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Challenges faced by the agricultural sector over the last 3-4 years, and continued difficulties facing producers this year, were enough to have Athabasca County Council declare a state of agriculture disaster.
Photo – A grain producer works in October to swath his crop at the end of the 2019 growing season.
The decision was made on June 9, 2020 at the Athabasca County Regular Council Meeting after a council discussion that looked at current conditions and the state of agriculture in the municipality over the last several years.
Some producers struggled to bring in their 2019 harvest following continued rain and an early snowfall last fall. Seeding this spring was delayed due to a slow melt and more recently, continued rains have put many acres of crop and pasture under water.
For pork and beef producers, markets for exporting their products have been adversely affected by the worldwide pandemic. The timeline for a return to normal conditions is unknown.
“We know that our producers have had several years of difficult weather and marketing conditions to contend with and this year the pandemic has added another layer of concern,” said Larry Armfelt, Reeve of Athabasca County.
“While we cannot predict the outcome for our producers in 2020, we want to support them where we can, especially during the tough economic conditions we find ourselves in.”
Declaring a state of agriculture disaster doesn’t mean guaranteed funding for producers but it sends a signal to provincial and federal levels of government that assistance may be needed. Producers can then apply for assistance if they are experiencing a difficult year.
Athabasca County will be notifying both the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) and the Government of Alberta’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to make them aware of the declaration.


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In 2018, the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) published findings from a study that assessed the metrics and criteria used to determine principal forgiveness eligibility in the state revolving funds (SRFs) in EPA Region 4. To complete a more comprehensive analysis, the EFC conducted interviews with program managers/directors and reviewed intended use plans in EPA Regions 9 and 10. The methodology used in this study is the same used for Region 4.
Similar to Region 4, all drinking water SRFs in Regions 9 and 10 use median household income as a metric to determine principal forgiveness eligibility. After median household income, water rates are the most frequently used metric. Other common metrics amongst some states in both regions include population, rate of unemployment, and debt. Metrics used by at least one state are poverty level, designated colonia areas, project type, operation and maintenance expense, and consolidation. For clean water, the most frequently used metrics are median household income, population, and unemployment rates. Continue reading
Calling all North Carolina water and wastewater systems who are considering merging/regionalization or other state funding agencies that want to promote regionalization. The North Carolina Merger/Regionalization Feasibility Grant offers water and wastewater systems an opportunity to conduct a study to evaluate the merging of two or more systems. This program emerged from Session Law 2015-241 to help water and wastewater utilities explore pathways that can improve their finances and overall operating efficiency. Continue reading
Updates for Navigating Legal Pathways to Fund Rate-Funded Customer Assistance Programs
In 2017, the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill led a team of experts in summarizing legal barriers and opportunities to establish customer assistance programs using rate revenue, resulting in Navigating Legal Pathways to Fund Rate-Funded Customer Assistance Programs. Below is a brief summary of noteworthy changes that have taken place since that report was published in July 2017.
As water and wastewater prices continue to increase, due to a variety of factors, more utilities may find the need to establish assistance programs for some of their customers. In light of this and due to the passing and amending of new/old legislation, the EFC periodically updates all current state and territory summaries, and additionally, will be adding summaries for the other U.S. territories not previously included. Continue reading
The State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs have become a well-known financing option for many water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the country. This is mainly due to the longevity of the clean water (CWSRF) and drinking water (DWSRF) programs and the appealing financing options, such as low-interest rates, offered in each state. However, many communities across the country still struggle to obtain this federal money, despite the borrowing incentives, due to capacity at the community level. In 2014, changes in the Clean Water Act permanently added an affordability section to the CWSRF program. On the DWSRF program side, the American Recovery Act of 2009 required states to offer additional forms of subsidization to applicants, including principal forgiveness. This brings up the question: What metrics are states using—or should consider using—to determine principal forgiveness eligibility for low-income communities? Continue reading
Water systems across the country have approached drinking water affordability using different metrics and innovative solutions. While other parts of the country take on affordability at a local level, California is tackling this issue at the statewide level.
In 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 685, declaring water to be a human right. This enactment not only made California the first state to legally recognize this basic need, but highlighted challenges that needed to be addressed in order to fulfill the State’s commitment. This post focuses on 1) the affordability challenge which has received national attention as California tries to implement the first statewide low-income rate assistance (LIRA) program and 2) other proposed or passed California legislation related to water affordability.

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Trade War! The very words inspire dark connotations. They sound like a battle cry, one short step from the peasantry charging across verdant fields, wielding pitchforks and hot oil against the Saxons. What is a trade war, anyway. Did we just start one? If so, why? What does a trade war mean for the world economy? Moreover, what does it mean for your personal economic situation? Today, Gildshire dons our Economist hat and attempts to put the news into readable perspective. These were your best questions. Our answers should clear up some of the clouds.
What is a trade war and what causes the beginning of one? Okay, two questions in one. So, let us dive right in. A trade war is when the free market is, at least temporarily, abandoned. One entity (in this case, the United States) puts a tariff (or extra charge) on goods coming in from one or more other entities. That starts the war.
What does the other side do in response? Just like in any war, the first shot draws return fire. In a trade war, the other entity puts an extra charge on what it imports from the first party.
Did we just start a trade war? It looks that way. President Trump said that his administration will impose a tariff of 25% on steel imports and one of 10% on aluminum imports. In case you were wondering if this is a big deal, know that the U.S. is the world’s biggest steel importer.
Is this the economic equivalent of a world war? It might be, however, some of our closest friends (think Canada and, perhaps, the E.U.) could be exempted.
Why steel and aluminum? Don’t we need cheap materials to make cars, ships, that kind of thing? We do, but the goal is to prop up American steel and aluminum and stop companies from buying less-expensive materials from foreign countries. It was part of the President’s campaign pledges that played well in the Rust Belt.
I know this will make us unpopular around the world, but it sounds like a winner for American business. Yes, yes, and no. Let me break my answer into pieces. Yes, it will make us unpopular around the world. Whether that is a big deal, small deal, or no deal to you, depends on your position on the U.S. as a member of the World Community. Yes and no to its effect on American business and enterprise. U.S. Steel and Alcoa will benefit, perhaps greatly, but some sectors of American manufacturing will be hurt by rising steel and aluminum prices.
Which U.S. companies will take a hit from the tariffs? Everything that uses a lot of steel or aluminum. Cars to softball bats to beer cans. The price of any of these could increase as a result of purchasing higher-cost U.S. products.
Why are the U.S. products higher priced, anyway? Isn’t it expensive to import heavy metal? The U.S. manufacturing industry is under heavy strain due to higher labor costs. Wages and health care benefits are higher in this country than anywhere. Companies in countries where health care is a federal program…
Like Canada: Yes, like Canada, can manufacture steel and aluminum less expensively.
Okay, if (and when) another country retaliates, what will they choose to retaliate against? In other words, what is our vulnerability? We’re vulnerable on many fronts, as we have a diverse economy. That said, experts predict the other sides of the trade war to take aim at soybeans and Boeing. It is fairly easy to find soybeans in places other than the United States. You can buy a plane from Airbus, rather than Boeing, with a vote from the Board of Directors and a phone call to Toulouse, France.
The stock market must have an opinion on this whole trade war thing. Oh, it does and a strong one at that. The Dow Jones Industrials are in the process of giving back all of its gains from early this year. On Jan. 26, that key index closed at 26,616.71. Today, it rests at 23,644.19.
Wow! Wow, indeed. That’s an 11.2% “opinion.”
All because of the trade war? Mostly, though President Trump’s curious recent attacks against Amazon haven’t helped the market’s mood, either.
So, what’s next? Well, we fasten our seatbelts and wait to see how the trade war plays out. Will it be global or targeted? Will it spread to more than just steel and aluminum, or be contained in those sectors? What will the response be from our friends? How about our enemies? However it goes, know that your friends at Gildshire will stay on top of what goes down.
