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This week’s blockchain project of the week is Cardano blockchain.
Cardano is a blockchain technology platform that is capable of running financial applications currently used every day by individuals, organizations and governments all around the world. The platform is being constructed in layers, which gives the system the flexibility to be more easily maintained and allow for upgrades by way of soft forks. After the settlement layer that will run Ada is complete, a separate computing layer will be built to handle smart contracts, the digital legal agreements that will underpin future commerce and business.
Cardano will also run decentralised applications, or dapps, services not controlled by any single party but instead operate on a blockchain.
Cardano was created in 2017 by blockchain development firm Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), IOHK is run by its CEO Charles Hoskinson, who was also a co-founder of BitShares, Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
Cardano blockchain is written in programming language Haskell. It is exected to run smart contracts with other blockchain features.
ADA cryptocurrency is traded on major cryto exchanges. | 2019-04-19T19:04:54 | https://www.jumpstartblockchain.com/article/what-is-cardano-blockchain/ |
With more than 25 years of experience in organizational and leadership development, strategic planning, facilitation, and coaching, Mary Baker brings a wealth of knowledge and business perspective to each consulting and coaching engagement.
Mary’s experience includes ten years consulting with organizations both for and not for profit including financial institutions, manufacturing, education, faith based, and social services. She led a consulting center at Belmont University's College of Business and was an employee relations officer at SunTrust Bank. Early in her career she served as CEO of Crittenton Services, a teen pregnancy prevention agency. Most recently she has completed nearly seven years as the CEO of Monroe Harding, Inc., a 125-year-old nonprofit providing residential and mental health services to foster children and young adults. | 2019-04-18T11:23:03 | https://www.cnm.org/What-We-Do/AboutCNM/Experts/Mary-Baker |
The SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development is an annual awards scheme designed to identify the most innovative and promising locally led start-up eco-inclusive enterprises in developing and emerging economies. Each SEED Award Winner receives a customised SEED Support Package, which includes the tools and guidance required for an enterprise to emerge from the start-up stage and effectively scale-up. Each SEED Award Winner is selected by our independent SEED International Jury based on the enterprise's potential to scale-up their contributions to poverty eradication and environmental sustainability while leading the transition to a green economy. | 2019-04-25T18:01:22 | https://seed.uno/enterprise-profiles?search_by_keyword_e=&search_by_e_type%5B%5D=1&art_state=1&cck=enterprise_profile&search=enterprises&task=search |
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The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea constitute almost 30% of the West Bank. Nearly 65,000 Palestinians and some 11,000 settlers live there. Although the region serves as the Palestinians’ most significant land reserve, Israel has taken over most of the land with a view to enabling its de facto annexation. Israel also endeavors to minimize Palestinian presence there: barring Palestinians from using 85% of the land, restricting their access to water resources and keeping them from building homes. Israeli authorities are also taking measures to drive out over 50 Palestinian communities across the Jordan Valley, by making their lives intolerable. | 2019-04-21T16:37:33 | https://www.btselem.org/topic/jordan_valley |
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Maid of the Mist This famous boat experience has been taking passengers as close to the Niagara Falls as they can get for more than a century. Be ready to get wet-- guests will make their way into the spray itself!
Niagara Falls Adventure Movie This movie, shown in the "Adventure Theater" on the American side of the Falls examines the lengths humanity's desire to conquer nature has sent us to and answers the question, "Can you really go over Niagara in a barrel?"
In the morning, we will head to Toronto, ON. We will tour this scenic city, stopping at the CN Tower, Casa Loma, Toronto City Hall. This is also where we will spend the night.
We will leave Toronto at 7:00am for the Thousand Islands. When we arrive, we will take a Thousand Islands Cruise.* We will arrive back in Boston at about 8:00pm.
This tour was good. However, we did not see all activities listed on the last day. The tour guide wanted to end our tour at 1:30 pm because two other people book flights at 3 pm, even though the trips details states "Book your trip after 5 pm". The trip was suppose to end at 5 pm. We ended the tour at 3 pm.
I really had a great time with theTake Tour during those 3 days. My tour guy was Jay! He was so nice with me. Everybody in the tour was traveling with their family. I was the only one by myself so he was always worried about me, checking if I was feeling safe during our tour at Niagara Falls and 1000 Island. I was also the only one that spoke English during our tour, so he always tried to make sure if I understood all the information that he was explaining making me feel more comfortable in the group. It was a great experience. I'm from Brazil, and in this trip I learned a lot about United States, Canada and also about China. The restaurant that we went was delicious, the hotel was good too. Just my hair blower in my room that didn't work. That is my second trip with Take Tour. The first one was in 2012 to California, Arizona and Nevada. It is a great way to get to know U.S. It's cheap and fast for who doesn't have too much time to spend traveling. I hope next time I can get my Canada visa to go with you guys to Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Seattle and Vancouver. Thank you for everything!!! | 2019-04-20T14:26:39 | https://m.taketours.com/boston-ma/4-day-niagara-falls-1000-islands-toronto-tour-from-boston-with-airport-transfers-387-1589.html |
Tithee Chakma, student of Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Md. Sahin Khan, alumni & current employee of DIU are now attending “Winter for International Learners & Leaders (WILL 2018)” at Chungnam National University (CNU) in South Korea. CNU WILL is a 2-week short-term program started on 27 December 2018 and will continue until 10 January 2019. The program is designed for international students who will complete an academic course of 3 credits on ‘Asia Business’. They will have opportunities to visit several research institutes in Daedeok Science Town and to enjoy winter sports and experience Korean culture.
Under this program, they are exploring a new country and spending their last day of this year in the rich culture of South Korea! Chungnam National University (CNU) is one of Top 5 National Universities in South Korea and an active Partner university of DIU since last few years. | 2019-04-20T12:37:11 | http://blog.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/md-sahin-khan-alumni-current-employee-of-diu-are-now-attending-winter-for-international-learners-leaders-will-2018/ |
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Use of natural light, good floor and wall tiles, a bit of work on the ceiling and giving a trendy look to that unused window can give a complete makeover to your bathroom. It’s easier to work on large bathrooms than on smaller ones. The latter require innovative concepts to make optimum use of space and light to give a completely new look to your bathroom. For instance, a glass block window could work great with natural stone look tiles. The usual choices for bathroom tiles are marble, mosaic, glass, ceramic or porcelain. Choose according to your requirement and budget. The idea is to give a spacious look which is achieved with wall-hung sanitair. Do away with the shower with a floor bathtub. Use the same tiles on wall and floor to give a continuous feel to the space and you have a spacious small bathroom.
In case you have a large bathroom then there is a lot more scope to do something experimental, like a theme remodelling. The designers will give you the look and feel of the place you’d like to be in. Do you prefer a spa like look? Then the wall tiles adjacent to the bathtub can be where the design starts and spreads across the entire wall. The floor tiles and the mirror have to match the theme as well. A pristine white theme can be achieved with the help of marbles. A traditional bathroom can have marbles and black granite theme on the walls and floor. Contemporary small bathrooms can have graphic designs, mosaic tiles, a large mirror and a curtained shower area. Badkamer renovatie is all about digging out innovative concepts.
If there’s enough space, you can also design separate dressing areas for two users. Trendy designs can give your bathroom remodelling a completely different appeal. The thing to remember is that a bathroom should be functional. This is the first criteria. Then we have aesthetics and other factors. Make a sketch of how you want your bathroom to be. Then decide on the sanitary fixtures and the budget. Then the installers will survey and submit a project estimate. After you come to an agreement regarding the work order, the work for renovation starts. Tearing down what was installed and starting from the scratch allows a lot more scope to work.
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What is the graph of #y=sin^2 x#?
Something important to recognize, if you compare this to the graph of #y=cos^2(x)#,(http://socratic.org/questions/what-is-the-graph-of-y-cos-2-x) you can see one is simply the negative of the other.
What are common mistakes students make with sinusoidal graphs?
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What is the graph of #y=cos^-1x#? | 2019-04-21T02:57:05 | https://socratic.org/questions/what-is-the-graph-of-y-sin-2-x |
Fall is upon us, and with that comes the “Meet The Cast” releases for all of your favorite shows. Next up is The Amazing Race, embarking on its 19th Season of racing around the world with host Phil Keoghan. There are a few familiar faces this season and once again, a great mixture of people. You’ll recognize Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca, two former winners of Survivor. You’ll also meet an Olympic snowboardering pair, twin sisters, an ex-NFL tight end, gay flight attendants (that are domestic partners), and the youngest person to ever sail around the world alone. That’s pretty “amazing” in itself!
This season, teams will face a new penalty called the “Hazard,” which will impact one Team’s future on the Race right from the beginning. Teams will first depart from Southern California onto their first destination, Taipei, Taiwan. Those that make it past the first leg will find themselves in an 8th Century Buddhist temple in Indonesia, riding elephants through the rain forests of Thailand, and racing for their lives when they find out they’ll be facing the series first ever Double Elimination. I love that they’re introducing some new twists!
“The Amazing Race” premieres Sunday, September 25th at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Check out the teams below and vote for who your favorite is!
I think they’ll be a force to be reckoned with. Both in shape and one of them is a project manager, so perhaps they’ll be able to apply their works skills & abilities to the tasks they’ll face. Oh, and Ernie is cute!
Also a great pairing I think. A doctor obviously has the smarts and patience. Speaking of patience, Jennifer is a special ed teacher which would also give her a lot of patience as well. Hopefully they aren’t the kind of siblings that fight all the time.
Aww look at these cute twins! Twins always have an advantage because they know each other so well. What each of their skills and abilities are, as well as the second half of their sentences. I should know – my brothers are twins.
Yay, a gay couple! Not only do I think these guys will have the ambition to get to the end, but their experience in traveling as a profession will certainly help them in making wise decisions with flights, etc. Go team gay!
Who doesn’t love some “celebrity reality stars” to get thrown into the mix. As winners of Survivor, these two are pretty much the biggest threat in the game. These guys need to get U-Turned at the first opportunity!
These two are so adorable! Of course they have their age as something that may work against them, but I think they won’t be as high strung as some of the others which is often the downfall of a team. Just two highschool sweethearts embarking on the adventure of a lifetime!
Well these two certainly will have what it takes physically, being former Olympians. Also, I think they have the “chill” factor meaning that I don’t think that they’ll be at each other’s throats either. Whenever you can eliminate that flaw from a team, it’s huge edge for them.
These two seem like they’ll work together well, given their success to date in the NFL and in business. I don’t know much about them otherwise, but they seem pretty gung-ho and perhaps a good team for others to align with.
Gotta throw those showgirls & cocktail waitresses in the mix, don’t you CBS! They seem to love this profession when selecting new people for their reality shows. Anyway, they seem pretty in shape and could be a good team as long as they are prepared to face a world outside of the bubble that is Las Vegas.
I love a father/son team! What a once in a lifetime experience it is go through something like this witha parent or child. I think they could make it far, as they’ll compliment each others’ skills well.
I can’t seem to indentify which team will be the one that fights all the time, so I’m going to go with this one. I could be completely wrong, but there has to be one in every cast LOL.
Vote for who you are routing for below!
The Amazing Race 19: Which Are You Cheering On? | 2019-04-18T23:03:40 | http://www.homorazzi.com/article/the-amazing-race-19-cast-profiles-pictures-ethan-zohn-jenna-morasca-snowboarders-football-sailer-twins-survivor-winners/ |
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This brand new development of just 10 very spacious 3 bed ground floor and penthouse apartments is located just a few minutes walk from the town centre of the popular modern coastal town of Pilar De La Horadada. Whilst located in a quiet residential area the main high street with a great choice of shops, bars, restaurants and services is just about a 300m walk away. The town also has a fantastic public sports village with football pitches, bowling green, indoor swimming pool, climbing wall, multi-use courts, gym and tennis courts as well as all the usual amenities and services you would expect such as schools, medical centres, parks and leisure facilities.
The fantastic Lo Romero Golf Club & Resort is just a 5 minute drive and the beautiful golden sandy beaches of Torre De La Horadada and Mil Palmeras are around 3.5km away. In addition, the beaches and natural park of San Pedro Del Pinatar on the Mar Menor Sea with its famous therapeutic, mud baths and pink flamingo breading grounds are also just a 5 minute drive away. 2 seas and 2 beach resorts both within a 5 minute drive!
The properties consist of large open plan living areas with modern fitted kitchen, 3 double bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. All the apartments feature huge outside spaces with the ground floors having large private gardens & terraces and the penthouse properties huge 75m2 to 90m2 private roof solariums. All the apartments come complete with all kitchen appliances, LED lighting, fully furnished bathrooms with underfloor heating, a choice of kitchen units as well as a large choice of top quality Porcelanosa floor and wall tiles throughout. The development is gated and each property has the use of the large communal pool and gardens.
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Firefighter Edward Lindemulder suffered from permanent, irreversible chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The City of Naperville, Illinois put Lindemulder on medical leave because his COPD prevented him from performing the essential functions of his job.
Lindemulder applied for line-of-duty or occupational disease disability benefits. He claimed his COPD was caused or exacerbated by his exposure to diesel fumes at the fire station or to fire smoke.
The board denied Lindemulder’s request, but did award a non-duty pension. The board ruled “that any alleged on-duty incidents or exposures did not cause or contribute to plaintiff’s [Lindemulder’s] disability, which instead was caused by cigarette smoking.” Lindemulder requested review of the board’s decision. But the trial court agreed with the board, so Lindemulder appealed.
The applicable standard of review depends upon whether the issue is one of fact, one of law, or a mixed question of law and fact … We will reverse a ruling on a question of fact if it is against the manifest weight of the evidence … We review questions of law de novo and mixed questions of law and fact under the “clearly erroneous” standard … The examination of the legal effect of a given set of facts is what requires review under the “clearly erroneous” standard … Here, in finding that plaintiff’s disability was the result of cigarette smoking and that no on-duty incidents or exposures caused or contributed to his disability, the Board ruled on questions of fact. Accordingly, our review is whether the Board’s decision was against the manifest weight of the evidence.
In the end, the appellate court affirmed the decision of the board. Read the whole case, Lindemulder v. Board of Trustees of the Naperville Firefighters’ Pension Fund, No. 2-10-0063 (3/8/11). | 2019-04-25T18:33:53 | https://www.illinoisappellatelawyerblog.com/cigarettesmoking_firefighters/ |
MAN CITY TEAM NEWS: Manchester City take on Leicester this evening in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Pep Guardiola’s men travel to the King Power Stadium to take on the Foxes as they bid to defend the trophy they won last season.
The Spaniard has indicated that he will field a strong side for the match, with a number of key players injured right now, but a few youngsters are still likely to feature.
David Silva is out until early January with a hamstring problem, while Benjamin Mendy won’t return until February as he recovers from a knee injury.
Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is still out with a ruptured Achilles so Aru Muric should play for the third consecutive Carabao Cup clash.
Danilo (knock) and John Stones (knee) could both return to the line-up though after brief lay-offs, and Kevin De Bruyne will definitely start for the first time since his second knee injury of the season.
Sergio Aguero is also ready to start after a groin injury forced him out for the past couple of weeks.
Aymeric Laporte could be rested with Vincent Kompany coming in, with Oleksandr Zinchenko likely to play at left-back.
In cental midfield, Ilkay Gundogan could play the Fernandinho role, with the Brazilian having been overworked this season and plenty more Premier League games coming up.
Phil Foden should get a start after impressing against Hoffenheim last week, and Raheem Sterling is also likely to play after being benched at the weekend.
Brahim Diaz may not be involved, with the youngster rumoured to be moving to Real Madrid next month. | 2019-04-18T10:20:42 | https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/748739/Manchester-City-team-news-line-up-injury-suspensions-Carabao-Cup-Leicester-quarter-finals |
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How much is your annual federal income (in thousands)?
Answer: Your salary is used to determine your federal annuity for retirement as well as used in determining premium cost of FEGLI.
What is your SCD/Hire Date?
Answer: If you did not start in a career position, your service date will be the date that you began your career service. This date is used to determine your eligibility for retirement.
Answer: In order to generate your benefit analysis, we need to know the approximate date that you expect to retire.
How much do you estimate your TSP balance to be?
Answer: Your TSP balance affects the growth of your TSP dollar amount. Your balance may increase or decrease depending on your fund selections.
What percentage or amount from your income you are putting in TSP?
Answer: The government can contribute up to 5% of your salary to the TSP each pay period, as follows: 1% agency automatic contribution paid whether or not you are contributing to the TSP. A dollar-for-dollar match on the first 3% of your salary that you contribute each pay period.
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Answer: Postal Employee’s do not pay the same premiums for life insurance or medical insurance.
Do you have Option A?
Do you have Option B?
Answer: Option B is additional coverage that will increase your death benefit up to (1) one,(2) two, (3) three,(4) four, or (5) five times your basic annual pay. In choosing this election your cost of premium will increase.
Did you choose Option C for your spouse?
Answer: You may choose Option C to provide your spouse with life insurance. You may choose (1) one, (2) two, (3) three, (4) four or (5). These options provide different coverage amounts for the death benefit. All eligible family members are automatically covered.
Did you choose Option C for a dependent?
Answer: You may choose Option C to provide your dependent(s) with life insurance. You may choose (1) one, (2) two, (3) three, (4) four or (5). These options provide different coverage amounts for the death benefit All eligible family members are automatically covered.
About how many unused sick leave hours do you have?
