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"OPERATION STREAMLINE ISN'T ILLEGAL, IT IS IMMORAL"
These words were spoken by a defense attorney who represents migrants arrested for crossing the border into the United States. Operation Streamline is an expedited legal process unauthorized migrants face criminal prosecution and potential prison sentences in addition to formal deportation and removal from the United States. "Operation Streamline has drastically increased immigration prosecutions, making ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY, the most commonly filed federal charge." http://www.EndStreamline.org.
No photos can be taken in the federal courthouse during Operation Streamline. Imagine a large court room filled with seventy-nine migrants dressed in old t-shirts, jeans with an occasional jacket. Most of them are men, short men, indigenous looking men whose hands and ankles are shackled so they shuffle forward to hear the judge explain their options which are to plead guilty to a federal crime, "crossing the border," or plead non-guilty and have a trial BUT they will be locked up during this period of waiting for a trial.
The Judge always asks each person if he or she wants to make a statement. Most decline to say anything. This past week one of the few women said, "Si, Yo quiero decir algo." I could barely see her from my seat in the back of the courtroom. She was soft-spoken and short in a black skirt and dark blouse. "It is not right that I am detained. I haven't seen my mother in fifteen years nor my three brothers (born in the USA) that I had never met." Silence and then, the judge asks her if she would like to change her plea to not guilty and ask for a trial. She hesitates and the judge asks her to confer with her attorney and to decide before the end of this Streamline session.
It is as the lawyer said, it is immoral. Why are we making this woman have a criminal record for entering the United States to see her family? Most of the people that I have met in Tucson - at detention centers, at shelters for women and children on humanitarian parole or at Operation Streamline - the majority are trying to reach their families. We are criminalizing family reunification and because there is no longer a temporary work program, men who travelled north years ago to work under the "bracero" program or who entered the country without documents when it was a civil offense, not a criminal one, now are stuck in the USA and cannot return home.
The photo below is of the CCA - privately run detention center in Eloy, Arizona. I visited three women there last Friday, March 20th behind the barbed wire and many check points. It appears to be a prison although it is called a detention center. I will write more in my next blog about the women that I met there and their heart-wrenching stories.
The Mexican woman who told the judge that it was not correct to have detained her - has somewhat of a happy ending. Her attorney explained to the magistrate that her mother was recently a U.S. citizen and had petitioned for her daughter to join her in the USA. The judge gave her a new date to appear before Operation Streamline in order to provide time to ascertain if she could stay. I will not be in the court to hear the outcome of this case, but at least her voice was heard and there is the possibility that she can remain with her mother and brothers.
All of the stories are heart-breaking or opening up my heart to understand why people come. Why? A friend asked, because they want to be with family. Despite the media attention to job seekers and economic reasons why people leave - all if that is true, but to me, the bottom line, is la familia.
"Mexico is our neighbor," Michael G.Ronstadt (younger brother of Linda) said at the Common Ground on the Border event last week. For my fellow Oregonians, look at this map. If we lived in Oregon before 1850 Mexico literally would have been our neighbor. Someone asked me recently, "Pat, what do you think about immigration or crossing borders?" Well, let me share a few quotes I heard this past week at the Common Ground event from a cultural anthropologist, Maribel Alvarez, University of Arizona. .
"BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other." Ambrose Pierce.
Maribel Alvarez shared some interesting facts about the border - especially the relationship between immigration and the global economy.
FACT #!: Border is 2000 miles long including four U.S. states and six Mexican states. There are three natural barriers: the Rio Grande, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts. In 1996 Operation Gatekeeper "militarized" the border crossings at El Paso and San Diego. That action de facto closing the borders in these two cities, created the "funnel effect" that pushed people into desert crossings. The rationale was that the desert would be a natural deterrent. One can imagine the conversation at the Immigration and Naturalization Service. "Who will cross the desert? Only desperate people without options or hope.
THE WALL DIVIDES NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO FROM NOGALES, ARIZONA.
FACT #2: USA/MEXICO border is the most frequently crossed international border. 12,000 trucks cross daily bringing food to the USA. 350 million people cross legally annually. Only one million cross illegally or without papers.
FACT #3: ECONOMY- USA is Mexico's number one economic partner. Mexico is the USA' number two economic partner. $795 million is traded daily between the two countries.
Migration, the act of moving from one place to another in search of a better life or even just for survival itself, is a natural part of the human condition.
A week ago Sunday I joined the Italian delegation and local/national folks to walk the migrant memorial trail south of Green Valley, Arizona. One of the local Samaritans led us on the walk. Several years ago she and her neighbors found human bones while out walking their dogs. Each time they called the Pima County Sheriff and Medical Examiner who came out to collect the bones and attempt to identify the remains.
One set of the bones was that of an adolescent - Laurie, the Samaritan and her partner and neighbor built crosses at each of the three sites. It was a rough climb - in fact, I took a very undignified fall but was helped up by a friend and continued to the memorial sites. It was very quiet in the desert, the wind blowing through the cactii and ocotillo and an occasional sound of a bird. We stood silently thinking of whose father or brother or mother might have lain undetected in the desert until only their bones remained. The cross says Presente which many Central Americans say at funerals as a way of remembering the person who is no longer with them.
At the comedor/cafeteria the next day in Nogales, Sonora I saw another cross hanging above the sink. It was covered with rosaries that the migrants had hung over the cross. I am not sure if this was for a blessing for a future border crossing or a thanks for having been found in the desert even though deported back to Mexico.
Not all Migrants are Roman Catholic but most from Latin America grow up in a Catholic culture. We are now in the season of Lent - a time of reflection and repentance. At a press conference for Rosa Robles, the Mexican woman living in Sanctuary at Southside Presbyterian Church, her pastor called on President Obama and the Head of Homeland Security and ICE to repent - or as she stated, "It is OK to change your mind and heart and to let Rosa go home."
Look at her work and think of all the migrants who left their clothing, food, rosaries, and shoes and yes, some of them their lives in the desert.
It is freezing cold in the open air shelter, El Comedor, a Jesuit run program on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexican border in Nogales, Sonora. It is a very small space with long tables for the “guests” to sit. A Jesuit novice explains that program. Two hot meals are served at 9AM and 4PM daily to migrants who either have just been deported or are waiting to cross. The “guests” come in, sit down and are served a meal by volunteers – No food lines here. It begins to rain hard outside – gusts of wind blow into the space through cracks in the heavy plastic walls. I move my feet to try to stay warm.
Volunteers from the Samaritans and No More Death groups come daily with cell phones for the migrants to call family members and provide health packets for the guests as well as engage in conversation. I ask our host if any of the Arizona Congressional delegation has visited this project. No, he replies. “Others who come to this place have their hearts broken wide open.” I think How do we help President Obama and others in Congress have their hearts broken open? When a heart breaks open, then something new can happen. How do I/we help others have these heart breaking open experiences?
I am working as a volunteer in service sponsored by the United Church of Christ (national office) and the Southwest Conference of the United Church of Christ. I am on this one- day visit to the border with a small delegation of international partners, national and local staff persons. The international partners are from Italy – the Protestant Federation of Churches in Italy and a professor from the Italian Waldensian Church, Massimo and Paolo. They recently opened a migrant program, Mediterrean Hope in Sicily and Lampadusca, a small island where migrants crossing the Meditarrean Sea are housed. http://www.globalministries.org/mediterranean_hope_newsletter_february_2015. Rev. Randy Mayer, pastor of Church of the Good Shepherd UCC in Sahuarita, Arizona and a long-time immigration activist has organized the trip. Rev. Linda Jaramillo, executive Minister of Justice and Witness Ministries from Cleveland, Rev. John Doerhauer of the SW Conference, Tyler Connolley, Immigrant Care Coordinator with the SW Conference of the UCC and myself are the other participants. http://www.ucc.org/immigration_immersion_italian_churches_03022015.
Next Stop: La Roca, a Central American migrant shelter run by a local FourSquare Gospel pastor and his church in Nogales, Arizona. It literally is built on a rock with cave-like separate dorm rooms for women and men. The Mexican government has a migrant relocation program for Mexicans who are deported, but nothing is provided for Central Americas. Thus, La Roca is trying to meet that need. They can house 30 men and 20 women for the night. They open their doors at 7AM and the guests must leave – some go to El Comedor for meals and then return to the shelter after 5PM for the evening until they make arrangements to return to their homes or to try to cross the border again.
The Wall dominates Nogales, Sonora and actually runs right through part of the town. We stop at a small altar in memory of Jose Antonio who was killed two years ago by a border agent who was situated at the top of the wall. The agent was never tried – his explanation was that this young man and others were throwing rocks at the Wall. Seven bullets were found in his back. His was not the only death attributed to the Border Patrol. There is no oversight of the Border Patrol or accountability to anyone or agency in the USA. I see lots of graffiti signs painted on the sign of rocks near the Wall basically cursing out the “migra”. Two signs near he altar state simply – Prohibido olvidar and Justicia para Juan Bosco (another Mexican killed by the Border Patrol). Is your heart broken open yet?
The drizzle turns into rain as we climb one of the hills in this city of 125,000 to HEPAC, Home of Hope and Peace, a border community center with ties to BorderLinks, a study immersion organization based in Tucson. Hepacnogales.weebly.com. Scott Nicholson, a UCC Global Missionary, works there. The presentation is impressive – feeding programs for children, adult education, artist’s cooperative making pendants saying No More Deaths/NoMas Muertes. The director Jeanette Pazos is eloquent and passionate about their work - "We are trying to create an alternative vision of the City of Nogales. We want to be known as the city of hope, of jobs, and of peace, not the border town with drug problems." She has organized vigils at the wall for Jose Antonio. She has also organized with the community zumba dances and peace walks along the wall. We leave feeling that there is hope for this community with a woman such as Jeanette and HEPAC's work in the community.


