these new reporting requirements.
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The Handsome Family Biography
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Members include BrettSparks, vocals, guitar, dobro, banjo; RennieSparks, lyrics, bass, autoharp; MikeWerner (left band in 1996), drums. Addresses: Home--The Handsome Family, 1375 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622; Record company--Carrot Top Records, 935 W. Chestnut, Ste. LL 15, Chicago, IL 60622 Phone: (312) 432-1194 Fax: (312) 432-1351 E-mail: handsomefamily@mindspring.com.
While the Handsome Family does take musical cues from the likes of Willie Nelson and Townes Van Zandt, and even from deeper sources such as the Carter Family, they take the tradition a step further, developing a post-modern country sound that blends memorable melodies, deadpan vocals, waves of feedback, and surrealistic lyrics. But because of Handsome Family's fondness for poetry and the traditional melodies of American music past, as well as their link to the independent rock social sphere, the husband and wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks often find themselves lumped into the alternative country movement. However, the Handsome Family tries to distance themselves from such labels, ignoring the pressure to find a singular stylistic niche or specific audience. Both country train beats and distorted guitars figure into their overall sound, yet the duo's aesthetic differs from many of their indie counterparts.
Unlike other alternative country outfits who can come across sounding too contrived and shallow, the Handsome Family successfully straddled the line between tribute and parody, appropriately incorporating the traditions of rural music to tell stories of alienated urbanites and college-educated hipsters without sounding campy. Beginning with their 1996 second album entitled Milk and Scissors and continuing through their 2000 release In the Air, considered the couple's most melodic and focused work, the Sparks earned heaps of acclaim for breathing new life into the alternative country genre. "Some of the greatest songs in the world in the past few years have been written by the Handsome Family," asserted Randall Roberts in the Riverfront Times.
Their songs have a distinct Folkways feel, but Rennie, who writes the words and plays bass and autoharp, never shies away from the essential bittersweetness of life, revealing emotional complexities such as murder and love, fear and contentment, and despair and joy through Brett's deep, rumbling delivery. She writes about some of the darkest subjects possible, from the universal allure of suicide to her husband's confinement to a mental institution. "Here in the bipolar ward, if you shower you get a gold star," he sings in "My Ghost," the most harrowing track on 1998's Through the Trees, "But I'm not going far till the Haldon kicks in."
Handsome Family came about when, after moving to Chicago, Brett, a guitarist from Texas, had no one to form a band with. Thus, he asked Rennie, who grew up on Long Island in New York, to take time off from her fiction writing to explore the idea of penning lyrics for his musical compositions. Initially, the married couple's pairing resulted in extraordinary pieces of surreal poetry set to typical indie-style guitar rock. Their 1995 debut album, Odessa, as well as their early live act seemed blurred and uneven. During a usual show, Brett expressed moments of emotional breakdown, while Rennie would perform a sort of stand-up routine in between songs. "We were genuinely hilarious because we were so bad.... I think people thought of us as a comedy act," admitted Rennie in an interview with Phil Sheridan of Magnet magazine.
By the recording of the second album, 1996's Milk and Scissors, the Handsome Family had incorporated traditional country influences into their music and started to gain media attention. "Their music is both rootsy and thoroughly unhinged," concluded Men's Journal reviewer Anthony DeCurtis, "as if the Velvet Underground had come of age in the Ozarks." Additionally, Peter Blackstock and Grant Alden, co-editors of No Depression, named the record one of the top ten albums of the year, while Esquire named the song "Drunk By Noon" off Milk and Scissors the "Dissipation Song of 1996." In support of the album, the Handsome Family toured throughout the United States with the alt-country group Wilco, then traveled to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Along the way, the Handsome Family stopped in Great Britain, where John Peel featured the group on BBC radio.
Subsequently, drummer Mike Werner departed the Handsome Family. Rather than hiring a new member, Brett and Rennie instead purchased a drum machine. They have remained a duo ever since, and all of their records have been made at home in the couple's living room, which they regularly turned into a make-shift recording studio. The third Handsome Family full-length CD, 1998's Through the Trees, won even more praise and worldwide exposure, enabling Brett and Rennie to quit their day jobs. Astoundingly, the album was made during some of the couple's most difficult times, personally. "It's probably the darkest record we've made," Brett informed Sheridan. "That was right after I got out of the nuthouse and I was dealing with the chemicals, with quitting drinking, with struggling with not knowing if I could write in that medicated state. We didn't think anyone would like it, and it ended up on a lot of critics' end-of-the-year lists."
With this outing, which featured guest guitarist Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, the couple expanded the standard guitar, bass, and drums sound to include a broader range of instrumentation and musical arrangement--softer guitars and more melodies, autoharp, banjo, dobro, violin, bass, piano, and an unobtrusive drum machine--to complement Brett's sturdy, baritone vocals. Critics marveled at the Handsome Family's ability to meld standard country music with slightly twangy, subdued rock, as well as Rennie's penchant for writing stunningly direct lyrics that drew poetic comparisons to the likes of Robert Frost and Raymond Carver.
"They write songs with a perfect narrative arc, and they seldom waste time showing off; they just set to music tangled, tense stories that sit like perfect objects of nature--like pine cones or something," concluded Salon magazine's Randall Roberts. "Entering Through the Trees is like passing through the threshold of a cabin door and into the woods on the first day of spring, or just after an ice storm, into a mysterious world, one where 'worms circle like sharks' and 'crickets are screaming.' In these settings the Handsome Family create emotionally wrecked characters who are constantly battling dangerous impulses as they roam around the woods--or sometimes, through the streets of Chicago."
Audiences and reviewers likewise took note of the Handsome Family's improved stage presence. "Brett Sparks' baritone voice boomed with an authority that seemed larger than the room, and the music--deliberately paced and mesmerizing in its sad beauty--accrued power with each tale," wrote Greg Kot in a performance review for the Chicago Tribune. "As Brett's voice rose and fell, Rennie closed her eyes, the music swallowing up both of them, and the audience with it." In addition to playing clubs in their hometown, the Handsome Family played in cities across United States, alone and with the Mekons. Then, they toured the United Kingdom to promote their new record, making side trips to Holland, Norway, and Belgium. In England, Uncut named Through the Trees the "Best New Country Album of the Year," while back in the States, Kot called the album one the year's ten best worldwide and the number one release from a Chicago band. Another local critic, Chicago Sun-Times music writer Jim DeRogatis, hailed the work as one of the most important albums to have ever come out of Chicago.
After working through Brett's recovery to find a sense of happiness and maturity, as well as critical approval, the Handsome Family arrived in early 2000 with another success, In the Air, recorded again in their living room. All of the sounds were captured on a Macintosh G3 computer, rather than a tape machine, a production technique that astounded many given the album's rich and varied textures. "I took my time with it," Brett told Sheridan. "That's the most important thing: time. The reason I could work on those harmonies or think about different instrumentation was that I worked on this at home. The editing capabilities are really powerful. I used the virtual mixing board inside the Mac with the software. You could make a really digital, brittle, sh***y-sounding record if you aren't careful."
The pair also replaced their trusty drum machine for In the Air with Brett on cymbals, snare drums, tambourines, and even a plastic garbage pail. In addition to guitar, the Handsome Family continued to incorporate lush instrumentation with autoharp, mandolin, melodica, and harmonica, also adding church choirs, horns, and pipe organs into the mix. Guest musician Andrew Bird contributed his talents on violin. Again, the Handsome Family won rave responses for the album, with "Lie Down," about a clamdigger lured to his death by the sea, standing as In the Air's most memorable track. "Unlike some of its faux-depression, alt-country counterparts, this Chicago duo doesn't over-emote," concluded Rolling Stone's Kembrew McLeod. "But when Brett spins a tale about a moon that could not care less and a crowd that throws bottles at a stupid, hopeless romantic, you feel his pain."
by Laura Hightower
The Handsome Family's Career
Formed band in 1994 in Chicago, IL; released debut Odessa, 1995; released Milk and Scissors, began to gain media attention, 1996; released the acclaimed Through the Trees, which was named on several of the year's "best of" lists, 1998; released In the Air, 2000.
Odessa Carrot Top, February 1995.
Milk and Scissors Carrot Top, May 1996.
Invisible Hands (vinyl-only, six-song EP), Carrot Top, August 1997.
Through the Trees Carrot Top, January 1998.
Down in the Valley (anthology of previous albums), Independent (Europe), November 1999.
In the Air Carrot Top, February 2000.
For a Life of Sin contributed "Moving Furniture Around," Bloodshot, June 1994.
Straight Outta Boone County contributed "Barbara Allen," Bloodshot, March 1997.
New Sounds of the Old West contributed "Moving Furniture Around," Loose, February 1998.
Poor Little Knitter on the Road contributed "Trail of Time," Bloodshot, October 1999.
Chicago Tribune, February 3, 1998.
Guitar Player, May 2000.
Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2000.
Magnet, June/July 2000.
Men's Journal, September 1996.
Riverfront Times (St. Louis, MO), October 1997.
Rolling Stone, April 13, 2000.
Salon, March 1998.
San Francisco Weekly,November 1996.
Village Voice, February 29, 2000; May 2, 2000.
Official Handsome Family Website, http://www.handsomefamily.home.mindspring.com (August 15, 2000).
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California is America's leading wine producer, accounting for nearly 90 percent of all wines made in the United States, and serving as the world's fourth largest wine producer. With wine regions throughout the state supporting a vast array of varietals and wineries, going on a California wine tour can serve as either a pleasant day's diversion or the basis for a week-long vacation.
When you consider a California wine tour, what comes immediately to mind? Chances are you pictured time spent meandering through wineries in Napa and Sonoma. While these two powerhouse wine regions along California's North Coast AVA account for much of the state's wine tourism, many of the other regions in the state also provide spectaular wines and welcoming wineries.
Along with Napa and Sonoma Counties, the North Coast offers an amazing array of wines from AVAs such as Mendocino and Lake County. Varietals found in this region include Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Noir, just to name a few. When you're touring California's North Coast, be sure to visit the following regions.
With more than 15,000 acres of vineyards, Sonoma County's Russian River Valley has more than 100 wineries making over 30 varieties of wine. Russian River Valley is famous for its complex, juicy Pinot Noirs, powerful Zinfandels, and fruity Chardonnays. When in the Russian River Valley, be sure to stop by the following wineries.
Martinelli Vineyards and Winery: This family owned winery has produced award-winning Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Syrah wines for five generations. Under the careful hands of winemaker Bryan Kvamme and consulting winemaker Helen Turley, Martinelli wines are lush, refined, and wonderful examples of the best Russian River Valley has to offer.
Williams Selyem Winery: This boutique winery has gained nearly a cult following with consistently spectacular Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Zinfandel wines.
Korbel Champagne Celars: Bubbly lovers rejoice! Stop by the Korbel Champagne Cellars for a tour of a winery making American Champagne using the traditional méthode champenoise.
Silver Oak Cellars: Try the delicious Cabernet Sauvignon wines from the winery's Geyserville location in Alexander Valley.
Clos du Bois: Visit this popular winery's Geyserville location to taste Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay wines.
Beaulieu Vineyard: This historic property makes the spectacular Georges de Latour wines, among others.
Beringer: Not only does this winery make some of California's great Chardonnays (and other varietals), but it also offers historic tours, educational seminars, and more.
Domaine Chandon: Taste sparkling wines from the American sister of French Champagne great, Moet Chandon.
Grgich Hills: This family-owned wineries consistently produces world-class wines of great distinction.
Plumpjack Winery: Known for quality wines including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Syrah, the Plumpjack winery consistently creates excellent, well rated wines.
Jalama Wines:This is a boutique winery located in Lompoc.
Cambria Winery: Taste estate-grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at this well-known winery.
Whether you plan to take a commerical tour or just meander your way through California's wine regions on your own, be prepared to be surrounded by beauty. From the vineyards and gorgeous countryside to the equally stunning wines grown throughout the state, your California wine tour will be a feast for your senses.


