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Is Your Nonprofit Organization LinkedIn Yet?\nMany of AvoLead’s clients and professional associates are leaders in various nonprofit organizations (serving as consultants, officers, board members or evangelists). My own nonprofit passion is our area’s local community foundation, so I’m always interested in articles that teach ways to leverage the time and talent of hard-working volunteers or overworked staff.\n“Is Your Organization LinkedIn Yet?” This article discusses using LinkedIn’s relatively new company profile function for nonprofits. Information can be found in LinkedIn’s Learning Centre. The article suggests that creating a LinkedIn organization profile and getting your staff and board members to include links to it on their own personal LinkedIn profiles, can increase Search Engine Optimization and enhance name recognition and credibility.\n“How Can Nonprofits Use LinkedIn?” Podcast from The Chronicle of Philanthropy. This article explores the burgeoning use and benefit of LinkedIn for nonprofit organizations. It especially goes into the significant difference between nonprofit presence on LinkedIn compared to Facebook.\n“Are Nonprofits Warming Up to LinkedIn?” by Joanne Fritz. This article discusses the important differences between LinkedIn and other common social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and shows that the use of various social media tools for nonprofits is an evolving picture.\nBeth’s Blog by Beth Kanter – “How Networked Nonprofits Are Using Social Media to Power Change.” Beth Kanter is known for her sensible approach to using social media in the nonprofit world.\nBobby’s Blog by Bobby Thalhimer offers “Trends and Issues in Local Philanthropy.” Bobby is senior vice president of advancement for The Community Foundation in Richmond and has been a generous mentor to many young and growing charitable organizations.\nSocial Media for Nonprofits is a reputable LinkedIn Group where those interested in nonprofit management can learn and share.\nThis entry was posted on 22 March 2011 and is filed under Blog, Coaching, Leadership. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. |
When the most wonderful time of the year has come, people tend to set aside all the things that kept them busy during the first 11 months. The focus is now shifted to decorating the home to make it ready for the Christmas season. The usual decorations include an eye-catching Christmas tree, lanterns, blinking lights, candles, garlands, and mistletoes. With all these things enumerated, it is surprising that there is still one essential décor we can’t leave without; and that is a Christmas wreath.\nA Christmas wreath is a ring-shaped adornment made of plants, flowers, and other colorful add-ons. It comes in different sizes, colors and designs. Some wreaths are also manufactured fresh with the use of live plants while most are artificially-made.\nThey are mostly hanged in doors, stairways, and walls. But in truth, it can be placed in any part of the house and it would still complement the other decors. It is so easy to use that even the kids can take part in the decoration process. To make this Holiday season even more memorable, we have compiled a list of things you should consider in choosing your Christmas wreath.\nFirst and foremost, decide if you want live wreaths and if you are ready to do the maintenance it requires. Fresh wreaths needs special care, the leaves and flowers will soon wither and would require replacement. Their scent however is their winning feature. Always keep an eye on your wreath because you wouldn’t want some dead plants hanging on your wall. On the other hand, if you are the very busy type, artificial wreaths will be ideal for you. Besides having little to no maintenance, they are cheaper and more durable than fresh wreaths. They can be left unattendedfor long periods and can be reused every year.\nOnce you’ve decided whether to buy fresh or artificial luxury Christmas wreath, get hold of the wreath you are eyeing and meticulously observe it. Ensure that it is of good quality. See to it that its weight is appropriate to its size. Having a solid structure means that the wreath was assembled with no hidden gaps which could be the cause of easy disfigure. It must be fully stuffed and constructed sturdily. The Christmas season is a long celebration, and you would need a decoration that will survive.\nEmbellishments would include the ribbons, pines, cones, and holly attached on top or at the bottomof the wreath. The use of waterproof embellishments will ensure that they will stand bad weather. Be sure they are attached properly to the wreath to maintain its order and beauty.\nYour choice on Christmas wreaths is all about style – yours! Choose a wreath in accordance to your home’s theme or colour scheme. You need to settle on complimenting colours so as not to confuse or distract your holiday guests. Consider your home’s overall tone and from there, decide your theme or paint the entire house altogether. The most common hues are green and red or red and gold. To create a winter wonderland theme for this year, opt for blue and silver wreaths while the rest of your decorations should be in those colours too. This sophisticated look is sure to wow everyone who enters your house.\nWreaths come in varied sizes, and people can get excited with their shopping that they tend to just get whatever is available. Decide where you are to place the wreath and go big or small depending on that space.\nThese days, there are so many stores offering Christmas wreaths. To narrow down your search without wasting time, effort, and car fuel driving around these shops, tries to buy Christmas wreath online. A lot of stores with online pages provide great pictures, design, shipping options, and many more. You can easily compare each shop as well as the many products without leaving your home. Shorten your shopping list by taking advantage of these online shops.\nChristmas is the time when many people come to our house to visit so we must ensure that it’s in its best condition. We are very lucky that a lot of decorations are now readily available for our disposal. By now, we hope you have learned enough tips on how to choose the perfect Christmas wreath. Choose wisely and diligently. Follow each tip and you are sure to make this season much more enjoyable for everyone. |
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• There are no Height or Weight Restrictions in this Class.\n• There is only 1 Class in Women’s Figure – Unlike Bikini Class, which will be divided into 2 Classes by Height.\n• You can still compete in the Regional Show, but in the Regional shows it will be one class combined of Bikini & Figure. This decision was taken based on the fact there aren’t enough figure competitors in any one city in India alone, that warrants to have a Figure Class of it’s own. However, collectively as a whole country, we believe there are enough quality girls that want to compete in Figure Category, and they deserve a chance to compete in the Figure Category, where they belong, and can get fair and right judging.\nThis category is very much designed to reward and promote the kinds of physiques you see in the Figure Division on the International Circuit, especially on the Olympia stage. Fair amount of muscle, X Shape, Broad Back, Narrow Waist, Well Developed Delts, Glutes, Legs, the whole physique. Symmetry, Leanness (Very low body fat percentage), Conditioning, and Muscle Separation will be rewarded favorably.\n• Low to very low Body Fat will be marked favorably. However, the OVERALL BALANCE of the physique will be the MOST CRITICAL PART for the judges to score.\n• Along with being very lean, CONDITIONING AND MUSCLE SEPARATION will be marked favorably.\n• Narrow Waist – If you “genetically” aren’t blessed with a super narrow waist, it will NOT go against you in Judging.\n• Overall Leg Development is very important. Separation in your legs will be marked favorably, with the greatest emphasis on GLUTE & HAMSTRING DEVELOPMENT.\n• Good V Taper, good back Development and Excelletn Shoulder Development will be marked favorably.\n• If you have lean stomach, but your stomach is sticking out, you will be marked down, which often can happen, when competitors abuse certain drugs, regardless of how well developed your rest of the physique is, you WILL BE MARKED DOWN.\n• If you pose outside the guidelines for this division (provided in the Posing Guidelines Section) you WILL BE MARKED DOWN.\n1. You start from Point 1 at the entrance of the Stage. We recommend when you enter the stage, you pause for a second, and make a good eye contact with the judges for a second to 2 seconds before you walk into the middle.\n1. FIRST CALL OUTS: Judges will call the Top 6 Competitors as per the scores from the Round 1 to the Front Straight Line (Please refer to the Diagram. CLICK HERE 3 to see).\nThese Top 6 Competitors will form the final 6 of what’s called “First Call Outs”. If you have made the First Call Outs, 99% your final placings will be in the Top 6 regardless of however many number of competitors might be in your category.\nHowever, there is NO GUARANTEE, that you “definitely” are the Final Top 6. After the First 6, Judges will do same for the next 6, and so forth.\nThere is an odd chance the Judges might pick someone from the 2nd Call Out, and maybe even from the 3rd Call Outs, and move that competitor into the Top 6, and move someone from the Top 6 out of the Top 6.\nAlthough, the likelihood of this happening is very low, but it’s still a “possibility”. But if you make the First Call Outs, then it’s almost certain you will be in the Final 6 as well.\n3. There is a possibility, the Judges might bring a 7th Competitor to the Front Line for comparison. So, our strong recommendation to you is, to stay focused and switched on, and not relax and become lazy, just because you are not at the Front Posing Line.\n4. Once the Judges have the final 6 or 7 at the Front Posing Line, the Judges will do the comparisons with competitors facing the judges. Once the comparisons from the front are done, then Judges will ask the competitors to face the back. And, then back to the front. (See the Pictures and Videos HERE).\n5. After that, the judges will ask you to walk to the Back Posing Line, and then back to the Front Posing Line. And then finish the comparison round.\n6. Once the judges have finished comparisons, and tallied up the scores, you will be asked to leave the stage.\n7. The official judging will conclude with this.\n8. The Top 6 will be required to come back later on for the Medal Presentation.\nYou WILL BE MARKED DOWN SEVERELY IF YOU DO ANY OF THE BELOW OUTSIDE OF THE POSING GUIDELINES PROVIDED IN THE POSING VIDEO GUIDELINES.\nPosing MUST remain AS CLOSE TO THE POSING VIDEO GUIDELINES PROVIDED.\nYou are encouraged to Personalize and bring your Personal Touch and Personality to the Posing, but it MUST REMAIN WITHIN THE PROVIDED GUIDELINES ABOVE AND IN THE VIDEOS PROVIDED.\n• Best advice we can give you is, to have your Posing Suit as CLOSE TO THE POSING SUITS SHOWN IN THE POSING SUITE GUIDELINES.\n• You can wear any kind of jewelry you like. There are absolutely no restrictions on the choice of jewelry you choose to wear. However, no head jewelry is allowed. |
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Tadrak Rinpoche Ngawang Sungrab (Tib. སྟག་བྲག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ངག་དབང་གསུང་རབ་, Wyl. stag brag rin po che ngag dbang gsung rab) (1874-1952) served as tutor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and gave him his vows as a novice monk. He accepted the regentship of Tibet in 1941, resigning in 1950, aged seventy-five, when the Dalai Lama was offered full authority over Tibet. He transmitted the Fifth Dalai Lama's Sangwa Gyachen cycle of revelations to His Holiness. |
Martineau Gardens is hosting the next Outdoor Education Skills Share on Saturday 2 November 2013, organised by Birmingham Forest OAKS. The day is aimed at anyone who has an interest in outdoor education, whether you have bags of experience or are new to the subject, this will be an opportunity to brush-up on skills, network with likeminded people and share tips and advice, plus biscuits!\nBirmingham Forest OAKS runs skills shares quarterly and our November event is entitled Film making, firelighting and friendship. This will be an exciting opportunity to look at how you can capture the amazing stuff that you do using video and photography. Depending on the weather, we’ll be firelighting, cooking and /or pond dipping, and of course, taking inspiration from the beautiful surroundings of Martineau Gardens.\nWe’re delighted that Rachel Gillies, Community Film Maker, is going to be running the film-making workshop for us. Rachel has worked with a wide range of organisations including youth groups, community projects, schools, residents’ groups and lobby groups. She’ll be teaching film and photography skills that are universal, but essential, whether you’re an occaisonal film maker or a Hollywood director!\nBring any equipment you have (though note this is an outdoor event) mobile phones with cameras are fine. It’s not a pre-requisite to have a camera, we may well have some additional equipment to work with, thanks to Rachel.\nThe Skills Share will be preceded by the AGM, from 10am until 10.30am.\nThe Skills Share runs from 11am until 3pm.\nMartineau Gardens is well served by buses. The nearest bus routes are 1, 45, 47, 61, 63, X64. To plan your journey by public transport, visit TransportDirect and use the postcode search – Martineau Gardens postcode is B5 7UG. |
Sparkle Time Nail Art feature a nice bow shape with some rhinestones. It will look perfect if you wear it on wedding party. The good thing is that it is not too hard to create! You can do sparkle time nail art at home if you want. Interested? then you should read my complete sparkle nail art tutorial here.\nReady to start sparkle time nail art guide? Very good. First thing that you need to do is prepare your nails girls. Clean them up with nail file. It will make sure that your nails are free from cuticles. Use mail buffer if you want to re-shape all nails. Doing this is also useful to remove all horizontal lines on your nail bed, which able to prevent nail polish from penetrating your skin. As soon as you finish with all these preparation steps, we can move on to start making sparkle time nail art.\nNow, first thing that you need to do in sparkle nail art is pick glitter light pink polish. Apply it to all over your nails. This will be our base coat. Wait until all of these coats to dry. You can do other activities like watching TV, reading magazine, or even chat with your friends on phone. As soon as those coats are completely dry, prepare your brush or nail pen and fill it with bright pink polish. Carefully apply the color on your nail and start to draw a large and nice bow. If you have no idea about what kind of bow that you should make, look at the pictures above. When you’re finish with the bow, use your black nail pen to add some accent on it. Apply three or four rhinestones on the design. Do not forget to add top coat on your sparkle time nail art.\nWell, that’s it! Now you can impress your friend with sparkle time nail art. If you want to ask more about this tutorial, feel free to contact me via comment box below. I will be happy to provide you with additional guide on sparkle time nail art here. |
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Nothing is more discouraging for the audience, girls competing and the directors than showing up to a pageant and having just a few girls competing. Unfortunately, this kind of thing happens all the time. Even in the Miss America Organization, the longest running and arguably one of the most prestigious pageants, has state competitions where six girls are competing for the title. That isn’t a slam. It just tells me that if they, like the majority of pageant directors, are having problems with their pageant marketing strategies.\nWell, I want to help you market your pageant to more girls.\nFor two reasons actually: First, if I help you get more girls involved in your pageant, that is an increase in the pageant girls I can serve, and therefore more traffic for PageantPlanet.com.\nSecond, I have paid advertising opportunities on PageantPlanet.com starting at no cost to you - FREE. You can unlock those free features by creating an account on Pageant Planet and then adding your pageant to our directory, if it's not already listed.\nThere are dozens of pageant calendars on many pageant websites where you could list your pageant event. We are one of those websites. You can list your next pageant on our calendar and it's completely free to do so. But, we are not the only one. Simply Google “pageant calendars” and then submit your pageant to all the online calendars.\nPageant Planet has a directory where you can list your pageant and gain exposure to tens of thousands of girls looking for pageants in their area. Click here to submit your pageant for free. Be sure to include all the girls who competed in your pageant, especially if that girl is now competing in other systems. Your pageant will be tied to her profile so you can indirectly market yourself.\nYour pageant is a business and girls might stumble upon it and sign up. Look to Google and type in "Business Directories" to get started. List your pageant everywhere from Yelp to Google Businesses. At the bare minimum, create a FaceBook Fan Page. My wife looked up Miss Massachusetts USA on Google to locate their offices. If she looked online for their information, I know that there are others potential contestants doing the same.\nSororities are a great place to find talent for your pageant. Most sororities host fundraising pageants so they are familiar with the industry. Additionally, if you are a pageant that gives scholarship money, you will have a much better opportunity of getting them to enroll because they are already in college. If you don't have scholarship money to use in your sales pitch then be sure to highlight the networking opportunities that pageantry can bring.\nIf your pageant has a talent or optional talent phase then dance studios can be a great place to shop for contestants. Right away you can overcome the objection of potential contestants saying, "I don't have a talent." Ask if you can advertise your pageant at the studio or pass along your information to the studio's dancers.\nIf you have a reigning titleholder, get him or her interviews! Get him or her on the nightly news, inside the newspapers, have him or her make a guest appearance at a local event. Many pageants think that just because she is interviewed after she is crowned then the media is no longer interested, but you can cause the media to continue to be interested by emailing them regarding every appearance she does. Your titleholder is your spokesmodel so get her out there to promote your pageant.\nIf you have a reigning titleholder, be strategic about the type of appearance you get him or her scheduled for. You want to have a good mixture of community service and appearances that are in front of an audience, like a high school, that could bring you more contestants. Remember that when your titleholder is booked for an appearance where there could be potential contestants, you want to go over your call to action with him or her. Basically, a call to action is saying at the end of your speech, "If you want to compete for our next pageant visit, [your website]."\nPartnering up with organizations like modeling agencies can create a win-win situation. For the agencies offer to cross promote: you send your girls to their agency and they send their models to your pageant or give them a finders fee for any of their models who want to compete.\nLeverage social media to live stream. You don't need expensive live streaming equipment. You can live stream your whole pageant, including behind the scenes shots, with the free app and your cell phone with the right angles. You can also live stream your pageant through our Fan Page and reach 250,000+ people with a click of a button. Create a free account to unlock this feature.\nWrite up a press release and submit it to the local newspaper and magazines. This could get your pageant information out there and potentially bring new contestants. I would not, however, suggest PR Web. I've tried this several times, spent hundreds of dollars and saw zero return on my investment.\nTreat your contestants right. If you do not, they will tell others. Unfortunately, I often hear about contestants not receiving their scholarship money, being mistreated during appearances and fighting with their directors. If you treat your contestants right they will give positive word of mouth press. If you don’t, they will definitely give negative word of mouth press!\nA website will cost you some money upfront but the payout is residual. A website that is designed professionally and easy to navigate is critical for your conversions. But, what is more important than the way your website looks is if people can find it in the search engines. Website design is a two-fold process that needs to encompass a professional design and SEO (search engine optimization).\nThe reason a lot of girls don’t take new pageants seriously is the fact that most of them are unprofessional. Your pageant is a production and if the production is awful, girls are not going to want to participate. The reason why the Miss USA, National American Miss and Miss America pageants have such strong numbers is that their pageants are very professionally run.\nFor the starting cost of $10 / month, we have various ways that you can advertise your pageant. From social media shoutouts to girls applying for your pageant directly from this website. Create an account to unlock our different features.\nMy hope is that this post answers your question of “How to do I market my pageant?” If you have other suggestions on pageant advertising leave a comment below so we can all be more successful! |
In past versions of Electrical Designer, where a user wanted to have a 2 NO/NC relay and they already had inserted in the drawing a 2NO / 1NC relay, you would use the command Swap Element to swap out, as an example, a RL21 for a RL22. However this was not changing the manufacturer’s data and was only changing the actual symbol itself. The user would then have to change the manufacturer and part by using the command Define Parts or by Set Catalogue & Record. |
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I’ve been reading Manisha Sinha‘s wonderful book The Slave’s Cause as fast as I can, which is not very fast at all given my current master’s degree course heavy reading load. But today, I’m happy to say, I’ll be really digging into it for a seminar essay I’m working on. What a happy coincidence that this interview with Rebecca Brenner for the African American Intellectual History Society is just published today; thanks as always for the excellent work you do, AAIHS!\nI loved the last podcast series that Lillian Cunningham hosted for the Washington Post: Presidential, which ‘explores the character and legacy of each of the American presidents’. This new podcast, Constitutional, also explores the character and legacy of the Constitution, so to speak, and how it came to be. Cunningham speaks with various guests, historians, librarians, politicians, activists, and many more experts about the philosophical underpinnings of the Constitution, what it can and can’t do and the debate over this very question, and how it has been applied throughout United States history.\nI’ve just listened to the fifth episode, ‘Gender’, and learned something I feel like a doofus for not knowing: As of March 22nd of this year, the Equal Rights Amendment is only two states away from being ratified by enough of them to become part of the U.S. Constitution. A conservative senator slipped in a 1982 deadline as a tactic to help in its defeat, but it may still become that law of the land. Learn more about the fascinating story here in this wonderful episode, but I recommend starting from the beginning and listening to all of them.\nOn this day, President Harry Truman took one more step towards realizing the idea, central to the founding documents of the United States, that all persons are created equal.\nThank you, Grinman Films, for telling the story! |
