A contract is expected to be awarded for work on the Arthur Rann
Elementary School roof by the second week of February so that
replacement can take place this summer, Galloway Township Public Schools
Business Administrator Tim Kelley said during a presentation on
district and board of education goals Monday night, Jan. 28, at the
middle school.
The bid has already been advertised, and the
unsealing of the bids should take place in the middle of next month,
Kelley said. He reminded the Board of Education and the voters that the
project was being paid through capital reserves, and the taxpayers would
not see a raise in taxes.
The Roland Rogers and Smithville
elementary schools also need new roofs, but because voters defeated two
referendums in December of 2011 and in the spring of 2012, the district
is not able to replace all three roofs.
“We are able to fix any problems as they come along,” Kelley said.In every TruLaser laser cutting machine there are decades of experience. “Substantial repairs were already done to Smithville and Arthur Rann in the fall.”
Kelley
and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Annette Giaquinto gave the
presentations during Monday night’s Board of Education meeting before
giving a preliminary presentation on the 2013-14 budget,Our premium
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Other
district improvements include the need to upgrade air conditioning
units in district server rooms; the need to re-carpet selected
classrooms, and in some cases, to replace carpet with tile; fixing the
aged phone system throughout the district; replacing one maintenance
vehicle; upgrade existing network switches; and sand/refinish the
Smithville School gym floor.
The district has put its plans to
install solar panels on hold, but a “tough decision” must be made on
equipment in the cafeteria.
“A lot of the equipment in the
cafeteria is original to the building,” Kelley said. “We have to perform
ongoing repairs. Code requires food service to be self sufficient, and
we must decide if it’s viable to continue with this equipment.You must
not use the laser cutter without being trained.”
Kelley
and Giaquinto also discussed the school bus consortium, headed by the
Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District, that the district is a part
of. A number of incidents in which school buses were late, two school
bus accidents and a report on safety concerning Integrity Transportation
led the district to consider other options as far as bus companies are
concerned.
They’ve also met with Greater Egg Harbor Regional
School District representatives about the possible consolidation of
school bus routes, Kelley said. He added there have been no problems
with the bus company with lateness this month.
Kelley and
Giaquinto also discussed new standards for teaching students, standards
for evaluating teachers and upgrades to technology, including the use of
iPads, Chrome Books and Surface.
“We’ve formed a technology
committee to make sure we don’t go too far too fast,” Giaquinto said.
“Everyone might not get the same devices.”
The district is also looking to expand its wireless connection.
Despite
giving an update on the budget process, which includes negotiating with
teachers’ unions, Kelley and Giaquinto could offer no hard budget
numbers.
One of the key factors includes state aid, which won’t
be announced until Gov. Chris Christie gives his budget address at the
end of February.
The district will then formulate a budget and
introduce it to the Board of Education. Despite voters no longer going
to the polls to approve the budget, the district must still hold a
public hearing before it can approve the budget.
Charity has had
a tough life and even though Bo promises her his love and devotion, he
comes on so strong and possessive that it frightens her.Come January 9
and chip card driving licence would be available at the click of the mouse in Uttar Pradesh.
“I
wonder if that’s the kind of love I want,” she says. “I gotta feel he
really respects me. I gotta feel a man has a real regard for me apart
from all the loving and sex. Maybe it don’t exist.”
The
professor, who doesn’t like authority but does have a passion for young
girls, has been married three times and been chased by the law even more
often.
Although the diner does not serve alcohol, the professor
has his own bottle and he gets more drunk as the night goes on. It
leads to a hilarious and very believable staggering and drunken reading
of the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” by the tipsy professor and
Elma.
But the professor’s lechery turns out to be no match for
Elma’s idealism, youth, innocence and sweetness. She doesn’t see his
lusty intentions but appreciates talking with him because “usually, old
people don’t have time for kids like me.”
Whether it’s the 1950s
or 2013, males and females have varying views of love and
relationships. In “Bus Stop,” we get to eavesdrop on six different ideas
portrayed by characters who are fun to watch.
The onstage
“chemistry” is apparent with each of the couples — the
no-strings-attached one-night stand for Grace and the bus driver, the
lecherous professor and the innocent Elma,A ridiculously low price on
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2013年1月29日 星期二
White Rock City Hall turns the big 50
As the White Rock Museum and Archives Society prepares to celebrate
100 years of White Rock's well-known railway station, another building
is also celebrating a milestone anniversary.
Up the hill from the railway station, White Rock City Hall will be celebrating its golden jubilee, having spent 50 years as the headquarters for all of the city's operations since opening July 6, 1963.
Having started as a multi-purpose civic building, the current City Hall initially also played host to the city's police detachment, library and court clerks. In fact,You must not use the laser cutter without being trained. the current council chamber was originally built as the White Rock Courthouse, which is why White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin's chair is so high up.
"It used to be a judge's chair and the room beside the chambers was the judge's chambers," explained Baldwin.
However, in the five decades since opening, many of those other operations have since moved out as White rock continued to grow, leaving the entirety of the facility for city hall's increasing demand for space.
"Now the purpose of the building has changed considerably since it was first built, and so any money we've spent on the building since has been spent on accommodating the change in purpose," said Baldwin.
But like all old things, some upgrades are in order.
"The biggest thing would be the heating ventilation system, which is really bad," said Baldwin. "We need to do a lot of work on things like getting better windows in, we've got single pane, so the energy efficiency of our windows and doors is also bad."
Another key upgrade, said Baldwin, is to improve the appearance of the building.
"It hasn't really been touched much since it was first built, so the appearance both on the inside and outside has to be improved," he said.
Despite the upgrades needed, Baldwin said the building is still serving its purpose well and will likely continue to do so into the future.
"The building itself is well-built. It's a strong structure, the roof is still good and so on, but obviously changes need to be made to keep up with the times and the expectations of the public," he said.
Binghamton University will save an estimated $355,000 in energy costs every year and avoid sending more than 2,190 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually into the atmosphere thanks to a number of energy efficiency projects, the New York State Emergy Research and Development Authority announced.
BU has received $740,000 from the agency. Projects include energy efficiency measures at seven new East Campus dorms; a new Collegiate Center with kitchen and dining facilities, multipurpose rooms, computer labs, lounges and offices; and renovations at the Recreation Center.
The NYSERDA-funded projects for new construction are projected to be 17 to 30 percent more energy efficient than the state’s energy code requires, depending on the building. Measures include high-efficiency lighting; occupancy-based lighting controls; insulation; high-efficiency heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; variable-speed pumps and motors; and daylight harvesting controls, which is a system that dims artificial light in response to available natural light.
“The implementation of our projects will greatly enhance our energy conservation efforts,Come January 9 and chip card driving licence would be available at the click of the mouse in Uttar Pradesh. reduce cost and reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” BU President Harvey Stenger said in a statement.
Overall,In every TruLaser laser cutting machine there are decades of experience. the measures BU is taking are projected to reduce electricity use by 1.8 million kilowatt hours and fossil fuel use by 18,437 million Btu annually, the equivalent of powering and heating about 260 homes for a year, according to NYSERDA. They will also reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2,190 tons annually, the equivalent of taking 438 cars off the road.
Funding is through the agency’s New Construction Program, which provides technical support to design teams and financial incentives to building owners. The projects also support Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Build Smart NY initiative, which aims to increase energy efficiency in state buildings by 20 percent over seven years.
“There were three things for fire stations that were rated high [for need],” Fire Chief Alan Mannel said. “One was a generator which we already have, one was the exhaust ventilation system which we got and the other was a fire sprinkler system.”
The fire department/municipal building was approved for a new sprinkler system late last year.
The majority of the funding is being handled by “Assistance to Firefighters Grant” – a nationwide grant though FEMA and Homeland Security. The grant will pay for 90 percent of the cost to install the system.
“It’s certainly not an easy grant to get but it’s well worth the effort,” Mannel said.
