Running a marathon: Men are running in a field then on a city street. We see a lady and a man interviewed and see a store window.<|endoftext|> are things that are happening quickly, though. HT noted a few of them in the comments to his (danged brilliant) 5-2 article:

  • Much less missed tackles,
  • Much less over pursuit,
  • Much more effort.

These aren't small differences. They go beyond scheme and into the realm of pure coaching. They are among the things that we've lacked and that needed to be changed.They will give us better chances to win in the future.

We've needed to accept that the only way to turn a team around in the short run is to improve the schemes, improve the coaching and to bring in a lot of free agents. Free agency is  a poor approach to overall team building but we were left with little choice, really. With such disparate defensive schemes as Larry Coyers', Jim Bates' and Bob Slowik's, you aren't going to have much of a nucleus of players to work with and that was true. The cupboard was bare. That's a huge problem that isn't going to be solved in one offseason. There are going to be gaps in our rebuilding this year and other teams are going to exploit them.

We now have new schemes on offense, defense and special teams. It takes time to learn them, to produce within them and to excel at them.  The defense already looks better than last year, which is faint praise but true. The offensive scheme is one of the most complex in football and it won't emerge overnight (And yes, it's a lot more than screen passes and dumpoffs). Look at what NE did even with Matt Cassel at the helm.Complex offenses don't evolve overnight, and you can't teach them overnight, either. Different players are going to make mistakes each week as they are mastering the schemes and their responsibilities in them.

Pat Bowlen has already mentioned publicly that they've talked about the possibility of a slow start to the season, they recognize what it could mean and they are going to move forward. I suspect that the Broncos fans may go ballistic if it happens. I won't. I know that creating long term change is difficult. It's messy. You're going to be questioned, disliked, hated and reviled, but that if you're the head of a team, you can't listen and you can't let it dictate your decisions. You have to look within yourself and make the decisions, accept that some will be right and some wrong and move forward. If you're a fan, seeing that might make this process a little less painful.

When Bill Belichick took over the New England Patriots, he would frequently say, "We're not assembling talent. We're building a team." It's a good point.  You really are as good as your worst players. Developing that kind of depth requires time. Bill Walsh went 2-14 in his first season with the 49ers, but he won the Super Bowl two years after that. Bill Belichick had a 5-11 record in his first season with the now-perennial playoff contender squad in New England. Personally, I'm looking at a similar season for the Broncos.  I'd be glad if I'm wrong, but if I'm right, it doesn't dishearten me.

There's been a saying going around that if we don't at least reach 8-8, there was no reason to make these changes. My own feeling is that if a few calls had been accurate last season, we would have gone 5-11, not 8-8. That kind of production is a very good reason to create wholesale change. It's unreasonable to expect those kinds of gifts to flow from the officiating two season in a row. If we end up 5-11, we'll be maintaining the same level of production for this season. If we do better than that, we're going to be accomplishing two things - stopping the slide we were in, and turning around our momentum. It won't be easy.

I'll be looking toward December more than anything. If you can see an improvement in the way we play later in the season, there is a huge change in the wind. Keep in mind our record over the past three Decembers - 1-3 last year, 2-3 in 2007 and 2-3 in 2006. We were a team that started well and failed miserably. We need to grow, develop and improve over the course of the season. It's something we haven't done in a few years.

We might look at something that's been happening in San Diego. They have been starting out poorly, perhaps reading their own press clippings and then settling down, stiffening up as the season goes on. That's one big reason that they've been winning the division. Some Super Bowl winners have started 1-3, 1-4, but they finished strongly. Arizona had a mediocre year in 2008, but they got hot when it counted and went to the SB as a wildcard team. How you play in winter dictates what direction you are moving in as a team. If we play .500 ball in December of this year, we'll have improved on our late season record of each year since 2005. That should give every fan a little pause.

There's nothing tougher than change. It challenges our beliefs, summons our most fearful thoughts and can always - always - go wrong on you. You can't know if you're on the right track in preseason - they don't count those games for a reason. Detroit goes 4-0 in preseason because no one else really cares if they win. You can't know if you're making the right changes in the first quarter or even the first half of your first season. Some of the best teams in history had lousy first seasons under new coaches and they, too, heard the boos, the demands for their heads and the bitter complaints of the fans who knew in their hearts that they could do better than the bum on the sidelines. Josh McDaniels isn't the first and he won't be the last.

When Belichick took over in New England, he had a few things going for him. One was that no one expected instant results that would manifest in the wins column. You rarely make wholesale changes in coaching, personnel and scheme and expect a quick improvement i the record - it isn't usually going to happen, and it places an unrealistic burden on the new order. Broncos fans aren't used to losing and they shouldn't be, but this season might be an exception. Will Bowlen fire McDaniels if they have a bad season? I doubt it. Will people scream, yell and curse his name? A lot of them are already doing that now, so there won't be that much of a difference if they do.  But are those expectations of instant success reasonable? I'd argue that they're not. If the fans don't give the new systems a chance to develop, they'll be working themselves up for nothing. McDaniels is here for 2-3 years at the least.

By the way, Coach Belichick also had a degree in economics. He understood the 'new order' of the NFL with the salary cap better than nearly any other coach, and it's shown. While some folks have tried to dismiss Brian Xanders as a 'nobody', 'unimportant' and 'a tool', he's an expert on the cap and on contracts. Every team in the modern era has or needs such a person.  Coaches coach, and general managers handle personnel matters, by which I mean the negotiation of contracts and the management of the cap.  Xanders is well suited to the job and has been highly regarded in that respect around the league (there's no shortage of articles mentioning this, for those who want to look a little more closely). That's also in the Broncos favor. In an era where one bad contract can hamstring a club for half a decade, contracts are an essential ingredient in brewing a winner. If you look at history, becoming a winning franchise, a perennial playoff contender, is a job that takes at least 2-3 seasons.

How you see this is an individual thing. I wouldn't presume to tell someone else how to see the situation. I'm just telling you how I see it. More often than not, it's been my experience that people show a projection of other things in their personality when they decide how to respond to change, but as fans we have every right to cheer, to boo and to let our feelings be known. But I will say this - try to keep a sense of history. Big changes offer big challenges and huge opportunities. Don't give in to your greatest fears, your inner demons or a rampaging mind-ego. Try to find a sense of comfort. It isn't all bad. I promise you that it could be worse.

We could be sitting here and debating the oncoming season including Bob Slowik's role in it. We could be running a scheme that isn't a 5-2, 3-4 or even a realistic 4-3. Jeremy Bates could be calling the plays on offense. Nate Webster could be starting at middle linebacker. Think about that.  Now, realize that it's only a bad dream.

Doesn't that feel better?

Originally posted at MHR

Doc's Musings

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 are things that are happening quickly, though. HT noted a few of them in the comments to his (danged brilliant) 5-2 article:

  • Much less missed tackles,
  • Much less over pursuit,
  • Much more effort.

These aren't small differences. They go beyond scheme and into the realm of pure coaching. They are among the things that we've lacked and that needed to be changed.They will give us better chances to win in the future.

We've needed to accept that the only way to turn a team around in the short run is to improve the schemes, improve the coaching and to bring in a lot of free agents. Free agency is  a poor approach to overall team building but we were left with little choice, really. With such disparate defensive schemes as Larry Coyers', Jim Bates' and Bob Slowik's, you aren't going to have much of a nucleus of players to work with and that was true. The cupboard was bare. That's a huge problem that isn't going to be solved in one offseason. There are going to be gaps in our rebuilding this year and other teams are going to exploit them.

We now have new schemes on offense, defense and special teams. It takes time to learn them, to produce within them and to excel at them.  The defense already looks better than last year, which is faint praise but true. The offensive scheme is one of the most complex in football and it won't emerge overnight (And yes, it's a lot more than screen passes and dumpoffs). Look at what NE did even with Matt Cassel at the helm.Complex offenses don't evolve overnight, and you can't teach them overnight, either. Different players are going to make mistakes each week as they are mastering the schemes and their responsibilities in them.

Pat Bowlen has already mentioned publicly that they've talked about the possibility of a slow start to the season, they recognize what it could mean and they are going to move forward. I suspect that the Broncos fans may go ballistic if it happens. I won't. I know that creating long term change is difficult. It's messy. You're going to be questioned, disliked, hated and reviled, but that if you're the head of a team, you can't listen and you can't let it dictate your decisions. You have to look within yourself and make the decisions, accept that some will be right and some wrong and move forward. If you're a fan, seeing that might make this process a little less painful.

