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Native to East Java, Indonesia, Besuki (or Bezuki) tobacco is revered in a class of its own in the premium cigar market. This mild yet flavorful cigar tobacco produces both wrapper and filler, and is used in many premium cigar blends. This plant matures in about 65 days.
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Do you want to grow and make your own cigarette, cigar or pipe tobacco ? We have a collection of over 60 of the world's finest varieties of tobacco seeds for you to grow at home. Growing your own tobacco isn't against the law, no matter which country you live. And let's be honest, the price of tobacco is never going to go down, is it?
It made perfect sense—an heirloom tobacco for a heritage cigar. Yargüera H. Upmann was born, and with it, the marketing words “estate tobacco.” Other cigarmakers have been using heirloom seeds for decades.
Madole is an heirloom dark tobacco with a rich full flavor. It's often fire cured for use as a pipe or cigar tobacco. Its deep colored green leaves air cure to a dark brown. It grows 5 feet in height and matures early in 55-60 days. One of the more popular dark tobacco varieties grown.
A premier cigar tobacco seed collection. Here is a collection of our three best selling cigar tobacco seed types. This collection comes with detailed planting instructions. Cuban Criollo 98 tobacco seeds, one of the most valued strains for Cuban cigars, Havana 608 tobacco seeds and Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco seeds.
The list of tobacco seeds we have suitable for cigars is shown on the left. Cigar tobacco is normally cured using the air-curing method. Air-cured tobacco is sheltered from wind and sun in a well-ventilated chamber, where it air-dries for six to eight weeks.
- Tobacco seed package with instruction-This seed package contains well over 1000 Cuban cigar tobacco plant seeds. Brought back from a holiday in Havana, I am growing these 8 foot tall tobacco plants for cigars now in Canada.
Tobacco growers, Jefferson noted, were ¿in a continual state of exertion beyond the power of nature to support.¿ When you consider the labor involved in growing tobacco, you begin to understand why most of the finer cigar tobacco is grown in areas with exceedingly low labor costs such as Cuba, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
Please visit our Tobacco Questions and Answer Page to help you determine if you can grow tobacco and how many seeds you will need.. Welcome Home Tobacco Growers! You will find everything you need on this site to grow, harvest, process, flavor and produce your own home grown, additive free, tax free tobacco products at home.
Tobacco is quite a magnificent plant, with beautiful flowers, making them a great addition to flower beds as an ornamental planting option to our home gardening friends. With the help of farmer and heirloom tobacco variety preservationist, David Pendergrass, our collection has grown to include nearly 100 rare and heirloom tobacco varieties.
We take our time making our fine cigars and let our tobacco reach its peak of flavor. Our fine cigars are aged a minimum of 7 years, which is 5 times the industry standard. Some of our fine cigars are even aged 18 and 20 years.Like fine wines and scotch, tobacco improves with proper aging.
Cultivating Tobacco Seeds. Cigar tobacco seeds are especially tiny, comparable to those of dried poppy. This makes them especially weak and fragile, even though they grow a mighty product. Therefore, this delicate beginning must be carefully cultivated. First, in the early stages seeds must be planted inside, protected from the weather.
Tobacco Seed Types and Varieties that We Grow and Preserve. As of the 2017 season I will no longer be directly fulfilling tobacco seed orders, you can still purchase all my seeds through an exclusive arrangement with our friends at the Victory Seed Company who will be offering my seeds and you will continue to receive the quality you have come to expect from my seed.

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Version 4.0 of Sound Box is available on the App Store with improved performance, 64-bit support and iOS9 fixes. December 2015’s update fixes the soft keyboard popup problem in iOS9 when using keyboard switches to control scenes.
Macbeth’s Witches is a simple free sound board developed to support sensory teaching activities with children who have complex learning needs and significant communication disabilities.
FreeVOCA is a simple free app for Windows, OSX and iPad which allows us to publish some of the AAC sound boards from PhotoVOCA.
MaKey MaKey is a cheap hardware interface for PCs, Macs and most tablets which allows any vaguely conductive object to be used as a switch.
This was my personal favourite from the prototype tools I did for the Action for Kid’s Sparking Change project. We also distributed it in beta form with about a dozen testers using in earnest for a few months – mostly in school or care settings.
Funded by Nominet Trust, I’m working with Lansbury Bridge School and The Rix Centre to look at free and open-source head and eye-tracking solutions which can be used to replace the standard computer mouse.
Created initially as a Word Press plugin in 2008, Speeka also supports conversion of generic html pages to MP3.
QR Generator with colourising and a smart resizer to match particular pixel sizes cleanly, only really matters when they are being printed quite small.
This is still online as a handful of sites still use it, but the service dates back to 2007 and easier options are now available – notably reCAPTCHA.

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If you are graduating this year you have an opportunity to apply for local scholarships. On Monday February 10th at 3pm come and find out about this opportunity. We will discuss the procedure to apply for a multitude of scholarships, tips for applying, and answer any questions you may have. If you are unable to be at this meeting, we will send out, via email, the information on what scholarships are available and the procedure for applying. You will also be able to get this information in our Career and College center after February 10th.
As a reminder, please turn in your graduation ceremony forms with your gown size at this meeting or to Mr. Hagen or Mrs. Garcia. This will allow us to order your gown in a timely manner. If you have lost your this form see your charter teacher or visit the Career and College center.
Kingsburg students, you will be eligible to apply for a variety of scholarships also. Stay tuned for more information.


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Amazing oceanfront 1 BR/1 BA condo at the Avista Resort in the heart of North Myrtle Beach.This particular unit features beautiful tile floors though out, king bed and murphy bed, flat screen TV, new washer and dryer, and stunning views of the ocean and overlooking the pools. If you are looking for great rental income this is the one.

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Sandy, Utah (Thursday, April 11, 2019) – The 2019 Governor’s State of Sport Awards gala celebrated the growth of soccer in Utah and the tremendous impact of Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC Owner Dell Loy Hansen’s contributions to the sport and community, as well as the influence of the Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC organizations.
Among those in attendance at the 8th Annual Governor’s State of Sport Awards were Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, National Women’s Soccer League President Amanda Duffy and FOX Analyst and U.S. National Team legend Alexi Lalas, along with RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando. During the festivities, Mr. Hansen was honored as the 2018 Partner of the Year while the Utah Royals FC inaugural home opener received recognition for the 2018 Event of the Year.
Over the last 10 years, Mr. Hansen has become a prominent figure in the realm of Utah’s sports scene. After initially joining the Real Salt Lake ownership group as a minority partner in October of 2009, he has since acquired full ownership of the club in 2013 and has expanded into the USL with Real Monarchs SLC and built state-of-the-art training facilities in Herriman and North Logan all before expanding into the women’s game in 2017 when he founded Utah Royals FC in the National Women’s Soccer League.
On April 14, 2018, Utah Royals FC opened its 2018 home schedule against the Chicago Red Stars in front of a sell-out crowd of 19,203 fans. The all-day event included appearances from Real Salt Lake and Real Monarchs players, and a post-game concert to conclude the festive day.
Utah Royals FC opens the 2019 season on Saturday, April 20, at Rio Tinto Stadium against the Washington Spirit. Season tickets and individual tickets for URFC’s 2019 home opener are available now at www.UtahRoyalsFC.com or by calling 844.REAL.TIX.

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Here I am signing copies of my book Speaking the Piano this morning in Blackwell’s Edinburgh bookstore. Blackwell’s is my favourite bookshop in Edinburgh. I’m usually there as a customer browsing the latest novels, buying a greetings card or having a coffee, so it was a delightfully through-the-looking-glass kind of experience to be sitting in the art books section signing copies of my own book.
Blackwell’s has a bookstall at the Usher Hall and in the Queen’s Hall during the Edinburgh International Festival in August, and they plan to have copies of my book on display in both concert halls.
While I was signing, we had an interesting chat about signatures. Mine is simple and legible: I’m one of those pedantic types who can’t stand to think that people won’t be able to read what I’ve written. Even when it comes to signatures I’ve never felt motivated to develop the blithe sort of flourish one sees tennis stars executing on souvenir programmes and oversized tennis balls as they leave the court after Wimbledon matches.
But lots of people like an artistic signature. One of the staff showed me some CDs signed by performers whose signatures seemed divorced from their name and more resembled little works of abstract art. We looked at them this way and that. Were they meant to look like a musical stave, a harpsichord, a vortex? If I could bear to have an artistic signature, what would it be? A treble clef instead of an S, perhaps?
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When the plans to charge for plastic carrier bags were first talked about, it may not have been a popular choice however it was set in place for a reason and we have all adapted rather well. We now keep our Trolley Bags in the boot of the car ready for shopping and if I don’t have the car I have a Trolley bag I wheel to school and then to Tesco; and as much as I first hated it it’s actually made things so much easier for me – I can almost fit a weeks shopping in it and wheel it home again saving my poor arms.
Did you know that since the plastic carrier bag levy was introduced in 2015, the number being taken home from shops has fallen by 80%?
Since many don’t want to pay the 5 pence charge, people are increasingly opting for reusable bags not only to save money but help to boost their self-esteem as they may feel virtuous for being environmentally-friendly.
This is in turn opening up new opportunities for brands to make a lasting impression on us all as after-all, carrier bags will remain in the home and therefore provide a continuous reminder of an in-store experience.
Retailers have now taken this prime advertising spot as an opportunity to expose people to a brand name and logo day after day for a minimal outlay.
A new infographic from 4imprint shows how a simple every day item of use is fast becoming fashion accessory.
I must admit I am more likely to walk down the street with a big branded bag over my arm than I am to with a Tesco’s or a plain one, and I’m sure there are many of us who save the nice ones and reuse them….just so others think we’ve been shopping in more expensive stores and not poundland.
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Bruce having a good time at Just for Laughs Festival Toronto!
Bruce was a wonderful person, and a family man, I have known him for over 20 years working in the automotive business that he enjoyed. He would make people smile with his jokes and humor I will miss him very much he was a great friend to have Rest in peace Bruce.

