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Unless you happen to be either phenomenally talented and/or well connected, working as an assistant photographer offers the best way into a career as a full-blown commercial photographer in your own right. The term “assistant” or “assistant photographer” can cover a multitude of sins, with the job description ranging from a glorified answer machine and dogsbody, to a highly specialised technical and sometimes creative consultant.

The job description of a photographer’s assistant can actually be summed up in one sentence, which makes a change on this site! The job of a photographer’s assistant is to allow the photographer to focus all their energies exclusively on taking the photograph. Within that simple phrase lurks all the complexities hinted at above!
Definitions: There are three main types of photographic assistant, full-time, freelance and studio. A full-time assistant works for just one photographer, a freelance for any number, though they will usually have a steady client base of 5-6 on whom they can depend on for regular work, and a studio assistant works full-time for a hire studio. The most obvious differences are in terms of income and types of work. Both full-time and studio assistants can expect a regular salary, and are likely to be working almost every day of the working week, and often weekends and evenings. Different photographers and studios will obviously have wildly varying rates, some may go so far as to offer paid holiday, whilst many will pay a bare subsistence wage. By contrast a freelance assistant has no guaranteed income whatsoever, but usually commands a much higher day rate than the other two.

Full time assisting
A full-time assistant, as the name implies, will be involved continually in the process of running one photographers’ business, and will almost certainly end up doing more than simply camera assisting, though this will be a very large portion of their job. They can sometimes be expected to run the office, take calls, book in hire equipment, studios, locations, models, liase with clients and agencies, maintain equipment, keep premises clean and tidy, and basically look after the business whilst the photographer concentrates on the job of taking photographs. The hours can be very long, and, since there is no photographic “union” the notion of overtime is something of a grey area.

The advantage to full-time work is that you get a much better idea than other assistants do as to how a photographic business is run, you can usually build up a good relationship with the photographer’s own clients – which can occasionally lead to small commissions, you can rely on a certain amount of money every month, and it’s not uncommon to get use of the photographers equipment and premises for your own use when business is quiet. On the downside the wages can often be low, the hours inhuman, and being tied to one photographer means that if you go on to become a freelance assistant, you may lack the breadth of experience necessary for dealing with other photographers.

Studio Assistants.
A studio assistant will be resident in one hire studio, some of which employ up to 6 or 7. Once again you can expect a regular wage, although it is not likely to be very high. The nature of the work in studios is often more mundane than the other two disciplines, as a great deal of your time will be taken up with basic studio maintenance such as cleaning and repainting. You will be expected to know how to operate and sometimes maintain the studios lighting and camera equipment, as well as usually clearing up after the photographers have left the studio. Long hours are also likely, though they are usually covered in an overtime scheme, since any extra use of the studio will incur a charge, a portion of which is usually the assistants wage. You may well be expected to open up first thing in the morning, and close up last thing at night.

At first glance studio assisting may not seem like a very attractive option, particularly if you’ve just spent 3 years studying photography at degree level, but on closer inspection all sorts of opportunities appear. Firstly you have the ability to watch lots of different photographers at work, many of whom you’d probably never get the chance to see again. Now it may not be feasible to stand around at the back of the studio whilst they’re shooting (although it can sometimes happen!) but you should still be able to glean enough information about working methods to be able to build up a store of useful approaches for yourself. Secondly, the studios will not always be in use, and most studios will let their staff use them for free at weekends for example, for testing or other purposes, and this can be a very good way to build up work for your portfolio.

Freelance Assistants.

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Duncan Nicholls – freelance photography assistant, and in no way camp. Ohh no, matron.

A freelance assistant is obviously much more independent than the other two, and conversely has no regular income to fall back on. The job description of a freelance is by necessity very broad, and also varies immensely from photographer to photographer. In my time I worked for people for whom I was nothing more than a tea boy and answer machine, right up to elaborate studio set-ups where I did everything short of actually pressing the shutter, as well as many places in between. Perhaps the main similarity between the other two is that you can expect the hours to be long – you should also be prepared to work weekends, and don’t be too alarmed if you have to get up very early some days (and I do mean early).

With most photographers you will simply be hired on a day by day basis, usually only on days when they’re shooting, but occasionally your presence may be required on pre or post-production days. A knowledge of a wide range of equipment is essential, as you may be handed a “hot potato” and asked to load/fix/unjam or fit something to it. Not many photographers will be happy to take time out of their busy shooting schedule to show you how to operate their cameras or lighting. Likewise it is very important to have an underlying knowledge of lighting set-ups, or more particularly, how you can get away with using less or lower powered lighting to reproduce something that was shot with 3 times the budget! You will almost certainly be responsible for film, if it’s still being used, in some cases from buying it through to collecting the processed images from the lab, with all the stages in between covered as well. Many photographers will expect you to be in charge of exposure, and ensuring that things remain consistent from shot to shot. Some photographers will also expect you to have a decent knowledge of workflow, so training on Lightroom or Capture One is a very good idea.
You may find yourself painting a set, or handling animals that have been brought in for a shoot, and you will make many, many cups of tea. You will be expected to know where all the labs, hire companies and suppliers are, and how to get to them in a hurry. A great number of these technical tasks are shared by a full-time assistant, the difference being that rather than simply learning how one photographer does things, you’ll need to deal with a number of different approaches. Over time you will develop a regular client base of photographers whom you’ll work for time and again, as well as some who you may only meet on one occasion, perhaps because their regular assistant is unavailable. As a guide, out of the roughly 30 photographers that I assisted over 3 1/2 years, approximately a third were for only a couple of days, another third were for a total of perhaps a couple of weeks across that time, and the last third were my regulars, who between them accounted for the lions’ share of work, in some cases over the entire 3 1/2 year period.