Mannel said he hopes to have the sprinkler system installed throughout the Municipal Building and the fire station in about a year’s time.A ridiculously low price on this All-Purpose solar lantern by Gordon. According to the U.S. Fire Administration Tropical Fire Research Series, back in 2001 most fires in fire stations often originate in the fire department vehicles – 44 percent – while the rest of the damages are caused by structural fires.Our premium collection of quality personalized keychains generously offers affordability in custom keychain.
Framingham State University will eliminate some infrastructure improvements planned for the Hemenway Hall academic building renovation in light of the project's increased cost from rising construction prices around the state, university officials said.
The university will forgo modernizing the interiors of existing classrooms and laboratories in the building, deferring the work until funding is available, said Dan Magazu, a university spokesman.
Earlier this month, officials said they might have to scale back parts of the $64 million project after rising construction costs led the state to drive up the project estimate by $10 million.
"As we anticipated, some of the planned infrastructure improvements to the original building have been eliminated from the scope of the work to balance the project budget," Magazu said in an email.
The main parts of the Hemenway Hall project, which received approval for $54 million in state funding in 2010, will still move forward, including a new science wing with 16 laboratories equipped with cutting-edge technology by 2014, as well as an update the building's existing windows and heating and ventilation system, Magazu said.
Up the hill from the railway station, White Rock City Hall will be celebrating its golden jubilee, having spent 50 years as the headquarters for all of the city's operations since opening July 6, 1963.
Having started as a multi-purpose civic building, the current City Hall initially also played host to the city's police detachment, library and court clerks. In fact,You must not use the laser cutter without being trained. the current council chamber was originally built as the White Rock Courthouse, which is why White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin's chair is so high up.
"It used to be a judge's chair and the room beside the chambers was the judge's chambers," explained Baldwin.
However, in the five decades since opening, many of those other operations have since moved out as White rock continued to grow, leaving the entirety of the facility for city hall's increasing demand for space.
"Now the purpose of the building has changed considerably since it was first built, and so any money we've spent on the building since has been spent on accommodating the change in purpose," said Baldwin.
But like all old things, some upgrades are in order.
"The biggest thing would be the heating ventilation system, which is really bad," said Baldwin. "We need to do a lot of work on things like getting better windows in, we've got single pane, so the energy efficiency of our windows and doors is also bad."
Another key upgrade, said Baldwin, is to improve the appearance of the building.
"It hasn't really been touched much since it was first built, so the appearance both on the inside and outside has to be improved," he said.
Despite the upgrades needed, Baldwin said the building is still serving its purpose well and will likely continue to do so into the future.
"The building itself is well-built. It's a strong structure, the roof is still good and so on, but obviously changes need to be made to keep up with the times and the expectations of the public," he said.
Binghamton University will save an estimated $355,000 in energy costs every year and avoid sending more than 2,190 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually into the atmosphere thanks to a number of energy efficiency projects, the New York State Emergy Research and Development Authority announced.
BU has received $740,000 from the agency. Projects include energy efficiency measures at seven new East Campus dorms; a new Collegiate Center with kitchen and dining facilities, multipurpose rooms, computer labs, lounges and offices; and renovations at the Recreation Center.
The NYSERDA-funded projects for new construction are projected to be 17 to 30 percent more energy efficient than the state’s energy code requires, depending on the building. Measures include high-efficiency lighting; occupancy-based lighting controls; insulation; high-efficiency heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; variable-speed pumps and motors; and daylight harvesting controls, which is a system that dims artificial light in response to available natural light.
“The implementation of our projects will greatly enhance our energy conservation efforts,Come January 9 and chip card driving licence would be available at the click of the mouse in Uttar Pradesh. reduce cost and reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” BU President Harvey Stenger said in a statement.
Overall,In every TruLaser laser cutting machine there are decades of experience. the measures BU is taking are projected to reduce electricity use by 1.8 million kilowatt hours and fossil fuel use by 18,437 million Btu annually, the equivalent of powering and heating about 260 homes for a year, according to NYSERDA. They will also reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2,190 tons annually, the equivalent of taking 438 cars off the road.
Funding is through the agency’s New Construction Program, which provides technical support to design teams and financial incentives to building owners. The projects also support Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Build Smart NY initiative, which aims to increase energy efficiency in state buildings by 20 percent over seven years.
“There were three things for fire stations that were rated high [for need],” Fire Chief Alan Mannel said. “One was a generator which we already have, one was the exhaust ventilation system which we got and the other was a fire sprinkler system.”
The fire department/municipal building was approved for a new sprinkler system late last year.
The majority of the funding is being handled by “Assistance to Firefighters Grant” – a nationwide grant though FEMA and Homeland Security. The grant will pay for 90 percent of the cost to install the system.
“It’s certainly not an easy grant to get but it’s well worth the effort,” Mannel said.
Mannel said he hopes to have the sprinkler system installed throughout the Municipal Building and the fire station in about a year’s time.A ridiculously low price on this All-Purpose solar lantern by Gordon. According to the U.S. Fire Administration Tropical Fire Research Series, back in 2001 most fires in fire stations often originate in the fire department vehicles – 44 percent – while the rest of the damages are caused by structural fires.Our premium collection of quality personalized keychains generously offers affordability in custom keychain.
Framingham State University will eliminate some infrastructure improvements planned for the Hemenway Hall academic building renovation in light of the project's increased cost from rising construction prices around the state, university officials said.
The university will forgo modernizing the interiors of existing classrooms and laboratories in the building, deferring the work until funding is available, said Dan Magazu, a university spokesman.
Earlier this month, officials said they might have to scale back parts of the $64 million project after rising construction costs led the state to drive up the project estimate by $10 million.
"As we anticipated, some of the planned infrastructure improvements to the original building have been eliminated from the scope of the work to balance the project budget," Magazu said in an email.
The main parts of the Hemenway Hall project, which received approval for $54 million in state funding in 2010, will still move forward, including a new science wing with 16 laboratories equipped with cutting-edge technology by 2014, as well as an update the building's existing windows and heating and ventilation system, Magazu said.
Mineral Tiles Announces Latest Addition
With fashion and contemporary interior design trends showing a strong
emphasis on the color white, Mineral Tiles, a leading provider of tile
products and tile design services on the Internet, has taken it upon
themselves to act on the growing demand for white interior design
pieces. The company announced the latest addition to their continually
growing line of tile products, the White Tile Collection,You must not
use the laser cutter without being trained.A ridiculously low price on this All-Purpose solar lantern by Gordon. a raange of tiles designed for contemporary white floor tile and white mosaic tile projects among others.
Aside from considering design trends favoring the color white, Mineral Tiles also took note of internal figures prior to the conceptualization of their new collection. After receiving calls for samples and orders of white glass tile, which customers used as the backdrop to their home décor, the company thought it prudent to create a separate line of tiles completely revolving around this interior design trend.
The increased demand for white tile styles is particularly evident in the popularity of Mineral Tiles’ Supreme Milk Glass Tile range, a line of a glass tiles designed to represent the elegance and beauty of the world’s whitest natural stone, Thassos marble from Greece. Similar to the prized Greek marble quarried since ancient times, the Supreme Milk Glass Tiles are notable for their strength and durability as they are made from crystallized glass melted onto a porcelain body, allowing for quick installations and cuts. However, unlike its natural stone counterpart, Supreme Milk Glass tiles do not require polishing or sealing during installation, making the process quick and easy.
Given the flexibility of white tiles, Mineral Tiles representatives believe it comes as no surprise why the color is catching on with homeowners and interior designers, as people’s tastes are evolving from traditional, to a more contemporary feel. Mineral Tiles’ White Tile Collection is ideal for a number of applications, from being used on the floor, white subway tile backplashes for kitchens and bathrooms, to feature walls and fireplace surrounds. The company recognizes how it is this flexibility that endears white tiles to interior designers and customers, who see the color as capable of being matched with any color scheme in the home. White also creates a fresh and clean look, bring out a room’s best design features.
Streetsense, an integrated brokerage, design, branding, marketing, and architecture firm announced today that they recently designed the second U.S. store location for ZILLI, a Lyon, France based men’s clothing atelier.
