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BLUE HILL, Maine — With an asking price of $4.4 million, Ken Fox’s summer home is sumptuous.
The 1940 federal-style mansion is on 13.1 acres, has five fireplaces, a two-car garage, an estate barn, in-ground pool and a lovely view of Blue Hill Harbor. Yet it’s been on the market for two years.
“Lots of people have seen the house. Everybody says, ‘I can’t believe it hasn’t sold. If I had any money, I’d be buying it tomorrow,’ that kind of thing,” Fox said recently. “Undoubtedly, from a marketing perspective, it would go quicker if the house was on Mount Desert Island.”
When it comes to the highest of high-end properties in coastal Hancock County, Mount Desert Island is likely the first place to come to mind, particularly Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor.
But the Blue Hill Peninsula, just west of MDI, has its share of estates that rival those on the better-known island in a real estate market that attracts a different kind of individual, according to Fox and real estate broker Steve Shelton, who sells properties both on MDI and the Blue Hill Peninsula but is not handling the sale of Fox’s property.
“Blue Hill is very artistic in my opinion. A lot of social activities and art-related things go on there, especially for people of status who like to do those kind of things,” Shelton said.
Some sale prices on Blue Hill’s mansions rival MDI’s. But elegant homes on MDI generally go for more than those in Blue Hill, he said.
One Blue Hill estate Shelton sold, on Larchwood Lane, went for $2.8 million last December. The Old Yacht Club on Old Yacht Club Road sold for $1.1 million in June for use as a residential home despite needing considerable renovations, Shelton said.
“It was just a shell of a building,” he said.
This week, a home on Ellingwood Road was for sale for $3.2 million. Another mansion, on Florian Benson Way, had an asking price of $1.9 millon, according to local real estate listings. Meanwhile, in Bar Harbor, the waterfront East of Eden mansion, listed for $12.5 million, is soon going to auction after spending nearly two years on the market.
The biggest sale in Shelton’s 14-year career in real estate was, unsurprisingly, a mansion on South Graff Road in Bar Harbor that went for $4.1 million in January 2017. His second biggest was a home on Perkins Street in the Blue Hill Peninsula town of Castine, for $3.6 million, in 2013, Shelton said.
That house’s sale price “would have been $10 million if it was out of Northeast Harbor,” he said.
“I guess people want to be in Northeast Harbor because other people with status are in the town,” Shelton said. “Downeast Maine is an absolutely gorgeous place, but there are no neighborhoods there where there is that kind of status.”
MDI attracts celebrities among its well-to-do who seek privacy and don’t necessarily want to mix with locals, Shelton said. Summering celebrities include Martha Stewart, actors David Morse and Susan Sarandon and singer Win Butler of the band Arcade Fire.
Blue Hill Peninsula, meanwhile, has a history of attracting writers, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, the late E.B. White, Heidi Julavits, Ben Marcus, Edmund White and John Hodgman.
Fox and his wife, Jannelle Bedke, were drawn to Blue Hill as the place for a summer residence 30 years ago because they love the sea and wanted to interact with the town’s residents, he said. They have tried to be good citizens, allowing a local theatrical group to use their back yard for a production and hosting a silent auction there for charity.
They’re trying to sell now as they look to downsize.
“I must say I am comfortable with the local folks because I grew up in Maine,” said Fox, a retired engineer from Eddington who spends most of the year in California.
Bedke said she liked Blue Hill over all the other places where they looked for potential summer residences because it’s more low-key and has fewer tourists. Summertime traffic turns Bar Harbor into a zoo, she added.
Shelton suspects that it hasn’t sold because the market for multi-million-dollar houses is soft right now, although such homes seldom sell quickly, he said.
“All expensive properties take years to sell. It’s a numbers game. If you have a thousand people looking, you are going to sell,” Shelton said. “If you have one person looking, you have to get lucky.”

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Lisa Brenneman is the Behavioral Finance and Strategic Innovation leader at TD Wealth. She created the TD Wealth Personality Assessment Tool using the Five Factor Model of Personality, enabling clients and advisors to identify their financial and investing blind spots.
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After the Civil War, the quiet farming town of Haledon, New Jersey became the streetcar city of the era. The tracks were laid throughout the lanes. The trolleys were set. People came from all over to see the connection. It was this monumental decision that brought growth to the area. Industries formed around the tracks. Newspapers latched on to the opportunity, listing maps, times, and all things concerning the trolleys. It became the hub of the city, the place to go to meet and greet. You could even ride to the park for a day of fun!
Today, Haledon is a small, close-knit community with a big heart! Your first destination in Haledon should be Hofstra Park. This is the place your dog will want to be. The park is full of beautiful nature trails for you and Fido to explore. One of the most majestic walking trails you will find is the quarry line, which provides a sweeping view of the former quarry. Before you head out, stop by one of the three vet offices in town and make sure that your pet is ready to go on your adventure.
If you head out of town about a mile, you will find Garret Mountain Reservation. This park has over 550 acres of various activities for you and your dog. From hiking up to the waterfall to exploring the countryside, you'll have a hard time getting bored here!
Whether you're exploring Haledon or venturing into other parts of Passaic County, dog-friendly fun is never very far away!


The interest in Bitcoin (BTC), as well as other digital currencies, got to a frenzied pitch in December last year, as Bitcoin (BTC) recorded its all-time high of about $20k. Since then, the momentum that drove the price that high is nowhere to be found as values continue to decrease.
Although the digital currency is still making the headlines on a daily basis, the focus has now moved to the decline in its value and how low it could go. It has made a lot of investors, experts, and speculators to wonder. Has the value of the coin finally fallen off the road or will this period be looked back as one of its dips on its way to the moon?
Inefficient Exchange Means
This is one of the most significant reasons why the value of Bitcoin (BTC) heading south. The transaction speed of Bitcoin very slow, and at the height of Bitcoin-mania, transactions take hours or even days to be confirmed. In addition to its slow transaction speed, the transactions fees are high. During this period, people spent up to $50 or more to send BTC.
As a result of this, the digital currency was not suitable for everyday transactions. This has led to the slow adoption of the digital currency, and it has affected its value over time.
How Can BTC Make A Comeback?
A lot of people invested in the digital currency during its bull run, resulting in some awful returns. But this was kind of bound to happen, as not asset surges twenty times in a space of 12 months without coming back down at some point. It is a correction that was kind of expected.
Bitcoin (BTC) can and will bounce back in the coming months. The digital currency still has the same attractive and appealing aspect as it did last year. People can still speculate on the coin, pay for services and goods, make transfers across the globe, and have control over their money. If this continues to happen, the coin will bounce back – says Mr. Tchir.


Virtual Mixing Console offers full-featured mixer with mono and stereo channel strips, groups, FX send buses, master strip, built-in on-channel 4-band parametric EQs, 10-band mastering EQ and full MIDI automation with a support of 8 fader banks. The mixing engine is optimized for running on multi-CPU systems.
VSTi rack provides loading up to 16 VST Instruments. You can assign MIDI ports to them for MIDI I/O and freely route audio outputs to the mixer for further processing with VST effects.
The list below outlines the main features:
- Real-time multi-channel low-latency audio streaming through ASIO 2.0.
- Audio engine optimized for Multi-CPU systems.
- Effects processing using VST plug-ins.
- Support for VST DSP Acceleration cards.
- VST Instruments support.
- Comprehensive MIDI support with port grouping, channel and key-zone remapping.
- Full MIDI Automation.
- Mixer with flexible signal routing.
- Up to 8 inserts per strip.
- Up to 8 full-featured FX Send buses.
- Up to 64 groups.
- Built-in on-channel 4-band parametric EQ.
- Built-in 10-band mastering parametric EQ.
- Up to 8 fader banks for automation.
- Navigation bar for quick access to channels.
- Full screen view mode.