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I discovered the delightful writing voice of Ellis Drake when she sent me a beta read for The Lonely Hipster (which is not yet published, but hopefully soon). It was a quirky, funny, unexpected mystery.
As soon as I finished it, I purchased The Fornarina Affair, a mystery set in Rome that combined a bunch of my favorite topics...Italy, art history, and romance. I am a sucker for books that create a lush, inviting setting and make it part of the fabric of the story itself. Drake clearly has a love of all things Italian, and that came shining through in this novella.
Her latest work, The Sea Queen's Daughter, is another charming novella. This time she has taken "The Little Mermaid" and given it a fascinating twist. This version of the well-known tale is set in Venice, and is a colorful romantic fantasy. The opening chapter is magical, a scene from a masked Carnevale party set on a boat in Venice.
"The woman looked over her shoulder and turned to him, almost as if he willed it. Her mask was unlike anything he'd ever seen, sparkling blue in the candlelight, with an archaic smile and dark blue eyes. Her alabaster neck and shoulders were exposed, baring a necklace that looked like it had been taken from the sea: bits of rounded glass, shell, coral, and tiny fins attached to a slim, barnacle-covered rope."
This first chapter sets the mood for the rest of the piece. There are humorous secondary characters with witty dialogue, there is a beautiful and mysterious woman wearing a glass mask, there is a charming hero instantly smitten, and there are lush, fantastical details of life in Venice and of the sea. This is a very quick, fast-paced story, but it still manages to include some wonderful world-building details. I love how Serena can transform into different types of sea creatures, including a shark, an octopus, and a heroic dolphin. The violent Sea Queen, the horrifying ritual that ties poor Serena to an underwater prison, and the threat of Venice sinking forever into the ocean, create a nice suspenseful storyline.
Drake somehow manages to mix a contemporary feel for dialogue and humor with an apprecation for antiquities, tradition, and history. It's a cool combination, and I am really digging her voice.
To celebrate the release of this story, I am giving away a gorgeous set of Venetian glass earrings (from Etsy of course!) to one lucky commenter, as well as a copy of The Sea Queen's Daughter.
Authentic Venetian glass beads, handmade of Moretti glass, with 24K gold foil, silver foil, and aventurina (copper particles). From VickieJoesJewels, Etsy.
Please leave a comment and you'll be entered to win. I would love to hear about your favorite spots in Italy, or your favorite Italian food, or if you ever took a gondola ride in Venice, or if you ever pretended to be Ariel in The Little Mermaid when you swam in the neighborhood pool.
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I can only hope to visit Italy someday, but I do love to read about these beautiful places until I can get there. I am intrigued by the story's spin on the Little Mermaid tale. I must have watched the Disney movie with my daughter 100 times! She loved that character and even had a beautiful mermaid costume one Halloween -- custom made by her Nana!
I love re-tellings of fairy tales and have looked forward to this since you first posted about it. The Little Mermaid is one of my favorites. I have not been to Italy (yet) but my favorite Italian food is risotto.
I got to visit Venice for a day and got to visit the Murano district where all the gorgeous glass is made. If I hadn't been backpacking, I would have bought all the shiny things! I really want to go back for a longer visit and lots of bubble wrap for packing lovely glass objects.
Very pretty. She's a lovely author.
Hi Susan! I love mermaid stories. This one is cool because the mermaid transforms into many different types of sea creatures. It's cool!
Hi Ellis! I went to Venice many years ago, and I LOVED it. It is such a romantic place. My favorite thing there was actually going to a glass-blowing workshop. And the food. And the shopping. And...the gondola ride!
Hi Phoebe! I also love new twists on legends and fairy tales. I love risotto, too! Especially when someone else makes it!
Hi Shirra...Awesomesauce! We bought some glass and had it shipped home. It was so delicate and gorgeous.
I love the phrase Awesomesauce! My son says awesomesocks. It doesn't have the same ring.
I'm looking forward to reading this lovely novella.
I used to live not far from Venice, so I've been there often. It is one of those places where I frequently find myself wandering in my head. I know the streets and the quiet squares off the beaten tourist track. I could die happy there.
Regrettably, I have never been to Italy though I hope to remedy that some day. I've always really, really wanted to see Rome!
GEEK, you won! Woo hoo!
Please email me your snail mail addy so I can send you the earrings. And let me know what email addy to send your ebook copy of THE SEA QUEEN'S DAUGHTER!
Thank you Penny! Thank you Ellis!


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Michel Tremblay’s well-loved and award-winning play presents the story of one woman, Albertine, at five different times in her life. The older Albertines warn the younger ones of what is to come—“Our fate depends on you,” Albertine at 70 says to Albertine at 30. Together, these five Albertines provide a moving portrait of the extraordinary life of an “ordinary” woman.
This new, updated translation by Linda Gaboriau, commissioned for the prestigious Shaw Festival, celebrates the 25 years this classic Canadian drama has intrigued and delighted audiences around the world.
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SSC has Re-Uploaded the Official Answer Key of SSC CGL Tier-2 2015 Exam which was conducted on 25th & 26th October 2015. The Official Answer Key was uploaded first time in the month of December but the link stopped working just after few days.
SSC has provided the new link for checking the Official Answer Key of SSC CGL-2015. If you want to check the Answer Key, Click on below given link. You will need your Roll Number and Testform Number for checking the Answer Key.
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GST is a long awaited reform that will change the way companies do business in India. The key aspect is that it would provide seamless flow of credits across the supply chain for businesses. Since supply of both goods and services would now be charged to GST, a supplier of services will be eligible to take credit of the GST paid on goods. Further, the reverse will apply to a trader of goods as well. This will be a big change since presently State VAT and Central service tax/excise duty paid on inputs are costs for service providers and traders respectively.
GST will change the way business is made. Join us for a knowledge session led by SKP Group, our knowledge partners, on the how, what and where of GST and the impact on your business. The only thing that might not be answered is “when?” as the law is still up for discussion in the Indian parliament.


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2016 was a renaissance year for Lucky Goldstar a.k.a LG. Amidst reports of its twiddling smartphone market share, the Korean giant managed to pull the rabbit from the Hat just in the nick of time with The G6.
Despite low expectations, the G6 managed to grab a spot for itself in best smartphone category across various digital platforms and online polls. The expert reviews were also thrilling for the consumer electronics giant.
G6 stood out for its breakthrough design, massive display, excellent wide-angle camera, and dependable performance. This raised tremendous expectation for the next in line offering from the closet of the smartphone maker. And if rumors and forecasts are to be believed we must say, smartphone lovers may just be in for a surprise. The new premium offering has been christened as LG G7.
The makers were reportedly bent on doing away with the G series. The G6 was touted as the last retiring member of the G series. However, the market trend favored sticking with the double-digit name to stare eye to eye with the likes of the iPhone X and upcoming Galaxy S9.
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The same was confirmed by TechRadar who leaked an image of the boot screen of the upcoming phone showing its name as the LG G7 ThinQ. The Q refers to the A.I features of this flagship offering. This was however denied by the Spokesperson from LG.
The display of the LG G7 is shrouded under mystery with speculations running wild. Earlier reports claim an OLED display in the lines of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and the iPhone X, Whereas the recent ones hint a new type of display, called “MLCD+”. MLCD+ will render high brightness to the display and save battery at the same time.
This may hamper cost-effectiveness in a very competitive market. Hence LG may opt for the much cheaper LCD panels. The other premium smartphones in the LG G7 category carry OLED display.
OLED Display offers improved contrast, power efficiency, and thinner screen features. But an OLED panel costs almost twice than the LCD displays used in bigger premium phones. LG may intentionally opt for LCD technology for its G7 displays to lure a larger base of potential buyers.
It may even opt for two variants of G7: An LCD budget model, and a more expensive OLED model. With this move, LG it seems is standing at the crossroad of reinventing itself with old values still very much part of the larger picture.
The smartphone will probably be made available in four color variants: Aurora Black, Platinum Grey, Raspberry Rose, and Moroccan Blue. The Moroccan Blue finish will have two more variants: High gloss and matte.
The impressive 6-inch screen will adorn a 19.9 resolution and an optional notch at the top. The 900 pixels per inch renders an incredibly sharp display.
The LG G7 ThinQ will be unveiled in New York on May 2, 2018. Smartphone lovers must expect a premium price tag on this latest offering from the consumer electronics maker whose products promise a good life experience.
Weirdly named ‘LG G7 ThinQ’ confirmed for a May 2 Launch in New York. Thoughts?
The LG G7 is a bold replacement to the G6. If the rumors doing the round are to be believed the G7 will lock horns with other premium flagship phones in its category like the Galaxy S9. The G7 will boast of best in the business specifications. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 845 processor which is the child of one-year-old LG and Qualcomm collaboration.
The Snapdragon 845 processor promises a 25-percent performance uplift when compared to the predecessor. Further, the smartphone users will relish top-notch gigabit connectivity on supported networks via the chip’s X20 LTE modem feature.
Under the hood, the premium smartphone will draw power from a 3,000mAh battery. On the memory front, the LG G7 will comprise of 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage. As per reports, the LG G7 Plus may have 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage space. Other notable features include a dual rear-facing camera, water resistance, and stereo speakers.
The Korean smartphone is this time betting heavily on Artificial Intelligence. To stay in the changing landscape of smartphone technology, G7 will use AI to integrate deep Q voice and Q lens.
However, with time we will know how successful these features are and if or not it can give other voice assistant services like the Alexa, Siri, Cortana a run for their money. The G7 is also rumored to have a dedicated A.I. key on the phone on the lines of Bixby Key.
Going by the rumors, the G7 will come equipped with dual 16-megapixel rear cameras and a front-facing wide-angle 8MP selfie camera. The rear-cameras on the LG G7 ThinQ will have a 1.5 aperture sensors for that perfect shot even in low light conditions.
The two vertically aligned rear cameras are vertically aligned and carry a fingerprint sensor just below drawing a strong parallel with the iPhone 10 design.

