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Some Crystal Clear Inspiration! Thanks!
what a privilege to have met you in Bali Dawn AND been introduced to Kundalini Yoga!
Thank you very much for this nice post and information. | 2019-04-23T23:01:16Z | https://www.dawnrabey.com/blog/divine-relationships |
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These are the Jewish obituaries for day 20/02/2019 published in the argentinean newspaper "LA NACION".
NAIMARK, Bernardo, Z.L., falleció el 20-2-2013. - Te recordamos siempre con inmenso amor. Betty, Mariza, Daniel, Meli y Fede. | 2019-04-19T03:09:31Z | https://www.hebrewsurnames.com/obituaries.php?day=2019-02-20 |
Abstracts should be submitted by email attachment as .doc or .docx files to [email protected] and should be from 500-600 words in length for a paper to last between 15 to 20 minutes. Abstracts should contain a title and a word count, but should not have any information regarding the identity of the submitter. For further information about abstract format, please see the SCS Program Guide. The new deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday, March 8, 2019, and all abstracts for papers will be reviewed anonymously. Please direct all queries to SAMR at [email protected]. | 2019-04-21T04:34:36Z | https://samreligions.org/latest-news/ |
Gold-centred alpine auricula. Attractive browny-orange shades. Bred by Derek Telford in 1991. Naturally produces large pips of good form. | 2019-04-25T23:44:35Z | https://www.barnhaven.com/alpine-primula/alpine-auricula/alpine-auriculas-gold-centre/piers-telford |
MonthlyPLRniche.com sold out a few days ago. You can get on the waiting list by going to the site and signing up there. If our experience of MonthlyPLR (which has also sold out) is anything to go by, there’ll be a couple of places that will become vacant each month. If you want one, you’ll need to get on the waiting list., and we’ll let you know. | 2019-04-26T00:51:29Z | http://www.tony-shepherd.com/2008/07/22/monthlyplrnichecom-has-sold-out/ |
I am still here. In the last several months a lot has happened. I have completed my graduate degree, defended my Master’s and moved to another state. On top of all of this, I held part time position focusing on industry analysis and mapping of micro and nanotechnologies, attended conferences and industry networking events, and worked to develop and patent a new MEMS sensor.
As a result, I have a lot to write about but until now, have rarely been able to create the time and focus to post these on this blog. Aside from finishing my degree, many of my recent activities have focused on career, technology, and business development. New posts are coming soon. Please stay tuned.
What exactly is nanotechnology, and how does one explain it to others from more traditional backgrounds? I get that question often, especially from students hesitant to reach out to employers on this subject. Earlier I wrote about doing so. This reblogged post contain my advice on how to communicate ones knowledge on anything nano.
One question that comes my way often is how can we explain what a “nanotechnology company” is? Secondly, what would they look for in a new hire in terms of education and technical skills?
To answer these, first it needs to be recognized that nanotechnology is interdisciplinary. This means that work related to micro and nanotechnologies uses ideas and concepts typically associated with several different fields of science and engineering. For an example, look up BioMEMS. Because nano is indeed interdisciplinary, many companies will hire teams of engineers from various backgrounds (often electrical, chemical, and mechanical) to work on nanotechnology related products.
In most cases that I have observed both through analysis and contact with industry, a “microsystems” or “nanotechnology” company will base its operations around a core set of technical competencies to develop their products.
To identify these competencies (and the skills a new hire may need), the Southwest Center for Microsystems Education has counted over 2700 companies within the United States alone with work on the micro and nanoscale and is in the process of compiling industry maps for all 50 states. See here for more details. I have been part of this effort.
The Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME) has just released a poster on its industry mapping project. Through this effort, the SCME’s goal is to gain an idea of the skills need by employers working in the micro and nanotechnologies in recent graduates. Knowledge gained will be used to strengthen technical and post-secondary education programs across the United States.
As explained on the poster, the commercial and industrial use of microsystems and nanotechnology is widespread throughout the United States. The data presented provides a snapshot into the micro and nanotechnology enabled industry, displaying where within the US it is clustered and a profile the diverse applications of small technologies. Because the applications are widespread, the industrial sectors impacted by their use are wide ranging, which is partially illustrated in this analysis.
However, these findings do not tell the rate at which the micro and nanotechnology enabled industry is growing nor the size or hiring and employment statistics of companies listed. Future work will examine these. Companies included in this study range from startups with less than 20 employees to large semiconductor foundries employing over 1000. No data was found for Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico.
More information on the methodology of this work is available here.
Out of the 1500 companies categorized, 22% produce tools and capital equipment. These companies build and repair the machines and specialty parts used to analyze and manufacture micro and nanostructures.
18% of companies categorized produce microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and Bio-MEMS. Many biotechnology and medical diagnostics companies that make use of microsensors or gene sequencing technologies are included in this category.
Over half of the companies categorized focus on the production of devices or instruments, as opposed to materials and components for them.
Only 13% of companies specialize in the manufacture of materials traditionally viewed as nanotechnology such as nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and nanostructured materials.
This study provides a snapshot of the geography of the micro and nanotechnology enabled industry within the United States and the specialties of companies within it. The density map presented illustrates where nanotechnology may have the largest impact upon regional economies within the US. Categorization of the companies working within micro and nanotechnology provides insight into their specialties and potential skill needs.
Based on the categorization, it can be concluded that the majority of companies categorized build integrated systems, as opposed to the manufacture of advanced materials. These systems include the tools for the manufacture and characterization of nanotechnology and microelectronic devices incorporating nanotechnology. Recent graduates who aim for technical employment within nanotechnology are well served understanding how to integrate it within a useful device in an economical manner. Knowledge of only the scientific phenomena behind nanotechnology and the microsystems it is incorporated into may be insufficient. Companies focusing exclusively on production of nanomaterials through the use of these scientific principles are only 18% of those categorized.
While many of the companies counted specialized in micro or nano-dimensioned products, many others focus in more established technical industries but are introducing micro and nano products as solutions to technical problems. There is no defined “nanotechnology industry” but instead many established industries turning to micro and nanotechnologies to solve their problems.
Note: This author presented this work at the COMS Conference in Salt Lake City. | 2019-04-22T08:23:40Z | https://thenanostudent.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/ |
Mass Appeal delivers the third and final part to their “Release Roundtable” with Pusha T and panel of Hip Hop bloggers as they examine and break down My Name Is My Name. Watch as Pusha addresses his love for Rick Ross and Young Jeezy and his disappointment that fans will probably never hear the two on any future collaborations. ”King Push” also touches on “Hold On” featuring Rick Ross and “No Regerets” with Young Jeezy and Kevin Cossom.
This entry was posted in Miscallenous, Video and tagged hip hop, hold on, kevin cossom, My Name Is My Name, no regrets, pusha t, rap, release roundtable, Young Jeezy. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-26T11:57:05Z | https://itsthedaily.com/2013/10/09/video-release-roundtable-w-pusha-t-on-mass-appeal-pt-3/ |
Drink plenty of water: There can be no better way to make sure that you stick to the right schedule than by taking up the easiest way to get it done. Water is nature’s purifier and it helps you flush out all the unneeded and unnecessary deposits. The more you sweat, the more the toxins are washed out from your body. The greatest benefit of this trick is that it is completely free and anyone can take it up at anytime. All you have to do is just gulp down a couple of glasses more than you normally do.
Skin care products: During the course of the day, if you are a person who has to do a lot of outdoor work, you are left exposed to a lot of pollutants. They slow down the recovery rate and actually end up hampering your skin texture. Try to use some skin care products that rejuvenate your skin and help t heal at a faster rate. They will help you fight back against the daily onslaught that your skin undergoes. In the longer run of events, these measures become quite necessary to follow.
Wash your face properly: There is more number of skin pores on your face than anywhere else in your body. It means that there is a greater chance of dirt accumulating on your face than anywhere else. This brings the additional problem of blackheads and whiteheads appearing on your face. They appear as a blemish on a perfectly good toned skin. If you do not want to suffer from this issue, make sure that you have a good face wash to cleanse out the sticky residual materials.
Parlors and massages: The blood flow on your face is quite essential in determining the glow that resides on your face. When you get a massage the blood vessels are stimulated and work with more vigor. The blood flow to the face increases and you appear in a better frame of health.
So as you just read, you have to follow a number of steps to keep your face looking in prime. And believe us, all investments pay off in the end. | 2019-04-18T16:54:23Z | http://team-worc.com/how-to-take-care-of-your-face/ |
Comedian Jon Stewart headed back to Capitol Hill Thursday to blast Congress' "stupid and embarrassing" failure to renew the Zadroga Act.
The former "Daily Show" host, first responders, and Congressional reps made a last ditch push to get the healthcare bill for Sept. 11 responders passed by the end of the year.
"This is insane," Stewart told the crowd.
"We have a bunch of first responders outside freezing their asses off," he said. "Our country's last responders, our country's worst responders, are inside nice and comfy and cozy, and probably having soup."
"Sen. Mitch McConnell can rectify this immediately," Stewart said, noting that the Kentucky pol sponsored a health care bill for nuclear energy workers that has cost $11 billion.
"How in good conscience can you deny them the very thing that you have proudly brought to the people of your state? Please, personally ask him that," Stewart said.
McConnell ignored questions about his role in blocking the legislation after a press conference Tuesday. His spokesman denied he was the roadblock.
Sept. 11 advocate John Feal said the group met with McConnell Wednesday and he promised to include Zadroga in an omnibus budget bill, but said money must still be found to pay for it.
Congress let the World Trade Center Health Program expire in September. The program has enough money to continue treatment for responders suffering from cancer and respiratory disease caused by Ground Zero toxins for now, but it will run out if the feds don't renew it.
Backers want a permanent reauthorization.
"Men and women who answered the call of duty after the gravest terrorist attack in our nation's history stood there on the pile looking for survivors, finding remains, doing the horrible work of cleaning up after such a loss — all the while breathing in so many deadly toxins that are now killing them," said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
"They came because they are patriots. They came before they are heroes. So what is Congress doing today? Nothing. The answer is nothing."
Still, she vowed to get the bill over the finish line before Congress leaves town for the holidays.
"We are moving this bill," she said. "What we need from our Senate and House leadership is exactly that — leadership." | 2019-04-19T07:25:20Z | https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/jon-stewart-joins-push-renew-9-11-healthcare-bill-article-1.2454263 |
I compiled a version of FEX that locates P3Dv4 as part of the interface.
Several of us have tested it here with good results.
If you want to try it, just browse to where FEX is located on your PC and replace the EXE.
You can right click the shortcut and select Open File Location, or select properties to get the path. | 2019-04-21T23:15:47Z | https://www.simforums.com/forums/flight-environment-update-for-prepar3d-v4_topic60549_post385015.html |
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Compared to its North American relative, European Walnut offers lighter tones of color with a unique aesthetic. Within any given butcher block sheet, you’ll find light pastels contrasted with dark and rich chocolate browns. The consistency from sheet to sheet allows them to be used in sequence, guaranteeing a pleasing uniform appearance. GL Veneer has custom produced thou-sands of these European Walnut Butcher Block in 4x8s and 4x10s for your next project. Find it in our Veneer Gallery under the name “Euro Walnut Butcher Block.” Add it to your cart. And make GL Veneer your wood veneer supplier today. | 2019-04-24T13:54:39Z | https://www.glveneer.com/ecommerce/default.aspx |
This week on POP Showcase we're highlighting "Artificial//Soul" by Nihilism.
Briggs, a young and brazen bounty hunter was injured during a mission and saved by Matilde. As she nursed Briggs back to health they became closer. Briggs never forgot her kindness. But suddenly Matilde disappeared without a trace. After following many false leads he finds a special memory chip that could finally tell him what happened to Matilde. | 2019-04-19T11:00:56Z | https://blog.popcomics.com/home/2016/9/22/weekly-pop-comics-showcase-artificialsoul |
In picture books of religious old masterpieces held by the Louvre, it was particularly the portrayal of hands that inspired AMVK to do these drawings. She was also once struck by an article about how important hands are in contacts with the demented. Hands can connect, help, order, offer calm and give warmth. But they can also destroy. Images of the present crisis in and around Europe are shocking. Her outrage and desire for positive counter-images prompted AMVK to put down on paper the results of her personal reflections. They are coloured by mysterious codes from her unconscious, by theoretical quotes, and by images from art history that are rooted in the collective memory, though the keys to the comprehension of their message have been lost. This is a reaction to Islam, which considers any depiction of Allah as blasphemy and in its recent excesses has taken up an extremely hostile position towards the Christian tradition and our Western culture. | 2019-04-19T13:31:30Z | http://www.amvk.be/exhibitions/group-exhibitions/the-bottom-line/ |
The University has added a second window the mailroom as well as hiring more workers. This seems to be a response to the increase in students shopping online as well as a new package notification system, creating more mailroom traffic. The general consensus among students: these improvements were much needed. That’s not the only cosmetic change made to the University. The Freshmen Success Center bears a new banner with a new name. Now dubbed the Student Success Center, the office now offers their services to all students at the university. A new smoke-free seating area has been added to the Harry Jack Gray Center. As a part of President Harrison’s values initiative, project overseer Jane Horvath sat down with students to find out what they wanted in order to create a greater sense of community. What students most asked for was a better way to find out about events on campus, as well as more informal meeting places. New tables and chairs as well as an outdoor information screen were put in place between the library and the bookstore just a week before the start of classes. Horvath thanks the Parents Association for granting funding for the project. The Village Market at the Konover Campus Center went under new renovations giving it a new look and a new name. Provisions On Demand, as it’s called, now focuses on fresh produce, meats, and hot food.
So, what do you think? Is the idea of alcohol being served on campus a good one or bad. Let us know by answering our question of the week. | 2019-04-26T13:46:17Z | http://stn2.hartford.edu/article/view/258 |
MAY 3RD - 5TH WELCOME BACK CAMPERS!!
This year our first weekend of camping once again coincides with CINCO DE MAYO!! Join us Friday Night for a "meet and greet" in the Lodge. We'll have some Chips and Salsa on hand and a Pinata for the kids. Take a fun family photo with some of our Cinco de Mayo props!! We will be making some maracas on Saturday morning and having a Special "South of the Border" bingo around noon. Looking for ideas for Bingo? How about a cactus, taco or fajita kits, some "Hot Tamales", chips and salsa, some avocados, a pinata, or sombrero, "mustachios", etc. If all else fails....a candy bar will do! Every Saturday afternoon during our "Spring Fling" weekends, we invite all our kiddos and adults to join Mr. Marcondes at the basketball courts for some "Street Hockey"! There will be two sessions, 3:00 - 4:00 will be an ALL age session and 4:00 to 5:00 will be for age 12 thru adults. How much fun does that sound?? Our "Welcome Back Campers' Pot Luck Supper" (Mexican food would be wonderful but not necessary) will be at 6:00 on Saturday night followed a spectacular band, WELCOME BACK "Loose Screws" beginning at 7:30. LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER EPIC SEASON!!
Saturday morning, we will have a special craft available for the kiddies to make for Mom in the Lodge! Saturday afternoon we will be hosting a "Paint and Pamper Party" for Mom in the Lodge with "Life Expressions Decor" (http://lifeexpressionsdecor.com). Additional vendors will also be on hand such as LuLaroe Apparel, Paparazzi Jewelry, Essential Oils, Heavenly Goddess Spa Products and more. Snacks provided but BYOB. While Mom is having her fun in the Lodge, Dad and the kids are invited to participate in a Fishing Derby or Kick Ball Game at the Ball Field. Moms also get a free cup of coffee and pancakes from the Coffee Shop Sunday morning! How much fun does that sound?? Happy Mother's Day Moms!
Pets camp FREE this weekend! We are planning a Pet Parade (COSTUMES OPTIONAL...but how cute would that be?) immediately following our Wake Up Charlie Flag Raising, Family Pet Photos (if you don't have a pet, Charlie will be more than happy to be in your Family Photo), Pet Talent Show - start practicing now, and FRIDAY NIGHT..."PET SUPPLIES BINGO" .... Purchase a card with any item relevant to a pet and we will create a "BARK/MEOW Box" which will be donated to a local Pet Shelter. Last year our "Bark/Meow Box" was donated to Swansea Animal Shelter and it was VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!! The campground will supply the prizes for the Lucky Winners. (Suggestions are available on the web site and on the Lodge Bulletin Board.) Every Saturday afternoon during our "Spring Fling" weekends, we invite all our kiddos and adults to join Mr. Marcondes at the basketball courts for some "Street Hockey"! There will be two sessions, 3:00-4:00 will be an ALL age session and 4:00 to 5:00 will be for age 12 thru adults. Saturday night we WELCOME BACK A FANTASTIC BAND in the Lodge.... "FUNHOUSE"! Sounds like a "Paws-itively "PURR-fect" Weekend!!