Public Veterinary Assistance Fund
Frequently Asked Questions
Low-income residents living within Auburn City Limits can qualify for assistance. Your household is only eligible for assistance once per lifetime. At this time, funding is only available for the veterinary care of dogs and cats.
What services are covered?
Non-routine medical care performed and invoiced by an AVHS VetPartners veterinarian within the past week, or direct veterinary payment for future services. This fund does not cover routine office visits, vaccines, routine diagnostics, or routine spay/neuter surgery services.
How much assistance can I apply for?
The Public Veterinary Medical Assistance Fund can provide up to $500 of funding assistance.
How long will it take for my application to be reviewed?
It is the goal of AVHS to respond to each application within 5 business days from the receipt of completed application and supporting documentation.
How will I receive funding if my application is approved?
Funding is available for services provided by a VetPartner within the previous 7 days, or for services quoted by a partner vet. If receiving funds for services provided you must provide a receipt for the procedure or procedures, and a reimbursement check will be issued to the applicant. If applying for assistance with future vet bills please provide a written quote for the procedure or procedures. Funds will be issued directly to the partner veterinarian. Treatment must begin within 14 days of application approval.
Does my pet need to be spayed or neutered, and licensed?
Preference will be given to animals that are spayed or neutered, and in compliance with the City of Auburn’s licensing laws. If you are interested in applying for low cost spay/neuter services please see our SPOT program. See the page on licensing information.
What veterinarian can I use?
Please see out list of AVHS VetPartner veterinarians, click HERE.
How will I be notified about my application status?
You will receive email notice on the outcome of your completed application within 5 business days. If you prefer to receive a phone call please indicate on your application.
Who can I contact with additional questions?
If you have additional questions about the program please contact the Special Programs Coordinator at 253-249-7849 or email@example.com.


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We have reached the point where the US Supreme Court has become one of the greatest threats to public health and welfare in this country. At a moment when many thousands of people are falling ill every day with Covid and state legislatures are taunting the Supreme Court by passing hundreds of laws that blatantly violate long-recognized constitutional rights relating to gun safety, reproductive rights, and voting, the court’s conservative justices insist that the most pressing constitutional emergency today is a conjured threat to religious liberty.
In a series of recent cases, the new conservative majority has accomplished a radical realignment in the way fundamental rights are recognized and enforced. The significance of this revolution cannot be overemphasized. Unlike previous decisions that shrunk the scope of equal rights, the court has now ruled that some rights are first-tier rights (religious liberty, gun rights, and property rights), while all others (such as public health, reproductive health, race/sex/LGBTQ equality) enjoy a lower constitutional status. It will protect the rights of LGBTQ people as long as they don’t conflict with another person’s religious liberty. That’s how we won the marriage equality case, but lost the case challenging Catholic Social Services’ claim that it had a First Amendment right to discriminate against LGBTQ people when paid by the City of Philadelphia to vet couples to serve as foster parents.
It gets worse. When the governors of California and New York scrambled to implement limits on public gatherings early in the pandemic, religious groups resisted, saying their right to pray together supersedes the public interest in controlling the virus’s spread. Here too the religious objectors found favor with the court: The right to pray unmasked and in person was protected even during a global health crisis. In these cases the court honed a new, radical approach to religious liberty—if a law contains any secular exceptions, it must allow religious exemptions; otherwise it discriminates against religion. Thus, if the state imposes widespread limits on public gatherings, including religious gatherings, yet allows people to go to a pharmacy or grocery store, this amounts to discrimination against religion. Never mind that popping into Walgreens for medication poses a much lower risk of contagion than sitting in a pew for hours singing.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wants to go even further. In addressing vaccine mandates that include medical, but not religious, exemptions, he suggests that one way to assure that faith-based objectors aren’t discriminated against would be “to restrict vaccine exemptions to a particular number divided in a nondiscriminatory manner between medical and religious objectors.” In other words, Justice Gorsuch thinks the First Amendment may require the forcible vaccination of people with severe allergies to the vaccine in order to make room for those with religious objections. This jettisons a fundamental principle of the First Amendment: that the protection of one person’s religious beliefs can’t be accomplished at the expense of another person’s rights or safety. As Thomas Jefferson put it, “It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
The second-tier status of rights many Americans consider fundamental was underscored by the court’s approach to Texas’s six-week abortion ban, a clear violation of Roe v. Wade. Unpersuaded that the law posed any imminent threat to fundamental constitutional rights, the Supreme Court ruled that the law should go into effect while it makes its way through the federal courts. No constitutional emergency here, though access to abortion is fundamentally a public health issue.
The weaponization of religious liberty is not limited to the domains of sex, sexuality, and public health, and we find no limiting principle in the court’s rulings. Religious liberty claims have been used by employers to override workers’ rights to unionize, a minimum wage, and equal pay, and to avoid laws banning child labor and sexual harassment. So too religious liberty has been used to challenge laws regulating divorce, domestic violence, child welfare, sexual assault, and child pornography.
Starting in the Reagan era, the sphere of public values and morality—equality, health, education, and human dignity—has withered when compared with the exploding domain of private religious morality. Tragically, today’s Supreme Court is baking this fact into the Constitution.

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Mayor Hollingsworth gives thanks
This compilation of citizen ideas and suggestions formed the basis of the Ruston 21 plan. Working committees were formed composed of Ruston citizens who managed to distill those ideas and put them together for consideration. Thanks to these citizen desires, Ruston has made amazing progress even during times of economic uncertainty.
Ruston 21 has been a model partnership of citizens and local government working together in developing a roadmap for the future. One of the most important ideas expressed was the need for updated zoning codes that were easy to use, simple to understand and readily available.
While developing a new zoning code is an extremely complex project, its very basis is a body of work contained in our current codes, which reflects the ideas and aspirations of many generations of citizens and city officials who have worked together in creating and developing our local ordinances. Our local laws, enacted through these ordinances, represent the essence of a free society making choices over many decades for the ultimate benefit of all of its citizens.

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This month's issue of Everyday Food magazine featured a recipe for Baked Chicken Nuggets. We make our own chicken nuggets but these are the type that are great in the freezer and then baked in the oven. I love this recipe because nuggets have more of a chicken texture (they are just small pieces of chicken breast) and can be made from scratch start to finish quite quickly.
Everything that goes into these nuggets are pantry staples, so I like that these are as easy as they are. We were in total shock as to how quick they are to prepare and how truly delicious they are. There is a suggested dipping sauce which is a mixture of ketchup, chili sauce, sriracha and mayo and had quite a kick. Plum sauce was Owen's side. And, I guess it goes without saying, but I will anyhow, Owen loved them.

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The world-wide recall in 2009 of 10 million vehicles across Toyota’s range must have cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but is dwarfed by the long term cost to their brand.
Now, the software blamed by pundits, politicians, sensationalist media, and the generally uninformed, for the accident that killed a family in California sparking the recall, has been cleared. Toyota comes out blameless, driver and dealer error in supplying the wrong floor mats, and not securing them caused the deaths.
The TPS disciplines which spawned the “Lean manufacturing” movement that has transformed manufacturing worldwide took over when the furor broke, and Toyota went looking for facts, seeking a “root cause” of the so called “Sudden Unintended Acceleration” problem, and finding nothing, commissioned unimpeachable outside engineers (NASA) to have a look, and predictably, they found nothing either. Meanwhile, the public was blasted by messages undoing 30 years of effort that positioned Toyota as a safe, finely engineered vehicle that would deliver performance and reliability for many years.
Toyota forgot that perception becomes reality, and by allowing the perception of their failure to remain in the market while they exercised TPS disciplines to seek a root cause error, consumers turned away. It will take a very long time, and a lot of effort to undo the damage not of their making.
There is a lesson for all marketers in all this, perception becomes reality, and it is hard to undo, even when the perception is wrong.