The fashion brand recently unveiled its 2,000 square foot store in the upscale Tysons Galleria in McLean, Virginia. Classically modern, the store’s inviting architectural expression was designed to establish a presence in one of Washington, DC’s most vibrant shopping destinations. The store’s design remains true to ZILLI’s use of luxurious finishes, including mahogany, brass and fine leathers.
According to streetsense, their team knew this store needed to be re-imagined from ZILLI’s New York City flagship store, which is located in the Four Seasons Hotel on East 57th Street. “ZILLI’s Washington, DC client is highly refined, powerful and in control. Therefore, the space is reflective of their luxurious and contemporary lifestyle,” said Alexander Crawford, Director of Interior Architecture at streetsense. “Prior to designing the space, we looked at our target audience and embraced their lifestyle. It was important to us to understand who we were designing for and the end result is reflective of the process we went through to understand them," says Tina Ruiz-Ellen, Project Manager for streetsense.Come January 9 and chip card driving licence would be available at the click of the mouse in Uttar Pradesh.
The storefront fa?ade consists of large glass windows trimmed in polished mahogany and brass and creates a contemporary, yet luxurious presence. Black granite floor tiles are etched in gold with the distinguished ZILLI logo and help frame the entrance. Creating visual engagement as you precede further inside, a backlit display panel adds a modern element to the space as does a large mannequin wall display.
The front and middle sections of the store are dedicated to pleasurable product browsing through meticulous space planning, innovative displays and the clever use of lighting to bring about an ambience of inviting elegance. The back portion of the store continues to bring progressive sensibility to the luxurious retail experience with a private consultation area that includes a gold domed ceiling reflective of the numerous domes throughout Washington, DC’s architecture symbolizing power, balance and order.
The semi-private backroom space also includes a custom designed circular carpet that showcases one of ZILLI’s many elite textile patterns; and a wall of adjustable mirrors that allows for the master tailor to perfectly fit the client.
Additionally, ZILLI’s Tysons Galleria store is the second location to offer women’s fine luxury accessories, including coats, handbags and other fine accessories. The women’s area was designed to delight, surprise and entertain the distinguished woman.In every TruLaser laser cutting machine there are decades of experience.
With the release of iOS 6.1, Apple has also announced a new Search API that will allow developers to query its Maps servers to get back point-of-interest and location data. This will allow them to integrate these kinds of local results into their apps when users search for things around them.
It’s not exactly an earth shattering development, as there are tons of ‘places’ API choices out there for developers including OpenStreetMaps, Foursquare and Google Places.Our premium collection of quality personalized keychains generously offers affordability in custom keychain. But it does bring a significant point of parity back for Apple when it comes to its mapping offerings for third-party developers.
With iOS 5 and previous versions of iOS, developers could call Google Maps and use those in conjunction with any third-party places API. This included Google’s own Places API, which could only be used with Google Maps tiles, and not other services. So a developer could use Apple’s MapKit to call up mapping tiles and Google Places to fill out location data. This is fairly standard operating procedure for mapping services.
Unfortunately, with the release of iOS 6, developers no longer had the ability to use Google Places with Apple’s mapping tiles, and had to make the choice to use other services if they wanted to use the standard MapKit frameworks for their mapping apps. Now, with the addition of the new Search API, developers have a one-stop shop to get their mapping display tiles and their POI search data, all in one place.
Aside from considering design trends favoring the color white, Mineral Tiles also took note of internal figures prior to the conceptualization of their new collection. After receiving calls for samples and orders of white glass tile, which customers used as the backdrop to their home décor, the company thought it prudent to create a separate line of tiles completely revolving around this interior design trend.
The increased demand for white tile styles is particularly evident in the popularity of Mineral Tiles’ Supreme Milk Glass Tile range, a line of a glass tiles designed to represent the elegance and beauty of the world’s whitest natural stone, Thassos marble from Greece. Similar to the prized Greek marble quarried since ancient times, the Supreme Milk Glass Tiles are notable for their strength and durability as they are made from crystallized glass melted onto a porcelain body, allowing for quick installations and cuts. However, unlike its natural stone counterpart, Supreme Milk Glass tiles do not require polishing or sealing during installation, making the process quick and easy.
Given the flexibility of white tiles, Mineral Tiles representatives believe it comes as no surprise why the color is catching on with homeowners and interior designers, as people’s tastes are evolving from traditional, to a more contemporary feel. Mineral Tiles’ White Tile Collection is ideal for a number of applications, from being used on the floor, white subway tile backplashes for kitchens and bathrooms, to feature walls and fireplace surrounds. The company recognizes how it is this flexibility that endears white tiles to interior designers and customers, who see the color as capable of being matched with any color scheme in the home. White also creates a fresh and clean look, bring out a room’s best design features.
Streetsense, an integrated brokerage, design, branding, marketing, and architecture firm announced today that they recently designed the second U.S. store location for ZILLI, a Lyon, France based men’s clothing atelier.
The fashion brand recently unveiled its 2,000 square foot store in the upscale Tysons Galleria in McLean, Virginia. Classically modern, the store’s inviting architectural expression was designed to establish a presence in one of Washington, DC’s most vibrant shopping destinations. The store’s design remains true to ZILLI’s use of luxurious finishes, including mahogany, brass and fine leathers.
According to streetsense, their team knew this store needed to be re-imagined from ZILLI’s New York City flagship store, which is located in the Four Seasons Hotel on East 57th Street. “ZILLI’s Washington, DC client is highly refined, powerful and in control. Therefore, the space is reflective of their luxurious and contemporary lifestyle,” said Alexander Crawford, Director of Interior Architecture at streetsense. “Prior to designing the space, we looked at our target audience and embraced their lifestyle. It was important to us to understand who we were designing for and the end result is reflective of the process we went through to understand them," says Tina Ruiz-Ellen, Project Manager for streetsense.Come January 9 and chip card driving licence would be available at the click of the mouse in Uttar Pradesh.
The storefront fa?ade consists of large glass windows trimmed in polished mahogany and brass and creates a contemporary, yet luxurious presence. Black granite floor tiles are etched in gold with the distinguished ZILLI logo and help frame the entrance. Creating visual engagement as you precede further inside, a backlit display panel adds a modern element to the space as does a large mannequin wall display.
The front and middle sections of the store are dedicated to pleasurable product browsing through meticulous space planning, innovative displays and the clever use of lighting to bring about an ambience of inviting elegance. The back portion of the store continues to bring progressive sensibility to the luxurious retail experience with a private consultation area that includes a gold domed ceiling reflective of the numerous domes throughout Washington, DC’s architecture symbolizing power, balance and order.
The semi-private backroom space also includes a custom designed circular carpet that showcases one of ZILLI’s many elite textile patterns; and a wall of adjustable mirrors that allows for the master tailor to perfectly fit the client.
Additionally, ZILLI’s Tysons Galleria store is the second location to offer women’s fine luxury accessories, including coats, handbags and other fine accessories. The women’s area was designed to delight, surprise and entertain the distinguished woman.In every TruLaser laser cutting machine there are decades of experience.
With the release of iOS 6.1, Apple has also announced a new Search API that will allow developers to query its Maps servers to get back point-of-interest and location data. This will allow them to integrate these kinds of local results into their apps when users search for things around them.
It’s not exactly an earth shattering development, as there are tons of ‘places’ API choices out there for developers including OpenStreetMaps, Foursquare and Google Places.Our premium collection of quality personalized keychains generously offers affordability in custom keychain. But it does bring a significant point of parity back for Apple when it comes to its mapping offerings for third-party developers.
With iOS 5 and previous versions of iOS, developers could call Google Maps and use those in conjunction with any third-party places API. This included Google’s own Places API, which could only be used with Google Maps tiles, and not other services. So a developer could use Apple’s MapKit to call up mapping tiles and Google Places to fill out location data. This is fairly standard operating procedure for mapping services.