MAY 17TH - 19TH NATIONAL ARMED FORCES APPRECIATION WEEKEND!
National Armed Forces Day is May 19TH and we would like to show our appreciation to all Military Personnel, past and present!! Special 20% discount on amenities and activities throughout the weekend and complimentary coffee in our coffee shop Saturday and Sunday morning for all military personnel past and present. Please be prepared to show your military card for discounts. We have a special Bingo planned with all card purchases ($2.00 each) being donated to the "WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT". Maple Park will supply the prizes for the lucky Bingo winners. We also will be having our SECOND ANNUAL WALK/RUN OR RIDE FOR THE "WARRIORS". We are asking for a $5.00 donation for adult participants and $2.00 for kids. (Sorry folks...walkers, runners and bikes only. No golf carts.) The "track" will be approximately 1.5-2 miles throughout the campground. All donations from this event will also be donated to the "Wounded Warrior Project". 2018's donation was $300.00 to this GREAT organization!! For further information, please visit https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/. Saturday night we will honor our Veterans, past and present with a tribute in the Lodge followed by Mike Young's Band, "PRIDE AND JOY", a rhythm and blues revue!
Also, every Saturday afternoon during our "Spring Fling" weekends, we invite all our kiddos and adults to join Mr. Marcondes at the basketball courts for some "Street Hockey"! There will be two sessions, 3:00-4:00 will be an ALL age session and 4:00 to 5:00 will be for age 12 thru adults. How much fun does that sound??
Our first (unofficial) weekend of summer!! Join us Friday night at the outdoor theater for a "BLAST FROM THE PAST MOVIE". Saturday we'll be playing candy bingo, having a sand castle contest, ceramics, scavenger hunt, and Saturday night $$ BINGO. Also, every Saturday afternoon during our "Spring Fling" weekends, we invite all our kiddos and adults to join Mr. Marcondes at the basketball courts for some "Street Hockey"! On "Sunday/Funday", join us for a fishing derby, cook-out on the beach and our first of the season OUTDOOR DANCE with a live band....WELCOME BACK "UNPLUGGED"!!
MAY 31st - JUNE 2nd KARAOKE WEEKEND and OUR FOURTH ANNUAL SUPER SOUP CONTEST!
Join us for our first of two Karaoke Weekends this summer! Friday night $$ Bingo. Saturday Night "Kiddie Karaoke" starts at 7:30, Adult Karaoke begins at 9:00. This event is so popular, and it always amazes us how much talent our Maple Park Families have! If singing isn't your passion but cooking is, we will be having our Fourth Annual "Super Soup" Contest at 3:00 on Saturday! The competition field gets bigger every year! Just make a pot of your very best soup and our judges will be on hand to pick the "Super Soup" winner of 2019. This year we will be awarding Maple Park Gift Certificates for the 1st Place ($50.00), 2nd Place ($30.00) and 3rd place ($20.00) winners. After judging is over, we will invite our guests to sample the left-overs to see if they agree with the judge's decisions! Also, every Saturday afternoon during our "Spring Fling" weekends, we invite all our kiddos and adults to join Mr. Marcondes at the basketball courts for some "Street Hockey"!
We have lots of family fun competitions and activities planned for this weekend such as a family scavenger hunt, "Human Hungry Hippo" (so much fun), "Family Feud" on the beach, family water balloon toss, "FUN IN THE SUN" Bingo and a dance at the Outdoor Theater with LOOSE SCREWS!! Also, every Saturday afternoon during our "Spring Fling" weekends, we invite all our kiddos and adults to join Mr. Marcondes at the basketball courts for some "Street Hockey"!
Mom had her Special Day in May.... Now it's Dad's turn. Special kid's craft for Dad o n Saturday morning, PAINT PARTY FOR DAD IN THE LODGE...Just Kidding...actually we will be having a Tailgating Party at the Ball Field for Dad with a Cook-out, Horseshoe and Bocce ball tournaments beginning at 1:00, Mom and the Kid's Gift Bingo in the Lodge and Saturday night, "FUNHOUSE" will be back to entertain us!! FREE COFFEE AND PANCAKES AT THE COFFEE SHOP FOR ALL DADS ON SUNDAY MORNING!!
JUNE 21st - 23RD PIRATE WEEKEND - SECOND KARAOKE NIGHT OF THE SEASON!
Ahoy there Matey's...This weekend is all about PIRATES and "SINGIN' UP A STORM"!! Friday night we will have a special Pirate Pizza Party with a visit from a REAL, LIVE PIRATE!! (Advanced reservations required). Saturday, we invite ALL our guests to "walk the plank" for some "booty", possibly while "sword fighting" ....and did I mention in the water?? An afternoon "Pirate Bingo"...bring a wrapped gift ($2-$5 in value) but.....winners beware, the Pirates can steal your "booty"! Adults and teens are invited to participate in our "Pirate Ship" (kayak) races!! We have a special Pirate Treasure Hunt planned with a "boat-load" of treasure to the lucky winners. Saturday night we will be entertained with another fun-filled night of KARAOKE beginning at 7:30 with "KIDDIE KARAOKE" until 9:00 then moving on to "ADULT TIME" from 9:00-10:30. Hopefully, this gives all our "STARS" a chance to entertain us!
(This date is subject to change depending on local cities and town's final day of classes due to snow days)Some of the great daily activities we have planned for this summer are ceramics, beach games, lunches and Friday Pizza Parties with our mascot Charlie, OUTDOOR MOVIES at our outdoor theater, special event nights, volleyball, and crafts for all ages. We will have morning cartoons, face painting, treasure and scavenger hunts,Candy Bar and Gift Bingo, Tie Dye and so much more! Rain or shine, we ALWAYS have a GREAT time here at Maple Park.
We begin our weekend with a noontime Pizza Party with Charlie, ceramics and Friday night $$ Bingo. Saturday, join us for some tie-dye, ceramics, candy bingo and a Beach Dance with an AWESOME band FUNHOUSE! Sunday's highlights are an afternoon candy bingo and an Outdoor Movie at the Outdoor Theater. "MAGIC MONDAY"- An early evening Magic Show starring one of the very talented magicians from The Magic Company. "EXTRATERRESTRIAL TUESDAY", is all about Alien Adventures....believe it or not, it is actually WORLD UFO DAY today!! "WAY BACK WEDNESDAY - We are rolling back the prices on Kayak and Paddle Boats today, creating some COOL Tie Dye shirts and making some Pet Rocks. Root Beer and Creamsicle Floats are only a $1.00 today!! Tonight, we will be showing a "Blast from the Past" movie at the Outdoor Theater. Bell bottoms and Leisure Suits are optional!! On Thursday, July 4th, our HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA CELEBRATION begins with our Annual "Star-Spangled Parade", an "All American" Cook-out on the beach, our Annual Children's Presentation on the beach followed by our Floating Bonfire and Beach Dance. FABULOUS FRIDAY we planned a family scavenger hunt, a noontime Pizza Party with Charlie and Charlotte, Ceramics, and $$ Bingo.
SATURDAY (7/6) we begin the day with our ANNUAL CRAFT/VENDOR FAIR and end the day with our 23RD ANNUAL TALENT SHOW - What would a summer at Maple Park be without our Annual Talent Show! Imagine it has been 23 years since we started this spectacular event!! If anyone has some old photos from Talent Shows in the past, please forward them to me either by text (5084930913) or email ([email protected]) or drop off pictures at the office and I can scan them. I will put a slide show together that everyone can enjoy before and after the show. Always a big hit for all our guests whether your talent is watching or participating!!
A horseshoe tournament, sunflower seed spitting contest (believe it or not, they practice all year long for this event), "Battle of the Beans" contest on 2nd beach. Who will have the honor of making the best-baked beans this year?? $50.00 MP Gift Card to the 1st place winner!! A Country Western dance with A LIVE BAND, "Loose Screws", and YES, they really do play Country music, at the Outdoor Theater! COME ON DOWN and join the fun!!
Yes!! A whole week of Christmas festivities. Every day we will make an ornament to hang on our tree. On Friday (July 19th) night we have a VERY SPECIAL tree lighting ceremony planned at the Outdoor Theater. Santa visits on Saturday night (July 20th) followed by a dance with MC Productions. (Parents must provide gifts for Santa's bag.) Site decorating contest, Polar Bear swim, Breakfast with a MAGIC SHOW, "Snowman" contest, Gift Bingo, "SNOWBALL" toss, and Red and Green tie-dye, are just some of the fantastic events of this week and the list goes on and on and on...OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR "HILLARIOUS HOLIDAY T-Shirt CONTEST" If you don't have one, don't despair...bring a T-shirt to the Lodge Saturday Morning and we'll have supplies on hand to help you "Merry It Up"!
This was such a spectacular week for all involved in years past that we have made it an annual event. This is a week of crafts, fun, comradery, and spirituality for all children ages 5 to 18. Non-Denominational, Non-Discriminatory, just an atmosphere of acceptance and Love of God.
Bienvenido campista!! Welcome Campers!! A "Jumping Bean" Contest, Pinatas', "Taco Bar" and Cook-Out on the Beach, and a Beach Dance with "UNPLUGGED" are just a few of the highlights of this weekend. Sign up for our Annual Chili Cook-off Contest and be crowned the Chili King or Queen of 2018!! Competition is tough - start "Googling" your recipes now!! If Nachos are your passion, we'll be having a "Supreme Nacho Contest" too!! YUM!!
Join us for our 13TH Annual Mardi Gras!! Decorate your floats...golf carts, wagons, bikes, strollers, etc..... or help us decorate our Mardi Gras float and join us in our evening Mardi Gras parade. Prizes for best Mardi Gras "Floats". Kids and adults will be decorating their masks for our Saturday Night Mardi Gras Ball featuring our FAVORITE Mardi Gras Band on the beach...."TIMELINE" (formerly Mojo Mambo). Welcome Back Guys!!
This weekend is all about "FUN IN THE SUN"!! We have lots of beach activities planned such as a water balloon toss, Hula Hoop contest (kids and adults), tug o' war in the water, Kayak races, WATER volleyball, Beach Bingo, etc. Just plan on having lots of fun and getting a "little" wet during the day AND dancing the night away one of the spectacular DJ's from MC Productions!! You can also "LOCK UP A LOVED ONE ON THE ISLAND" this weekend. All "BAIL" $$, yes, you must eventually post bail, will be donated to our 2019 Maple Park Cares for Kids Charity (to be announced). Last year we raised $2,000 for the Tommorrow Fund.
A full weekend of every kind of BINGO imaginable! (AND WE REALLY STRETCHED OUR IMAGINATIONS FOR THIS ONE!) What you will need are: school supplies, groceries, $3.00+ gift, gardening items, a $3.00+ toy, $$, and candy. This year since we will be having Family $$ Bingo on Friday night, on Saturday night we will have a special early evening (6:30) Toy/Gift Bingo for the FAMILY and $$ Bingo will be for the Adults (18+) beginning at 8:30. FOR BINGO LOVERS.....this is the BEST weekend of the summer!!
AUGUST 23rd - 25th 5th ANNUAL CLASSIC CAR SHOW!!
This was such a huge success last year!! We have lots of vendors, food trucks and some spectacular cars, trucks and tractors on display. LOOSE SCREWS will be entertaining us at the show and at the outdoor theater in the evening, Check back for more information on this event!! It is something you will not want to miss!! .
This weekend is highlighted by our annual Craft Fair/Flea Market (8/31). New crafters/vendors are always welcome. $$ Bingo is on Saturday night. We also have kid's crafts, a horseshoe tournament, movies, softball, volleyball, FIRE TRUCK rides, etc. and our END OF SUMMER FAMILY FUN DAY with Games, Bounce House and Cotton Candy, followed by our ANNUAL GOLF CART SHOW AND PARADE and Farewell Summer Dance with "FUNHOUSE" (9/1). Also, last year we had our FOURTH Annual "Maple Park Cares" Event beginning in August and ending on Columbus Day Weekend. We raised $2,000 for THE TOMORROW FUND!! Proceeds from this weekend's FAMILY FUN DAY will be going toward this year's charity in hopes of matching or beating our 2018 total.
Limited Activities will be offered during these weekends but TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WARM FALL WEATHER TO WALK THE CAPE COD CANAL OR VISIT THE CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS ON THE CAPE. See office for directions and a list of LOCAL EVENTS which will be available for the month of September. SEPTEMBER 6TH - 8TH GRANDPARENTS WEEKEND - We have some truly "GRAND" activities planned for this weekend including an "OLDIES" dance with MC Productions!!
Unfortunately, after almost 50 years in operation, the Bourne Scallop Festival does not take place anymore...However, let's have our own "SEAFOOD FESTIVAL" at Maple Park. On September 21st, we will start our day with a beach-inspired craft, followed by a "Chowder Contest" ($50. Gift Card for 1st, Place, $30. For 2nd and $20. For 3rd) at noon, an ocean-themed paint party for kids and adults, and a "Seafood Pot Luck Supper" at 6:00. I'll be serving up some spaghetti with white clam sauce and garlic bread. What is everyone else bringing?? Chowder, cod fish cakes, Shrimp Mozambique, fish sticks, clam cakes, even tuna salad sandwiches would work! To top off this spectacular day, how about a fun night of KARAOKE?? OH YAH!!!
SEPTEMBER 28th DANCE WITH "UNPLUGGED"
Join us on October 5th for a SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EVENT FOR OUR FABULOUS FALL GUESTS WHO WILL BE LEAVING US ON SUNDAY! On Saturday afternoon, beginning at 3:30, we invite all Ghosts, Goblins, Princesses, Pirates, Zombies, etc. to join us in a costume parade followed by Site to Site Trick or Treating throughout the campground. Saturday Night, "LOOSE SCREWS" will be entertaining us in the Lodge. Costumes optional but WELCOME!!
Site to Site Trick or Treating, pumpkin decorating contest, Halloween crafts, Scary movie, our Annual Adult Only Night with Harry French on Friday night, Columbus Day Weekend Craft Fair on Saturday (new crafters are always welcome), Our 6th Annual Harvest Carnival which is always a spectacular event, Our 52nd Annual Chicken BBQ catered by TAZZ BBQ (10/13), followed by our FINAL DANCE (can't believe it's over) OF THE 2019 SEASON with MC Productions!! Advance reservations required for Chicken BBQ!! THIS IS ALSO THE FINAL WEEKEND OF OUR "MAPLE PARK CARES" EVENT. SPECIAL RAFFLES AND OUR SPECTACULAR "PATH OF PUMPKINS FOR A CURE" WILL BE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEKEND. REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WE RAISED $2,000 for THE TOMORROW FUND!! A GREAT, BIG THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS CAMPERS! Once again, will choose a local charity near and dear to our hearts. Our hope is to match or beat that donation in 2019! | 2019-04-22T06:19:17Z | https://www.capecodmaplepark.com/cape-cod-camping-rates.html |
It's time for a meaty series of blog posts. This is part 0 of however many it takes.
Currency Marketing works exclusively with credit unions. That I know. However, for awhile now I have been wrestling with what Currency Marketing does for credit unions. We have been the agency of record, the design studio, the brand consultancy, the interactive agency and the communications firm. To cover all of the bases, we call ourselves a credit union marketing agency.
But then this wildly successful social-media-plus-user-generated-video-Internet-contest-spokester-extravaganza-campaign-that-never-ends-marketing-mash-up-program took us in a new direction and has given us a new competency in something very exciting and very different.
At first, I thought it was social media marketing, but that's not enough. Social media is just one success factor. The more I think about it, the more I like the term challenge marketing.
In fact, I feel so strongly about this type of marketing approach that I have changed the positioning of our firm. This is what we do.
Super-charged credit union member engagement. Driving product sales and member growth through powerful challenge marketing programs.
If you don't believe me, check out our new homepage.
I will remember 2008 as The Year of Dozens of Long Flights. I prefer the aisle seat, because I can easily grab my laptop from the overhead compartment and plunk away when the feeling hits me. On a few of the longer flights, I have been attempting to write a white paper that reverse engineers Young & Free Alberta's success.
But I realize now that I work better in blog post chunks. So, I am going to bash out a series of posts that identify the success factors of challenge marketing. And, ideally, you the reader will challenge me in the comments and in the end I will have what I need to put it all together and have the white paper that I have been hoping for.
Should you require a log-in to participate?
Does that sound like a good plan to you? I am sure I have missed something, but 10 parts will be a great start. And now that I have put it out there, I have to complete it. | 2019-04-23T06:14:38Z | https://www.currencymarketing.ca/blog/challenge-marketing-for-credit-unions-part-0-a-preface.html |
D&D Fourth Edition License Unveiled!
After much hullabaloo, the open licensing for D&D Fourth Edition (4e) has been unveiled – kinda.
