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For years I have been wanting to visit Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida. An unexpected eight-hour layover left us with some time to kill at the Miami airport, and thanks to a rapid air train, we were able to get ourselves right to Vizcaya and back to the airport with great ease. Vizcaya was everything I had been dreaming about, beautiful gardens, unique architecture and interiors filled with treasures from Europe. I was delighted we had some time to kill in Miami and hope to return to spend more time there, maybe not in the heat of July, though. Not sure how they survived before air conditioning. In any case, I loved every minute!Photography Beth Horta for Sweet Sabelle. | <urn:uuid:82101805-790e-4a75-9bb4-f6f882818bd4> | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | https://sweetsabelle.com/2015/08/18/miami-heat-vizcaya-museum-and-gardens/ | 2020-04-08T08:30:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371810807.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408072713-20200408103213-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.975724 | 151 |
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This week’s blog is a little unusual as we at the nursery are celebrating having 7 sets of twins, which is amazing, so with that in mind, we thought it would be interesting just to do a little piece on twins for those of you who may not be familiar with twins.
What are twins?
The term twin refers to two individuals who have shared the same uterus and are usually, but not always born on the same day.
Twins can either be ‘monozygotic’ or ‘identical’ meaning that they develop from one zygote which splits and forms two embryos. The other type of twin is a ‘fraternal’ or ‘dizygotic’ twin meaning that they develop from two different eggs but each twin is fertilized by its own sperm cell. Around 1 in 3 sets of twins are identical.
So what increases the odds of having twins?
*Advancing age of the mother- women in their 30’s and 40’s have a higher level of the sex hormone oestrogen and as a result their ovaries are stimulated to produce more than one egg at a time.
*Number of previous pregnancies- the greater number of pregnancies a woman has already had, the higher her odds of having twins is.
*Heredity- a woman is more likely to conceive fraternal twins if she is a fraternal twin, has already had fraternal twins or has siblings who are fraternal twins.
*Race- Black African women have the highest incidence of twins, whilst Asian women have the lowest.
*Assisted reproductive techniques- many procedures rely on stimulating the ovaries with fertility drugs to produce eggs and often several eggs are produced per ovulation.
Gestation for twins
The normal length of gestation for a single baby is about 40 weeks however with twins, either fraternal or identical is around 38 weeks. The shorter gestation time is because twins put an increased demand on the mother’s body and because of the inability of the babies to receive all the nutrients they need whilst they are in the womb. Quite often twins are born prematurely and as a result, often they have lower birth weights.
Twin Telepathy- Fact or Fiction?
Telepathy refers to a process of assessing thoughts or feelings without help from sensory input like sound, sight or touch.
There have been many studies conducted on the subject of twin telepathy and the idea that twins share a special connection beyond that of ordinary siblings. You may have heard unusual stories whereby one twin maybe hurt, for example they may be having a heart attack and the other twin feels a physical sensation of that pain even if they are unaware the event is even taking place. Also it is common for twins to report that they have an inherent understanding of their co-twins emotional state. Some report a sensation of “something being wrong” when their twin is in crisis.
The evidence collated thus far through extensive studies demonstrated that there is no scientific proof of twin telepathy and that all the evidence is anecdotal. Scientists believe that twin telepathy is merely a reflection of the loving caring bond between the two (Elsevier, 2017).
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If you are looking for the perfect combination of functionality and style, you might want to consider using a combination of a sink and some portable kitchen islands. While some people choose to install just one type of island, there are many reasons why you might want to choose more than one.
There are several types of portable kitchen islands available. One type of portable island is known as a “top mount” island. A top mount island is similar to what you would find in a full size kitchen sink. These islands can be mounted to your counter top and can function as a sink or as a storage device for a lot of kitchen supplies.
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There are also several other types of portable kitchen islands. For example, a side by side island is similar to what you would find in a small apartment. You can place a portable island beside the sink so that you can have both a sink water feature while still using a lot of counter space.
If you do not want a lot of storage, then you might want to consider a “floating island”. This type of island sits on the countertop and features a sink, a water feature (if you choose to go with one), and a separate basin or counter space for food preparation. Some floating islands even include built in shelves for containers, knives, or whatever else you may need.
When deciding which portable kitchen islands to purchase, it is best to look at the overall design of your kitchen. You will most likely want to use the island if you are planning on having a kitchen in a home, since it is going to be something you will see everyday. It is important that you buy the island based on the overall design of your home, since you will be using the island in a lot of situations.
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In The Bespoke Black Books Dublin trip we were lucky enough to stay at the gorgeous boutique hotel The Dylan for two nights. The Dylan delivers on every level, it’s beautiful to look at, a grand and elegant building on a little side street just 20 minutes away from the City Centre.
When we arrived, we were warmly greeted by the lovely receptionist Madison. She was very sweet and accommodating and very quickly and smoothly checked us in. All of the staff are friendly, attentive, and very helpful, directing us to the places we wanted to go and Madison assisted us with a map of the City which was very useful and nothing was too much trouble.
We got to the room via the lobby lift and were greeted to a well sized room and there was a plate of macaroons and chocolate truffles waiting for us! The cleanliness was excellent, I liked the slightly quirky interior decorating. The bed was very comfortable, and when we asked for anything, it was sent to our room within minutes. The interior and feel is everything a boutique hotel should be, the iDock in the room was a lovely touch and it was great to listen to while we prepared for dinner! The bathroom had gorgeous products and the towels and slippers were comfy and soft. Our room was towards the back of the hotel and had a view of a residential area which was a nice building and the seats by the window were comfortable and pleasant to sit watching the world go by.
One downfall is there is no gym in the hotel, but they do offer to take you to a private gym next door that has a few treadmills (free of charge) and you can always pop outside for a run and not all rooms come with a bath, so ask when booking if you prefer a bath. The location is good, just outside the main hustle of the city, because the weather was nice we chose to walk into the city most days. Saying that the hotel is a very short distance from bus stops and train stations. There are also nearby restaurants and pubs if you wish to partake in somewhere else for the night, but in the hotel there is a lovely restaurant too. We had lots of choice and the restaurant offers al carte and set menus.
Our meal at the hotel restaurant was fabulous. The presentation was of excellent quality and the flavours were classic combinations with excellent produce. The wine list was also excellent, and the ambience in the evening has an almost Alice-in-wonderland feel, with textured walls and comfy seating a fabulous place to dine, so swish and nouveau. The restaurant and kitchen team take pride in what they do and were very knowledgeable about the wines, cocktails and food ingredients.
Breakfast was held in the restaurant and was a great plentiful continental buffet supplemented by a very good selection of hot dishes for a very minor incremental charge. There’s even sparkling wine on the buffet! Room service was also sublime and the portions were huge! There is also a lovely patio area outside the front where you can sit and drink one of the amazing wines or cocktails and as the hotel is off the main road you do not get bothered by the noise and bustle of the City!
Overall a good stay, and if I were to return to Dublin (which I know I will), I would book this hotel again, every room is different than the next one and it is a great little hotel in a neighbourhood that is quiet and pristine. We would like to personally thank all the staff and management for their efforts to make us feel like valued guests and we hope to visit again soon. | <urn:uuid:c2b8c689-91de-475a-a896-a1c95532f05f> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | https://www.thebespokeblackbook.com/dylan-dublin/ | 2019-03-25T18:42:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912204086.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20190325174034-20190325200034-00355.warc.gz | en | 0.985375 | 740 |
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TLC Diet Earns Raves for Weight Loss: Why It May Be Right for You
With all the diets out there, which one's the "best"? Which one will work for you?
U.S. News & World Report released a list of what they consider to be the best diets of 2012, and they give the top "best overall" spots to the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and the TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes) diet.
As HealthySELF reported last year, the DASH diet is based on fairly conventional wisdom: eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy -- and less red meat and sweets. An excellent choice for people with diabetes, DASH helps you slim down and has been shown to lower both your blood pressure and your cholesterol. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), which helped develop DASH, publishes free guides on the plan (find them here), which help you decide how many calories you should be eating for your age level.
According to Marjorie Nolan, RD, personal trainer and national spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the DASH diet was originally created for the purpose of reducing blood pressure. "It's an excellent diet that overall will help weight loss, heart disease, diabetes and more, which is why it's ranked so high," she says.
So what's the TLC diet all about? For one thing, it's no fad. According to Nolan, TLC was created for the purpose of lifestyle change, weight loss in particular, and it's been around for a long time. "It's a healthy diet with solid scientific evidence proving it works to reduce cholesterol, blood pressure and weight," Nolan says.
Like the DASH diet, TLC focuses on a heart-healthy approach. Created by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Cholesterol Education Program, TLC is endorsed by the American Heart Association. According to U.S. News & World Report, as with DASH, you'll be eating lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat or nonfat dairy products, fish and poultry (with no skin) on the TLC diet.
NIH's guidelines say the TLC diet requires that only 25-35 percent of your day's total calories come from fat (with less than 7 percent of your day's total calories coming from saturated fat). It also limits your cholesterol intake to under 200 mg per day (about the amount in 2 oz of cheese), your sodium intake to 2,400 mg per day and limits your total caloric intake to just the amount needed achieve or maintain a healthy weight and reduce your blood cholesterol level. A focus is also placed on getting enough daily fiber.
According to Nolan, the TLC diet works well because the guidelines are moderate and clear cut. "It has structure and is generally easy to follow for most people," she says.
Other top finishers on the U.S. News & World Report list include the Mayo Clinic Diet -- which focuses on generous amounts of healthy foods that contain a small number of calories, whole-grain carbs, lean protein and heart-healthy fats -- and the Mediterranean Diet (rich in fresh veggies and healthy fats -- check out SELF's "Eat like a Greek" plan here!).
The question is -- which diet is best for YOU? "Think about the diets you have been on in the past," advises Nolan. "What did you like? Dislike? Did they work with your schedule and were you able to stick with it and for how long?"
And even if you hear that something worked for your pal or favorite celebrity, that doesn't mean it's right for you. "I always tell clients just because your best friend lost 20 pounds on this diet does not mean it is the diet for you. Match your life with your diet so you can stick with it for the long haul." | <urn:uuid:1e289ae0-18f5-4ec9-81ea-97d8a326a909> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.self.com/story/tlc-diet-earns-raves-for-weight-loss | 2017-10-17T00:05:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820487.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20171016233304-20171017013304-00246.warc.gz | en | 0.95934 | 815 |
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It’s just that 9 times out of 10, the question doesn’t have enough information for me to help point you in the right direction.
I need to know far more information than the general topic. Sure, there is research on stretching, squats, yoga therapy, joint mobility, fascia, foam rolling, etc. Actually a lot more than you can probably consume in a lifetime!
Now that we’ve established, that yes, there’s a study on that, it’s best to get clear on what outcomes you are interested in. Maybe consider the population, the variables that are controlled for, the variables that aren’t, etc.
For example, I might be asked if there’s a study comparing yoga to walking. Probably. Definitely. But I can’t scour the entire library of literature for you, reading a bunch of abstracts, guessing what you might be interested in.
So a really good way to know what you’re looking for is to design your own study first. Watch this 45-second video:
So back to your own inquiry…
Yoga vs walking. Got it.
- For bone density or grief?
- In a special population or healthy adults? What qualifies a healthy adult?
- Over how long do they do the thing? Is 3 months enough time to make a difference? Why don’t they do 3 years?
- Are they new to yoga? New to walking?
At which point you might wonder:
- Wait, how are they new to walking? That’s not really possible.
- So then to compare the effects of yoga to walking, aren’t you just comparing the addition of yoga?
- Unless they walk at a much higher dosage than normal.
- So then, can they have done yoga before, just at a much lower dosage than the intervention? And can the yoga group not walk?
- Who would join a study for 3 years if they can’t walk that whole time? Even 3 months!
- Maybe we’ll just study for 4 weeks. But is that enough time?
- I have to think about this some more.
I’m being a bit simplistic here, but you get the idea. Research doesn’t always answer the questions you think it does. It’s a highly controlled environment, especially if it’s any good.
So have fun with this challenge!!! It’s a great way to start thinking about what can and can’t be measured.
I would cry tears of joy if the next email I got about “Is there any research on” instead said, “so I was curious about this thing but have no idea how that can actually be tested! What are your thoughts?”
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June/July 2007 We had a team for the Yancey Co Relay for Life. We sold fun light up items and soda. Even the rain did not keep everyone’s spirit down!
Saturday May 2007 We had a booth on the Burnsville Square to give out information and sold support ribbons and water. All the proceeds benefited Relay For Life.
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About a week later we had a visit from J and she gave us A’s full profile. She explained what would be inside and the amount of detail it would go into and the fact that we may find it quite upsetting but should read it all and see if we were still happy to progress and then get back to her if we had any questions that needed answering .
It was quite daunting as it was a 30 page document and a lot of reading to do, we were both feeing nervous about starting it as we were scared about what it would say.
Its been a while since I’ve read this so while writing this I’m reading it at the same time even now its a very difficult thing to read, reading it now after 2 years just brings it home again how special he is.
It starts from A’s birth and gives in great detail the first 3 years of his life before he was taken into care, it describes when it was first reported that friends were concerned for his well being, to every visit sometimes daily to the home, and the strategies put in place to try and help birth mother and father to improve the home environment and care for the children. We also found out that he had 3 birth brothers and sisters. All the simple things that we take for granted, a clean bed, a bath, clean clothes, a healthy diet or just simply nutritional food to eat and a safe home environment, none of which he or his siblings had.
Being taken in to care eventually at 3 years old which was best for him, i can’t imagine how traumatic it was for his older brothers and sisters who were aware of what was going on must just of been horrible. Luckily for them they were sent to live with the most lovely foster carers (separately A was with one family and the other 3 in a different foster home together) who do the most incredible job. I take my hat off to them, they have all this love to give and look after them sometimes for a year or longer and then have to say goodbye when they are actually officially adopted.
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Being the normal gazillionaires they are, Tim and Faith have a trust, the 1152 Crater Hill Trust, which property is purchased through and which is apparently supposed to maintain those properties. One of Tim and Faith's neighbors in Nashville filed suit last Thursday against that trust claiming that their home is being damaged from the remnants of the 2010 floods because the trust is being negligent in fixing things on the famous couple's property.
Ernest and Jennifer Gendron live downhill from Tim and Faith's $12 million Nashville mansion and claim that downed trees and debris was moved from the singers' property onto theirs after the floods and that things haven't been fixed properly since then. This has allegedly caused all kinds of problems for the Gendrons including their home taking on water due to runoff from Tim and Faith's property.
Bill Ramsey, the attorney for the trust, said the lawsuit mostly centers around the land and is just a nuisance lawsuit.
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In observing what people do in leadership positions, and knowing that I see myself in a leadership position, I decided to ask others–what character traits they thought should be seen in a good leader. Though this is not a scientific poll or survey, it does provide insight as to what people expect in leadership. Thanks Facebook Friends for the following:
Joel Rutherford FTA which was in a book by the Dali Lama and I totally agree with; F=Fairness to all T=Transparency… openness in whats expected from both followers and the leadership A=Accountability for the actions of everyone in the group no matter their role.
Eyandra Otis Easy to talk to, open to all opinions and suggestions, has been through some type of struggle, relatable, patient, not afraid of making mistakes, put there own mistakes in the open.
Joey Iceberg Nelson Forthright and bold
Lorraine Horowitz-fenchel Ability to compromise with and respect others and not exploit the worst aspects of the public but appeal to our better selves.
Elena Greer Decisive yet laid back and open
Darolyn Brown A sense of fairness and common sense; a hunger to learn; and the ability to comprehend abstract ideas; persistence; and the greatest of these is the capacity to love.
Mary Ann Freeby Let’s start with sanity, compassion, integrity, the ability to comprehend, listening skills, a desire to serve others, empathy, accountability, reasoning skills and honesty.
Sue Burns Crill 1. Being especially cognizant of your level of patience & waiting until someone is through speaking….holding your tongue, even…..figuratively & literally, if necessary. Asking when the speaker is silent: Is there anything more you would like to … add to that?
2. Actively soliciting & listening intently (take notes, even) to ideas from your t.e.a.m. (yes, constituents too), but remember there is no “I” in team…..it is: OUR team did great…..never MY team.
3. Respect & never deflect.
4. Be your kind, caring, loving self.
Melanie Woodrich Humility, honesty, passion, empathy, gumption, creativity, and integrity.
Honest, Open (transparent), Fair, Caring, Loving, Accountable, Empathetic, Sincere (listening skills), Authentic (respectful of self and others, humble, reflective), Team-Player, Selfless, Attentive, Focused, Determined, Assertive, Thoughtful, Considerate, Service-minded, Goal-Oriented, Pragmatic-optimist, Relatable, Compassionate, Teachable.
The summary (rephrased for brevity) is my conclusion as to what people intended. Now, if I’m to do a self-assessment with this information–I’d have to say, I fit most of the criteria–I have what it takes to be a good leader. Now, does that mean I know everything I need to know? Absolutely not–but I’ve got a good head start!