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This is the first time the Town of Crawford has ever addressed a community-wide plan for disasters, accidents or other emergencies, Mayor Gofforth said. The plan names a chain of command and points of contact should a disaster happen, outlines duties of staff in an emergency, details methods of communication to community members, and other elements.
Gallegos and Mayor Gofforth attended a two-day conference in Ouray recently, where they were trained in emergency preparedness planning. "In the event of some sort of disaster, this definitely will be helpful," said Gofforth. "Hopefully we never have to use it, but we do have the ordinance in place." She added that in the case of a disaster large enough that federal assistance is requested, without this sort of plan in place, FEMA can refuse to assist financially.
In other business, trustees voted to put a mill levy increase on the November ballot. Only trustee John Paton was against taking the issue before the voters. He said the council just raised water rates for residents, and he didn't think it was the right time to ask for the mill levy increase. The rest of the council approved the ballot measure; they will hammer out the details at their May meetings.
Trustees also voted to allow the Crawford Area Chamber of Commerce to utilize town hall at no charge for its twice monthly meetings. Chamber board member Collenette Vervloet added that the Pioneer Days committee will ask all residents and merchants along the highway to display a U.S. flag during the community celebration, June 8-11, and keep the flags raised through June 14, which is Flag Day.
Trustees approved the purchase of a new accounting software system for just under $6,000. The new system, which should be up and running in June, will replace the two systems currently in use. The cost is an unbudgeted expense, but with the amount of problems town staff has in reconciling accounts, trustees agreed it was an important purchase.

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A fourth confirmed case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a condition that causes muscle weakness, was reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The child is from northeastern Nebraska and is currently hospitalized.
There have been three other confirmed AFM cases in Nebraska. One additional reported case is undergoing further testing and expert review at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
DHHS will be updating state-specific case information as it becomes available at www.dhhs.ne.gov/AFM.
AFM is not a new condition but the increase in cases nationwide starting in 2014 is new. From Aug. 2014 through 2018, there have been a total of 527 confirmed cases of AFM in the U.S.


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I go in and out of writing in a formal journal, although I’ve kept diaries since I was a child. Since I’ve been blogging I haven’t had time for another journal. There are only so many hours in a day! But I don’t think I can imagine not writing some sort of journal.
One of my imponderables is whether we are indeed the sum of our stories. Some argue over whether we are the “sum of the stories we tell ourselves.” I’d drop those last three words and see us as possibly a sum of stories. Our more genuine stories, not our delusions. It’s arguable, but I’m not sure.
You assume that we can separate the genuine stories from the delusions – which of course is what I am all about figuring out! This is what gets me motivated. But for many others – not so much. Even delusional stories are entertaining!


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Prepping for basic emergencies doesn’t have to be overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be a huge expense. I work with many people who immediately get that dear in the headlights look when the topic is preparing families for emergencies.
Prepping for basic emergencies can be as easy as taking a trip to your local grocery or big box store.
Nobody likes to be stuck in the dark. These items are inexpensive and will make getting through an emergency a much safer experience.
Water is your friend, boys and girls. Make sure you have 1 gallon of water per person per day. More if you are hoping to flush toilets, or brush your teeth.
I’d suggest a LifeStraw water filter that can easily fit into a backpack.
Ready to eat, shelf stable foods.
Quick and easy is the name of the game. Peanut butter. Crackers. Those ready to eat packets of tuna. Again, things you can pick up a little at a time each time you make a grocery run.
As a BIG fan of Freeze Dried Meals in emergency situations, the Mountain House Just in Case Essential Bucket is one of my favorites. Unlike many other buckets of this kind, Mountain House has put together a trio that even my kids will eat. You’ll need a way to heat water to add to these meals. Don’t forget the matches!
Don’t be stuck spraying your sweet patoot clean with a honey bear filled with cold water unless the apocalypse really is in full swing. Until then stock up on the TP.
After Hurricane Harvey, toilet paper was listed as one of the 6 most sought after items. Hurricane survivors underestimated how much toilet paper they needed to make it through the aftermath. Toilet paper is used every day and when it runs out, things can get disgusting……quickly.
Duct tape is truly the stuff miracles are made of. In case you need some inspiration check out our post on this glorious product.
Line a 5 gallon bucket with a contractor bag for an emergency potty.
Cover broken or blown out windows after an earthquake.
Here are more ways to use these versatile bags.
Aspirins. Allergy Medication. Cough Syrup. Prescription medications. I have a week’s worth of medications sorted by day in one of these handy little travel pill organizers. In an emergency you want to make things as simple as possible.
Chances are you’re not a doctor, nor do you play one on T.V. You aren’t going to be performing a tracheotomy or needing to crack someone’s chest to massage their heart. A basic First Aid Kit will serve you well.
There is a good chance that during or after an emergency event the air quality may be less than stellar.
N95 Respiratory Masks will protect you from dust, allergens and other forms of air pollution.
We’ve broken down the respiratory mask code to help you decide which mask will best protect your family.
Have some cash on hand, with small bills being best.
Make copies of all important papers and include them in your basic emergency kit.
Can you take preparedness to a higher level? Of course! Most people start with the basics, get the bug, so to say, and then continue to grow their preparedness goals. The point is that you don’t have to jump onto the Expert Level to make sure your family can make it through a rough time. And every thing listed above can be purchased either at your grocery store or a big box store, on sale, and often with coupons.
Start simply. Pick up a few items each time you get paid. Sell some of your stuff that you are no longer using, and put that money towards a prepping goal. Put your foundation in place and then work to meet your personal preparedness goals.
Self sufficiency is a mind set, an every day way of thinking. It’s a journey to a simpler, less worry filled life.
Where are YOU in your emergency preparedness goals? How can I help you achieve those goals?
As a mom, I really liked all the tips you got here! Thanks for this!
These are SUPER great tips! Even when you are low on space (such as being in a smaller apartment) you can still find little spots to store these much needed (and frequently forgotten) preparedness items!
These are great tips. We aim for having a month’s worth of food for each person in our house (4 of us) at all times.
Great, practical tips here. You should always be prepared!
I agree. I think it’s less stressful to buy “just a little extra” every time you go shopping. That way you don’t have to carry home a bunch of stuff all at once and there’s always a spare of whatever you need around. Ideally, you’d buy most of what you’d need for the rest of your life sooner rather than later just for economic reasons–prices are going to keep going up, I suspect. Then there’s inflation.
Thanks a lot for the advice! These posts are always full of great information. Going to keep an eye out for those contractor bags.


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Satta Bockarie (l) and Satya Collymore (r) receive their costumes from Terriesha Niles, a representative of Barbados TODAY’s Sales and Marketing Department.
Satta Bockarie, Satya Collymore and Lasontha Sealy were this evening presented with their costumes to jump on the road with Wednesday 2000 tomorrow in Grand Kadooment.
Bockarie and Collymore were the winners of a Barbados TODAY promotion in which participants were required to submit a video telling their Tales of Nirvana.
Lasontha Sealy was also presented with her costume.
Meanwhile, Sealy was the second person to be selected for a costume giveaway. The first winner, Akeila Pile, received her costume on Friday to play with the band in the Foreday Morning Jam.

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text: It's almost time for the 42nd Annual Statewide Festival in Pasadena and I am anxious to take it in. Don't exactly know what to expect. Here is a part of what they sent me. Looks good!


