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I Now Pronounce You…You

Written by Gabi

So I have a big announcement to make. I’m now a Mrs.

A Mrs. Me that is.

Happened not too long ago in a lovely backyard ceremony. Attended by me. And a few passing cars that couldn’t help but stare at the weird lady standing in a foot of snow, with giant boots, a parka and a halo with ribbons streaming down each side.

When I was married, the ex bought our rings at some chain that offers a lifetime exchange for any jewelry you buy there. When we divorced, I traded in my rings and decided I wanted to be be-jangled in a bunch of plain ole bands on practically every finger. So I bought my rings and well..one by one, they disappeared. One in the garden. One in my car. One in bed, I think. But I could never find em. Not one. So I figured it was energy from a bad time and figured the huge credit I had left at said store would just go to waste cause I’d lose whatever I bought. So I forgot about it.

Then, not too long ago, I got a notice that said if I didn’t use the credit, I’d lose it, and since I’m not one for wastin’ things, I headed down to the store to see what would happen. I wandered through the diamonds and sapphires and seriously ugly whatever that was, and then it dawned on me. The best way to use energy from a time that didn’t serve me was to commit to serve myself from this day forward. So I bought a wedding band. And a pair of seriously expensive earrings for the clerk who helped me, in exchange for a promise that whenever she wears them, she has to do something nice for someone else. She was, in her polyester jewelry store uniform, rather stunned. Made me smile. I think I made her nervous.

Then I hopped in my car, went home, wrote some of the best vows around, and out to the backyard I traipsed. Stood near the garden. I said a little prayer, burned a picture of my past to rid myself of the things that no longer served me, put the ring on my finger and said, “To me, I thee wed.” Then I took my picture with a self-timer camera. I was a lovely bride, if I don’t say so myself.

Now, when I have a moment of doubt, a second when that self-critic comes out to play, or just a moment when life feels too big to grab, I reach over to my left hand (and yes, I did that on purpose–kind of the anti-wedding) and I remember that my commitment is to me. And one happily ever after I do intend to have.


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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Living up to their name: Real Sports Bar & Grill

I had the pleasure of eating at this establishment recently, run by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors and Toronto FC) located just outside the Air Canada Centre (also MLSE-owned) in downtown Toronto. From read more

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Some names I like: Home Instead and OnRoute

Some great brand names I’ve seen in the past while: Home Instead Senior Care: Saw one of their cars in downtown Toronto last night. This is an excellent name because we can instantly understand what they’re all about. OnRoute: Driving read more

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Hotel Gelato: Tom and Suri Cruise are impressed

My clients, with a combined 50 years of experience in the luxury hotel business, decided to make delicious gelato and other treats accessible to everyone. Hence the gluten-free and sugar-free selections in a menu that also includes far and away read more

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What Gordon Ramsay would say about Metro

I am a huge fan of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.  Here is a guy that comes into your struggling restaurant and totally destroys everything you thought you knew – and then like a Marine, builds you back up.  Along the read more

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Max was like any other chick raised at this farm, at least when it comes to humble beginnings. She arrived in the mail in a box from Stromberg's Hatchery. Her breed is Ameracauna, which has fluffy cheek feathers and lays blue eggs. And like every other pullet in the brooding pen she ate her chicken chow, scratched in the dirt, drank from the little water fountain, and fell asleep at night in a feathery pile with all the other hens being raised as this year's new layers. Life was pretty good for Max. A free-range chicken on a small farm - poultry pot at the end of the rainbow.

Max wanted more. At some point when I was moving the pullet tractors to fresh grass she slid out and made a run for it. I wasn't worried. Gibson and Friday are dandy chickenherds and if all else failed she'd be back by her coop mates by nightfall, asleep outside the pen on the ground. This is what 99% of chickens do. They desire to be with other chickens. They are flock animals. Not Max.

Max has taken up residency with the pigs. She walked hundreds of yards with her tiny body and found the sounder. Think of what that means? It would be like you leaving everything you knew to join a herd of elephants - if the elephants were the size of Boeing 737s. But this is what Max wanted. Now she eats alongside pigs, sleeps with them at night, travels on their backs, and has made the pig paddock home. She can leave whenever she wants but chooses pig life. And I gotta say it suits her. She is larger and brighter than the cooped birds in the tractors. She glows golden in the sun. And even if she doesn't realize it - as long as the pigs don't eat her (so far they haven't) she's as safe from non-porcine predators as can be. No fox kit is going to leap electric netting and tussle with 200lbs animals for a 4oz snack.

Max isn't a conventional hen. She's kinda young and reckless. But she's out riding hogs in the forest while the other poults are in cages. I respect the hell out of this chicken. Max, may you prosper and thrive with your pig life!

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January 25, 2016

By Kim Cook, Executive Director

Reach Higher, an initiative from First Lady Michelle Obama, is centered around providing encouragement and activating educators, counselors and other adults to help young people see college as an option, whether at a traditional 4-year college, a 2-year community college or through an industry-recognized training program. Reach Higher focuses on four components: college affordability, exposing students to college, academic and summer planning, and supporting school counselors.

Better Make Room is the student-facing campaign supporting Reach Higher, giving young people a space to declare their commitment to their future and engage with others. It’s a peer-to-peer encouragement model that speaks to students in their own language—because they’re the ones doing the talking. Better Make Room aims to elevate college students to the level of celebrities and says to the world, “These young people are about to do something great. We Better Make Room.”

Together, these initiatives create a community around higher education, giving everyone a way to participate that resonates with them.

Download a full toolkit.

There are opportunities for everyone to host a Signing Day, whether as a partner with your mayor for a citywide celebration or a small, school-based or neighborhood day of action.

• Partner with schools, community organizations and nonprofits to host a Signing Day Celebration in your city.

• Challenge the high schools in your city to encourage students to wear t-shirts from the college they plan to attend.

• Challenge teachers, principals, and city officials/employees to wear t-shirts from their alma maters or a local college or university.

• Make an appearance at a local high school wearing paraphernalia from your alma mater or a local college or university.

• Encourage local businesses to support college efforts by offering incentives to students that commit to higher education and displaying a Signing Day poster to promote the event.

• Share your activities with the media and your social networks with #CollegeSigningDay, #ReachHigher and #BetterMakeRoom.

• Get students involved in the planning process—they know how to best inspire and engage their peers.

• Invite parents and families to join the fun.

• Bring in outside speakers, like local celebrities, influential community members or prominent alumni—you can even request a speaker from the White House!

• Celebrate with a citywide picnic, party or carnival.

• Expand an existing school celebration that honors graduates.

• Encourage sharing on social media with hashtags prominently displayed at the event.

• Create a social media photobooth with Better Make Room-themed props—you can involve your art department to make a backdrop or props that feature their interpretation of campaign graphics

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Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Words and Power Laws

I looked briefly again at Newman's article whence I got the example of word lengths and distributions. Here are a couple more comments on it:

(1) The circularity of the argument that we discussed is present directly in this paper, and Newman brings it up explicitly. If you want to pursue where things have progressed on this, you should look at the references to see what people have done.

(2) The error that I did make beyond the inherited logical issues are that when I introduced the example, I mistakenly used specific words in my introduction rather than length of words. That was just me messing up and unfortunately causing some confusion in the process.

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Denotational design with type class morphisms

I’ve just finished a draft of a paper called Denotational design with type class morphisms, for submission to ICFP 2009. The paper is on a theme I’ve explored in several posts, which is semantics-based design, guided by type class morphisms.