More than anyone else, I recognize all my imperfections, but I also realize that no one walking the earth is perfect and that there is always room for improvement. That being said, I welcome comments (from those who know me well enough to make a sensible comment) and I look forward to hearing what all have to say.
How will I use the comments made? Not to get angry or cynical, but to reflect upon what is said and make adjustments where warranted. I see myself as a very honest, forthright person and some might say aggressive, but I stand firm on being assertive. I’m right until proven wrong and when proven wrong, have no problem owning the correction. I know how to apologize to others when needed, but I try very hard not to put myself in a position in which I end up doing anything that needs an apology. There is one exception to this–I will not–under any circumstances–apologize to TraitorDon for anything I’ve said about him. He is the absolute epitome of corruption and power-hungry bigotry. He deserves no apology from any sane individual who is not a trumplican. And for those who would say, we have to forgive others–you forgive him. He knows not the Christ I know and love, therefore, I have no obligation to treat him like a bonafide Christian according to the Words of Christ.
When a person is responsible–directly or indirectly–for the loss of life–they deserve no consideration and since my grandchildren will be negatively impacted by this menace’s decision because of his hatred of Obama–he can enjoy his eternity in the lake of fire prepared for all liars. Make no mistake about it–trump is the menace to society, the enemy of the people, and the leader of bigoted racists.
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Arabian Nights Review
Arabian Nights, all time favourite with jackpot features
Arabian Nights video slot game might be several years old but remains to be one of our all-time favourite jackpot games. Regrettably, the game is not yet available on the mobile platform, meaning that you’ll have to play on the PC platform.
Arabian Nights slot machine will keep you spinning all night…
At Reelbonanza, we take the pride of dusting off vintage slot machine games and giving them the much-deserved attention. We refer to them as the reel relics, and the Arabian Nights video slot game is no exception.
Released in May 2013 by NetEnt, one of the top online slot providers, the game managed to secure itself the much-needed attention and has maintained to keep players interested over the years. While most people might want to argue that the game has successfully managed this feat due to its progressive jackpot, I’d personally beg to differ with this.
Having played this game on several occasions, I’ll proudly say that there’s more to the progressive jackpot when playing Arabian Nights slot machine. With a flexible betting range of between £0.01p – £27.00p on each spin, superb graphics and a captivating medieval theme that’s been based in the near east, this 5-reel by 10 paylines slot game would be a popular machine for any slot player, old or new.
Details for Arabian Nights
|Game Type||Video Slots|
|Game Features||Autoplay, Free Spins, Multiplier, Progressive, Scatter, Wild|
|Min coins per line||1|
|Max coins per line||1|
|Min coin size||0.5|
|Max coin size||0.5|
|Return To Player||95.6%|
Arabian Nights Theme and Game’s Graphics
When someone mentions of Arabian Nights, what crosses your mind? The Middle East skyscrapers? The sultans dressed in their long kanzu’s? In the past, the country was a vast desert, full of people wandering in search of water for their camels. And as such, this game is based on the Arabians past life.
Arabian Nights video slot game is set in the hot sunny desert and features both ancient symbols and characters. The sky above the game’s reels is sizzling hot and bright, and you won’t fail to notice the unique architecture, the minarets on the side as well as the local tower. You’ll also see snakes that are waiting to be charmed outside the carts of melons and baskets, a common occurrence in most of the Arabian towns.
As for the graphics design, the game has simpler graphics as compared to what most of the other NetEnt slot games have nowadays. This is perhaps because the game was released at a time when the technological advancement of the slots graphics was still in its initial stages. Nonetheless, Arabian Nights cartoonish graphics isn’t a reason not to play this original slot, I’m positive that you are going to appreciate the old-fashioned theme.
Arabian Nights Symbols and In-game Features
Arabian Nights main character has the highest payout out of all the symbols, it rewards you by substituting for all the other symbols, except for the scatter, to form winning combinations. If you get five of his images appearing anywhere on the reels, you automatically get the top prize – the Arabian Nights jackpot! On the other hand, the scatter symbol is a magical oil lamp.
Other symbols that you should come across when playing the game include a fez, Bedouin tents, a camel, a pair of Khussas and a Scimitar. Not sure what these are? The Khussas are a pair of Aladdin’s shoes, while the Scimitar is a curved sword. All the mentioned symbols are considered the high-value symbols.
Arabian Nights Free Spins Feature is Just a Bonus…
Arabian Nights is a top slot machine game. Why? Well, if you’ve been a slot player for a long time, you’ll agree with me that most of the progressive jackpot games rarely have any in-game bonus rounds. Furthermore, those that have this provision will prevent you from winning the jackpot through the free spins game. However, with Arabian Nights slot machine game, this is totally opposite. It has a progressive jackpot as well as a bonus feature!
Get the lamp symbol to activate the free spins
Do you remember the scatter symbol that we said we’ll discuss more about it? This is the time! Arabian Night’s scatter symbol is the Aladdin’s Lamp, and is the first door towards the jackpot. As a scatter symbol, it can appear anywhere on the reels to activate the free spins bonus round. Just one symbol? No, not at all! You are required to obtain three or more scatter symbols to activate up to 15 free spins. Having already played the game, I must admit that NetEnt did a rather disappointing job with the free spins bonus round. The game is very dull and lacks the zest that a NetEnt slot game should have. On the brighter side, though, any winnings that you collect in this bonus round are subjected to a 3× multiplier.
What about this much mentioned Arabian Nights Jackpot?
To the newbies, a progressive jackpot simply means that its price grows every time the game is played in a NetEnt online casino. So how do you win the Arabian Nights progressive jackpot?
You are simply required to log into any online casino that offers NetEnt games, choose Arabian Nights slots machine game and start playing. The Arabian Nights main character is the symbol you need to hit the jackpot, you’ll want to keep your eye on that. If you match five of this symbol on any reel, that is how you’ll be awarded the Arabian Nights Jackpot.
How do you play Arabian Nights Slot Machine?
Playing Arabian Nights Slot machine is straightforward. Visit any of the online casinos that offer Arabian Nights slot machine. In case you haven’t created an account with the site, ensure that you have one, and deposit money if you wish to play for real money. Click on the Arabian Nights slot game and choose the amount you wish to bet with. The minimum that you can bet with is £0.01p while the maximum is £27.00p on each spin and once you are satisfied with your choice, click on the spin button to start playing the game.
Can you play Arabian Nights on your mobile phone?
Unfortunately not! At the time of developing the game, the mobile platform wasn’t that advanced, and perhaps this is the reason why this game doesn’t have the mobile platform. However, I strongly believe with the game’s popularity among players, NetEnt is going to develop a mobile-friendly version.
The free game is there to help you familiarise yourself with the game and identify all the features mentioned in this Arabian Nights Slot review.
Graphics & Sounds
From the Arabian Nights slot review above, it’s evident that the game will take you on a magical journey, filled with mystery and suspense. In the game, you are bound to encounter plenty of symbols that identify the game with the Middle East in the ancient days. With its straightforward gameplay and simple yet very captivating graphics, this game is definitely going to leave a lasting impression on newbies. This doesn’t mean that the experienced players won’t find anything appealing in the game.
As a matter of fact, we like it and highly recommend it to pros since it promises you a number of features that you’ll find in the other slot machine games. While the game might seem a little juvenile on the outward, but scratching it a little deeper could prove to be rewarding with its juicy payouts and massive progressive jackpot.
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About Major Selden Herbert Long DSO MC
Major Selden Herbert Long DSO MC (6 October 1895 - 12 December 1952), was an English flying ace during the First World War. He was credited with nine confirmed aerial victories. He was also noted for the audacity of his trench strafing missions–an early form of close air support.
Captain Long was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1895 and is believed to have been the son of Major General Sidney Selden Long.
Captain Long joined the Army and was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps.
During the First World War he served as a fighter pilot with No 24 Squadron on the Western Front, shooting down nine German aircraft between 1915 and March 1917.
Captain Long was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in September 1915, and the DSO in 1917.
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On Friday, November 30, Cape Breton University (CBU) together with the Cape Breton University Students’ Union is hosting its annual Honours Banquet to recognize the outstanding academic performance of CBU students. The banquet begins at 6 p.m. and is taking place in the CBU Commons (cafeteria area).
“The Honours Banquet is one key way in which CBU celebrates academic excellence and one that I am pleased to see happen each year. We’ve set high academic standards, which makes achieving Dean’s List status no small feat. I commend each student for their hard work and determination, and the example they have set for their fellow students. The banquet will be a lovely evening celebrating the successes and academic achievements of our wonderful students,” says CBU President Dr. John Harker.
This year, 250 students are expected to attend the Honours Banquet where they will receive certificates citing their achievement. Greetings will come from CBU President Dr. John Harker, Students’ Union President Michelle Lahey and President of the CBU Alumni Association Derrick Hayes
“The Students’ Union takes pride in acknowledging those students who have studied hard during their academic year,” says Michelle Lahey, CBUSU President. “By giving these students the recognition they deserve, it could also help other students push themselves to accomplish the same goal.”
The guest speaker for this year’s Honours Banquet is Mr. Rany Ibrahim, a CBU alumnus, and current Marketing Manager of the Nova Scotia Provincial Government Office of Immigration. As well, he is a member of the Cape Breton University Board of Governors and Senate.
Annually, approximately 500 students meet the academic standards to be on the university’s Dean’s List. To be considered for the Dean’s List, students must acquire an average of 80 per cent in all courses, without any failures. | <urn:uuid:7f7021d5-e8f9-41be-b4df-b68a4305b282> | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | http://www.cbu.ca/news/cape-breton-university-hosts-annual-honours-banquet | 2015-08-01T20:13:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042988860.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002308-00257-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956882 | 408 |
We're still learning stuff from a big pile of U.K. Ministry of Defence UFO files that just went public. First we heard theories on why aliens might actually visit us, and now we've learned that the ministry was on the lookout for UFOs packing killer alien tech that it could put to use.
The files claim the Ministry of Defence has "no records" of any UFO crashes ever in the U.K., but that hasn't stopped the ministry's UFO "desk officers" from theorizing what they might be able to do if they ever salvaged an alien craft.
Take this snippet from a 1995 report included in the files in which a U.K. intelligence officer says that if even a few UFO sightings prove genuine, it means cool alien gizmos exist that the government needs to get a closer look at.
"If the reports are taken at face value, then devices exist that do not use conventional reaction propulsion systems; they have a very wide range of speeds and are stealthy," the officer said. "I suggest we could use this technology, if it exists."
The ministry was even thinking of what it might do if UFOs turned out to be something other than alien spaceships from another planet. One file notes that a possible explanation of UFOs is that they are actually rarely seen ball lightning or plasma in the atmosphere, and that if that's the case those phenomena could possibly be used as "novel weapon technology."
Sadly, though all the theorizing in the files is amusing and fascinating to comb through, at no point does the ministry confirm (or deny) the existence of alien spacecraft. But rather than be disappointed with that, UFO expert (and former ministry UFO desk officer) Nick Pope says we should think of these files as evidence that governments are at least devoting time and energy to thinking about these things.
"The question of whether or not we're alone in the universe is one of the biggest and most profound questions we can ask," Pope said. "People are fascinated with the idea that we might have been visited, and these files chart MoD's attempts to grapple with the subject."
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If you love comic books, but don't just want to frame them or leave them in a closet, consider embracing the letter and marquee trend and paper mâchéing your favorite comic book on your favorite letter of the alphabet. The results are quite delightful.
In this video, I used two issues of Wonder Woman to make a lovely W and an issue of Captain Marvel to make the giant M.
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By Sue Kidd | The News Tribune
A diner complaint I hear too often: “We don’t have a food truck community.”
Or do we, and you just don’t know where to find it?
That’s where I come in, your handy newspaper restaurant critic.
I traversed every pocket of Pierce County, cross-referenced with the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department, hunted down social media, and relied on readers to assemble a comprehensive list of food trucks based in Pierce County. The list is current as of today, but an unfortunate consequence of businesses that operate on wheels is that they might be serving today, but could easily roll out of town tomorrow.
In all, I found nearly 30 trucks serving — and licensed — in Pierce County that I’ve categorized into three groups. The first is the region’s oldest category of mobile dining: taco trucks serving traditional taqueria eats. The second is a list of trucks with semipermanent locations or regular serving spots. The third is a list of what I call “floater trucks.” Those are trucks you’ll encounter at public gatherings or festivals.
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10 Things That Make Us Desis Happy On The Inside
In light of the rainfall we experienced last night, here's a list of everything that makes us happy
Ah, us desi log, we’re easy to please.
Here’s a list of 10 things that make every desi happy on the inside
1. Rain in the winter
Rain makes us smile. We’ll curse the after effects of the rain, sure. But those little droplets on our windows make our hearts so happy, we’ll be sure to flood social media with their photos. After the long, harsh summer, we usually can’t wait for the winter. So rain+winter is the best combo ever.
2. Rain and pakoras
While we’re on the topic of rain, it makes sense to throw in some garma garam pakoras.
3. Biryani on Fridays
Friday is biryani day and we look forward to it the whole week. And of course, it’s the main reason we go to weddings- biryani is a staple on your shaadi menu.
4. Coffee and Chai at night
Cause we like our hit of caffeine right before bed. Also we took it seriously when we found out coffee is actually good for you.
5. Piling into a coaster for a family-style ‘picnic’
One coaster. 57 people. 40 bags. 2 coolers. ‘Extra snacks’. ‘Just in case equipment’. Ready, set, TETRIS.
6. Playing antakshari in above mentioned coaster.
Everyone’s a singer. A bad singer. But who cares, right?
7. Going on a road trip to ‘gaoon’ (any village) and indulging is desi food goodness.
Lassi! Parathas! Saag! Picturesque background!
8. When guests don’t finish all the cheese samosas
We’re all staring at that plate of samosas and hoping there’s some leftover when the guests leave.
9. Shaadi waalay ghar
The lights, flowers, music, people and the infectious energy is pure happiness!
10. Playing family cricket in great mausam (weather)
We don’t really know all the rules, but playing shoddy cricket with the family is pure love.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some fossils preserve soft tissue in very fine detail while others most of the detail is lost? After death there is a race against time between soft tissue destruction and mineralisation of the carcass. In some cases soft tissue becomes mineralised in a state similar to the living animal; in others, only bone survives. One theory is that if the body is allowed to dehydrate, for example during a period of drought, and later rehydrated, for example during a flood, the soft tissue may be very well preserved.
Scientists from the University of KwaZulu Nadal and Cardiff University have been using the Diamond Light Source's non-crystalline diffraction beamline I22 to study the decay of collagen in dolphins, turtles and pythons that died of natural caused and were then air-dried to dehydrate them. They hope to understand how dehydration affects the structure of collagen and how this helps preserve a long extinct animal fossil, frozen in time.
Early mineralisation is known to be an important factor in preserving soft tissue, as the tissue can decay rapidly and structural information can be lost. However some fossils, such as those from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group in China, are remarkably well preserved. The environment in which the animal dies may affect the level of preservation in many ways. There is a consensus that rapid burial can delay the decay process so that mineralisation occur, and that fossils recovered from sandstone areas have more soft tissue remaining. One explanation for this is in the porous nature of sandstone, which would allow agents of decay like the water content of the tissue and suppurating liquids to drain away, thus leaving the carcase to dehydrate.
Scientists from the University of KwaZulu Nadal and Cardiff University have been looking into the decay processes in collagen from dolphin, turtle and python tissue. Collagen is the dominant protein in animals, making up approximately a third of the protein in most vertebrates. It is known to play a role in early degradation, but exactly how collagen decays is poorly understood. The group used scanning and transmission electron microscopy and small angle X-ray scattering to study air dried and rehydrated samples to look at the structure of collagen and how it was affected by these processes.
They found that the collagen from samples of a dolphin that had been buried for a year and then dehydrated maintained its structural intensity and showed few signs of degradation. The structure of the dolphin collagen fibrils in fact showed remarkable similarity with the collagen structure seen in a 20 - 25,000 year old fossil cartilage. Rehydrating the samples showed little change in the collagen structure, implying that dehydration does extend the time before decay occurs without significant structural damage to the collagen.
Historically large animal mortalities were likely in periods of seasonal drought. Concentrations of animal mortalities are frequent along dried up river beds and close to watering holes, where the carcasses are likely to dehydrate and then be rehydrated during seasonal rains, and rapid burial under silt and mud is also likely, thus meeting conditions for soft tissue preservation.
“Our study has demonstrated plausible scenarios by which soft tissue can be well preserved in ancient fossils. In particular we have seen that extensive dehydration and rehydration can occur without significant structural damage. However, we emphasise that there is no shortcut to understanding the complex processes of preservation in ancient fossils. In future we hope to provide more experimental results, based on modern comparative studies, which will provide further insight into complicated processes of collagen decay,” said Joanna Glab, Cardiff University scientist.
