Home Premier League Liverpool Strongest Possible Liverpool Lineup vs Crystal Palace: 4-2-3-1 with Ibe in contention

With a 1-0 victory Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool kept the momentum going against Rubin Kazan on Thursday. Despite only scoring one goal, the Reds dominated the game and the players look like they have so much more confident now. Still, they will have to make sure that they stay focused in this weekend’s match against Crystal Palace. They are going into the match after traveling to Russia and Palace are a side who could take advantage of a lackluster effort from the Liverpool players.

Simon Mignolet might think he will have an easy match since Palace’s main striker, Dwight Gayle has not scored a single goal this year. However, Yohan Cabaye has scored 4 goals from midfield so Mignolet will need to pay attention for the entire match.

Nathaniel Clyne might be reaching exhaustion since he has played a lot of minutes this season and he has played the full match every time. Still, with Klopp unlikely to play the young Connor Randall in a Premier League match, Clyne will be tasked with defending Yannick Bolasie.

Only Martin Skrtel, Clyne and Mignolet have played every single minute of Premier League action for Liverpool but the Slovakian did get some much needed rest on Thursday. Mamadou Sakho had another fantastic performance against Rubin Kazan and he should now be one of the first names on the team sheet until the end of the season. Both should have an easy time against with the aforementioned Gayle but they will have to stay on their toes since Palace are an excellent counter-attacking team.

Alberto Moreno also played the full match but once again, the lack of depth at the position prevents Klopp from really giving the Spaniard some rest. He has improved significantly under Klopp and the faster pace that Liverpool play with fits his own style perfectly. Against Palace, he will have to deal with the tricky Wilfried Zaha, a tricky winger who could punish any mistakes that Moreno makes.

Defensive Midfield

Klopp made the right move by resting Lucas Leiva in the last match and he will be tasked with dominating the middle of the pitch. He has looked rejuvenated under the new manager and with his injury problems behind him, it looks like he will be a key part of the squad for years to come. Alongside Lucas, Emre Can needs to show more control when tackling or he might be sent off more often than he should. It is great that he is a physical presence but a lot of his tackles do lead to set pieces for the opponents.

Attacking Midfield

Despite Jordon Ibe’s goal against Rubin Kazan, the trio of Adam LallanaRoberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho should all start on Sunday. All three are much more hard-working than the youngster and they have played a lot of minutes together. Given Palace’s strong defensive record so far this season, Liverpool will need as much creativity as possible from the three attackers. All three have looked much better under Klopp and Coutinho should be a significant contributor in the match especially after not playing at all in Russia.

Christian Benteke played the full 90 minutes on Thursday so he may not be at his best against Palace but starting Divock Origi is still the worse option. The team has noticeably increased the number of crosses they launch into the box and that has made Benteke a much more effective forward. Against Palace, the Belgian will need to win his battles with the veteran duo of Scott Dann and Damien Delaney, if he dominates those two, Liverpool are almost guaranteed a win.

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Express Yourself

--Dr. Seuss

Monday, February 13, 2017

Simple Sentences in Spanish

Singular and Plural

Spanish Verb Conjugation

Writing Tools

I have been working with students on the use of Writing Tools. We have been experimenting with different kernel structures. We have also incorporated the use of Looping, Transitional Words, Renaming, and Pitchforking. I wanted to post the photos. I will be posting more photos of this work very soon. I also added a some students work with pitchforking ideas. I found it hilarious how they described my height. They made me chuckle. I also am adding some transitional words and phrases anchor charts.
Here is what I have:

Spanish Sentence Combination

I have so much to share. The problem is that I don't have too much time to do so. I have to be careful with my time as I have been sick recently. I don't want to get run down and then suddenly get bulldozed by the flu. I missed some work last week due to the flu. My doctor was concerned about the state of my health that he demanded that I take some time off including Friday and the weekend. Reluctantly, I listened to his wise words. I am recuperating from my terrible cough, congestion, and bronchitis. Today, after a three days of doing nothing but resting, I have a little more energy. I am will be finished with my antibiotics soon. Phew!

I have been working hard with students and teachers at my school. I also have shared some of my work and ideas. I will post more later. I just wanted to post some photos of our work with compound and complex sentence structures.

We studied ways to combine sentences.  I had my students study the coordinating conjunctions in Spanish. Each conjunctive has a specific function and relationship with the two sentences. I asked my students to combine a group of sentences that I had written on sentence strips. They had to decide how the two sentences were related and if they could combine them. Then I gave them conjunction cards. They had to think about the sentence to sentence connection and decide which conjunctions would best join the two sentences. They had to test them out to see if the conjunctions conveyed the meaning that the author intended. They then shared with their classmates. I had them work in pairs.

We then studied the opener, sentence pattern of combining sentences with a subordinating conjunction and phrase with a sentence. We spoke about the independent and dependent clauses. They then combined sentences using the Spanish subordinating conjunctions. We, in English terms, AAAWWWUBBICized our sentences. They tried it out by selecting a word that are are comma causers. They they wrote their OPENER, sentence pattern. I learned much of this patterning from Jeff Anderson's Mechanically Inclined and Dr. Joyce Carrol's Acts of Teaching. They really enjoyed it and I think it had a high stick factor. (They won't forget it and the concepts has been solidified in their minds.)  Here are the photos.  (More to come.)


Leigh Kishi

Foot Problems Caused By Diabetes

Do I Have Pes Planus??

Flat Feet

Turning 40 doesn?t necessarily have anything to do with it, but over time you?ve likely engaged in certain activities or developed some unhealthy habits that led to this condition. If you are overweight, you are placing excess burdens on your feet, causing the tendons to strain. Some women experience fallen arches because of weight gain during pregnancy. You also may have damaged these tendons while exercising. If you suffered a serious injury to the foot, you may have weakened the tendons, which can also lead to this development.

Can you fix a fallen arch?

Non Surgical Treatment

Treatment often consists of giving the affected foot support from underneath so that the strain is taken off it (by the use of insoles or support pads) and so symptoms are relieved. A specialist in this problem is known as a podiatrist and these do work in the NHS - ask you father's doctor whether his condition is bad enough to warrant a referral to such a specialist.

Surgical Treatment

Acquired Flat Foot

After Care


Bearded Dragons
Did you know bearded dragons are not warm blooded or cold blooded?
They are Ectothermic, this means they take on their environmental temperature

Bearded Dragons are terrestrial and arboreal in their habits, when choosing an appropriate terrarium we are trying to mimic the environment in which they would be found naturally. The minimum reptile enclosure size for an adult bearded dragon or pair should be 900mm x 600mm x 600mm. Bearded dragons in captivity need space, they love to run they love to dig as they do in the wild. Lots of space inside the terrarium makes an excellent environment which will maintain good health. Hide rocks and ornaments are a great place for your bearded dragon to retreat. They will offer a place of refuge while settling in providing suitable basking spots and allow a place to sleep. Be careful when introducing branches and rocks from outside, you may be unintentionally introducing mites into the enclosure.

Reptile mites not only look bad on lizards but they can cause some serious health problems. They can cause irritation, inflammation, problems with shedding (dysecdysis) and secondary bacterial infections of the skin. In heavy infestations on young or small lizards the mites may consume a large enough quantity of blood that they can cause a potentially life-threatening anaemia and immune suppression. Mites have also been implicated as a mode of transmission of various infectious agents. These included Aeromonashydrophilia, a common bacterium that causes pneumonia and infectious stomatitis (mouth rot) that can lead to septicaemia and death; viruses such as those causing Inclusion Body Disease (IBD) and Ophidian Paramyxovirus (OPMV); and parasites of the red blood cells and the blood stream.

Bearded dragons are ectothermic creatures, this means they take on their environmental temperature. If the temperature is warm they are warm, if the temperature is cold they are cold. If a bearded dragon is too cold it cannot digest any food that it has eaten and will not be able to fight off any infections. Undigested food will either cause the bearded dragon to vomit or slowly start to ferment within their stomach, bringing on illnesses. Their bodies are unable to naturally adjust their own heat, so we must do this for them. The perfect temperature for bearded dragons is around 30C. It is also important to ensure there is a warm and cool end of any enclosure. The warm end should be maintained at 30-33C, thus having a temperature gradient within the environment.

The two types of lighting that is required to be used for the bearded dragon enclosures are UV-A and UV-B lights. As a diurnal animal, bearded dragons need the UV-A and UV-B rays.  The UV-B wavelengths help stimulate their appetite and provide energy for the formation of vitamin D, necessary for metabolism of calcium and phosphorus. The levels of calcium absorbed by the bearded dragons are consumed, and help reduce the risk of metabolic bone disease.  It is a MUST for all Beardies. UVB globes need to be replaced at least every 6-8 months as the UV diminishes with age.