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Most 20-year-olds are busy navigating the transition from youth to adulthood. One thing that’s not on their to-do list? Learning the principles behind making friends. It seems to come so naturally in childhood that they don’t give it a second thought.
What they don’t know is that the way we make friends changes as we grow older. Suddenly, growing a social circle isn’t something that happens organically. It takes effort, just the same way romantic relationships and career developments do.
The good news is that making friends is a skill that can be learned and nurtured like any other. Here are five things any soon-to-be-grownup needs to understand to develop a rewarding and active social life.
Young adults who are used to earnest, soul-baring, all-night discussions in dorm rooms often believe small talk is a superficial means of communication. In fact, small talk is the quickest, most efficient way to gain insight into someone’s personality and find shared interests.
Small talk is more than a conversation about the weather that’s become the clichéd definition. Anything from movies and TV shows to vacation spots and hobbies is a potential topic. It’s all about finding common ground to form a base for prospective friendships.
Kids are able to make friends by just “hanging out,” but, for adults, that’s no longer an option. Cultivating an interest opens the door to involvement in activities, providing an opportunity to meet others with a built-in common bond.
The key is in choosing a genuinely fulfilling interest. If you become a compulsive “joiner,” people will see through the pretense, and insincerity is one of the quickest ways to end friendships before they even begin.
It’s a fact of life that teenagers are often most attached to the friends who draw the most objections from their parents. As we become adults, we discover another fact, which is that we’re judged by the company we keep.
We have a tendency to seek approval by mirroring the appearance and behavior of those we spend time with. Seek out others who have qualities that you want to develop in yourself. When you’ve outgrown the need to rebel, the best friends are ones who challenge you to improve and become your best self.
Once you turn 30, the window of opportunity for making friends begins to close. This isn’t a negative development. Rather, it’s part of the natural cycle of life as we marry and start families that take most of our attention. At that age we also have more fully developed values, making us more selective about those with whom we spend our time.
It’s smart to make as many friends as possible while you’re in your 20s. As time goes on, it becomes easier to maintain close friendships than to make new ones, so the relationships you develop then will be a significant part of your future.
Twenty-somethings often make the mistake of thinking they have to be the smartest or richest or most athletic or best anything for people to like them. They can end up exaggerating or even lying about their achievements in a desperate bid for popularity.
Think about someone who’s always talking about his or her great vacation or expensive new car. Are they fun to be around? Instead of making yourself look important, make others feel important by taking a genuine interest in them and what they do.
Making friends as adults is no longer the happy accident it is when we’re young, but we all have the basic tools to develop relationships. Creating a social network should be part of the learning curve of all 20-year-olds.


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At BRIM, we know that life is a balancing act between work and play, day and night and serious and fun. We strive to live a life of balance that consists of great food and even better in-house brews every day. It is our passion to offer our customers a place that is truly KITCHEN + BREWERY.
Embracing that dichotomy, our philosophy is to provide fresh, clean, real food + drink options presented in a simple way for whatever life demands. Stop in for lunch to take a break from work and keep it going into the evening with our rotating selection of craft beers brewed on site. For those who crave something different, we combine the latest with the greatest, offering clean-eating options along with tried-and-true favorites.
To put it simply, BRIM is no-nonsense, embracing the best practices such as sustainability and offering dishes and brews we think that you can feel good about. Full glass. Full plate. Full heart. That’s BRIM.
We combine the latest with the greatest, offering clean-eating options along with tried-and-true favorites.
Our rotating selection of craft beers, brewed on site, are a great way to wind down with friends at the end of the day.
We encourage walk-in seating as well as reservations, dedicating a half of our brewery to each.
*Outside cakes or desserts will be charged a $2.50 per person plate charge.

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With heightened awareness, people are spending an increasing amount of time and money on looking good. However, all such extravagance need not always translate into satisfactory results, leave alone healthy outcomes.
So, after having tried out the umpteen luxury beauty products and treatments in the market, are you willing to try out something new and inexpensive?
As the saying goes, one should be healthy and fit on the inside in order to appear good on the outside. This is where Yoga teacher training proves its mettle. It can not only bring multiple physical health benefits but is also known to be effective on the skin and complexion, giving it an inner glow like no commercial cream or beauty product can.
All you need to do is to devote some time daily and you will soon see positive results.
Adhering to a proper diet and taking good care of personal hygiene is enough to keep your skin healthy, but with yoga teacher training added to the mix, one stands to gain much more.
Along with proper care of the body, achieving mental peace and balance too are very important for a beautiful and a glowing complexion. Yoga is the perfect way to achieve that.
The following asanas (postures) will help make the body clear of toxins as well as the ravages of pollution! You should ensure to go through a proper warm-up routine before performing any of these yoga postures.
The most important aspect of yoga is rhythmic or controlled breathing. Pranayama is the best way to achieve this. This practice involves the inhalation and exhalation of oxygen in a particular manner. This is the easiest yoga pose for one to practice which also exercises the facial muscles, keep the wrinkles away and turn your skin fresh and glowing.
Considered the queen of all the yoga poses, this asana brings natural freshness to the entire body. Popularly referred to as the shoulder stand, this is considered the most effective yoga asana. This simple asana works to reverse the blood circulation in the body down towards your head. Performing this asana 3 to 5 minutes every day will help your skin get rid of acne, pimple, wrinkles and dull complexion.
This forward-bending posture also promotes the blood flow to the head and face, not only increases the oxygen supply to the skin but also supply useful nutrients that tackle the damage caused by free radicals and triggers skin rejuvenation.
The digestive system plays a very important part in achieving overall fitness and a healthy appearance. This asana involves stretching exercises that work the trunk and the digestive tract. This seated move aids proper digestion and results in the improved excretion of toxins. The removal of toxins and other harmful substances from the organs results in a beautiful, healthy and glowing skin.
Known as the Mountain Pose, this simple standing and breathing-related posture has one standing up on one’s toes and inhales deeply with arms pointed upwards. This position has to be held for a moment, with the concentration on deep and rhythmic breathing. This posture helps in stretching of muscles and help them with fluid and regular movements. The higher intake of oxygen prompts the body to release harmful toxins resulting in a healthy and glowing skin.
In order to become the proud owner of a beautiful and naturally glowing appearance, these yoga poses are to be practiced on a regular basis in tandem with a proper diet. Not to mention, ample quantity of water taken over the course of the day which will help in nourishing your body, and turn the blood circulation efficient.


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Stryker v1 is released, but you're still using an old package. This version is no longer maintained. Please use @stryker-mutator/jest-runner. See https://stryker-mutator.io/blog/2019-02-13/announcing-stryker-1-0 for the full migration guide.
Make sure you set the testRunner option to "jest" and set coverageAnalysis to "off" in your Stryker configuration.
Note: When neither of the options are specified it will use the Jest configuration in your "package.json".
Note: the projectType option is ignored when the config option is specified. Note: Stryker currently only works for CRA-projects that have not been ejected.
In order to use the stryker-jest-runner it must be loaded in the Stryker mutation testing framework via the Stryker configuration. The easiest way to achieve this, is not have a plugins section in your config file. That way, all node_modules starting with stryker- will be loaded.


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I’m a big “build your own” bar kinda girl, in case you can’t tell. As someone with specific food tastes and allergies, there is nothing I love more than providing people with what they really want: control over what they’re eating. That is why I set up a full table of options for people to create their own dishes, added what they love, and ignoring what they don’t. As the staples, I have a Meat Chili and a Mexican Turkey Chili and then offer all the toppings alongside them (sour cream, cheese, pickles, greek yogurt, jalapenos, shredded cheese, avocado, etc). With this similar theme, I have to make sure a vegetable option is involved for any veg-heads coming over (limited, but, have to please everyone). That’s where my Loaded Baked Sweet Potato steal the show.
Every Super Bowl (hell, every Sunday) needs a dessert spread. This is usually where I ask people to help out as most people enjoy baking more than I do, but I will always have something ready just in case. For me, this needs to be a very easy recipe. That’s why I turn to boxed mixes I know I can rely on, like Simple Mills. I take their vanilla cake mix and add in 1.5 mashed bananas and ¼ cup of almond butter and then top with a mixture of their vanilla frosting and ¼ cup of almond butter.


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An Amish girl following a difficult path. Will she find the strength to complete it?
Eighteen-year-old Ruth Kepthart isn’t looking forward to her Rumspringa at all. All she wants to do is join the Amish faith in full, be baptized, and marry. And deep down inside, she already knows which man would be right for her. Her parents, however, want her to experience more of life.
Luckily, she doesn’t have to walk this difficult path alone. Her best friend Enoch Schuller is with her, to help her and protect her from danger.
Ruth and Enoch soon find themselves trying to solve a murder with little to go on besides rumors. And as Ruth digs deeper into the mystery, she also digs deeper into her own feelings. There might be hope for love after all… if only fear doesn’t get in the way.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is a 72-page stand-alone clean suspense romance with an HEA, so no cliff-hangers.


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Join us at Wakefield Country Courtyard as we start our Christmas celebrations with food, drink, beauty, art & more!
Carols in the courtyard from local schools, Paulerspury & Nicholas Hawksmoor will get you in the spirit between 3:30pm – 4:30pm.
Grafton Spa & Wellness have £5 special offers on makeovers, hair tutorials, manicures & Brows, as well as skin peel demos by Dr Jenni and acupuncture demos by Rebecca. Bookings for treatments are required. They will also be running a charity raffle in aid of ovarian cancer with some great prizes up for grabs!
Wharf Distillery & Deli will be offering plenty of tastings to get you in the spirit! Wine tasting by Trelawney Wines will help you decide the perfect bottles to have on your table this Christmas and there will be plenty of ideas for gifts and tipples to get you through the season. A great selection of local food & drink hampers will be available to buy or pre order. Hot mulled cider & gin cocktails will be on offer with all the usual favourites at the bar.
Vitreus Art will be running taster glass fusing sessions for the kids – a great little gift for someone this Christmas. They will also be putting on a German spread for you to snack on whilst you browse their fantastic new gallery. An inspiring space for you to purchase some unique and wonderful gifts, a pretzel in one hand and glühwein in the other…what better way to shop!
Giuseppe’s Pizzeria are joining us again with their fantastic, handmade, wood fired pizzas to eat in or take away.
So come and see us all at this years Christmas in the courtyard!


