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The establishment of Larnaca District Development Agency (ANETEL) was an initiative from the Union of Communities of Larnaca. After years of involvement in European affairs and European programs, the Board of Director of the Union of Communities of Larnaca, with the strong support of the Municipalities of Larnaca and others institutions, felt that it was necessary to establish a flexible mechanism. Through this mechanism, it would become possible the involvement of local authorities of Larnaca District into the procedures that pertaining the development in the European Union and particularly in absorbing European funds for realizing the vision of each community and municipality of the area.
The name given to this mechanism is “Larnaca District Development Agency - ANETEL".
The Larnaca District Development Agency was established according to the standards of development structures and mechanisms operating in the European Union and is activities are focused mainly in Larnaca District. ANETEL is governed by the Law of Companies. Chapter 113 and is considered as a Limited Liability Company and is registered with the Registrar of Companies, with the registration number 142855 UN. It is a non-profit organization and has been accredited as a public equivalent government body.
ANETEL was founded on the 16 October 2003 and its stakeholders are the Municipalities of Larnaka Aradippou Athienou, Dromolaxia, Livadia, Lefkara, Agia Napa and Paralimni, the 42 of the 45 Community Councils of Larnaka and the Community Council of Liopetri of Famagusta District, the E. V.E.L. Larnaca, the Larnaca Rural Women's Association, the SPE Rural Development, the SPE Vasililou-Pentashinos and the Cyprus Association of Professional Fishermen.
On the 31/08/2006 ANETEL was honored by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism with the first Entrepreneurship Award and represented Cyprus in the contest of ‘European Enterprise Awards' of the European Union. In competition with 400 other participants, Larnaca District Development Agency evaluated and ranked second in its class.


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Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah received a letter from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyassah, the Venezuelan President wrote this letter to the Secretary General of Hezbollah after he took a stand against Washington’s interventionism aimed at destabilizing Latin American countries. In his letter, President Maduro thanked Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah for his support to the Venezuelan legal government.
The Kuwaiti newspaper also cites sources claiming that Maduro’s letter was written in response to a letter from Hezbollah’s Secretary General in which Hezbollah expressed its readiness to offer its assistance to President Maduro. “It is not clear whether or not President Maduro accepted the offer of the Hezbollah Secretary General,” the newspaper wrote.
These sources point out that Lebanese Hezbollah members are increasingly supporting the legal government of Venezuela, the newspaper reports.

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This video is a good lesson in entrepreneurship and building a family business. Watch how W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc got its start. SCIENTISTS YOU MUST KNOW: BOB GORE from ChemHeritage on Vimeo.
Entering into a business relationship, as a partner, stockholder or member of an LLC has many similarities to getting married. Ending one is a lot like getting divorced.
Limited Liability Companies: Are You Personally Protected?

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In September 2015 the Rockingham Planning Commission completed the Tides to Storms project to assess the vulnerability of coastal municipalities and public infrastructure to flooding from expected increases in storm surge and rates of sea-level rise. The project’s purpose was to develop a regional scale understanding of what and where impacts from sea-level rise and storm surge will occur on New Hampshire’s coast. The study did not include an assessment of the specific degree of damage nor estimate monetary losses to specific sites or properties.
In addition to the regional vulnerability assessment, an assessment report and map set were prepared for each of the seven coastal municipalities. Municipalities were provided maps and an assessment of risks to roadways and supporting transportation infrastructure, critical facilities and infrastructure, and natural resources. Each report includes recommended actions that municipalities can take to help adapt and improve resiliency to changing conditions caused by storm surge and sea-level rise. The Rockingham Planning Commission gratefully acknowledges the participation of the coastal New Hampshire municipalities and their officials, staff, boards and commissions in the preparation of this project.
Note: Due to their size the regional map set is contains in a zipped folder containing individual map files (PDFs).
This project was funded by New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) through a Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Additional funding for this project provided by the NH Department of Transportation through Federal Highways Administration.Technical support and data provided by NH GRANIT.
The purpose of the regional and municipal vulnerability assessment reports is to provide a broad overview of the potential risk and vulnerability of state, municipal and public assets as a result of projected changes in sea-levels and coastal storm surge. This report should be used for preliminary and general planning purposes only, not for parcel level or site specific analyses. The vulnerability assessments performed were limited by several factors including the vertical accuracy of elevation data (derived from LiDAR) and the static analysis applied to map coastal areas subject to future flooding which does not consider wave action and other coastal dynamics. Also, the identification of flood impacts to buildings and infrastructure are based upon the elevations of the land surrounding them, not the elevation of any structure itself. The changes in sea-level used as the basis of the vulnerability assessment are based on a plausible range of sea-level scenarios as depicted in the 2014 National Climate Assessment and New Hampshire Coastal Risks and Hazards Commission Science and Technical Advisory Committee 2014 report, and are not projections or estimates. The assumptions that underlie the sea-level scenarios should be reviewed on a regular basis.
The Tides to Storms 2 - Climate Adaptation Implementation project was funded by a grant from the Northeast Region Ocean Council through a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Funding Grant.

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We worked in the BPO sector for years. We developed robust frameworks and set-up infrastructure. We built teams and nurtured talent. Through offshoring, we helped businesses achieve their goals. This belief in the value that partnerships bring, by connecting people and businesses under a common purpose, is why we ventured into offshoring.
Our vision is one that takes your business a step closer to your vision, a place where you can redefine what it is you do and how you do it. It’s a place where, with Cooee Inc. as your trusted partner, your business significantly lowers cost, you become more agile and your people spend more time in the value-add space.
For team leaders, managers or anyone looking to elevate the quality of their conversations, our coaching programmes will guide you to that path, through the lens of neuroscience.
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April sees the first of two Annual Art Kaipara Members Exhibitions, September being the next. Art Kaipara Membership is open to anybody of any age and ability and it is just $20 to become a member for 2018, $10 if aged 16 or under. After that there is no exhibitor fee and no commission on sales in either exhibition.
May sees our second ‘Up-cycle’ Exhibition. In this exhibition anyone may bring in absolutely anything they have up-cycled and exhibit it for just $4 per item. Works to arrive Sat 28th April 10-2 or Tuesday 1st May 10-4.30. Exhibition runs May 5th-26th with it’s Opening Night on Friday 4th May 5-7pm. All welcome.
in small ink type pots and are basically the pure colour without the thickeners we are used to seeing in the acrylic tubes.
Pending funding from the ‘Creative Communities’ Scheme, there will be an up-cycle/assemblage art workshop on Sunday April 29th 10am-2pm with Andrew Hall for just $5 per participant. This will give people the opportunity to create works to display in the ‘Up-cycle’ Exhibition. There will also be a ceramics workshop with Susan Browne on Saturday May 5th 10am-2pm for building and Saturday May 26th 10am-2pm for glazing, $60 if funding is received, $95 if not. Create anything you want, it just has to be able to fit into a kiln!


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One thing I hope to do with this blog is address the alarming lack of content that has been a pervasive problem since I started graduate school last semester. To make up for it, I'm going to be giving excerpts from papers I wrote while in graduate school last semester. Please note that these posts have a different tone than my normal blogging, but hopefully you'll get something out of them. Here is something I wrote on Buster Keaton's Seven Chances.
What follows then, includes truly some of Keaton’s most pure slapstick gags. More than Keaton’s other feature films, the second half strictly coheres to the principles of the slapstick chase, with almost any other narrative elements completely eliminated. Knopf writes, “The majority of the remainder of the film is made up of a chase so vast—on such a large physical and spatial scale and so greatly exceeding the narrative requirements—that it nearly consumes the narrative altogether.” As Jimmy learns that Mary has accepted his proposal, he must flee from the hoards of women and make it back to her home. At this point, one must wonder had Keaton seen the Edwin S. Porter comedy How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904), which has striking similarities to this second half. However, it remains a structural similarity only—Keaton’s gags are more elaborate and simply more fantastical than anything Porter even came close to. The brides are not a dozen but in the hundreds, and the chase includes multiple vehicles, swarms of bees, giant cranes, and most famously, an avalanche of boulders. The boulders are perhaps the complete perfection of the slapstick comedy—where Keaton was once originally running from women with motivations, they are replaced by concrete, unstoppable objects of chaos, as they solely act as spectacle. As Mowes notes, “They become the perfect visual symbols of pure, idolized comic threat…an ultimate symbol of all the evasions and runnings and bare survivals of all comic heroes.” And that is not even to speak of where exactly this gigantic hill is even in relation to the film’s central narrative space it originally set up—the film almost enters a dreamscape logic in order to reach the film’s apex of pure slapstick, moving as far away from the film’s initial humor as possible.
Mowes notes that the shot is the 216th out of 424 shots, almost exactly in the middle of the film. Mowes, Keaton, 142.
Mowes makes an argument regarding the gender reversals at play here as well. Ibid., 154-155.
Knopf, The Theater and Cinema of Buster Keaton, 94.