When Bill Belichick took over the New England Patriots, he would frequently say, "We're not assembling talent. We're building a team." It's a good point.  You really are as good as your worst players. Developing that kind of depth requires time. Bill Walsh went 2-14 in his first season with the 49ers, but he won the Super Bowl two years after that. Bill Belichick had a 5-11 record in his first season with the now-perennial playoff contender squad in New England. Personally, I'm looking at a similar season for the Broncos.  I'd be glad if I'm wrong, but if I'm right, it doesn't dishearten me.

There's been a saying going around that if we don't at least reach 8-8, there was no reason to make these changes. My own feeling is that if a few calls had been accurate last season, we would have gone 5-11, not 8-8. That kind of production is a very good reason to create wholesale change. It's unreasonable to expect those kinds of gifts to flow from the officiating two season in a row. If we end up 5-11, we'll be maintaining the same level of production for this season. If we do better than that, we're going to be accomplishing two things - stopping the slide we were in, and turning around our momentum. It won't be easy.

I'll be looking toward December more than anything. If you can see an improvement in the way we play later in the season, there is a huge change in the wind. Keep in mind our record over the past three Decembers - 1-3 last year, 2-3 in 2007 and 2-3 in 2006. We were a team that started well and failed miserably. We need to grow, develop and improve over the course of the season. It's something we haven't done in a few years.

We might look at something that's been happening in San Diego. They have been starting out poorly, perhaps reading their own press clippings and then settling down, stiffening up as the season goes on. That's one big reason that they've been winning the division. Some Super Bowl winners have started 1-3, 1-4, but they finished strongly. Arizona had a mediocre year in 2008, but they got hot when it counted and went to the SB as a wildcard team. How you play in winter dictates what direction you are moving in as a team. If we play .500 ball in December of this year, we'll have improved on our late season record of each year since 2005. That should give every fan a little pause.

There's nothing tougher than change. It challenges our beliefs, summons our most fearful thoughts and can always - always - go wrong on you. You can't know if you're on the right track in preseason - they don't count those games for a reason. Detroit goes 4-0 in preseason because no one else really cares if they win. You can't know if you're making the right changes in the first quarter or even the first half of your first season. Some of the best teams in history had lousy first seasons under new coaches and they, too, heard the boos, the demands for their heads and the bitter complaints of the fans who knew in their hearts that they could do better than the bum on the sidelines. Josh McDaniels isn't the first and he won't be the last.

When Belichick took over in New England, he had a few things going for him. One was that no one expected instant results that would manifest in the wins column. You rarely make wholesale changes in coaching, personnel and scheme and expect a quick improvement i the record - it isn't usually going to happen, and it places an unrealistic burden on the new order. Broncos fans aren't used to losing and they shouldn't be, but this season might be an exception. Will Bowlen fire McDaniels if they have a bad season? I doubt it. Will people scream, yell and curse his name? A lot of them are already doing that now, so there won't be that much of a difference if they do.  But are those expectations of instant success reasonable? I'd argue that they're not. If the fans don't give the new systems a chance to develop, they'll be working themselves up for nothing. McDaniels is here for 2-3 years at the least.

By the way, Coach Belichick also had a degree in economics. He understood the 'new order' of the NFL with the salary cap better than nearly any other coach, and it's shown. While some folks have tried to dismiss Brian Xanders as a 'nobody', 'unimportant' and 'a tool', he's an expert on the cap and on contracts. Every team in the modern era has or needs such a person.  Coaches coach, and general managers handle personnel matters, by which I mean the negotiation of contracts and the management of the cap.  Xanders is well suited to the job and has been highly regarded in that respect around the league (there's no shortage of articles mentioning this, for those who want to look a little more closely). That's also in the Broncos favor. In an era where one bad contract can hamstring a club for half a decade, contracts are an essential ingredient in brewing a winner. If you look at history, becoming a winning franchise, a perennial playoff contender, is a job that takes at least 2-3 seasons.

How you see this is an individual thing. I wouldn't presume to tell someone else how to see the situation. I'm just telling you how I see it. More often than not, it's been my experience that people show a projection of other things in their personality when they decide how to respond to change, but as fans we have every right to cheer, to boo and to let our feelings be known. But I will say this - try to keep a sense of history. Big changes offer big challenges and huge opportunities. Don't give in to your greatest fears, your inner demons or a rampaging mind-ego. Try to find a sense of comfort. It isn't all bad. I promise you that it could be worse.

We could be sitting here and debating the oncoming season including Bob Slowik's role in it. We could be running a scheme that isn't a 5-2, 3-4 or even a realistic 4-3. Jeremy Bates could be calling the plays on offense. Nate Webster could be starting at middle linebacker. Think about that.  Now, realize that it's only a bad dream.

Doesn't that feel better?

Originally posted at MHR

Doc's Musings

Recent Game Coverage

All Game Coverage<|endoftext|>TY - JOUR T1 - Effects of ethanol on voltage-sensitive Na-channels in cultured skeletal muscle: up-regulation as a result of chronic treatment. JF - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics JO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther SP - 1195 LP - 1201 VL - 255 IS - 3 AU - Brodie, C AU - Sampson, S R Y1 - 1990/12/01


 H.J.Res.28 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
  • H.J.Res.31 - Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.

Per the @SenateCloakroom‘s tweet:

Adopted by Voice Vote: H.J. Res. 28, as amended (Short term CR through February 15th) and H.J. Res. 31, as amended (sends DHS Appropriations to Conference and authorizes the appointment of Conferees).

The final text of the House joint resolutions and the roll call votes are still not available as of now.

The government will reopen as soon as President Trump signs both bills into law. According to media reports, he’s expected to sign them tonight.

President Trump has signed H.J.Res.28 into law, per a press release from the White House.

Well, the Senate just passed it, https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4776554/senate-unanimously-approves-deal-open-government so I imagine it'll happen at some point tonight.

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When Siblings Should Stop Bathing Together

How to Decide When Siblings Should Stop Bathing Together

When your tots are tiny, you don't question shared baths. But as little kids grow older, many moms express confusion about when to switch to a separate bath routine. And let's face it, one bath at the end of a long day is often better than two, but older kids need their independence (and privacy)! So along with the help of some Circle of Moms members, we've rounded up three important perspectives to help you decide when to transition your kids to solo baths.

1. Follow Your Children's Lead

Then, when one of your children eventually wants privacy for bath time, let them have it. "I think they should stop bathing together when one of them raises concerns about bathing with their sibling," Cassie C. explains. "As long as you are in the room with them while they bathe, and they don't show any issue with bathing together, I don't think there is anything wrong with allowing them to continue bath time together."

2. Stop at Particular Milestones

Not all moms feel comfortable with waiting until children ask for privacy, however. Once boy-girl siblings start noticing and asking about the other's body parts, it may be time to end shared baths. As Candace S. relays: "My children are the same ages, opposite sexes. I plan to separate them when she begins to ask why [her] brother doesn't look like her."

3. Follow Your Gut

The truth is that there is really no magical right or wrong age for your children to be bathing together; it depends on your own level of comfort and that of your children. To that end, many suggest you follow your own instincts on when to end shared bath time: "Stop when one of them is uncomfortable or when you get a gut feeling that it shouldn't happen anymore," suggests Angie B. Nicole K. agrees: "Go with your own gut."

Source: Flickr user Gordon

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This slideshow requires JavaScript.<|endoftext|>Event: Strong Australia Townsville panel interview with Ticky Fullerton

Speakers: Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia; Patricia O'Callaghan, Chief Executive Officer, Townsville Enterprise; Marnie Baker, Managing Director, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank; Mark Steinert, Managing Director and CEO, Stockland

Date: 14 July 2020

Topics: Regional economic recovery

Ticky Fullerton, business editor Sky News: Well hello and welcome to the Business Council of Australia's Strong Australia series. This time focussing on Townsville and let me introduce our panel. Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott, Patricia O'Callaghan chief executive of Townsville Enterprise, responsible for looking after all the growth and opportunity there, Marnie Baker MD of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and chair of the BCA regional development economic working group, and Mark Steinert, managing director and CEO of Stockland. Welcome to you all. Jennifer, perhaps if I can start with you. This is your fourth focus on Townsville. Obviously, it's virtual at the moment but why is Townsville such an important opportunity for Australia?