Wizards of the Coast is pleased to announce that third-party publishers will be allowed to publish products compatible with the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition game system under the new Dungeons & Dragons 4E Game System License (D&D 4E GSL). This royalty-free license will replace the former d20 System Trademark License (STL), and will have a System Reference Document (SRD) available for referencing permissible content.
The D&D 4E GSL will allow third-party publishers to create roleplaying game products in fantasy settings with the D&D 4th Edition rules, and publishers who register with WotC will be granted the right to use a version of the D&D logo that denotes the product as compatible with the D&D 4th Edition Roleplaying Game, in accordance with WotC’s terms and conditions. The effective start date for sales of D&D 4E GSL publications will be October 1, 2008.
The license associated SRD will be available on June 6, 2008, at no cost. A small group of publishers received advanced notice and will receive these documents prior to June 6, at no cost, in order to prepare for publication of compatible materials by the effective start date. If you haven’t already been contacted by WotC, you will be able to access the documents on the Wizards website beginning on June 6, 2008.
Wizards is also working on the details of a second royalty-free license, the d20 Game System License (d20 GSL). This license will allow third-party publishers to create roleplaying game products in non-fantasy settings with the 4E rules. The exact details for the d20 GSL will be released as they become available.
I’ve posted some questions to get clarification – it’s not clear what this means for individuals and also begs some questions about how restrictive it’ll be. More as I get it!
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OK, updates courtesy of Scott Rouse.
1. Individuals will need to send in a “reply card” accepting the license, then they can publish.
2. Though the publisher start date is October 2008, you can make “free” stuff earlier.
3. The intent for what products are allowed is the full gamut – the D&D GSL will be like the current d20 STL.
4. The d20 GSL – which will be kinda like the current OGL – allowing non-D&D d20 games – will outlaw other medieval fantasy games but allow other genres. | 2019-04-26T13:44:22Z | https://geek-related.com/2008/04/17/4e-gsl-unveiled/ |
Being the number one choice of financial software for small to medium businesses worldwide, EasyBiz QuickBooks recognises the challenges that growing businesses face in today’s business landscape.
Within the South African context, QuickBooks has also identified that a lot of these growing entrepreneurial concerns have been started by ‘Mompreneurs’ – talented and skilled women that have families and other responsibilities and have opted out of the corporate world in order to seek out that elusive state of ‘life balance’ by starting their own businesses in order to be more in control of their own destinies.
This year EasyBiz QuickBooks and Entrepreneur, in recognition of this growing powerhouse of working moms, has decided to launch the QuickBooks Mompreneur Competition in association with Entrepreneur Magazine and Independent Newspapers, to celebrate and pay tribute to these incredible women who have taken the brave step of leaving the corporate world to start their own business.
In year one, there will be no restrictions on entry in terms of size of business or turn-over. The rules are simple, you must have started your own business and you must be a Mom.
In years to come, categories will be added to the competition, but for this year all businesses will be judged on their own merit in terms of the idea, the execution and its relative success.
For the inaugural Mompreneur Competition in 2016, entries will be driven through online and social media platforms – predominantly through the QuickBooks and Entrepreneur Websites and via Independent Newspapers.
Here, Moms can either enter themselves, or be entered via a nomination. The entry form is simple, and needs to be accompanied by a photograph of the entrant and a short video explaining how and why they started their own business and what that business is.
The campaign will run from May to July with the winner being judged by a panel of successful entrepreneurs and business journalists, being announced in August – Women’s Month.
QuickBooks and Entrepreneur’s Mompreneur Competition is a way of acknowledging and celebrating women who have started businesses and taken on entrepreneurial challenges in order to try and balance having a family while still contributing to the household income.
If this is you or you know someone who fits the bill, enter now at www.quickbooks.co.za/mompreneur.
Hello, I found this information for you: "Do You Consider Yourself A Mompreneur?". Here is the website link: https://www.entrepreneurmag.co.za/entrepreneur-today/do-you-consider-yourself-a-mompreneur/. Thank you. | 2019-04-22T22:12:25Z | https://www.entrepreneurmag.co.za/entrepreneur-today/do-you-consider-yourself-a-mompreneur/ |
It's not safe to use listtransactions this way.
I know I've been criticized for being reluctant about listtransactions. Let me explain my reluctance.
The model where you assume you only need to see new transactions because you've already seen previous transactions is not true. Old transactions can change at any time.
Now that we have the Accounts feature making it easier to do it the right way, we're better prepared to have listtransactions. | 2019-04-21T10:43:51Z | https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/524/ |
What You Can Do To Prevent Hair Loss (2) - Define "Mature"
Loss of hair can happen all of a sudden, leaving behind many people wondering, “why?” Exactly how may it be quit! There are actually several approaches to prevent as well as cease loss of hair. The adhering to post is going to deliver you some practical suggestions to accomplish simply that!
If you are concerned regarding loss of hair attempt lime seeds as well as black pepper. To begin with, obtain equal volumes of both lime seeds and also dark pepper after that grind all of them up. Next, blend them with water. At that point you can administer this mix to your scalp. This must offer you results you can find quickly.
Attempt to avoid the use of products that are actually quite tough on your hair and scalp while managing hair loss. Let your hair completely dry typically. Using a strike dryer or even various other hot hair sculpting resources are certainly not highly recommended. Wait until you hair is dry out to comb it along with a sizable tooth comb as opposed to a clear tooth comb. Wet hair breathers off more readily than dry hair. Utilizing a choice kind of comb is actually great for wet hair if you have to rush to obtain your hair all set for the day.
See your physician. Prior to surrendering on your own to decreasing hair, talk to your health care medical professional. There are many ailments from an under active thyroid to vitamin shortages that can be the source of your hair loss. If the loss of hair results from an actual problem, treating the ailment is often adequate to repair hair development.
If you have actually attempted every little thing, you can aid regrow hair coming from loss of hair, you might would like to think about surgical operation. There are a wide array of different surgical procedure alternatives, plus all of them are actually non-invasive. One of the most typical is actually a minuscule follicular system transplant, in which a doctor transplant follicular systems to the bald area.
While hair loss is actually primarily linked solely with males it is actually possible to possess this in some female situations too. Usually it starts considerably later in girls than in males as well as it may often be actually more difficult to cope with for a lady. There are actually a lot of procedures to assist a woman with this.
Tension triggers our physical body to release poisons. Anxiety is actually dued to many different things in our lives and also via launching these poisonous substances, it straight induces modification in our bodies. Hair loss is among these improvements, as well as while hair loss is also hereditary, stress is just one of the consolidated factors that can have an effect on loss of hair.
Take a top quality multi-vitamin regular. This can easily help your physical body coming from becoming depleted of needed vitamins. Your hair, like every thing else in your physical body, depends on the effective levels of nutrients if you want to increase. If your body system is actually depleted, the end results may be hair loss. Eating a wide variety of veggies and fruits can easily also assist.
Hair loss need not be actually long-term! It may be a brief side effect coming from a few other concern. However, it is a subject a lot of seriously question! Use the above suggestions to aid you prevent or stop hair loss. While it is true, not all surprises rate, if loss of hair signifies an even more significant problem that requires to be attended to, you are going to take advantage of the sign! | 2019-04-26T10:39:27Z | http://www.definemature.com/what-you-can-do-to-prevent-hair-loss-2/ |
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Army Alaska and the Indian Army celebrated the end of Yudh Abhyas 2010 during a ceremony Nov. 14 at Buckner Physical Fitness Center, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Yudh Abhyas 2010 established and enhanced relationships between the two militaries. The 14-day combined training exercise expanded operational and cultural knowledge between U.S. and Indian Soldiers and increased knowledge of peacekeeping operations.
"This two-week exercise brought these Soldiers together for this increasingly complex exercise. What we've done here through Yudh Abhyas is important. It's important to this relationship between our two countries," said Brig. Gen. Raymond Palumbo, commanding general of U.S. Army Alaska.
Approximately 750 Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (National Guard) and Indian Army soldiers from the 62nd Infantry and 5th parachute Regiment Brigade participated in Yudh Abhyas 2010 and filled the formation during the ceremony.
"I thought the outcome of this exercise was great. As far as our training objectives, we met all of them," said Maj. Edward Berg, brigade judge advocate, 4th ABCT, 25th ID. "The thing that will last for me, that I will remember most, is just the time getting to know my counterpart and creating that friendship."
The ceremony marked the end of many other events centralized on joint cohesion on and off the field of training.
"We had a great time getting to know each other on a personal level as well as a professional level," Berg added. "I think it's important not only personally to make friends with people from different nations, but also professionally as we go more towards joint operating environments."
Yudh Abhyas 2010 included a command post exercise that focused on combined peacekeeping operations, a field training exercise that included several combined missions, marksmanship and tactical training highlighted by a Javelin live-fire, a combined U.S. and India airborne jump, as well as various cultural activities and social exchanges.
The exercise was significant within all levels involved, Palumbo said. It strengthened national bonds between India and the United States, it brought two allied militaries together on the same field, and gave each individual participant a chance to experience an unfamiliar culture and establish new friendships.
"It's great that we brought two professional armies together for something like this. I think we've created great friendships for the future," Berg said.
Soldiers and leaders from both armies presented gifts to commemorate the bonds established through the training event, and bid farewell to each other to conclude the ceremony and Yudh Abhyas 2010.
Yudh Abhyas is a regularly-scheduled bilateral, conventional-forces training exercise, sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific and the Indian army. The exercise is designed to promote cooperation between the two militaries to develop U.S. Army Pacific and USARAK relationships with India and promote interoperability through combined military decision making process, battle tracking and maneuvering forces, and exchange of tactics, techniques and procedures. | 2019-04-19T14:37:00Z | https://www.army.mil/article/48092/us_army_alaska_indian_army_mark_success_of_yudh_abhyas_2010_at_closing_ceremony |
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15 wins & 27 nominations.
Son, Nevaan, was born on July 25, 2007.
One of the best playback singers in Bollywood.
Has a son named Nevaan with wife Madhureema.
The son of Agam Kumar Nigam.
Mummy Punjabi: Superman Ki Bhi Maa!!
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When you're in the mood for a piece of unique, artisan dog breed jewelry, fetch For Love of a Dog.
You'll find a variety of necklaces, bracelets, earrings, as well as pins / brooches. The dog breed pins shown below are all new handmade of porcelain and would make a barking good gift for a special dog lover.
Our animal pins and brooches are available in dog breeds, cats, and even horses.
Shown to the left is an adorable German Shepherd dog pin. Look at that sweet face!
Check out this fun Norwegian Elkhound pin! The hand sculpted details are great.
The Bernese Mountain Dog pin below could also easily represent your Swiss Mountain dog puppy or even a tri color Australian Shepherd.
This is just a small sampling of our new dog breed pins. Fetch your favorite dog breed jewelry to see what we might have in stock now.
At For Love of a Dog we love dogs. That's why we create dog rescue jewelry, mutt mixed breed dog jewelry, and much more. All purchases come with our free standard shipping.
You should consider making tiny charms like those with different dog breeds hanging on the charm bracelet. They look so dog lover chic. | 2019-04-22T23:09:51Z | http://www.talking-dogs.com/2012/09/new-dog-breed-jewelry-pins-at-for-love.html |
October’s almost over, so it’s that time of the year again. No, we’re not talking about Christmas. We’re not talking about All Saints’ Day or All Souls Day either. We’re talking about Halloween, an occasion that’s celebrated by zombie lovers, Twilight fans, and enthusiastic kids whose love for candy is matched only by their love for wearing costumes. If you live in a condo community, chances are the young ones in your area are abuzz, and the unit owners—yourself included—are busy thinking of the best Halloween condo design ideas to set the proper mood. We’ve already gone through some awesome Halloween condo design ideas, but why don’t we step up the elegance this time around?
Of course, as a condo renter, you probably have certain aesthetic standards that you want to adhere to. Cobwebs, skeletons, and black and yellow balloons are passé, but honestly, nobody will say they’re chic or tasteful—at least not the way most people do them. Halloween is a time for trick-or-treating, and the real trick is to find Halloween decorating ideas that won’t disrupt the elegant feel of your condo unit. If this is your Mission: Impossible for this year, then read on.
You’re probably sick of all the articles on the Internet telling you to use candles to make your house look spooky, as if people haven’t been doing that since even before the Internet was created. So why not put a bit more craftsmanship into it? Take advantage of the candles’ waxy, moldable nature, and try playing around with them. You can carve them into shapes or embed little design ornaments to make them look unique. This is sure to grab your guests’ attention!
Sure, you can put that candy in a plain glass bowl. Or you can put them in decorative mason jars for a little style. Arrange your candies as tastefully as you can, and if you want to add an aura of creepiness, simple touches like putting them in an old wooden crate can pay dividends.
To give trick-or-treaters a little extra joy, consider making Halloween treats from scratch. You can put in awesome and whimsical touches, like baking Tim-Burton-themed goodies and placing plastic insects on the plates. Don’t worry if you’re out of ideas or can’t bake like a master chef—there are plenty of Halloween treat recipes for you to try.
Of course, who can think of Halloween without thinking of pumpkins? The really artistic and skillful can take a whole pumpkin or squash and carve it into a traditional jack-o’-lantern. If you’re less confident in your ability to handle sharp tools, you can just take the easy way out and simply paint a few squashes white and black. Trust us, the effect is really striking!
If you have a few lamps in your unit, you can try embellishing them for All Hallow’s Eve by dressing them up a little. The lampshade is a blank canvas that people often overlook. You can paint it, draw on it or even stick cool decals to create striking patterns. Just think about what Halloween motif you’d like to apply—black cats? bats? a full moon?—and make it happen.
Looking for a dramatic flourish? Black and silver are a classic horror movie combination. If you’ve been dying for an excuse to show off your silverware, then Halloween is a good occasion to do it. Polish your silver and pair it with black accent pieces to get a look that would make any vampire proud.
Studio condo design is challenging enough on its own—trying to achieve a creepy yet fun look for trick-or-treaters adds another layer of difficulty. If you’re looking for a new yet simple way to amaze your visitors, try creating a salt light. All you need is a big block of salt that you can break into chunks, a translucent bowl, and a light source, and you’re ready to go. Can’t find that type of salt? Some types of beauty soap can do the trick. Of course, you can make a Himalayan salt lamp that looks a little more chic.
The reason most Halloween craft ideas sound the same is because people are fixated on the idea that Halloween is supposed to be scary. The truth is you don’t have to plan your decorations around monsters, ghosts, and witches. You can make your life much simpler by creating a theme around autumn colors. You’d be surprised how far you can go even if you’re restricted to shades of yellow, brown, red, and orange.
Some of the best small condo design ideas for Halloween are so simple that when you read about them you just have to wonder why you didn’t think of them yourself. This is probably one of those ideas. Take a glass container, some water, and some food dye, and mix it to create a magic potion to delight visiting kids. With the right container and the right color dye, you might even be able to make something that you can actually use the whole year round.
Another out-of-the-box idea is to use decorations that you’d normally see during other occasions or holidays. For example, we usually see wreaths at Christmas, but with a few tweaks, you can create wreaths that are neither too festive nor too somber. It could take a lot of effort, but it’ll definitely be something with a unique artistic flavor.
With the hustle and bustle of life forcing people to spend an increasing proportion of their waking hours at school, in the office, commuting or preparing for one of those three situations, it’s no wonder some homeowners and condo owners aren’t even bothering with their holiday decorations anymore. “We just take them down again immediately, anyway. What’s the point?” Sure, there’s nothing wrong with seeing things that way. But on the other hand, a creative and positive mindset will let you see that decorating your condo for the Halloween is not a chore, but an opportunity for you to unleash your inner artist. | 2019-04-24T08:20:58Z | https://communities.dmcihomes.com/stylish-halloween-crafts-condo/ |
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Was intrigued by this graphic from the Windows Live login screen. Arguably all three phones are displaying the same information for each message, and (barring the names) even the text is a similar size. Yet iOS and Android manage six to seven full previews, and WP only does four.
I'm not arguing message counts and more efficient layouts automatically correlate with increased productivity or usability, but it'd certainly cut down on time spent scrolling!
Newer post ← Video of John Pizzarelli taking us to Avalon!
Older post → Happy 23rd Elke! | 2019-04-22T00:58:48Z | https://rubenerd.com/windows-phone-ui-efficiency/ |
Wonderful building lot it Clarksville's Premier subdivision, Merifield Acres. 0.71 Acres with a three bedroom Certification Letter for a septic system. Almost touches the CORPS of Engineers lake front property. Quite hidden property prefect for a retirement home of a lake country getaway.
Five Acres in the popular Ivy Hill area at Buggs Island Kerr Lake. Near the amenities of Island Creek Dam with boat launch and lake access. Zoned R2 so your options for a dwelling near the Lake are wide open.