Pierre Assisting
Pierre Maelzer, Freelance assistant, behaving like a gent by not ogling the model.

Clearly freelancing offers the best breadth of experience, and many would argue that it provides the best base to moving on to becoming an independent photographer, not least of which because it accustoms you to the notion of an irregular supply of work. The downside is not only the lack of a regular dependable income, but also the fact that depending on circumstances, you may not get much of an insight into the business side of things, as this is often dealt with on days when the photographer is not shooting. On a more positive note, you will still get a very good insight into the actual mechanics of how shoots are run, on both a technical and personnel level, since you will often be working as part of a larger team incorporating stylists, hair and make-up, clients, art directors, set builders, models and so on. It is also possible to use a photographers equipment or premises for personal or test work, and you may find that relationships you have built with fashion stylists or hair and make-up artists bear fruit in a similar way.

One last point – full-time positions are actually very rare, as only a minority of photographers choose to/can afford to keep someone employed full time. Likewise, every time a studio assisting job is advertised it tends to be deluged with applications in a very short space of time. Generally speaking the majority of assistants are freelance, and these days it’s not unheard of for them to keep up part time jobs as well as their main career, just to help pay the bills.

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ASTM Grain-size Number

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    ı have a little problem for this problem i found 2 different answer...

    Question:İf there Are 400 grains per square inch on photomicrigraph of a ceramic material at 200x.What is its ASTM grain-size number...?

    Thanks for your attention....
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    thnaks for attetion :) its very useful... :D thanks...
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    Hello, I would like to know where can I find a complete chart of ASTM Grain Size numbres. Since the highest number in the chart in E112 is 14.3. And I have a sample whose Grain Number is 19.5.
    Thanks for your help
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Fully understanding a capacitor circuit!

  1. Nov 22, 2007 #1
    Dear forum users

    Firstly, I wanted to post in the General Physics area, but it wouldn't let me create a new thread there!!

    I am a secondary school science teacher, teaching physics up to A-level.

    I was in the process of revising capacitors with the class and it occurred to me that I may have a bit of a gap in my understanding.

    Consider a simple series circuit with a cell, capacitor and resistor. While charging, charge collects on the capacitor plates until the voltage over the capacitor equals the voltage of the cell. While a current flows there can be a voltage over the resistor too.

    When fully charged, the voltage of the cell will equal that of the capacitor. But there will be no voltage over the resistor.

    Of course I am happy with the result, but I am having trouble explaining exactly WHY there is only a voltage over the resistor while a current flows – and then there is no voltage over it when the current stops.

    Does this have something to do with the difference in meaning between an EMF and a voltage? i.e. the cell and capacitor create an EMF (like a ‘push’ due to static charge on the plates) whereas with the resistor just experiences a loss of potential due to resistance?

    Any explanation of this result would be really appreciated

    Matt Klein
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    Welcome to the Forum!

    The reason a voltage appears across the resistor has to do with forcing current flow. A voltage drop can be thought of as an energy potential difference needed to drive current through the resistor, which, aptly enough, resists the flow. Sometimes an analogy to water flowing in a pipe is helpful. A small pipe "resists" flow through friction with its walls. To produce a flow, you must drive the water through with a pressure differential across the pipe.

    Here is a useful link:
    http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html" [Broken]

    Click on "Ohms Law", "Resistance" and "Resistivity" on the index at right, and explore the further links on those pages.
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    Welcome Matt,

    Don't forget Ohm's law:

    V = I R

    If I = 0 then V = 0, you cannot have one without the other.
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    The way I see it is I imagine the capacitor with just two plates for simplicity. When the capacitor is charged, the plates are at the same voltage. Thus, there is no difference in voltage between the plates and so the charges don't flow. No flow of charge means no current.
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GRBs and Supernova

  1. Dec 17, 2007 #1
    What is the relation between gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and supernova?

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    As two of the most powerful phenomena in the universe it is tempting to link them. You might find this paper of interest:(review to appear in Prog.Theor.Phys. S.136 (1999)) Origin of Gamma Ray Bursters:
    Or a more recent paper (Proceedings of the conference "SWIFT and GRBs: Unveiling the Relativistic Universe", Venice, June 5-9, 2006, and in "Il Nuovo Cimento"): Diversity of the Supernova - Gamma-Ray Burst Connection:
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    Yes , but I don't understood why GRB is short event (small than 200 s) and supernova is long event. Are GRBs produced in the same time as its associeted supernova in all case?
    and what about their afterglows in the other electomgnetic bands?
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    A short GRB is under 2 seconds. A 200 second GRB would be a long GRB. No one really understands how that much energy can be released in that short a period of time.