Explore further: Research reveals structure and behavior of collagen
-- Dehydration: A mechanism for the preservation of fine detail in fossilised soft tissue of ancient terrestrial animals Theagarten Lingam-Soliar, Joanna Glab, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 291 (3-4) DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.019
-- The dinosaurian origin of feathers: perspectives from dolphin (Cetacea) collagen fibers. Theagarten Lingham-Soliar, Naturwissenschaften (2003) 90:563-567. DOI:10.1007/s00114-003-0483-7 | <urn:uuid:6edfda8d-4770-49ca-986b-849b09714865> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://phys.org/news/2010-09-dolphins-dinosaurs-fine-fossils.html | 2015-12-01T11:10:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398466260.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205426-00134-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946435 | 889 |
The Escherichia coli chromosomal determinant for tellurite resistance consists of two genes (tehA and tehB) which, when expressed on a multicopy plasmid, confer resistance to K2TeO3 at 128 μg/ml, compared to the MIC of 2 μg/ml for the wild type. TehB is a cytoplasmic protein which possesses three conserved motifs (I, II, and III) found in S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent non-nucleic acid methyltransferases. Replacement of the conserved aspartate residue in motif I by asparagine or alanine, or of the conserved phenylalanine in motif II by tyrosine or alanine, decreased resistance to background levels. Our results are consistent with motifs I and II in TehB being involved in SAM binding. Additionally, conformational changes in TehB are observed upon binding of both tellurite and SAM. The hydrodynamic radius of TehB measured by dynamic light scattering showed a ~20% decrease upon binding of both tellurite and SAM. These data suggest that TehB utilizes a methyltransferase activity in the detoxification of tellurite.
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... at the bottom of the slopes so you can really avoid this expense or at least meet your instructor first and he will decide if you need it or not. The lift and gondola opened till 16:20, so plan your day as the last lift down is 16:20. With regards to skiing, you can ski till 22:00 at night, everything is opened as usual. There is no problem parking a car, plenty free parking. Languages either English or Russian.
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... Anyway, it was too far to drive in one go so we stopped off at a lake on the way and camped there for the night, again with a handful of Bulgarian fishermen! The sunset was beautiful, which Logan missed as he was snoozing due to taking anti-histamine to combat the swelling from the bee sting! Very relaxed day and night.
... I showed them their picture. The children were dirty and living in tents and I got that ache in my heart once again. A few feet later, our bikes took us out onto a beautiful highway, lunch and a post-lunch long, fast and scenic descent before continuing the familiar patten of up-and-down, finally arriving in Malko Tărnovo. It's another beautiful, cool breezy evening and we again had dinner outside. And tomorrow we ride again...into Turkey. ...
... br> again. It showed us how different both sides can be. One side was just
end of the winter, the other, south, side was full spring. Especially
the descend through the spring-valley was beautiful. Warm and sunny,
very green, lots of water, lots of curves, views from different heights,
and the only thing to do is to look around, look for the holes in the
road and do some braking.
to be continued
... in a remote and dreary location, our mission was complete. Amazing.
The second team visited more orphanges including Vratsa, Berkovitsa and Razliv. We hope you get a sense of the delight your boxes bring from the pictures and video...
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New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram Thursday said the Indian rupee should recoup its recent losses as the depreciation was overdone given the fundamentals of the economy.
“Rupee has to find the value depending on the fundamental macro-economic factors,” Chidambaram said in the Lok Sabha, adding that the recent decline was overdone.
"We think that the correction will take place.”
However, the finance minister emphasised that the government was not targeting any particular level for the currency.
The Indian rupee has depreciated by more than 20 percent since the beginning of the current financial year. The rupee recently hit a record low of nearly 69 against a dollar.
Chidambaram said fundamentals of the economy would decide the value of currency.
The finance minister pointed out that the rupee had witnessed a volatile journey in the past and had recovered from the lows.
Chidambaram said the government was concerned about the growth slowdown and a number of steps had been taken to revive the economy.
"We are concerned about the decline in growth last year and I am especially concerned about the decline in growth in the first quarter of this financial year,” he said.
India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth slumped to 4.4 percent in the quarter ended June 30, 2013 -- the worst performance in four years.
The finance minister said the government was committed to meeting the tough fiscal deficit targets for the current financial year.
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Fantasy Football Info: What the Heck is Going on with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
Man oh man has a lot changed over in Tampa Bay this off-season and for fantasy football owners it is important to pay attention. In this fast paced crazy world how ever it is not so easy to keep up with a team like this that has made so many moves in players, coaching staff and in philosophy.
I’m not an expert on the Buccaneers and everything that is going on with that organization, but I can give you a fantasy football spin on the situation.
It’s Out with the Old and in with the New in Tamp Bay
First off the Buccaneers fired head coach John Gruden and then long time defensive coordinator Marty Kiffen left town to coach with is son in college with the Tennessee Volunteers.
While losing these two great coaches was concerning I was even more troubled when they gave the head coaching job to secondary coach Raheem Morris. From everything I’ve heard about Morris they all say he is a very up beat coach, but I just think they are taking a chance on an unproven coach.
Brooks is going to be a hall of fame linebacker and for Morris to make a move like this as one of his first moves as new head coach just doesn’t look good.
I’m even less impress with Morris and new defensive coordinator Jim Bates when I hear that they want a guy like Ryan Sims to be a leader on the team. Maybe Sims is a good guy but the man has only started two games in the last two seasons.
If your counting on a guy like that to be your leader and take a big role on the team, I personally think your defense is in trouble.
The Offense is all Messed Up
Just this week Antonio Bryant came out and even admitted publicly that he expects his numbers to be lower this year in the offense. I have to agree with this as the team is looking to play a run heavy offense.
To me Leftwich is a much better quarterback the McCowen and Byron has on this team what he’s needed all along for success and that is a solid offensive line and talent in the passing game.
To hear that right now Byron is not even talked about heavy as the starter just makes me almost physically ill.
With a bad quarterback and a strong commitment to the run and a passing offense that focuses on spreading the ball around, Bryant and Winslow won’t have the numbers that fantasy owners will want this year.
To top all this off the coaching staff has raved up and down about how much they love new running back Derrick Ward and how he’s going to be a “feature player” in the offense. But then today they break the news that Earnest Graham is going to start camp as the No.1 runner on the team.
It’s inconsistent talk like this that makes me a little concerned about what the heck to truly expect from this team for this season.
Can the Buccaneers have Success in the 2009 Football Season?
I do like the acquisitions of Derrick Ward and Kellen Winslow, I’m not sure if they will be utilized correctly or not. Beyond that I have serious concerns about the Buccaneers defense and quarterback situation.
While this team does have talent, I believe they are the worst team in the very competitive NFC South division.
With all that being said I believe from a fantasy football point of view, Buccaneer players can help you. But I do caution you that when selecting these player I hope you get them at a good value on your draft board.
In the end I would let Tampa Bay players drop two or three rounds farther then you expected them to be drafted at before you acquire them on your fantasy team. That way if they do disappoint for you then at least you did not pay a high price.
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To all you pet owners out there, I have a book for you that just might be worth your attention. This book is Tricia McDonald’s Life With Sally: Little White Dog Tails.
Before I get to the review, I would like to be very honest with all of you. Unfortunately, I am not a dog person. My family’s history with dogs was ended in 1990. It happened when Bo, our German Shepard got involved in a horrible incident with a neighbor kid. Bo was provoked, which was the reason for his animosity. Sadly, he was put to sleep shortly after.
Now, I may not be a dog person. But I’m definitely a Sally person. Why, you ask?
Sally is not your typical dog. She is a silly miniature bull terrier with doggy OCD. She has a fascination with lawn rakes and toads, enjoys eating June bugs and runs in circles whenever she is happy. She’s definitely a dog that is full of surprises, and has won my heart over.
The book is laid out in a series of little white tales, which tells us a little more about Sally. Whether Sally is getting a doggy massage, having ice cream, painting a picture or having fun with the garden hose, the mini-adventures are fun to read about, and kept the pages turning.
The tales are based off of the Life With Sally column, which is published monthly in Cats and Dogs magazine. Published in 2009, it is a book that every dog owner must have. While I don’t have a dog myself (I have one cat named Tigger), I still liked reading about the little white wonder. As a pet owner, I can definitely relate to loving and caring for a pet. Whether it’s feeding the pet or giving it attention, it is a labor of love. A labor that’s well worth it.
As Tricia has expressed in her book, she has become a Sally person. She is not alone. After reading this book, I have become a Sally person myself, and I’m sure that you will be too when get the chance to read this. Just click on the book above, buy it and let Sally capture your heart. I give Life With Sally: Little White Dog Tails a 4 out of 5.
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Thank you, Kyle. This is one of the nicest reviews I have received. I appreciate it and so does Sally.
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"One of my favorite hunts would have to be my first buck with my bow, a nice 130, 14-point in a pouring down rain storm. I was looking down a creek bed when I saw this deer, and I put that Spitfire right on the mark. He only went 40 yards before he fell."
I am 34 years old and have been married to my very outstanding wife Shelley for 11-½ years. We have two yellow Labs that take the place of children, Chance and Charlie. I work at Monsanto Company as a TDC Planner, where we design, engineer, machine, and fabricate everything from automated machines to simple shafts and rollers.
This will be my 2nd year hunting with Archer’s Choice Media as POSSE and I’m an avid hunter. At a very young age, I realized that half the fun and excitement is the hunt, the other half is sharing the experience with friends and family. That being said, the very first hunt I was able to adventure on, was a gator/hog hunt with Ralph, Vicki, and several POSSE members. Then later that week, we went swimming for a dead gator in the swamp.
The experience of filming and hunting is INTENSE!!! The lows are lower and the highs are higher!! Prime example; 2009 Moose hunt in Ontario Canada, 40-50 mph winds, high anticipation, and not a Moose in sight for nine days. Then coming home to IL deer season, I passed on a 130 class buck with the thought of ‘if this could happen on the first two hours of the season in the stand what’s to come!!!!’ Well that was by far the best opportunity we had all season, and yet probably we had more fun during the 2009 hunting season, than ever, just for the mere fact that I was able to spend that time with my brother Brady and enjoy those experiences with someone else.
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Colorado NRCS Announces Application Cutoff Date for $21 Million in Financial Assistance for EQIP, Salinity, and Special Initiatives Funding
Deadlines are February 15 and April 19, 2013
January 7, 2013
DENVER– The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado recently announced two application cutoff dates of Friday, February 15, and April 19, 2013, to sign up for fiscal year 2013 general Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Salinity Control Program, and Special Initiatives Program funding.
Eligible applications received after the cutoff period may be considered during a later time and will be processed throughout the fiscal year as needed.
A total of $21 million in financial assistance is available to landowners who implement a quality conservation plan designed to benefit soil, water, air, plants, and/or wildlife resulting in not only productive lands but healthy ecosystems as well.
NRCS continually strives to put conservation planning at the forefront of its programs and initiatives. Conservation plans provide landowners with a comprehensive inventory and assessment of their resources and an appropriate start to improving conservation efforts on their land.
“Landowners must have a conservation plan in place to be considered for funding,” said Phyllis Ann Philipps, State Conservationist, Colorado NRCS. “We encourage them to contact their local field office right away to be considered for this year’s funding.”
Nearly $16 million of the total funding is intended to implement practices associated with general EQIP and the Salinity Control Program, while the remaining $5 million will help fund the following eight voluntary special initiatives:
Organic – provides financial opportunities for organic producers to address natural resource concerns related to organic production.
Air Quality – provides financial assistance to implement approved conservation practices to address significant air quality resource concerns for designated high priority geographic locations.
High Tunnel – provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to allow them to extend the growing season of high value crops in an environmentally safe manner.
Energy - enables the producer to identify ways to conserve energy on the farm through Agricultural Energy Management Plans (AgEMP), also known as on-farm energy audits.
Sage Grouse (Gunnison and Greater) – assists landowners within several western slope counties with reducing the threats to the Sage Grouse.
Lesser Prairie Chicken – focuses on the reduction of threats to lesser prairie chicken in the southeastern portion of the state.
Ogallala – provides financial assistance to agriculture producers to address water quantity and quality concerns and conserve water in the Ogallala Aquifer.
National Water Quality - works in priority watersheds to help farmers and ranchers improve water quality and aquatic habitats in impaired streams.
All applications will be evaluated and funded on a watershed basis, with local and watershed workgroup input on conservation priorities.
EQIP provides financial assistance for conservation systems such as animal waste management facilities, irrigation system efficiency improvements, fencing, and water supply development for improved grazing management, riparian protection, and wildlife habitat enhancement.
Interested applicants may apply at their local NRCS Service Center. To locate an office near you please click on this link: Service Center Locator. Applications MUST be received in your local NRCS Service Center by close of business on Friday, February 15 and/or April 19, 2013.
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For having me organize this meeting here today
And Kelly Steracki I also want to thank you
And all the other dons of the four families
Beyonce Corleone from the South West
Ah Latavia Menser from the four-four
Our objective of this meeting today is to discuss
Destiny's Child's commandments of relationships
You know it's so unfortunate, so unnecessary
For us to end up with broken hearts
Yes godfather times have changed
Relationships aren't like the old days you know?
See what we need is a man of his word
All this, uh cheating, uh backstabbing, hating no more, no more
But godfather, how do we avoid all these mishaps?
It's obvious, the writing's on the wall, thou shalt not hate
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"Intro (The Writing's on the Wall)" as written by Brandon Pitre Gavin Luckett
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Do Teachers' Race, Gender, and Ethnicity Matter?: Evidence from NELS88
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Daniel D. Goldhaber, Dominic J. Brewer
NBER Working Paper No. 4669 (Also Reprint No. r1968)
Our study uses a unique national longitudinal survey, the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS), which permits researchers to match individual students and teachers, to analyze issues relating to how a teacher's race, gender, and ethnicity, per se, influence students from both the same and different race, gender, and ethnic groups. In contrast to much of the previous literature, we focus both on how teachers subjectively relate to and evaluate their students and on objectively how much their students learn. On balance, we find that teachers' race, gender, and ethnicity, per se, are much more likely to influence teachers' subjective evaluations of their students than they are to influence how much the students objectively learn. For example, while white female teachers do not appear to be associated with larger increases in test scores for white female students in mathematics and science than white male teachers 'produce', white female teachers do have higher subjective evaluations than their white male counterparts of their white female students. We relate our findings to the more general literature on gender, race, and ethnic bias in subjective performance evaluations in the world of work and trace their implications for educational and labor markets.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w4669
Published: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 48 (April 1995): 547-561.
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This is a list of useful resources for well-being at and with work.
Own Resources, Talks, Workshops
- Angry womxn*, a workshop about anger I gave at rC3 2020
- Doing things together, a talk I gave with Enrico Zini about cooperation (in free software structures) at DebConf 2020
- Kahler's Drivers questionnaire / Antreiber Test - English and German [ODT format (Libre)Office]
- You're okay - slides + exercises of a talk about nonviolent communication I gave in October 2018 at the Eclectic Tech Carnival in Bologna.
Emotions, Conversation, Negotiation
- Saying no doesn't make you an arse article by Domenica de Grandis
- Emotions at Work and How They Help Us Succeed, talk by Mollie West Duffy about her book with Liz Fosslien No Hard Feelings
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, summary of the book by Douglas Stone, Bruce M. Patton, and Sheila Heen
- Getting to Yes, book with the worst title ever, describes useful proposals for negotiating agreements
- Ego states, Games people play & Drama triangle, Gimmicks Great video series about basic Transactional Analysis (TA) concepts
- Cognitive bias cheat sheet
- Capacitar Emergency Kit, a kit of simple basic practices for immediate use to help people deal with challenging situations, such as natural disasters, violence or chronic stress.
- Hell Yeah Self Care by Meg-John Barker
- Staying with our feelings by Meg-John Barker
- Self care for activists by Tenderrebellions
- Self compassion - guided meditations
- Greater Good Berkeley: Science based Practices for a meaningful life
Consent, relationships, trauma
- Consent checklist by Meg-John Barker
- Gaslighting and consent by Meg-John Barker
- Trust in relationships Bish UK
- Trauma and the body basics by Meg-John Barker
- Christina Maslach explains burnout
- Burnout is not your fault
- Demystifying burnout in tech
- Qualities that keep you stuck in a sick system
- Decolonizing Nonviolent communication by meenadchi
- Working with conflict in our groups
- Extinction Rebellion's (UK) processes to work with conflict transformatively
- Organizational conflict (definition)
- Conflict avoidance (definition)
- Consider the maintainer talk by Nadia Eghbal, 2017
- Making work visible by Domenica de Grandis.
- Don't Read This Book. Time management for creative people by Donald Roos.