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Il Beechcraft Model 99 è un aereo civile prodotto dalla Beech Aircraft Corporation (precedentemente la Beechcraft Division della Raytheon Company ed ora una unità della Hawker Beechcraft). È anche conosciuto come il Beech 99 Airliner e il Commuter 99. Il 99 è un aereo bimotore turboelica a 17 posti (15 passeggeri), non pressurizzato derivato dal Beechcraft King Air e il Queen Air che utilizza le ali del Queen Air, i motori del King Air, i sottosistemi di entrambi ma ha una struttura del muso unica, usata solo nel 99.

Storia del progetto
Progettato negli anni sessanta come sostituto del Beechcraft Model 18 il suo primo volo fu nel luglio del 1966. Ricevette la certificazione del modello il 2 maggio 1968, e 62 aerei furono consegnati entro la fine dell'anno.

Nel 1984 il Beechcraft 1900, un 19 posti pressurizzato, fu l'aereo successivo.

La produzione terminò nel 1986. Quasi metà dei Beech 99 in servizio nelle compagnie aeree tuttora vengono utilizzati come aerei trasporto dalla Ameriflight.

Versioni
99
versione con 10 400 lb di peso massimo al decollo ed equipaggiata con una coppia di motori Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 da 550 shp.
99A
stesso del 99 ma con motori PT6A-27 da 550 shp.
A99A
un solo esemplare, 99A senza serbatoi al centro delle ali (questo modello fu scartato).
B99 Airliner
versione da 10 900 lb di peso massimo al decollo, motori PT6A-27 da 680 shp.
B99 Executive

C99 Commuter
versione da 11 300 lb di peso massimo al decollo, motori PT6A-36 da 715 shp.

Utilizzatori

Civili
Nell'agosto del 2006 rimane in servizio un totale di 134 Beech B99. Le principali compagnie aeree sono:

 Air Tindi
 Prince Edward Air

 Alpine Air Express (14)
 Ameriflight (57)
 Bemidji Airlines (10)

Altre 25 compagnie aeree utilizzano piccoli numeri di questo modello.

Militari

 Fuerza Aérea de Chile

 Fuerza Aérea del Perú

 Kongthap Akat Thai

Note

Bibliografia
 Green, William. The Observers Book of Aircraft. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1970. ISBN 0-7232-0087-4

Velivoli comparabili

Beechcraft 1900

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Aerei civili statunitensi

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Lynda Grace An Hour Away: Death, Taxes and High Gas Prices?
It's a little after 6:00 a.m on a grey, blustery and rainy morning. The perfect setting for my mood.
I was lying in bed thinking about what Ross and I could do today. I have been wanting to visit my favorite LYS for a few months now, but I have been disciplined enough to remember my stash. More importantly, like everything else for us, the shop is an hour away. That's the second reason why I have not been to Mt. Holly.
Nine years ago, when Ross and I first moved to Barnegat, the national average for a gallon of gas was $1.36.
During the past month, we watched the price of gas go up daily. Sometimes, it would go up twice in one day! Last week at this time the price at this WaWa was $3.53.
Now I know this is not a big reveal. I also know that there are other parts of the country where these prices would be considered a bargain.
For us, the price of gas does affect us personally. Particularly in the choices we make. Ross likes to drive. In fact, as he always says, he is a much better driver than he is a passenger. He would rather be behind the wheel. Therefore, he always volunteers to drive.
He has a standing Tuesday morning breakfast date with his buddy Sal. The typical Monday evening telephone conversation would be: "Sal, 8:30 tomorrow?" "I'll pick you up." Now it's "Sal, your turn to drive, right?"
We used to think nothing of hopping in the car and taking the hour plus drive to see one of the kids. Now we think twice or three times about it.
Last week, Ross had plans with our son-in-law, Derek, and our grand daughter Bella to visit the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Normally, even though it would have been out of the way, Ross would have offered to pick Derek and Bella up and drive into the city.
Instead, Ross took the bus in, Derek and Bella took the train and they met at the Museum.
My stash is where I shop now. And when I get desperate and absolutely need a new skein or two, I will run over to Michaels or A.C. Moore which are only 5 miles from our house.
Red Heart Super Savers are not so bad, right?
From what I understand, currently there is not a shortage of oil. But, the decision makers, the wall streeters, the investors, are the ones who are speculating that there just might be one in the future. So just in case that happens, they feel they better jack up the prices now. I know that's probably a pretty simplified, explanation, but it's what I get from all of the talking heads' descriptions of the problem.
I feel frustrated and wonder what I, as an individual, can do about the gas prices. Who do I go to for help? Who is listening? How can I protest? Would Yarn Bombing the oil companies get their attention?
I find it interesting that there is not more of a collective out pouring of rage about it. Have we all been lulled into a soft wooly trance? Or do we all feel that there is nothing we can do about it. Has it become inevitable like death and taxes?
When we moved into our community, we used to joke that even though it's gated, they don't lock the gates, and we can come and go as we please. But now, sadly, we do sort of feel locked in.


