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The shared vision for the new Chartwell School campus was to create an exceptional, high-performance learning environment for children with learning differences, including dyslexia. Chartwell serves students grades 1–8 in the greater Monterey Bay area.
The goal was to create a campus that integrated design strategies proven to improve learning outcomes — a campus that would function as a teaching tool about sustainability while dramatically reducing the school's environmental impact. Sited on a hill overlooking the Monterey Bay, this project seamlessly blends the elements of site, program and environmental conservation. All design and construction decisions were made with those three factors in mind.
As Douglas Atkins, Chartwell's executive director, recently stated, "Our LEED Platinum campus models how improved academic outcomes and responsible resource stewardship build on each other."
It is the hope for the Chartwell project that a new generation of children will be inspired by the possibility of a built environment that sustains and restores our natural environment.
The key ideas for the Chartwell project were: 1) to create the best possible learning environment by providing exceptional daylighting, views, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort; 2) to make the sustainable design strategies a visible part of the students' education by developing the site as a teaching tool with natural drainage and native and food-producing plants; 3) to inspire and excite the community about the possibilities of sustainable design and in turn generate support and private funding; 4) to reach net-zero electricity use through exceptional efficiency and adding photovoltaic (PV) capacity to meet the remaining electrical demand; and 5) to reach these goals with only a modest cost premium.
All of these goals are intertwined in the resulting Chartwell campus. Tall, north-facing windows and clerestories provide excellent daylighting, support the net-zero electrical goal and improving student outcomes. Sloping shed roofs for good photovoltaic orientation and an extensive measurement and verification system support optimal function of the building and provide learning opportunities for the students. Radiant heat provides a quiet learning environment and reduces the size of mechanical equipment and mechanical rooms. Framing the structure at two feet on center reduces the amount of material used on the project and also saves on overall construction costs. These are just a few examples of how the five key ideas mentioned above formed the basis of the design.
The project also involved extensive research embodied in a published case study on Design for Deconstruction (DfD) funded by an EPA research grant.
The project is sited on the decommissioned Fort Ord military base. Fort Ord is designated an EPA Superfund site due to the hazardous contaminants and unexploded ordnance often found on military bases. The school site is a small part of the enormous redevelopment effort currently being overseen by the Fort Ord Redevelopment Authority. This effort includes extensive connected habitat areas, as well as developed educational and commercial zones.
To preserve the large native coast oak ecosystem surrounding the campus, Chartwell’s buildings and site development are located entirely within the footprint of the officer’s club building and parking lot that once occupied the site. The site plan is developed around a courtyard — only the southern half of which was built during Phase I — to take advantage of the outdoor spaces and climate, and to provide some protection from cool ocean breezes.
The design accommodates existing tree stands, including tree islands in the former parking lot. Most of the new landscaping consists of native species with low water demand, including Monterey cypress, California live oaks, and California buckeye. The school has developed a curriculum around the native ecosystem, as well as an experimental science garden, organic fruit trees and planting beds, all of which are integrated into the site.
The climate in Monterey is very mild and the mechanical systems were designed to take advantage of that environment, using natural ventilation in the majority of the spaces. The frequent presence of fog in the area contributes water to the rainwater catchment system and fog catchers are incorporated into the site for educational purposes.
Chartwell has developed a natural trail that meanders around the edges of the built campus. During the creation of the trail, the team took care to preserve the habitat of the dusky-footed wood rats living in the woods surrounding the building. Chartwell strives to exist in harmony with the wild turkeys, deer and other flora and fauna that surround the campus, and will continue to seek opportunities to use the environment as a teaching tool.
A key issue on California coastal sites is to avoid heat gain to maintain thermal comfort without relying on air conditioning. Our strategy orients most of the glazing to the north with smaller amounts facing south, and very little facing east or west. Much of the south facing glazing is shaded in summer by either a roof overhang or attached sunshades. Spectrally selective glazing further reduces heat gain while admitting daylight. The fenestration is organized for cross-ventilation in most spaces, typically with low windows on one side and high windows or skylights on another to vent warm air on still days.
The mild climate affords the school the opportunity to use the outdoor spaces year-round. The classroom building fosters connection to the outdoors in two key ways: first, window locations and sizes optimize views to the native oaks; and second, the corridors intersect all the way through the building to keep the outdoor access as close as possible. The multi-use building opens completely to the north courtyard through four glass garage doors. The site provides for a variety of uses including recreation, a science garden, a quiet academic courtyard, and smaller class or social spaces.
A key project goal was to daylight 100% of the interior teaching spaces, using radiance and lumen microanalysis to refine the design. The strategy uses primarily north-facing windows and clerestories combined with skylights for daylighting. Half of the classroom windows wrap around corners, washing light back across both walls and reducing the contrast and glare between the window and the wall. Lighting is the largest electrical load in the energy model, and daylighting allows the size of the PV system to be reduced by almost half. Energy consumption is also controlled using an integrated classroom lighting system with photo-sensors and dimming ballast.
Virtually every space is naturally ventilated, typically with windows on one side and clerestories or skylights on the other. To ensure excellent indoor environmental quality when windows are closed, each classroom has a small fan controlled by a CO2 sensor to provide ventilation air as needed. Teachers can also manually control this fan at two speed settings.
All rainfall is either captured for use or infiltrates on site. A rainwater catchment system captures runoff from the roof of the classroom building and stores it in a 9,000-gallon cistern adjacent to the science garden. The outfall from the cistern flows into a sluice that can be used for play or educational activities during the rainy season when supply exceeds demand. The sluice discharges to the science garden where students are growing organic food, composting, and learning about the food cycle.
Fog condensation also adds water to the cistern, which supplies water for toilet flushing during the majority of the school year. The bathrooms include dual-flush toilets and waterless urinals, and is equipped with dual piping for a planned recycled waterline. Since irrigation for the playfield consumes the largest quantity of water, the design team has addressed this with an exceptionally efficient irrigation design, piped for future recycled water.
Stormwater not captured in the cistern is collected to be diverted from the building foundations, which rest on sandy soil, and is discharged and infiltrated on site.
Early energy modeling identified lighting, cooling, and ventilation as the three largest energy loads. The project goal was to daylight all spaces in the building during daytime hours. The final energy model indicates a predicted savings of 50% due to daylighting and controls. The project received all 10 LEED credits for Optimized Energy Performance and all 3 of the Renewable Energy credits, providing a reduction of 57% from California Title 24.
Cooling is avoided completely, and ventilation is controlled by occupants, primarily with operable windows. After significantly reducing demand, the goal was to meet all remaining net energy needs with onsite photovoltaic panels. These are sized to match the actual expected load rather than the results of the energy model. California's Title 24 energy modeling requires that cooling be included even though the building has no air-conditioning (cooling is including in the numbers reported in this section). The school has entered into a green power agreement such that when it does draw power from the grid, it draws only from renewable supplies.
Radiant heating, selected for comfort, acoustics, and IEQ reasons, helps create an exceptional learning environment. This choice eliminates duct runs and space needs for other mechanical options. Mechanical, electrical, lighting, and controls were commissioned per the LEED prerequisite.
