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Hi, I’m Joan Aparicio Casamada, level designer of DEEXIT and game developer of SandBloom Studio! How are you?
It’s been a while since we started DEEXIT development and we improved all of our processes and the tools we use to design every part of the game. One key part of our process now is BLOCKING!
Blocking, Blockout, Greyboxing… this process has a lot of names, and that is because everyone does it their own way and uses this process for different purposes. For me, Blocking refers to the process of creating a simple 3D layout of the level. This allows all the team to have an idea of the size of the level and how it feels to walk through it. Once the Blocking is done, it’s easier for the graphic artists to model the ambient assets and the props respecting scale they will need to have in the final version of the level. For me, the next part of the process is Greyboxing. This is the phase in which I prototype a puzzle or a stealth zone and test if it feels well and fits correctly with the rest of the level. But more on Greyboxing in another devblog.
So, how does our Blocking process go? Before starting the process in itself, I design the level on a 2D layout, defining where the puzzles, stealth zones and alternative and secret path’s will be. Once I have this, I create a scene in Unity and start to reproduce all its elements with simple shapes, based on the 2D layout and the concept art of the zone. Initially, I used cubes and simple meshes to make all the blocking but it was really cumbersome and the final result wasn’t as precise as I wanted.
That’s why I started using Probuilder, a tool of Unity that allows to create geometry directly in the scene. I have to thank my teammates for telling me about this tool, because it makes the whole process easier and the result looks closer to the final shape the level will have.
With Probuilder, I can create any shape I need to fit the level’s layout. I start with a simple shape given by the tool by default and then modify it’s faces; I move, rotate and scale its vertex and edges, and even create new ones. Probuilder also allows me to extrude faces, so I can create new geometry in a moment and get the Blocking of the level faster than using simple shapes.
Well, now that I talked about the tools, let’s talk about the steps I take when building the Blocking of the level. It takes me several iterations to get a final version, and knowing that, I try to not be too picky in the first ones. Normally I start by creating the floor of the whole level and maybe some walls at the edges, it’s better not to do too much at first because it’s almost certain that the scale will need to change and it’s better to rescale fewer things than all the props of a level. On a second and third iteration, I start to add some new elements, using probuilder and some old assets to fill all the corners.
For the corruption and the grass for example, I use a cylinder shape of probuilder and move its edges to recreate the shape that this part of grass or corruption will have. Then I disable the collider so the player can walk through it like they will in the game.
Finally, It’s important to understand that the Blocking layout will change during the whole development process and it must be flexible and agile. That’s why it is a good practice not to spend too much time in each iteration, and test it as many times as possible.
I hope you liked this sneak peek into the Blocking process of one of our levels. It’s possible that in the future I will add other tools to my belt, like Terrains for example. And if I do, I will tell you more in another DevBlog!
If you want to know more about Blocking, you should know that sometimes I do streaming while working on the level and I announce it on our Discord channel. To be informed of this and know more of DEEXIT’s development process, do not hesitate to join us there.

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Periodic musings on arts, culture and creative economy issues from the Chief Cultural Officer of the City of Philadelphia. You can also follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/gsteuer.
Monday, October 12, 2009
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Here is a video created for the Philadelphia Inquirer's Web site that has Tod Williams and Billie Tsien explaining their design for the new Barnes on the Parkway. A great way to see and understand the philosophy behind this extraordinary new building.


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Justin Beiber is undoubtedly one of the most loved pop singers across the globe. The star was loved ever since he first got our attention through his music And now has a massive fan following of millions all over the world who just do not seem to get enough of him. This comes as no big news to us knowing what a great artist he truly is. The star is loved for his great tracks and the lyrics he puts into them that we find so catchy and cannot stop grooving to. He has made multiple best selling hits over the years. Are you a true Justin Bieber fan? Find out by guessing the songs from the lyrics given below.
1- “Smile on your face even though your heart is frowning.”
2- “ So take a deep breath and let it go.”
3- “Don’t need these other pretty faces.”
4- “I got money in my hands that I’d really like to blow.”
5- “Don’t know if you’re happy or complaining.”
We hope to see Justin continuing to prosper in the music world in the future too. Stay tuned with us for more updates on your favourite celebs.

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It was one of those thank-god-for-wetsuits-and-hot-coffee kind of mornings. Santa Cruz surfing calls for wetsuits 362 days out of the year and this session was no exception. Crispy clear skies made for a gorgeous dawn patrol, but the chilly wake up took an extra dose of commitment.
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Medicare reports some confusion among Medicare Part B physicians
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In short, being an enrolled provider in the Medicare Part B
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Providers must have a separate contractual relationship with a
patient's Medicare prescription drug plan to receive payment for
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For a long time, Daniel Cormier said he planned to retire this March when he turns 40. But, recently there’s been speculation that “DC” could might push that deadline, and it looks like that’s indeed going to be the case.
After Cormier won the heavyweight title last July by putting away Stipe Miocic, the then champ-champ said he still intended to retire when he turned 40. As a result, the expectation was that Cormier would fight Brock Lesnar sometime in early 2019, and then likely walk away from the game.
But, here we are, January 1st, and Cormier doesn’t have a fight booked. Further, due to a new deal Brock Lesnar signed with WWE, it’s not clear yet when the pro-wrestling star will return to the UFC. For these reasons, plus the fact Jon Jones just reclaimed the 205 title, there’s been a lot of talk about whether Cormier could fight several more times. Case in point, Dana White believes “DC” might postpone his retirement and take a few more bouts.
Well, recently Cormier spoke with MMA Junkie, and the heavyweight champ confirmed that he’s thinking about extend his fighting career, but not because of the potential showdowns he could book.
“I never said that,” Cormier said. “I have some injuries which is why I’m not competing right now. That’s why I was thinking about going a little more – that’s the reason for it, not because I was super mad about the fight or anything like that. I’ve had some things I’ve had to get through as I finish this year. The great year took a toll on the old body. I’m 40 years old. You don’t get to go and fight three times and not have to pay for it at the end of the year.”
“As Dana said Saturday, the Lesnar thing is still out there. That’s a fun fight,” Cormier said. “I’ve gotten a lot of ‘DC is very vocal about Jon Jones, but he’s willing to fight Brock Lesnar.’ No one knows what Brock Lesnar and I have going on in terms of drug testing. The drug testing for Brock could be so stringent that it would be insane. It would be as big as it’s ever been. Nobody knows that but the people on the absolute inside. So if he was to make it through all that stuff and got to a fight, then it would be worth it.”