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SANGSAD BHABAN, May 31 (BSS)- The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Control Bill-2012 with a view to facilitating peaceful use of nuclear power.
State Minister for Science and Technology Architect Yeafes Osman piloted the bill in the House. Later, the bill was passed in voice votes.
The bill proposed constitution of a five-member regulatory body titled ‘Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority’ headed by a chairman. In the bill, the words authorization holder, sabotage, import and export, ionizing radiation, source material, commission, radioactive material, radioactive waste and management, radioactivity, nuclear incident, nuclear fuel, nuclear accident, nuclear safety, nuclear material, nuclear damage, nuclear reactor, nuclear radiological emergency, nuclear energy, security, nuclear installation, atomic energy, specified equipment, specified non-nuclear material, radiation, radiation protection, overseas operator or operator, physical protection and facility source were defined afresh.
The bill has the provision of not to allow any authorized person, operator or overseas operator to select site for setting up any nuclear or radiation installation, prepare design, carryout construction, commission, operate and decommission, shut down disposal center of nuclear waste and open any restricted area without approval under the rules of the authorities.
The bill has made specific provisions for the process of approving nuclear radiation and nuclear waste disposal centers, authorization of controlling import and export of related equipment, suspension and cancellation of approval, safety and security of radioactive material, protection against radiation, physical safety, procedure of maintaining state accounts related to nuclear materials, management of nuclear waste and used fuel, taking emergency preparation and measures.
Besides, the bill also has specific provisions of preparing nuclear and radiological emergency plan, liability of operator or overseas operator, liability of duration of transportation, responsibility, financial safeguard, compensation, jurisdiction, inspection and taking measures, misdeeds, trials and punishments.
Earlier on May 27, State Minister for Science and Technology Architect Yeafes Osman placed the bill in the House. The cabinet approved the draft of the bill on March 29.

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Lot Size: 9900	Sq. Ft.
Large corner lot for sale. Lot measures 66x150 (drawn in measurements are not exact - a survey may be needed to determine exact boundary lines). Great location in the south east part of Alma, blocks away from the walking trail.

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On the 2nd episode of Advantage Omar New York, Omar takes the 7 Line to have a day full of sport.
He starts at the US Open watching tennis and then takes a walk across the platform to Citi Field to hang out with the young stars of the New York Mets before a game.
While there, he explores the new version of ballpark food before heading back into the city of Manhattan to face off with French tennis star Gael Monfils in a ping pong battle for the ages.

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There are several factors to consider when shopping for a Bunn Coffee Maker. By analyzing these, you are able to narrow down your choice to the type which is best suited for you. Decisions made early on will cut down on problems encountered later on.
First, ask yourself where the machine will be permanently placed, how many people will be utilizing it, as well as how much space is available for the machine. Is it for large-volume application or small-volume application? Home models can make 10 cups at one time while standard commercial models can churn out 12. To take the middle ground, choose the small, commercial model known as A10 or A10A which can brew 10 cups. Second, make your selection from the following types: Regular which makes coffee by the pot and has warmers to keep the liquid hot; Pod which relies on coffee pods to make coffee by the cup(rather than employ coffee grounds); Airpot which allows coffee to remain hot and fresh for longer periods of time and which can be moved from location to location because it lacks a warmer.
Thermal which deposits the coffee into thermal carafes or thermal servers; Satellite that makes .5 to 1 gallon of coffee at a fast clip; SoftHeat which makes .5, 1 or 1.5 gallons at a time; ThermoFresh which permits the user to make various types of brew through different coffee recipes; Liquid that relies on liquid coffee concentrate to produce huge volumes of coffee at a time; and Urn that can brew 11.4 to 18.
8 gallons per hour (this differs according to the model.) Third, consider the waterline hook-up. A pourover feature requires the operator to funnel water into the top of the machine prior to operation.
This feature can be found in regular, airpot and thermal models. The automatic feature allows the coffee maker to be connected to a waterline which lets the hot water reservoir to be automatically filled. With the automatic feature, users can still rely on its fallback pourover feature to fill the machine if a waterline is not available.
Fourth, look at the number of warmers the machine has. This, however, is only available on regular brewers, with options ranging from 1 to 6 warmers. Fifth, does it have a hot water faucet? Such a feature can be found on regular, airpot and thermal brewers.
Pourover machines lack this option. This feature is standard for the bigger brewers such as Satellite and Urn. Sixth, look for the Digital Brewer Control feature in those coffee making models with DBC in their model name. This means it has touchpad digital technology which offers integrated electronic diagnostics, automatic shut-off, higher brewing volume, faster recovery time, additional hot water from the faucet, and improved temperature control. This type of machine does not have a pourover feature.
Once you've decided which features you want in your Bunn Coffee Maker, you are ready to select which model is best suited to your needs.

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Industry Nine's Torch Series hubs offer less drag, amazing anodized color quality, and the lightness and quick engagement of a superior hub. The weight is approximately 150 grams lighter than the previous generation. The moment you see these hubs in person, it's easy to tell why i9 is known to make one of the best-looking hubs on the market. The 120 point, 3° engagement, 6 (2x3 alternating) pawl engagement makes for less drag and quicker engagement than most mountain bikers are used to. This quick engagement is ideal for cyclocross races, sprinting out of tight turns, and steep mountain climbs where a pause in your cadence flow equals a loss of balance and maybe a topple over! Large diameter disk flanges are angled to lower spoke stress, improve wheel stiffness, and braking torque transfer. The Torch utilizes a contact seal packed with marine grease just outside of the bearings to keep grime out of the cartridge bearing. This makes for less maintenance and serves to extend the life of the bearings.
Industry Nine's Torch Series hubs offer less drag, amazing anodized color quality, and the lightness and quick engagement of a superior hub. The weight is approximately 150 grams lighter than the previous generation. The moment you see these hubs in person, it's easy to tell why i9 is known to make one of the best-looking hubs on the market. The 120 point, 3° engagement, 6 (2x3 alternating) pawl engagement makes for less drag and quicker engagement than most mountain bikers are used to. This quick engagement is ideal for cross country races, sprinting out of tight turns, and steep mountain climbs where a pause in your cadence can equal a loss of balance, a foot down dab and maybe a topple over! Large diameter flanges are angled to lower spoke stress, improve wheel stiffness, and braking torque transfer. The Torch utilizes a contact seal packed with marine grease just outside of the bearings to keep grime out of the cartridge bearing. This makes for less maintenance and serves to extend the life of the bearings.


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In addition to great plate décor, parsley has excellent potential health benefits. It contains volatile oils such as limonene, myristicin and eugenol and beneficial flavonoids like apiin, apigenin and luteolin. The volatile oils act as anti-carcinogens (in animal studies) and may act similarly in humans. Myristicin activates an enzyme that attaches glutathione to highly reactive molecules (some are carcinogens) neutralizing them. The flavonoids have antioxidant properties and help neutralize oxygen-containing free radicals, preventing them from damaging cellular components (membranes, DNA, enzymes, etc.). Parsley is a great source of vitamins K, C and A. Vitamin K helps maintain a healthy bone matrix and may help prevent some cancers. Vitamin C is an antioxidant protecting cells from damage in water-soluble areas all over the body. Both vitamins C and A strengthen the immune system. Folic acid renders homocysteine in the blood harmless, protecting blood vessel walls from damage.
Reduces risk and helps stop cell growth in lung cancer. Research suggests vitamin K helps resist liver and prostate cancer. Eating foods rich in vitamins C and A, like parsley, lowers the risk of atherosclerosis, colon cancer, diabetes and asthma. Arthritis sufferers may also gain relief by the anti-inflammatory actions of vitamins C and A. Folic acid is important for proper cellular division in both the colon and cervix, reducing the risk of those cancers. Folic acid’s effect on homocysteine helps prevent cardiovascular diseases.
Whether used as a topping or worked into a sauce, parsley puts a finishing touch on dishes. There are two main types: flat and curly leafed. Flat leafed is the pungent Italian parsley. Curly leafed is used for cooking and garnishing plates. Both are biennials and grow about 14 inches. Plant out in the spring or start them indoors, which might be better, since the seeds take a month to germinate. In either case, soak them in warm water for a few hours or over night before planting. Space seeds out about 6 inches. They grow in well-enriched fertile soil in both pots and the ground. They prefer a bit of shade. For a harvest every year, plant new parsley every spring. They are frost hardy and come back to life the second year to flower if the winter is not too harsh. If you cut off the flower stalks, they will not die in the second year. Conversely, if they flower and go to seed, they can sow themselves and need little effort to reproduce. Those able to sow themselves are healthier and taste better. Harvest the leaves as needed from the outer leaves in. Taking inner leaves first prematurely sends the parsley to seed.
Generally, no pest problems with parsley. Herbs attract pollinating insects, like bees, for other plants and beneficial predatory insects to control other pests.
Parsley does not keep long. Either freeze it or dry it in an oven to preserve for later use. If you want to grow it during winter, sow seeds in a pot during mid-summer and bring them in just before the weather cools down. To save seeds, harvest the stems as the seeds ripen and hang them upside down over a cloth in a ventilated shed.