A wooded lot that borders COE Land to the Lake. The added buffer behind offers additional privacy and room to roam. So near the amenities of Island Creek Park with boat launch in the community. Wooded and secluded with Buggs Island Kerr Lake only a walk away. | 2019-04-23T16:53:38Z | http://realestate.newsleader.com/property/va/clarksville/23927/-/l48-beechwood-court/5be10ec8a78e927e810078da/ |
Make a statement with this stylish Graphic S notebook by Nuuna; which is crafted from eco-friendly, black, recycled bonded leather. Fill the dotted pages with sudden inspirations, your bullet journalling designs and illustrations, and seal them away under the cover that features bold white stripes with the French phrase 'Pret-A-Ecrire' which translates as 'Ready to Write'.
Made From: High Quality Swedish Munken Paper withsmooth black bonded (recycled) leather screen printed cover. | 2019-04-24T08:50:45Z | https://gafnool.com/products/notebook-small-dotted-journal-pret-a-ecrire |
Hurst has announced a ‘major re-brand’ which it says will strengthen its position as a manufacturer of composite doors and PVC-U door panels and include a ‘bold new identity’ to capture its ‘unique pedigree’ and appeal to a new generation of customers.
Marketing manager, Hayley Barker, explains: “This launch marks the beginning of what will be a pivotal year for Hurst as we embark on another period of rapid growth. We have a punchier name and a fresh new look, but our core company values remain the same – they are the trademark of Hurst. | 2019-04-20T03:18:05Z | https://www.ggpmag.com/products/fresh-new-look-for-hurst |
The picture book is a form of illustrated literature popularized in the twentieth century. Although the illustrations can use a range of media from oil painting to collage to quilting, they are most commonly watercolor or pencil drawings.
Picture books are for young children, and while some may have very basic language, most are written with vocabulary a child can understand but not necessarily read. For this reason, picture books tend to have two functions in the lives of children: they are first read to young children by adults, and then children read them themselves once they begin to learn to read.
The precursors of the modern picture book were illustrated books of rhymes and short stories produced by English illustrators Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane, and Kate Greenaway in the late nineteenth century. These had a larger proportion of pictures to words than earlier books, and many of their pictures were in color.
The first book with a more modern format was Beatrix Potter‘s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit“, ordinally published in 1902.
The Caldecott Medal, named for illustrator Randolph Caldecott, is given each year by the American Library association to the illustrator of the best American picture book of that year. | 2019-04-21T16:56:28Z | https://www.surfnetkids.com/early/16849/history-of-picture-books |
McLaren Automotive has announced its backing for the 2018 Telegraph UK STEM Awards that highlight science, technology, engineering and maths-based careers.
McLaren Automotive is supporting the automotive technology category to emphasise the importance of STEM careers. The Awards – now in their fifth year – are aimed at talented undergraduate level students and showcase the company’s constant drive to hire the best talent needed to develop the next generation of world-beating sports cars and supercars.
For talented and ambitious students, the Awards provide a rare opportunity to present their bright ideas to some of the key decision-makers at one of the world’s most exciting car companies.
To enter the McLaren Automotive-backed automotive technology category, McLaren’s judges have set students a challenge linked to the rise of connected cars.
While vehicles are becoming ever smarter and more connected, McLaren owners will always love the thrill of driving. Students will need to come up with ideas for how technology can be used in McLaren’s future luxury cars in a way that ensures they continue to engage customers in the entertainment of driving.
The winner of McLaren’s automotive technology category will go forward to compete to be crowned the overall UK STEM Awards winner, with a chance to receive a grand prize of £25,000 at the prestigious final to be held in London next summer.
Previous winners of the McLaren category impressed judges so much that they were offered permanent positions at the company’s world-renowned global headquarters in Woking, Surrey.
Judging the McLaren category are Paul Arkesden, Head of Engineering for McLaren Special Operations (MSO) responsible for product development at McLaren’s bespoke operation; Simon Lacey, Head of Advance Engineering for McLaren Automotive, who creates and develops game-changing technology for future cars; and Dr Caroline Hargrove, Technical Director for McLaren Applied Technologies, McLaren Automotive’s sister-company within the McLaren Group, that helped to develop the hybrid powertrain of the McLaren P1™.
Full details of how to enter the McLaren Automotive category of the 2018 Telegraph UK STEM awards will be published in The Sunday Telegraph on October 1 and on the Telegraph website at www.telegraph.co.uk/STEMawards.
After the February 19, 2018, closing date for submissions , the trio of McLaren judges will shortlist up to five of the best entries based on what they feel are the most creative and innovative ideas that meet the challenge. Those who make it through Paul, Simon and Caroline’s expert scrutiny will then be invited to the McLaren Production Centre in Woking, Surrey, where the company designs, develops and hand-assembles its cars to present their ideas in person. After that they will get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour to see at first-hand the work of some of the company’s 2,100 strong workforce.
McLaren’s involvement in the Awards is part of its long-term commitment to encourage the uptake of STEM subjects. That commitment includes a network of McLaren STEM Ambassadors who regularly visit schools, colleges and science fairs, as well as support for schemes that reach younger age-groups, such as the recent BBC Live Lesson on physical forces that was broadcast live from the McLaren Technology Centre to primary schools across the UK.
Mike Flewitt, Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Automotive said: “We’re delighted to support the STEM Awards and for McLaren Automotive to back the automotive technology category. Our judges have set students a challenge that is both stretching and exciting but also one that is very relevant to a forward-thinking company like ours that is about creating the ultimate driving experience and enabling that through the clever deployment of technology,” . | 2019-04-22T10:09:24Z | http://zenoot.com/mclaren-automotive-backs-2018-uk-stem-awards/ |
The cold, dry winter months can destroy your skin, leaving it irritated, cracked, itchy and thirsty for moisture. Sometimes, it seems like no amount of moisturizer or fancy oils can save it. That’s where humidifiers come in.
So, we know humidifiers are a great way to keep our skin happy. But we still have questions. | 2019-04-19T08:24:22Z | https://torontodermatologycentre.com/how-to-use-a-humidifier-to-boost-your-winter-glow/ |
Sunday 6am, Champs Elysées are ours and we are ready to ride them!
Ellen with her Roller skis and me with my good rollers!
One of my last goodbye to Paris before my trip! | 2019-04-18T21:24:11Z | http://www.rumtheworld.com/category/general/one-of-the-last-goodbye-to-paris/ |
The loyalty programme is designed to bring you closer to your target group.
As it gets easier for companies to enter the E-Commerce market, competition increases.
Recruiting new customers involves a lot of time, energy, online campaigns and Google optimisation. These are all expensive recruitments which is why it is important turn visitors into customers. By having a large group of frequent customers, your online turnover becomes more predictable.
A loyalty programme is an excellent opportunity to achieve this. You can always try to bond with your customers through the experience, ease of use or service offered. However rest assured the competition will do this too. You must be able to distinguish yourself from the competition. It has been proven that the way to win your customers is by using a loyaty programme to reward your customers for returning to your web shop!
How do you start a loyalty programme and which one is most suitable to you?
Saving system: Reward purchases by saving points, credits, stamps or air miles. These bonus points can be used for purchasing products.
The programme you choose depends on your company, service or product, your target group and available resources. The most important consideration is of course what you want to achieve. There are some guidelines involved and although they don't guarantee success, they can help avoid mistakes.
MD Services is experienced in developing and managing loyalty programmes for her customers.
Oracle, Unit4 & Cisco Systems are a few of the company’s who use loyalty programmes developed by MD Services.
Would you like to know more about the options available? Feel free to make a non-committal appointment with us to discuss them in depth. | 2019-04-19T03:12:39Z | http://www.mdservices.nl/en/our-services/loyalty.html |
Rick (Anderson) is a calm and intelligent, 35-year old professional private detective and manager of the detective agency while Allen (Tombs) is a 19-year old, reformed delinquent trained by Rick, who is “short-tempered and violent when angry”.
An evil corporation known as the Legacy organization, kidnapped the daughter of a mid-aged rich man and left him a letter explaining why they kidnapped her. One night, before Rick and Allen were about to close their office, the mid-aged rich man, rushed inside the office asking for support on saving his daughter and gave them a letter.
The next day, Allen notices an advertisement in the classifieds with similar sentence structure to the letter left by the kidnappers. Rick couldn’t understand it, until Allen told him to look cautiously at both. The writing was actually a secret code, only understood by certain crime lords, so Rick and Allen struggled toward the main base of the Legacy organisation to find the truth and save the kidnapped daughter.
Players One and Two start with the two selectable protagonists, Rick and Allen. Each private detective uses different fighting styles, attempt to solve cases by beating up each criminal they encounter. Lots of special items can be found by throwing enemies into the background and breaking things, typical of this popular genre in the 1990s arcades.
Along the way they are harangued by all manner of thugs and toughs, whose costumes range from 1980s hip-hop wear to stereotypical pirates. The bosses are tough by way of strange special attacks. | 2019-04-24T17:57:33Z | http://www.techmynd.com/download-64th-street-detective-story-game/ |
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BOND's 8th Annual Conference for Fatherhood and Men is the premier men's event in Los Angeles. Join us on Saturday, June 17th from 5-8:30 p.m. for an evening of comedy and amazing speakers / panelists. Followed by delicious dinner from 8:30-9:30 p.m.
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It is a pleasure to be with you at the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Forum. I bring to you greetings from the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres, who attended the first meeting of the General Assembly of the International Solar Alliance in October 2018. The Secretary-General welcomes this important initiative spearheaded by India and France, which are also founding members of UN-ESCAP since March 1947.
At the outset, I wish to commend the Government of India under the leadership of the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi for co-launching the International Solar Alliance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015. India has a major role to play. Its experience gives us a historical opportunity to shape best practices in solar energy for our region and reduce carbon emissions.
In Asia and the Pacific, the countries are undergoing significant changes due to its economic dynamism, energy consumption and fuel mix. As economic opportunities expand, along with increasing rates of urban development and diversified economic sector, it impacts patterns and intensity of energy consumption.
Currently, the Asia-Pacific regional growth of carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion stands at more than double the world level, and carbon intensity of energy increased by 7.5 per cent for the region, compared to the 11.8 per cent globally, over the past twenty-five years.
Climate change, pollution, resource depletion and environmental concerns are driving a shift to more sustainable forms of energy. Our continued future on the planet depends on our ability to decarbonize our economies significantly by the end of the century. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects the pivotal role of energy in sustainable development through SDG 7, which focuses on to ‘ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all’.
Solar energy will play a major part in contributing to these objectives. It is a key opportunity we must seize – for low carbon development, energy security and extreme poverty alleviation by 2030. Solar power holds great promise to bring clean and emissions-free energy. The developing countries of Asia and the Pacific are located in the “sunbelt” with abundant solar energy resources. India’s leadership has captured this potential in its ambition for “one world, one sun, one grid”.
There is a recognition of the transformative potential of solar energy in realizing SDG 7. It can boost the renewable energy share in our power mix, increase energy efficiency by offsetting the use of inefficient power generation technologies and bring electricity to remote parts of the region, in synchronization with the development of the economy.
Today, let me take this opportunity by outlining for your consideration two specific matters in which the International Solar Alliance framework can be further positioned as a key intergovernmental solution on accelerating the achievement of SDG 7.
Firstly, I welcome the continued engagement of the International Solar Alliance maximizing the potential of Sunbelt countries to tap into this energy source of the future. However, nurturing a national solar industry is complex, involving financing, policy frameworks, technology, skills and planning. I hope that the International Solar Alliance, by increasing access to solar finance, lowering the cost of technology and building the solar skills of administrators, engineers and planners, can play a strong supporting role in realizing the welfare benefits of solar energy for our economies.
Secondly, I also recognize the importance of the International Solar Alliance, as an intergovernmental platform, in strengthening the value of multilateralism in addressing emerging challenges. UN-ESCAP, through its regional intergovernmental platform, is also working to advance progress on SDG 7 through our policy-oriented analytical work and through fostering result-based dialogue and regional cooperation. We also work with our 53 member and 9 associate members maximize the potential to adopt sustainable energy through technical assistance and capacity building. I am confident that the Vibrant Gujarat 2019 Global Summit can pave the way forward on shaping a new partnership between our organizations.
In conclusion, at UN-ESCAP, we are focused on supporting our member States to leverage regional energy connectivity for the achievement of the SDGs by successful sharing policy experiences and technical knowledge.
Together, with our common 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we must seize the opportunity to foster regional cooperation to ensure sustained level of progress, prosperity and peace for all. | 2019-04-21T22:05:53Z | https://www.unescap.org/speeches/opening-remarks-international-solar-alliance-event-vibrant-gujarat-summit |
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Commissioners: Felipe González, Tracy Robinson, Paulo Vannuchi, Emilio Álvarez Icaza Longoria (Executive Secretary), Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Assistant Executive Secretary). Petitioners: Patriotic Union State: Colombia Petitioners representing the labor group Patriotic Union (Unión Patriótica) came before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), accusing the government of Colombia of systematic political persecution and violence directed towards their organization. At the March 24 hearing, the petitioners described a continued and concentrated effort by Colombian officials to subvert the political influence of the Patriotic Union. Petitioners articulated that since 1984, forces acting under the aegis of state authority perpetrated murders, physical assaults, forced disappearances, and assassinations against some 6,500 individuals associated with the Patriotic Union. By cross-referencing data from elections beginning in 1986 and incidences of violence, Petitioners argued that the stronger representation the Patriotic Union maintained in seats of local and regional government, the more reprisals they faced. Petitioners voiced their frustration with the failure of a friendly settlement attempt, lasting from 1992 to 2004, citing the government’s waffling over the number of victims as the main reason for the breakdown in negotiations. Describing the attacks on the Political Union as genocidal, petitioners implored the Commission to assign responsibility for the violations of the OAS Charter and regional human rights instruments to the Colombian government. In response, representatives of the Colombian government expressed concern over the alleged activities and emphasized the need for harmony between the Colombian government and civil society. Making clear that Colombia is undergoing a great time of change, representatives of the government attempted to assuage the Patriotic Union and the Commissions concerns by expressing Colombia’s rejection of political violence. ‘Without question acts such as these should not take place,’ said Colombia’s ambassador to the Commission. ‘Our government would like to break with the past. Let’s reach out.’ The government emphasized that the past violence in Colombia must be recognized and that it would be the best interest of all parties if the dead friendly settlement talks were resuscitated under new conditions, including a reevaluation of the identified victims list. The Commission expressed concern over the amount of political violence taking place in Colombian, but was optimistic about prospect for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Commissioner Tracy Robinson inquired if there was a chance for friendly settlement talks to restart, while Commissioner Felipe Gonzalez requested an explication of the design and nature of the systematic persecution brought by petitioners. | 2019-04-23T11:05:01Z | http://hrbrief.org/2014/03/targeting-of-the-patriotic-union-in-colombia/ |
Friends-International has been assisting marginalized urban children and youth across the world since 1994. The association now runs and supports projects for these children and their families in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Honduras, Mexico, Egypt and Myanmar.
Friends-International and its partners reach out to over 50 000 marginalised young people -particularly street children and youth – each year. Friends-International offers a range of comprehensive services as part of its holistic approach to assisting children and their families to improve their lives.
To see the report of our visit in Vientiane, please click here, and for our visit in Bangkok, please click there. | 2019-04-20T00:52:42Z | http://rouleauprintemps.org/associations-partenaires/friends-international |
Almost 20 years have gone by since we lost one of our true treasures of Orthodoxy.
A Letter to our Brothers…..
A response to the charge of heresy…..
St. Joseph severed relations with Met. Sergei (Stragorodskiy) because of the latter’s policy of subservience of the Church to the Soviet government.
Summary of a Teleconference Meeting of the Pre-Council Committee October 16, 2016….
WHAT IF THE ROCA DIVIDES INTO TWO GROUPS? – SOME THOUGHTS FROM A CHOIR DIRECTOR AND LAWYER…..
There are many citations on the website Internet-Sobor from the Holy Fathers in judgment of your schism. How should one call such divisions within the “fragments”? If we break with the Odessa synod, we will lose contact with the family of anti-ecumenical Churches? | 2019-04-20T04:49:18Z | http://rocana.org/archives/date/2016/10 |
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LONDON – Now on Facebook: Your garbage.
Five households have signed up for a Newcastle University program announced Wednesday that puts photographs of every item placed in a garbage can on Facebook in a bid to raise consciousness about recycling efforts.
It uses a sensor and a camera phone to record the image each time the garbage can lid is shut. The person who does that is not photographed.
Households that participate will be rated on how efficiently they recycle.
"Normally when you throw something away and the lid goes down you forget about it -- out of sight out of mind -- and that's the end of it," said Anja Thieme, one of the postgraduate students in charge of the project. "But the reality could not be further from the truth. Waste has a massive environmental impact."
She said the program is not designed to humiliate people who recycle poorly but to make people reflect on how they dispose of waste.