So, there you have it. Clearly this is big and welcome news for MMA fans. If Cormier takes, say, just two more fights, then that’s two mega-bouts we would see in 2019. The decorated wrestler also said that if Lesnar can’t fight soon, Cormier wants to fight Stipe Miocic next, since according to “DC” the former champ deserves a rematch.


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The study — which tracked how often older people moved or sat, then looked deep inside their brains after they died — found that certain vital immune cells worked differently in the brains of older people who were active compared with their more sedentary peers. Physical activity seemed to influence their brain’s health, their thinking abilities and whether they experienced the memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings add to growing evidence that when we move our bodies, we change our minds, no matter how advanced our age.
Already, plenty of scientific evidence indicates that physical activity bulks up our brains. Older, sedentary people who begin walking for about an hour most days, for instance, typically add volume to their hippocampus, the brain’s memory centre, reducing or reversing the shrinkage that otherwise commonly occurs there over the years. Active people who are middle-aged or older also tend to perform better on tests of memory and thinking skills than people of the same age who rarely exercise, and are nearly half as likely eventually to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Almost as heartening, active people who do develop dementia usually show their first symptoms years later than inactive people do.
But precisely how movement remodels our brains is still mostly mysterious, although scientists have hints from animal experiments. When adult lab mice and rats run on wheels, for example, they goose production of hormones and neurochemicals that prompt the creation of new neurons, as well as synapses, blood vessels and other tissues that connect and nurture those young brain cells.
Rodent exercise also slows or halts ageing-related declines in the animals’ brains, studies show, in part by strengthening specialized cells called microglia. Little understood until recently, microglial cells are now known to be the brain’s resident immune cells and hall monitors. They watch for signs of waning neuronal health and, when cells in decline are spotted, release neurochemicals that initiate an inflammatory response. Inflammation, in the short term, helps to clear away the problem cells and any other biological debris. Afterward, the microglia release other chemical messages that calm the inflammation, keeping the brain healthy and tidy and the animal’s thinking intact.
But as animals age, recent studies have found, their microglia can start to malfunction, initiating inflammation but not subsequently quieting it, leading to continuous brain inflammation. This chronic inflammation can kill healthy cells and cause problems with memory and learning, sometimes severe enough to induce a rodent version of Alzheimer’s disease.
Unless the animals exercise. In that case, post-mortem exams of their tissues show, the animals’ brains typically teem with healthy, helpful microglia deep into old age, displaying few signs of continuous brain inflammation, while the elderly rodents themselves retained a youthful ability to learn and remember.
We are not mice, though, and while we have microglia, scientists had not previously found a way to study whether being physically active as we age — or not — would influence the inner workings of microglial cells. So for the new study, which was published in November in the Journal of Neuroscience, scientists affiliated with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago; the University of California, San Francisco; and other institutions turned to data from the ambitious Rush Memory and Aging Project. For that study, hundreds of Chicagoans, most in their 80s at the start, completed extensive annual thinking and memory tests and wore activity monitors for at least a week. Few formally exercised, the monitors showed, but some moved around or walked far more often than others.
Many of the participants died as the study continued, and the researchers examined stored brain tissues from 167 of them, searching for lingering biochemical markers of microglial activity. They wanted to see, in effect, whether people’s microglia appeared to have been perpetually overexcited during their final years, driving brain inflammation, or been able to dial back their activity when appropriate, blunting inflammation. The researchers also looked for common biological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, like the telltale plaques and tangles that riddle the brain. Then they cross-checked this data with information from people’s activity trackers.
They found a strong relationship between being in motion and healthy microglia, especially in portions of the brain involved in memory. Microglia from the most active elderly men and women contained biochemical markers indicating the cells knew how to be quiet when needed. But microglia from sedentary participants showed signs of having become stuck in unhealthy overdrive during their final years. Those inactive men and women also generally scored lowest on cognitive tests.
Perhaps most interesting, though, these effects were greatest in people whose brains showed signs of Alzheimer’s disease when they died, regardless of whether they had serious memory impairments while they were still alive. If these people had been inactive, their microglia tended to look quite dysfunctional, and their memories tended to be spotty. But if people frequently had moved around during late life, their microglia usually appeared healthy after their deaths, and many had not experienced notable memory loss in their later years. Their brains may have showed signs of Alzheimer’s, but their lives and thinking abilities had not.
What these findings suggest is that physical activity may delay or alter memory loss from Alzheimer’s disease in older people, partly by keeping microglia fit, said Kaitlin Casaletto, an assistant professor of neuropsychology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, who led the new study.
Encouragingly, the amount of activity needed to see these benefits was not large, Casaletto said. None of the participants had been running marathons in their twilight years. Few had formally exercised. “But there was a linear relationship” between how still they were and their brain health, she said. “The less they sat, the more they stood, the more they moved around, the better their outcomes.”
The study is important, said Mark Gluck, a professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University in New Jersey, who was not involved in the research. The findings are “the first to use post-mortem analyses of brain tissue to show that a marker of inflammation in the brain, microglial activation, appears to be the mechanism through which physical activity can reduce brain inflammation and help protect against the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer’s disease,” he said, though further research in living people is needed.
In addition, no one believes microglia are the only aspect of the brain affected by movement, Casaletto said. Physical activity changes countless other cells, genes and chemicals in the brain, she said, and some of those effects may be more important than microglia in keeping us mentally sharp. This study also does not prove activity causes microglia to work better, only that healthy microglia are common in people who are active. Finally, it does not tell us whether we get extra brain benefits from being physically active when we are far younger than 80-plus. But Casaletto, who is 36, said the study’s results keep her exercising.
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|Referee's report by Augustus Edward Hough Love, on a paper 'The stability of the pear-shaped figure of equilibrium of a rotating mass of liquid' by George Howard Darwin
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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in full. He has no modifications to suggest and thinks all the illustrations should be reproduced. The paper is an important contribution to a very difficult subject. It is the outcome of a concentrated effort by Professor Darwin and Monsieur Poincaré to attain to fuller knowledge of the problem of stability of rotating masses of liquids.
[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1901].
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youtube.com - Police in southern Russia will launch a probe into an initiative by local entrepreneurs who sent a donkey into the sky on a parachute in an advertising stunt. The official spokesman for the local directorate of the Interior Ministry told reporters that the parachuting donkey incident took place last Thursday on an Azov Sea beach in the Temryk District in Krasnodar. "They gave this donkey a parachute ride in order to attract holidaymakers' attention to this sort of entertainment. The parasailing donkey brayed and the children cried, but no one was smart enough to inform the police about the incident," RIA Novosti news agency quoted the official as saying Monday. The police will launch a probe and if the entrepreneurs are found guilty, they could face criminal persecution under the article on cruel treatment of animals of the Russian Criminal Code, which carries a maximum punishment of two years in prison.