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The Bermuda Cricket Board confirmed that Malachi Jones of Southampton Rangers was found guilty of breaching Code of Conduct articles 2.2.1 during the match on August 19th against St. David's Cricket Club.
Jones has been banned from all cricket for a period sufficient to include two (2) Twenty20 games.
Jones will be allowed to play again, based on the current schedule, on September 17th 2018.


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LAS VEGAS -- Joyce Rhone didn't see the attack coming -- and certainly not at a blackjack table at the vaunted Bellagio Hotel and Casino, her attorney said.
But in a scene that shocked onlookers, fellow Bellagio employee Brenda Stokes is accused of attempted murder in a box-cutter attack on Rhone. Stokes allegedly used two razors and repeatedly slashed the victim's face with cuts so deep to her cheek that they revealed Rhone’s teeth.
Now a lawyer representing Rhone in the December attack has filed a civil lawsuit against the Bellagio, claiming that the casino's security force failed to ensure "that its property was reasonably safe and to render aid to" Rhone.
Stokes, who is also a blackjack dealer at the Bellagio, came to the casino on her day off, a company violation, the suit says. Even though several security workers saw her before the attack, she was not asked to leave the premises, the suit claims.
"It's bad enough that the victim was slashed," Rhone's lawyer, Harold Gewerter, told the Los Angeles Times. "What happened afterward was even worse."
The lawsuit claims that no one from the Bellagio's staff came to help Rhone, and that she was saved by a casino patron who finally stepped in to stop Stokes’ attack.
"If not for the intervention of a patron who wrestled [the attacker] to the ground, Plaintiff Rhone most assuredly would have lost her life,” the lawsuit claims.
Stokes, 50, who remains in custody, has been indicted in the attack on Rhone and in the stabbing death of 10-year-old Jade Morris, her fiance's daughter.
The lawsuit says that Rhone and Stokes socialized after work, often with Stokes' fiance. The suspect apparently believed the two were having an affair and attacked Rhone, the lawsuit states.
Gewerter told The Times that the Bellagio must be held accountable for not rushing aid to a gravely wounded employee. "If you count cards, five people will jump all over you, and that's not even a crime," Gewerter said. "But here is a woman who is wounded so badly she has to hold her face together and nobody does a thing."
He added, "This is one the the city’s five-star hotels and this is how they treat people?
A spokeswoman for the Bellagio said the casino has not yet had an opportunity to review the lawsuit and does not comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit states that following the attack, Rhone crawled for several hundred feet in full view of several pit bosses.
"People saw her. The pit bosses, they stood and watched like it was some horror film," Gewerter said. "After the victim crawled several hundred feet, a cocktail waitress finally leaned in and asked 'What’s going on, dear?' Then Ms. Rhone collapsed. The next thing she remembers is being surrounded by paramedics and cops."
Gewerter said Rhone, a single mother, has had major cosmetic surgery and feels that she cannot return to work at the Bellagio.
"One cut goes from her eye to her lips," he said. "“She wears a scarf whenever she goes out in public. She's just scared."
The death of Jade Morris, 10, is now linked to a car last borrowed by Las Vegas Strip card-dealer Brenda Stokes Wilson, who had gone holiday shopping with the girl. Wilson is in jail and on trial for attacking a fellow worker with a pair of razors and is now the suspect in the death of the child, says a prosecutor.
LAS VEGAS — Blood was found inside a car borrowed by a Las Vegas Strip card dealer last seen with a missing 10-year-old girl and later arrested in the razor blade slashing of a co-worker at the posh Bellagio resort, a prosecutor said Friday.
Brenda Stokes Wilson was identified in court Friday as the prime suspect in the slaying.
“It’s no secret the defendant is the suspect in the murder of 10-year-old Jade Morris,” prosecutor Robert Daskas said as he convinced Senior Clark County District Court Judge Joseph Bonaventure to increase Wilson’s bail from $60,000 to $600,000 pending the filing of kidnapping and murder charges.
Later Friday, Clark County coroner’s officials identified the body found Thursday as that of the girl, Jade Morris. Officials say she died of multiple stab wounds.
The girl was last seen Dec. 21 with Wilson, who’d picked her up to go Christmas shopping. Family members say Jade had a close relationship with Wilson, who used to date her father.
Wilson, 50, was arrested later that night after she was wrestled to the ground with razors in each hand following a face-slashing attack on a female co-worker, Joyce Rhone, at the Bellagio.
She appeared in court in that case Friday, when a judge raised her bail to $600,000.
Brenda Stokes Wilson appears in Clark County Justice Court, Friday, Dec. 28 in Las Vegas. Wilson is accused of slashing a Bellagio blackjack dealer and is suspected of kidnapping and slaying 10-year-old Jade Morris.
Wilson has been jailed on felony battery with a weapon, burglary and mayhem charges that could get her decades in prison. Police said she has offered no help in the search for the missing girl. Murder and kidnapping charges could get her life in prison without parole or the death penalty.
Wilson stood in court flanked by eight police officers as her lawyer, Tony Liker, clutching a Bible and a copy of the charging documents, asked the judge to postpone arraignment until Wednesday to give him time to meet with Wilson.
Liker declined comment outside court.
Police went public with the search for Jade Morris on Christmas Day, and the case received increasing attention after the relationship between the girl and Wilson became known. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson watched the proceedings in court Friday and called the case important for the community.
Smart move. Can't sue Stokes since she doesn't have any money, so go after Bellagio (MGM Resorts International). This case will probably settle for several hundred thousand dollars, as no jury will have any sympathy for the casino and MGM will never let this go to a jury anyway.
think she has a case there.
crazy monster. hope she dies in prison.

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I attended Lutheran Elementary School at St. Lucas, Milwaukee, where my father served as a pastor. My high school and college years were spent in Watertown, Wisconsin, at Northwestern Preparatory School and Northwestern College. I received my Master of Divinity from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1989.
I accepted a call to serve as pastor at St. Marcus on July 1, 2016. My pastoral ministry began in Salem, Oregon in 1989. In 1993 I began pastoring a church in Marietta, Ohio. From 1998 to 2016 I served as Professor of New Testament and Pastoral Theology at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon.
I have not found anything more rewarding than placing the gospel of Jesus Christ on the hearts of people. For that reason, I really love preaching and teaching the Word of God. A special thrill has been seeing "lights go on" in the eyes of people who have never considered the gospel seriously before. And the relationships that develop from serving as a group of Christians' spiritual shepherd are incredibly enriching. I love everything about being a pastor!
Leah and I were married on May 31, 1986 -- so that makes 30 years! The Lord blessed us with three daughters. Erin is 29 and married to Rev. Kyle Burmeister, lives in Summerville, SC, and has our only grandchild (at the moment), Maggie. Lauren is 26, married to Nathan Gartner, lives in Appleton, and is soon to deliver our second grandchild, a boy. Allison is 24, married to Martin Johnston, and lives in Thiensville.
Watching or playing sports. I'm a Milwaukee boy and have maintained an avid following of the Wisconsin sports teams. I love to play racquetball and have come to appreciate working out as something important for my physical and mental health. And whatever time Leah and I can have with our three married daughters and their families is special time indeed.
Any place where a house (preferably with a pool) can be rented with our family, and breweries and distilleries can be toured.
My tennis coach during senior year of high school was a young undergrad instructor by the name of Mark Jeske.

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The Committee Chair is a member of a statutory, standing or ad-hoc committee who is elected or appointed annually to serve as chair of that specific committee.
management of meetings and members in relation to their committee responsibilities.
A Chair of a Committee is appointed/elected in accordance with the bylaws.