    Afterglows, however, can last for months. They are caused by a different physical mechanism than the initial burst. We typically observe afterglows in frequencies from X-ray to radio.

    Not all GRBs are associated with supernova. We observe far more supernovae than we do GRBs, and many long GRBs are not associated with supernovae. There is a connection there, but it's not clear-cut and not at all well understood yet.

    If I was at work, I'd give you a list of references you might want to read, but I'm currently traveling for the holidays. You may want to search for some recent publications or review papers on the subject to learn more.

    http://search.arxiv.org:8081/?query=%22gamma-ray+burst%22+supernova&in=grp_physics [Broken]
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    This time is observed time or intrinsicaly time. And how much energy is released by second in the source frame.?
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    A Supernovae is either a core collapse (massive) star, or an exploding White dwarf (Type Ia). GRB is belived to be due to other mechanisms, like binary neutronstars merging, matter accreating on NS / BH.
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SR and QM related by Everett's MWI?

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    Is this possible?
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    I guess it depends on what you mean by "related." How would you go about trying to "relate" special relativity and quantum mechanics?
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Taylors Theorem

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    Show that the taylor series generated by [tex]f(x)=e^{x}[/tex] about x=0 converges to f(x) for ever real value of x.

    Taylors theorem states that:

    f(b) = P_{n} + \frac{e^c}{(n+1)!} b^{n+1}

    where P_n is the taylor polynomial of order 'n' and the following term is the error term and c is some value between 0 and b. If the error term approaches 0 as n approaches infinity, then the series converges to f(x).

    Does this mean that to answer the question all i need to do is show that the error term approaches zero as n gets large? If so, how would i do so?

    Thanks in advance for the help,
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    Well a non-rigorous approach would be to state that a factorial will grow faster than an exponential, especially since b is constant. The denominator of the error term will therefore outgrow the numerator and thereby kill of the whole term.
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    Yes, all you need to do is show that the error term approaches 0 as n gets large.

    Since ex is an increasing function and c< b, ec< eb so
    [tex]\frac{e^nb^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}< e^b\frac{b^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}[/tex].

    Now, to expand on exk's comment, How many factors are there in bn+1? How many factors are there in (n+1)!? What happens as soon as n> b?
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    That inequality you posted...is that assuming that b is positive? And is the e^n in the left hand side supposed to be an e^c?

    As for your second question, the bn+1 has n+2 factors? And the (n+1)! has 2n factors?

    Im still a little stuck for as how id use this information to answer the question.

    Thanks for the replies :smile:
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Tectonic shear in Canada

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    I'm looking for reference material. I need a good photo of a landform that is a direct result of tectonic shear. Canadian content strongly preferred - haven't been able to find any online.
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    Ooh thanks!
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    Google Earth: channel between Swanson and Crease Islands, N end of Vancouver Island, may be sitting on a shear fault.
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    I actualy dug up a faultline near Kingston a few years age. It ran just off the edge of a tank nest and was a conduit for fuel leaks. The resulting investigation led to me demolishing 9 houses. I have pics of the fault in the bedrock. I was tasked with trying to follow it a year or so later and made a video of the excavation process. We hired a geoligest from the University of Waterloo. His investigation led him to a Canadian geological survey seismology station a few miles from the site. It was monitoring the fault. His aerial survey showed a cool phenominon. The bedrock in this area is very close to surface, The trees in the fault were larger by degrees than the ones rooted in the very shallow soil. This was not a feature we could see from the ground but it was very clear from the air. Where I was working on it, the fault was about 12 feet wide, filled with glacial till and rock I could not tell the depth. I did end up putting a mini excavator down the crack to try to dig deeper. It was a fairly interesting job.
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Liberals raise concerns about efforts by Clinton enforcer David Brock.

The tug of war between Hillary Clinton’s supporters and the progressive left is spilling over onto a new front: control of liberal big money.

Some of the left’s most active financiers and groups — including the Democracy Alliance donor club — are bristling at Clinton enforcer David Brock’s plan to officially launch his own donor network this weekend to fund his efforts to rebuild the left and, in his words, “kick Donald Trump’s ass.”

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Brock’s plan, first revealed by POLITICO soon after Trump’s Election Day victory, is seen in liberal finance circles as an implicit challenge to the Democracy Alliance, which was launched in 2005 by billionaire financier George Soros and other major donors.