We always recommend the use of thermostats in conjunction with any heating source. The thermostat will take into account the environmental temperature and adjust heat accordingly. This will prevent the tank from overheating and more importantly give you peace of mind on hot days. Our staff at Northside will be able to help you choose the best thermostat for your needs and explain the differences. Digital Dimming Thermostats always make the best choice as they help extend the life of the globe and night time temperatures can be set.

Food and Water
Bearded dragons live in dry habitats where it is often too hot to move around to much. They tend to be opportunistic feeders and sit and wait for a meal to pass by before pursuing and devouring it. Bearded Dragons are omnivorous, consuming invertebrates, small vertebrates, foliage, fruits and flowers. Beardies will eat plant material such as sprouts, tomato, zucchini and fruits such as melon, apples and peaches. Beardies also eat insects such as crickets, grasshoppers, meal worms, pinkie mice, moths, slaters, and snails. There are also dry premium pellet foods available, that will offer a complete and stable diet. It is important to provide a variety within the diet with multi-vitamins and calcium added to maintain optimum health. Vegetation is the main source of water for your bearded dragon. It is also important to offer a small water dish, spray water on the beardie or a bath. Do not forget to worm your bearded dragon, like every other animal, beardies can also get worms. Worming should take place every month.

Calcium and Vitamins
Calcium is critical for the overall health and development for all bearded dragons. Without the appropriate levels of calcium within their diet many problems may arise. Calcium helps balance out the phosphorus level, which is often high in live feeders. High Phosphorus can be damaging as this will alter or block out calcium conversion. If a bearded dragon is not able to pull enough calcium from its diet, their bodies will naturally derive calcium from different parts of their bodies. Their bones and spinal cord is often the first areas targeted. Breakage of their bones are eminent and possible nerve damage can occur. Twisted or deformed limbs are the first visible signs. From this point the bearded dragon has contracted Metabolic Bone Disorder (MBD), MBD damage cannot be reversed. Calcium supplements should be used with all bearded dragons, without exposure to UVB lighting oral calcium supplements cannot be absorbed.

Multivitamins and D3 will improve overall health and ensure your bearded dragon is receiving everything it nutritionally needs. Activated Vitamin D3 (Activated underexposure from correct UVB lighting) will be bind into a blood protein, which can be transferred to the liver via the blood stream. This will be utilized to metabolise dietary calcium and phosphorus.

Terrarium substrates typically consist of sand, artificial grass and or bark chips. At Northside Pet Superstore we always recommend artificial grass substrate for our baby beardies. Sand is great for adults as they love to dig and rummage, sand obviously allows them to do this. However sand can sometimes compact in the young ones stomach and be rather abrasive when needed to pass. Make sure that the sand used inside the terrarium is a desert blend, as this has fortified calcium which can speed the beardies metabolism, ensuring a suitable substrate for adults.

Bearded Dragon Checklist
  • Terrarium or Vivarium
  • Heat Source
  • Thermostat
  • Water and Food Bowls
  • Food
  • Calcium and Vitamins
  • Substrate
  • Hide Rock
  • Ornament


Lemonade App

The Lemonade app is a new way of insuring.

The company disclosed that it raised $34 million in new venture funding to assist in broadening its operations.  General Catalyst led the round with assistance from GV (formerly Google Ventures), Thrive Capital and Tusk Ventures.

This funding was in addition to $13 million in seed funding from Sequoia and Aleph.

This app is not only involved in the insuring of autos and household goods but is committed to social good. It is part of their business model.

Insurers should fear geeks alert to insurers’ business inefficiencies.

Daniel Schreiber and Shai Wininger, the founders of Lemonade, do not come from an insurance background. They realised that the industry is worth $4.6 trillion in global premiums.

These two guys regarded the current state of the insurance industry as frustrating and outdated.  Insurance is one of the least trusted sectors of the economy.  It ranks very low in customer satisfaction.

The insurance industry has a poor reputation for trust and customer service with its complex rules, fine print and lengthy processes.

The New York based start-up hired Dan Ariely as its chief behavioural officer.  Ariely is a professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke University.

In the first 48 hours after it opened for business in New York, Lemonade reported that it sold 142 policies.

They generated $14, 300 in gross written premiums.

Lemonade takes a flat fee for insurance and gives back money to causes which policy holders care about.

Shai Wininger believes that behavioral economics  together with Lemonade’s unique technology will decrease fraud.  It will also get rid of bureacracy and lower costs for its clients.

Lemonade employs 30 people and uses algorithms to process claims. The company says they can make decisions quicker than regular insurance companies. This can furthermore be done at a lower cost. The have a bot called Maya instead of brokers and an app instead of paperwork. Insurance can be done in seconds. Claims can be made in minutes. They set the world record for a claim paid in just 3 seconds.

The site has a feature which is called “switching”.  It allows users to cancel other policies they may have, receive a refund and purchase a new policy from Lemonade with a click of a button.  New customers came from State Farm, AllState, GEICO and Liberty Mutual.

When you sign up with Lemonade you are asked to pick a charity. At the end of each year, if you and other supporters of the same cause don’t make too many claims, then a portion of the money you have paid is then passed on to the chosen non-profit.

Last year a customer made a claim for a stolen coat. He answered a few questions on the app and recorded a report on his iPhone. 3 Seconds later his claim was paid. In these 3 seconds “A. I. Jim” the firm’s claim bot reviewed the claim, cross-checked it with the policy, ran 18 anti-fraud algorithms, approved it, sent payment instructions to the bank and hence informed the client.

Studies of EY or Accenture show that clients do not trust their insurance companies to pay claims. A new product such as Lemonade could cause customers to switch in large numbers to a product that they can trust.

The disruptive possibilities of Lemonade lies in their beautiful user interfaces, artificial intelligence and use of big data.

Unmanned Cargo Ships

The thought of unmanned cargo ships sounds like a ghost story. Wrong! This is actually the future of shipping.

Rolls Royce is working with groups backed by governments across northern Europe. Rolls Royce aims to launch crewless ships by 2020.

Sea transport costs could thus be cut by about 20%.

Major shipping firms are expected to adopt this technology hoping that it will boost profits.

The U. S. Coast Guard estimated that human error is responsible for about 96 percent of all marine casualties. Piracy is a reality so crews remain vulnerable. Furthermore there is a shortage of skilled workers who want a career at sea.

44 per cent of a ship’s costs is made up of carrying sailors. This includes not only salaries but crews’ quarters and air-conditioning units. Other amenities take up space which could be used for cargo.

25 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions are a result of maritime shipping. Rolls Royce predicts that unmanned cargo ships will be 5 per cent lighter and burn 15 per cent less fuel.

Unmanned cargo ships will therefore present challenges for insurers. They will have to consider new types of risks. The demand for guards protecting ships from piracy will be reduced. This is an industry that has been booming in the last few years. However, there would be a need for increased cyber security insurance.

Marine insurers have approximately 5 years to work out the costs of covering unmanned cargo  ships for risks that can occur at sea. Without historical data to fall back on will complicate the process of underwriting the risks of unmanned ships.

A drone vessel that is being operated remotely from onshore will create unique challenges. These threats include pirates, a fire at sea and the time it takes to reach a ship if a computer malfunctions. There would n’t be anyone if there was a breakdown. Help for a ship in the Atlantic could be done in one week, but in the Pacific that would take a three week voyage.

Fracking – Pros and Cons

Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” has caused strife across the United States.  For some it promises increased energy independence.  For others, it means environmental catastrophe.

Fracking means drilling down several thousand feet into a rock formation that holds natural gas.  This rock is then cracked.  Pathways are created for gas to flow out of the well.  Natural gas and wastewater result from this exercise.  There are however a number of wastewater disposal methods.  The water is put into a lined pond. It then evaporates.   It can also be treated or injected underground.

Opponents to fracking argue that the environmental impacts of fracking includes the risks of infecting ground water.   Earthquakes could be triggered. Fracking causes noise pollution as well as surface pollution.  There are furthermore the hazards to public health and the environment.

Fracking requires an enormous amount of water – as much as 5 million gallons per well. Needless to say it requires numerous toxic chemicals.   About 25 percent of fracking chemicals could cause cancer.   Evidence is mounting throughout the country that these chemicals are making their way into drinking water.

Water quality can also be threatened by methane contamination.  This problem has been highlighted by footage of people in fracked areas accidentally setting fire to methane-laced water from kitchen faucets.

People are exposed to harm from lead and arsenic. This is brought back to the surface of the land with fracking flowback fluid.  In fact, fracking waste water is so dangerous that it can’t be reused for other purposes.

Fracking can release dangerous petroleum hydrocarbons.   It can also increase ground-level ozone.  This is a key risk factor for asthma and other respiratory illness.  The pollutants in fracking water and flowback fluid can enter our air. This happens when waste water is dumped into pits and then evaporates.