Unfortunately, with the release of iOS 6, developers no longer had the ability to use Google Places with Apple’s mapping tiles, and had to make the choice to use other services if they wanted to use the standard MapKit frameworks for their mapping apps. Now, with the addition of the new Search API, developers have a one-stop shop to get their mapping display tiles and their POI search data, all in one place.
2013年1月28日 星期一
Electronic ticket app next stop for MTA railroads
Paper tickets and loose change on Metro-North Railroad may soon become as obsolete as tokens in the subway.
Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Railroad announced Monday they are looking for a company to create an app for smart phones and tablets that will allow riders to purchase digital tickets. The request also calls for a plan to let conductors accept credit and debit cards for on-board payments,Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. officials said.
“This is a huge step technological step away form the old-style ticket punch systems, which has been in use as far back as anyone can remember,” said Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
He noted that a lot of riders are already using their smartphones and tablets during their rides so “it’s an easy step to add ticketing.”
The MTA app is being developed for east of Hudson riders and is separate from the app NJ Transit has in the works for the Pascack Valley line. That app is currently in a customer testing phase, a NJ Transit spokeswoman said Monday.
Metro-North and Long Island railroads began exploring the electronic ticket idea last year. In one experiment involving Metro-North employees, workers downloaded the free app on an iPhone, Android, or Blackberry and could purchase any type of ticket with a credit or debit card. A conductor would then view the ticket on the screen or scan the ticket’s bar code with a special hand-held device.
Gene Campanello, 60, of Manhattan, said although he thinks it’s good the railroads are catching up with the latest technology, he would want to be assured his personal information would be protected before using it.
“If I had my phone and it wasn’t charged, I’d be scared of losing my ticket,” said Roslyn Dease, a 20-year-old Westchester Community College student.
Josh Block, 33, who was busy typing on his smartphone at the White Plains station, was less concerned about what could go wrong: “The chances of me losing my phone are less than my chances of losing my Metro-North ticket,” he said.
Proposals for the electronic ticketing apps are due to the MTA by March 15. The MTA plans to award a contract by July and launch a pilot program for customers by spring 2014. The app could be available to all customers by fall 2014, the agency said.
“I’m a mangy gray dog with its ribs showing named van Gogh,” my husband told me not long before he died. “I have soulful brown eyes.” In real life, his name was Kevin, and he had blue eyes. But my husband was always a writer. Words were his tool, employed skillfully to explain,Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. to invent, even to protect. Many years ago, defusing a self-loathing comment I made, he told me, “No, you’re a silk undershirt named Simone.”
There was a lot of living between the silky Simone and the mangy mutt. It was mostly delicious, beaches and beds, reading out loud, laughter unspooling through the days. Even a shared stint of unemployment we spent traveling through Italy, slowing down in Florence so we could cook from the markets. Fava beans were in season. When we met, on a junket for journalists in the Bahamas, we were magazine editors living a continent apart. Kevin had read a feature I had written quoting one of his favorite Berkeley professors. He thought I was smart. So we began our relationship via email, Los Angeles to Vermont. It was always built on words. It wasn’t until he sent me a poem, the one about eating the plums, that I understood he was at least flirting with flirting.Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products.
It was a lot of living,We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. not a lot of time. On Jan. 14, 2008, Kevin began his first blog post: “I am writing this from a warm place in a small town in a cold state. It is a little bit more than 16 months after I was diagnosed with a rare cancer that will more than likely kill me.” He doesn’t mention that the disease was so off the radar — epithelioid sarcoma, with its absurdity of vowels and senseless destruction — that it took more than a year of increased suffering before anyone guessed it might be cancer. But he finally opened up that day to cope as he counted down the hours to a crucial scan, a post that made him feel exposed, wit and irreverence being more his style. His anxiety was merited: A lung had collapsed and his cancer had spread.
Yet Kevin went on with this blog, weaving data from obscure sarcoma studies with tips for the ultimate chocolate chip cookies, punctuating it with the stark day-to-day realities of living with cancer. Near the end he described his pain: “I imagined that I was carrying a dagger suspended by filaments in my lower belly.” He also stepped back to reflect on his life, recalling vivid moments from brief, now burnished times. “I think about stories a lot these days,” he wrote. “They may be the only thing that can save us.”
“I am hoping to throw away a pair of boots tomorrow,” one post began. “They are sitting in the playroom under a chair; neither toe nor heel sit evenly on the ground, and what was a rich cordovan leather is now murky with filth and dust. I haven’t worn them for years, and still the boots span some of the biggest happenings of my adult life: ‘Testing’ products for a national magazine; hiking with my now-wife in New Mexico, the red cliffs of Sedona, around the Grand Canyon. Walking with her another time up a steep pitch in Vermont and being surprised and delighted when she threw off her clothes and plunged into a mountain pond, truly, that wasn’t very remote at all.”
We scratched the itch, more surely being more, until there was a toddler and a newborn. But at least we had a common enemy, these chortling little crazy people who whittled us bare at times as we longed for sleep and dinners communing with uninterrupted sentences. Still, we had hope then, a muted vision of ourselves once again in an Italian wine bar or even a coffee shop downtown without a miniature mouth suctioned to my nipple. Meanwhile we kept our Newfie from upending the highchair as she dove for spills, met kindred spirits doing the daycare dance,Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. bought an old farmhouse with a beautiful new kitchen, not for show but for braised short ribs and birthday cakes.
Add cancer and we got an enemy that over time hushed joy and divided us into camps, speaking languages that became increasingly foreign to each other. We both had caverns of pain and fear, but they weren’t the same. It’s a side effect that’s not much talked about.
Rare as it was, Kevin’s disease was unusually “proximal.” It tends to turn up somewhere like a finger, and they talk amputation. When it starts in the pelvis, in and around a number of considerably useful parts, they stop talking. At least about surgery. They made guesswork plans and started debilitating treatments and experimental trials that poisoned me too in a bleary transformation from lover to overbearing caregiver.
“I’m good,” he would say with a captivating smile and nod to the techs, the nurses, the doctor. Kevin so wanted to be fine, to be whole and human. But I saw him gray with pain as he got out of the car, shuffled inside. He would talk and I would shoot the doctor a “don’t buy it” look. I wanted them to understand and help him. That’s the position I would bring to the fight after we left the hospital. His bitter response: “You don’t see a man, you see cancer.”
Waking him as I headed out to a meeting one morning, his greeting was so warm but I noticed his narcotics-glazed eyes. He was planning to get himself to the hospital for something routine. I hesitated on the edge of just-a-feeling and the certain consequences of changing my plans, enforcing my judgment that he not drive. We kissed goodbye. A few hours later I stood at the tow lot in the pounding sun, removing license plates and junk from our minivan, a small sapling lodged in its fender. Kevin was fine, no one else involved, but I still tremble imagining his reaction if I had called it the other way. I don’t remember words exchanged, just silence, avoidance, shame.
Physical pain is a different divide. Early on it was radiation burns disintegrating the most vulnerable skin imaginable. Despite his shocking level of endurance, there were nights I got children to bed trying to downplay the sounds of screaming from the bathroom. Somehow I could keep kids, pets, home and my job, but here I was helpless. He was in a place too deep to connect. Later, with the disease and the drugs amped, I would hold out until 4 on Sundays before losing hope that he might get up. Widow rehearsal.
I know I’m leaving out the many lovely, loving bits, painting a black mural over the end of my marriage that in truth at least flickered with light. Van Gogh still made me laugh, and I watched him pour the end of his energy into playing and reading with the kids. It was only fair. I didn’t get enough, but I got a longer turn. That we never stopped loving each other is true but not a surprise. It’s the ugly, still human moments that get buried.
In the summer, before he died in late fall, the kids were in California visiting their grandparents. Time for the two of us. I came home from the grocery store and tossed him a chocolate bar he liked, which landed on the floor near the sofa where he lay. I’m not sure why I didn’t hand it to him except that it wasn’t meant to be a big deal, just a nice gesture. But I screwed up and it came off as contempt. He threw it with such bitter hostility my next gesture was cleaning gooey chocolate off the walls.
Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Railroad announced Monday they are looking for a company to create an app for smart phones and tablets that will allow riders to purchase digital tickets. The request also calls for a plan to let conductors accept credit and debit cards for on-board payments,Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. officials said.
“This is a huge step technological step away form the old-style ticket punch systems, which has been in use as far back as anyone can remember,” said Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
He noted that a lot of riders are already using their smartphones and tablets during their rides so “it’s an easy step to add ticketing.”
The MTA app is being developed for east of Hudson riders and is separate from the app NJ Transit has in the works for the Pascack Valley line. That app is currently in a customer testing phase, a NJ Transit spokeswoman said Monday.
Metro-North and Long Island railroads began exploring the electronic ticket idea last year. In one experiment involving Metro-North employees, workers downloaded the free app on an iPhone, Android, or Blackberry and could purchase any type of ticket with a credit or debit card. A conductor would then view the ticket on the screen or scan the ticket’s bar code with a special hand-held device.
Gene Campanello, 60, of Manhattan, said although he thinks it’s good the railroads are catching up with the latest technology, he would want to be assured his personal information would be protected before using it.
“If I had my phone and it wasn’t charged, I’d be scared of losing my ticket,” said Roslyn Dease, a 20-year-old Westchester Community College student.
Josh Block, 33, who was busy typing on his smartphone at the White Plains station, was less concerned about what could go wrong: “The chances of me losing my phone are less than my chances of losing my Metro-North ticket,” he said.
Proposals for the electronic ticketing apps are due to the MTA by March 15. The MTA plans to award a contract by July and launch a pilot program for customers by spring 2014. The app could be available to all customers by fall 2014, the agency said.
“I’m a mangy gray dog with its ribs showing named van Gogh,” my husband told me not long before he died. “I have soulful brown eyes.” In real life, his name was Kevin, and he had blue eyes. But my husband was always a writer. Words were his tool, employed skillfully to explain,Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. to invent, even to protect. Many years ago, defusing a self-loathing comment I made, he told me, “No, you’re a silk undershirt named Simone.”
There was a lot of living between the silky Simone and the mangy mutt. It was mostly delicious, beaches and beds, reading out loud, laughter unspooling through the days. Even a shared stint of unemployment we spent traveling through Italy, slowing down in Florence so we could cook from the markets. Fava beans were in season. When we met, on a junket for journalists in the Bahamas, we were magazine editors living a continent apart. Kevin had read a feature I had written quoting one of his favorite Berkeley professors. He thought I was smart. So we began our relationship via email, Los Angeles to Vermont. It was always built on words. It wasn’t until he sent me a poem, the one about eating the plums, that I understood he was at least flirting with flirting.Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products.
It was a lot of living,We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. not a lot of time. On Jan. 14, 2008, Kevin began his first blog post: “I am writing this from a warm place in a small town in a cold state. It is a little bit more than 16 months after I was diagnosed with a rare cancer that will more than likely kill me.” He doesn’t mention that the disease was so off the radar — epithelioid sarcoma, with its absurdity of vowels and senseless destruction — that it took more than a year of increased suffering before anyone guessed it might be cancer. But he finally opened up that day to cope as he counted down the hours to a crucial scan, a post that made him feel exposed, wit and irreverence being more his style. His anxiety was merited: A lung had collapsed and his cancer had spread.
Yet Kevin went on with this blog, weaving data from obscure sarcoma studies with tips for the ultimate chocolate chip cookies, punctuating it with the stark day-to-day realities of living with cancer. Near the end he described his pain: “I imagined that I was carrying a dagger suspended by filaments in my lower belly.” He also stepped back to reflect on his life, recalling vivid moments from brief, now burnished times. “I think about stories a lot these days,” he wrote. “They may be the only thing that can save us.”
“I am hoping to throw away a pair of boots tomorrow,” one post began. “They are sitting in the playroom under a chair; neither toe nor heel sit evenly on the ground, and what was a rich cordovan leather is now murky with filth and dust. I haven’t worn them for years, and still the boots span some of the biggest happenings of my adult life: ‘Testing’ products for a national magazine; hiking with my now-wife in New Mexico, the red cliffs of Sedona, around the Grand Canyon. Walking with her another time up a steep pitch in Vermont and being surprised and delighted when she threw off her clothes and plunged into a mountain pond, truly, that wasn’t very remote at all.”
We scratched the itch, more surely being more, until there was a toddler and a newborn. But at least we had a common enemy, these chortling little crazy people who whittled us bare at times as we longed for sleep and dinners communing with uninterrupted sentences. Still, we had hope then, a muted vision of ourselves once again in an Italian wine bar or even a coffee shop downtown without a miniature mouth suctioned to my nipple. Meanwhile we kept our Newfie from upending the highchair as she dove for spills, met kindred spirits doing the daycare dance,Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. bought an old farmhouse with a beautiful new kitchen, not for show but for braised short ribs and birthday cakes.
Add cancer and we got an enemy that over time hushed joy and divided us into camps, speaking languages that became increasingly foreign to each other. We both had caverns of pain and fear, but they weren’t the same. It’s a side effect that’s not much talked about.
Rare as it was, Kevin’s disease was unusually “proximal.” It tends to turn up somewhere like a finger, and they talk amputation. When it starts in the pelvis, in and around a number of considerably useful parts, they stop talking. At least about surgery. They made guesswork plans and started debilitating treatments and experimental trials that poisoned me too in a bleary transformation from lover to overbearing caregiver.
“I’m good,” he would say with a captivating smile and nod to the techs, the nurses, the doctor. Kevin so wanted to be fine, to be whole and human. But I saw him gray with pain as he got out of the car, shuffled inside. He would talk and I would shoot the doctor a “don’t buy it” look. I wanted them to understand and help him. That’s the position I would bring to the fight after we left the hospital. His bitter response: “You don’t see a man, you see cancer.”
Waking him as I headed out to a meeting one morning, his greeting was so warm but I noticed his narcotics-glazed eyes. He was planning to get himself to the hospital for something routine. I hesitated on the edge of just-a-feeling and the certain consequences of changing my plans, enforcing my judgment that he not drive. We kissed goodbye. A few hours later I stood at the tow lot in the pounding sun, removing license plates and junk from our minivan, a small sapling lodged in its fender. Kevin was fine, no one else involved, but I still tremble imagining his reaction if I had called it the other way. I don’t remember words exchanged, just silence, avoidance, shame.
Physical pain is a different divide. Early on it was radiation burns disintegrating the most vulnerable skin imaginable. Despite his shocking level of endurance, there were nights I got children to bed trying to downplay the sounds of screaming from the bathroom. Somehow I could keep kids, pets, home and my job, but here I was helpless. He was in a place too deep to connect. Later, with the disease and the drugs amped, I would hold out until 4 on Sundays before losing hope that he might get up. Widow rehearsal.
I know I’m leaving out the many lovely, loving bits, painting a black mural over the end of my marriage that in truth at least flickered with light. Van Gogh still made me laugh, and I watched him pour the end of his energy into playing and reading with the kids. It was only fair. I didn’t get enough, but I got a longer turn. That we never stopped loving each other is true but not a surprise. It’s the ugly, still human moments that get buried.
In the summer, before he died in late fall, the kids were in California visiting their grandparents. Time for the two of us. I came home from the grocery store and tossed him a chocolate bar he liked, which landed on the floor near the sofa where he lay. I’m not sure why I didn’t hand it to him except that it wasn’t meant to be a big deal, just a nice gesture. But I screwed up and it came off as contempt. He threw it with such bitter hostility my next gesture was cleaning gooey chocolate off the walls.
Fire destroys Cheshire Cat Pub in west Ottawa
An early morning fire has destroyed the Cheshire Cat Pub in rural west Ottawa.
“It’s a write off, it’s completely gutted," said pub owner Dustin Therrien who was at the scene Monday afternoon. "Everything’s burned all the way from the ground level up.”
Firefighters, police and paramedics responded to the fire at 2193 Richardson Side Rd.We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. just before 4:30 a.m. Monday as alarms were sounding.Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products.