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I don't mean to pull people from this site because this site is very very helpful but there is a HUGE database of RROD Repair and diagnosis information that would take months even years to accumulate here. The Xbox Experts Site even has a step by step guide to diagnose your xbox and then a list of possible fixes.. I have repaired over 50 xbox's with this and had great results.
What you see in step 39 are not washers. Just screws with large flat heads. You need flat washers. Usually they are labeled 5mm because of their inner diameter. they should be 1mm thick and the outer diameter should be about 8-9mm. They come in packs of either 4 or 10 depending on if you go to Lowes or Home Depot. I think Lowes is the one that sells by 10.
The laser is most likely the cause of your issues. So you have three options. 1> Tweak the laser to make it stronger, it will eventually die but this is the cheapest, fastest fix. PDF Link (Difficulty: Hard) 2> Replace the laser. (Difficulty: Low to Medium) 3> Replace the DVD drive. (Difficulty: Physically easy. The software can be hard to very hard) To replace the whole drive you need to extract the key from the dead drive and spoof it onto the new drive. All of these will void your warranty.
This is a bad solder joint under either the HANA chip or the GPU itself. Essentially the same as RROD except because it's not showing the RROD Microsoft wont repair it for free... The xbox need's a professional reflow. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES try the towel trick or penny fix. BOTH will make your xbox a very expensive doorstop. There is the RARE occasion that this is a bad solder joint under the connector where you plug in the av cables. Either way the xbox needs to be Reflowed. A great resource for this is Xbox-experts.com. Good luck!
[EDIT] You can now aquire the CPU and DVD Key with what is called the Reset Glitch Hack (RGH) Only the very newest slims and the xenon are not RGH'able Google "reset glitch hack xbox 360" For more info. [Original Message] Your xbox needs to be JTAG-able. And chances are high that it is not. The only way to get the key without the original drive it by JTAG. If you xbox is running the "Blades" Dashboard its a pretty good bet you can JTAG. If you are running the NXE dashboard its a safe bet you have a very expensive paperweight/door stop/dvd player at least until they discover a way to JTAG after the update, if they ever do..
You can use a router running DD-WRT or another custom firmware for this purpose but it can be complicated. Good luck.
Jack Cracker is correct however you do not need to used the hacked firmware if you don't want to. You can use the stock firmware from the good drive and just spoof it as the dead drive revision with the dead drive's key. To do this you would also need to read the working drive to get the stock firmware. For example. (very much dumbed down! read the PDF previously mentioned by Jack) If you had a dead Samsung and a working Benq. -Read both drives and save the original firmwares. -In jungle flasher firmware tab use the Benq stock firmware as the target and the samsung stock firmware as the source (you will understand once you explore Jungleflasher a bit) -Make sure you spoof source to target. The should essentially flash the benq with the Samsung key and spoof it as a samsung so the xbox thinks it's the same drive. -write and you should be good.
It's quite possible that someone did a 12v fan mod to this xbox and Microsoft didn't take the time or just didn't care enough to look at it (I have even heard of people sending modded systems in for repair and getting repaired xbox's back no questions asked). There are many methods to do the 12v mod and some are quite obvious.. some not so. It may just be as simple as de-solding a wire or two.. But it may also be as complicated as replacing mosfets (if they went bad and were bypassed in a cheap fix repair). If the xbox is out of warranty just take it apart and take a close look for out of the ordinary stuff (ELECTRICAL TAPE IS NOT NORMAL!). If it's in warranty call Microsoft see what they say to do. Be sure to stress it came back from the repair this way!

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has spotted a young binary star system in which two very different size suns are in the process of forming in a swirling cloud of gas and dust.
Astronomers say an apparent nova that appeared in the constellation Cygnus 348 years ago likely was caused by a collision between a compact white dwarf and a ‘failed star’ known as a brown dwarf.
Astronomers have detected a powerful molecular wind being blasted away from a starburst galaxy in the early universe, the earliest example yet of a mechanism thought to prevent galaxies from growing too large too fast.

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We had gone six days without running water. It was 4 o'clock in the afternoon, sweltering hot. I desperately needed a bath; we all did.
We walked from our third-floor apartment to the parking lot in front of our building — a sprawling, utilitarian, turquoise, three-story concrete block built 40 years ago — to refill our buckets from the only place with access to water, the faucet on the sidewalk they use to wash the cars. My dad, mom, brother and I went together. We ran into another family filling buckets, too, so we had to wait in line to fill ours. There's a line for everything these days.
We are almost used to this by now. We have learned to keep buckets of yellowish tap water around the house at all times: that's just common sense. By day six of the shortage, though, no one in the building had water, and the whole apartment was starting to smell like a public restroom. We needed to flush that toilet!
It wasn't supposed to be like this. My dad works in an office, the head of his department. My brother and I are both college graduates. We are technically middle class. We thought we'd have our own apartments by now: office jobs, suits. Instead, we spend all our time scrambling for the very basics.
Just as I was finishing a second trip lugging a heavy bucket up three flights of stairs, water service returned. Ugh. Just another day in Venezuela.
Where I live, water is the most unreliable service, but the internet and the electricity are not far behind. Water, power, internet: our impossible triangle. You'll rarely get all three at once.
My brother has been anxiously waiting for a rare chance to sign up for an appointment to get a passport, the golden ticket out of this mess. He was at work when the government website at which the requests have to be filed suddenly came back online — a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity. He couldn't access the site, since he was in a car, so he called me breathless to see if I could sign him up for an appointment. He knew he wouldn't have another chance for weeks. On the rare occasions when the website is available, it's instantly overwhelmed by traffic. It pays to be quick.
But our internet was down, so I couldn't do anything. Later, I found out our service provider was down throughout Ciudad Guayana, our city of close to 1 million.
The thing is, I'm actually fairly privileged. Some places in Venezuela face power outages that last as long as 13 days, and there are communities where none of the basic services work. None! We are still getting supplied with natural gas so we don't have to endure the lines for propane canisters, which can take the whole day unless you arrive at 4 a.m.
We know why this is happening. All the utilities were taken over by the government during Hugo Chávez's big nationalization drive from 2005 to 2009.
Socialists think charging for a service is wrong. So guess what? The public utilities are always broken. You can get away with no investment and no maintenance for a while — but after a decade, it catches up with you.
Take Corpoelec, the single national power utility. Chávez took over all the regional power companies and, in 2007, merged them into a single state-owned behemoth. Nowadays, Corpoelec is run by military men who plainly don't know what they're doing.
They always have excuses whenever there's a nationwide blackout. Once, notoriously, they blamed an iguana for gnawing at some power cables. But most often they blame it on the United States. The truth is simpler: no maintenance, plus no investment, plus corruption equals awful service.
And HidroBolívar? Yes, our water company! You guessed it — also a dependent of the government and run by military men.
That's why the water is yellow. When there's water.
Carlos Hernández Blanco is an economist and a contributor for Caracas Chronicles.


text: Issues addressed in this update: Mac Universal Binary build is now in sync with PC version 1.08. Server-related crashing security bugs have been addressed. CD-ROM copy protection removed. This update also improves performance for PowerPC based systems and some Intel systems, fixes graphical errors, custom multiplayer game type issues and also allows the program to run properly from a case-sensitive drive.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Which weight loss diet or lifestyle plan is for me?
As soon as January rolled around, we were bombarded on the tv or internet with diet messages. Many people had health and weight loss goals in January and they were ready to try something new – so long as it worked… Whatever your goal was, chances are it was something amazing. Changes are a good thing; however, they can be hard work, really hard work. We are 6 weeks into 2019. Has the weight you lost crept back on? Don’t despair, talk to us….
Vegetarian… Mediterranean diet……Vegan… Fasting 2/5… Low GI… Paleo….. Weight watchers… meal replacements… the list goes on and on. Remember there is no one plan or change that fits us all. It helps to find a program or plan that fits your lifestyle, so you stick to it.
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industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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The New Zealand Commerce Act 1986 (Commerce Act) prohibits anti-competitive cartel agreements between competitors, such as price fixing agreements.1 But what happens when businesses adopt AI technologies that use algorithms that have not been trained to notice, and avoid, anti-competitive cartel behaviour?2 There is a risk that, as businesses increasingly move towards using AI-based algorithms to set their prices, algorithms could make it easier for competitors to achieve and sustain collusion without any formal agreement or human interaction.
Problematic conduct involving AI-based pricing algorithms could include two or more humans agreeing to fix prices, but rather than agreeing an explicit price, they agree to implement a joint pricing algorithm that coordinates prices on their behalf (i.e. human-to-human collusion on the selection of the algorithm). Companies have already been prosecuted for such conduct in Europe, including in respect of an agreement to reconfigure automated pricing software so as not to undercut each other;3 and for agreeing to implement an algorithm to allocate customers between each other.4 This does not differ substantially from traditional price fixing – it is still a cartel agreement between two people and is prohibited conduct under the Commerce Act. The only difference is how the agreement is implemented (i.e. using a common AI algorithm).
Another example of problematic conduct could arise where a business outsources its pricing function to a third party. If multiple competitors engage the same third party agent to set their prices using an identical algorithm (with the knowledge that their competitors are also engaging the same price-setting agent) there is a risk that this would amount to 'hub and spoke' collusion. For example, travel agents that sold on an online platform in Lithuania were prosecuted when the platform's administrator unilaterally imposed technical restrictions on the ability of the independent travel agents to offer packaged tours at a discount exceeding 3%. The travel agents who knew about the restriction, and did not take any steps to oppose it, were fined for engaging in cartel conduct.5 Notwithstanding the lack of direct coordination between the competitors, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) or courts could similarly form the view that this arrangement has the purpose or effect of controlling prices between the parties, using a third-party conduit (i.e. AI) – which is prohibited conduct under the Commerce Act.
Given that tacit algorithmic collusion does not involve any element of human agency and is often conducted by computers that do not have explicable decision-making processes, it is not clear how the NZCC would regulate and enforce this type of cartel-like behaviour. This leads to questions of whether regulators and policy-makers should revisit the concepts of "agreement" and "collusion" for competition law purposes and whether there is a need to specifically regulate pricing algorithms.
While some overseas competition law authorities have expressed doubt in relation to the effectiveness of this approach,8 and the NZCC is yet to bring any enforcement action in this space, it is possible that, when it does, it will also seek to adopt this strict liability enforcement approach in New Zealand.
∧ OECD (2017), Algorithms and Collusion: Competition Policy in the Digital Age.
∧ Commerce Act 1986, s 30.
∧ CMA Case 50233 Online sales of posters and frames (12 August 2016).
∧ Case C-172/14 ING Pensii v Consiliul Concurentei (16 July 2015).
∧ Case C-74/14 Eturas v Lietuvos Respublikos konkurencijos taryba (21 January 2016).
∧ Calvano, Emilio and Calzolari, Giacomo and Denicolò, Vincenzo and Pastorello, Sergio "Algorithmic Pricing: What Implications for Competition Policy?" (July 2018).
∧ Politico "When Margrethe Vestager takes antitrust battle to robots" (May 2018).
∧ In 2017, the Chairman of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expressed concern regarding this "compliance by design", strict liability approach to enforcement, asking "how far can the concept of human agency be stretched to cover these sorts of issues?"