The project is designed on a 24-inch module, including most walls, windows, and doors. The wood-frame walls are on the 24-inch module, and the TJL trusses on a 48-inch module with structural insulated panels (SIPs) for the roof. The project achieves a greater than 30% reduction in wood use by employing these strategies. The SIPs and 24-inch framing module also improve the thermal performance of the envelopes. Roof heights were analyzed relative to stud sizes and lengths in order to minimize wood waste. All framing lumber is FSC-certified.
Another key goal of the project was to reduce its carbon footprint. All concrete is a high-slag mix that uses only 141 pounds of cement per cubic yard of concrete, reducing embodied carbon by 45%. The team calculated total embodied carbon for all major building materials and performed an ATHENA Life Cycle Analysis to try to understand and minimize major material impacts. A Kresge Foundation Green Building Planning grant funded this work as well as the LEED Platinum documentation.
The team used reclaimed wood extensively for interior and exterior wood siding and trim. More than 90% of demolition and construction waste was recycled.
An EPA grant funded research in Design for Disassembly (DfD) to facilitate changes over the school's lifetime and to facilitate deconstruction of the buildings at the end of their life. A key concern was the small, 650 square-foot classrooms—a design feature that follows from Chartwell’s small (8–10 students) class size. To provide flexibility for future uses, the partitions between pairs of classrooms are non-structural, so that classrooms may be doubled in size. Roof and window details allow their removal without affecting surrounding finishes. Roof-truss connection details use two bolts in lieu of a strap with 18 10d nails; the SIPs can be removed and reused. An exposed utility raceway runs the full length of the classroom building and includes power, data, hot water for heating, and fire sprinklers, in order that these elements will be accessible for future changes.
The DfD concepts are paired with reclaimed materials in several cases, meaning that the project is reusing materials now as well as making provisions for reuse in the future. The interior paneling is salvaged Douglas fir that has been re-milled into a tongue-and-groove profile. The team tested a variety of methods for installing it without nails, including securing the ends with extruded aluminum reglets, which was the strategy they eventually selected. A large retaining wall supporting the play area is made of dry stacked modular blocks rather than cast-in-place concrete so that it can be salvaged or reconfigured in the future.
The design process featured very early collaboration between users and the design team, including daylighting consultants and mechanical engineers. The team worked with daylight, energy, and simple natural-ventilation models to optimize the basic building form and fenestration. This team approach was also responsible for devising the mechanical systems approach of using radiant heating combined with natural ventilation and CO2-sensor-controlled mechanical ventilation to ensure good indoor environmental quality. Including the broader school community in the sustainable design process was very successful in generating political and financial support for the project.
Meeting the LEED commissioning prerequisite was helpful in identifying several lighting and mechanical issues that might not otherwise have been resolved. The project has a web-based energy monitoring system that tracks energy demand and PV energy production for review by the occupants and the design team. Energy monitoring has shown that the project is not yet meeting its net-zero electrical goal and the detailed monitoring pinpointed several areas of excess load that are currently being addressed. These excess loads included site lighting that was being left on all night and donated commercial freezers, neither of which were included in the building model. These items equaled over 27% of the electrical load. This detailed data allows Chartwell to revise operations and make educated decisions to work toward the net-zero electrical goal.
A Center for the Built Environment post-occupancy survey was completed and related graphics may be found in the images section.
Many clients are concerned about sustainable design costing more than a conventional design. Chartwell School, which privately raised all the funds for construction, took a different approach. Instead of focusing solely on the cost, it asked the question: “Can an exceptionally sustainable design improve student learning and inspire our community to fund our vision?” The answer turned out to be “yes.” The Kresge Foundation provided significant funding for the project, part of which was contingent on the sustainable design strategies. In addition, the project attracted several lead donors who had personal interest in the green features.
Much of the additional cost beyond that of a more conventional project was due to the photovoltaics, rainwater catchment system, and certified wood. Current estimates show that the sustainable strategies added approximately 6% to the construction cost, depending on what baseline building the project is measured against. A portion of this surcharge was for the photovoltaics, which will pay for themselves within 11 years. The water-efficiency and rainwater catchment strategies aided the approval process for the project in a community that often uses water concerns to halt development. The team was able to obtain FSC-certified lumber more cheaply than expected due to the relationship developed with Hayward Lumber, the key FSC-certified wood supplier in northern California.
Chartwell's new director brought the vision for a sustainable project to the school and the board of trustees. The board was new to the concept, so there was an educational effort that preceded the formation of the design team. By the time the design commenced, the board members had come a long way toward supporting the green vision.
The design team worked very well together at the earliest stages of schematic design. This included the lighting, daylighting, and mechanical consultants looking at integrating these systems with the natural ventilation strategy. A green building planning grant and EPA research grant provided funding to do additional research, including the ATHENA life cycle assessment and Design for Disassembly.
Chartwell wanted to reinforce ties to its community and selected a local contractor even though he had little experience with sustainably designed buildings. The mechanical and electrical systems were bid on a design-build basis. With exceptional communication and teamwork, construction was completed with very little delay.
Chartwell has hired a facilities director who has embraced the sustainable features of the building. The facilities director, the executive director, and the finance director all have a vested interest in the success of the campus. They have been involved with the Collaborative for High Performance Schools and use their project as a model for other schools to evaluate.
The campus buildings have been commissioned to LEED standards.
A post-occupancy satisfaction survey was conducted through UC–Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment (CBE) in 2008. The project scored in the 86th percentile overall, with extremely high levels of satisfaction for air quality (99%), thermal comfort (98%) and lighting (92%).


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Unfortunately, that's precisely what FireEye researchers Yulong Zhang and Tao Wei will demonstrate in their session "Fingerprints on Mobile Devices: Abusing and Leaking."
The researchers have found severe issues with the Android's current fingerprint scanning framework. They will demonstrate an attack that hijacks a mobile payment authorization process protected by fingerprint authentication. And they will show a fingerprint sensor spying attack that allows them to harvest fingerprint images.
This follows the same principle as malware created for Windows vs. Mac. Windows is a software and the hardware it sits on is made by many companys. Same with Android. Hardware made by Motorola, Samsung, etc. Due to this, there are many more instances of Android then competitors, making it have a larger surface area to penetrate.

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Accounting is essential, providing a record of how your business has performed financially and helping ensure that your business remains solvent. More than that, accounting provides tools that help you look forward and manage your business more effectively.
There can be a temptation to completely delegate small business accounting tasks, relying on specialist employees and the services of an accountant. But even if your main skills are non-financial, every business owner and director should have some understanding of the key accounting concepts and how they can help your business.
When people think of small business accounting, they tend to think of bookkeeping - keeping records of business transactions. As a minimum, you have a legal obligation to make sure that you keep adequate records.
Your bookkeeping records are used to produce your statutory annual accounts and for the information needed for your tax returns. While this is often seen as something you just need to do to comply with the law, good advice can help you identify opportunities to reduce or delay tax payments.
Accounting also has a vital role in cash flow management. In particular, businesses that sell on credit tend to be confronted with the need to continually chase up customers who fail to pay on time.
Annual accounts are largely produced for the benefit of the tax authorities and outside investors in the business. By the time the accounts have been finalised, they are often months out of date.
Well-managed businesses also produce management accounts, typically on a monthly or quarterly basis. These give an up-to-date picture of recent performance, helping you see the trends in sales, profitability and cash flow. They help you identify problem areas and opportunities, giving you crucial information to guide your decisions on how to improve future performance.