Brock has not exactly discouraged that notion, explaining that his network will be more overtly political than the Democracy Alliance, which has endeavored to strike a balance between progressive policy initiatives and partisan politics, but which has drawn criticism from Democrats for diverting money from winning elections to focus instead on liberal donors’ pet causes. Brock seemed to endorse that argument himself this month, asserting the Democracy Alliance has “veered away from politics” in recent years.

Some Democracy Alliance donors and officials have grumbled quietly that Brock — whose efforts have gotten support from the alliance and its donors including Soros — is plotting a power grab.

John Morgan, a Florida big money donor who is loyal both to the Clintons and to liberal causes, said of Brock’s fund-raising: “Anybody who gives money to him is pissing down a rathole.”

Brock’s donor conference, called “Democracy Matters,” is set for this weekend in Aventura, Florida, and is envisioned as the first in a twice-a-year series of conferences, mirroring the Democracy Alliance schedule.

Even the agenda, obtained by POLITICO, feels a bit like a more aggressively partisan version of a Democracy Alliance confab. Brock’s event features sessions such as “Democratic Messages That Win,” and panelists who include Clinton loyalists like veteran operative James Carville, who helped organize the confab, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, along with rising stars like Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and state attorneys general Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Hector Balderas of New Mexico and Eric Schneiderman of New York. And donors will be treated to a closed-door forum with candidates for chair of the Democratic National Committee, suggesting that Brock’s fledgling network is trying to build alliances with the party’s future leader — whoever that may be.

Democratic Party donors and fundraisers — including many of Hillary Clinton’s top bundlers — were still receiving invitations as recently as last week. But among the invitees are newer Silicon Valley donors (LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus are confirmed to participate on a panel), as well as leading Democracy Alliance donors, including finance titans Soros and Tom Steyer, though it’s unclear which major donors are planning to attend. Soros is in Davos, Switzerland, attending the World Economic Forum and will not be there, said an associate, though he is expected to send a representative, while representatives for Steyer said he would not be attending.

The South Florida conference was the subject of worried conversation on a Tuesday afternoon conference call of the Democracy Alliance board, according to someone briefed on the call.

Gara LaMarche, president of the Democracy Alliance, which is known as the DA among the professional left, said in an interview that he recently reached out to Brock for assurance that Democracy Matters would not take on the DA, and also to challenge Brock’s assertion that the DA had backed away from politics.

“They tell me up and down that they’re not creating another donor network,” said LaMarche, who argued that Brock’s efforts complement the DA’s and pointed out that he has been invited to speak on a panel at Brock’s conference. “The only other issue is that I have been concerned that David, in his efforts to distinguish himself from the DA, has said that the DA doesn’t concern itself with politics, and nothing could be further from the truth. I have forcefully communicated the inaccuracy of that, and I have been told that they get that now, and that they won’t be making that mischaracterization of the DA.”

In an interview on Wednesday, Brock struck a conciliatory tone toward the DA, saying his recent comments about the group “have been somewhat misconstrued. I should have been clearer in saying that, while our donor conference will be more explicitly focused on partisan politics such as rebuilding the Democratic National Committee, the Democracy Alliance has had demonstrable political impact over the years, for example in funding voter registration and outreach efforts.”

And, Brock added, “there is very little overlap between the attendees of our meeting and the Democracy Alliance partners. Only a handful of DA partners are coming to our conference.”

Nonetheless, after POLITICO revealed Brock’s plans for the conference, the DA announced that its annual spring conference, which is typically held in late April in California, would instead be moved up to mid-March in Washington, D.C., and that it would “focus exclusively” on state politics.

People familiar with the DA's planning said the group has for weeks been aggressively reaching out to liberal organizations in a bid to get them involved with that gathering.

Yet the DA also faces internal pressure not to shift too much into partisan politics or to become too affiliated with the Democratic Party — a tricky balancing act highlighted in literature distributed to its donors at its fall meeting at Washington’s Mandarin Oriental hotel a week after Election Day.

“Although winning elections is critical, the ultimate measure of our success is our ability to help create a more just and equitable nation,” wrote Julie Kohler, a DA official in a letter to donors that was obtained by the conservative watchdog group Capital Research Center and provided to POLITICO. The letter focuses on the DA’s efforts to boost the minimum wage, expand access to health care, child care and higher education, and to reduce incarceration rates, “state-sponsored discrimination” and police violence.

“Accomplishing these and many other aligned goals requires us to not only win elections, but to advance policy and build power in a way that realigns complex economic and democratic systems that currently serve the interests of a privileged few. Certainly these goals seem more elusive now,” wrote Kohler, referencing the “dramatically changed landscape” created by “an overwhelmingly bleak Election Night.”

The inflection point at the DA mirrors the broader fractures that have overtaken the party since Election Day. Loyalists of Clinton and her Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders have been wrestling over Democrats' future in the DNC contest, state party races all over the country, and in gubernatorial primaries in New Jersey and Virginia.