Today’s fracking techniques pose new dangers.  Directional drilling is a new technique that has greatly expanded access to rock formations.  Companies also employ high fluid volumes to fill horizontal “well bores”.  These sometimes extend for miles.  Oil and gas producers are using new chemical concoctions called “slick water”.  This allows injection fluid to flow rapidly enough to generate the high pressure needed to break rock apart.

Scientists believe a recent upsurge in earthquake activity is related to fracking.  The United States Geological Survey has linked fracking wastewater injection to a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma, which is seismically stable.

Earthquakes are not the only possible consequences of fracking.  350.org, an environmental advocacy group said that some people have had difficulty staying in their homes because of methane buildup related to fracking.  Not only is it difficult to get homeowner’s insurance for properties with or near a gas well, it is also difficult to get a mortgage.

The Insurance Information Institute stated that all homeowner’s insurance policies exclude damage from environmental contamination.  Homeowners with an earthquake endorsement can get coverage for earthquake damage, even if the quake is linked to fracking.  For people who have leased their land which in effect makes it a business, insurance is more complicated.  Liabilities arising from a business are not covered by a homeowner’s policy.

Earthquake insurance provides protection from the shaking and cracking that can destroy buildings and personal possessions.  Coverage for other kinds of damage is provided by standard home and business insurance policies.

Crash Test

A Crash Test is a form of destructive testing. It is usually performed in order to insure safe design standards.

A crashworthy design reduces death and injury risk. Structure and restraints (safety belts and airbags) are the main aspects of a vehicle’s design. This determines its crashworthiness. Good structure means a strong occupant compartment.  Also there should be crumple zones to absorb the force of a serious crash.  Side structures manage the force of a striking vehicle . A strong roof ensures it does not collapse in a rollover.

Structure/Safety Cage:
Vehicle’s structural performance engineers measure the amount of intrusion into the occupant compartment after the crash. In the moderate overlap test, measurements are taken at nine places around the driver’s seat. In the small overlap test, 16 locations on the driver side interior and exterior are measured. The amount and pattern of intrusion shows how well the front-end crush zone managed the crash energy and how well the safety cage held up.

Injury Measures:

 Sensors in the head, neck, chest, legs and feet of the dummy indicate the level of stress and strain on that part of the body.

Restraints/Dummy movement:
Even if injury measures are low, it’s important to consider the dummy’s movement during the crash,  This is because not all drivers are the same size as the dummy or seated exactly the same way. A close call for the dummy could be an actual injury for a person.
Before each crash test, technicians put greasepaint on the dummy’s head, knees and lower legs. After the test, the paint shows what parts of the vehicle came into contact with those parts of the dummy. The paint, combined with high-speed film footage of the crash, allows engineers to evaluate the dummy’s movement.

There are various types of tests:

Frontal impact tests which is what most people initially think of when asked about a crash test. These are usually impacts upon a solid concrete wall at a specified speed, but can also be vehicle-vehicle test. SUVs have been singled out in these tests for a while, due to the high ride-height that they often have.

Offset Tests:

in which only part of the front of the car impacts with a barrier (vehicle). These are important, as impact forces (approximately) remain the same as with a frontal impact test, but a smaller fraction of the car is required to absorb all of the force. These tests are often realized by cars turning into oncoming traffic. This type of testing is done by the USA Insurance for Highway Safety (IIHS), Euro NCAP Australasian New Car Assessment Program and ASEAN NCAP.

Small overlap tests:

This is where only a small portion of the car’s structure strikes an object such as a pole or a tree.  This is the most demanding test as it loads the most force onto the car’s structure at any given speed. These are usually conducted at 15-20% of the front vehicle structure.

Side Impact Tests:

Roll Over Tests:

These test a car’s ability (specifically the pillars holding the roof) to support itself in a dynamic impact. More recently dynamic rollover test have been proposed as opposed to static crush testing.

Roadside hardware crash tests are used to ensure crash barriers and crash cushions will protect vehicle occupants from roadside hazards, and also to ensure that guardrails, signposts, light poles and similar appurtenances do not pose an undue hazard to vehicle occupants.

Old versus New:

Often on old and big car against a small and new car or two different generations of the same car model. These tests are performed to show the advancements in crashworthiness.

Computer Model:

Because of the cost of full side crash tests, engineers often run many simulated crash tests using computer models to refine new vehicle or barrier designs before conducting live tests.

Crash tests are conducted under rigorous scientific and safety regulations. Each crash test is very expensive so the maximum amount of data must be extracted from each test. Usually this requires the use of high speed data acquisition, at least one triaxial accelerometer and a crash test dummy.
There are a number of crash test programs around the world dedicated to providing consumers with a source of comparative information in relation to the safety performance of new and used vehicles.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, as at October 2, 2014, published safety results for three large luxury cars in the IIHS small overlap front test.  The Infiniti Q70 achieved a good rating, the Lincoln MKS earned a poor rating and the BMW 5 series earned a marginal rating.

On September 18, 2014, the 2015 Volkswagen Jetta earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick award, thanks to a structural upgrade to improve small overlap protection.

The Kia Soul, previously rated poor in the IIHS small overlap front test now earns a good rating, due to structural improvements. The Kia Forte also improved, but only to a marginal rating.


How We Age

Does "aging" mean "old?" Not really. Science tells us aging begins even before we reach adulthood, occurring at the cellular level. Billions of research dollars have been spent in an attempt to understand how the aging process, works and what can be done to slow it down.

Our bodies face these four mechanisms of cellular aging:
It’s a fact of life. Aging begins long before we can see or feel any changes – at the cellular level. Is cellular aging inevitable? Well, we can’t stop time, but emerging research reveals we may be able to influence these biological aging processes in positive ways. This has to do with how efficiently cells repair and replicate themselves, which affects your health, well-being and the aging process in various ways.


Black Was The Tide - Jack Yoder

from the single Black Was The Tide (2010)

Jack Yoder is an undiscovered American Treasure.  A gifted songwriter and musician, his songs speak to our inner demons in a way that leaves me breathless and raw.  Black Was The Tide was written and recorded during his years playing in New Orleans.  This song goes beyond the BP Oil Spill, lending a voice to the neglected and the discarded.  "There's a hole in the bottom of the ocean, where dreams go when they die" is just one of its haunting lines.  Last I heard, Jack was ramblin' across Colorado with his blues band.  Search him.  Seek out his music.  Experience his performances.  You will be better for it.


Comparing theories of power

Theories of power: pluralist, elitist and marxist perspectives dr john barry school of politics, international studies and philosophy [email protected] this. This poses a challenge for assessing feminist perspectives on power thus, she criticizes theories of power in mainstream political science for presupposing a.

The powerpoint ppt presentation: nursing theories and frameworks is the property of its rightful owner do you have powerpoint slides to share if so.

Compare and contrast the four theories of leadership outlines six categories of leadership theories trait, behavior, power and comparing leadership styles.

Feminism has a movement has gained momentum in recent pasts to the extent that there are a number of ‘gender’ gains the world over the theories of feminism are. Power and influence theories – what is the source of the leader's power power and influence theories of leadership take an entirely different approach.

34 empowerment and community planning 35 chapter 1: theories of power contrast between them represents the two main routes along which thought about power has.

  • Learning theories behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism background information learning theories allow teachers to.
  • In social science and politics, power is the ability to influence or outright control the behaviour of people the term authority is often used for power perceived.
  • This lesson will explain and differentiate three major theories of power in society: the pluralist model, the power-elite model and the marxist model.

Compare and contrast two sociological theories owns everything and how their power stems from their wealth as they own the these are not the only theories. Comparing marx and weber assignment: each of you should write a couple of pages, identifying important comparisons between the two theorists the comparisons should.

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Adam West, the US actor best known as the star of the 1960s hit TV series Batman, has passed away aged 88.

West died peacefully in Los Angeles after a brief battle with leukaemia, a family spokesperson said.

The actor Matthew Modine tweeted:


Defining Distance Learning

For me, the term for Distance Learning is a form of instructional delivery that connects a learner with multiple educational resources that provides the learner with educational and learning opportunities that incorporates current and emerging technologies.  The fast pace of technological advances that are being marketed is changing and challenging the way our educational system is and will be. Educational institutions develop distance education programs that provide adults with a second chance at a college education, reach those disadvantaged by limited time, distance or physical disability, and update the knowledge base of workers at their places of employment. Whether the delivery of distance education involves audio conferencing, video, computer assisted instruction for tracking purposes, or print, it has become a vital part of the higher education assembly because it reaches a broader student audience.

In our reading material, Desmond Keegan (1996), defined the five elements of distance learning that included: separation of teacher and learner, planning and preparation of learning materials, use of technical media, two-way communication for students benefit, and absence of the learning group throughout the learning process.  Yet some critics argue that Keegan’s definition did not offer a valid outlook of current and practical purposes of online distance education.