You can also look further ahead, forecasting your profitability and cash flow as part of your budgeting process. Again, this helps you guide your decision-making. In particular, financial forecasts can be a key part of developing or updating a business plan and anticipating future financing needs.
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A man cursed with the form of a wolf, or a feral creature desperately attempting to shake of its vestigial ties to humanity? Whatever the balance of beast and boy in cherry-flavored Frute Brute be, both sides felt the sting of betrayal. Both have returned for their revenge.
Imagine yourself lost hound, wandering a world that's cruel and heartless to the unwanted. Rejected by the sons of man and beast, forced to live in the dirt and shadows, surviving on nothing but cast-off frute scraps and the hope that one day you'll find the shelter of a generous heart.
Then, a light — or at least an incredibly bright darkness — on the horizon. One General Mills finds you and takes you in. You find yourself surrounded by other supernatural creatures — each an outsider of some sort. One feeds on the chocolaty milk of the living. Another is trapped somewhere between life and death. A third is built out of nothing but discarded body parts and strawberry car air fresheners.
You have a home. You have friends. Soon you have fans, children from across the country able to look beyond your bestial face to the sweet cherry flavor within. You are loved.
As your happiness grows, so does the flavor of your sweetened oat cereal. Surrounded by your new family, your confidence soars, bolstering your defense against the taste-draining bovine mammary-gland extract that plagues others in the monster army of General Mills. From the shadows you have risen, a shining star.
But you shine too brightly.
In 1984, ten years after finding love and peace, you're grabbed by the scruff of the neck and thrown out into the cold, cancelled. You howl at the gates of Chocula's Castle for days, crying for your family until your throat can no longer make sound. You claw at the metal portcullis until your claws are stained red with your own blood.
What happened? What did you do wrong? Were you not a loving and faithful companion? Did your tail wag too slow? Was your nose too cold? Did you not love them enough, despite loving them with all your being?
You ponder these questions for nearly three decades, slinking about the shadows of Chocula Castle. Once more you survive on cast-off frute, but the hope that once kept you strong is now a cold, withered thing. It hardened into despair, and then slowly began to transform into something darker.
Now you know the truth. They were frightened of you — frightened of the strength and constitution of your flavor. Terrified — and yes, monsters can be terrified — that one day someone would realize how much greater your two parts were than their whole. Such great love, betrayed by jealousy and unfounded fear.
Well, once-unfounded. Now, 29 years later, the portcullis is rising once more. A man who is a beast, or a beast who is a man? It doesn't matter. Both sides will have their revenge.
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Time is pregnant with opportunities, but your life is pregnant with dreams and visions (see Joel 2:28). Whether it be the desires of your heart or the plan and purpose of God, you carry “something” within you that defines why you are here in the earth. Your assignment, should you decide to accept it, is to pursue God, grow in grace unto maturity, developing, and utilizing the gift(s) given you in order to seize the opportunities in 2018.
Time is given to everyone but not everyone benefits from it. Many “waste” time and are disadvantaged by that. Every day I waste is a day I can’t get back. If I seize the day and make the most of it, I’ll make progress. If I bury the day, I lose out. Let your life be filled with expectancy this year. This is a Year of Crowning Achievements and Surpassing Victories (see Rom 8:37 AMP).
A New Beginning, meaning, a new order or creation, and man’s true “born again” event when he is resurrected from the dead into eternal life. Jesus was selected as the Lamb to take away man’s sins on the Hebrew day of Nisan 10 (April 1, 30 A.D.-Gospel of John 12:28-29). He was crucified on Nisan 17 (seventeen symbolizes victory), Nisan 17 was also the eighth day, counting inclusively from the time Christ was selected as man’s sacrificial Lamb. All this bears record of Jesus’ perfect sacrifice and His complete victory over death.
Boys were circumcised on the 8th day. The number 8 symbolizes circumcision of the heart through Christ and receiving of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 2:28-29; Col. 2:11-13). Those in Christ are becoming [are] a new creation, with Godly character being created by the power of God’s Spirit (II Cor. 5:17; Eph. 2:10; 4:23-24).
The eighth day of the seventh week is Pentecost.
The eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacle is called the Last Great Day.
God saved eight people in the Ark in order to have a New Beginning.

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On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a glass of Tasmanian Independent Bottlers TIB??005 whisky. Tim Duckett is a man who likes his whisky strong. Chances are that if you have been paying even the slightest attention to the Tassie whisky scene, you will have heard of his bonkers Heartwood label, which releases independently-aged whisky at an average ABV% of somewhere in the mid-sixties (the strongest was 72.5%!). Apart from being totally amazing, the Heartwoods also all cost an arm and a leg (and a liver), so to make things more accessible Mr Duckett created Tasmanian Independent Bottlers as the baby brother to Heartwood. TIBs are still independently aged, but ‘only’ range in the high 40’s-low 50’s percentage wise, so the price is much friendlier.
The spirit for TIB??005 was sourced from an undisclosed ‘Renowned NSW Distillery’ (hence the ‘??’ in the batch code. Potential contenders include Archie Rose, Blackgate and Corowa) and then aged in ex-sherry casks in Hobart. The nose is tremendously citrusy, almost gin-like in nature, with citronella/lemon myrtle, pepper-berry and coriander seed as botanicals. It’s lighter on the mouth than you would expect considering the 49.1% strength and has an odd earthy, ashy quality which make me suspect that some sort of peating has occured. The TIB??005 is a super quirky whisky and one that will give the experienced dramist an interesting conundrum to puzzle over.
We’ve reached a point in the Tasmanian whisky industry where Tim Duckett can do whatever the hell he likes. Justifiably, too, having broken so many rules with his Heartwood series, resulting in the creation of whiskies so good and so bizarre you’d be forgiven for thinking they were taken straight out of a whisky nerd’s fantasies. However his latest project, under the innocuous sounding moniker Tasmanian Independent Bottlers (or TIB for short), seems to plant itself firmly in reality.
The first release was the product of only one distillery and only one barrel type and was originally intended to be released at 46%, before Tim caved and bumped it up to 48.4%. No poetic title is required – it is simply named after its cask number – and the label is classy and yet plain, lacking in the unique quirky artwork found on Heartwood bottles. Cosmetically this is the Beatles White album released directly after Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band.
However, Tim still holds the ace up his sleeve: a quality Tasmanian spirit and an intriguing barrel. The first TIB release is from midlands paddock-to-bottle-distiller Redlands, and it has been aged in a Muscat cask.
Sorry, I got a little carried away there. But you get me, right? Redlands spirit in Muscat barrels assembled by Tim Duckett? This bottle was a must have to me… and it doesn’t disappoint.
It has a big, broad nose full of toffee and oak. There are many tiny subtle aromas breaking through, including pepper, blackberry and spearmint leaves. The palate is quite sweet, loaded with sticky caramel, raspberry jam and dark chocolate. The finish is short and spicy – spicier than most Heartwoods ironically – with lingering raw sugar notes.
Inevitably anyone looking for the next Heartwood release in this bottle is going to go away disappointed – because that’s not what TIB is. This is a far subtler and gentler single malt which does not possess the x-factor of Tim’s other releases. This is not a bad thing, though – it’s a different thing, and a thing that will appeal to some people and not others. It is designed to be more accessible and perhaps easier drinking than Heartwood and every now and again this is exactly what I want. The Convict Resurrection, Vat Out of Hell and Calm Before the Storm are fantastic – but I’d also recommend getting to know their younger brother.