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8 cause-based marketing trends to look for in 2015
People take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on August 14, 2014.
Image: Flickr, Kymberly Janisch
By Scott Gerber 2015-03-11 12:15:13 UTC
2014 seemed like the year of fundraising through storytelling — and we definitely witnessed some killer campaigns.
Now that 2015 is in full swing, we asked eight entrepreneurs from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to share their top predictions for socially minded storytelling, especially in light of some of the big brand stories of the past year. What makes a viral ask really stick? And does the success of certain cause campaigns mean that all brands are going to have to step up and do good?
Their best predictions are below.
1. Building trust is the new cornerstone of successful storytelling
This year has been a big one for trust issues in the media. People want to work with brands who have social concerns beyond their own profits. I think we'll continue to see these two issues come together. We all want to work with high-integrity companies that demonstrate those values. Big brands are being more socially mindful, and we can expect to see that even more.
Brock Stechman, DivvyHQ
2. More light-hearted, cause-driven campaigns
ALS is a serious and pretty depressing subject. Conventional non-profit marketing wisdom would suggest that an appropriate campaign for raising awareness would have been just as heavy and serious as the subject at hand. However, the opposite was the case. The Ice Bucket Challenge could not have been more light-hearted, jokey and (dare I say it) fun.
Some might have thought this was inappropriate, but that is a fairly simplistic way to look at the situation. Participating in the challenge didn't mean you were making light of a serious situation. Rather, it was leveraging light-hearted fun to make a serious message more likely to spread. People don't share things that are bleak, they share things that are optimistic.
Brian Honigman, BrianHonigman.com
3. A focus on global health
I predict that we'll see an increasing focus on the global health issues plaguing our world in 2015. This year saw a lot of coverage on the ebola crisis in West Africa, but that seemed more about fear-mongering than telling the social story. Still, it has created an increased interest in global health issues that has been sorely lacking in more developed nations. I believe 2015 will be the year in which the human, personal stories of those afflicted by disease around the world comes into clearer focus. With organizations like the Gates Foundation pouring huge sums into global health, there will be more personal stories about global health that are unearthed. I believe these stories form the perfect basis for viral campaigns geared at raising awareness and solving these problems.
Brewster Stanislaw, Inside Social
4. More active engagement
I anticipate that causes in the future will likely diversify the types of ways people can participate in global initiatives. PewDiePie's Charity is a great example. The clean-water fundraiser specified different types of calls to action including directly donating money or helping boost views for a select video — and it worked. They raised $446,462 to help provide more people access to clean water.
Firas Kittaneh, Amerisleep
5. User-generated video submissions
Going into 2015, user-generated video will continue to play a strong role in socially minded campaigns. Brands and for-purpose organizations will continue to encourage consumers to submit short-form videos as part of larger campaigns. This engaging and authentic content can then be distributed across diverse platforms, like Youtube, Tumblr, Instagram and more for increased engagement from a broader audience as well.
Doreen Bloch, Poshly Inc.
6. An emphasis on the emotionally compelling
Stories will never cease to be a part of the human experience; it's how we make sense of the world around us and connect our emotions with our thinking. Socially minded storytelling will go in two routes: the been-done clichés, and the emotionally-compelling, well-told stories of humans overcoming. Those in the second camp will demand more attention.
Mike Seiman, CPXi
7. Partnerships with stronger connections
Social minded storytelling is most effective when users can easily see an authentic connection between the brand and the cause: when the partnership makes sense. As brand storytelling gets increasingly personalized, companies can no longer have a successful campaign by just supporting a good cause. The connection has to be clear and real to the user, or it could be perceived as disingenuous.
Zach Robbins, Leadnomics
8. Solving big problems through sharing
This last year has taught us that people are willing to spread social causes if they feel like they're solving problem through sharing. For someone to say "I want to go tell everyone in my entire network on Facebook about this," this sharing has to feel like it accomplishes something. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a perfect example of giving audiences the ability to make a meaningful impact through sharing. My prediction for 2015 is that campaigns will incorporate this kind of low-friction problem solving into how they craft their social storytelling — giving the like, tweet and share buttons real solving power.
Emerson Spartz, Spartz
Scott Gerber
Topics: branding, Business, cause marketing, contributor, Marketing, Social Good, social sharing


Shifting gears away from Destiny for a bit, today Bethesda put out a nice little article about the changes headed to character leveling and progression in Fallout 4. One of the things that I've been really curious about was what kind of changes were going to be taking place with that. Prior to today, we knew that there was something happening, but no specifics. Now we know exactly how it's going to work – and I really like what they're doing.
In the past Bethesda Fallout games, you had three things to keep track of – your character level, your skill levels and your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats. Each one of those played a role in determining which perks you could select upon leveling up. In Fallout 4, that's all being streamlined – character level still exists, and is still dictated by XP; but skills and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. are being rolled together. It sounds a lot more like you only will need to worry about your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats now – the perks you select will be gated based around the amount of points you've put into them. That seems like it could keep some players locked out of certain perks, but there are a couple things that should keep that from happening.
First, there isn't going to be a player level cap. In that regard, Fallout 4 is going to be a bit closer to Oblivion. I would guess that certain enemies will scale with you as you progress, that way there's always some challenge, even for end-game players. But it does give you even more opportunities to be able to grab, eventually, all the perks in the game. For a completionist like me, that's a great aspect of the game. I already plan on sinking a ton of time into this game as it is, and the idea of being able to experience all the perks in one save file is a really nice thing. The other side of the coin though is that in order to put points into your S.P.E.C.I.A.L., you'll need to use a top-level perk that lets you put a point into them. In previous games it was called Intense Training – with ten ranks. I would assume that there isn't going to be a limit on the ranks this time around, but we'll see.
What originally worried me about that shift was that it sounded like a limit to the number of perks available. The cap on S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats is still ten, which means 70 base perks. I was worried that would be it – 70 may seem like a lot, but in a game where 100 hours is bound to be the low end, that's nothing. Luckily, today's post cleared that up. Considering that a number of the perks have multiple ranks – many of which are where some of the classic perks will live now – the stat based perk count is looking to be right around 270. That's a lot more appropriate for the scope of the game – and it gets better when you consider the likelihood that there will be quest-based and collectible-based perks. They confirm the latter by saying that the skill magazines now grant different levels of a perk, as you collect them. They used the Grognak the Barbarian skill book – a series mainstay – as an example, as it gives you the Barbarian perk.
Bethesda is saying that the pacing is closer to Skyrim's leveling, which I remember being pretty quick early on, before slowing down at the higher, more powerful levels. If that's true, that should mean that we're able to get a good base of perks early on, before we dig into the really tough sections (Deathclaws). From what they've been teasing with the perks, it looks like specializing in early game builds is probably in your best interest, while still allowing you to have a really well rounded character in end-game play. With the removal of skills, some classic perks have been looked at again and shaped into new forms that make sense with the new system. Gun Nut is a good example – it used to just be a boost to Small Guns and Repair, now it helps determine what weapon mods you can put together.
As we get closer to the November launch of Fallout 4, I find myself getting more and more excited for it. It was already my most anticipated game of the year, and while I am still trying to stay relatively blind as to a lot of details, things like this and the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. videos that they've been releasing each week really help keep the hype high.


Bridge Partners has accumulated a wealth of experience in the affordable housing industry: LIHTC, Section 42, HUD 236, Project Based Section 8 and LP/GP interests.
The federally funded and state administered Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program has been the single largest producer of affordable housing since the 1986 Tax Reform Act, producing over two million units of newly constructed or newly improved housing set aside for low income households between 1987 and 2009. The program has produced this volume of privately owned, not-publicly developed affordable housing by making a future stream of tax credits available to private investors in exchange for their upfront equity investment in the deal.
While the tax credit and economic benefits to the tax credit investor are realized over a 10 year period, assets in the program are subject to a minimum 15 year compliance period, and more typically are subject to extended income and rent restrictions for a minimum 30 to 50 year period. This maturity mis-match creates an opportunity for re-capitalization and/or partner substitution at various points during the initial compliance and extended use period. Bridge Partners has a range of business plans within this market segment, including acquiring general or limited partner partnership interests in existing LIHTC partnerships; acquiring fee simple interest of LIHTC assets post tax credit delivery but during the initial 15 year compliance period, and; re-capitalizing previously syndicated partnerships through a tax credit re-syndication. Bridge Partners pursues these opportunities nationally in stable and growing markets with well-located B and C grade assets.
HUD 236 communities were built in the late sixties and early seventies for low-income households. In exchange for the owner limiting the rent charged to those households, HUD bought down the mortgage interest rate from the market rate to 1%. The mortgages on these typically modestly built properties were for a 40-year term, and as they neared maturity, most were badly in need of recapitalization and many more, having not been significantly updated, were functionality obsolete.
In the early 90s, Bridge Partners identified the opportunity to buy HUD 236 properties when the loans become pre-payable at 20 years. Bridge Partners built a database of all HUD 236 deals nationally and approached the owners, often the original developer, of assets in desirable locations. The investment thesis was to buy at the price supported by in-place rents and to then take both the asset and the residents through a market conversion process to realize the property's greater rent potential.
The sale and prepayment of the 236 loan at sale both terminated the income and rent restrictions imposed on the owner and triggered tenants' eligibility for enhanced housing vouchers. Bridge Partners managed the process of transitioning tenants from building-based subsidy to voucher subsidy to ensure eligible tenants' rent remained set at 35% of their income. Bridge Partners then executed a capital investment program designed to address deferred maintenance, add needed functionality and elevate the asset to be competitive with conventional market rate assets. The plan produced a win-win; for tenants with portable vouchers, they had the opportunity to stay at the re-capitalized and physically improved asset, or to move elsewhere in response to employment or family needs, taking their subsidy with them.
Like HUD 236 communities, Section 8 communities were built decades ago for low-income households. In exchange for the owner limiting the rent charged to those households, HUD agreed to guarantee an income stream to the property. Early Project Based Section 8 contracts had a term of 30 years, and at the end of that initial term, the deals were typically in need of recapitalization, upgrades and additional functionality.
Bridge Partners identified the opportunity to buy Project Based Section 8 properties- often directly from the original developer- to take both the assets and residents through a market conversion process. With proper notice, the termination of the Section 8 contract terminated the income and rent restrictions and triggered tenants' eligibility for enhanced housing vouchers, producing a similar win-win situation for tenants, building and owner as under the 236 plan. In some cases, Bridge Partners renews the Section 8 contract. With an extended contract, the property is re-capitalized and renovated to create a comfortable clean, and safe living environment.
With an interest in less liquid and less marketable positions, Bridge Partners has pursued and successfully transacted to acquire controlling interests in existing partnerships. Most typically in Section 42 deals, Bridge Partners has identified opportunities to replace the existing controlling partner of an existing ownership entity. These opportunities require an understanding and assessment not only of the real estate value, but also of the rights and obligations of the controlling partner. As such, these investments require Bridge Partners to provide performance guarantees to the remaining partners as well as indemnification to the exiting partner from any activity under Bridge Partners Partner's governance that would produce tax credit recapture.