Firefighters began to fight the fire from the outside and douse the flames until the blaze was under control about eight hours later. At least two dozen trucks responded to the fire, but there were not any fire hydrants close to the building.
About five hours after the fire started,Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. the bell tower atop the pub's building collapsed to the ground and crumbled. The roof and interior of the building were severely damaged, according to Ottawa fire spokesman Marc Messier, but the building was still standing.
From 1883 to 1956, the structure was a school house. In the 1990s, what had become a rural residence was converted to a restaurant and bar. Therrien purchased the Cheshire Cat Pub in 2005 and it continued to be a popular gathering spot that employed 36 people.
"I’m just worried about my staff right now — we have a lot of people who work here that we really care about," said Therrien. "It’s just a building, I’m really worried about the people.Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics."
Nobody was inside the building, a former schoolhouse, at the time of the fire, firefighters said. A shelter bus also arrived to help assist firefighters.
Falling snow and cool temperatures has also the pub's parking lot, covered by water from the fire hose, into a slushy and icy mess.
Ottawa police reopened Richardson Side Road after closing the street between Carp Road and Huntmar Drive for more than eight hours.
Two hikers stranded for at least three hours on a rain-soaked cliff in Malibu Creek State Park were rescued by helicopter early Monday morning, authorities said.
The 29-year-old man and 31-year-old woman found the cliff too dangerous to descend and used a cellphone to call for help at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, said Reserve Deputy David Katz of the L.A. County sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills Station.
Members of the sheriff's Malibu search and rescue team went to the park, near Century Lake, but the recent rains that saturated the cliff also made climbing too dangerous for rescue personnel, Katz said.
An L.A. County Fire Department helicopter was called to assist with the rescue and its crew hoisted the hikers to safety at 12:30 a.m., Katz said. It was the second rescue in one week from Malibu Creek State Park, officials said.
In a separate incident, county fire helicopters lifted four stranded hikers to safety from Strawberry Peak Trail in the Angeles National Forest late Sunday, a sheriff's lieutenant said. One of the hikers had called the Crescenta Valley sheriff's station from his cellphone around 7 p.m. Sunday to say no one was injured but the weather was turning cold and they had no supplies, said sheriff's Lt. Elisabeth Sachs.
While the miniatures combat and CCG have been out for a long while now, this game not only combines the two genres, but combines them well. Yu-Gi-Oh had something like this with the console and handheld games, but that was still just a card game. On top of summoning the minions, being able to manage them a bit through your point pool was a very nice touch, and simply added to the complexity of the game, making it even more unique.
While you can see definite influences from different areas, the developers have made a truly unique beast with Minion Master that I think both miniature and collectible card game players would enjoy. I found it pretty engaging,Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. and my love of tweaking decks and customizing layouts got a nice bite with this game. While it took me a bit to get used to how it plays, mainly because I dove right in without tutorials, I really love just firing it up for a quick match or two. While I think it’s taken a bit to catch on, I do see some pretty good appeal. The game, while basic and fast to learn, has some nice and deeper strategy to it, and being able to lay out over 30,000 tiles for a match and not having to clean all that up is an amazing prospect. I’d have to say it’s priced pretty decently as well.
The pack I received to review with is $20, and that gets you every card in the game, plus a bunch of spares to play around and build decks with, meaning you wouldn’t have to sink anymore into it at all if you didn’t want to. For a free deck to play with, the free option is pretty decent to start with if you just want to give it a go with friends and try to suck them in.
“It’s a write off, it’s completely gutted," said pub owner Dustin Therrien who was at the scene Monday afternoon. "Everything’s burned all the way from the ground level up.”
Firefighters, police and paramedics responded to the fire at 2193 Richardson Side Rd.We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. just before 4:30 a.m. Monday as alarms were sounding.Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products.
Firefighters began to fight the fire from the outside and douse the flames until the blaze was under control about eight hours later. At least two dozen trucks responded to the fire, but there were not any fire hydrants close to the building.
About five hours after the fire started,Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. the bell tower atop the pub's building collapsed to the ground and crumbled. The roof and interior of the building were severely damaged, according to Ottawa fire spokesman Marc Messier, but the building was still standing.
From 1883 to 1956, the structure was a school house. In the 1990s, what had become a rural residence was converted to a restaurant and bar. Therrien purchased the Cheshire Cat Pub in 2005 and it continued to be a popular gathering spot that employed 36 people.
"I’m just worried about my staff right now — we have a lot of people who work here that we really care about," said Therrien. "It’s just a building, I’m really worried about the people.Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics."
Nobody was inside the building, a former schoolhouse, at the time of the fire, firefighters said. A shelter bus also arrived to help assist firefighters.
Falling snow and cool temperatures has also the pub's parking lot, covered by water from the fire hose, into a slushy and icy mess.
Ottawa police reopened Richardson Side Road after closing the street between Carp Road and Huntmar Drive for more than eight hours.
Two hikers stranded for at least three hours on a rain-soaked cliff in Malibu Creek State Park were rescued by helicopter early Monday morning, authorities said.
The 29-year-old man and 31-year-old woman found the cliff too dangerous to descend and used a cellphone to call for help at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, said Reserve Deputy David Katz of the L.A. County sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills Station.
Members of the sheriff's Malibu search and rescue team went to the park, near Century Lake, but the recent rains that saturated the cliff also made climbing too dangerous for rescue personnel, Katz said.
An L.A. County Fire Department helicopter was called to assist with the rescue and its crew hoisted the hikers to safety at 12:30 a.m., Katz said. It was the second rescue in one week from Malibu Creek State Park, officials said.
In a separate incident, county fire helicopters lifted four stranded hikers to safety from Strawberry Peak Trail in the Angeles National Forest late Sunday, a sheriff's lieutenant said. One of the hikers had called the Crescenta Valley sheriff's station from his cellphone around 7 p.m. Sunday to say no one was injured but the weather was turning cold and they had no supplies, said sheriff's Lt. Elisabeth Sachs.
While the miniatures combat and CCG have been out for a long while now, this game not only combines the two genres, but combines them well. Yu-Gi-Oh had something like this with the console and handheld games, but that was still just a card game. On top of summoning the minions, being able to manage them a bit through your point pool was a very nice touch, and simply added to the complexity of the game, making it even more unique.
While you can see definite influences from different areas, the developers have made a truly unique beast with Minion Master that I think both miniature and collectible card game players would enjoy. I found it pretty engaging,Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. and my love of tweaking decks and customizing layouts got a nice bite with this game. While it took me a bit to get used to how it plays, mainly because I dove right in without tutorials, I really love just firing it up for a quick match or two. While I think it’s taken a bit to catch on, I do see some pretty good appeal. The game, while basic and fast to learn, has some nice and deeper strategy to it, and being able to lay out over 30,000 tiles for a match and not having to clean all that up is an amazing prospect. I’d have to say it’s priced pretty decently as well.
The pack I received to review with is $20, and that gets you every card in the game, plus a bunch of spares to play around and build decks with, meaning you wouldn’t have to sink anymore into it at all if you didn’t want to. For a free deck to play with, the free option is pretty decent to start with if you just want to give it a go with friends and try to suck them in.
How A Narrow Focus Can Benefit Entrepreneurs
I meet hundreds of entrepreneurs each year from all over the world
and they are mostly smart, motivated, and extremely passionate about
their idea. After they give me their card and shake hands, we part ways.
I immediately turn to the person next to me to ask “What exactly do
they do again?” It sounds intriguing in the moment as I’m caught up in
their excitement, but ultimately if no one can explain it, they will
face an enormous challenge without investors and connections.
Enter “refined simplicity” – a term I often use to describe the collision of brilliance & ease of use that leads to successful expansion.
A shining example of refined simplicity is a company called Give Forward. They are the leading crowd funding platform for medical related expenses. But why would they focus on such a niche market when other platforms allow just about everything? Give Forward’s goal is to “create unexpected joy” and they noticed an enormous need to cover medical expenses. In fact, medical related expenses are causing 60% of U.S. bankruptcies according to a recent CNN health report. Co-founder of Give Forward, Ethan Austin, also explains that “It’s a lot easier to get behind an idea, whereas a product can be duplicated.”