I’d love to get some readings and feedback. Pointers to related work would be particularly appreciated, as well as what’s unclear and what could be cut. It’s an entire page over the limit, so I’ll have to do some trimming before submitting.

The abstract:

Type classes provide a mechanism for varied implementations of standard interfaces. Many of these interfaces are founded in mathematical tradition and so have regularity not only of types but also of properties (laws) that must hold. Types and properties give strong guidance to the library implementor, while leaving freedom as well. Some of the remaining freedom is in how the implementation works, and some is in what it accomplishes.

To give additional guidance to the what, without impinging on the how, this paper proposes a principle of type class morphisms (TCMs), which further refines the compositional style of denotational semantics. The TCM idea is simply that the instance’s meaning is the meaning’s instance. This principle determines the meaning of each type class instance, and hence defines correctness of implementation. In some cases, it also provides a systematic guide to implementation, and in some cases, valuable design feedback.

The paper is illustrated with several examples of type, meanings, and morphisms.

You can get the paper and see current errata here.

The submission deadline is March 2, so comments before then are most helpful to me.

Enjoy, and thanks!

Sequences, segments, and signals

The post Sequences, streams, and segments offered an answer to the the question of what’s missing in the following box:

discreteStream Sequence
continuousFunction ???

I presented a simple type of function segments, whose representation contains a length (duration) and a function. This type implements most of the usual classes: Monoid, Functor, Zip, and Applicative, as well Comonad, but not Monad. It also implements a new type class, Segment, which generalizes the list functions length, take, and drop.

The function type is simple and useful in itself. I believe it can also serve as a semantic foundation for functional reactive programming (FRP), as I’ll explain in another post. However, the type has a serious performance problem that makes it impractical for some purposes, including as implementation of FRP.

Fortunately, we can solve the performance problem by adding a simple layer on top of function segments, to get what I’ll call “signals”. With this new layer, we have an efficient replacement for function segments that implements exactly the same interface with exactly the same semantics. Pleasantly, the class instances are defined fairly simply in terms of the corresponding instances on function segments.

You can download the code for this post.

  • 2008-12-06: dup [] = [] near the end (was [mempty]).
  • 2008-12-09: Fixed take and drop default definitions (thanks to sclv) and added point-free variant.
  • 2008-12-18: Fixed appl, thanks to sclv.
  • 2011-08-18: Eliminated accidental emoticon in the definition of dup, thanks to anonymous.

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Sequences, streams, and segments

What kind of thing is a movie? Or a song? Or a trajectory from point A to point B? If you’re a computer programmer/programmee, you might say that such things are sequences of values (frames, audio samples, or spatial locations). I’d suggest that these discrete sequences are representations of something more essential, namely a flow of continuously time-varying values. Continuous models, whether in time or space, are often more compact, precise, adaptive, and composable than their discrete counterparts.

Functional programming offers great support for sequences of variable length. Lazy functional programming adds infinite sequences, often called streams, which allows for more elegant and modular programming.

Functional programming also has functions as first class values, and when the function’s domain is (conceptually) continuous, we get a continuous counterpart to infinite streams.

Streams, sequences, and functions are three corners of a square. Streams are discrete and infinite, sequences are discrete and finite, and functions-on-reals are continuous and infinite. The missing corner is continuous and finite, and that corner is the topic of this post.

discreteStream Sequence
continuousFunction ???

You can download the code for this post.

  • 2008-12-01: Added Segment.hs link.
  • 2008-12-01: Added Monoid instance for function segments.
  • 2008-12-01: Renamed constructor “DF” to “FS” (for “function segment”)
  • 2008-12-05: Tweaked the inequality in mappend on (t :-># a).

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Enhancing a Zip

This post is part four of the zip folding series inspired by Max Rabkin’s Beautiful folding post. I meant to write one little post, but one post turned into four. When I sense that something can be made simpler/clearer, I can’t leave it be.

To review:

  • Part One related Max’s data representation of left folds to type class morphisms, a pattern that’s been steering me lately toward natural (inevitable) design of libraries.
  • Part Two simplified that representation to help get to the essence of zipping, and in doing so lost the expressiveness necessary to define Functorand Applicative instaces.
  • Part Three proved the suitability of the zipping definitions in Part Two.

This post shows how to restore the Functor and Applicative (very useful composition tools) to folds but does so in a way that leaves the zipping functionality untouched. This new layer is independent of folding and can be layered onto any zippable type.

You can get the code described below.

  • 2009-02-15: Simplified WithCont, collapsing two type parameters into one. Added functor comment about cfoldlc'.

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Another lovely example of type class morphisms

I read Max Rabkin’s recent post Beautiful folding with great excitement. He shows how to make combine multiple folds over the same list into a single pass, which can then drastically reduce memory requirements of a lazy functional program. Max’s trick is giving folds a data representation and a way to combine representations that corresponds to combining the folds.

Peeking out from behind Max’s definitions is a lovely pattern I’ve been noticing more and more over the last couple of years, namely type class morphisms.

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Simplifying semantics with type class morphisms

When I first started playing with functional reactivity in Fran and its predecessors, I didn’t realize that much of the functionality of events and reactive behaviors could be packaged via standard type classes. Then Conor McBride & Ross Paterson introduced us to applicative functors, and I remembered using that pattern to reduce all of the lifting operators in Fran to just two, which correspond to pure and (< *>) in the Applicative class. So, in working on a new library for functional reactive programming (FRP), I thought I’d modernize the interface to use standard type classes as much as possible.

While spelling out a precise (denotational) semantics for the FRP instances of these classes, I noticed a lovely recurring pattern:

The meaning of each method corresponds to the same method for the meaning.

In this post, I’ll give some examples of this principle and muse a bit over its usefulness. For more details, see the paper Simply efficient functional reactivity. Another post will start exploring type class morphisms and type composition, and ask questions I’m wondering about.

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Simply efficient functional reactivity

I submitted a paper Simply efficient functional reactivity to ICFP 2008.

Functional reactive programming (FRP) has simple and powerful semantics, but has resisted efficient implementation. In particular, most past implementations have used demand-driven sampling, which accommodates FRP’s continuous time semantics and fits well with the nature of functional programming. Consequently, values are wastefully recomputed even when inputs don’t change, and reaction latency can be as high as the sampling period.

This paper presents a way to implement FRP that combines data- and demand-driven evaluation, in which values are recomputed only when necessary, and reactions are nearly instantaneous. The implementation is rooted in a new simple formulation of FRP and its semantics and so is easy to understand and reason about.

On the road to efficiency and simplicity, we’ll meet some old friends (monoids, functors, applicative functors, monads, morphisms, and improving values) and make some new friends (functional future values, reactive normal form, and concurrent “unambiguous choice”).

Functional reactive partner dancing

This note continues an exploration of arrow-friendly formulations of functional reactive programming. I refine the previous representations into an interactive dance with dynamically interchanging roles of follow and lead. These two roles correspond to the events and reactive values in the (non-arrow) library Reactive described in a few previous posts. The post ends with some examples.

The code described (with documentation and examples) here may be found in the new, experimental library Bot (which also covers mutant-bots and chatter-bots).

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Functional reactive chatter-bots

In a few recent posts, I’ve been writing about a new basis for functional reactive programming (FRP), embodied in the Reactive library. In those posts, events and reactive values are (first class) values. A reactive system able to produce outputs from inputs might have type Event a -> Event b or perhaps Reactive a -> Reactive b.