Well, that’s a relief! We have your back.

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The K 10 series seem robust enough for most exploration expeditions and if they can actually implement an inductive charging solution the robot will be able to explore vast regions of planetary surfaces far longer than any solar-powered rover.
Excellent post Steve. Good information. I was unaware of this program and the status of efforts NASA is undertaking with robotic systems. One of the things I find really interesting is the seemingly small "footprint" or wheel base these systems have. I would have expected a much wider "stance" to preclude tipping. You did mention the systems would steer away from terrain to steep or rocky so as to maintain the upright condition but I wonder if this is always possible. Again, excellent post.
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George Bennett entered unchartered territory for a New Zealand professional road cyclist this year, but he is even more excited for next year and beyond. The 28-year-old has today confirmed he will compete in the Vantage Windows & Doors Road National Championships in Napier on 4-6 January, and likely take part in both the time trial and road race.
This year Bennett improved his record as the best Grand Tour rider in New Zealand history, finishing 8th at the Giro d’Italia, and was the first to be ranked in the top-50 on the UCI world rankings.
The national championship will prove a shakedown for Bennett, who will be the team leader for his highly rated professional outfit Team Jumbo for the World Tour opener at the Tour Down Under in South Australia next month.
He has signed a further three-year contract for Team Jumbo and has been named as one of their team captains for 2019, joining fellow stars Steven Kruijswijk and Primoz Roglic.
“Team Jumbo have signed the key team captains for three years and then building a really strong team around us with the likes of Tony Martin, a former world champion time trial rider, coming in,” said Bennett.
“It is great to have another three years in a World Tour team locked in and gratifying to be considered a team leader. This is a team that is well organised, with good people who look after you.”
An area of concern is his continuing battle with chronic side-stitch with an operation late last year not solving the issue. It rears up under major efforts in climbs and is often debilitating.
“You have to fight through it if you can but sometimes it is too painful and you have no option but back-off. That’s what happened at the Vuelta this year and I ended up having to drop back and then go into a support role for my teammate. We are still working on a solution.”
Bennett is looking forward to another tilt at the national championship and would love to wear the national jersey in the big races in Europe next year.
“I like to support the national championships. The World Tour riders like myself come with little miles under us and only a couple of weeks back on the bike. It is always fun to catch up with the other riders.
“It’s not really a course for me so I will have to be creative if I want a shot at wearing the jersey.”


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Artworks Studio and Gallery is celebrating the art & architecture that make Scranton home with an interactive mural at Arts on the Square. Learn more about ArtWorks important mission and join in the fun mural-making on July 30th!
The public is invited to join Artworks in creating a collaborative art mural that incorporates various Scranton landmarks and buildings within the Electric City! The project was organized by by Kaitlin Bobrovcan, Day Program Manager and her team of Art Instructors.
The final mural will be on display to the community during August First Friday at ArtWorks in Scranton. The artwork will then be donated to a Scranton organization TBD.
Artworks is an Art Gallery and Licensed Day program, which provides classes for students with special needs at Artworks Scranton and Tunkhannock studios.Artworks will have T-shirts, artwork, totes and notecards for sale at Arts on the Square.
The ArtWorks arts programs in Scranton and Tunkhannock shares the mission of “…celebrating the artist in each of us through fine art instruction, gallery exhibitions, and immense people with disabilities into the larger arts community. Conceived and supported through Keystone Community Resources, (KCR), we’re dedicated to serving people with disabilities.
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Fellowes' Romeo will put Twilight stars in the shade
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, stars of the Twilight movies, could soon find themselves replaced in the affections of teenage movie-goers by a pair of star-crossed, old school lovers who represent true romance, if Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has his way.
The Oscar-winning writer has adapted Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet for the big screen, and it has just completed filming in Italy, with hot stars-in-the-making Douglas Booth (praised for his Pip in the BBC’s recent Great Expectations) and Hailee Steinfeld, who led the True Grit re-boot.
Fellowes said he and Ileen Maisel, the film’s producer, felt strongly that there hadn’t been a traditional version of Shakespeare’s tragedy for more than four decades, since Franco Zeffirelli shot an adaptation in the late Sixties.
Actor Douglas Booth could be set to replace Robert Pattinson as the teenage girls' favourite heartthrob after starring as Romeo in Julian Fellowes' new adaptation
Baz Luhrmann’s Nineties take on the tale, of course, was set in the modern day.
‘Love is life-shaping and moving,’ said Fellowes, adding that it was key to the film that Romeo and Juliet be chaste until they are married.
‘We did feel it would be nice to have romantic, married love, and that purity was an important part of the film. They don’t make love until they have been married.
‘One always sounds like “Disgusted of Cheltenham” when you have these kind of discussions, but there is room for an understanding of the power of love.’
He said he was asked if there was a bed scene in the movie.
‘The person said “Oh, that’s typical of today” and I responded that actually, Shakespeare wrote it. I’m not inventing it. It’s there in the play.’
Newcomer Douglas Booth has already received praise for his role as Pip in the BBC's recent Great Expectations
And anyway, the love scene is about as innocent as you can get because Ms Steinfeld is only 15 and doesn’t turn 16 until December. The director Carlo Carlei didn’t want her to do anything explicit.
Fellowes told me he has tried to preserve all the ‘famous moments’ but believes he has made it accessible and understandable, so the story is very clear.
Ms Maisel felt Romeo And Juliet could be seen as an antidote to the vampire and dystopian fiction that abounds now, referring to the Twilight films and the blockbuster The Hunger Games (starring Jennifer Lawrence, which opens today).
However, Fellowes refuses to diss them. ‘We grew up on Rock Hudson, Deborah Kerr and Doris Day, and they had their way of being in love,’ he told me.
Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld could become new teen favourites following the new Romeo and Juliet - replacing Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson above
‘And in a way, I feel the Twilight teenagers have found their kind of romance and love and, though different, it seems to me that we forget love is the great mover of lives — the Twilight teens are a great part of that.’
Romeo And Juliet was shot at Sacro Speco in Subiaco and Mantova, Italy, and is packed with stars such as Damian Lewis and Natascha McElhone (the Capulets), Lesley Manville (the Nurse) and Paul Giamatti (the Friar).
Dashing Ed Westwick plays Tybalt, Christian Cook is Mercutio, Tom Wisdom is Paris and Kodi Smit-McPhee is Benvolio.
Those lads, along with Booth, are dressed in killer outfits that (I predict) are going to drive their teenage girl fans into a frenzy.
I was also interested to learn that Nadja Swarovski — the woman behind the crystals — is one of the film’s main backers. It’s the first time her company has been involved in a film project.
Why Hannah is a man-hater
Kiss me, Kate star: Hannah Waddingham
Hannah Waddingham hates men. At least, that’s what she’ll be declaring — eight times a week — when she stars in Kiss Me, Kate.
Trevor Nunn has picked her to portray Lilli Vanessi, the fiery heroine in Cole Porter’s musical (the book was penned by Sam and Bella Spewack).
Lilli is a movie star who finds herself appearing in a musical version of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew. I Hate Men is one of the songs Lilli belts out when she’d rather be belting Fred Graham (her ex, and the show’s director — and her co-star) in the kisser.
Ms Waddingham is tall, so for the role of Fred an actor has to be found who’s 6ft or so. I gather Nunn and his casting director Pippa Ailion have their eyes fixed on someone.
Adam Garcia, the brilliant Aussie song-and-dance man, will play ladies’ favourite Bill Calhoun, and Clive Rowe and David Burt have been contracted to play the gun-toting gangsters who have that splendid show-shopping number Brush Up Your Shakespeare.
The show reunites Nunn and Ms Waddingham, who starred in his production of A Little Night Music. She was most recently in The Wizard Of Oz and Into The Woods, and also has a small role in the Working Title film of Les Mis.