- Strike Through productivity system
Decision making, Facilitation, Feedback, Group Organization
- Accountability, Equity, and Flat Teams in Tech by Annalee. Interesting thoughts about flat teams, conflicts, and.. it all sounds sooo familiar.
- Difference between consensus, consent, advice, and mandate by The Hum
- Self-organizing system by Extinction Rebellion UK.
- Consensus decision making by Seeds for Change
- Consensus flow chart by Seeds for Change
- Facilitating meetings by Seeds for Change
- Tools for facilitating meetings by Seeds for Change
- Giving and receiving feedback by Seeds for Change
- Feedback retrospectives Retrospectives are a dedicated time to come together and collaboratively improve your team’s process.
- Beyond Blame by Dave Zwieback. From doing postmortems to the Learning Review.
Privilege, Power, Rank, Leadership
- What is privilege? A comic by Toby Morris
- Autocritique de la revue de code (bienveillante) par Kim Lai Trinh (in French)
- A Guide to Derailing Conversations. sarcastic guide to show how privilege is used in conversations to dismiss or trivialize the other's perspective and experience. Used to exert sexism, racism, classism and many other -isms and -phobias.
- Missing stair is a metaphor for working around toxic people, even though their behavior is dangerous, and constitutes a serious structural fault in a system, such as a missing stair.
- Sharing power in our communities, talk at FOSDEM 2017 by Stéphanie Ouillon
- No more rock stars, by Valerie Aurora, Mary Gardiner, and Leigh Honeywell
- Building ethical software under capitalism, talk at FOSDEM 2020 by Deb Nicholson
- Ethical web development Handbook
- Charter for sustainable design
Let's talk about money
- Hourly rate calculator
- Faire Honorare für Grafikdesigner, Illustratoren, Übersetzer, Fotografen u.a.
- Ratgeber für alle die auf ihr Honorar warten der FAU Berlin (Freie Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter Union)
- Chicago Manual of Style
- The punctuation guide
- Information leaked by your webbrowser
- Maintain Wordpress installations using the command line
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Oh no -- I've become unbalanced!
I recently discovered an interesting feature of the Linux kernel. It all started when I noticed that some new web servers at work were exhibiting a peculiar behavior -- the two CPU cores didn't seem to have balanced workloads. It seemed that usually the first core would have the majority of the load, while the second core would usually have much less (all witnessed via the mpstat -P ALL 10 command). Given that these servers were Apache web servers, I thought that they should typically be within a few percent of each other, but instead they were separated by anywhere from 5-25%.
After poking around a bit, I decided to try and tweak the server a bit to try and force the kernel to balance better. These servers each had two Ethernet interfaces, one to a 'front channel' across which the HTTP interaction with clients was performed, and one to a 'back channel' across which some database and other calls were made. One of the early thoughts that I had was to dedicate each of the two cores to one of the two Ethernet interfaces: this way, each core would always service the interrupts from the same interface. The default setup on the 2.6 kernel is to have all interrupts serviced by the first core, so I thought that perhaps the data load on the two interfaces was forcing the first core to run a bit hotter than the other.
It was easy enough to make the change. I first checked to find the interrupt numbers for the two interfaces (ifconfig), then forced the second one to always use the second processor core (echo "2" >/proc/irq/177/smp_affinity). This achieved the desired effect of rebalancing the interrupts, but it didn't solve my original problem: the cores were still unbalanced. In fact, the problem became even more interesting -- the two cores had almost flipped their loads, with the second core having the consistently higher usage.
At first I thought that perhaps the second interface might be transferring more data; that was wrong (ifconfig). Next I thought that, even with less total data transferred, perhaps the second interface was triggering more interrupts. That, too, was incorrect (cat /proc/interrupts). Finally, I checked to make sure that both interfaces were using the same driver, which they were (dmesg | grep eth). I had just about given up when I finally decided to put some logging into every web page (using PHP) to see what processor it used. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that nearly every web process started off on the lower-usage core, but then almost immediately migrated to the higher-usage core!
I had uncovered the superficial culprit: when a user requested a web page, one of the first things that the server would do is get a copy of their current session data from another server through the second interface. The moment that the second interface was used, the web process would flip over to the second core (or whatever core was assigned to service that interface's interrupts).
A little more research into the kernel code revealed it even further (caveat: I'm not a kernel hacker, so the details are still a bit fuzzy). When a network interface receives some data, Linux will find the process that is sleeping while waiting for that data and wake it up. When waking up the process, Linux will try to keep it on the same processor core that received the interrupt. I imagine that it does this in an effort to better utilize the core's memory cache, which should speed things up. However, it also appears to have a slight unbalancing effect on the other cores, which is exactly what I was seeing on my servers.
Of course, there are ways to fix this "problem". The easiest is to simply remove the flags in the kernel code that trigger this behavior (you'll find them in include/linux/topology.h; just remove any lines that say SD_WAKE_AFFINE), and then recompile the kernel. I've discovered, though, that this change doesn't seem to improve things like I thought it might. It did seem to balance out the load between the two cores, but the average load across the cores is actually slightly higher (1-2%, usually). This would make some sense; like I said before, the kernel is probably trying to make more efficient use of each core's cache, which apparently has a greater positive effect than having a more equal load distribution.
In the end, I suppose I can live with unbalanced CPU cores. I just wish that this behavior had been a bit better documented -- it was a rather painful process to have to figure it out myself. I suppose it could have been worse, though: I could be using closed-source Windows. ;) | <urn:uuid:4c2407a1-f593-4d9c-8c83-a1894af33363> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html | 2016-05-26T00:28:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049275429.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002115-00001-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981438 | 977 |
Baker has a hungry appetite
LATE developer Carl Baker says that his hunger to play professional football was fashioned during his days playing Sunday football.The 27-year-old Coventry City midfielder arrived at the Ricoh Arena from Stockport where he was a big hit, and he's in line to start today's Championship game at Portman Road (kick-off 3pm).
LATE developer Carl Baker says that his hunger to play professional football was fashioned during his days playing Sunday football.
The 27-year-old Coventry City midfielder arrived at the Ricoh Arena from Stockport where he was a big hit, and he's in line to start today's Championship game at Portman Road (kick-off 3pm).
“I appreciate this side of the game 100 per cent because I've seen the other side of it,” said Baker, who is set to start if Sammy Clingan and Aron Gunnarsson are unfit.
“I played Sunday league and carried goalposts and put flags out, so to move to Coventry and see the stadium and the pitch and the staff, it's surreal to be honest.
“I appreciate every single moment.
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“And hopefully that will be reflected in my game and work ethic. I think even if things aren't going well the fans will still get behind you if you give them 110 per cent.
“I think it's really important to have a good relationship with the fans and if things aren't going well they won't see me with my head down. I'll be giving everything.”
Coventry manager Chris Coleman admits that it will take a massive effort from him and his coaching staff to repair the morale that was shattered by a goal in the final few seconds of a 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Portsmouth after extra time on Tuesday.
“The players are gutted,” he said. “When they trudged off the pitch they were devastated after going so close.
Bottom of Form
“Psychologically that was very tough to take and now I'm concerned about the aftermath.
“I hope that it's not going to take its toll on us because we've been in great form in the league with 12 points from our last five games and we have to keep that going, keep climbing the table.
"We've had some fantastic results of late and we must maintain that by bringing something back from Portman Road.”
“It's not going to be easy because this game won't have helped in terms of fitness or freshness and on top of that the players are all desperately disappointed.
“But it's up to us to pick them up and I've told them that they've got nothing to be ashamed about after the way they played.
“They couldn't have given me any more.”
Today's likely squads
Ipswich Town: Lee-Barrett; Bruce, Rosenior, McAuley, Delaney, Balkestein, D Wright, Peters, Leadbitter, Norris, Colback, Garvan, Edwards, Quinn, Walters, John, Wickham, McLoughlin, Priskin, Counago.
Coventry City: Westwood, S Wright, McPake, Wood, Barnett, Cranie, Bell, Clingan, Gunnarsson, Deegan, Baker, McIndoe, Morrison, Eastwood, Best, Hall, Madine, Grandison, Konstantopoulos, Hussey.
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Int. Preston’s Office Floor – Day
Valerie returns to Preston’s work area to find Preston and Kirsty shouting.
PRESTON: I can’t tell you anything because there’s nothing to tell.
KIRSTY: Today’s the reporting deadline, Preston. You know the rules, same as for everyone else, though you always give the same excuses.
Kirsty pounds Preston’s desk with her fist. It shakes the brain in a bowl.
BRAIN: Hey! Are you going to let her talk like that to you?
PRESTON: No I’m not… giving excuses. But there’s no point producing endless reports that management don’t know what to do with. Let me do my job, and I’ll tell you when there’s something worth telling.
KIRSTY: Tell me the current status of the audit findings.
PRESTON: Current status? Nearly finished. It’ll all be completed by the end of the week.
The fire alarm goes off.
BRAIN: Oh-oh. A good time to scramble. But don’t leave me to be scrambled.
Preston puts a lid on the brain in the bowl, and walks away with it under one arm. Kirsty doesn’t move.
KIRSTY: Preston, don’t you run away from me. Preston!
As Preston passes Valerie, he takes hold of her hand.
PRESTON: I won’t leave you with that woman. She’s not a good role model.
They descend the stairs. Preston counts them, backwards.
PRESTON: 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero.
Preston exits through the fire doors, continuing to drag Valerie. They march half way across the car park by the time alarm stops. Preston keeps marching towards his car.
VALERIE: Preston, the alarm’s stopped. Preston!
PRESTON: We can’t go back. Reportgirl will be waiting for us.
PRESTON: Kirsty. She goes from desk to desk, compiling reports. And that’s all she ever does. It makes her powerful, though it’s not even real work. That’s what they call management aptitude, or something like that. Pushing paper and stealing credit , that’s what I call it.
BRAIN: I’m cold.
Preston arrives at his car.
VALERIE: Where are you going?
PRESTON: Let’s warm ourselves up.
Preston puts the brain on the back seat, takes a wooly hat from the glove compartment, and puts it over the brain.
PRESTON: Come on, get in.
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TANGO II EXHIBIT: Fulden Sara-Wissinger, adjunct art professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, will show her art in the exhibit "An Arabesque Tango II'' at the John E. Conner Museum, A&M-Kingsville. Exhibit will be on display through Dec. 13. Free. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Information: (361) 593-2810.
MINISTERING: Victory Life Fellowship presents "Ministering to the Lord'' conference beginning at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. at 1201 S. Brownlee Blvd. Child care available evenings only. Free. Information: 882-5555.
WIRE JEWELRY CLASSES: Intermediate wire jewelry class with Mary Beth Orrison is from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Rockport Center for the Arts, 902 Navigation Circle, Rockport. Cost: $100 members; $110 nonmembers. Information: (361) 729-5519.
BUS TOUR: Medicare Mobile Bus Tour is from 1 to 4 p.m. for all Medicare beneficiaries at the Greenwood Senior Center, 4040 Greenwood Drive. Free. Flu shots will be administered free for those who qualify; others are $25. Information: 826-3150 or 883-5743.
LIFE DRAWING: Life drawing studio time with live models, open to all levels, is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Rockport Center for the Arts, 902 Navigation Circle, Rockport. Cost: $50/month for members; $55/month for nonmembers. Information: (361) 729-5519.
BOOK SIGNING: Author Maurice Schmidt will sign copies of his book "A Life in Art'' from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Texas A&M University-Kingsville bookstore. Copies of the book are also available at the Bryant Gallery, 302 E. Kleberg Ave., Kingsville. Cost: $55/book. Information: (361) 443-0475.
MEDICARE/MEDICAID: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will provide information to help the elderly and disabled with Medicare review benefits, health care needs and options to make informed decisions for the 2007 benefits from 1 to 4 p.m. at Greenwood Senior Center, 4040 Greenwood Drive. Free. Information: (214) 767-3225.
YOGA CLASSES: Ninety-minute yoga classes at 9 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning today and at 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Christus Spohn Fitness Center, 14202 S. Padre Island Drive, Padre Island. Evy Coppola, registered yoga teacher, will be instructor. Classes at 11 a.m. the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Cost: $5. Information: 949-4790 or HYPERLINK http://www.path2wellness.com www.path2wellness.com
FILM: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will present "On the Waterfront" (1954) starring Marlon Brando and directed by Elia Kazan at 7:30 p.m. in Bay Hall, Room 104. Free. Information: (361) 825-5750.
YOGA CLASS: The Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi presents two classes of Krama Vinyasa yoga classes at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays beginning at Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 6313 Wooldridge, Suite 8. Cost: $75/month. Information: 883-1052 or HYPERLINK mailto:firstname.lastname@example.org email@example.com
BLOOD DRIVE: Coastal Bend Blood Center will have bloodmobiles from:
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Thanks for playing! I'll definitely keep experimenting with the dash mechanic. There is a cooldown but I think it needs to be more obvious.. not sure why the sounds wasn't working, what browser do you use?
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When my children are with me, I say good night to each of them by lying in bed with them, chatting about their days and saying prayers. At the end, just before I get up to leave, I ask them to tell me one thing for which they are grateful. I do this because I think it’s important to encourage a habit of gratitude and because I want them to close their day on a positive note. When they were itty-bitties, I would refer to this time as me spending a minute with them before they sleep; it has since been shortened and is now simply called, by all of us, “Our Minute.”
My ex-husband has his own traditions with the girls, but they have both told me how much they miss Our Minute together at the end of the day when they are at their dad’s. I hate that I cannot be there with them every night. I miss their soft little cheeks and bubbling stories of their days. I miss holding their hands or softly stroking their hair while we recite our prayers together. I hate that the decisions that I made 2 1/2 years ago keep me from sharing Our Minute with them every single night.
My phone pinged 4 times in rapid succession, and I picked it up to discover multiple texts from my older daughter, Sabrina…
The texts contained, without preamble or explanation, her two prayers that we typically say together. Then a separate text that simply read, “Here are our prayers. I miss you sitting with me.”
Then, finally, a moment later, “P.S. I’m thankful for being able to text you.”
I was overcome by those simple, sweet messages.
Leave it to a 10-year-old, and the technology of her generation, to close the distance and space between us in an instant. She is so much smarter than me.
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The long career of Germán Samper, who died on 22 May, is indissolubly linked with the figure of Le Corbusier, not only because he worked closely with him for many years, personally following the city plans for Chandigarh and Bogotà, where he was born, but also because the French master passed on to him his passion for drawing. When in the summer of 1949 Le Corbusier agreed to go with him to the CIAM congress in Bergamo and to visit Venice and Florence, he encouraged him to take a notebook and pencil as well as a camera: “an architect must know how to draw what captures his attention.” It was advice that Germán took to heart, translating it into an archive of over 5,000 Indian ink drawings, shown in 2015 at MOMA in New York, which depicted buildings, city squares and urban landscapes visited across the 70 years of his career.
He paired his passion for drawing with a career of such intensity that at the 2018 Bienal Panamericana, held in Quito, the jury gave him a special award to recognise his emblematic role in twentieth-century architecture and Latin American urban planning.
After the years spent in Le Corbusier’s Paris studio, Germán returned to the Colombian capital in 1954, where he designed many of the city’s iconic buildings, from the Avianca skyscraper – for many years the tallest building in South America – and the Gold Museum to the Cittadella Colsubsidio and the Luis Ángel Arango Library, where the concert hall is considered extraordinary for its acoustics and use of wood.
In 1958, he developed the design for the “Olympic city” in Cartagena, characterised by an original reinforced concrete texture, and in 1982 the Congress Center, with stone facades reflected in the waters of the dockyard. In Medellin he designed the Coltejer Center – its skyscraper is still one of the symbols of the Andean city – and in 1974 won the competition for the new Banco Popular headquarters.
His successes in his homeland were a prelude to commissions in Panama, Quito and Lima, where – between 1968 and 1973 – he was, alongside James Stirling, Charles Correa, Fumihiko Maki and others, one of the individuals chosen by Peter Land to design PREVI, which remains the largest and most successful experiment in “assisted self-construction” in South America.
It was this commitment to social housing that represented one of the distinctive elements in Germán Samper’s career. At the prompting of his wife, Yolanda Martinez, he put his initial experience into practice in the Bogotá city district of La Fragua (1958). This was followed by urban developments for Sidauto, the drivers’ union, work in Ciudad Bolívar, and dozens of other interventions, some recent, that revealed not only his ability to manage complex projects, but also a profound humanity. | <urn:uuid:b59d3cd3-9eb3-47e3-a3ac-f8437a8eb7dd> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2019/07/02/in-memoriam-germn-samper-gnecco-19242019.html | 2020-08-09T10:33:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738552.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20200809102845-20200809132845-00490.warc.gz | en | 0.973311 | 631 |
Just seeing if there's anyone else with fibro or pain conditions and how you manage them. I was diagnosed this year with fibro but have been in chronic pain since i was 12 (chronic lower back pain). Since having my first son 6 years ago ive been in constant pain and his traumatic delivery seemed to have triggered fibromyalgia.