Jennifer Westacott, chief executive Business Council of Australia: Well I think Townsville is emblematic of what we see across the country. Obviously at the moment a lot of challenges and a lot of hardship being experienced by people. But conversely huge opportunities and tremendous resilience from the community. And every time I go to Townsville and obviously today when we've been talking to the community; you're just struck by the opportunity. The diversification of the economy, the huge opportunity in mining, the opportunity in agribusiness, the opportunity in defence, the opportunity in skills, the opportunity that comes from having the stadium. And you just constantly think if we could around the country focus on, I don't know, 10 or 15 places that have got tremendous capability, opportunity and prioritise the infrastructure, and give a long term plan. We would unleash a lot of economic growth Ticky. Not just in Townsville but across the country. I think we just have got to do something like that. Particularly now post-COVID.

Ticky: Yeah, I mean is this bizarrely, we all know how much under the gun the economy is, is this the opportunity to really fast track certain things? Because I think Townsville is what five per cent of the Queensland economy isn't it?

Jennifer: Absolutely, I don't think there's any alternative but to fast track things. We've got to create a lot of jobs, a lot of jobs in Townsville, a lot of jobs across the country. Townsville is a great place in terms of if we get some serious economic activity it will also be a magnet for people wanting to relocate. We heard today terrific, brand new house prices, less than $400,000 and Mark can talk more about that. That's a great opportunity, fantastic weather, great lifestyle. So this is what we've got to do. We've got to double down on these places across Australia that have got so much potential, invest in them, plan with them and really unleash what's there because it will have a huge spinoff effect as we start to think about a post-COVID recovery, albeit we're stuck with this thing for a long time, and start to think about how do we get what I estimate will be around about two million jobs we've got to create in two years. That's a big task.

Ticky: Alright, well Trish, that's kind of your job isn't it? Where do you see the key sectors where the jobs will come from? 320 days of sunshine of course up there?

Patricia O'Callaghan, chief executive Townsville Enterprise: Absolutely and as we were saying earlier Ticky, we're not unknown to crisis here. It was only last year that this community felt the brunt of those unprecedented floods. Before that it was the mining downturn and we saw with the closure of Queensland nickel 800 jobs disappear overnight. And then in parallel to all of that we've been suffering the severe drought. But putting that aside, the economy of Townsville and north Queensland is exceptionally resilient and that's because no one sector represents more than 20 per cent of our GRP. And right now in Australia we can harness some of these traditional industries to really look at recovering. And when I look at that I look at our mining and resources sector. To the north west you have a sector that

 employees need to return to work?

Both the House and the Senate have passed two bills that when combined reopen the quarter of the government that was shutdown.

They are:

  • H.J.Res.28 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
  • H.J.Res.31 - Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.

Per the @SenateCloakroom‘s tweet:

Adopted by Voice Vote: H.J. Res. 28, as amended (Short term CR through February 15th) and H.J. Res. 31, as amended (sends DHS Appropriations to Conference and authorizes the appointment of Conferees).

The final text of the House joint resolutions and the roll call votes are still not available as of now.

The government will reopen as soon as President Trump signs both bills into law. According to media reports, he’s expected to sign them tonight.

President Trump has signed H.J.Res.28 into law, per a press release from the White House.

Well, the Senate just passed it, https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4776554/senate-unanimously-approves-deal-open-government so I imagine it'll happen at some point tonight.

Your Answer

<|endoftext|>Skip Nav

When Siblings Should Stop Bathing Together

How to Decide When Siblings Should Stop Bathing Together

When your tots are tiny, you don't question shared baths. But as little kids grow older, many moms express confusion about when to switch to a separate bath routine. And let's face it, one bath at the end of a long day is often better than two, but older kids need their independence (and privacy)! So along with the help of some Circle of Moms members, we've rounded up three important perspectives to help you decide when to transition your kids to solo baths.

1. Follow Your Children's Lead

Then, when one of your children eventually wants privacy for bath time, let them have it. "I think they should stop bathing together when one of them raises concerns about bathing with their sibling," Cassie C. explains. "As long as you are in the room with them while they bathe, and they don't show any issue with bathing together, I don't think there is anything wrong with allowing them to continue bath time together."

2. Stop at Particular Milestones

Not all moms feel comfortable with waiting until children ask for privacy, however. Once boy-girl siblings start noticing and asking about the other's body parts, it may be time to end shared baths. As Candace S. relays: "My children are the same ages, opposite sexes. I plan to separate them when she begins to ask why [her] brother doesn't look like her."

3. Follow Your Gut

The truth is that there is really no magical right or wrong age for your children to be bathing together; it depends on your own level of comfort and that of your children. To that end, many suggest you follow your own instincts on when to end shared bath time: "Stop when one of them is uncomfortable or when you get a gut feeling that it shouldn't happen anymore," suggests Angie B. Nicole K. agrees: "Go with your own gut."

Source: Flickr user Gordon

Latest Moms
Buy Our Editors' July Picks! Order Now>><|endoftext|>Mystik Mask Art started as mystical drawings of face-like symbols of an ancient origin. Atza decided to create a drawing and write an insight with it, every day, and he didn’t miss a single day for 520 Mystik Mask drawings. As the exploration of the face form went through the phases, drawings eventually became too complex in detail to finish them in a single day. So far through more than 576 art pieces, it was an evolution from a simple symbol to a complex rendering of the human face. Now, those inked patterns of organic forms, represent Aleksandar Atza Visnjic’s way of seeing and expressing the multilevelled facets of uniqueness with which every human being shines upon this reality. Mystik Masks are created in the form of acrylic ink drawings and acrylic paintings on canvas from 5”x 5” up to 48”x 48” in size. Explore more than 700 images and find your connection embedded in Mystik Mask drawings, as messages coming from beyond the vail…thank you for being here : )

This slideshow requires JavaScript.<|endoftext|>Event: Strong Australia Townsville panel interview with Ticky Fullerton

Speakers: Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia; Patricia O'Callaghan, Chief Executive Officer, Townsville Enterprise; Marnie Baker, Managing Director, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank; Mark Steinert, Managing Director and CEO, Stockland

Date: 14 July 2020

Topics: Regional economic recovery

Ticky Fullerton, business editor Sky News: Well hello and welcome to the Business Council of Australia's Strong Australia series. This time focussing on Townsville and let me introduce our panel. Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott, Patricia O'Callaghan chief executive of Townsville Enterprise, responsible for looking after all the growth and opportunity there, Marnie Baker MD of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and chair of the BCA regional development economic working group, and Mark Steinert, managing director and CEO of Stockland. Welcome to you all. Jennifer, perhaps if I can start with you. This is your fourth focus on Townsville. Obviously, it's virtual at the moment but why is Townsville such an important opportunity for Australia?

Jennifer Westacott, chief executive Business Council of Australia: Well I think Townsville is emblematic of what we see across the country. Obviously at the moment a lot of challenges and a lot of hardship being experienced by people. But conversely huge opportunities and tremendous resilience from the community. And every time I go to Townsville and obviously today when we've been talking to the community; you're just struck by the opportunity. The diversification of the economy, the huge opportunity in mining, the opportunity in agribusiness, the opportunity in defence, the opportunity in skills, the opportunity that comes from having the stadium. And you just constantly think if we could around the country focus on, I don't know, 10 or 15 places that have got tremendous capability, opportunity and prioritise the infrastructure, and give a long term plan. We would unleash a lot of economic growth Ticky. Not just in Townsville but across the country. I think we just have got to do something like that. Particularly now post-COVID.

Ticky: Yeah, I mean is this bizarrely, we all know how much under the gun the economy is, is this the opportunity to really fast track certain things? Because I think Townsville is what five per cent of the Queensland economy isn't it?

Jennifer: Absolutely, I don't think there's any alternative but to fast track things. We've got to create a lot of jobs, a lot of jobs in Townsville, a lot of jobs across the country. Townsville is a great place in terms of if we get some serious economic activity it will also be a magnet for people wanting to relocate. We heard today terrific, brand new house prices, less than $400,000 and Mark can talk more about that. That's a great opportunity, fantastic weather, great lifestyle. So this is what we've got to do. We've got to double down on these places across Australia that have got so much potential, invest in them, plan with them and really unleash what's there because it will have a huge spinoff effect as we start to think about a post-COVID recovery, albeit we're stuck with this thing for a long time, and start to think about how do we get what I estimate will be around about two million jobs we've got to create in two years. That's a big task.

Ticky: Alright, well Trish, that's kind of your job isn't it? Where do you see the key sectors where the jobs will come from? 320 days of sunshine of course up there?