Early results are encouraging, researchers said, as the amount of garbage thrown away and not recycled has diminished in the weeks since the program began.
But the privacy advocacy group Big Brother Watch is raising concerns about the pilot project.
"This sounds like an elaborate joke -- except it isn't," said director Daniel Hamilton. "Encouraging recycling is fine but publicly humiliating those who choose not to is outrageous."
He said he would not be surprised if some local councils in England start similar programs.
The project is aimed at young people whose attitudes about sustainability are still being formed. | 2019-04-25T11:54:02Z | https://www.foxnews.com/science/garbage-police-webcam-in-trashcan-checks-recycling-performance |
At Toyota of Bristol we understand that choosing between various car financing programs can be difficult or confusing. That's why we work to understand our customer's needs, and partner with area and national lenders to offer some great deals on car loans in Bristol. We provide you with easy to comprehend loan and lease options. Our Bristol, TN car loan experts will explain the details and offer you a customized program.
For a car loan in the Tri-Cities area, give Toyota of Bristol's finance team a call, or visit us at 3045 W. State St Bristol, TN 37620. You can also contact us by filling out our financing contact form below, or submitting our online finance application. We look forward to hearing from you, and serving your Tennessee car financing needs. We are here to get you behind the wheel of a new Toyota or used car today!
Welcome to Toyota of Bristol's Finance Department, your Bristol auto loan and Toyota lease resource. We're eager to provide financing for your new Toyota that fits your budget. We can even assist you with refinancing a used car loan. Use our online car loan calculator for an instant car loan rate. Then, proceed to our secure online auto finance application to get pre-approved.
All types of credit, from good to bad, can qualify for an auto loan. No credit, no problem! We will work with you to secure a no credit car loan if your situation demands it. Toyota of Bristol has strong relationships and is committed to finding you the perfect car loan company to suit your car finance needs.
While many people like to focus on the fun parts of buying a car -picking a new model, going on test driver, etc.- most sales professionals could tell you that the process of financing is nearly just as important, if not more.
The financing you're able to secure can determine whether you get to drive home to Marion and Abingdon in the car you want, or whether you're forced to make a compromise. Many people struggle to understand the intricacies of the finance process. Toyota of Bristol can help with that.
Our team fields a range of different questions about vehicle financing. Here are a few of the questions we most commonly hear from our customers in Johnson City and Kingsport.
What sort of information will the dealership need? When you're applying for financing, you'll need to give our experts access to a few pieces of essential information concerning your current income and assets. We'll also need your social security number, so we can gain access to your credit history. This information, of course, will be handled safely.
Will bad credit limit my options? While a history of troubled credit can make it more difficult to secure financing, it doesn't mean you'll have no options whatsoever. Our finance team works with a wide network of lenders, and we'll do our best to find you an affordable offer that suits your needs.
When should I consider a lease? Leasing has been growing more common and popular over the years. While buying a car in the traditional fashion has some definite long term benefits, it might be worth it to lease if you need a new car with lower payments right now.
Whatever your questions might be, you can count on the finance experts at Toyota of Bristol to provide the help you need. Don't hesitate to reach out to us with your inquiries. We'd love the chance to speak with you. We also offer an online finance application if you want to get the ball rolling from home. | 2019-04-21T00:38:44Z | https://www.toyotaofbristol.com/finance.htm |
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Cambridge’s Dimple Creation procedure aims to create natural-looking dimples through a simple and minimally-invasive surgery.
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If it rains: If it should rain while we are on the water, we will return to the dock immediately. Also, if it rains before the outing the day will be cancelled and a rain date will be given. These requirements are dictated to us by our insurance coverage.
High Winds: If the winds exceed 15km it is unsafe for our pontoon to be on Rice Lake. If the winds get up while we are out and there is white caps on the lake we will return to shore immediately. Also if the winds are high before the outing the day will be cancelled and another date will be given.
Heat Alerts: If Environment Canada has issued a heat warning or alert or the temperature with humidity exceeds 32 degrees prior to the outing the day will be cancelled and another date will be given.
Suitable Clothing for the weather; remember it is always cooler on the water.
Hats, sun block, cameras, smiles.
$25 per angler, per fishing trip for gas and maintenance costs. Payment Due 7 Days Prior to Outing. | 2019-04-18T13:02:32Z | http://www.fishabilitysports.org/index.php/adapted-fishing/a-typical-day |
If you have received a building violation and are required to attend a hearing at the ECB, be advised that a proper defense should be created by a licensed attorney. We have several that we can recommend. In addition to this, you must comply with what the building violation states. There are many types of building violations. Below is a table of the many types of violations, and what you must do to cure the violations, so that you don’t receive second and third offenses, as the fines tend to go up drastically.
If you have received a violation, and do not see it above, please contact us for guidance. | 2019-04-21T18:10:49Z | http://www.cheapengineers.com/homeowners.html |
A two vehicle injury crash occurred on U.S. Route 50 near Maple Grove Road in Ross County, Monday.
76-year-old Barbara Dalton and 35-year-old James Burkitt, both of Chillicothe, were driving eastbound on US 50 when Dalton stopped as she was attempting to turn left onto Maple Grove Road. She was struck in the rear by Burkitt’s vehicle.
Burkitt sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene. Dalton was mechanically extracted from her vehicle. She was transported by the Twin Township EMS to Adena Regional Medical Center and later transported to Grant Medical Center in Columbus for her injuries. | 2019-04-24T00:53:14Z | https://wkkj.iheart.com/content/2017-12-19-one-hospitalized-in-us-50-crash/ |
Having a sales funnel in place allows your business to track every deal and understand the sales process your customers go through. You will learn how you can make future improvements to help customers reach your end goal every time.
The awareness stage is when the customer first learns about your business and your products or service. Create awareness by advertising online, in-store and additional third-party advertising mediums.
Advertise your number for customers to text you with questions or to receive a discount on their next purchase. You want to create awareness for your customers to know that they can text your business rather than call or email.
At this stage, the customer is looking for a solution to their problem or for a specific product or service. The customer becomes more interested and is actively looking for your product or service and you need to advertise to them.
You can advertise a discount code and re-market to those who are interested in your product or service. Have them text your number to receive a discount code on the product or service they are looking for.
During this stage, the customer is making the decision and may have chosen your business. The discount code offered enticed them to choose you over your competition.
Further use SMS and send them tracking information for their online order. You can send directions to a location closest to them for the product or service they are looking for.
The last stage in the sales funnel and the customer is finalizing the deal with you. The potential customer has made the purchase and is now a customer for your business.
SMS messaging can be used in every part of the sales funnel no matter the industry. Whether you are targeting another business or individual customer they will still go through the exact same sales funnel.
Whether you are sending messages to entice your customers or for customers to text you with questions. You will be able to communicate with customers in the most effective and preferred way.
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I’m sure that you’ve already heard about fenugreek tea and that it was amazing for the health, but most people have never heard about using dried fenugreek leaves for tea infusions.
Even if you are drinking the juice of the leaves, still, some vitamin B 9 is going to get into it and is going to boost your system, vitamin B 9 is very important for our health because it’s going to help the division of our cells and it’s also responsible for having a healthy cardiovascular system.
This is also an amazing thing when it comes to fenugreek tea, it’s the fact that it’s very low on caffeine, you are going to get amazing benefits from the tea without the caffeine issues and troubles!
Although the majority of women who are breastfeeding and using fenugreek are accustomed to it, drinking fenugreek seeds tea or eating fenugreek tea, an amazing alternative is drinking dried fenugreek leaves tea.
This can be extremely helpful as the leaves do not contain the same amounts of flavonoids as fenugreek seeds, this means that they are not as effective and efficient as fenugreek seeds; nevertheless, this also means that they are not going to make your body smell as when consuming fenugreek seeds.
This is very important when nursing because most women are going to become body conscious on are going to simply be disgusted by the smell of fenugreek, we call it also maple syrup smell!
Now, how do you prepare dried fenugreek leaves tea?
The first thing you must understand about these leaves is that they are very rare, apart from the internet, you are not going to find them in shops, unless you live near an Asian market, then you can get them for a very convenient price, however if you need to buy them, the best place in my opinion is the internet.
To prepare a very delicious dried fenugreek leaves tea, you need to warm a cup of water, and then add to it a teaspoon of dried fenugreek leaves, let it release all its vitamins and nutrients for at least fifteen minutes, then take out the leaves and add two teaspoons of honey.
You can also add five stigmas of saffron, they are going to add an amazing taste and flavors to this tea.
How much dried fenugreek leaves tea should you consume?
You must understand that dried fenugreek leaves are extremely powerful, they are packed with a lot of nutrients and also a lot of vitamins and minerals, that’s why I do not recommend to drink more than one cup a day, it’s true, they do not contain caffeine, but they do contain other substances that their side effects are unknown at this time and that maybe causing some troubles in the future, that’s why you have to stay away from excessive amounts.
Is 1 cup of tea per day really sufficient to increase breast milk production?
One cup of what? It’s because there is a difference between fenugreek seeds, ground, and fenugreek leaves, the seeds are much more efficient, one cup is more than enough.
Hi! I am creating my own detox tea with dried leaves from various detox teas. I found fenugreek seeds, can I use those in my mixture?
I’m sorry, I don’t believe in detox.
Hi I’m currently breastfeed ing my second child of 10weeks and I’m struggling this time with my milk flow it just isn’t enough but I feed my first until he was 10months old and continued through the first 2months of my second pregnancy now I feel obligated to do the same thing with my second and I’m trying to increase my flow I can only get fenugreek leaves how many cups a day should I drink and how long does it take to get the results?
Better use two teaspoons a day of fenugreek power, seeds, they’re much more efficient when it comes to increasing breast milk flow.
It’s very simple, you will need two teaspoons of ground fenugreek added to one cup of hot water 🙂 Once everyday, and for the size, it depends on your metabolism, but in general, you should take it for at least two months.
should the seeds be roasted and den grounded?
It doesn’t really matter, I do it because they taste nice, but you can do whatever you want, I think you should roast them a little.
I m 26 sufferng frm.hair loss so plz tell me how to make fenugreek seeds tea for hair loss.
Well, as mentioned to you in a previous comment, you need to make a fenugreek tea, mix one teaspoon of ground fenugreek with one cup of warm water and drink after 10 minutes, good luck.
“To prepare a very delicious dried fenugreek leaves tea, you need to warm a cup of water, and then add to it a teaspoon of dried fenugreek leaves, let it release all its vitamins and nutrients for at least fifteen minutes, then take out the leaves and add two teaspoons of honey”.
Yes, you need to use it and when you stop, things are going to get back to normal very slowly. | 2019-04-21T00:16:30Z | https://www.fenugreekworld.com/dry-fenugreek-leaves-tea/ |
Whereas, the Town of Lapel, Indiana, desires to adopt an ordinance which will establish the discontinuance/disconnection of water and/or sewer service to customers who are classified as delinquent users.
Whereas, the Town of Lapel, Indiana, hereby adopts the following provisions pursuant to Indiana Code 36-9-25-11 and Indiana Code 36-9-25-11.5 to establish the authority to discontinue/disconnect water and/or sewer service for customers that are delinquent users.
That any customer of the Town of Lapel, for which the Town of Lapel provides water and/or sewer connection, shall be subject to the Ordinance.
That any customer being provided water and/or sewer services, who becomes thirty (30) days or more delinquent in their payment for such water and/or sewer services, shall be provided with a notice of disconnect. Disconnection shall take place on the specific date described in that notice.
That if the customer disputes the bill which has established the thirty (30) days delinquency of payment, the customer must immediately request in writing to the Town Hall of Lapel, at 720 South Ford Street, PO Box 999, Lapel, Indiana 46051-0999, and request a meeting with the Utility Superintendent and Town Clerk to dispute the bill which has resulted in the determination of a delinquent payment and right to discontinue/disconnect such services. That the request must be made in writing within the ten (10) day period of the receipt of the notice. After the above described meeting, the customer shall have an additional ten (10) days in order to submit payment to avoid the discontinuance/disconnection of service unless the disputed bill has been resolved and reconciled at the above described meeting.
That if the customer fails to pay the delinquent amount pursuant to the procedures described above, the Utility Superintendent shall be instructed to disconnect the water and/or sewer service to that user/customer.
That if the customer’s water and/or sewer connection is disconnected, there will be an additional three hundred dollar ($300.00) re-connection fee to the customer, in addition to the full payment of the delinquent and outstanding bill together with any interest and fees currently allowed pursuant to the Ordinances of the Town of Lapel.
That if discontinuance of sewer service by disconnection is required, the Town of Lapel, through its employees will accomplish such disconnection and/or reconnection by use of their utility easement and restore the property to its original state in a reasonable fashion excluding the replacement of ground cover, sod, or landscaping.
Read and adopted this 21 day of July, 2011. | 2019-04-18T19:01:33Z | http://lapelindiana.org/ordinance.asp?id=281 |
A major motion picture is being filmed in the most unlikely of places – an old AT&T building in White Plains, NY.
We’ve just learned the Untitled Steven Spielberg Project, starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, will be filming in the AT&T building, near Route 22/North Broadway and Barker Ave -Hamilton Ave in White Plains, for the next few weeks.
After The Washington Post and New York Times both released portions of the papers, the U.S. Department of Justice obtained a temporary restraining order against any further publication because they felt it was detrimental to U.S. national security. The two papers joined together to fight the order in court and won in the Supreme Court which ruled the government had failed to prove harm to national security, and that the publication was within the papers’ First Amendment rights. Though it is set in the 1970s, the movie’s themes seem especially timely given today’s political climate.
The currently Untitled Steven Spielberg Project movie was going by The Paper and is now using the working title Nor’easter.
There is no word as to what scenes they are filming in the building but, we would assume – since it is an old office building – that they have recreated the Washington Post offices inside.
A huge thank you to @JonUPS_ for the scoop! If you have any news about the Untitled Steven Spielberg filming in White Plains, let us know about it at [email protected]!
Next articleWednesday, May 31 Filming Locations for Jessica Jones, Widows, American Crime Story, Good Behavior, & more!
The outside looks slightly like the actual Washington Post building in DC. Maybe they will shoot the outside of it. Remember that SALT faked exteriors of the nearby County office building to double as DC, so maybe this project will shoot in the same vicinity as these are 1970’s era buildings. | 2019-04-21T14:08:15Z | https://onlocationvacations.com/2017/05/30/untitled-steven-spielberg-project-starring-tom-hanks-meryl-streep-filming-white-plains-ny/ |
A commitment to the centrality of faculty and of shared governance animates all of AAC&U’s work. The organization seeks to highlight how faculty members in all fields and all types of colleges and universities are developing effective teaching and learning approaches. AAC&U programs emphasize student and faculty engagement, deep learning, and student success through liberal education.
AAC&U projects bring together faculty to develop new curricular frameworks, more engaged and effective classroom and institutional practices, and new ways to advance liberal education for all students. This work focuses attention on changing demographics, global contexts, and evolving technologies. AAC&U has made a long-term commitment to address the preparation of future faculty and the preparation of all faculty for the future.
AAC&U's meetings, publications, and projects of particular interest to faculty and all educators are linked via the bars on the right. | 2019-04-25T12:42:27Z | https://aacu.org/resources/faculty |
Alia Janine and Justy Dodge are stand-up comedians with complicated and very weird ideas about love, life, and relationships. Together they're hopelessly hilarious as they debate different topics with their guests and share their views on life, love, and everything in between.
Today the ladies sit down with the hilarious Chanel Ali as they recap what a horrible week they had and how they are working through it. Chanel and Justy talk about their friendship and how some people think it's a little strange. The ladies then chat about the difference between men and women being funny, fixing men, Chanel's turn-offs, abortions, and which celebrity relationships they admire! | 2019-04-25T18:41:35Z | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/alia-janine-and-jaqi-furback/the-whormones-podcast |
Chris Di Staulo is an award-winning motion picture director and has established himself as one of the most exciting directors in the industry. He is known for his focused and intricate work with actors, beautiful cinematography and original narrative work. Chris is a natural-born storyteller and this is reflected in his films, which have garnered 23 national and international awards. His unique vision and innovative style have won him awards at the Cannes International Film Festival, Las Vegas Film Festival, National Screen Institute, Canada International Film Festival, and many more. After directing “Dirty Talk” and “Somnolence”, both films were acquired and broadcast by CBC Television and ShortsTV (USA, Europe, Africa, South Asia). A graduate of York University’s Bachelor of Arts (Specialized Honors) program in Directing, Chris’ arts education consists of training with some of North America’s top filmmakers. He brings an infectious energy to each set that inspires his actors to make the audience think, feel and immerse themselves in the story unfolding before them. Chris is a member in good standing at the Directors Guild of Canada – Directors Rights Collective of Canada, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto. | 2019-04-21T21:13:25Z | https://www.esainfo.ca/esaalumni/category/drama/ |
We had a lovely dinner with the family and Mr Ecochick thought we’d make a pasta side dish (though this can easily be a main dish as well). The recipe is adapted from Hugh’s River cottage veg everyday. The original recipe is made with peas but we didn’t have any so spinach it is. Can’t really go wrong with spinach! This is a healthy alternative to macaroni and cheese.