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The Synthetics #1 Live on Kickstarter! Get Two Free Books!
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Our next comic, The Synthetics #1, is live on Kickstarter here! It takes place in the same Martian Universe in which Martian Comics is set, but features tales of robot life!
We know it hasn't been long since our Kickstarter campaign for Lazarus #1, but we wanted to participate in Kickstarter's January "Make 100″ program. As part of this program, we'll be printing up to 100 copies of The Synthetics #1! We don't generally do printed single issues, but we're making an exception because it sounded like a fun thing to do!
Best of all, anyone pledging in the Kickstarter's first week will get two free books in PDF! The first is Julian Darius's huge magnum opus on the Justice League and the DC Universe, Classics on Infinite Earths. The second is his book on Mai, the Psychic Girl. Both will be sent free to anyone who pledges before the end of Tuesday, 23 January, so act now!
You can read more details and scope out the new Kickstarter here.
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Our next comic, The Synthetics #1, is live on Kickstarter here! It takes place in the same Martian Universe in which Martian Comics is set, but features tales of robot life! We know it hasn't been long since our Kickstarter campaign for Lazarus #1, but we wanted to participate in Kickstarter's January "Make 100″ program. As part...


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School Board Election
Garcetti wades into LAUSD politics, endorsing Galatzan
LA School Report | January 12, 2015
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mayor Eric Garcetti, who rarely insinuates himself into Los Angeles public school politics, is endorsing Tamar Galatzan for a third term representing LA Unified's District 3 board seat.
"Tamar is an innovative problem-solver and a strong and thoughtful advocate for Valley schools and kids," Garcetti said in a news release from the Galatzan campaign. "She has shown strong leadership on critical issues concerning our students. And she isn't afraid to make the tough choices about spending taxpayer dollars and fighting for the resources for her schools."
Garcetti's endorsement is repayment, of sorts. Galatzan endorsed him for mayor in 2013 when he was running in a close campaign against Wendy Greuel. Greuel, the former city controller, has also endorsed Galatzan, the campaign said.
Of the four board incumbents facing reelection on March 3, Galatzan has drawn the largest number of challengers — five. George McKenna (District 1) is running unopposed. Bennett Kayser (5) and President Richard Vladovic (7) are each facing two challengers.
In any race without a majority winner, the top two candidates will compete in a runoff on May 19.
Galatzan was first elected in 2007,prompted by her concern over the district's truancy and drop-out problems rates. Re-elected in 2011, she became a strong ally of former superintendent John Deasy, whose management style and battles with other board members led to his resignation in October.
Galatzan, who also serves as a city prosecutor and is the only board member with children in LA Unified schools, often supported Deasy on issues opposed by the district's teachers union, UTLA.
"The mayor and I each have school-age children, so we both understand what it will take to prepare our kids for college and the workforce," Galatzan said. "I am honored to have his endorsement, and I pledge to continue the hard work to help our district and our students succeed."
Garcetti's endorsement represents his first foray into board politics. A message to his office seeking to learn if he intends to endorse other candidates did not draw an immediate response.


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That's money that was over-withheld from their paychecks, money that could have influenced their day-to-day spending, and money that could have been better invested with you—their true financial partner.
And, make no mistake, there's a lot of money on the table. Last year, the IRS issued a staggering $312 billion in refunds, with the average U.S. taxpayer getting back $2,825. What's more astonishing is the average refund could rise even higher when Americans begin filing 2018 returns later this month.
See, when President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a bevy of changes affecting this year's tax brackets, marginal rates, and deductions became law. And, despite fewer Americans in favor of the overhaul than those who support it legislators remain hopeful the TCJA will provide significant financial relief to the majority of U.S. taxpayers—including your personal and business clients.
According to Morgan Stanley research estimates, tax refunds issued in spring 2019 will be 26 percent higher than last year's refunds—simply because the majority of taxpayers will fail to adjust their withholdings due to TCJA changes.
Sure, there are some individuals who look at refunds as "forced savings" plans, but I'd argue that their logic stems from the fact that no one—this means you, Mr. or Mrs. Bank Marketer—showed them a better way to save. Don't let another year pass you by. Sitting on the sidelines will only further stagnate your clients' personal financial growth as well as your bank's deposit numbers.
Let's take the average taxpayer who received a $2,825 refund in 2017. Based on the forecast we just mentioned, a 26% year-over-year increase gives a $3,559.50 overpayment back to the average taxpayer—money they loaned the U.S. government with zero return.
Consider that 72.5 percent of taxpayers received refunds last year, and almost half plan to use that cash to strengthen their personal savings, according to a 2018 survey by the National Retail Federation.
An eight-location, 15-year-old Northeastern community bank is offering 23-month CDs at 3.00% APY with just a $500 minimum deposit. The low minimum allows them to cater to clients with virtually any significant tax refund.
A Southeastern "beach bank" is offering short-term, six-month CDs at 2.22% APY with a $1,000 minimum deposit.
No-fee, no-minimum-balance savings accounts at 2.25% APY are currently offered by a 45-year-old Midwestern bank as well as a nationwide branchless all-digital banking platform (Source: Bankrate.com).
Don't delay—as more and more taxpayers file 2018 returns and await a windfall, it's on you to take action. Highlight your bank's high-yield products to a niche audience—cash-heavy investors who may see your ads, come into your branches, use your app, and bank online with you every single day.
Editor's Note: Want to see what else your competition is up to? Dive into Riley Manning's 10 Banks, 10 Accounts series, in which Riley, a fellow Mabus Agency copywriter, opened checking accounts at 10 different banks and documented his experiences.


I can move mulch mountains!
There's still a bit left, but I'll use it all in the next day or so. When the guys dumped it, the mulched had covered some of the herb bed, but I was able to move the mound off the herbs by the end of the 2nd day so they seem to be recovering nicely.
Here's where it went. It looks like kind of a mess in my pictures, but I like it in real life. And after all, I garden to please myself, my soil and my plants. I'm thinking when the mulch ages, the color will be a little less obvious and it will weather into the landscape a little more. The main goal was to use it to create pathways between the backyard veggie beds and to connect the 4 separate beds in the front corner of the front yard. Mission accomplished.
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For a little diversion, drive through the Caldecott and check out what artist Bert Monroy has been doing lately. An exhibit of his digital paintings opens tomorrow at the Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College (map) – and the artist presents a photoshop demo on Sunday, at 2pm.
Monroy's artwork looks amazingly realistic and, at first glance, seems to be based on snapped photos which have been digitally enhanced. When you look more closely, you realize Monroy creates place-portraits. "I consider myself a hyper-realist because my paintings are in focus everywhere you look," he explains.
As a preview of the Hearst exhibit, take a quick peek at the Fox Theater in Oakland painting below. Monroy pays homage to this newly-refurbished entertainment palace, and makes the place come alive.
Another Monroy painting caught my attention as well, which captures a lunch scene in Tiburon. I'm guessing this is an outdoor table at Sam's Cafe, located near the Angel Island Ferry. Even the typical condiments and drinks look fascinating here.
Although this kind of digital art is only possible in the modern era, it makes me think about American photo-realism over the years. There's a fine tradition here in the Bay Area, especially with Robert Bechtle. A few years ago, the SFMOMA exhibited a retrospective filled with rooms of his California dreamin' paintings. Here is a perfect example of a classic mid-1970s car, parked in Alameda.
Rather than snapping photos, these artists are attracted to depicting common life with their own brushes – and we all like to look at their artistic efforts too. With this new twist from photoshop, I wonder what kinds of things artists will create and how their work will be exhibited in the real world.
Bert Monroy's one of the earliest artists on this digital bandwagon. "This [exhibit] is a retrospective, so it traces my work back to the MacPaint days of 1984," says Monroy. "It moves forward to early Illustrator, PixelPaint and so on." To see how the evolving tools impact his work, put the Hearst Gallery on your "must-do" list. The exhibit opens tomorrow and runs through April 5th.