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MathUtils contains auxiliar values and function to help with mathematical operations.
Generates a random color code.
Value of PI*2. 360 degrees.
Value of PI/2. 45 degrees.
Value of PI/3. 60 degrees.

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AC MILAN forward Mario Balotelli had a game he would rather forget last night.
The errant Italian had never missed a penalty in his career, but former Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina changed that statistic.
Balotelli had eyed up a perfect 22 successful spot kicks from 22 attempts, but after strolling up in his casual manner, he tamely struck his spot kick that was comfortably saved by Reina.
His night went from bad to worse when he was sent off in the dying moments of the game for an act of dissent.
Balotelli's side ended up losing 2-0 to Napoli, who have had a perfect start to the campaign under Rafa Benitez.

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During faceoffs involving this card, you may flip a number of additional cards equal to the number of colors this card has, then choose one of the cards flipped this way and ignore the rest.
Maud Pie is jealous that her sister was once a crystal pony. It means that Pinkie was one step closer to being a rock!

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NEO is a non-profit community-driven blockchain project.
The technology underlying NEO supports multiple types of digital assets. Users can register, transfer and trade at will on NEO.
supports multiple programming languages such as C#, Java, and Python.
without learning a unique language.
tree-technology allows NEO to achieve unlimited theoretical scalability.
less than 1/3 of the nodes.
consistency of smart contracts executed on different chains.
The NEO Team and community have created various wallets for different platforms. You can download the wallets or access the web wallets below.

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Abstract: The Hattic C. Luce (Schooner) papers contain statements, invoices, bills, and receipts from the schooner.
The Hattie C. Luce (Schooner) papers contain statements, invoices, bills, and receipts from the schooner. The materials appear to have been in a scrapbook or binder at one point, as all of the material has identical holes punched in the top. Some of the material is in Spanish.
Hattie C. Luce was a schooner that appears to have sailed up and down the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean.
Hattie C. Luce (Schooner) Papers, MH 154, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Description The Hattic C. Luce (Schooner) papers contain statements, invoices, bills, and receipts from the schooner.


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Preston North End are saddened to learn of the death of Ernie Hannigan in Perth, Australia, he was 72.
Hannigan had been battling cancer and sadly succumbed to the illness recently.
Born in Glasgow, Hannigan joined Preston North End from Dumfries Club Queen of the South in 1964.
After a season as Dave Wilson’s understudy, Hannigan began to feature more regularly over the course of the 1965/66 season, scoring vital goals for the Lilywhites in league and cup action.
The winger scored twice as PNE beat Charlton Athletic 3-2 in the FA Cup third round that season before shining in the fourth round victory over Bolton Wanderers.
He then netted against a terrific Tottenham Hotspur side in the fifth round as Preston stunned the Londoners by winning 2-1.
To add to his cup exploits, Hannigan scored a hat-trick on the final day of the season as PNE crushed Cardiff City 9-0 to maintain their Second Division status.
Hannigan was an ever present in the Preston line-up the following season and finished as the club’s top goalscorer with 11 league goals before departing for top flight football with Coventry City early in the 1967/68 campaign.
Following his time with the Sky Blues, Hannigan joined Torquay United and then Greenock Morton before heading stateside to feature for both the New York Cosmos and the New Jersey Brewers.
Everyone at Preston North End would like to pass on their thoughts and condolences to Ernie’s family and friends at this sad time.