Answer: Your unused sick time affects the dollar amount of your federal annuity upon retirement. Any unused sick time remaining on the day you retire is added as service time in the federal annuity calculation. | 2019-04-22T20:39:15 | https://www.ffeba.com/benefit-analysis/ |
The original Serro SCOTTY factory, circa 1960, which was located near the Irwin exit of the Pennsylvania Turnkpike.
The idea for SCOTTY trailers was born on the fourth of July in 1956 on the back of a calendar. John Serro, then a 55 year-old retired auto dealership owner, was on a weekend trip and bad weather prevented him from enjoying outdoor activities. Instead, he had a vision and immediately sketched it out: a bed, sink, two-burner stove and dinette all tucked into a 13 ft. long trailer that would fit in an average garage.
When he returned, he built his first trailer, and it was an immediate hit with consumers. Partnering with his son-in-law Joe Pirschl, he opened a factory in Irwin, PA, near the Pittsburgh regional area, and started a business that would grow to be a household name.
Some Serro SCOTTY travel trailer memoriabilia featuring the Scotty dog mascot, still in use by Mobile Concepts.
Joe Pirschl’s daughter, Anne Degre, joined the family business in 1990 and discovered a niche for what is now known as the SCOTTY Fire Safety House. Fire departments and other groups of first responders were in need of the company’s expertise in building lightweight trailers, so they could take fire prevention and safety education directly to their communities.
The fire that destroyed the Serro SCOTTY factory in 1997.
On April 17, 1997, the company’s 45,000 square-foot factory in Irwin burned to the ground. Determined to endure, employees and owners were back to work in a temporary location 25 days later. The company’s name was changed to Mobile Concepts by Scotty in 2001 to reflect a new focus on engineering, designing and manufacturing specialty trailers. The company has grown to specialize in task-specific vehicles and trailers for everything from fire departments to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Anne Degre, CEO of Mobile Concepts and whose grandfather and father started the Serro SCOTTY business, with her family.
In late 2014, the “by Scotty” was replaced with “Specialty Vehicles” to better portray the company’s expertise. For more than 6 decades, the Scotty brand has been- and will continue to be- a trusted name. The Scotty dog emblem is still used in the logo and still stands for family, value and integrity. | 2019-04-18T17:10:45 | https://mobileconcepts.com/about-us/company-history/ |
The Sales executive is the key point of contact between a Dream Hotels & Resorts properties and their assigned properties towards the allocated client base: they would need to be able to answer queries, offer advice, provide solutions and introduce new products. Their work includes: full account management – scheduling sales calls, demonstrating and presenting products with the key mandate of revenue generation for all Dream Hotels & Resorts properties within a prescribed area and market segments.
government, local government and corporates within the region.
Niche – mountain biking and schools within the region.
The promotion of weddings within the area and community.
There will also be a large element of cross selling within the region of other properties.
Ability to prioritize workload and juggle multiple tasks.
Ability to analyse data and show it in a meaningful way.
We at 1fourall recruitment are looking for 1X salesman/women with their own transport to join our business in Durban.
Duties & Requirements: 3 years relevant experience, directly interfacing with clients and providing general administrative support services. Typing, computer literacy (Advanced MS Office, Contract Creation & Procurement system). Contact Taylor-Made Recruitment. Contact hours from 9am – 4pm. Fax us your CV: 086 665 2050 We do not charge candidate fees. We will use your information from our data base for future vacancies.
Education: Relevant Degree DiplomaExperience: Experience of 3+ YearsReference: RDSJob Description: Do you find yourself talking to random strangers about the most random things? Can you influence people without having to die trying, let’s have chat, send your CV and get that job that will have you meeting some real interesting peopleRequirements: Relevant Degree Experience of 3+ YearsEssential Skills and Requirements:• Managing communication between the client and the design development teams.• Assisting the creation of client proposals cost estimates as part of the sales pitching process• Responsibility for multiple clients, retention and care• Deployment & management of Internal Team Tasks & Jobs• Proactively up-selling additional digital services to your clients• Ensure all client jobs are in place, client invoices are prepared and that pricing is captured correctly• Communicate client feedback in a positive manner with fellow employees & ensure tasks are completed in time• Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) (Expert), basic Internet technologies (HTML, CSS) and Microsoft ProjectEmail your CV to [email protected]. You can also contact any of the consultants Reana, Caren, Liezl, Lisa, Jessica or Christie on 021 555 0952 or alternatively visit our website at http: www.goldmantech.co.zaCorrespondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Education: Bachelor of Science DegreeExperience: 3 yearsReference: LFJob Description: My client in Durban is looking for a talented PHP Web Developer. If you meet the below requirements, send us your CV today to avoid missing out on an opportunity of a lifetime!Key Requirements:• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science Similar Qualification • Java Certification • Minimum 3 years’ experience Minimum Requirements:• Sublime Text or Similar IDE (expert).• Apache (Web Servers)• Chrome Inspector (Expert)• Version control – Git • Basic HTML and CSS• Ability to build and integrate APIs• FTP and SSHPermanentDurbanShould you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to [email protected] or alternatively, visit our website on www.goldmantech.co.za. You can also contact Liezl on 021 555 0952. Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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Are You Looking To Change Your Career And Put Your Skills To Use?
Are you looking to change your career and put your sales skills to use? Are you looking to work alongside energetic and positive people? Do you believe you get out of life what you put in? Do you believe it’s vital to enjoy your work? Do you believe you should like the team you work with? Do you believe it’s okay to look for the positive in a bad situation? Then this opportunity may be for you! We’re looking for exciting, outgoing, honest people with a passion for sales, teaching and training and customer service to fill sales leader positions. Requirements: * Excellent communication skills * Great attitude Positive outlook * Desire to be recognised for your achievements * Team-oriented and driven to achieve goals * Able to work independently, self-generating * Matric or the equivalent qualification SEND YOUR CV TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION! Our interview process involves a 20-minute first round interview, which is a brilliant chance to find out more about the company. If you are suitable for this position, we will contact you to set up an interview. | 2019-04-18T20:21:34 | http://www.youneed.co.za/jobs/jobs-kwazulu-natal/jobs-in-durban/ |
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The current pattern across Europe is becoming quite dynamic as a deep trough pushed into the unsually warm Mediterranean last night. The trough is transforming into an upper low today. This will be the focus for dangerous weather this week, with locally huge amounts of rainfall across the southern Mediterranean region and therefore an enhanced threat for damaging flash floods and landslides.
Today’s pattern across Europe indicates a strong upper ridge across the eastern Atlantic and western Europe while a deep trough is pushed across the Scandianvia into the northeastern Europe. A pronounced upper low develops over the Mediterranean with an associated surface cyclone / frontal system slowly moving south towards the northern Africa.
On Thursday, the ridge across the western Europe expands also into central Europe as a deep trough over the eastern Europe ejects into the western Russia. An upper low pushes over the southern Mediterranean.
The overall pattern will be conductive for severe weather, especially an extreme amount of rainfall resulting from both convective and orographic rainfall. Various models (GFS, ARPEGE, ICON-EU, HRRR) suggest locally 150-300 mm or even more rainfall will be possible until Friday evening (72 hours period) across parts of southern Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia, as well as Malta, northern Algeria and Tunisia. Such amounts of rainfall are likely going to produce flash floods and dangerous weather conditions along the complex terrain.
The extreme amount of rainfall will result from severe storms developing in moderately sheared and unstable southern Mediterranean region.
Here are 24-hour rainfall accumulations simulated by www.youmeteo.com model.
Stay alert for dangerous flash floods conditions and stay tuned for further updates! | 2019-04-18T22:58:23 | http://www.severe-weather.eu/mcd/excessive-rainfall-threat-for-southern-italy-sardinia-sicily-northern-algeria-and-tunisia-this-week/ |
Hi! This post is for anyone that would like to help others reach their health goals by becoming a Certified Health Coach.
* Do you see yourself as someone who has a passion for health & wellness?
* Do you post health nuggets on social media to get the word out?
* Do you believe there is a better, more natural (and Biblical) way to help people get well and stay well?
mentor of mine. She’s the Founder of PraiseMoves Fitness and the Certified Health Coach Institute, and she has written numerous books and articles about health & wellness.
BE SURE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU WERE REFERRED BY [ARLETIA MAYFIELD]. | 2019-04-20T05:00:17 | http://www.thepropheticscribe.org/become-a-certified-health-coach-with-a-biblical-worldview/ |
Shipston on Stour and District Angling Club will be holding a fly fishing day on Saturday 9th June 2018. The day is aimed at an introduction to fly fishing on the river Stour.
There will be qualified instructors running the day and will feature casting instruction, river fishing techniques demonstrations, watercraft and entomology and fly selection.
The Warwickshire Stour while not know for it's trout fishing holds a good head of wild trout and has good fly life. It is by no means an easy river but would certainly be of interest to anyone looking for some river trouting in the Warwickshire and north Oxfordshire areas.
Cost for the day is £70 and includes one years membership to the Shipston on Stour and District Angling Club and is run on a 'non profit' basis. Places are limited so please contact me for more details. | 2019-04-24T13:59:52 | https://andygreyflyfishing.com/shipston |
Since 2010, every Saturday morning from October thru May we have been distributing a bagged lunch and a beverage to about 80 people in the parking field of the local Home Depot.
Those we serve stand seeking work in the cold, in the heat, in the rain and in the snow. Everyone is welcome to join us every Friday evening at 7:30 P.M. as we prepare the sandwiches and on Saturday morning at 7:30 A.M. as we distribute the food. | 2019-04-20T12:24:14 | http://stpaulhempstead.org/ministries-organizations/weekly-food-run |
It's time to put the fun and romance back into flying!
Fly ‘low and slow’ on a classic DC3 airliner and see New Zealand our way – this is an adventure like no other!
Your air tour DC3 ‘ZK-DAK’ (operated by ‘Fly DC3 NZ’) is one of only a few in the world to hold a full ‘Airline Operating Certificate’. So make the most of this amazing opportunity – let our professional flight crew and tour director show you New Zealand from a refreshingly different perspective! Stay in luxury hotel accommodation each night (with most meals included) and enjoy plenty of fascinating ground sightseeing along the way. This is small group touring at it’s very best – fun, sociable and exciting.
With only 24 passengers per tour, seats are limited. Don’t miss out – choose your tour and book today! | 2019-04-19T22:45:33 | https://www.pacifictrailways.co.nz/shop/DC3+Tours.html |
Please note, effective November 26, 2018, Simcoe Trauma Recovery Clinic will be permanently located at 15 Gallie Court, Suite 110, Barrie. (Directions here). Our new offices are located in the brand new Quarry Ridge medical building, directly beside our former offices. We are excited to welcome you to our brand new, permanent facility!
According to the Centre for Suicide Prevention – Suicide Prevention Toolkit (2015), one in five first responders are affected by trauma.
Imagine being an everyday hero – a firefighter, paramedic, police officer, or rescue unit – and having to experience being the first on the scene of a horrific accident, assault, suicide or murder... These events can be extremely traumatic to witness and be a part of. This trauma doesn't just fade away once you leave the scene. Often times the memories linger for weeks, months and years after, haunting you over and over again. You might even feel some blame for what took place, perhaps thinking you could have done something more to help prevent the victim's pain. These traumatic memories can often compound and become a major hinderance to a first responder, and over time morph into serious mental illness; depression, anxiety, extreme anger, isolation, post-traumatic stress disorder, and thoughts of suicide are common.
Here at STRC, we specialize in helping people process through traumatic events, and come out the other side healthier and happier. With our methods of EMDR and psychotherapy, we can assist you in breaking down the walls of fear, sadness and regret that are linked to those traumatic events, and help you be you again.
It's not too late. If you are suffering, or know someone who is, please reach out to us. We are here to help. | 2019-04-20T16:35:06 | https://strc.ca/blog |
On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown, African-American, was shot to death by Darren Wilson, 28, white, a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of Saint Louis.
Brown, a large young man, had stolen a box of cigars from a convenience store in Ferguson. Wilson was patrolling in the area, crossed paths with Brown, and they had a confrontation, which resulted in Wilson shooting Brown six times.
At the core of the Ferguson civil fiasco were these two questions: Did Brown instigate the shooting by physically aggressing Wilson, putting Wilson in fear of his life? Or did Wilson act "too hastily" and pump six rounds into Brown, senselessly ending the young man's life?
Needless to say, investigators and prosecutors commenced sifting through the evidence "to separate fact from fiction" and get to the truth.
Nov. 24, 2014, around 8:30 p.m., a news bulletin interrupted regular TV shows: The bulletin aired to announce, live, to the nation the verdict in the Aug. 9, 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. On the news bulletin, St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch, white, told a national audience Ferguson policeman Wilson "would not face charges for fatally shooting" Michael Brown.
As mentioned, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, black, weighed in on the shooting death of Michael Brown, and charges were not brought against Officer Darren Wilson. This indicates to me Wilson didn't go to the crime scene with the intention of killing a black man. Instead, he got caught up in a situation and acted in self-defense.
A major reason for me believing Wilson acted in self-defense is some original "eyewitnesses" claimed Wilson shot Brown in the back as Brown attempted to flee from Wilson. However, after all evidence was gathered and examined, Prosecutor McCulloch said the same evidence forensically supported the fact Brown had been shot only in the front, not in the back.
Sadly enough, I wager the looting, demonstrating, and civil unrest will continue in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as all across the country, for some time to come.
Though some protesters are genuinely upset (particularly Michael Brown's family and friends), I think it is high time we examine what, I feel, is at the very core of racial problems such as the ongoing one in Ferguson, Missouri: Plain and simple, some blacks hate all whites, and some whites hate all blacks . . . regardless the facts!
These "race-haters," as I call them - black and white, from the East Coast to the West Coast, and all places in-between - spend a majority of their existence just waiting for an excuse to go off on another race. From my perspective, it has nothing to do with how fairly or wrongly their particular race is treated by another race. Rather, it has everything to do with them having an excuse to vent their own viral hatred!
Of a somewhat lighter note, I heard a real estate agent say something to the effect of, If they don't settle down, the price of land in Ferguson, Missouri will be down to nothin' . . . won't be able to give it away.
Apply the real estate agent's sentiment to America as a whole. Scary, isn't it? | 2019-04-22T06:08:45 | http://www.cannoncourier.com/vinson-ferguson-mo-and-price-of-land-cms-13251 |
Not since the Japanese first stormed the Paris scene, in 1983, has the Far East been such a preoccupation of the fashion flock—both in terms of trends (Roberto Cavalli's Ming vase prints) and business (new stores in China and/or Japan from Prada, Giorgio Armani, and Louis Vuitton). That's good timing for Tsumori Chisato, a designer who is "big in Japan" and now starting to make inroads into the Western market.
A graduate of Tokyo's renowned Bunka Fashion College, Chisato started working in 1977 for Issey Miyake, who helped her launch her own line in 1990. She first brought her collection to Paris in 2003 and has been quietly building street cred with cool girls in Los Angeles and New York. Her fall collection stayed faithful to her aesthetic, which is print-heavy with a healthy dose of manga/bohemian cuteness. The show took wing with the first look, an owl-appliqué minidress, and closed with homey quilted frocks that tied into the vague Bloomsbury theme at play throughout. There were a number of pretty dresses: some dramatic with pile stripes, a requisite velvet number, and others with tree appliqués and a patchwork of fun, flirty prints. The second look was a simple white pinafore that recalled Peter Pan's Wendy—and served as a reminder that, for every governess that came down the runways this season, there is a corresponding youthful charge. Chisato is ready to dress her. | 2019-04-21T12:17:08 | https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2005-ready-to-wear/tsumori-chisato |
The eligibility, type and methods of awarding prizes should be resolved before the Grad Night event. The Prize committee should resolve who is eligible, what types of prizes, and how the prizes will be awarded.
Incentive Prizes: Awarded during the year to entice the graduates to attend Grad Night.
Game and Contest Prizes: Awarded to entice the graduates to try the Games/Contests.
Door Prizes: Awarded as an incentive to come to the Grad Night.
Grand Prize: A high value prize awarded as an incentive to stay the entire night.
Random Prizes: Prizes given randomly to make Grad Night more exciting and fun.
Grad Night Favors: Inexpensive prizes given to all graduates.
Inexpensive Item (CD player, portable telephone, answering machine, etc.).
Carnival and Games of Chance prizes should not be high-value items. Ensure the prize awards are setup to prevent the appearance of gambling. Keep in mind that some graduates will not (or are not allowed to) participate in the games of chance.
GAMBLING MUST NOT BE A PART OF THE GRAD NIGHT EVENT.
Some Grad Nights give raffle tickets as prizes for the games of chance. The raffle tickets are then entered into a special drawing at the end of the night to win prizes.
Some Grad Nights give "funny" money or Grad Bucks as prizes. The "funny" money is redeemed at a prize store or silent auction. "Funny" money prizes should be of equal value to discourage the graduates from playing the games of chance for the sole purpose of trying to get an item of high value.
These prizes encourage participation in the various contests such as dance contests, hula-hoop, limbo, lip sync, Guest-How-Many, and photo identification.
Anytime the contest winner is a team of two or more persons, be sure to give individual prizes. Just because two people competed together doesn't mean that they will share the prize.
Consider giving inexpensive consolation prizes for non-winners of carnival games. Some businesses give product samples or ad products suitable for consolation prizes (soft drink coupons, model kits, cosmetics, product samples, etc.).
Door prizes are typically large value items, which all graduates are equally eligible to win. Grad Nights typically award door prizes at the end of the party and require the winner to be present to win.