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Episode 98 of Talk Ultra is a packed show, we speak with Mike Wolfe about his epic Crown of Continent Traverse with Mike Foote. Shirt Leventhal, ladies winner of Atacama talks about racing multi-day races and Sarah Cameron tells us how cycling made her a excel at running. The News, Up and Coming Races and Niandi co-hosts.
In summary old system required 9-points from 3-races for UTMB, new system will be 15-points from 3 races. CCC/ TDS was 3 from 2 and now 7 from 2 and OCC was 1 from 1 and now 3 from 2.
C’mon, get a grip! If you run in mud, you will no doubt be familiar with inov-8. For years, inov-8 has provided the ‘go-to’ shoes for running when the ground gets wet, slippery, muddy, gnarly and so on!
The Mudclaw 300 is not a new shoe in the massive inov-8 line up. The 2015 incarnation though does have a wicked and eye grabbing colour way and having used many versions on inov-8 (fave the 212 here) I was keen to put the Mudclaw 300 through its paces. Believe it or not, I am (was) a 300 virgin!
Red, blue and a white logo. Have to say, inov-8 does a great job of getting shoes to jump off the shelf. I love this colour way and yes, it makes me want to wear the shoe. If you have the previous version of the ‘300’ in yellow and black, don’t be fooled into thinking this is the same shoe. It’s not.
The sole and heel have had a revamp. The previous model really flared up at the rear, the new incarnation (red and blue) sits much closer to the ground, does not flare up and the heel box sits lower so as to cause no problems with the Achilles.
It’s still a 2-arrow shoe, so, 6mm drop.
Drop is a personal thing but I am a firm believer that 6mm/ 8mm drop shoes provide a great middle ground and if you are running longer, a slightly higher drop is kinder on the calf and legs. Of course, this is all down to personal preference. If you don’t know what the drop of the shoes you run in is, it’s worth finding out. Going too low too soon could cause injury.
The sole has 8mm lugs. If Wolverine™ wore run shoes he would most likely go for the Mudclaw. Yes, they are grippy buggers. The rubber compound is soft and grippy but be warned, the shoe is called Mudclaw for a reason, you want to keep hard ground and abrasive surfaces to a minimum in these shoes as the sole WILL wear down. My test run includes 1-mile of road before and after the trails and I have to say, this shoe feels wonderfully comfortable on the hard stuff despite its ‘off-road’ pedigree. You can actually hear the sole grip. Sounds weird I know, but it’s very clear and you can feel it. At the front of the shoe, just behind where the toes would sit is a clearing in the sole with a META-FLEX™ this allows the shoe to bend without restriction when running. Works great when climbing!
As the name suggests, the weight of the shoe is 300g. inov-8 always name the shoes based on the weight of a UK8.5 in case you didn’t know. It’s a pretty cool system actually as you can see at a glance, based on weight, if a shoe may or may not be suitable for you.
The upper is treated with DWR coating and has a ‘Precision’ fit. Let’s be clear here, inov-8 now makes many shoes in a ‘standard’ and ‘precision’ fit. If you have a wide foot, this is good news because you may now well be able to wear a shoe that you were not able to wear in the past. But for me, the Mudclaw and shoes like it are all about control and precision. A shoe for really muddy and technical conditions should hold your foot and allow no movement. You need that controlled feel. Control gives precision and precision means faster running and less mistakes. Of course I am giving a very personal opinion here but I hope you see the logic? What I am saying is, be careful when choosing a shoe. Precision for my relatively wide foot is great when I need it but I wouldn’t want to be running all day with my toes cramped into a shoe. For me, the Mudclaw although precision in fit still had a relatively roomy toe box and this was great on the technical muddy stuff.
The tongue is held in place by elastic to stop it slipping. It’s a great move. However, the Mudclaw doesn’t fit as tightly or as snug as say the Salomon S-Lab Sense SG (the perfect fitting shoe for me!) but if laced correctly (try this), pulled tight and double knotted your foot should feel super secure; my feet were!
Getting lacing right is particularly important as the heel box has been tweaked so that it sits lower on the Achilles Tendon to avoid tension and potential injury problems. On my first run I felt as though my heel was slipping and I was unsure if this was a good move. Once re-laced, tightened appropriately, I can confirm that the lower heel is a good idea.
The rand around the lower part of the upper is now stitched and should in principal last longer and be more durable. Toe protection is relatively minimal.
The sides of the shoe are reinforced with a series of zig-zag support (webbing upper support) to hold the foot in place and these extend to the back of the shoe. They do the job, I had no issues with feeling that I had any lack of support.
Cushioning for me is one of the key factors of this shoe. I have long been a fan of the 212 (here) but when running longer I found it just a little too minimal. Not so with the 300. The EVA foam, 6mm drop and Meta-Shank all work together to make this a great shoe for longer days out. The stack height is 28mm and therefore considered low but obviously not as low as some. It has average stiffness that works exceptionally well on varied terrain. It has no rock plate but does have a performance last and Met-Cradle.
The shoe is as you would expect in an out-and-out off road/ mud shoe fits NEUTRAL.
My first run in the shoe was mixed. I found my foot moved around a little and I felt insecure with the lower heel. When I got home I looked at the shoe, re-laced it and then the following day went out and ran the same 8-mile loop. It was a completely different experience.
First and foremost, these shoes grip and really grip. If it’s wet and muddy these are now my go to shoe. I recently ran an uphill and downhill trail in Ireland that was on the Mourne Skyline MTR race route and the trail incorporates many elements – forest path, tree routes, gravel, stone steps, mud, road and it had rained heavily before the run and drizzled whilst running. At no point did I have any question on grip! For a shoe that is designed to keep you secure on muddy trail, I was amazed at the security on wet and slick rock. I can’t emphasize enough how important this is. You need that 100% reassurance so that you can relax, the the Mudclaw 300 gave me this.
Although a precision fit shoe, I found the toe box roomier than my inov-8 212. No bad thing and it certainly caused me no issues. The added cushioning was superb when running longer or when getting off soft ground and on to harder trails. Certainly a shoe I would choose when training or racing longer.
6mm drop for me is perfect and the stack height of the shoe made me feel 100% confident; no rolling! Depending on your experience, preferred distance and ability, the Mudclaw 300 is a perfect training shoe that will keep you happy for many a run. I personally would be more than happy racing in it over any distance. For the more experienced, they may well prefer a slightly lighter shoe? The Mudcaw 265 for example is 35g lighter, has the same outsole and 3mm drop.
The Mudclaw 300 is a shoe for when you need grip. It’s comfortable, secure, provides excellent traction and if laced correctly will hold your foot firm. It’s not a shoe for running on the road even though it’s remarkably comfortable. Just keep in mind, the more you run on the hard stuff, the quicker the sole will wear out. My daily training run has 1-mile of road out and back and I have been using the Mudclaw 300 on a regular basis. I currently can see minimal wear after 80-miles. The shoe is true to size. I wear a UK9.5 and the inov-8 fit perfectly in the same size.