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Seatac Airport plans a big new international arrivals hall.
Real Change on the low income fare.
Metro multilingual information has some translation errors.
More bike storage on Amtrak Cascades.
Capitol Hill Seattle asks mayoral candidates insightful questions about urbanism.
Asking homeowners to help prevent mudslides on the tracks.
Summary of the Lynnwood Link EIS.
Mercer Island Station comments are obsessed with parking.
A systematic way to evaluate TOD.
TriMet thinks ORCA is too primitive for their next smart card.
Just how empty are all those legally required parking spaces?
Buying transit tickets by phone set to take off.
Seattle not the only city to be getting a new bikeshare program.
The dumb protectionist rule that killed Las Vegas-Los Angeles HSR.
The arrivals hall project looks plain awkward. Arrive at S gates go up elevators/escalators, walk a relatively long distance on a walkway to get to the immigration counter. I assume you need to do your bags first? or do the bags flow over to the the new hall and THEN are checked through if you’re connecting?
Japan does this. Its not uncommon to have two airport stops on a train line when the terminals are sufficiently far apart.
Of course, Link has no other purpose than as a shuttle to the airport and it can terminate there. It’s not like it’s going to Des Moines or anything. And don’t imagine a spur.
I don’t know what TriMet expects from ORCA. What exactly does a non-primitive card look like if ORCA is “primitive”? Tell that to Trimet, still with their (primitive?) paper tickets and (primitive?) physical ink validation.
ORCA isn’t branded with MasterCard, Visa, AmericanExpress, etc. That makes it old school.
Nevertheless, I think agencies have to develop some sort of in-house card, or share other agencies’ card system, in order to have a robust electronic payment system accessible to all.
Problems with ORCA for expansion that Tri-Met hasn’t mentioned are the high cost of the card, the lack of products that cover all of Tri-Met’s pass categories, and the difficulty negotiating a revenue-sharing formula when you throw in a whole new set of pass cost levels. It hardly seems worth the effort to give up a chunk of fare revenue from Seattle tourists and commuters.
In an open-loop payment system, a prepaid transit card is just a prepaid debit card (possibly restricted to reject non-transit transactions), similar to those already in widespread use as gift/prepaid cards, issued by Visa/Mastercard.
How are transfers tracked in a system like that? Wouldn’t restrictions on the storage of credit card numbers make that more difficult?
Our transit agencies need to avoid tying themselves to bank debit or credit card schemes. These schemes are expensive (up to 3% of revenue) and the newer schemes provide unnecessary fees aimed at consumers (e.g. CTA’s Ventra card). The future bodes for direct payment systems that don’t require the old school credit card networks. Companies like Dwolla with its innovative payment gateway and pricing could be the future.
3% sounds like a bargain to me. What Ventra fees, specifically, do you take issue with?
Al: The important part is not that we use Visa or Mastercard, just that you’re paying with money as opposed to “magic transit points” (even if those points have a 1-1 correspondence with USD).
I personally think that phone-based NFC is the most compelling option. You can set up your phone to pay using your choice of payment method; when you pay, you’re given a cryptographically-secure “virtual transfer”. The next time you board, you “pay” by using that transfer, and so long as it’s still valid, you’re not charged any money.
For people who can’t afford a phone, or choose not to have one, we can continue using existing ORCA cards. As I understand it, the technologies are backwards-compatible.
Once you factor in the fixed fee per transaction charged for credit card processing, it would extract more than 10% of transit revenue. We need to stop debating credit cards as the backbone of a cashless payment system.
We’ll ignore for a moment that a lot of people use the credit cards to put money on their ORCA cards anyway.
I think that people are only concentrating on the money transfer part of the equation, and forgetting about fare product structures: things like transfer rules, combination of fares passes with e-purse, zonal fares, … I think that the cash management side of the problem is realtively easy, the cost is elsewhere.
I personally like the fact that the card is charged with transit coupons rather than cash, although I understand that others may not. It’s easier for me to give one to someone else and be reasonably sure that it will be used appropriately. It makes them less attractive targets to theft.
I hate the idea of involving the CC companies for clearing unless something can be done about their high per transaction fees. Using a CC to put 25 bucks on a card is about a 4% hit. To pay a $2.00 fare it’s closer to 15%.
3% is not a bargain. Especially when technology can facilitate frictionless transfers. The only reason the “market rate” is 3% is because of the monopoly that banks have developed in cashless transfers. The company I mentioned before charges only 25 cents for transactions over $10.00. So you send $10,000,000 to someone using that service, the fee is 25 cents.
Has it occurred to anybody that paying by debit/credit card can be even slower than cash?
It would be nice if my ORCA card worked on things other than public transit. Like snack vending machines. With my $1.25 monthly pass, I would clean house at vending machines!
How is dumping debris over the cliff not illegal? If there isn’t already a law requiring these homeowners to do a minimum to keep mud slides from happening, can we get something moving to save some low-hanging money?
Likewise, how was digging into the side of a cliff to build a railroad track in the first place legal?
I’m not sure of the exact dates that the Seattle to Everett portion of the GN line was built, but I think it was around 1890. In those days there wasn’t oversight or control of railway construction. If it worked–great, if not–try again. It also was perfectly legal in 1890 to dump the water from your swimming pool over the cliff and spill raw sewage into the local lakes and streams. But we’ve realized the foolishness of those acts and passed laws to regulate or prevent them. If homeowners are being negligent or irresponsible and their actions are causing mudslides and damage to BNSF/WSDOT property they had better change their ways or purchase really large liability insurance packages to cover the damage they are causing.
I wonder how carefully everyone would start maintaining their property if BNSF or WSDOT through a few multi-million dollar lawsuits at the homeowners. It sure wouldn’t be popular, but it would be effective.
I’m pretty sure most of the Great Northern between Everett and Seattle was built on fill at the base of the slope. I don’t think they cut into the slopes much, if at all.
The next fare restructure *is* the ideal time to institute a low-income fare stabilization program, as it allows the other fares to go up more, and eases the transition out of zone-based and time-based fares. The low-income fare doesn’t need a fare reduction. It can just stand in place while other fares go up, so it wouldn’t be a hit on fare revenue, or be subsidized by other riders.
The county council has moved the timeline for instituting the restructure back by as much as a year, which removes it from becoming a campaign issue for those standing for election or re-election this fall. Still, that just digs the hole deeper, widening the cut to higher than 17%, and wipes out this year’s additional projected sales tax revenue.
I’ve been told that Metro wants to implement an electronic payment discount as part of the restructure, and that instituting the low-income fare could be tied to implementation of that across-the-board ORCA incentivization. I’ve also heard that the Kitsap model is what Metro is looking at implementing, but I haven’t heard specifically that it would be electronic-payment only, like Kitsap’s is. Election season is the perfect time to get some county councilmembers to promise that the low-income fare be electronic-only.
Guess the rest of the city can pound sand when it comes to his energies.
Interesting. So now it’s 1st or nothing with 4th/5th eliminated from consideration.
They’re trying to stack the deck for mixed-traffic operation even though exclusive lanes are obviously necessary. Vague comments like “Most believe that mixed traffic operation will be necessary”.
No funding is needed for a low income fare program. All anyone needs to do is what many Real Change vendors do now – plop ¢4 in the fare box, say “Sorry, thats all I got” and walk on anyway. Or pay nothing at all. Ask for a transfer and the driver is required to give it. We already have a low/no fare program. Its called zero consequences for fare evaders.
Except for the humiliation of asking for it, or never knowing which drivers are going to give you a longer interrogation than others. Some drivers do stop the bus until you pay or get off or the police come. All this is fine for stereotypical tough guys but that’s only a small fraction of the poor, and it’s not fair to leave everybody else out with a blithe “Metro is free if you just don’t pay a fare”.
Who is left out? Policy is “no fare disputes” period. Drivers are to issue transfers on request even if no payment is given. And humiliation? Most fare evaders are brazen. I seriously often see Real Change vendors right off if a day if sales refuse to pay, and the ones who drop pennies in the fare box act as if they paid full fare. And the gold paper flash passes are the biggest fraud off all second only to handed off, saved or altered transfers.
There is no need to waste a single dime on a low income fare distribution program. We already have one.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish here? Or is there no point, you’re just frustrated and this is your place to throw a tantrum? If the later, can you please do it elsewhere, the adults are talking here.
We do need a Low Income option and it does need to be on ORCA.
Who’s left out are meek women who don’t like confrontations, and law-abiding people who left their ORCA card at home or have run out of cash. They’re the ones who are not getting on the bus or agonizing over it. It’s not just all “brazen Real Change people”, and calling it that is like the people who want to eliminate food stamps and Medicaid because they can’t stand the thought that there may be one person somewhere who’s scamming the system, never mind that you’d dump off the majority of people who are honest.
There’s also the issue of POP services like Link and (ostensibly) RR — get caught without valid POP on one of those and you’re not going to get a “no fare disputes” policy from the enforcer. We should be looking to expand pre-payment, and a proper low-income system is probably necessary to do that.
There’s no tantrum here just a statement of fact. Arguing the need to have an expensive and complex low income fare program is arguing that liw income people dont ride at reduced fare or no fare at all right now. They do – daily and without consequence. There is no need for a wasteful program that will change nothing, only add cost to an already strapped system.
Martin Duke made comparable arguments against the concept of system wide fare enforcement when elimination of the RFA was being considered. It would ultimately cost as much or more than it would save.
What exactly is broken about the current system that allows free rides on request (or without)? How much would it cost to simply fix that – if it needs fixing at all?
Wouldnt it be simpler and cheaper to just drop the illusion of fare evasion being illegal?
Do like the hospitals do and post a sign on all buses stating that nobody will be denied transportation based on ability to pay? Its more honest, would remove the humiliation factor, keep drivers in line and be infinitely less expensive. No new bureacracy – just signs.
I think the word you’re looking for is “donation”.
@Mike Orr: Did you mean “meek people”, or are you actually claiming only women are meek?
12 comments and not one complaint about MI. I’m impressed.
Call me when Man Bites Dog.
I was amused by it. It shows how much Islanders are more driving-oriented than Bellevuites. But there’s still hope for a frequent circulator bus that at least some of them would use, no matter how much they can’t imagine it now. It’s also good to see Mercer Island offering to pay for the additional parking itself rather than insisting ST do it.
Maybe if they put in a street car on MI or had the circulator bus have extra plush seats and wifi more people on the island would use it… I doubt it though.
It’s not terribly surprising that Mercer Islanders are less than thrilled about Link. legal street parking near the proposed Link station is all but non-existant, and the P&R is severely undersized. Outside of downtown Mercer Island, the current transit provision is almost worthless, and Metro is talking about eliminating even that. On top of that, the State wants to charge to get to the closest usable P&R in Eastgate [South Bellevue is roughly as overcrowded as MI] so that they can pay for the 520 bridge. Oh and for destinations in downtown Bellevue Link is likely to be slower than the 550 because Bellevue doesn’t seem to want it. Really the only Islanders who will be better off with Link are Microsofties within walking distance of the station.
Given all this, I don’t think it’s entirely unreasonable for them to take the somewhat parochial view that it’s an awful lot of pain for not much gain.
I certainly sympathize with their concern that a new parking garage will get built and people will come from Bellevue to park there in order to catch a bus. If parking for residents only helps get Islanders out of their cars and on the train and reduces congestion/emissions, I’d consider that a win.
People don’t come from Bellevue to Mercer Island to catch a bus. It’s just as easy to park in South Bellevue, and the P&R is bigger. People come from Kirkland, Bothell, North Bend, and points further away.
Of course, let us remember that the MI park and ride is undersized because that is the way MI wanted it….