Although I’m mostly happy with the simplicity and expressiveness of this new formulation, I’ve also been thinking about arrow-style formulations, as in Fruit and Yampa. Those systems expose signal functions in the programming interface, but relegate events and time-varying values (called “behaviors” in Fran and “signals” in Fruit and Yampa) to the semantics of signal functions.

If you’re not familiar with arrows in Haskell, you can find some getting-started information at the arrows page.

This post explores and presents a few arrow-friendly formulations of reactive systems.

  • 2008-02-06: Cleaned up the prose a bit.
  • 2008-02-09: Simplified chatter-bot filtering.
  • 2008-02-09: Renamed for easier topic recognition (was “Invasion of the composable Mutant-Bots”).
  • 2008-02-10: Replaced comps by the simpler concatMB for sequential chatter-bot composition.

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Future values via multi-threading

Future values

A previous post described future values (or simply “futures”), which are values depend on information from the future, e.g., from the real world. There I gave a simple denotational semantics for future values as time/value pairs. This post describes the multi-threaded implementation of futures in Reactive‘s Data.Reactive module.

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Dwarf drama in ‘Onanay’

The cast of Onanay

Beginning 6 August, love takes on all forms as GMA Network debuts its newest heart-warming primetime series Onanay.

Onanay tells the unique story of Onay, a woman born with Achondroplasia or a bone growth disorder which impeded her growth. Because of this, she is often the subject of ridicule but she chooses to remain positive in life. She gave birth to two beautiful daughters—Maila and Natalie—who cannot be more different from one another. Despite a tragedy and traumatizing events, Onay’s motherly love remains pure and unconditional, the way every mother is to her child.

The series introduces new star Jo Berry, who takes on the role of Onay. Despite her condition, she is loving, kind, warm towards everyone and chooses to always look at the brighter side of things.

Mikee Quintos and Kate Valdez returns to primetime after their successful starring in the hit fantasy show Encantadia ended last year. They play siblings Maila and Natalie.

Maila is a cheerful and obedient daughter who is willing to stand up to anyone who makes fun of her mother. She dreams of graduating and giving her family a comfortable life.

Natalie, on the other hand, is spoiled, arrogant and thinks highly of herself. She is ashamed of her mother’s physical appearance, which is why she often takes out her frustration and anger on Onay.

The show also features the very special participation of Nora Aunor as Nelia, Onay’s supportive mother who will do anything for her child.

Joining them to play an equally important role is Cherie Gil as Helena, a former beauty queen and now a wealthy owner of an online fashion magazine. She is also Onay’s mother-in-law who will make her and Nelia’s life miserable.

Completing the cast are Gardo Versoza as Dante, Nelia’s younger brother who will treat Maila as his own daughter; Wendell Ramos as Lucas, a rich and careless man who used to be an alcohol and drug addict who will later on play an important role in Onay’s life; Rochelle Pangilinan as Sally, Onay’s childhood friend who works at a beauty salon and is very supportive and endeared to Maila; Vaness Del Moral as Imelda, Lucas’ jealous and possessive wife; Enrico Cuenca as Oliver, a handsome school jock who will fall for Maila; and special guest Adrian Alandy as Elvin, the loving and responsible husband of Onay who fell in love with her because of her beautiful innate qualities.

The series is under the helm of actor/director Gina Alajar with the creative team composed of creative director Roy Iglesias, creative head Richard Cruz, creative consultant Suzette Doctolero, headwriter Luningning Ribay, writers Obet Villela, Geng delos Reyes and Tina Samson-Velasco and brainstormers Borj Danao and Brylle Tabora.

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Fabletics Offers Demystifying Lifestyle Quiz

When people spot Kate Hudson, they generally admire her clothing choices. This famed actress often sports trendy athletic styles from her Fabletics brand collections. Always a hard worker, Kate gets heavily invested with this fashion companies business process. She is responsible for making the final say on upcoming clothing selections. Her keen sense of style is evident in the garments she endorses. These styles look amazing, yet are ultimately the most comfortable clothing available today. It is a bonus that women feel a sense of empowerment when they wear clothing that flatters them. This mission remains a force that pushes everything else in the Fabletics business plan.

Kate is not afraid of going after what she wants. Without formal business training, Kate came aboard this company. She learns as she goes, and nobody today doubts her astute sense of marketing strategy, design choices and focused work. Today, Fabletics is definitely a fashion phenomenon. Who could have predicted their ongoing Amazon success? Kate is happy working to enable every woman to find affordable clothes that look hot and feel fantastic. Only using high grade materials and expecting fine detail work has propelled Fabletics to deliver exceptional pieces that women fall in love with.

The enigma of having comfortable clothes sharp looking enough to be seen just about in any place is becoming the new fashion normal. Women are simply tired of wearing uncomfortable clothes that cost way too much. Enter Fabletics with their innovative recipe for success. Instead of arbitrarily guessing on what customers will buy each season, Fabletics has an exciting web data service that captures what the customers are liking, browsing and buying. This information is what Fabletics uses to determine each season’s particular inventory list. Since this is an ongoing customer response system, the inventory can be tweaked if the computer indicates new interests or waning inventory interest.

This specialized marketing technique is better known to Fabletics employees as reverse showroom. Much of the information comes from a personal shopper survey that customers are urged to fill out online. The exciting Lifestyle Quiz is a nice way for customers to learn more regarding suitable clothing recommendations that flatter their particular clothing preferences and physical characteristics. Since a computer can store huge amounts of data, customers constantly get new inventory selected recommendations each time they get on the store site. Kate and Fabletics continue to make fashion history together.

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A Look at Elysium Health Company’s Supplement

Millions of people across the world want to live a more healthy lifestyle. In our modern society, it is easy to reduce activity levels and sit around all day. This problem is compounded when people eat a bad diet. With bad lifestyle habits, going into old age can seem daunting to some people.

Elysium Health is a company that has a great team of scientists who are working hard on supplements to help in this process. Combined with a healthy diet and exercise plan, this pill can help people live healthier for longer. The pill works by increasing the amount of NAD+ in our cells. This is a critical compound for cellular growth and development.

Lifestyle Factors

Without a doubt, the biggest variables that impact how well a person ages are lifestyle factors. There are some people who eat an unhealthy diet and who do not get enough sleep or exercise. No pill is going to help people who refuse to change their behavior. However, Elysium does have a supplement to help people take their health more seriously.

If you are eating an unhealthy diet, it is vital to change what you eat immediately. Having a diet with the proper nutrients will make you feel more energetic and will reduce your risk of developing a chronic disease. Small changes in your diet can result in major improvements.

About Elysium Health

Elysium Health is a company that is focused on adding value to others. For purchase on their website for just $50 per month, you can have access to the newest supplement from Elysium–Basis. This is a small investment that may result in higher energy levels and more productivity.

Although Elysium is a small company, it is growing quickly. There is a fabulous team of scientists at Elysium who are passionate about changing the world through their work. If you are ready to take lyour health to a new level, this is the supplement to use.

Changing your health is possible. No one has to go through life worrying about old age. With the right changes to your lifestyle, Elysium’s Basis can greatly improve your quality of life as you get older.