The President of Ireland, President Michael D. Higgins will visit the Irish College in Paris today. During his visit, he will have occasion to view the Old Library of the College, the Chapelle Saint Patrick and he will meet the members of the governing body of the College, the Fondation Irlandaise, including its president, M. Alain Hespel, appointed by the French government, and its vice-president, Father Jacques Olier, appointed by the Archbishop of Paris. The President will be accompanied by Mrs Sabina Higgins and Ireland’s Ambassador to France, Mr Paul Kavanagh.\nDuring his visit President Higgins will be shown the Chapelle Saint Patrick by Father Sean Maher, Chaplain of the College and of the Irish community in Paris. During the President’s visit to the chapel, he will be able to admire this beautifully preserved place of worship where the Irish community gathers weekly for Mass and wherein many Irish families come to celebrate the sacraments of baptism and marriage, as well as other key moments of prayer in their faith journey.\nIn passing through the doors of the Chapelle Saint Patrick, President Higgins will follow in the footsteps of historic figures such as Father Karol Wojtyla, now Blessed John Paul II, and Daniel O’Connell, who worshipped in this home of faith to the Irish community since 1770.\nThe Irish College was founded in 1578 by William Lee who started a community of six young priests. The first home given to the Irish College was the Collège des Lombards on the rue des Carmes, where there was an Irish presence until the early 1800s. In 1769 the present building was bought on the then rue du Cheval Vert, now the rue des Irlandais, and renovated to accommodate Irish students. After the Revolution, this became the principal residence of the Irish community and remained an Irish seminary until 1939. After the war, the College was lent to a community of Polish priests and students who had survived Dachau and the Polish presence remained until 1997.\nThe Irish chaplaincy began in the 1970s under Father Liam Swords. Since then a series of chaplains based in the Irish College have served the Irish community in Paris. It is the modern embodiment of the centuries old presence of the Irish Church in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Mass is celebrated for the Irish community in the Chapelle Saint Patrick each Sunday at 11.30am. Many major celebrations occur throughout the year.\nOn his visit to the Chapelle Saint Patrick, some students from the College will sing Saint Patrick’s Breastplate for President Higgins. He will then meet members of the Fondation Irlandaise and staff of the Library and the Cultural Centre.\n• This year the Irish community in Paris will celebrate the Feast of Saint Patrick for the first time in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris with Mass in Irish. Bishop Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor, will celebrate this Mass at 12 noon on 16 March 2013. The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin choir, under the direction of Father Liam Lawton, will participate in this celebration. This Mass, which will take place the day before Saint Patrick’s Day on March 16, will mark the Year of Faith and the Irish Presidency of the Union. It is probably the first time that prayers in Irish will be used on the High Altar of Notre Dame de Paris. Pilgrims from Ireland are expected to make the journey to Paris for this event. |
WNT-Rotor's Kirsten Wild has taken the victory of the third stage of the Healthy Ageing Tour. The Dutchwoman was the fastest at the final sprint.\nThe peloton faced a 124-kilometre stage in the third day of racing in the Dutch race, that was divided in six laps of 21.1 kilometres in the outskirts of the town Stadskanaal. At the start of the race, a group of riders took the lead but couldn't hold it for long and when the last ones were getting caught Boels-Dolmans' Christine Majerus launched an attack.\nThe Luxembourgian champion managed to create a gap of almost a minute with the pack but was eventually caught, sentencing like this the stage to a final sprint despite the attempts of several riders to escape in the last kilometres. Wild was the fastest at the final metres and outsprinted Barbara Guarischi (Virtu Cycling) and Lotta Lepistö (Trek-Segafredo).\nLorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg) and Lonneke Uneken (Hitec Products) completed the top-five of the day. Lepistö kept the lead of the general classification and is followed by Wild, who climbed three positions and is six seconds behind the Trek-Segafredo rider. |
Is there anything called magic? For the uninitiated, it’s the most common question whenever there is a discussion about spells and magic. Well, magic is for real. It’s an ancient art that is being carried since the pre-historic times. You will find the connotation of Magic spells in every culture all over the world.\nMagic spells work by channelizing intense energy into the universe and nature. The main aim of magic is to appeal to the spirits, deities, Gods and Goddesses around us to bring desired outcomes in our life. Does magic work? Well, that mostly depends on the level of intensity of your prayer. If you want something with all your heart, you will be able to send an intense energy into the atmosphere. This energy then works to fulfill your wishes.\nHowever, there are other factors working here. For example, the rituals, timing and ingredients you use in the act of magic. And of course, there are magic spells. The spells are those mystic words through which you offer your prayer and send your energy to the universe.\nBroadly, there are two kinds of magic spells- white magic spells and black magic spells. White magic spells are the ones that are meant to do good to people. You can never achieve any negative result with white magic spells. The most common of these spells are love spells, money spells, health spells, commitment spells, healing spells and so on. White magic is cast only with positive intention in mind. These spells will work to create a positive aura around you which will only attract optimistic outcomes. Good luck spells, friendship spells, truth spells are some other kinds of popular white magic spells.\nSpells are a crucial aspect of almost any magic act. It’s the spells that hold the words for your prayer or desires that you are looking to unleash to the Gods and spirits out there. Thus, you should be extremely careful with the wordings of the spell. If you wish to practice or try magic, you will find various magic spells on the web space. From attraction spells to luck spells to money spells- there are various spells to choose from. Most of these magic spells are available free of cost. You have to be accurate with the wordings, pronunciation and the timing of the spell.\nYou will also find magic spells from professional spell casters. Some of these spell casters will provide you with the spell and the direction to use it. Otherwise, spell casters can cast the magic spells themselves if you are new to magic. |
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With the 2018 midterms only three weeks away, Democrats are hoping to recapture both houses of Congress—although polls are looking much better for them in the House of Representatives than in the Senate. A Washington Post/ABC News poll released on Sunday, October 14 showed an 11% advantage over Republicans on the generic congressional ballot. But while Democrats, according to pollster Nate Silver, have a four in five chance (roughly 81.3%) of retaking the House on November 6, their chances of retaking the Senate are only one in five (18.7%). Democrats have many different paths to victory in the House, whereas in the Senate, they are facing a steep uphill climb.\nBut even in the absence of a Democratic Senate, a Democrat-controlled House could be a major thorn in Trump’s side and result in the type of gridlock that President Barack Obama faced from January 2011 on. Obama suffered a major setback when Republicans regained the House in the 2010 midterms, and gridlock would be returning to Washington, DC with enough Democratic wins in the House next month.\nHere are five ways in which a Democratic House majority—even with Republicans keeping control of the Senate—could do a lot to impede Trump’s far-right agenda in 2019.\nRepublicans haven’t given up the idea of overturning the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a.k.a. Obamacare. In 2017, the House voted to overturn the ACA, which just barely survived in the Senate—and if Republicans maintain their House and Senate majorities in the 2018 midterms, there is a strong possibility that they will take another crack at overturning the ACA next year. But with a Democratic House majority/Senate GOP majority scenario in 2019, an ACA-killing bill would never make it to President Trump’s desk to sign. |
Last night, concert goers were to treated to a very special evening at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale. The Top 5 American Idol Finalists were featured in grand style for a performance that will remain in the hearts and minds of those in attendance.\nThe first to take the stage was Idol runner-up Joey Cook. Although she finished in seventh place this past season, she certainly deserves to be on stage with the Top 5. A sweet voice with a very unique, old-time sound to it, Cook sang "Pretty Please", "Fancy", and "Sweet Pea". The performances were spot-on and well received by the audience. Cook's performance was accompanied by her trusted ukulele and was paired beautifully together.I hope to see more of her in the future.\nAt once, the Top 5 took to the stage and opened the show with a rousing performance of Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Come My Way". The audience was immediately brought to their feet and began to dance and move to the rock rhythm of the drums and electric guitar. The lighting was super impressive and the choreography between the music and lighting were incredible.\nAs the evening progressed, each Idol performer, Nick Fradiani, Jax, Tyanna Jones, Rayvon Owen, and Clark Beckham each gave a brief history of themselves and the journey they took on American Idol. Individually they gave a great performance, as well as a group.\nIt is very easy to see that there are no egos present with this group of talented entertainers. The relationships they have built through their time together on American Idol has translated to the road as well. There is no stopping them and it will be no surprise to hear their names on the music charts in the very near future.\nFor more information about each American Idol contestant, visit the website at www.americanidol.com.\nHey auditioners, we are offering on-the-spot auditions at each AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE! tour location (through to the Nashville stop on 7/17). Find the AMERICAN IDOL® audition area at each location. Check out the live audition information?here.\nMany thanks and appreciation go out to publicist Ken Phillips for making this review possible. |
Artist Joi Murugavell’s whimsical and hilarious drawings are her means of finding escape and understanding. To see more of her creative imagery, please visit her website.\nI think my imagination is a product of not fitting into my world as a child. Back then I didn’t realise the feeling of detachment and not fitting in was normal and OK. I made up epic stories in my head, kinda like a mini series, with characters and plots. Often, I’d lie down and close my eyes to imagine dialogues and images vividly, till my body and brain felt like jelly, because you just can’t lie down for that long. At some point I sat up and started drawing instead. I drew these things I now call Oodlies which mean Odd doodles or Odd Lies (we tell ourselves).\nOver the years, escaping the present remained a habit, I hardly ever felt “here.” And then one day, late in 2015, I felt here again. It had been a good twelve years since the last, solid “here,” but I remembered here, as if it were yesterday.\nJoi Murugavell with a series of drawings done during her week of isolation.\nAt the time I thought, “Enough farting around!” I isolated myself for a week to think in silence; it was a pleasant experience with some crucial realisations.\nI realised one thing that made me feel displaced from myself was telling a huge amount of white lies. All of them stemming from wanting to be accepted and not hurting people.\nFor a month I told no white lies at all. I found out that I felt more able to appreciate what a moment brought to me even when it was uncomfortable. I’m still working through this theme in the art I’ve been creating since the month of not lying.\nAs for the detachment from myself, it turned out to be quite a simple thing. My head doesn’t cope or benefit from too many outings, people, parties and all the things which seem so normal and fun. I just needed to say so.\nThe themes behind my artwork have always switched between escape and understanding.\nThe doodles in particular are an escape into the sort of silence that provides clarity.\nIt took twenty-five hours to complete this freehand wall mural and during that time I played one song, “Brain Damage” by Pink Floyd. Somewhere in the middle of the mural, I remembered being in a cafe with two friends. The friend to the left of me was bipolar and the one to the right of me clinically depressed (and there I was, happy to be stuck in the middle of them.) There’s definitely a universal fascination with perfect minds. Firstly they don’t exist and secondly, firstly.\nThis year I’m working on communicating better. I feel an artist could connect so much more by working on words too. We’re all flooded with so much noise, I’d like to contribute towards understanding and not more noise. One way to do that is to put out content that I want to consume or frequently look for, myself. And it’s usually to understand my life better.\nand … dance, dance, dance.\nArtist Joi Murugavell invites you to follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.\nEnjoyed your reading your piece and learning about your process. Love the bold, bright colors! Oodle On!!\nnice work, and shes cute !\nI enjoy your work very much! Congratulations! |
Has anyone tried to load the paper tape file images from the link on altair32? There is some cool stuff like a debugger, monitor , assembler, etc.\nI have had no success in loading these, I am under the impression you can use the cassette loader to load paper tapes, getting the idea that with Mits cassettee was really just a magnetic represnation of paper tape.\nanyone else had any experience with these?\nThese would be some awesome files to use with my altair, ounce i get the money to buy a kit from grant.\nthese, to be honest i never got the paper tape reader on the altair emulator to work.\nto be honest i never got the paper tape reader on the altair emulator to work.\nMe neither. I ended up using the cassette in the emulator, and that works fine. Since those files work in the emulator, why not try to load your real Altair with those? I tried this a couple of years ago but never got it to work. Now you have rekindled my interest. I think I'll give it a shot. |
Back in January 2018 I thought of a new way to stay engaged in my own website that embraced the message I deliver to organizations and leaders when supporting their communication efforts: own the narrative.\nTo me, this means making sure I’m representing myself honestly and genuinely both online and off. Not only this, but the lines have significantly blurred between the professional and the personal online. Today, people get fired for things they publicly posted online before they were hired, even though their employer new about those posts when they hired them. So ensuring a clear separation of what’s “on” and what’s “off” is hard – but having time that is “off” is incredible important to one’s mental health, or so I’ve come to believe.\nBut, if I was going to embark upon this merging of my personal and professional self online (the “profersonal” which I’ll eventually get around to writing a blog post about), it would seem a large oversight if I didn’t also consider the plague of privacy concerns over all these social media and other data-driven “free” services online. After all, if you’re not paying for the service, you’re probably the product.\nSo if I am to align myself online, and want to be in control of my narrative, then I should maybe make use of this simple hosting plan I have to do the bulk of my sharing here. After all, I originally started this site so I could distance myself from social media and focus on creating while still managing to share photos and stories of my journey with family and friends.\nWhich has led me to today, a complete rejigging on LiamMather.com to accommodate my personal and professional life, under one simple, online roof.\nI’ll be re-publishing content from the old site which is still available at LiamMather.com/Blog/ and re-deploying the family zone here as a somewhat separate, stand alone sub-site so it can do more that I’d want.\nA field notes post will come soon detailing the journey and offering how you can set it up for yourself. In the meantime, enjoy the re-publishing and the new content as I slowly get things rolling. |
This “Contribution to HR Community” Award recognises Mr. Ahmad A. Aziz Al Khayat’s contribution to human capital development in the Ministry of Works, Kingdom of Bahrain.\nMr. Ahmad Aziz Al Khayat was appointed in August 2002 as Director of Human Resources in the Ministry of Works (MOW), Kingdom of Bahrain. He has moved on from his role as pure implementer of Civil Service Bureau’s rules and regulations into a human capital developer working to change MOW into a leading professional organisation.\nHis enormous achievement is in implementing the Management Development Planning Study. He has contributed to its successful implementation and its continuous roll-out and improvements covering Strategic Review – Diagnostic and Analysis of MOW, Organisational Manual, Business Architecture, Analysis of Human Resources Requirements, HR Policy and Procedures, Performance Appraisal System, IT Goals & Strategies, Project Management, and Project Cycle and Work Procedures. |
Posted on September 20, 2012 by The Coup under Bags, Fashion, Things That Make Me Go 'Ooh'!\nA statement clutch can either make or break your outfit. As a lover of streamlined btw ensembles , I always look for accessaries that can stand on their own. These Matthew Williamson embellished suede clutches (£995, from Net-a-Porter) are exquisite! On-trend neon instantly updates lavish looking brocade and with two colours to choose from, you cannot go wrong about updating your look.\nThis entry was tagged 2012, accessories, bags, brocade, clutch, designer, fashion, london, matthew, neon, shopping, style, williamson, women. Bookmark the permalink. |
Instead of pulling over to see the world’s 3rd biggest ball of yarn during your vacation, try something a little more worthwhile. This could be your only vacation of the year, so “fill your eyes with wonder” as the travel bloggers say and visit some unforgettable places. All over the U.S., there are publicly and privately funded, breathtaking gardens that can redefine your definition of horticulture. From pristine botanical memorials to fascinating plant sculptures, you will find your imagination running wild with your own backyard botanical ideas.\nPlus, these gardens are prime for great pictures that are guaranteed to make your Instagram pop and may even inspire you to start a succulent garden, raised garden, or ‘living’ sculpture garden of your own! So, if you are journeying through the southeastern U.S., carve out some time to visit one or more of these amazing garden experiences.\nAdditional Provisions: concerts, auctions, adult classes, and private rentals.\nLocated in Atlanta’s Midtown next to the very active Piedmont park, the Atlanta Botanical Gardens brings some vibrant plant art to the hustle and bustle of a big city. The garden offers a kids’ area, rock gardens, a conservatory, a canopy walk, and a famous plant sculpture exhibition. These “living” sculptures can get up to 26 feet tall, taking the shape of mermaids, peacocks, camels, and other exciting creatures.\nTake some time during your tour of Georgia to visit this educational garden. Located 15 miles from Savannah, Georgia, these gardens reside at the Historic Bamboo Farm which is part of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences. Get ready to see a beautiful collection of palm varietals and get lost in their 4-acre Bamboo maze.\nLocated in scenic St. Petersburg next to the Tampa Bay, this garden is over 100 years old and boasts a collection of more than 50,000 plants. It includes beautiful pathways adorned with waterfalls and demonstration areas, offering a holistic botanical experience. They are also known for their workshops where you can learn about planting techniques or new horticultural research. For example, in the summer of 2018, they will host a rain garden and barrel workshop which teaches gardeners about collecting rain and distributing it within their gardens.\nHeld annually during in springtime, Disney’s Flower and Garden Festival is the most expensive on this list, but arguably provides the greatest amount of botanical wonder and more. From learning how-to, to outdoor garden concerts, to eating food picked directly from their gardens, it is one of the most renowned botanical experiences there is. Along with living sculptures featuring Anna and Elsa from Frozen and Bambi with his woodland critters, they feature a beautiful raised bed gardening exhibit. (Learn what raised bed gardening is here) Featured within them are plants from over 11 countries, and educational placards adorn each explaining how to take care of them and how the raised beds assist in their transition to a tropical climate.\nIf you want to walk a beautiful nature trail, enjoy specialty gardens, experience the nation’s largest open-air butterfly house, and feel the tranquility of an aquatic garden, then make your way to the Huntsville Botanical Garden in Alabama. They are a non-profit garden dedicated to providing experiences that will delight adults and children. One of their most notable offerings is the Demonstration Vegetable Garden where visitors can learn about the practical styles of gardening such as row-gardening and square foot-gardening.\nFormerly a plantation, the Arlington Antebellum Home and Garden is now a beautiful 6-acre landscaped garden. It is part of the National Register of Historic Places, and features a restored garden room along with decorative art. The gardens highlight sharp lines and the beauty of landscaping, and the history behind the property is felt by every visitor.\nAs highlighted on their official website, the Biltmore House and Gardens located in North Carolina suggests that you make this a 3-day visit instead of just stopping by. Their gardens have featured in Travel + Leisure’s Top Ten Botanical Gardens of the World, and the Biltmore property itself is a historical legacy. Among the sights included are: a Tennis Lawn, Shrub Garden, conservatory, Spring Garden, Azalea Garden, and Bass Pond. Once you are done observing their horticultural space, you can relax with a Rose Petal facial in the Biltmore Spa.\nThis 10.5 acre public garden, located in the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, features 500 different plants and flowers cared for by five dedicated professional horticulturalists. They change the displays seasonally to reflect the natural beauty of every season, and visitors can also view the Queen’s Rose Garden in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. Another site to behold is the live oak - estimated to have lived since 1585. The Elizabethan Gardens are most well known for their Camellia collection which is comprised of over 80 Camellia varietals. Everyone can enjoy the pristine beauty of these gardens, and avid horticulturalists can especially enjoy the hybrid Lilies.\nSo, if travelling the southeast U.S. definitely add these amazing stops to your itinerary for some added tranquility and exploration.\nAlso, keep your eyes open for part 2 of this 5-part series as we explore the rest of the must-see gardens across the U.S.! |