Antony is set to be denied a fantasy shirt number in the event that he completes his Manchester United medicals.
United are perceived have concurred a £85million move charge with Ajax for the Brazilian, 22. The Dutch champions would have rather not sold Antony, who is protesting attempting to drive the move and missed their 2-0 away win against Utrecht on Sunday evening, however have now hesitantly consented to head out in different directions from their star.
Antony was brought to Ajax by United director Erik ten Hag quite a while back. From that point forward, he’s scored 18 objectives and gave 14 aids 57 Eredivisie games – coming out on top for two league championships and one cup. He’s likewise poor into the Brazil senior group, winning nine covers to date.
Antony wears the No.11 at Ajax however it’s improbable he’ll have the option to accept that at Old Trafford as it’s occupied by Mason Greenwood, albeit the United striker is as of now inaccessible for choice.
One more favored decision for Antony is the No.39, the shirt he wore at first club Sao Paulo and during his lady season at Ajax. However that is worn at United by Scott McTominay, who’s donned the pullover since he broke into the first-group crew quite a while back.
Antony could take the No.7 on the off chance that Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the club this month. The Portuguese whiz needs to stop Old Trafford to play Champions League football and his future remaining parts hazy.
Yet, on the off chance that Ronaldo stays, Antony will in all probability need to pick a number he’s never worn in his expert vocation. A sensible choice is the No.15, which was last worn by his compatriot Andreas Pereira. The midfielder completed a transition to Fulham recently.
The No.15 was made well known at Old Trafford by Nemanja Vidic, who framed an unbelievable guarded organization with Rio Ferdinand during Sir Alex Ferguson’s period. The number was likewise worn by Jesper Blomqvist, an individual from the high pitch winning side of 1998/99.
One more choice is the No.21, which was abandoned by Edinson Cavani toward the finish of last season. Ander Herrera and Dan James have recently worn that shirt. Different choices incorporate the No.24, No.26, No.27, No.30, No.31, No.32 and No.35.
Ajax are don’t have any desire to lose Antony subsequent to selling any semblance of Sebastien Haller, Nicolas Tagliafico, Perr Schuurs, Ryan Gravenberch and Lisandro Martinez recently, with the last option joining Ten Hag at Old Trafford. However £84m may be a lot to turn down.
“The Antony circumstance hasn’t changed compared to last week,” Schreuder told ESPN on Sunday evening. He reports himself at the club and we talk. Yet, I need to zero in on the players we have here, for the present Antony isn’t important.”
Talking after United’s 1-0 away win against Southampton on Saturday evening, Ten Hag said: “In the event that a decent player is accessible, we will strike since we need to reinforce the crew. We will be ready as late as possible into the window.” United are presently perceived to have concurred an arrangement worth £85m to present the to Old Trafford.


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Members of the states 13th Oklahoma Multi-county Grand Jury have spent 47 days over the past 18 months, investigating allegations of criminal conduct. They've issued thousands of subpoenas and called on hundreds of witnesses.
Grand jury members returned 25 indictments, charging a total of 31 people.
They also investigated a number of "cold cases," including Julie Mitchell's murder. According to the grand jury's final report, they received testimony from numerous witnesses regarding the murder of Julie Mitchell, who's badly beaten body was found in her northwest Oklahoma City home on November 2, 2010.
It states "Although this case remains unsolved, investigators continue to follow leads." The grand jury also stated it is optimistic that this case "will ultimately be solved." Members recommended any future grand jury members to continue to investigate; something Mitchell's family hopes is true.
"I thought what the grand jury said was very important, about having the new leads," said Harvey Bryant, Julie Mitchell's father. "I know the detectives and people are working very hard on the case, so I feel good about that."
Oklahoma City police have taken DNA samples and interviewed numerous people in the case, including Julie's husband Teddy, his two sons, numerous friends and associates. Teddy Mitchell was in Arizona the night Julie was killed, but Julie's father is convinced Teddy is innocent and just wants the real killer to be caught.
"I still maintain there's a murderer out there on the streets," said Bryant. "And the quicker we find him the better off we are."
Bryant says he is still perplexed by the letters that were sent to different media agencies and that the police now have as evidence. He wants to know who was behind them.
"You know hopefully someone will come forward."
Bryant says the things that keep him and the family going are their faith, their memories of Julie, and her little girl, London, who was at home during the murder, but spared in the attack.
There is still a $1,000 reward offered by Crime Stoppers for tips on this cold case. Julie Mitchell's family is also offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Julie's killer.


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I WILL ALWAYS PLACE THE MISSION
I WILL NEVER ACCEPT DEFEAT
I WILL NEVER QUIT
I WILL NEVER LEAVE A FALLEN
Since July of 2014, the Mission of Warriors In Heart, Inc. has been to unite all citizens regarding the need to help our combat veterans and first responders who suffer from debilitating PTSD. As a result of untreated PTSD, they are also suffering from addictions, addiction overdoses, major depression, suicidal thoughts, suicidal gestures, suicide attempts, suicide completions, physical health problems, high divorce rates, and dangerous risk taking behaviors. It should be noted, far too many are getting lost in the criminal justice system as a result of their untreated PTSD. What has been available to those who suffer from untreated PTSD cannot be handled on an outpatient basis with personnel who have no knowledge of what our collective brothers and sisters go through before, during, or after service to their country and community.
The donations of amazing PATRIOTS like you will make it possible to fund a state of the art inpatient treatment facility exclusively for veterans and first responders. The end goal? Constructing and staffing a specialized inpatient program for the treatment of PTSD, addictions, and other mental health concerns. Warriors in Heart will have a fully licensed comprehensive family therapy and family reunification program for our veterans. All therapy programs will be staffed by state licensed medical and mental health care providers.
We owe each other the opportunity to take care of our own. The 'system' has allowed many to be left behind. Many have unsuccessfully tried to endure and make adjustments on their own. Sadly, many have fallen through the cracks of the system. Suicide numbers are growing daily. WE NEED YOUR HELP! We can and will make a difference. Together, we will help restore our brothers and sisters to lead more productive and peaceful lives. We will help them reconnect with the things that matter most to them such as family, friends, and themselves!
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Quiet, of course, it adheres to
The cracks of waste-pipes, velvets,
Velours them; an enriching
Unnatural ruff swathing the urban ‘manifestation’:
The urban nature is basemented, semi-dark:
It musts, it is alone.
John Silkin, Penguin Modern Poets 7
In the places that have most recently been abandoned to returning nature – such as disused car parks and the various hard standings from newly failed enterprise – we have found the first pioneering clumps of dark green moss. Somehow, these most ancient of botanical life-forms have found the most fragile of germinative footholds for their diminutive spores – often within the shallowest cracks created by fluctuations of heat or by settling of the ground.
It is thus the brave mosses that are the first to re-vivify the sterility of such terrain.
Favouring the dank (and low levels of light) these pioneering plants – known as bryophytes – began a very similar enterprise some 65,000,000 years ago; leaving the ancient seas to break ground across the barren land … and it was the dead, damp, mosses that made the first soils for the vascular plants that subsequently spread their living carpets across the earth.
Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm (0.4–4 in) tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations. They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems. At certain times mosses produce spore capsules which may appear as beak-like capsules borne aloft on thin stalks.
Botanically, mosses are bryophytes, or non-vascular plants. They differ from ‘higher’ plants by not having internal water-bearing vessels or veins, and no flowers and therefore no fruits, cones or seeds. They are small (a few centimeters tall) and herbaceous (nonwoody) and absorb water and nutrients through their leaves. Mosses have stems which may be simple or branched and upright or lax, simple leaves that often have midribs, roots (rhizoids) that anchor them to their substrate, and spore-bearing capsules on long stems. They harvest sunlight to create food through photosynthesis. Mosses do not absorb water or nutrients from their substrate through their roots, so while mosses often grow on trees, they are never parasitic on the tree.
They can be distinguished from the similar liverworts by their multi-cellular rhizoids. Also, in most mosses, the spore-bearing capsule enlarges and matures after its stalk elongates, while in liverworts the capsule enlarges and matures before its stalk elongates. Other differences are not universal for all mosses and all liverworts, but the presence of a clearly differentiated stem with simple-shaped, ribbed leaves – without deeply lobed or segmented leaves and not arranged in three ranks – all point to the plant being a moss.
There are approximately 12,000 species of moss classified in the Bryophyta.
Moss is often considered a weed in grass lawns, but is deliberately encouraged to grow under aesthetic principles exemplified by Japanese gardening. Moss is thought to add a sense of calm, age, and stillness to a garden scene.
A passing fad for moss-collecting in the late 19th century led to the establishment of mosseries in many British and American gardens. The mossery was typically constructed out of slatted wood, with a flat roof, open to the north side (maintaining shade). Samples of moss were installed in the cracks between wood slats. The whole mossery would then be regularly moistened to maintain growth.