Distance education is a positive alternative for some states to offer schools via the No Child Left Behind Act that allows better options to students attending those schools that do not progress successfully during the school year, (Moller, Foshay, Huett, 2008). Two issues that reasoned the need for distance education were teacher shortages and overcrowded schools, that would permit qualified teachers to teach students where instructor shortages outweigh increased populations, (Moller, Foshay, Huett, 2008).

Fitting the Pieces Together

Mind Map for Connectivism

2. Blog Assignment: Evaluating and Identifying Online Resources

2. Blog Assignment: Evaluating and Identifying Online Resources

The Brain and Learning

This site by Dr. Perry discusses Neural System Fatigue in how learning is affected by stimulation on different parts of the brain and within the process of learning. Without the neurons responding to stimuli, they can fatigue and need time to recover. I like the analogy in the article about comparing neurons to the piano and the organ, where a piano only plays the one note while the organ keeps the sound going when you push down on the key. The same is true with the neurons in response to repartitioned patterns. I found it interesting in a classroom setting when a child is given straightforward information that their brain loses any indication of interest and it fatigues in comparison to learning material that is intriguing and challenging.

Perry, B., M.D., Ph.D., 2011.  How the Brain learns best.

Problem-solving methods during the learning process.

This site focuses on Psychological Research in problem solving experiences involving both content and thinking strategies, especially with real world problems.  The PBL Process  provides a list of problem solving supplements including problem scenarios, ID Knowledge  Deficiencies, and involves the roles of the student and teacher in collaborating learning. In  fostering complex thinking for the student, problems promote fundamental motivation. This article focuses on strategies that facilitators should use with the learning and thinking of students  instead of just being subject matter experts. Facilitators are to guide students to foster theircognitive skills  in developing higher thinking. The article also lists 5 goals of effective problem solving methods and skills. In the field of Instructional Design, you need to be able to define  learning strategies especially if you’re developing content such as problem based instruction.

 Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2004). Problem-based learning: What and how do students learner? Educational Psychology Review, 16(3), 235-266.

Hmelo, C. E., Holton, D. L., & Kolodner, J. L. (2000). Designing to learn about complex systems. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 9(3), 247-298.

Interactive Whiteboard (IWB)

  I found the article you presented very informative and similar to the Smart Boards that we currently use in our education department. They’re great when you’re facilitating a class and you have either a power point presentation or have the need to display graphics in engaging the students. The boards also have various functions like using special digitized markers that simulate what a highlighter would do on a standard wipeout board. The touch screen effect is a plus because it allows you to interact and process information while still creating a functional learning environment. I’ve imported three dimensional images connected with the curriculum I was teaching and the class was so mesmerized by that illustration which also created an in class discussion, prompting even those students that usually didn’t respond to my presentation. I’m sure in an elementary classroom setting, the boards are an excellent teaching sources for cognitive stimulation. The boards are also a great way of switching from board to video teleconference enabling all instructors to directly interact with other facilitators or organizations.  I reposted your blog site as well as the informative article on the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB).

Taking a Break – Zeigarnik Effect


Yesterday, we reported about the rumour of popular Nigerian blogger, Linda Ifeoma Ikeji, being engaged. Well, the social media queen has reacted to the news thay she is getting married soon. It had been alleged that her husband to be let the cat out of the bag due to his excitement but the 37-year old is denying that she has been engaged. To drive home her point, she shared an evidence, showing her left hand with no sign of a ring, adding that there is no husband yet but it will happen.

Sharing the above photo showing her bare ring finger, she wrote:

Ring finger still bare. ?. The pressure to marry…Lol. It will just hasn’t. ? More LindaIkejiTV show trailers coming soon. #wearenotplaying.


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Keith Diaz, BUS111 Chapter 3 – Entrepreneurship Market Potential vs. Sales Forecast Market potential: The total amount that consumers might buy, under the right circumstances Sales forecast: the amount you think you can sell using your plan - More important than market potential - Who will buy the product? Will everyone want one? - Who would switch products to buy this? - How is it compatible with consumers’ current way of doing things? - What is the competition? How will they affect you? Sensitivity analysis - Largest/smallest competitors’ sales - Average sales per competitor - Sales of a company that launched a similar product - Last year’s sales +/- (for existing or modified products) - Growth rate over last x years continues (for existing or modified products) Entrepreneurship  Entrepreneurs : recognize and seize opportunities to control their own destiny + access the resources needed to capitalize on that opportunity  Even successful businesses have disappointments and failures, but true entrepreneurs know how to overcome them, reduce their losses, and to capitalize on the best available opportunity  Because starting a business involves dealing with much uncertainty, every new venture founder must exercise some of the personal attributes of an entrepreneur.  Brings knowledge, expertise, capabilities, resources & managerial preferences/bias (diamond E) - Behavioural (taking initiative) - Personality traits (independence) - Skills (problem solving) Small Business:  An owner-managed business with less than 100 employees  While large businesses have more employees, small businesses collectively provide more jobs than large businesses. Small businesses also lead the way in innovation and new technology. In the Canadian Economy…  These patterns are consistent across all provinces - 97.8% of all businesses in Canada are small contribute over 25% annually to GDP - 1.9% of employer businesses are medium-sized (100-499 employees) - 0.3% are large businesses (500+ employees) The new Venture/Firm  Recently formed (in the past year) commercial organization that provides goods/services for sale  Various criteria can also be used to determine when a new firm comes into existence 1. When it was formed 2. Whether it was incorporated 3. If it sold goods/services  main source of job creation also responsible for the majority of new products and services Keith Diaz, BUS111 The Entrepreneurial Process  influenced by PEST in the broader environment  3 key elements in the entrepreneurial process, and the way they interact 1. Entrepreneur (main focus) 2. Opportunity 3. Resources - As the 3 key elements interact, they may be mismatched or well matched - the entrepreneurial process is successful only when the 3 key elements match - begins with entrepreneur identifying an opportunity then accessing resources A) Identify an opportunity  generating ideas for new/improved products, processes, or services - involves abandoning traditional assumptions about how things work and how they should be, and seeing what others don’t see  paradigm shifts - most new ventures don’t emerge from a deliberate search for viable business ideas - Work experience is the most common source of ideas - Other sources of new venture ideas include personal interest/hobby or a chance happening  screening those ideas - the faster you weed out bad venture ideas, the more time/effort you devote to others - ensures that you have a viable idea with a competitive advantage use PEST and 5 forces - Identify and discuss how key trends in the environment and the industry affect your idea  use PEST to assess environment and if it supports idea - Use 5 forces to determine the ease of entry and profitability of industry - Use research to evaluate how big the market is; if it’s growing, shrinking, stagnant… - Research expert opinions in the industry - Is it something that existing firms can easily do or may want to imitate?  protect legally - Creates/adds value for customer: a product that creates or adds value for the customer is one that solves a significant problem, or meets a significant need on new/different ways - Idea provides sustainable competitive advantage: unique& better than that of competitors. Sustaining a competitive advantage means maintaining it in the face of competitors actions or changes in industry  easy if markets are in state of flux for long time - Idea is marketable and financially viable (5forces): determine whether sales lead to profits. I. Estimating market demand means understanding who the customers are, what they’re needs are, and how the product/service will satisfy their needs better than competitors’. II. Prepare a sales forecast: estimate of how much a product/service will be purchased by the prospective customers for a specific period of time (usually a year). III. Determining financial viability involves preparing financial forecasts (2-3 year projections of a venture’s future financial position and performance). They consist of an estimate of start-up costs, cash budget, and income statement, and a balance sheet. These projections are the basis for decisions regarding whether to proceed with the venture, and (if so) the amount and type of financing to be used in financing the new business. - Idea has low exit costs: exist costs are low if a venture can be shut down without a significant loss of time, money, or reputation. If a venture isn’t expected to make profit for many years, exit costs are high since the project cannot be abandoned in the short term Evaluating your venture opportunity (screening process) criterion Highest potential Lowest potential Keith Diaz, BUS111 Product Changes the way people live, work, Incremental improvement only; one- learn, etc.  recurring revenue time revenue Customers Reachable Loyal to others, unreachable Value added High Low; minimal market impact Market structure Imperfect; fragmented competition Highly concentrated, mature Market Large and growing – room for everyone Small/declining Market capacity At/near full capacity  there’s room
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Caring for the environment!

The earth’s natural resources are running out and it’s time to make a change. There are many ways of protecting the earth’s natural resources. Identifying the key problems, steps and solutions can be made to help to care for the environment.

Designers in today society are combining innovation with analytical problem-solving skills. It states that [“Today’s designers are trained to understand the concerns of stakeholders and consumers while creating successful and market ready interfaces, magazines, products and other outputs”], SHERIN (2013). This is to produce products that are ready to sell in the market.

Sustainability has been a major part in product design. It claims that [“sustainability has emerged as a defining characteristic of the first decade of the first decade of the twenty-first century. It connects like-minded people, crosses cultural and geographic boundaries, and has prompted businesses and governments to rethink their mission and policies”], SHERIN (2013). By caring for the environment, management of waste and making the products more sustainable. It influences people’s decisions on how sustainable the product is and the environment impact.