Patricia O'Callaghan, chief executive Townsville Enterprise: Absolutely and as we were saying earlier Ticky, we're not unknown to crisis here. It was only last year that this community felt the brunt of those unprecedented floods. Before that it was the mining downturn and we saw with the closure of Queensland nickel 800 jobs disappear overnight. And then in parallel to all of that we've been suffering the severe drought. But putting that aside, the economy of Townsville and north Queensland is exceptionally resilient and that's because no one sector represents more than 20 per cent of our GRP. And right now in Australia we can harness some of these traditional industries to really look at recovering. And when I look at that I look at our mining and resources sector. To the north west you have a sector that's worth six billion dollars to the economy, has been hiring through this process, supports 20,000 jobs but there's $680 billion known in the ground. I look at agriculture and the potential for dams and water here. With Hells Gate we can open up to 50,000 hectares of irrigated ag. I look at the tourism sector and in Queensland acknowledgement to the Prime Minister and


When Gresham began looking into having an official SWAT team for Bolivar County, he realized that there is a great need for equipment.

The current equipment is outdated, with vests over 10 years old and helmets over 20 years old.

"It was just so far behind and it is not anywhere it needs to be for safety reasons,” Gresham. "It is equipment intensive. Vests have to be up to standard. Weapons have to be up to standard.

"We are looking at having to almost start from scratch and it takes a lot of funding to fully outfit the SWAT team," said Gresham.

Gresham estimated that one vest and one sub gun cost roughly $1,500 each, while helmets are around $600 each.

"This is expensive equipment and as you can see it adds up," said Gresham.

The group will not only need to have enough ammunition on hand for actual calls but for training too.

The SWAT team will also eventually need a vehicle to transport the entire team at once.

"The reason why is because we are serving high risk warrants in the county. We've had to make do and do the best we can," said Gresham.

While Cleveland and Bolivar County currently have response teams, they don't have officers that are properly trained.

"The training and the equipment is a safety issue for them, and it's a safety issue for the suspect. The more we know what we're doing and the better equipped we are, the more likely it is that we will take them into custody," said Gresham.

The closest SWAT team to Bolivar County is in Tunica, another reason Gresham feels the need to assemble a SWAT team.

"You hope for the best and prepare for the worst,” he said.

“It would be at least an hour and a half before they can get their stuff together and get down here, and that's being generous with the time,” Gresham continued. “In any kind of active shooting situation like that, it gets worse as time goes on. The studies that have been done on those is to get there, respond, and neutralize the suspect as quickly as possible and right now we don't have that capability."

Gresham estimated that to get nine SWAT team members combat ready would cost around $20,000-$25,000.

"I'm willing to work with anyone in the community," said Gresham.

Gresham and the BCSD will continue to promote and raise awareness for a SWAT team in Bolivar County.<|endoftext|>Food and Entertaining: How to become a jag lawyer. Consider your career goals. The judge advocate general (jag) corps of the five military branches is as competitive and demanding as any military career. Along with completing the educational and licensing requirements of the legal profession, you must also be able to meet the same standards as any prospective officer.  Applicants must be a citizen of the united states. Jag candidates must be able to pass a security clearance.<|endoftext|>Piranha 3DD, they're replaced the lifeguards with strippers! No, seriously! The sequel to the ridiculously schlocky murderous fish fest Piranha is delivering twice the insanity as its first film. Watch a fish swim up a lady's downstairs bits, only to bite off the penis of her lover, later on. Let the waterpark blood bath begin!

No official release date set yet.<|endoftext|>All about

Based in Melbourne Australia, 19 year old singer songwriter Alzzy is an artist with an outlook beyond her years.

Uniquely combining her love of acoustic pop with aspects of RnB and Folk influence, Alzzy creates a complete sound of her own.

From being Battle of the Sounds Southern Metro winner, to securing a monthly residency at the Yarraville Club, to guest appearances at Ronald McDonald House events, Toyota Open Days and Conferences, and on local radio stations, Alzzy is a well rounded, accomplished performer with a wealth of experience on Melbourne’s busy performance scene.

She has also completed a round of festival gigs at festivals such as St Kilda, Frankston, Mornington Busking, and Forest Edge Music Festival, that she has thoroughly enjoyed being a part of.

Alzzy’s debut EP, ‘Find My Way’ was released in 2017, and is centred around the thoughts, ideas and life experiences of her 16-year-old-self. The laid-back, acoustic-driven nature of this EP takes listeners on a journey, conveying a real honesty and authenticity.

With a dedication like no other to her artistic endeavours, Alzzy strives to continually grow and develop her craft and musical influence, as both a performer/recording artist, and a songwriter.

Alzzy hopes that through the music she creates, people may be inspired, encouraged, and even challenged to realise their own potential.

Find My Way

Find My Way
1. Mirror Mirror 03:50
2. Meant To Be 03:44
3. Back To The Start 04:21
4. Find My Way 04:29
5. Opened My Eyes 03:39
6. I'm Ready 03:36

Go Back

Go Back - Alzzy Music
1. Go Back 03:43<|endoftext|>News & Politics » Our Town

Johnny Meah's Banner Career

A sideshow superstar's life in pictures

With fire shooting from his mouth, Johnny Meah steps onto the stage and into character.

"Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you're going to see a little of the other half of Johnny Meah--the darker half," he says, after extinguishing a torch on his tongue with a staccato "Hey!"

"I'm going to start with a little sword swallowing, a little fire eating, and one act that's so bizarre, so completely bloodcurdling that I hate to talk about it."

Meah's dressed to the nines in worn but colorful carny garb that recalls the glory days of the midway: flashy gold jacket, black polyester pants, a silver chain around his neck. His makeup creates an appearance that's at once sinister and inviting.

But nothing in this act reveals Meah's current claim to fame: he is a respected painter whose banners of sideshow performers hang in such places as the Smithsonian, the Barnum Museum in Westport, Connecticut, and Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, where he's going through the paces tonight. At 63, he's at the top of his game.

"I call this one the Hindu head of nails," he deadpans. "First of all, using a common ordinary ice pick--" He holds the pick to his forehead as he reaches for a hammer. "What we're going to attempt to do is drive this object directly into my cranium. On the count of three. Are you ready? One."

His practice swing is so audacious it silences the crowd. "Two." The audience squeamishly shouts along. "Three!"

The hammer draws up short. "You really didn't expect me to do that. My God, if I drove that thing into my head I'd drop dead."

"Like any kid, whatever's thrilling and happening you want to learn how to do."

For Meah, growing up in early 1950s Connecticut, what was thrilling and happening was the circus. "Sideshow performance was the thing that really intrigued me," he says. A pair of his uncles performed in vaudeville as an aerial act known as the Casting Campbells.

His father, Harold Meah, was an editorial cartoonist for the Bristol Press, and his grandfather had been a calligrapher. Since the age of eight Meah had been drawing caricatures. "I lived under the drafting table," he says. "I grew up in a totally black-and-white household."

When he was 14, his uncles introduced him to Hugo Zachinni, the original human cannonball, who was then working for the King Brothers and Christiani Circus. Zachinni was also a renowned painter of sideshow banners. For a couple of months that summer Meah served as his apprentice.

"After that first season I was hooked," Meah says. "I discovered color and what you could do with it."

In the morning, Meah helped Zachinni paint the small signs that would hang from the big top to advertise the circus. In the evening, he worked as a clown, a job he found boring. "As a clown you're sort of this gray generic entity," he says. During their downtime, Zachinni instructed Meah in various circus acts. "You learn things to broaden out your repertoire, because it makes you more valuable. At one time I claimed 17 acts."

Meah eventually returned home to attend school--he studied at the Rhode Island School of Design for one semester--but he couldn't stay away from the circus. He learned to eat fire ("a no-brainer," he says) and became fascinated with the swords. "You had to have a sword swallower in a sideshow," he says. Because sword swallowers were in such high demand--due, perhaps, to what Meah refers to as the "unpleasantness" involved in learning the act--he decided to master it.

"You start off with a coat

 particular SWAT team," said Williams.

When Gresham began looking into having an official SWAT team for Bolivar County, he realized that there is a great need for equipment.

The current equipment is outdated, with vests over 10 years old and helmets over 20 years old.

"It was just so far behind and it is not anywhere it needs to be for safety reasons,” Gresham. "It is equipment intensive. Vests have to be up to standard. Weapons have to be up to standard.

"We are looking at having to almost start from scratch and it takes a lot of funding to fully outfit the SWAT team," said Gresham.

Gresham estimated that one vest and one sub gun cost roughly $1,500 each, while helmets are around $600 each.

"This is expensive equipment and as you can see it adds up," said Gresham.

The group will not only need to have enough ammunition on hand for actual calls but for training too.

The SWAT team will also eventually need a vehicle to transport the entire team at once.

"The reason why is because we are serving high risk warrants in the county. We've had to make do and do the best we can," said Gresham.

While Cleveland and Bolivar County currently have response teams, they don't have officers that are properly trained.