The Grand Prize is typically a high value item (s), which all graduates are equally eligible to win. Grad Nights typically select the Grand prizes winners at the end of the party and require the winner to be present to win.
Give a prize to every 10th, 50th, and/or 300th graduate to arrive.
Give a prize to the first 50 or 100 graduates to arrive.
Give prizes to those who find certain "items" at Grad Night (marked cup, chair, etc.).
Some schools design a grid on a page of the graduate's passport. Each square is for a certain area of Grad Night (like the casino). The graduates with the most squares filled in with a verification stamp from each area win a prize.
Inexpensive favors are fun. The idea is for every graduate to leave with something.
Yo-Yos Glow Necklaces Grad Night T-shirts key chains Grad Night mugs Grad Night hats "Goodie" bags (containing product samples, candy, gum, toothbrush and toothpaste, pencils, balloons, etc.).
Give incentive prizes to entice graduates to purchase tickets before the Grad Night.
Award door prizes all night but distribute them only at the end of the Grad Night. The graduates must be present in order to claim the prizes.
Hold the drawing for the Grand prizes as the very last event of the Grad Night.
Give at least one Grad Night favor to each attendee.
Give no prizes at all. It's always fun to have a chance to win something!
Have a door prize for all attendees. This is not needed or expected by graduates.
Word to the Wise: It is possible to order customized items inexpensively. Consider joining with other schools to order items more cost effectively. Items might say "Class of", or "Grad Night All Night", etc. Some of the more reasonable items are pens, pencils, sun visors, Frisbees, mugs, and stadium cups.
Purchased from catalogs, warehouse stores, military exchanges, wholesalers, retailers, etc.
Donated by the community, family and friends, local clubs, religious organizations, local merchants, the media, professionals, government agencies, corporations, etc.
Ensure your prize committee resolves the following questions before Grad Night. These can be very difficult decisions for each committee to make depending on the differing philosophies of the committee members.
When will prizes be given?
Must graduates be present to win the prizes?
Will "guests" (like spouses, foreign exchange graduates, etc.) be allowed to win prizes?
How many door or grand prizes can one individual win?
Will cash be given as a prize?
How will unclaimed prizes be handled?
Publicize the rules for prize eligibility to the graduates, parents and volunteers.
Don't start the final Grand Prize drawing until all activities have been closed down and all graduates are in the area.
If cash will be given post-date checks or mail checks to winners.
Remember that Scholarships are typically more of a prize for parents of the graduates who will be paying the college bills. A scholarship is also of little value to graduates who do not intend to go onto college.
Provide a safe and secure storage area for the prizes. The prizes should be visible but securely stored.
Consider announcing winners on the PA system and/or a billboard with names displayed.
Consider putting a "From" tag on donated prizes so graduates will know who donated them. Some schools print thank you notes and have the winners sign them. The committee then mails them to the donors immediately following the celebration.
The question of favoritism usually arises anytime tickets are drawn. One way to eliminate this is to put the names of the prizes in one container and the names of the graduates in another. Draw one ticket from each container.
Consider allowing each graduate who stays until the end of the Grad Night an opportunity to pull one piece of real money from a moneybox as they exit the facility. Denominations could range from $1 to $50. | 2019-04-23T20:39:11 | https://www.gradnight.org/grad_night_manual.php?c=24 |
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You’re probably wondering why you need financing….
If you’re about to start a franchise, you’ve made a great move. You will have the independence and flexibility of a small business owner with the infrastructure and support of a large corporation. Generally, a franchise comes with a fair share of fees.
It is possible that you may not have planned for the capital to cover the franchise costs that you weren’t planning for. You’ll probably want to check out your franchise financing options. There are several franchise lending guides to assist you in weighing your options. You and your team will have to review each one to determine the best course of action.
Franchisees have to cover the startup costs. That’s where franchise lending comes in. Luckily, there are business loans that you can use to start or grow your franchise. There are options out there for potential franchise owners regarding how to cover expenses. 2 Touch POS™ does have a qualification process. We carefully review your financial status because we want you to be able to afford the 90 day start up that is necessary to begin your business.
When you add up all these fees, the cost of starting and running your franchise can be steep. To cover these costs, you can take out a variety of small business loans to finance your franchise.
As always connect with us to learn more about this exciting opportunity!
When you are ready; you will complete the qualification form. | 2019-04-22T10:48:47 | http://franchise.2touchpos.com/FAQs/FranchiseFinancing.aspx |
US-65 to Hwy. 76 Exit, left on 76 to stoplight at Fall Creek Rd, turn left, to Wildwood, turn right, follow Wildwood to hotel on the right.
Spacious suites with full kitchens, living area with sleeper sofas and separate bedrooms. | 2019-04-21T17:02:52 | https://members.bransonchamber.com/list/member/residence-inn-by-marriott-1703.htm |
Karen has taught writing workshops at Mendocino College, College of the Redwoods, the Redwood Coast Senior Center and at the Mendocino Cancer Resource Centers. At Mendocino's Kelley House Museum, writers excavated local history. With support from California Poets in the Schools, the Arts Council of Mendocino County’s GASP program, and the Mendocino County Office of Education, Karen leads hands-on creative writing workshops at K-12 schools and after-school programs. She is a 7-time recipient of California Arts Council – Artists in Schools grant awards.
Try a haiku hike or a deeper dive into poetic form while crafting sonnets, fractured sonnets, chants, prose poems, or the ever-popular free verse. Turn real life into fiction, memoir, flash, or hybrid literary expressions. Contact Karen to set up a workshop. Ready-to-roll creative writing lessons now available free to classroom teachers! | 2019-04-22T18:49:02 | https://www.wordjourneys.org/workshops-events |
I have been through several hurricanes and natural disasters. I have seen weeks without access to our office and I have even helped haul servers down flights of stairs so that we could get offices set up and operational.
There was one thing that I did not worry about at all. I never lost a minute’s sleep over our data or how soon our office could be up and running. In fact, there were moments that I was logged in working during the middle of the hurricane. This is the benefit of cloud computing. We have no redundant servers. No backups. In fact, we have no servers in our office. Nothing to haul down stairs or set up in a remote location. No, we aren’t a small firm. Over 100 people potentially affected by Harvey.
Today I had our Chief Administrative Officer, Emily Mazey and our Employee Experience Officer, Amanda Shook, look into missed time for the week and encourage our team to take advantage of the federal benefits for disaster unemployment. They did. They came back to me and said “Wes, people worked all week. They weren’t unemployed, there are hours charged to clients, the work never stopped”. Wow. We got something right. We were in the cloud. Our team was able to carry on in the midst of the worst hurricane in decades and a flood that was deemed to be a “500 year flood”.
Microsoft 365, in the cloud, gave us uninterrupted email, chat and calendar services.
Our Brand Experience Officer Catherine Seitz and Partner Stan Raines set up a text messaging system for us to communicate and assist others. The communication lines were open.
CCH Engagement and Quickbooks were both hosted in military grade data centers that never went down.
It is a textbook case study for cloud based computing. If you aren’t going to change because it is just the smartest and most efficient way to do business, then consider it for this #1 reason. When a natural disaster strikes, you will be prepared. Your disaster recovery plans will look like ours, a laptop. You are covered.
There was one guy who wasn't stressing over disaster recovery. Our internal IT guy, Cory Dial. Can you picture the Maytag repair man? That’s Cory. Cory is important to our organization, but he can focus on service and strategy. | 2019-04-22T22:22:24 | http://www.pumpjack.me/news/harvey-the-cloud-the-maytag-repair-man |
A super slick trick-taking game featuring art by Don Maitz and Keith Parkinson! Seriously, you should buy it.
This edition is "special" as it's the only one! | 2019-04-24T14:20:47 | http://funto11.com/schneeble.html |
I would like to program the my Stemlab 125-14 v.1.0 using the JTAG connector on the board, so I can do it directly from Vivado (instead of doing it over ssh) and also debug my designs using the Integrated logic analyzer of Vivado.
This cable unfortunately does not really fit on the pins on the board. Therefore I would like to solder a little adapter.
Using my adapter together with the Digilent JTAG-HS3 Cable I try to program the Red Pitaya in Vivado 2015.4.
ERROR: [Labtools 27-2269] No devices detected on target localhost:3121/xilinx_tcf/Digilent/210299A888F9.
use the disconnect_hw_server and connect_hw_server to re-register this hardware target.
PROBLEM SOLVED: Using a Xilinx Platform USB cable 2 did the Job for me.
to be able to connect to it in Vivado. | 2019-04-23T02:04:49 | https://forum.redpitaya.com/viewtopic.php?t=23495&p=30460 |
In her directorial debut, the Israeli director follows two women who, in their own way, try to break with outdated traditions.
The section head and the director of the Israeli film.
A wedding in a Bedouin village in the desert of southern Israel. Woman and men celebrate and dance separately whilst the bride sits alone at the edge of the exuberant gathering. Hostess Jalila is also overwhelmed and covers up her emotions. It is the wedding of her husband Sulimann; he is taking a younger woman as his second wife. On top of that, her oldest daughter, the self-confident Layla, is also causing her concern: she has fallen for a boy at her university. Aware that her husband will not allow this relationship, Jalila forbids Layla from seeing the boy again. But when Sulimann reacts even more harshly, she takes up her daughter’s cause.
In her directorial debut, Elite Zexer follows two women who, in their own way, try to break with outdated traditions. Whilst Jalila initially adopts a quiet approach, her daughter chooses instead to go on the offensive. When this threatens to tear apart the family, it becomes clear that Layla’s temperament, strength and self-assurance are not enough to overcome the rigid social structures. Nonetheless, the women standing together in solidarity could pave the way for more freedom – at least for the next generation. | 2019-04-23T12:07:44 | https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/02_programm_2016/02_Filmdatenblatt_2016_201607940.html |
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April 24, 1992: The defending champs looked every bit that as Jordan went on a tear with 46p in helping the Bulls pull away in the 2nd half.
April 26, 1992: In this Game 2 both Jordan and Pippen scored 30 points in routing the Heat and moving one step closer to the 2nd round.
April 29, 1992: One of the best playoff games of 1992 saw the Heat race out to an 18 point lead and hold Jordan to no points in the first 10 minutes. One problem: He scored 56 over the next 38 minutes!
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1992 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals: After getting embarrased one year earlier the Knicks made some key offseason moves. The biggest was new coach Pat Riley along with Xavier McDaniel, Anthony Mason and an up-and-coming John Starks. The Bulls had again dominated the Knicks in the Regular Season but this series was a tatse of things to come as it went a full gruelling 7 games.
May 5, 1992: The Knicks made the plays when it mattered most and a relentless defense sent them to an improbable Game 1 victory.
May 7, 1992: The Bulls stepped up the defensive pressure a notch as their backup PG BJ Armstrong played the role of hero.
NOTE: About 50 seconds of game time is missing in the final minute of the game.
May 9, 1992: The Bulls used the Knicks gameplan on the Knicks as they never really allowed NY to get into the swing of things. For the first time in the series both Jordan and Pippen dominated regaining home court advantage for the Bulls.
May 10, 1992: The Knicks were in a must-win situation and they delivered. With Ewing in foul rtouble for most of thegame the Knicks had to look elsewhere and McDaniel, Oakley and Starks all delivered.
May 12, 1992: The series took on a different atmosphere as flagrant fouls were being called left and right. But, it was Jordan who scored 26 in the 2nd half who would have the final word.
May 14, 1992: The Knicks pumped up by an amazing crowd put in a great performance on both ends of the floor using a 13-0 run to start the 4th quarter to their full advantage.
May 17, 1992: An amazing series comes down toa final 7th game. Jordan steps up and refuses to let his team lose as he puts on a dominating 42p display and sends Chicago back to the Conference Finals.
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1992 Eastern Conference Finals: This was to be the Cavaliers best shot at a title until the LeBron years. Led by all-stars Brad Daugherty and Mark Price and veteren Larry Nance the Cavs were out to prove they just weren't cannon fodder for the Champs.
May 21, 1992: Widely criticised after their Game 1 effort the Cavs turned it around 100% in completely dominating the Bulls on their home floor.
May 25, 1992: With their two stars struggling the rest of the Cavs had to step up and they did. Great team performance from Cleveland despite Jordan's 35 points. Danny Ferry did his best in trying to take out Jordan with a couple of punches.
May 29, 1992: Probably the best game of the series as it was close throughout. Jordan struggled in the first 3 quarters but his teammates carried the load but when it mattered most it was MJ who stood head and shoulders above the rest.
May 5, 1992: A thrilling close game that came down to the final seconds. A top defensive play the difference.
May 7, 1992: Balzers get off to a big start but the Suns battle back after Kevin Johnson drops 22, including 18 straight, points ion the 3rd quarter. Blazres take the lead for good when Johnson is rested in the 4th.
May 9, 1992: This game was the perfect example of the Suns fast-break offense.
May 11, 1992: One of the best playoff games of all time. Over 300 points in this double OT thriller.
May 14, 1992: The upstart Suns put on a valiant effort but it was not to be. Their time would come one year later.
May 26, 1992: Stockton injured late in first half but Jazz held bravely on to take the game into overtime.
May 28, 1992: Utah is undefeated at home in the Playoffs. Portland is 0 - 4 this season at Utah. Game was close until Blazers started to pull away in the 3rd. Jazz make a furious comeback that falls just a bit short. | 2019-04-25T19:41:49 | http://www.pontel.com/nbashop/contents/en-uk/d215.html |
William Cook - TD Financial Planner in 1633 Ellis Street, Kelowna, BC, Nova Scotia: opening hours, driving directions, official site, phone numbers & customer reviews.
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William Cook - TD Financial Planner is business services based in British Columbia. William Cook - TD Financial Planner is located at 1633 Ellis Street, Kelowna, BC. You can find William Cook - TD Financial Planner opening hours, address, driving directions and map, photos and phone numbers 250-448-7392. Find helpful customer reviewsand write your own review to rate the business service. | 2019-04-25T12:21:51 | http://kelowna.onlinescanada.com/william-cook-td-financial-planner/ |
As the international leader in authorized sports merchandise, Fanatics delivers to over a hundred and eighty countries, runs stores in over twelve languages and supports multi-lingual decision centres incorporating eleven languages. Fanatics extended the reach of its authorized sports merchandise business by exploit UK-based international sports e-commerce company, packsack on Feb second 2016. It currently supports and compliments Fanaticsâ sure-fire U.S. operation by specializing in partnerships with the largest sporting groups and organisations round the world. | 2019-04-20T18:12:04 | https://www.savinggain.com/view/kitbag |
Altitudinal gradients in mountain regions are short-range clines of environmental parameters like temperature or radiation. Common garden experiments of populations from different altitudes have been used for a long time to study local adaptation. Modern genomics allows the investigation of footprints of selection at very high resolution. I will provide an overview of current methods and provide examples from the adaptation to high altitude of the wild plant Arabidopsis thaliana to the high Alps in Europe and maize landraces in Peru. In Arabidopsis thaliana, we investigated genomic and phenotypic signatures of adaptation to altitude in populations from the North Italian Alps that originated from 580 to 2350 m altitude by resequencing pools of individuals from each population. High-altitude populations showed a lower nucleotide diversity and negative Tajima’s D values and were more closely related to each other than to low-altitude populations from the same valley. Despite their close geographic proximity, demographic analysis revealed that low- and high-altitude populations split between 260 000 and 15 000 years before present. Single nucleotide polymorphisms whose allele frequencies were highly differentiated between low- and high-altitude populations identified genomic regions of up to 50 kb length where patterns of genetic diversity are consistent with signatures of local selective sweeps. These regions harbour multiple genes known to be involved in stress response. Variation among populations in two putative adaptive phenotypic traits, frost tolerance and response to light/UV stress to frost tolerance strongly suggest that the main determinant of local adaptation at high altitudes reflects the highly variable microclimate. Multigenerational reciprocal common garden experiments also suggest a strong epigenetic effect that may contribute to fitness via a home site advantage. A similar pattern of latitudinal differentiation was observed in the analysis of nearly 2000 genebank accessions of low and highland maize from Peru (0 to 3900 m altitude). They show a strong genetic and phenotypic differentiation that results from local adaptation, and FST-based outlier tests indicate genomic regions that likely were targets of differential selection. Taken together, the results provide strong evidence for local adaptation of plants along altitudinal gradients, and also show further avenues for the investigation of this diversity using genetic approaches to identify the functional basis of local adaptation.