Fig. 1: Peakoil (June 23, 2014) Renewable and Non-renewable Resources

None renewable resources such as coal, oil and natural gas are going to run out in the coming decades which will cause a major problem in the current population we live in. This would mean that we have to change the way use products. By using renewable energy such as solar power, wind energy, tidal energy, hydro-electric and geothermal energy (Fig 1). From renewable energy world, [“Renewable energy is important because of the benefits it provides. The key benefits are environmental benefits, energy for future uses, energy security, jobs and the economy”], RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD(2014).

lca map

Fig. 2: P&G Beauty and Grooming (2013) LCA Map

By designing products that are more sustainable. Designers have to use techniques, processes, and materials to help reduce the detrimental environmental, social, and economic impact of their designs. To make products more sustainable, we have to look at the whole system product life cycle (Fig 2). There are 5 main steps to make the product more sustainable. First, to define the problem by looking at the solution. Second, to prioritise the product life cycle objectives. Three, to brainstorm solutions by looking at the whole system map. Four, to use metric to evaluate and choose solutions. Finally five, to repeat the steps.

Designers would also have consider to design for disassembly, design for repair, design for upgrade, design for recycling and design for re manufacturing. By doing these steps it will reduce the environmental impact and make the product more eco-friendly.

Image Reference

PEAKOIL (June23, 2014) Renewable and Non-renewable Resources [Online image] Available from: [Accessed 24/11/2014].

P&G BEAUTY AND GROOMING (2013) LCA Map [Online image] Available from: [Accessed 24/11/2014].

SHERIN, A (2013) Sustainable Thinking: Ethical approaches to design and design management. London: Bloomsbury.

RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD.COM (2014) Why is renewable energy important? [Online] Available from: [Accessed 24/11/2014].

Product Design


Continuance granted in drug smuggling case

Rashad Muhammad

A federal court judge granted a continuance in the drug smuggling case of former entertainment promoter Rashad Muhammad.

With jury selection set to begin Wednesday, Muhammad's attorney asked for resolution in two brothers' related cases before moving forward.

Gary and Damon Milford faced a jury with Muhammad last month, but that case ended in a mistrial.

Prosecutors in the marijuana smuggling case failed to share key evidence with defense attorneys until after the trial started, a misstep so grave that the judge abruptly ended the case and made an assistant U.S. Attorney apologize to jurors for wasting their time.


The Indigenous Peoples of Peru’s Lake Titicaca

By R. Tucker Muth

Surrounded by the breathtaking peaks of the Andes Mountains, Lake Titicaca, the largest fresh water body in South America is truly a sight to behold. Amongst all of this natural beauty, native populations of people called the Uru, or Uros, have thrived for thousands of years. This essay offers a brief overview of the Uros people located on the waters of Lake Titicaca. Providing insight into the groups origins and history in regards to the culture, economy, and social structures of the Uru, it also discusses the ways in which their adaptation to “modern” living and involvement in the twentieth century capitalistic tourist economy assists their efforts today in preserving cultural factors such as dress, economic practice, and island living.

     The origins of the Uru peoples are compelling but disputed by scholars due to the number of tribes in the region. It is largely believed that the Uru are simply a smaller faction of what used to have been a much larger Aymara tribe, which split off from one or several of the native groups also present in the region, although they do possess a distinct genetic ancestry to the populations around them.[i] [ii]

     The Uros people occupy a region of South America that lies within Peru and Bolivia, where they have lived on a cluster of over forty floating islands potentially dating back as far as thirty-seven hundred years ago following their move from the Altiplano, or “high plane” of the Andes. In Uruquilla, the ancient language of the Uros, they refer themselves as “Qhas Qut suñi”, which translates to “people of the lake”, although the population also speaks variations of Aymara and Quechua. [iii];[iv] The floating islands upon which the Uru live are made of the abundant totora reeds from the lake, which the natives bundle and weave together to create these structures. These floating islands were originally constructed by the Uros as a means to protect themselves from combative neighbors such as the Collas and Incas.[v] Submerged in water, the reeds constructing these self-constructed islands rot, requiring full new layers to be added every six months, with base level maintenance being done routinely every few weeks. The consistent maintenance of the Urus floating islands is integral in the sustainability of the community physically and culturally, as youth are trained in practicing the methods of constructing the islands, and how to harvest reeds responsibly in order to protect the natural resources the community relies upon.[vi]

     The custom economy of the Uru, centered on their aquatic resources, was a subsistence economy, primarily serving to feed their own people. These resources include a variety of fish and bird species within Lake Titicaca’s ecosystem, which the Uru hunted for subsistence.[vii] Potatoes are another viable resource occasionally utilized by the Uru, planted in the soil made as a product from the decaying dead reeds making up the floating islands.[viii] Despite this, the Uru should not be described as an agricultural people, as the potato serves as a single exception to their otherwise hunter-gatherer culture.

     Today, their floating islands on the waters of Lake Titicaca still serve a valuable function in the lives of the Uru, but in a different way. With the majority of these people living amongst the rest of the community on the mainland, no longer are the dwellings on these lakes simply homes to these people. Uru originally began to move off of the floating islands in the 1950s and onto the nearby mainland due to harsh winter conditions, although the Uru people have long claimed to have “black blood” and be immune to the cold, and the developments of nearby towns.[ix] The waters of Lake Titicaca measured at just fifty-one degree Fahrenheit during the summer months.[x] The Uru dress in thick layers of alpaca wool clothing when on the lake, as low water temperature at high altitude and the wind burns the skin.[xi] With the majority of the twenty-five hundred Uru residing on the mainland for the past fifty years,[xii] they often wear non-traditional “European style” clothing when off the lake, and have access to public schools, and housing with modern amenities such as heating and dishwashers.[xiii] Uru on the mainland also have the economic benefit of raising livestock for food and profit.[xiv]

     Like many indigenous populations across the globe, the Uru face a number of challenges posed by the external forces of twenty-first century globalization. The Altiplano, the plane in the Andes transcending Peru and Bolivia, has been identified as the second most important tourist destination in Peru, trailing only Machu Pichu.[xv] The increased popularity of the region brought pressures of twentieth century society to what is an otherwise relatively remote region, potentially putting native culture at risk of destruction by western influence. Rather than allowing themselves to be overwhelmed by the encroaching tourist industry, the Uru people have embraced it and used it to their advantage. The indigenous population of Lake Titicaca not only welcomes tourists, but also assists them in finding their way to their water based settlements to visit the islands, at a cost.

     When tourists visit Lake Titicaca, they are able to access the island by boats provided by the Uru, either by motored ferry or traditional reed boats. Tourists see the Uru dressed in traditional clothing, with “women wearing bowler hats and bright, layered clothing and of men standing in reed boats” and where they can experience the spongy feel of walking upon these unique constructions. Throughout the day, Uru men fish and hunt for food, which they eat and sell to visitors, while women tend to the housing on the islands and work on traditional native trinkets to sell as souvenirs. [xvi];[xvii];[xviii] This lifestyle and embracing of the tourist economy allows for the Uru to preserve their culture and interact with it daily, while also utilizing it as a means to generate profit. Uru men and women pose for pictures to get tips, but also to allow them to continue what they are doing.[xix] Individuals of the community take home several hundred to a few thousand dollars per year, while the majority of the revenue, an unclear amount but estimated to be much higher, is placed in a communal fund for education, housing, and sustainability of the community.[xx]

     Like other indigenous groups, the Uru faced challenges involving the protection of their land. Until the 1980s, the surrounding land was under pressure for natural resources, when the Peruvian government made various parts of Lake Titicaca and the surrounding Andes Mountains into a national park.[xxi] Aided by the geographic beauty of the area, the struggle for this was not as difficult as that of other groups, although it did still take an extended period of time since they had to argue for their right to live on what was labeled a nature preserve, and continue utilizing the resources in ways customary to Uru culture. [xxii] With the park now protected as a nature preserve, it is free from being encroached on by any type of large corporation so many other indigenous populations must deal with, and the Uru are able to reap the benefits of this growing tourist spot.

     The Uru people are an indigenous population who, to a considerable extent, has been able to successfully adapt to the mainstream twenty-first century economy, while also being able to simultaneously preserve many aspects of their native culture and livelihood. While not necessarily a model that could be recreated everywhere, the Urus ability and willingness to achieve balance between preserving their culture and involving themselves with “modern” society and reap the benefits of both should be duly noted. Their success noticed not just by indigenous groups of the globe but by the mainstream populations as well, as it could be beneficial to these groups to understand the possibilities in using their environment, culture, and traditions as leverage into the global economy.

[i] Colby Bishop. "Uros People of Peru and Bolivia Found to Have Distinctive Genetic Ancestries." National Geographic Society Press Room. September 11, 2013. Accessed December 11, 2014. http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/11/uros-people-peru-bolivia-distinctive-genetic-ancestries/.