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The announcement was made at the Esri User Conference.
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My Ex-Boyfriend Threw Acid In My Face!; Shocking Traffic Stop Endangers Baby’s Life; Famous Dog That Fought Off 3 Bears; Nurse Breast-Feeds Newborn During Surgery?
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Published: Nov. 22, 2017 at 03:53 p.m.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2017 at 04:37 p.m.
It goes all the way back to the 1920s, like a famous game in 1920, when Cardinals punter Paddy Driscoll did everything he could to kick away from the most important rookie in NFL history, the Bears' Red Grange. The Lions started entertaining foes on Turkey Day every year starting in 1934, facing that same Chicago team (with Grange in his last year). After a brief hiatus during World War II, the holiday tradition resumed with the Lions hosting the Rams in 1945. That would be a day known for Jim Benton posting over 300 yards receiving. That record would stand until the Chiefs' Stephone Paige broke it 40 years later.
It wasn't until 1969 that Detroit hosted the Vikings, a game where the weather conditions got progressively worse until the field was covered in snow in the second half.
Just three years prior to that, the Cowboys started their own Thanksgiving Day tradition, besting the Browns behind Don Meredith's passing and Don Perkins' 100-yard rushing day. Dallas' opponents this Thanksgiving will be the Chargers, who first played on Thanksgiving in 1964 against the Bills. Interesting matchup, given that they would play again in the AFL Championship Game a month later.
Actually, the Chargers and Bills would face off the following Thanksgiving and meet in the championship later that year ... again. If either are to make the postseason this year, they had better get wins this weekend. You'll see both of those picks below, along with the Lions and Vikings and everybody else. Even the Browns. Much thanks for your take ... @HarrisonNFL is the place.
Marcus Mariota leads a late drive with a couple of clutch scampers to put the Titans ahead. Jacoby Brissett tries to answer with no timeouts, but he can't get Adam Vinatieri in range for a makeable try (55 yards). That's how I see this AFC South fight playing out. Tennessee fans would like their team to exert its will in the division, but Mike Mularkey's crew simply isn't there yet. The Colts haven't rolled over for anyone since getting embarrassed in that ill-fated second half in Seattle in Week 4. Either way, with the Jaguars playing a very winnable game in Arizona, this is a huge contest for the AFC South. All those people clamoring for the Titans to be higher on the Power Rankings might be surprised to know that the Titans are the only team with a winning record and a negative point differential this season. It's not my fault.
The score reads like it's going to be a near blowout, but I don't think it'll get out of control until late, when Mitchell Trubisky is forced to get the Bears back in the game. As long as this deal stays within 10 points, Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen will see the vast majority of the offensive work. Alfred Morris made hay against the Eagles last Sunday night, until the game situation took him out. Philadelphia will have trouble with the Chicago backs. Although not enough trouble, apparently.
Wentz watch: Carson Wentz joined Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers as the only quarterbacks to have at least 25 touchdown passes and five or fewer interceptions in the first 10 games of the season. Both those dudes pulled it off twice, though.
This AFC East "battle" could turn into garbage quite fast. (Not gonna say hot garbage, as I've seen enough Dumpster fire tweets to steer me away from the genre for awhile.) While it's easy to consider the mismatch to be Brady versus the Miami secondary, Matt Patricia's defense has been balling since early October. And the Dolphins' offense has been sucking since early September. The difference can be seen in a stat I developed with the help of @RealJackAndrade: N3P, or net positive play percentage. Tom Brady generates net positive plays (positive plays minus harmful plays) a staggering 39.9 percent of the time, which leads the league. Jay Cutler is way in the back at 28.2. He's currently ahead of Mitchell Trubisky, Joe Flacco, Mike Glennon, DeShone Kizer and Tom Savage.
The Bucs have played well in Atlanta in the recent past, winning there in each of the last two years. Tampa can make it three straight if it gets a few meaty kick returns. If you caught "Monday Night Football" this week, you might have noticed -- besides missing Giff, Howwwwwwerd Co-sale and Danny Don -- that the Falcons' kick coverage was downright terrible. This is a Doug Martin game. If he gets going for the Bucs, Ryan Fitzpatrick will be Fitzmagic. If not, he'll force throws and be Fitztragic. Appreciate that terrible pun. It's Thanksgiving week. People acknowledge cranberry sauce this time of year, and cranberry sauce is gross.
Back to Fitzpatrick: He ranks 10th in the N3P metric I designed with the help of @RealJackAndrade. Because Fitzpatrick has rushed for four first downs and thrown just three picks (with zero fumbles lost) in addition to being an efficient passer, his N3P is at 35.7 percent -- ahead of Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford and Russell Wilson.
The Bengals offense is due for a breakout game. Andy Dalton is actually posting one of his better seasons, mostly because he's really picked up his play over the last month. A.J. Green's production has been uneven, largely as a result of Dalton's inconsistency early, plus the lack of a major threat opposite him. Rookie running back Joe Mixon has flashed, but as of yet hasn't offered a signature performance to justify all of the pre-draft hype. His 2.9 yards per carry is flashy in a blocking fullback kind of way. As for Cleveland, can DeShone Kizer put more points on the board? This Cincy secondary is nowhere near as good as the Jags back five he struggled against last week. Same could be said for the Bengals' pass rush.
The Bengals' rushing attack is much worse than that of any team in the league. Their 68.0 rushing yards per game would be the lowest since the 2000 Chargers and 2000 Browns (they tried to see who could be less effective). Then there's Cincy's horrific 2.98 yards per carry. That would be the lowest since the 1994 Patriots. That's why Drew Bledsoe set the record for most pass attempts in a game that year. Bill Parcells loved running the football. But not that much, man.
I know the Chiefs have struggled, losing four of their last five games, but they're due for a fun outing. Bills coach Sean McDermott could make it an even better day for Kansas City by, I don't know, signing Jeff Tuel and sending him out there. Maybe make a trade for Austin Davis. Perhaps, in sitting Tyrod Taylor and starting rookie Nathan Peterman against the Chargers last week, McDermott was trying to send a message to his team that no player was above being benched after the debacle(s) against the Jets and Saints. Well, Peterman threw five first-half picks and Taylor isn't riding the pine anymore. It will be interesting to see how Taylor responds at a tough place to play like Arrowhead. How will Chiefs back Kareem Hunt play after yet another so-so game? After posting at least 100 yards from scrimmage in his first seven games, the rookie workhorse has failed to hit that mark in any of the last three contests.
The Seahawks try to keep pace with the Rams in advance of their Week 15 meeting in Seattle. They had better not look past these 49ers, who are coming off both a win and a bye. The first question is whether the visiting Seahawks will play any better in the secondary without their stars than they did versus the Falcons. Kam Chancellor -- who might miss the rest of the season with a neck injury -- makes a huge difference in the run game, which San Francisco revived against the Giants in Week 10. None of that matters, because Russell Wilson will probably pull this contest out in the fourth quarter. His passer rating during that super-relevant part of the game is a superhuman 133.0. That is off the charts this deep into the season.