All organisms live in environments that vary through time and space. Such environmental change has a dramatic impact on the evolutionary dynamics of populations and promotes adaptive evolution to local environments. For organisms with limited dispersal or rapid generation time relative to the pace of environmental change, local adaptation to variable environments is predicted to be common. Seasonal changes in climate coupled with inter-annual variability and anthropogenic changes over decadal scales is a potent driver of adaptive evolution. Is adaptive evolution to climate variability predictable at a genetic level? Are polymorphisms that promote adaptive evolution to short-term fluctuations in climate likely to persist in populations, potentially enabling species to adapt to long term changes in climate? To address these questions, I will present our recent theoretical investigations and empirical assessment of rapid and cyclic adaptation over seasonal time scales in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Our theoretical models predict that polymorphisms underlying adaptation to seasonally fluctuating environments could plausibly cycle in frequency repeatedly over multiple years and can persist in populations for long periods of time. Using pooled estimates of allele frequencies from 20 paired spring-fall samples collected in North America and Europe, we show that seasonally selected polymorphisms can vary predictably among populations and that they tend to persist in the species for long periods of time. I will relate our work to the general topic of adaptation to anthropogenic climate change across taxa by discussing the importance of understanding the relationship between the pace of environmental change and an organism’s life-history. | 2019-04-23T17:05:29 | http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=18879& |
Let' face it, prepaid phones just don't seem to be as good as the contract phones and I can truly speak from my own experience here. I bought this when I had another Motorola fail in a very short time - yet out of the Verizon warranty period. While this was an "emergency replacement" phone, actually it's been pretty good overall. Call quality and performance is excellent. WiFi and 4G connectivity have been trouble free. The screen is nice, not the best, but better than the similar priced Motorolas by a long shot.. and I keep the brightness lowered to extend battery life. The music player works reasonably well with decent fidelity through several headphones I have used. Overall performance is responsive, but for phones I am not a "power user" and keep the apps down... yet the memory is enough at this point for the apps I use. The camera is respectable - most important is that auto focus actually DOES work well. I do a lot of photography and have both a DSLR and Point and shoot camera, but in a pinch this does the job. Note this does have a flash and a basic selfie / conference camera that is good enough and that's it. Only shortcoming vs. other phones I've had. Battery life c an be quirky and I haven't figured out why. I have found that cleaning the contacts on the battery and phone does help. Overall battery life is quite good - then out of the blue it becomes a power hog. Not sure why, and not holding this against the phone. I would like to see auto display dimming, a nice feature often found at the price point and lacking on this phone. However at least it does have a mutli-color alert LED to let you know you've got mail / messages / missed a call and charge status at a glance.
I purchased this as a first smart phone for my daughter before she went away on a retreat (first time away from home). I wanted her to be able to take pictures, contact me via phone, text, email so this was perfect. I also purchased this particular phone because I wanted her to have a trial run with a prepay without the committment of a contract. I am very surprised at how nice this phone is as I am a bit of an iPhone snob. The only slight down side is Best Buy did not have any phone covers that would fit this style but luckily one of the employees let me know exactly where to go to get one. Overall great decision if you are not wanting to commit to a cell phone contract. Oh, I almost forgot the plan of $45 is for 3GB if you do Autopay (only 1GB without). I like the fact that I can cancel it at anytime so I am not bound to it like a contract. I have the app for Verizon on my iPhone so I have complete access to billing, incoming/outgoing, calls/texts, etc., which is a nice feature.
I've been through a few phones over the last year, and this one is at the top of my list so far. I'm not fond of the lack of buttons on this model, and I still miss the old slider phones, but overall, it can handle a lot of different apps at once and seems to be pretty durable. The only problem is, whenever you have an alarm or an incoming text/call, any program you're currently using will crash. Actually, the program will freeze for a couple of seconds, and then you'll get the communication request, and then you'll have to close whatever you were doing and re-launch it. However, this is a pretty cheap phone. And it runs on Verizon's network. So it's a good bet for the cost. Just don't expect anything stellar.
I had to get a different phone since my LG Power (aka LG Leon) was not compatible with Verizon CDMA. That phone was $79 same as this one ON SALE. This phone, even though it has the exact same specs (ram, rom, processor etc) is at least three times slower than the LG and I'm being generous. I also found out the hard way there is no simultaneous data and phone call capability, something I've had for 10 years starting with Sprint. There are loads of bugs, too, like the word "paste" pops up and you can't get rid of it. If you touch it, it pastes whatever is in your clipboard memory into whatever you're typing. Do not get this phone.
I got this phone because I'm on a budget and it had the exact same specs as my quick LG Power (cpu, sd card, os, internal memory, removable battery, ram etc), and because my LG was not available on Verizon. Big mistake. It freezes constantly, video is choppy, and when switching between apps they restart, presumably due to memory management, and worst, when i used a key chord (i.e. power, home and volume button same time) to restart the locked up phone, it factory reset itself with no confirmation. I lost everything. Yes my apps reinstalled themselves later on, but I lost everything on internal memory including photos, music and all text messages. I won't make the same mistake again. No more Samsung at any price.
This is my first smart phone and although I'm climbing a learning curve, it seems to be full featured without the high monthly cost of a contract phone. The $45 monthly prepaid includes unlimited talk and text, but has limits on Web connectivity, so I only do downloads and such when connected to my Wi-Fi. Camera is great. Has GPS. My son plays games on it. And if I travel internationally, I can exchange the SIMM card, as it's an unlocked phone. Comes with 8GB of Storage, but can be expanded by adding a micro SD card. | 2019-04-23T12:29:24 | https://www.bestbuy.com/site/verizon-prepaid-samsung-galaxy-j1-4g-lte-with-8gb-memory-prepaid-cell-phone-blue-verizon/7781013.p?skuId=7781013&skuId=7781013 |
We’re exactly two months away from the release of COLD BLOODED by Toni Anderson – and we’re so excited to reveal the cover for you now! Romantic suspense lovers – this is the series for you! Check out the cover below and preorder your copy now! | 2019-04-23T02:12:12 | https://tbrbookblog.com/2018/04/12/cover-reveal-cold-blooded-by-toni-anderson/ |
A clump forming woodland perennial, that grows wild in eastern North America, from northern Quebec to the southern parts of the United States, through the Appalachian Mountains and into northernmost Georgia and west to Minnesota. It is also found on Vancouver Island.
Trillium grandiflorum is a 'spring ephemeral' with a life-cycle that is synchronised with its favoured habitat, namely deciduous woodland. This means that growth, and in particular flowering, takes place in early spring before the leaf canopy above comes into leaf and light levels on the for forest floor radically decline - the familiar English Bluebell has precisely the same growth strategy, with an early spring flowering.
Trillium grandiflorum produces a very characteristic whorl of the three oval leaves with pointed tips on a stem about 10cm or so long, followed shortly thereafter, during April or May, by an erect, large, three petalled pure white flower that is devoid of fragrance. The flowers are held above the foliage on a short stalk (pedicel) and are tinged with pink as they age -although this colouration should not be mistaken for the very rare variant that has pink flowers through the growth cycle.
First described to science in 1803, Trillium grandiflorum will grow most happily in well-drained, neutral to slightly acid soils, under the protective canopy of deciduous trees or shrubs, conditions that simulate as closely as possible it native wild habitat. Soils that are rich in leaf litter and other organic matter are preferred so if necessary dig in well rotted garden compost before planting.
Trillium grandiflorum is very slow growing and the plants we sell are always several years old and are either of sufficient maturity to have initiated a flowering cycle, or are very close to such an age.
Trillium grandiflorum, although occasionally locally very abundant is now considered under some significant threat in the wild, with some populations entirely extirpated.
It is now thought that bumble bees are the primary pollination agent, and it has also been shown that ants play a critical role in distributing seeds, possibly because Trillium grandiflorum has evolved a mechanism to fool the ants into treating the seeds as an animal corpse which they then carry back to their nests. In addition to the seed dispersal advantage this confers it also means that Trillium seeds can germinate well below the soil surface which increases the likelihood that the slow-developing rhizome will survive the several years it takes to reach flowering age.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit, designated as the provincial emblem of Ontario and the state wild flower of Ohio.
with dark-mid green basal leaves. White flowers in spring, stalked with three petals, often fading to pink. Deep shade and humus rich soil preferred. Fully hardy. Eastern N. America H:40cm. | 2019-04-20T03:31:27 | https://www.wtgn.co.uk/herbaceous/trillium-grandiflorum.html |
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· Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist (Job #2550) – Houston, TX. *Client is seeking a candidate who has 5+ years of DR expertise.
· Director Business Continuity (Job #2541) – Santa Clara, CA. *Successful candidates must possess 8-10+ years experience managing a enterprise BC/CM wide program within a financial institution. Along with, proven experience as the responsible person during multiple crisis situations.
· Sr. Risk Analyst (Job #2542) – Fort Lauderdale, FL. *Seeking candidates with 7 years expertise in insurance coupled with minimal business continuity expertise. The main focus of this position will be to provide support for the management of company’s insurance programs, as well as serve as a backup and support for the company’s business continuity and critical incident planning. Also responsible for risk identification and analysis to support the business units of the organization.
· Disaster Recovery Consultant (Job #2554) - northern NJ, New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Atlanta or Toronto. *Candidates must have 3-5 years in technology consulting, operations or architecture capacity. This is a technical hands on position.
· Business Risk Consultant (Job #2544) – San Francisco, CA or NY, NY. Local Candidates Only. *Candidates must have a solid financial analysis consulting background as a primary skill set with BCP expertise as a secondary qualification. Client company is seeking candidates from a Big Accounting Consulting background, i.e, D&T, PWC, KPMG, Protiviti, etc. The BIAs conducted for clients are more focused on the financial risk assessment versus the standard BCP BIA approach.
· Business Continuity Management Consultant (Job #2546) – NYC, NY. Local Candidates Only. *Seeking candidates who have previously worked for a Big 4 consulting company (Deloitte& Touché, KPMG, Accenture, PricewaterhouseCoopers, etc) or a large consulting company. Candidates who are fluent in Spanish and English are highly desirable.
· IT Architect – Disaster Recovery (Job #2547) – San Francisco, CA or Reston, VA. Local Candidates Only. *This role is highly technical. The successful candidate must have an exceptional technical understanding with DR architecture design, storage technologies and high availability solutions.
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Twitter is the world’s most important social network.
That might sound like the ravings of an addict, but look at the headlines in every morning’s newspaper and the obsessions of every evening’s cable news broadcast. Just about anything you encounter in the news media these days has some foot in the controversies and conversations occurring on the 140-character network.
Yet for all its influence, Twitter, as a company, is in trouble. Big trouble. The network has always been too strange and too difficult for new users to get the hang of, and its growth has been slowing for a while. Now, according to an earnings report released on Wednesday, user growth has ground to a halt.
Tech investors have not been in a forgiving mood lately for any company, and Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and recently reinstated chief executive, is unlikely to enjoy much grace.
So what’s to be done? It’s time for Twitter to consider something radical. More than two years ago, the company floated its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. On its first day of trading, investors valued Twitter at nearly $32 billion, a price that established a certain set of expectations: that Twitter would keep altering its service to attract mainstream users, and that its ad business would continue to grow at a breakneck pace.
Wall Street has only one template of success for an Internet company: Google and, later, Facebook. By filing for an initial public offering, Twitter was telling the world that it was part of the same club — that there was no upper bound to its business aims, and that it would try to build a money machine that matched the size and importance of its service.
But what if the best path for Twitter, as a service, is for Twitter the company to abandon that dream? What if becoming a $25 billion, $50 billion or $100 billion world-swallowing Internet giant just isn’t in the cards for a niche service like Twitter?
Perhaps there’s more promise in a future as an independent but private company; as a small and sustainable division of some larger tech or media conglomerate; or even as a venture that operates more like a nonprofit foundation.
Even if Twitter intends to remain a public corporation — because there does not seem to be much appetite, nor a very obvious mechanism, for investors to take it private — it’s time for Mr. Dorsey to reset expectations for what his company can become. Twitter should think of itself and portray itself to investors as more of a public utility than as a business that never stops growing, and that could ever hope to approach the market value of Facebook.
This does not mean that Twitter should abandon making money. Twitter can still run a fine business that generates enough to maintain and improve the reach of the service. But every Internet company doesn’t have to be the biggest, boldest, always-growing entity we are conditioned to expect.
Instead of aiming for something like Facebook, Twitter could mold itself on some other template for success. It could become a venture like Wikipedia, run by a nonprofit that depends on donations, or a business like The New York Times Company, a publicly traded enterprise controlled by a family that has a preference for journalistic ambition.
In other words, Twitter should make clear that there are limits to the scope of its business ambitions, and that it is guided by a philosophical bias for the health of the service over an ambition to grow at any cost.
There’s a simple reason for Mr. Dorsey to consider some other path: Implausible expectations are a setup for a bleak future. After losing its dominance as a search engine, Yahoo has faced more than a decade of struggle mainly because it has tried too long to become the one-stop portal that it isn’t.
In that effort it has squandered talent and money and run through more chief executives than you’d find at a Brooks Brothers sale. If, instead of pursuing the moon, Yahoo had vastly lowered its ambitions and planned to do one or two things really well, it could have found a sustainable path forward.
Clarifying Twitter’s mission would be painful for the people who work at the company. There could be more layoffs and a plummeting of the equity they hold in the company if it were to go private. It would also be painful for investors who bought in to the company expecting it to be the next big thing.
But limiting Twitter’s scope would almost certainly be better for the service. Twitter needs to improve its product: It should have better ways of addressing abuse and harassment, and it should be easier for users to find tweets about topics that interest them. But it isn’t clear that the solutions to these problems are found in growth.
Setting a cap on Twitter’s business scope could also tame some of the overreactions that occur whenever the company tries to make reasonable improvements to its service.
This week, in anticipation of what turned out to be a modest feature that recommends interesting tweets to people, thousands of users on the service lost their minds predicting that Twitter as we know it was soon to be dead.
I suspect they are leery because they see a company being pushed to change by Wall Street, for reasons that aren’t exactly obvious to the people who now love and value Twitter as it is. They see their favorite band straining to become U2. And they hate U2.
Twitter, as it is right now, is mostly pretty good for lots and lots of people. Facebook has five times as many users, Instagram is as luxurious as a European vacation, and Snapchat is too cool for school. But because Twitter is an accessible, real-time network that has become the nerve center of the world’s journalists, politicians, activists and agitants, it has, for better or worse, demonstrated an unrivaled capacity to influence real things in the real world.
But even beyond these movements, look at all those hashtags littering every Super Bowl ad. Or more simply, look at the thrum of minute-by-minute Twitter commentary that now shapes how any news event or TV show is received. If people don’t tweet it, did it even happen?
Of course, Twitter could be better. But it does not need a wholesale overhaul just for the sake of fueling growth.
“Twitter maybe hasn’t evolved the product to the point that Wall Street analysts might like, but the utility that Twitter has for providing real-time news is real, and it hasn’t really been disrupted by anyone else,” said Mike Jones, the chief executive of a start-up incubator named Science Media.
Mr. Jones used to be the chief executive of Myspace, the once-giant social network, but he rejected any comparison between Twitter and that now vastly diminished network.
“For me and for lots of people, Twitter has actual utility to it, and for those people, that’s what will keep it around,” he said. | 2019-04-23T17:15:07 | https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/technology/twitter-to-save-itself-must-scale-back-world-swallowing-ambitions.html |
O’Brien is a commercial real estate broker engaged in general brokerage as well as tenant/buyer representation. A partner in a combined portfolio of over $40 million in development and rehabilitation work, he demonstrates a clear understanding of all facets of real estate from approval through Certificate of Occupancy.
O’Brien is a leader in the commercial brokerage field who consistently seeks challenging projects, and has brokered over $250,000,000 in the past 18 years. Representing local, regional and national clients, Daniel has achieved Prudential’s prestigious “Chairman’s Circle” designation in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 as well as Prudential Real Estate Affiliates’ prestigious “Pinnacle Award” representing his status as their top producer in the nation for commercial real estate in 2001. | 2019-04-21T00:33:30 | http://naiplatform.com/employee/daniel-obrien/ |
I remember doing that triple brick with you and Bri, seems easy on the first leg. The last leg you realize just how bad it hurts, especially with Bri walking away from you on the run like you are standing still.
Yikes, somebody slow that girl down!
I found your blog doing searches for Martial Arts schools in the Raleigh area. I see you're a student at Kung Fu Center in Raleigh. How do you like it?
It is a good school, Master Chen is a great teacher. The classes are challenging - we do a warm up, a series of kicks & punches, and then work on forms. You should check a class out sometime.
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Assisted with content at MCO airport in Orlando, FL to create a concept that would embody what is Central Florida.
Synect is a specialized agency dedicated to revolutionizing content, interactivity and systems for video walls of unlimited size and scale driving over 20,000 feet of digital signage across the globe daily.
Illustrations were created to showcase various areas of Central Florida such as Downtown Orlando, The Space Coast, The Springs found in Central Florida and Theme parks.
Subtle motion was added to components, Vimeo videos are attached below.
Branding and Package Design created for a Beef Jerky Brand in Central Florida, Debs Beef Jerky.
Debs Beef Jerky is a family-owned business located in Sunny Central Florida where they make ten flavors of artisan beef jerk These flavors range from hickory smoked to teriyaki and signature flavors galore.
Best of all, they don’t believe in chemicals! All Jerkies are all naturally cured meaning they NEVER add nitrates, MSG, tenderizers or artificial flavorings.
Over the past few months, I have been working with Global Pet Nutrition to update their current product line as well as creating a new product line for pets creating a more cohesive feel for the brand.
A slew of icons were created to demonstrate the various benefits of products. Labels have also been created for the international market throughout Europe and South America.
Global Pet Nutrition is formulated by veterinarians and located in Miami, FL. All products are manufactured in-house and only the best ingredients are used. Products are gluten and sugar free.
While working as Lead Designer for Personalized Medicine Today (PMT), I lead a team of designers to create a cohesive vision for PMT Magazine with thought provoking imagery as well as a very clean and concise brand.
PMT Magazine focuses on Naturopathic solutions to your health needs. Illustrations were also created throughout the magazine.
From initial design drafts of Euréka Spices, I created a company that would embody the essence of an herbs and spices company. The tagline, “Always Organic, Always Fresh” was then created to further the brand.
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Email marketing created for 8 different sizes of mobile platforms for Treats based in San Francisco, California. Designs were created to include dynamic text for various holidays for clients which would be programmed in HTML to be unique to each individual who views it.
i.e. Logos of companies have been taken off to give privacy to clients.