LOCATION: The busy A103 Hornsey Rise road dissects the middle of an area bordered by Upper Holloway, Stroud Green and Crouch End. So, my stealth check target is surrounded by thousands of houses.\nFORECOURT: There is a 20mph speed restriction on Hornsey Rise, so the site is clearly visible helped by the BP-branded illuminated pole. The forecourt is a good size and the space has been well utilised but seems a bit of a clutter due to the over-use of flags, posters, signs and banners with too many different messages.\nThe fuel prices were in line with non-supermarket local competition, although 1ppl more expensive on unleaded. The pumps were festooned with various notices and offers but were generally clean and all working. The canopy supports looked in need of repainting.\nThe pumps were all busy during my mid-morning visit and most of the designated parking spaces full.\nTo the left of the shop are the air-line, water and vacuum services and the entrance to the car wash.\nThe front of the shop has the usual array of offers a free-to-use ATM, Calor gas, winter solid fuel, canisters of screen wash and AdBlue and newspapers.\nSHOP: The shop fascia states MRH Hornsey Rise, Spar and Subway. The Spar and Subway logos are bold and very clearly visible from the road. The shop frontage and window like the forecourt carry a lot of information including various meal and other deals.\nTo the right of the shop's entrance is the Subway serve-over counter and a seating area. There was some litter on the floor that looked as if it had blown in from the forecourt. On the left the aisles led to the till area and Costa Express. An engineer was working on the machine so it was out of use.\nAs a good proportion of the shop is taken up by Subway, display space for packaged and fresh merchandise is limited. Some basic convenience store categories are adequately represented, for example confectionery, snacks, a tight range of grocery and household products, bread and milk. The off-licence section was good with a number of lines on offer. Some categories seemed under-ranged, in particular pre-packed sandwiches.\nNext to the Costa Express, a display unit carried a selection of products that had been baked-off in store. Opposite was a frozen food unit of breads and pastries to 'Bake at Home'. Great idea but a pity the top of the unit had some unopened boxes piled up on it.\nI understand the place of products marketed at a £1 price point. But this shop had lots a sign hanging from the ceiling advertised '100s of products at £1'.\nFresh produce was represented by a few packs of Spar-branded fruit. The customer toilet was disappointing the toilet bowl and wash basin were very clean but the walls and floor need urgent attention, to get rid of the rank toilet smell and to clean off the offensive graffiti on the wall.\nThe member of staff on the till conducted my transaction in an efficient and friendly manner.\nPROGNOSIS: BP, Spar, Subway and Costa Express together are powerful strategic partners for MRH. And MRH is a successful enterprise, growing to become the largest independent service station owner in the UK. It has recently been bought by a US private equity business Lone Star. The pressure to make an acceptable return on investment will therefore surely continue.\nDIAGNOSIS: The success of any enterprise is in the tactical application of its strategic plan. In the case of MRH, this means the continuing need to drive their fuel and non-fuel business to maximum effect. So no let-up in sales pressure and the need for disciplined trading from both the forecourt and the shop.\nIntroduce a limited number of artisan products such as bread. |
When British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed with the European Union in February on revised terms for the United Kingdom’s membership, he insisted that the EU be recognised officially as a “multi-currency union”.\nWith clear limits on European integration in place, on currency and other issues, Cameron believed that he would be able to win a popular majority in favour of the deal — and thus of remaining in the EU — when the UK holds its referendum on June 23.\nYet, rather than providing such clarity, the pact uses contorted language to avoid such an official declaration — and the explanations that would have to come with it.\nTo be sure, the February decision did give Cameron enough to enable him to campaign against Brexit.\nBy specifying that the UK and Denmark are under no obligation to adopt the euro, Cameron’s counterparts did effectively confirm the EU’s status as a multi-currency union.\nThat ambiguity was born of an unwillingness — or inability — to provide a clear description of how a multi-currency union will function in the long term.\nIt is a tough question — one that will have to be addressed, regardless of the referendum’s outcome.\nAfter all, if British voters choose to leave the EU, a similar problem would arise in any post-“Brexit” negotiation to keep the UK in the single market.\nThere is now a general consensus that, over time, the eurozone will need to build more integrated economic governance systems.\nIndeed, most economists agree that any monetary union needs not only a banking union, which is now being established in the eurozone, but also greater fiscal-policy coordination, to compensate for the lack of independent monetary policies and flexible exchange rates.\nPoliticians, too, support the shift towards greater fiscal integration — at least those who represent the moderate mainstream.\nGermany’s conservative finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, France’s centre-left Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s centrist Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan have all called for versions of a common eurozone finance minister.\nWhere the disagreement lies is in the form integration should take.\nGermany considers fiscal coordination to be critical to enforcing firm rules of conduct, while France and Italy would like to include more mechanisms for common risk management, such as Eurobonds or cost sharing for unemployment insurance.\nClearly, a balance will need to be struck.\nTo satisfy Germany, stronger fiscal rules must form the foundation of greater integration. But such rules must entail greater counter cyclicality and more symmetry, forcing surplus and deficit countries alike to reduce imbalances. Moreover, the framework will need to support more effective risk sharing and a distinct eurozone budget, as the southern member states demand. Institutional and legal changes, including the establishment of some kind of eurozone parliament and treasury, will also be needed, in order to provide legitimacy to the endeavour.\nAchieving all of this is essential to enable the EU to function as an effective multi-currency union.\nCameron, like his predecessor Gordon Brown, who was present at the euro’s creation but kept the UK out, recognises the need for further eurozone integration, if only because the UK has an interest in better economic performance in its most important export market.\nBut engaging effectively with a more deeply integrated eurozone, without joining it, will be no easy feat.\nTo be successful, the UK will need to pursue two key objectives.\nFirst, it must establish strong cooperation with the EU on other key issues, such as security, foreign and climate policy.\nSecond, it must ensure that an increasingly integrated eurozone does not gain the authority to make unilaterally fiscal and regulatory decisions that, by reshaping the single market or the financial sector, have significant implications for the UK.\nThe eurozone, for its part, must regard British interests in the integration process, without allowing the UK to slow it down.\nWhile issues relating to eurozone integration and the multi-currency union have not been central to the Brexit debate, which has tended to focus on immigration, they remain vital to the future of the EU, with or without the UK.\nThough Britain’s continued EU membership is not fundamentally incompatible with a more integrated eurozone, creating institutions that can support a permanent multi-currency union — essentially, as I have argued, two Europes in one — will be politically and legally challenging.\nIn its failure to put forward a clear vision, the deal announced in February did not set a strong precedent for overcoming these challenges.\nIf Europe is to make genuine progress towards greater stability and prosperity, it will need to ensure transparency and legitimacy every step of the way.\nOnly with a clear political vision and institutions that can steer policy during crises and in normal times alike will the EU be able to prosper again.\nIf the UK stays, the EU must urgently work out how a legitimate multi-currency union will function, instead of reverting to business as usual.\nIf the UK leaves, the same basic problems must be solved, with the difference, however, that the UK will have lost all leverage. |
Researchers from the University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute have found that analyzing coral to determine past ocean temperatures can be misleading, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has reported.\nAs coral grows, ratios of strontium to calcium imprint its calcium carbonate skeleton in a way that can illustrate previous years’ ocean temperatures.\nHowever, when researchers analyzed core samples from two different coral colonies off Madagascar’s coast, one colony showed a strong warming trend while the other did not.\nResearchers surmise that small differences in water temperature, salinity and waves and currents are responsible for creating microclimates that affect coral growth differently.\nAfter reviewing the data, researchers concluded that testing large sample sizes may be the only effective way to measure ocean temperatures from coral. |
USA Hauling & Recycling Selected As A Sustainability Finalist | USA Hauling & Recycling, Inc.\nUSA Hauling & Recycling has been named a finalist for the DEEP and Hartford Business Journal’s Green Circle Sustainability Awards. The finalists include an elite group of Connecticut businesses, government entities, individuals/groups, schools and universities who are doing their part to ensure that the business they conduct is environmentally responsible and sustainable.\nTo celebrate the achievements of all the finalists, and to announce the winners of the Green Circle Sustainability Awards, Hartford Business Journal and DEEP will be hosting the Green Circle Sustainability Awards Gala at Infinity Hall Hartford on May 23rd, 2016. |
Silver Moments is an organisation that caters to mature 30+ in the LGBTQ community who are looking for a supportive and social environment.\nThey are a fun and friendly group that holds regular weekly meetings in Bournemouth at 11am at local gay venues and monthly outings to attractions in Southern UK.\nPlease contact John for specific meeting details. |
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Throughout this chapter, we looked at the processes available for customization in Dynamics CRM. We determined which type of process applies to which scenario, and when one type is better suited than another. We also looked at business rules and the business process flow, and how to use business rules to enforce and visually enhance the user experience. We also saw examples of creating these processes, and building complex relationships where one process can be triggered from another.\nIn the next chapter, we will look at the social aspect of Dynamics CRM, and some of the new tools introduced with the newer versions of the platform. |
In a new (hopefully permanent) feature on the blog a closer look will be taken at the goals in Blackpool matches with a view to understanding them in greater detail. Usual tactical articles will still come along, but finding the time and resources to make them genuinely worthwhile are much harder this season now Blackpool are playing Championship football.\nWatching the Cardiff goal in the first instance there are at least three points of failure for Blackpool. As much as Joe Mason scored the goal, poor Blackpool defending presented the chance. However, before looking at the points of failure it’s important to note why Blackpool ended up defending so close to the goal.\nGoals may be scored in a split second, but quite often there’s a stacking up of incidents leading to the goal. They act as a warning to the defensive team that they need to be aware in order to snuff out danger at the earliest opportunity. In this instance, Cardiff got in between Blackpool lines of defence and midfield catching Blackpool out of shape in defence. Remember, this is in the lead up to the goal.\nCrainey (circled) is caught high up the pitch, Cardiff advance.\nThe picture above shows how Stephen Crainey was caught a little high up the pitch and Danny Wilson was dragged over to deal with the oncoming player leaving far too much space between him and Craig Cathcart. It is here were teams have often picked apart Blackpool. The picture below shows how there’s a clear pass on in behind Cathcart for Kenny Miller. Instead of taking that option Mason spreads the play wide. As he opts to do that Cathcart goes to put pressure on the ball and pulls the whole Blackpool defence out of shape.\nThe blue arrow indicates the play that could have caught Blackpool out, whilst Cathcart (circled) steps up.\nIt is at this point where Blackpool are at stress point. They are being turned around and need to regroup their shape and become aware of the positions taken up by their opponents. Alex Baptiste goes to apply pressure to the man on the ball and Chris Basham drops to cover at right back.\nNow the errors start to mount up. Arguably they were the result of poor defending, but not helped by being pulled out of shape and having to recover shape whilst being turned to face their goal.\nBlackpool centre back (circled) getting in front of their men. Note Don Cowie is a spare man at the back post, unmarked.\nBoth centre backs get themselves in poor positions in front of the men they should mark causing a knock on effect. Cathcart is marking space with Mason taking up position behind him. Wilson monitors Miller but realising he has to go to Mason passes on the marking of Miller to pick up Mason, however, he is unaware that Crainey is outnumbered at the back post. This is a combination of positioning, awareness and organisation not functioning very well as there were three Cardiff players in relation to three Blackpool players.\nWilson (circled) moves out to the man in anticipation.\nIn trying to anticipate the knock down by Don Cowie, Danny Wilson goes forward to the nearest man. Had he held his position he could have cut the ball out easily.\nIn thinking that Wilson has the ball covered Cathcart switches off instead on staying goal side of Mason and on his toes ready for the worst case scenario. Mason then steals in front of Cathcart to score.\nThis just highlights how goals can be conceded through not dealing with the matter at hand at the earliest opportunity. Nothing has been said about the excellent work that Cardiff did to score the goal. The ghosting movement of Cowie to sneak around the back. The awareness when crossing the ball to pick out Cowie at the back post and the anticipation of Mason to steal in front of Cathcart.\nIt gives Blackpool a good few things to think about from a defensive point of view, but will not take anything away from a good three points on their travels as perhaps the dreaming may start once again. |
Pont de la Tournelle, is an arch bridge spanning the river Seine in Paris.HistoryThe location of the Pont de la Tournelle is the site of successive structures.The first, a wooden bridge, was built in 1620. This bridge connected the Eastern bank of the Seine (le quai Saint-Bernard) to l'île Saint-Louis. It was subsequently washed away by ice in 1637, and again on 21 January 1651. A stone bridge was erected in its place in 1654. It was demolished in 1918 and replaced by the current bridge in 1928, after it suffered several natural disasters, especially the flood of 1910.The Pont de la Tournelle was intentionally built lacking symmetry, in order to emphasize the shapeless landscape in the part of the Seine that it bestrides. Consisting of a grand central arch that links the riverbanks via two smaller arches, one on each side, it's decorated on the Eastern bank with a pylon built on the left pier's cutwater, and a statue of Saint Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, atop of the pylon, designed by Polish-French monumental sculptor Paul Landowski.The term "Tournelle" traces its origin to a square turret (tourelle) constructed at the end of the 12th Century on the fortress of Phillipe Auguste.Numerous scenes of Highlander: The Series were filmed along the Quai de la Tournelle near and underneath Pont de la Tournelle between 1992 and 1998.\nModern bridge (it replaced an old wooden bridge), it is topped, on the left bank side, of a very high statue of Ste Geneviève, the patroness of Paris, friend of Clovis, who looks not in the direction of Notre-Dame, but in that of where could arise the hordes Enemy. Departing from île St Louis, it leads to Quai de la Tournelle and the famous restaurant of the tour D'Argent. At its end was the Tower of la Tournelle (ancient walls of Philip Augustus) and the castle of the same name, infamous because the convicts that were going to be deported were imprisoned there. It allows a magnificent viewpoint on the bedside of the ND Cathedral and on the island of the city.\nThe lovely place for walk and good pictures! There is a view to Notre Dame Cathedral and also you can see Eiffel Tower! In the warm days you can able to feed ducks and huge swans! It's super lovely! |
Sketty Conveyancing Solicitors | Are They Lender-Approved?\nReady to buy a new home in Sketty? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Sketty conveyancing at risk of delay or failure.\nOnly LenderPanel.com provides a subset of authorised Sketty conveyancers for over 130 lenders.\nThe range of Sketty conveyancing searches depends primarily on the premises, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your knowledge of the region and risks, your overall approach to risk. What is important is that you properly comprehend what information the searches could give you. You may then decide if you personally think you need that information. If unsure, ask your conveyancer to recommend.\nDo lenders provide you with an approved list of Sketty conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Principality conveyancing panel?\nSketty conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Principality conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Principality directly.\nI have been told that property searches are the main cause of delay in Sketty conveyancing transactions. Is this right?\nThe Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the top 10 causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Sketty.\nHow do I locate a Sketty solicitor on the Barclays conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am willing to travel upto 20kilometers to meet the conveyancer.\nI am hoping to put an offer on a small detached house that appears to tick a lot of boxes, at a reasonable figure which is making it more attractive. I have since discovered that the title is leasehold as opposed to freehold. I am assuming that there are issues buying a leasehold house in Sketty. Conveyancing lawyers have are about to be appointed. Will my lawyers set out the risks of buying a leasehold house in Sketty ?\nMost houses in Sketty are freehold and not leasehold. In this scenario it’s worth having a local conveyancer used to dealing with such properties who can help the conveyancing process. We note that you are buying in Sketty so you should seriously consider shopping around for a Sketty conveyancing solicitor and check that they have experience in transacting on leasehold houses. As a matter of priority you will need to check the unexpired lease term. Being a lessee you will not be entirely free to do whatever you want with the house. The lease comes with conditions such as obtaining the freeholder’sconsent to conduct changes to the property. You may also be required to pay a contribution towards the upkeep of the communal areas where the property is located on an estate. Your conveyancer will appraise you on the various issues.\nWith 53 years left to run we estimate the premium for your lease extension to range between £27,600 and £31,800 as well as plus your own and the landlord's "reasonable" professional fees.\nThe suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure without more comprehensive investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be additional issues that need to be considered and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you take any other action placing reliance on this information without first seeking the advice of a professional. |
Just steps from bustling Market Street, Alta Laguna is a six-acre complex located at the former UC Extension site in the heart of San Francisco. The site plan stitches together an ambitious program of 330 market rate units, 110 LGBT-friendly senior units, a new public park through the Waller Street easement, a community garden and a series of private courts for the new residents. With below grade parking, the majority of the landscape is on structure. MSLA was the common link on the design team which included two developers and four architecture firms. The design of the landscape integrates innovative ways to bring a wide range of amenities to the housing development while implementing extensive storm water management systems. MSLA worked collaboratively with neighborhood groups and the Planning Department in development of the design. |
Weather Breezy starting tomorrow morning, continuing until tomorrow afternoon, and heavy rain starting tomorrow afternoon, continuing until tomorrow evening.\nSt. Andrews Sound is located on Georgias Atlantic coast at Intracoastal Waterway Mile 690. The sound separates Jekyll Island (north) and Cumberland Island (south) with the Intracoastal Waterway leading right down the middle of the sound between the two islands.\nThe image above is a view from the east looking west over St. Andrews Sound. To the right is the southern tip of Jekyll Island, while off to the left (south) of the inlet is the northern tip of Cumberland Island, a National Seashore and a great place to visit and explore. Most of the island used to belong to the Carnegie family, and the ruins of their great mansion, Dungeness can be toured by taking a National Park Service ferry boat from St. Marys, which is about 21 miles south from St. Andrews Sound.\nThere are two entrances to St. Andrews Sound, but the southern one is more reliable and, unlike the northenr entrance, is well-marked to guide you through the shifting shoals.\nAt green nun buoy 5, you need to set an approximate course of 329 degrees magnetic for about 1.5 miles, and then head west-northwest to intercept quick flashing red buoy 32, which is situated at ICW Mile 690. Be sure to avoid the shoals on either side of the channel once you depart green nun buoy 5. The channel is unmarked all the way to quick flashing red buoy 32, and you will see breakers on either side (visible in the image above).\nOnce you have cleared quick flashing red buoy 32, you can pick up the Intracoastal Waterway route north or south. The passage south leads behind Cumberland Island toward St. Marys and Fernandina Beach. The north route leads up toward Jekyll Island where marinas can be found.\nNo reviews yet! Be the first to write a review of St Andrews Sound Entrance. |