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Q: I am getting error when to limit foreign keys Goal: I want to limit(20) the number of Students per Group.
I was trying to make validation (based on this question - Limit number of foreign keys), but got a problem - it's working when I am trying to make 21 Student in group in my Django admin panel, but when I'm trying to change login(or other parameters) of Student (the group in this moment has 20 Students), who already in group it turns up an error, because it seems like I already have 20 students and trying to add new one
 def validate_number_of_students(value):
     if User.objects.filter(group=value).count() >= 20:
         raise ValidationError('Already 20 students in group (20)')

class User(AbstractUser):
    role = models.CharField(max_length=max([len(role[0]) for role in ROLES]),
                            choices=ROLES,
                            default=USER,
                            )
    group = models.ForeignKey('structure.Group',
                              on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
                              related_name='users',
                              blank=True,
                              null=True,
                              validators=(validate_number_of_students, )
                              )

I tried to use this method with constraint (limit number of foreign key using Django CheckConstraint) but get an error, maybe I'm doing something wrong? (I have two apps - structure with Group model and users with User model)
models.CheckConstraint(
                name="limit_students_in_group",
                check=IntegerLessThan(
                    models.Count("group", filter=models.Q(group=models.F("group"))),
                    20),
                )

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Two things, firstly why did the Prime Minister not take legal advice before she said that Parliament didn't need to be consulted? Secondly the vile,personal and racist comments made about the lady who brought the action just about sums up present day politics.
That's correct, but yesterday's decision does nothing to undermine that fact. The judges are simply pointing out what needs to be done to make sure this process is carried out in accordance with the law. Who in their right minds would argue against that? And yet we see papers like the Mail misrepresenting the courts judgement in order to whip up more hysteria. It's very worrying.
Brexit will happen, nothing has changed in that respect, but if the proper legal processes are not followed things will get very messy. Nobody wants that.
This has nothing to do with media misrepresentation, our Prime Minister assured us we would begin the process immediately, it hasn't happened.
It has everything to do with misrepresentation. The court descision yesterday had nothing to do with stopping brexit. It's purpose was to ensure brexit was carried out in accordance with the law. Those newspaper headlines, however, give a very different angle, one which is entirely untrue.
With regards to Cameron's promises, (and those more recently of May), I guess they both believed, or were advised, that they had the authority under the Royal Perogative to initiate article 50. The judges have decided otherwise. This issue could, and probably should have been sorted out before the referendum. For example, parliament could have made the referendum legally binding, which would have provided the authority for the PM to start brexit. Parliament chose not to do so. That is where the fault lies, along with PM's claiming they could do something they were not legally entitled to do.
It really doesn't matter how much people whinge about this now, the law is the law, and the government must operate within that.
Therein lies the problem, I earlier referred to trust in politicians. The Prime Minister stated clearly that we would begin leaving the EU immediately, of course at the time he was very confident that wouldn't happen. So was he lying or did he not bother researching? Most people will assume the PM was being honest.
The press aren't the problem, we don't have to buy newspapers, politicians are the problem.
The press are a problem when they are personally attacking high court judges for simply applying the law. It is as if they believe that obeying the law is optional when it comes to matters regarding Brexit. It's laughable. And it's made worse by the fact that the judgement has no real effect on brexit, it just pushes the issue back to parliament.
I see that Clegg is busying himself ingratiating with the EU again hoping to be made commissioner one day. His latest is that the UK will lose its geographically protected status on foodstuffs and Member states will simply copy them. He mentioned Whitstable Oysters but when this was put to the top man there he said that even down the road in East Kent shellfish stalls pass off any Oyster as being from Whitstable.
Cl*gg is the spawn of my nemesis.
I went to a public meeting on the EEC in Wanstead during the early 1980s and one of the main speakers was Ken Livingstone in his role as leader of the now defunct GLC. He warned of the future where multinationals would move around factories and plant to where the labour was cheaper and eventually with free movement of cheap labour they wouldn't even have the expense of relocating.
When free movement first came in wages and living standards were fairly even across the member states so people who did move around simply wanted to gain new experience and/or learn another language and it all evened itself out. Then when the doors were flung open to the poorer countries everything went wrong for people and right for the multinationals. Incidentally up on the stage the newly elected member for Islington North was giving Ken his full support.
I attended with 100'sof railway employees Westminster hall prior to labour gaining number 10.
Prescott was wildly applauded when he said if Labour gets into Govt they will nationalise the railways.
I then wrote to Prescott asking when, he wrote back saying labour had changed there mind and couldn't afford to nationalise the railways.
Post 49: well Ken certainly had a point, although one only has to look at the (absence of the) Cornish tin mines to realise it wasn't a particularly new one. The point is still relevant, but less so given increased mechanization.
I'm not sure I follow the 2nd paragraph though. For example, one could define 'multinational' as anyone who trades in foreign goods (or exports to foreign countries). Heaven forbid I should ever be tempted to buy things other than those both made and sourced in the UK. Still, with the value of Sterling against other currencies suppressed and hence with the prospect of imports costing more, perhaps I shall have pause for thought - until UK companies expand production here. And as for cheap (foreign) labour why, with the Minimum Wage creating a level wage floor, every UK job a visitor can do, so too can a UK worker. Yippee - and the benefits budget set to shrink accordingly!
Mr Zipfly the normal definition of a multinational is a monster with tentacles stretching into many countries and paying little or no tax at all. Rather surprised that you think the minimum wage automatically extends to all workers.
As usual Sansum you are partly correct, I stood at the General Election. Despite your inane protestations in excess of 10000 people clearly did trust me - do you have any evidence that the others didn't?
As part of your recent embracement of glasnost, perhaps you could list 3 politicians that you trust implicitly, that in turn would give us the opportunity to discuss the integrity and ambiguity of your preferred representatives.
I do appreciate however, that you are as thick as mince and that any attempt at sensible discussion is futile.
In the unlikely event that you have access to a thesaurus I perish the the thought of a withering reply.
Wow! How rude is David #53 maybe that is one reason he did not get elected. It might be a good idea to remember that, unlike local elections, in a General Election people vote for a party the actual candidate being a secondary consideration.
Keith and myself have had our disagreements in the past but hopefully we have never posted like that to anyone.
I'm unashamedly rude to Sansum and make no apologies for it. There were lots of reasons I wasn't elected, being rude to a poisonous, libellous, stalking halfwit was neither here nor there.
Perhaps it might be possible to keep things a little friendlier on here? Otherwise people will stop reading and posting.
Well said Chris but with a response like that from David I certainly will not hold my breath anything will change.
Mr Tutthill that is already happing but only you can do anything about it.
I don't like the sound of this nowadays too many protests result in disorder and take a depleted police force away from dealing with crime. Passions run high on both sides of a very wide divide and Farage knows how to work a crowd.
For those who prefer a more balanced view of the planned march.


I'm using a Picoscope 3204 and the PicoScope 6 software in an attempt to analyze data communication between two units. I depend on using triggers to start sampling when data communication takes place. However, when I enable triggers, I'm only able to get the software to use on samle buffer. What am I missing?
Could you please clarify for me what data you wish to obtain and, what settings you are using?