Whether it’s an investor, client, or connection maker, your company will need people to help you progress. Ethan explains that the idea of a niche focus for his company came in a “slow pivot.” However, with the mission of “creating unexpected joy” being so clear for their company,We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. it was only natural to gravitate toward helping people cover unexpected medical expenses. The recent explosion of crowd funding’s popularity has certainly helped Give Forward explain what they do. Yet, even your parents that still carry a flip phone will be able to understand ‘we help people raise money to cover medical expenses’.
Ethan mentioned that we regularly give money in the happy times like weddings and birthdays, but not when friends need it the most. Many people are either too proud or reluctant to ask for help. The success of past medical campaigns via Give Forward provides users with an automatic response when they hear of someone with that specific need. Can your clients, customers, or users repeat success stories? Similarly, Fundable, is focused on crowd funding for small businesses. As companies continue to have exceptional results raising capital through Fundable, they will send their entrepreneurial friends to that site again & again.
Refined simplicity does not mean that you can’t build out additional product lines eventually. It reassures people that you are dependable, consistent, and worth betting on because you know exactly what you’re focused on. For your sake, and ours, make it easy to share what you do.
Ed Reed is gearing up for the biggest game of his football life this week. But once the confetti falls in New Orleans on Sunday, and no matter which end he finds himself on, Reed’s NFL future will be very much up in the air. The Ravens, with Ray Lewis already set to retire, may be looking at something of a youth movement on defense, and that could lead Reed out of Baltimore and looking for a new place to call home.Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau.
Well, as it turns out, New England could be just that place. Bill Belichick has always had something of an infatuation with Reed, praising the All-Pro safety with every opportunity, and rightfully so. Reed has been arguably the best safety in football for going on a decade now, and even at his older age (34), at least for an NFL player, he’s still one of the better defensive backs playing. So, while Reed weighs his options this offseason — return, retire or move on — Belichick would be wise to try and lure him to New England.Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. The Patriots’ secondary was one of the worst in football in 2012,Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products. ranking 29th in passing yards allowed, and has been on the whole over the past few seasons. There is a good influx of talent in that group, with Devin McCourty and Alfonzo Dennard standing out as promising contributors and potential building blocks for the future.
Add Reed to that mix, and suddenly you’re not only helping to develop that young talent but a lot of your imminent secondary concerns become obsolete. Reed is a strong, smart and crafty defender. He may lay a lick or two down unnecessarily at times, for which his wallet has taken a hit of its own over the years, but he’s got a great mind for the game and is as instinctual a player as there’s been maybe in NFL history. The Patriots desperately need a player like Reed to maintain some semblance of control and focus in that secondary, and to be the quarterback of that unit. If Reed suited up for the Patriots, he’d instantly make McCourty a better safety and add a much-needed playmaker to the unit — the same kind of playmaker Aqib Talib was expected to be.Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics.
There’s no doubting that the Patriots would need more than just Reed to repair the problems in that secondary. Kyle Arrington is now a free agent and Marquice Cole didn’t seem to be the answer in the slot against the Ravens. So, some additional talent would be needed to fill the voids on the outside. But wouldn’t the Patriots’ money be better spent on a proven commodity like Reed — even with the injury risks involved — than a wild card in Talib?
Not to question Talib’s impact or stellar behavior during his two-plus months with the Patriots, but there remain inherent risks with his checkered past. As for Reed, he’s been a consummate professional his entire career and, even in the later stages of his football life, he’s still a consistent contributor and a leader — something that secondary unit really needs. Wherever he goes, Reed’s not going to be the same ball hawk who was the Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 or even the same guy who intercepted 61 passes over the past 13 seasons. But he’ll still bring a world of talent, knowledge and leadership, which should be more than enough to help a desperate Patriots secondary. Before any of this can even be anything more than a pipe dream, Reed first needs to take the field in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But after that, there’s no question that he should be atop the Patriots’ wish list, and who knows, maybe he could even help the Patriots get back to this very game again next year.
Enter “refined simplicity” – a term I often use to describe the collision of brilliance & ease of use that leads to successful expansion.
A shining example of refined simplicity is a company called Give Forward. They are the leading crowd funding platform for medical related expenses. But why would they focus on such a niche market when other platforms allow just about everything? Give Forward’s goal is to “create unexpected joy” and they noticed an enormous need to cover medical expenses. In fact, medical related expenses are causing 60% of U.S. bankruptcies according to a recent CNN health report. Co-founder of Give Forward, Ethan Austin, also explains that “It’s a lot easier to get behind an idea, whereas a product can be duplicated.”
Whether it’s an investor, client, or connection maker, your company will need people to help you progress. Ethan explains that the idea of a niche focus for his company came in a “slow pivot.” However, with the mission of “creating unexpected joy” being so clear for their company,We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. it was only natural to gravitate toward helping people cover unexpected medical expenses. The recent explosion of crowd funding’s popularity has certainly helped Give Forward explain what they do. Yet, even your parents that still carry a flip phone will be able to understand ‘we help people raise money to cover medical expenses’.
Ethan mentioned that we regularly give money in the happy times like weddings and birthdays, but not when friends need it the most. Many people are either too proud or reluctant to ask for help. The success of past medical campaigns via Give Forward provides users with an automatic response when they hear of someone with that specific need. Can your clients, customers, or users repeat success stories? Similarly, Fundable, is focused on crowd funding for small businesses. As companies continue to have exceptional results raising capital through Fundable, they will send their entrepreneurial friends to that site again & again.
Refined simplicity does not mean that you can’t build out additional product lines eventually. It reassures people that you are dependable, consistent, and worth betting on because you know exactly what you’re focused on. For your sake, and ours, make it easy to share what you do.
Ed Reed is gearing up for the biggest game of his football life this week. But once the confetti falls in New Orleans on Sunday, and no matter which end he finds himself on, Reed’s NFL future will be very much up in the air. The Ravens, with Ray Lewis already set to retire, may be looking at something of a youth movement on defense, and that could lead Reed out of Baltimore and looking for a new place to call home.Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau.
Well, as it turns out, New England could be just that place. Bill Belichick has always had something of an infatuation with Reed, praising the All-Pro safety with every opportunity, and rightfully so. Reed has been arguably the best safety in football for going on a decade now, and even at his older age (34), at least for an NFL player, he’s still one of the better defensive backs playing. So, while Reed weighs his options this offseason — return, retire or move on — Belichick would be wise to try and lure him to New England.Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. The Patriots’ secondary was one of the worst in football in 2012,Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products. ranking 29th in passing yards allowed, and has been on the whole over the past few seasons. There is a good influx of talent in that group, with Devin McCourty and Alfonzo Dennard standing out as promising contributors and potential building blocks for the future.
Add Reed to that mix, and suddenly you’re not only helping to develop that young talent but a lot of your imminent secondary concerns become obsolete. Reed is a strong, smart and crafty defender. He may lay a lick or two down unnecessarily at times, for which his wallet has taken a hit of its own over the years, but he’s got a great mind for the game and is as instinctual a player as there’s been maybe in NFL history. The Patriots desperately need a player like Reed to maintain some semblance of control and focus in that secondary, and to be the quarterback of that unit. If Reed suited up for the Patriots, he’d instantly make McCourty a better safety and add a much-needed playmaker to the unit — the same kind of playmaker Aqib Talib was expected to be.Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics.
There’s no doubting that the Patriots would need more than just Reed to repair the problems in that secondary. Kyle Arrington is now a free agent and Marquice Cole didn’t seem to be the answer in the slot against the Ravens. So, some additional talent would be needed to fill the voids on the outside. But wouldn’t the Patriots’ money be better spent on a proven commodity like Reed — even with the injury risks involved — than a wild card in Talib?