Choreographer Stephen Mear will be putting the company through its paces and the show will run at the Chichester Festival Theatre from June 18.
Singing sensation Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton will be heading our way to attend one or two rehearsals when the musical version of the movie 9 To 5 kicks off a UK tour on October 12 at the Manchester Opera House.
So far, ten theatres have been booked for the tour, from Manchester to Birmingham’s New Alexandra in December.
Dolly was in the 1980 film version, with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, about female office workers getting their own back on a nasty, sexist male boss.
For the stage musical, Dolly wrote the music and lyrics, and when I caught it on Broadway three years ago I enjoyed many of her numbers, which ranged from rockabilly to rhythm and blues.
I also loved the droll Allison Janney (who played the Tomlin part), even though she couldn’t sing.
The show, I gather, was much improved on the road in the U.S. and has been redirected by Jeff Calhoun, who took over directing duties from Joe Mantello.
I guess if 9 To 5 works on tour it may come to the West End next year. We’ll see.
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Jim Broadbent, the Oscar-winning actor, who will join Rebecca Hall and Eric Bana in the as yet untitled courtroom thriller that John Crowley will begin directing soon on locations in London.
Broadbent was last seen as Denis Thatcher, opposite Meryl Streep’s Oscar-winning Mrs T, in The Iron Lady (which, by the way, has taken $100 million worldwide).
The Crowley film is about a trial involving a terrorist. Broadbent will play the (fictional) Attorney General.
Sally Dexter, who will play the White Witch in a new stage adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s enchanting tale The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.
Forbes Masson will appear as Mr Tumnus, with Brian Protheroe as the Professor.
All will be revealed, from May 8, in Rupert Goold’s adaptation of the Lewis classic, when it begins performances under a marquee in Kensington Gardens (by Kensington Palace).
Goold will direct the production with Michael Fentiman, and they will stage the show using actors, puppets and surround video techniques.
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe is being produced by the team behind the Peter Pan show that ran in Kensington Gardens three years go.
Lesley Manville, who has been working on location in Manchester with director Mat Whitecross on his rock ’n’ roll film drama Spike Island.
Lesley is a contender in the Olivier Awards best actress category for her heartbreaking performance in Mike Leigh’s play Grief, which ran at the National’s Cottesloe Theatre.
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LG has revealed it will unveil a Google TV at the Consumer Electronics Show, which will take place in Las Vegas next week.
The Google TV platform, which was first launched in October 2010, is based on Google's Android operating system and allows users to search for and watch programmes, both from the web and broadcasters, through their TV. Viewers can also run specific applications to stream movies and TV shows from websites such as Amazon, and also browse the web using Chrome and listen to internet-radio stations via their TV.
LG says its Google TV's interface and main screen have been "designed for convenient browsing and content selection". The device supports multi-tasking so users can watch TV, social network and search the web at the same time, while a 'Magic Remote' not only allows control of the TV function but also features a QWERTY keyboard.
The TV also users LG's own Film Patterned Retarder (FPR) technology, to ensure any program can be viewed in 3D at the touch of the button if LG's Cinema 3D battery-free glasses are used.
"LG has constantly strived to provide consumers with wider choices in home entertainment that bring the highest level of sophistication and convenience," said Havis Kwon, President and CEO of LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company.
"Through Google TV, LG has merged Google's established Android operating system with LG's proven 3D and Smart TV technologies, offering consumers a new and enthralling TV experience."
LG said the Google TV will be made available in the US later this year, with a UK launch planned for 2013. The firm did not reveal pricing details.
Furthermore, the tech giant is also launching its own Smart TV platform based on NetCast, which it says will be available in more than 60 percent of its flat panel TVs that will be introduced over the coming year.
Logitech and Sony have already unveiled devices running Google TV. However, neither of these devices have been made available in the UK yet.

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Sony has officially launched the Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS – the "missing link" in its pro sports lineup – having announced its development back in January.
The 73rd lens in the E-Mount lineup, and the 53rd such full frame lens, the Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS is also the 19th G Master lens. It joins the Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS and Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS, completing the manufacturer's trinity of telephoto prime lenses.
"300mm is the one I've been waiting for," said Bob Martin, award-winning Olympic sports photographer and Sony pro. "It's the missing link in Sony's telephoto lineup. This is the lens that finally completes the prime lenses necessary for sports photography."
The 300mm f/2.8 promises superb sharpness, resolution and optical fidelity from edge to edge. It comprises 20 elements, in 16 groups, including a single extra-low dispersion and a trio of super extra-low dispersion glass elements (to minimize lateral and axial chromatic aberration), with Nano AR II coating (to suppress flare and ghosting).
Honoring the G Master claim to offer a "supreme blend of high resolution and beautiful bokeh", the lens boasts an 11-blade aperture to offer circular bokeh, with "careful control" of spherical aberration both at the design stage and in the manufacturing process.
A pair of XD dynamic linear motors work in conjunction with an optimized algorithm to drive fast and precise autofocus with low vibration and minimal noise, and offers tracking all the way down to f/22.
Optimized for handheld photography, the 300mm f/2.8 measures 265mm in length (with a 124mm diameter) and weighs 1,470g (excluding the tripod mount). It is well balanced with the heavier elements at the rear, keeping the center of gravity towards the camera body, to ensure that the lens isn't too nose-heavy.
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Lens stabilization is built-in (though Sony couldn't confirm how many stops of compensation it offers), with three modes: normal (for still to slow subjects), panning (for lateral movements), and dynamic (for unpredictable shots).
Full-time direct manual focus is offered, with linear response that feels immediate and precise. The lens also possesses a customizable function ring, which can be set to control everything from power focus (by default) to APS-C / full frame switching, along with four customizable focus hold buttons.
There is no front filter thread, but drop-in 40mm filters can be inserted at the rear of the optic along with an optional circular polarizer. The lens is constructed from magnesium alloy and is dust moisture resistant, with a fluorine coating, making it suitable for all shooting conditions.
The Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS goes on sale in early 2024 and will retail for $5,999 / £5,800 / AU$10,499.
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I can hear people saying, “She’s already working for Monsanto.”
If so, she’s doing a terrific job.
Federal Judge Susan Oki Mollway is doing everything she can to nullify what the voters of Maui legally created on Election Day 2014.
In an historic effort, those voters passed a ballot measure temporarily blocking Monsanto and Dow from continuing their toxic GMO and pesticide experiments in the “open-air laboratory” of Maui.
Monsanto and Dow then turned around and sued to nullify that vote, and the County Government of Maui, betraying their own citizens, joined forces with the two corporate behemoths. Continue reading


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I can’t believe it has been a year since I launched “Why is My Forever Taking Forever?”
It is never easy to put a book out there, to put your heart on the line, to work with a lot of people to make it happen, and to finally open yourself to what the market has to say about your work.
But is it worth it? Hell, yes!
I don’t want to miss the lessons for the past year and so I thought of writing this blog, hoping it can bless you too!
When I started walking more closely with God, doing my best to live a life pleasing to Him, I’ve noticed there are holy burdens being born in my heart.
First is about purpose which I wrote about in my first book, What’s Your Life’s Masterpiece? and then a holy burden for women who don’t know their real worth and therefore would settle for relationships that are beneath them, taking away their dignity and joy, and removing all their sparkle and glow.
Here are my realizations the past year:
God just placed in my heart so strongly to write about the lessons I have learned as a single woman. Heeding that call led me to a series of unbelievable adventures. Last year, I had the privilege of speaking before thousands of women in Jewels Conference and Kerygma Conference Manila and Cebu. Hundreds of them bought the book and lined up to have it signed. I received messages upon messages of gratitude, of women telling me they finally went to confession, they finally broke up with their jerk boyfriend, they finally walked away from a complicated relationship or they finally reconciled with their father. It always brings me to tears to receive these messages; it’s so humbling to know that God is using someone like me and I am so excited for other women to experience the joy of living their own unique call.