[ii] Catherine J. Julien. "The Uru Tribute Category; Ethnic Boundaries and Empire in the Andes." American Philosophical Society 131.1 (1987): 53-91. JSTOR. Web. Accessed December 11, 2014 http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/987116?uid=3739656&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=211054374039532014.http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/987116?uid=3739656&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21105432102863

[iii] Heritage Daily. "Uros People of Peru and Bolivia Have Distinctive Genetic Ancestries." Heritage Daily. Heritage & Archaeology News, 13 Sept. 2013. Web. Accessed December 11, 2014 http://www.heritagedaily.com/2013/09/uros-people-of-peru-and-bolivia-have-distinctive-genetic-ancestries/98981

[iv] Catherine J. Julien

[v] Sara Shahriari. "A Life Afloat: The Uros Who Live on the Surface of Lake Titicaca." Indian Country Today. Indian Country Today Media Network LLC, 5 May 2012. Web. Accessed December 11, 2014 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/gallery/photo/life-afloat-uros-who-live-surface-lake-titicaca-110704

[vi] SouthAmerica.CL. "Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca." SouthAmerica.CL. Woodward LTDA, 11 June 2014. Web. Accessed December 11, 2014 http://www.southamerica.cl/Peru/Floating_Islands.htm

[vii] Heritage Daily

[viii] SouthAmerica.CL

[ix] SouthAmerica.CL

[x] Tara Tidwell. "Uru Life More than a Tourist Attraction." Cultural Survival. Cultural Survival, n.d. Web. Accessed December 11, 2014 http://www.culturalsurvival.org/ourpublications/csq/article/uru-life-more-a-tourist-attraction

[xi] SouthAmerica.CL

[xii] Charles Stanish. "Ancient Titicaca: The Evolution of Complex Society in Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia." JSTOR. University of California Press, Feb. 2003. Web. Accessed December 11, 2014 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnmgj?searchUrl=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Duros%2Bperu%2Bhistory%26amp%3Bprq%3Duros%2Bperu%26amp%3Bhp%3D25%26amp%3Bacc%3Doff%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bso%3Drel&Search=yes

[xiii] Tara Tidwell

[xiv] Sara Shahriari

[xv] Heritage Daily

[xvi] Sara Shahriari,

[xvii] Tara Tidwell

[xviii] Joshua Foer. "The Island-dwelling Uros of Lake Titicaca: Visiting a Misunderstood Tourist Trap. (VIDEO)." Slate Magazine. The Slate Group, 25 Feb. 2011. Web. Accessed December 11, 2014 http://www.slate.com/articles/life/world_of_wonders/2011/02/the_island_people.html

[xix] SouthAmerica.CL

[xx] Zeppel, Heather. "Indigenous Ecotourism." Google Books. Google Scholar, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=noFNSuofi6IC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Zeppel,+Heather.+%22Indigenous+Ecotourism.%22&ots=kil7iKltIu&sig=tXoeqX_nHcMQSvCM0fAHrERE2WQ#v=onepage&q=Zeppel%2C%20Heather.%20%22Indigenous%20Ecotourism.%22&f=false

[xxi] Tara Tidwell

[xxii] UNESCO. "Lake Titicaca." - UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO World Heritage Center, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014. http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5080/


In a recent online article discussing the top ten management positions in Highland Capital, LLC. Published in, the article summarizes how the Q3 in 2015 there were available positions at Spdr S & P 500, Amazon Com Inc, Eagle Pharmaceutical Inc, Etf Tr (Call), Danaher Corp Del (DHR), and Intra Cellular Therapies Inc. It specifically discusses how James Dondero, the founder of Highland Capital, LLC, has found new management positions in these businesses.

Before addressing the article about Highland Capital, LLC, it is important to understand the success of James Dondero at Highland Capital, LLC. Before Dondero, also known as Jim, co-founded and became president of Highland Capital, LLC, he worked for 30 years in credit and equity firms, helping him gain experience in high-yield and distressed investing. Furthermore, he was also a part of pioneering the Collateralized Loan Obligation, which was instrumental in helping him find success at Highland Capital, LLC.

Being a part of Highland Capital, LLC, Jim was involved in Highland’s investment strategies and operations, specifically in retail and institutional products. His contribution to Highland Capital, LLC has earned him numerous awards. Some of these awards include Morningstar’s 5-star designation for GLobal Allocation in 2014, the Lipper Award for Floating Rate Opportunities in 2014, and other awards. These awards address how Jim is a major part of the Highland’s success.

Jim’s contribution to Highland Capital, LLC is partly addressed in the article written about Highland Capital, LLC. The article also explains, in further detail, how Highland Capital, LLC has increased positions and sold stocks, which indicates how successful this investment firm is continuing to become. The article also tells of how American Airls Groups Inc, Salesforce Com Inc, and Ishares Tr made up the majority of Highland Capital’s U.S. Long Portfolio. Highland Capital also increased a percentage of the technology sector from 16% to 18%. With these increases, however, there were also some decreased percentages in the Health Care and Fiance Sector. Overall, the article addresses the significant changes in the top five positions for Highland Capital. It also addresses how James Dondero is part of the success of Highland Capital and its continual growth.


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13 Secret Cities Review: "I actually felt for Clara"

"A well-written and thrilling piece of literature"

Here's a recent review about 13SC as seen on Amazon.com.

My overall opinion of 13 Secret Cities is that it is an amazing story that is represented in a very well-written piece of literature. Torres does a great job evoking empathy from his audience through diction, imagery and simile. Torres uses descriptive language that makes the reader feel as if they are in Clara’s shoes and experiencing the horrible suffering that she had to go through. Some parts of this book made me chuckle, some made me cringe, and some even made me cry. The imagery that Torres uses really got me involved in the text and made me feel a certain way that many other readings don’t. I actually FELT for Clara, her family, and for every other person that was remotely involved in the events at Millennium Park that day. While reading I could actually feel, smell, and taste the suffering that Clara went through that day in Chicago. Some good examples of simile that stood out to me while reading include:
“They wore gas masks lowered over their face and their Kevlar gear protected them like scarab shells” (6).
“If I craned my head toward the sky, I could see his or her head bobbing, like a black bowling ball” (10).
“The redness of her cheeks invaded the skin, and the matted hair, wrapped in blood around her cranium like a cocoon” (12).

Some examples of descriptive language and imagery include:
…the pointed spikes of sailboats in the marina, and the silvery reflections on the waters of Lake Michigan… (6).
…cool darkness underneath the hard concrete structure… (7).
I liked how Clara’s experiences were all interconnected. She was able to look back at how her 19th birthday connected to the massacre and how the feeling she felt in that moment lying on the lawn beneath the Pritzker Pavilion was connected to the book that her brother had given her to read. There was also a connection between the protests in Mexico that Clara’s father attended to the protest that she participated in. I also like how the author gives such good detail about what happened that day in Millennium Park, and then explains how in the big picture it was just a tiny moment that has come and passed. The author states, “[t]hat four-minute moment became one of the stars in the firmament of my life” (7). This book really does show how one single incident can change your life forever and how you should be happy for the moments you have alive and for the lessons learned through your experiences. It also demonstrates the importance of family and the relationships you build as a young person. I strongly recommend reading this book if you want to follow a thrilling and exciting journey of a young adult, never knowing what is going to happen next.


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Technical Analysis

Technical analysis is the study of market action, primarily through the use of charts, for the purpose of forecasting future price trends. In its purest form, technical analysis considers only the actual price behavior of the market or instrument, based on the premise that price reflects all relevant factors before an investor becomes aware of them through other channels. Technicians say that a market's price reflects all relevant information, so their analysis looks more at "internals" than at "externals" such as news events. Price action also tends to repeat itself because investors collectively tend toward patterned behavior - hence technicians' focus on identifiable trends and conditions.

Technical analysts believe that investors collectively repeat the behavior of the investors that preceded them. "Everyone wants in on the next Microsoft," "If this stock ever gets to $50 again, I will buy it," "This company's technology will revolutionize its industry, therefore this stock will skyrocket" – these are all examples of investor sentiment repeating itself. To a technician, the emotions in the market may be irrational, but they exist. Because investor behavior repeats itself so often, technicians believe that recognizable (and predictable) price patterns will develop on a chart.

Technical analysis is not limited to charting, but it always considers price trends. For example, many technicians monitor surveys of investor sentiment. These surveys gauge the attitude of market participants, specifically whether they are bearish or bullish. Technicians use these surveys to help determine whether a trend will continue or if a reversal could develop; they are most likely to anticipate a change when the surveys report extreme investor sentiment. Surveys that show overwhelming bullishness, for example, are evidence that an uptrend may reverse – the premise being that if most investors are bullish they have already bought the market (anticipating higher prices). And because most investors are bullish and invested, one assumes that few buyers remain. This leaves more potential sellers than buyers, despite the bullish sentiment. This suggests that prices will trend down, and is an example of contrarian trading.