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The yellow fumewort spreads by self-sowing and thus brings even the most unexpected and apparently inhospitable places in the garden bloom.
Profile of yellow fumewort:
Scientific name: Pseudofumaria lutea
Plant family: poppy family (Papaveraceae), subfamily fumitory family (Fumariaceae)
Other names: yellow corydalis, rock fumewort
Sowing time: autumn
Planting time: spring to autumn
Flowering period: May until October
Location: semi-shady to shady
Soil quality: stony to loamy, calcipholous, moderately nutritious, humus rich
These information are for temperate climate!
Use in: single position, group planting, planters, dry stone walls, under planting, overgrowth, borders, cottage garden, natural garden, rock garden, potted garden
Winter hardiness: hardy, USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6 (-23 °C / -5 °F)
Bee and insect friendly: Yes
Plant characteristics and classification of yellow fumewort
Plant order, origin and occurrence of yellow fumewort
The yellow corydalis or yellow fumewort, as it is also called in the meantime, is assigned to the genus Pseudofumaria from the poppy family (Papaveraceae). Botanically it is called Pseudofumaria lutea today, but it is still often sold under its old name Corydalis lutea. Naturally, it probably only grows in the southern Alps, especially in Italy, but also as far as Croatia. However, it is escaped in many places where it is warm and mild enough in winter, whether in Europe or on other continents. It even became natural in cities because it likes to spread by self-sowing. The plants contain toxic alkaloids, especially in the tuber.
Characteristics of yellow fumewort
Depending on the location, the perennial herbaceous plants reach heights of 15 to 35 centimeters (6 to 14 in). The shoots, which are richly branched from the ground up, lead to a very bushy growth. Although Pseudofumaria lutea belongs to the poppy family, the shoots do not contain milky juice.
On the smooth shoots it light green, sometimes shimmering bluish-green, filigree and compound leaves. They are hairless, alternate and double to triple pinnate. The single leaf is often lobed at the front. The plants are summer green, so they pull back over the winter.
The yellow flowers open for months, from May to September or even October. They are hermaphrodite, up to 2 centimeters (0.8 in) long, and consist of two mirror-like halves and a striking spur. Four to twenty single flowers are arranged in racemose inflorescences, protruding in various directions.
The seeds are in double-layered, slightly sticky capsule fruits. They gradually ripen from July and are then spread by ants and self-seeding.
Yellow fumewort – cultivation and care
The yellow fumewort prefers semi-shady to shady places, whereby it also chooses sunny spots in the garden or in cities by self-seed. The plants also love high humidity.
A well-drained and humus-rich subsoil is considered optimal, and should not be wet neither too dry. However, it will soon become clear that Pseudofumaria lutea is looking for its own favorite location – and this can also be completely different soils or places where there is hardly any soil, such as cracks in the walls and stone joints. Lime-rich locations are preferred.
Planting yellow fumewort
If you buy the perennials in a pot, i.e. with a firm root ball, you can theoretically plant them from spring to autumn. Keep a distance of 20 to 30 centimeters (8 to 12 in) from the neighboring plants.
Short dry periods are no problem for grown specimens. For a long-lasting flowering, keep the soil evenly moist.
The yellow fumewort needs no care, especially if it has chosen the place where it wants to grow. If you find the self-sowing too abundant, cut or snap off the wilting flowers so that the seed does not ripen and hence not spread. Otherwise, the plants can be easily removed by pulling them out.
The plants actually propagate by their own by having their seeds distributed by ants in the garden. If necessary, simply pull out seedlings and plant them somewhere else, even in a pot. You can also collect the seeds and sprinkle them yourself. Since the yellow fumewort is a cold germ, the seeds must be exposed to a long cold period after they have been sown.
Diseases and pests
The yellow fumewort is robust at the right location and has no problems with plant diseases and pests – only snails like to nibble on it occasionally.
The yellow fumewort is hardy down to -23 °C / -5 °F.
Use in the garden
Plant the yellow fumewort in the rock garden, in trays, on dry stone walls, under deciduous trees or on the edge of the wood. Over time, it will also appear elsewhere or leave the intended place to grow elsewhere. In shady to semi-shady places, for example, umbrosa sedge (Carex umbrosa), dead nettle (Lamium), ferns, hostas or astilbe are suitable. They also cover the gaps left by the yellow fumewort after flowering. Pseudofumaria lutea also harmonizes very nicely with lenten roses (Helleborus Orientalis hybrids), liverwort (Hepatica) and lungwort (Pulmonaria).
There is only the wild species of yellow fumewort on the market. A very similar species is the white corydalis (Pseudofumaria alba).

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For people who sense months soreness, you are not alone. Look ways they affects anywhere between 70% and you can ninety% of females. Here i find the different types of several months serious pain, very important inquiries to inquire of a family doctor, and just what soreness might indicate.
The most used type of several months soreness
Doctors divide period pain towards two types. The greater well-known is named ‘no. 1 dysmenorrhoea’. It always begins since of your own very first months or on ages soon later on.
The pain sensation will likely be felt from the straight down instinct (belly), but either it is experienced on back and you can legs. It will feel like a steady ache, an excellent heaviness, or an excellent cramping, grasping problems.
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Women that have primary dysmenorrhoea are apt to have enhanced quantities of prostaglandins, causing the contractions getting more powerful. Not one person knows as to the reasons specific women have large or lower levels of your chemical.
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Others particular several months soreness known medically while the ‘additional dysmenorrhoea’. It’s months problems for the reason that a main updates for example endometriosis, adenomyosis, pelvic inflammatory problem or fibroids.
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- Adenomyosis is a disorder having periods instance heavier episodes, mundane episodes (have a tendency to once decades in place of discomfort) and painful sex.
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- Fibroids are common low-malignant growths off muscle mass that means in the muscle wall surface from the fresh uterus (womb). Capable trigger heavy bleeding.
“Inside the second dysmenorrhoea, the period serious pain is a manifestation of a larger procedure,” demonstrates to you Jean Hailes gynaecologist Dr Pav Nanayakkara. “Procedures will get encompass managing the root position.”
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Do you know why business owners struggle? That’s because business owners have many responsibilities on their shoulders, and more than often they mess up their roles. If you are one of the many people who dream of running their own business and you are considering taking the plunge, it is important not to rush.