Man I love Hugh’s book it really is my favourite cook book. I love that I can eat every recipe being a vegetarian cookbook and all. I love how the book is laid out with a beautiful colour photo next to the recipe just the way I like it. I love that the recipes are simple and generally made with things within your home and garden often no need to buy any fancy items that you’ll only use once. Hugh I love you.
Start boiling enough water in which to cook the pasta. When boiling add salt and begin cooking pasta.
Cook the vegetables by steaming, boiling or microwaving – reserve cooking water.
Heat oil and fry finely dice onion until sweating.
Add butter, garlic, herbs and spices. Fry until fragrant.
Purée half of the vegetable with all of the onion mix until smooth, add cooking water as needed.
Combine all the vegetables in the pan and heat while pasta cooks.
Drain pasta and combine with vegetable mixture, stirring well.
Stir through cheese just before serving.
This was super yummy we’ll totally be making this dish again and best of all you can add whatever green vegetables you have on hand. Eet smakelijk. | 2019-04-26T15:54:00Z | http://www.nzecochick.com/spinach-macaroni/ |
Elaboration of a POWER POINT WHERE THE ACTIVITY PERFORMED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF PRACTICES described.
It will be presented in July / September (depending WHEN ANNEX END THE PRACTICE) and each student will have a maximum of 5 minutes.
4. COMMENTS a student wishes to state.
2. ASSESSMENT OF THE SAME ORGANIZATION (SCHEDULE, programs, activities).
3. ASSESSMENT OF MATERIALS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
4. proposals or ideas that could be added.
5. RELATIONSHIP WITH PATIENTS AND CONDITIONS OR CONSIDERATIONS or resolve.
REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICE. | 2019-04-19T23:20:18Z | https://umh.es/acc/contenido/Estudiantes/:asi_m_3507_CAnt/datos_en.html |
Smith Power Equipment, a division of Smith Mining Equipment (Pty) Ltd, is an importation and distribution company representing world-wide leading brands in the specialist machinery, turf maintenance and off-road vehicle market.
support and parts are provided for all our products.
Smith Power Equipment, a division of Smith Mining Equipment (Pty) Ltd., is an import and distribution company representing world-wide leading brands in the specialist machinery, turf maintenance and off-road vehicle market. These products are distributed throughout South Africa by a comprehensive dealer network. Full after sales service, support and parts are provided for all our products.
Smith Turf Equipment was established in 1991 when the company bought the distribution rights in Southern Africa for The Toro Company of Minneapolis (USA). The Toro Company is the world-wide market leader in the supply of golf course maintenance machinery and has been represented in Southern Africa since 1972.
In 1997 the company acquired the distribution rights for the products of Polaris Industries, also of Minneapolis (USA).
The Polaris Division was established to market and support the sales of Polaris quads and Personal Watercraft. The company expanded the ATV division in 2002 when it acquired the distribution rights of the Linhai Power Machinery Group of Shanghai (China) for Linhai ATV’s, scooters and generators. All Linhai products are currently being exported throughout the world, including the USA and Europe and are certified by the EU.
Smith Power Equipment expanded even more in 2000 when it acquired the sole distribution rights of the Kubota Corporation of Osaka, Japan, who manufactures the world-wide leading brand of small tractors, diesel engines and mowers.
In 2008 Smith Power Equipment introduced Victory Motorcycles, an offshoot of Polaris Industries in South Africa. Victory motorcycles with their powerful 100 and 106 cubic-inch Freedom V-Twin engines, are known for their high level of build quality.
This website was setup by Robert Keir (Marketing Manager) at Smith Power Equipment. Please contact him directly on 011 284 2024 or [email protected]. We are based in Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa. | 2019-04-20T11:03:28Z | http://www.mysmith.co.za/pr/about-smith-power-equipment/ |
Wednesday's Worktable is a weekly posting I'll be publishing on the Rubbernecker blog as a member of the design team. I hope you'll be able to take time to visit my posts there, as well as the posts of my Rubbernecker design teammates who'll be posting on other days of the week.
This is the card I created for this week's post. I have all the details outlined in how I created it on the Rubbernecker blog. I'd appreciate your support and comments! | 2019-04-19T23:19:51Z | http://wheremmsgather.blogspot.com/2011/07/wednesdays-worktable.html |
As a professional tutor, I really enjoy the work I do. To me, a crucial part of life success is helping others, so I am dedicated to my work. Sometimes, when somebody shows us something we can't see for ourselves, we become capable of things we never thought we could do. ... Once you've learned something, it is never forgotten. It just needs to be recalled. | 2019-04-22T04:08:25Z | https://www.varsitytutors.com/science-tutors-new_hampshire |
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Do not start the vehicle if you have noticed that you have put the wrong fuel in your car. If you have started the car and have driven it is not a problem. However, if driven for a long period of time it could cause damage to the engine and overall killing the car. We can still drain fuel from your car regardless if it has been driven or not. Wrong fuel removal in Cleator Moor doesn’t come with any additional charges for driving the car away from the petrol station. If the car hasn’t been started and the wrong fuel still remains in the tank our fuel drain technician can safely move the car to a safe location before carrying out the fuel drain.
Do not stress or worry, Wrong Fuel Removal are at hand in Cleator Moor to help get you back on the road. With years of experience in the fuel draining industry, we are one of the best. Once our fuel drain technician arrives you will be in safe hands.
Once we have completed our fuel drain service in Cleator Moor we may request you to put a lot of fuel back into your car. Now you can drive away with a smile on your face.
So if you have a fuel problem in Cleator Moor, why not give one of our friendly fuel drain technicians a call today on 0800 924 7866 or 07831588720. We are always happy to help. | 2019-04-22T22:24:19Z | http://www.wrongfuelremoval.co.uk/wrong-fuel-in-car-cleator-moor/ |
This is a story of a beer bean counter with a passion for grape juice (the fermented kind).
I’m Jen and I have a confession to make … I am a bonafide wine-o who works at a brewery. Thankfully there are many parallels between my passion and the industry I work in that can explain such a confused state of being. Please allow me a few historical references and personal experiences to make sense of my dilemma and explain my passion.
My part in this story starts in the late ’90s with a boyfriend who worked for Robert Mondavi. Arguably America’s greatest wine ambassador ever, Mondavi’s lessons focused on how wine was part of the gracious way of living and not about the snooty Sommelier at the fancy restaurant. I learned that wine, in its simplest form, was a naturally occurring gift from nature. It wasn’t about the feasts of kings and queens but more about a mealtime beverage for the common man that signified the importance of family, conversation, and the land from which it came.
Both wine and beer are both truly a reflection of the land from which they came. The French have a neat word to describe this — terroir — meaning a “sense of place”. Searching for that sense of place has taken me to some far off lands that have been making wine for as long as time has been recorded. The hook was set and off I went into this delicious obsession.
Being so close to North America’s greatest wine regions was very convenient along the way. But after a few trips to Napa and Sonoma I realized something interesting: most big wineries and fancy tasting rooms had missed the point entirely. These places were not about being gracious or sharing the fruits of their labor but more about exclusiveness and a false sense of privilege. Stand in line, pay your money, taste our wine, buy something from the gift shop, get back on your tour bus and leave.
It was a trip to Santa Barbara wine country where I first felt the spirit of true wine country hospitality and a willingness to take people on a journey from the dirt where it grew, to the glass that I drank it from. I was refreshed to see and meet people like Bruno D’Alfonso and Ken “Byron” Brown pouring and discussing their wines in a simple tasting room at the winery. Imagine that, the guy who made it is actually here telling his story and why the wine in my glass was special. Now I was inspired (or buzzed?), or maybe both. I had to see more.
My pilgrimage to the Old World of winemaking came in 2004 and what I found was life changing. While traveling through the great communes of Burgundy, France I happened across a familiar tale of big business buying up small wineries and vineyard owners at a very swift pace. It was one particular family’s response to the promise of riches that made a huge impression on me. Facing economic challenges and a dwindling family presence in their 6th generation vineyards, the offer of 5 million euros to sell was a handsome payday and life changing opportunity for a struggling family of farmers. One of the daughters was off in Paris with a successful veterinary practice when she heard of the offer. She decided to liquidate her practice and move back home to work in the family business instead of letting it be sold. It was a choice to live a life of passion for meager returns that kept a family and a tradition alive. The magic and history of this place was in the air. You could smell the intoxicating aroma of fermentation. It was a way of life for these people. Not the riches of the big city and big money and certainly not the super space age winery. It was real and it was simple.
How could I take this feeling home with me? How could I remind myself in my daily hustle and grind that life is about more than what you have or drive? For me it is simple, I pull the cork and that pop instantly takes me back. Family, friends, conversation, and laughter with a good meal and a glass wine. The true essence of life and measure of riches. What could possibly be better?
Post written by Jen Anderson. She’s a Sommelier, a mom, a Bruery cheerleader, and an amazing “bean counter” that keeps us all sane. | 2019-04-22T11:06:40Z | https://www.thebruery.com/share-your-passion-accounting-manager-jen-wine |
A: Yes, all the clients that we are partnered with have budgets set aside exclusively for hiring needs.
Q: Why should I use a recruiter?
A: There are many reasons to use a recruiter. The recruiters at Fidelis have established relationships within our clients. Companies receive hundreds of resumes in their portal systems. We get you to the decision maker.
Q: Do you specialize in a particular area of the country?
A: We are a national recruiting firm with clients from coast to coast. If there is a particular area of interest, please share that with your contact at Fidelis.
Q: Do you work retained or contingency?
A: We work mostly on a contingency basis at this time, although our engaged and retained searches are increasing in volume. All services are free to our candidates and consultants. | 2019-04-26T04:23:49Z | http://www.fideliscompanies.com/fidelis-engineering-technical-staffing/faq/ |
The final program of our symposium is online! Check it out here.
The deadline for the abstract submission has passed, but we are looking forward to your registration to join us on August 3rd & 4th.
We still have a few oral slots to fill, and will have an exciting poster session in which you can participate! Submit an abstract now, and share your most recent work with us in the field of psychophysiology in traffic.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Leiden on August 3 & 4! | 2019-04-20T04:17:27Z | https://nvpminisymposium2017.wordpress.com/author/nvpsymposium2017/ |
“In the beginning was the Word…a light shines in the dark, a light that darkness could not over power…the Word was the true light that enlightens all men…” Today is the 2nd Sunday in the octave of Christmas. On this Sunday, we continue to savor the joy of the new born king, we continue to greet the Word made flesh that now dwells among us, and we continue to rejoice because, as the wisdom of God, he dispels our darkness and illumines our lives. Today, the church invites us to reflect on the import of Christ’s coming to us.
There is a very strong relationship between wisdom and light. In fact, they are synonymous to each other. On the contrary, light or wisdom and darkness are opposites. Light is always contra darkness and dispels it. The Book of Wisdom addresses God as the one who “made all things by your word; God’s eternal, creative, and illuminating power” (Wis 9:1). Proverbs equally writes: “The Lord by wisdom founded the earth” (Pr 3:19). “Light”, “Word” and “Wisdom” are seen as one and the same. This is what they achieve: “For while gentle silence enveloped all thing, your all-powerful Word leaped from heaven, into the midst of the land that was doomed…” (Wis 18, 14-16).
This is what the birth of Christ did for us this season. As the wisdom of God, Christ came to banish ignorance by revealing things that are hidden for ages. As Wisdom He enlightens the eyes of our mind so that we can appreciate God (Eph 18). As light, he not only clears the obscurities of our mind, but also lights up our way. Hence, the psalmist says: “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a guide for my path…” (Ps 119, 105).
Today, wisdom is personified in our first reading. He is none other than Jesus Christ, the fullness of God’s wisdom. One important point to note from this reading is the fact that wisdom proceeds from God. Thus, Wisdom speaks: “From eternity, in the beginning, he created me…” In other words, he was part and parcel of the nature of God. The good news of this season is that after ages, he is now with us as human in order to help us work and walk in the light. Who are these privileged people? My dear, we are! Therefore the cause of our unending joy this season is that we are highly favored by God. However, it is important that we open ourselves so that He can make use of us adequately. If we do, we shall become wise and enlightened because iron sharpens iron, and fire begets fire.
In our second reading today, Paul continues to thank and bless God, “who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ.” This spiritual blessing is Jesus Christ himself, the Wisdom of God who is with us to dispel all ignorance and to illumine our dark spots. Also, Paul reminds us that we are those chosen and favored by God. This is not only for the purpose of being holy and spotless, but also, for adoption as fellow brethrens of Christ.
So, as we continue to rejoice this season, let us know that Christ’s birth sealed our own adoption and opened a door for all of us into God’s heart. Therefore as Paul prayed, “May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ… give you the spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed…” let us welcome Wisdom into our lives as our guide. This is because without Wisdom we cannot appreciate what wonders God has worked for us this season. Without the eyes of our mind being opened by the “Ancient of Days” himself, we will remain in perpetual ignorance and our minds always clogged with wickedness.
Today as was on Christmas day, our gospel kicks off with a description of God’s “Logos” or Word. John reminds us of the following that: “Through his Word the heavens were made.” John describes Jesus as God’s creative, life and light giving Word that has come to us in human form. Truly, Jesus is the Wisdom and Power of God which created and sustains the world. Therefore, in order to save us, He assumed our nature. Jesus became truly man while remaining truly God.
What he was (Divine), he remained, and what he was not (human nature), he has assumed for the sake of our salvation. Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God, he is truly the wisdom and light that dispels the darkness of our life and world. Without losing his divinity he became a man and our brother. He is the one with whom now we shear the same paternity as adopted children of God. His acceptance to be born like us gained us this exalted position and illumines our world.
Finally, for allowing the light of his face shine upon us this season through his Word, Light and Wisdom, let us, like David the Psalmist continue to say: “O Lord, you are my light and my salvation…(Ps 127, 1).
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all!
← Appreciation and Gratitude: Thanks To You All My Dear Brothers And Sisters For Being There For Me This Year! | 2019-04-26T03:38:44Z | https://frcanicenjoku.com/2014/12/31/homily-for-2nd-sunday-of-christmas-year-b/ |
Tonight's Thunderball results are: 4, 15, 16, 27, 32. The Thunderball was: 3.
Tonight's Lotto results are: 18, 36, 48, 57, 58, 59. The Bonus was: 50. | 2019-04-22T04:28:01Z | https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/national-lottery-results--lotto-385550 |
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Youtubedownloadersite.com has an application (YouTube Downloader) you can install onto your computer that makes it easier than ever to download YouTube to mpeg files. A simple click to run the application, the downloader then works within your web browser. You are able to save videos right to your computer as MPEGs without having to leave the website! The youtubedownloadersite.com downloader is free to use and completely safe to put onto your computer.
The Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) created the standardized format for video and audio compression. First there was MPEG-1, which is compressed at the quality of VHS movies and is good for encoding a movie onto a compact disc. MPEG-2 was created in order to match the higher quality of movies today on Blu-ray disc and through digital television. The term MPEG refers usually to either of these two formats, while mp3 and mp4 refer to MPEG-3 and MPEG-4, respectively.
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About a week ago, our oldest son (a new 2nd Lieutenant) was preparing one of his wool berets for use. This preparation involves shaving a massive amount of fuzz from the outside of the beret. Then you dampen it and weigh it down. Then after this, he put it on his head for further shaping. I went upstairs, he was sitting at a desk with his beret on his head. I couldn’t help but notice a tag peeking out from under the back. It said “Made in Vietnam”.
As a further aside, the large telephone books that he used to weigh down the beret stayed on the kitchen counter for close to a week before I put them up. As Glenn likes to say “the country’s in the very best of hands”.
This entry was posted on July 4, 2010 at 12:46 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. | 2019-04-19T15:01:54Z | https://mamabincranky.com/2010/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/ |
Comfort and elegance make this dress with polka dots in delicate tones such a versatile piece!
Loved the colour and cut but the pleat at the front was just too big.
Lovely dress. It fitted perfectly!
It’s an okay dress. Pretty fabric, very comfortable. Nice and light. Good length sitting just on knee (I’m 170cm). I didn’t like the metal clasp bit around the waist, not needed. It’s worth trying this dress but for me it didn’t set the world on fire but was ok. I’m 45 and find it hard to find dresses that are modern but don’t make me feel ‘mumsy ‘ and this one made me feel a bit of the later! My issue, not the dresses! | 2019-04-23T22:52:27Z | https://www.esprit.eu/mesh-dress-with-an-all-over-print-029EO1E029 |
As a big travel weekend approaches, many drivers are planning when they should hit the road to best avoid seeing a sea of red brake lights. Here's what you should know.