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End Citizens United Plan To Abolish Supreme Court, Citizens United Ruling

End Citizens United is one of the most successful donor funded Political Action Committee. The primary goal of the committee is to elect campaign finance reformer to overturn Citizens United. The group heavily financed various Democratic candidates from presidency to the Senate seats in 2016. End Citizens United is keen to counter the Supreme Court decision of Citizen United. An excess of 325,000 people have already subscribed to the petition made by End Citizens United and are now expecting the congress to assent with their decision.

End Citizens United has a wide supporter base of over 4 million people. As a result, ECU petition with receive massive support. End Citizen United recently announced that it will endorse 11 democratic candidates. ECU committed to offer its full support in enacting finance reforms in campaigns both locally and at state level.

John Wonderlich who work at Sunlight Foundation as the policy director admitted that it is an uphill battle for people to discern the constitutional path. Recent Huffington post clearly demonstrated the ease of externally manipulating United States elections. This came after Trumps’ win that attracted criticisms, considering he lost on popularity votes by more than 3 million.

Read more: Activist Investigations Uncover Russian Meddling According to End Citizens United

End Citizens United is particularly focused in reinforcing electoral reforms, campaign finance, and gun control policies. ECU has raised huge amount of capital with the main goal of fighting against malpractices done by billionaires and corporations. Further, End Citizens United is now tackling several issues that affect the life of American citizens.

The decision made by the Supreme Court held that people and corporations have equal rights. The decision gave way for American Corporation to spend unlimited amount of financial resources in controlling American campaigns and elections.

The Huffington Post also alluded that a Russian Company directly influenced the American election in favor of Donald trump. Even with the current policies that make it illegal for international bodies to interfere with American elections, the scope of their implementation is excessively limited. Political interest groups have continually peddled with United States election by making illegal payoffs, untraceable spending and maintaining good relationships with senior lawmakers in the country. This malpractices have greatly contributed to the abuse of rule of law.

Campaign finance reform remains the center of interest for End Citizen United. The organization decided to endorse Randy Bryce for the congress. Bryce has declared his bid to end corruption in future elections under the mandate of the group. End Citizen United uses social media as a platform to secure more support from the Americans.

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Waiakea Water Now Offers Fully Degradable Bottles

Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water has increased their packages lifespan 98 percent by integrating fully degradable bottles. The bottles use TimePlast which is 100 percent recyclable, and has a lifespan of approximately 15 years instead pf 1,500. According to the CEO and founder of Waiakea Water, Ryan Emmons, it took seventy years of research in the scientific community to make plastic stronger on a molecular level. This has enabled the plastic to degrade during the manufacturing process, so the natural process is accelerated.

Five years and 1,200 experiments were required for this plastic. The oxidation and solvation processes had to be fine-tuned, and a United States patent approved. The cost is two to three times more than an RPET, but the way the TimePlast is added during the process makes it comparative. This ensures a low-cost application that can be absorbed easily. This new technology may revolutionize the CPG industry, and recycling can occur with the regular PET bottles.

Waiakea Water uses unique processes to deliver advantages and health benefits for the individuals who drink the water. Porous lava rock is used to siphon the water in the Hawaiian volcano of Mauna Loa. The water stands out due to the mineral composition, pH level and amount of silica. Some of the benefits regarding health are just now coming to light.

Ryan Emmons decided the water was important to more than the health-conscious individuals. He understood that although the residents of the United States can be choosy regarding their water, this is not true in numerous areas of the world. There are a lot of people who never have access to water that is clean, safe and reliable.

Waiakea Water started giving back, and was extremely successful. They partnered with Pump Aid and along with this non-profit organization began installing water pumps throughout Africa’s rural areas. Prior to this, the residents did not have access to water that was safe and clean every day. The unique properties contained in Waiakea Water began to appear on the media, the resulting exposure leading to so many people in Africa receiving clean water.

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An in Depth Look at Louis Chenevert

Louis Chenevert is a well known and quite successful businessman. Mr. Chenevert was CEO of United Technologies Corporation and he is now retired from the organization. United Technologies Corporation specializes in the manufacturing of aerospace systems as well as air craft engines. A small portion of the organization’s revenue does come from the government.

Due to Louis Chenevert‘s hard work, United Technologies experienced great growth and diversification during his tenure with the company. Mr. Chenevert possessed exceptional leadership qualities which served him quite well throughout his business career. Mr. Louis R. Chenevert also held a position as President with an organization called Pratt & Whitney which was headquartered in Canada.

Louis Chenevert graduated from the University of Montreal with a Bachelor of Science Degree within the field of Business & Production Management. Mr. Louis R. Chenevert graduated from the University with top honors.

Prior to becoming CEO of United Technologies, Mr. Louis R. Chenevert held a position as Chief Operating Officer of United Technologies. Before starting his career at United Technologies, Mr. Louis R. Chenevert spent over 10 years working for General Motors Corporation. During his tenure with General Motors Corporation, Mr. Chenevert held various upper level management positions with the company.

Mr. Chenevert once held a position with Goldman Sachs. In addition, throughout his successful business career Chenevert received numerous business recognition awards. In 2009, he received an “Honor Award” from the National Building Museum. In addition, Chenevert was named “Business person of the Year” by Aviation Week & Space Technology.

In 2011, Mr. Louis R. Chenevert returned to his former University to address the graduating class. For his participation and involvement with the 2011 graduating class Mr. Chenevert received an Honorary Doctorate.

Mr. Louis R. Chenevert still holds a seat on the American Business Council and attends meetings and events on occasion. He spends his free time with his family and cultivating his hobbies.

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American Institute of Architects : 90,000 Members Strong And Growing

     The AIA, American Institute of Architects, is an organization formed with architects that provide support to the trade by coordinate community outreach, continuing education, professional development, and government advocacy. The American Institute of Architects also works with traditional construction and design contractors, and other industries that support their profession.

Membership has grown to more than 90,000. The Institute prides itself on having members that follow a strict code of ethics and adhere to servicing their clients with the highest possible professional standards.

The Chief Executive Officer is Robert Ivy. From the early 1980s through 1996 he was a principal at Dean and Dale an architectural firm based out of Jackson, Mississippi where he worked on innovation, technology, and cutting edge design and planning.

Ivy became the Editor in Chief of Architectural Record in 1996. Under his watchful eye, Architectural Record expanded to become a worldwide architectural resource. The American Society of Magazine Editors National Magazine Award for General Excellence was given to Robert Ivy acknowledging his dedication to his field and remarkable achievements with the professional journal. Professional journals rarely receive this editor’s award.

Further along in his career in 2010, the Alpha Rho Chi, which is a fraternal organization that values the study of architecture along with architectural engineering and other related disciplines, named Ivy “ Master Architect”. Honoring him for his ability to clearly communicate the value of design, his colleagues unanimously voted for him. This positioned him as one of only seven who have received this vote. Robert Ivy is the sole architect that has ever been selected in the entire 21st century.

Currently, Ivy looks over the 90,000 plus AIA members. Membership has five tiers: architect members, licensed to practice architecture in the US; associate members, members who are not licensed architects but have earned degrees in architecture and assist licensed architects in professional manners or provide technical content; international associate, licensed outside of the US; emeritus members, having worked for at least 15 years concurrently in the field and now are over 65 and unable to work, and allied members, who work in related industries, such as community design, landscaping, and planning.

The American Institute of Architects, along with CEO, Robert Ivy, look forward to continued growth, community development, and contemporary education to further the advancement of the AIA and its members.