Running a business can be a profitable and personally rewarding way to earn a living. But, it also comes with a lot of stress and uncertainty. You’ll make several mistakes along the way, but if you learn quickly, those mistakes will only leave good lessons for you.
Why Business Owners Struggle? -The Reasons
If you are about to start your own business, it might help you to be aware of the five most common reasons why business owners struggle.
1. They fail to connect with customers
Successful businesses provide a product or service that customers need or want. Still, many businesses fail to engage with their customers on a deeper level and therefore do not understand their needs. Businesses need to find out what customers want by asking them directly. They should apply social listening tools to identify common problems of their target audience. It is one of the major reasons why business owners struggle nowadays.
You can apply social listening tools like social media, customer surveys, reading reviews, or simply have a conversation with them. Email marketing, loyalty schemes, and special offers can also help to strengthen customer loyalty.
2. They try to do too much
Many business owners wear multiple hats in the early stages of their business. But, over time the number of roles and tasks they are responsible for gets out of hand. At some point, it is important to delegate tasks to others so that each business unit gets the attention it deserves. This also leaves business owners free to pursue new opportunities and steady growth.
Business advisory services can help entrepreneurs to adapt their strategy and invest in the right areas for growth. If you don’t want to have a struggling business learn delegating responsibilities from the inception stage so that your subordinates become responsible enough to handle those.
3. They don’t use technology to their advantage
Modern customers expect fast and intuitive service whether they are shopping online or offline. Some businesses do not recognize the importance of technology. They are still unsure of its capacity to improve just about every aspect of its operations. From your website design to the POS system in your store, the right technology can lead you towards success faster.
Lack of technological resources is one of the major small business issues. But, no matter the size, any business must employ a few technological solutions to streamline the operation. Cloud-based solutions are currently in demand, so you can give them a shot.
4. They don’t differentiate themselves
Business owners can carve out a living by running an average business, which ticks over in a saturated market. Still, if you are looking for significant profits, you have to do something unique. This will not happen by imitating the competition or following the crowd. Whenever I have interviewed a struggling business owner, I found that their lack of uniqueness is something that makes them struggle so much.
Sustained growth comes from taking risks, standing out from the crowd, and being memorable. So, you can allow your employees to brainstorm new ideas, and nurture their creative persona. It will help you find better solutions to differentiate your brand from the competitors.
5. They try to expand too soon
You have to walk before you can run when in business, but lots of entrepreneurs forget this lesson. They jump at the first opportunity to expand whether they are ready or not. Before you can start to grow and diversify, you need to have a solid business infrastructure that is reaching high standards of customer service.
You can set a few feasible goals for short-term business operations, and for long-term operations. Only if you can accomplish all your short-term goals, think of expanding your business. If your short-term goals are not met, the idea of expanding the business will be a disastrous one.
We have already given you some valuable insights into why business owners struggle. But, we have found people more than often to stuck with some other questions regarding this topic too. So, we have handpicked a few such questions that can guide you better through this phase. Let’s take a look:
1: What Are The Struggles Of A Small Business?
Ans: Small business owners are responsible for a variety of duties that consume a lot of time in their daily schedule. Entrepreneurs frequently struggle to balance a schedule that involves sales and marketing, funding, product development, and business development. Another one of small business struggles is that it may not have the financial capabilities that a larger corporation has.
2: What Is One Of The Difficulties Faced By Small Business Owners?
Ans: Lack of sufficient cash flow is one of the major difficulties in small business struggles. But lack of cash flow is also a major reason why business owners struggle irrespective of the size of their firm. Almost 82% of small business owners in the U.S. struggle due to poor cash flow.
3: What Are The Biggest Business Problems?
Ans: Some of the major reasons why business owners struggle are the lack of certainty, globalization, the hype of innovation, too many technological advancements, and lack of diversity in the organizations. For small business struggles, these problems create an even bigger impact. Sometimes incompatible governmental policies and regulations also become major reasons behind why business owners struggle.
Are you still with us? As you can see, in this article we have given you some common reasons behind why business owners struggle. We have also given you some feasible solutions for eradicating these struggling business issues. If you own a business, you may also end up experiencing these small business issues. So, without a worry, start applying the solutions that we have talked about here, and make your business a successful venture.

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This week on Off the Charts, we focused on the federal budget and taxes, the economy, health policy, safety net programs, and housing policy.
On the federal budget and taxes, we debunked the claim that roughly half of Americans pay no taxes. Kelsey Merrick noted that Pell Grants are doing less to help low- and moderate-income people afford college.
On the economy, Chad Stone explained that while the jobs market is doing better, it needs to improve further to address the nation’s large jobs deficit.
On health policy, Paul Van de Water countered arguments for eliminating the health reform law’s cost-cutting Independent Payment Advisory Board. Sarah Lueck noted that the Administration’s new rules for the health insurance exchanges that health reform calls for include important improvements. Jesse Cross-Call explained why Rhode Island’s experience under a Medicaid waiver is not a good indicator of how a Medicaid block grant would affect states.
On safety net programs, LaDonna Pavetti showed that Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) has become much less effective as a safety net over time, and we updated our map showing how many weeks of unemployment insurance benefits are available across the country.
On housing policy, Douglas Rice cautioned that the President’s 2013 budget doesn’t fully renew housing assistance for low-income households.


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|8.31. 14 Collage: A World of Risk and Randomness (M.A. Reilly)|
I. When a Child Kills
I first read an account by Gregory Orr of the accidental shooting of his younger brother in the book, Poetry as Survival, that Matt Daly, a friend and colleague, loaned me. In the text, Orr tells of a hunting accident that happened when he was 12 and killed his brother. The book is elegant as it is raw and Orr conveys how poetry helped him to (re)name his experiences, not in some complete and finished manner--but rather in bits and pieces he managed across years. He tells there that he has never healed.
Early in the text he writes:
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For Orr, Mrs. Irving's introduction to poetry, especially the lyric poem, offered him a powerful and lifelong means to begin to explicate feeling by naming. When we name we give meaning and in doing so we sometimes resituate what frightens, terrorizes, confounds and puzzles us. Poetry as Survival recounts Orr's journey connecting his experiences with the works of poets like Lawrence, Wordsworth and Keats--to name but a few.
In this Sunday's New York Times, Orr writes a powerful essay, When A Child Kills, recounting his trauma and linking it to the young nine-year-old girl who accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range a week ago in Las Vegas. Orr concludes the essay by writing:
|from New York Times, SR8, 8.31.14|
III. Teaching and Art
I'd like to think that there is a Mrs. Irving waiting for the young girl from New Jersey next week when they each return to school. A teacher who offers something in the way of art to help the little girl begin to move from silence to (re)naming her world. I'd like to think that next week when school opens here for most children, there are countless Mrs. Irving's waiting with poetry and art and open hands.