I got the chance to speak to companies like Samsung and Hershey’s too for their International Women’s Day. Alex Gonzaga, one of the top vlogger celebrities in the country endorsed my book in her Instagram account, I was able to interview Doug and Chesca Kramer inside their home for my vlog. The Jason Magbanua, top videographer in the country, was so generous to not charge me for his services, created 3 trailers for my book. We had the most beautiful venue for our shoot that didn’t charge a single cent as well. Anthony Pangilinan also connected me to Ernie Lopez, head of ABS-CBN publishing and we are now working on publishing my book in Taglish version. I was interviewed by Kuya Kim Atienza and Amy Perez in their show #Sakto 4x. I was invited about 6x. These are God ordained appointments and connections. He really is in the business of bringing you out of this world surprises.
Vlog with Kramers link: https://youtu.be/RjVXWH2DbIw
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The Utah Courts have put the forms on their Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP) (www.utcourts.gov/ocap). After you add all the needed information, this program will prepare all the paperwork needed to file a divorce.
Can you go to jail for not paying child support in Utah?
If the court does not find an inability to pay, the offending parent will most likely be ruled in contempt of court, with additional fines levied on top of the original ordered child support. This might include additional legal fees and even jail time until the parent complies with the legal child support order.
What are my rights as a father in Utah?
In the state of Utah, married fathers are automatically given parental rights on the birth of their children, provided a court has not decided otherwise. An unmarried father must go through the process of proving his paternity before he can ask the court to grant him visitation rights with the child.
How can a mother lose custody of her child in Utah?
Whether it was initiated by anger or inappropriate behavior, child abuse will definitely cause the parents to lose custody of their children. If you suspect your former spouse has abused your child, notify the police and contact Salt Lake City child custody attorney Emy A. Cordano.
How far can a parent move with joint custody in Utah?
A custody and parent time order can include arrangements for when a parent relocates. If an order does not include arrangements for when a parent relocates, Utah law has a process that either parent can request when one of the parents plans to move 150 miles or more from the residence of the other parent.
Can a parent move out of state after a divorce?
Many parents move following a divorce, whether to begin a new job or a new life. A judge can't force a parent to remain in the state following a divorce. A custodial parent has the right to travel freely and even relocate with a child under certain circumstances.
Can a divorced parent take a child out of state without permission?
If there is some type of court action involving the children (divorce, custody, visitation, child support, etc.) that is in process, then it may be illegal for you to take the children out of state, even temporarily, without permission from the judge and/or consent of the other parent.
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The city of New Castle is creating a new corporation as a vehicle for economic development and neighborhood stabilization.
Council adopted a resolution Thursday night to begin the process of creating the Citywide Development Corp. of New Castle.
Matthew Staniszewski, city economic development director, is recommending the non-profit organization.
The organization will cover a wider scope of activities than the Greater New Castle Community Development Corp., which is in the process of dissolving itself. That corporation essentially was devoted to economic development.
In addition to promoting commercial and industrial development, the new corporation will serve as the umbrella organization for a city land bank and programs created by state law to address abandoned and blighted properties.
The first step for the city will be to file articles of incorporation with the state and file with the Internal Revenue Service and the state for tax exemption.
Council created the Greater New Castle Community Development Corp. in 2000. It was later discovered that paperwork sent to the IRS for tax-exempt status was never received by the IRS.
In June 2012, council adopted a resolution to have a local accounting firm prepare the proper form for tax-exempt status. The fee for completion and submission of the form was not to exceed $3,000.
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text: The ancient Huizhou consisted of six counties under the control of one Prefecture. Its picturesque mountainous landscape, unique geographical environment and historical background helped form a Confucian cultural atmosphere. Marked with unique cultural and geographical features, the unique “Three Carvings” of brick, stone and wood carvings are rich with delicate aesthetic flavor. The rich traditional culture embodied in the Huizhou vernacular architecture conveys various ideas in building techniques, civil life, ethical values and aesthetic pursuit, representing the cultural idea of nature unity. These villages are the manifestations of the balanced harmony between man and nature, such as Hongcun, Xidi, Longchuan, Chengkan, Tangyue, Tangmo, Nanping and so on. The physical building components, models and pictures exhibited here present the fantastic beauty and splendor of the ancient Huizhou vernacular architecture.


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The 5 elements of landscape design
There are 5 fundamental design elements to landscape design. These principles are the building blocks to success in landscape architecture, they lay the foundation to building your elements. These elements are not independent and in fact act together as interactions to create the big picture. Since landscape design is an imposing study, here we break it down to the 5 fundamentals to get you started.
The below five elements are used as tools in combination to enhance the beauty of a garden.
These seemingly abstract terms may be perplexing to you. They may make you wonder how they can guide something so tangible, like your backyard. Let these act as guidelines towards your landscape.
Colour is a simple and essential element in our day-to-day lives, whereas in Landscaping it is so very complex. Colour has the tendency to express a specific taste of a person or designer. Warm colours like reds, oranges and yellows tend to advance towards the viewer whilst cooler tones like blues, violets and greens tend to recede into the background. Warm colours make an impact on the eye faster than cool colours. Warm and cool colour combinations have different visual impacts on landscape.
Colour is an important design consideration for both softscape and hardscape. The colour of the foliage and inflorescence creates a mood. So the composition of colour must be taken into context along with the seasons at various levels and presented to form a harmonious design. So when attempting to create a sequence of harmony through colour, details of plant species such as flower, fruit, leaf changes and seasons must be taken into consideration along with the principles of colour.
Lines can be actual (real) or implied (perceived). Lines are related to the eye’s movement or flow. They can be created vertically, horizontally or curvilinearly. Lines are vertically created based on the height of the species or trees, shrubs or groundcover in the landscape arrangement. Horizontal lines and curvilinear ones are created based on the plan of the landscape. So the arrangement and sequence of the plants are dictated by the lines used in the creation of the landscape design.
Perceived lines are formed based on a series to make it seem like a line is implied. After the arrangement of plants, the habit of the species can dictate implied lines in design. The concept of lines and their creation depends on the purpose of the design. Whether it is as simple as walkways or as individualistic as herb garden designs, lines are fundamental elements that guide your design.
Form is closely related to line. Line is formed with the outline of or edge of the plant material or objects in a design whereas form is more encompassing. Form refers to the shape of a plant. Form comes into play while placing plants based on their habit which could be linear, upright, spreading, drooping, etc. Plants can very well change their appearance based on whether they are grouped or planted individually.
Form is associated with three dimensional objects like trees and shrubs. Hence, design composition when viewed as a whole can be made up of grouped or individual forms of various plant species to lend to the way your design turns out.
Scale is all about relativity. Scale refers to the size of an object or objects in relation to the surroundings. Since it is so relative, it’s all about “does this look right?” Scale and proportion are to be seen in context.
The plants in the landscape design should have a sense of size or individual components in relation to groups. Understand that the size of the trees and shrubs should complement the structure you are surrounding them with. For example, a five foot wall wouldn't look right next to a mansion. The frame should fit the picture. Conforming to a sense of scale and proportion in turn can create a unity and harmony in the design. Instead of abrupt changes in height and size, there would be a gradual transition which creates a harmonious coexistence with the structure and landscape.
Texture is a subtle but important element of landscape design. The coarseness or fineness of a leaf or the texture on a bark, or even the heaviness of the foliage all plays a part in the overall look of the design. The texture of plants differs between leaves, twigs, branches, bark and even flowers. Contrasting textures add interest to a landscape and play an important role.
Visually the shape and surface of the leaves of the plants tend to lend the difference in texture. So if we divide texture into coarse, medium and fine, the landscape design should use texture to strive to achieve a balance of all three types in the various spaces. When placing a coarse leaved tree, balance it by placing a medium bark or leaved tree or shrub to create a gentle transition on the eye of the viewer. Or play it up with contrasting texture. Refrain from sticking to the same type which can lead to a rather dull looking result.