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Celebrity Waiter Fundraiser Nets $30,000!
Duck Dynasty -- Jimmy and Kim Siler entertained the crowd with their "redneck style."
Col. Sanders and "Employee of the Month" Mayor Rick Kaysen and his wife Dianne never fail to take their fun seriously!
Guests from Laramie County Community College got into the act with a Gilligan's Island theme.
This year, we had 32 tables and nearly 40 waiters and lots of volunteers. We appreciate all of you!!
Join us for the most "fun" fundraiser you have ever attended!
Celebrity Waiters are really fun people who graciously offer to dress as celebrities and to entice the guests at their table to "tip" them for their services -- which really means "give generously to the Safehouse cause."
Tables sell for $600 for a table of 8. Individual tickets are available as well for $80 each. As the purchaser of the table, you get to decorate your table however you like and invite your guests to dress accordingly, Half of the fun is wandering around the room and taking in the spectacle of the decorations, costumes and the hilarious antics of the costumed party-goers! The room is abuzz with energy and excitement.
Each member of your table will receive $50 in play money because just as in real life, a "celebrity waiter" performs better with financial incentive! You will tip the waiter for food, water, a chair, silver, etc. If you run out of play money for tipping, you can purchase more which is really just a tax-deductible contribution to Safehouse.
But here is where the fun begins. Your waiter is working to raise money for Safehouse and to win great prizes for him or herself. Your waiter may accept tips to dance or sing… or who knows what else! There is also a live and silent auction.
Purchase a table and enjoy two bottles of wine.
Be a "celebrity waiter." Bring out your inner "Marilyn Monroe" or "Elvis," win prizes for yourself and raise money for Safehouse.
Donate auction items or items for prizes. Prizes are given to the top-tipped waiter, the top tipping table, and the best-dressed waiter.
Have an artist or celebrity you know sign or decorate your apron beforehand - you can then sell your apron at the event.
These points will be counted before the event on Friday, February 20 and the waiter who is ahead at the beginning of the evening will be announced. Then - let the waiting begin!
For more information or to purchase tickets or a table, please use the buttons below, or contact Sue Castaneda at 256-7406 or email scasta1630@yahoo.com.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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“Woven” material is made of woven, flat polypropylene fibres. These create a very sturdy, tear-proof material. For carrying bags and shopping bags which must withstand large loads, this material composition is perfectly suited.
Woven Propylene: The Ideal Material for Sturdy Bags.
The material is coated and can easily be printed; PP woven is waterproof and can be added to the recycling. It is also possible to use partially recycled material in the manufacturing process, increasing the eco-friendliness of the bags.
Bags made of PP Woven are available in various sizes. The bags' interiors can be wiped with a damp cloth, and it's also possible to add a liner of cotton, non-woven, or other materials. The bag can also be equipped with fasteners. Combine size, handles, closures, and printing to create the shopping bag which the best outward representation of your company.
PP Woven, The Basis for Individual Printing.
Printing gives your bags a special character, and opens up innumerable possibilities for your business. Printing makes woven bags out of polypropylene into the perfect promotional materials. Colours appear brightly on the material. Side panels and carrying handles may be coloured. Put your company's logo and slogan on the bag! Because of its long-lasting quality, it will be useful for many years. This means that your advertising message is always visible. It's worth it to invest in the design of your bag, since a woven bag with stylish printing can become an iconic object. Aim for recognisability. Your design will promote lasting use of your bag and their advertising message.
Woven Bags for Every Purpose, Without Limits.
Anyone who has to transport large, bulky, or heavy goods will be happy with this bag. Its high load capacity is very sensible for everyday use. Bottles and jars can place a strain on the tear-resistance of a paper bag or conventional carrying bag made of plastic – for a woven bag they're no problem. Woven bags are also used by recycling centers for carrying purposes. These bags are used often and happily. With chic designs, they are suitable as shopping bags. The stable handles of the bag are also practical. Many models have handles in two lengths, short and long, allowing the bag to be carried by hand or worn around the shoulder.
Endlessly sensible: Woven bags look good, are practical, and are very sturdy. They are excellent advertisements for your company's logo and can be used again and again. The stable material also allows for high-quality printing in visible quality.


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As a CFO, you want to ensure that marketing investments lead to incremental revenue. That’s when your role to measure marketing comes in. However, the challenge is to build a strong connection between marketing initiatives and the revenue these initiatives promise to generate.
To answer these questions realistically, you need to implement marketing metrics.
Using the right marketing metrics can help you decide how much budget you should allocate to marketing for the next fiscal year.
The following are some critical marketing metrics you should know.
How to compute the metric: The computation involves your total marketing and sales cost. Add up all the advertising and program cost, salaries, bonuses, commissions, and all overhead expenses. Then divide this sum by the number of new customers you have earned in a given period.
The calculations can be based on a month, a quarter, or a year. If your total sales and marketing cost totals to $100,000 and you earned 10 customers that month, your CAC will be $10000.
What this means if this number increases: The CAC should already be set to ensure you’re making a beneficial deal. If the cost crosses the set CAC, it means you’re spending more than you should for each customer.
How to compute the metric: The computation involves tracking organic traffic on the website turning into leads. The aim is to find out if those leads turned into customers, and eventually, increased revenue.
The best way for you to identify potential opportunities is to calculate organic website traffic. It shows how the content, linking, blogging, and social outreach has an impact on the potential customers.
What this means if this number increases: It’s a great indication if the number increases. Working on metrics such as inbound leads, organic rankings, and conversions on landing pages can help you track the success of the business.
How to compute the metric: The computation allows you to estimate the current value of your customer (in events where revenue is recurring from the customers as they make a repeat purchase) and compare it to the cost of acquiring a new customer.
You can get to this ratio by subtracting the annual payments made by a customer from the gross margin and divide by the estimated churn percentage (for that customer). Then divide by the CAC for the ratio.
What this means if this number increases: If the LTV: CAC ratio is higher, it means you’ve earned a higher ROI based on your marketing efforts.
If the ratio is 1:1, you lose money as you sell. A 3:1 target is ideal. Anything higher than that is great but quite impossible to achieve in a competitive market.
How to compute the metric: Use the calculation for CAC and then divide it by the average amount your customers pay you each month.
What this means if this number increases: If the payback is higher, it shows the actual time it takes your company to earn back CAC. It’s a bad indication.
0-6 months mean you’re under-investing in marketing and sales. It’s reasonable between 9 and 18 months. If it’s beyond 18 months, it could be a problem.
How to compute the metric: Take the number of new customers in a period and look at the percentage that began with the lead generated by marketing.
What this means if this number increases: The marketing and sales tactics are effective for driving more business.
How to compute the metric: Take the number of new customers in a period and consider the percentage associated directly with the marketing activity.
What this means if this number increases: It shows the role of marketing in influencing the acquisition of new customers. Ideally, it should be over 70%.
They key is to incorporate an automated way for incorporating essential sales metrics to mitigate the risk of its forecast. Doing so can help you conduct practical calculations and measure business growth over months, quarters, and even years.
At ORM we specialize in sales and marketing analytics. Specifically, we help our customers align their sales and marketing teams to revenue goals. If you have any questions, or would like to know how we can help you automate these metrics, please let us know at info@orm-tech.com.


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Bank Name: A/C No: A/C Holder's Name: SWIFT Code: Any payment instructions?
If customers want to bank in payment, which account should they deposit / IBG to?
How much do you want to charge for postage of your products?
In order for us to serve you and all our clients as efficiently as possible, please only submit this form once you have carefully checked all the content and collated everything properly.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Whenever you receive a composing assignment, you may believe you’ll start working at it without delay. To sum up, the quicker you start out, the more often time you’ll have in the future. The fact is, you could rarely give yourself jointly to even start your newspaper. You feel a professional at reasons and bring in them one at a time. Does the subsequent band a bell on hand?
You wish to visit the selection to analyze your subject matter, nevertheless you get all of a sudden demotivated by all of the individuals exploring there. As should they have not any other spot for a go! Inflammed, you choose that it’s best to go house.
When in your own home, you facial area far too quite a few distractions, for example a Television established or possibly a fridge. You unexpectedly get starving. As soon as you’ve got your meals, you master that your neighbors are about to experience a bash, and it’s easily your task to go it!
As soon as you choose to get started with your document, you realize that you still haven’t found an episode from your beloved reveal on Netflix. Devoid of noticing it, you see yourself looking at a couple far more episodes. You show on your own that it’s for the sake of motivation!
You can’t know the way men and women could work through the day: there are various noises, disruptions, and actions! Nope, undertaking groundwork during the nighttime is without a doubt much better!
But prior to going to sleep, you think that taking part in a bit on your cellphone will help you to sleep better. As you become bogged down, you think that it’s lousy good fortune to see sleep without the need of filling out the amount… When you’re at long last completed, you understand it’s 5 time just before your courses start out. You’ll have the time in the future now.
6. You have plenty of time at any rate!
There’s no need to speed issues! It’s only Fri, and the cardstock arrives on Monday anyway! You’ll get it done around the week end.
It’s time you should start crafting, on the other hand associates have welcomed you for Barbecue on Sunday. You certainly won’t miss that! You’ll have the project carried out after the party. Obviously, you’ve overlooked that events simply don’t ending before the sun’s up.
You turn on a audio movie and acquire moved away enjoying all of the tips that Youtube . com has ready for you. Some a lot of time later on, you realize that you haven’t written just about anything.
9. Your messy home is definitely a diversion!
You’ve eventually tamed your own self as well as the newspaper is advancement. However you take a look approximately and determine everything that excruciating mess of the bedroom! You’re not planning to put up with that, will you be?
10. Almost nothing inspires around due dates!
In fact your excuses are over, and also your newspaper ought to be concluded in a single mla paper title hr, you be seated and create as a ridiculous. You might try to encourage by yourself that deadlines are your favorite enthusiasm in your case.
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Lakers forward Matt Barnes was released on bail late Monday after being arrested in Manhattan Beach on suspicion of threatening a police officer and having an outstanding traffic violation.
An officer aware of Barnes' prior traffic violation attempted to make contact with the NBA player at about 8:40 p.m. Monday night in the 100 block of Manhattan Beach Boulevard, officials said. No details on the outstanding traffic violation were immediately released.
Barnes then allegedly made threats as the officer approached, resulting in his arrest, Manhattan police Sgt. Paul Ford said.
Barnes posted $51,000 bail about three hours later.
"We will arrest anyone that has outstanding traffic warrants and anyone in violation in the law. Their status doesn't come into play," Ford said.
Barnes, who averaged 7.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in the regular season, is a free agent and is not expected to return to the Lakers.
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The current total local sales tax rate in Blair, OK is 8.125%. The December 2018 total local sales tax rate was 8.000%.
Blair, OK is in Jackson County. Blair is in the following zip codes: 73526.