Traders generally share the view that trading in the direction of the trend is the most effective means to be profitable in financial or commodities markets. John W. Henry, Larry Hite, Ed Seykota, Richard Dennis, William Eckhardt, Victor Sperandeo, Michael Marcus and Paul Tudor Jones (some of the so-called Market Wizards in the popular book of the same name by Jack D. Schwager) have each amassed massive fortunes via the use of technical analysis and its concepts. George Lane, a technical analyst, coined one of the most popular phrases on Wall Street, "The trend is your friend!"

There are a lot of different indicators or charts available, however, on Stock Analyzer we focus on those, that recommended by Phil Town in his book Rule#1. Phil Town calls it "The Three Tools": Moving Average, Stochastics and MACD.

Technical Indicator Alerts

Stock2Own' Technical Indicator Alerts are following "general interpretation" of indicators used. For example, if current market price is below moving average, it is usually considered as a "negative" or "sell" signal and vice versa - if the price is above moving average, this is usually a good signal. Stock2own is also catching "crossing" events and signal considered a "buy" or a "sell" signal on a day when the price line is crossing the moving average line. If the price stays above moving average, that would be considered a "hold" and so on. You can read more on how to interpret technical indicator signals in the articles listed below.

Technical Indicators Cumulative Alert meaning

All charts moved to the "positive" area.
Almost Buy
Some of the charts moved to the "positive" area.
All charts moved to the "negative" area.
Almost Sell
Some of the charts moved to the "negative" area.
No indicator changed direction. If you have an open long position, you would better keep it, there is no reason to sell.
Stay Away
No indicator changed direction. However, technical indicators recommend that you should not have an open long position.
Alert is unknown: some indicators suggest buy, others suggest sell. So, be ready to act.

Short Ratio

Number of shares of a security that investors have sold short divided by average daily volume of the security (measured over 30 days or 90 days). There are various interpretations of this ratio. When people short, it is usually (but not always) because they are pessimistic about the security's future performance. Shorting involves buying at at some point however. Hence, some would interpret a high short ratio as an indicator that there will be some buying pressure on the security that would increase its price.

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Candlestick chart

It is a combination of a line-chart and a bar-chart, in that each bar represents the range of price movement over a given time interval. It is most often used in technical analysis of equity and currency price patterns. Read more »

Moving Average

In statistics, a moving average or rolling average is one of a family of similar techniques used to analyze time series data. It is applied in finance and especially in technical analysis. It can also be used as a generic smoothing operation, in which case the raw data need not be a time series. Read more »

Exponential Moving Average

An exponential moving average (EMA), sometimes also called an exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA), applies weighting factors which decrease exponentially. The weighting for each older data point decreases exponentially, giving much more importance to recent observations while still not discarding older observations entirely. Read more »

MACD, which stands for Moving Average Convergence / Divergence, is a technical analysis indicator created by Gerald Appel in the 1960s. It shows the difference between a fast and slow exponential moving average (EMA) of closing prices. Read more »


Taxi rate Huntsville

The taxi rate was stated and published by the city/region of Huntsville in 2012. This taxi rate is binding for every taxi company and every single taxi within the respective area of Huntsville. This shall be ensured by an fixed taximeter within the taxi. It is not allowed to take more or less for taxi services in Huntsville than stated in the taxi rate.

In Huntsville the following charges are valid

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Distance (per km)

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Standard distances in Huntsville

Here you can calculate several orientation prices for different distances in Huntsville. Please note that these fares do not contain any fees for stand or waiting time.

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The dress was beautiful and perfect. No one, even the pickiest of people had nothing to say and Lily could finally relax. But how to you relax the day after it happens? Well, two good friends of hers have an idea.

After big projects, I always crash. I used this for a model for Lily because that moment when all the tension goes away, there is terrible sense of having to do something but not knowing what to do.

Not Safe For Work

I honestly wasn't going to put in this scene, but it felt right for the characters. Much of it is because Mindil is randier than I originally expected for a character introduced as a sly comment from a good friend.

I do worry that this novel is a bit porny in places. I know what I like to read and there are a few friends who are encouraging me to keep going, so I'm doing it because I like it.

Second-Hand Dresses 42: Breakdown

After all the struggles with Nirih's dress, there was no question Lily would celebrate. What she didn't expect was to wake up with a lover in her bed. One that wasn't Kendrick.

Coming Next

Next up will be Flight of the Scions. I am not planning on posting to Wattpad or Ello for this one, mainly due to lack of feedback and because the platforms won't let me automate posting. I know its a minor thing, but I have so many things going on, I'm finding that the chapters are getting behind. The chapters on the feed because those are automatically scheduled so they happen without me dropping the ball. The Fedran will also pick up any corrections from edit, something that I can't easily update on Wattpad or Ello.


gun control

Rhetorical Miscellany #1: Let’s declare a war on “Let’s declare a war on …”

The ability to make ideas convincing, not on their merits but through their manner of presentation, is both magical and infuriating.

I find it magical because this skill (which was called rhetoric in the classical and medieval world, and is now called, alternately, advertising, public relations, and “communications”) can lodge the most preposterous beliefs in our heads, or lead us to spend money on things for reasons we do not fully understand.

It is magical to me when I consider how Apple in the 1980s and ’90s convinced people they were iconoclasts because they bought a certain brand of mass-produced machine. It is infuriating to me when I see people buying the idea, peddled by gun industry lobbyists, that those of us who don’t own guns are to blame for mass shootings.

When you slow down such arguments, and remove the undercurrent of self-importance or fear that usher them into the mind, their unreason is quickly revealed. A mass-produced object does not make me unique. A plague of weapons does not make us safer. But rhetoric, operating at full power, can make such arguments feel like the truth. This has consequences at the cash register and the ballot box, where we shape our future.

Rhetoric was conceived in the hothouse of ancient greek public oratory, where it was an essential skill for the political class. But in our own time, where the speed and emotional charge of debate are amplified by instantaneous electronic media, and generations of mass audience advertising have influenced how we think, rhetoric has become ubiquitous and taken on godlike powers.

Partly because I like collecting shiny things, and partly in an effort to defend my own sanity and intellectual integrity, I collect rhetorical tactics. I dissect them and try to figure out where their power comes from. Up until now, my collection has lived in notebooks and in my thoughts. I thought I’d share some of my collection here.

First up: “War On …”

The phrase “declare war on” is a sure sign that rhetoric is being deployed. Framing any public issue as a war splits it into a binary conflict with the aim of recruiting you to one of the two sides. (more…)


Visionworks Ophthalmic Dispensing Trainee/Optical Assistant Split in Westwood, Massachusetts

Job Description:

This is a split position where associate will work as both a Ophthalmic Dispensing Trainee and an Optical Assistant. *Assists customers with frame selection, fits and dispenses frames. Utilizing technical information to interpret prescription to assist customer with selection of optical products and services. Essential Responsibilities: 1. Assist each customer in frame and lens selection. 2. Provide customers with accurate product information regarding frames, lens selections and other services. 3. Provide customers covered by Third Party insurance with accurate information regarding benefits to ensure proper selection of frames and lenses. Discuss frames/lens extras and options. Inform the customer of any additional charges not covered by their Third Party insurance coverage. 4. Analyze and interpret patients’ prescriptions. 5. Sell, fit and dispense frames and other accessories through the use of accurate measurements, verification of ordered products and adjustments of various optical products. 6. Maintain a clean and orderly dispensing area. 7. Responsible for the accuracy of patient pricing. 8. Communicate clearly with lab and Optometrist to ensure accuracy of prescription. 9. Maintain license requirements. 10. Adhere to privacy and confidential and proprietary company policies and procedures (i.e. HIPAA). 11. Participate in any/all training and educational activities necessary to fulfill at least the minimum requirements as specified within your departmental goals. This is in addition to, the completion of any activities necessary for the maintenance of professional affiliations or organizational requirements. 12. Diligently maintain the cleanliness of all equipment, workstations and the overall facility on a daily basis. 13. As required by changing business needs, complete additional responsibilities as assigned.*

Education, Experience & Background:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
  • One to Three months’ related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Must meet current state requirements to practice or be enrolled to receive permit within thirty (30) days from the date of hire.

If you are prohibited from working on a government contract, this may disqualify you from consideration for this position.