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Handcrafted ceramic lighted oyster shell Christmas tree with starfish topper. Each tree is a handcrafted work of art by Virginia artist Kevin Collins and will vary slightly in size and shape. Change the color of the tree lights by using a colored bulb. Stands approximately 14 inches tall and 9 inches wide at base of tree. On/off switch on 6 foot lamp cord. A beautiful Christmas decor item for your beach and coastal home!
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More Jobs, But Unemployment Rate Holds Steady
5.9% rate second-lowest among neighboring states to Ohio
Aug. 18, 2014
Indiana added jobs last month, but the unemployment rate held steady.
July's unemployment rate was 5.9% according to the Department of Workforce Development, the same as the rate in June. The rate didn't budge even though the state created 9,900 private sector jobs, continuing the state's trend of job growth outside government. "5,500 of those jobs were in manufacturing, which led the nation," said department spokesman Joe Frank, adding that the state has added more than 66,000 jobs in the private sector over the last year. The nation's unemployment rate last month was 6.2%.
What kept the unemployment rate from falling was the growth in the number of people looking for work. "Over the past year, our labor force has increased by roughly 54,000 individuals, which is a completely different story than Illinois and Ohio, which have seen their labor forces decrease by more than 100,000 each," Frank said. Ohio still had the lowest unemployment rate among neighboring states at 5.7%, with Indiana's lower than Illinois (6.8%), Kentucky (7.4%) and Michigan (7.7%). As for why the labor force is increasing, "most of these folks recently graduated from college, but we have actually seen it in a lot of different areas. Hoosiers have seen that people are going back to work and that jobs are available," Frank said.
Total non-farm employment fell by 600 jobs in July, with job losses reported in government and professional and development services. But Frank says they don't believe that's a firm number. "School calendar have been flexed over the years, and schools are starting and ending at different times than in the past, so it's more a reflection of the actual trend that an actual loss of jobs over the past month," said Frank.


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Numi Organic Black Tea Blend Chocolate Puerh -- 16 Tea Bags
This tea has a wonderfully rich flavor. I use it as a coffee substitute some mornings or as an afternoon treat.
May 26, 2014
Good but pricey
This tea has a very mild taste. I expected a more 'chocolatey' taste and a stronger tea. This just tastes like a very watered down hot chocolate. However it tastes pretty good if you use 2 bags instead of one. The downside is that it is very expensive for the amount that you get.
May 3, 2014
hits the spot
I adore this tea. It's chocolaty, rich, and satisfies my craving for a dessert. Perfect late afternoon pick me up!
April 12, 2014
My husband showed an interest in tasting a chocolate tea and so we gave this one a shot and yep it's a keeper. The taste is very mellow and not a strong tea at all. We also like the fact we can trust the Numi brand for good quality teas. It's very pleasant to brew the cup of tea and close your eyes and hold the cup close to your nose and just take in the aroma that comes from the steam of the hot tea...ummmmm yummmy good.
April 8, 2014
An amazing tea!
This tea is so delicious! I usually heat up some milk on the stove and then steep a bag. It is a great midafternoon snack without all the calories! I've tried it with water before, but it justs reminds me of a watered down hot chocolate. :/
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Essential Driving Skills and Recovery TechniquesAuthor: Pepper, RobertCode: 61767Price:AU $22.74
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The 20 Best Tours around the Melbourne RegionAuthor: Robert Pepper and Muriel PepperCode: 57628Price:AU $32.49
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Includes 20 treks within a 2 hour of the city. Trek notes are accompanied by accurate full-colour maps, and snippets about local history and wildlife add colour and interest to the 4WD experience. Over 100 full-colour photos complement the text and provide a clear sense of the features on each trek.
The 26 Best Tours across the Australian AlpsAuthor: Lewis, Craig and Savage, CathyCode: 51597Price:AU $32.49
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4WD Treks of the High Country will lead readers through twenty-six of the best four-wheel drive touring destinations in both the Victorian and New South Wales alpine region.
The 25 Best Tours around the Brisbane RegionAuthor: Lancaster, DanielleCode: 51483Price:AU $32.49
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Explore the very best off-road destinations in the Brisbane region with the newly updated 2nd Edition of 4WD Treks Close to Brisbane. Includes detailed track descriptions, things to do and see along with details on picnic and camping areas.
The 25 Best Tours Around the Sydney RegionAuthor: Craig Lewis and Cathy SavageCode: 36056Price:AU $32.49
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Boiling Billys bestselling 4WD Treks Close to Sydney is now in its 6th edition and in the new A4 format. With 85,000 plus copies sold in previous editions, this title continues to be the ultimate guide for 4WDers wishing to explore the surrounds of Sydney.
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The LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 1 contains step-by-step building instructions for building 10 LEGO vehicles. With just one group of LEGO bricks, readers will be able to build any of the 10 models included in the book. Readers will be gradually introduced to more advanced building techniques as they progress from the easy-to-build Go-Kart to the ......
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4WD Touring South East New South Wales and East Gippsland is an indispensable travelling companion to twenty of the best four-wheel drive touring adventures in this scenic region, which straddles the New South Wales/Victorian border. Readers will find a great selection of day trips...
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Fourth revised edition of guide to 4-wheel drive vehicles that evaluates which vehicle performs best in certain conditions, such as snow, ice, or sand. Also includes advice on planning expeditions and useful equipment. Details all vehicles currently available and lists contact addresses for clubs and suppliers.
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Whether youre thinking about buying a 4-wheel drive vehicle or are already an experienced 4WDer, there is something in this complete guide for you. Learn how to drive on snow, ice, rocks, mud and hills, plus how to choose and use off-road tires, winches and other specialty gear. Every 4WD owner should own this handy book.