"The training and the equipment is a safety issue for them, and it's a safety issue for the suspect. The more we know what we're doing and the better equipped we are, the more likely it is that we will take them into custody," said Gresham.

The closest SWAT team to Bolivar County is in Tunica, another reason Gresham feels the need to assemble a SWAT team.

"You hope for the best and prepare for the worst,” he said.

“It would be at least an hour and a half before they can get their stuff together and get down here, and that's being generous with the time,” Gresham continued. “In any kind of active shooting situation like that, it gets worse as time goes on. The studies that have been done on those is to get there, respond, and neutralize the suspect as quickly as possible and right now we don't have that capability."

Gresham estimated that to get nine SWAT team members combat ready would cost around $20,000-$25,000.

"I'm willing to work with anyone in the community," said Gresham.

Gresham and the BCSD will continue to promote and raise awareness for a SWAT team in Bolivar County.<|endoftext|>Piranha 3DD, they're replaced the lifeguards with strippers! No, seriously! The sequel to the ridiculously schlocky murderous fish fest Piranha is delivering twice the insanity as its first film. Watch a fish swim up a lady's downstairs bits, only to bite off the penis of her lover, later on. Let the waterpark blood bath begin!

No official release date set yet.<|endoftext|>All about

Based in Melbourne Australia, 19 year old singer songwriter Alzzy is an artist with an outlook beyond her years.

Uniquely combining her love of acoustic pop with aspects of RnB and Folk influence, Alzzy creates a complete sound of her own.

From being Battle of the Sounds Southern Metro winner, to securing a monthly residency at the Yarraville Club, to guest appearances at Ronald McDonald House events, Toyota Open Days and Conferences, and on local radio stations, Alzzy is a well rounded, accomplished performer with a wealth of experience on Melbourne’s busy performance scene.

She has also completed a round of festival gigs at festivals such as St Kilda, Frankston, Mornington Busking, and Forest Edge Music Festival, that she has thoroughly enjoyed being a part of.

Alzzy’s debut EP, ‘Find My Way’ was released in 2017, and is centred around the thoughts, ideas and life experiences of her 16-year-old-self. The laid-back, acoustic-driven nature of this EP takes listeners on a journey, conveying a real honesty and authenticity.

With a dedication like no other to her artistic endeavours, Alzzy strives to continually grow and develop her craft and musical influence, as both a performer/recording artist, and a songwriter.

Alzzy hopes that through the music she creates, people may be inspired, encouraged, and even challenged to realise their own potential.

Find My Way

Find My Way
1. Mirror Mirror 03:50
2. Meant To Be 03:44
3. Back To The Start 04:21
4. Find My Way 04:29
5. Opened My Eyes 03:39
6. I'm Ready 03:36

Go Back

Go Back - Alzzy Music
1. Go Back 03:43<|endoftext|>News & Politics » Our Town

Johnny Meah's Banner Career

A sideshow superstar's life in pictures

With fire shooting from his mouth, Johnny Meah steps onto the stage and into character.

"Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you're going to see a little of the other half of Johnny Meah--the darker half," he says, after extinguishing a torch on his tongue with a staccato "Hey!"

"I'm going to start with a little sword swallowing, a little fire eating, and one act that's so bizarre, so completely bloodcurdling that I hate to talk about it."

Meah's dressed to the nines in worn but colorful carny garb that recalls the glory days of the midway: flashy gold jacket, black polyester pants, a silver chain around his neck. His makeup creates an appearance that's at once sinister and inviting.

But nothing in this act reveals Meah's current claim to fame: he is a respected painter whose banners of sideshow performers hang in such places as the Smithsonian, the Barnum Museum in Westport, Connecticut, and Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, where he's going through the paces tonight. At 63, he's at the top of his game.

"I call this one the Hindu head of nails," he deadpans. "First of all, using a common ordinary ice pick--" He holds the pick to his forehead as he reaches for a hammer. "What we're going to attempt to do is drive this object directly into my cranium. On the count of three. Are you ready? One."

His practice swing is so audacious it silences the crowd. "Two." The audience squeamishly shouts along. "Three!"

The hammer draws up short. "You really didn't expect me to do that. My God, if I drove that thing into my head I'd drop dead."

"Like any kid, whatever's thrilling and happening you want to learn how to do."

For Meah, growing up in early 1950s Connecticut, what was thrilling and happening was the circus. "Sideshow performance was the thing that really intrigued me," he says. A pair of his uncles performed in vaudeville as an aerial act known as the Casting Campbells.

His father, Harold Meah, was an editorial cartoonist for the Bristol Press, and his grandfather had been a calligrapher. Since the age of eight Meah had been drawing caricatures. "I lived under the drafting table," he says. "I grew up in a totally black-and-white household."

When he was 14, his uncles introduced him to Hugo Zachinni, the original human cannonball, who was then working for the King Brothers and Christiani Circus. Zachinni was also a renowned painter of sideshow banners. For a couple of months that summer Meah served as his apprentice.

"After that first season I was hooked," Meah says. "I discovered color and what you could do with it."

In the morning, Meah helped Zachinni paint the small signs that would hang from the big top to advertise the circus. In the evening, he worked as a clown, a job he found boring. "As a clown you're sort of this gray generic entity," he says. During their downtime, Zachinni instructed Meah in various circus acts. "You learn things to broaden out your repertoire, because it makes you more valuable. At one time I claimed 17 acts."

Meah eventually returned home to attend school--he studied at the Rhode Island School of Design for one semester--but he couldn't stay away from the circus. He learned to eat fire ("a no-brainer," he says) and became fascinated with the swords. "You had to have a sword swallower in a sideshow," he says. Because sword swallowers were in such high demand--due, perhaps, to what Meah refers to as the "unpleasantness" involved in learning the act--he decided to master it.

"You start off with a coat hanger," he says, which is bent into a configuration resembling a trombone slide. Novices are walked through the motions, but, Meah says, "You can't teach sword swallowing. You try, and of course you don't succeed. And you wonder what the hell's wrong, and of course your throat closes up because it's not a natural function.

"You wind up abusing yourself


Food and Entertaining: How to test coffee freshness with a zipper bag. Measure 1/2 cup of your coffee beans and pour it into a medium sized zipper bag. Make sure that there is enough room for the beans and for expansion. Push all the air out of the bag.  The fastest way to do this is to press down and roll the beans towards the bag opening. Be sure that there are no air pockets.<|endoftext|>
inside      your body’s feeling
welcoming sight to be mixed up with
rustlings     shivers      and minuscule shifting
from one limb to the other     from one organ to the other
from itching to numbness
in this space that your skin contains
in the volume of warmness
each time you make it     the experience tears emotion out
from landscapes so many        and so numerous the edges
till the beating heart of presence
which animates your flesh in its inside      so as to radiate
a je-ne-sais-quoi
understood as relationship      as a way   to catch up with

so between hold and slackening
you go with it

Immobile est ce que l’on perçoit de l’extérieur           et du dedans
le mouvement infime de la vie qui va son chemin quoique nos pas
soient suspendus dans l’attente de la nécessité
de marcher

c’est dans la conscience de l’œil
dehors           porté le regard
dedans         ressenti du corps
il accueille la vue pour la mêler
aux bruissements    aux frissons    aux menus déplacements
de membres en membres     d’organes en organes
de picotement en engourdissement
dans l’espace contenu par la peau
dans le volume d’une chaleur
à chaque fois l’expérience émeut
des paysages tant et tant      des confins
jusqu’au cœur battant de la présence
qui anime la chair   dans son dedans   pour irradier
un je ne sais quoi
compris comme relation      comme voie à saisir

entre tenue et relâchement

Kerri Shying R # 64.1 White Matter Disease ( after KK Fairytale)

White Matter Disease
 ( after KK "fairytale")

There was a pile of firewood waiting to be burnt
for the party

we were looking for the lost poets
(always) in this house of mine
something lost
the faster I go the less it gets done so I tend to pick up
poets and mingle them
with other things
all unlike
 the higgledy-piggeldeys
all in shifting stacks
carried while talking

into another room

eventually we find them
when visitors come to stay
they are
beneath the sofa beds

poking out of filing cabinets
beguiling the way back into a rotation
in the lounge

how that one lost poet got in that woodpile
and was burned

still escapes us all

Linda Stevenson #31 August 31

Maturity can be a lonely place.
I visit there,
expecting company,
am often blessed instead
with solitude.