Scoring might be higher in this contest, although New Orleans' defense has been stout for the balance of the season, and the Rams' unit has really come on over the last six games. Neither played particularly well last week. Wade Phillips' group struggled with those talented Vikings wideouts, playing without a full deck in the secondary. The Saints can empathize, as the absence of cornerbacks Marshon Lattimore (who left early last week with an ankle injury) and Delvin Breaux ( on injured reserve) really hurt against Kirk Cousins. New Orleans won't have the home crowd to lean on this week, but either way, this should be a fantastic matchup.
Fun fact: The Saints and Rams are two of the three teams in the league that can boast both a top-10 rushing offense and top-10 passing offense this season (the Chiefs are the other). Only two squads could claim that last year: the Patriots and Falcons. You might have heard that they played in the Super Bowl.
Arizona quarterback Blaine Gabbert faces his former team. Get excited. Jacksonville defensive lineman Calais Campbell is doing the same. Actually, that is pretty cool. Campbell is enjoying a career year with the Jaguars, pacing the league in sacks with 11.5. The odd aspect of that prolific sack total is that he's never posted double-digit sacks in any given prior season in his lengthy career. Granted, the difference in scheme, as well as the talent of the Jags' secondary, has made a huge difference. Jacksonville is on pace for 64 sacks, which is unbelievable in this era of dinks and dunks and none-yard outs. The Cards can slow that pass-rush down if Adrian Peterson can average more than a yard per carry. If not, look out. Jacksonville could become only the third team in the last 25 years to lead the league in both scoring defense and takeaways. The other two -- the 2000 Ravens and the 2013 Seahawks -- won the Super Bowl.
The Raiders get back on track, although the kind of offensive onslaught we've waited for all season doesn't happen this week, either. Maybe Marshawn Lynch will create a different kind of uproar ... by actually rushing for 100 yards. That way, Derek Carr can generate completions downfield off play-action as opposed to obvious passing situations. Carr shouldn't have to play much keep up with Paxton Lynch. The latter will try to help the Broncos try to avoid their seventh straight loss this season, which is incredible, given the talent on that roster.
(Not) fun fact: Raiders opponents are completing 72.3 percent of their passes while compiling a 113.3 passer rating. Both of those numbers would be second highest since the AFL-NFL merger. Maybe the Raiders should never have merged.
This interconference matchup could get awfully ugly awful fast, like, ridiculously fast ( LUDICROUS SPEED!!!!!!), if the Packers go three-and-out and the Steelers' offense calls back to last week's scoring bonanza. Granted, much of Pittsburgh's windfall last Thursday night came off of Titans turnovers -- but Brett Hundley might be this week's Marcus Mariota 2.0. Hundley often tries to make plays out of the pocket a la the guy in front of him on the depth chart, to varied results (that's one way to put it). For all the handwringing over the Steelers' offense, they have put up at least 300 net yards in every game since Oct. 1. Points haven't come in bunches, partially because of interceptions, stalled drives and poor red-zone scoring. Somewhat under the radar (is anything ever over the radar?): Pittsburgh's win over Tennessee ensured that Mike Tomlin would finish at least .500 for the 11th consecutive season, his entire tenure in the league. Only famed Rams and Redskins head coach George Allen has more (12) without ever suffering a losing campaign.
Would like to predict a better outcome for the Texans, who battled their way back into the playoff race with a win over the Cardinals. This is a tough matchup for Tom Savage. The Ravens' defense gives everyone fits, and when they've faltered, it's largely been due to an anemic offense. Baltimore's passing game flat stinks. The ground attack has fared miserably as of late. Consider their rushing totals in three of their last four games (minus an outlier against the Dolphins in Week 8): 64 yards against the Vikings, 73 against the Titans and 58 against the Packers. Houston must force turnovers. That's not a strength for a group that misses J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus.
Fun fact: The Ravens are the first team since the 2000 Ravens to record three shutouts in the first 10 games of the season.
Think this will be a whale of a Thanksgiving game. It was entertaining last year, right up until the point that Darius Slay picked off Sam Bradford to save the day for the Lions. It might have been the deciding play in Detroit reaching the playoffs and Minnesota staying home. I anticipate Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen making their presence felt against Slay and his secondary comrades in the second half. Now, it should be noted that the Lions have won four straight on Thanksgiving -- but Detroit hasn't taken five in a row on Turkey Day since the six-game run they had from 1950 to 1955, with Bobby Layne, Doak Walker and the boys.
Going to go with the Cowboys, who have been historically great on Thanksgiving Day, posting a 30-18-1 record overall. Can't really say that Dallas is any better than the visiting Chargers, but the home-field advantage on Thanksgiving has proven formidable over the years. Last year, the Redskins outplayed the Cowboys up and down the field, gaining over 500 yards of offense, and lost. If Dallas is to win, Dak Prescott will have to develop some pocket awareness. Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram were so effective for the Chargers last week that Bosa started feeling sorry for Nathan Peterman. Speaking of, since Week 5, Los Angeles has posted the best sack differential (plus-12) and turnover differential (plus-10) in pro football. Actually, they're tied on the sack differential front. Who cares? They done good.
Wouldn't it be something if the Giants pulled off another upset four days after upending the Chiefs? In order to do that, they must get pressure on Kirk Cousins, who has played at a high level all season, despite a banged-up offensive line, no Jordan Reed and inconsistency galore from the rest of his pass-catchers. Washington is slowly getting healthier, and despite them being on a short week, I like the Redskins at home. Back to Kirk's hard luck for a second: Cousins is on pace to become the second quarterback in NFL history to start 10 or more games in a season with a 100-plus passer rating and a losing record. Welcome to what's been Drew Brees' world the last couple of years.


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It’s a tricky situation with Bertie hard to understand.
I first thought that his barking behaviour was driven by lack of confidence and some fearfulness, but as time went on I saw it wasn’t this at all.
The Spaniel mix was fine when I arrived, but when he had checked me out with a lot of sniffing, he barked at me like a warning.
The more questions I asked of the couple, the more mixed-up Bertie seemed.
He’s a mix of angry, territorial and affectionate. Most of all, he’s fiercely protective of his humans – or of anyone coming too close to them. It’s more than just protective – he resource guards them.
He would bark suddenly at the smallest thing and a moment later be friendly. It’s not that he was fearful of me or that he didn’t like me. He simply wanted to guard his resources – the couple.
We sat and talked. Some of the time he was beside me, friendly. Later he sat in front of the man, looking at me, being fussed by him. The smallest of movements from me triggered sudden aggressive-sounding barking.
I asked for his harness and lead to be put on because I couldn’t be sure that I was safe.
Bertie is completely different when the lady and gentleman aren’t with him. He stays with the father happily – until they come back when he immediately becomes aggressive with him. ‘Keep away from my humans – my food vendors!’. He resource guards them like they are something belonging solely to him and nobody else should come near.
Resource guards one from the other.
Even when the couple are sitting together, he resource guards one from the other. If he’s sitting with them on the sofa and one walks out of the room, he barks fiercely as he or she enters and walks towards them. He/she is MINE! We have quite a simple plan for this.
Like many dogs, Bertie’s not comfortable when someone walks directly towards him when out either. (See The Pulse Project) This is mainly when he’s on lead, so again, he probably resource guards the person holding the lead.
Bertie is now six years old and they adopted him a couple of years ago. Previously he had lived with a sick person who’d died. It’s not a big stretch of the imagination to think perhaps he was very protective of this person.