Pre-Disclosure: I’m an active, paying Roon Labs subscriber (annual subscription) so my article is based on my personal experiences with the Roon Labs service and its applications. I’m not earning comissions from Roon Labs nor do I receive any benefits.\nI’ve probably mentioned it a thousand times and I won’t stop telling folks how I think Roon Labs is THE easiest to use and most elegant music streaming architecture on the market bar none. It works so well, you simply forget the computer stuff that makes all of this tick. But for newbies visiting the Roon Labs website opens Pandora’s box with more questions popping up. So I decided to put together a small recipe for easy success.\nIf you don’t know WHAT Roon is, please check out their website.\nBesides a Roon Labs license plus DAC and your audio system – you can choose between annual and lifetime Roon subscriptions (which are costly but worth it in my opinion if you are in it for the long term) – at the least you essentially need a server for the Roon application and ideally a remote control so you can kick back and relax. This could be an iPad or an Android tablet. Roon runs well on both. If you’ve got no tablet, a smartphone will do.\nRoon software is available as a fully integrated server/playback client or as a standalone server package for “headless” installation. Roon Server is the beast that crunches the data and hosts your music library. Ideally , you would keep your actual music collection separate on a NAS. Almost anything can be turned into a Roon Server starting from a current laptop up to powerful desktop machine running in your basement. Roon Server runs also on more powerful Intel processor based NAS boxes such as from Synology or QNAP. You don’t need to worry about the OS itself as Roon Server runs on Linux, Windows or MAC OS. What you do need to consider though are the power requirements: Roon needs a reasonably fast machine to shine – ideally with an SSD and plenty of RAM. And that machine needs to be on all the time – at least when you’re listening to music. Forget any low-powered computers because they won’t work here. Roon’s philosophy is to constantly add to their feature set such as digital room correction. I would expect the minimum system requirements to rise in the future.\nIf you want to spend less money or prefer a less energy consuming solution, check out the Intel Compute Stick for smaller libraries (500-100 CDs). I haven’t personally tried this yet but some users at least considered it usable.\nRoon recently released their own system software that was designed to run on the Intel NUC so you generally might want to build a system around the NUC.\nYet another computer that would connect to your DAC and receive its music stream from Roon Server. Fortunately, Roon Bridge can be a lightweight computer such as the Raspberry PI with a Linux distribution of your choice. I personally use DietPI which is fantastic and lets you set up the whole thing in about 10 minutes! If you’ve got more cash to spend, you can also choose from dozens of readily available streamers by audio manufacturers that can act as a Roon Bridge such as the ones from Auralic, T+A, Melco, Burmester, NAD or Bluesound. Many of these also come with a DAC which is great if you want an all-in-one solution.\nFinally you need something to browse your music library and interact with Roon. Roon Remote is your visual “front-end” to your library. Roon Labs offers apps for iOS and Android. For greater comfort I highly recommend a tablet even though a smartphone would do just fine. I’ve had great success turning my Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8 into a full Roon Remote and the whole thing costs less than 100 bucks. If you want to go this route, you need to install the Google Play Store or sideload an Android APK. Even a good old-fashioned laptop can run as a remote control although many audiophiles would rather not have something sitting on their lap while listening.\nRoon is a fantastic product with a great eco-system. But it isn’t and probably won’t ever be cheap. If price is an issue, familiarize yourself with a Raspberry PI setup that sounds just as good, costs nearly nothing but requires some tweaking.\nHow do you personally use Roon? Let me know so I can keep this guide up to date. |
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Like me, I'm sure that many of you consider stellar imaging performance as one of the top factors when choosing and investing on a very expensive flagship level smartphone.\nFor the first half of 2018, based on my experience with these handsets, I would say that the best cameraphones in the market include the Apple iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9+ and Note8, OnePlus6, and Huawei P20 Pro -- in random order.\nHaving played with the all-new Samsung Galaxy Note9 during its official unveiling at the Manila Marriott Hotel last August 10, 2018, I can confidently say that this upcoming high-end release can stand shoulder to shoulder with the above-mentioned models when it comes to powerful imaging capabilities both for stills and videos.\nAlthough many say that the front and rear camera hardware of the Note9 are practically similar to what's on the Samsung Galaxy S9+ that was launched earlier this year, the 2018 flagship phablet has at least one unique feature that gives it a clear advantage: Artificial Intelligence.\nYup, the Korean Giant has successfully developed an AI imaging software that's more or less similar to what Huawei, OPPO, and Vivo has had on their hero handsets for quite a while now.\nThis innovation allows the Note9 to instantly figure out what's in front of the lens and to automatically adjust imaging algorithms or settings to deliver the best looking photos possible. It knows if you're trying to snap an image of a flower, food, greenery, sky, mountain, sunset, or sunrise, among others. Isn't that something?\nWell, after the Unpacked Event, our friends from Samsung and their PR agency in the Philippines gave me a Samsung Galaxy Note9 to play with and I took the opportunity to snap images around the hotel using the phone's primary rear camera with automatic settings. Check them these raw, unedited photos and let me know what you think of them in the comments section below.\nShot in an outdoor balcony with morning light.\nIn line with what I mentioned above, I am very impressed with the imaging capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy Note9. As you can see in the photos and the videos I've shown, the cameras of this model can truly capture fine details and brilliant colors that I'm sure almost all viewers will find visually pleasing. On top of that, I noticed that - compared to my Samsung Galaxy Note8 - the Note9 locks in on the subject and snaps photos faster; I guess it's because of the more powerful internal hardware of the newer smartphone. Please stay tuned for my side by side comparison of photos taken using both the Samsung Galaxy Note8 and the Note9.\nAlright! That's it for now. I can't wait to test the handset again so I can try out the 1080p 240-frames-per-second Slo-Mo video recording and to see if Samsung made improvements on the Dual Rear Cameras' Lossless Zoom capability and Live Focus Mode for Portrait Shots as well as the AR Stickers for the Front-Facing Selfie Snapper. |
“‘Sound travels,’ said Hemingway, whose dark eyes glitter merrily despite his 76 years. ‘And especially when there’s a pretty girl to impress in the boat, how often have I heard a guide say, “Oh, this isn’t really me, I’m just doing this for now.” My God, can’t these guys even stand up for their profession?'” (Well, just try standing up for your profession on those once-in-a-blue-moon moments when a pretty girl actually does step into your boat.) Pete Bodo writes about the life and philosophies of Pat Hemingway in The New York Times. |
The Auroville Universal Township envisaged by the Mother is one of the unique examples of manifestation of human unity in diversity. The township founded on a barren plateau devoid of any blade of grass in 1968 has become a green area shaded with a variety of trees and plants. The architectural designs, appropriate building technologies, conservation approach, rainwater harvesting, re-use and recycling of water resources, solid waste management, land re-generation, community participation are some of the areas where innovative models and techniques have been developed and adapted in the township.\nAs per Charter, Auroville belongs to the humanity as a whole and the one who is to live in Auroville must be willing servitor of Divine Consciousness. It is in this background the growth of Auroville needs to be seen. The township designed for an ultimate population of 50000 in an area of 2000 ha. would be a viable functional entity. Although the character and set up of the township may not be the same as that of any other town of similar size, functionally it requires to be a self contained township. The Master Plan of the township has, therefore, rightly envisaged development of economic zone alongwith residential, cultural and institutional areas. The provision of green belt around the built up portion of the township would be an important environmental safeguard. Auroville is a different township from development management point of view and the Master Plan exercise has rightly recognised its uniqueness.\nI am sure, Master Plan would channelise the future growth and development of Auroville as per the envisioned charter. Its development may provide a good model for emulation in other towns and cities as well. Contributions made by the Resident Assembly and the various other Aurovilian Working Groups in formulation of the Master Plan are praiseworthy symbolising active involvement of community groups in Master Plan exercise. I compliment Town and Country Planning Organisation of this Ministry and Auroville Foundation for drawing the Auroville Master Plan of international significance.\nSri Aurobindo and the Mother have diagnosed the contemporary crisis of humanity as an evolutionary crisis which can be resolved only if the consciousness of universal fraternity can manifest and bring about actualisation of human unity. In order to aid this difficult objective, the Mother founded Auroville on 28th February 1968 as a Universal Township, 150 kms. south of Chennai in south India and gave it a Charter. This Charter declares that Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole and that to live in Auroville one must be a willing servitor of Divine Consciousness. It further declares that Auroville will be the place of unending education and constant progress, a bridge between the past and the future, and that it will be the site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual human unity.\nThe Mother envisaged the Auroville township of an ultimate population of 50,000, with Matrimandir as its centre and soul. Since its inception, the township has been growing steadily and today it has about 1,500 residents representing 35 nationalities.\nThe Auroville Foundation Act, 1988, enacted by the Government of India, is one of the important milestones in the development of Auroville. It provides a statutory support for preparation of Master Plan of Auroville to ensure orderly and planned development of Auroville. The Auroville township is designed to be in an area of 2000 ha. in a circular form of which about 850 ha. have already been acquired by the Auroville Foundation. The Master Plan envisages systematic development of the Township and prevention of any non-conforming developments in the area. The Master Plan based on the original concept given by the Mother envisages intertwining of four major functional zones, namely, Residential, Cultural, International, and Industrial, -- around a Peace Area in the centre. About 25% of the township would be built up portion, surrounded by a green belt based on the concept of eco-friendly and sustainable development.\nInnovative models and techniques in the field of afforestation, land development, water conservation, rainwater harvesting, building technology, community participation, energy saving, etc; incorporated in the Master Plan would be integral to the township development and management. Integrated urban and rural development strategies have also been envisaged.\nAuroville is a unique township, the fundamental thrust of which is centred on research, which is comprehensive and which transcends all creeds, all politics, and all narrowing ideologies. It encompasses the areas of the East and the West and human unity, of science and spirituality, of arts, crafts and technologies, and of all that pertains to the evolution of humanity through a process of evolutionary mutation leading up to the development of a new humanity or superhumanity. It can be described as a Centre of Advanced Research.\nI appreciate the contributions made by the Residents Assembly of Auroville and its various groups. I would like to place on record my sincere thanks to the Planning Team of the Auroville Foundation, Mr. Roger Anger, Chief Architect of Auroville, and a number of individuals who have worked day and night to bring the Master Plan (Perspective: 2025) into its final form. I am particularly thankful to Shri G. Dattatri, Urban Advisor, who has inspired our Planning Team and devoted a good deal of his precious time by visiting Auroville frequently and working on this Master Plan (Perspective: 2025).\nMy special thanks are to Shri D.S. Meshram, Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning Organisation, Government of India, and his colleagues, Shri J.B. Kshirsagar and Shri M.L.Chotani for their advice and collaboration in formulating this Master Plan (Perspective: 2025).\nIt would be relevant at this stage to record with great satisfaction that in our endeavours to develop the township and particularly in promoting and in establishing foundation for sustainable development, we have received great support from the Governmental and Non-governmental Organisations, besides national and international agencies. It is also noteworthy that UNESCO has passed five Resolutions at its General Conferences to express its support to the establishment and promotion of Auroville. I would also like to record with gratefulness the constant goodwill, encouragement and involvement of the Government of India, as also of the Governments of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.\nI am happy that this Master Plan (Perspective : 2025) has been prepared jointly by the Auroville Foundation and the Town and Country Planning Organisation of the Union Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation. |
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"I would like to see your thoughts on setting up an office for an MSP. How and where it should start. Though I started the business at my home (still the license is issued in that address), last year I rented a small cube in an office (to get a business address) and that has a conference room. Though me and others virtually work from our homes, think that I made a good choice. I would like to see your thoughts on setting up the first office. Thanks in advance."\nThis is a great topic. It has a few different sub-topics to address. In a few weeks I'm going to address topics such as naming your business and getting the licenses straightened out. The big question here is when to move from home office to "real" office.\nThere are a few stages to getting set up. If you start out as a one-person shop, then starting at home makes perfect sense. Even now, after 18 years, our business could be run almost completely from our various homes. But we've had an office for almost ten years because we need a place to build our company culture.\nThink about this: Why do you need an office?\nAnd why do you need an office away from home?\nYou need a place where you can get your work done. It should be free from distractions. It should have a place to store company paperwork, client information, and the general "stuff" that any business accumulates.\nYour office should be a well-designed refuge where you can study online or with printed books.\nIt should not be piled high with crap - even if you're comfortable with that. You can have all the piles you want, but there should be a distraction-free zone that allows you to focus on the work at hand.\nWhen you can no longer be efficient at home, that's a sign that an outside office is necessary.\nWhile strictly true, business clients tend to want you to come to them. So unless you do trainings, you probably don't have clients coming to your office.\nIf you have a repair shop and clients are bringing in equipment, then you certainly need an office.\nSometimes you get better service and even a lower price on shipping if you have a business address instead of a residential address.\nBut more importantly, you need a place where deliveries can show up any time and there's someone to sign for them. And that's really an argument for a mailbox address (e.g., the UPS Store) and not for an office. If you're a one person shop, you'll be running around making money and not hanging out at the office to sign for packages.\nThis is true. When I started to grow, I had an employee show up at my house a few times. It was inconvenient. So we started meeting at a coffee shop. Less convenient.\nThen I wanted to hire an assistant. Turns out temp agencies don't want to send people to home offices. I understand that.\nAn office gives employees a place to go. They get to set up shop - even if it's a box on the shelf or a drawer to call their own. When you have an employee, that's probably the time to start looking for an office. When you have two, then you definitely need an office.\nNote: You will probably start with part-time employees. You still need the office. But don't drop that mailbox address because your part time employees will not always be around to sign for packages.\nHaving employees come together in a common place makes it easier to have meetings, trainings, etc. It gives you a place to build machines, stage deployments, and generally play with technology.\nAn office costs money. And unless you rent space in a furnished executive office building, it can cost a lot of money. You need desks, chairs, a filing cabinet. Someone will want coffee and it won't be long before you decide you need a microwave and refrigerator.\nIf people have desks, they need computers and monitors. You need a white board, a network printer, paper, pens, staplers, tape, and all the other joyous things that go in offices.\nWe love the insurance program through The ASCII Group (www.ascii.com) has a great insurance program for liability, property, and even worker's comp.\nWhen you have employees you need worker's compensation insurance. This can be very expensive. You also have various other expenses that I just lump into the category of "taxes." These include Social Security (you pay 6.2% of the employee's salary into this) along with Medicare, state unemployment, federal unemployment, etc. etc.\nIn all, plan on spending 10-15% above the hourly rate for employee expenses. If you offer medical or other benefits, then it's more.\nAs I mentioned, we could probably work with no office whatsoever. America's Tech Support and Great Little Book have shared the same office since GLB was created in 2003. If we all just went home and stayed there, we would lose quite a bit of what our companies have become.\nIn addition to the culture, having an office infrastructure in place makes it a lot easier to grow and shrink as needed. If you need to hire some folks, we've got a place to put them. We can get interns and have a place for them to show up.\nWith an office we have lots of great flexibility to work and play together. Again, building culture is much easier with a common meeting place.\n- If you're a sole proprietor, put off getting an office as long as possible (assuming you can work efficiently at home). This will save you a LOT of money.\n- When you start to have employees, start looking for an office. If you believe you're going to grow and have an employee for the foreseeable future, get an office.\n- Buy things only when you need them.\n- Create a realistic budget of what it will cost to have a "real" office outside the home.\nLooking around my office now I realize that all the furniture and equipment is pretty nice and pretty new. When we started it was a collection of yard sale stuff that was good enough to get by. Over time we traded up and up as we needed more desks, chairs, etc.\nAt this point I think I might always have an office just because it's so convenient for many things.\nIf you are looking for information about SharePoint then look no further. Robert Craine has developed a guide that will help you install, migrate and maintain many different versions of SharePoint - Windows SharePoint Services v3 (WSS v3), Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Online (Office 365), etc.\nFind out more about the Windows SharePoint Operations Guide.\nThanks for give informative information. Learn the steps for vitalizing the storage infrastructure for effective storage capacity management, performance optimization and data protection.\nTake care to pick the right office as you might be there for a while. If your are an MSP rather than a repair shop you don't need retail space. Generally very few clients visit and you either go to them or meet at a coffee shop. You probably desire the flashiest business complex you can afford but you don't need it, as long as it is clean and tidy why waste your profits? Look at how the space can be used - our office has too many walls and most are structural make it difficult to open the office up to provide better heating and cooling systems. Good opportunities for signage provides free advertising to help you get known.\nTry and avoid a filling cabneit and scan as much as you can to keep it clutter free - the paperless office is still a bit of a unicorn. That "stuff" can build up fast and end up a dumping ground so throw stuff out regularly. |
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SRON invites applicants for a postdoctoral position in the field of exoplanet atmosphere retrieval methods. The project is part of the H2020 project ExoplANETS A. This project is a high impact collaboration between seven leading European institutes and serves as a preparation for the wealth of data coming from JWST and other space & ground-based telescopes. The postdoc will be responsible for ensuring the success of WP3 in this project, which entails the development and application of novel atmospheric retrieval methods.\nThe position is located at SRON, Utrecht but will be in close collaboration with Dr. Ingo Waldmann at UCL (University College London). In this context the successful applicant will be a key developer of the state-of-the-art retrieval package Tau-REx and will be part of a dynamic, international team.\nWe aim at researchers with some postdoctoral experience who want to perform research at the edge of theory and observation. The successful applicant ideally leads/contributes to the analysis of observations in a strong physical and chemical context. Within this context there is freedom on the chosen focus.\nWe are looking for a scientist with a PhD degree in astronomy or related fields and preferentially some postdoctoral experience in the field of exoplanet atmosphere observations. The successful candidate should have some atmospheric modelling background (planetary, exoplanetary, or brown dwarfs) and be proficient in Python, C and/or Fortran. Good knowledge of the English language is essential and the candidate should be capable of working both independently and in a team.\nTo apply you can send a motivation letter with CV, publication list, a short research statement (max. 3 pages) to [email protected]. Applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address.\nPlease state the vacancy number "SRON 1361" in the subject of your mail.\nEmployment of this full-time position as a Scientist C at SRON-Utrecht is by NOW-I (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research - Institutes) and will be for a period of 3 years. The salary will be in accordance with the salary scales of NOW-I with a maximum of € 4,154.00 gross per month on a full-time basis (depending on education and relevant experience).\nA holiday allowance of 8% of the gross yearly salary. |