WASHINGTON — If you are planning to hit the road for the Memorial Day weekend, be forewarned: Friday is no longer the busiest day for your road trip.
“Thursday is the new Friday, and Thursday is every bit as bad as Friday on holiday weekends,” said Bob Immler in the WTOP Traffic Center.
Transportation planner Ben Hampton, with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, analyzed five years of travel speed information collected from GPS software to help drivers avoid a sea of red.
Hampton adds that the following year, there was less traffic on Thursday.
“Every year, people try to time-shift to avoid what they encountered the last year,” said Dave Dildine in the WTOP Traffic Center.
If you’re leaving on Thursday, you should leave before noon. Otherwise, leave on Saturday or after midnight, Dildine said.
Weather will likely not be a factor, which should help drivers headed toward the beaches on U.S. 50.
“It’s probably not going to rain. That means eastbounders get three total lanes to work with. There will be delays and it’ll be congested, but it wont be as bad as if it were a soggy start to the Memorial Day weekend,” Dildine said. | 2019-04-21T04:42:02Z | https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2016/05/worst-time-leave-memorial-day-weekend/ |
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• During the removal of a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, a young man underwent partial sectioning of the splenium of the corpus callosum. Postoperative testing showed no deficit of interhemispheric visual or auditory transfer. To understand the extent of the splenial section, we cut ten normal brains in the sagittal plane and analyzed the shape of the splenium. It may be markedly curved or bulbous. Our findings lead us to conclude that a small band of ventral splenial fibers may be adequate to allow a patient to perform normally on tachistoscopic testing. Unless there is postmortem proof of complete splenial section, it may not be justified to invoke nonsplenial mechanisms to explain preservation of interhemispheric visual transfer in human surgical cases. | 2019-04-18T12:39:46Z | https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/578965 |
The average attention span of a human being is 8 seconds, meaning organizations today have 8 seconds to create positive engagement, or run the risk of losing a potential customer. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? The fact of the matter is that many organizations – from digital advertising to news sites to food delivery apps – don’t have a grasp on what it means to deliver a truly “glanceable” digital experience to their customers.
App performance is critical. A recent study from HP found that after using an app that ran slowly on a regular basis, 48 percent of consumers uninstalled or removed it; 33 percent stopped using it; and 32 percent looked for alternative apps. Amazon found that every 100 milliseconds of latency cost them 1% in sales; while Walmart found that every second of reduced load time raised their customer conversion rates by 2%. Still think good design alone will sell consumers on your business? Well, almost 100% of consumers said app performance is important to them and a deciding factor of the services they use. Now, make sure your app is up to speed.
Customer experience is the new pinnacle of success. Slow load times, crashing, or inaccessibility all negatively impact the experience of customers using your application. Help Scout found that 86% of consumers quit doing business with a company because of a bad customer experience, and 90% of consumers would pay more to ensure a better customer experience. 78% of consumers discontinued an intended transaction as a result of a poor customer experience, and 59% of U.S. consumers would try a new brand for a better customer experience (CX). CX has become the key differentiator for consumers, in fact, Gartner predicts 89% of brands will compete primarily on customer experience by 2016.
The mobile takeover is here. It’s no secret that mobile has become the screen of choice for many consumers. They are using their mobile phones for everything in their day to day lives, looking up health information, job listings, real estate opportunities, mobile banking and the like. The mobile ad spend is expected to reach $100 billion worldwide in 2016. It’s been reported that organizations gain an extra 240 hours of work per year from employees due to mobile working. Mobile is an opportunity that organizations can’t afford to miss, but creating a mobile application is often no easy feat.
This is where APM solutions come in. By ensuring that applications, both Web and mobile, are truly delivering on the functionality that has been promised to the consumer, organizations can ensure they reach their full potential. Delivering a fast, easy experience to consumers is the key to success, and making that experience “glanceable” for today’s consumer attention span is only a challenge if you’re not prepared.
Celeste has worked with venture backed, pre-IPO, public and private equity funded businesses in high growth markets. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of the Pacific in Business Administration. | 2019-04-18T12:34:58Z | https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/gone-in-8-seconds-the-importance-of-a-glanceable-experience/ |
A Small Orange is not among the most well-known web hosts, but it has gained fast growth in the past 13 years since its establishment. DreamHost, however, is a large US-based hosting provider with over one million sites under management.
There are many differences between the two web hosts’ background information, so are their shared hosting services. Except for the common hosting features included in their plans, such as PHP, MySQL and email accounts, we have found a lot of differences between their shared hosting prices, performance, support, and reliability.
From the comparison below, you will be able to learn the pros and cons of A Small Orange and DreamHost regarding shared hosting. Before reading the details, be sure to read the following ratings to get some general information about the comparison.
A Small Orange is gaining some complaints nowadays, but when compared with DreamHost, it still wins in the scalability of plans and control panel.
A Small Orange has been offering 4 shared hosting plans to make sure that you can host a small blog, an online store, a forum or even larger sites with the sufficient power and appropriate cost.
The Tiny plan, which is tailored for beginners, is priced at $2.92/mo only, and the other 3 plans suitable for more experienced users are available at $5/mo, $10/mo and $20/mo respectively. Except for Tiny, all other plans include a free .com domain if you sign up for an annual term.
DreamHost, being different from most modern web hosts, offers one shared hosting plan only to cover the needs of all those who need a shared server. This plan is priced at $10.95/mo regularly, while you can enjoy some small discounts for $9.95/mo and $7.95/mo by choosing the annual or triennial terms.
Besides, this plan includes a free domain for one year, and free domain privacy which protects your registration information.
The control panel is a sharp difference between A Small Orange and DreamHost, and it is also the most important advantage of the former web host.
Currently, A Small Orange offers cPanel, and DreamHost provides a custom web-based control panel. According to our surveys and trials, cPanel wins for the following reasons.
It is feature rich and easy-to-use. In cPanel, dozens of tools are available for the management of accounts, scripts, databases, files, email accounts and website security, and they are well named and explained, so users can get started easily. DreamHost control panel also includes many features, but some of the features come with quite wired names and are not categorized as well as those in cPanel.
It is flexible. Hosting providers can integrate third-party tools with cPanel to enhance the functionality. For example, A Small Orange has added Softaculous to cPanel so that you can install and manage over 300 scripts directly in cPanel.
It is widely used. The benefits of this are that you are able to find numerous tutorials and demos, and the transfers between web hosts are easy. DreamHost doesn’t share the custom control panel with any other hosting provider.
DreamHost has a much larger customer base than A Small Orange, and it has maintained a higher reputation. The reputation of this company, then, mainly attributes to the good uptime, quality technical support and worry-free refund policies.
DreamHost is cooperating with a collocation provider for data centers. Although it doesn’t operate any private data center, it has been offering good uptime for shared hosting users. The uptime monitored by us hasn’t been the same excellent as the guaranteed 100%, while it is still satisfactory, which is over 99.9% on average.
A Small Orange, however, hasn’t done well in uptime, especially in the past year. This company has been complained incessantly for numerous outages lasting for hours, and according to some users, it cleared all the complaints on its Facebook page to pretend that it only had compliments.
If you have a research on the Internet, you will find how bad A Small Orange is in term of reliability and the service accessibility. The hosting services offered by such a company is actually valueless because you will never achieve a success if your website is always inaccessible.
Both A Small Orange and DreamHost provide technical support through tickets and live chat on a 24×7 basis, which means you can always get a support representative to help when meeting troubles. However, when compared comprehensively, DreamHost does much better than its competitor in the support quality.
It is true that both web hosts can guarantee fast responses to chats and tickets, but the support representatives of A Small Orange are not helpful enough. If you submit a ticket or start a chat regarding an outage, you may get no explanation or solution but some replies like no further information can be provided. This is unreasonable.
A Small Orange and DreamHost are providing some of the longest refund periods in the industry.
A Small Orange offers refunds for all shared hosting accounts terminated in 90 days after the purchase. Payments via checks, money orders and bank wire transfers are not eligible.
DreamHost provides a 97-day refund guarantee. Note that this guarantee only applies to credit card payments. Besides, domains and any one-time fees are not refundable.
In addition to all the two web hosts’ pros and cons presented above, we have also found some other disadvantages in their shared hosting features, speed, and support.
Both A Small Orange and DreamHost offer most of the common shared hosting features, such as PHP 5.x, suPHP, MySQL, Python, Ruby on Rails and SVN. However, neither of them is considered to be perfect in regard to features.
The main shortage of DreamHost, of course, is the control panel and script installer. Besides, the company doesn’t provide a website builder. A Small Orange, on the other hand, offers limited disk storage and bandwidth.
More details of their features are available in the table below. For better understanding, we have also taken a rich-featured plan of InMotion Hosting into comparison.
Neither of A Small Orange and DreamHost can provide blazing-fast hosting speed although they both claim to deliver over 200% faster page loads with SSDs. The real server response time of DreamHost keeps around 500ms, not excellent but stable. While that of A Small Orange is at least 40% longer, and the monitoring results are even worse when outages occur.
To show you how DreamHost performs, we have compared it with InMotion, one of the fastest web hosts. The results are as follows.
Phone support is usually important for native users who are looking for a quick and efficient way to get their hosting issues resolved. However, if you favor phone support too, you should be disappointed when looking at the technical support offered by the two web hosts.
A Small Orange doesn’t provide phone support. You can only get the choices of email, ticket and live chat for technical support.
DreamHost does offer phone support, while this service is not included in the shared hosting plan by default. You have to pay $14.95/mo for it, and the service is only provided in the form of callbacks.
After comparing the two companies in detail, we have come to the conclusion that neither of them is a perfect choice for shared hosting. DreamHost lacks choices and a great control panel, and A Small Orange does too badly in uptime.
As a result, we suggest you look for more web hosts before settling on a choice. In case you need more options, we recommend the following ones which are tested to be excellent in speed, uptime and technical support. | 2019-04-20T02:37:36Z | https://drupalhosts.org/a-small-orange-vs-dreamhost/ |
As a Reservist, Can I Transfer My Post 9/11 GI Bill to My Son?
Q: Hello, I am currently on active duty serving in Afghanistan. I have the option of joining the reserves next year. As a reservist can I transfer my remaining Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to my son? Thank you.
A: Yes, you can, if you are eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill transfer option by having served at least six years in the Reserve and if you sign up for at least four more years. Just know that you have to make a transfer request to your son while you are still in the Reserves; once you are out, it is too late to make a transfer.
Also the percentage tier that you are at at the time of transfer will also transfer to him. For example, with a one-year deployment you will get up to the 60% tier. So when he starts using his transferred benefits, 60% of his tuition and fees will be paid for by the VA directly to his school. He will get 60% of the monthly housing allowance as well as 60% of the yearly book stipend.
Because you are not at the 100% level, he would not be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program.While your transferred Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits will not pay for all of his school costs, it will certainly help. | 2019-04-19T17:25:35Z | https://www.armystudyguide.com/education/blog/as-a-reservist-can-i-transfer-my-post-911-gi-bill-to-my-son.html |
• Tueday 9th of July 2019 – Limit to register and pay the team fee.
• Sunday 21th of July – team registration.
• Monday 22nd of July – first games and opening ceremony. | 2019-04-22T02:04:05Z | http://caribbean-cup.com/program/important-dates/ |
For a few years now, my motto has been #KeepLearningKeepGrowing.
I really enjoyed your talk Kemetia and I have certainly learnt a few things from you.
I agree that we need to constantly keep learning in order to stay relevant, connected and up to speed. | 2019-04-24T03:16:39Z | https://adminrenegade.com/2015/03/19/executive-secretary-live-2015-keeplearningkeepgrowing/ |
Here is the result of a custom cat food dish. I asked for a picture so I could work markings into the drawing but it seemed like a better idea to copy the photo.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2018 by Carol McDonough. | 2019-04-22T21:09:35Z | http://cmcddesigns.com/2018/03/ |
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Mustafa Ergin, a shopkeeper, sits in the back of a crowded audience in Istanbul listening to a panel of economists speaking about cryptocurrencies.
With prohibitions on gambling and earning interest, Islamic teaching has a lot to say on what Muslims can do with their money.
Turkey, like much of the world, has witnessed a dizzying rise in interest in bitcoin and the hundreds of other cryptocurrencies that have been modeled on it, driven by stories of working-class people striking it rich with a new technology that few seem to understand.
And while Turkey accounts for a sliver of the global bitcoin trade, it is among the top 10 countries invested in the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin trade here has gone from about 9,000 transactions a month in May 2017 to 42,000 in December 2017. A handful of companies in construction, education and the food industry have begun accepting cryptocurrencies for payment, and there are daily seminars in cities such as Istanbul where financial experts appear before enamored audiences to explain how one can cash in. | 2019-04-20T03:11:48Z | http://umar-farooq.com/index.php/2018/03/08/is-bitcoin-permissible-in-islam-muslims-disregard-clerics-warnings-and-invest/ |
Founded in May 1990 in the Franconian metropolis, today's agency headquarters is still on the Prinzregentenufer. Since 2015 we have been living the working world 4.0 in Laufertormauer 22: mobile desks, glass meeting room, cooking events and kickers, dynamic project processes and agile working methods characterise the communicative everyday life at the city wall.
Mobility and environmental awareness are not only lived by our employees. The arrival of the self-sufficient, mobile miniloft "KARL" and the installation of a power line for the fast loading of the environmentally friendly agency Tesla are just some of the topics that the young PR team in the smart living and modern workplace area are concerned with. No wonder, then, that Kaltwasser Kommunikation has taken second place in the German PR agency ranking in the field of environmental communication.
At our location in Northern Bavaria, we maintain long-standing and trustful customer relationships both with corporations and SMEs - and of course we regularly support start-ups and innovators from the region. Industry, energy and consumer electronics are our traditional industry focal points. Corporate communication and change communication, citizen communication and product communication have been the core competencies of our Franconian Kaltwasser-team for decades, focusing on topics such as industry 4.0, digitization and change, word-of-mouth campaigns, brand introduction and cross-media PR concepts as well as stakeholder communication.
Our heart has always been beating for young communication talents. It is therefore only logical that we have also been managing and promoting the development of junior staff of the Public Relations Professional Association DPRG for many years from our location in Nuremberg.
A network of strong partners - above all our "roommates" from the advertising agency Fixpunkt – enables us to quickly process and design print and digital media, such as employee and customer magazines (online and offline), roll-ups or large-format billboards as well as advertisements and websites - in other words, the entire range of a full-service agency.
But our network goes even further: We are regularly involved in a good cause, whether it is the cold water grill challenge, the support of the local communication museum or the jailart initiative "Art in Jail" - we not only work in Nuremberg, we also live here.
Talk to us or come and have a coffee with us. Our Nuremberg office is located in the heart of Nuremberg, and is only two underground stations away from the main station. | 2019-04-22T15:07:25Z | https://www.kaltwasser.de/en/contact/nuremberg/ |
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The effect of increasing class size in tertiary education is not well understood. This column estimates the effects of class size on students’ exam performance by comparing the same student’s performance to her own performance in courses with small and large class sizes. Going from the average class of 56 to a class size of 89 would decrease the mark by 9% of the observed variation in marks within a given student. The effect is almost four times larger for students in the top 10%.
The organisation of university education is increasingly in the spotlight, both in academic and policy circles. Recent research has stressed the importance of higher education in providing positive externalities within firms (Moretti 2004), within local labour markets (Glaeser et al. 1992), and in fostering economy wide growth (Aghion et al. 2007). Concurrently, most OECD countries have adopted policies that have led to dramatic increases in university enrolment during the last decade. The average annual increase in university enrolment in OECD countries during the period 1995-2005 was above 4%. In the UK, this growth has occurred at both the undergraduate and graduate level, as shown in Figure 1, and across a wide range of universities. The UK is actually at the low end of enrolment growth within the OECD. Between 1998 and 2005, the US experienced a 30% increase in student enrolment, for example.
Such breathtaking increases in enrolment inevitably lead to university students facing larger class sizes. The effect of increasing class size in tertiary education is not well understood.
To address this policy question, we estimate the impact of class size on the final exam marks of graduate students in a leading UK university between 1999 and 2004 (Bandiera et al. 2010). As we observe the same student being exposed to very different class sizes, we estimate the effects of class size on students’ exam performance by comparing the same student’s performance to her own performance in courses with small and large class sizes.2 It is important to stress that, on average, most of the variation in marks is due to fixed students’ characteristics and not university inputs.3 On average the performance of a given students only varies by around 7% of the average mark across her courses. We shed light on how much of this within-student difference is attributable to differing class sizes the student faces.
The effect of class size on students’ performance is – as expected – negative; students do worse in big classes. Namely, a given student receives lower marks in courses with larger classes, everything else equal.