Bertie also has always had such bad separation issues that the man now works nights so that he can be at home when the lady works. He is never left alone. The three hours each day when neither can be at home, a dog sitter takes Bertie to her house – where he is quite happy with no resource guarding of humans.
They are making huge sacrifices to do their best for him. Very possibly some of these efforts to make him happy is unwittingly contributing to the reason he resource guards them.
Bertie is simply on high alert all the time he’s with his humans, looking out for them.
How the man and the lady behave towards Bertie has a large part to play. They obey his every whim and lavish him with food for doing nothing, pouring attention on him. They behave like his slaves. What are slaves? Slaves are those who are owned and do what they are told. They are belongings.
I believe this is how Bertie perceives them, as his possessions – so he resource guards them in much the same way as he might a big bone.
For all the attention, he appears uneasy and depressed. Always worried about losing them. He’s never playful. He would be a much happier dog if they could be very consistent and given some boundaries.
The start is for them to try to act like they themselves are the ‘protectors’ and not ‘resources’. They must stop feeding him all the time as all they have become are his personal food vendors, apart from making him overweight. It not only makes him possessive of them, constantly demanding food, but also takes away the value of food for the work we need to do.
They should now use food only for rewarding and thanking him – and his meals. Working for some of his meals with it either in Kongs or sprinkled around outside should be very good for him mentally.
This should start to turn the tables. If his humans don’t behave like his servants and food machines, he should stop regarding them as his servants and food vendors – the reason he resource guards them.
Bertie now needs things to be consistent and steady. All the work they will be doing should help make him a bit less angry, unsettled and demanding. It will be a bumpy ride to start with as things gradually change and and he tries harder.
There is a lot to do, and when they have made some good progress we will take a fresh look at the situation and begin to work on being able to leave him alone.
NB. For the sake of the story and for confidentiality also, this isn’t a complete ‘report’ with every detail, but I choose an angle. The precise protocols to best use for your own dog may be different to the approach I have worked out for Bertie. Neither dog nor situation will ever be exactly the same. If you listen to ‘other people’ or find instructions on the internet or TV that are not tailored to your own dog, you can do much more harm than good. The case needs to be assessed correctly, particularly where any aggression is concerned. One size does not fit all so accurate assessment is important. If you live in my own area I would be very pleased to help with strategies specific to your own dog (see my Help page).
Fear of the Vet. Panicked. Struggled.
Beautiful Jack Russell Jojo is nine years old and the friendliest, easiest little dog you could hope to meet.
Unfortunately she has developed a fear of the vet. She was taken for her regular yearly check and vaccinations but went into a flat panic.
Why, after all these years?
She has never enjoyed being at the vet but has tolerated it. The previous year she saw a different vet who, seeing she was uneasy, got down on the floor with her and all was well.
That previous time the waiting room had been full and busy. Sociable Jess was very happy with that.
This most recent time the waiting room was empty and quiet.
Sudden direct approach into a quiet room.
The vet came out of his room and walked directly towards Jojo. She immediately went and hid under the lady’s chair. Most unusual.
I see two things here. The appearance of the vet into the quiet room may have been a bit sudden. The direct approach towards Jojo will have scared her.
Then, when carried into the vet’s room, Jojo struggled frantically to get out of the lady’s arms as she was lifted her onto the table. They couldn’t hold her sufficiently still to do anything and had to give up.
It looks like she was sensitised to the actual vet himself by the manner and suddenness of his approach. It’s very likely, however, that in addition to fear of the vet she will also now be sensitised to the whole premises.
Maybe another time he can be asked to stay in his room and maybe the receptionist can send them in – or maybe just put his head around the door instead?
Direct advance can be intimidating. See this – the Pulse Project.
A dog can be a lot more confident if a person is already in a room, seated even, when the dog enters.
Getting over her fear of the vet.
The lady will now be working on getting Jojo not to have fear of the vet but to positively like him instead.
Have a word with the receptionist. Find out the best time of day.
Short walk first – fifteen minutes max. Keep it relaxed if possible.
Park outside vet. Walk around the immediate area. Drop food on the ground as they pass the vet’s step. If she’s totally chilled with the area around the step, open the door next time. If not, keep on walking past each session until she is.
Next, with lead long and loose, walk in. She can follow if she wants. Turn around if she’s not ready. If she goes in, feed her. Ask the receptionist to feed her. She’s such a friendly dog she will love a fuss.
Let her wander about. It would be good if the surgery room was empty and she could go and walk around there too. Make good things happen – special food.
Do these things several times on several different occasions.
When she is very comfortable, lift her onto the table and feed her there. It would be best of all if she could be taught to jump into the lady’s arms then put on the table. She can then have a choice. If she doesn’t jump up, she doesn’t go on the table.
Eventually they may be able to arrange that the vet is in there already. She can walk on a loose lead so she can escape immediately if she wants to. The vet also could feed her (she wouldn’t eat last time – much too scared). The vet did in fact recommend me for helping Jojo so I’m sure will be happy to help.
What led to Jojo’s fear of the vet can be diagnosed fairly accurately, so we know exactly what it is that needs to be reversed. It’s not what a vet does with her that scares Jojo but the vet himself. With some work and with the help of the vet, little Jojo should go back to tolerating him again – maybe even liking him.
Goldie probably already had the seeds of timidity before they got her as a young puppy. If she had encountered many more people sufficiently early it would have helped, but they were caught in that trap of having to wait for vaccinations before taking her out (another matter I frequently write about). She’s now fourteen months old.
Goldie barks at certain people when out, not everyone. She barks at people she doesn’t know who come into her house.
One thing is for certain, if they had not been the dedicated owners they are, putting in so much love and training, the small gun dog Golden Labrador could now be a great deal worse.
It didn’t take her long to stop barking at me. It was a treat to visit such an gentle, friendly and well-trained dog.
Goldie has a lovely life, just tarnished by her fearfulness of certain people in certain situations.
Training alone doesn’t address this fear.
When out she will walk nicely, looking up and engaging with whoever is holding the lead. Keeping and holding attention is very valuable for managing situations but it it doesn’t get her to feel differently about an advancing person. It merely takes her attention away from them.
(It’s common for dogs to feel uneasy when approached. See the pulse project).
For what we want to achieve, Goldie needs to change how she feels. Distracting her by getting her to look at them instead is avoidance. It’s like telling a child who has seen a masked man at the window to pay attention to his Xbox.
Emotions drive behaviour. She barks at certain people. This is driven by fear.
To help to address this fear, she needs to register the person. Direct approaches are intimidating so they should always arc. They should keep at a distance where Goldie is aware but not reacting.
Looking at the person will then trigger goodies. Food can rain down.
Training her to keep attention on the handler is perfect if caught unprepared or too close, but it won’t change how Goldie feels. It’s merely management. They want to be able to relax and trust her to react calmly by herself. She won’t unless she loses her fear.
Another responsibility of the owner is to protect their dog from unwelcome attention – who doesn’t want to touch a beautiful Labrador, after all. A yellow ‘I Need Space’ vest should help greatly.
Off-lead Goldie is less likely to react to an approaching person as is usually the case. She will have freedom to increase distance, something she doesn’t have when someone comes to the door of her house. At home the stranger is walking directly towards her.
They could of course train her to settle on a mat away from the door when someone comes in, but this is a big ask when she’s scared and reacts with barking rather than hiding.