KINGSPORT - The Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved an amendment to the Riverbend Villas incentive package Tuesday night.\nThe amendment matches a move made by the Sullivan County Commission last month, thus paving the way for a local developer to move forward on plans to build Riverbend Villas – a 265 unit apartment complex located behind Walmart on Fort Henry Drive.\nEarlier this summer two local developers requested tax increment financing (TIF) from the Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Mitch Cox (of Johnson City) for Riverbend Villas and K.D. Moore (of Bristol, Tenn.) for a 168-unit complex called the “Overlook at Indian Trail” behind Kmart on E. Stone Drive.\nTIF occurs when the KHRA takes the projected growth in property taxes on a project and uses that money to secure a loan from a bank. That loan is then granted to the property owner to help offset the cost of the project.\nOriginally, Cox requested $3 million in TIF, but reduced the amount to $2.6 million. One-third of the money would go back to the city for the creation of an adjacent park along the Holston River. As for Moore, he requested $1.5 million in TIF, with the city and county keeping a minimum of 35 percent of the increase in property taxes generated by the development.\nThese incentive packages were approved by the KHRA and BMA in September, but when the matter went before Sullivan County, the commission made a small change and added the “35 percent” deal to the Riverbend package as well.\nBecause of this change, the Riverbend package had to go back to the KHRA and BMA for approval, which has now been done. But again, one other change was made.\nThe Riverbend TIF now stands at $2 million. Kingsport will still receive one-third for the park and the remainder will go to the developer. As with the Overlook package, Sullivan County will receive 35 percent of the growth in property taxes for the Riverbend development once it's complete, or about $53,000 a year for the payback on the TIF (up to 15 years).\nThe remaining 65 percent of the growth in property taxes (about $98,000) would go towards paying off the TIF.\nRiverbend is proposed to be a medium-density, town home style community with one-, two- and three-bedroom options. Amenities would include a club house, swimming pool, playground and garages. None of the buildings would be more than two stories, developers have said.\nOverlook will include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with amenities similar to Riverbend – a club house, zero-entry swimming pool, playground, garages, wellness center and community fireplace. The buildings would be three stories.\nTotal investment for Overlook is estimated to be $17.6 million. |
Wanna know the tricks on how to dress if you are a petite girl?\nSee below how to look taller using the clothes you’ve got in your closet.\nBy doing this it will give the illusion that your legs appear longer, giving you more height.\nThe neutral shoe will blend with your skin giving the illusion of longer legs. If you chose a heavy dark shoe, it will “cut” your legs making you appear shorter.\nWill give the impression of longer lower body.\nYou can match the colors of your trousers with your shoes, giving it the impression that everything is the same, making you appear taller.\nNever layer you clothes, it will only drown your small shape under a pile of clothing. If you want to wear a oversize look, chose a jacket and make sure you’re wearing a slim fit clothing underneath.\nWearing a long coat with a streamlined silhouette will make you appear taller.\nThis is a obvious trick, but if you’re not a fan of high heels, you can wear a shorter one and still appear taller.\nAn old trick, vertical stripes will create long lines making you look taller. But be careful on you choices for not walk around looking like a barcode!\nTops with V necklines give the illusion of a longer and leaner torso.\nIf you’re a petite you should go either super-short or super-long. Mini-skirts give the impression of longer legs because is showing more skin. A well cut maxi-skirt will create a long vertical line giving the illusion of looking taller.\nTip: if you’re wearing a maxi skirt make sure to keep your top fitted, and that the skirt’s hemline is as long as you can go without tripping.\nLet us know your tricks to appear taller on the comments bellow! And make sure to see the gallery for inspiration for petite girls! |
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee recently approved a motion by state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, to review community college districts’ long-term strategic plans to upgrade instructional technology and training. The audit will include a large college district, a medium-sized one, and a small one as a cross-section of the state’s 72 districts.\nIshaque, also second vice president of the AFT College Staff Guild, Local 1521A, believes administrators at all academic levels have failed to make plans, but the Ed Tech Committee, which includes representatives from early childhood through university, decided to call attention first to community colleges. |
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I'm only sort of ok with this hip hop mix. The problem is that there is sooo much stuff that I loved back then and it's hard to find a theme for the mix without feelinging like I'm leaving some great stuff out.\nWith that said. Here is my hip hop mix. It's mostly filled with stuff from the 90's that I loved during the Rap City era. There are also some remixes that I really enjoyed back in the day of Cassingle B-Sides. Like I said before the other mixes are archived down at the bottom there. Bye.\n©® 2010 - All copyrights to respective writers / publishers / etc. Used without permission. |
Facebook Inc's Instagram lost almost a quarter of its daily users a week after it rolled out and thenwithdrew policy changes that incensed users who feared the photo-sharing service would use their pictures without compensation.\nInstagram, which Facebook bought for $715 million this year, saw the number of daily active users who accessed the service via Facebook bottom out at 12.4 million as of Friday, versus a peak of 16.4 million last week, according to data compiled by online tracker AppData.\nThe popular app, which allows people to add filters and effects to photos and share them over the Internet or smartphones, experienced the drop over the brief, often-volatile holiday period.\nOther popular apps also saw slippage in usage, and some were more pronounced. Yelp, for instance, saw daily active users - again via Facebook - slide to a weekly low of half a million on Thursday, from a high of 820,000 one week ago.\nInstagram disputed the AppData survey, which was compiled from users that have linked the photo service to their own Facebook accounts, historically between 20 and 30 percent of Instagram members.\n"This data is inaccurate. We continue to see strong and steady growth in both registered and active users of Instagram," a spokeswoman said in an emailed statement on Friday.\nLooking out over a broader timeframe, Instagram's monthly active users edged up to 43.6 million as of Friday, an increase of 1.7 million over the past seven days, according to AppData.\n"We'll have to monitor the data over the coming weeks to gain perspective on trends in Instagram's performance," AppData marketing manager Ashley Taylor Anderson said in an email.\nThe sharp slide in activity highlighted by AppData was bound to draw attention on the heels of the controversial revision to Instagram's terms of service that, among other things, allowed an advertiser to pay Instagram "to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata)" without compensation.\nThe subsequent public outrage prompted an apology from Instagram founder Kevin Systrom. Last week, a California Instagram user sued the company for breach of contract and other claims, in what may have been the first civil lawsuit to stem from the controversial change.\nInstagram subsequently reverted to some of its original language.\nThe move renewed debate about how much control over personal data users must give up to live and participate in a world steeped in social media.\nAnalysts say Facebook, the world's largest social network, was laying the groundwork to begin generating advertising revenue, by giving marketers the right to display profile pictures and other personal information, such as who users follow in advertisements.\nIts shares closed down 13 cents or 0.5 percent at $25.91 on the Nasdaq, in line with the broader market. |
J-8/15, DLF Phase 2 is a unique residential project which is nicely decorated, a mixture of simple and remake apartment which offer you a soothing ambience. The project is full of latest modern facilities which are geometrically designed to clinch highest utilization of space. You appreciate the beautifully light filled entrance of the apartment and there is a mezzanine to laze in the sun after a tough day’s sight-seeing! It is conserved with the best of nature’s blessings and showered with superior conveniences which other enclaves lack. J- 8/15, DLF Phase 2 is indeed a perfect residential space where one can experience comfortable and lavish lifestyle.\nSector 25, Gurgaon is witnessing swift development in infrastructure and residential projects due to rapid urbanization. This locality lies in close proximity to the Golf course extension road which in turn provides excellent connectivity avenues for the residents. This stretch of road, along with MG Road, is home to many luxurious residential and commercial projects. Sector 25 is just a short drive away from the Indira Gandhi International airport. It is connected with the posh South Delhi area via the Gurgaon-Faridabad expressway. Sector 25 is well linked with all regions of the NCR and the proposed metro station shall help in aiding the local transport even more. Easy access to the NH8 further accentuates the strong connectivity that sector offers. There are some reputed schools, colleges and universities in the vicinity making this locality an ideal place to reside. The famous Medanta Medicity and Huda City Center are just a short drive from this place. Diverse entertainment and leisure activities including the MGF Mall are present all across Sector 25 that make everyday living a pleasure.\nSehgal Estates was incorporated in 2006. Over the last 7 Years, they have successfully worked towards establishing them self as NCR’s leading real estate consultant. They are strongly guided by their core values that include ensuring customer satisfaction which is fundamental to their business, providing pre and post sales services of the highest quality, enabling transparent deals for their growth and wealth enhancement of the investor. They are always ready to maximize your every investment. More importantly they provide a large bouquet of quality real estate options that are available for you to choose from. They make sure that your choice is a win-win situation by fostering a mutually beneficial relationship. |
The 2016 cohort included 14 companies that worked with the cities over 16 weeks, and the teams made their presentations Friday (see #STIR2016).\nAll of the projects were fantastic, but Binti really stood out and opened my eyes to the impact modernized technology can have on truly changing lives.\nThe STIR program started in 2014 and serves as a model for other geographic regions that want to create momentum around civic technology and scaling government innovation.\nBig shout to Jeremy Goldberg, Krista Canellakis, Jay Nath, the SF Office of Civic Innovation, an incredible team of ambassadors and mentors, Monique Woodard from 500 Startups and, of course, Lawrence Grodeska and the CivicMakers team. It’s inspiring to see public sector leaders working proactively with startups to break through the procurement and technology mold and bring better digital services to those they serve.\nFor those interested in participating in the the 2017 cohort, see the participation requirements and apply. |
All wings have checked in. Legion Brewing is ready to celebrate its two-year anniversary, and our staff has pulled out all of the stops. Among them, the Brew Staff is releasing a very special barrel-aged beer – one that was brewed in mid-2016 and has been aging in our cellar ever since.\nCleared for launch, we call your attention to Red Leader (Barrel-aged Raspberry Sour, 6.2% ABV, 35 IBUs). This beer began its life with an enviable grain bill, which included pale, wheat, caramel and dark chocolate malts. Once brewed, we transferred the beer into whiskey barrels and added NC Raspberries to the mix. As delicious as that sounds, we weren’t prepared to send Red Leader on an attack run against the Death Star just yet.\nRed Leader would have to cool his jets in the hanger – American Oak barrels in this instance – long enough to soak in a proton torpedo’s worth of whiskey barrel goodness. Now, a year-and-a-half later, Red Leader’s S-foils are locked into attack position. Expect this brew to boast an intense berry aroma, subtle barrel nuances, and a tart complexity. Roger that, Red Leader!\n“Much as it was with the limited number of skilled pilots available to the Rebel Alliance, this is a special release that is in short supply. Red Leader is super noteworthy to me because it is one of the first releases from our barrel-aging, sour program,” interjects Associate Brewer, Scott Griffin. |
Beside the calendar and the astronomical events, there are other signals to watch for that show the beginning of nature’s awakening in the Northern Hemisphere.\nBirds begin to migrate northward along the path of the sun.\nThe increasing sunlight triggers birds to sing so their spring songs become prominent.\nTrees, shrubs, and flowers begin to come alive with crocus blooming, leaves swelling to bud, and daffodils and tulips beginning to emerge.\nInsects begin to emerge from hibernation: bees, wasps, and lady bugs. They are looking for a “meal” and dandelions and crocus are a great source of nectar for them early in the year.\nAs a gardener, the vernal equinox can signal time to start planting. Depending on the cold tolerance of the plant, seeds can be sown outside starting in mid-to-late March. Think plants such as: broccoli, cabbage, kohlrabi, onions, lettuce, peas, radish, and spinach. Check the weather forecast and read the seed package before proceeding! Warm weather seeds can be started INSIDE in mid-March. Think: beans, celery, corn, cucumbers, New Zealand spinach, and summer squash. |
I have discovered earlier this year another Matchbox set which features a Volvo model. It is a Matchbox 10-pack set dating back to 2007. The set consists of ten very different 3-inch scale models. The models are offered in a blister fitted into a window cardboard box which allows a free sight to all of the models. The featured Volvo is a white painted C30.\nThis is another set offered by Matchbox including a Volvo 760. This on has been offered under the name 'Super Value Pack'. The idea behind these sets were most certainly to promote and sell older models. The set was available under item # 25823. All the models were produced in China. Click here and here for nearly identical sets.\nThis is a set offered by Matchbox under the name 'Super Value Pack'. The idea behind these sets were most certainly to promote and sell older models. This set seems to have been offered in 1990. The set was available under item # MB832.\nOther versions of the 'Super Value Pack' existed. Another example is this 5-car set which comes even with a poster showing the latest models. This set wears item # MB823.\nMore of these sets were available. There existed also other package versions. I will post an update as soon as I have been able to find more info about all these sets. |
Ooh now that's an idea.\nNice to see you @Carieoates! You are looking super. Thanks fir posting tge pic.\nGoal weight achieved on 22nd September 2014! 32lbs lost within 8 months.\nPlease excuse my typos/spellings. I am struggling with a small smartphone keyboard, fat fingers and an auto correcting function with a mind of its own.\nDon't you dare, dare me.\nThink we could rustle up another eleven from our fastiversarians! @Silverdarling@Ballerina @PennyForthem@Hazelnut20 spring instantly to mind and several more!\nCome on all you Girls who've recently had an anniversary!@Moogiehow about it!\nWe could get @carorees hubby to do the pics, calendar girl stylie. |
This paper shows equivalence of several versions of applicative similarity and contextual approximation, and hence also of applicative bisimilarity and contextual equivalence, in LR, the deterministic call-by-need lambda calculus with letrec extended by data constructors, case-expressions and Haskell's seq-operator. LR models an untyped version of the core language of Haskell. The use of bisimilarities simplifies equivalence proofs in calculi and opens a way for more convenient correctness proofs for program transformations. The proof is by a fully abstract and surjective transfer into a call-by-name calculus, which is an extension of Abramsky's lazy lambda calculus. In the latter calculus equivalence of our similarities and contextual approximation can be shown by Howe's method. Similarity is transferred back to LR on the basis of an inductively defined similarity. The translation from the call-by-need letrec calculus into the extended call-by-name lambda calculus is the composition of two translations. The first translation replaces the call-by-need strategy by a call-by-name strategy and its correctness is shown by exploiting infinite trees which emerge by unfolding the letrec expressions. The second translation encodes letrec-expressions by using multi-fixpoint combinators and its correctness is shown syntactically by comparing reductions of both calculi. A further result of this paper is an isomorphism between the mentioned calculi, which is also an identity on letrec-free expressions. |
Posted by Danny Force on Sunday, February 18th, 2018 at 7:57pm.\nYes, I know we live in a society which has to have everything immediately or it takes too long. Amazon has built a business around same day shipping, most cable providers have On-Demand movies, and our smart phones have access to literally everything at anytime. So it must come as bit of a shock to you when I say 'you cannot get approved for a mortgage in 8 minutes'. But it has to be wrong, right? I mean there's companies on TV who say that's possible. Why would they say that if it's not true? Here's why.\nTo preface this, I need to remind you there's a great difference between being pre-qualified and pre-approved for mortgages. As previously explained, getting approved for a mortgage takes paperwork and is much stronger when going and making offers on homes as it tells the seller the you've already had your documents verified. This lessens the chance of your contract falling apart for financial reasons. It's always recommended.\nThe television (i.e. Internet) lenders are making it seem as if you can get completely approved for a mortgage by filling out forms on their mobile app. This is completely misleading. You can do that with any mortgage lender from their online site and it works the same way. Even my preferred lender has her own mobile app where you can submit a mortgage application. But you cannot submit the required paperwork to actually be approved for a loan, and actually be approved, in just 8 minutes. It takes days for this to happen.\nBy twisting around terminology on home buyers who don't know there's a difference, they're putting themselves in a position to make you think they're more powerful than any other lender. It's a complete fallacy. Please be educated, and i'm happy to refer you to a local lender who doesn't mislead the consumers into anything during the process. |
These waterproof walking boots are great for everyday use as they are suitable for all weather conditions.\nThe cushioned sole makes these comfortable walking boots the ideal choice for the long distance explorer.\nThe sole provides good cushioning and grip, and helps keep your feet fit and fresh – a big advantage when you’re covering several kilometres at a time. And thanks to the waterproof TEXAPORE membrane, you can splash through puddles without any problems. Your feet will stay dry, guaranteed.\nShowing our 2 Jack Wolfskin Mens Mid Vojo Hike Texapore Boot reviews with an average rating of Excellent. Would you like to write a review?\nI was very pleased with E-Outdoor, I ordered these hiking boots and had to send them back as they were slightly too small, no problems, the new pair arrived and were perfect!\nNice and light on the feet and very comfy walking.\nBought as a present for my husband. Loves them so much he also wears with jeans to go out. Very comfy fit and don't look wide like some walking boots. Great value in the sale. Only been on a few short walks but good performance so far. |