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Ricardo Tosto is one of the founding partners of the Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados, a law firm in Brazil. It is one of the popular in the country. He is still a partner in this law firm to date. Ricardo Tosto specializes in business litigation. He deals with cases from the following law fields; civil law, election law, business restructuring, bankruptcy, administrative law among others. Ricardo Tosto has previously worked as a director for Brazilian company known as Fundação Rede de Previdência Privada. He has also been an adviser to another company known as Grupo Rede.

Ricardo Tosto has been recognized by various bodies for his prowess in legal matters. He has been nominated by the Who’s Who Legal. He is nominated as one the best commercial lawyers in Brazil. He has also been featured in various publications such as the Legal 500 and Análise 500. His prowess is not only recognized in Brazil but also in other countries in the Latin America region.

Ricardo Tosto holds a degree in law from the Mackenzie University. In addition, he has a certificate in business administration. He is therefore familiar with business litigation cases that relate to finances and business management. This is a factor that has earned him many clients from the banking sector.

Ricardo Tosto does not stop there. He is a political and legal writer. He normally writes in the national dailies and in special magazines editions. He is a co-author of a book entitled O Processo de Tiradentes. Ricardo Tosto has another advantage in this profession. Unlike many lawyers in the country, he is able to represent lawyers in more than one language. He is among the lawyers in the country who have a clear understanding of both Portuguese and English. This is a factor that comes into play especially when foreigners are looking for representation and more

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Becoming an entrepreneur is one of the most popular career choices for young people. However, some of the best entrepreneurs in the business are people with experience and knowledge about the way markets work. Chris Burch is one of these people and his experience spans over forty years. His first business venture was selling sweaters door to door on the university campus. It was one of the first real-life lessons Chris Burch had into running his own company. It also highlighted his talent for reading the changes in markets and finding excellent business opportunities. It encouraged him to act and continue down the path.

As an investor and entrepreneur, Burch used to perform most of his transactions using American Express. It is one of the biggest companies in the business. However, Burch is very good at spotting new opportunities, and one such chance encouraged him to move most of his financial transactions elsewhere. He decided to move to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s Sapphire Reserve card and help people he works with to go as well. The full reasoning behind the move will unveil itself over time.

Today Chris Burch is the CEO of his own investment company. Investing in real estate became a business venture after he participated in more than fifty different projects and start-ups. He was able to grow the portfolio, becoming one of the wealthiest men in the US. Burch Creative Capital works with big brands and start-ups, encouraging businesses to grow and expand.  Visit the company’s website and read more about his creative vision and output, browse on

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Netpicks, the Superlative Traders Guide

Netpicks is a trading company with highly trained staff to help individuals who are setting sail in the forex market. The organization has close to three decades of trading and teaching upcoming traders. The staff of the group is highly trained to ensure that traders have achieved their targets. The team of the Netpicks has seen all the ups and downs of the market, and therefore they offer valuable counsel regarding the market. Netpicks has set up its system with the following ideas in mind full-time career, part-time income and done in a minute. The three options are fashioned to ensure that newcomers have a variety which thus creates flexibility. With the Netpicks options, one does not need many months of study but clicking on the useful videos recommended by the organization. Rather than a lot of non-applicable theory, the group gives clear stepwise steps on the trading processes.  Visit their social media account to read tutorial blogs, click on their page.

In the previous years, the market was less complicated and more predictable but lately, there is an aura of uncertainty. The uncertainty creates a somewhat choppy demand in the income seasons. However there are certain tricks to ensure survival during the vital months. The methods have been there since the early 2000s, but their applicability varies with time and various variables in the market. Lock and Walk are the most common during the irregular market period although it offers no guarantees. With the plan one can support the levels in Nasdaq NDX, +0.19%, and trade the Ultrashort shares QQQ QID,-0.48% and the ultra QQQ, QLD+0.41% when the resistance barriers are tested or broken.  Read their timeline activity updates on

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There are several rules one should be aware when applying the Lock and Walk rule. The rules are as follows; look out for the QLD and aim for the resistance to sell, if the support breaks then sell it but if QID tests it, then it’s advisable to support with the aim of selling. If the resistance then breaks, sell QID. The rules may be had to understand at first, but one may simplify them through the use of technical analysis. The plan works well for choppy markets because ones you identify that the point basis is more than 67, then I will shut down. After all, it works on a short-term basis.  Learn more from their tutorial video, hop over to

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U.S. Money Reserve Donates to Hurricane Harvey Relief

The task of rebuilding southern Texas is well underway in the aftermath of historic Hurricane Harvey, and U.S.Money Reserve is one of the many companies that has organized an intensive campaign to help the affected communities. The region was the recipient of between 45 and 60 inches of rain from the stalled hurricane that produced the classic Texas flood. U.S. Money Reserve recently announced that they will be partnering with the Austin Disaster Relief Network to supply funding for general use by the local charitable organization. U.S. Money Reserve is headquartered in Austin, and company management officials understand the impact the massive storm has had on the entire region for businesses and communities alike. Learn more:,28.htm

U.S. Money Reserve has named the relief fund YouCaring and stated that all donations would be contributed to the Austin Disaster Relief Fund. U.S. Money Reserve will match contributions to the limit of $100,000. Funds donated to YouCaring will go to assist the ADRF in supplying immediate financial assistance, emergency housing, and transportation for all affected Texans in the locale. Resources for emotional and spiritual care are also included. U.S. Money Reserve recognized they could play a significant role in helping the community when they realized that several of their employees and valued customers had been affected by the storm as well.

U.S. Money Reserve is one the nation’s largest sellers of U.S. Government authorized gold, platinum, and silver coins. In addition to brokering these government-issued coins, they offer excellent market knowledge regarding the outlook for growth in the precious metals investment sector. While the company is headquartered in Austin, they also have satellite offices in both Beaumont and Lumberton. Those communities were also impacted by Hurricane Harvey as well as the remainder of Texas south of Austin.

In addition to contributing to disaster relief in the Austin area by partnering with ADRF, U.S. Money Reserve also maintains a significant charitable giving program that has donated to over 70 other philanthropic organizations. Many of those of financial assistance organizations are anchored locally in south Texas, but they also make contributions to other charitable organizations throughout central Texas. The leadership group at U.S. Money Reserve believes solidly in giving back to the communities that have helped make them a very successful precious metal trading company. Learn more:


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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Systems and Structures- why they're good for you (as I'm finding out)

Recently, well, half a year ago,( but that's pretty recent, ain't it?), I did a business course with Mark Silver of Heart of Business. Six classes that were illuminating, and inspiring and almost every superlative I can think of. I really love Mark's approach and I have been following him for over two years, and that's before I joined twitter! I know I gained alot from it even though, to be honest, my business is not taking off yet and I have still so much to implement from that course alone.

Well truth is I'm kind of ashamed to say that I didn't even listen completely to the last lesson, entitled: " Structures and Systems". Only now I am beginning to understand why.One of the hardest things for me to do is to create a structure for myself in my life. It's like I am rebeling against it. Somehow, it's always gotta be something from the outside that does it for me. Maybe, yes, there is a slight chance I am being a little hard on myself, but I have a theory why it's so hard to create a structure for me to work in - and it's connected to schooling. I won't get into it now, but I am finding that creating a structure, a routine, gives me alot more freedom and more importantly, a sense of comfort and much less stress.

I wonder what it's like for you? What methods do you use to create structure and a routine in your lives that isn't imposed from the outside?