Being in chronic pain sucks, not being able to do simple tasks really bothers me. Not being able to take anything, or fix it or make it go away, really sucks. This year i'm making concious decisions to better my health and wanted to share with others and see what others do to help manage their pain and just vent when we've had enough.
Hope others join me, be nice to not feel so alone.
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Really don't know what to write here, I'm a quick thinker, I speak spontaneously, so sitting here thinking about how to describe myself is causing me to draw a blank, but I'll do my best. I recently landed my dream job, bought a home, and I couldn't be happier. I just need to fill in the missing pieces. Everything I do, I do to better myself and those around me. I'm the type of guy that'll give the shirt off my back to a stranger. I'm kind of a smart ass, sarcasm is my second language, but it's all in good fun. I'm laid back, kind-hearted and family oriented. Been single a few years now, did the bar scene and I'm over it. I enjoy sports, hockey, baseball, football, good music, playing guitar, singing in my friends band occasionally, the outdoors and cooking. I've been told I'm a pretty damn good cook. I'm too smart for my own good sometimes, I like outsmarting people that don't expect me to. I've never found a task or problem, I couldn't eventually solve. I hate misspelled words, and words used out of context. i.e. there, their, they're, are 3 different words, I have a list of others too, but I won't get into that, don't know why it bothers me it just does. I can be a goofball, I make jokes at wrong times just to lighten the mood. I'm built like a tank, some find that intimidating, but honestly I'm a big teddy bear. So that's me, I'm just trying to succeed and have fun doing it.
Something intimate where we could talk and get to know each other. I always thought ice skating would be a fun date. Also, I love cooking, so I'd love to show my skills and cook a nice dinner. | <urn:uuid:8f3b3194-02a0-4405-aa76-71450bab3c1a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=35960476 | 2016-06-27T04:18:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982005 | 393 |
View Full Version : I'm pretty sure we don't have 'many'...but if....
10-07-2012, 11:44 AM
...we have just a few "pole-sitters" that are still undecided...some of the quesy 'occasional' viewers of POTUS Place from the main board of RTF...here's some info you might find interesting, even to the point of being mystifyingly unbelievable. Enjoy!
10-07-2012, 08:04 PM
Not so sure about the references to homosexual encounters ... but even with that left out, putting all these coincidences together in this timeline really begins to sound scary.
Things I didn't know ... that Oprah belonged to the Rev. Wright's church and left it because it was too radical.
Also, if Bill Ayres & Bernadine were occasional baby-sitters for the Obama daughters, that is much more than "a guy who lived on my street." You wouldn't ask a "stranger" to babysit for you.
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Writing, editing, copywriting, copy editing, journalism, news articles, in-depth articles, white papers, SEO copywriting, e-books, blog posts, reviews, editorial writing, marketing copy, e-learning, edtech, academic writing, report writing, proposal writing, grant writing, content marketing, travel writing, essays, content writing, digital marketing, business writing, financial journalism, tutoring, teaching
Writing, reading, language, rhetoric, business, sociolinguistics, literature, art, journalism, travel, finance.
University of Washington's Quarterly Dean's List and University of Washington Annual Dean's List High-Scholarship Award
Thesis: "'A woman like that is not a woman, quite': reclamation of power for the private self in the poetry of Anne Sexton."
Also earned a Certificate in Teaching College Writing
Miranda is interested in and knowledgable about many aspects of the business world. She has a great deal of experience creating both SEO-optimized business writing and business journalism. Some of this writing is about business and businesses, while some of it is written for businesses. This type of business writing, much of which is classified as B2B or B2C copywriting, provides businesses with useful, interesting, and persuasive marketing content and copy that includes clear calls to action and that can be used in whatever way best meets their needs. Some businesses post it on their blog (often turning it into an effective inbound marketing tool in the process), some use it as content for one or more pages of their website, and some use it as general marketing copy. Miranda greatly enjoys writing about business and for businesses, and, if the writing is done for a particular business, she always makes sure that it will be a good fit for that particular business and takes the time to tailor it to the business's specific and unique goals, concerns, and/or needs. Additionally, Miranda has multiple professional certificates in business-related topics.
Miranda has written book reviews for a variety of online and print publications. She began publishing book reviews when she was a graduate student studying English Literature. Writing book reviews gave her the chance to put to practical and concrete use much of the literary theory she was immersed in while studying for her M.A.
Miranda has written about many topics related to education. Additionally, she is a former English professor with a Master's Degree in English Language and Literature and a Certificate in Teaching College Writing. She has extensive experience teaching in both the classroom and online and is certified in various e-learning software systems. Her college-level English courses focused primarily on composition and rhetoric (argumentative writing). She has also worked as a writing tutor and as a faculty advisor in a campus Writing Center.
Miranda has written blog posts, articles, and other types of web content/copy about a variety of career-related topics including human resources, hiring practices, staffing agencies, employment issues, career success, job searches, and employee recruitment. Most of these articles and blog posts have been published on the websites of various career and/or employment focused businesses and corporations.
Miranda is interested in and knowledgable about both contemporary and historical political issues. She has taken multiple higher education courses focused on politics and political science and is an avid reader of political writing. Additionally, she has written articles, news stories, essays, reports, opinion pieces, textbook chapters, etc., about various political topics and issues for many different online and print publications.
Miranda has traveled to a variety of locales but not nearly enough for her liking, and she hopes to be able to indulge her constant wanderlust more frequently in the future. Additionally, she enjoys reading about travel, whether in books, on online sites devoted to travel, or in travel guides of any sort. She also loves travel writing/writing about travel, has had some opportunities to craft published travel writing in the past (both about her own travels and as an "armchair travel writer", so to speak), and looks forward to the opportunity to do much more paid published travel writing in the near future.
Miranda has written articles, blog posts, reports, essays, social media posts, and other types of content and web copy about many different medical issues and topics, including multiple informative web pages about the nursing profession, articles on the benefits of one medical procedure over another, and blog posts for the websites of multiple plastic surgeons.
Miranda has written articles, blog posts, and web copy (almost always of the marketing/SEO-optimized variety) about insurance, the insurance industry, insurance policies (auto, home, health, life, etc.), why consumers should purchase one type of insurance policy instead of another, the importance of and benefits of being insured, and more. Interestingly enough, her experience with researching (finding credible information, statistics, and other facts to cite in the written piece) and writing these insurance-focused assignments has helped her in "real life' when she has had to make decisions regarding which insurance policies to purchase for herself. Because of her work on this topic, she is now equipped to understand which insurance policies are the best fit for her, and, more importantly, *why* they are the best fit.
Miranda has written many types of articles (brief articles, informative articles, news articles, opinion-based articles, articles that involve in-depth reporting, etc.) on a variety of topics and subjects for both online and print publications and has also copy edited, line edited, and proofread articles written by other writers and authors.
Miranda has written and distributed press releases for businesses, non-profits, individuals, organizations, and groups. Additionally, she has written press releases for many different purposes, including to draw attention to upcoming events, to recognize the achievements of individuals or institutions, to announce product releases, and to encourage consumers to buy various items. Her press releases are always informative, interesting, detailed, persuasive and, if it's appropriate (re: the subject matter of the press release), they're sometimes also humorous in a way that clients enjoy. In addition, Miranda sometimes works as a freelance journalist, so she is familiar with press releases from both sides of the traditional spectrum, and whenever she reads press releases in the course of her journalistic work, she comes across many that fail to do the one thing that a press release must do at a bare minimum: inform its readers about the subject of the press release and encourage the readers to take some sort of action in response to that information. And, although it is disappointing to see so many poorly-done press releases, Miranda also finds that it motivates her to make sure that her own press releases are consistently engaging and effective.
Miranda has crafted countless web pages of every size and type over the years. Many of these web pages were for school/university work, some of them were created just to practice her HTML and programming skills as a curious teenager, and many were and currently still are sites for her resume, writing portfolio, writing samples, published writing clips, etc. Through her work as a freelance marketing copywriter, she has also created web pages for many clients and companies, many of which are what are generally referred to as "landing pages". A portion of a sample "landing page" that Miranda created for a company is included below. | <urn:uuid:838af52a-c2b1-4036-8679-f5c8fd89d4e3> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://www.writeraccess.com/writer/12362/ | 2019-08-25T16:49:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027330750.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825151521-20190825173521-00335.warc.gz | en | 0.970608 | 1,498 |
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has refused to confirm that the club has offered Alexis Sanchez a new £300,000-per-week contract.
Reports in the English press on Thursday, claimed that the Gunners are ready to make the Chile international the highest-paid player in the Premier League, to ward off interest from potential suitors.
“I cannot confirm that we have offered that,” Wenger told a news conference on Friday.
“We have to consider our financial potential to sustain the wages of the whole squad.
“What is for sure is that what is paid per week today is what 20 years ago was paid per year.”
Alexis is one of the six nominees for the PFA Player of the Year award having scored 18 goals and laid on 10 assists in the league this season.
“I’m very happy because it rewards a very strong season if you look at the numbers,” Wenger said of his nomination.
“I believe a combination of goalscoring and assists is a sign of the quality of the player.
“He played centre-forward for a while and he has short backlift, good quality of reception, good first touch and the focus needed to score. That means he has a kind of aggressive attitude in the box that allows him to score.
“He likes the ball a lot. He’s more attracted by a wide position because he can get more of the ball. He has to keep that balance between providing and goalscoring.” | <urn:uuid:f68c734f-2712-488f-8ad8-6f4a9f0388fa> | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | http://naijabaseonline.blogspot.com/2017/04/arsene-wenger-refuses-to-confirm.html | 2018-08-19T14:01:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221215176.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180819125734-20180819145734-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.977584 | 320 |
Person Centered Thinking Training
Person Centered Thinking is a training recommended for everyone involved in supporting people with significant disabilities. Participants will develop skills in person-centered thinking through a series of discussions, applied stories, and guided exercises. Please see the attached calendar below for dates and locations. Please check back for registration links. | <urn:uuid:535f1b89-8292-4dbb-8154-f906c0b1b0ba> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://www.tri-counties.org/person-centered-practices/person-centered-thinking-training/ | 2019-12-15T08:00:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575541307797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20191215070636-20191215094636-00553.warc.gz | en | 0.929872 | 64 |
A senior Interior Ministry official said Thursday that the ministry would not recognize 11 village chiefs who the SRP plans to swear in next week in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet commune.
The SRP announced Thursday that party leader Sam Rainsy will hold ceremonies for the 11 village chiefs—four of whom are SRP members—who were elected June 21.
But Interior Ministry General Department Director Sak Setha said the ministry will not acknowledge the 11 due to an ongoing investigation into alleged voting irregularities reported by the province’s CPP governor On Sum shortly after the vote for the village chiefs.
New elections might have to be held in some of the villages, he said.
Sak Setha also took issue with the SRP holding such a ceremony. “Village chiefs do not belong to any political party,” Sak Setha maintained. “SRP cannot do that.”
Five CPP members and two Funcinpec officials are among the 11 village chiefs.
On Sum said he had sent a request to the Interior Ministry to hold re-elections for all 11 villages, but has received no response.
He said he objected to the election results because the village chiefs did not live in the communities they were going to head.
The SRP said in a statement that it sent a letter on June 28 to the Interior Ministry informing them of the election outcome but received no answer. The statement said the SRP has taken this silence as an acknowledgement by the ministry of the election results.
Sam Rainsy said that only 50 of approximately 14,000 village chiefs nationwide belong to the SRP. He said that the Interior Ministry was in no position to deny the results of the election, let alone call for a rerun.
He added that the CPP were “sore losers.” Sam Rainsy said the CPP wanted to control every village chief so it can manipulate villagers during the 2007 commune elections. | <urn:uuid:e1cd8cec-cfb1-4acd-89ff-6313fc411d85> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/poipet-village-chiefs-cant-be-sworn-in-official-54523/ | 2023-05-28T05:52:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643585.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528051321-20230528081321-00426.warc.gz | en | 0.985401 | 407 |
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Fred Friedfeld, a giant in our industry, showed us how to be our best selves
BY Robert Bell
Published in the September-October 2014 issueThis has been a difficult column for me to write. This summer, our industry was saddened to mark the passing of an industry icon. A giant and a gentlemen. Together, we mourn the loss of Fred Friedfeld, who, along with his beloved wife, Mimi, founded ClearVision Optical 65 years ago.
Whether you knew Mr. Friedfeld or not, we should celebrate his contributions to our daily, professional lives. Though I was not close with him, I had the good fortune to know Fred for many years since he was a dear friend to my father. I grew up admiring him, and I could supply a list of his many accomplishments. But his strongest legacy is that he simply made this a nicer industry in which to work. Trust me, nothing could be more important.
I shouldn’t use the word “simply,” because there was nothing simple about it. When you are surrounded by intense competition, when it’s every man for himself, when it’s a dog-eat-dog world, when you are competing with cutthroat tactics, it’s very easy to fall into the same trap and do business the way everyone else does.
But Fred was different. It wasn’t about him. It was about everyone else. Yes, of course, the next sentence is going to be “he took care of his customers’ needs first.” Makes sense, right? Except that’s not where it ended with Fred. He took care of his employees, his vendors and his peers, too. He had this inexplicable way to make those around him feel important and special.
And, no matter who you are, don’t we all crave to be around someone like that? It makes us feel better about ourselves and helps us flourish.
An example of how he treated people is in an unexpected letter he sent my father in October 2009.
Dear Larry,This letter, lovely in itself, was handwritten, in the age of emails. But the gift of a $2 bill, purchased 33 years ago, gave my father a feeling he still cannot fully describe. Of course, he still has the $2 bill and he cried when he read this letter to me over the phone. Fred touched him in a remarkable way. I know Fred had a similar impact on many lives. That’s a legacy!
What a wonderful time we had. We will all remember it.
I want to wish you a happy, happy birthday.
I am enclosing a special $2 bill which I purchased in 1976. This bill has never been touched by humans except myself. It will bring you good health and happiness. I only give these to special people and you are one of those. Keep well and keep in touch.
So earlier, I wrote we should celebrate Mr. Friedfeld’s contributions to our industry. Let me share with you my take on his gleaming examples:
• Don’t think of yourself first. Be genuine, gracious and grateful.
• Be willing to offer someone else assistance in helping them attain their goals. Encourage people.
• Your reward is how you make people feel about themselves.
• Ask everyone for their ideas because you can’t always have the right idea. Give credit to those who’ve earned it. Give credit to those who make a genuine effort. Inspire those who want to move forward but may lack direction.
• Show sincere respect as it’s the only way for you to earn the respect of others. Say thank you; it shows you realize that no one succeeds by themselves.
• Do something a bit out of the ordinary (a $2 bill, perhaps?) to show your appreciation toward others.
• Give people around you permission to shine. Take extraordinary pride in their accomplishments.
• Love your family.
• Love your friends.
• Admire your competitors.
• Love what you do!
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Eurostar has launched a joint bid with French company Keolis to run the East Coast rail route from London to Scotland.
The winner of the bidding is due to be announced in October 2014, with the new franchise on track for a re-launch in February 2015.
East Coast has been operated in the public sector since 2009 after National Express pulled out. Its return to private hands has been opposed by Labour and rail unions.
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Capture Page generator
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I want to create a "**Capture Page Generator**" very similar in function to this one;
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I will advertise it (adwords etc..) and when people go there they can easily create Capture Pages (*aka Squeeze Pages, or Landing Pages*) for themselves for free.
And of course my ads will be on the side of the "Capture Page Generator" itself.
Also I would lke to collect the emails and names of all the people who use my "Capture Page Generator" and be able to download that data in .csv format anytime with these fields; name, email, date created, and perhaps isp.
I can design the template styles in html for you.
When the Capture Page Generator is complete I want the abitlity to put my ads on the side. So I would like to be able to get into the html code via dreamweaver to update it anytime.
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Union production workers at the JBS-USA packing plant in Greeley overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract that raises pay and improves worker benefits, according to a union spokeswoman.
"This deal is all gains for everybody," said Linda Sughroue, a veteran worker at the plant who helped negotiate the new contract. "It's all positive, nothing negative."
99% of the members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 7 voted to approve the new contract, according to a union statement. Workers will get pay raises, health insurance with better coverage and lower co-pays and premiums that will not increase over the life of the contract.
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First of all, congratulations on your engagement.
Weddings are now tightly regulated due to COVID-19.
We’re so pleased that you are checking out your local church as a potential venue for your marriage ceremony. There are many things you get from marrying in a church than you cannot get from any other wedding venue.
During the current restrictions, the guidelines state that currently weddings can go ahead but with only 30 people present.
- Preparing for marriage. As a
church we at St. Margaret’s believe in helping couples to begin their married
life from a really secure and firm foundation. This is why we offer for free, a marriage preparation day called “Marriage by Design” to
all couples marrying at St. Margaret’s. It is held once or twice a year and details are sent after a booking is
made. An introduction to this course is available on YouTube.