Icons created for various clients.
The scope of rebranding Nestlé Nesquik was to create a simplistic feeling to the companies marketing materials while introducing a modern and playful design. Iconic elements of the brand were kept but redesigned such as the companies mascot Quik, also known as the Nesquik bunny. This element was given a geometric rendition that embodies a more modern approach to the redesign.
Various photographs from my travels out in the wild.
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Bengal Tiger Closeup - Olympus EM1 Mark II, 420mm (840mm equivalent), f/6.3, 1/250s, ISO 6400.
I’m not a big fan of close up portraits of wildlife, mostly because there’s already a ton of these kinds of pictures in the world. However, when photographing a new species in the wild, I still succumb to the temptation to grab that portrait shot just to have one in my collection. | 2019-04-25T22:28:56 | http://blog.akimagery.com/2018/04/bengal-tiger-closeup.html |
Forty-seven organisations, including 16 London boroughs, joined forces in 2009 to save more than £10.5 million in the latest IT hardware e-auction. Hardware worth nearly £49 million was on offer at the e-auction, selling for a total of around £38.5 million. It was run by the Office of Government Commerce's Markets & Collaborative Procurement ICT team with Capital Ambition and PA Consulting. Ten major IT suppliers took part in the e-auction, which took around five hours, and is being hailed the most successful yet.
Capital Ambition is now supporting work to roll out e-auctions nationally to generate further savings in London and beyond.
The eAuction was championed by Capital Ambition, which provided senior sponsorship and project management resources. The OGC assisted with technical and project management support, drawing on the lessons and successes of its previous six IT eAuctions.
In 2008 fourteen councils and six NHS Trusts joined together to save nearly £7 million in the latest IT hardware eAuction run by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) with Capital Ambition.
The councils and trusts auctioned IT hardware requirements worth £13.7 million at pre-auction benchmarked prices, achieving a price at the end of the five hour auction of £6.9 million. This is an average saving of 50 per cent across the six lots. This brings the number of central government and wider public sector organisations that have so far participated in OGC eAuctions to 325, saving a total of £21 million since the first eAuction in September 2005. | 2019-04-20T01:01:32 | https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/who-we-are/committees-and-networks/london-councils-capital-ambition-programme/about-capital-ambiti-2 |
The California Government web site for complete information about contractors licenses.
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Our keynote speaker is Susan Stanford Friedman, Virginia Woolf Professor of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Dr. Friedman's research interests include: Twentieth-Century British, American, post-colonial literature; modernism; women's writing; feminist theory and criticism; narrative theory; psychoanalysis; cultural studies, including multiculturalism, women's studies, identity studies, global/transnational/border studies, film, anthropology, and geography.
She is the author of Psyche Reborn: The Emergence of H.D. (Indiana UP, 1981, 1987), the recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Books Award; Penelope's Web: Gender, Modernity, H.D.'s Fiction (Cambridge UP, 1990); Mappings: Feminism and the Cultural Geographies of Encounter (Princeton UP, 1998; ebook, 2001), the recipient of the Perkins Prize for Best Book in Narrative Studies. She is the co-author of A Woman's Guide to Therapy (Prentice Hall, 1979), the co-editor of Signets: Reading H.D. (University of Wisconsin Press, 1991), and the editor of Joyce: The Return of the Repressed (Cornell UP, 1993).
She has published over fifty articles and book chapters on feminist theory and pedagogy, narrative theory, women's poetry, modernism, autobiography, psychoanalysis, globalization and geopolitics, and identity; on writers such as H.D., Freud, Virginia Woolf, Julia Kristeva, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Adrienne Rich, James Joyce, E. M. Forster, Louise Erdrich, Gish Jen, Anna Deavere Smith, Gloria Anzaldua, and Arundhati Roy; and films such as The Crying Game, Mississippi Masala, Daughters of the Dust, and Borderline. She has guest-edited special issues of Contemporary Literature and Journal of Narrative Technique.
Journals in which her work has appeared include Signs, Feminist Studies, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Contemporary Literature, Narrative, Genders, Communal/Plural, Modernism/Modernity, Literature and Psychology, Religion and Literature, The Annual of Psychoanalysis, Agenda, Sagetrieb, Montemora, Poesis, LIT, Journal of Narrative Technique, College English, Women's Studies, Iowa Review, South Carolina Review, Lingua Franca, MS. Magazine, Modern Philology, and Women's Review of Books.
She recently published H.D. and Freud: Portrait of an Analysis in Letters (2002) and is at work on books entitled Transnational Modernism; Spatial Poetics, Politics, and the New Modernist Studies and Beyond Melting Pots and Mosaics. | 2019-04-20T12:50:26 | http://graduate.engl.virginia.edu/conferences/grad.05/keynote.html |
The Family Medicine (FM) and Nurse Practitioner (NP) Residency Training Program aims to expand the pool of primary care providers who are committed to and well-prepared for serving underserved populations in community settings.
A portion of the Family Medicine (FM) Residency Training Program funding will be used to increase the number of family medicine residency training slots in community health centers in Massachusetts.
Community health centers and ACGME-accredited family medicine residency programs are eligible to apply for funding through this program. Either the ACGME-accredited family medicine residency program or the community health center partner may be the lead applicant. However, all applications must include letters of commitment signed by the executive leadership of both partners, as well as a detailed description of how the two distinct entities will work together to create new community health center-based training opportunities for family medicine residents using program funding.
Applications that intend to create new community health center-based family medicine resident training opportunities, as opposed to those that seek to preserve existing training slots, are strongly preferred.
Further information on the next FM Residency Training cycle coming soon.
A portion of the Family Medicine (FM) and Nurse Practitioner (NP) Residency Training Program funding will be used to increase the number of family nurse practitioner (FNP) residency training slots in community health centers in Massachusetts.
Community health centers participating in MassHealth ACOs are eligible to apply for funding through this program. While CHCs are not required to have an established or accredited FNP residency program, CHCs must demonstrate significant residency training experience and infrastructure. CHCs will be expected to align existing or new programs with established standards for NP residency training programs to meet a baseline of quality and standardization.
Applications that intend to create new community health center-based nurse practitioner residency training opportunities, as opposed to those that seek to preserve existing training slots, are strongly preferred.
Further information on the next FNP Residency Training cycle coming soon. | 2019-04-23T14:25:05 | http://massleague.org/Programs/DSRIPStatewideInvestments/FMNPRTP.php |
Visiting a garden in Seattle many years ago, I saw my first kiwi plant. It had climbed over the top of a pergola and made a lovely roof to sit under. The leaves were broad and vibrant green, very tropical looking to me. The vine was blooming and the smell was intoxicating. I had to have one! Coming home with 4 plants that day, my adventure with fuzzy kiwi’s began.
When people hear I grow kiwi’s, they can’t believe it. First of all, they think they are tropical and couldn’t possibly grown in the Seattle area. But they are originally from China and grow beautifully in our climate. Secondly, they know how they grow. They look around my yard at my trees, thinking they grow like apples. Nope, they grow on vines. And not just any vine, but vigorous monster vines that consume anything in their path. I’ve had to move them twice and re-trellis them several times, as they crushed my original posts with their weight.
Like grapes, the vines turn woody after the first year. You can’t see the fruit, as it grows underneath the vines and hangs down on stems like dangling earrings. Because of this, I’ve found it best to create a trellis I can walk underneath to pick the fruit. The vines have grown over the edges of the trellis, creating a round mound of greenery. But if you part the vines and step inside, there is a wonderland waiting for you. A secret room, full of kiwi’s!
Harvest begins late October, once our nights get cooler. I try to wait for a frost, to set the sugars. I’m a bit late this year in harvesting them but they are still fine. A few kiwi’s have bite marks in them from field mice, which is usually a sign they are ready to eat. And, as usual, there are more kiwi’s then we can pick. We fill buckets full of brown fuzzy fruit, probably getting 20 gallons or more. And they are huge, much larger than the ones you find in the grocery store.
The kiwi are still not ripe, though. I’ll bring a few into the house and they will ripen in a few weeks. The rest I keep in a refrigerator until I am ready for them. Yes, I have a spare refrigerator in my barn for just this purpose, to store kiwi. Doesn’t everyone? They will last several months this way, if I keep them cold. I need to find some recipes of things to do with kiwi’s, though. One friend suggested making liquor, which sounds like a fun idea. If you have any recipes for me, please send them my way! | 2019-04-23T14:05:33 | http://www.countrybouquetsfloral.com/kiwi-harvest/ |
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The first production I am reviewing in this year’s Acts of Faith Festival is The Joshua Plant. CAT Theatre’s production marks the first full performance of this original work by local playwrights Amy Berlin and P. Ann Bucci.
As a special education teacher, this play is truly special to me, for its story revolves around Joshua, a teen with autism. Joshua is non-verbal, except for his internal conversations that he holds with Sid, a house plant (Joshua’s plant).
Diego Salinas goes beyond authentic in his performance. He realistically touches all the nuances of sensory overload, self stimulatory and ritualistic behaviors, facial tics, toe walking and avoidance of physical contact. CAT Theatre worked closely with the nearby Dominion School and director Laurie Follmer’s resulting work with Salinas is extraordinary. The differentiation Salinas displays in his character when he is “autistic” versus when he is “normal” in his conversations with Sid is remarkable. He not only shows a range of emotions; but does a pretty good Seinfeld impression.
Aaron Orensky is also masterful as Sid the plant. He uses his voice, energy, timing and facial characteristics to command the stage and bring to life a character who can not move from one spot.
The cast is skillfully rounded out by Rebekah Spence, as Joshua’s harrowed and overwhelmed single mother; Kathy Parker as her supportive and caring friend and Tim Gettemy as Joshua’s mother’s boyfriend. Spence balances Sandy’s love and optimism in hoping to reach her son with pain and raw emotion. Parker is spunky, down to earth and strong as the kind of friend and neighbor we’d all like to have and Gettemy is narcissistic and twisted as the alcoholic boyfriend. My only complaint was at times Jimmy came across as almost just a bit likeable and empathetic, but this was erased in the darker moments.
Lin Heath’s set design works to create the condo of Sandy and Joshua that is half living space and have special education/Occupational Therapy space. Alan Armstrong’s lights also help create the mood and time.
Berlin and Bucci have created an emotionally poignant and disarming presentation of what life must be like inside the mind of a child with autism and why they might do the things they do. As both a reviewer and a special educator I truly hope everyone who hears about The Joshua Plant gets the opportunity to experience this special work.
Disclaimer: CAT Theatre provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review. Playwright Amy Berlin writes for ShowBizRadio.
This article can be linked to as: http://showbizradio.com/go/9899. | 2019-04-23T09:59:06 | http://showbizradio.com/2014/01/cat-theatre-the-joshua-plant/ |
Two quick and easy ways to edit the corners on the sketch level is by adding chamfered and fillet corners. This video shows you how to quickly edit your corners in SolidWorks by applying fillets and chamfers to a sketch with the Fillet and Sketch Chamfer tools. You will also learn how to change values and add dimensions for a simple way to edit your design by altering the corners of each component. | 2019-04-24T15:22:39 | https://www.lynda.com/SOLIDWORKS-tutorials/Applying-fillets-chamfers-sketch/143606/157748-4.html |
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Convenience drives our consumption patterns, which is why, as a society, we are getting fatter and for the first time in human history, our kids have a life expectancy that is shorter than their parents. If I want to successfully alter my consumption pattern and that of my family, I must respect the power of convenience and make the necessary adjustments.
The key is to have healthy, vegan options readily available when my willpower will be at its lowest, ie when I’m hungry or bored. Here is one step in that direction. I cut up a bunch of different color bell peppers, red onion, squash, and russet potatoes, pour a little olive oil on and add some thyme and rosemary from my front yard. Let it roast for 45 minutes in the oven at 325 degrees. I dump it in tupperware and stick it in the fridge right next to some quinoa I also prepared. It’s the perfect snack or lunch, either cold or reheated.
I also leave bowls of grapes, cherries, and blueberries and mini-containers of cut up canteloupe, watermelon and/or honeydew in the fridge, right out front. Bananas and apples are conveniently located right on the counter and kitchen table.
This strategy makes healthy options even more convenient, thus more susceptible to mindless noshing than a package that needs opening or frozen food that requires cooking.
I may go on about how easy it has been to convert to veganism, but the truth is, I’ve got a secret weapon in my war on poor eating habits, and her name is Barbara.
We are creatures of habit. For most of us, that means we have fairly limited menus. Whether you’re eating a burger from McDonald’s, Chili’s or your own bbq, it’s still fundamentally just a burger. Add chicken with (add staple side dish here), maybe grandma’s famous pasta recipe and a few other typical dishes, and you have your biweekly rotation of meals served at dinner. Now, what if I said you can’t eat any dish that contains the key ingredients found in every one of those recipes? You would be forced to find new recipes, go to different aisles in the food store, read the full list of ingredients and likely have to find new grocery stores to do your shopping. Well, all of those tasks fall squarely on the shoulders of my better half.
Barbara has searched the internet and cookbooks for vegan recipes. She visited numerous new grocery stores to find which have the best selections for vegans. She’s become an expert on how to read ingredient lists and developed a whole new meal rotation for the entire family. I’m no writer so I’m sure I’m not doing a fantastic job of painting a picture of just what a mammoth disruption this has been to her life. Keep in mind, I haven’t become a “substitute vegan”, where I will simply swap out a burger for a veggie burger. I believe the only way to do this long term is to completely change your palate and that requires that the composition of your plate must look and feel as different as the new textures and flavors of your meals. That’s what makes it all the more incredible that she has managed to take it on without so much as a loud sigh. For this I am thankful to have such a fantastic partner in this and all of my endeavors.
Add to the mix, Javier, our breakfast chef at the office who makes the greatest veggie burrito with sides of fresh fruit and his secret Guatemalan beans, and you have a pretty sweet setup for conversion to veganism.
I can’t leave out the contribution of my kids. Masie, who has been a vegetarian for over 10 years, has actually benefitted from me becoming a vegan because it has expanded her range of options. Jackson, on the other hand, is an unabashed carnivore, but he’s also a gamer. Up for any challenge (see unicycling, slack lining, jumping stilts, and even yarn bombing), Jackson has been a supporter of the adjustment. Anyone with kids knows how important their contribution has been to a smooth transition.
Don’t cry for me, for I suffer not on my path to becoming a healthier person. | 2019-04-19T06:39:12 | https://12for2012.com/category/learning-resolutions/page/2/ |
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The “2013 Coast to Coast Trek” was fantastic, everybody had a “Phat” time and all but one car made it home without any problems.
Thank you to all you trekkers that participated and I hope to see you all next year.
We had some good media coverage along the way and helped to promote what Starlight does for lots of children, which it is all about.
Good news is we have raised $96K which is a fantastic effort, so well done everyone that will go a long way in helping brighten the lives of lots of sick kids.
The highest fundraiser this year was Car Miss P from Nowra, (Terese,Warren, Lara and Kate Markam well done that was a great effort. Look out for next year!!
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$Signed a four-year, $54.02 million contract with the Knicks in July of 2015. Traded to the Bulls in June of 2016.
Lopez saw his highest minutes total in over two weeks Tuesday, finishing the game with 12 points in 31 minutes. The Bulls have been scaling back his role over the final few games but that does not take away from the fact he has been a standard league asset, basically since the All-Star break. The veteran has benefitted from the absence of a number of other players and is unlikely to have this sort of a role heading into next season.
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After being traded from the Knicks to the Bulls in June of 2016, Lopez had a solid, but not spectacular year in his first season in Chicago. He played in all but one regular season game, but his numbers stayed fairly consistent from a year prior. He finished with averages of 10.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.4 blocks, while shooting 49.3 percent from the field. That marked a slight drop in his rebounding numbers, while his field goal percentage was also the worst he's shot since the 2011-12 season. Heading into the 2017-18 campaign, Lopez will be back with the Bulls once again and should remain the team's starting center. Superstar Jimmy Butler was dealt to the Timberwolves in an offseason trade, which should allow Lopez to pick up a few more post touches per game. That means Lopez should see an increase in production, although it wouldn't be surprising if the gains were ultimately limited a bit considering the Bulls are in rebuild mode and will likely try and get their younger talent more involved right away to speed up their development. That said, a slight uptick in points, rebounds and field goal percentage should be expected, though his poor free throw shooting (72.1 percent in 2016-17) is something to be aware of.
Lopez will suit up for his third team in as many years as he enters his ninth NBA season. The big man joined the Bulls in June, coming over from the Knicks shortly before the draft as the key piece in the Derrick Rose trade. He'll have big shoes to fill, stepping in as the starting center after the Bulls parted ways with both Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol over the summer. Lopez, who averaged 10.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.6 blocks and 1.4 assists per game last season, will be asked to anchor the Bulls' defense following a summer that brought drastic change to the roster. After averaging 27.1 minutes per game last season, Lopez could be set for a mild increase in playing time given the relative lack of depth behind him. Chicago has a number of options at power forward -- Taj Gibson, Nikola Mirotic and Bobby Portis among them -- but Cristiano Felicio is the team's only other true center. While the 24-year-old Felicio flashed potential as a rookie, he played in only 31 games and remains fairly raw, so the Bulls will be counting heavily on Lopez. While Lopez is far from a dominant interior scorer, he has strong touch around the basket (career 53.3% from the field), as well as at the charity stripe (79.5% in 2015-16). Lopez is also among the league's best offensive rebounders, pulling down 3.3 per game last season, good for sixth in the NBA. Given his underdeveloped offensive game, Lopez's fantasy ceiling is relatively low, but he's a proven, steady commodity who's worth a look in later rounds of fantasy drafts.