  1. Yael, I've been in business for years but I find myself still creating systems and structures and then not always following them. You have a creative spirit and though there is nothing wrong with that at all, it seems that I can identify with that side and friends who are creative seem to struggle with the same issues.

  2. Thank you Julie! That is so kind of you to say to say this ,it helps me see myself in a different light and be less hard on myself.What helps you the most to stay on track, I wonder?

  3. Well, Yael, I have to constantly remind me to stay focused. I write lists, see: http://designresumes.com/2010/01/the-colored-pen-to-do-list/ And sometimes I use a timer and set it for 15 minutes (a Flylady strategy)... you can do anything for 15 minutes.

    It seems the older I get, the more I need to do those things. Right now I need to be getting the house ready for Easter dinner. But I find myself playing with the new phone and checking the web on the computer. Distracted easily. So off I go to change laundry, dust and vacuum. But then, I like rewards, so I might reward me with permission to pop back in a 1/2 hour to check Twitter or Facebook or my blog stats... :-)

    Then if I am disciplined, I will use the computer after that to get rid of the backlog of financial updating I need to do.


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Blondie giving me a broad smile as he tucks into young willow

This year anyone could be forgiven for thinking it's raining cows, not just cats and dogs. Yesterday I set off under a steady drizzle to check our conservation grazing herd on the Common. This involves walking the fence line of three separate meadows to confirm it's all intact - we don't want cows escaping onto nearby roads - as well as counting the cattle in each area and making sure they're all in good health, and checking their troughs are full.

betony in Rye Meadow
The cows displayed a bovine indifference to rain. Their coats have an oily waterproof sheen and water falling from the sky wasn't going to deter them from eating and digesting the green riches around them. This is a 24-hour a day job for them and their dedication to it is admirable. Perhaps if I stop washing my hair, it too will develop a waterproof layer of oil, but friends and family might complain about the smell...

Horton Heath steer tackling trees

Under the rain, which grew steadily heavier over the next two-and-a-half hours, I viewed the countryside as a green smudge around me, with somewhat blurry edges. A bit like some of my photographs, but bear with me, it was raining, the cows were moving, and I was desperately trying to keep my camera dry.

Pincushion gall on Horton Heath

Despite the weather, I felt a deep contentment. The rain had driven away all other human disturbances - even the dog-walkers had gone home - and I had the Common and it's wildlife all to myself. Incredibly, a few butterflies were on the wing: brown ringlets. Later I read, in a doom-laden article about butterflies in trouble in this wettest of summers, that ringlets (and speckled woods) like damp conditions.

Roebuck by the fence in Rye Meadow

water figwort

In Rye Meadow, my favourite piece of pasture, I spotted a roebuck lying beside the electric fence right out in the open. As I approached like a child playing grandmother's footsteps, I began to fear that its determination to stay put was a sign of injury, but at the last moment it bounded away.

This part of the Common resisted the plough during the wartime "dig for victory" campaign, unlike our main grazing area, and it has retained a diverse seedbank of wildflowers, rushes, sedges and grasses. It was cleared of secondary woodland just two to three years ago and, with sunlight striking the ground again for the first time in decades, the seeds germinated. Yesterday I found water figwort and betony in flower.

In deep cover in the main grazing area
I didn't notice how wet and tired I was until I got home...

ps We don't normally give our cows names but Blondie seemed an obvious choice for the only white one. They belong to a local farmer and are destined for the table eventually. At least they enjoy one of the best summers a cow could wish for on the Common. And as dairy steers, most of their peers are killed at birth: males don't give milk and their breeding makes their muscles unsuited for prime cuts.

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WayLifeThere’s a great article today by Gail Collins in the NY Times (My State’s Prettier Than Yours) in which she tries to understand the promotional slogans of our 50 states.  Give up Gail.  It’s incomprehensible.  State and country slogans have always been a pet peeve of mine because they usually don’t relate to anything distinct or different about the state.  Collins gives plenty of examples.  They’re usually a result of the excesses of bad advertising agencies or over zealous economic development and tourism teams.

There’s a list of state slogans at Wikipedia (List of U.S. state slogans) and 105 country tourism slogans at a blog called Tourist vs. Traveller (105 tourism slogans from around the world) along with a nice little video to show them all with their logos (which a lot of tourism development folks think is a brand, but that’s another topic entirely).  Collins covers the states pretty well so I’ll focus on some of my favorite country slogans.

Did you know Albania is “A new Mediterranean love”?  And all this time, I thought it was a mysterious country that supplies pizza parlor chefs to New York restaurants.  Austria is “Arrive and revive”.  I’m sorry. I don’t know what that means, particularly since I’ll have jet lag for a day or two once I arrive.  Here’s one I like:  Belarus is “Hospitality beyond borders.”  Does that mean I have to leave the country for hospitality?  One of my favorites is Romania because I’ve been there twice:  “Explore the Carpathian garden.”  Now, I never saw the Carpathians on either of my trips (hint:  it’s a mountain range), but I suspect that slogan will mean a lot to the winner of any national geography bee.

You have to read the list yourself.  It’s full of surprises.  (Actually, I think that’s Connecticut’s slogan.)  You can travel from Pure Russia to 100% Pure New Zealand in a few lines.  (Maybe Russia only got to 90% so they didn’t want to tell us how pure they are.)  “Bolivia awaits you”, which is nice to know since I probably won’t make it there for a few years.  The “Dominican Republic has it all” so don’t confuse that with “Honduras, todo esta aqui.”  They have it all too but only in Spanish.  I also like “Paraguay, You have to feel it!”.  I’ve been there too and I suppose they’re talking about their vicious mosquitoes.

Τhe amazing thing about all of these slogans for states and countries (cities have them too; don’t get me started) is that they say absolutely nothing about the country, its culture and what makes it distinct and different.  Years ago, states had mottos or nicknames that said something about them and often appeared on auto license plates.  Alabama was “The Cotton State”, Florida was “The Everglade State”; Georgia – “The Peach State”; Hawaii – “The Aloha State”; Michigan – “Winter Water Wonderland” and so on.  Washington D.C. was “Nation’s Capital”, which tells me a lot and that no other state can say.  Now, it’s become “The American Experience”, which is ironic since it’s never been a place that Sarah Palin went looking for her “real Americans”.  As a child, I always loved the slogans on license plates and could recite a lot of them.  They told me something different about each state and I wanted to visit them all.  Now they all blend into a meaningless hodgepodge that I bet nobody but each state’s tourism employees can recite.  It’s bad for the state or country, self-aggrandizing and simply poor communication.

I used to live in Maine and often drive there for long weekends.  We have a house there and a car with Maine plates that says “Vacationland”.  I like that, although I also like that it’s been called “The Pine Tree State.”  Sure, there are pine trees in other states but drive into Maine and you’ll think there must be more of them there than anyplace else and it does give you a picture.  For many years, they had a slogan on a sign when you enter the state, “The way life should be.”  Yes, it’s another one of those silly slogans but I have to admit that as someone who lived there for 25 years, seeing that sign always made me feel like I was home.  It meant a way of life to me and I hoped for others visiting for the first time.

40937319A few years ago, they added another sign about a 100 feet further down the road that read, “Worth a visit, worth a lifetime”, which signaled to me that they hired a new ad agency that wanted to establish its own brand of creativity.  Then, a year or so ago, they plastered “Open for business” underneath “The way life should be.”  I suppose it’s nice that the state is trying but did anyone check to see that Forbes put Maine last in its best for business rankings?