How pleasant then
occasionally to share
this larger, lighter space,
this grown up sphere,
with elders, peers, compatriots.<|endoftext|>How To Choose Easy Accounting Software

Nowadays, easy accounting software is just what different small, medium or large business owners need. There is no reason for using complex software if your accounting needs are straightforward. Accounting systems are like tools. You are required to keep records so you can be legal, but you need relevant information for decision making as well. You do not want to expend more of your money than is needed either.

Here are some effective tips to choose easy accounting software:

 Look for free software
Perhaps expending nothing on software would work for you. You can get various free account software over the Internet that possibly work for you. Ensure that you are prepared to actually check out this software so you feel contented with it. There is a number of software that offers a free and simple version of accounting, which will work for small business accounting. Definitely, you may want to try it out, but is it acceptable? Will any free software work for your small business? By considering what you require from a software package, you can take that decision. If you have a large number of employees and want to work on your own payroll, then you may not be happy with free software. So, ensure that your chosen system will do what need to be done.

Varied software choices
There are a few big players in easy accounting software, but the simplest systems are easier and more intricate the requirements, more difficult the software is to use. So, do not purchase more capability than you will require.

Look for support
Do not overlook either that you may require some help. How much will it charge you for seeking some help? If it is free, then for how much time is it free? Is it just a toll free number or can you get somebody to come and help you? If it is the best software product, you may get help from limited accounting firms, but no help, if it is free software that no one ever known.

Seek information about upgrades
When you choose a simple accounting system, it is an added advantage if the upgrade is easy and fast. That may be the case if you select a top software brand and can select a more prevailing software package within that organizational software. But, if you go for a small known system with no available upgrades, then you need to start from scratch to find out a totally new system.

Overall, easy accounting software is just what you need. If you require a system that will manage every task you need, then find out what you need and purchase just what you need. You should also look for your prospective accounting requirements. So, buy the best system to do the task or it will increase your expenses in the long-run.<|endoftext|>Loading... Please wait...

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Lana’s Llama provides an alternative to other brands that use endocrine disrupting, cancer causing and highly carcinogenic agents in their clothing. With the daily dose of chemicals and environmental toxins humanity is already exposed to, Lana’s Llama clothing helps to minimize the damage by reducing the exposure of toxins originating in your clothing. From the fabric, to the lining, trims, buttons, dyes, thread and clothing labels we do our best to create the least chemically tainted garment possible.

We strictly adhere to fabrics made of 100% natural fibers, which means no synthetic fabrics such as polyester, nylon, spandex, acrylic, rayon, acetate, viscose or any other petrochemically based fiber. We never use chemicals to make clothing softer, stain resistant, odor resistant, fireproof, moth proof, water repellent, anti-bacterial, anti shrink or to reduce static and wrinkles.

Lana’s Llama does not use semi-synthetic fabrics made of regenerated fibers from cellulose such as modal, bamboo, rayon or tencel as the process of transforming cellulose into fabric requires the use of hazardous chemicals.

While others claim to be “eco-friendly,” selling clothing made of recycled polyester (made from toxic plastic bottles), we choose to not use it at all! Buzzwords such as eco friendly, fair trade and green are used deceptively by numerous companies, but none of these words address the harmful effects of toxins on the human body.

Research has proven that the vast majority of chemicals used to create synthetic clothing create problems such as infertility, hormone disruption, respiratory diseases, contact dermatitis, immune dysfunction, suppression of the lymphatic system and cancer to name a few. There are thousands of cases of people who report allergic reactions when they wear synthetic fabrics, not to mention medical journals outlining the toxicity of synthetic fibers. We take this seriously.

Lana’s Llama is your virtual mom and pop shop that works with USA based sewing contractors who maintain a high standard in quality as well as healthy working conditions for their sewers. Our garments are not mass produced in sweat shops then sprayed with formaldehyde before being shipped from China. We think all of these things matter.

Lana’s Story

Lana, the founder of Lana’s Llama clothing is highly sensitive to chemicals. It was a matter of time before she discovered the irritating chemicals found in her synthetic fabric clothing.

While researching, she found a plethora of studies on the toxicity of clothing. One test was conducted that included 20 of the largest clothing brands and every single one of them was revealed to have traces of hazardous chemicals. Some of these chemicals are incorporated deliberately within the fabric, while others are residues remaining from the manufacturing process. Synthetic fabrics always come from a base that is chemically derived.

Many in the fashion industry will argue the safety of toxic chemicals used in their clothing, which is no wonder because synthetic fabrics come from petrochemicals and the petrochemical lobby is massive and so is the global apparel industry that produces over $1 trillion a year.

Since Lana had already removed toxic products from her life, removing synthetic fabrics from her closet was the next logical step.  However,

inside      your body’s feeling
welcoming sight to be mixed up with
rustlings     shivers      and minuscule shifting
from one limb to the other     from one organ to the other
from itching to numbness
in this space that your skin contains
in the volume of warmness
each time you make it     the experience tears emotion out
from landscapes so many        and so numerous the edges
till the beating heart of presence
which animates your flesh in its inside      so as to radiate
a je-ne-sais-quoi
understood as relationship      as a way   to catch up with

so between hold and slackening
you go with it

Immobile est ce que l’on perçoit de l’extérieur           et du dedans
le mouvement infime de la vie qui va son chemin quoique nos pas
soient suspendus dans l’attente de la nécessité
de marcher

c’est dans la conscience de l’œil
dehors           porté le regard
dedans         ressenti du corps
il accueille la vue pour la mêler
aux bruissements    aux frissons    aux menus déplacements
de membres en membres     d’organes en organes
de picotement en engourdissement
dans l’espace contenu par la peau
dans le volume d’une chaleur
à chaque fois l’expérience émeut
des paysages tant et tant      des confins
jusqu’au cœur battant de la présence
qui anime la chair   dans son dedans   pour irradier
un je ne sais quoi
compris comme relation      comme voie à saisir

entre tenue et relâchement

Kerri Shying R # 64.1 White Matter Disease ( after KK Fairytale)

White Matter Disease
 ( after KK "fairytale")

There was a pile of firewood waiting to be burnt
for the party

we were looking for the lost poets
(always) in this house of mine
something lost
the faster I go the less it gets done so I tend to pick up
poets and mingle them
with other things
all unlike
 the higgledy-piggeldeys
all in shifting stacks
carried while talking

into another room

eventually we find them
when visitors come to stay
they are
beneath the sofa beds

poking out of filing cabinets
beguiling the way back into a rotation
in the lounge

how that one lost poet got in that woodpile
and was burned

still escapes us all

Linda Stevenson #31 August 31

Maturity can be a lonely place.
I visit there,
expecting company,
am often blessed instead
with solitude.

How pleasant then
occasionally to share
this larger, lighter space,
this grown up sphere,
with elders, peers, compatriots.<|endoftext|>How To Choose Easy Accounting Software

Nowadays, easy accounting software is just what different small, medium or large business owners need. There is no reason for using complex software if your accounting needs are straightforward. Accounting systems are like tools. You are required to keep records so you can be legal, but you need relevant information for decision making as well. You do not want to expend more of your money than is needed either.

Here are some effective tips to choose easy accounting software:

 Look for free software
Perhaps expending nothing on software would work for you. You can get various free account software over the Internet that possibly work for you. Ensure that you are prepared to actually check out this software so you feel contented with it. There is a number of software that offers a free and simple version of accounting, which will work for small business accounting. Definitely, you may want to try it out, but is it acceptable? Will any free software work for your small business? By considering what you require from a software package, you can take that decision. If you have a large number of employees and want to work on your own payroll, then you may not be happy with free software. So, ensure that your chosen system will do what need to be done.

Varied software choices
There are a few big players in easy accounting software, but the simplest systems are easier and more intricate the requirements, more difficult the software is to use. So, do not purchase more capability than you will require.

Look for support
Do not overlook either that you may require some help. How much will it charge you for seeking some help? If it is free, then for how much time is it free? Is it just a toll free number or can you get somebody to come and help you? If it is the best software product, you may get help from limited accounting firms, but no help, if it is free software that no one ever known.

Seek information about upgrades
When you choose a simple accounting system, it is an added advantage if the upgrade is easy and fast. That may be the case if you select a top software brand and can select a more prevailing software package within that organizational software. But, if you go for a small known system with no available upgrades, then you need to start from scratch to find out a totally new system.

Overall, easy accounting software is just what you need. If you require a system that will manage every task you need, then find out what you need and purchase just what you need. You should also look for your prospective accounting requirements. So, buy the best system to do the task or it will increase your expenses in the long-run.<|endoftext|>Loading... Please wait...