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This colorful vanilla pineapple cake sits all ages and generation in Faridabad starts with 50gm with an eggless option.
Cake is consist of vanilla pineapple flavour combination and has serving for around 4 person. There might be a little change in the product in terms of design as per chef.


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Rovers hit the road once again when they travel to Lancashire to face Accrington Stanley on Tuesday night in Sky Bet League One.
Rovers will be looking to make it five wins on the spin when they make their trip across the Pennines following Saturday’s 3-2 victory away at Plymouth Argyle.
Accrington will also go in search of another win after their 1-0 away success against Walsall at the weekend thanks to Billy Kee’s first-half penalty.
Accrington play at the 5,057-capacity Wham Stadium, also known as the Crown Ground.
They reformed as Accrington Stanley in 1968 following the collapse of the original club, who were a founder member of the Football League, two years previously.
They returned to the EFL for the first time since their reform in 2006, storming to the Conference title with 91 points, and they reached the third tier for the first time in the club’s history last season following their League Two title win.
John Coleman is the man in charge at the Wham Stadium, having been installed as manager there in September 2014 for his second stint at the helm. Coleman previously managed Stanley between 1999 and 2012, guiding them from the Northern Premier League Division One through to what was then the Conference Premier within four years.
He led them to the Conference title in 2006 as Stanley returned to the EFL for the first time since their reformation, and six years later, Coleman would be named as manager of Rochdale.
Spells in the dug-out at both Southport and Irish side Sligo Rovers followed before his Stanley return in September 2014, and across his two stints with the club, he has taken charge of 802 games, winning 333 of those, whilst drawing 203 and losing 266, leaving him with an overall win percentage of 41.5 per cent.
The former Torquay United favourite top scored in League Two with 25 goals last season, and he already has five to his name during this campaign, including Saturday’s winner at Walsall. Kee joined Stanley in 2015, having previously spending time on loan from Leicester City there during the 2009/10 season. After time with Torquay, Kee linked up with Burton Albion for another successful period in League Two with the Brewers. A brief stint with Scunthorpe United followed before his move to Accrington, and last season saw Kee named in the PFA Team of the Year for League Two following his impressive goal return which led Stanley to the league title.
Like his manager Coleman, McConville is also in his second stint with Stanley, having re-joined the club in 2015. His first spell with Stanley came between 2009 and 2011, where he would score 14 goals in 76 league appearances, before dropping into non-league with Stockport County, before spells with Barrow, Stalybridge Celtic and Chester. His Stanley return came after his departure from Chester, and in his first season he helped them to the League Two play-off semi-final, before becoming a key figure in Stanley’s League Two title-winning campaign last term.
The former Republic of Ireland youth international is another one of Stanley’s League Two title-winning heroes of last season, and also joined the club in 2015. Conneely began his career in Ireland with Galway United before moving to England with Sheffield United, however he failed to feature, and signed with Sligo Rovers in 2012, briefly linking up with current manager Coleman towards the end of his spell with the club. He followed Coleman to the Wham Stadium in 2015 and was another one of the key figures in Stanley’s progression to the League Two play-offs in 2016 after playing every single game of that season.
Peter Wright will be the man in the middle when the two sides meet on Tuesday evening in Sky Bet League One. Wright is yet to take charge of a game involving either Rovers or Stanley, and this will be the eighth game he has taken control of this season. In his seven games so far, Wright has given out 21 yellow cards and brandished four red cards.
He will be joined by assistant referees Graeme Fyvie and Richard Bartlett, with Gary Hilton being named as the fourth official.
Rovers’ last meeting with Accrington saw an entertaining 2-2 draw played out at the Keepmoat Stadium in League Two in February 2017. Shay McCartan put Stanley 1-0 up after just four minutes, before goals either side of the break from Tommy Rowe and John Marquis turned the game on its head. Jonny Edwards ensured that Accrington would have the last laugh however, with his goal nine minutes from time earning the visitors a point.
Rovers’ last, and only win from the four meetings between the two sides, came in their first ever game against each other. Paul Heffernan and Sean Thornton scored the decisive goals in a 2-0 win over Stanley at Belle Vue in the quarter-final of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy in 2006. It would be a win that would see Rovers on their way to progressing to the final, which they would win 3-2 after extra time against Bristol Rovers.
Rovers return to the Keepmoat Stadium to take on Fleetwood Town on Saturday October 6. Tickets are available from the Club Doncaster Box Office, on 01302 762576 or at tickets.clubdoncaster.co.uk.


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On August 2, 2016, NMI Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") issued a news release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 and its entry into a quota share reinsurance agreement with a panel of third party reinsurance providers. A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The Company also released a second quarter 2016 information supplement, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this report.
The Company announced today that it has entered into a quota share reinsurance agreement with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers. The news release set forth above in Item 2.02 is hereby incorporated into Item 7.01 by reference.
EMERYVILLE, CALIF., Aug. 2, 2016 -- NMI Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMIH) today reported net income of $2.0 million, or $0.03 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. This compares with a net loss of $3.9 million, or $(0.07) per share, in the prior quarter and a net loss of $10.4 million, or $(0.18) per share, in the second quarter of 2015. Total revenue for the quarter was $29.6 million, up 33% from $22.2 million in the prior quarter and up 171% from $10.9 million in the second quarter of 2015.
The company also announced today that it has entered into a quota share reinsurance agreement with a panel of third-party reinsurance providers. The company expects that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow full credit under the Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements (PMIERs) for risk ceded under the agreement.
As of June 30, 2016, the company had primary insurance-in-force of $23.6 billion, up 27% from $18.6 billion at the prior quarter end and up 229% over $7.2 billion as of June 30, 2015.
Premiums earned for the quarter were $26.0 million, up 31% from $19.8 million in the prior quarter and up 194% over $8.9 million in the same quarter a year ago.
Total NIW of $5.8 billion in the second quarter was up 37% over $4.3 billion in the prior quarter and up 129% over $2.5 billion in the second quarter of 2015.
Monthly premium NIW was $3.7 billion, an increase of 49% over $2.5 billion in the prior quarter and an increase of 153% over the second quarter of 2015. Single premium NIW of $2.1 billion was up 21% from the prior quarter and up 96% compared with the same quarter a year ago.
Total underwriting and operating expenses in the second quarter were $23.2 million, including share-based compensation expense of $1.8 million. This compares with total underwriting and operating expenses of $22.7 million, including $1.4 million of share-based compensation, in the prior quarter, and $20.9 million, including $2.1 million of share-based compensation, in the same quarter a year ago.
Loss expense for the quarter was $0.4 million, resulting in a loss ratio of 1.8%.
As of the end of the second quarter, the company had approved master policies in place with 1,061 customers, up from 1,023 as of the end of the prior quarter, and up from 842 as of the end of the second quarter of 2015. Customers delivering NIW in the quarter grew to a new high of 518, which compares with 469 in the prior quarter and 340 in the same quarter a year ago. On an ever-to-date basis, customers delivering NIW grew to 649.
At quarter-end, cash and investments were $654 million, including $78 million at the holding company, and book equity was $422 million, equal to $7.14 per share. This book value excludes any benefit attributable to the company’s deferred tax asset of approximately $66 million as of Dec. 31, 2015.
At quarter-end, the company had total PMIERs available assets of $432 million, which compares with risk-based required assets under PMIERs of $377 million.
Approximately 23% of existing policies written as of Aug. 31, 2016.
Approximately 95% of the company’s pool agreement with Fannie Mae.
Approximately 23% of policies written from Sept. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2017.
National MI will receive a 20% ceding commission for ceded premiums related to this transaction, as well as a profit commission provided that the loss ratio on the loans covered under the agreement generally remains below 60%. For risk ceded under the agreement, the implied after-tax cost of capital over the term of the transaction is expected to be approximately 3%.
The company will hold a conference call and live webcast today at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The webcast will be available on the company's website, www.nationalmi.com, in the "Investor Relations" section. The call also can be accessed by dialing (888) 734-0328 in the U.S., or (914) 495-8578 for international callers using Conference ID: 40158937, or by referencing NMI Holdings, Inc.
strategy, including our ability to attract and retain a diverse customer base and to achieve a diversified mix of business across the spectrum of our product offerings; changes in the business practices of the GSEs that may impact the use of private mortgage insurance; our ongoing ability to comply with the financial requirements of the PMIERs; our ability to maintain sufficient holding company liquidity to meet our short- and long-term liquidity needs; our ability to successfully execute and implement our capital plans, including our ability to enter into, and receive approval of, reinsurance arrangements on terms and conditions that are acceptable to us and to the GSEs; heightened competition for our mortgage insurance business from other private mortgage insurers and the FHA; adoption of new or changes to existing laws and regulations or their enforcement and implementation by regulators; changes to the GSEs' role in the secondary mortgage market or other changes that could affect the residential mortgage industry generally or mortgage insurance in particular; potential future lawsuits, investigations or inquiries or resolution of current lawsuits or inquiries; emergence of unexpected claims and coverage issues, including claims exceeding our reserves or amounts we expected to experience; our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards, which could be limited or eliminated in various ways, including if we experience an ownership change as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code; and general economic downturns and volatility. These risks and uncertainties also include, but are not limited to, those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" detailed in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as subsequently updated through other reports we file with the SEC. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement, which speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information, future events or circumstances that occur after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by law.
The tables below reflect our total primary NIW by FICO, LTV, and purchase/refinance mix.
The tables below show the primary weighted average FICO and the weighted average loan-to-value ratio (LTV), by policy type, for NIW in the quarters presented.
The ratio of total losses incurred (paid and reserved) divided by the total premiums earned.
The following table provides a trended comparison of the PMIERs financial requirements as reported by National MI.
(1)Asset charge represents the risk based required asset amount divided by the outstanding RIF on performing primary loans.