PHILADELPHIA –May 4, 2016 – Snack brand, Tastykake is teaming up with four fearless turtles this summer through a radical partnership with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of the Shadows, in theaters June 3. Fans of the beloved crime fighting, teenage turtles can experience the excitement of the new film by picking up any of the four limited edition packages, as well as enter to win prizes online.\nHarnessing the free spirited fun of the classic quartet, Tastykake and Paramount Pictures created limited edition packaging of Tastykake’s four Minis items to honor the movie. Each pack features one Ninja Turtle, while highlighting their signature color, packages include: Donatello Mini Candy Topped Brownies, Raphael Mini Koffee Kake Cupcakes, Michelangelo (Mikey) Mini Peanut Butter Cupcakes and Leonardo Mini Swirly Cupcakes. Fans can collect all four limited edition Minis packages everywhere Tastykake is sold. Throughout the promotional period, fans can also find the new Tastykake packaging on Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles: Out of the Shadows displays in major retailers.\nIn addition, between May 2 and June 17 fans can take the “Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Are You” quiz online at www.tastykakeTMNT2movie.com for the chance to win Ninja Turtle themed prizes, Tastykake snacks and more. One potential grand prize winner will receive a laptop computer, tablet, assorted gift cards, four tickets to see the film, and free Tastykake snacks. To sweeten the deal, the potential grand prize winner will also select one of four prize packages based on the Ninja Turtle’s unique characteristics. Seventy potential weekly winners will receive other exciting prizes, including Tastykake snack cakes and movie tickets (no purchase necessary).\n(@Tastykake), consumers can interact with content relating to the partnership.\nA snack favorite since 1914, Tastykake offers a complete line of snack cakes, pies, cookies, and donuts available in supermarkets and other retail outlets throughout the East Coast, South, and Southwest. Celebrated for their freshness and quality, Tastykakes include such classics as Krimpets, and Juniors, and new hits like Mini Cupcakes. One taste of a Tastykake and you’ll know why they have been a favorite of many for more than 100 years. Tastykake is a brand of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO), one of the largest baking companies in the U.S. For more information on Tastykakes or Flowers Foods visit www.tastykake.com or www.flowersfoods.com.\nMichelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael return to theaters this summer in “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS” to battle bigger, badder villains alongside April O’Neil (Megan Fox), Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett), and a newcomer: the hockey-masked vigilante Casey Jones (Stephen Amell). After super villain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (WWE Superstar “Sheamus”), to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.\n“TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS” opens in theaters June 3, 2016. |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Apr. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FlatSigned Press, a publishing house and rare books distributor, has released exclusive new writings by the late President Gerald R. Ford. The book, entitled “A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission” (ISBN-13: 978-1-934304-02-0), provides a fascinating look into the mind of a great American leader in the final years before his death.\nIn this posthumous publication, the former president speaks as the last surviving member of the legendary Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. In a detailed outline of the Commission’s final report, President Ford addresses the lingering questions and conspiracy theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination one by one, and confirms the role of the CIA in hiding and destroying information regarding the assassination. In addition, the former president also provides a broad and inspiring account of his own life and historical significance, as well as his views on modern politics and partisanship.\nThe final report of the Warren Commission is included in its entirety within A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission, and is available at bookstores nationwide. A very limited number of leather-bound, numbered editions, autographed by the late President Gerald R. Ford, are available exclusively through the publisher at www.FlatSigned.com, which also owns the publishing rights to this, the late President’s final memoir.\n“Ford echoes the original, core principles of his Republican Party, social moderation and fiscal conservatism, lost by the current Republican Party leadership, but which are expressed by current Republican frontrunner Rudolph Giuliani,” said Tim Miller, president and CEO of FlatSigned Press.\nTim Miller is a Lyndon Baines Johnson scholar and former employee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is available for media interviews through his public relations firm. Please contact Leigh Marie Lunn at Gish, Sherwood & Friends via telephone at (615) 385-1100 or by email at [email protected].\nBased in Nashville, Tennessee, FlatSigned Press, Inc., is a publisher and rare book distributor specializing in the procurement, sale, and publishing of rare and collectable books, first-edition signed books, manuscripts, historical documents, art, and autographs. FlatSigned Press, Inc., is a division of www.FlatSigned.com, Inc., founded in 1998.\nText provided by an agency, Gish, Sherwood & Friends, on behalf of the news source.\nNews issued by: FlatSigned Press, Inc.\nOriginal Keywords: FlatSigned Press Inc, A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission, ISBN-13: 978-1-934304-02-0, writings by the late President Gerald R. Ford, publishing house and rare books distributor, former president, Tim Miller, flat signed FlatSigned Press, Inc.\nNews Source: FlatSigned Press, Inc.\nMore from FlatSigned Press, Inc.\nRSS News Feed for FlatSigned Press, Inc.\nREFERENCES: Books and Publishing News, FlatSigned Press Inc, A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission, ISBN-13: 978-1-934304-02-0, writings by the late President Gerald R. Ford, publishing house and rare books distributor, former president, Tim Miller, flat signed FlatSigned Press, Inc. |
I mentioned in this post that I wanted to experiment with engineering prints at Fedex Kinkos (they are also called "oversized prints"). I thought some Brave artwork would help me stay focused this year. I like giving myself reminders.\nI didn't even think about the lyrics to Sara Bareilles's song Brave, but a blogger/artist I like was making a neat print from Sara's lyrics and I thought, "I need those lyrics." And I need them BIG.\nI took this photo on a morning hike with Jedi. In PicMonkey, I turned the photo to black and white since the oversized printer only prints in black and white. I also added the black circle and text, again in PicMonkey (see photo directly above). I continue to adore PicMonkey, as if that needs to be said.\nThis gigantic printer below printed out my image; I emailed it to my local Fedex Kinkos first. You can choose from just about any size under 48 inches I believe (more info here). I asked the Fedex Kinko's employee to print my image 23 inch x 23 inch because the spot where I think it will hang can accommodate that size. The cost was just around $3 for the print.\nI'm way happy with how it turned out. Dark, not smudged, clear and for me, inspiring.\nI can see making more art like this for my home or classroom - or even as a unique gift.\nI'm still deciding 100% where I'd like to hang it. I think in our kitchen, near the chalkboard wall, with some colorful washi tape.\nNow, to ponder...how big is my Brave? |
A Sunday visit to A&E/ER.\nAfter years of suffering from bouts of tonsillitis and being very poorly indeed, my daughter [who is in early thirties] finally had her tonsils removed, last Monday.\nThis lunchtime found my husband, daughter and myself waiting in the A&E/ER department. After a day and night of ear ache in both ears…daughter had endured enough. Her GP had referred her to the GP at the hospital. WHY? Don’t even get me started on that!\nShe had an appointment for 12.30. We sat for an hour listening to something that resembled sounded like a zombie apocalypse, coming from a room down the corridor. It stopped, only to start-up again about five minutes later. Either somebody was watching The Walking Dead, or the staff were receiving training on what to do in the event of zombies appearing in our neck of the woods. It could happen… there’s few of them knocking around in the Houses of Parliament.\nWhatever it was, it wasn’t very happy and it was extremely unnerving for us, sat listening to it. We made plans what to do with chairs and walking sticks if something unholy suddenly came crashing through the door and after us.\nWell, you have to find something to do whilst you wait, and wait, and wait, and wait some more. You can’t expect them to keep to the appointment times when the doctor has to periodically appear from the room and wander aimlessly up and down the corridor, with a clipboard, looking extremely important.\nThen another doctor appeared and summoned my daughter.\nShe has an infection and has been prescribed some penicillin.\nI may be being a bit thick here [that’s happened before], but I’m really struggling to understand how someone who has had this operation and has being advised to keep away from others, for fear of picking up infections; has to go along to a hospital to receive treatment [and brave the zombies]. She is off university, to avoid coming into contact with others, but a doctor is unable to do a home visit?\nWhy is this and what has happened to the good old-fashioned way of doctoring? Come back Dr Findlay…all is forgiven.\nShe’s fast asleep in our bed and I’ve gone into mother hen mode. A good night’s sleep and me fussing over her, will get her feeling well enough to make her escape tomorrow, back home. She’ll be glad to get away from me and back on to the road to recovery.\nThat wasn’t quite what I had in mind for my Sunday…how about you? I hope you’ve had a good day. Thanks for dropping by and the post that I was working on for today, will appear tomorrow. You have been warned!\nI’m off to read my daughter a bedtime story now…about zombies!!\nPrev I got there… let’s celebrate! |
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(Bloomberg) -- Indian stocks will accelerate gains in the lead-up to the election next month as foreign investors pile back in amid a "sharp underperformance" in the market and earnings growth that’s expected to top the region, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.\nEquities of Asia’s third-largest economy were raised to overweight from marketweight -- just six months after Goldman downgraded them -- analysts led by Sunil Koul said in a report on Monday. The Nifty 50 index will reach 12,500 in 12 months, implying a 9.1 percent gain from Monday’s close, while earnings growth this year is expected to climb 16 percent, they wrote.\nForeign inflows have picked up “as market expectations for a potentially stable government have risen in recent weeks,” Koul wrote in the report. His team said investors can buy "short-dated Nifty calls, value cyclicals and oversold quality mid-caps to participate in the current rally." They also favor banks and domestic cyclicals over exporters and defensives.\nIndia’s foreign inflows are leading Asia, with net foreign buying of $5.2 billion. Half of the amount has come in March, according to Bloomberg data. The Nifty 50 has rallied 8 percent in the past month and recovered 65 percent of its year-to-date underperformance against the regional MSCI Asia-ex Japan Index, Goldman said.\nGoldman is changing course on India stocks after the firm downgraded them to marketweight in September, citing economic and political risks and rich valuations.\nIndia will unveil election results on May 23 following six weeks of voting in a ballot that will determine whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins a second term as leader of the world’s largest democracy. India’s benchmark Sensex Index has gained about 60 percent since Modi secured the biggest electoral victory in three decades in 2014. |
Professional societies create an opportunity for networking with other doctors, nurses and healthcare managers. When you partake as an active member of an extensive society network, you are able to collaborate and expand your knowledge by interacting with other like-minded people. Immersing yourself in the culture of a professional society helps keep you up to date with the latest discoveries and opportunities in the medical field, including the health management and anesthesia services fields.\nContinued education and mentoring. Societies provide access to seminars, journals, studies, and continued medical education courses, helping you stay up to date with new breakthroughs.1 Many professional societies offer certification courses to their members, allowing them to expand their educational credentials. Mentoring services are an invaluable resource to healthcare providers like you. Mentors can support your career development by focusing on any areas within your skillset that may be lacking. Additionally, both parties in a mentoring relationship serve to benefit as many find mentoring to be a rewarding experience that renews their enthusiasm for the medical field and for their desire to help others.\nProfessional investment. There is intrinsic value in being invested in your profession, seeing as investment leads to unparalleled opportunities for growth. By showing dedication to your field, you can demonstrate that medicine is not only a job, but a lifestyle. Your strong sense of enthusiasm and commitment to excellent healthcare will have a magnetic effect on your colleagues and patients who will come to view you as an industry leader. As a result, you will likely feel more personally satisfied and confident in your role, allowing you to approach your practice with a more positive attitude.\nJoining a professional society has many advantages for those of us who work in healthcare. These advantages include opportunities for networking, furthering education, renewing passion for the practice, receiving and giving individualized mentorship, and monetary and legal support. The many benefits afforded to you by joining a professional society are more than likely to outweigh the cost of membership, making it an overall worthwhile investment.\nMember Benefits.” American Society of Anesthesiologists, asahq.org/member-center/member-benefits.\n“2017 AMA Annual Report.” American Medical Association, 2017, www.ama-assn.org/sites/default/files/media-browser/2017-ama-annual-report.pdf. |
When Susan Guess of Paducah, KY learned that her 8-year-old daughter was being bullied by a classmate, she was devastated. “I’m a 37-year-old mom, with a very close and open relationship with my child, yet she kept that information private from me,” she said. Guess asked her daughter Morgan what was going on and was finally told the truth about being bullied at school. “This was an eye opening experience about how little I and the school knew about bullying,” Guess said. “There was so much ignorance.” Guess became increasingly concerned about her child and other children who suffer in silence, so she and Morgan decided to open the conversation about bullying and share their story. Guess met with school leaders to raise awareness about the growing problem of bullying at their school. She also launched an anti-bullying campaign that would raise money to bring the film Bully and Director Lee Hirsch to their town. |
Certificate and Diploma programs now accredited by PRI - Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast Inc.\nIn some news today, after discussions with Geoff Lawton the Certificate and Diploma programs launched by us recently will now be PRI accredited courses. Due to this we have decided to change the names of the Certificate and Diploma to “PRI Practical Permaculture Certificate” and the “PRI Practical Permaculture Diploma”. The Certificate and Diploma will be recognised on all PRI Master Plan sites and we aim to make the curriculum available to all Master Plan sites so that eventually they can be taught around the world!\nFirst intake will be in January 2015 at PRI Sunshine Coast.There also will be a second intake at PRI Sunshine Coast in July 2015.. Each intake will only admit one Certificate and one Diploma student. Deadline for applications for January 2015 intakes will be 28 November 2014. Please click here to apply.\nNext story What happens in a PRI Sunshine Coast PDC course? |
Meatballs made in-store with ground beef and available in three flavours – all developed by our Chefs. Try Caramelized Onion and Swiss cheese, Jalapeno Jack or Italian.\nCooking Instructions: In a non-stick frying pan, brown meatballs in 1 tbsp. olive oil over medium high heat and finish in preheated 350˚F oven for 15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165˚F.\nCaramelized Onion & Swiss: Ground beef, onions, Swiss cheese (partly skimmed milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, calcium chloride), Farm Boy Maple BBQ sauce (tomato paste, apple juice, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, organic cane sugar, ketchup (tomato paste, liquid sugar, vinegar, salt, onion powder, spices), water, onion, garlic, molasses, olive oil, sea salt, lemon juice, pepper, garlic powder, dry mustard, onion powder, ginger, chili powder, citric acid), breadcrumbs (wheat flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, vegetable oil shortening (soy), dextrose, spices), canola oil, salt, pepper. Contains milk, soy, wheat, mustard.\nJalapeno Jack: Ground beef, Monterey Jack cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, bacterial culture, salt, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, may contain colour), Farm Boy Maple BBQ sauce (tomato paste, apple juice, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, organic cane sugar, ketchup (tomato paste, liquid sugar, vinegar, salt, onion powder, spices), water, onion, garlic, molasses, olive oil, sea salt, lemon juice, pepper, garlic powder, dry mustard, onion powder, ginger, chili powder, citric acid), jalapeno peppers, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, vegetable oil shortening (soy), dextrose, spices), salt, pepper. Contains milk, soy, wheat, mustard.\nItalian: Ground beef, onions, panko breadcrumbs (wheat flour, sugar, yeast, soybean oil, salt), canola oil, Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, powdered cellulose, modified milk ingredients, lipase, microbial enzyme, bacterial culture, natamycin), parsley, garlic, salt, pepper. Contains milk, soy, wheat. |
One weekend in early spring we had perfect weather, finally. The sky was a brilliant blue, the pollution was down to manageable levels, and the temperature was ideal. So, we joined some new friends and ventured out to visit one of Beijing's most iconic destinations: Temple of Heaven.\nThe Temple of Heaven, completed in 1420, is easily one of the most recognizable landmarks in all of China. This three gabled building is commonly referred at the temple of heaven, but is in fact the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and one of three main structures that collectively make up the Temple of Heaven.\nWe took this photo atop the Circular Mound Alter, one of the three structures in the temple complex, and in the foreground you can see the roof of the third, the Imperial Vault of Heaven.\nHere is an example of the interior design that dominates the buildings in the Temple of Heaven complex.\nThis the Nine-Dragon Juniper. The name comes from the fact that people believe the trunk looks like nine dragons coiling around each other as the climb their way to heaven. OK. Dragon motif or not, this tree is over 500 years old.\nThe grounds were massive and beautiful. We saw families picniking and resting and playing. It almost felt like being in Hyde or Central Park. Almost.\nAny time the weather is even remotely fine in Beijing you will find kites flying. These kites are massive and often have lights. Kite flyers wear special harnesses to keep a tight grip on these enormous flying contraptions.\nto do some more exploring.\nThe Temple of Heaven ended up being a favorite place that I only got to a few months before we left post. I am always amazed at how the city around just disappears when going inside. |
There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of telehealth in monitoring HbA1c levels in people living with type 2 diabetes. However, the overall magnitude of effect is yet unclear due to variable results reported in existing systematic reviews. The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials to create an evidence-base for the effectiveness of telehealth interventions on glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes.\nElectronic databases including The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, HMIC, and PsychINFO were searched to identify relevant systematic reviews published between 1990 and April 2016, supplemented by references search from the relevant reviews. Two independent reviewers selected and reviewed the eligible studies. Of the 3279 references retrieved, 4 systematic reviews reporting in total 29 unique studies relevant to our review were included. Both conventional pairwise meta-analyses and network meta-analyses were performed.\nEvidence from pooling four systematic reviews found that telehealth interventions produced a small but significant improvement in HbA1c levels compared with usual care (MD: -0.55, 95% CI: -0.73 to − 0.36). The greatest effect was seen in telephone-delivered interventions, followed by Internet blood glucose monitoring system interventions and lastly interventions involving automatic transmission of SMBG using a mobile phone or a telehealth unit.\nCurrent evidence suggests that telehealth is effective in controlling HbA1c levels in people living with type 2 diabetes. However there is need for better quality primary studies as well as systematic reviews of RCTs in order to confidently conclude on the impact of telehealth on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes.\nDiabetes is a serious, chronic condition that is recognised as an important cause of premature death and disability worldwide. In particular, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is emerging as one of the greatest global public health challenges in twenty-first century . In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) spends around £9.8 billion a year on diabetes. Most of this cost (80%) is spent on treating complications alone as a result of poorly controlled diabetes, of which many are possibly preventable . These could include blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and amputations . Diabetes UK warned that “diabetes is threatening to bankrupt the NHS after a 60% rise in cases in the past 10 years”. The cost of treating diabetes complications is also expected to almost double by 2035/6 if no actions are taken to prevent these complications . The urgent need for improvements in effective management of diabetes and preventing its complications is therefore evident.\nThe aim of diabetes management is to keep blood sugar levels as close to normal as possible to improve symptoms and minimise the risk of long-term complications . This requires close monitoring of vital signs and effective working relationship between the patient and their healthcare professionals. The provision of conventional outpatient care alone, which generally occurs less than 3 times a year , is therefore not sufficient.\nThere is a growing body of evidence that supports the uses of advanced and innovative technologies, such as telehealth, to monitor and manage people with diabetes at a distance and as frequently as it is needed [5–7]. Telehealth is generally described as the exchange of medical information from one location to another using electronic communications or digital technologies, such as desktop, laptop, mobile phones and other wireless tools .\nOverall, existing evidence suggests that telehealth has the potential in improving HbA1c for patients living with diabetes but the overall magnitude of effect is unclear due to variable results reported in existing systematic reviews. Given that the literature already contains multiple systematic reviews on telehealth and type 2 diabetes [7, 9, 10], there is an opportunity to pool the evidence from all existing reviews to report an estimate of effect. Therefore, to create an evidence base for the effectiveness of telehealth on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes, we conducted the first systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the evidence of the effects of telehealth interventions on glycemic control in patients living with type 2 diabetes.\nFor the purpose of this study, we defined telehealth as remote patient monitoring (RPM), which involves the transmission (electronic or verbal) of self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) readings to a healthcare professional or a specialist team at an offsite monitoring center for evaluation and feedback.\nStudies that met the following criteria were included in this review: i) systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses of RCTs with our definition of telehealth as an intervention; ii) adults ≥18 years of age with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes; iii) comparison of standard outpatient care (usual care) or other RPM telehealth interventions; and iv) reported HbA1c outcome. Systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses of RCTs on RPM telehealth interventions were excluded if they: i) were non-English publications; ii) included a mixed study population (type 1 and type 2 diabetes) and results were not reported separately for type 2 diabetes; or iii) do not provide feedback to patients following the transmission of SMBG data. In systematic reviews where RPM telehealth was one part of a wider intervention, these were only included where the effects of the RPM telehealth component were individually reported. In addition, if the same authors had produced several publications of the same review, the most updated and/or the full report of the review were included, and other versions excluded.