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Do you want to start a business in Canada? Here's everything you need to know about registering your business name.
Almost all businesses in Canada must register their business name in their respective provinces or territories except for sole proprietorships that use only the owner's legal name with no additions. All other forms of business ownership, including partnerships, must register their business names.
Business registration is a legal requirement, not a choice. As per below, Newfoundland and Labrador are the exceptions to this general rule; in those provinces, you do not have to register the name of sole proprietorships or partnerships at all.
Form of Ownership Must Register Business Name?
If your business is a sole proprietorship and you wish to operate under your own name, the name must be your exact legal name - you cannot add anything to the name, such as "Inc." or "Co." or "& Partners", nor can you add anything that would give potential customers/clients a clue about what you do.
If, for example, you decide to call your business something such as "John Smith's Consulting Services", you have to register my business name, even if you are running it as a sole proprietorship.
Is it a good idea to use your name as a business name?
If by yourself you are providing a unique service, as do consultants, authors, musicians, artists, etc. using your own name makes sense. If your business is in another industry such as manufacturing and you intend to eventually expand the business by incorporating and/or taking on partners and employees then probably not.
If you have a common name such as "Bob Smith" and you are hoping for clients to easily find you on the web, using your own name is probably not a good idea.
If your name is long, has difficult spelling, or is not easy to remember you may wish to use a different name.
In Canada, once you've chosen a form of business ownership, such as a sole proprietorship, you register your business by going through the process of registering your business with the appropriate provincial authority.
Want to register a business in Ontario? You need to register your business with the Companies Branch of the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services.
If you are starting a business in Nova Scotia, you need to register your business with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies.
If you are starting a business in BC, you need to register your business with the Corporate Registry.
In all cases, the first step is to choose and register a business name, a process that often requires a name search.
The procedure to register a business name for a corporation or cooperative is more involved. Besides conducting a name search and getting a NUANS report if you wish to set up a named corporation, you will also have to prepare Articles of Incorporation, a cover letter and an incorporation application to go along with your fee.
Because business registration is governed by the provinces (with the exception of federal incorporation), the details of the procedure to register a business name will differ from place to place.

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WAP administrators can use the functionality of SQL Server 2014 Resource Governor with UR5 of Windows Azure Pack. You can read about ‘Manage tenant database workloads with resource governor in WAPack’ here. In this blog post I am detailing the last section ‘Resource Governor at Work’ of the above blog post.
Though we can write custom tools (C#, PowerShell) etc. to create test databases and generate load, sometimes publically available tools will come handy. Providing two tools that I have come across.
In this post, I assume that you have followed the instructions provided in the above blog post. In my configuration, I have created the suggested resource pools and created a database named ‘contoso’. I am providing the steps to identify the resource pool name and how to view the performance counters for the resource pool.
As a service provider administrator, navigate to ‘servers‘ tab in ‘SQL Servers‘ resource provider and navigate to the details of specific server.
Navigate to the ‘databases‘ tab and find out the ‘resource pool name’.
You can do this by running ‘perfmon’ on windows run prompt.
Now you can select all instances and click on ‘Add‘ button.
Part 1: In the part one of this series, we have gone through the step by step instructions of installing and configuring Windows Azure Pack portal and api express on an Azure virtual machine. You can read through the part one of this series here.
Part 2: In the part two of this series, we have gone through the step by step instruction of creating group and server in SQL server resource provider, followed by creating plan and add-on based for providing a dedicated offer. Also, we created a tenant account. You can read through the part two here.
In this post, I am providing the PowerShell script that can be used to assign the private plan and add-on to the tenant. It is possible to assign private plan to tenant from admin portal. However assigning a private add-on to tenant is not enabled from admin portal. So we need to leverage PowerShell script to assign the plan and add-on to tenant.
$planName  = "Dedicated Plan 001"
$addonName = "AddOn for Dedicated Plan 001"
In the last part of this series, I will walk through the tenant experience of creating databases leveraging the dedicated plan/add-on.
In the part one of this series, we have gone through the step by step instructions of installing and configuring Windows Azure Pack portal and api express on an Azure virtual machine. You can read through the part one of this series here.
In this post, we will go through creating plan and add-on that will enable us to assign a single server to a single subscription. This is the high level approach.
Add a new group for the dedicated server. Only this dedicated server will be available in this group.
Add a new SQL server and assign it to the group we created above. Let us assume that this server can support up-to 10GB of data files. And we want to provide 1GB as the minimum database size. With this configuration, tenant can create one 10GB database or ten 1GB databases. Tenant can create a database and can increase the size of database, based on remaining space available on the server (made available through add-on).
Now create a new plan. During plan quota configuration, add the group created about. Also, keep the base size as 1GB and allow add-on size of up-to 9GB.
Create a new add-on and allow tenants to extend capacity by up-to 9GB. Link this plan & add-on.
Remember, plan and add-on are kept private, so that users can’t sign up for this plan. In the next blog post, I will walk through how to assign the plan & add-on to the user (even though it is private).
You can read through the third part in this series here. This part has the PowerShell script that can be used to assign the private plan and add-on to the tenant.
Windows Azure Pack comes with SQL resource provider, which enables service providers to offer shared database services for both standalone (no HA) and highly available databases. This blog is the first in the series where I explain step-by step on how a dedicated SQL offer (this means that a single database server is reserved for a single subscription) leveraging the plans / add-on features. Each instruction / step is shown with the corresponding screen capture. Texts are provided with the screen capture, only if something needs to be called out specifically.
Like always, while testing this out, I have used a virtual machine from Azure. If you are trying this on an on-premise machine, skip the steps accordingly.
You can continue reading the second part of this series here.
Enable the required roles and features for Windows Azure Pack. I have created another blog on how to easily do this using PowerShell. You can follow the steps from here. Note that this step is optional. If you do not do this, Windows Azure Pack Portal Express deployment will do it for you.
By default, SQL virtual machines on Azure come with Windows Authentication. You need to explicitly enable SQL authentication. Note that you need to restart SQL Server service, after enabling SQL authentication.


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- Social Meeting in May is on the SECOND Monday May 13 & the Shed is OPEN for normal items for Monday May 6 (labour Day Holiday). This is due to another activity being on in the Community Hall on Labour Day.