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Breaking up with a business partner is a lot like breaking up with a spouse.
The emotions are high, the assets get split and you need to talk to a lawyer.
You need to make a decision on what to do next. Do you carry on with the business, start it over or get a job somewhere else?
If you decide to move forward with the current business, you need to re-evaluate the priorities.
Reach out to existing clients and let them know what is going on. Take care of their needs.
Start hustling for new clients and ensure the revenue can quickly grow back to a sustainable level.
Even if selling is not comfortable for you, you can accomplish anything when you are backed into a corner.
Once you are taking action and being productive then you’ll be more able to calm down and adjust to the new conditions.
The greatest demotivator to employees inside a struggling company is not knowing what is happening and how it will affect their jobs.
Minio Cloud Storage – Developed for programmers and devops.


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In earlier times, one had to live with the kind of hair texture that they were born with. Girls with curly hair envied the ones who had straight hair while the girls who had perfectly straight hair dreamt of getting beautiful curls. With the latest inventions in hair styling products, one can easily achieve the kind of hairstyle they want to and that too within minutes.
If you are looking out for steam curling irons to give your hair the deadly curls, then take your pick amongst these 6 amazing steam curling irons and enjoy the new look you always wanted.
This curling iron gives you very long-lasting and healthy curls within minutes of usage. It is designed in a sleek manner with a high-technology design, enabling the user to choose from different types of hair settings in curls.
You can control the temperature as desired and enjoy beautiful curls. Steam vents are placed on the iron’s barrel so that the hair receives the much required protection and the curls get locked in for hours to come.
Yet another very effective curling iron, it is available in 3 colors so that you can choose the one which you like best. As the name suggests, it has a very sleek and slender design but is quite powerful when it comes to getting curls on your hair. it comes with a temperature control and lets you style your curls in whatever way you want to. It can be easily applied on all types of hair to get long-lasting curls quickly.
This is a great curling iron which gives you extra smooth curls with the help of a polished barrel. Its temperature can be adjusted to about 350F and the temperature is displayed with the help of a digital display.
You can curl your hair whichever way you want to with the help of this curling iron which also has an auto shut-off facility so that you do not have to bother to switch it off.
People who have long and thick hair should definitely opt for this superb curling iron which helps to achieve shiny and bouncy curls very quickly. It has a barrel than has been coated with titanium and has a temperature setting that has been set up to 450F. This iron can be used for various hairstyles as it has a very long tip that allows the user to style differently.
This is another popular steam curling iron which can be used by anyone. No matter what the texture of your hair is, this product helps to get you shiny and great looking curls each time you use the product. With different temperature settings, you can decide how much heat you want to expose your hair to.
If you are looking for a good curling iron for your long and dull hair, then this is just the product for you. It gives shiny and long-lasting curls and also has an auto shut-off feature with it so that you don’t have to remember to switch it off after use.
It is heat resistant and has a lightweight body for easier grip. This iron uses the Kyocera Ceramic Heater Technology to give you supreme results each time.


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GRIPP: Lisa Guenther, Philosophy, Vanderbilt. September 20, 2013.
GRIPP: Magali Bessone, Philosophy, Rennes. October 18, 2013.
GRIPP: Gerald Gaus, Philosophy, University of Arizona. October 25, 2013.
GRIPP: Christian Barry, Philosophy, ANU. November 1, 2013.
GRIPP: Massimo Renzo, Warwick. March 21, 2014.
GRIPP: Chandran Kukathas, Political Theory, LSE. April 4, 2014.
GRIPP methods workshop: Rhetoric. April 11, 2014.
GRIPP Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop, Paul Gowder, A Commitment to Equality: The Rule of Law in the Real World. May 19, 2014.
GRIPP: Jeremy Waldron, Chichele Professor of Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford University. October 5, 2012, 2-4 pm. Ferrier 456, McGill. Reception to follow.
GRIPP workshop: Leif Wenar, Fair Trade in Natural Resources. October 12, 2012, all day, Ferrier 456, McGill.
GRIPP faculty and student fellows session. October 26, 2-4 pm, 2910 Édouard Montpetit Street, room 422.
GRIPP: John Tomasi, Professor of Political Science, Brown University. November 2, 2012, 2-4 pm.
GRIPP faculty and student fellows session. November 16, 2-4 pm, 2910 Édouard Montpetit Street, room 422.
GRIPP: David Miller, Nuffield College, Oxford. March 15, 2012, 2-4 pm.
GRIPP: Lea Ypi, LSE. April 5, 2012, 2-4 pm.
GRIPP: Bonnie Honig, Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation. September 16, 2011, 2-4 pm. “’Antigone versus Oedipus?’ Feminist Theory and the Turn to Antigone.” McGill, Ferrier 456.
GRIPP/RGCS opening reception. September 16, 4-5:30 pm. Ferrier 428B.
GRIPP: Jennifer Pitts. October 14, 2011, 2-4 pm.
Manuscript workshop: Daniel Viehoff. May 29, 2012.
GRIPP: Jeremy Waldron, Chichele Professor of Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford University. October 5, 2012.
MPTW: Speranta Dumitru, Paris V. “Migration and Citizenship.” Université de Montréal, Salle Z-300, Pavillon Claire McNicoll, 2900 Édouard-Montpetit, 2-4 pm. October 1, 2010.
Manuscript workshop: Helene Landemore, Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many. April 30, 2010.
Conference: “Hegel After Spinoza: A Symposium.” April 9-10, 2010.
MPTW: Nancy Rosenblum, Harvard University, “Partisanship and Independence: The Moral Distinctiveness of ‘Party ID'”. January 22, 2010.
Conference: Persuasion, Politics, Law. January 15, 2010.
Conference: “G.A. Cohen In Memoriam : A Critical Celebration of His Life and Work.” November 27, 2009.
MPTW: Andrew March, Yale University, “Islamic Legal Theory and Modern Religious Liberty.” November 6, 2009.
MPTW: Cécile Laborde, University College London. “Political Liberalism and the Separation-Establishment Debate: A Republican Interpretation.” September 16, 2009.
MPTW: Yves Charles Zarka, Paris-Sorbonne. “La légitimité démocratique en question.” September 11, 2009.
Book manuscripts workshop: Kinch Hoekstra, Thomas Hobbes and the Creation of Order, and Arash Abizadeh, The Oscillations of Thomas Hobbes. March 21-22, 2009.
MPTW: Gerald Lang, University of Leeds. “Invigilating Republican Theory”. March 27, 2009.
MPTW:Ryoa Chung, Université de Montreal. “The Ethics of Gray Zones in International Relations”. March 12, 2009.
Conference: “Settling moral accounts: Law, politics and morality.” December 5, 2008.
MPTW: Arash Abizadeh, McGill University. “The Oscillations of Thomas Hobbes: Between Insight and the Will”. October 31, 2008.
MPTW: Philip Pettit, Princeton University. “Varieties of Public Representation.” October 17, 2008.
MPTW: Alex Voorhoeve, LSE. “Why it Matters that Some are Worse Off than Others: An Argument against the Priority View.” October 10, 2008.
Inaugural Lecture: Charles Taylor, McGill University. “Secularism in International Perspective/ Laicité: une perspective comparative.” September 19, 2008.
Saturday, October 29: Workshop: “Constitution Making and Democracy in Multinational Polities” Organizer: Dominique Leydet (UQAM). Location: Concordia University, 2100 McKay, Room PR 100. Schedule to be announced.
September 9: Robert Goodin (Australian National University): “Toward an international Rule of Law: Distinguishing International Law-Breakers from Would-Be Law-Makers” (11.30, Room 404 Thomson House).
September 24: Anthony Pagden (UCLA): “Empires Old and New: Is the US really an Empire?” (12pm, Room 404 Thomson House).
October 1: John McCormick (University of Chicago): “Contain the Wealthy and Patrol the Magistrates – Restoring Elite Accountability to Popular Government” (12:30pm, Room 404 Thomson House).
October 29: Stephen Menn (McGill): “On Plato’s Politeia” (1pm, Room 403 Thomson House).
November 5 : Francis Dupuis-Derri (CREUM) “L’ambition politique d’Antonio Negri”(1pm, Room 403 Thomson House).
November 11: James Tully (University of Victoria) “Understanding Imperialism Today: from Colonial Imperialism through Decolonization to Post-colonial Imperialism” – to be confirmed.
December 3: Joshua Goldstein (McGill) “The Paradox of Political Education: Rousseau and Hegel on the Transformation of the Will” (1pm, Room 403 Thomson House).


text: All the Deluxe 150g Fondant Creams are suitable for Vegetarians, Vegans and are Gluten Free! Traditionally made using starch moulds, these hand mixed fondant cream centres are infused with fresh natural flavours, then enrobed in Beech's finest chocolate. This range is a "thicker" richer fondant cream than the 90g fondants and are made with natural fruit flavours, natural Black Mitcham Mint Oil and real coffee in the coffee creams.