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Shoestring Sat, 02/17/2018 - 6:29am
New 9/11 Timeline Entries: White House on September 11, Actions of Pentagon Officials, Flight 93 Passengers' Revolt, and More
From the History Commons Groups blog:
A large number of entries have been added to the Complete 9/11 Timeline at History Commons, the majority of which provide new details about the events of September 11, 2001.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS WERE PREPARING FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL PICNIC
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TomT Mon, 09/05/2016 - 9:49am
9/11 Suspects: Rudy Giuliani by Corbett Report
Erik Lawyer
TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=19452
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl85JSvDmsA
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7WTC911 Tue, 06/28/2016 - 10:02pm
GQ Magazine coverage (6/28/16) : Kurt Sonnenfeld
Kurt Sonnenfeld
Title: The Fugitive, His Dead Wife, and the 9/11 Conspiracy Theory That Explains Everything
http://www.gq.com/story/kurt-sonnenfeld-9-11-conspiracy-theory
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jkeogh Thu, 11/19/2015 - 10:27pm
Argentine president blocks the extradition of Kurt Sonnenfeld
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29130615/argentine-president-overrides-extradition-of-man-charged-in-denver-murder
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/sneak-peek-the-strange-case-of-kurt-sonnenfeld/
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RL McGee Wed, 09/10/2014 - 10:31am
Dan Rather's Most Interesting and Controversial 9/11 Reports
Black Boxes
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As the anchorman for CBS News, Dan Rather was part of numerous breaking stories on the day of 9/11 and its immediate aftermath. Several of these reports have disturbing implications regarding the nature of the attacks and the perpetrators. Here are some prime examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvx904dAw0o
"Amazing, incredible... pick your word. For the 3rd time today.... it's reminiscent of the those pictures we've all seen too much on television before where a building was deliberately destroyed by well-placed dynamite to knock it down." Dan called it like he saw it. There are now 2,300 architects and engineers who agree: www.ae911truth.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06VX8ijYihU
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Paul Schreyer Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:05am
The 9/11 Plan: Cheney, Rumsfeld and the "Continuity of Government"
Continuity of government
Don Rumsfeld
Joe Allbaugh
By Paul Schreyer
"If a mandarinate ruled America, the recruiting committee on September 11 would have had to find someone like Cheney." Washington Post author Barton Gellman in his book "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency"
Terrorism. Emergency plans. Political careers. The history of 9/11 can be written from many angles.
But whatever point of view is chosen, Dick Cheney is a central figure. "Principle is okay up to a certain point", he once said, "but principle doesn´t do any good if you lose the nomination". He´s surely an elusive character. Not less than Donald Rumsfeld, his close companion. Both of their lifes are inseperably bound with a dark side of recent American history. The core of the following story was originally told by the authors James Mann and Peter Dale Scott whose thorough research is deeply appreciated. Yet a lot of background information was added. Thus a bigger picture slowly took shape, showing a plan and its actors …
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Shoestring Sun, 08/05/2012 - 6:19am
New 9/11 Timeline Entries: Hijacking Exercises, Air Force One's Movements, Laura Bush on Sept. 11, and More
A large number of entries have been added to the Complete 9/11 Timeline at History Commons, most off which provide new details about the events of the day of September 11, 2001.
One new timeline entry describes a training exercise based on the scenario of a possible terrorist attack that was run on the morning of September 11 by the US Coast Guard in Tampa Bay, Florida, quite close to Sarasota, where the president was at the time. Another entry deals with a meeting scheduled to take place at the Pentagon that morning, regarding a planned "disaster exercise" at the nearby Navy Annex building.
An entry reveals that a number of FBI agents had, for reasons that are unknown, already arrived at the Navy Annex when the Pentagon was hit. Later on, the Navy set up a new command center at the Navy Annex, after its original command center was destroyed in the Pentagon attack.
Several entries describe the futile attempts of intelligence officers at NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) to obtain information about the first hijacking. After learning of the hijacking, a NEADS intelligence officer called the FBI's Strategic Information and Operations Center and the National Military Joint Intelligence Center at the Pentagon, but neither of them could provide any information. Searches on the SIPRNET--the US military Internet system--also revealed nothing. Furthermore, the threat briefing at NEADS that morning had included no indication of an increase in the terrorist threat level.
Some NEADS personnel have said they were monitoring Flight 93 long before the time at which the 9/11 Commission concluded the military was first alerted to this hijacked aircraft. Also, a commander at NEADS complained that an officer from the NEADS battle cab had come down to the operations floor, where he had been "circumventing my system." What is more, NEADS personnel only learned that the president's plane, Air Force One, was airborne about half an hour after it took off from Sarasota.
pfgetty Tue, 08/10/2010 - 7:18am
Metallurgical Examination of WTC Steel Suggests Explosives
eutectic reactions
nano-thermite
Forensic Metallurgy
http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/metallurgy/index.html
Although virtually all of the structural steel from the Twin Towers and Building 7 was removed and destroyed, preventing forensic analysis, FEMA's volunteer investigators did manage to perform "limited metallurgical examination" of some of the steel before it was recycled. Their observations, including numerous micrographs, are recorded in Appendix C of the WTC Building Performance Study. Prior to the release of FEMA's report, a fire protection engineer and two science professors published a brief report in JOM disclosing some of this evidence. 1
The results of the examination are striking. They reveal a phenomenon never before observed in building fires: eutectic reactions, which caused "intergranular melting capable of turning a solid steel girder into Swiss cheese." The New York Times described this as "perhaps the deepest mystery uncovered in the investigation." 2 WPI provides a graphic summary of the phenomenon.
notthere56 Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:18am
Obama's H1N1 national emergency declaration could invoke FEMA response to pandemic
NaturalNews.com has an opinion piece Mon. Oct. 26, 2009, about Obama's declaration of a national emergency in response to a "pandemic."
http://www.naturalnews.com/027330_fema_pandemic_H1N1.html
"What are these people not telling us?
"Something doesn't add up here. Why would the U.S. government need to declare a national emergency to enable hospitals to handle a flood of sick people when there is no flood of sick people (and the pandemic seems to be fizzling out)?
"This is more like the kind of preparation you might expect in advance of a biological terrorism attack, not for a flu that appears no more dangerous than the seasonal sniffles."
notthere56's blog
Shumonik Thu, 10/22/2009 - 5:03pm
WeAreChangeLA confronts Thomas C. Reed, frmr. Air Force Sec./NRO Dir./Nuke designer, on 9/11 drills and Nuclear Treason
global guardian
Jeremy Rothe-Kushel
Operation Jackal Cave
Operation Vigilant Guardian
Operation Vigilant Warrior
Paul Wittenberger
terror drills
Thomas C. Reed
Timely Alert II
Tripod II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ZL3jUEEhQ
Filmed and Edited by: Paul Wittenberger
http://www.wacla.org
http://www.youtube.com/wearechangela
Here's a thorough list of war games and terror drills leading up to and on 9/11/01:
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?before_9/11=militaryExercises&timeline=complete_911_timeline
Mekt_Ranzz Sat, 09/05/2009 - 3:33pm
9/11 FEMA VIDEOGRAPHER BLOWS THE WHISTLE
Allen L. Roland
Source: http://www.opednews.com/articles/9-11-FEMA-VIDEOGRAPHER-BLO-by-Allen-L-Roland-090904-303.html
By Allen L Roland (about the author) Page 1 of 1 page(s)
Slowly but surely the pieces are falling into place on the most treasonous act in American History ~ the 9/11 false flag operation which most likely implicatesGeorge Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and other high level White House officials: Allen L Roland
"False flag terrorism" occurs when elements within a government stage a secret operation whereby government forces pretend to be a targeted enemy while attacking their own forces or people. The attack is then falsely blamed on the enemy in order to justify going to war against that enemy. Or as Wikipedia defines it: " False flag operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations, which are designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as if they are being carried out by other entities.."
As official videographer for the U.S. government, Kurt Sonnenfeld was detailed to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, where he spent one month filming 29 tapes: "What I saw at certain moments and in certain places ... is very disturbing!" He never handed them over to the authorities and has been persecuted ever since. Kurt Sonnenfeld lives in exile in Argentina, where he wrote "El Perseguido" ( The Persecuted ).
I am sure his 'disturbing findings' included Molten steeland traces of thermite that we know were found after the collapse, providing more proof that thermite explosive charges were used. (Thermite is the only substance that could melt steel ) His recently-published book tells the story of his unending nightmare and drives another nail into the coffin of the government's official account of the 9/11 events and increases the likelihood that 9/11 was a false flag operation.
ae911truth Sat, 08/08/2009 - 12:35am
New Ground Zero Photos from FEMA Photographer Kurt Sonnenfeld
FEMA photographer Kurt Sonnenfeld (recently interviewed by Voltairenet) has released a new set of World Trade Center disaster site images. Some were previously available, but the majority are new and high quality.
911oz Sun, 04/05/2009 - 2:31am
Glenn Beck's FEMA Backflip
James Meigs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjfdfDHjWQ
This video consists of a several clips from from Fox News featuring Glenn Beck. In the first part he makes some very disturbing claims about the reality of FEMA detainment camps and the possiblity of a totalitarian takeover of the United States with the imposition of martial law. In the next segment he completely reverses his position, saying that the information was not properly researched, despite having claimed earlier that his team had spent days researching and "could not debunk it".
911oz's blog
stewball Thu, 10/09/2008 - 2:46am
FEMA sources confirm coming martial law
WMR has learned from knowledgeable Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sources that the Bush administration is putting the final touches on a plan that would see martial law declared in the United States with various scenarios anticipated as triggers. The triggers include a continuing economic collapse with massive social unrest, bank closures resulting in violence against financial institutions, and another fraudulent presidential election that would result in rioting in major cities and campuses around the country.