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Are direct mail leads really the best type of lead for final expense sales?
I can’t imagine what it would be like without having access to fixed cost direct mail leads. OK, that’s not actually true. I do know and trust me, without a strong lead program, the chances of being successful at final expense sales are not good. That’s why it’s important to have the right final expense life insurance leads. Direct mail leads are the best and most reliable type of lead for our industry! Being on a fixed cost lead program makes life easier for the producing agent. It also give you the ability to have as many leads as you want. This puts you in the driver’s seat to excel in our industry without limitations. Don’t take me wrong! There are other leads that I like to mix in with direct mail. Final expense Facebook leads and final expense Telemarket leads are good too.
Here’s why I love our fixed cost direct mail leads program. If you want 30 direct mail leads a week, you get 30 leads. Getting other types of leads for final expense sales can be problematic. There isn’t enough data to consistently get 20-30 telemarketing leads a week, in any single area. Facebook leads are great but they are even harder to get than final expense telemarketing leads. Television commercial leads are the most expensive. They’re wonderful, but you have to be able to purchase leads in the entire state. Forget about working your local counties as this will never work with TV leads. If you’re doing final expense telesales, this lead is great. You need to work with a team of agent to get the most out of this type of lead though. This is why direct mail is and always will be the king of final expense leads.
How do I know my direct mail leads are of decent quality?
Seriously, I see stuff advertised as “quality leads” or “fresh leads”, or “final expense life insurance leads” although they are some of the worse leads on the planet. Most internet leads are sold over 25 times. That’s why they cost $5 each. Do you want to buy leads that are resold over and over? I sure don’t. What is up with all these companies reselling internet leads? It just doesn’t seem right to me! All great reasons to work with direct mail leads. With direct mail, you can pick the age and income of the prospects of our target market. You can also chose different verbiage on the card. I prefer a direct mail lead card to have the words “life insurance” right on the front. If you’re doing your own mailings this may not be the way to go though as you will see diminished returns.
It’s actually not a bad idea to try doing your own mail drop before committing to fixed cost direct mail leads. As long as you are working with a reputable vendor, that is! Unfortunately, we have had plenty of bad experiences that led me to believe that certain lead vendors are not mailing to current data or possibly not even mailing out the amount of cards that we paid for. That’s why I love having control over our leads. We know what goes out and what comes in. We are able to target data that most vendors do not want to work with, as they have to make money off of leads. I just want our agents to have high quality leads. Whether you’re selling face to face or doing final expense telesales, we have the leads. Heck, we even have direct mail leads for selling mortgage insurance.
Where can I buy the best lead in the industry?
At United Final Expense Services Inc, we believe that our direct mail lead is the strongest in the entire industry and therefore the best. Our agents are able to login to their direct mail leads portal every week and have fresh, new, final expense life insurance leads. Yes, that’s right, every single week! New direct mail leads make it easier for you to make new sales and add to your book of business on a regular basis. We pay the same price per lead and don’t have to worry about how many direct mail leads come back in a mail drop. Fixed cost direct mail leads are definitely the way to go for final expense sales. There’s nothing like knowing exactly how much you will pay for each lead and how many direct mail leads you will have to work each week. Can’t do that with final expense facebook leads!
If you’re selling final expense, would you want to have new direct mail leads every week at the same cost per lead? Would you rather do mail drops and hope for the best? If you’re thinking, “well, what do I have to give up?”, then you might be surprised. Our commission levels are between 100 and 120%, even for brand new agents. That means you’re not giving up anything. With production, those commission levels will go up. We also have access to pretty much every final expense carrier out there. At least all the competitive ones! When I sell a final expense policy, the last thing I need is to worry about some other agent coming behind me and giving my client a better deal. This is why getting proper training and having access to multiple carriers is very important for your success. We want you to be successful.
Let me go off topic here for a minute to address something very important. Training! Here’s a solid recommendation. If you’re already selling life insurance or health insurance, or even medicare products, our training may be perfect for your needs. We have developed a 30 day final expense sales training program that is designed to get you up and selling at the end of the month. The reason I am bringing this up is because it’s important to understand that anytime you get local final expense sales training, you give up something. You see, our training program is not for everyone. If you’re newly licensed, we suggest you work with a local agency near your home until you cut through part of the learning curve. Once you’ve made some sales, this is where we can give you access to our direct mail leads and higher commission levels.
Should I just do my own mailing?
Absolutely! I believe everyone should try doing their own mail drop at least once. That’s why I mentioned it earlier. In most cases, you will find that the direct mail returns are not as good as you hoped they would be. If you use a final expense leads card like the one that I use that says the words “Life Insurance” on it, your returns may be less than 1%. That means you are paying over $50 for each lead that comes back. If you have access to fixed cost direct mail leads, we do not recommend doing your own mailings. Again, fixed cost direct mail leads guarantees a locked in price. You know exactly how much you are paying for each lead. It also eliminates gaps of time without leads as you are going to be getting a specified amount of direct mail leads each and every single week.
We also know that when you do your own mailings, you could end up paying over $100 for each lead as there is no guarantee that anyone will even fill out the card. Yes, I have experienced this first hand, many times. When I first got into the final expense sales industry, we had no choice but to do our own direct mail leads mail drops. There is nothing worse than depending on a bunch of final expense leads to come in, only to get half the return you had hoped for. Thankfully, we don’t have to worry about this any more. Neither do our contracted agents. We have agents that get up to 50 leads a week and are making well into six figures because of it. Fixed cost direct mail leads means you can control how many direct mail leads that you get and also where you work!
What other leads should I try?
There are a lot of companies that sell telemarketing leads. You can get them from callers in the US, Philippines, and Pakistan. Some are low quality and cheap, and some are high quality and very expensive. I see more companies selling Facebook leads too! A good Facebook leads costs about the same as a good direct mail lead but is harder to get. Much harder! There are still companies that sell internet leads too. The problem with internet leads is that they are sold over and over again. Most of the internet lead vendors basically resell their leads and that is why you can get them super cheap. Television leads are great but there just isn’t a way to get by targeting your local market. If you’re selling final expense over the phone, they work great if you are working with a small group of agents.
Besides direct mail leads, our agents have access to high quality final expense Facebook leads and final expense telemarketing leads. The telemarket leads that we work are actually an $18 lead that we have for $9 to our contracted agents. Shoot me an email if you want to find out more information on our lead programs. You can reach me at [email protected] and start getting leads immediately. Even if you’re not a contracted agent with us, we might be able to get you an affordable high quality TM lead. Remember, when it comes to final expense life insurance leads, there is no need to gamble on returns. We can guarantee you some of the best leads in the final expense industry. With high quality direct mail leads, you will always have plenty of prospects to see. Without leads, you are just going to struggle to survive our industry.
Final thoughts about final expense sales and direct mail leads!
Here’s the bottom line. If you’re reading this article, you’re probably missing a piece or two of the puzzle. With final expense sales, you need more than just direct mail leads. You need more than just decent carriers. You need more than just big commissions. Yes, when it comes to final expense sales you want it all. We can get you started on our fixed cost direct mail leads program so that you come out of training and have fresh direct mail leads ready to go. We don’t resell the leads to anyone so you will be the only agent to ever see them. This is important as a lot of insurance agencies resell their leads. This type of behavior is more profound in with mortgage protection sales than final expense sales but it’s still very common. Do you want to work leads that the last guy couldn’t sell?
There are the other benefits that come with working under United Final Expense Services. You’ll have access to your own final expense trainer. He can help you if you’re in the house with a client and not sure what to do. You will also have access to our other lead programs. Yes, direct mail is important but with final expense Facebook leads and final expense telemarketing leads, you will be able to meet with people that you might not see by using direct mail leads alone. We have all the top carriers too. Forgive me if I’m starting to sound like a broken record but we want to stress to you how important your success is to us. The last thing we want to do is throw a bunch of agents against the wall to see who sticks. We give you the best chances for success in final expense sales.


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Coding clubs and robotics competitions are growing across Canada. Two years ago Atlantic Canada integrated the Scratch App – developed by computer scientists at M.I.T. in Boston, MA – in all public schools. Actua Canada, a national organization, is teaching STEM skills to youth, reaching kids from east coast to west coast, Iqaluit and Nunavut.
In June 2015, Jewish Family Services successfully applied for a grant with the United States Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) to host a talk with US-based tech educator Jeff Sweeton. PAS grants cover the cost of travel and accommodation for US-based speakers of mutual interest.
Jefferey Sweeton, Founder of Code Create, currently works for the Intel Computer Clubhouse. He is an independent filmmaker at audiodoc.org and a Media and Electronics Instructor at the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. Jeff has organized Chicago’s Global Cardboard Challenge and Scratch Day.
Diversity reports from Silicon Valley companies (Intel, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn,..) reveal that about 2% of the tech workforce is African American or Hispanic. No comparable Canadian data exists.
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We then gave up until I wrote to our senator about this circumstance and they expedited the trial modification for us and we ultimately got into their system for a trial for 4 months which later became a nightmare. I am not saying that everything Carmen says is a lie, but I do feel there are a lot of inconsistencies in her interviews, and I still do not realize why she would enable her children to remain in that house. When I was researching this hub, my daughter and I oohed and aahed over some fabulous homes in the North of England which would cost no much more than the price tag of our three-bed terraced house here in the South.
You are unlikely to uncover really significantly below £340,000, and most of the least expensive 3 bedroom homes in this region tend to be significantly a lot more than this. My extension floor was manufactured in Germany amongst 1972 and 1974 only, as it matches the wood of the major house perfectly. I have a buddy who lives near the actual house and goes there for a rush every single evening and he tells me that he feels some thing about the house and even sees it, he then runs from the house.
At the side of the house is the space that would have initially been the garage. Tiny house: the size of a hut but with a cobblestone or sandstone floor and a flat roof. You should definitely consult a lawyer prior to creating any selection, but my opinion is that you must either sell the house (if the value is high sufficient) or let it go into foreclosure.


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When you think of bullying, the workplace isn't the first setting that comes to mind. How is this very real issue impacting your office?
When we think of bullying, we often picture high school locker rooms, emotionally immature kids, and those of a lesser physical or social stature being preyed upon by lawless social predators.
When we think of this, something inside us, something so instinctive and involuntary that it seems almost primitive, screams out at us to do something, anything to stop the abuse.
Yet, in the workplace, when bullying occurs, we have a different reaction. There is always the fear that the employer or bully will become retaliatory towards us if we speak up about the situation or “cause trouble.” Unfortunately, businesses don’t always care about workplace bullying, even though they should.
Why should employers care about workplace bullying?
As a business owner or manager, you should be concerned about workplace bullying for both monetary and non-monetary reasons. The costs in turnover and re-training, absenteeism, and potential litigation costs should be enough to have any business owner or manager concerned about workplace bullying. Additionally, the resulting damage to the enterprise’s reputation and its related ability to attract strong talent should always be a key consideration for any growing enterprise.
Related Article: Bullying in the Workplace: Is California's Healthy Workplace Bill the Answer?
So, not only are bullied employees reasonably decent people, they will most likely get little or no help from their employer, manager, or coworkers.
To recap: few employees in the U.S. are strangers to seeing or experiencing workplace aggression, women are the most common targets, and the bullying victim is the one that most frequently gets fired or quits in frustration.
Thankfully, most informed Americans support legislation providing protection from workforce aggression. Currently, 29 states and two U.S. territories have introduced a version of The Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB), which is aimed at precisely defining an “abusive work environment,” providing specific rights for victims and protecting employers who take action against workplace bullies.
If you have been a witness to the ongoing abuse of an employee or coworker, or if you have been victimized yourself, take a few moments to visit The Workplace Bullying Institute, and learn what you can do to prevent the problem and provide solutions.
Workplace aggression is a serious problem that can cost people their mental health, their livelihoods, or even their lives. Don’t let your company add more numbers to the statistics. Get involved before it spirals out of control.
Bullying in the Workplace: Is California's Healthy Workplace Bill the Answer?
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