While national Democrats are bending over backward to ensure that such tensions don’t break too far into the open and hand Republicans political ammunition, donors, operatives and elected officials frequently bemoan the lack of a single national leader or center of gravity on the left.

The Democracy Alliance was launched at a similarly fraught time for Democrats — after their devastating loss in the 2004 election — by Soros, the late insurance mogul Peter Lewis, and a handful of fellow Democratic megadonors who were disappointed by the failure of their huge spending spree to oust President George W. Bush.

The DA’s plan was to seed a set of advocacy groups and think tanks outside the Democratic Party that could push the party and its politicians to the left while also defending them against attack from the right.

The group requires its members — who now number about 110 and include major individual donors, as well as leading labor unions and liberal foundations — to contribute a total of at least $200,000 a year to recommended groups. Since its inception in 2005, the DA has steered upward of $500 million to various groups, ranging from community organizing associations to campaign finance watchdogs to pillars of the political left such as the policy advocacy outfit Center for American Progress, the data firm Catalist and Brock’s flagship group Media Matters.

Since launching Media Matters in 2004, Brock — who began his career as a self-described right-wing hit man before becoming the Clintons’ lead enforcer — has built an armada of aggressive political outfits that have become pillars of the institutional left.

Brock’s groups include the conservative media monitoring nonprofit Media Matters, the opposition research super PAC American Bridge and the legal watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which Brock describes as nonpartisan and which recently recruited as a vice-chair a Republican who served in George W. Bush’s administration.

Brock’s groups also include the liberal media-funding vehicle American Independent Institute, the media-training nonprofit Franklin Forum and the for-profit social media operation ShareBlue, which The New York Times described as “Hillary Clinton’s Outrage Machine.” He also created a super PAC called Correct the Record to coordinate directly with Clinton’s campaign, but it has now wound down. In its place, American Bridge has been building up an anti-Trump "war room."

Leaning on Brock’s relationships with some of the left’s deepest pockets, the groups raised a combined $75 million during the 2016 cycle, and played a pivotal role in supporting Clinton’s campaign.

But that close affiliation with the Clintons, which was a strength for so many years, now poses a challenge for Brock, as the Democratic Party struggles to forge a post-Clinton identity.

Brock has taken heat after Clinton’s loss, with many Sanders backers now escalating their critique of him as a political opportunist whose groups — including Correct The Record, which drew their ire during the Democratic primary over its opposition research on the Vermont senator — did little to help Clinton against Trump. High-level Sanders operatives have not hesitated to express skepticism about Brock's plans to become a center of gravity on the left in the new landscape, in which they feel Sanders-style progressivism is ascendant.

Even some Clinton loyalists have expressed wariness about Brock, suggesting that his work for conservatives in the ’90s makes him an unreliable vehicle for anti-Trump liberals.

“I think what he did to the Clintons early on disqualifies him from me for life,” said Morgan, the Clinton bundler who has criticized Brock’s fundraising techniques for years — and who is considering running for governor of the Sunshine State in 2018. “I look at people like that as just political mercenaries.”

Told of Morgan’s critique, Brock defended “the 13 years of blood, sweat and tears that I’ve spent advancing progressive values,” and added “if I was a political mercenary, I would be using my talents in another line of work.”

Other Clinton donors appear to be sticking with Brock, and he’s even made some inroads among prominent Sanders supporters, securing an appearance at Democracy Matters by Sanders’ sole Senate endorser during the primary, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley.

Some Clinton donors seem more inclined to turn their backs on the Democracy Alliance than on Brock, according to a Democratic operative involved with the Democracy Alliance’s decision-making.

“It seems like David is getting good response to this and at the last Democracy Alliance meeting there was a lot of frustration, groups are pretty tepid,” said the operative. The DA’s leaders “are concerned about,” Brock’s efforts, said the operative, pointing out that many Clinton donors aren’t associated with the DA. Many turned away back in 2008, when the group was seen as favoring Barack Obama over Clinton in the Democratic primary.

“What could happen, and would suck, is a lot of donors going for one of the groups and another group with the others,” said the operative.

Rob Stein, a founder of the Democracy Alliance, downplayed the tension, noting that this week's gathering is oriented around Brock's groups.

“Any time donors get together there are going to be questions raised about whose donors they are, but the answer is donors are their own,” he said.

While the Democracy Alliance relies on donor input in tendering endorsements to a portfolio of more than 30 independent groups with different leaders, Stein pointed out that Brock’s meeting “is predominantly focused on the constellation of organizations that are within [Brock’s] Media Matters universe. So they have four, five, or six affiliates [like] Correct The Record and American Bridge, and that’s what they're focused on, plus informing their donors and giving their donors political context.”

But conservatives are relishing the prospect of an emerging rift on the big-money left as the Democratic Party seeks to retrench to do battle with Trump and fight to regain power in coming elections.

“Will this new addition to the Brocktopus steal donors away from the Democracy Alliance? The question answers itself,” said Matthew Vadum, senior vice president of the Capital Research Center. “This cannot be what the Alliance wants right now as it girds for a long battle against conservatives and Republicans.”