@ap: Actually S. Bellevue fills up about the same time as, or perhaps slightly before MI. Eastgate is much easier for parking, but has hardly any tunnel buses now. Fine if your destination is the ID, but the crawl to fourth, and traffic on fourth probably adds 5 minutes to the ride to Westlake. That said, I suspect you are right about where non Islanders are coming from.
@Paul: you are of course correct. I thought that the city council had made a mistake then, but, in all fairness, an Eastgate sized P&R would have been out of character in the town center as it was then. Of course, knowing what private developments have been approved since, the decision seems insane.
@William: You’re probably correct. I had forgotten that they built a garage on Mercer Island. My frame of reference is a decade old, when I bicycled past both park and rides every morning during commuting hours.
So that’s who’s behind the new gosh-awful Sound Transit maps.
Is that a LRT vehicle I see in that picture of the Sea-Tac arrivals?
The track is inches away. The station is the better part of a mile.
Not sure I understand your point–the proposed terminal expansion will be quite close to the southward extension of Link, as it’s located to the west of the existing A concourse (between there and 99, which is not much more than 100m).
Now the station–yeah, that’s a different story. It’s a good 3/4 mile if you walk through the terminal; only about 0.4 miles if you could walk along 99, which of course you can’t on that side. Selfishly as I would use that new facility fairly frequently I’d love a second station there…since they can’t fix the original f up of the current station’s location.
never mind, d.p.–I see what you’re saying re the location of the existing station as opposed to how close the track will actually be to the terminal at that location. I agree completely.
For the most part, international arrivals means people carrying large quantities of luggage. Most of these are probably not Link customers anyway. The airport end isn’t so bad, since you can at least take a SmartCart right up to the station. It’s the lack of luggage racks on the train itself, plus the problem of what to do at the other end of the trip.
Even if you have someone picking you up, it is usually easier for the driver to simply go to the airport than to deal with all the traffic getting in and out of downtown (the problem of driver and passenger finding each other tends to be more difficult downtown as well).
Two hours ago, ASDF, I got off a jam-packed shuttle from the N satellite to the main terminal. Of the 100+ people on that shuttle, I was the only one to head toward Link.
Ease and station location matter. You can deny this all you want, but the near-empty trains running to and fro every ten minutes prove you wrong.
I have a gasoline related question. That’s sort of transit related, right? Before about the 1970’s, you could pump your gas first, then pay. Even with cash. Just pick up the nozzle, fill your car, then go in and pay. But sometime around the 70’s, gas stations stopped allowing that. They all became prepay. I understand there were two gas shortages in the 70’s, but adjusted for inflation, gas prices pre-70’s were no higher than they are now, so it can’t be that higher gas prices causes more drive-offs, because the prices are the same as in the 1950’s. So my question is, is it just that people are less honest today than in the 50’s, or is there some other reason gas is now pre-pay?
Most likely the technology to accomplish prepay the pump dropped to a low enough price to be less than the cost of people leaving without paying.
Because most people pay with a credit card or debit card, with a reader at the pump – just as easy to collect the data at the front end of the transaction instead of the backend, and there is no chance of theft at all this way.
Those readers didn’t exist years ago.
Full service was a lot more common in those days. Even if you pumped yourself, there was someone out there to make sure you paid. Also while gas prices aren’t really all that much higher in real terms than in 1970 (especially pre-tax prices), they were a lot more expensive (in real terms) in 1979 than in 1970, and it’s around then that the switch to self pump/pre pay started.
That’s the real difference. Self-serve pretty much demands pre-pay. When I visit Oregon, they don’t need pre-payment.
Another factor is that the gasoline business has changed a lot over the years. Back in the 50s, the folks at the gas station probably knew most of their customers personally. Nowadays, stations serve more customers with more pumps and higher volumes, but probably with lower margins. Back then, the station owner could give you grief next time you came in if you drove off without paying. Nowadays, they’d need to review the recording on the DVR and track you down from your license plate.
I’ve got a question for y’all. Tonight on the northbound 574 at 512 P&R, I got carded. The driver noticed I was using a youth ORCA card, and asked me to show ID because I do look over 18 (I just turned 18 in May). I explained that I don’t have ID, and I don’t need it because both it’s not in the Sound Transit schedule book that I need ID ready to pay youth fare, and because I have a valid youth ORCA card, which required age-providing identification to obtain. She says those aren’t valid, because I could have obtained the card from a youth to pay a lesser fare, and they have had the ID for youth fare requirement for 8 years. She let me go, and I almost missed my transfer in Federal Way. My question is does Sound Transit require ID for cash payment, ORCA card, both, or neither? She insisted both, but that would kind of eliminate a benefit of an ORCA card. I will not carry around my passport for this; it’s ridiculous. Even if some people do transfer youth cards, it’s not like it’s going to hurt the agency. It punishes youth by potentially denying them a ride, and it punishes everyone by being late.
When she said that I could have obtained the ORCA card from a youth, I thought she was joking! I could have done the same with non-photo ID (or even photo ID sometimes). Am I supposed to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that I am under 19 RIGHT THERE, while the bus is running late?
*let me go, as in “I’ll let you ride this once, but have ID ready next time.” I also didn’t have any cash in my pocket.
If Sound Transit wanted to be able to verify ORCA cards were being used by their proper owners they should have a put picture on the ORCA card. It’s an obvious solution, isn’t it?
My advice: next time a bus driver harasses you, ask her to either stop or call the police (or transit police, whatever.) I’m sure she’ll refuse to make a scene because she can’t take that risk.
You are not personally responsible for Sound Transit’s lack of planning with their ORCA cards.
I can’t tell her to call the police, it’s not an emergency. That would make me look stupid. What really miffs me is that she said that this policy has been in place for 8 years, which is quite specific. Except I don’t see that anywhere in the schedule book or website of Sound Transit (which governs the 574) nor Pierce Transit (which the driver of the 574 actually works for), so if she’s right, this is a major miscommunication on the agency(s) part. I do notice that Pierce Transit drivers tend to be harsh with youth trying to use cash without ID. I mean, come on, the economy is tough now, but do adults using youth fare, with or without an ORCA card, cause ANY measurable burden on the agency?
What I meant by “call the police” was “put up or shut up.” Often times people will cause a stink about something but they’re not willing to actually take any action. If she refuses to call the transit police, then what is she willing to do? If she refuses to let you board, you should definitely file a complaint with Sound Transit.
Good luck with that…even though I’d love to see it.
I am wondering why I should continue to use mass transit anymore. Both on my way to work last night and on my way home this morning I had to deal with buses that were very late. I got to work late and git home half an hourr later than normal. I mean why? Drivers do not care. If they are late it is no big deal to them. They could not even start the routes and would not even get in trouble. I have seen them sit around at the first stop sometimes 15-20 after they were supposed to start. The rules are never enforced. I pay for my fare always. However, if you do not pay it is ok the driver will not do anything. Stealing in encouraged by Metro and Sound transit. The facebook page telling what the daily transfer is so criminals can use reuse old ones is still in effect. These criminals are getting away with it and no one cares. Also while driving the code of conduct is not enforced. People blast music without headphones. If you ask them politely to please use headphones or to turn it down you are cursed out or, even worse, called a racist. You tell the driver and most of the time they do not make an announcement. I have been talked down to by drivers for asking. I know that as a South King County Resident I am a second class citizen in all of your eyes. Seattle is all that is important to you. So I know that this will be just laughed at and tossed. I just feel I need to point these things out. I am just sick of it all.
With regard to the XpressWest HSR project that is now shelved, if the Federal Government is footing a large percentage of the funding for a mega-project, it is not unreasonable for them to demand particular requirements. A “Buy America” requirement while not in keeping with Austrian neo-liberal economics, is still quite a valid objective for a government to demand. That the funds it puts forward be used to develop and foster in country development.
It would be interesting to find out if the Federal Department of Transportation tried to assist the XpressWest entity with lining up suppliers that could fulfill the Federal Requirement or did it simply leave it to XpressWest to find those suppliers on their own?
On the other hand, XpressWest could launch a grievance that this rulemaking maybe out of compliance with the open markets requirement of the WTO.
In theory, a “Buy America” requirement should reduce the net cost to the federal government in that the feds will recoup some of the cost when the contractors, their employees, and their executives pay income tax (although such revenue will be spread over the entire government, not go to the HSR fund). Whether the additional income tax revenue collected as a result of such requirements exceeds the higher cost of building the track to begin with, I will not begin to speculate.
The “Buy America” provisions are disastrous *because there is no US rail industry*. It increases the net cost to the federal government, a lot.
Now, *if we had a US rail industry*, like we did even as late as the 1950s, then Buy America might make sense.
We don’t and it doesn’t. Federal government policy destroyed the US rail industry, and you can’t bring it back with “Buy America” policies. You would have to actually subsidize it directly.
“Buy America” is stupid in this context: it’s like requiring that all cacao beans sold in the US be grown in the US; it’s not *feasible* or *reasonable*. It would have made sense to protect our existing railroad industry back in the 1950s, but decades of bad government policy destroyed it, and now “Buy America” is protecting absolutely nothing.
You can’t apply protectionist policies when you have no industry to protect. In the field of rail, “Buy America” is routinely worked around by foreign companies setting up shell-companies in the US to do menial labor jobs, because nobody is going to waste their time doing actual high-value work in the US.
Worst case is a company like Boeing decides to jump into the light rail business. However, just to our north Bombardier builds some pretty good equipment. They have in the past set-up manufacturing in the US (might still have some). Seems like if we are going to have a free trade zone then the provision should be Buy North American.
Bombardier might have an in because of NAFTA.
Give the Mercer Islanders a giant P&R (with housing on top) in exchange for increased height around the station. Would it be possible to build a garage on top of the highway, kind of like a lid? It seems fairly common in other cities.
That area is desirable enough that some real TOD should be doable. And if tall enough, the views would be incredible.
It’s always possible, it’s just a question of money. You’d be talking on the order of $50,000 or more per space.
A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen as a clean, green fuel. The CU-Boulder team has devised a solar-thermal system in which sunlight could be concentrated by a vast array of mirrors onto a single point atop a central tower up to several hundred feet tall. The tower would gather heat generated by the mirror system to roughly 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,350 Celsius), then deliver it into a reactor containing chemical compounds known as metal oxides, said CU-Boulder Professor Alan Weimer, research group leader.
Speaking of leaving Windows 95 behind…imagine walking on to a bus, and it recognizes you and charges you without you having to do anything.
Finnish company Uniqul has patented and tested out a new payment system that lets you pay your bills with your face. When it’s time to pay up at a gas station or mall, don’t pull out your credit card; instead, look into a camera, and wait until it recognizes you. After that, it pulls up your information, you tap okay and the payment is complete.
Is anyone at Sound Transit looking at Link boardings? It is almost impossible to get on a train in the tunnel during evening rush hour these days.
The last two nights, after waiting through two impossibly packed trains, I finally walked down to Pioneer Square, where there is always some relief from the people deboarding to get on Sounder. It’s almost making me rethink the 36, which is blessedly spacious these days.
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Will the water be safe when the well is downstream from sewage treatment plants that serve the Humboldt Industrial Park? Also, Aqua could keep this water in reserve for its bulk and bottled water operations in distant locations, an example of American greed. Residents, demand Aqua use this pure, clean water to supply your needs.
The residents of North Union Twp. would be grateful for any assistance we receive from the public. Thank you for your support.