Some quotes from those who have attended a recent course include:
"I wish I had done these sessions before my first marriage, it might have made all the difference."
"We felt so welcome by yourselves, Kevin and everybody else who introduced themselves at church. We were a little unsure about what today might consist of but actually we had a lot of fun and really enjoyed it! It was lovely to reflect on our relationship, both strengths and areas we need to continue to build on."
"We just wanted to thank you for our wedding prep on Sunday, it was not only a very informative day, but a relaxing enjoyable day too. I think Marriage by Design should be a must for all couples preparing to get married".
- A spiritual element. God’s blessing on your marriage is an attraction to couples no matter what your beliefs. God is with you all the way and wants to be involved in your loving relationship.
- Vows. You make big vows in front of your family and friends. You can only make vows this big in a church. These vows will help you to stay together and grow together. God and St Margaret’s are there for you to help you keep your vows.
- Making it personal. You’ll meet the Vicar fairly early on and he will want to get to know you a little before the ceremony and this means the most important part of your day can be made very personal, memorable, meaningful and beautiful by blending traditional with contemporary. You are involved at each step in planning your ceremony and you’ll also have a rehearsal before the big day to help put your nerves at rest – no other wedding celebrant offers this service.
- The building. St. Margaret’s is a 12th Century, Grade 1 listed church which has been well maintained and improved over many years. You can just imagine how many thousands of couples have said their vows on the spot you will say yours – amazing! The interior now is more modern to suit the church’s needs but the history is still very much there.
- Making choices about your ceremony. You can be involved in making about your ceremony. We can offer an outline order of service to help you plan.
- Special experience. For some
people, a church simply seems like the
- And after your wedding, you’ll realise that a church is more than simply a wedding venue. .
Initially, please complete the enquiry
form below and we will be in touch with you. Then come to a service one Sunday
morning to meet the Vicar and his team before the booking is made and to check
out the options available to you.
Important: Marriage Banns
Parliament has laid down that the publication of marriage banns is a legal requirement if you want to get married in the Church of England. It means the public announcement by the minister during a normal church service that two people wish to marry, and gives a chance for anyone in the congregation to put forward a legal reason why the wedding should not take place. This is extremely rare!
If you live in the streets in the parish, your banns will need to be read here whether you are getting married here or in another church. If you need us to read your banns, please contact the church office at least four months before your wedding day. There is a small fee payable. This is an essential legal requirement - no banns, no marriage! If you live in another parish and think you may be eligible to to be married here, you will need to have the banns read there too. The banns will be read at our main service at 11am on a Sunday morning, for three weeks in a row.
One or both of us are divorced. Can we get married in the church?
but this is entirely at the discretion of the
Vicar and you need to talk to him about this before a booking can be
made. Attending the "Marriage by Design" course is also compulsory.
Please contact the church office.
We don’t come to church; can we still get married there?
Yes, provided you fit into one of these categories and you can provide evidence where indicated *
- One or both of you currently live in the parish of St. Margaret’s [Wolston, Brandon or Bretford] or St. Peter’s [Church Lawford & Kings Newnham] or lived here for at least 6 months during your lifetime. *
- One parent has lived in the parish for at least 6 months. *
- One of you was baptised or confirmed in the parish. *
- A parent or grandparent were married at the church. *
- Have worshiped at least twice a month in the parish for six months. *
- Parents have worshipped regularly [at least twice a month] at the church for at least 6months and/or are on the Electoral Role.
Do we have to be baptised and/or confirmed to marry in church?
One of us is Roman Catholic. Can we get married in an Anglican Church?
Can same sex couples get married in church?
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Melissa Melonson is the Founder and CEO of Lumi Agency, a creative digital agency, and Lumi Hospitality, a division of the agency dedicated to luxury hospitality and travel clients. A true Hartford advocate, while growing her business in the city, Melissa also created the media property weHartford. She was a 2019 Hartford Business Journal 40 Under Forty honoree, is an active board member for Achieve Hartford, and participates on the marketing committee for the Bushnell Park Foundation.
Melissa told the Hartford Chamber of Commerce about her experience with becoming a part of Hartford and why she’s happy to be doing business here.
Why did you join the Hartford Chamber of Commerce?
MELISSA MELONSON: Over the past few years, I have personally experienced the value of networking with and mutual support from other Hartford businesses. The Hartford Chamber of Commerce allows for that central connection and communication so we can stay apprised of local business news and find ways to work together. Not to mention, Executive Director Julio Concepción and Director of Small Business Development Shannon Mumley have been great resources whenever there is a need or a question—especially through these recent challenging times.
Why Hartford? How did you decide on the location for your business?
MELISSA: Originally, I chose Hartford because I loved the small city atmosphere for our growing agency. Having worked in New York City for years, it was so refreshing to meet a community of people within a city atmosphere who knew each other and truly cared about each other’s success. Our first office was located on Pratt Street downtown, which was a perfect place to get to know many of the city’s leaders and top organizations. And, while we loved downtown, we found a new home this year in Parkville, where we could immediately feel the fresh creative energy.
Tell us about the neighborhood and what makes it unique.
MELISSA: Parkville is quite a special place and I expect a lot of exciting growth for this artistic neighborhood over the coming years. Not only is it full of local artists and unique businesses that we can partner with professionally, but my team also loves the access we have to Parkville Market, the KNOW GOOD Market, Hog River Brewing, and many more experiences that the neighborhood offers.
What is the best thing about working in Hartford?
MELISSA: For me, it’s the potential. Hartford has so much potential and opportunity and, as a business owner and entrepreneur, it feels like a sandbox for my creativity. I’m excited to continue with my personal involvement in the city’s growth through the organizations I’m involved with, my media property weHartford.com, new community events, and more. I can see the future of Hartford and I want to be part of creating and molding that vision.
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Tax-Aide program open now in Plattsburgh
PLATTSBURGH — The Tax-Aide program, which provides free electronic-filing assistance to low- and middle-income taxpayers for their 2012 tax returns, is up and running now.
The IRS is not accepting returns yet (due to fiscal-cliff issues), but the AARP Foundation program can process returns — just not complete the electronic filing, a press release said.
The walk-in program is set up at the Clinton County Senior Citizens Center, 5139 North Catherine St., Plattsburgh.
The hours through the end of February are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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Michael Jackson is still 'Bad,' 25 years after album
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's "Bad" returns this September with new music and never-before-seen concert video in the first re-release of a full album from the King of Pop's catalogue since he died in 2009, Jackson's record company and estate said on Monday.
The "Bad 25" deluxe package, released on September 18, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the original, Grammy-winning album with hits like "The Way You Make Me Feel," and it will include demos and songs that didn't make the final cut of the original version.
The new songs were recorded in Jackson's studio while he was making the album, and the package also offers a DVD of Jackson's performance for Britain's Prince Charles, Lady Diana and 72,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium in 1988.
The video was discovered in the singer's personal collection, and thought to be the only copy of the performance, taped for Jackson's own use, the estate said.
Jackson, a member of the Jackson Five family of singers and one of the best-selling pop stars of all time, died in 2009 of an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol and sedatives. His doctor at the time, Conrad Murray, is currently in jail after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death.
Craig Marks, editor of Popdust.com and co-author of "I Want My MTV," said the "Bad 25" anniversary package should highlight Jackson's legendary talents as a live performer and, perhaps, lure new fans.
"It continues to focus fans' attention on his music ... hopefully it brings to the fore what an incredible live performer he was and his songbook, given that 'Bad' was at the time considered to be very successful but was in the shadows of 'Thriller,'" Marks told Reuters.
"Bad" won two Grammy awards and sold more than 45 million copies around the world, fuelled by the popularity of singles such as "Dirty Diana," "Smooth Criminal" and the album title track, "Bad."
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To gear up Jackson fans ahead of September, the late singer's record company will re-release the first single from the album, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" on June 5th in the U.S.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Customer Experience Management Efforts
Artificial Intelligence is changing our world as we speak. The modern-day AI technologies coupled with augmentation and digitization is creating a whole new reality for us. This reality, popularly known as the Augmented Reality (AR) is soon going to be the next big thing in the market. Scientists predict that within the next few decades humans will constantly switch between physical and augmented realities. We are already seeing the boundaries between these realities blur out with the modern-day tech.
AI has already revamped the business world and is now slowly creeping into our personal lives too. It is growing at a staggering pace of nearly 130% year on year today. Businesses are using the AI technologies to do all kinds of stuff. Here’s how large organizations use AI as their daily go-to driver to improvise their customer experience management efforts.
Identification of Churn Rates
Large organizations often deal with a huge influx of queries from existing customers as well as new prospects. In the 20th Century, the biggest companies on the planet hired enough people to fill an entire building, just to serve their customers better. They knew that if the company wants to take quantum leaps ahead, it cannot do so without the support of its existing customer. In fact, every successful business owner knows the importance of customer retention for the sustainability of the business.
The main use of AI in customer experience management is to identify churn rates at an early stage in the customer experience cycle. The AI modules keep a track of the daily use of your product at the customer location thereby looking for pointers that will help them identify potential churn factors. The AI then suggests you act proactively and offer the customers a better deal or a better service.
Prioritization of Queries
The AI technology can identify the tone of written language when coupled with Machine Learning modules. This technology has totally revamped how we see chatbots and other customer experience management tools today. The Artificial Intelligence technology uses this information to help you prioritize the cases that require your immediate attention. This prioritization helps in the minimization of churn rates and helps you manage your human resources effectively.
Today AI is so smart that it can automatically allocate more human resources to the case wherein the customer is seriously pissed off and needs immediate attention of an account executive from your team.
Design of a Suitable Workflow Model
The main problem with enterprise-grade products is that your customers will most likely have several points of contact with your organization. A truly enterprise-grade product will set a dedicated team of account manager, sales engineer, support assistant, customer success manager, etc. for each customer.
When the customer approaches your organization with a specific problems statement, the query can go to any one of these people. For example, the problems with invoice management will most likely be handled by an account executive while the customer success manager will step in to provide technical assistance. AI has the potential to identify the problems of the customer using certain keyword-triggers. It will then redirect the request to the right person on the customer management team to shorten the length of the whole process. Thus, AI can help you design a suitable workflow model to cater to the immediate needs of your customers.
Humanise the Whole Process
Studies show that large organizations are quickly adopting the latest chatbot technologies to serve their customers better. The use of chatbots will move from just under 12% to over 90% within the next 3-4 years. The same studies also show that people prefer speaking to people and not robots/chatbots. This is where AI helps in humanizing the responses given by a chatbot.
The modern-day chatbots coupled with AI tech can understand the tone of the language that the customer types into the chat window. It can then program the answers quickly to pacify the conditions until an actual person steps into the chat. The AI tech is getting so good at humanizing the chat that people can no longer differentiate between the responses of a robot and an actual person. AI is now so advanced that you can ask the same question to a chatbot hundred times and still expect a slightly different answer.
Reduction of Turn Around Time
TAT or Turn Around Time is one of the most critical aspects of customer experience management cycle. The best companies have a TAT that does not exceed a few seconds. On the other hand, the companies with the worst customer experience management can take several days/weeks before responding to the customer’s grievances.
For example, Amazon, one of the most customer-centric companies in the world has scored the first rank in customer satisfaction rates for the 9th consecutive year! We also know that it is on the fast track to becoming a trillion dollar organization soon. The valuation of the world’s only trillion-dollar organization Apple is proof that customer experience management plays a major role in the success/failure of a company.
Scalability of Operations
AI is extremely helpful for large organizations that deal with thousands of customer queries every hour. Most companies that are signing new enterprise-scale customers every day need AI to improvise their customer management experience. The business owners know that AI will help them balance the focus on the retention and acquisition aspects of customer engagement.
Launch of New Initiatives
Upselling and reselling your products/services are key factors in the sustainability of a business. AI can help companies identify the upsell, cross-sell as well as resell opportunities within the existing customer database effectively. AI has data analysis algorithms to see how actively your customer is using the product/service thereby suggesting a chance of new initiative.
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I kind of created an account just to ask this. It’s been haunting me ever since my fiance and I got engaged. Its kind of a long story so please bear with me and please help.
I have three siblings. Of which none that I get along with. I am the youngest of them and there is at least an 11 year gap between me and them. I moved from home to another town with my then boyfriend (now fiance) and none of my siblings called me. At all. Well I called them out on this they blamed the fact that they had kids and that I was whining. I had this huge blow out with both my sisters and I called them out on their crap. Many tears, my mom got involved and loads of yelling later they ended up making me feel guilty. I then, too put it frankly, went into a depression and later I was diagnosed with bipolar 2. My sisters kind of shrugged and said I needed to get over myself. No matter how I tried I’ve been ignored and patronized (I guess it comes with the territory of being the youngest). The three of them decided to go to a concert, they called it “Sibling bonding”. I wasn’t invited. They kept on talking about the concert months before it was. In front of me. I don’t think they did it out of cruelty but I was just ignored. I kept up the try to have a nice relationship for a good year and now I’ve just given up and settled for being polite. Half because I don’t want to put my parents in an uncomfortable position. Half because even if I cannot stand my sisters. I adore their kids. I love them so so much.
Now my brother is another case entirely. My brother isn’t abusive, or mean, or anything of the sort. He just kind of isn’t a brother. <br />For the first 6 month of my fiance and I relationship he didn’t bother remembering his name. He invited my sisters and his friends personally to his birthday and then left it up to my parents to invite me. I can’t say I hate him. I just don’t love him. He is the only one in my family that doesn’t know my illness, I forbid anyone to tell him because I knew he didn’t even know I was depressed.
Now my weddings is coming up. And as you probably can guess, I’m not the least bit interested in inviting any of them. My parents think I should. And Yes I DO want to keep having a relationship with their kids. But I don’t want to invite people who I’m not certain if they love me, really love me. I know some people are all about blood is thicker than water. But so far that blood has only held me down instead of supporting and helping. <br />I’m really stressed about this and I could really use some advice. Please help!
Ps. My fiance Is totally against inviting them. He hates them for how they have treated me an firmly belive that they are the cause for triggering my bipolarity meltdowns.
Post # 2
If you’re having a large wedding, you probably can’t get out of inviting them (and hoping they don’t attend). If you’re having a small wedding, I would think you don’t have to invite them, since you’re not close to them. Invite people who are happy to see you get married and celebrate with you, only.
Post # 3
If you want to have any relationship with their children, I think you have to invite them.
Post # 4
It’s hard for me to give you advice because I cannot imagine this situation.
I do think that not inviting them will create more drama than it’s worth, and you’ll definitely risk losing your relationship with your nieces and nephews. So I would just invite all of your siblings.
It sounds to me like deep down you wish you had a better relationship with your siblings–that’s why this upsets you and you get into crying fights. If you don’t invite them, the relationships have almost no chance of improving.
Post # 5
They sound like assholes. I wouldn’t invite them. To me, family holds priority only if they also respect you and treat you in a dignified manner. I don’t think that people should be able to get away with being hurtful and callous simply by virtue of sharing similar DNA. Nor do they deseve any entitlements such as wedding invitations, gifts, favours etc.
Having said that, if you don’t invite them and they get butthurt, they may very well limit your contact with your nieces/nephews. That would suck…. but, I personally would bite the bullet on that one and accept seeing them less often because there are very few things to me that are worth putting up with toxic people in my life. But everyone is different and you have to do the weighing of possible outcomes for yourself.
Also, mothers will almost always say to invite siblings/family members. They have an inclination to ‘keep the family together’ and often see their own children differently from a mother’s perspective, than you do as a sibling.
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- Wedding: June 2014 - San Francisco, CA
At least some of them sound like jerks (although I can’t see “my brother didn’t bother remembering my boyfriend’s name for a couple months when we started dating” as a big deal – why would he, in the very beginning?). I’m generally against feeling obligated to invite toxic family to weddings if you think they’re going to cause a scene or make you miserable. BUT, if you want to have a relationship with their kids, you can’t freeze them out. Suck it up, invite them, appoint a bridesmaid to intercept/distract them if they try to bother you.
Post # 7
rachel85: I think that one scene is the one that started the whole downward spiral with my brother. Not once, and I mean to this very day, has he made any sort of attempt to get to know my fiance. He hasn’t invited us over for dinner or anything. At the social gatherings he doesn’t talk to him at all. I doubt he knows what my fiance does for a living. :/ Just thought I’d explain
Post # 8
I’d like to thank you all, your advice is awsome. It’s also nice to know that I’m just not being silly and whiny about them. I still haven’t decided how I should go about this but all your advice is helping. A big factor is my nephews and neices and maybe I’ll invite them just so that I can have the kids there. (Sorry for my spelling, english isn’t my naitive language)
Post # 9
AliceMAL: If they were cousins or some sort of extended family, I would say no. But they are your siblings. So I would invite then and let them make the decusion to come or not.