\nThe literature search was conducted from April 1 to 8, 2016 and the electronic bibliographic databases including The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, HMIC and PsychINFO were searched. All searches were restricted by date range to 1990 – April 2016. Limiting the search period from 1990 is likely to identify all apart from a very small minority of systematic reviews that were carried out earlier [11, 12]. A base strategy (see Additional file 1) was developed in MEDLINE (Ovid interface). This strategy was then converted to run effectively in other databases using different interfaces. Reference lists of all potentially relevant systematic reviews identified by the electronic searches were also checked for any eligible reviews that have not been identified in the search.\nBased on the eligibility criteria, two reviewers (AL and YP) independently screened the list of titles/abstracts identified through searches for systematic reviews. Selected systematic reviews at this stage were further included for a full-text review by the same two reviewers. Any disagreements between the reviewers about the inclusion and exclusion were resolved by discussion until a consensus was reached. The same two reviewers using Eppi-Reviewer software 4 then extracted data from the resulting final list of selected systematic reviews independently. The two sets of extracted data were then compared for quality and validity purposes. Consensus was achieved without negotiation.\nThe assessment of the methodological quality and strength of each systematic review was based on the AMSTAR tool, which is a validated measurement tool available for evaluating multiple systematic reviews . The AMSTAR tool is a questionnaire that comprises of 11 criteria, which specifically assess the presence of: i) an a priori design; ii) duplicate study selection and data extraction; iii) a comprehensive literature search; iv) the use of status of publication as an inclusion criteria; v) a list of included/excluded studies; vi) characteristics of included studies; vii) documented assessment of the scientific quality of included studies; viii) appropriate use of the scientific quality in forming conclusions; ix) the appropriate use of methods to combine findings of studies; x) assessment of the likelihood of publication bias; and xi) documentation of conflict of interest .\nEach of the 11 items is given a score of 1 if the specific criterion is met by a “yes” answer, or a score of 0 if the criterion is not met, unclear or not applicable. The overall AMSTAR score is calculated by adding all the individual item scores together. As defined by AMSTAR, quality is categorised into three levels: high quality if the total score is between 8 and 11, medium quality if the total score is between 4 and 7, and low quality if the total score is between 0 and 3.\nThe same two reviewers independently assessed each potentially relevant review for inclusion. Any disagreements between the reviewers were resolved by discussion and when required, a final opinion from a third reviewer was sought.\nTo examine the overall magnitude of effect in using telehealth for controlling HbA1c levels in Type 2 diabetes, where possible, we conducted conventional pairwise meta-analyses as well as network meta-analyses (NMAs) of the included reviews. While the pairwise meta-analyses allowed us to investigate the difference of effect between telehealth interventions vs. usual care, the NMAs enabled us to explore if there is any specific telehealth application that is superior. NMAs involve the statistical combination of both direct and indirect evidence about pairs of interventions that originate from two or more separate studies to provide estimates of relative effectiveness for all comparators.\nCare was taken to not include data from individual studies more than once by unpicking each of the included reviews and the subsequent combination of data of the individual primary studies included in the reviews. For HbA1c, where change from baseline data were reported in the trials and were accompanied by a measure of variation (for example standard deviation), these were extracted and used in the meta-analyses. Where measures of spread for change from baseline values were not reported, these trials were excluded from the meta-analyses.\nFurthermore, due to the various telehealth applications (technologies) used as well as feedback methods provided in the interventions, we performed subgroup meta-analyses to assess whether their impact on glycemic control differed.\nThe conventional pairwise meta-analyses were conducted with reference to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews, whereas NMAs were undertaken using the Netmeta package in R3.2.2. This uses a graph-theoretical method, which is mathematically equivalent to the frequentist network meta-analysis . Heterogeneity was assessed using the overall I2 value for the whole network, which is a weighted average of the I2 value for all comparisons where there are multiple trials (both direct and indirect), and random-effects models were used if the I2 value was above 50% (as for pairwise meta-analyses, this was interpreted as showing the assumption of a shared underlying mean was not met, and therefore a fixed-effects model was inappropriate). A funnel plot generated in Review Manager 5 (RevMan 5) for HbA1c was used to visually assess publication bias.\nItems on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) checklist that is relevant for a systematic review of reviews was used to report the findings (see Additional file 2).\nThe systematic literature search identified in total 3279 potentially relevant studies. After removing duplicate studies, 3201 studies were screened on their titles and abstracts for relevance. In total, 3143 were excluded because they were not systematic reviews or meta-analyses, or did not include telehealth interventions or a population with diabetes. For the remaining 58 studies, full text articles were obtained and reviewed against the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Overall, 54 studies did not meet the eligibility criteria such as being a systematic review and/or meta-analysis of RCTs, including telehealth interventions that met our definition of telehealth, and/or reporting Type 2 diabetes results separately. These studies were therefore not included in this review. A detailed list of excluded studies and reasons for their exclusion is provided in an additional file (see Additional file 3). Figure 1 provides the systematic review of reviews study flow chart that demonstrates the inclusion and exclusion process and results.\nIn total, four systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. Summaries of these are presented in evidence tables (see Additional file 4). The included reviews were published between the years 2009 and 2015. Only one review conducted meta-analyses .\nThe reviews we included and coded only assessed studies with an RCT design. Two of the four reviews included both type 1 and type 2 diabetes but only data for type 2 diabetes was used in this review.\nAlthough all four reviews focused on determining the effectiveness of telehealth applications for individuals with diabetes, the scopes of the reviews varied. One review solely targeted telehealth remote patient monitoring interventions that incorporated key elements of structured self-monitoring of blood glucose . Another review only focused on telehealth interventions in patients with type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycemic control . For the remaining two reviews, one included studies using cell phones and wireless devices only , and the other one looked at studies on Internet blood glucose monitoring systems only . Furthermore, one of the four reviews only included patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin , two reviews included both insulin- and non-insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes [16, 17] and one review provided no details on this . The two reviews that included a mixed population of insulin- and non-insulin-dependent patients did not report any results separately for the two groups.\nIn total, we found 78 studies coded in the four reviews, of which 51 were considered relevant to our review. Individual telehealth interventions that were deemed irrelevant and excluded included studies that did not involve or report results separately for participants with type 2 diabetes, studies that did not include telehealth interventions that met our review’s definition of telehealth or studies that did not involve the transmission of SMBG data followed by automatic and/or healthcare provider feedback. The 51 relevant studies contained 16 duplicates and four studies also had multiple publications (n = 10); thus, we identified in total 29 unique studies relevant to our review. However, four of these studies did not provide extractable data for HbA1c and were therefore not included in our meta-analyses. The number of relevant trials included in each review ranged from five to 18 trials and the sample sizes of the various trials ranged widely from 30 to 1665 participants. The length of the interventions ranged from 3 to 60 months, with majority of the interventions lasting three months (13/29 studies) or between six and 12 months (13/29 studies). Only one study reported a five-year follow-up.\nMoreover, studies also varied in intervention complexity; nearly half of the studies involved automatic transmission, where self-monitored data are transmitted directly and automatically to a receiving station without interruption. This typically involves patients using either a mobile phone with a diabetes management software installed and connected to a blood glucose meter or a telehealth unit that is connected by a secure computer network at home. Approximately one third of studies used the Internet or a website to deliver self-monitored blood glucose results and self-management information. Lastly, there were also some interventions delivered by telephone. Telephone-delivered interventions do not require patients to electronically transmit their daily blood glucose readings to their healthcare professionals. Instead, they typically require patients to log their blood glucose levels daily and a healthcare professional would follow up with a telephone call weekly to review the blood glucose log and discuss the glucose values with the patients.\nMoreover, when it came to providing feedback to patients; majority of the interventions provided feedback at least once daily, if not more, using one or a combination of feedback methods including, SMS or text messaging to the patient’s mobile phone, messaging through internet, telephone calls and/or secure messages via a patient portal or through a telehealth system. Majority of the feedback was provided by a healthcare professional but nearly half of the studies provided automatic feedback generated from computer algorithms, without provider input. Only one study utilised videoconferencing as a way of delivering feedback to patients and three studies only contacted patients with feedback if necessary (i.e. when blood glucose levels were not within normal range). In addition to the wide range of technologies used, many of the studies also incorporated an educational component to their telehealth intervention to improve patients’ knowledge in diabetes self-management. Almost all studies indicated that the transmitted self-monitored blood glucose data were used to provide feedback, or modify treatment or behavior, although the details varied.\nFor the purposes of subgroup meta-analyses, telehealth applications and feedback methods were classified into different categories. For telehealth applications, these were grouped into four categories according to the method of transmission used for transmitting self-monitored data to a receiving station remotely: (i) Internet/web (including any application or software on a computer or a mobile phone that uses data networks or the Internet); (ii) automatic transmission (including the use of any telehealth unit placed at home that automatically and directly transmit data upon taking measurements); (iii) automatic mobile transmission (including the use of any telehealth equipment that allows for the direct transmission of self-monitored data on the move, without interruption); and (iv) telephone (interventions delivered by regular telephone calls from a healthcare professional, no electronic transmission of data involved).\nWith regards to feedback methods, six categories were classified: (i) automated message (automated messaging generated from computer algorithms, without healthcare provider input); (ii) human calls (interactive telephone calls with a healthcare provider or researcher); (iii) human calls only if necessary (i.e. interactive telephone calls with a healthcare provider only when blood glucose levels were outside of normal range); (iv) human message (personalised feedback via messaging from a healthcare provider); (v) human message + calls (personalised feedback via messaging from a healthcare provider followed up by an interactive telephone call); and (vi) videoconferencing (use of video telecommunication technologies which allow the patient to communicate in real-time with a healthcare provider at a distance). Automated and human messages could include messaging through Internet, SMS, a patient portal and/or a telehealth system.\nAmong the four systematic reviews described in the current review, two were rated moderate quality reviews [7, 17]. The methodological quality of the remaining two reviews [16, 18] was considered low according to the AMSTAR tool (total score of 1 and 2, respectively). The most common methodological weaknesses were lack of including an ‘a priori’ design, a list of both included and excluded studies, and a search for “grey literature or unpublished literature” and/or detail the source of funding/support for the systematic review and for each of the included studies. For the two reviews that scored a low rating, in addition to the above, the authors did not provide details on whether they performed duplicate study selection and data extraction procedures nor include the use of any quality scoring tool or checklist. Furthermore, three of the four included reviews were also of qualitative nature; hence further 2 out of the maximum 11 points were lost due to the lack of any statistical pooling of results and statistical assessment for the presence of publication bias. The reason for not conducting meta-analyses in the three qualitative reviews was not described.\nIn the two reviews [7, 17] that used a quality scoring tool (Downs and Black score and Jadad score, respectively) to assess the scientific quality of their included RCTs, 18 out of 25 studies were rated as moderate/good quality. The remaining five RCTs were rated as low quality based on the Jadad score.\nAll four reviews primarily examined the effect of telehealth on HbA1c. Russel-Minda et al., 2008 reported that three out of their five studies on type 2 diabetes using cell phones with SMS and Internet (some with nurse-directed educational component) found a statistically significant improvement in HbA1c when compared to usual care. Tildesley et al., 2015 who identified nine randomised controlled Internet blood glucose monitoring systems (IBGMS) trials, reported that eight of them showed significantly improved HbA1c levels in the IBGMS group when compared with the usual care group. However, one of the studies only achieved significant HbA1c reduction at six months but not 12 months. Greenwood and colleagues (2014) identified and reviewed 16 teleheatlh remote patient monitoring interventions using one or a combination of technologies (including telephone, mobile phone, wireless device, telehealth unit and/or internet), that incorporated key elements of structured self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) identified as essential for improving HbA1c. They reported that, compared to usual care, telehealth was shown to significantly improve HbA1c in seven out of the 15 reviewed studies. The authors also found that interventions that incorporated at least five out of the seven key elements of structured SMBG consistently achieved significant HbA1c improvements between study groups. In addition, studies that incorporated at least four of the seven key elements of structured SMBG and had a baseline HbA1c greater than 8% resulted in a decrease of at least 0.7% in HbA1c levels. Lastly, Huang et al., 2015 reported that, compared to usual care, 11 out of the 18 studies included in the review found a statistically significant improvement in HbA1c in the telehealth group. Furthermore, a meta-analysis of the 18 studies found that participants using telehealth had significantly improved HbA1c levels when compared to participants receiving usual care (MD = − 0.54, 95% CI: -0.75 to − 0.34). The same review also conducted subgroup analyses that included feedback methods, duration of follow-up, study location, baseline HbA1c and sample size. They found that feedback by interactive telephone calls with a healthcare provider or researcher to be associated with the greatest improvement in HbA1c (K 1.13; 95% CI, K 1.51 to K 0.75), followed by automated phone-based SMS and/or internet-based messaging (K 0.36; 95% CI K 0.47 to O 0.24). No improvement in HbA1c was reported with automated telephone calls (K 0.01; 95% CI K 0.32 to K 0.29). For the remaining subgroup analyses, a significant reduction in HbA1c was reported to be associated with Asian ethnic groups, small study sample sizes, and patients with a baseline HbA1c level of 8% or higher.\nIn order to determine the overall effectiveness of telehealth on glycemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes, we conducted additional meta-analyses that incorporated all the unique studies, with extractable data on HbA1c, identified in the four reviews.\nA pairwise meta-analysis pooling evidence from 25 (out of 29) RCTs indicate that, compared to usual care, telehealth is associated with significant improvements in HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes (MD = − 0.55, 95% CI: -0.73 to − 0.36) but with statistical heterogeneity to the variability in effect estimate (I2 = 82%; Fig. 2). In addition, although telehealth was statistically better than usual care in improving HbA1c levels, the confidence interval of the mean difference crossed the threshold for minimal clinically important difference (MID) as defined by the NICE guidelines on type 2 diabetes in adults . The greatest effect was seen in telephone-delivered interventions (MD = − 0.83, 95% CI: -1.54 to − 0.12), followed by Internet blood glucose monitoring system interventions (Internet/web) (MD = − 0.77, 95% CI: -1.14 to − 0.40). The effect of automatic data transmission using a mobile phone or a telehealth unit was shown to be similar (MD = − 0.27, 95% CI: -0.51 to − 0.03 vs. MD = − 0.34, 95% CI: -0.48 to − 0.20). Moreover, significant heterogeneity was reported in all subgroups except from the ‘automatic transmission’ subgroup (Fig. 2).\nA network meta-analysis of the 25 RCTs further indicated that all telehealth interventions provide a significant lowering of HbA1c compared with usual care, with Internet blood glucose monitoring system interventions also providing significantly more lowering of HbA1c than telehealth interventions using automatic mobile transmission (MD = − 0.4934, 95% CI: -0.9250 to − 0.0619). However, considerable between-study heterogeneity was present (I2 = 75.3%; see Additional file 5).\nWe also conducted pairwise and network meta-analyses on feedback methods. Evidence from pairwise meta-analyses of 25 RCTs showed that the human calls subgroup was associated with the greatest effect size (MD: -0.98; 95% CI: -1.54 to − 0.42), followed by human message (MD: -0.69; 95% CI: -1.13 to − 0.26) and then automated message (MD: -0.46; 95% CI: -0.63 to − 0.30) (Fig. 3). Very small effect sizes or no improvements were reported for feedback via human message + calls (n = 1), videoconferencing (n = 1) and human calls only if necessary (n = 3). This is most likely due to the very limited number of studies being available in these subgroups. Similar results were reported in the NMA (see Additional file 6), where significant reduction in HbA1c levels was associated human calls, human message and automated message subgroups when compared with usual care groups. In addition, the NMA also suggested that feedback provided through human calls and human message to significantly improve hbA1c levels compared with feedback provided by healthcare providers only when HbA1c levels fall outside of normal range (MD: -0.9768, 95% CI: -1.7278 to − 0.2285 and MD: -0.7031, 95% CI: -1.3697 to − 0.0365, respectively).\nA funnel plot generated in Review Manager assessed publication bias and significant publication bias towards positive outcomes in the included studies was observed.\nTelehealth, which can be defined as personalised healthcare delivered at a distance, is believed to have the potential to enhance the quality of healthcare. Over the last decade, there have been numerous studies aimed at assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of telehealth strategies on the management of diabetes . As the number of published telehealth studies began to increase, a plethora of systematic reviews on telehealth interventions of variable scope and quality, also began to emerge.\nHence, in order to create an evidence-base for the effectiveness of telehealth on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes specifically, we conducted a review of systematic reviews. Moreover, in order to generate precise and reliable conclusions; we specifically focused on telehealth applications that involved patients transmitting (electronically or verbally) SMBG results to a receiving station or person to receive automated messages and/or healthcare provider feedback.\nOur systematic literature search identified, in total, 58 potential telehealth and diabetes systematic reviews but only four reviews met our inclusion criteria, of which two were of moderate quality and the other two of low quality according to the AMSTAR tool. All four reviews concluded that telehealth interventions have the potential in improving glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes. However, when we pooled the HbA1c results from the 25 RCTs included in the four reviews together, only 14 (56%) studies reported a significant improvement in telehealth intervention versus usual care group.\nThe greatest improvements in glycemic control with telehealth was reported in studies where participants had a mean baseline HbA1c level of 8% or greater, regardless if they were on insulin or not [7, 16, 18]. These findings were similar to other recent published systematic reviews related to telehealth and diabetes management [20–22]. Where study participants had a mean baseline HbA1c at or near their glycemic target, small but significant improvements were also reported , suggesting that glycemic improvements with telehealth is not limited to patients with type 2 diabetes and inadequate symptomatic control at baseline (≥8%) only.\nIt is important to note when interpreting the results from our review that this review is limited to capturing and reporting information presented in the included systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Two important limitations therefore exist in our review of systematic reviews. Firstly, we depended on the authors of the four included reviews in this review to have adequately included and critically appraised individual studies as well as correctly captured and interpreted the study results. We did not examine the full-texts of individual studies unless there were major data gaps we had to fill in the reviews or we felt that there may be discrepancies in the analyses of individual studies included in multiple reviews. Hence, potential omissions or errors that may be present in our coding and/or analyses and results, may be due to unreported errors in the original reviews and/or original primary studies included in those reviews.