What teachers do matter in ways that cannot be calculated with neat and tidy rubrics or classroom observations. Teaching is an intimate act. Rubrics and the like are hopelessly incomplete as teaching is more often about love and sharing what is loved. For Mrs. Irving, I imagine it was a powerful love of poetry that had her offering up poems to a young Gregory Orr and his classmates. An offering that reshaped his life.

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Chevron follows Exxon with earnings miss as oil prices stagnate
[CHICAGO] Chevron fell short of Wall Street expectations, following similar results from US rival ExxonMobil, as the explorer failed to take full advantage of spending cuts and a modest rise in crude markets.
Chevron's 77 US cent per-share result for the quarter was 10 US cents lower than the average of 22 analysts's estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
The world's third-largest crude driller by market value was an outlier among major international oil producers who almost uniformly posted outsized performances this week that confounded analysts. The shares fell in early New York trading.
Chief executive officer John Watson, in his eighth year at the helm, has resorted to job cuts, project cancellations and billions of dollars in asset sales to cope with an industry downturn that erased US$50 billion from Chevron's market capitalisation.
While the company reported higher-than-expected output from wells in the quarter, turning its upstream unit from a year-ago loss to profitability, returns on refining crude into fuels shrank.
'We're delivering higher production with lower capital and operating expenditures," chief executive officer John Watson said in the statement.
Oil at US$50 a barrel is "the absolute point of pain" for Chevron, said Paul Sankey, a Wolfe Research LLC analyst, in a July 17 note to clients.
Below US$50, Chevron's "balance sheet deteriorates".
Chevron swung to a second-quarter profit of US$1.45 billion, or 77 US cents a share, compared to a loss of US$1.47 billion, or 78 US cents, a year earlier, the company said Friday in a statement.
The jump in global crude prices earlier this year that spurred optimism that the worst was over has given way to renewed pessimism that world markets will be awash in excess oil for years to come.
A key driver of the gloom has been ample production from US shale producers who have learned to eke out profits even at lower prices.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, averaged US$50.79 a barrel during the period, an 8 per cent increase from a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
But since the end of the second quarter, prices have dipped as low as US$46.11, prompting some explorers to slash drilling budgets this week.


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by Adrian Hermanides
Adrian Hermanides, an artist trained at the former Durban Technikon and now based in Berlin, recently presented two performances in Durban. The first was at the Durban Art Gallery called Noh Interior where he interacted with the permanent collection. Later, at the KZNSA gallery, he selected some of the cream of European new-media artists for his once-off performance that mutated between Florian Hecker's audio compositions, posters by artist collective CUTUP, graffiti by Dennis Kuhlow wallpapered onto a gallery exterior wall as well as a text by Alberto de Campo on his contemporary research into mind-altering acoustics. Here, he gives the low-down of his visit to Durban:
The only gay bar here is called The Lounge and a particularly dismal example of the genre it is. The last queens in town clump together in whispering huddles sneering across the laminate at anyone perceived to be remotely different from them, which apparently now I am. It's like the old South Africa in D&G. Not that I blame them, their universe (the one that I used to inhabit), that of a secret and privileged sect within a dominant minority ruling over a vast undifferentiated underclass, has undergone a fatal reversal. Exposed by a constitution that in protecting them has robbed them of outsider's exclusivity, the world of queer has shrunk from an elaborate network of underground connections to this single room - maroon and black tiles, blinding striplights, nowhere techno imported from the dancefloors of Southend or Sydney - it doesn't matter as long as it's not here - belching great fuzzy waves of black noise from the dancefloor beyond.
In inverse proportion to the shrinking of this world, its borders, or at least the policing of them, has become ever more hysterical. All thresholds are marked by the thick buzz and clunk of security entry. Everything sanctioned by a mirror of itself - 'He's ok, one of us' - Buzz! Clunk! the steel gate opens and you're in. Beyond the harsh reflectivity of the tiles and the glare of the striplights, a small corridor. The techno is deafening here and on the dancefloor a swaying, gyrating mass, in their tight white T shirts, gurning rabidly.
Downtown there is a skyscraper called 'The Seaboard', probably the highest in the city. Its central five floors have been gutted by fire. Rumour has it the legal documents concerning a corruption case against a government MP were stored there. Great streaks of black scar the sandy concrete exterior and from a certain angle it is possible to see right through the remaining structure to the impossible azure of the sky beyond. By day this view is marked by a hyperclarity of contrast between 1960's brutalism and the African sky. By night it's pure vacuum, a slab of dark matter battling the city lights. In the basement of this building, to the right of the construction work where the floor has been dug up and puddles of city lymph feed the mosquitoes, behind the broken escalator, is another gay bar called Boyzone.
There is no gate at the door, and no sign above it. The walls and bar are dressed in corrugated iron, a decor touch informed by the sexualised hypermasculinity of the construction site but that more presciently mirrors reality outside. There are few chairs, most of them concrete extensions of the walls and floor, with reassuringly wipe clean surfaces of black gloss paint. Lighting is low, a recessed blue glow from behind the iron screens. A jukebox in the corner of the dancefloor plays American R&B and local hybrids - elaborate vocal athletics over thumping township beats. Older Zulu men and younger boys who look a lot like the packs of street kids gambling and sniffing glue on the pavement. There is no aggression here, but not much interraction either. I am simply ignored.
The coastline here is glimpsed through patches of rationalist high modernism and islands of ancient milkwood forest, a not unfamiliar pattern of South African urban development. These are strictly demarcated areas of a particular vision of state-sanctioned hedonism. Walls of high rise apartment blocks and tiered timeshare units line the coast. Suburban malls, seafood restaurants and corner liquor stores crowd around freeway exits for the delectation of a 4x4- and BMW-driving elite.
The rest of the coast reveals vast untouched dark spaces. The huge green deserts of the sugarcane fields and the dense black undergrowth of the milkwood forest are relegated for use by a dark population and thus ignored, undeveloped and isolated. Nowadays this model is reversed with the upper middle classes, in a desperate rush to vacate the city centre to the ravages of a new black urban population, charging into the sugarcane fields to lock themselves into gigantic fenced compounds. Here it is possible to reassert the illusion - originally borne by their colonial forefathers - of an idyllic and uninhabited Eden over which they can exert an uninterrupted dominance.