In addition, Army Corps of Engineer sources report that the assignment of the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) to the Northern Command's U.S. Army North is to augment FEMA and federal law enforcement in the imposition of traffic controls, crowd control, curfews, enhanced border and port security, and neighborhood patrols in the event a national emergency being declared. The BCT was assigned to duties in Iraq before being assigned to the Northern Command.
http://www.infowars.com/?p=5165
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Arabesque Sun, 08/24/2008 - 1:59am
NIST Concludes "Fire" Caused WTC 7 "Collapse" when FEMA Report Concluded Fuel Tank Explosion had "low probability"
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NIST Concludes "Fire" Caused WTC 7 "Collapse" when FEMA Report Concluded Fuel Tank Explosion had "low probability" of Knocking Down Tower
NIST claims "fire" had better chance of knocking down tower than planted explosives in bizarre response to interview question
By Arabesque
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NAVIGATION: Home » Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) » Are There Other Nationwide Initiatives Plans?
Congress has institutionalized and legalized its excesses.
Congress cannot change its behavior.
Politicians and the wealthy elite will oppose change threatening Congressional status quo.
NI4D.org believes that the IQA can manage itself and the system.
Only two plans are currently available to implement nationwide initiatives in the U.S. Starting in 1972, Presidential candidate Senator Mike Gravel proposed the first. Starting in 2001, this Plan (by Citizens for U.S. Direct Initiatives) is the second. Both would work, have similar objectives, and have many similarities. However, there are four key differences between them, which are the subject of the following discussion.
Note that the authors of this web site admire Senator Gravel's commitment, courage, and efforts. In fact, the people can concurrently support both plans without contradiction because they propose entirely different methods of enactment. Senator Gravel and associates describe their plan on several web sites (e.g., NI4D, National Initiative, Philadelphia II Vote, Democracy Foundation, and Gravel 2008) and he recently re-published his book entitled Citizen Power. Senator Gravel's YouTube presentation is available; see Part I: The Democracy Amendment (20-minutes).
Senator Gravel represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1981. He instigated his plan because he understands the way Congress has institutionalized and legalized its excesses. He realized first hand that Congress could not change its abuse of power except by a national initiative process.
In 1972, he presented his ideas in his book "Citizens Power: A People's Platform". In 1977, he co-sponsored a Voter Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Congress held hearings. The People's Lobby headed by Ed and Joyce Koupal made presentations to Congress. However, the bill failed to make it out of committee.Senator Gravel saw the issue of initiatives and referenda as relevant at all levels of government—from global to local. By 1992, the ideas were expressed by two organizations, "Direct Democracy" (originally "One World") and "Philadelphia II". They attempted to use state initiatives to further their goals in Missouri, California, and Washington States.This attempt ended with Philadelphia II v Gregoire, where Washington State Supreme Court ruled, "While the goals of the Philadelphia II initiative may be laudable, it is simply not within Washington's power to enact federal law. Our initiative process establishes a method independent from the Legislature for enacting state laws and cannot be used to enact laws beyond the jurisdiction of the state. Consequently, the Philadelphia II initiative does not fall within the provisions in our state constitution for initiatives."The wide scope of their plan thus led to complicated legal issues, extensive litigation with appeals up to the U.S. Supreme Court, and delays that limited signature collection. The result was financial exhaustion in 1996. In 2001, the NI4D plan dropped international issues; however, it still includes initiatives and referenda at national, state, and local levels. This Initiatives Amendment focuses exclusively on the problems of U.S. congressional excesses and deficiencies. The Plan proposes to ameliorate these problems by nationwide initiatives.
In the U.S., referenda are a power of the government. The Plan mentions them only briefly in the Amendment to clarify that, should Congress use them later, they are an equal of initiatives with the latest prevailing.There is no attempt to influence any initiative powers at state and local levels—the Plan considers them under the purview of those jurisdictions.The narrower scope of this Plan enables a state referendum to initiate it in full compliance with state law. If the voters approve the referendum, it returns to the legislature, which formally submits an application for a Convention to propose Amendments to the Congress.Legislatures have taken these actions many times before in all states. There is no attempt to enact any federal law directly; rather only after ratification of the Constitutional Amendment authorizes them.
The above experiences with state initiatives prompted Senator Gravel's group to favor of a direct national election under Article VII. Additionally, Senator Gravel simplified the plan—for example, by dropping international or global elements.
Central to the new plan is the principle of self-enactment. The Philadelphia Convention met in 1787 under auspices of the Congress of the Confederation. Under the Articles of Confederation, Article 16 requires unanimous assent of all 13 states to change any provisions of the Articles. At the time, the existence of the new nation was in danger. The Founding Fathers, coordinating with Congress, took a short cut. The new Constitution mandated that the new government would go into effect when only nine of the 13 states acted affirmatively.The ninth state, New Hampshire, ratified the new Constitution on June 21, 1788. The new Constitution did not receive ratification by the Congress of the Confederation. Instead, Government met under the new Constitution on March 4, 1788 thereby de-facto enacting itself. The U.S. Constitution was born by its own self-enactment in violation of the Articles of Confederation.To best repair the fault, the remaining states eventually complied, the thirteenth state Rhode Island ratifying the Constitution on May 29, 1790. This belatedly met the requirements of the Articles of Confederation. However, the U.S. government governed with questionable authorization for about 27 months. This issue created a precedent for a self-enacting process.The preceding arguments are the basis for the claim that a majority vote of the people can authorize national initiatives under Senator Gravel's plan. It is currently gathering Internet votes. The procedure is justified in the Parrish Report. Nevertheless, if the votes reach a certifiable majority, many questions remain. E.g., will the federal government accept it as a valid process, will the Supreme Court claim that it is beyond their jurisdiction thereby referring it to Congress, and who will enforce it? This Initiatives Amendment determined that an Article VII approach would have excessive risks. Even if over half (about 70 million) of the registered voters vote in favor, many challenges to the vote and the legality of the NI4D process could be launched. The challenges might be irresolvable, potentially leading to great controversy. Consequently, this Plan uses the incontrovertibly constitutional Article V Second Method of ratification.
Rough estimates of the campaign costs showed that if the people try to push this Amendment through reluctant state legislators using voting pressure and initiatives in initiative states, the campaign costs would total between $250 and $500 million.On the other hand, analysis showed that state Legislatures have profound constitutional obligations to support nationwide initiatives in order to protect their people. Moreover, in view of the people's intense frustration with Congress, state politicians who support the Amendment will gain great voter approval. If State Legislatures can support the Amendment, the campaign costs would be nominal—e.g., under $10 million. This is the current approach taken in this Plan.
Senator Gravel's plan adopts the Oregon System of popular signature petitions to qualify initiatives. In the U.S., most initiative states use this approach, which is similar to the Swiss initiative process.
Though the Oregon System has been widely used, it is more a case of re-adopting what is simple and easy rather than making the effort to develop the best system.Several major defects have become apparent in state initiatives under the Oregon System. Special interests often write the initiatives. Once the sponsors privately write that initiative and the state approves its legal form, the People cannot affect the wording. Special interests can pay signature gathers to get the signatures needed to qualify the initiative. The signature process becomes very expensive at a nationwide level. There is no way to decide which initiatives are important so all must go on the ballot, which at a nationwide level will lead to voter overload. Note that voter turnout in Switzerland has declined, probably in part because of initiative-generated voter fatigue. This Initiatives Amendment offers an initiative qualification system that the citizens used in ancient Athens, the cradle of democracy, for 180 years. Selection and qualification is the responsibility of a randomly selected Assembly of citizens eligible to vote.
This approach has several advantages. The Assembly will be more tamper proof than a Federal Grand Jury and virtually immune from special interests' influence. It costs less than signature petitions. It permits citizens' feedback on proposed initiatives for many months before the Assembly makes the decision whether to qualify them or not. It operates completely independent of government. It ensures that ballot initiatives are important, well constructed, and thoroughly vetted. It offers independent majority and minority opinions on the initiatives. It ensures that the electorate is not overloaded.Obviously, someone must reuse this approach in practice to check or change the details long before the Convention finalizes the Amendment. One or more states are the obvious candidates, replacing their signature petition system by a state citizens' initiatives assembly. A candidate state should do this as soon as it is certain that a few states will submit or have submitted their Convention applications to Congress.
Senator Gravel's Amendment creates a U.S. Electoral Trust as an independent agency to administer the initiative system. The citizens of each state will elect one member of the Board of Directors of the Trust managing the initiative process.
This approach will keep federal government from having a direct influence on the Trust. However, this approach is subject to special interests' influence in the campaign and election process. Eventually, their special interests' influence might well mirror that experienced in congressional elections. This Initiatives Amendment's approach is to use the Citizens' Initiative Assembly to manage the initiative process without external interference. A randomly selected citizens group is our only know method of preventing external influence.
The Assembly will hire experts to help with complex or demanding jobs, but will have no permanent staff that could exert influence on the Assembly. Recently, various applications of Citizens' Assemblies have validated their capabilities. For the U.S. Citizens' Initiatives Assembly, its relatively large size (480 members) will ensure that a wide range of skills and management talent will prove more than adequate to the task.