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Local parents take on new duty: principal
- Todd Murphy
- Portland Tribune - News
Plans crop up around city for quasischools during proposed hiatus
They sat in church pews and in semicircles on the carpeted church floor. Suddenly, they became de facto school board members and school principals.
What should we pay our teachers? Do we have to pay Social Security? What about health benefits? Liability insurance?
What should our teachers teach? Where do we get the materials they need?
Close to 100 parents of students at Glencoe Elementary School in Southeast Portland had gathered at Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church to talk about educating their elementary school children this spring. Their mission was to decide how to give them what the Portland school district apparently will not: a complete school year.
'That's what we do,' said parent Jeanine Sullivan. 'We take care of our kids.'
Similar what-can-we-do parent discussions have sprouted in the last couple of weeks throughout Portland Ñ most often in Portland's middle-class or upper middle-class neighborhoods.
With a mixture of frustration, anger and ambition, the parents are trying to start impromptu private 'schools' to operate in the month after the Portland school district year is scheduled to end in mid-May Ñ four weeks early because of district budget cuts.
The parent groups have focused on individual schools, or sometimes specific grades or classrooms in individual schools. They've tried to secure churches or other community group buildings for space. And in many cases, they're trying to contract with Portland district teachers Ñ who would be paid by the parents Ñ to teach the classes.
'Frankly, this state's decided to leave all children behind (in their education),' said Anita Tabb, a mother of a Lincoln High school sophomore, who is helping to arrange chemistry and math classes taught by Lincoln teachers. 'And I'll be damned if they're going to leave mine behind.'
'As parents, we cannot accept the fact that our children are not being educated,' said Thompson Morrison, a Glencoe parent who helped organize that community of parents. 'So we have to do what we can.'
The efforts aren't universally praised.
Some Portland teachers and others question the fairness of students in richer neighborhoods getting a chance to attend the special schools, while students in most poor neighborhoods won't have the same opportunities.
And, even within some neighborhoods Ñ especially on Portland's west side, according to at least one critic Ñ some students and families are being excluded from the impromptu private schools.
'I am finding that in more affluent neighborhoods Ñ and particularly, but not exclusively, on the west side Ñ activist parents are É making agreements with teachers and handpicking who will be in those classes,' said Janet Bauer, the coordinator of CitySchool, a special school for children during the furlough that is being coordinated by the Mt. Scott Learning Centers. 'It does not seem like it's being constructive to the community as a whole. É There's a sense that the fabric of the community is sort of breaking down.'
But Bauer also praised some of the efforts Ñ including those of the Glencoe parents, who are hoping to have parents subsidize the fee for their monthlong school for Glencoe parents who can't afford it.
'That is visionary,' Bauer said.
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Portland school district officials declined requests by some of the parent groups to lease school buildings during the furlough Ñ in part because of concerns that only some buildings might be open, in neighborhoods where parents could afford to lease them, said school district spokeswoman Brenda Gustafson.
District officials don't oppose the furlough schools, she said. 'Any time you can help a child to maintain their education, the district would be supportive,' Gustafson said.
But district officials are working with other community agencies to help a wider group of students during the furlough.
'We have an obligation to every student in our district Ñ not just a few,' she said.
None of the organizers of the furlough schools have solidified their plans. And there remain a host of questions and potential obstacles.
A Portland teachers strike, which could come as early as March 10, would derail the plans. Teachers on strike duty could not teach for anyone during a strike. And a strike that was settled by the end of April or in early May, for instance, might negate the need for the schools; it could lead to regular school resuming for the rest of the school year.
Many teachers considering whether to participate in the schools worry about liability coverage against lawsuits that the school district and the teachers' union provides for them during the regular school year. Some parents hope the liability insurance coverage of the churches where they hope to hold classes Ñ or a rider that could be added to the churches' insurance Ñ could cover teachers. But most parent groups aren't certain of that yet.
Parents and teachers also wonder whether they can use the regular school curriculum or educational materials from their classrooms.
Ann Nice, president of the Portland Association of Teachers, said the union would not tell teachers what they can do during the furlough and has no official position on whether teachers should teach at the schools. 'These circumstances are kind of new,' she said, adding that 'some teachers don't know what to say' when parents approach them about the schools.
Sue Wilcox, a fifth-grade teacher at Northeast Portland's Alameda Elementary, has decided to teach her students during the furlough Ñ but is doing it on the condition that the students and parents take the classes seriously, that she would teach her standard curriculum and that all her students could participate. 'I'm really not interested in being a private teacher for a group of elite parents who can pay me to teach their kids,' she said.
Money is an issue
For parents, money still remains the largest question. Until they know how many parents might be interested, the parent groups don't know what the cost per family might be Ñ and leaders of many of the groups aren't sure what they should offer the teachers in pay.
Debbie Asakawa, a mother of a fifth-grader at Southwest Portland's Bridlemile Elementary School, said parents organizing a furlough school for the school's fifth-graders are planning to ask parents for $12 to $17 per day for a five-hour-a-day, three-day-a-week school.
Like parents at Glencoe, Bridlemile parents would help pay for Bridlemile families who could not afford the fee, Asakawa said.
'Most of the parents who talked to me said they would only participate if all the kids could,' she said.
But even such subsidized systems don't help students attending schools in Portland's poorer neighborhoods.
'I'm not criticizing the parents,' Nice said of the private efforts. 'But they can afford to go ahead and really have their children not lose any education. But what about those areas Ñ and there are many more of those areas in the city Ñ where that's not an option?'
It's the sort of equity question that has badgered the Portland school district Ñ like most school districts Ñ for years. And it continues to bother at least some of the parents who are working to extend the school year for their own children.
Melanie Quinn, a Beaverton teacher who has a child in Wilcox's Alameda class, said Alameda parents plan to help poorer Alameda parents pay the fee.
Still, she said: 'There's a real sadness and almost a guilt on my part that we're doing this for our children, and I wish we could do this for the whole city. But you also want to take care of your child. And your child needs a whole year of school.'


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Nick Clegg has backed the initiative to stop Brits from joining the Syria conflict, warning that the return of radicalised fighters from Syria was "now one of the biggest security threats we face as a country".
"I don't think we should under-estimate the gravity of this now," the Deputy Prime Minister said during his weekly phone-in on LBC radio.
"The security threat to us as a country - on British streets, British towns, British cities, British communities - from people going to Syria and coming back radicalised with violent intentions is now one of the biggest security threats we face as a country.
"It is something the Prime Minister, myself and other members of the Government are very focused on so of course I support the work of the security services and the police."
More top news
David Clarke was arrested after a four-hour standoff in which two members of staff were taken hostage. Both escaped unharmed.
New York's attorney general launched the civil rights investigation after dozens of women accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment.
Ibrahim Hussein appeared in one of the terror group's propaganda videos warning of attacks on Italy and Turkey.