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The Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming and Daily Fantasy Sports has been holding meetings in recent time on looking into the potential for online gambling to be made legal in the state. It has been extremely difficult in recent time to try and make any progress within the state to make it legal.
Daily fantasy sports are legal in the state but that legality has limits as the move is to be held until July 31, 2018 in accordance with an economic development bill the state passed last year. Early on this year, SD 618 was introduced as a bill to try and make online gaming legal in Massachusetts. It has been designed with a specific setup that could be rather intriguing and vital in terms of how the industry is to grow and work.
SD 618 has been promoted as a bill that when passed would make it easier for people to enjoy online gaming. However, the bill does not have information on licensing processes or even on how future taxation or regulation functions will be organized.
The Special Commission has nine members and has been aiming to try and get the online gambling industry to be accepted in Massachusetts. They have not only supported many developments in the field but also have supported giving the Massachusetts Gaming Commission the right to monitor and review products in the industry. Such moves are being organized to aim to get more out of the process of bringing gaming activities into the state.
Individual members within the Special Commission are being encouraged to make their own specific recommendations over how the bill can be passed. An additional public hearing is slated to be heard before the end of July in the hopes of coming up with new ideas for getting the bill to move forward and be easier to pass and resolve.
Even with such a move in mind, it may be difficult for the Commission to go through any actions to try and make gaming activities legal before the year runs out. The commission will have to act before the 2017 session of the Massachusetts government meetings run out. There will not be all that much time for doing so when the current schedule is considered.
Members of the MGC have been hoping that some more detailed and specific reports are to be produced in the future. These include more detailed reports which would focus on more in depth information that would be a little easier to follow.
A broad approach is also being promoted. Such a move could help with creating a more general approach for getting gaming to become legal within the state. The possibility for such a move to work could be dramatic although it is difficult to figure out what might happen and what can come about within the industry.
The moves in question are all being promoted in the hopes of trying to get online gambling activities to become legal within Massachusetts. People will have to look for how different changes might come about over time.
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Thanks for following along this week as I've asked the question, "Why Plant Churches?" Obviously, this is an important question to me as I prepare to plant another church in Philadelphia. But my hope through this series of posts is that it will become an important question to you as well--no matter what your particular ministry assignment may be.
You can listen to the message from Tim Keller that inspired these posts. You can also catch up on part one, part two, part three, and part four.
Reason #4: Church planting is an exercise in Kingdom-thinking.
Keller says that the main problem that some churches see with church planting is actually the main reason to go ahead and plant a church.
If your the Lead Pastor of an established church, and you decide to mother a church or support a church plant in your community, you will probably have people from your church help start the new church. Additionally, fast-growing church plants will often attract some people out of existing churches. Even though that shouldn't be the goal, it's the reality. When this happens, existing churches are faced with a question. Will we rejoice over the hundreds of people who will be added to the kingdom, or resent the few families who were lost from our church?
I'd argue that's an important question for every pastor to face.
Of course, church planters have the responsibility of partnering with other pastors in the community in an ethical way, and developing healthy lines of communication. But even when it's done the right way, the tension still remains.
Church planting always means saying goodbye for the sake of the Kingdom. For Leah and I, planting another church required us to say goodbye to close family and friends. For our church in Michigan, it required saying goodbye to us. Fortunately, the pain serves to reposition the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
And I can't think of a better reason to plant churches than that.
This week I'm exploring a list of four reasons for church planting that was originally inspired by this message from Tim Keller. You can also catch up on part one, part two, and part three.
Reason #3: New churches help renew established churches.
This discussion isn't about church planting at the expense of church revitalization. It's about both. Here are four ways church plants benefit older churches in their community.
New churches bring resource established churches with new, innovative ministry methods. Church planting is the resource and development arm of the Body of Christ. Established churches can learn from church plants as they experiment.
New churches are an effective way of developing emerging, creative, and strong leaders. Some of these leaders will eventually move on to serve other churches in the community.
New churches challenge older churches to examine themselves. Sometimes it takes the contrast of a church plant for an established church to really wrestle with questions of mission and vision.
New churches are evangelism feeders for the whole community. Church plants produce converts that may end up worshipping and serving in other churches in the community. For example, the very culture of adventure and risk that initially connects a person to Christ may become a limitation to some people's spiritual growth. The characteristics that make a church plant great at reaching out may limit them from caring for people. As a result, some of these new Christians may eventually experience discipleship in a nearby church.
It's unfortunate that church planting and church revitalization are often seen as either/or activities. What if instead of conflicting with each other they could actually complement each other?
This week I'm reflecting on four reasons for church planting. The original list comes from this interesting lecture from Tim Keller. You can also catch up on part 1 and part 2.
Reason #2 (in my own words): Church planting is better suited to reach certain people.
Keller lists four groups that according to multiple studies, church plants reach the best.
1. New Residents: It takes longer for a new resident to break into community and leadership at an established church, simply because the people have been there longer. But in a church plant, new residents have been at the church as long as everyone else.
2. New Generations: Young adults are often more involved in church plants simply because of the institutional challenges to change that an established church faces.
3. New People Groups: Keller gives this example. If a farming community begins changing so that young commuters begin moving in, an established church may be 75-80% farmers, while a new church plant is more likely to be 75-80% commuting professionals.
4. New Christians: Dozens of denominational studies have shown that the average new church gains 60-80% of their members from the ranks of the unchurched. On the other hand, the average American church over 10 years old gains 80-90% of its members through transfer growth. This makes sense. As a church ages, it naturally allocates more resources to taking care of the needs of current members. But a church plant is forced to invest into non-members in order to survive.
I don't see this argument as a bash against established churches. I pastored an established church, and in a few years I'll be pastoring another one! To me the moral of the story is for established churches to accept that there are some people best reached by a new church, and to prioritize resources to invest in church planting.
I hope you'll check back in tomorrow for reasons three and four. To me they were the most thought provoking.
What reasons can you think of for planting new churches? Or maybe you feel like pushing back a bit. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Yesterday I was inspired by a short talk from Tim Keller in response to the question, "Why Plant Churches?" This week I'm summarizing his four reasons. You can catch up on some of the common objections to church planting in part one.
Reason #1: We want to be true to the New Testament pattern of ministry.
Paul was many things, including a missionary, preacher, theologian, writer, tent-maker, and pastor. But I'd argue that he was primarily a church planter. He seemed to have a two-part strategy for changing the world.
To reach a region he'd focus on the largest city in the region. To reach that city he'd plant churches.
He told Titus to establish elders in every town. His instructions weren't to simply evangelize, but to setup churches. In fact, church planting was so foundational to Paul, that his criteria for leaving a city was often whether or not a church had been planted. He'd make sweeping statements about having finished preaching the gospel in a particular place. Obviously, he hadn't preached to every person. What he meant was that the church was established.
But church planting in the New Testament predates Paul to Jesus. Jesus never commanded his followers to make converts, but to baptize disciples. And baptism cannot happen in isolation. We baptize people into worshipping communities.
Many individual decisions for Christ at crusades or other outreach events result in a list of people we'll never hear from again. These decisions may not actually be conversions. A true convert to Christ enters into a process of discipleship that must be tied to a community of believers.
Some people push back at this point. You might argue, "Okay, granted, but that was in the very beginning of the Christian movement before churches actually existed. Why is it so critical now that we have all these new churches?"
Good question! I hope you'll check back in tomorrow.
This morning I listened to an excellent talk by Tim Keller responded to the question, "Why Plant Churches?" He argues that their are three groups of people.
Group one believes that church planting is an unnecessary activity, especially in this country where we have so many churches.
Group two is excited about church planting, but they're not sure why.
Group three is excited about church planting, and know how to respond to the objections raised by group one.
If I had to nominate a captain for group three, it might be Tim Keller. In fact, he argues that church planting should be an established ministry for every local church in America. This week, I'll write a series of posts summarizing the four reasons he lists for planting churches.
But first, to be fair, here are the three most common objections.
Objection 1: We already have so many churches, and most of them are not filled. Shouldn't we focus on filling the churches that already exist rather than creating new ones?
Objection 2: Most churches in my community used to be more full than they are now. Won't a new church just take people away from churches that are already declining?
Objection 3: The churches that are already struggling need to be helped first. To see a new church get started is demoralizing to them. Isn't our real need better churches, and not new churches?
These are three important questions to be sure. If you've wrestled with any of them, I encourage you to follow along this week. I think you'll be challenged by Keller's thoughts.
We're enjoying a few days in Michigan this weekend. Samantha, Leah's sister, is moving this weekend from Detroit back to Pittsburgh. We drove Leah's parents into town so they can drive the moving truck back. Looking forward to adding yet one more person to Hotel Edwards!
It's also been a great opportunity to reconnect here. I stopped in at COTK and enjoyed catching up with Tal and several other friends. This morning I had coffee with one of our former interns, and current team member for the Philly Project. Jonathan will be moving with us to Philly. We enjoyed dreaming and planning for the church plant.
Most of all, it's been a great opportunity to spend some time with my parents, grandmother, Betsy, Rob, and our fast-growing nephew and niece.
We also took some time to check on our house. Hard to describe my emotions. It felt a little like we were coming home after a month long ministry trip. It definitely sunk in again just much our lives have changed.
We'll be leaving tomorrow morning to drive back to Pittsburgh, where Leah and I are tag-teaming at North Way's youth outreach tomorrow night. We'll be talking about relationships. I'm looking forward to finding out what she has to say!
In October, Leah and I started the Weight Watchers Online Program (thanks to Tory for the inspiration)! It was great to lose some weight. But I'm also enjoying the ability to push myself a bit harder in the gym, which is probably another benefit to being 20 pounds lighter.
Since College, I've rarely run more than three miles at a time. This morning I ran seven miles. I'm thanking God for His grace in giving me good health, and thinking about training for a half-marathon for the first time in my life.
This experience of building greater physical endurance is a metaphor for something God has been doing in my emotional life--something that is critical for the challenge of church planting. Church planting is an emotional roller-coaster. Because so much is constantly developing, I find myself experiencing almost daily highs and lows. So God has been working on my emotional endurance.
God is constantly preparing us to grow into His plans for us, not only spiritually and physically, but emotionally as well. Leadership demands that we live in the midst of tension, face conflict, and live through stress. In the face of these realities, God builds our emotional endurance so we can stay on the leadership treadmill for a longer time, and at a higher level.
My recent experience physically illustrates two ways we can partner with God to build our emotional endurance.
Eliminate Fat: We need to remove the obstacles to emotional health (sin, lack of sleep, unhealthy relationships, wasted time, etc).
Overcome Resistance: In the gym, resistance is necessary for stronger muscles or longer endurance. Likewise, in life, resistance isn't something to escape. Instead, embrace resistance, lean into it, and overcome it.
As you eliminate fat and overcome resistance, God will build your emotional endurance so that you can experience greater longevity and effectiveness in life and ministry!
The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article last week titled The Time It Takes To Win It All. The reporter estimated that an NFL team puts in 514,000 hours per season. That's 100 hours for every yard gained on offense. Coaches, managers, and players make a profound investment for the chance to win a Super Bowl.
I knew this from personal experience nine years ago, but preparing to start a church takes a lot of time. It seems like a glamorous thing to do...for about a minute!
We're currently working on a strategic document that will outline all of our goals for the next 11 months, along with the tasks that will need to be accomplished to reach those goals. It's an overwhelming list to look at. By the time we launch a new church we'll also have thousands of hours invested in The Philly Project.
But it's worth it. I absolutely believe that. Every hour of prayer, every phone call, every meeting, every conversation, every day of research, every road trip, every sermon, every outreach, it's all worth it. Because one day we'll hold up more than the Lombardi trophy.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3.18).
Here are three words of encouragement for all creatives: Wait On It!
If you're a creative person, you probably have a surplus of ideas. You've got ideas in your moleskine, ideas in your iPhone, ideas on napkins, ideas on sticky notes, ideas on whiteboards, and ideas swimming around in your head. To see more of your ideas come to life, capture them in your file, and then wait a month.
Does it still energize you? If so, implement a plan to execute it.
I have an idea file setup in Gmail that I've been moving church planting related thoughts to for months. Now I have over 300 emails in that file. Most of the ideas sparked my curiosity in a moment, but have since faded. A handful of them still stir my imagination. I'm eliminating the former so I can put my energy into the ideas with staying power.
Here's a good filter to run your ideas through. If it lingers, it matters.