\nSecondly, the four reviews varied greatly in terms of the type of telehealth interventions, duration of follow-up, study sample size, baseline HbA1c levels, and/or insulin- and non-insulin-dependent population with type 2 diabetes. In addition, the reviews included minimal description on the additional telehealth components such as e-learning, virtual coach and/or networking support group and how these additional components may have impacted on the health outcomes. Details on feedback frequency and how it was used to help support and improve patient self-management skills were also limited. In addition, only one of the four reviews conducted meta-analyses. Hence, statistical pooling of results to assess the estimated mean effect of HbA1c with telehealth is limited. Although we attempted to pool and examine the findings on HbA1c from the four reviews, substantial heterogeneity among individual studies was evident from the overall meta-analyses, majority of the subgroup analyses (by transmission and feedback methods) as well as network meta-analyses due to the diversity of telehealth interventions and applications used in the trials. It is therefore difficult to confidently conclude which telehealth component or type 2 diabetes population is likely to benefit the most and from which telehealth intervention, especially in the long-term.\nWe therefore agree with the recommendations made by the authors of the four reviews that more high quality, well-designed RCTs with large sample sizes and longer follow-up durations are needed to investigate the sustainability and to confirm the benefits of telehealth in type 2 diabetes management. In addition, to produce reliable pooled estimates of HbA1c, it would be useful for future studies to take into account the differences in baseline HbA1c level when recruiting study participants and drawing conclusions from findings. Greenwood et al., (2014) have also suggested that future telehealth research should explore the use and impact of telehealth on behavior change in people with non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes. This group of users would primarily use telehealth for lifestyle and behavior change to manage their diabetes in contrast to insulin users who would primarily use telehealth for monitoring and adjusting insulin treatment. Comparing the usage and impact of telehealth in these two sub populations of diabetes may provide some explanations as to which and how different telehealth components work and/or are responsible for improved glycemic control for people with diabetes. For example, are improvements in HbA1c level with telehealth dependent on insulin dose adjustments, or SMBG frequency or from increased self-motivation and/or patient-physician communication? Future research in this area could provide important knowledge for clinical practice for diabetes management .\nTo further strengthen the current evidence-base for telehealth and the management of type 2 diabetes, future reviews should also consider assessing the cost-effectiveness and outcome measures that may influence the uptake and outcomes of telehealth interventions, such as healthcare provider satisfaction and patient health-related outcomes (e.g. quality of life and quality of care) as well as the usability and feasibility of self-monitored devices for diabetes management. These are all important evidence for current clinical guidelines and health-related economic policies.\nThis review found that telehealth interventions produced a small but significant improvement in HbA1c levels compared with usual care, suggesting that telehealth has the potential to deliver beneficial change. However, there is a need for higher quality primary studies as well as systematic reviews of RCTs in order for us to draw any definite conclusions. Furthermore, in order to provide a complete evidence base for policy makers on the overall effectiveness of telehealth interventions for type 2 diabetes management, future reviews should also focus on the impact of telehealth in other areas of diabetes management such as quality of life, quality of care and cost-effectiveness.\nThis research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Northwest London (NIHR CLAHRC NWL). The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care.\nPAL contributed to the literature search, concept and review design, data analyses, interpretation of results, review write-up, and feedback on the review drafts. GG and YP contributed to the review design, analysis and interpretation of results as well as carried out revisions to the review. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.\nDiabetes UK. NHS spending on diabetes 'to reach £16.9 billion by 2035'. Available from: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news_landing_page/nhs-spending-on-diabetes-to-reach-169-billion-by-2035. Accessed 15 June 2018.\nDiabetes UK. Available from: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/. Accessed 15 June 2018.\nSpanakis EG, Chiarugi F, Kouroubali A, Spat S, Beck P, Asanin S, et al. Diabetes Management Using Modern Information and Communication Technologies and New Care Models. Interact J Med Res. 2012;1(2):e8. https://doi.org/10.2196/ijmr.2193.\nSteventon A, Bardsley M. The impact of telehealth on use of hospital care and mortality. Available from: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/the-impact-of-telehealth-on-use-of-hospital-care-and-mortality. Accessed 15 June 2018.\nNICE. T ype 2 diabetes in adults: management. 2015;(December):1–57. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28/resources/type-2-diabetes-in-adults-management-1837338615493. Accessed 15 June 2018. |
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EST Environmental Technologies Ltd. is proud to represent InfoSense products for the Province of British Columbia.\nIntroducing the Sewer Line – Rapid Assessment Tool or SL-RAT by InfoSense Inc.\nThe SL-RAT is the highly portable onsite assessment tool developed by InfoSense Inc. that provides a sewer line blockage assessment in less than 3 minutes.\nThe SL-RAT is composed of two components – the Transmitter (or TX unit) and the Receiver (or RX unit). Each SL-RAT device is sold or leased as a uniquely configured “pair” – with the TX providing the active acoustic transmission through the pipe (think of the TX as “yelling” down the pipe) and the RX providing the microphone and signal processing capabilities to listen and interpret the received acoustic signal (think of the RX as the brain “listening” for the blockage and processing the blockage assessment result).\nAdditionally, each SL-RAT component is equipped with GPS and the ability to communicate between the TX and RX via RF – thus providing your organization with world class data labeling, data registration, and test validation capabilities.\nImages above show the SL-RAT being deployed and used in Sewer Line Assessment. |
One of my favorite things about Dave Douglas is that he is always doing something new, yet no matter how different a new project may be from his last, it still has his stamp all over it. It’s a testament, I think, that after having released so many outstanding albums over the last couple decades that he is still able to surprise. If you’re like me, you found his album from last fall, Be Still, to be quite a surprise, and a pleasant one at that. I certainly did not expect to hear an album containing hymns that took an Americana roots music approach, yet it worked and I love it.\nHis newest album Time Travel, features the same band as Be Still (Douglas, Jon Irabagon on tenor, Matt Mitchell on piano, Linda Oh on bass, Rudy Royston on drums), save for vocalist Aoife O’Donovan. Despite the same lineup, the music is quite different, from that previous disc, although it is not a grand departure from what we’ve heard from Douglas in the past. The seven compositions are all Douglas’, and more or less fall under a “post-bop” rubric: swinging at times, complex yet hummable tunes written in a variety of meters and forms, and enough flexibility built in to allow for some freer explorations.\nI think Douglas, or anyone else for that matter would be hard pressed to find a better band. Both Irabagon and Royston seem to be playing on just about everybody’s albums these days, and Linda Oh is headed in that direction. I’m less familiar with Mitchell’s work, but he plays great throughout. Royston might just be one of the baddest drummers at the moment. His command of time is phenomenal, and he messes with it a ton, as he does behind Irabagon and Mitchell’s solos on the medium swinging “Bridge to Nowhere.” For example, check when he jumps up the ride cymbal tempo a la Tony Williams.\nOne of my favorite tracks from Time Travel is “Beware of Doug.” As Douglas explained to the audience at the Blue Room in Kansas City when he played there at the beginning of April,* Doug is an old, toothless and completely harmless cougar (a mountain lion, not a character from the Courtney Cox TV show) who roams through the town of Banff, Canada. The tune is a playful, freewheeling romp that perhaps reflects upon the types of adventures Doug may have had when he was a little younger.\nAnother favorite track is “Little Feet,” which includes a quote of “Mockingbird” built into the head, and the contrapuntal section with some Baroque-isms in the trumpet line is quite interesting. At times the tune has a relaxed and introspective vibe, while others, such as during Douglas’ solo, it’s a little more agitated, a feeling that Royston’s active drums and Mitchell’s jabbing chords and arpeggios help to create.\nTime Travel is another excellent album from Douglas that shows yet another side of his creative output and showcases great performances from a killer band. I can’t wait to hear what he does next.\n* a quick note on Douglas’ KC show: he didn’t have his regular band with him, the only regular was Royston. When Douglas last played KC a couple years ago he had his Keystone band, and the Blue Room was packed. Last month there were only about 50 people or so there, and as I looked around the audience, a pretty good majority of them were musicians I knew. It could be that it was a Monday night, in fact the Monday night of the NCAA men’s bball championship game, that he didn’t have his regular band, and that Joe Chambers was also playing in town. I hope those things are what led to the small turnout, and that musicians aren’t just going to see other musicians play. No matter the turn out, Douglas and the rest of the band straight brought it, and it was a great show. If you get the chance to see Douglas live, do it. |
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If you like country or farmhouse styles you are definitely one of those romantic souls that like cozy places where they can nest comfortable in a soft blanket and enjoy the sunny afternoon with a cup of tea. My wife is just crazy about farmhouse interiors and since she is my inspiration today, I have decide to write some lines about the most essential elements and furniture in a country house interior.\nWell, I can describe it as vintage or shabby chic – these kind of accents are almost an inevitable part of acountry house interior. Look at the images here and you will find these amazing worn out window frames painted in vintage white color. Weather conditions left their signature on the surface, for sure. On the other hand, you will also notice some truly rustic details in a modern farmhouse interior. Take a look at the bedroom bench which is entirely made of wood. Despite the fact that the majority of rustic details are rough, some of them can have polished surfaces. Usually, they are a little bit more expensive. Wardrobes are made of massive wooden material like oak or walnut and express simple and elegant lines.\nDecorations follow the traditions in vintage design style. For example, pay attention to the wrought iron curved elements used for bed frames, coat hangers and other types of furniture.\nYou will also see a lot of flowers – either as table centerpieces or braided in wreaths. Floral motives can be found on bed sheets or as patterns of different kind of pottery and porcelain kitchenware.\nAs for the colorful nuances that you will see in a typical country house, you will be amazed by the fantastic blends of pale nuances and pure white.\nIn this neutral interior you can always count on vivid colorful pillows or cushions which are able to bring a note of interest in the house’s interior.\nFor more interesting ideas check HERE. |
A classic Brooklyn gentrification battle is brewing over the redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory in Crown Heights, which is poised to enter the city’s land use review process. Dozens of neighbors and activists showed up to a public meeting on the project last night to demand that the development not go forward unless it includes 100 percent affordable housing.\nDuring a public scoping meeting last night, residents vocally opposed the redevelopment of the former military building, which would create 330 apartments and a new recreation center. The few supporters who stepped up to the mic last night were frequently drowned out by local activists, who chanted, “Kill the Deal!” But opponents weren’t simply demanding more affordable housing. They wanted the city to transfer the block-long property, which sits on Bedford Avenue between Union and President streets, into a community-land trust.\nHe also criticized the development team for allegedly not disclosing $16 million in “hidden subsidies” from the city to fund the construction of the recreation center, which will be built in the armory’s soaring drill hall. A spokesman for the developers said they are exploring all potential funding sources for the recreation center, but did not deny the figure or the fact that city funding may be involved.\nThe current plan would involve preserving the historic exterior of the 102-year-old structure and developing a mix of market-rate condos and rentals, below-market rentals, middle-income condos, recreation facilities, and discounted office space for local nonprofits.\nOf the 330 rentals, 165 would rent for below-market rates. However, only 67 apartments—or 20 percent—will rent for rates that the average family in Crown Heights could afford to pay. 18 units will go to households earning 40 percent of the Area Median Income, or $31,068 for a family of three, and 49 units will be set aside for households earning 50 percent AMI, or $38,335 for a family of three. There would be 99 units for folks making 110 percent AMI, or $85,347 for a family of three. Only 30 percent of the below-market units will remain permanently affordable, because the mayor’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing policy requires it in exchange for a rezoning. The remaining 164 units would be market-rate.\nThe median income for southern Crown Heights is $41,475, or roughly 46 percent of the AMI for New York City and its surrounding counties, according to 2014 census data.\nThe ownership portion of the project would include 12 low- to middle-income condos and 48 market-rate ones.\nUnion construction workers, a local rabbi, and future non-profit tenants in the building also defended the armory development.\nGeoffrey Davis, whose non-profit James E. Davis Stop the Violence Foundation will rent below-market space in the armory, argued that the neighborhood desperately needed recreation space that would prevent local kids from hanging out on the street and getting involved in violence.\nIn December 2015, the city Economic Development Corporation announced that the armory would be converted into a rec center, community space, retail, condos and a 13-story rental tower. BFC Partners, Slate Property Group, and Flatbush nonprofit CAMBA were the original development team, and Knicks star Carmelo Anthony had promised to contribute to the rec center through his charitable foundation. City officials pressured Slate into dropping out last August, after the firm got embroiled in the Rivington House deed restriction scandal. Anthony backed out a few weeks later.\nLast week, BFC tapped the Local Development Corporation of Crown Heights to join the development team. LDCCH will create a fund for affordable housing using funds generated by the sale of the armory’s 56 condos.\nLast night’s meeting was the precursor to the city’s seven-month-long public review process. The City Planning Commission is expected to certify the rezoning and begin the process later this spring or summer.\nThere are more people who support the project but can’t stand up and say anything in a public forum for fear of retaliation or bullying. This is not an arena where respect for other opinions is tolerated. Certain disrespectful behavior is inexcusable regardless of what the fight is about. |
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St Joseph's Primary School is a Catholic parish primary school situated in the southern Mallee, a region in the north west of the state of Victoria, Australia. The school was founded in 1954 and conducted by the Josephite Sisters from 1955 through until 1988. Today, the school has an enrolment of around 30 children and is in the care of dedicated lay teachers and a supportive Parish community. |
(L-R) Dr. Delores Mullings, Kaitlin Shannahan, Jasmine Furlong and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.\nThis September marks the first anniversary since Hurricane Igor hit Newfoundland. While the province recovered from its worst storm on record, one of Memorial's School of Social Work classes considered ways to help out. Led by Dr. Delores Mullings, a group of 21 social work students carried out two projects that raised more than $2,400 to support the relief efforts of the Canadian Red Cross.\nDr. Mullings believes it is important for students to get involved when a disaster occurs.\n"I thought as a group of social workers we need to do something. So as part of my social justice course, I created a mid-term assignment to look at projects that would elevate my students' consciousness to the devastation of a natural disaster such as this. I wanted them to think about people who perhaps were already disadvantaged and how they may be further disadvantaged by Hurricane Igor," she said.\nOne of the projects involved 10 of the students working together to produce a DVD showing the devastation caused by the hurricane. The students made connections with local musicians -- including Kilkenney Krew, The Navigators, Ron and Sheilagh Harvey and Emerald's Fleet -- who provided music for the DVD, while photographers A.J. Smith, Bud Vincent, and Sandra Lee supplied photographs to be used in the video.\nThey also received contributions from Memorial University's Student Innovation Fund, Shoppers Drug Mart and Terra Nova Overhead Doors, while Staples donated the supplies needed for producing the DVDs.\nOnce the DVDs were complete, they were sold through Bidgood's and Coleman's grocery stores.\n"The DVDs were very well received," Dr. Mullings said.\nHis Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, visited Memorial in June and attended an Innovation Celebration, which highlighted innovative student initiatives. The Igor DVD project was the only academic project chosen. The social work students were specially invited to the celebration where a few of them had the opportunity to discuss their project with Governor General Johnston.\nIn addition to the DVD project, 11 of the students organized a garage sale which raised $552. Once again, the event was orchestrated almost entirely by the students, who worked tirelessly to collect items and promote the sale in a relatively short period of time.\n"They worked really hard," Dr. Mullings said of her students. "Because it was a mid-term assignment, they had to finish before end of term."\nDr. Mullings believes in hands-on learning and encourages her students to be proactive in the community.\n"Education is not a spectator sport. These students really rose to the occasion and did a great job of creating awareness of a very large community need in the wake of a horrible event." |
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Samu Kerevi has stopped second-guessing himself, on the way to a second straight Test start, halfback Will Genia says.\nKerevi has battled with form and injuries in the past year, and admitted after an impressive game against Japan that he had been putting too much pressure on himself in a tough season.\nThe 23-year-old credited Genia with helping him shirk that mental anguish, speaking after his two-try outing in Yokohama.\nGenia said he had only told Kerevi to trust himself, some pearls of wisdom that clearly paid off.\n“I room with Samu all the time, so he got stuck in a cycle where he kept questioning everything, saying, 'Should I do this, should I do that? Should I go up, sit back, all that sort of stuff,” he said.\n“I just told him, I said, 'If you've done the work, you don't question yourself, just get out on the field and back yourself to make a decision.\n“Just think simple thoughts leading into the game and when you get out there, back those decisions and the guys will react off you as well.\nWallabies coach Michael Cheika said Kerevi had impressed him with his mental strength, as he worked his way back into a starting job.\n“We’ve got a very young leadership team and I think that he came on the scene last year and did very well and a lot of heat on him to do that gain - for the Reds and through into our season,” he said.\nA neck injury for Karmichael Hunt opened the door for Kerevi to start against Japan, and his form made him impossible to drop even with the return of Hunt.\n“It shows the resilience he has as a footballer and a person and that’s the type of player we want in our team.\nAustralia takes on Wales in Cardiff on Saturday night, kicking off at 5:15pm local, Sunday 4:15am AEDT, LIVE on beIn Sports and SBS. |
Dear friends, we have the pleasure of inviting you to the next film screening.\nOn Tuesday 5th December, we will be screening “The Priest’s Children”, a social drama/comedy, telling the story of a small village in Croatia. The film has a satirical approach to community and faith relations and the stereotypes.\nThe language is Croatian, with English subtitles. Running time is 93 minutes.\nPlease note that this film contains mild use of explicit slang words a few times throughout the film.\n– World Human Rights Day (10 Dec) with the new action day motto, “Love Human Rights”, by the No Hate Speech Movement (NHSM) of the Council of Europe. We will also distribute free publications.\nEuro-Mernet Film Club aims to raise awareness on social issues and promote the cultural heritage of diverse communities by screening films from around the world, with particular focus on Mediterranean, Middle East, and the entire Europe.\nThe films we screen are usually social comedies, satirical pieces, documentaries and similar independent productions. Sometimes our film screenings are followed by a talk by a director/producer/actor/actress themselves and/or a discussion between the guests on the film.\nAll our film screenings are FREE. You are always welcome to join Euro-Mernet Film Club and enjoy watching films together with us. |
If you would like to be in our church directory (and we hope you do!), please join us for this wonderful photo opportunity on Monday, March 4th and Tuesday, March 5th between the hours of 2 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. All church members and non members are welcome.\nExtended family groups will have their individual family photos done as well as a group. The individual family photo will be used in the directory. The group photos will be available for purchase. You will be able to view your photos and choose the ones you like best. Every family gets a free 8×10″ of their choice.\nor on Sundays in Beebe Hall after church. There will be more information in Beebe hall and Jane will be there this Sunday if you have any questions. If you can’t make the photo sessions you are welcome to send in a picture of your own for the directory. |
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