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Watching numerous innovations that were shown during the Kenya Innovation Week (KiW 2022) under the theme: "Connecting Innovators Locally", which took place early this month, it was a clear indication that, indeed, we are living at a time when technological, generational, and social shifts are influencing our economy.
It was a clear reminder that the time has come for us to start turning our ideas into innovation.
And we need to look into how best we can use it for economic growth in Kenya and globally.
Inventions like mobile money have significantly impacted economic growth in the past 20 years.
But, like wireless communication and mobile money inventions, emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain 3D printing have come with their disruptions.
In the process, they impact the economy.
AI is now showing promise in virtually every sector. For example, we are already seeing how AI has enabled credit scoring, which is essential in lending without collateral.
As a result, it is improving productivity and greater inclusivity.
Although everybody can come up with an idea, only some dare to go beyond the conception stage.
Further, every idea's application needs some context to flourish. Concepts based on emerging technologies have a more significant impact.
For example, a carpenter looking to introduce an innovative piece of furniture can leverage 3D printing to print prototypes and cut costs.
Our role is to continue coming up with new applications for these technologies.
Some concepts may be excellent, and others may not. But that is how creativity and innovation work.
Failure is part of the innovation process. We can learn from Thomas Edison. He attempted to invent the light bulb more than a thousand times, but he didn't view that as a failure.
A reporter asked him, "How does it feel to fail 1,000 times?" He said: "I have not failed 10,000 times. I've successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work."
Since Edison, we have learnt that we can reduce the number of failures before success comes through.
Countries with an innovation framework have higher success rates in moving their ideas into successive innovations.
Some innovations demand considerable resources for developing human resource capacity and research work.
Further, they nourish their startups with public and private venture capital (VC) funding.
As a result, they can take advantage of contextual issues such as Covid-19 to rapidly come up with a solution to the problem.
Kenya's 2012 Science, Technology, and Innovation Act gave rise to two key agencies.
The National Research Fund (NRF) and the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KNIA).
These two agencies and research institutions form part of the national innovation framework.
But they need to be visible. While research institutions were supposed to produce the talent pool, manage the pipeline, and develop innovation zones and acceleration centres, they dropped the ball.
As a result, the industry is disappointed with our graduates. Moreover, the course offering is still in the 19th century while we are in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
On the other hand, the private sector is yet to acknowledge the few accelerators we have at most institutions of higher learning.
As a result, the little venture capital that local Kenyans receive is mainly from the outside.
We must establish collaborations to ensure VC funding goes to those who need it most and have a viable idea.
President William Ruto's appeal for people to embrace creativity and innovation in his Jamhuri Day Speech comes at the right time.
The fourth industrial revolution technologies are beginning to impact society.
The President's promise to support startups with VC funding solidifies Kenya's innovation framework.
We need to borrow ideas on how to strengthen our framework.
For example, while visiting the European Chambers of Commerce in Brussels, I learnt that the organization has a significant role in skills development.
At the EU level, the organization campaigns for vocational education and training that combines apprenticeship schemes with academic learning at secondary and tertiary levels.
Euro-chambers actively participate in the discussion of educational and training policies. And it is involved in several technical committees on skills, qualifications, and training at the EU level.
Additionally, it strongly supports improved apprenticeship programs and more precise skill projections.
As a result, institutions of higher learning revise their curriculum regularly to foster innovation and relevance to the market. It is these interactions that lead to forecasting future skills the industry requires.
Kenya is making progress in building a robust innovation framework. But in the meantime, people must commit to turning every idea into an innovation.
ALSO READ: No innovation can solve firm's broken values
Success demands tenacity but before starting an innovation journey, spend time searching for a good idea or changing existing products within your environment.
Learning from Edison, he was tired of using lanterns that were prevalent at the time. There are ways we can use to narrow the search for successful innovations.
The writer is Kenya’s Ambassador to Belgium, Mission to the European Union, Organization of African Caribbean and Pacific States and World Customs Organization. The article is written at a personal level.


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Instant Disco History, Vol.1
Voggue - Dancin' The Night Away (6:18) Atlantic 1981
Two Canadian sisters, affecting a vapid image that simultaneously conjured the brittle fashion of the Dynasty uber-bitches and the hair-dont's of heavy metal rockers Poison, somehow delivered an elegant and elegial tome to disco culture, then being dismantled as disco, homophobia and "gay cancer" began their solemn pas de trois.
Breezy, jazzy, chugging and mid-tempo, a quintessential summer record, the track was a full-stop rebellion against the 136 bpm hi-NRG anthems crowding that period's dance chart. Therefore, "Dancin' The Night Away" was a guaranteed floor killer and many DJs would only play it early in the evening. However, the so late it's really the next day gay club scene was having a love affair with dreamy slow disco tracks and "Dancin'" became an eventual pillar of many morning music sets. This track was produced by another Canuck duo, the husband/wife team of Denis & Denyse LePage, better known in discoland as Lime, about whom I'll doubtless write at some time. Even to this day, in their production I hear the early echoes of Madonna's "True Blue", which followed "Dancin'" five years later.
My circle of friends so adored this song, that we actually invented a specific dance for it that we would perform in a half-circle on the edge of the Parliament House dance floor, ignoring the rolled eyes of the hi-NRG queens, impatiently clutching their amyl bottles. (Here's where you visualize the 22 year old Joe doing his "Dancin' The Night Away" dance.)
Voggue followed up "Dancin'" with "Love Buzz" an uninspired copycat record that nonetheless garnered a decent audience. It remains unknown to me whether the extra "g" in Voggue was an affectation or the result of threatened legal action from the magazine of the same name. For some reason, we seemed to speculate on this quite a bit. (I know
Looking back at the lyrics from the distance of 24 years, my own gay Da Vinci Code finds ominous prediction in the simple words. Retroactively finding tragic portent in the lyrics of disco songs would become a sobering hobby of mine, once fully engulfed in the Plague Years.
Saw you on the dance floor
Telling me you wanna go
As we danced the night away
I wanted you to stay

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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Unions denounce police charges against them in La Línea
(Photo & source: EuropaSur) Some ten union representatives went to the Juzgado de Instrucción in La Línea this morning to present a denuncia against the National Police carried out yesterday when municipal workers were demonstrating against their not having been paid their salaries. One union delegate said that the Police charge against them was 'brutal' and that it occurred about 900 metres from the frontier with Gibraltar. They are also asking for the resignation of the Government Sub-Delegate for the Province of Cádiz, José Saucedo and the Genetral Coordinator for the Central Government in the Campo de Gibraltar, José Andrés Hoyo. The unions have declared that, while a general strike has been called off, daily protests will continue at least until December 5th, "to see if we get paid by then." (See more in a sneak preview of CampoPulse).

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At the corner of Aline Avenue in the MLK neighborhood stands a dead end sign. It’s a poignant reminder of what the raging Red River is leaving in its wake for areas across Shreveport. "Hopefully, we have a chance." Donald Bailey’s family has been watching the water rise over the last few days, only to consume their neighbor’s homes, and creep dangerously close to their own. "If it gets any worse, we’re going to have to get the kids out of here. We have three, four kids in the house."Property
City officials are asking residents coping with flooding to document as much as possible, as soon as the water recedes and it’s safe to return home.


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Future Combat Air System: UK and France move ahead
The UK and France have announced a £1.54bn project to build a prototype of the Future Combat Air System. The next-generation UAV programme builds on the successful £120m joint feasibility study undertaken after the last UK- France Summit in 2014. With full scale development of prototypes set to begin in 2017, Claire Apthorp takes a look at the requirements for the UAV and ask what the two countries are hoping to gain from it.
Paris Air Show 2015 –sun shines but not on big ticket items
While the sun made a very welcome appearance at Le Bourget for this year’s Paris Air Show, big ticket sales of military aerospace equipment did not. Sales were markedly dominated by Airbus and Boeing on the commercial side, with military sales – and even the big defence players themselves – significantly fewer and farther between that ever before.
JLENS: controversial spy blimp takes to the skies
On 27 December, the US Army’s newest aerial surveillance asset took to the skies over Maryland on the US East Coast. Talk to the army, and JLENS is a tethered aerostat that floats 10,000ft in the air carrying powerful radar systems to provide defensive radar coverage over an area roughly the size of Texas; talk to the sceptics, and JLENS is a giant ‘spy blimp’, being launched into the skies above Washington DC to the detriment of personal privacy. So – which is it? Claire Apthorp reports.
The Mothership – UAV swarms inspire research into flying aircraft carriers
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have already transformed military operations but an ambitious new project from DARPA could take the capability even further by deploying a cooperative, connected, mother ship-launched swarm. Claire Apthorp reports on the significant progress already made in the quest to launch UAV inspired ‘aircraft carriers in the sky’.
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Hypersonic MUSTARD and the piggy-back Fighter Jet: BAE’s forgotten aircraft
Over the years BAE Systems has produced many of the most iconic and game changing defence technologies but not all have made it past the drawing board. To celebrate the opening of a new heritage centre the company has released an astounding series of retro-designs.
Russia will not deliver Yak-130 fighter jets to Syria
Russia will not deliver a previously agreed order of 40 Yak-130 fighter planes to Syria, according to a senior Russian official.
Syrian MiG-21 fighter pilot defects to Jordan
A Syrian fighter pilot has landed has a Russian-built MiG-21 fighter jet at the King Hussein military airbase in the north of Jordan and been granted political asylum.
Government defence spending reached $1.7bn in 2011
Government defence spending reached $1.738bn dollars in 2011 according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Unmanned revolution – how companies are aiding UAV progress
The unmanned aerial systems industry remains strong, as it adapts to support the requirements of global armed forces. Berenice Baker talks to BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and Elbit Systems about their latest developments and how they work with the military to fulfil their needs.