The proud owner of a new four-year, $54 million contract, Lopez joined the Knicks in free agency after playing the past two seasons for the Blazers. Last year, the seven-footer posted 9.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks while shooting 54 percent in 28 minutes per game across 59 appearances. Ultimately, a broken right hand suffered last December prevented Lopez from completing his third straight season without missing a game, but he remained a formidable presence around the rim when healthy. Now with the Knicks, Lopez is expected to anchor New York's defense as the team's unquestioned starting center. That should coincide with a useful amount of blocked shots, but it will be most interesting to monitor how the Knicks' roster composition impacts Lopez's rebounding numbers. Without playing alongside another seven-footer like former teammate LaMarcus Aldridge, Lopez figures to consume a larger chunk of his team's rebounds but has only averaged over seven boards per game once in his previous seven seasons. While Lopez's defensive contributions still outweigh his offensive ability, the 27-year-old's average of 10.7 points over the past three seasons suggests he could become a more frequent double-double threat this season, if his rebounding rate reflects his comparatively larger role on the Knicks.
After arriving in Portland last offseason via a three-team deal, Robin Lopez turned in the most prolific season of his six-year career, averaging 11.1 points (on 55-percent shooting), 8.5 rebounds, 1.7 blocks, and 0.9 assists in 32 minutes. The exchange appears to have worked in the Blazers' favor, at least initially, as Lopez's placement in the starting lineup allowed frontcourt mate LaMarcus Aldridge to focus more of his energy on the offensive end of the floor. Meanwhile, Lopez responded with a career-high in swats and defensive rebounds, but the center also emerged as a force on the offensive glass, corralling a franchise record 326 offensive rebounds on the year. Largely avoiding any serious injuries for the third consecutive year, Lopez is building up a track record as a reliable option inside, unlike his twin brother, Brook. As Robin enters the final year of his contract, he can be relied upon for boards, blocks, and a more-than-palatable field-goal percentage.
While Lopez didn't fully emerge out of his brother's shadow last season, he at least poked his head around Brook's shoulder. The forgotten Lopez twin easily put together the best season of his career for the Hornets, finishing with career-high marks in scoring (11.3), rebounding (5.6) blocked shots (1.6) and minutes played (26 mpg). While his counting stats might not jump out of the box score, Lopez was able to add to his overall fantasy value by being an extremely efficient big man, shooting 53 from the floor, 78 percent from the charity stripe and limiting his turnovers to 1.3 per game. Lopez was a strong veteran presence in the paint for a rebuilding squad in New Orleans, but he will join an already established Portland frontcourt after being packaged as part of the Tyreke Evans sign-and-trade deal. The Blazers' frontcourt will continue to revolve around LaMarcus Aldridge and the team will likely want to get Myers Leonard more involved in the rotation during his second season, which makes it unlikely Lopez will see as large of a role as he did in New Orleans. But if Lopez is able to carve out 22-26 mpg with his new team, he's capable of providing consistent enough production to be worth a look in some formats.
Lopez comes to New Orleans following a mediocre start to his career. He played in all but two games last season, averaging 5.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg and .9 bpg, but Lopez was stuck as a defensive-minded player in a heavily offensive team. Lopez could reach his potential under Williams. He might not put up the numbers to be a force in fantasy, but his contributions to the team as a defensive stalwart will be a big help to the team. Unless in a deep league and looking for defensive stats, Lopez should not be a fantasy option.
Handed the starting role in Phoenix, Lopez squandered it thanks to poor play. He is foul prone and has no offensive game to speak of. Even if Gortat were to get injured, it’s hard to foresee Lopez producing enough offensively in order to be worth a roster spot.
It appeared, as they entered the NBA, that Robin would always remain in the shadow of his twin brother Brook. To a certain degree, it's true: while the latter has become a night-in, night-out double-double threat, the former has become more of hustle-type player. But it was Robin hustling with Phoenix in the playoffs last year as his brother toiled with the lowly Nets. He enters the season as No. 1 on the depth chart at center. That's good for at least 25 minutes per game.
Lopez's rookie season was a far cry from his brother Brook's in New Jersey, as he struggled to adjust to the pro game even without the pressure of being a starter. With Shaquille O'Neal now in Cleveland, Lopez is the Suns' best option for interior defense, but his showing in the Summer League didn't give any indication he was ready for a bigger role. Even if he does earn more minutes his value will come solely in rebounds and blocks, as he's a poor fit for the "Seven Seconds or Less" offensive philosophy.
He has more hair than his brother Brook, but that's likely to be the only category in which he outperforms his sibling. Unless an injury opens up a starting spot for him, Lopez will be just a big body off the bench for the Suns this season.
Lopez produced 29 points (12-18 FG, 5-8 FT), seven rebounds, two assists and one block in 30 minutes Monday in the Bulls' 113-105 loss to the Knicks.
Lopez finished with 15 points (7-14 FG, 0-1 3Pt, 1-1 FT), nine rebounds and four assists across 28 minutes in Wednesday's 118-98 loss to the Trail Blazers.
Lopez totaled 10 points (5-11 FG, 0-1 3Pt, 2-2 FT), four rebounds and one assist over 22 minutes in the Bulls' loss to the Jazz on Saturday.
Lopez finished with 24 points 11-14 FG, 2-2 FT), seven rebounds, two assists, and one block in 26 minutes during Monday's 116-101 victory over the Suns.
Lopez contributed 22 points (9-12 FG, 4-4 FT), eight rebounds, three assists, three blocks, and one steal in 34 minutes during Friday's 128-121 loss to the Clippers. | 2019-04-24T02:01:05 | https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/player.php?id=2919 |
ABSTRACT - Respondents were shown pictures of products with either odd or even prices. Two days later they saw the same items, but for half of the products, the prices had increased. Respondents were less likely to notice the price increases in the odd priced products than in the even price 4 products. Evidence indicated that this was due both to poorer memory for odd prices and to a bias toward judging that the odd prices were not the ones that had increased.
Robert M. Schindler (1984) ,"Consumer Recognition of Increases in Odd and Even Prices", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 11, eds. Thomas C. Kinnear, Provo, UT : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 459-462.
Respondents were shown pictures of products with either odd or even prices. Two days later they saw the same items, but for half of the products, the prices had increased. Respondents were less likely to notice the price increases in the odd priced products than in the even price 4 products. Evidence indicated that this was due both to poorer memory for odd prices and to a bias toward judging that the odd prices were not the ones that had increased.
Retailers' use of the technique of odd pricing (e.g., pricing an item at $9.99 rather than $10.00) is extremely common (Twedt 1965). However, despite the fact that odd ,rices are such a prominent feature of the retail price environment, the effect of this technique on the consumer has been mostly a matter of speculation.
One common hypothesis is that consumers will tend to pay attention to only the dollar part of a price and drop off the cents part. Thus, if consumers perceive a price such as $4.99 as $4.00, then by pricing a $5.00 item at $4.99, the retailer will lower the perceived price by one dollar at the cost of only one penny. Lambert (1975) tested this hypothesis by asking respondents to give an estimate of the monetary value of a set of products which was either even or odd priced, but found no consistent evidence to support the hypothesis. However, recently, Schindler and Wiman (1983) did find some evidence in favor of this "rounding down" hypothesis. They asked respondents to recall prices the respondents had seen two days earlier and found that respondents were more likely to underestimate odd prices than even prices. Although many respondents recalled a $9.99 price as $9.89 or $9.50 rather than as $9.00, the fact that they were less likely to recall a $10.00 price as "9 dollars and some cents" provides some support for the rounding down hypothesis.
Another common hypothesis is based on the fact that a number of studies, including at least three field studies (Ginzberg 1936 , Dalrymple and Haines 1970; Georgoff 1972), have failed to find any reliable effect of odd pricing on sales. This hypothesis holds that odd pricing actually has little effect on consumer behavior except that it has created familiar "price points." Many retailers would abandon odd pricing were it not that consumers tend to consider these price points as "correct" prices, and will be especially likely to notice, and presumably resist, prices which are raised above these price points (Nwokoye 1975: Whalen 19805.
Gabor and Granger's (1964) finding that consumer demand may peak at odd prices for a product which is normally odd-priced but not for a product which is usually not odd priced provides some support for the price point hypothesis. However, results of the Schindler and Wiman (1983) study raise questions about the price point hypothesis. In addition to finding a greater tendency to underestimate the odd prices, Schindler and Wiman found less accurate recall of odd prices than of even prices. If this accuracy difference is due entirely to a tendency to guess even prices when the actual price is forgotten, then it does not bear on the price point hypothesis. But if this recall accuracy difference is not due entirely to guessing strategies, then it must indicate that consumers are morn likely to forget odd prices than even ones. However, if a consumer has forgotten a price, then he/she cannot notice an increase in that price. Thus, greater forgetting of odd prices should lead to consumers being less likely to notice increases in those odd prices, not more likely to notice them. as suggested by the price point hypothesis.
The experiment reported here was designed to test whether consumers' tendency to notice a price increase in odd prices differed from their tendency to notice a price increase in even prices. Respondents were shown pictures of products which were given either odd or even prices. Two days later, the respondents were shown the same pictures with half of the even prices increased and the other half unchanged, and with half of the odd prices increased and the other half unchanged. The respondents were asked to indicate for each product whether or not the price had changed from -he price they had seen two days earlier. The price point hypothesis predicts greater awareness of price increases among odd prices than among even prices. On the other hand, if the lower recall accuracy of odd prices is due to a greater tendency to forget odd prices, then the prediction would be lower awareness of price increases among odd prices than among even prices.
One hundred and twenty-seven undergraduate business students at Northeastern University served as respondents in this study. The experiment was conducted in six Introduction to Marketing classes during two class sessions, the second coming two days after the first. During the second session, data were collected from only those students who were present for the first session. This resulted in a sample size of 92 for the second session.
The materials used in this study were slightly modified from those used by Schindler and Wiman (1983). Pictures of twenty products judged to be relevant to students were selected from a mail-order catalog and mounted on 7 l/2" by 5 l/2" cards. Using a table of random numbers, a standard order of presentation of the twenty cards was established and they were bound together in this order with looseleaf rings. The price of each product was lettered on a rectangular white sticker and affixed to the lower center portion of each card.
Three card sets were prepared, which were identical except for the prices affixed. If a product were priced at, say, $25.00 in one cart set, then that product would be priced at $24.99 in the second card set, and $24.98 in the third set. Odd prices with $.98 endings were included along with odd prices with $.99 endings in order to be able to demonstrate that any differences which were found between even prices and prices with $.99 endings were due to the "oddness" of the $.99 ending rather than to the one cent difference between the even and $.99 price.
The price ending ($.00, $.99, or $.98) assigned to a product in a particular card set was determined randomly for each of the twenty products, thus yielding a mixture of the three pricing conditions in each card set. Each set was given a cover card with the letter A, B, or C prominently displayed, and each respondent received only one of the three sets. Thus, each respondent was exposed to all three pricing conditions, but the particular products which exemplified each condition depended on the card set the respondent received.
The card sets used during the second session were identical to those used during the first session except that in each set, the p-ices were increased in ten of the twenty products. The increases ranged from 15% to 50: and were designed to (l) maintain the "roundness" of the even prices, and (2) cause the same number of digits to change in the odd and even priced forms. For example, a price of $400 would be increased to $500. Both are round numbers, and the increase involves a change of only one digit in both the even pricing conditions ($400.00 - $500.00) and the two odd pricing conditions ($399.99 - $499.99 and $399.98 $499.98). Note that the price increase never altered the type of price ending that a product had in a particular card set, and that each product had the same size price increase when it appeared with the even ending as when it appeared with the $.99 and $.98 endings. The result of this is that, over the three card sets, the size of the average price increase for each of the three price ending conditions was equal.
Also, the twenty products were randomly split into two groups of ten. For each card set, half of the respondents received it during the second session in a version where prices were increased in the first group of products. The other half of the respondents received it in a version where prices were increased in the second group of products. Table l illustrates, for one card set, the product prices and their increases for both versions of that card set used during the second session.
At the beginning of the first session, respondents were told they were participating in a study of "shopping behavior," and were each given a response sheet. The response sheet for the first session included a list of the twenty products in the order that they appeared in the card set.
To the right of each product name was a series of six purchase probabilities, beginning with 0% and proceeding at intervals of 20% up to 100%. Respondents were instructed to examine the product pictured on each card and to note the price indicated on the sticker. They were then told to assume that they were in the market for such a product and to indicate their willingness to buy the pictured product at the price displayed on the card by circling the percentage which indicated their purchase probability. Two of the six marketing classes run were given card set A, two were given card set B, and two were given card set C. Thus, each card set was seen by approximately the same number of respondents.
For the second session, each group of respondents received the same card set they had seen during the first session, except that the prices for half of the products had been increased. The respondents were told that "some of the prices" had increased and were asked to indicate whether each price was the "same" or "higher" by circling one of those two words next to the product name on the second session response sheet. Then they were asked to rate, on a 5-point scale ( l = "not sure" and 5 = "very sure") how sure they were of their judgments of whether each price had or had not increased. Finally, the respondents were asked once again to indicate their willingness to buy each of the pictured products under the same assumption and using the same scale as in the first session.
Each respondent's first session mean willingness to buy was computed for each of the three price ending conditions. An analysis of variance of these means indicated there were no statistically significant differences between these three pricing conditions (F = 0.50, p > .60). A similar analysis of variance on the second session willingness-to-buy measures also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the three pricing conditions (F = 1. 35, p > .20).
Table 2 shows how often respondents indicated that a price increased when it in fact did increase. When prices had odd endings, respondents were less likely to notice the price increase than when the prices had even endings (x.2 = 18.25, p < .001).
However, as can be seen in Table 3, respondents were also less likely to indicate an increase occurred in an odd price than in an even price even for those odd and even prices which remained unchanged between the first and second sessions (X2 = 5.88, p = .05). Thus, there was evidence of a general bias toward indicating that an odd price had not increased.
To determine whether this response bias could be entirely responsible for the respondent's lower likelihood of recognizing an increase in an odd price, or whether poorer memory for the first session prices of odd priced items was also involved, a value of d' was calculated for the respondent's increase/no-increase judgments for each of the three pricing conditions. Developed in the context of signal detection theory (Coombs, Dawes, and Tversky 1970; McNicol 1972), d' is a measure of the sensitivity of the observer to a signal (in this case, the "signal" is the presence of a price increase) which is independent of the size of any response bias present. The calculations indicated that the d' for the prices with even endings was 1.108. For the prices with $.99 endings, d' =0.917, and for the prices with $.98 endings, d' = 0.915. A one-way analysis of variance on the d' scores for each respondent indicated that this effect of price ending on d' was statistically significant (F = 13.65, p < .005). Thus, this signal detection analysis indicates that the respondent's lower likelihood of recognizing an increase in an odd price than one in an even price is at least partially due to a greater tendency to forget the first session prices when they had odd endings.
The respondents' ratings of how sure they were of their increase/no-increase judgments also implicates the role of memory factors in the lower probability of recognizing an increase in an odd price. If the respondents were as likely to forget first session prices with even endings as those with odd endings but simply guessed differently for odd and even prices, then there is no obvious reason why they should differ in their confidence in their increase/ no-increase judgments for odd and even prices. However, if memory for first session odd prices was poorer than that for first session even prices, then respondents would have to more often take guesses as to whether odd prices increased or not, and thus would be expected to have less confidence in their increase/no-increase judgements for odd prices. The results support the latter alternative. The mean sureness rating for increase/no-increase Judgments of even prices was 3.79, the mean sureness for prices with 9.99 endings was 3.75, and the mean sureness for the prices with $.98 endings was 3.58. A one-way analysis of variance indicated that the effect of price ending on sureness was statistically significant (F = 5.97, p < .005).
The results of this study indicate that, contrary to the prediction of the price point hypothesis, consumers are less likely to notice an increase in an odd price than in an even price. Further, these results provide evidence that consumers are more likely to forget an odd price than the corresponding even price over a two-day period, and that this poorer memory for odd prices plays a role in the lower tendency to recognize that they may have increased. However, since the respondents in this study were dealing with pictures of products and not making actual purchases, these results must be regarded as tentative and subject to confirmation in a more realistic setting.
The artificial nature of the task may also have been responsible for the failure to find any effect of price ending on a willingness-to-buy measure. Other recent laboratory tests of the effects of pricing variables on a willingness-to-buy measure have also found either no effects (e.g. Schindler and Wiman 1983) or only limited effects (e.g. Della Bitta, Monroe, and McGinnis 1981). This underlines the necessity of expanding this laboratory research into situations where the researcher can be more confident of observing realistic levels of consumer concern about price information.
Future research might also be devoted to the question of what it is about odd prices which could account for the findings that they are more difficult to remember. One possibility is that odd prices may be encoded by the consumer's perceptual system to form an internal representation consisting of two or more chunks (Miller 1956), while even prices may be encoded into an internal form consisting of only one chunk (Jacoby and Olson 1977). For example, $19.99 may be encoded into the chunk "19" and the chunk "99", while $20.00 may be encoded into the single chunk "20". If both $19.99 and $20.00 received the same amount of cognitive resources (e.g. rehearsal time, space in memory, etc.), then the probability of at least one of the two chunks of the representation of $19.99 being unretrievable would be greater than the probability of losing the one chunk of the representation of $20.00. If future research supports this possibility, it would indicate that consumers would be less likely to recognize increases in any non-round number, not only ones which are a few pennies below a round number .