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Business is not about your ideas it is about making your ideas happen. A tree can hold in a single seed. Bigger things can often starts from tiny ideas. Dreams won”™t work unless you do. So build a door that opportunity can knock. Your brain will guide you your feet will make you move forward. So you can steer yourself in any direction you choose. For that you have to learn first then only you can learn. If you focus on results there won’t be any change but if you focus on change you”™ll get the results you deserve.

Think Bigger

Intelligence is not your thinking so you know everything. You can”™t gain anything without questioning but rather because you question everything you think you know. Strive for progress not for perfection. Don”™t be trapped by the results of other people”™s thinking. Don”™t let the noise of others which holds you from success just keep moving forward. Don”™t be afraid to invest not because that you are afraid of losing money. Being Positive in Negative situation is not at all intelligence but it is confidence

Business Plan

If you are not ready for competition then don”™t compete. Great Companies start because their founders want to change the world not to make a fast buck. They are innovating towards a better tomorrow. Constantly, think about how to do your business better by questioning yourself which is the best framework for thinking. Balance yourself in loss and profit so that you can move further.

Last but not Least

In most cases Business are Stronger due to the Complementary skills of their members. Design is not just what it looks and feels like. It is all about how is it works. So, be sure in preferring the Designations of your Team members. The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning to create a product or service that would make the world a better place to live in. the value of an Idea lies in its usage. Don”™t be bitter by bad experience with some people thinking all are same. be wise by not choosing same kind of people.

In order to succeed your desire should greater than your fear of failure. Always keep an eye on customer complaints because there won’t be any smoke without fire. Handle your cash flow. Work within your network but explore outside your network. Big opportunities can break a business so be stable during rapid growth. Be a sole Trader while taking your business decisions. Somewhere, someone is waiting for what you are offering so asses off your work and never give up so that good things will come to you. All the Very Best for your Success

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AUSTIN - Berkadia has released their multifamily market review for 2015.

Austin employers accelerated hiring in 2015, driving apartment demand.

Headcounts swelled 3.7 percent, or by 34,200 positions, in the prior four quarters, up from a 3.2 percent increase in 2014.

The local rise outpaced the 1.8 percent national average during the last 12 months.

With steady population growth and more job opportunities, household formation rose 2.9 percent in 2015.

As a result, occupied stock grew by 8,750 apartments in 2015, the highest annual absorption in more than 15 years.

Leasing exceeded the 8,590 deliveries since January, resulting in vacancy tightening 30 basis points to 4.6 percent.

Heightened demand for apartments spurred operators to accelerate rent growth.

After rising 3.8 percent in 2014, asking rents advanced 4.4 percent to $1,154 per month in December.

Simultaneously, average concessions lowered from 0.5 percent to 0.3 percent of asking rents.

What's ahead in 2016? Of the 8,010 apartments scheduled to come online this year, the
largest community is the 444-unit Pearl Lantana in the West submarket.

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ITJobCafe Launches New Version

ITjobcafe is a popular niche site focused on helping employers recruit tech talent. Launched in 2008, the Atlanta based job board was found by Chand Akkineni. The site currently connects connects 100,000 + active Job seekers with 7000+ employers.

I asked Chand a few questions over email about his experience running an IT job board.

What inspired you to start the site?

At that time and even now, Portals like DICE, Monster, Careerbuilder were charging a lot of money for job posting and resume searches. We wanted to create an economical portal solution for small and medium enterprises.

How many resumes does the site have to search through?

Over 100,000 resumes and growing.

How are you different from Dice?

Subscribing employers can leverage our Job distribution network which is bigger than DICE’s organic DB. We distribute your jobs to 20 sites including Indeed and SimplyHired. We also give employers access to ITIQ  - our Skill assessment tool. We distribute a valuable newsletter fortnightly. We also offer skype integration.

What trends do you see happening in the IT market?

With low unemployment rate in IT, there will be a continued demand for resources/job seekers resulting in rates increase. I see more recruiters using social networkings sites as well. New technologies will continue to evolve thus creating a sustained demand for consulting into the foreseeable future.

What have you learned about IT recruiting since starting the site?

Since we started, we’ve seen the ups and downs of the job market. It’s finally back to where it was in 2007. More employers are relying upon third party recruiters/head hunters to fill their critical needs. Job seekers are now able to gather more information about potential employers. Both recruiters and job seekers have never been more empowered than they are today.

What are the main features you offer on the site?

  • Distribution of your jobs to major job aggregators -

  • Indeed.com, Simplyhired, ZipRecruiter and Social Networking Sites.

  • Get Profiles matching your jobs within 10 sec.

  • Get unlimited resume alerts in your inbox

  • Profiles in ITJobCafe are mostly current and active

  • Search our resume database free of cost

  • Pay only after preview of the resume

  • Communicate with the Job Seeker directly through skype integrated network from ITJobCafe.