About Us

About Us

Lana’s Llama provides an alternative to other brands that use endocrine disrupting, cancer causing and highly carcinogenic agents in their clothing. With the daily dose of chemicals and environmental toxins humanity is already exposed to, Lana’s Llama clothing helps to minimize the damage by reducing the exposure of toxins originating in your clothing. From the fabric, to the lining, trims, buttons, dyes, thread and clothing labels we do our best to create the least chemically tainted garment possible.

We strictly adhere to fabrics made of 100% natural fibers, which means no synthetic fabrics such as polyester, nylon, spandex, acrylic, rayon, acetate, viscose or any other petrochemically based fiber. We never use chemicals to make clothing softer, stain resistant, odor resistant, fireproof, moth proof, water repellent, anti-bacterial, anti shrink or to reduce static and wrinkles.

Lana’s Llama does not use semi-synthetic fabrics made of regenerated fibers from cellulose such as modal, bamboo, rayon or tencel as the process of transforming cellulose into fabric requires the use of hazardous chemicals.

While others claim to be “eco-friendly,” selling clothing made of recycled polyester (made from toxic plastic bottles), we choose to not use it at all! Buzzwords such as eco friendly, fair trade and green are used deceptively by numerous companies, but none of these words address the harmful effects of toxins on the human body.

Research has proven that the vast majority of chemicals used to create synthetic clothing create problems such as infertility, hormone disruption, respiratory diseases, contact dermatitis, immune dysfunction, suppression of the lymphatic system and cancer to name a few. There are thousands of cases of people who report allergic reactions when they wear synthetic fabrics, not to mention medical journals outlining the toxicity of synthetic fibers. We take this seriously.

Lana’s Llama is your virtual mom and pop shop that works with USA based sewing contractors who maintain a high standard in quality as well as healthy working conditions for their sewers. Our garments are not mass produced in sweat shops then sprayed with formaldehyde before being shipped from China. We think all of these things matter.

Lana’s Story

Lana, the founder of Lana’s Llama clothing is highly sensitive to chemicals. It was a matter of time before she discovered the irritating chemicals found in her synthetic fabric clothing.

While researching, she found a plethora of studies on the toxicity of clothing. One test was conducted that included 20 of the largest clothing brands and every single one of them was revealed to have traces of hazardous chemicals. Some of these chemicals are incorporated deliberately within the fabric, while others are residues remaining from the manufacturing process. Synthetic fabrics always come from a base that is chemically derived.

Many in the fashion industry will argue the safety of toxic chemicals used in their clothing, which is no wonder because synthetic fabrics come from petrochemicals and the petrochemical lobby is massive and so is the global apparel industry that produces over $1 trillion a year.

Since Lana had already removed toxic products from her life, removing synthetic fabrics from her closet was the next logical step.  However, it was astounding to Lana that with all the talk of “going green” the organic, non toxic options for clothing were miniscule in comparison to toxic manufacturing processes. Further, most organic clothing brands manufacture clothing blended with synthetics.

Lana also became frustrated after hearing buzzwords like sustainability, fair trade and eco-friendly only to find that some companies were claiming to be “green” just because they used less water in the office


 I sit here at work.

No comments:<|endoftext|>Situated in the heart of the City of Aberdeen and less than a five minute's walk to the Bon Accord Shopping Centre, the Credo is a purpose built venue, providing modern comfort within the walls of a redeveloped 19th Century granite church building. The purpose of the redevelopment was to provide an operational city centre facility to support Christian and Social Work organisations in Aberdeen City.

ground floor coffee shopThe ground floor has a cafe/CLC bookshop offering fresh home bakes and appetising lunch meals. With it's opening hours, Mondays to  Fridays from 9.45am - 4.15pm, the Gateway cafe offers a welcoming, chilled out, meeting place. Regular visitors enjoy a pleasant atmosphere to unwind during breaks. The soft seating area creates the perfect, relaxing environment  for longer lingering.<|endoftext|>Falling in the Mainstream

So, as a modern girl, I obviously do search (more like stalk, because I don’t make contact with anyone) communities. Nowadays, we have a lot of communities pointed towards traditionalism and paganism. Which should be good. Well, at least, it should.

The problem with falling in the mainstream is not that we want to be “underground” or “hipsters” or whatever word you use for those retards who want to be thought of as “cool“. The problem here is that we are dealing with ideas and ideals, which have a reputation depending on its participants.

No matter how much you say “oh, but just a few of them are dumb, the true Traditionalists…” and proceed to the True Scots fallacy. If lower people adhere to a movement, the movement itself becomes lower. This is all the reason why I think we should allow our names just anywhere. Once those idiots think they know something about anything, they will start talking about it and pretending they are actually engaged to it. For us, who really do have our whole minds and hearts taken into Traditionalism, it’s easy to spot one of those; but for anyone else outside of it, it will make the WHOLE of us look ill.

There must be plenty of Muslims out there with good intentions. Does knowing this make you feel less tense when there is one of them on a plane? No, it does not. Now you just compare how many of them are out there and how many of them are actual terrorists.

Then, there is the selection part. Even if –and I said IF– those people don’t manage to ruin our outside image, they will still try to enter the inner layers of the cause, the intellectual circle and the active circle. At that moment, two things can happen: a. They manage to start learning something; b. They do not learn anything and keep being ignorant, which will lead to them being expelled from any kinds of groups related to Traditionalism and later attempts to “revenge”.

What made me realize that was the huge amounts of supposed “fan groups” dedicated to Varg Vikernes. Thank Wotan I got to know about Varg, Marie and their thoughts before that, because otherwise I would think Varg was a church-burning crazy bag –and not one of the intelligent ones.
Can you see how it can have a bad effect? Varg is brilliant in his teachings, but the wrong people spreading his name and even his image can get twisted.

I do believe it is necessary that some people get exposed out there to act as mentors and propaganda to instigate people, make them read, make them learn. We can’t filter who sees us and what they will see us as, but we can try to filter our image out there.

Make sure to undo any misconceptions you see about us ANYWHERE. I don’t mean just the internet. I mean your family, your friends and anyone surrounding you. Show a good argument and they won’t be able to resist repeating your intelligent and remarkable words as their opinion when some misconception about us comes up near them.

People mirror attitudes they think of as strong and intelligent. Show yourself as a well-organized person and have a good posture when you talk. This is the basics for anyone who ever thinks of taking up on any political ideals.

Remember: You take care of your soul, body and mind. All three of them.

HailaR Freyja<|endoftext|>Personal Care and Style: How to buy a badge making machine. Define your purpose for making badges. If you want to produce badges to identify the wearers, such as employees of a small company or attendees at an event, you probably want a badge making machine that produces rectangular badges. If you are making badges that will be worn day in and day out, you'll want to be able to laminate them. If you want to display logos or clever sayings, you probably want a badge making machine geared to producing round buttons. Some badge making machines are capable of creating magnets as well as badges or buttons.<|endoftext|>geaux tigers!!! no. 4

On top of that, who has Ohio State even played this year? Answer: NO ONE! They haven’t had to play against a top 25 team yet, and won’t until the end of November. LSU has played, and BEAT, THREE top 25 teams already this year! By the time OSU plays their first game against a ranked team, we’ll be on our 5th!!! The Big 10 is a joke!!!

I’m sorry, who won the BCS Championship that year? Oh that’s right… WE DID!!! Nice try talking shit though…

Also – the AP rankings make no sense. There are 3 teams in the top 5 that haven’t played a single ranked team this season … WHYYYY??? But it’s okay, they’re ALL playing ranked teams this month, so we’ll see who actually belongs…

week 10 rankings:

College Football Playoff Rankings

1. Clemson
2. LSU
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame

AP Top 25

1. Ohio State
2. Baylor
3. Clemson
4. LSU
5. TCU

“Every cloud has a silver lining”

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Oaklin: One of the Last Peddlers of the Southern Rolling Stores Era

The south saw many of these rolling stores who went from home-to-home selling most any goods that the families needed.

Writer's note: the terms, 'dipping snuff,' and 'snuff' are used in this hub, but not for a promotional segment, but to add color to its proper use. (Thanks, K.A.)

These 'Guru's of Grocery Delivery'

were certainly not a fancy lot. Or a man to be celebrated. I refer to the rural peddler and his rolling store that kept on a tight schedule on a weekday or monthly time to keep his customers from facing starvation. This was a time in the early south when America's economy was not friendly. Jobs were tagged as scarce. Check with us tomorrow. Don't call us, we'll call you. I can just hear the power brokers grinding their molars together.

Would I be safe in saying that times were being built on greed. Sad, stomach-turning, but very true. By way of explasation, in the early 1800's, when the early south was being settled and farming fanilies began to take root, these families with good hearts soon learned that life in this area of the nation was tough. Very tough. But nevertheless, they were tough enough to endure.