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Girls Like Biology, Boys Like Physics?
We all have our stereotypes about which subjects appeal more to girls or boys. Well, in perusing a new report on the Advanced Placement program, I was intrigued to discover some hard data to help shed light on the matter. In addition to reporting participation on AP exams by racial and ethnic groups, the College Board's eighth annual "AP Report to the Nation" includes the gender breakdown for all subjects tested. The data are for public school test-takers from the class of 2011.
Some of what I learned may not surprise readers. Males dominate AP Computer Science and physics courses, for instance. Females dominate AP Art History and English Language and Composition.
But not all of the findings were obvious.
Participation in the popular Calculus AB program was about evenly divided, but in the Calculus BC course, males were more heavily weighted (59 percent) than females.
Meanwhile, AP Biology was more popular with females (59 percent), while males were apparently more into ap Music Theory (58 percent).
In a majority of subjects, the gender preference appears to be fairly pronounced. For example, more girls prefer courses in art history, biology, English literature and composition, French language and culture, psychology, Spanish language, studio art, and drawing.
More boys like: Calculus BC; Computer Science; Computer Science AB; Physics C, Electricity and Magnetism; and Physics C, Mechanics.
As the number of couples marrying across racial and ethnic lines continues to grow in the United States, public attitudes toward intermarriage are also becoming more accepting, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.
Couples of differing races or ethnic backgrounds comprised 15.1 percent of all new marriages in 2010, while the share of all current marriages that are either interracial or interethnic reached an all-time high of 8.4 percent, Pew found. In 1980, just 3 percent of all marriages and less than 7 percent of new marriages were across rcial or ethnic lines.
Asians and Hispanics have the highest rate of intermarriage, and, in 2010, more than a quarter of newlyweds in each group married someone of a different race or ethnicity, according to Pew.
The interracial couplings with the most education—and earning the most money—are those between Asians and whites. Hispanics and blacks who married outside their group are more likely to have college degrees.
Pew's survey of American attitudes toward this growing trend of intermarriage found that 43 percent of Americans view it as a good change for society, while around 11 percent say it's bad. The rest say it doesn't make a difference.
Of course, there are important issues for schools to consider because with more intermarried couples will come more students who are biracial or multiethnic. It could certainly present challenges on the data-collection side of things for schools that must demonstrate that students of all races and ethnicities are reaching certain academic targets.
If a student has an Asian mother and a black father, do his scores get counted among those of Asian students or African-American students?