This process is ideologically underpinned by a nascent environmentalism which legitimises these fenced-in versions of pre-modern abundance as they restore biodiversity to what was until recently monocultural desert. The view from my parent's verandah in the new suburbs of Ballito about an hour north of the city is almost uninterrupted forest. Much of this is reclaimed farmland which, under the pressure of the recent housing boom, has become more profitable as decorative foil to the fields of themed housing estates. The hills to the left are covered in a verdant growth typical of virgin territory in this subtropical area, the milkwood, coral trees (until recently called Kaffirboom), wild banana fronds and kentia palms form an impenetrable mass of green. Ahead into the valley, the younger scrubland dominates, from immediately beyond the razor wire that demarcates the edge of suburbia and my parents' garden for a good kilometre or two until it is broken by the manicured lawns and red roofs of the Zimbali golf course and the estate that funds it. Biodiversity, though it may be encouraged on the other side of the fence, has no place here.
On the same city block as the museum, but on the far corner, where West and Gardiner streets meet, there is a public toilet that is imprinted on my memory, and which, thinking of it now, has had an inordinate influence on the rest of my life. It is where I as a 13-year old was accosted by an older man, and enjoyed the fruits of my first furtive labours in the sullen arts of hanging around the gents'. I return to this elegant example of Victorian utilitarian design, the high ceilings, clerestorey lighting, elegant yellow tiles faded and streaked with generations of filth, the leaking steel troughs, hiss of the cistern and thick smell of piss. Not much has changed - the rot on the toilet doors is higher, the puddles deeper, but the charged atmosphere of homosocial camraderie and the promise of exposure is the same. It is only on my fourth or fifth visit that I get lucky, but it is not possible to continue with the catch here so I am followed back to the museum where, in genteel, jasmine-scented comfort, with the light of the temperate afternoon streaming in through the stained glass windows, we are able to close a cycle begun in my teens.
It takes me a few days to find the cruising ground. When I lived here and the nationalist regime exerted a more direct control over space and access to it, I was not aware of its existence, but it's not too hard to find, and I am now quite experienced at this kind of thing. Drive north on the beach road, over the Umgeni river mouth and take the Broadway turnoff. Take a right and cross back over the freeway then an immediate left. Pass the mansions that border the Old Durban Club Golf Course, then take the first right past the clubhouse and on to the beach. Park here and head left on to the dunes.
I come here not only for sexual release with the middle-aged white blokes - telltale tan lines on their ring fingers - who seem to frequent this particular haunt, but also to escape the suffocating paranoia and fear that dominates so many interractions in this city. To participate socially here means to implicitly accept a system that places everyone in their correct place and time. Renegade activity, or that which chooses to disrespect the borders that the rest of culture is entirely geared to enforce, often feels dangerously naive... even criminal, and so it seems impossible to release yourself from the repressive regimes of the security industry. But here, where the forest meets the sea; where the city loosens its grip and spaces are wider, the sky even bigger; where the rich playing golf behind you give way to the open democracy of the beach and the dunes, and trees break the vista into intimate salons; where the sand is soft beneath your knees and the sun warm on your shoulders, in a boundary already transgressed, a wedding vow broken, it is possible to forge a new and fleeting trust, between strangers.


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The eye makes its way to the water through the dunes and beach grass. This piece is part of an ongoing series created with a palette knife and displays unique layering of color and abstract perception. When beginning this particular piece, I wanted to depict the dunes in a very large format and show the expanse of the changing sky. The painting is on gallery wrapped Belgian linen with clean, natural edges. It comes varnished and wired to hang.
Georgia O'Keeffe said you need to look closely to see the true beauty of nature. In a large orchard, one small detail of one leaf is a thing of beauty--this inspired Orchard. The piece is on a gallery wrapped canvas and the paint was allowed to drip carefully over the sides so that the work continues beyond its limits. It comes varnished and ready to hang.
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COIMBRA! The capital of Education and Urban Detail 🌇 Pt. 2
Hey Hey!! 😄
How's it going guys? Here is the second part of some shots I took during my visit to Coimbra! This time I'll be focusing more on city's landscapes and of it's river, the Mondego.
(Captured from Santa Clara's Bridge, on the River Mondego. Notice the 20+ y/o iconic city ferry, the "Basofias")
(A little panaromaic shot of the outskirts of the city)
(The Mondego River from a different prespective)
(Another shot of the outskirts of the city)
As always, Have a nice day 🙃


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Ironhorse Resources to develop rail industrial park in Permian Basin
Ironhorse Resources Inc. has announced it acquired 627 acres east of Big Spring, Texas, to develop a rail-served industrial park aimed at companies involved in burgeoning crude-oil production in the Permian Basin.
The park would be similar to a 270-acre development the company established in LaSalle County, Texas, in the middle of the Eagle Ford Shale for its Gardendale Railroad Inc. subsidiary, Ironhorse Resources officials said in an anouncement. The Big Spring Industrial Rail Park will accommodate current demand and growing oil production in the Permian Basin, they said.
"This will be a very flexible site that will support all shale-related commodities and have significant acreage available for expansion," Ironhorse Resources officials said. "This facility will support both manifest and unit-train solutions."
The company plans to form a short line to serve the Big Spring park. To launch service in the third or fourth quarter of 2015, the new short line would interchange with Union Pacific Railroad.
In addition to the Gardendale Railroad, Ironhorse Resources owns and operates the Carey Fork & Western Railroad, Mississippi Tennessee Railroad, Rio Valley Switching Co., Santa Teresa Southern Railroad L.L.C., Southern Switching Co., Border Transload & Transfer Inc., IHR Transport and IHR Logistics L.L.C.
Rio Valley Switching, which interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway Co., operates near Mexico's Burgos Basin and is poised to react to crude-production demand as Mexico's energy market grows, Ironhorse Resources officials said.
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The announcement by Attorney General John Ashcroft of the arrest of a man accused of planning to explode a radioactive device was a notable change from the administration's position that it would not disclose information about the plots it disrupted.
Some Democrats and civil liberties advocates have questioned whether the disclosure was timed to help counter criticism that the authorities, especially those at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had mishandled signals that might have uncovered the Sept. 11 plot. They questioned whether the disclosure about the case of Jose Padilla, also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir, was part of a pattern in which the administration orchestrated its announcements to help it politically.
''Every time it looks as though the administration is going to face criticism, they emerge with a request for expanded powers or a new announcement,'' said Laura W. Murphy, the director of the Washington office of the American Civil Liberties Union. '' What they seem to be doing is timing things so they drown out really aggressive inquiry into their performance.''