text: May is Mental Health Month, and employee mental health is an important workforce consideration. According to the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, 30 to 40 percent of us will experience some form of mental health concern in our lifetime. Most people can (and do) recover from mental illness with the right treatment and support. Employers can create proactive initiatives to combat lost productivity among employees who experience mental health issues. Last May, Clare Miller, Director of the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, wrote a piece for EARN|Exchange blog on the importance of fostering mental health in the workplace. Read the full post and learn why “Employers Can’t Afford to Ignore Mental Health” and view EARN’s archived webinar on this topic. For more information and employer resources, visit www.AskEARN.org.


Editorial: Lansing city attorney deal is bad business
Taxpayers have a right to know how their tax dollars are being spent.
Or at the very least the people taxpayers elect to represent them should know how a government’s money is being spent.
That knowledge is proving elusive for the Lansing City Council, which is trying to get answers on the $160,000 separation agreement the city administration negotiated with former city attorney Janene McIntyre.
The settlement between McIntyre and the city contains a non-disclosure clause that prohibits either side from making comment that “could disparage or damage the reputation, goodwill, business or standing the community” of the other party.
This is not uncommon language in legal settlements. Yet lack of disclosure does raise concerns about the impetus for McIntyre’s departure. The official line is McIntyre, who was hired as city attorney in March 2013, left the city to pursue new opportunities. If that’s the case, why pay her more than the $33,000 she was entitled to for unused vacation, sick time and personal hours?
There may be good reasons. Mayor Virg Bernero, his staff and the outside counsel he hired to negotiate the agreement are the only ones who know for sure. That’s why the decision to circumvent the city council is bad business.
McIntyre was appointed by Bernero and approved by the city council. The city attorney works for both the administration and the council. The council should have been apprised of the details of the settlement before it was administered. Then council members would have been able to assure their constituents that the outcome was in the best interest of the city.
Instead, the council is left with unanswered questions – some that may never be answered because of the non-disclosure clause. Should the city council keep pressing for answers on McIntyre’s departure? At Monday’s council meeting, Councilwoman Jody Washington said, “I’ll ask the question everybody is asking, ‘What are you hiding?’”
Washington is right. That is the overarching question the people of Lansing want answered. Personnel situations must be handled with a level of professionalism and sensitivity. But settlement clauses agreeing to no lawsuits and assessing fines for disclosing details raise serious questions.
By signing the agreement without discussing it with City Council first – which would have been legal under the Michigan Open Meetings Act – Bernero and his advisers have thwarted the council’s ability to perform due diligence on this matter. State law does not allow closed session on a settlement that’s already signed. And Bernero’s executive assistant Randy Hannan limited his answers to council questions, citing attorney client priviledge and employee privacy during a public committee meeting on March 21. Bernero owes Lansing taxpayers better behavior. Such backdoor dealings are unacceptable and must not be repeated.
– An LSJ editorial
An earlier version of this editorial incorrectly stated that Randy Hannan used a nondisparagement clause and its potential $10,000 penalty as a reason for not answering all of council's questions about Janene McIntyre's departure. He cited employee privacy and attorney client privilege. The clause, which is part of the settlement agreement signed by McIntyre and Bernero, prevents the mayor, Hannan and two other city executives, Chad Gamble and Angela Bennett, from communicating anything that might be construed as damaging McIntyre’s reputation or goodwill and also prevents McIntyre from communication that could be harmful to the city.


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F4 racer Monger in induced coma after amputation
British Formula 4 driver Billy Monger is in an induced coma after the Donington Park crash that led to the amputation of his lower legs.
The 17-year-old suffered the horrific injury on Sunday in a high-speed accident in the final F4 race of the weekend, and it took almost two hours to extricate him from the car.
Monger was airlifted to Queen’s Medical Centre, and placed in an induced coma while undergoing surgery.
A statement from the series said Monger’s condition was “critical but stable” and that his vital signs “are showing progress”.
He is expected to be woken up in the next few days.
The statement read: “Billy’s family would like to express their gratitude for the first-class medical attention given by Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and take this opportunity to thank the medical teams, marshals, extrication crews and air ambulance staff for their skilled response and hard work.
“Furthermore, they would like to thank Billy’s colleagues, friends, fans and everyone who has demonstrated their affection for him over the past few days. These messages help give the great strength needed for the recovery process that lies ahead.
“The F4 community and wider motorsport world will no doubt be saddened by this news, but are asked to respect the family’s wish for privacy during this difficult time.”
A fundraising page on JustGiving, available here, was set up on Wednesday by Monger’s JHR Developments team boss Steven Hunter to assist Monger’s rehabilitation.
More than £80,000 has been raised within hours of its creation.
Patrik Pasma, the driver of the car Monger hit, was taken to the same medical facility after the crash but was released on Monday without any serious injuries.
Monger loses both lower legs after Donington F4 crash
Monger woken up from coma after amputations