mashal, maw-shawl'; apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse): — byword, like, parable, proverb.
And he took up his H4912, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his H4912, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his H4912, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
And he took up his H4912, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a H4912, and a H4912, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a H4912, Is Saul also among the prophets?
As saith the H4912 of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.


I've been in AYSO the past two years.
My favorite memory was playing cards with the wind section before concerts last year.
Jacob Collier inspires me; he's insanely talented and dedicated to growing as a musician.
My advice is to practice, and join as many ensembles as you can!
I'll spend my summer at Boston University's Tanglewood Institute. In the fall, I will pursue my Bachelors of Music in bassoon performance at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.


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October 7, 2015—Today for "Why Do You Work Here?" Wednesday, we have the honor of introducing you to two special ladies from our Cancer Center. Meet Dani and Barb. These two women are incredibly kind, compassionate, caring and so willing to go above and beyond to deliver great service to our patients, employees and the greater Cheyenne Regional community. Dani is an Oncology Nurse Navigator and Barb is the Oncology Program Manager / Navigator. Having had the opportunity to work closely with these two, it's clear to see their commitment to our community! We asked them why they enjoy their jobs and working at Cheyenne Regional.
"I like my job because it is very satisfying helping cancer patients. The patients are going through a tremendously stressful and fearful time, so to help reduce these emotions even slightly is rewarding.
"I have been in oncology nursing for 22 years. After being an LPN for 15 years, with the support of my family, I went back to nursing school and received my Associate Degree in Nursing. Over the years, I had taken care of a wide range of patients and families. I was drawn to oncology because of the professionalism, compassion and spirituality I witnessed in the staff; caring daily, monthly, and sometimes year after year for those going through a cancer diagnosis.
You can also view Dani and Barb's feature on Facebook!


If there's one thing Star Wars fans do, it's argue. Who could win in a fight, Darth Vader or Darth Maul? Who's stronger, Boba Fett or IG-88? Who wore it better, Princess Leia or R2-D2?
They could go on and on across the galaxy — and by galaxy, we mean internet.
But there's one argument that needs to be put to rest: Are Daisy Ridley from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Felicity Jones from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story the same person?
Appearing MTV After Hours, Felicity Jones shot a quick PSA as to why these two brown-haired, British women are not the same person, despite what you may have heard. She also throws out a pretty solid spoiler for any annoying fan conspiracy theorists out there.


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Mobile App News Coverage and Press Releases
Inc. Magazine Unveils Its 37th Annual List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine today revealed that SevenTablets is No. 1086 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
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SevenTablets Named a Finalist in the 18th Annual Tech Titans Awards
The Dallas Business Journal announced that Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has selected SevenTablets as a finalist in the Emerging Company Innovation category for the 18th Annual Tech Titans Awards.
SevenTablets and Rebel Athletic Announce Release of body scanning mobile app, Fit Freedom for iOS and Android
Dallas companies partner to solve common clothing sales problem with release of augmented reality body measurement app, Fit Freedom. The product is a joint development effort between the companies and it utilizes a smartphone's camera to provide users with quick, simple body measurements.
SevenTablets, Fossil, and Girls in Tech Share UI/UX Insight at Techweek
On November 1, 2017, SevenTablets, Inc., Girls in Tech and Fossil hosted a live workshop at the Addison Treehouse. The audience consisted of graphic designers, software developers, and other business professionals interested in learning best practices of User Experience design.
SevenTablets Sponsors Vistage Executive Summit for Chicago Area Business Leaders
Vistage Worldwide will host the Vistage Executive Summit on September 15 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center. The event runs from 7:15 am to 4:45 pm and includes a combination of executive breakout sessions, expert panel discussions, networking opportunities, and content curated specifically for CEOs and business leaders. This particular event will present the audience with Jed Hoyer, General Manager of the Chicago Cubs, as well as anecdotes from Seth Mattison of Luminate Labs and author Kindra Hall.
Andy Dalton and wife Jordan Host "Fiesta and Goal" Event, Raise $128,000 For Area Children
SevenTablets and area businesses and donors come together at Joe T Garcia's in Forth Worth, welcoming over 200 guests at the annual "Fiesta and Goal" event benefitting the Andy and Jordan Dalton Foundation. The event helps the foundation cover out-of-pocket expenses that families will incur as part of the cost of treating seriously ill or physically challenged children. Following a year that raised $228,000, this year's event was another success.
SevenTablets Sponsors Pitch Competition at 10th Annual Healthcare Dealmakers Conference
SevenTablets president Shane Long will sit on a panel of judges at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Colinas where the Health Wildcatters will present the latest in health-technology startups.
Dallas Tech Start-Up Brings Music to Ears of SXSW Trade Show and Interactive Attendees with Release of Cutting Edge, First of Its Kind Photo Editing App
During South by Southwest, SevenTablets introduced Mendr as a product that allows individuals and small companies to leverage professional photo editors for on-demand photo editing services.
SevenTablets Founder Honored in Dallas Business Journal Minority Business Leader Awards
On February 23 2017 the Dallas Business Journal held an event to celebrate the best and brightest of Dallas' diverse and impressive area leaders. The 2017 class of honorees attended an award luncheon at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel where a total of 25 business executives were recognized as individuals that have shown strong community involvement and a history of professional excellence.
Accelerating Business with Mobility – PHP Agency Releases Enterprise App
PHP Agency, a leading life insurance sales and marketing organization unveiled their enterprise sales app at PHP's "Field of Dreams" National Convention where founder and CEO Patrick Bet-David will also conduct a keynote interview with entrepreneur and basketball Hall of Fame member Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The app is a hybrid solution with the STAX mobile development platform as its foundation. STAX also supplies the app with Brigade, a mobile security platform that enables and protects enterprise communications with 4096-bit SSL encryption.
Vistage Worldwide Hosts Executive Summit for Local CEOs in February
The Vistage Executive Summit theme, "Driving Dynamic Decisions," will acknowledge the reality that executives face when making decisions that may include "make-or-break" consequences as well as guidance on how best to refine decision making and leadership effectiveness. SevenTablets has opted to sponsor the event alongside other notable brands including American Airlines and BNY Mellon.
Predictive Analytics Disrupts Business in Real-Time, SevenTablets President to Speak on the Topic at Digital Summit Dallas
SevenTablets President to Speak on Predictive Analytics at Digital Summit Dallas alongside Pinterest, Cisco, Google and IBM. This industry leading conference will take place on December 6 and 7th at the Irving Convention Center and also feature keynotes from Seth Godin, bestselling author, and Ann Handley of Marketing Profs.
SevenTablets Announces "Catalyst Program" For Technology Start-Ups Looking to Develop Apps for iOS, Android and Desktop Platforms
For a reduced upfront investment the Catalyst Program provides an opportunity for technology start-ups to generate customer awareness and early demand. The services provided through this program also enable businesses to attract new investors, in addition to gaining early end-user feedback designed to increase their likelihood of success.
Dallas-Based Enterprise Mobility Leader SevenTablets Announces Market Expansion with Opening of Office in Austin, Texas
SevenTablets announced today that it has opened a new office in Austin, Texas, gaining a new strategic position in central and south Texas. Citing increasing, universal demand for mobility solutions across industries including health, industrial, banking, consumer and insurance, the new location provides new reach and resources to businesses that require expertise in mobile strategy, locally-sourced mobile development, big data solutions, and predictive analytics services.
MarketingProfs Hosts SevenTablets in B2B Mobile Marketing Workshop Leading to 10th B2B Marketing Forum
Sharing thought leadership and business education, SevenTablets participates in the MarketingProfs Virtual Conference Series, a periodic conference with three seminars per event, allowing its 600,000-person membership exposure to live discussion and presentations on relevant business topics and networking opportunities. The event titled "Mobile Marketing: The Dirty Little Truth of Mobile," was sponsored by Marketo and Amplitude in the week immediately prior to the start of MarketingProfs' 10th B2B Marketing Forum in Boston.
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