Not to question Talib’s impact or stellar behavior during his two-plus months with the Patriots, but there remain inherent risks with his checkered past. As for Reed, he’s been a consummate professional his entire career and, even in the later stages of his football life, he’s still a consistent contributor and a leader — something that secondary unit really needs. Wherever he goes, Reed’s not going to be the same ball hawk who was the Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 or even the same guy who intercepted 61 passes over the past 13 seasons. But he’ll still bring a world of talent, knowledge and leadership, which should be more than enough to help a desperate Patriots secondary. Before any of this can even be anything more than a pipe dream, Reed first needs to take the field in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But after that, there’s no question that he should be atop the Patriots’ wish list, and who knows, maybe he could even help the Patriots get back to this very game again next year.
Budget unveiling offers Rick Scott
Can you believe that there was so much
interest in Scott's plans to widen roads in Dixie County? Or privatize some
state prisons?
Unbeknownst to Scott and everyone else, a legman from Jon Stewart's The Daily Show embedded himself in the pack of reporters who gathered in the Cabinet room last Feb. 2. It was at a time when controversy was brewing over Scott's insistence that people seeking public assistance must submit to urine tests to prove they are free of drugs.
Holding a clear plastic cup skyward, Aasif Mandvi shouted: "Would you be willing to pee into this cup to prove to Florida taxpayers that you're not on drugs?"
"I've done it plenty of times," an unruffled Scott replied. Then, eager to switch subjects, the governor turned to another reporter and told The Daily Show's man: "You don't get to run this."
It was a refreshingly unscripted moment at an otherwise stilted news event. It also was clearly a stunt designed to entertain The Daily Show's viewers, at Scott's expense.
On Thursday, in the same Cabinet room, Scott will make a fresh series of budget recommendations to the Legislature — with plenty of pie charts and trend lines by his side.
Scott wants to give every public school teacher a $2,500 across-the-board raise, as well as a $250 debit card to purchase classroom supplies. He wants to give manufacturers a tax exemption on their equipment purchases. He wants to make sure state colleges and universities don't increase tuition next year.
"He's going to have to show how he's funding all these things," said House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, who was clearly not impressed that Scott doesn't propose linking teacher pay to classroom performance. "We're going to take a good look at it ... We have to pass a budget, too."
Submitting a budget proposal is one of two times a year that the governor most aggressively uses the bully pulpit (the other is his State of the State address).
It's also a vivid reminder of the limits of a governor's power.Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. The Legislature decides how taxpayer money is spent. The governor has a veto pen to scratch out the ideas he doesn't like.
Legislators take pride in their willingness to ignore the governor's budget ideas. Scott is in for some tough sledding this session, partly because he's seen as very unpopular with lawmakers' constituents.We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. He's an easy target.
A key feature of any dual-SIM handset is that it lets you make the most of the fact that it can handle two SIMs. Nokia has done very well in this respect.
The Asha 308 incorporates a feature called ‘Easy Swap’. This means you can remove one SIM and insert another while the handset is switched on. This is made doubly easy by the physical design of the phone.
One SIM card slot sits under the backplate while the other is located on the right edge of the handset where it’s easily accessible and protected by a hinged cover. This slot is labelled ‘SIM2’ and it is the ideal location for the SIM you are likely to want to swap out for an alternative at short notice.
You can make a generic setting to always use one SIM for a particular task, or you can get the phone to ask you which SIM to use every time you make a call, create an SMS, use MMS or use data. The settings are easy to make and change.Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. To make life easy in terms of using different SIMs for different tasks, you can rename the SIMs.Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products. You might want to call one ‘Work’ and one ‘Personal’ for example.
The information bar at the top of the main screen shows a signal status for each SIM, and has messaging notifications with a small number indicating which SIM they relate to.Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. When you sweep downwards you reveal a much larger notifications area showing each SIM’s personalised name and giving you quick access to the SIM settings area – you just tap the SIM icons to get there.
This notifications area also lets you toggle mobile data and Bluetooth, select an audio profile and get to incoming messages, the music player and contacts.
So, you’ll have gathered that the Asha 308 is a touch-screened phone. It runs S40, a smartphone operating system so old that it’s barely credible that it continues to exist. Nokia has consistently repurposed this OS since it bought originator Symbian outright in 2008, and the OS is now used in Nokia’s handsets that are destined primarily for emerging markets. That said, the Asha range in which it features prominently can be found in the UK too, where it occupies a slab of the low cost handset arena.
Unbeknownst to Scott and everyone else, a legman from Jon Stewart's The Daily Show embedded himself in the pack of reporters who gathered in the Cabinet room last Feb. 2. It was at a time when controversy was brewing over Scott's insistence that people seeking public assistance must submit to urine tests to prove they are free of drugs.
Holding a clear plastic cup skyward, Aasif Mandvi shouted: "Would you be willing to pee into this cup to prove to Florida taxpayers that you're not on drugs?"
"I've done it plenty of times," an unruffled Scott replied. Then, eager to switch subjects, the governor turned to another reporter and told The Daily Show's man: "You don't get to run this."
It was a refreshingly unscripted moment at an otherwise stilted news event. It also was clearly a stunt designed to entertain The Daily Show's viewers, at Scott's expense.
On Thursday, in the same Cabinet room, Scott will make a fresh series of budget recommendations to the Legislature — with plenty of pie charts and trend lines by his side.
Scott wants to give every public school teacher a $2,500 across-the-board raise, as well as a $250 debit card to purchase classroom supplies. He wants to give manufacturers a tax exemption on their equipment purchases. He wants to make sure state colleges and universities don't increase tuition next year.
"He's going to have to show how he's funding all these things," said House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, who was clearly not impressed that Scott doesn't propose linking teacher pay to classroom performance. "We're going to take a good look at it ... We have to pass a budget, too."
Submitting a budget proposal is one of two times a year that the governor most aggressively uses the bully pulpit (the other is his State of the State address).
It's also a vivid reminder of the limits of a governor's power.Ein innovativer und moderner Werkzeugbau Formenbau. The Legislature decides how taxpayer money is spent. The governor has a veto pen to scratch out the ideas he doesn't like.
Legislators take pride in their willingness to ignore the governor's budget ideas. Scott is in for some tough sledding this session, partly because he's seen as very unpopular with lawmakers' constituents.We offers custom Injection Mold parts in as fast as 1 day. He's an easy target.
A key feature of any dual-SIM handset is that it lets you make the most of the fact that it can handle two SIMs. Nokia has done very well in this respect.
The Asha 308 incorporates a feature called ‘Easy Swap’. This means you can remove one SIM and insert another while the handset is switched on. This is made doubly easy by the physical design of the phone.
One SIM card slot sits under the backplate while the other is located on the right edge of the handset where it’s easily accessible and protected by a hinged cover. This slot is labelled ‘SIM2’ and it is the ideal location for the SIM you are likely to want to swap out for an alternative at short notice.
You can make a generic setting to always use one SIM for a particular task, or you can get the phone to ask you which SIM to use every time you make a call, create an SMS, use MMS or use data. The settings are easy to make and change.Professionals with the job title Mold Maker are on LinkedIn. To make life easy in terms of using different SIMs for different tasks, you can rename the SIMs.Bay State Cable Ties is a full line manufacturer of nylon cable ties and related products. You might want to call one ‘Work’ and one ‘Personal’ for example.
The information bar at the top of the main screen shows a signal status for each SIM, and has messaging notifications with a small number indicating which SIM they relate to.Totech Americas delivers a wide range of drycabinets for applications spanning electronics. When you sweep downwards you reveal a much larger notifications area showing each SIM’s personalised name and giving you quick access to the SIM settings area – you just tap the SIM icons to get there.
This notifications area also lets you toggle mobile data and Bluetooth, select an audio profile and get to incoming messages, the music player and contacts.
So, you’ll have gathered that the Asha 308 is a touch-screened phone. It runs S40, a smartphone operating system so old that it’s barely credible that it continues to exist. Nokia has consistently repurposed this OS since it bought originator Symbian outright in 2008, and the OS is now used in Nokia’s handsets that are destined primarily for emerging markets. That said, the Asha range in which it features prominently can be found in the UK too, where it occupies a slab of the low cost handset arena.
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