The object of utilising all the elements of landscape is to create a visual attraction. This will direct the eye of the viewer in the most conducive manner to appreciate your home and landscape together. For instance, take a look at your current landscape and see if it makes the most of your lands’ potential. Visual attraction is based on Colour, Line, Form, Scale and Texture in landscape.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appointed a new interior minister on Monday as part of a revamped cabinet designed to defuse the most serious challenge to his rule in three decades.
But it was not immediately clear if the line-up, which now includes three former senior officers at the top, and promises of reform would be enough to mollify opposition groups and protesters calling for Mubarak and the old guard to step down.
As the unprecedented unrest in the Arab world’s most populous nation entered a seventh day, thousands of protesters poured into Cairo’s Tahrir Square chanting “Get out … We want you out” and singing Egypt’s national anthem.
Soldiers looked on without taking action, which would have been inconceivable just a week ago.
World leaders struggled to respond to a crisis that threatens to tear up the Middle East political map. And in global markets, share prices fell across Asia on Monday and Brent oil hit a 28-month high.
The protests broke out last week when frustration over repression, corruption and the lack of democracy under Mubarak’s 30-year-rule boiled over.
More than 100 people were killed in clashes with security forces in scenes that overturned Egypt’s standing as a stable country, promising emerging market and attractive tourist destination.
Mubarak, a close U.S. ally and a stalwart in Western policy towards the Middle East, responded by offering economic reform to address public anger over hardship.
The army now appears to hold the key to his fate but although the generals have held back from crushing the revolt, they have also not withdrawn support for Mubarak.
Mubarak on Monday named General Mahmoud Wagdy, previously head of Cairo criminal investigations department, as the new interior minister, sources said.
Wagdy’s predecessor was reviled by many Egyptians because of the repressive tactics used by the police force to quash the opposition and criticism of the president.
In the early days of the uprising no clear political opposition grouping was evident. But on Monday the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist opposition group, said it was seeking to form a broad political committee with Mohamed ElBaradei to talk to the army.
ElBaradei, a Nobel peace laureate and former head of the U.N. nuclear agency, has urged Mubarak to go and lent his international stature to a movement that has lacked a leader.
The brotherhood, which has wide support among poor Egyptians, has until now kept in the background of an uprising spearheaded by the young urban poor and students, fearing a harsh crackdown.
Crowds flocked in the morning to Tahrir Square, which has become the focus of the uprising, to join protesters who had camped out overnight in defiance of a curfew imposed by Mubarak.
Witnesses said camaraderie between the protesters and soldiers was evident as they shared tea and snacks, standing by tanks daubed with anti-Mubarak graffiti.
“The army has to choose between Egypt and Mubarak,” read one banner in Tahrir Square.
The United States, which has poured billions of dollars of aid into Egypt since Mubarak came to power, stopped short of saying openly that it wanted him out. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton instead urged reform and spoke about “an orderly transition”.
Washington has long seen Mubarak as a bulwark in the Middle East, first against communism then against militant Islam.
As the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel, it plays a key part in the peace process, and a change in administration could have big implications for those efforts.
Middle East peace envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said it was inevitable that Mubarak would go and that change would come.
“The question is what change and how do you manage it,” he told Sky News from Jerusalem. “The Western governments, America, the European Union, have got to get themselves into position where they cannot merely commentate on this situation but help partner that process of change.”
The crisis in Egypt follows a revolt that toppled the leader of Tunisia three weeks ago and the wave of popular anger is also sweeping other countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
TUMULT HITS TOURISM
Foreign governments scrambled to ensure the safety of their nationals trapped by the unrest. One group of tourists was hunkered down in the Marriott Hotel in the Egyptian capital waiting to be taken to the airport.
“I had heard a lot about Egypt’s history and the pyramids so I am very disappointed I cannot see all that, but I just want to get out,” said Albert So, an accountant from Hong Kong.
American Susan Market, 43, from Ohio, said she saw a demonstration in Luxor.
“I know what is happening and why, people here are in poverty. I saw it in the streets, people were asking for a dollar to take a picture. You can tell people are poor, you can tell there is a division between rich and poor, people were asking for money all the time.”
Security, which disintegrated on Saturday and Sunday when police withdrew from the streets, has slowly been restored. Extra troops sent into cities across Egypt helped calm panicked residents and stop looting.
Egypt’s financial markets and banks were closed for the second day in a row.
Global shares continued to slide on Monday while Europe’s benchmark Brent crude was just short of $100 a barrel on fears the unrest could spread among regional oil-producing nations.
Moody’s downgraded Egypt to Ba2 with a negative outlook on the back of the protests.
“Whilst Egypt’s importance to the global economy is limited, its importance to the transportation of oil is huge,” said Jonathan Sudaria at London Capital Group.


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8 Temple. Adding this 480 to the 973 above, we get 1453 B.C. as roughly the date of the Exodus. The various chronological items making up this period may be found tabulated in Father Deimel's Chronologia (p. 97). In the Hebrew text they total to 534 years (588 in the Septuagint), with an uncertain addition to be made for the government of Josue, Samgar (possibly), Samuel and Saul. In order to reconcile this high figure with the 480 given above, it has been suggested that the 114 years in all spent under foreign domination are not to be counted separately, but as already comprised under the years assigned to the judges. This view is by no means free from difficulty; yet it leaves us with the very plausible equation 420 + Josue, (Samgar), Samuel, and Saul=480, and it therefore appears wisest to adopt it as a working hypothesis.
We now proceed to work back from the Exodus to the incident of Genesis xiv., when we find the system we have adopted confirmed by a striking synchronism. Taking the 430 years of Exodus xii. 40 with the Massoretic text (i.e., the traditional rabbinical text), and the great mass of authorities to refer to the sojourning in Egypt only, we must add a little under 215 years to the 1453 years already obtained to arrive, as desired, at Genesis xiv. The 215 years are obtained as follows: Abraham migrated into Canaan at 75 (Genesis xii. 4), and Isaac was born to him when 100 (Genesis xxi. 5), and Jacob descends into Egypt 190 years later (Genesis xxv. 26; xlvii. 9): hence the total sojourn in Canaan is 100-75 +190=215 years. We take a little under 215 years, because the incident of Genesis xiv. takes place a little after the arrival into Canaan recorded in Genesis xii.; if we call it 210 years, then these 210 years + the 430 years in Egypt of Exodus xii. 40 +1453 B.C. as the date of the Exodus give 2093 B.C. as the date of Genesis xiv. And this result confirms the rest of the scheme, inasmuch as the date thus reached falls within the period during which Hammurabi, King of Babylon, was probably reigning. According to many, Hammurabi is the Amraphel of Genesis xiv. 1; this identification, and that of Amraphel's allies, is worked out at length by Dr. Pinches1; and Dr. Sayce has lately declared that 'only a German with German ideas of historical evidence would dispute
1 Old Testament, etc., pp. 208-233.
Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, vol. xl. p. 92, May,
Dr. Pinches' discovery of the names of Chedor-laomer and his allies in Babylonian literature. . . They have been reproduced by the Biblical writer with singular exactitude.' Dr. King, too, in his History of Babylon (pp. 159-160), remarks that though we have as yet found no trace in secular sources of such a confederation under the leadership of Elam, the Hebrew record represents a state of affairs in Western Asia which was not impossible during the earlier half of Hammurabi's reign.' Dr. King gives 2123-2081 B.C. for Hammurabi's reign, and Father Deimel, in his Chronologia, gives 2132-2089 B.C.; it will be observed that on these reckonings 2093 B.C. falls into the later half of Hammurabi's reign, but, as has been said, all these dates are merely approximate, and the substantial agreement in the date unquestionably lends strength to the whole scheme here outlined.