Post # 10
It’s sucks how they have treated you. I’m sorry 🙁 You are certainly entitled to invite who you like to your wedding, but realize by doing so you are likely choosing to cut them out of your life forever. If there is any part of you that wants to mend the relationships in the future then I would invite them. You say you love your nieces and nephews, so I would invite your siblings for their sake. I think if you exclude your siblings they may not be so keen to have their children around you anymore. Are you planning to have children in the future? Do you want them to have a relationship with their cousins? These are all really important things to consider and realize that your decision now may impact these future relationships. And you never know…. When/if you have children and grow older you may have more in common with them resulting in a closer relationship.
Also, if you choose not to invite them it is bound to be noticed at your wedding. I personally would not want my wedding day to turn into a gossip-fest about my family drama. I understand you need to take a stand and call your siblings out on their shit, but your wedding day may not be the best time/place to do it.
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NWSB insider and Beavers blogger Jon Irwin reports on the job Craig Robinson’s done this year. Once again the OSU Beavers fell short in the Pac-12, and a change could be coming. But can the Beavers afford to cut ties with the notoriety Robinson has helped bring to the table? The NCAA tournament is coming to a close, and with it another disappointing Beavers hoops season will officially be behind us.
Familiar face leading Beavers The Oregon State Beavers are off to a fantastic start to the season, currently tied for fifth in the Pac-12 at 6-2. Their lone losses on the season were close games to Alabama (62-65) and Kansas (78-84). OSU has a great group of athletes, and it’s by far Coach Robinson’s most […]
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NWSB insider Rick Stella brings us his take on the announcement that Oregon State Beavers basketball player Jared Cunningham is going to declare for the 2012 NBA Draft. While fans may be upset with the decision, history shows it was probably a good bet. Now that he’s leaving Oregon State, though, can players like Roberto Nelson and Ahmad Starks step up to fill the void Cunningham leaves behind? | <urn:uuid:8ff55fe9-bccc-4631-8d25-70ea95418d49> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | http://www.nwsportsbeat.com/tag/beavers-hoops/ | 2016-07-27T03:49:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257825365.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071025-00207-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948701 | 349 |
Matchroom Sport is delighted to have been named inside the top 100 on the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 companies.
The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 companies ranks mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing overseas sales. Matchroom Sport ranked 92nd, above companies such as fashion retailer Apricot, beauty product retailer Space NK and sandwich shop operator Pret.
Matchroom Sport’s rank on the list comes after annual international sales growth of 44.64%, with the company boasting £15.3m international sales and total sales of £70.5m for 2016-17.
Matchroom Sport Group Chief Executive Steve Dawson commented: “Our growth in international sales is down to global interest by overseas broadcasters in all of our sports, especially boxing.
“The interest in boxing is matched by the continued growth in the development of snooker across Europe and Asia and the beginning of significant interest in darts across new international territories.”
Matchroom Sport are the world-renowned sports promotional company behind PDC darts, World Snooker and has a wide stable of boxing talent including World champions such as Anthony Joshua, Kell Brook and Tony Bellew. The company has over 30 years of experience in sports promotion and currently operates across 11 sports.
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Marion Hammer: College Administrators Who Oppose The NRA's Florida Guns On Campus Bill "Are Turning A Blind Eye To Rape"
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National Rifle Association past president and Florida gun lobbyist Marion Hammer promoted the NRA's plan to force Florida colleges and universities to allow students to carry guns by claiming that opponents of the measure are "engaged in a war on women," given the epidemic of campus sexual assault.
The NRA has increasingly co-opted the issue of sexual assault on college campuses to push legislation that would allow guns on campus, even though no evidence exists that more guns would make campuses safer for women. In fact, research has repeatedly indicated that where there are more guns, women are more likely to be murdered, often by an intimate partner.
During an Aug. 10 appearance on the NRA radio show, Cam & Company, Hammer touted the re-filing of a proposed law in Florida to allow guns on campus that died in committee in the last legislative session. Florida's next legislative session begins in January.
Hammer, a paid NRA lobbyist and past president of the NRA who also heads NRA affiliate group Unified Sportsmen of Florida, was one of the chief architects of the nation's first Stand Your Ground law, which was signed into law in 2005 by then-Gov. Jeb Bush.
On Cam & Company, Hammer claimed that "a gun-free-zone campus" is "a sanctuary where criminals can rape and commit mass murder without fear of resistance," adding, "Not only are opponents of this bill engaging in a war against the Second Amendment and self-defense, they are engaging in a war against women who need to be able to defend themselves against rape and physical violence on a college campus."
Hammer also attacked the League of Women Voters of Florida, a prominent opponent of the NRA's legislation, saying the group is part of an "anti-women, anti-self-defense movement."
According to the Tallahassee Democrat, the League of Women Voters of Florida is hosting a "Gun Safety Summit" on Aug. 13 with the goal of "uniting with students, professors, administrators and the national organization, Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus" to oppose the bill in 2016 .
Hammer ended her appearance on Cam & Company by lashing out at higher-ed administrators and educators who oppose "campus carry" laws, saying, "The message should be very clear that college administrators and liberal anti-gun professors who oppose self-defense on campus are turning a blind eye to rape and violent crime."
All available evidence, however, indicates that guns are not an antidote to the epidemic of campus sexual assault and that the presence of firearms actually increases danger for women.
In fact, according to academic research, students who carried guns while at college were more likely to report "being victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence at college" compared to students who did not carry guns. A 2002 study in the Journal of American College Health suggested that students who kept firearms on campus did not help make the school grounds safer, finding that they were more likely to engage in risky or illegal behaviors.
There is also no evidence that women rely on guns to defend themselves from sexual assaults. David Hemenway, the director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, studied 10 years of data from the National Crime Victimization Survey and found that out of 1,100 victims who reported experiencing sexual assault, just one used a firearm in self-defense.
On the contrary, research has repeatedly indicated that the presence of firearms increases danger for women, because most male attackers target someone they know. Although the NRA is framing "campus carry" legislation as a women's issue, the legislation would apply to women and men, who are much more likely to carry guns. And where men have more guns, more women die in domestic violence incidents.
According to a fact sheet issued by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, "A study of risk factors for violent death of women in the home found that women living in homes with 1 or more guns were more than 3 times more likely to be killed in their homes. The same study concluded that women killed by a spouse, intimate acquaintance, or close relative were 7 times more likely to live in homes with 1 or more guns."
Research from the Harvard Injury Control Research Center found that in states where more guns are owned, women are more likely to die violent deaths from unintentional shootings, suicides, and homicides. The Atlantic reported that this is true "even after controlling for factors such as urbanization, alcohol use, education, poverty, and divorce rates."
Despite all evidence indicating that guns on campus are not the solution to campus sexual assault, the NRA has increasingly cited sexual assault in its campaign to arm college students nationwide. The host of Cam & Company, Cam Edwards, has argued that people who oppose guns on campus legislation are "OK with some sexual assaults occurring when they could be prevented."
Edwards has also attacked the argument that women should not have to carry guns to defend themselves, saying that the burden is on the victim to stop the attack. According to Edwards, "It is the truth that if you are the victim of violent crime or the victim of an attempted violent crime, it is not the patriarchy that puts the burden on you to defend yourself, it is not rigid gender roles, it is -- it's a fact of life." | <urn:uuid:2ca6e8b3-b844-4c14-b175-2eda3f12e7ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://mediamatters.org/tags/marion-hammer | 2016-05-06T18:18:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461861848830.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428164408-00065-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971998 | 1,108 |
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Sales taxes are generally unavoidable and quite simple to collect. The burden usually falls on the end buyer rather than on the seller, although in certain cases and markets the seller may also shoulder the tax. Sales taxes fall under the classification of regressive taxes, as they ultimately have a greater effect on poorer families than higher-income ones.
There are various types of sales taxes. For instance, a retail sales tax is charged to the end consumer who completes the purchase of an item. Gross receipts taxes, on the other hand, are imposed on all levels, from the end of production to the actual consumer.
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Halfway through reading DRACULA, I noticed one thing that was bugging me about how the story plays out, and as is the way with noticed things, I then couldn't stop seeing it. It's worth bringing up because it's a problem that can surface in any story. The problem is that the characters in DRACULA are all too damn agreeable.
There's a villain, sure, but Count Dracula only appears in a fairly small number of scenes. The majority of the book follows a group of friends who are trying to defeat the vampire. Like BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, right? Except much of the plot of the Buffy series (and the most interesting part, as far as I'm concerned) focuses on the conflicts between the friends and their changing relationships. Whereas the Dracula slayers don't argue, they unquestioningly go along with whatever Van Helsing wants them to do, they always understand each other (often without even having to speak), and on the rare occasions when there is disagreement, forgiveness is soon asked for and immediately granted. That's all very nice for the characters, who have a difficult enough task in front of them, but where's the fun for the reader?
In real life, we hope for as little conflict and difficulty as possible. Real life doesn't usually make a good story. Stories need conflict, and the more conflict, the better. DRACULA delivers a strong main plot, complete with life-and-death stakes and mounting obstacles. But I wish Bram Stoker had spiced up the many planning scenes with some arguments and sniping. I mean, come on, three of the main characters were recent romantic rivals, and not once does anyone grumble, "If she'd chosen me, things would have turned out differently."
As I said in my last post, I'm always reading to learn, and this book was a good reminder to look for ways to make my characters cope with even more conflict. It's not easy, because I feel bad for them. And they feel bad when they fight, and as a result, it's been pointed out that my latest draft contains too many apologies. I'm really sorry about that.
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Dennis Smith was rushing to class at a Christian school, when he met one of his students lingering in the hallway.
"You're going to be late for class."
The student turned away, staring out a window. The young man was crying as he explained to Dennis, "The other guys say I'm not cool. They tell me that constantly."
The final bell rang as they walked toward the classroom and Dennis gave the student a parting word of encouragement. Dennis recalls how he felt after the encounter. "My heart just ached for him. Feeling like he didn't fit in was crushing this kid."
The social struggle
As both a youth associate serving in the schools and as a parent, Dennis has seen firsthand the emotional and social struggles of young people. "Self-esteem is a huge issue," he says. "The young man I met in the hallway — . . . his buddies had berated him for not being willing to use profanity and for never having had a sexual experience."
Whether they're preteens or nearly adults, peers can compromise the otherwise healthy self-esteem of a young man.
And guys are not alone in this struggle with self-esteem. Madison is a ninth-grader who enjoys the support of an affirming family and a healthy church. But Madison says even Christian teen girls feel the pressure to appear beautiful and perfect in every way. "For girls my age, everything is about body image," she says.
Beverly Odom is assistant director of a large student ministry in Georgia. She says, "Teen girls are constantly comparing themselves to each other and to images they see in the media. I often see the body obsession thing linger on into adulthood."
Whether positive or negative, realistic or skewed, the views our kids form of themselves during adolescence stay with them for years. Their self-esteem influences mental acuity, emotional health and behavior. Beverly says, "The pressure on most kids today is just unbelievable. The quest to be accepted goes on 24/7. Even Christian teens can lose sight of all that they have in Christ and can be pressured to do things that, deep down, they know are wrong."
How we can help
How do we help teens arrive at a God-honoring, balanced sense of self? "The kids we've seen flourish are the ones who accurately understand who they are in Christ," Beverly says. "They must draw their identity from Jesus. Parents should try and steer their kids away from allowing peer pressure, social posturing or the media to sour their perspective."
Christian teens have clear and tangible reasons to feel OK about who they are. Their self-worth should be grounded on, and bolstered by, the following realities:
- They are made in God's image.
- Jesus personally cares about them.
- They're worthy of unconditional love in your home.
- They can find a haven of acceptance among other believers.
- God has a plan for their life.
Although these truths can be a great source of encouragement, teens' emotions don't automatically "catch up" to the facts. Self-esteem issues often feed on irrationality. Teens must vigilantly pursue an honest view of themselves, their circumstances and the Lord. Feelings shouldn't be allowed to trump the facts.
A healthy self-esteem isn't grounded in one's strengths or abilities. Of the five points listed above, none leads teens to find their value by comparing themselves to others. Somebody will always come along who is prettier, wealthier, smarter or more athletic. That's inevitable.
Our teens' self-esteem must come from their knowledge of who Jesus is and from the assurance of His love and care. Parents have the privilege of emphasizing these truths as they model acceptance, forgiveness and love. These truths provide lasting purpose and clear direction — even to those traversing the heady and often challenging years of adolescence. | <urn:uuid:09dfc287-0535-4739-b37d-488c1470f91f> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/teens/your-teens-identity/source-of-self-worth?utm_source=FOTF&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ParentingJSON | 2018-10-21T00:34:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583513508.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20181020225938-20181021011438-00007.warc.gz | en | 0.974535 | 798 |
Clothing Optional Travel Sale
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Going on clothing optional vacations has its benefits. For one you don’t need to bring that much. Packing lightly is a wise move. Though you’d be surprised that when it comes to evening activities, people will dress up. But everyday is dress down day and how can you argue with that? If you’re looking for that all over tan and want to remove your tan lines this is the right place to be so take full advantage because very simply, you can.
There are all kinds of clothing optional resorts. You’ve got clothing optional resorts in arizona, great weather all year round and very conducive to practicing the art of nude suntanning and just letting it all hang out. There are the most clothing optional resorts in Florida where you’ll find all kinds of resorts offering a variety of amenities for the many different visitors from all over the world. The resorts range from five star luxury to rustic to everywhere in between.
Clothing optional caribbean has many places to visit. Most of these resorts are all inclusive vacations such as Desire Resort in Mexico or the hedonism resorts in Jamaica where it can be a popular spring break travel destination, a couples or group vacation spot. Adult only resorts are great for singles and couples who want to party and not worry about anything in a safe and fun environment.
What are you supposed to do with your money when you go to the beach area. You have no pockets to put anything in and that’s why the all inclusive deal works well and is a very enticing arrangement. Gotta be a big fan of it! A place like Hedonism has two sections, one for clothing optional and the other where you can keep your clothes on so there is no pressure until you’re ready to exercise your options. Go for it!
If you’re the type that needs to sail the high seas, clothing optional cruises are just right for you. Most of these are adult only cruises which works well and adults can enjoy their playground until they have to go back to main stream society.
You should try clothing optional travel at least once. It’s not anymore expensive than a regular vacation and it’s a lot of fun once you take that clothing optional plunge, so to speak. Look at it this way you don’t have to run out and spend money on a new swimsuit for your vacation. You win right there! You can go at your own pace and enjoy yourself, meet new people and think of all the stories you may or may not want to tell your friends upon your return.
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Profile: Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Character and Fitness
Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Character and Fitness was a participant or observer in the following events:
Matthew Hale, the leader of the overtly racist World Church of the Creator (WCOTC—see May 1996 and After), graduates from law school and passes the Illinois bar exam. However, the Illinois State Bar Association rejects Hale’s application to practice law because of his “character and fitness.” [Southern Poverty Law Center, 9/1999] The commissioners deny Hale’s application because of his published rhetoric, which they find in “absolute contradiction” to the required conduct of lawyers. A report issued by the Committee on Character and Fitness quotes racial slurs from the WCOTC Web site as evidence of Hale’s “bad character.” [Anti-Defamation League, 2005] In the January 1999 issue of WCOTC’s monthly newsletter “The Struggle,” Hale implores his fellow “Creators” to mobilize themselves in the event that his appeal of the ruling is denied, writing: “I call upon all White Racial Loyalists, whether inside or outside of the Church, to stand united in their opposition to this further attempt to disempower our Race in the court of law. While the time has not yet come for protests and other public shows of support for this struggle, the time is now to galvanize the entire White Racial Loyalist community in the event that the Hearing Board also declines my certification. I need all of you to spread news of what is happening throughout our community. For now, these events must only serve to motivate all of us even further to do our utmost to bring about the destruction of the Jewish system.” [Anti-Defamation League, 7/6/1999]
The Illinois State Bar Association hears an appeal by Matthew Hale, the leader of the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC—see May 1996 and After), who was denied a law license the year before (see May 1998 - January 1999). Hale brings WCOTC member Benjamin Smith (see July 2-4, 1999) to testify on his behalf; Smith says Hale has kept him from committing acts of violence. Smith tells the Character and Fitness Committee: “He’s given me spiritual guidance.… When I first met him, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with my life, what direction I was going to go.” [Southern Poverty Law Center, 9/1999; Anti-Defamation League, 2005]
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The Bible clearly shows us God always acts first. He is the initiator, we are the responders. In the fourth chapter of Revelation God is praised for being eternal (cf. Rev4:8 “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”) and for creating everything (cf. Rev4:11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”). God is a unique (He alone is eternal) Creator (everything owes its existence to Him) who always acts first. Everything rightfully belongs to this active and unique God.