Remember how frustrating it was, the last time you looked for a job, to carefully craft a resume and cover letter for each opening that seemed like a good fit, then send them along to prospective employers and hear … nothing? Maybe you even got past the phone-screening stage to an in-person interview, or more than one, that you thought went really well. And then you waited. And waited.
And heard … crickets.
Maddening, wasn’t it? For one thing, being left to twist in the wind makes it hard to know how to respond to other offers. (What if you accept a position at your second-choice XYZ Corp., and then get the nod from Ostrich Enterprises, where you really want to work?) Beyond that, letting someone know whether they got the job or not is just common courtesy, isn’t it?
Courtesy, yes, but common? Not so much. Almost all (92.5%) job candidates want companies to let them know where they stand, even if they didn’t get the job, says LinkedIn’s Talent Trends 2015 survey of more than 20,000 professionals in 29 countries. Yet only about one in three (34%) ever hear back one way or the other.
That’s bad for business in a few different ways. “Everyone you communicate with, but then don’t hire, is not only someone you might want to hire in the future, but also a potential customer,” notes Brendan Browne, LinkedIn’s global vice president of talent acquisition. “And they talk to their friends about their experience with you. Do you really want to treat them badly?”
To illustrate his point, Browne offers this bit of math: The average big company conducts about 15,000 interviews of external candidates per year and, of those, hires 5,000 or so. Since LinkedIn’s research suggests that at least one-third of the 10,000 people you decided not to hire are offended because they never heard back from you, “the average company decreases the size of its future talent pool by 3,000 every year,” Browne says. “And that doesn’t count the damage to your employment brand from those people telling their friends — in person and, even worse, on social media — how inconsiderate you were.”
The simple fix: End the radio silence. Browne estimates that LinkedIn turns down about 20,000 job hopefuls annually, and he says each one gets either an email or a phone call saying yea or nay within 48 hours of a hiring manager’s decision. The company uses online net promoter scores to measure its reputation with recent candidates, says Browne, “and we want our score to be as high, or higher, among people we didn’t hire as among those we did.”
Hiring managers, who are usually already overloaded, may fear that getting back to every interviewee will take up inordinate amounts of time but, notes Browne, “it doesn’t need to be a long conversation. People just want to know yes or no.”
True. Just as an experiment, try this: Write a brief, general email, similar to an old-fashioned form letter, thanking the candidate for his or her time and stating that, while you’ve filled the job in question, you’d appreciate the chance to keep in touch in case similar opportunities come along later.
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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Amanda Hatfield and Sydney Jackman scored two goals apiece and the Marshwood High School girls soccer continued its push for a top-two tournament seed on Wednesday, surging past Biddeford 7-0.
The Hawks pushed their record to 9-2-1 in Western Maine Class A with two games remaining in the regular season.
Marshwood got other goals from Natalie Dubois, Molly Ferguson and Megan McLean. The team also got assists in the win from Jackman, Ferguson, Dubois, Reagan Nichols and Hannah Fife.
Haily Tarr also played well for Marshwood, which travels to McAuley High School on Friday.
WELLS, Maine — Elora McCuddy scored two goals and the Rangers topped Class B Wells to improve to 6-5-1 in Western Maine Class C.
McCuddy scored Traip’s first goal off an assist from Haley Pereira. Freshman Emma Auclair got the team’s second goal off a feed from Sadie Humiston, and McCuddy later gave Traip a 3-1 edge on an unassisted rush.
Traip goalie Lynn Moore made 13 saves.
Pingree School 4
Berwick Academy 0
HAMILTON, Mass. — Pingree scored in the 18th minute and held from there in prep school action. Berwick dropped to 6-3-1 while Pingree improved to 8-1-1.
MANCHESTER — The Blue Devils couldn’t keep pace with league power Derryfield (11-2), falling to 7-7 in Division IV. Epping goalie Kayla MacLeod made six saves in defeat.
Phillips Exeter 4
EXETER — Berwick goalie Ian Randle faced 20 shots as the Bulldogs dropped to 2-9-1 on the season with this prep school defeat. PEA moved to 8-2-2.
Nashua North 0
EXETER — Junior Jenny King scored two goals and the Blue Hawks improved to 7-5-1 on the season with this Division I win.
Senior Jordan Teixeira and junior Emma Brown also scored for the Hawks. Sophomore goalie Kate Pigsley made 10 saves for the shutout.
Bishop Guertin 1
HAMPTON — Kendall Markland scored on a rebound from in close to get Winnacunnet on the board and Maddie Holt put the Cardinals away with three goals, including two in the second half.
Winnacunnet improved to 11-2 in Division I. Goalie McKenzie Jackson made five saves. Sophia Cheever added an assist for WHS.
North Yarmouth 0
YORK — Kara Kelly scored the game’s lone goal with one minute remaining in the first half. The Wildcats did not allow a North Yarmouth shot on goal and closed their regular season at 14-0 in Western Maine Class B.
KEENE — Jessica Peirce and Chelsea deRochemont combined for 25 digs and the Blue Hawks topped Keene in game scores of 25-20, 25-11, 16-25, 25-12.
Exeter improved to 9-6 in Division I.
EPPING — The Blue Devils swept the Hillcats behind a 25-5 win in Game 2. Alissa Croteau piled up six digs and 10 assists and Epping improved to 8-5 in Division III.
Epping won the first game 25-21 and closed the match with a 25-16 win in Game 3. Ryen Gallagher had five aces, two kills and four digs and the Blue Devils also got a strong night from Sophia Randall, who added seven aces, four kills and four digs.
Berwick wins at Stow Acres
BOLTON, Mass. — Luc Linemayr shot a team-best 37, tying his No. 1 match, and the Berwick Academy golf team defeated host Bancroft, 5½ to ½ at Stow Acres Golf Course on Wednesday.
Sam Zimmerman (36), Brennan Santaniello (39), Garrett McDonald (44), Connor Ronan (43) and Matt Marino-Babcock (42) each won their matches for the Bulldogs.
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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Portsmouth High School reserve boys soccer team improved to 9-5 on the season with this win. Casey Segal scored two goals and the Clippers got one apiece from Zach Witham and Dillon Chase in the victory.

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Thursday, Sept 17th, 2009
The U.S. intelligence community is reporting to the White House that Iran has not restarted its nuclear-weapons development program, two counterproliferation officials tell NEWSWEEK. U.S. agencies had previously said that Tehran halted the program in 2003.
The officials, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information, said that U.S. intelligence agencies have informed policymakers at the White House and other agencies that the status of Iranian work on development and production of a nuclear bomb has not changed since the formal National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s “Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities” in November 2007. Public portions of that report stated that U.S. intelligence agencies had “high confidence” that, as of early 2003, Iranian military units were pursuing development of a nuclear bomb, but that in the fall of that year Iran “halted its nuclear weapons program.” The document said that while U.S. agencies believed the Iranian government “at a minimum is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons,” U.S. intelligence as of mid-2007 still had “moderate confidence” that it had not restarted weapons-development efforts.
One of the two officials said that the Obama administration has now worked out a system in which intelligence agencies provide top policymakers, including the president, with regular updates on intelligence judgments like the conclusions in the 2007 Iran NIE. According to the two officials, the latest update to policymakers has been that as of now—two years after the period covered by the 2007 NIE—U.S. intelligence agencies still believe Iran has not resumed nuclear-weapons development work. “That’s the conclusion, but it’s one that—like every other—is constantly checked and reassessed, both to take account of new information and to test old assumptions,” one of the officials told NEWSWEEK. It is not clear whether U.S. agencies’ confidence in this judgment has grown at all since the 2007 statement.
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The respected thespain won the prestigious Industry Merit Award at the ninth edition of the AMVCA, which took place in Lagos on Saturday, May 20.
In a heartfelt post on her Instagram page, Patience Ozokwo acknowledged the significant sacrifices her children have made for the sake of her career.
She noted that throughout her acting career, her children had to endure long periods without her presence due to her demanding acting schedule.
She also revealed that her daughter had served as her manager in the past and continues to be her associate manager to this day.
Speaking further, Patience Ozokwo reflected on the early days of her career, emphasizing the absence of social media and how success was solely dependent on talent, humility, word of mouth, and trust.
“LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD! When we started in the industry there was no social media and so many other luxuries we enjoy now. Progress was completely dependent on your talent, humility, word of mouth and trust.
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Blackstone raises $15.6bn buyout fund
Blackstone on Tuesday completed fund raising for the worldâ€™s largest buyout fund, attracting a record $15.6bn (â‚¬12.2bn), a figure that may set a high water mark in the current frenzied round of private equity fund raising.
Blackstone is known to have revised its fund raising target on at least two occasions. Earlier this year, it had looked to finalise fund raising at about $13bn but then went back to investors to seek permission to grow the fund to more than $15bn.
Blackstone said several â€œsignificant investmentsâ€? had already been committed to its new fund, including VNU, the Netherlands media business, Michaels Stores, the US arts and crafts retailer, as well as a small minority stake in Deutsche Telekom.


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TFL has published a write up on the Buick Envision, as well as an "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know" on the 2016 Buick Envision.
The Envision is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that produces 252 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque. That engine is connected to a 6-speed automatic transmission. Start/Stop technology contributes to the engine's efficiency, and Buick's first active Twin Clutch AWD system will strengthen the crossover's performance in a variety of road conditions.
TFL has positive impressions of the interior, although it's worth noting that they haven't actually driven an Envision yet.
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