Another possible interpretation of Exodus xii. 40, however, should here be noted. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Septuagint insert Canaan in this verse alongside of Egypt, making the 430 years cover the sojourn in both, and we should naturally suppose that St. Paul, in Galatians iii. 17, was following the Septuagint computation. The total stay in Canaan, as has been explained above, amounts to 215 years, so that with this reading only the other 215 years would be left for the stay in Egypt. And the case for this shorter period in Egypt, it might well be claimed, is much strengthened by the statement in Genesis xv. 16, that it is the fourth generation that is to come out of Egypt, a statement itself borne out by the actual enumeration of generations. We get Levi Caath Amram Moses (Exodus vi. 16-20); Levi Caath Isaar Core (Exodus vi. 16-21; Numbers xvi. 1); Levi Caath Oziel Mizael (Exodus vi. 16-22; Leviticus x. 4); Ruben Phallu Eliab Dathan (Numbers xxvi. 5-9); and, moreover, Josue's generation appears to be reckoned as the fifth (e.g., Josue vii. 1; cf. Genesis xxxviii. 30). But against these considerations, and against the tempting hypothesis of a shorter stay in Egypt, stands the very serious and even decisive objection, that we should have to abandon the identification of Amraphel with Hammurabi. It appears wisest to accept this objection as fatal, because of the great difficulty of placing the incident of Genesis xiv. with anything like probability any later in history. On the supposition of the longer Egyptian stay, a generation' in Genesis xv. 16 may be taken with
Father Hetzenauer 1 to be capable of meaning a century or more like the Latin' saeculum; whether, however, in the light of what has been said, that be the more natural meaning, is another question. We have here a reproduction on a smaller scale of the difficulties arising out of the ages assigned to the patriarchs, already touched upon in the I. E. RECORD, and hardly worth re-opening here; whatever solution we adopt, the 430 years in Egypt are best respected. As for the interpretation of Galatians iii. 17, the best of several suggestions seems to be, that it should be taken to mean just what it says, and no more; the interval was at least that, and St. Paul was not concerned to discover, or at all events to say whether it was more. With the Greek version alone accessible to his readers, to have given the longer interval deduced from the Hebrew text might have been to lay himself open to a cavilling
The above is a conservative scheme of chronology, in that it may be said to follow the most obvious indications of the sacred text, and to be that which Catholics in the main follow; nevertheless, it does not find much favour outside the Church, where the general tendency is to put the Exodus more than two hundred years later, on grounds little discussed hitherto by Catholics. Mere exegetical tradition, as is clear from the Providentissimus Deus itself, and as was pointed out in connexion with the Flood,3 must not be mistaken for strictly dogmatic tradition; the former may be at fault in such a matter as mere chronology, which does not directly involve faith or morals. It is necessary to review the chief objections to the above scheme, therefore, not as difficulties against a dogma which must at all costs be upheld, but with a view to ascertaining whether prudence and sound scholarship require that, while safeguarding biblical inerrancy, we should cast about for some other interpretation of the biblical figures, which would bring them better into line with modern discoveries. Not to keep the reader waiting for his answer, it may be said at once that to the present writer there does not seem to be any really sufficient call for a drastic change in the chronology here in question, that is to say, it still appears best to place the Exodus about the middle of the fifteenth century.
1 Comment. in Librum Genesis, ad loc.
* See I. E. RECORD, Fifth Series, vol. vii. pp. 209 et seq.
There are some difficulties in the way to warn us against too round and intolerant an assertion of our own position; they impose caution, but not the complete abandonment of ancient landmarks.
In the first place there are the Egyptian campaigns in Syria. It is said that on the scheme of chronology already explained the Israelites should actually be in Palestine, and that there is no mention of an encounter in either the
Egyptian or Hebrew records. In general it may be answered that a good deal depends upon a right understanding of the period of the judges; it was a time of disintegration, and of slow and difficult penetration after the brilliant success of Josue. It was one thing to overrun the Promised Land, another to settle in it and take permanent possession of it. The Book of Josue shows us the land assigned to the tribes; the Book of Judges their partial failure to secure it.
To come to particulars. Two Egyptian invaders of Palestine have to be reckoned with, Rameses II and Rameses III. For the date of Rameses II, Prof. Flinders Petrie, in his History of Egypt (vol. iii. p. 28), gives 1300-1234 B.C.; Prof. Sayce, in his Egypt of the Hebrews (p. 316), gives 1348-1281 B.C. Rameses II undertook Syrian campaigns in his first, second, and fourth years, and it was the last of these that roused the Hittite confederacy in the north to more or less successful resistance. 'Notwithstanding the pompous boasts of Ramessu, the Egyptians had to. remain content with Palestine, and did not possess more than had been easily acquired in the beginning of his reign."1 'The result of the war was a drawn game.'2 These remarks of Prof. Petrie's apply to Rameses' fourth year. It was in his twenty-first year that his celebrated treaty with the Hittites was ratified, and there seems no reason to doubt that Palestine was at this time in the Egyptian sphere.
Of the latter part of the reign there are no records, except a few trivial papyri and ostraka. . . . Thus we have no details of the greater part of this reign, and can only say that there do not seem to have been any wars for over fifty years. While the credit of the earlier wars lasted, Egypt was probably untroubled; but as those who had fought died off, Egypt gradually weakened, and her enemies strengthened. The old age of a long reign is always perilous for a fighting state; and Ramessu, living to 85, could not have undertaken fighting for long before he died. Early in the next reign we find that the Libyans were not only pillaging
1 Petrie, History, vol. iii. p. 47.
2 Ibid. p. 55.
but settling in the country, and it was thought much for the Egyptians to triumph over even the southern towns of Palestine. It seems, then, that a long period of gradual decline occupied the greater part of this much-boasted reign.1
Having thus reduced the argument on its Egyptian side to something like its true proportion, let us do the same for the Hebrew evidence. The Israelites are said to have spent forty years in the desert (e.g., Numbers xxxii. 13), so that the date 1453 B.C. for the Exodus would give us 1413 B.C. as the date when Josue assumed the leadership: how long he held it, we are not told. Othoniel and Aod take 120 years together;-if, on principles explained above, we take no notice of 26 years of foreign domination, but on the other hand allow 30 years for Josue, then by 1263 B.C. there have been but two judges in Israel, and we are told practically nothing of their rule. On Prof. Petrie's reckoning, Rameses II's reign is already more than half over, and on Prof. Sayce's reckoning, it has been quite over some years. If we consider the character of the later part of Rameses' reign, and also how little we are told of the two judges in question, the silence of the records does not seem so wonderful.
Still, as regards the Egyptian monuments of this time, we may ask, is their silence so complete? Under Rameses II's son and successor, Merenptah, we have a mention of Israel that seems to wreck the whole argument from silence. There is question of deliverance from a league of tribes, and among other boasts the Pharaoh declares that the people of Israel is laid waste-their crops are not, Kharu (Palestine) has become as a widow by Egypt.' Prof. Petrie remarks that the name of the people of Israel here is very surprising in every way; it is the only instance of the name Israel on any monument, and it is four centuries before any mention of the race in cuneiform; it is clearly outside of our literary information, which has led to the belief that there were no Israelites in Palestine between the going into Egypt and the entry at Jericho. . . . The only likely conclusion is that there were others of the tribe left behind, or immediately returning, at the time of the famine.' It has seemed best to quote a good deal of the context, for fear of seeming to misrepresent the learned Egyptologist. It will be seen that, unable to surrender his conviction of
1 Ibid. pp. 71, 72.

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Digital Photography for Beginners Class 3.0
I’m so excited to be teaching another “Digital Photography for Beginners” class with my amazing and talented friend Erin of Erin Blackwell Studio! This class is great for anyone who has a digital camera and has no idea what to do with it …so many buttons and settings, and you have it in green auto mode don’t you?! This class is a very beginners intro into the world of digital photography and we would love to have you there! Class will be held at my home studio July 12 from 10 am – 2pm. We’ve expanded our class for an additional two hours from our original class syllabus, and have included even more great info to get you out of auto and on your way to fabulous portraits every time. Seats are limited so grab your spot now!