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Proposals to restructure electric utilities have heightened interest in understanding what factors contribute to the variation in system average rates (SARs) across utilities. Direct comparisons of utilities' average rates have been used to assess management performance and the possibility of using mandatory restructuring to reduce rates. However, direct rate comparisons can lead to highly unreliable conclusions because they ignore the wide variety of regional, economic, and regulatory factors that affect rates across utilities. This paper presents a statistical benchmark study of SARs using 1984-93 data on 99 U.S. investor-owned utilities. The model is applied to evaluate the electric rates of three California investor-owned utilities. We find electric rates are affected to a large extent by factors outside the direct and immediate control of management. Controlling for these effects, there is no evidence that these California utilities, which have relatively high system average rates, suffer from poor management performance.
We examine recent evidence on the economic performance of the U.S. independent electricity generation market. A sample of power purchase contracts for 26 independent power facilities is used as the basis of this assessment. The contracts were executed in various years between 1987-94. We describe qualitative features of the contracts, including dispatchability and allocation of fuel price risk. We standardize the price formulas of the contract sample and conduct a simple statistical analysis. Because of residual price variation and an indication that buyer willingness-to-pay is highly correlated with price, we conclude that bulk power sold by independent power producers is a heterogeneous product, and evidence for competition in market prices is weak.
Most estimates of the free rider fraction are based on ex-post surveys of program participants. Program participants who indicate that they would have made the supported changes without the program are labeled as "free riders." This paper provides an estimate of the free rider fraction based on consumer actions. A set of energy-use clusters acts as a base against which the likely behavior of consumers in the absence of an efficiency program can be assessed. The clusters can also be used target spending at customers who are least likely to invest in efficiency on their own. The Actions-Based estimate does not suffer from the biases implicit in the standard ex-post survey estimates.
The current and potential benefits of European East-West gas trade are enormous for all participants. The new and more complex structure of the natural gas transit system, as emerged with political and economic changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, has created uncertainties about the interdependence and interactions among the participants. Using a Stackelberg game with three layers of players (suppliers, transiters and importers), this paper establishes a framework to analyze rational behaviors of the participants and reasonable ways to formulate transparent, flexible, and incentive-compatible contracts. This framework is also used to show how to modify the trade contract to accommodate changes in the gas trade environment. Improving predictability of the players' reactions to external changes can enhance the reliability of gas trade and allow its expansion to benefit all participants.
This paper examines the connection between market power and the size of efficiency loss in a market for tradeable CO2 permits. Countries, not firms, are the players in the market. A situation is analyzed where some of the, participants have market power, i.e., they can influence the price of a CO2 quota. Each country with market power decides how many quotas to buy or sell, given the other market power countries' sales or purchases of quotas, and the behavior of countries without market power. The latter countries act as price takers. The market equilibrium is compared to a cost effective market situation in order to quantify the efficiency loss resulting from market power.

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Yash Poddar is the CIO of the Vikas Poddar family office based out of India which was in the business of PVC Manufacturing (erstwhile Ashirvad Pipes- largest CPVC products manufacturer in the World) . Yash has helmed the public equity, financial product selection, real estate and alternative investments of the FO since 2015.Prior to this he worked at the family business, and gained ground level knowledge of business in India. He is very passionate about investing in public and private equity, and is constantly on lookout for the next big thing. His keen interest lies in the consumer space- Foodtech, Agritech and Medtech along with logistics, distribution, platform apps, pure brick and mortar businesses. His focus is on product and/or service-based companies that possess a solid, unique, business model and which are disruption proof in nature, with flexibility to the ever-changing business environment. He is currently searching for avenues and platforms to learn about operating family office, co-investment opportunities in the VC world, as well as new business opportunities, apart from public equity opportunities with unique elements.
He has graduated from Babson College, Boston, USA and specialized in Entrepreneurial studies and private equity funding. In his recent activities he is also a member of the Campden Family Office Network, and has spoken at a number of investment panels across India, for some of the top wealth management companies and institutions.


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In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk (or dibbuk) is the spirit or soul of a dead person that enters a living body and takes possession of it. Dybbuk is a Hebrew word meaning "attachment." According to tradition, the dybbuk is a restless spirit that must wander about—because of its sinful behavior in its previous life—until it can "attach" itself to another person. The dybbuk remains within this person until driven away by a religious ceremony.
Belief in such spirits was common in eastern Europe during the 1500s and 1600s. Sometimes people who had nervous or mental disorders were assumed to be possessed by a dybbuk. Often a special rabbi was called to exorcise, or drive out, the evil spirit.
Shloime Ansky wrote a play in Yiddish called The Dybbuk in 1916. It concerns a rabbinical student named Khonnon who calls upon Satan to help him win Leye, the woman he loves. When Khonnon dies, he becomes a dybbuk and takes possession of Leye. After she is freed of the spirit, Leye dies, and her spirit joins that of Khonnon.
In The Movie The Unborn There Is A Dybbuk Haunting The Girl But The Story Is Different , It Says That A Dybbuk Is A spirit That Lives Inside a Person To Get Revenge On That Person Is This True ??
the dybbuk returns because it wants revenge... so yeah it returns from 'gehna' hell to avenge it's death.


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A fresh take on networking your way to success. The book is small, the cover classic black cloth - full of edgy, witty,and practical resources.
There is nothing on Gitomer's site right now.
I did find one blog had reviewed it, after the buying the book while on vacation.
With so little available on the book, I thought I could at least give you the table of contents.
Asset 1 - Who Do I know?
Asset 2 - What Do I Want?
Asset 3 - What Do I Do?
Asset 4 - How Do I Connect?
Asset 5 - Who Knows You?
If you make yourself valuable, and memorable, others will want to make you part of their network.
If you liked his other books, you'll be a fan of this one and you may want to save some money in your fall book budget. In November, The Little Gold Book of Yes! Attitude will be hitting bookstores.
Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Black Book of Connections: 6. 5 Assets for Networking Your Way to Rich Relationships by Jeffrey Gitomer, Bard Press, 195 Pages, $19. 95 Hardcover, September 2006, ISBN 1885167660 There are people you meet throughout your life that you know are crazysome are just plain crazy and some are crazy like a fox.


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She commandeered the room in the basement of her dorm as soon as she realized she would have to pull an all-nighter in order to prepare for tomorrow’s final exam. Her roommate, Jenna, liked to get to bed early, so she packed up everything she thought she would need and went downstairs to study . . . and study . . . and study some more.
It was two o’clock, when she realized that she’d left one of the textbooks upstairs on her bed. With a dramatic sigh, she rose, and climbed the stairs slowly to her third-floor dorm room.
The lights were dim in the long hallway, and the old boards creaked under her weary tread. She reached her room and turned the handle as softly as she could, pushing the door open just enough to slip inside, so that the hall lights wouldn’t wake her roommate.
The room was filled with a strange, metallic smell. She frowned a bit, her arms breaking out into chills. There was a strange feeling of malice in the room, as if a malevolent gaze were fixed upon her. It was a mind trick; the all-nighter was catching up with her.
She could hear Jenna breathing on the far side of the room—a heavy sound, almost as if she had been running. Jenna must have picked up a cold during the last tense week before finals.
She crept along the wall until she reached her bed, groping among the covers for the stray history textbook. In the silence, she could hear a steady drip-drip-drip sound. She sighed silently. Facilities would have to come to fix the sink in the bathroom…again.
Her fingers closed on the textbook. She picked it up softly and withdrew from the room as silently as she could.
Relieved to be out of the room, she hurried back downstairs, collapsed into an overstuffed chair and studied until six o’clock. She finally decided that enough was enough. If she slipped upstairs now, she could get a couple hours’ sleep before her nine o’clock exam.
The first of the sun’s rays were beaming through the windows as she slowly slid the door open, hoping not to awaken Jenna. Her nose was met by an earthy, metallic smell a second before her eyes registered the scene in her dorm room. Jenna was spread-eagled on top of her bed against the far wall, her throat cut from ear to ear and her nightdress stained with blood. Two drops of blood fell from the saturated blanket with a drip-drip noise that sounded like a leaky faucet.
Scream after scream poured from her mouth, but she couldn’t stop herself any more than she could cease wringing her hands. All along the hallway, doors slammed and footsteps came running down the passage.
Within moments other students had gathered in her doorway, and one of her friends gripped her arm with a shaking hand and pointed a trembling finger toward the wall. Her eyes widened in shock at what she saw. Then she fainted into her friend’s arms.


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Make your vehicle stand out from simple fleet livery displaying logos and contact details, through to bright and inventive vinyl wraps.
First impressions count, and wrapping your vehicle is proven to be an economical and effective way to to advertise your business.
Generate interest by using simple and stylish logos or get creative with bright and innovative designs. Either way you can be sure your logo will become well known by all those who see you out and about on the road.