An additional area for future research involves the finding of the respondents' bias toward judging that an odd price is one that has not increased. It may be the case that consumers associate odd prices with discounts and low prices, and such associations may prove to be another psychological mechanism of an effect of odd pricing on consumer behavior.
Thus, the present results add to Schindler and Wiman's (1983) evidence for the rounding down of odd prices evidence that odd pricing provides a second benefit to the seller: lower consumer awareness of a price increase. However, this effect would probably also work in the other direction and make the consumer less likely to notice a decrease" an odd price. For the retailers this suggests (i) that odd pricing may be especially useful in advance of expected price increases, and (2) that inclusion of a reference price is especially important when communicating to the consumer that an odd price has been lowered.
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Whalen, Bernard F. (1980), "Strategic Mix of Odd, Even Prices Can Lead to Increased Retail Profits," Marketing News, (March 7), 24. | 2019-04-20T20:48:35 | http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/6295/volumes/v11/NA-11 |
Held from August 2-4, 2016 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, the conference showcases a variety of products and technologies for markets that include coatings, pulp and paper, automotive technologies, medicines, packaging and personal consumer goods. It is widely regarded as a leading international event for the polyurethanes industry, a keep supplier to mattress manufacturers.
Mattress demand in China is now at levels equal to or greater than in the United States, and China, as it is in so many other industries, is also a manufacturing powerhouse within the mattress industry.
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This is a great meal for those who want a hearty simple and healthy dinner. Very simple & easy to follow!
I would like to thank my friend Camila for introducing me to this meal hence the name!
For decoration, sprinkle more parsley on top when ready to serve.
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How many bees live in a colony in a hive?
How many flowers must a bee tap to make one pound of honey?
How much honey does the worker bee make in her lifetime?
Five. Two with compound lens, and three light sensors on top of her head.
How do honeybees communicate with each other?
By dancing. Honeybees do a dance which alerts other bees where nectar and pollen is located. The dance explains direction and distance.
How many pounds of honey can be harvested from a single bee colony?
How many Queen Bees are in a colony and how many eggs do they lay?
How many Worker Bees are in a colony?
How many Drone Bees are in a colony?
How many bees does it take to gather a pound of honey?
How long is the average honeybee life?
Why is honey one of the safest foods?
How much water is in nectar? How much in honey?
Nectar when gathered by bees is about 70% water. Honey is about 17% water.
How many bees are needed to pollinate one acre of fruit trees?
One colony of bees (around 30,000 or more bees). Pollination success increases if there are more honey bees present at the time of peak flowering.
How do bees remove the excess moisture (extra water) from nectar to make honey?
Are bees more valuable for honey or pollinating crops?
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Corey Smith posted this on Monday, May 14, 2012 at about 8am.
The battery for the remote on my car is starting to go out. Right now, it’s just intermittently having issues. The other night, I realized after pushing the unlock button 20 times, that I needed to find another solution.
I decided to use the key to open the car door. As I turned the key the car unlocked just fine. At the moment I opened the door, I found that the alarm started up. Of course, without the remote working, I couldn’t turn it off. In a state of panic, I thought that closing the door would turn it off. Then I opened the back door (yeah, I know, not my brightest moment).
It makes me wonder what else in life that we deal with has such a poorly designed operating procedure.
This weekend I was camping with the Boy Scouts. A good friend of mine, Jordan, pointed out the design of his tent. One of the reasons I hate using tents when I’m camping (preferring to sleep under the stars) is that I hate having to roll up the tent into the ever-too-small bags they provide.
Jordan’s bag for his tent was designed to fit well. It was greater than the size necessary. It was designed more like a duffle bag and even had extra zippers that make it possible to cinch it in after the tent is in place.
Sometimes, it is the simplest of design changes that can make all the difference in the world. Simply being able to use the car key to turn off the car alarm or a larger bag for a tent can make the user experience so much better.
What can companies learn from these simple experiences? What do you think you can change that will make all the difference in the world for those that use your product or services? | 2019-04-22T08:28:15 | https://www.coreysmith.ws/blog/designing-user-experience |
Woodland Hospital is a Multi Specialty Hospital situated at the heart of the city at Dhankheti, Shillong which was established in 21st March 1991 as a Proprietary concern. Considering the paucity of standard medical facilities available in the state, Dr. W. Kharshiing and his wife Mrs. Margret Wahlang decided to start a Nursing Home offering better alternatives to the patients of the medically deficient state. It was such a dream that few may have been imagined to see in its present form. The hospital was started with 28 Indoor beds, two Operation Theatres viz; One Major & One Minor, along with the very basic Diagnostic facilities likes: Pathology, X-Ray, Ultra-Sonography etc. The Departments were limited to General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics and ENT. During the year 1994, the hospital was expanded to 56 bed capacity. The New Operation Theatre Complex, a CT Scan Machine and four bedded Intensive Care Unit were also added to meet the increasing demands of the people. The CT scan was the first one the State had ever seen in1995. The hospital went on to Expand to 120 beds during the year 2001 with the addition of an annexed building. Woodland Hospital has always strived to introduce the latest advancements of medical technology and it introduced the Medical Resonance Imaging (MRI) the first one in the state in 2002. At present the hospital expanded to 160 beds with the addition of another annexed building in 2013. The Hospital is the only Hospital in the state which is well equipped with the ultra modern facilities. In 2006 the Department of Pathology has been accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for Medical Testing and has been given the Certificate Number M-0213 in accordance with the ISO 15189:2007. The Department of Pathology of the Hospital is the first one in the entire state and the only fourth institution in the entire North East India to be accredited in the field of Medical Blood Testing by NABL. This stature is not only the recognition of our expertise in the field for the past works done but is also the boost for the Department of Pathology to continue doing the same for ever. Woodland Hospital is also an ISO 9001-2008 certified by Bureau Veritas Certification in 2010. The Quality Management System of Woodland Hospital for improvement in management system of the hospital and to continually improve the system in pursuance of the policy are: To maintain Medical Ethics of High Standard while attending the patients. To provide the best available treatment to patients at affordable price and continually improve facilities, services and quality of patient care. To comply with the statutory & regulatory requirements relevant with the services rendered. To make patients feel that each human life is equally precious to the hospital management.
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Perfect harmony, one note at a time.
DCappella (2018) – Disney’s new 7 voice all-star a cappella ensemble, first tour launches January 2019.
Pitch Battle (2017) – Music Director on and off camera for this choral and a cappella singing competition on BBC One in the UK.
Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) – Was music director for all vocal performances in the highest grossing music comedy series.
The Sing-Off (2009 – 2014) – Music directed all singers and performances on five seasons of the hit reality show in the US (NBC) as well as Holland (SBS) and China (SZMC) and South Africa (SABC1).
The Sing Off Tour (2013 – 2014) – huge national bus tours (56 concerts/cities in 63 days) featuring 3 groups from the show plus local groups.
TotalVocal at Carnegie Hall (2015 – present) – over 400 singers plus celebrity guests, each year on Palm Sunday.
Vocalosity (2013 – present) – 12 amazing voices, touring performing arts centers across America.
The House Jacks (1991 – 2015) – Founded, directs and performs with “the original rock band without instruments” (SF Chronicle) that paved the way for the modern vocal band sound.
Disney (1999 – 2005) – Created and directed American Vybe at Epcot and Groove 66 at California Adventure.
Tufts University Beelzebubs (1987 – 1991) – Where it all started. | 2019-04-21T22:06:01 | http://www.dekesharon.com/directing/ |
The short answer is yes, if you do it right. And we do it right, with every patient! We give every patient the time and attention that they need, and limit our bariatric surgeries to 3 to 5 surgeries per day. No surgery is ever rushed. Our surgeon meets our patients every day of their stay. Performing our surgeries in a full-service hospital with every patient covered by medical complication insurance, permits us to provide the highest level of medical care, while giving our patients peace of mind.
Proper cleaning and sterilization of operating rooms is not rocket science, it is basic medicine. First year medical students are taught how to clean and sterilize using the three basic methods which are (1) gas for plastic instruments, (2) liquid for medical instruments and medical implants, and (3) autoclave for metal surgical instruments. There are also approved liquids for cleaning the operating room. These methods take time, roughly 1 hour to properly clean and sterilize an operating room between patients.
Bariatric surgery is not an assembly line business. The average gastric sleeve surgery takes approximately an hour in the operating room. Five patients in any given day means five hours in the operating room. Add to that one hour between patients to properly clean and sterilize the operating room, and that is an additional 4 hours: 5 + 4 = 9 hours total. That is a full day for any surgeon. To do 15 or 20 surgeries in one day with one operating room is unimaginable. The math simply does not work.
Patient preparation before surgery is critically important. We strongly recommend our bariatric patients, to do at home, beginning 14 days prior to surgery, what we call a 7 Day Detox/Colon Cleanse. It is a week-long process designed to remove the putrefied mucoidal plaque that is attached to the insides of all our colons. The final week before surgery is liquids only for all patients which has the effect of shrinking the patient’s liver. This allows our patients to be 100% ready for bariatric surgery and have virtually no post op symptoms of nausea, vomiting, gas pain, etc. Having a clean colon allows patient’s liver to quickly metabolize the medications used during surgery.
Two-night hospital stay with intravenous fluids for sleeve patients. This is the proper protocol for bariatric patients undergoing the gastric sleeve procedure. For bypass patients, a three-night hospital stay is required. Having the IV fluids for 48 hours post-op makes a huge difference in patient healing, and we give IV medications to prevent nausea, pain, and reduce inflammation. This promotes patient’s comfort and healing process.
Certified hospital for medical tourists meets strict international standards. Trinity Medical offers our bariatric (weight loss) and plastic surgeries at Hospital Guadalajara located on 2nd Street in Tijuana, Mexico. Hospital Guadalajara is a full service “Certified Hospital for Medical Tourists” by the Mexican Federal Government agency known as “CSG.” The hospital has full radiology, emergency room, ICU, blood bank, endoscopic services, dedicated bariatric wing, licensed, and registered physicians, and nurses, and operates 24/7 as a privately-owned hospital that is open to the public.
Newest generation and properly sized surgical staples. We only use the latest generation called 6 Row surgical staples, meaning three rows of staples on each side of the stomach incision. Also, we use the proper size of staples as they come in different sizes. This eliminates the potential for leaks often found with obsolete 4 row staples, and prevents the stomach splitting open which is caused by staples that are too short.
Incisions sealed in the operating room with surgical glue to prevent skin infections. This may seem like a minor detail, but sealing the incisions in the operating room under sterile conditions has proven to be 100% effective in preventing skin infections post-op. This allows our patients to be able to shower as soon as they are ready after surgery without fear of getting their incisions infected. The surgical glue will separate by itself from the incision within two weeks post-op. No extra precautions are necessary.
Strict 30-Day post-op diet designed to allow patient’s new stomach to heal properly. The diet is designed to allow maximum time for the patients stomach to begin healing itself without the burden of attempting to digest food prematurely. Ingesting food prematurely will cause digestive acid and fluids to enter the patient’s new stomach and slow down the healing process.
Comprehensive post op nutritional guidance. This allows our bariatric patients to reach their goal weight in the shortest time possible. After bariatric surgery, and any surgery for that matter, what you eat and what you do not eat are both critically important. Knowing what enzymes to take with what protein, how to deal with symptoms of sliming and frothing, how to find the best vitamins, how to check yourself for hypothyroidism, candid overgrowths, etc. Our nutritional guidance is the most comprehensive in this business. | 2019-04-25T03:50:33 | https://trinitymedical.org/how-are-0-complications-and-0-infections-even-possible/ |
Today I went to the Wesley House and the kids were not there because they went on a field trip for the day so my group and I cleaned. I cleaned the closet with Emily, Mrs. Kristin, Reid, and Kate. Then Emily and I organized a whole bookshelf in 10min! In the afternoon we had a free day and we went to the Sun Sphere were we could see the whole city. Then we went to Starbucks and I got a Kavu bag at Mast General in downtown. Then we got to see the Spider-Man movie together as a group. After the movie we went to Trio for dinner and Rita’s for ice-cream. My favorite part of the day has to be when I saw the big accomplishment that my group made when the closet was finished. I saw God working was when Emily and I had finished that bookshelf in 10 minutes.
Today I went to Mobile Meals. It was so much fun! But some of the people were not answering their doors. But that was ok. My favorite part of the day was when we went to see a movie in the afternoon. Spider-Man was really good. Then we went to dinner. It was so good! Then we went shopping. I saw God when the mobile meals was successful and fun!!
This morning I went to Beardsley Farm where we got to pick Okra, Squash, and Peppers. Then we pulled weeds around the farm. In the afternoon we went to the Sunsphere downtown where you could look around the whole city. Then we played on a really cool playground and then went to Market Square and we shopped a bit, we went to see a movie. I saw Despicable Me 3 and the movie was really good. Then we went to Trio’s for dinner where I had a hamburger. It was very good. My favorite part of the day was walking around downtown and shopping. I saw God yesterday when I saw how the Farm would give 75% of the food grown there to the local shelters and other places where people in need needed fresh produce like squash, okra, eggs, and honey. | 2019-04-22T01:03:35 | https://stjohns-salisbury.org/2017/07/26/knoxville-trip-day-3/ |
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Company from UK offering a wide selection of custom engraved and traditional memorials in a range of unique shapes and sizes. Also including infant ones in Angel or Teddy. | 2019-04-18T13:33:46 | http://www.mastbusiness.com/top/Retail_Shopping/Gifts/Memorials/ |
Definition: Hurt someone, usually romantically, or to cause some great disappointment.
Angela broke Brad's heart last year. He can't get over her.
I think losing the job broke his heart.
Definition: Phrase meaning that you swear you are telling the truth.
I cross my heart and hope to die. She's coming tomorrow!
Do you cross your heart and hope to die? I won't believe you otherwise.
Definition: To be jealous or envious of someone else.
I'm going to New York next week. Eat your heart out!
When he hears about your promotion he'll eat his heart out.
Definition: Do what you believe is right.
I think you should follow your heart and move to Chicago.
She said she had to follow her heart and marry Peter, even if her parents didn't approve.
Definition: Usually used in the first person, this phrase means that you are completely sincere.
You're the best player on the basketball team. I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
I think you are a wonderful person. Really, I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
Definition: Discuss the main issue, concern.
I'd like to get at the heart of the matter by discussing our marketing proposals.
She didn't waste any time and got right to the heart of the matter.
Definition: Not do or take something completely seriously.
I wish you weren't so halfhearted about this new project! Get serious!
She was rather halfhearted in her attempts to find a job.
Fred had a change of heart and invited the young boy into his home.
I wish you would have a change of heart about Tim. He really deserves some help.
Definition: Be very trustworthy and well-meaning.
Peter has a heart of gold if you give him the chance to prove himself.
You can trust her. She has a heart of gold.
She'll never understand your position. She has a heart of stone.
Don't expect any pity from me. I have a heart of stone.
Definition: Have an open and honest discussion with someone.
I think it's time we had a heart-to-heart talk about your grades.
She called her friend Betty to have a heart-to-heart talk with her about her problems.
Definition: To mean well, have the right intentions.
Come on, you know John has his heart in the right place. He just made a mistake.
Definition: Know something such as lines in a play, or music perfectly, to be able to perform something by memory.
He knew all his lines by heart two weeks before the performance.
You need to learn this piece by heart next week.
Definition: Absolutely want something / Absolutely not want something.
She has her heart set on winning the medal.
Frank has his heart set against his promotion. There's nothing I can do to help him.
Definition: To be completely surprised by something.
My heart missed a beat when I heard the news that she was pregnant.
She was so surprised by the announcement that her heart skipped a beat.
Definition: Confess or confide in someone.
I poured my heart out to Tim when I discovered that I hadn't received the promotion.
I wish you would pour your heart out to someone. You need to get these feelings out.
You should take heart and try your best.
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I’ve made baked french fries. I’ve made baked zucchini chips. What do you get when you combine them together? These amazing baked parmesan zucchini fries.
Sure, you could enjoy these zucchini sticks as is or perhaps with some dip of some sort. Why not dress them up with some panko crumbs? I’ve used panko to coat chicken, cauliflower, onions, and zucchini (in 2 different ways now) and I’m convinced everything tastes better if it’s covered in panko. Crunch-tacular!
These are called “fries” because they resemble the shape of french fries… and that’s about it. These zucchini fries are a healthier option to the fatty, greasy fried potato version. Don’t get me wrong, I still love french fries. However, when one is on a healthy food eating kick, then this snack is a great way to satisfy a comfort food craving.
Obviously this makes for a great side dish, but it’s even better as an appetizer. Or you could eat this entire plate with a little extra Parmesan cheese and a squeeze of lemon for lunch. Yes, this was my lunch today and I don’t feel one ounce of guilt for it!
Line a baking sheet with tin foil, parchment paper, or a silicon mat and set it aside.
Cut the ends off the zucchini and julienne the rest of it into thin sticks.
Build yourself an assembly line for preparing the fries.
In bowl #1, add the flour.
In bowl #2, whisk together the eggs.
In bowl #3, whisk together the panko crumbs, grated Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
Use the assembly line to coat the fries in stuff.
Cover each zucchini stick in the flour mixture (in bowl #1).