  • Attractive subscription packages to contact/download suitable resumes from $5

  • Attractive premier job subscription packages ranging from $149

  • Schedule tests to Job Seekers on IT Skills through a secure online test ITIQ for $10

The job board recently launched a new mobile friendly design. The enhanced platform will yield results for both job seekers and recruiters quickly and accurately thus saving time and money specially for hiring managers.

Another feather in the cap is the online skill assessment test – ITIQ. It is a unique service that will help assess candidate's’ skill levels in their area of IT expertise prior to being hired. This offers tremendous benefits to recruiters in terms of time and hiring costs. Candidates too can determine their skill level and present the score on their resume or during an interview or take action to improve.

What strikes me most as to why employers should use ITjobcafe is the job distribution. For $149 you pay one price for multiple sites. That is a tremendous value to any recruiting budget. You’d pay hundreds more in order to do that yourself. Sounds like a bargain to me :-)

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Why am I always feeling cold?

Quick Answer

Some people naturally feel cold more than others and may not suffer from any type of underlying health condition, according to WebMD. However, there are instances when cold sensations indicate that a person is suffering from anemia, poor blood circulation, diabetes or thyroid complications.

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Several forms of anemia are known to occur when a person experiences a lack of red blood cells to transport oxygen throughout the body, resulting in overall lower body temperatures, explains WebMD. Anemia also commonly causes people to feel chronically fatigued, experience heartbeat irregularities and develop a pale complexion.

People who suffer with hypothyroidism are unable to make enough thyroid hormone to regulate several of the body's vital processes, leading them to feel cold, notes WebMD. They may also gain weight, develop dry skin, lose hair or become constipated.

Extreme weight loss attributed to anorexia is also commonly linked to feeling perpetually cold, according to WebMD. Diabetics can develop a form of kidney damage known as diabetic nephropathy, which is noted to create feelings of cold, as well as confusion, nausea, difficulty breathing, appetite loss and edema. People who suffer with arteriosclerosis, Raynaud's syndrome or frequent blood clotting may feel cold and clammy often, as their blood vessels are unable to efficiently circulate blood to their limbs and extremities. Feeling cold even in the warm climates is a signal that a person should see a doctor.

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Water Damage, Water Damage Restoration

When Dampness Means Water Damage

Water damage doesn’t just mean largely flooded areas. It also refers to smaller areas that may just be damp. These areas are often a bigger problem than larger areas because they go unnoticed. Knowing where these common areas are and fixing them before they become bigger problems is a huge step in winning the water damage battle.

Some areas to look out for:

  • Dampness in closed areas such as basements, crawlspaces, and attics. These areas are prime targets for water damage and even mold. Make sure they are properly ventilated. Check for leaky pipes in basements. A dehumidifier should help with any natural humidity in underground rooms/areas.
  • Bathrooms are another area in the home that seems to attract dampness. If dampness seems present when water isn’t being used in there, it’s possible there’s a leak somewhere. This is also another room that needs good ventilation. If no leak is discovered, the ventilation system may be compromised.
  • Areas around windows are also another hotspot for dampness. Windows that are properly sealed should not leave a dampness around them that would cause significant water damage. If water damage reaches the walls or flooring around windows, this becomes even more costly to fix. You can also tell if window seals need to be fixed if you feel a draft around the windows.
  • Doors are also an area where “light” water damage can occur. Like windows, they need to be properly sealed, too. Sliding doors are often an issue – especially during rainy seasons or winter months. If not being used, consider sealing the door off to avoid bringing water damage inside.

Contact a water damage restoration company any time you discover water damage in your home. Our professional water damage teams are experts in determining how and why the water damage occurred, and they know how to fix it. No job is too big or too small for our water damage restoration pros. Call us day or night for a free water damage estimate.


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May 3, 2013 / 5:45 PM / 5 years ago

Buckeye says Perth Amboy-Linden NJ connection ahead of schedule

May 3 (Reuters) - A project to connect Buckeye Partners LP’s Perth Amboy, New Jersey terminal with a pipeline transportation hub in Linden is about three months ahead of schedule, Buckeye Chief Executive Officer Clark Smith said on Friday.

A pipeline linking the two sites is expected to be completed in April 2014, Smith said during the pipeline operator’s first-quarter 2013 earnings call. In the interim, a separate pipeline linking Perth Amboy to Linden via Colonial Pipeline is expected to become operational in September, Smith said.

Once in Linden, product transferred from Perth Amboy can be sent to Buckeye’s other Northeast delivery points, which include New York City-area airports, Long Island, upstate New York and Western Pennsylvania, said Kevin Goodwin, Buckeye’s director of investor relations.

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June 18, 2009 / 6:03 AM / 9 years ago

Famous Akita at center of moving "Dog's Story"

SEATTLE (Hollywood Reporter) - Tear-jerkers about lovable dogs are almost always box-office winners, as “Marley & Me” proved last year.