Training will have its place later. For now she should be kept away from the door when someone arrives. Standing people are more threatening, so she can join them when the person is sitting down. They can then work on the person ‘triggering goodies’. It worked well with me.
They can desensitise her to the knocker too. Starting with Goldie at the door beside them and letting her see them knock whilst dropping food. They can do various kinds of knocks: short, multiple, loud and soft. Then can then have a family member the other side of the door knocking while another feeds her inside. Gradually they can increase distance and later make the knocks unpredictable. This will need hundreds of repetitions over a period of time.
When she eventually becomes more confident and relaxed, training her to go and lie on her bed away from the door when there is a knock on the door would be reasonable.
One last thing. They would like to take her places like the pub or a cafe without fearing she may suddenly have a bout of aggressive-sounding barking when a person approaches.
Goldie should end up with the ideal mix. Emotional stability and great training.


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When my great grandmother passed back in 2011 my grandmother decided she would give her grand-kids some money out of the inheritance to buy our first car or anything that would benefit us in the future. I instantly set my eyes on a beetle as I’d always seen them at shows and thought they looked cool and the rounded shape was different and quirky. I had no idea what to look for with what models and problems, i just knew I wanted one!
I went to look at a late spec 1302 model but the rounded screen and elephant lights didn’t take my fancy. I then saw this 71 for sale with mot and the pictures looked decent! We drove up to Wigan and took a look! I couldn’t explain the excitement I had thinking this could be mine as a 13 year old.
The next week we made an offer and we went and picked it up! At first I did little changes like replace rotten running boards and fit a Dixie air horn! But once I got in the scene and started looking at others I started getting a vision for mine.
In June of 2014 I took it for its mot, it wasn’t very good at all and I don’t know how I never found it. The whole of the frame head and bulkhead was rotten and the beam was held on with thin air. My head dropped and I didn’t know where to turn. I took it to a garage and they put it on the ramps and started digging. I made an agreement that I would work for them and help them out around the shop if they did the welding for me. So we got to stripping the whole front end. More rust was found and cut out. It ended up that I refurbished and rebuilt my beam and got welded any spots that needed welding, I also fitted new discs and shocks and brake lines .
I finally fixed it and mot’d and the funny thing was it didn’t look any different on the outside! I felt so proud that I did the mechanics myself and I even had a go at welding! After that it got serious. I got some empi 8 wheels and refurbished them. Fitted a empi short shifter. Painted the bonnet, bumpers and added so many little bits I couldn’t list them all!
I slowly built it up and fitted it to the bug and in March I got insured! Its now got some poke and shocks most people. I’m happy where the car is at but I still have some big plans involving shortened beam and a monster engine in the rear! For now I’m going to enjoy driving it over the summer then see what the winter brings! But from owning a bug since that age it goes to show that you can go from knowing nothing to knowing how and what’s wrong when a problem occurs! I’m young and still have so much to learn but I’m looking forward to putting the skills I’ve learned on this car into all my others I may own!
All the current #TwelveOfTwenty16 featured cars can be seen on Flickr Here.


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Have you ever wondered what your Property Manager does? What exactly your fees are paying for? A Property Manager never has 2 days the same in their entire career.
As a Property Manager your day always starts out the same, come into the office with your morning coffee hoping for a nice simple day, and most of the time it starts that way. You check your emails making sure there is nothing urgent that needs attending to and then you start the accounting for the day, this is the most important part of our day for any owner as this is where we receipt the rent and enter invoices.
Once all the rent has been entered, it’s time to chase the tenants who are late with their rent/invoice payments. Once you have made those phone calls, it’s time to return to your emails which have doubled within the last hour. So you start going through them replying, part way through your phone rings, a tenant has a burst water pipe so you have to arrange an emergency repair.
By the time that’s sorted it’s time for you to leave for the inspections you have booked that day whether its routine inspections, maintenance inspections, open home inspections, follow-up inspections or inspections with potential clients. By now it’s well after lunch and you’re finally returning to the office to finish those emails and return missed calls and text messages.
Finally, it’s time to organize rent reviews and lease renewals that are due in the coming months and contact the landlords to discuss what they would like to do. Before you know its 6pm and you still have to prepare all the necessary documents for your tribunal hearing at the end of the week.
A Property Manager’s day is often unpredictable as you never know who might hand in their notice to vacate, which property needs to have an urgent repair done or which tenant, landlord or creditor is having an issue.
This is why Property Managers charge the fees they do, their job is not simple or easy, it’s a delicate balancing act to keep everyone happy and ensure your assets are well looked after.
So when questioning the fees you’re being charged, or if you are looking for a new Property Manager and tossing up whether to use the agency that has lower fees, consider which of the above tasks your Property Manager will be leaving out when charging the reduced fee.
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ALWAYS TECHNOLOGICALLY INNOVATING, THE NEED FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES TO HAVE UBIQUITOUS CELLULAR COVERAGE IS PARAMOUNT.
Efficient, reliable communication systems can make the difference in a patients care. Medical applications are constantly pushing the limits of existing wireless and hardwired infrastructures. The ability to stay connected with the “outside world” can make all the difference in patients’ and families’ perceived quality of stay.
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Patients are demanding coverage to enhance their experience during visit/stay.
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Fans came out to party like it was 1999 in front of the State Office Building.
Thousands gathered at Harlem’s 125th Street to dance, celebrate and honor the life of Prince Monday evening.
The free event took place at the plaza of the Harlem State Building located at 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powel Jr. Boulevard from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Harlem Music Festival, the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and Harlem Summerstage sponsored the special event to honor the pop legend who passed away last week.
Fans gathered in the heart of Harlem and danced for two hours to Prince’s hit songs, courtesy of local radio station WBLS.


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For the third consecutive year, CEMEX has been recognized as a leader for the depth and quality of climate change data it has disclosed to investors and the global marketplace through CDP.
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In the following interview, Mike Hogan, CEO of The Hogan Group at Keller Williams Realty Richmond West in Richmond, Va., discusses generating leads, operations, recruitment and more.
No. 1, by far, is the talent we’ve hired. Not only are our agents the top performers in their respective markets, but also, they have grit and an incredible work ethic. We also have the absolute best support staff a team could want in place to support our agents.
No. 2 is a predictable supply of leads from multiple platforms that allows our team to focus on those prospects that have raised their hand to ask about buying or selling real estate, and No. 3 is our team structure. Our team is designed so that all components of the transaction process are completed by specialists. We supply transaction coordination, listing coordination, marketing support, etc., which frees our agents to focus 100 percent on building relationships and converting leads to buyers. Everyone has a job to do, and they all do those jobs incredibly well. We are, in essence, that well-oiled sales machine.
What do you look for when bringing team members on board?
First and foremost, they must fit our culture. We have a great team environment, and I’ve learned the hard way that one person with a crappy attitude can spoil it all. Anyone we hire must fit with our team. Secondly, I’m looking for someone that can blend into any situation and build relationships across multiple backgrounds. And that doesn’t just mean someone that can talk a good game. It means hiring people that genuinely care about what they’re doing and who they’re helping. I also look for individuals that are driven, which is often tough to determine during an interview. In fact, the biggest mistakes I’ve made when hiring agents in the past centers around this lack of drive. An agent that fits our culture, can develop relationships and is driven is what we want. Our most successful agents fit that description perfectly.