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The ConTex (Container Ship Time Charter Assessment Index) has been published by the Hamburg and Bremen Shipbrokers’ Association (VHBS) since October 2007. In May 2010 the Index has been expanded and renamed to New ConTex.
The New ConTex is a company-independent Index of time charter rates for container ships. It is based on assessments of the current day charter rates of six selected container ship types, which are representative of their size categories: Type 1.100 TEU and Type 1.700 TEU with a charter period of one year, and the Types 2.500, 2.700, 3.500 and 4.250 TEU all with a charter period of two years.
Since August 2011 the New ConTex includes not only the present, well-known data but also market estimates of the participating panelists on ship types 2.500 TEU (geared), 2.700 TEU (gearless), 3.500 TEU (gearless) and 4.250 TEU (gearless) on the basis of charter periods of 12 months. Starting on 2nd of Oktober 2013 the VHBS started to publish shorter charter periods of only 6 months for the ship classes 1,100 TEU (geared) and 1,700 TEU (geared).
This is an additional service on top of the original composition and assessment basis of the New ConTex Index, which will continue to be published in its present form. The purpose of this wider coverage is to give an even more accurate picture of market development.
Full information, e.g. the history of the rates, is free of charge for the panelists and the members of the association.

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I, like many others across the world, live with anxiety. I was recently diagnosed with it, and I’m still coming to terms with it. Sometimes there are days where anxiety doesn’t plague my mind, while on other days, it’s hard to escape from it. If anyone else has ever felt the despair and utter uncertainty that comes with anxiety, you’re not alone. If you’ve ever had the symptoms such as a racing heart, sweating, shaking, dread, or panic and even the feeling that you’ll be attacked by someone or something, take heart and remember that there is nothing wrong with you. You’re still not alone. God is with you even in the midst of your anxiety. Those aforementioned symptoms are only some of the symptoms I experience almost daily. It has taken a lot of courage to open up about my struggle with anxiety, but God has put it on my heart to share my story to help others.
Anxiety causes me to think constantly about the what-ifs of situations. Have you ever had moments where you’re thinking, “If I go somewhere with a friend today, will I get in an accident because I’m not a good enough driver?”, or “Will I pass this test, or even pass this course?” How about one such as, “I just don’t feel like being around people. I need to cancel my plans with my family tonight. I know I’ll disappoint them if I cancel, but with the way I’m feeling I have no choice.” If you’ve ever thought any of those things, don’t blame yourself or be too hard on yourself. Some days are harder than others when dealing with anxiety.
It takes courage to admit that you have anxiety and it also takes courage to face it head-on. You may not think you can ever beat it or get over it, but you can. There are many things that you can do to overcome, or at least better manage your anxiety. Talk about it, rather than hide it in shame. There is nothing wrong with admitting that you have a problem. There is something empowering about admitting that you have a problem and being willing to reach out to others to overcome it. Who knows, someone could have a similar experience. Finding out that someone else goes through the same anxiety that you go through, gives you the courage to openly speak to them about it, to see how they best handle it for themselves.
Being open and honest about your struggles also gives you the opportunity to confide in someone and maybe even start a lifelong friendship with that person. Some of the best friendships start in the most unexpected places. Take the chance and share your story. Who knows how many people your story could impact.
You can then offer your own take on how to combat anxiety. When you tell your story, you’re letting others know that they aren’t alone. Who knows your story might inspire others to come forward about their own journey. Even if you’re nervous about sharing your story, remember how many others have been down that road. Your journey is unique and so are you as an individual. Don’t let your anxiety define who you are or the choices you make.
If you’re dealing with even a little bit of anxiety, I encourage you to talk to someone, anyone. It can be your pastor, your parents, friends, your grandparents, your brother, or your sister. Most importantly, talk to God about it. Tell Him what you’re feeling. Tell yourself that you can beat whatever thoughts are weighing you down. Remember, you are in control of your mind. Your anxiety doesn’t control you. God is the one that’s in control of your life. You have a choice. You can let anxiety control you by giving in to it. You can get out of your anxious thoughts if you tell yourself that you’re a strong person and that you’re of a sound mind. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. Just because you struggle with anxiety, doesn’t make you any less human or less of God’s child. He loves you just the way you are. Speak scripture over your anxiety and it should lessen.
Anxiety sometimes stems from the fear that you’re just not good enough to do something, or that no matter how many times you try, you’re constantly worried that you’ll fail. You don’t have to do that to yourself. That thought that you’re going to fail yet again, or that you did fail at something, is playing right into the anxiety itself. It only adds more pressure on you that is completely unneeded, unnecessary and it isn’t healthy for you, either.
Never underestimate the power that God has in your life. Ask Him to help you look at your anxiety in a positive way instead of feeling the dread that comes along with it. Remember, you “can do all things through Christ who gives you strength.” Philippians 4:13. Philippians 4:6-7 reminds you not to be anxious about anything. You’re a strong, courageous person. Don’t let your anxiety define who you are or who you can become.


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Community: Providing opportunities for people to meet, share ideas and take part in the development of their community.
Learn: Promoting learning and literacy in all forms to all ages.
Collaborate: Working with partners toward a common goal.
Develop: Creating an environment that is future-oriented, serves as good stewards of public resources and innovates the staff and community.
Discover: Providing a space and the resources that spark creativity and an organization that is in step with industry trends.
Create and implement a patron-centric marketing plan.
Develop a brand and implement it in all aspects of the library -- services, programming, training.
Host the closing reception for the Michigan Library Association (MLA) Annual Conference on October 19.
Host the East Lansing Welcomes the World event.
Host the One Book, One Community author reception.
Host the 7th annual Books, Bites, and Bids fundraiser.
Promote sustainability via fundraising for solar panels for the library at the solar farm.
Install signage throughout public service area.
Continue to fundraise for the pop-up mobile library.
Host coffee with the library director. Set up with the Friends of the Library.
Have a table at ELPS Curriculum Nights to promote the library and give out library cards.
Research, develop, and implement a material delivery/mailing service for homebound patrons.
Continue to offer the monthly Social Justice Reading Group and look for additional community partners to support the program.
Host a User Experience (UX) Coffee Hour in the library cafe.
Develop and send out preference emails to patrons -- get to know our patrons and personalize our email marketing.
Incorporate volunteers into other areas of library service, including programming and tech services.
Plan an estate planning workshop for the community with the Capital Region Community Foundation and an estate planner.
Analyze processes-starting with the process of getting a library card.
Develop and implement organizational values and competencies.
Create and place signs in the languages the books are written in the Community Languages Collection; i.e. Spanish--Espanol, etc.
Add a sensitive topics page to elpl.org.
Evaluate and revamp the children’s, teen and adult summer reading programs.
Create and implement readers’ advisory plan.
Train programming staff to manage their own budgets.
Develop a parenting blog on Bibliocommons with links to helpful information, websites and also that highlights books from our Parent/Teacher collection.
Develop analysis skills in staff and create a culture of metrics use for telling our story, program and service implementation.
Evaluate and analyze effectiveness of current programs.
Create accountability measures for programming, services and staff.
Partner with the City of East Lansing (COEL) and MSU to develop and present Robot Week in September.
Establish a relationship with the Towne Courier and regularly promote ELPL programs and resources in it.
Investigate the need to expand the venues and locations in which children’s staff can offer library programming throughout the community.
Formalize and implement a school outreach plan for children’s staff.
Create more partnerships with MSU to promote, offer, and/or fund library programs and services.
Partner with the Kiwanis Club of East Lansing to secure program funding.
Partner through Therapy Dogs International (and/or related organizations) to offer regular Read to the Dogs programs.
Coordinate Tim Busfield’s Third Annual Performing Arts Warm-Up September 9 & 10 at ELPL.
Continue and grow our partnership with Wharton Center.
Continue and grow our partnership with NCG.
Grow our partnerships with MacDonald Middle School, East Lansing High School, and Gateway Youth Services.
Create more partnerships with local teen organizations to promote, offer, and/or fund library programs and services.
Investigate using interns from MSU for assistance with analyzing our services.
Revamp how to apply and get a library card.
Update emergency guide and continue safety and security training for staff by the Security Team.
Create a Human-centered Design process for project and program feasibility.
Develop service plans for programming and plan programming for at least six-months out.
Implement quarterly technology training for all staff.
Implement core competencies for all staff.
Implement two mandatory staff in-service days per year.
Catalog items in maker studio to increase public awareness and accessibility.
Catalog and launch tool library collection.
Revamp the following collections: large print, science fiction, romance, and juvenile graphic novels.
Create and implement an Express Shelf for high demand titles.
Continue to digitize Local History collection and investigate feasibility of featuring digitized local history on elpl.org.
Train and mentor staff to use BiblioCommons to curate the collection.
Create more BiblioCommons content that is unique to the city/region/state.
Develop consistent avenues for positive staff recognition to continue to increase staff morale.
Research and establish a 30-day trial card for nonresidents.
Best Practices resources for Children's Reader Advisory.
Develop and implement “ticketing” system for non-emergency facilities and custodial needs.
Evaluate and update circulating hot spot collection.
Analyze the process of adding materials to the collection.
Identify what innovative services and programs our patrons want and need through user surveys and Harwood Institute techniques interviews.
Implement a six-month programming calendar.
Purchase and implement room scheduling software.
Purchase and implement staff scheduling software.
Analyze collection and usage one year after remodeling.
Identify additional metrics and statistics needed to further library’s action plan.
Review mobile sites from other libraries, as well as our own, and determine if purchase of a mobile app is needed.
Purchase and implement next generation self-service infrastructure.
Review options for payments at self-service locations (self checks, public printing) and determine if implementation is compatible with city’s system.
Develop best practices and staff workload-procedures for the DLA Wand.
Circulate Children’s Early Literacy iPads.
Repair exterior sign and upgrade to LED lighting.
Re-ignite and expand the Makers-in-Residence program.