Lasse Hallstrom’s “Hachiko: A Dog’s Story” might not match that film’s performance, but it seems certain to win an appreciative family audience. At the Seattle International Film Festival, where the film recently received its North American premiere, sounds of sniffling permeated the large auditorium. The movie, from Sony Pictures, is no masterpiece, but it delivers.

Stephen P. Lindsey’s screenplay is adapted from a Japanese film made 20 years ago, which itself was based on the well-known story from the 1930s about an Akita that came to the train station in Tokyo to wait for his master every day for 10 years after the man died. Lindsey changed the setting to Rhode Island and updated the story but retained the basic idea of a loyal Akita who achieves an almost transcendental bond with his owner, a music professor played by Richard Gere.

Gere was one of the producers of the film, and it’s possible that his interest in Eastern philosophy gave him a strong connection to the story, which begins when the professor discovers an Akita puppy that has been abandoned at the train station where he commutes to work. He brings the dog home on a temporary basis, but it isn’t long before Hachi becomes a permanent member of his household. His wife, elegantly played by Joan Allen, objects at first to the dog’s presence but is quickly won over. Characterizations are fairly perfunctory, so it helps that Gere and Allen bring conviction and dignity to their portrayals. Hallstrom does a good job creating a sense of community. The townspeople all chip in to look after Hachi while he performs his daily ritual.

Those who know the legend will realize where the story is heading, but it plays out effectively because Hallstrom handles the tear-jerking moments discreetly. The score by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, an Oscar winner for “Finding Neverland,” enhances the poignancy. The locale is skillfully rendered, and Hachi, played by three dogs as an adult and about 20 as a puppy, has definite star presence. The final moments of the film are absolutely devastating. Kids will love the movie, and their parents might be equally enchanted.

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February 20, 2013 / 9:56 PM / 5 years ago

UPDATE 2-Walter Energy reports loss on lower coal prices

* Weak market has battered U.S. coal miners

* Company is facing proxy challenge from hedge fund

* Miner reports a $71.0 million loss vs a year-earlier profit

By Allison Martell

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Walter Energy Inc, squaring off with a hedge fund that wants to replace half its board, reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Wednesday as a drop in metallurgical coal prices held back the miner’s revenue, sending its shares lower.

The results followed word on Tuesday that hedge fund Audley Capital Advisors LLP plans to nominate five candidates to Walter Energy’s 10-member board. The fund criticized Walter Energy for missing forecasts and said its directors have very little mining experience.

Raymond James analyst Jim Rollyson said Wednesday’s results did nothing to hurt Audley’s case, but he also said the fund seems to have only a small stake in Walter Energy.

“It’s a little unusual to have an activist that is barely an owner, but you can’t really disagree with some of their logic,” he said, noting that the company has had a number of chief executives, and has struggled to hit its forecasts.

In a statement on Tuesday, Walter Energy said it is “committed to creating value for all shareholders.”

Audley owns less than 1 percent of Walter Energy, according to disclosures included with its release on Tuesday. But it is no stranger to the miner - it was a major shareholder in Western Coal, acquired by Walter in 2011.

Most of Walter Energy’s production is metallurgical coal, used to make steel. It also sells some thermal coal, most often used to generate electricity. It has operations in western Canada, the United States and Britain.

The company’s stock, which closed down 8.0 percent on Wednesday as commodity prices tumbled, fell a further 5.9 percent to $34.60 in aftermarket trading in New York.

In recent quarters, metallurgical coal miners’ sales volumes and prices have been under pressure, hurt in part by weak demand from China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of steel.

Low thermal coal prices also battered U.S. coal miners, and a number of Walter Energy’s competitors have curbed output to weather the tough market.

Last week, Alpha Natural Resources Inc’s shares soared after aggressive cost-cutting helped it pull off a narrower-than-expected operating loss.

While Walter Energy’s fourth quarter metallurgical coal production was lower than in the third quarter, it was still 6 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2011.

“Walter’s been, kind of, seemingly just biding its time, waiting for the market to improve, which hasn’t happened yet,” said Rollyson. “They either need to dial back production ... or the market needs to improve.”

The company said it expects 2013 metallurgical coal production to be in line with 2012.

“Although there are clear signs of improving trends in global demand and pricing for met coal, our current outlook for 2013 remains cautious and we are focused on driving further efficiency in our business,” said Chief Executive Walter Scheller in a statement.

The company said metallurgical coal prices averaged $149 per tonne, 22 percent lower than in the third quarter, and 39 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2011.

Its net loss for the quarter to Dec. 31 came in at $71.0 million, or $1.13 a share, compared with a profit of $80.3 million, or $1.29, a year earlier.

Excluding impairment and restructuring charges, the adjusted loss was $66.4 million. That is equivalent to a loss of $1.06 a share, according to Thomson Reuters data.

The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said revenue dropped to $478.8 million, from $703.0 million.

Analysts, on average, had been expecting a loss of 89 cents a share on revenue of $511.3 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

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