Representative Henry Waxman, Democrat of California, said it was not possible to know whether the announcement's timing was being manipulated. ''But,'' Mr. Waxman said, ''it's hard to ignore that there seems to be a pattern that makes it appear they are being quite political in their calculations of the timing of these announcements.''
Mr. Waxman also cited President Bush's announcement of a new Department of Homeland Security on the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing testimony from Coleen Rowley, the F.B.I. agent who accused the bureau of bungling warnings before Sept. 11.Continue reading the main story
One administration official said the timing of the Monday announcement was forced by circumstances beyond their control. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the arrest of Mr. Padilla was announced when he was transferred to military authorities from civilian custody.
''If the information were to get out and not be in the full context,'' the official said, ''it would be confusing and a lot more alarming to the public.''
The official said that when the military took custody of Mr. Padilla, Defense Department officials felt obliged to tell members of Congress on the Armed Forces committees, and that meant that the information might soon become public knowledge.
Other law enforcement officials said the timing of the announcement of the Padilla arrest was driven by prosecutors' having to appear at a hearing in a New York federal court to show that Mr. Padilla was indicted in order to keep him in custody. The officials said they did not have enough evidence to indict him. Other officials assert they chose not to indict Mr. Padilla because they would have had to disclose investigative details they wanted to keep secret.
The officials acknowledged, however, that once they decided to disclose the arrest and the accusation that Mr. Padilla was seeking to manufacture a radioactive, or dirty, bomb, they rushed to ensure that the first announcement could be made by Mr. Ashcroft, even though he was in Moscow on a previously scheduled trip.
Officials worked quickly to arrange a video hookup for Mr. Ashcroft, who laced his announcement with praise for the F.B.I. and its ability to deter terrorist attacks.
Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the majority leader, told reporters today that he had questions about the timing of the Padilla announcement, but said he was ''confident that the administration would not politicize this issue.''
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It’s down to the top 6 contenders and a bucket load of fun, action and engaging content is brewing up at the House of Myntra. The pressure is mounting to win the race for the title of India’s first digital fashion influencer. This week, the remaining 6 contestants must impress the judges by interviewing the OG Ad guru, Prahlad Kakkar in the #AreYouReady challenge.
Sonakshi challenges Tanumita, Mayur, Sumedha, Ishita, Jatin, Mayur and Deepen with an intriguing challenge, where they have to interview the revered ad guru, Prahlad Kakkar. Known not only for his masterly skills in the ad industry, but also for his wit, intelligence and sense of humor, the Ad guru adds an element of style and accent to the show.
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Our contenders got hours to prepare, minutes to shoot and to present a final video to the boss lady, Sonakshi Sinha who was joined by the renowned social media mega-influencer, Srishti Dixit and model, Sapna Pabbi.
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The contenders stepped their game up to showcase their interviewing skills through the #AreYouReady challenge, but only a few were able to impress our judges. The judges absolutely loved Ishita’s interview post as it was well researched and engaging, and rewarded her performance with a Liva gift hamper. Tanumita's and Sumedha's interviews were also quite entertaining and were appreciated by not just the judges but the Ad guru, himself.
The guest judge saved Deepen from the bottom three, which resulted in Mayur and Jatin being sent to the style war, in order to save themselves and continue their journey in the House of Myntra.
In the style war, Mayur and Jatin competed in styling a sarong in three different wearable ways. Both the guys put in their best efforts through their creativity and style quotient. While Jatin impressed the judges by styling the sarong very creatively, they felt Mayur’s styling was done in a haste. Going by the show’s format, Sonakshi had to unfollow one, and with a heavy heart, had to let go of Mayur, who couldn’t get lucky for the third time in the style war.
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- The soldier who was in the Special Forces of Afghanistan now lives in India
- Umaid came to India five months ago, small shop in Lajpat Nagar
- When I saw all my friends dying after consuming bullets, they ran away and came here.
- Said- I miss the country a lot but I am compelled, India is good but…
Life in Delhi is not easy for Umaid, who came to India from Afghanistan five months ago. He says, was in special force and now I am frying french fries in Lajpat Nagar. I earn Rs 300 a day. The trouble is I don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Trying to learn Hindi. I want a good job but where and how to start, I do not have the answer to this question. Always remember those friends who died in fighting with Taliban. Mom and dad passed away in an accident only when I was two years old. The country cannot return, nothing is known about the future. Currently I am on refugee card.
‘If I go to Afghanistan, I will be killed’
Umaid, who works at a street food point in Lajpat Nagar, remembers the difficult days of his army after listening to the news of Afghanistan. He says, where was the deployment not done. Fighting Taliban, many killed. That’s why today I am on their black list. He has many videos of the mission. As soon as I go there, I will be killed immediately. Showing the marks of wounds in his head, hands, face, he says, just did not hit the bullet… the pellets peeled off. But saw all the friends die, eating bullets. Nothing was feeling good, the situation was bad there… To see loved ones dying is also to die. The government was unable to do anything, the Taliban were on top. If he did not run away, then there were only two options – either die or be tied to his army. Politics and terrorism are both dangerous.
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Umed says, parents were not there, so they grew up in a neighbor’s house. Joined the army at the age of 18. Spent ten years of life in running, fighting. Uncle is there but not made. He is in the Taliban army and I with the government. He says, I was born in Afghanistan, I miss my country a lot but I am helpless. India is good but there are difficulties here for an Afghani. It is difficult to get work, police, MCD everyone’s affair. There is another country, the rules are also different. There is house rent, there are other things. Right now I have a UNICEF card, what is the process and how to stay ahead, it is also a big task.
‘All the time this fear, Talibani should not reach the family’
A soldier who returned from Kabul four days ago says in his own language, “The situation there has been especially for the people of the Security Forces. I had to leave because of this. Many of my friends ran away somewhere. My family is from Kabul. Now I am trying from here to bring them here too. But it is difficult to get the visa work done now. The biggest fear is that Talibani may not reach my house. Every hour only wife and children are being taken care of. It will have to stay there for some time because it will have to be seen what their next step is. They have settled in Kabul. They have the security details. Talked to the family at night, they are scared. Not getting out The roads of Kabul are changing.
It’s over… Afghan woman cried after telling the pain of Taliban
‘Earlier the danger was 99%, but today it is 100%’
Now the army and the government will be the target of the Taliban, says Nouri from Afghanistan, who runs a small clothing shop in Saket. Those who have just come, have come. Now it is difficult for anyone to get a chance to come. I came here five years ago, out of awe. If they were with the government, they were on target. How many of the family have ended? And if I return in that era, the danger was 99%, and if I return now I will get 100% death. My family is still there with fear, half the family recently fled to Iran. The Taliban themselves are nothing, says Noori, but are destroying Afghanistan with the support of Pakistan. From above China, Russia is giving him weapons. And the children of our country are eating pills.