- Lecture time to cover digital camera settings, photography terms, lenses, light, posing, styling and more
- Lecture time to cover basic editing techniques, post production workflow and proper backup and storage of digital files
- Live shooting time with child model to practice what you’ve learned
- All class slides in PDF form
- Access to our private Facebook group for ongoing tips and critiques!
If you are ready to sign up to be a part of this class you can click the button below to buy your seat! Spaces are limited. Once payment is reserved I’ll send you confirmation and a little follow up info! Hope to see you there!
Reviews from our previous class:
It was nice to read/hear the info, and then discuss it, and then get out our cameras and play with the info we just received. It was a lot of fun, and I would definitely take a follow up class with you girls!! ~Melissa K.
Erin Blackwell is the owner of Erin Blackwell Studio in Highlands Ranch. She is the winner of the 2012 & 2013 Best of Littleton Professional Photographer Awards.
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Guardian Wealth Management is a company that provides quality, impartial financial advice on all matters of wealth management. In order to provide comprehensive wealth management advice, financial advisers of the company offer a full range of financial planning solutions. Guardian Wealth Management services include Savings Plans, Lump Sum Investments and Offshore Investments, Education Fees Planning, Inheritance Tax Planning, Retirement Planning and Pensions (inc. QROPS, SIPPS), Life Assurance and more. The company has been on the market since 1994. Today Guardian Wealth Management operates fully regulated offices in such locations as the Dubai, Qatar, Netherlands, Frankfurt, Brussels, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Here at Guardian Wealth Management, our priority is meeting your needs. We offer professional help and advice through our expert Financial Planners, giving you the support to build and maintain your personal wealth, so that you can enjoy the rewards of your hard work and pass it on to future generations.
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I've read a lot about Morandi, and a few weeks back while exploring the Village (in search of a random artist on the street - long story), I walked past it (it is very near Central Kitchen), which inspired me to give it a try.
Morandi is a rustic Italian trattoria from restaurateur Keith McNally. Executive Chef Jody Williams creates regional dishes from Italy such as Pici al limone and Pizzoccheri al forno. In warmer months, Morandi welcomes guests at its sidewalk café.
V and I made reservations for dinner, but then I got sick and we bumped our plans back a few days to a Sunday brunch. We made our way downtown after church and as we walked to the restaurant we realized that the Gay Pride parade was about to begin. It definitely would have been an interesting meal with a parade marching by, but it turned out that the restaurant was a few blocks from the parade route.
Morandi goes a long way toward creating an authentic atmosphere for their restaurant, from the phone message with a nice Italian accent, to "WC" on the bathroom doors, shelves lined with wine jugs in the dining room, exposed beams along the ceiling, and artisan breads stacked near the kitchen, it all evokes the "rustic Italian trattoria" they're going for. Eating outside with views of New York city and lots of parade participants and spectators decked out in various attire walking by during our meal took away from the atmosphere a bit, but it was still quite nice. It definitely made for good people watching. Where else but New York city can you see drag queens and get authentic Italian at the same time?
The brunch menu had some interesting choices. We started with Cestino di pane, a selection of sweet breads including ricotta fritters, sugar donuts, Italian croissants, anise donuts, grape focaccia and sweet bread. We got little pieces of each of the breads and it was nice to try them all, though my favorite was the ricotta fritters. Our server told us they'd be served warm, but they came out room temperature.
I tried the Fagottini con prosciutto, a baked crepe with ham and fontina. It was very good with great ham and cheese tastes complimented by a soft crepe that was nicely crispy and buttery around the edges. I was very satisfied. V had Trofiette al pesto, a pasta with pesto, potatoes and green beans. I thought it would be odd to have potato in a pasta dish, and I wondered how it would be served. It was much different than we expected, the beans and the potato were mixed into the pasta itself, with he potato julienned into thin strips that fit well with the texture of the pasta. The pesto sauce was very good and gave the dish a nice green color.
After our meal, I was definitely satisfied, though I wanted more - not because I wasn't full, but because I felt like I didn't get the whole Morandi experience. Next time, I'll go for dinner, and I'll sit inside to really soak it all in. Overall it's pretty reasonably priced, with good service and a great atmosphere.

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Thai rice industry are facing severe and serious problems. Thai rice farmers have operated under what is essentially a command economy for generations and have worked increasingly marginal land including deforestation. As the Thai population is increasing day by day, there is a risk related to water shortage although the government has developed dams and irrigation networks. Global Environment will also be disturbed .
The green Revolution which include the use of hybrid rice seeds and associated chemicals have improved the lives of biliions but it has also led the increase in usage level of pesticides and insecticides, the problem of ‘‘dead zones’’ in estuaries and at sea , the creation of biologically sterile fields
In order to increase the value of Thai rice and to diversify to manage risk the PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has called the farmers to adopt the sustainable agriculture along the lines of His Majesty the King’s Philosophy of the Sufficiency Economy (PSE), including polycultures and organic methods
Properly certified organic processes keep farmers and consumers safer and have less of an impact on the environment.
But rolling organic rice out on a country-wide basis requires help with transitioning, including certification, successful real-world commercial models and the application of a coherent national strategy that incorporates the latest thinking on what really is sustainable.
, an officially registered nonprofit organisation established in 1995 by the Alternative Agriculture Network. ACT has its own organic standards and inspection-certification services, such as training, pre-assessment and certification. ACT has received certification and recognition from several national and international organisations.
However, the drawback is that ACT necessarily employs complex systems with associated technical literature, and organic certification requires maintaining a detailed account of farm inputs, processes and outputs if farmers are not to be sanctioned and decertified. Thailand does, nevertheless, already have its own organic success stories, such as Sukha House, which started with exporting organic brown jasmine rice to Singapore, Hong Kong and Brunei and now also produces other varieties, as well as non-rice products.This Singaporean-owned company achieved USDA organic certification with the help of Maejo University’s Institute of Product Quality and Standardisation and subcontracts to individual farmers.
The owner, Cheang Sen Kai, was already a business-savvy entrepreneur due to his previous experience running a steel business. As such, he closely monitored the market, especially in Singapore, and was ready to respond to the growing trend in healthy eating, especially with increased consumer awareness of chemicals in foods due to the health crises coming out of China. Additionally, Mr Cheang works in both English and Chinese and thus can readily access the wider global market. However, even with 3,500 rai under contract, the total output is only around 1,600 tonnes. This is a drop in the ocean compared to the total Thai rice exports this year of approximately 11 million tonnes, and indeed the percent of organic Thai rice is tiny.
Meanwhile, smaller-scale Thai organic farms like Ploen Khao Baan, which promotes organic farming in Suphan Buri province, face significant hurdles in expanding or helping others despite the best efforts of ACT and similar organisations. This brings us to the need for a coherent national strategy for Thailand’s rice industry. Gen Prayut has announced vigorous support for the PSE. At the same time, he seems well aware of the dichotomy facing Thailand’s agricultural system: whether it should embrace a market-led economy or continue to maintain a command economy. His most recent announcements on the glut in the rubber industry and on making 40 billion baht of production-related cash payments to rice farmers illustrate the problem.
Moving to organic requires support. It can be promoted through the existing structure of the PSE, including its specialist research centres, linking up with the existing Thai organic foundations.
he transition to organic can take three years or more, and biologically sterile fields need to be revived. Farmers need to be taught to keep records, to employ new pesticides and to access the global market — meaning the development of co-operatives, incentives for businesses, access to global market platforms, and state-directed risk management, including insurance to cover diseases and pest epidemics.