OpenForBizAt its core, this is all about determining what a state or country’s marketing strategy is because slogans, if they have any purpose at all, should tell us why that place is worth our patronage for business, tourism or simply, aspirations. Anyone who pays attention to strategy knows that it must tell us why the product is both distinct and different from any other, and if that strategy is not true to what’s being delivered, it is totally meaningless.  Slogans, however, have become a tactic conjured up by advertising or public relations agencies without a thought to strategy and that’s why they are incomprehensible and instantly forgettable.

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The review process specified under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act was followed for the West-wide Energy Corridor PEIS.

The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires federal agencies to consider the effect of their undertakings on historic properties. Regulations issued by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation under Section 106 of the NHPA specify the required review process. (For further explanation of Section 106 of the NHPA, see: http://www.achp.gov/work106.html.) Since this project resulted in amendments to land use plans, and did not result in direct effects to cultural resources, the agencies used the NEPA process to fulfill their responsibilities for compliance with Section 106 as permitted in the Section 106 regulations. Full compliance with Section 106 will, of course, occur when energy transmission projects are actually proposed within the corridors.

An important part of the Section 106 review process is consultation with the appropriate State Historic Preservation Officer(s) (SHPOs), all Federally recognized Native American tribes that have an interest in the area being affected, and with any persons or organizations that are interested in the cultural resources that could be impacted by the project.

Lead Federal Agency for Section 106 Review

The PEIS involved several agencies (the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Forest Service (USFS), and the Department of Defense (DoD)). The Bureau of Land Management was designated by the participating agencies as the Lead Federal Agency for the Section 106 review process. A working group consisting of representatives from each of the agencies was created to support BLM in this process.

Conducting the Section 106 Review

The regulations for Section 106 permit the Agencies to integrate Section 106 compliance with the NEPA process. Due to the scope and scale of the proposed action, the Agencies chose to implement this provision in order to reduce redundancies when complying with both laws; provide the broadest possible opportunities and greatest convenience for the public to review and consult on the Agencies' proposed actions; and ensure that concerns pertaining to historic properties were fully integrated into the PEIS and the records of decision (RODs). The Section 106 regulations clearly state that integrating the Section 106 compliance process with NEPA does not waive Agency obligations under either law. While the regulations do permit the Agencies to take advantage of the NEPA process, the Agencies must still adhere to the fundamental direction for compliance with Section 106.

The PEIS process attempted to identify the type and extent of the impacts associated with the designation of energy corridors on Federal lands in the eleven Western states. For this PEIS, compliance with Section 106 included a programmatic assessment of the types of historic properties known and likely to occur within the designated corridors and the development of recommendations to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts to historic properties that will guide the agencies in the review of any subsequent development projects.

The amendment of land use plans to designate Section 368 corridors does not have direct impacts on historic properties. Future projects developed within designated Section 368 energy corridors have the potential to adversely affect historic properties that may be located within the corridors. Specific projects will be subject to the Section 106 process, calling for development of actions to avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse effects on historic properties. In addition, this PEIS identified interagency operating procedures (IOPs) that provide programmatic guidance for future development that will assist in satisfying the requirements of the NHPA and various other laws. The IOPs do, in effect, provide a robust suite of practices for the consideration of historic properties throughout the anticipated life of the corridors. The Agencies' responsibilities under Section 106 have been satisfied through a binding commitment to these IOPs with the signing of the ROD.

The BLM contacted the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of SHPOs concerning the PEIS. Data requests for cultural resource information were submitted to all eleven Western SHPOs. The BLM, together with the interagency working group, consulted with interested parties and many of the Western SHPOs concerning cultural resources on this project. Government-to-government consultation was conducted with Tribes and will continue to proceed if any projects are proposed in the corridors; further information on this important part of the process is available on the Government-to-Government Consultation page of this website.

The PEIS provided the agency managers with information on how the various alternative actions would impact the environment. The affected agencies each signed a ROD in January 2009. These RODs amended land use plans and designated corridors for future energy development. As development proceeds, agencies will conduct Section 106 compliance and NEPA reviews for individual proposed right-of-way projects. The intent of the PEIS was to guide future development of the designated corridors in order to reduce the proliferation of rights-of-way across the landscape. However, on any given project, land managers will retain the ability to consider options for rights-of-way outside the designated corridors should conditions warrant. Furthermore, prospective developers are not constrained to remain within or use designated corridors.


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 BYU Athletics Blog | May 2014 | BYU Cougar Club

BYU Athletics Blog | May 2014

Day 12: Venice

May 22, 2014 - Posted by Rachel Hawks at 1:23 pm | Permalink

The Cougars enjoyed their last day of their European tour in Venice, Italy, on Thursday. The team took boat rides and visited the island of Murano, where Italians have been making world-famous Venetian glass since the 13th century. The Cougars were even able to watch the glass making process and see glass sculptures made from the glass.

The team also saw St. Mark’s Basilica, an Italo-Byzantine cathedral and one of the most famous churches in Venice.

Friday the team returns to the U.S. after earning a 5-2 record against foreign opponents from three countries. The Cougars visited six different countries during their tour.

Days 8-11: Zagreb, Rovinj, Pula

May 21, 2014 - Posted by Rachel Hawks at 8:28 pm | Permalink

This week the volleyball team has been in Croatia, starting in Zagreb. Sunday the Cougars went to church in Zagreb. There were only about 25 people in the branch. The team listened to the service via translators.

After Zagreb, the team moved on to Rovinj, a small Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea.

Monday, the Cougars explored the beautiful Plitvicka Jezera Lakes in one of the oldest national parks in Europe. The cascading lakes are known for their bright shades of green and blue, which change depending on weather, minerals and organisms in the water.

Tuesday the Cougars explored the city and the coast in Rovinj, then on Wednesday headed to Pula, another city on the Croatian coast. In both cities BYU played against club teams and won both matches.

Thursday the team will travel to Italy for the last leg of its journey.

Days 4-7: Vienna, Maribor, Zagreb

May 17, 2014 - Posted by Rachel Hawks at 11:25 pm | Permalink

The team traveled through Austria on its way to Slovenia, stopping in Vienna to check out some sights. One place they visited was St. Stephen’s Cathedral, one of the most recognized buildings in Vienna. Its colorful tiled roof sets it apart from the other Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The team also visited the opera house and government buildings.

In Maribor, the team stayed at Dras Hotel, which had a volleyball court, indoor soccer field and weight room inside. When the Cougars played the Slovenia National B Team, they simply had to walk downstairs to get to the court. BYU lost the first match to Slovenia 3-1, but came back in the second match to win 3-2.

On one of their days in Maribor, the Cougars got to experience the Slovenian Alps. They rode a ski lift up the mountain to a giant alpine slide, ropes course and alpine swing. While there, the guys ate Slovenia’s famous sausage and enjoyed a gondola ride after dark, which allowed them an amazing view of the city lights.

After Maribor the team headed to Zagreb, Croatia, where the Cougars played against HOK Mladost Zagreb Saturday evening. BYU won in four sets, but the teams decided to play a fifth set.

Former Cougars to play in NORCECA qualifier

May 15, 2014 - Posted by Rachel Hawks at 12:29 pm | Updated: May 15, 2014 1:17 pm | Permalink

Former Cougars Taylor Sander and Russell Holmes were named to the 12-man squad that will compete in the NORCECA Men’s World Championship Qualification Tournament, which begins Thursday.