Umaid was once seen in uniform (left), now frying fries fries in Lajpat Nagar (Photo: Sunil Kataria)


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Method for Detecting Chemical Vapors Using a Lasing Dye Sensor.
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In a lasing dye sensor system, a stream of lasing dye free-flows across an area open to the atmosphere. A chemical reaction between contaminants in the atmosphere and the lasing dye result in the change of emission spectra of the lasing dye. The change in emission spectra is detected and provides an improved apparatus and method for detecting low concentrations of chemical vapors in the atmosphere.
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What are you reading, Luke Underwood?
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I was born & raised in Central Arkansas. I spent a few years in Memphis in public accounting before moving back to Little Rock to enter the insurance industry. My wife Juliana, and both of my two boys, Anderson and Simon love reading. Our 2 month-old Scarlett enjoys us reading board books to her as well. We like to travel, hike, and cheer on the Memphis Grizzlies. I’m a huge fan of classic soul & R&B music.
What motivated you to join the CALS Board of Directors? What do you hope to accomplish in your role?
I wanted to get involved in the community, and since my family and I utilize the library a lot, I made an effort to get plugged in to CALS. I was appointed to the CALS Foundation Board in 2021 and got to know both Nate Coulter and Eliza Borne in that role. Seeing the great work the library does in this community, especially in the midst of the pandemic, showed me how much of a difference a library can make. My main goal is to be a good ambassador for CALS in the community, and help get the word out to folks that maybe don’t realize all the good things that are happening. Additionally I want to help ensure CALS is able to continue serving and supporting our diverse population, listening to voices from every background, and helping individuals reach their potential.
What are you reading?
Currently reading Freedom by Jonathan Franzen and loving it. It’s the first of his I’ve read and want to read The Corrections soon. Others I’ve read recently include Solar by Ian McEwan, The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, Good Talk by Mira Jacob, and The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton (A 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival Feature). My wife has an exceptional ability to find books I’ll love, and I’m pretty sure all but one of these were ones she gave me.
What was/is your favorite book for children? Why?
I adore the Henry Huggins and Ramona series of books by Beverly Cleary. I wasn’t a big reader as a child, but after my 2nd Grade Teacher read our class Henry Huggins, I read them all. I’ve loved seeing my kids enjoy them as well. Beverly Clearly had a way of capturing how kids see the world and writing from that perspective authentically. Her writing still holds up some 70 years later.
Book Hot Takes:
Physical/ digital/ or audio?
Physical! It makes me happy to see them on the shelf. I enjoy audio books as well when we’re taking a road trip.
Do you judge a book by its cover?
Sigh, I totally do.
Read for business or pleasure?
Pleasure! I’ve tried, but I just can’t do books about sales culture and business unless there’s an interesting narrative to go along with it.


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The BBC has confirmed long-standing rumours that Matt Smith is departing Doctor Who; the actor will bow out as the 10th Doctor at Christmas following its 50th anniversary special in November. As yet it has not been revealed who will replace Smith in the iconic role of the Time Lord but doubtless there’ll be endless speculation amongst the tabloid press with name after name bandied about.
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The BBC has announced that Brian Minchin is to be the new Executive Producer of Doctor Who, alongside showrunner Steven Moffat.
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Freema Agyeman has ruled out returning to Doctor Who for its forthcoming 50th anniversary.
Steven Moffat has revealed he was originally against bringing back to the Ice Warriors to Doctor Who.
It has been announced that Nick Hurran is to direct the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who.
Ben Stephenson, the BBC’s controller of drama, has teased Doctor Who fans with what they can expect from the show’s forthcoming 50th anniversary.
The 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who will be broadcast in 3D the corporation has announced.
Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch is reportedly in talks to play the code-breaker Alan Turing.
Doctor Who show-runner Steven Moffat has teased fans with what they can expect when the sci-fi series returns in March.


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It is not uncommon for tropical moisture to reach Colorado, but it is even rarer for the state to obtain moisture from previous hurricanes. Colorado will soon see moisture from Hurricane Nora, and some areas of the state have already implemented flash flood warnings.
Hurricane Nora is expected to move near Baja California and along the Gulf of California this weekend, and moisture will spread to the southwestern United States in the middle of next week. Therefore, the possibility of flash floods in the Four Corners area will increase. pic.twitter.com/Ov4ODoRdvC
— NWS Weather Forecast Center (@NWSWPC) August 28, 2021
The area formerly known as Hurricane Nora is now only a zone of deep tropical moisture. Due to the high-level pattern of the atmosphere, moisture will soon come to us. When it travels from the Southwest Desert to the state, the system will cause serious flooding problems in the Four Corners area. Earlier this week, California and Arizona had issued flash flood warnings, and as of Wednesday morning, Colorado had also issued flash flood warnings.
On Wednesday, San Juan, Colorado will begin to see heavy rain coming in, which will pass through the west slope throughout the day. The system will move slowly, which will increase concerns about flooding because storms will also move slowly. A large amount of rainfall may drop in a short period of time, which will not only cause flooding, but also cause mudslides.
Tropical moisture (from former Hurricane Nora) is expected to enter Colorado on Wednesday, which means the possibility of flash floods is back.
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There was a threat of rain in all mountainous areas throughout the day on Wednesday, with burn scars and high flood threats near the slit canyon, especially in the afternoon. For the western part of Colorado, Wednesday will be the day most likely to rain.
On Thursday, this humidity began to enter the front mountain range, bringing some much-needed rain to the I-25 corridor. For several weeks, the drought has been slowly returning to the forefront. There will be showers and several storms throughout the day on Thursday, and the humidity will linger until Friday. In general, it is expected that there will not be a lot of rainfall in the urban corridors, so flooding will not become a major problem. The foothills and frontier mountains may encounter some problems, depending on the location of the downpour.
Most areas of Colorado had a deficit of 50% above normal levels in August, so this rain is a welcome sight. Throughout the weekend, there may be showers and storms across the state, but overall, the state will be quieter. A longer-term forecast model shows that the weather will be more active throughout the state next week.
As the rain falls, the clouds will also bring cool temperatures to the area. The temperature across the state will drop below the normal value, so that the intense heat we experienced has been well alleviated. This weather will also help disperse some wildfire smoke in California and reduce fire hazards in Colorado.