I confess right-up. My headline at the top doesn't say, 'Southern Rolling Stones,' but Southern Rolling Stores,' and I have to know that I have a small amount of the time that I spent with this rural peddler. I was seven. We were having a terribly-hot summer. I had to stay with my "Gramps" James Avery and Ida Belle Avery, dad's parents. Fact: grandma liked me in a moderate way, but "Gramps" could not stand me. To be honest with you. I had no choice but to stay with them duirng our school's summer vacation and both my parents working, so I was stuck.

This peddling man was so patient in helping his clients who many were elderly.

His Name Was Oaklin

pronounced "Oakling," but people just called him the Oaklin moniker. A little bit about Oaklin. I know. You have already caught a glaring typo by not listing his last name. There is a reason. I am afraid that although he is deceased. a few of his friends just might see (this) hub and there I'd be. Hung on a tall tree limb by my thumbs. Actually. I do not think that he had any friends to speak of. Not that he was a bad man, no. He had a soft heart and a mathematical whiz. I witnessed his selling first-hand when he would stop at my grandparents' home every Tuesday morning to see if the items that he peddled would interest t

Mind you, my grandparents were cheap. Seen from the eyes of a seven-year-old kid, the word, cheap, fits. And if I were to use the word, thrifty, that would be an insult. My grandparents both lived on a fixed-income, so their household incomes were nothing to write home about.

Besides being a rural peddler, Oaklin would

 down so I can use both hands to untangle knots. And of course Spike had to be right in the middle of the action. He kept walking back and forth over my lap - and on/in/through my loose hank of yarn - and butting his head against my hands trying to get me to pet him. Knitting this is going to be an adventure for me. and for Spike because I am rarely able to do anything without him (literally) sticking his nose in.

Maybe I can have the stole done before next summer so I can use it to keep warm while I sit here at work.

No comments:<|endoftext|>Situated in the heart of the City of Aberdeen and less than a five minute's walk to the Bon Accord Shopping Centre, the Credo is a purpose built venue, providing modern comfort within the walls of a redeveloped 19th Century granite church building. The purpose of the redevelopment was to provide an operational city centre facility to support Christian and Social Work organisations in Aberdeen City.

ground floor coffee shopThe ground floor has a cafe/CLC bookshop offering fresh home bakes and appetising lunch meals. With it's opening hours, Mondays to  Fridays from 9.45am - 4.15pm, the Gateway cafe offers a welcoming, chilled out, meeting place. Regular visitors enjoy a pleasant atmosphere to unwind during breaks. The soft seating area creates the perfect, relaxing environment  for longer lingering.<|endoftext|>Falling in the Mainstream

So, as a modern girl, I obviously do search (more like stalk, because I don’t make contact with anyone) communities. Nowadays, we have a lot of communities pointed towards traditionalism and paganism. Which should be good. Well, at least, it should.

The problem with falling in the mainstream is not that we want to be “underground” or “hipsters” or whatever word you use for those retards who want to be thought of as “cool“. The problem here is that we are dealing with ideas and ideals, which have a reputation depending on its participants.

No matter how much you say “oh, but just a few of them are dumb, the true Traditionalists…” and proceed to the True Scots fallacy. If lower people adhere to a movement, the movement itself becomes lower. This is all the reason why I think we should allow our names just anywhere. Once those idiots think they know something about anything, they will start talking about it and pretending they are actually engaged to it. For us, who really do have our whole minds and hearts taken into Traditionalism, it’s easy to spot one of those; but for anyone else outside of it, it will make the WHOLE of us look ill.

There must be plenty of Muslims out there with good intentions. Does knowing this make you feel less tense when there is one of them on a plane? No, it does not. Now you just compare how many of them are out there and how many of them are actual terrorists.

Then, there is the selection part. Even if –and I said IF– those people don’t manage to ruin our outside image, they will still try to enter the inner layers of the cause, the intellectual circle and the active circle. At that moment, two things can happen: a. They manage to start learning something; b. They do not learn anything and keep being ignorant, which will lead to them being expelled from any kinds of groups related to Traditionalism and later attempts to “revenge”.

What made me realize that was the huge amounts of supposed “fan groups” dedicated to Varg Vikernes. Thank Wotan I got to know about Varg, Marie and their thoughts before that, because otherwise I would think Varg was a church-burning crazy bag –and not one of the intelligent ones.
Can you see how it can have a bad effect? Varg is brilliant in his teachings, but the wrong people spreading his name and even his image can get twisted.

I do believe it is necessary that some people get exposed out there to act as mentors and propaganda to instigate people, make them read, make them learn. We can’t filter who sees us and what they will see us as, but we can try to filter our image out there.

Make sure to undo any misconceptions you see about us ANYWHERE. I don’t mean just the internet. I mean your family, your friends and anyone surrounding you. Show a good argument and they won’t be able to resist repeating your intelligent and remarkable words as their opinion when some misconception about us comes up near them.

People mirror attitudes they think of as strong and intelligent. Show yourself as a well-organized person and have a good posture when you talk. This is the basics for anyone who ever thinks of taking up on any political ideals.

Remember: You take care of your soul, body and mind. All three of them.

HailaR Freyja<|endoftext|>geaux tigers!!! no. 4

On top of that, who has Ohio State even played this year? Answer: NO ONE! They haven’t had to play against a top 25 team yet, and won’t until the end of November. LSU has played, and BEAT, THREE top 25 teams already this year! By the time OSU plays their first game against a ranked team, we’ll be on our 5th!!! The Big 10 is a joke!!!

I’m sorry, who won the BCS Championship that year? Oh that’s right… WE DID!!! Nice try talking shit though…

Also – the AP rankings make no sense. There are 3 teams in the top 5 that haven’t played a single ranked team this season … WHYYYY??? But it’s okay, they’re ALL playing ranked teams this month, so we’ll see who actually belongs…

week 10 rankings:

College Football Playoff Rankings

1. Clemson
2. LSU
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame

AP Top 25

1. Ohio State
2. Baylor
3. Clemson
4. LSU
5. TCU

“Every cloud has a silver lining”

%d bloggers like this:<|endoftext|>Skip to main content

Oaklin: One of the Last Peddlers of the Southern Rolling Stores Era

The south saw many of these rolling stores who went from home-to-home selling most any goods that the families needed.

Writer's note: the terms, 'dipping snuff,' and 'snuff' are used in this hub, but not for a promotional segment, but to add color to its proper use. (Thanks, K.A.)

These 'Guru's of Grocery Delivery'

were certainly not a fancy lot. Or a man to be celebrated. I refer to the rural peddler and his rolling store that kept on a tight schedule on a weekday or monthly time to keep his customers from facing starvation. This was a time in the early south when America's economy was not friendly. Jobs were tagged as scarce. Check with us tomorrow. Don't call us, we'll call you. I can just hear the power brokers grinding their molars together.

Would I be safe in saying that times were being built on greed. Sad, stomach-turning, but very true. By way of explasation, in the early 1800's, when the early south was being settled and farming fanilies began to take root, these families with good hearts soon learned that life in this area of the nation was tough. Very tough. But nevertheless, they were tough enough to endure.

I confess right-up. My headline at the top doesn't say, 'Southern Rolling Stones,' but Southern Rolling Stores,' and I have to know that I have a small amount of the time that I spent with this rural peddler. I was seven. We were having a terribly-hot summer. I had to stay with my "Gramps" James Avery and Ida Belle Avery, dad's parents. Fact: grandma liked me in a moderate way, but "Gramps" could not stand me. To be honest with you. I had no choice but to stay with them duirng our school's summer vacation and both my parents working, so I was stuck.

This peddling man was so patient in helping his clients who many were elderly.

His Name Was Oaklin

pronounced "Oakling," but people just called him the Oaklin moniker. A little bit about Oaklin. I know. You have already caught a glaring typo by not listing his last name. There is a reason. I am afraid that although he is deceased. a few of his friends just might see (this) hub and there I'd be. Hung on a tall tree limb by my thumbs. Actually. I do not think that he had any friends to speak of. Not that he was a bad man, no. He had a soft heart and a mathematical whiz. I witnessed his selling first-hand when he would stop at my grandparents' home every Tuesday morning to see if the items that he peddled would interest t

Mind you, my grandparents were cheap. Seen from the eyes of a seven-year-old kid, the word, cheap, fits. And if I were to use the word, thrifty, that would be an insult. My grandparents both lived on a fixed-income, so their household incomes were nothing to write home about.

Besides being a rural peddler, Oaklin would buy available scrap iron from around