The U.S. will compete against St. Lucia at 7 p.m. MDT Thursday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The match can be streamed live online from the USA Volleyball website.

For more information, visit teamusa.org.

Broderick and Bull named NFCA All-Pacific Region

May 15, 2014 - Posted by Spencer Shamo at 11:19 am | Updated: May 14, 2015 3:33 pm | Permalink

Freshmen McKenna Bull and Sydney Broderick were both named to the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association Third Team All-Pacific Region on Thursday.

Broderick led BYU with a .365 average to go along with six home runs and 31 RBI. She was No. 84 in the country with three sacrifice flies and was the No. 65 toughest strikeout.

Bull finished the season with a 3.04 ERA and 191 strikeouts. Bull finished third in the country in saves and was 34th in strikeouts per seven innings.

You can see a full list of the NFCA All-Region team at NFCA.org.

Day 3: Prague

May 15, 2014 - Posted by Rachel Hawks at 10:38 am | Updated: May 15, 2014 10:41 am | Permalink

Tuesday the team visited Prague's new town and saw the John Lennon Wall. The Lennon Wall is filled with graffiti and is constantly changing due to new graffiti, mostly based on Lennon and Beatles lyrics. The Cougars have enjoyed getting to know Prague, especially its amazing architecture.

While exploring the city, they saw David Cerny's baby statues, which are 10 enormous statues of crawling babies with big coin slots on their heads instead of faces. Cerny is a Czech sculptor who tries for the shock factor in his work. (See image below of the team with the baby statues.)

The team has also gotten a taste of authentic food, including meat dumplings with cream sauce, blueberry sweet sauce and pancakes that turned their teeth blue. They've enjoyed the European cuisine so far.

The team competed against CZU Prague Tuesday. CZU Prague won in four sets, but both teams enjoyed the experience along with all the BYU and Czech fans.

Kaneakua Friel adds to BYU players receiving NFL opportunities

May 13, 2014 - Posted by Brett Pyne at 3:40 pm | Updated: May 13, 2014 7:07 pm | Permalink

Former BYU tight end Kaneakua Friel accepted a minicamp invitation from the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday, adding to the list of Cougars receiving NFL opportunities. Friel is the sixth member of the 2013 team to receive a chance to compete at the NFL level.

Friel totaled 491 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in 45 games played as a Cougar, averaging 10.2 yards per catch. He had a single-game best of 101 yards and two touchdowns in BYU's home win over Washington State in 2012. Friel was on the John Mackey Award watch list and College Football Performance Awards Tight End Trophy watch list in 2013. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound native of Kaneohe, Hawai'i, also played in the 2013 East-West Shrine game that features many of the nation's top players.

The following links provide more information about BYU players pursuing NFL opportunities.

BYU players reach agreements as free agents

Van Noy drafted with 40th pick overall

Reaction to Van Noy being selected by the Detroit Lions

Day 2: Prague and match vs. Brno

May 12, 2014 - Posted by Rachel Hawks at 3:03 pm | Updated: May 12, 2014 3:11 pm | Permalink

On their second day in Europe, the Cougars did some sight seeing and played their first match against a foreign opponent.

The team took a walking tour of Prague, which including visiting a church, climbing a tower and seeing the changing of the guard at the president's house.

Monday evening the team competed against the Brno club team, winning 3-2 (21-25, 25-18, 25-17, 19-25, 23-21) after a tough fifth set. Volejbal Brno led 14-12 in the fifth set, but the Cougars bounced back for the 23-21 fifth-set victory.

Freshman Tim Dobbert led BYU with 19 kills, followed by Josue Rivera's 15 kills, Jake Langlois's 12 and Matt Underwood's 11.

"We started a little slow, but we had 10 days without practice coupled with almost 30 hours of travel, so it took us a set to start playing well," BYU head coach Chris McGown said. "We got the chance to play almost our entire bench, and had some great moments to keep the match alive in the fifth set. I loved that right off the bat we had a challenging match, and that our players experienced a tough road environment. Our hosts were amazingly gracious, and it was really an honor to compete with them."

BYU will play one more match in Prague Tuesday before heading to Maribor, Slovenia, by way of Vienna, Austria.

The craziest thing that's happened to the team so far (from junior outside hitter Phil Fuchs): "They overbooked our flight from Amsterdam to Prague, and Devin Young and his wife, Marie, had to stay there an extra night. Now that they are here, Devin's bag was lost, and he still doesn't have it!"

Reaction to KVN draft pick

May 12, 2014 - Posted by Aaron Sorenson at 12:11 pm | Updated: May 12, 2014 12:18 pm | Permalink

Day 1: Travel to Prague

May 11, 2014 - Posted by Rachel Hawks at 10:53 pm | Permalink

The team reached Prague Sunday after a long couple days of travel. One of their layovers was in Amsterdam, where they were able to see a little of the city before their last flight to Prague.

From outside hitter Phil Fuchs:

"We are in Amsterdam waiting for our flight to Prague. We went out to the city to check out some of it, with some people going to the downtown, and others taking a bus to see the Anne Frank house. The weather is super rainy and windy, which made it very interesting to walk around. A lot of us were very cold. Some of us ended up taking naps in the Marriott lobby."

Check back for more updates from Europe!


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About Us

Established in June of 1998, as Country Roads Car Club through the collected efforts of (3) people, lead by Ronnie E. Nowell, President.

Purpose was to introduce a variety of automobile related events to the Community and to support other activities that benefit the West Virginia Eastern Panhandle.

Our Goal as Country Roads Car Club, is to maintain a non-profit activity that donates time and money to help other community works as a part of its function. We are simply a group of auto sport enthusiasts, that help the community and have fun doing it.

Our first function as a new car club came as a cry for help from the Mayor of Bolivar Heights, West Va. Locust Grove Rest Home’s freezer when out and all of their food was destroyed. Country Roads Car Club established (2) poker hand road rally events, earned $650 and gave all earnings to the rest home for food.

Country Roads Car Club sponsors a project created by club president Ron Nowell called “The Haunted Fairground.” This haunted house event has taken place every October at the Jefferson County Fairground for 16 years now. This project has donated $127,868.00 to local Jefferson County Charities.

Our car club has presented: Cabin Fever Poker Hand Rallies, Spring Car Shows at Harpers Ferry Flea Market, the Summer Car Shows at Jefferson County Fairgrounds, The Legends and Folklore Rallies, a.k.a Ghost Encounter Road Rallies, The Haunted Fairground haunted house, and of course the Cone Zone Cruise-In every Friday night 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, April to Sept., at Sommerset Shopping Center, Rt. 340 in Charles Town, West Va.———Request for food donations to all events to support Jefferson County Community Ministries Food Pantry, Charles Town, WV.

In 2008, Country Roads Car Club donated $1000 to the James Rumsey Technical Institute – Automotive Shop to upgrade tools and obtain shop supplies.

In 2009, three (3) awards were received by the club:

  • Eastern WV Community Foundation awarded the club “Corporate Philanthropist of 2009″ for donating of over $113,000 to local charities through our Haunted Fairground project.
  • C.T. Kiwanis awarded CRCC and the Haunted Fairgound volunteers an “Outstanding Support” plaque for contributions to Santa’s Toy Shop project totalling $58,000 over 16 years.
  • C.T. Kiwanis awarded the “Charles Town Kawanis Distinguished Service Award” to CRCC President, Ron Nowell.