As it requires education, if schools in rice-growing areas adopt PSE organic projects, they can serve as campuses for teaching students and the wider community about organic techniques. All participating Self-Sufficiency Schools without their own fields could be provided a test field by their communities, allowing children to experiment with growing organic rice themselves


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Looking for 30K Loan Bitcoin…A number of you have actually requested a comparison in between Celsius, BlockFi, YouHodler, and Nexo which are all platforms that enable you to earn interest on your cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. As requested, in this video, we will be comparing the business design of private platforms, the return rates, the trustworthiness and track record, functionality of their apps and we will likewise talk about a few of the dangers that you ought to think about when transferring your crypto on among these platforms. We will also round up the comparison with our independent rating of the just-mentioned categories for each platform. So keep watching until completion to discover how we scored specific platforms. If you are new to this channel and your goal is to end up being a more informed P2P financier,
think about subscribing and struck the like button to see more material like this in the future. Let’s first offer you a short introduction to every platform before we dive deeper into the contrast. Celsius Network is the fastest-growing crypto loaning platform on the planet, which was founded in 2017 by Alex Mashinsky. Presently, there are over 650,000 users utilizing Celsius Network to take a crypto loan or make interest on their stablecoins and cryptocurrencies. In total, Celsius handles more than $17 B worth of properties. The platform provides its services worldwide, however, they are presently not issuing loans in the United States due to local regulations. BlockFi is the biggest
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The platform uses crypto-backed loans in 47 US states and their crypto interest account is available around the world with exception of sanctioned nations. Nexo is another European platform that offers crypto enthusiasts the alternative to make interest not just on their coins however also fiat deposits. Nexo is in reality, one of only 2, to us known, crypto lending platforms that provide interest on fiat deposits.
And the platform is also planning to launch a BlockFi credit card which will produce another income stream. Like all the other platforms, Nexo also takes a cut from the interest that is being paid by the borrowers. That’s at least our analysis from Nexo’s business model as the platform doesn’t have A devoted area about
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this on their site. Now let’s discuss the returns. If you are viewing this video, you desire to make money by depositing your coins on one of the platforms? Prior to we compare the rates, there are a couple of things that you should think about however. When it comes to providing interest on your coins, every platform has certain limitations and terms. For example, Celsius Network alters the rates every week to reflect the present market circumstance. You are only able to make greater rates if you decide to get the interest in Celsius’s own utility token. The greater benefit rates are also not available for United States citizens. If you would not wish to pay out your benefits in the CEL token, you can presently anticipate to get 5.05% on your Ethereum, 3.51% on your Bitcoin, and 10% interest on your deposits in Binance USD or USDC which is the stablecoin from Coinbase. On BlockFi, the rate for your Ethereum and Bitcoin deposits depends on the variety of your possessions. The more bitcoin or ethereum you deposit, the less interest you will receive. The rates of interest for Ethereum varieties between 0.5% and 4.5%, the rate for bitcoin is between 0.5% and 5%, and the rate for the two stablecoins is presently at
You can make 12% interest on your USDC holdings and the platform provides 5.5% on Ethereum and 4.8% on your bitcoin deposits. Nexo is another platform that provides greater benefits for those who want to get the interest in the native NEXO tokens rather of the deposited currency. What you ought to keep in mind is that platforms tend to change the rates from time to time, so you can’t actually forecast the real return from your deposits. 30K Loan Bitcoin
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deposit amount as compared to the users on the Celsius Network. We are not delighted about Nexo’s reporting requirements as we have explained together with other red flags in our previous video. At the start of January, Nexo had just $4B under its management from 1 M users, now 5 months later on, the platform declares to handle $12B from 1.5 M users, which we believe is a bit of a high development even if we think about the buzz in the crypto area. So what about Nexo’s management? Nexo is co-founded by Antoni Trenchev and Kosta Kantchev. Based on our research, Antoni was a Bulgarian politician with experience in the fashion Retail market. On his LinkedIn profile, he describes Nexo as the leading regulated financial institution for digital possessions. I would be actually interested by whom Nexo is managed, as the business doesn’t have a lending license in Estonia, where they are a legal entity Nexo Services OU is based. During our research, we discovered connections to Bulgaria, Estonia, the UK, and the Cayman Islands however their legal address is no place to be found on the website. The second co-founder of Nexo is Kosta Kantchev who also established Credissimo, a Bulgarian payday advance company that apparently is financing Nexo. According to our current research, the executive board doesn’t even consist of Antoli, however only Kosta and 2 other gentlemen, from which one is William Arthur Vesilind who was formerly the executive director at TrustBuddy, a Swedish p2p lending platform, which is known for the “misuse of clients cash”. Likewise when evaluating some of Nexo’s comments from the CEO
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in the media, he is typically only promoting crypto and predicting prices however lacks any much deeper insights into the crypto financing space or how Nexo is running. That’s simply our impression from his Bloomberg talks. Nexo is the only platform that uses interest on fiat. According to our understanding, you can not use interest on fiat deposits unless you have a banking license which Nexo certainly does not have. Although we are not lawyers, we struggle to comprehend the legal setup under which Nexo is offering its services. Now that we have evaluated some of the track records of the four discussed platforms, let’s briefly go over the use of every crypto financing site. Celsius has started as a native mobile app. The app is well established and it includes different security features such as the biometric scan, HODL mode, and 2FA. Right in the control panel, you are able to see the number of possessions you are holding and what are the currently provided rates. You can move and withdraw supported coins however there is no exchange, so if you don’t deposit your cryptos from another wallet, you can buy them directly through the app. Note, nevertheless, that there might be charges for credit card purchases or SEPA transfers. Celsius Network supports presently 40 digital possessions. BlockiFi makes a less developed impression. The app is really simple and so is the desktop variation of the platform. BlockFi supports presently just 10 digital currencies. The platform also uses a devoted exchange so you can even trade them. We don’t advise this function that much as the currency exchange rate are not the very best. While the crypto loans on BlockFi are only available to U.S. people, the platform is likewise working on a Bitcoin benefits charge card which will be taking on the credit card from Crypto.com YouHodler provides a few of the most innovative services among the crypto lending platforms. Presently, the platform supports 18 digital
currencies on which you are able to earn interest. YouHodler allows you to exchange in between numerous currencies or deposit fiat via bank wire or other supported payment services. The minimum deposit quantities are really low, so you don’t require to move numerous Dollars or euros to check the platform. The minimum deposit is around 50 EUR or USD worth of cryptocurrency. As YouHodler does not have a banking license, you can only earn interest on your crypto possessions. Apart from making interest on your deposits or exchanging cryptos, YouHodler likewise uses you the choice to obtain fiat money in exchange for collateral. The platform currently supports just loans in us euros or dollars. YouHodler is also among the platforms with versatile loan terms and a maximum LTV of 90%. Apart from those services, YouHodler likewise uses two leveraging tools such as Turbocharged loans and Multi HODL, which are suitable for more opportunistic financiers. As the functionality of those functions surpasses this video, you can discover how it operates in our devoted youhodler review on p2pempire. Nexo’s use resembles Celsius Network. Nexo is likewise utilizing its energy tokens to offer better rates on loans, greater interests on crypto and fiat deposits, or more totally free withdrawals per month. If you decide to stake your coins or fiat, indicating you lock your assets for a defined term, you can get a greater interest rate. Like BlockFi, Nexo also offers you to purchase, or exchange crypto if you want to hold your assets in various currencies. Now you have a really solid idea of what every crypto lending platform is using. What you must think about however, is that as soon as you transfer your crypto on any platform, you are not owning your private keys any longer and your possessions might get jeopardized either by 3rd parties or by the platform itself. It’s like depositing your crypto on the exchange – if you don’t own the secrets, the coin isn’t technically yours any longer. Platforms like Celsius and BlockFi are very clear about the reality that you 30K Loan Bitcoin
The only way to safeguard your crypto is to keep it on a devoted hardware wallet like this one from Trezor. The disadvantage of this technique is that you will only benefit from the increased worth of your coin however not the interest on your deposits, which is something you can do on one of the crypto lending platforms. Based on our thorough comparison, let’s have a look at our independent scores of every classification for every platform.