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NEW YORK, N.Y., March 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EASEUS, the technological leader in hard disk management software, announced its latest version of EASEUS Partition Manager and renamed it as EASEUS Partition Master. Working as an alternative to PartitionMagic(TM), EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition allows users to resize, move, copy, create and delete partitions for free. Unlike PartitionMagic which fails to support Windows Vista, EASEUS Partition Master is perfectly compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista.


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Does a security camera exist that I do know have to have direct access to the router?
I sometime travel with my dog. I would like to be able to set up a camera in the hotel room when I am gone to keep an eye on him, but of course I can’t access the hotel wifi router directly.
Does such a camera exist?
I haven’t seen one that would work for that scenario. I am sorry.
Natively out of the box no it is not possible to do that; however if you are willing to use a windows based computer not a tablet you can cheat somewhat. This is very advanced if your not tech savvy getting it to work maybe very difficult. There is a website called teamviewer. They will be able to let you set up a remote session on the computer you leave on in the hotel room. That part is easy enough that their website will tell you all you need. Now this IP camera will have to be powered. You can use a regular power supply of POE switch. The switch will set you back more than a power supply but if you need to connect more devices a POE switch is a better way to go. Assuming you have a switch connect camera to switch then Ethernet cord from switch to computer. Connect computer wireless to hotel network. Use the command prompt IPCONFIG to find what the network looks like. Hopefully it looks like 10.1.10.1. If it does you just need to setup the adhoc network. If it looks like 192.168.1.1 (look at gateway ip) Then we have to change somethings.
To create the adhoc go into network settings then wired network adapter. go into properties then advanced tab. Statically assign your pc an ip address. If network is handing out 192.168.1.1 range disconnect from wifi first. If it is handing out something different than 192.168.1.2 is fine. Set your gateway to 192.168.1.1. Connect an Ethernet cable to camera from Ethernet port on computer. Power either poe switch of 12vdc. Now access the camera with IE If the wifi network is in the range of 192.168.1.1 you will need to change ip of camera to 192.168.2.108 Gateway set to 192.168.2.1 and save. Now go back and change ethernet adapter to range fo IP camera PC IP address is 192.168.2.2 gateway is 192.168.2.1. Now you connect to wifi. Then connect to camera. At this point you should only need to establish the remote session.
Go to teamviewer.com and setup a remote session on pc. When you leave make sure pc is still on and does not go to sleep. Screen saver is fine. Then on another computer set up the teamviewer and remote back into pc at hotel. You can now login to camera and see it remotely. That is if everything is setup properly. If my explanation of setup on the adhoc network is not good for you just search the internet for walk though on adhoc setup per OS of a windows based computer. Things look a little different between XP, vista, 7, and 8.
Basically the teamviewer elevates the need to port forward as you are remote into the PC not the camera.
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Let me share with you three simple yet powerful leadership tweaks that will help you boost your career.
This phrase, which comes from Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, is a very powerful one. Continuing to do more of what you’re good at is seductive, but limiting, at least if you want to keep rising. And not all organizations are good at making this clear to their newer leaders.
While we know that new roles and increased seniority require new skills and perspectives, I also speak with the leaders I coach about what they need to give up. Owning your own work and pushing to high standards are great for individual contributors, and they give the career some lift off. But you need to give up a lot of what you have been recognized for and been good at, once you’re managing a team. How do you encourage and motivate team members to own their work and set and meet high standards? Different skills altogether. The degree of shift required here is usually under-estimated. Think about both what you need to give up, AND be better at, to be a more powerful leader.
Create strong foundations that will serve your entire career.
– disciplined attention is the currency of leadership. To be successful you need to pay attention to the things that matter most, and sustain your attention on those things in the midst of many distractions.
At increasingly senior levels this intensifies, and focusing strategically and productively becomes ever more challenging. How to zone out the minutiae of everyday demands and keep attention on the big picture? You’ve got to be a bit ruthless with your attention and give up any need you might have to be all things to all people, or to be the one who has the right answers. Instead, prioritize what matters most and excel at it.
This is where mindfulness techniques of various kinds are invaluable. They are powerful leadership tools that you can build into your routine. What are you focusing on in this moment, and how well does it serve you?
– being able to manage your attention helps you to manage your perspective taking. And managing your perspective taking helps with important things like enabling others to do their work, and managing complexity.
One big shift in perspective is from first position – me and my motivations and achievements, to second position – you and your motivations and achievements. I still recall one leader I was coaching for his lack of empathy with his team, who was shocked to hear that there was such a thing as second position! Thankfully, he’s a rarity, but taking the perspective of others is critical if they’re going to produce the outcomes you seek from them.
The only effective way of dealing with complexity is being able to take different perspectives. Instead of managing for certainty, we need to lead for possibility. That can be challenging, and anxiety-provoking, in organizations where the drive is towards certainty. Seeking out the perspectives of people who are different from us, irritate us, or who stretch us beyond our comfort zones, can unlock enormous creativity and power. What questions do/would they ask? Build them into your repertoire to develop greater flexibility in your thinking. And be a more inclusive leader into the bargain.
How do you want the world to know you, and to understand the leader you are becoming? Spending time crafting your storylines is of critical importance firstly in gaining your own clarity. Ask yourself, what’s your leadership purpose, your values and motivations to lead? How readily and clearly can you articulate these?
No-one else will be clear about what you stand for if you’re not. Your stories serve to prime you for success. They are a powerful leadership tool. As you tell your stories people come to better connect with you, understand the authentic you, and appreciate your intentions. Help them to see you as the leader you want to be known as.
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March 14, 2018 10:20 ET | Source: The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.
TORONTO, March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “TGOD”) today announced that it has filed an amended and restated preliminary long form prospectus (the “Prospectus”) with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada in respect of its previously announced initial public offering of units of the Company (the “Units”). The Prospectus contemplates a minimum offering of $75,000,000 and a maximum offering of $100,000,000 through the issuance of a minimum of 20,547,945 Units and a maximum of 27,397,260 Units (the “Offering”) at a price of $3.65 per Unit.
Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company (a “Unit Share”) and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of the Company (each whole warrant being a “Warrant”). Each Warrant is exercisable into one common share of the Company (a “Warrant Share”) at the price of $7.00 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment, on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date that is the earlier of (i) 24 months after the Closing Date and (ii) the date specified in any Warrant Acceleration Notice (as hereinafter defined). If, at any time, the volume-weighted average trading price of the common shares of the Company is equal to or greater than $9.00 for any 10 consecutive trading day period, the Company may provide written notice to Computershare Trust Company of Canada as warrant indenture trustee and the registered holders of Warrants (a “Warrant Acceleration Notice”) that the expiry time of the Warrants shall be accelerated to the date which is 30 days after the date of such Warrant Acceleration Notice, subject to TSX approval.
The Offering is being led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. as sole bookrunner and co-led with PI Financial Corp. (collectively, the “Co-Lead Agents”), together with Industrial Alliance Securities Inc., INFOR Financial Inc., Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. and Mackie Research Capital Corporation as agents (collectively, the “Agents”).
The amended and restated preliminary prospectus contains important information relating to TGOD and the Units and is still subject to completion or amendment. Copies of the amended and restated preliminary prospectus are available from the Agents. There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the Units until a receipt for the (final) long form prospectus has been issued.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release. The Units have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws. Accordingly, the Units may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of TGOD in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
The Company is licensed under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (“ACMPR”) to cultivate medical cannabis. The Company carries out its principal activities producing cannabis from its facilities in Ancaster, Ont., pursuant to the provisions of the ACMPR and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) and its regulations.
The Company grows high quality, organic medical cannabis with sustainable, all-natural principles. The Company’s products are laboratory tested to ensure patients have access to a standardized, safe and consistent product.
The Company has a funded capacity of 116,000 kg and is situated on approximately 175 acres of land between two of the most populated areas of Canada; Ontario & Quebec. The Company has negotiated favourable power rates and is building a combined 970,000 sq. ft. facility capable of producing 116,000 kg of premium, high- quality, organic cannabis. To date, the Company has raised approximately $160 million dollars and has over 4,000 shareholders.
This news release includes statements containing certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law ("forward-looking statements"), including, but not limited to, statements with respect to the completion of TGOD's initial public offering, completion of the Ancaster and Valleyfield facilities and the performance of TGOD. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. These statements are only predictions. Various assumptions were used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained in the forward-looking statements throughout this news release. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made, and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.