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This year so far has found us moving back to our old hood for awhile before we head off to do more work in Indigenous Health in Broken Hill in the middle of the year. Actually we are not quite completed the pack up, but in the next two weeks we will be. I do love the area of the Highlands, but for various reasons it was right to move on. But moving is always an emotional time for me and I do find myself being catatonic at times and overwhelmed by feelings of hopelessness. Thoughts such as "will I ever get my life together", "why am I always doing this" blah blah blah.
A saviour of working very part time and being at home with a little one is re-kindling one's creative side. Actually I think I do most of my creative thinking wallowing around in my jim jams in the morning, feeling a bit feral, with wild looking hair and everything just hanging out, dogs scampering about and child demanding textas , scissors and weetbix.
I am still finishing off sewing and crochet projects from last year and trying not to start anything new. Although inspiring books are piled high next to the bed. I am completing a granny shrug from the vintage Panda book and my first little patchwork quilt.
Storage boxes have been re-discovered with my paints and pastels and brushes within. Now that I have crossed the line and doing the count down to fifty years young, I feel quite liberated. My art dabblings are just for me and anything goes.
And thank goodness I have started reading a book. It has been a post birth void in this regard. I have only just started the story of Sunday Reed and her artful life in Heide. I love a bit of history of what it was like in Australia for a woman. Hard to believe young aristocratic Austraian women were still presented to the Royal Court in the early 1900's.
I would like a goal of reading a book a month.
Joining in with creative peeps here and also with dearest Felicity . Click on image below for a literary feast.
Jill you have put a bursting big smile on my face - thank you for this gift!
Sunday Reed is one of the most intriguing of women and in fact when I was part of a little reading group a couple of years ago I titled it 'Friday Reads' as a bit of a cryptic homage to this wonderful woman.
You've got me excited and I'm going to add this book to my list of 'must reads' for the year.
Thank you for joining in with 'Vive le Livre!' this month, I can't wait to hear what you think of the book.
As for your creativity returning and the discovery of artful joys in treasure boxes - yay!
Bright and happy hugs to you Lovely,'x'.
Jill, I can't wait to spend some more time with you, maybe just hanging out being feral. I have just started back at a book club that I couldn't ever keep up with. So maybe when you settle back here we could spur each other on in the reading & crafting departments of life.
Don't be so hard on yourself, it's great that you are a "wanderer". It worked for Donna Summer.
It is always so lovely to hear from you Jill.
You are such a clever lady. Love the crochet and the drawing.
Working full time here for 6 weeks. Going quite well as my boss kicked in for a nanny!! (She is brilliant and we have had her work for us before in various capacities on The Farm.) Wouldn't want it to be forever but it is making a lovely change and we are trying to make the most of it as a different experience.
So glad you are well. I hate moving. Just loathe it. I find it very unsettling.
Have been wondering how your settling in was going. Glad to see you are picking up the hook. I love the vintage patterns and giving them a modern twist. I wish I could paint. Fortunately I am surrounded by loads of artists. So I have a great role playing the "art appreciater"!
Moving house, whether it is a "good" move or not, is always unsettling and stressful.I would love to be closer to the sea to take long walks on the beach and breath in the salty air.
Can also appreciate returning to reading. I got reaquainted over christmas. Started with "The Help".
Moving is so stressful - hope it all goes smoothly.
I love your painting...and I must look out for that book too, looks so interesting.
Your mornings sound blissful to me...love your watercolour!
Can I confess? Self employed and working from home, last week I did nothing to curtail the pyjamas and general all 'round feral until SIX IN THE EVENING. Makes me giggle, how none of my clients are none the wiser.
Can't go wrong with Sunday Reed's story - so much material to draw from!
your words are beautiful and can't help but smile aswell.
good to read your news and lovely to see you doing things you are loving.
Your granny squares are lovely....looking forward to seeing the finished creation.
And as for dabblings, liberation and wanderings - you are who you are & have nothing to fear, it's all just plain goodness!
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As I have mentioned in all my articles, astrology compatibility, zodiac traits, etc., should be used in order to understand your partner well. A better understanding between couples can help in having a successful relationship. In this article, we are going to see about the Aries and Gemini relationship. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, while Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac. Superficially looking, these individuals look either very similar or very different together. So, what is their love relationship like? Let us find out.
Aries is a very dashing and energetic individual. You will hardly find an Aries man or woman sitting idle, not doing anything (even when they are relaxing, their minds are booming with new ideas and ambitions). True to their symbol, an Aries always takes things head on, and well, thinks later. Aries men and women are people of action, and hence, it is no wonder that they are found at the top in most of the fields. On the other hand, the Gemini individual is more words than actions. They are intelligent, communicative, have several dreams; but fail when it comes to actions. This is because their minds change so fast that they often seem to contradict themselves. However, the Gemini individual is calmer and more relaxed than the energetic and impatient Aries.
However, Aries and Gemini also have many things in common. They both love fun, adventure and action. There is no dull moment when these two meet. They are extremely social, love going out, and can get on like a house on fire. They both tend to live in the present and try to make the most of it. They both love their individual freedom and are even happy to give the same to their partner. The charming nature of Gemini individual perfectly matches to the passionate nature of the Aries. There is no dearth of romance, passion and fun in this love relationship.
The areas of concern can be the changing moods of the Gemini individual. The Gemini is very fickle and finds it very difficult to stick to one idea, one ambition, or even one thought. Secondly, the flirtatious nature of the Gemini also ignites the legendary temper of the Aries. On the other hand, the Gemini individual may find it challenging to keep up with the Aries' pace sometimes. The Gemini is basically calm and collected; but, the Aries will never understand this relaxed and toned down attitude. Interestingly, the heated arguments between the two do not affect their relationship; and the two continue to be together!
Just as their love compatibility, the friendship between these two individuals is also very favorable. Both, the Aries and Gemini, basically love to communicate, and hence, they both will gel along very well as friends. They will enjoy life, have fun, and there will never be any dullness or boredom. The Aries will teach the Gemini to be grounded; and the Gemini will, in turn, teach the Aries to relax sometimes. They both love their personal space and won't hesitate in giving it to each other too. Even as business partners, they will make a successful relationship. The Gemini will come up with brilliant ideas, and the Aries person will immediately put them in action. Aries will always be at the forefront, while a Gemini is happy to support his / her Aries friend.
All in all, the Aries and Gemini compatibility, in terms of love relationship as well as friendship, is very favorable. However, in order to make it more smooth sailing, they should learn to understand their shortcomings and try to get rid of them. Ciao!


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The first one is Chocolate Chip Banana Bread.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a smal bowl and set aside.
In another bowl combine sugar, and oil until smooth, add egg and beat until light in color. Add flour mixture alternately with banana and blend well. Stir in vanilla and chocolate chips.
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The next one has a few more steps to it but is so worth it! It is very rich.
Cheesecake: Beat the cream cheese, egg and sugar until smooth. Add greek yogurt and vanilla and set aside.
Brownies: Whisk the dry ingredients together and set aside. Mix the wet ingredients until mixed then combine with dry ingredients until just mixed. Do not over mix.
Spread the brownie batter into a greased pan, cover with cheesecake mix. Then add the blended strawberries and use a knife to swirl the top.
Then lower to 325 for an additional 20 minutes.
Cool completely before attempting to cut into it and store in the refrigerator.

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