*HVHC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious beliefs, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability or history of disability, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or disabled veteran, or any other status protected by Federal, state or local law. *

Job Requisition ID: BB25484

Job Title: Ophthalmic Dispensing Trainee/Optical Assistant Split

Job Type: Part-Time

Location: 1268 Westwood, MA

Post Date: 03/16/2018


Life lessons from Psychedelics (lsd)

Firefly and I, both looking for crystal clear clarity from the universe for our future paths in 2017, decided to close out 2016 with psychedelic journeying at Intention, a winter festival. We created sacred space, set our intentions and sealed them by placing a crystal between our held hands and asked for pure white light and only the highest powers to surround us, support us and guide us. We took our lsd tabs and the instant visual I was given was of children lined up to receive communion wafers from the priest. We decided to go to the loving room next door to us which had now been turned into a rave scene with pumping music. After dancing for a bit we ended up at the front of the room by the altar and began playing with the crystals. I picked up a massive clear quartz crystal, my favourite type of crystal and felt the music and the energy pulsing through and from it. I put it to my forehead and Firefly’s and the energy coming off it was immense and pulsed from my 3rd eye to his. We played around with the crystals a bit, checked out the sacred geometry pictures which now had considerable depth to them, like you could get lost in them and danced some more and then settled in the back of the room lying down amongst a pile of cushions. We were transported into a euphoric state almost instantly. A simple touch on the arm I could feel through my entire being, touch amplified to the extreme. I turn to Firefly, “ We just hit the jackpot. We were all prepared for an intense journey,” and all we can hear is “You are in perfect alignment. Your intuition separately and together is flawless. You are shown things and you listen even though nothing makes sense to you according to logic. You dig, and unearth who you really are. You do the work. Now it’s time to have fun kids.” Then we are having the most intense experience, similar to M, but so much richer with incredible depth, a feeling of being completely enveloped and embraced in love, with touch being a completely transcendent experience. We are laughing, just rolling and fully enjoying the ride. We change from flying through the universe at warp speed, to jumping off and through galaxies to diving from one solar system to the next and into infinity, an immensity totally consuming, and then sometimes we would be the same galaxy sharing the same experience and sometimes we would merge, mesh and crossover each other all simultaneously. I have never seen or experienced my divinity so clearly. After all these months of typing my password “limitless” daily trying to taste it, I finally fully felt it and knew in that moment I would never question it again.

Our journey was rudely interrupted. A phone call, family emergency. Groggy bodies rose to deal with the situation. Zoe escorted us back to the cabin and back to another reality. A call was made and an angry hateful voice spewed venom. Something about a wifi password, not even close to an emergency, relief.. and then instant acknowledgement of the situation Firefly was in… a controller was feeling threatened…. familiar with that, I understood… I was reminded that people only operate from their level of consciousness and hurt people hurt people and all I could do was feel the chaos of feelings on the other end of the phone and the whole time I was whispering in Firefly’s ear, “Love, love, love”, this being drilled into me from my experience, when I asked the universe, “What do I do”, the answer always came back as love, no matter what comes back at you, always love. The conversation ended and we laid down in bed. Moments later a shift…. everywhere my mind went there was a mirror showing me what I thought was real wasn’t and everything turned into what can only be described as a personal hell preying on every weakness and block, challenge and limiting belief of mine, which all boiled down to trust and surrender. My rock and grounding Firefly morphs into the devil or a version of him, and I am shown a past life that screams at me that I am in danger from him. I remember this…..Freezer burn. The ultimate final exam in trust and surrender, but this time I hear, “Love, love is the answer. You know this. You titled Zoe’s book for her. I start throwing love left and right chanting love love love and the more love I threw around the more the confusion and chaos dissipated. Firefly returned back to himself and all the challenges, blocks, limiting beliefs and past tramas evaporated like someone in a video game just came in with an AK 47 and annihilated them. I was shown why we are really here on earth and remembered part of that from Freezer Burn, a summer festival I journeyed at, but this time it was much clearer. Every single interaction with any other person or situation is to do with soul development, which is why it is so important to spread love everywhere we go. By showing kindness, taking the time to smile and comment on the cashier’s necklace, opening doors and letting people into our lane when driving we are showing their souls the right direction, the direction away from the chaos and the dark and back into the light where they belong. It may seem like nothing, but that soul will remember and will keep following if not the person than the feeling of love and light that the soul delivered to them, until eventually it finds it’s own path out of the dark. Our souls have many lessons to learn from overcoming guilt, forgiveness, betrayal, love, death, loss, to name a few. Our soul development requires us to learn these lessons however we wouldn’t stay around very long if we had to learn them all in one lifetime so we choose 1 or 2 lessons to learn for each life time. Then when we die/transition, we have a chance to renegotiate and come back as a different physical being and learn more soul lessons or be a guide from above for a bit.

I woke up hours later. My bladder was full and was not taking no for an answer. Firefly was in the same boat. We stood on the deck. I got a visual of unconditional love and then loss coupled with a vision of me walking alone on a very rickety bridge over a lake of fire, a solo venture which looked anything but fun. I looked out and saw how far the bathrooms were and opted for the trees, safer, not as far and less challenging psychologically. We went back to bed. A few hours later we had to pee again, but this time we opted for the bathroom, perhaps more levelheaded this time, I said, “We go together. Don’t leave me no matter what.” Firefly nodded and grabbed my hand. As we walked I could see residue from other dimensions. Situations that didn’t turn out as well, parallel realities, past lives or a glimpse into other dimensions. We kept walking hands clasped together. We made it. I stood outside the bathroom, “You’re coming in with me, not just in the same bathroom in the same stall.” He replies, “I know,” both of us recalling the cold shiver and the rise of hair on the back of our necks and the moment at Freezer Burn where I froze stock solid outside the porta potties sensing something behind me, not someone. As we washed our hands my eyes drifted to the crystals surrounding the sinks that the bathroom crew had purposely left and I noted that the vibration level would be too high for any unwelcome visitors….phew….I commented in gratitude and said, “ Somebody else knows.” Firefly nodded and we headed back to the cabin. Inside he said close your eyes and take my hand. My mind envisioned a mine field of psychological crap to wade through, but I didn’t feel anything and just held onto the hand I trusted. We crawled back into bed chilled from the freezing walk. Curled around one another we were shown unequivocally simultaneously that our primary partners were holding us back from growth, and were shown that life operates like a video game, but instead of levels it works with vibration and like the levels you can only access the stuff on your vibration. The higher the vibration the more awesome the stuff is which comprises of your life. Because Firefly and I both quantum leap we had left our primary partners in the dust. What used to be a fading intermittent radio signal with our primaries was now just static. We were on totally different frequencies and they were no longer right for us to mix and integrate with. In dabbling with the energy of souls in lower vibration ie sex, you end up lowering your vibration and stepping from your divinity into your human brain which can’t make sense of anything because logic tells you security, the status quo and comfort is a far wiser choice if not the best. We were shown that by investing so much time, energy and hope into having those souls come with us that we had compromised our own soul development and that the time had come to choose were we going to continue to prod, plead, and coerce these souls into coming with us while simultaneously throwing our hands up in exasperation and banging our heads against the wall or honour ourselves with self love and take care of our souls’ needs? We had to believe that we were worthy of what we wanted and stop sacrificing ourselves to help other souls, even the ones we were most closely connected to. We were shown how consciously or unconsciously these souls had made a choice to be left behind for the time being and that it was all ok. It wasn’t our fault and Firefly’s and my alignment, synchronicity and connection was divinely guided and that we had the ability to be more than twin souls with a fleeting physical connection peppered throughout our ‘real’ lives, but be transformed into a powerhouse couple if we were to choose ‘in.’ Twin flames are soul buddies because the lessons that one twin is living out and working through is completely mirrored in the other, different characters and situations, but the exact same soul lesson. This creates a connection and a level of understanding between the two which is unmatched as we know what the other is going through because we are experiencing the exact same thing. I turn to Firefly who has just downloaded the exact same information and say to him, “Well we asked for clarity. I don’t think we could have had more confirmation if God came down on a cloud and told us in person our primary relationship contracts were over. He chuckles and agrees. We had ‘collected enough coins’ along the way and successfully learned from our life adventures to achieve the next ‘video game level.’ Immediately our next task was delivered, to leave behind the patterns that stopped us from speaking our truth, the desire to keep the peace, or at least the perception of peace at all costs which both of us had exhibited for all our lives. This new level was fraught with fire pits, mines, cliffs and all manner of obstacles designed to prevent us from completing the level. The stakes had been upped. In the days that followed I saw those previous patterns which had held me back evaporate as I stepped into my knowing and my truth and now felt on firm footing instead of shaky ground. My path and my direction made sense to me and it was enough. I watched Firefly quantum leap again and step fully into his masculine, a new role, one where for the first time in his life he articulated his own direction and took the helm and started to direct his life where he wanted it instead of where others charted it through manipulation and guilt. Now I understand the peace that passes all understanding and I survey my life in complete chaos,the tower fully crumbled completely to the ground the dust still in the air, and all I can feel is free. The chains that bound me, guilt, obligation, ‘should be’s fear and doubt, logic and responsibility that were attached to my wrists by my own volition had now been released, myself the only person who could liberate me. Joy entered my being accompanied by the knowledge that that rainbow that I had been searching for after walking through rainstorm after rainstorm, soaked to the bone, I had now finally found.