To get a sense of the magnitude of this effect, our estimates imply that a one standard deviation increase in class size from the mean (that is going from the average class of 56 to a class size of 89) would decrease the mark by 9% of the observed variation in marks within a given student. These estimates, however, mask two important forms of heterogeneity: (i) the impact of class size varies across the range of class sizes; (ii) the effect of class size varies across students.
On the first form of heterogeneity, the negative effect of class size on student exam performance is large and negative only in the smallest and the largest classes. There is no class size effect across a wide range of intermediate class sizes. The magnitudes imply that moving the average student from a class of 10 to a class of 25 leads to a drop in exam performance of around 12.5% of within-student standard deviation. Increasing the class size from 25 to 45 determines a further 12.5% drop. In contrast, there is no impact in a wide intermediate range, while moving from 80 to 150 determines a further drop of 25% in the within-student standard deviation. If moved from a very small class (of size 10) to a very large class (of size 150), the average student can be expected to suffer a loss corresponding to about 50% of the overall variation in exam marks the average student experiences across all of her courses.
The second form of heterogeneity concerns students’ ability. Students at the top of the mark distribution are those most affected by class size. The effect is almost four times larger for students in the top 10% of the distribution of exam marks than for students at the bottom 10%, and about 50% larger than the average student. This heterogeneity is most apparent in the largest classes and virtually non-existent for a range of intermediate class sizes. This implies the highest-ability students would benefit the most, in terms of academic achievement, from any reduction in class sizes, when class sizes are initially very large.
To shed light on the underlying mechanisms for the class-size effect, our analysis uses information on teachers' assignments to classes and on students' characteristics. We find no evidence that departments purposefully assign faculty of differing quality to different class sizes, and we find no evidence that faculty members alter their behaviour when exposed to different class sizes. It appears that the preparation and delivery of lectures is independent of the number of students taught.
On student characteristics, the class-size effect does not vary with proxies for students' wealth. Hence if larger classes resulted in lower grades because students had more limited access to library books or computer laboratories, the effect should have been smaller for students who can purchase these inputs privately. Moreover, the class-size effect does not vary with student's familiarity with this particular university as an undergraduate or with the UK system generally. This casts doubts on the relevance of mechanisms that work through the information students have, such as their awareness of other local resources (for example other libraries in the area), or their knowledge of the characteristics of faculty, courses, or departments.
Against a backdrop of rapidly increasing enrolment rates in tertiary education, our analysis has important policy implications. Class size matters for student performance and particularly for the most able students.
However, reducing class size is not always an effective strategy and is certainly not effective for all students in the same way. Reducing the size of very large modules (above 100) could be a cost-effective way to improve students’ performance. For modules in the range 30-100 reducing class size could be a rather ineffective strategy, while for classes below 30 it could be a valid but not necessarily cost-effective strategy. Attention should be devoted to other inputs in such cases, and more refined and cost-effective solutions than pure number counting should be identified. To this end, it is important to have a better understanding of the mechanisms that link class size and performance.
Although student-to-staff ratio is a commonly used indicator of quality both in national and international comparisons, this might be a noisy measure of quality over this intermediate range of class sizes.4 Given the mechanisms our data rule outs, there appear to be at least two ways that larger classes reduce students' performance. First, changes in student behaviour such as their attentiveness or participation. Second, reduced resource availability, such as library books or faculty time during office hours.
As the best students are the most affected, that could imply that large classes induce a reduction in tutoring activity rather than a substantial deterioration in classroom conditions. It is reasonable to expect that the best students are able to compensate classroom deterioration at least as well as other students. However, the best students are also those that benefit the most (in terms of both learning and motivation) from contact with teachers. They, therefore, suffer the most in terms of reduced performance when such contacts or tailored feedback is less frequent.
1 This is particularly evident in the UK, where concerns on the increasing student-to-staff ratios in higher education institutions have recently been expressed in a report of the Department for Innovation, Universities, and Skills and by the most important unions of university teachers.
2 Our estimates are therefore purged from confounding effects that arise because students choose which modules to take. For instance, if more able students were to choose smaller classes, a cross-student comparison would capture both the effect of class size and the effect of student ability. The within-student comparison only captures the former.
3 Characteristics like ability and motivation are certainly affected by previous experiences and schooling, but they can be taken as given for what concerns university policy.
4 This choice is somehow justified by the fact that, in order to evaluate teaching quality, the student to staff ratio probably remains the only globally available and comparable indicator.
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Moretti, E. (2004), "Workers' Education, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Plant-Level Production Functions", American Economic Review 94: 656-90. | 2019-04-19T17:02:53Z | https://voxeu.org/article/impact-class-size-performance-university-students?qt-quicktabs_cepr_policy_research=0 |
Our High School Ministry is throwing a party! Our Youth Ministry wants to get to know your students! Investing in the next generation is hugely important to us which is why love creating opportunities for your High Schooler to get connected to a life-giving, genuine community! Join others in worshipping together, hearing a message, and having a blast at this blacklight themed night! | 2019-04-25T09:44:08Z | http://lifesongonline.org/lifesong-events/event/tribe-night/ |
Vermont Woodlands Association sponsors the Tree Farm Program in Vermont. Tree Farms range in size from small woodlots to large industrial forests. The goals of the Tree Farm Program are disseminating information about the benefits of proper forest management and establishing good forest management practices on as many acres as possible. The American Tree Farm System, first organized in 1941, is the Nation's oldest certifier of privately owned forestland. Tree Farm members share a unique commitment to protecting watersheds and wildlife habitat, conserving soil, and providing recreation; and at the same time producing wood products on a sustainable basis.
Buy a Peter Huntoon print of The Old Grey Barn in Rupert, which happily resides on the 2014 Vermont Tree Farm of the Year.
Local Artist Peter Huntoon created a water color painting of Alan Calfee’s tree farm in Rupert for his “Fine Day in Vermont” collection. This is an outstanding way to recognize the contributions that our Tree Farmers make to Vermont’s working landscape. The Tree Farm committee has unframed, 11 x 17 limited edition prints available for purchase at $45 each (signed and numbered).
Cost is $45 plus $5 (S&H). Please email or call 802-747-7900 with your shipping address. Send check, payable to VWA, for $50 to PO Box 6004, Rutland, VT 05702. Please put in check memo: Huntoon print.
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After graduating from Pomona College with a Bachelors of Arts degree, I went into contracting performing work on just about every aspect of a home. This hands-on experience taught me a lot about houses – how they go together and what goes wrong when they aren’t built properly. My contracting work created a great “foundation” for performing home inspections!
In 2014 I became a home inspector in TX where I worked full-time inspecting ever type of house imaginable. Texas has some of the most stringent requirements for home inspectors in the country including licensing, testing, and very specific reporting under weather conditions much more demanding that those in San Diego.
I relocated to San Diego in early 2017 with my wife and two small children to be closer to friends and family and to enjoy the beautiful beaches and wonderful weather. After returning to Southern California I found a position at The Real Estate Inspection Company which will utilize all of my past experience. When inspecting for you I commit myself to conducting a thorough investigation of your house and its systems and strive to clearly communicate my findings and their implications. With my years of experience in construction and real estate inspections, I can offer the information and insight that will allow my clients to make an informed decision when buying or selling a home. I look forward to working with you soon.
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Laugh Out London comedy club returns to the Dogstar in Brixton with another great night of eclectic comedy with BRIDGET CHRISTIE, KEVIN ELDON, DAVID TRENT and EMMA SIDI.
WINNER of Best Show at the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2013.
Star of BBC Radio 4’s Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, BBC2’s It’s Kevin, and Comedy Central’s Alternative Comedy Experience, returns to Laugh out London with her surreal, satirical humour.
One of the most famous faces in comedy, appearing on pretty much every great British comedy show of the past 25 years, including: Brass Eye, Smack the Pony, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, The IT Crowd, Look Around You, Packing Them In, Black Books, Big Train, World of Pub, The Sunday Show, Comedy Nation, Cows, Jam, I Am Not an Animal, I’m Alan Partridge, The Sofa of Time, Attention Scum!, Nighty Night, Green Wing, Jammin’, Nathan Barley, Hyperdrive, Saxondale and his own brilliant sketch show It’s Kevin.
His live show Kevin Eldon is Titting About won great acclaim at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe and he’s back on the live circuit to showcase a glorious world of hyperactive characters.
Line up may be subject to change. Due to unforeseen circumstances acts may be replaced with those of similar quality. Advanced notice of this will be given as soon as possible. | 2019-04-21T02:12:04Z | https://laughoutlondoncomedyclub.co.uk/2016/03/09/comedy-in-brixton-may-17/ |
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Professional Carpet Cleaning Birmingham Street cleaning is an occupation performed by special teams of employees who can be employed by the city or by independent cleaning companies. Thanks to such people, it is possible to bring the streets to the correct look both after car accidents and after lightning discharges. It happens very often that as a result of heavy rainfall and storm, a large number of branches and leaves fall on the streets and advertisements that have been cut off from the trees, and then they have to be removed before traffic can be restored. A similar situation occurs after road accidents. Although road builders appear as the first places on the scene, the cleaning crews can take care of even more thorough cleaning of the street. | 2019-04-19T10:19:37Z | http://to.elk.pl/about-high-pressure-cleaning-services/ |
Go Ballistic is a video redemption arcade game requiring the players to physically move around by tossing soft play balls at a 47" touch screen across 5 different and exciting interactive games, all with the own unique theme. The games are not level-progressive so players have complete freedom to select whichever game and whatever level they want to play! Each mini-game has an interesting theme and a mission that players must accomplish through tossing balls at moving targets onscreen to win points! There is no limit to the number of balls per game so players can toss as many balls as they like. There is however a time limit so speed and skills do come into play! The more points earned the more tickets won! | 2019-04-26T09:46:31Z | https://www.segaarcade.com/games/go-ballistic.html |
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The LEAP Core Curriculum is comprised of a variety of liberal arts courses in addition to courses in the Performing Arts.
This first seminar develops skills of critical thinking, critical reading and writing, and shared inquiry that are foundational to Collegiate Seminar. Students will read, write about and discuss a selection of classic and modern texts from the Western tradition. The reading list is current but subject to modi cation. From some texts only excerpts are read.
This is a course to connect basic biology concepts using the human as an illustrative example. Basic scientific processes and the concepts of human biology will be explored through lecture. Topics will include science and society, the chemistry of living things, structure and function of cells, genetics, anatomy and physiology of the organ systems, reproduction, cancer, aging, evolution, human impacts and environmental issues.
Students continue to develop the rhetorical and critical thinking skills they need to analyze texts and to structure complex arguments. In addition, students practice evaluating sources, exploring arguments through library research, and supporting original theses with appropriate evidence. Through a scaffolded process, students write and revise two or more essays, at least one of which is a substantial research essay of 8-12 pages that presents an extended argument. This course prepares students for the Writing in the Disciplines courses that they will encounter in their major. It requires the completion of at least 5,000 words of formal writing, and an additional 2,500 words of informal writing practice. A grade of at least C- in English 4 is prerequisite to enrollment in English 5. A grade of at least C- in English 5 is prerequisite to enrollment in Writing in the Disciplines courses.
The exploration of the learning cycle, from reflection on experience to construction and application of knowledge. This analytical and self-reflective process is recorded in an Experiential Learning Portfolio, a collection of essays and supporting documentation, which may be further evaluated for transcripted academic credit.
The course examines the nature of culture and the diversity of societies worldwide. It focuses on cultures in Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Americas, and introduces the beginning student to some of the main topics of anthropology including kinship, gender, the world system, eldwork, magic and religion, race and ethnicity, social change and the political system of societies throughout the world.
A reflective examination of basic mathematical ideas and patterns. Through participation in the discovery and development of mathematical ideas the student will view the subject as a vehicle for human creativity. The course traces the historical and contemporary role of appropriate mathematical topics.
second and third seminars, readings focus on the Great Conversation of the modern world, which includes the West but also includes important intercultural and global voices. The course focuses on issues of signi cant relevance for a 21st century student, as well as texts that allow for integrative thinking across the entire Collegiate Seminar sequence. The last portion of the course will include student re ections on what they have learned and how they have grown, revisiting the steps of their intellectual development in a capstone experience.
Global issues of wealth, poverty and socio-economic justice are explored through the lens of various sacred texts which have had a profound infuence on religion, art, politics, and culture for over two thousand years. Focusing on the Torah and Gospels, this course will teach students to employ critical and scholarly tools for reading and interpretation.
The elective and Senior Project courses encourage students to pursue their special interests in dance or other subjects.
This course examines dance from a critical and intersectional perspective through the lenses of power and privilege, using the medium to explore race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, ability, age, etc. The class attends dance concerts around the Bay Area; the concerts are selected to engage with a variety of dance styles, venues, and ideas and the class dialogue about them is at the central work of the course. This course is writing intensive.
An introduction to the theory, history, and styles of acting with emphasis on the development of a character, script analysis, and the dynamics of performance.
This course covers the development of dance from its roots in court dancing through the development of ballet to the beginning of the modern era.
A study of the history, tradition, and the recent developments of the various styles and techniques of American dance, including ballet, modern, musical theatre, tap, and jazz.
This course emphasizes the history and aesthetics of music. Students hear music from all historical periods performed by outstanding orchestras, opera companies, chamber ensembles, and soloists. | 2019-04-24T12:13:32Z | https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/liberal-education-for-arts-professionals-leap/course-descriptions-pre-2015 |
Strawberries: are rich in antioxidants, fight against inflammatory disorders, are anti-cancerous, promote healthy eyes, contain 136% of the RDA of vitamin C in just one cup, are an excellent source of magnesium, which is important in reducing cardiovascular disease, and contribute to bone health.
Stem the strawberries and combine them in the food processor with the almond milk and honey. Blend until smooth.
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It wouldn’t be considered vegan if it had honey in it. | 2019-04-24T13:49:23Z | http://www.glowkitchen.com/2013/06/vegan-strawberry-milk/ |
Many people have asked us about intermittent fasting—our FAQ (11) on the subject is the longest and most detailed on this website.
The most down-to-earth criticism is that intermittent fasting is not sustainable. Diets that focus on denial tend to backfire—you often end up eating more than you would otherwise.
What has been lacking is a well-done study testing the weight control and health benefits of intermittent fasting.
Researchers from Germany have answered the call.
Their randomized controlled trial, published November 23, 2018, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found little difference between an intermittent calorie-restricted diet and a continuous calorie-restricted diet.
Sixteen researchers from the German Cancer Center and Heidelberg University Hospital followed 150 overweight or obese men and women aged 35-65 for 50 weeks. Participants were randomly divided into three groups: intermittent calorie restricted (five days of calorie-neutral intake and two non-consecutive days of 75 percent calorie restriction), continuous calorie restriction of 20 percent, and a control group with no restrictions. Daily calorie reduction for both intervention groups averaged ~20 percent.
Participants spent 12 weeks in an intervention phase, 12 weeks in a maintenance phase, and 26 weeks in a follow-up phase.
Participant’s weight and health status was monitored for the 38 weeks following the dieting phases.
While recognizing that the results are “sobering” for followers of intermittent fasting, lead researcher Ruth Schubel pointed out in a press release that results were essentially the same in both groups. “In participants of both groups, body weight and, along with it, visceral fat, or unhealthy belly fat, were lost and extra fat in the liver reduced,” she explained.
Although the study does not confirm the “euphoric” expectations, it shows that intermittent fasting is not less beneficial than conventional methods. “In addition, for some people it seems to be easier to be very disciplined on two days instead of counting calories and limiting food every day,” lead scientist Timan Kuhn explained. “But in order to keep the new body weight, people must also permanently switch to a balanced diet following Cancer Research Center recommendations,” he added.
“Our results on the effects of the ‘5:2 diet’ indicate that intermittent calorie restriction may be equivalent but not superior to continuous calories restriction for weight reduction and prevention of metabolic diseases,” the researchers concluded.
Intermittent fasting works—if you actually do it.
Digging deeper into the details suggests that the results were not as rosy as the press release suggests.
Compliance was very good during the first 12 weeks when dieters were receiving biweekly calls from dieticians. However, at week 24 only a third of participants reported doing the two days of restriction. By the end of the 50 weeks, only about one in five participants were still fasting twice a week. Not surprisingly, the intermittent fasting group regained the most weight as the study progressed.
If intermittent fasting appeals to you, give it a try. But don't expect benefits that can't be achieved eating regular meals of quality foods--and regular exercise. Sustainability is the key. No diet or exercise regimen will work if you can't stick to it. Don't defeat yourself by making it harder than it needs to be. Find a plan that you enjoy and are comfortable doing as far as you can see, hopefully for life.
Copyright © 2019 Clarence and Carol Bass. All rights reserved. | 2019-04-25T06:43:12Z | https://www.cbass.com/intermittentfast.html |
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