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text: In search of depictions of medieval vegetables, a study of medieval vegetable gardens of the common men and women was made. These gardens commonly occurred, but as they were probably too vulgar they were not described and depicted. In legal cases or financial accounts their presence has only been documented. Exchange of seed, seedware and knowledge between the common men and women maintaining vegetable gardens and gardeners of vegetable gardens of castles, mansions, monasteries, abbeys and hospitals, and vice versa is decribed. It is suggested that links between both groups were frequent and strong, as most monks, although often entering the monastery at a young age, and servants of chatelains have grown up in ‘common’ families and ‘received’ their first practical training in gardens of the common (wo)men, often their parents. During visits seed, seedware and knowledge will have been exchanged.


text: Just 13 years old when she arrived at Wesleyan, Octavia Andrew was the youngest of our Founders. In her memory, we invite alumnae who were initiated within the last 13 years to join the Octavia Andrew Rush Society with a commitment of $18.51 or more per month to the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation’s unrestricted annual fund (our area of greatest need) in support of our sisters. Join the Octavia Andrew Rush Young Alumnae Society by submitting your enrollment form or by setting up your monthly, quarterly, or recurring annual gift on our recurring gifts page.


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This is a list of the past webinars the Central Ohio Section of ASCE has hosted.
Please check this list if you are proposing to host a webinar. We generally do not like to repeat webinars.


text: Crushed red pepper adds fiery heat to all types of foods. Sprinkle it at the table over pizza, eggs, salads and pasta. Or add to chili and stir-fry recipes.


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Nishat Majumder has become the first Bangladeshi woman to climb the peak of the Mount Everest.
Nishat, a 31-year-old accounts officer of Dhaka Wasa, on April 9 started an adventure from Kathmandu to the base camp of the Mount Everest to hoist Bangladeshi flag atop the highest mountain in the world.
She reached the Everest's 8,850-meter-high (29,035-foot-high) summit along with MA Mohit, the first Bangladeshi who conquered the Everest twice, at about at 9:39am Bangladesh time on Saturday.
Muhit climbed to the peak of Mount Everest for the first time on May 21, 2011.
Earlier on May 23 in 2010, Musa Ibrahim conquered the Mount Everest as the first victor to fly Bangladesh's national flag on the globe's summit.
Though Muhit was companion of Musa Ibrahim that time, he could not climb up to the Everest top due to inclement weather.
Nishat, earlier had conquered three Himalayan peaks higher than 6,000 metres.
Born in Laxmipur, Nishat completed her SSC at Bottomley Home Girls High School and HSC at Shahid Anwar Girls College. She did her bachelors and masters in accounting from Dhaka City College.
Wasfia Nazreen, another Bangladeshi girl, has also reached the Everest base camp to scale the highest mountain.
Meanwhile, President Zillur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Finance Minister AMA Muhith congratulated Nishat for conquering the Mount Everest as the first woman of Bangladesh.


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API TAP WATER CONDITIONER™ is a super-strength water conditioner that makes tap water safe. It instantly removes chlorine and neutralises chloramines. It also detoxifies heavy metals in tap water. Use when setting up a new aquarium or adding water. It requires only one drop per 3.78L. Safe for all aquatic life.
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The government has announced a crackdown on anti-social behaviour with plans for police in schools and docking benefits from unruly tenants.
In what was condemned by the opposition as a pre-local election attempt to push its image as a party of law and order, ministers gave notice of the crack down ahead of yesterday's vote.
Education secretary Estelle Morris outlined proposals for officers to be stationed in up to 70 secondary and 40 primary schools with the worst truancy problems.
She stressed the scheme was voluntary and 'more prevention than cure' with most schools being well-ordered.
Under her plan, police forces will pick up the bill for their officers while the Department for Education & Skills will pay the estimated£10m a year cost of providing specialist support.
Around 100 specially trained staff will be deployed across education departments where schools have full-time police officers to liaise between chief inspectors and heads, cutting the amount of red tape for both.
'It will be voluntary and it is for heads to make the decision,' Ms Morris said.
Every education department in England will be sent a copy of a new police and schools protocol, setting out how heads and police chiefs can work together.
Meanwhile, it emerged the government is to give qualified support to proposals to dock housing benefit from so-called 'neighbours from hell'.
The objectives of Labour MP for Birkenhead Frank Field's private members bill were backed by social security secretary Alastair Darling, though he said more work was needed.


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Yes you can do this without absolute positioning and without using tables (which screw with markup and such). DEMO This is tested to work on IE>7, chrome, FF & is a really easy thing to add � how to add to 3d model with 3d builder Don't use bottom: 0; or any other number to fix divs to the screen bottom or related to it. If you do and then use a smaller screen resolution you will find that other content also wants to reach the bottom and will be obscured by the div fixed to the bottom. Scrolling will not make it appear.
Well, that�s what box-sizing: border-box is for ?? ! Just add a padding to the sides of the center box. You can even do the same thing for the padding at the top for the navigation bar in case you hide the scrollbars (otherwise, they�re positioned behind the header bar).
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