Then dip each zucchini stick in the egg mixture (in bowl #2).
Finally coat each zucchini stick in the panko crumbs (in bowl #3).
Transfer the zucchini sticks to the prepared baking sheet.
(Optional) Spray the zucchini sticks with cooking spray.
Cook them for about 20 minutes or until they are browned (flip them over half way through the cooking time).
Here are some other nifty side dishes.
These look amazing!!!!! Maybe with this recipe, I’ll get my husband to eat zucchini.
I’m a french fry addict so this is perfect for me – I need a healthier alternative once in a while!
Oh my these look good. I bet there was not a crumb left. My boys, even though there is green stuff inside would love these. Sharing of course!
I would never have bet that these were baked instead of fried! They look sensational and what a great idea to bake something other than potatoes. I’m sure they are just delicious.
I LOVE zucchini fries!!! Why have I never added parm before?? This sounds so good! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
Funny because I thought everyone knew about zucchini and parmesan cheese, except me!
I just love these zucchini fries. They look amazing and would be perfect for any dish. I can’t wait to try my hand at making these. Great post.
want to try these, debating on how much to make. Has anyone tried re-heating these?
Emily, I have not tried re-heating them. I’ve enjoyed them hot right out of the oven and at room temperature. I imagine re-heating them might be similar to re-heating french fries… if you warm them up in a microwave they’ll be hot but limp… if you warm them up in an oven they might get their crunch factor back but you also might burn parts of them trying to do so (if that makes sense). If you end up trying to re-heat them, let me know how you make out. | 2019-04-25T18:28:14 | http://tinaschic.com/2015/04/baked-parmesan-zucchini-fries/ |
Slovakia took part in a total of 14 international crisis management (ICM) missions under the auspices of the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO and the UN in 2015.
This stems from the Report on Slovakia’s Involvement in ICM Activities acknowledged by the cabinet on March 2. The largest number of soldiers – 159 – took part in the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
Slovaks also participated in the EUFOR ALTHEA military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Kosovo, and in an OSCE mission in Macedonia, as well as in missions in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan. They were also part of a UN observer mission in the Middle East (UNTSO). In the past year, Slovakia also participated for the first time in the UN stabilisation mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), to which it deployed six police officers. Active since 2004, the mission’s purpose is to aid and stabilise local public administration and reform police operations, the TASR newswire wrote.
Slovakia spent more than €18 million to secure its participation in these individual operations – with most of the money earmarked from the Defence Ministry’s budget.
This year, Slovakia will continue to take part in all of the missions apart from two: EUPOL in Afghanistan and EUPOL COPPS in the Palestinian territories – both under the auspices of the EU. It also plans to extend its involvement in new missions, particularly those in Ukraine but also in other parts of the world. The top priority for 2016 is the EU’s civilian mission in Ukraine (EUAM). | 2019-04-23T04:13:42 | https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20107960/slovakia-was-active-in-14-international-missions-during-2015.html |
Spicers Guesthouse in the Hunter Valley offers a modern elegance where wine & exploration is the talk around the table. A five star hotel located in the heart of the Hunter Valley. You’ll feel a sense of relaxed luxury as soon as you arrive.
The Hunter Valley has played a pivotal role in the history of Australian wine with De Bortoli and Tyrrells being two of the First Families of Wine in Australia. The region is now home to a wide variety of cellar doors and Spicers Guesthouse is perfectly located in Pokolbin, the heart of the region. The Guesthouse has been an iconic destination within the Hunter Valley for 35 years (circa 1984). Having undergone an 18 month revitalisation the retreat has an inviting, homely feel that envelopes guests once inside. The upgrade reflects a fresh contemporary uplift while the welcoming spirit of the original Guest House has been preserved.
Éremo Restaurant with its modern Italian cuisine is a centre piece of the retreat, led by multi-hatted Executive Chef Cameron Matthews, the experience is exceptional. The private dining room offers a unique experience for small private occasions while the variety of larger spaces are ideal for weddings and conferences. Our Hunter Valley accommodation offers 49 guest rooms with 40 acres of grounds overlooking the surrounding mountain ranges and neighbouring vineyards.
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The luxuriously appointed rooms at Spicers Guesthouse feature a classic contemporary feel, drawing upon the natural colour scheme of the Hunter region as inspiration. The perfect place to discover the rich history of the Hunter Valley, Spicers Guest House is centrally located and delivers a quintessentially Australian, relaxed luxury experience.
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1.The demand for Uber rides increases in the presence of tough weather conditions such as severe storms. According to Hörcher and Graham (2018), the level of demand for a commodity is determined by factors such as ease of availability and the number of consumers in need of the merchandise/service. On the other hand, Knees (2016) reveals that demand increases with decrease in supply. In instances of severe storms, the supply of Uber vehicles is limited. Based on the conventional business laws of demand and supply; the demand of Uber services increases with decrease in supply due to the adverse weather conditions.
Comparatively, the original market equilibrium would be distorted if Uber charged uniform rates. According to Hörcher and Graham (2018), the demand for transport is greatly affected by the extent of availability. The fact that the supply of Uber rides is limited during and after severe storms reveals how the equilibrium will be distorted if normal charges are maintained (figure 1).
2. The surge pricing model adopted by Uber is highly necessary as it gives the organization’s drivers the morale of operating in difficult conditions. The price surging technique plays a significant role in increasing the supply of vehicles in the event of a snow storm since the demand for transport services is very high.
3. From a generalized perspective, consumers are better off with Uber’s surge pricing model. The model caters for the consumers’ by allowing them to access rides at lower rates when the supply is high and at an increased charge with decrease in supply.
1. There is need to appreciate the fact that the supply of land is perfectly inelastic. According to Knees (2016), the surface area of land remains constant. Therefore, an increase in the population of a place leads to an increase in the demand for this scarce resource. According to Chow and Niu (2015), the demand for this natural commodity in urban areas continues to increase. According to Hörcher and Graham (2018), the exponential increase in demand is attributed to the fact that land is one of the most significant factors of production. The fact that the supply of land in urban settings cannot be increased explains its demand/ supply curves.
2. The supply of land in urban settings has continued to diminish over the years. On the other hand, the demand for this essential factor of production has seen an exponential increase. Initially, the supply of land for the entire economy was considered to be perfectly inelastic (Hegetschweiler et al., 2017). However, the fact that there is production cost attributed to the land in urban areas associated with construction and maintenance shifts its curve to somewhat elastic.
3. Unlike other taxes that lead to the reduction of the supply of the targeted commodity, taxation of land as a key factor of production does not lead to a minimization in the levels of availability of this scarce commodity. Hegetschweiler et al. (2017) explain that in real settings, imposition of taxes leads to a reduction in the extents of demand for a commodity since consumers are propelled to adopt cheaper alternatives or forego the goods/ services. Comparatively, land boasts of its inelastic supply. On the other hand, Oliner (2016) reveals that in urban settings, land parcels are finite; an aspect that hinders the processes of increasing its supply in instances of shortage.
In urban settings, the demand for land is ever increasing. Oliner (2016) attributes this to the fact that urban populations are on a steady increase. Further, urban areas are considered to be strategically placed to foster economic and industrial productivity. Therefore, imposition of taxes does not lead to a reduction in demand for this scarce resource. Hegetschweiler et al. (2017) reveal that while taxes impact the buying power of the targeted consumers behaviour in an adverse way, the supply of land is constant. On the other hand, Hörcher and Graham (2018) demystify that such levies may also limit the extents to which prospective buyers lease or buy land.
Poghosyan (2014) defines long run equilibrium as a timeframe that is sufficiently adequate to allow businesses to instill the desired changes in their aspects of production. Therefore, the long run equilibrium plays a significant role in allowing firms to undertake total adjustments. The figure below shows the long run equilibrium without government subsidies.
2. The hawkers in the case study are faced with the increasing fixed costs of entry as the greatest challenge to effective establishment of their premises. Currently, hawkers in this market are forced to incur exorbitant fixed costs in order to carry out their operations at constant marginal costs. According to Comin, Lashkari and Mestieri (2015), the hawkers’ decisions of how much they need to produce are highly dependent on the prevailing levels of demand. As revealed in the figure below, there are instances where the prevailing levels of demand for the hawkers’ merchandises is such that the targeted buyers do not show the will of paying a price that is high enough to ensure that the venture recovers its initial investment. As a consequence, Hegetschweiler et al. (2017) explain that government interventions in the form of subsidies are required to ensure that the hawkers remain productive. Therefore, government subsidies play a significant role in increasing the levels of production of firms in a market by minimizing the fixed and variable costs of these ventures.
The subsidies availed by the government of Singapore to the firms in this market will play a significant role in decreasing the prices charged by hawkers in the short run. Comin, Lashkari and Mestieri (2015) explain that in the absence of interventions from the government, the prevailing levels of demand shift in such a way that consumers lack the will of paying higher prices for the hawkers to recover their initial investments. Hegetschweiler et al. (2017) reveal that while the hawkers only care for the profits they get from their engagements, they are faced with the obligation of ensuring that consumer welfare is catered for. Therefore, the government only introduces subsidies for initial investments such as rent and lease fees as a way of encouraging the hawkers to continue the supply of the required goods as shown in the figure below.
In the figure above, the profitability of hawkers in the Singaporean market is hindered with the absence of government subsidies. Therefore, the price charged (P*) is considered to be lower than the average cost (b). With the consumer welfare at zero, the hawkers’ production is limited. Provision of government subsidies equal to P*abc steers the hawkers to increase their output to OQ*.
1. Chow, G. C., & Niu, L. (2015). Housing Prices in Urban C hina as Determined by Demand and Supply. Pacific Economic Review, 20(1), 1-16.
2. Comin, D. A., Lashkari, D., & Mestieri, M. (2015). Structural change with long-run income and price effects (No. w21595). National Bureau of Economic Research.
3. Hegetschweiler, K. T., de Vries, S., Arnberger, A., Bell, S., Brennan, M., Siter, N., ... & Hunziker, M. (2017). Linking demand and supply factors in identifying cultural ecosystem services of urban green infrastructures: A review of European studies. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 21, 48-59.
4. Hörcher, D., & Graham, D. J. (2018). Demand imbalances and multi-period public transport supply. Transportation Business Research Part B: Methodological, 108, 106-126.
5. Kneese, A. V. (2016). Transportation and urban land. Routledge.
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Run Richmond needs you. Saturday, January 27th will be our next Group Run and we need it to be a big one. Madison Living magazine is sending out someone to do an article on Run Richmond. They want to get some photos for the piece and for great photos we need lots of runners/walkers.
Actually, we always need/want lots of you. It just makes things more fun. If you didn’t notice it has been pretty cold the last couple months. Overall we still keep pretty consistent with our numbers for group runs, but when the numbers get down in the single digits frequently our numbers do the same. We understand and expect things to be down when it is that cold. Some people choose the treadmill and others just wait to see if the sun will pop out and make it more bearable for a quick run.
Last Saturday though things started to change. The weather went back up to what many would call near perfect conditions and with that, we had a great turn out. Lets carry that momentum to next Saturday. I would love for us to average twice as many people at group runs as we do. Not because there is any financial advantage to Run Richmond from that (because there isn’t). Bigger numbers are great because that means the community is growing. That means more people are making connections with others that are on a similar path and they can support or encourage each other.
At Run Richmond, we really want to connect people. We want to connect people so that when a person wakes up one morning and doesn’t feel like getting out of bed to get that workout in they have people that will know if they skip. Sometimes that is all the motivation it will take to keep you going. We all struggle from time to time to stay motivated. The greatest motivation aide I have experienced is community. I want to show the readers of Madison Living what type of community of runners and walkers we have in Richmond.
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Finance minister Ravi Karunanayaka said Taxes on imported rice will be increased from 35 rupees to 50 rupees per Kilogram.
The tax will be increased with effect from midnight today.
The Minister stated that the decision has been taken as there was an excess stock of rice in the country and also to protect the local farmers. | 2019-04-20T04:54:50 | http://www.hirunews.lk/125153/tax-on-imported-rice-increased |
Mrs. Clark 69 passed away at home on Wednesday February 6, 2019 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Midland, Michigan on July 20, 1949 to the late James & Florence (Stewart) Moore. She married Lyn Clark on May 1, 1977 in Gladwin and has been a lifelong resident of the Gladwin area. She was a former member of the Gladwin Unite Methodist Church and retired from Gladwin School District as a office clerk at the Gladwin Junior High School.
She is survived by her husband of 41years and their sons Brook Hillman and Brett & Kim Hillman; 3 grandchildren; 2 brothers Robert & Jane Moore and Michael & Judy Moore. She was preceded in death by a sister Carol Wykoff.
Funeral services will be held Saturday February 9, 2019 at 11 am from Sisson Funeral Home with Pastor Sam Wilson presiding with burial in Highland Cemetery. Family will be present at the funeral home on Friday from 4 to 8 pm and Saturday 10 am until time of services to greet family and friends. Those wishing an expression of sympathy are asked to consider MidMichigan Hospice. | 2019-04-20T07:08:08 | http://obitmichigan.com/Obituary/42742/Margaret%20%22Peggy%22-Clark |
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There’s no support for /var/log/btmp enabled by default on a Debian Wheezy box. This is, in fact, a reported BUG on the Debian Bug Tracking System. According to it, this functionality has been already re-enabled starting from Debian GNU/Linux ssh package version 1:6.6p1-1.
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SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) - Sidney’s former police chief has filed a challenge to his conviction and 30-day jail sentence for obstructing government operations.
The lawyer for Byron Wilkinson filed the appeal in the Nebraska Appeals Court earlier this month.
Wilkinson was convicted July 17, after pleading no contest. The charge stems from what state prosecutors said was Wilkinson’s failure to pursue a criminal case against then-city Public Works Director John Hehnke, after Hehnke’s ex-girlfriend filed a criminal complaint against Hehnke in January 2014. Wilkinson instead handled the matter administratively and didn’t seek charges.
Concerns about Wilkinson’s decision were brought to the attention of the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office.
Earlier this year, a special prosecutor charged Hehnke, accusing him of “window peeping” at his ex-girlfriend’s house when she was partially disrobed. Hehnke pleaded no contest in April, was convicted of disturbing the peace and fined $300. He’s since been fired.
The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports that (https://bit.ly/1mC9PDP ) Wilkinson’s appellate brief includes arguments he made in an unsuccessful appeal to the Cheyenne County District Court, including his assertion that 30 days in jail was an excessive punishment. Wilkinson argues that he did not cause or intend to cause any serious harm to anyone, had no criminal history and that putting him behind bars wasn’t necessary to protect the public.
Court records show the case hasn’t been scheduled for a hearing and that the prosecutor, Nebraska Assistant Attorney General Doug Warner, has not filed his brief. | 2019-04-22T18:23:30 | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/25/sidneys-former-police-continues-to-appeal-verdict-/ |
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Stingray Qello is the only place to watch the most amazing moments in music. It's the never-ending concert through the decades to today. Carefully curated, and personalized for the most optimal user experience, Qello is the leading source for streaming full-length HD concerts and music documentaries on demand. It's like having thousands of the greatest artists' best performances at your fingertips. Discover incredible performances and relive your favorite artists. The highest-quality music experience is yours to enjoy whenever you want, from your couch or on the go.
How does Stingray Qello work?
Access Stingray Qello through your library's website and log in with an RBdigital account or create a new account. Your access to Stingray Qello includes a 30-day activation period for all content on all supported devices. You'll be notified when you need to return to your library's Stingray Qello portal to activate another 30-day period (if available).
After you set up an account, download the app from your app store and start watching concerts and music documentaries anywhere, anytime.
Where is Stingray Qello available?
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*This application is no longer available in North and South America.
How much does Qello cost?
There is no cost to use Stingray Qello through your local library. Your library has a limited number of pre-paid activation passes, which you check out through your library's Stingray Qello site. Your access to Stingray Qello includes a 30-day access period to all content on all supported devices. You'll be notified when you need to return to your library's Stingray Qello portal to activate another 30-day period (if available).
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You can change your account information here: www.qello.com/account .
Your library account is managed through your library's Stingray Qello site, so make sure you change any information in both locations to keep your account synched.
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Library patron accounts do not require payment information. If you do choose to add information for personal gift purchases for your friends who don't have Stingray Qello through their library, you can manage your payment information here: www.qello.com/account .
My iOS auto-renewal was turned off. What do I do?
Auto-renewal is not a function of the library version of Stingray Qello. Library patrons with active accounts in certain regions might see that your All-Access Pass subscription has been turned off.
Can I give Stingray Qello as a gift?
My question is not covered in these FAQs. How do I get support?
Library patrons can get support in two ways. If you need help with setting up your library account and activation access, contact your library help desk or click on the Help link in your Library's Stingray Qello Help tab.
If you have a library patron account in Qello.com and need help, go to the footer of Qello.com and select the help option that best suits your needs. | 2019-04-23T08:20:31 | https://www.rbdigital.com/beverlylibraryma/help/qello-faq |
The VigorIPPBX 2820 offers a complete replacement to the traditional office phone system and analogue or ISDN lines.
An IP-PBX uses your existing network and the Internet to provide company-wide telephony, using VoIP technology instead of regular phone lines or a traditional PBX.
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All pure IP calls are free of charge; for calls to the conventional phone network (PSTN) you route via our SIP Trunk for low cost calls. | 2019-04-24T22:46:06 | https://www.orbtalk.co.uk/compatible-devices/draytek-vigor-ippbx-2820 |
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