In light of these facts, our only appropriate response to God is to worship Him. Again, He is the initiator and we are the responders. A vital part of responding to God is giving monetarily to advance His Kingdom.
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Does anyone have some information on this hotel? Do all the rooms have the half wall with a living area like you see on the photos?? Any info would be appriciated. I am trying to find a hotel for my family for this October. I am taking my 4 and 6 year olds for the first time and really excited about it!! | <urn:uuid:0ebe8411-d3c1-4b45-a485-81039af8780a> | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | http://www.disboards.com/threads/bw-park-place-inn-and-suites.802425/ | 2016-08-25T11:37:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982293195.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823195813-00127-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976168 | 69 |
Leadsemantics, a promising startup in the field of Analytics, with their offices in Hyderabad and Houston, US, has had an interesting beginning when it comes to Analytics. When asked about their beginning, Prasad Y, the CEO of HIDDIME.COM, a Cloud Analytics Service and the founder of Leadsemantics, a semantic Big Data analytics company (which owns Hiddime) says, “I came in contact with the concept of Data Analysis in the context of telecom subscriber analysis.”
It was around then, that Prasad founded a telecom analytics company that developed and sold a carrier grade Analytics Appliance built with COTS hardware — a first of its kind in 2008 offering Peta-scale network data mining and analysis for around $1 million.
Prasad, who can be considered as an analytics evangelist with his experience in the industry, talked to Analytics India Magazine about transforming Big Data into Intelligent Data.
He said, that intelligent data showcases the transformation steps that data must go through to be of value to the enterprise decision processes:
Data -> Information -> Knowledge -> and later Intelligence with the help of reasoning and wisdom
Talking about Hiddime, a data analytics service in the cloud, and a product of Leadsemantics, Prasad explained that the what differentiated their cloud from others was the use of Investigative Discovery and Exploratory Analytics tool (IDEA tool) for the frontline business managers and domain specialists who are not necessarily IT experts. A Hybrid Graph Relational store (or Semantic RDF Store) undergirds the BI Data Warehouse and retrieval system. It enables easy yet exhaustive querying along with integration of data from external sources.
Over the last decade, data landscape in the enterprise has rapidly changed along with changing user and market expectations attached to the BI and analytics off the data that is newly available. The unprecedented and exponential growth of sophisticated internet/web enabled consumer devices (smartphones, etc.) that are capable computers themselves, generating vast amounts of data and powerful computer and communication technologies along with potent software techniques such as graph processing and machine learning has enabled ever-complex processing work-loads generating deeper insights – defining characteristic of big data.
Some of the key features of the Hiddime cloud are:
- Exploratory: Easy unhindered exploration through visual interaction which enables investigating deeper connections with in the data, especially by business analysts or domain specialists who know the data
- Investigative: Hiddime works with traditional BI Data Warehouses and modern Hybrid BI Data Warehouses and extends the seamless exploration to connected graphs and semi-structured data, among others.
- Predicting probability of default of loans
- Predicting machine failures such as large industrial furnaces and turbines
- Social Networking analysis for target marketing
- Predicting effectiveness of various financial instruments in enhancing incomes of rural women under government and quasi-gov self-help group schemes
For the Analytics sector in India, however, Prasad added that machine learning was important but is not alone in making up the AI workbench for the modern enterprise analytics. Language Processing, Graph Processing and Semantics Technology are equally important.
“India might be behind in semantic technology and graph technologies at this time. But its an opportunity, India can leap frog other countries if ‘semantic technology’ is embraced on a wider scale as every ‘data integration and ETL project’ that our services companies are leaders they can vastly improve eficiencies. Governments are other major beneficieries of Semantic Technology as the data governmnts deal with are of importance to any and evry one and Sem Tech is the best technology to deal with data in a standardized fashion,” he said.
KEY REFORMS NEEDED IN THE SECTOR:
Prasad explained that as an activity ‘data integration’ is a necessary and by far most expensive piece in an enterprise environment. Folks have forgotten that this work could be targeted for innovation. In an analytics environment data integration becomes important.
Emphasis on ‘education of core computer science and mathematics & statistics’ is beyond tool knowledge such as delivered in most commercial training. In addition importantly, communication skills among the technical folk to be able explain and defend analytics outcomes that are result of complex engineering.
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Wild grains and leafy greens in a hand-thrown pottery bowl – no, it’s not the lunch special at the fancy café down the road, but a meal prepared by a person some 10,000 years ago is what is now the Libyan Sahara.
The finding, published in Nature Plants, comes from a research team led by Julie Dunn at the University of Bristol in the UK, who studied shards of ceramics found at the Takarkori and Uan Afuda sites in the Libyan Sahara.
In them, the team found signs of prepared and cooked vegetation.
The ceramic remnants date back to the Early Holocene – between 8,200 and 6,400 BCE – when the Sahara was a lush, rich environment home to large animals and abundant aquatic life in river systems and lakes.
Human populations living there at the time used pottery to process animal products such as milk, but no one knew if they’d been used to prepared plant cuisine.
Dunn and her team analysed chemical residue on more than 100 pottery shards.
Some showed traces of plant wax derivatives, suggesting the pots were used to process grasses and aquatic plants gathered from the savannahs and lakes, alongside animal remains.
This period in human development is characterised by an increase in cooking, making more types of plant digestible.
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Air travel is simply awful for the environment – its impact on Mother Nature is nothing short of terrifying, representing the worst form of travel, in terms of greenhouse gases per passenger mile. This is despite attempts by aviation businesses who proclaim that they ‘only’ represent between 1.5% and 2% of all CO2 emissions (The Guardian). This data has been completely debunked by extensive research and in fact, the real percentage is 12%, as established by Air Transport Action Group.
Whilst airlines consume some 1.5 billion barrels of jet fuel every year, in America the impact of holidaying on the continent is just as serious. US citizens travel around 25,000 passenger kilometers per capita, largely by car, every year. This compares to our neighboring country, Canada, who have a mileage of just 16,000 per capita. Clearly the need for us to re-think our travel is needed – and choosing a staycation, over and above a far flung holiday, may be a considerable contributor to us being that little bit greener.
Yet a staycation needn’t be a holiday full of dull and dreary days (and seriously bored kids!). These top ten tips will ensure that your staycation competes with even the very best of getaways.
1. Don’t forget to set your budget
Holidaying at home sounds cheap, but without a budget you could well end up spending far more than you would if you were to book a package holiday. So before you dig in and begin to put together an action packed staycation itinerary, take the time to decide on a budget.
2. Whip up some eco-friendly storms in the kitchen
Modern life can be chaotic and squeezing in cooking sessions is usually nothing but a chore. When staycationing, think of cooking as pleasure time – no pressure and perfect for getting the kids involved. Make a point of doing away with the processed foods, cook from scratch and feel the difference a week of organic eating can make (why not start with our blog – 15 Home Cooked Recipes to Help You Live Green).
3. Camp out in your backyard
Who needs to drive all the way to Lake Missouri to camp out? Why not take to your backyard for a camp side fire and good-old fashioned sing song? Enjoying company is what it should all be about (so no tech allowed!). This means BBQ’ing, sleeping and eating all under the stars and in the great outdoors (perhaps we’ll let you off when it comes to the other ‘call of nature’).
Other ideas for your backyard camp out include: treasure hunts; a make-shift drive-in movie; the retelling of ghost stories and star-gazing.
4. Discover the tourist hotspots local to you (that you never knew existed)
We often live amongst many unknown tourist hotspots and day-out gems. We get so used to seeing the same urban scenery every day, that we presume that we know every corner of our neighborhood, when in fact a ten mile radius can be rich with staycation possibilities.
Start with some extensive research on Trip Advisor and possibly ask friends, family and colleagues for their recommendations. Put it altogether in an activity calendar, and consider alternating ‘at home’ ideas, with days out.
5. Have a memorable family evening, by indulging in memories
Drag that memory box or collection of family photos out of the attic – talk about those who may no longer be here, as well as those who are. Why not put together a memory book, and don’t forget to document your entire staycation in its very own scrapbook.
6. Have a day to disconnect – and challenge each family member to come up with their own activity
Put down the tech for an entire day, and provide each family member with a small budget to plan their own activity. Given that you’re going to be technology-free, it might be an idea for some of the activities to include some time at the Local Park, forest or woodland.
7. Have a picnic cooking competition
Make the most of staying at home for your holidays by planning activities with others – your friends, family and acquaintances. Make it fun (and competitive) by organizing a group picnic where each person or family handles a meal course or food item – with everyone else providing a score out of ten. For the winner, there could await recognition and a little group cheer – and for the abject loser, they’ll only be a label of picnic challenge failure.
8. Create an Eden all of your own
Give your backyard a green makeover – plant native plants and begin a veg patch. Get the kids involved by allotting them their own spaces – allowing them to choose what they wish to plant. Task them with nurturing their carrots, potatoes or onions from fledgling seed to flourishing (and delicious) organic, ripe veg.
9. If you’re out and about in the car, drive green
When you travel over your staycation be sure to drive as greenly as possible by: using your cruise control when appropriate; not accelerating rashly; avoiding (as much as possible) sharp braking; taking your time, as opposed to putting your pedal to the metal as though you’ve a deadline to meet.
10. Bring your Staycation to a close with a well-earned veg-out in front of the TV
OK, we admit it, this isn’t the greenest idea ever (after all, that TV is burning electricity, whilst that candy for the movies may also have been shipped a good number of miles), but following a week full of activities, you’ve earned some rest and relaxation.
See? We told you that your next holiday wouldn’t be one filled with “I’m boooooooored”, ringing in your ears. So, enjoy your next staycation, and let us know all about it in the comment section.
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Everyone has either read, heard of, or experienced the great walleye
fishing on Lake Erie. Toledo, Port Clinton, Huron, and Marblehead are all
ports for this tremendous fishery. But, few people realize that ice fishing
for walleyes can be as fast and furious as the spring, summer, and fall
bite on Lake Erie. I regularly go to Lake Erie for this “ too good to be
true “ ice fishing. I’m now going to tell you how you can experience “
Ice Eyes “ yourself.
One of the best areas for walleyes on Lake Erie is the Bass Island
area centered around Put-In-Bay, Ohio, which is located on South Bass Island.
Put-In-Bay is the home of one of the best walleye, smallmouth, and perch
guides and charter captains on the Great Lakes in Pat Chrysler. During
the open water season, Pat runs a couple of charter boats that
are among the best in the lake. During the winter, Pat runs a small shantytown
of ice huts centered on some of the best walleye ice fishing in North America.
This may sound like propaganda, but it’s true! Eight to ten pound fish
are relatively common with the occasional eleven and twelve pounder thrown
in. The Ohio State record was taken in this area a couple of years ago.
The Ohio State record smallmouth of 9 pounds 3 ounces comes from here too.
One of his new toys is an airboat to shuttle customers around the islands
to the best fishing spots. The flight to South Bass Island and the town
of Put-In-Bay, population 500, takes about 10 minutes from the airport
at Port Clinton. The flight is on Island Airlines and costs around $50.00
round trip.The flight as I said takes only 10 minutes; so many anglers
stay for two or three days. All one needs is plenty of warm clothes and
a few personal belongings. Take a five gallon pail for any fishing tackle
and this will also serve as your seat in the your ice shanty. Also, remember
to bring a cooler for fish and leave it at the airport.
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||Pat Chrysler refers to these trophy fish as “ South Bass Island Cruisers
“ and from the moment you book a trip with him you’re in great hands. Pat
coordinates everything from your flight, to your transportation to and
from the airport, ice shanties, tackle and bait, propane for heat, and
even a on ice barbecue lunch.
Most anglers stay at one of the island bed and breakfast ( B and B
) establishments. Islanders treat you royally for $50.00 to $75.00 a day.
The food is wonderful and there’s plenty of it. Once you arrive at Pat
Chrysler’s Lake Erie town of “ Chryslerville “ you’ll meet fishermen from
all over who have come to experience Pat’s “ heavy Cruisers “Pat will gladly
share his thirty some years of Lake Erie fishing experience with his clients.
Erie ‘eyes hit a wide variety of lures, but the best according to Chrysler
are the Mann-O-Lure, Rapala ice fishing jigs, Crocodiles, and Swedish Pimples
in sizes five, seven, and nine. Color is important, with chartreuse, dark
green, green combinations, and fluorescent orange on cloudy overcast days.
On bright, sunny days brighter colors such as silver, chrome, chrome blue,
silver blue, and chartreuse are the best colors. Pat Chrysler’s fishing
package which includes the ice shanty, rods and reels, gaff, bait, and
transportation to and from the airport and shanty is about $75.00 per day
and well worth it. A three-day non-resident license is $15.00 and a yearly
one is $24.00 they allow for you to keep six fish for each day you fish.
For information contact Pat Chrysler at (419) 285-4631 or the Put-In-Bay
Chamber of Commerce at (419) 285-2832. Island Airlines can be reached at
I- (800) 368-3742. Fishing begins around the first of the year and continues
into March. Give it a try and you’ll have a fishing memory that you won’t
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This is part 2 of a 5-part series to help you develop the right approach to sales coaching. While part 1 focused building the right coaching mentality, this article covers how you can take a data driven sales coaching approach.
Using Data to Inspire Commitment
There are dozens of resources to stimulate conversations between salespeople and sales leaders. The real question is,
1) How do you transform conversations into commitments that inspire performance?
2) How do you capture and make these commitments realities?
Before we dive deeper, here’s everything in a glimpse:
1) Why does data driven sales coaching matter?
2) 3 types of sales data you can use
3) Business Intelligence data takes you only 10% of the way
4) Segmentation is crucial for personalized goal setting
5) Use data to plan ahead vs. stack-rank and compare
Why Does Data Driven Sales Coaching Matter?
Coaching isn’t about who’s good and who’s bad. It isn’t about leaving the stars alone and trying to crack the code for the under performers. You’ve got to think—what’s next for each member of my sales team.
As leaders, our role is to help our team find their personal next level and transform their individual performance. Your coaching model – the way you think about your purpose as a coach – has an enormous impact on the outcomes your coaching is able to achieve.
Advanced sales coaches think of it this way:
Leadership brings transformation.
Transformation for a sales team is ignition.
Our job is to help ignite each member of our team.
3 Types of Sales Data You Can Use
1) Volume Data
2) Conversion Data
3) Performance Data
Jacco Van der Kooij explains these types of data, their definitions, and how to implement them to your sales org in his SaaS metrics blueprint. A summary showing a definition of each type of data, common examples of each, and typical use for each data type is shown below.
Each organization has different types of volume, conversion, and performance data. How you choose to use this data largely defines how you are perceived by the members of your sales team.
Business Intelligence Data Takes You Only 10% of the Way
Data visualization tools have become very powerful and are useful for identifying where you might be falling behind. Your Business Intelligence (BI) solution is a required tool for evaluating organizational and team-level performance.
However, these tools are very inefficient tools for coaching. The availability and implementation of BI solutions have grown rapidly over the last 5 years.
However, the percentage of salespeople achieving quota has fallen each year for the last 6 years!
The simple fact is more data does not ignite a salesperson.
Stack-rankings, averages, and trends are important for leaders to evaluate. But these do not provide the fuel for individualized ignition.
With this in mind, let’s look at the two types of sales coaches—defined by their use of Business Intelligence.
The data-obsessed coach
Most sales leaders are “Managers.” They base coaching conversations on reported metrics. They think in terms of a rep being “good” or “bad,” which reps hit quota, and which reps don’t.
With these managers, individuality is quickly lost in statistical generalities. This coach’s style then, by necessity, is sterile and backward-looking.
While this approach can generate infinite conversations about possible areas of change for a salesperson, this generally doesn’t inspire a commitment to change. The reason for this is BI data in its aggregate form doesn’t help a leader or a salesperson push the “How” button. The only go-to move this leaves a leader with is to push the “More” button.
Salespeople don’t want to be managed. They want to be inspired! Data doesn’t have to demoralize performance or lead to a sterile leadership style.
Unfortunately, most leaders don’t have a good way to be data-driven yet inspire a commitment to change.
The segment-savvy coach
Great sales coaches use the distribution curve (introduced in part 1 of this series) as a starting point to ensure their 1:1 meetings result in moments of commitment for each rep on their team.
Great coaches don’t focus on where someone is as much as they work to understand where someone wants to be.
Using the distribution curve creates a conversation where the leader can acknowledge where a rep is and immediately ask the rep what their personal goal for themselves is. Rather than responding with “I want to hit goal,” the rep now can choose their target area of effectiveness.
In this case, the salesperson might say “I can hit the High Core this year.” This creates an opportunity for the rep and leader to discuss the road that leads to the salesperson’s desired level of performance.
If a salesperson genuinely believes that the leader’s primary intent is to help them find the pathway to the rep’s desired performance level, coaching becomes the fuel for ignition and transformation.
Segmentation Is Crucial for Personalized Goal Setting
Segmentation lets you find ways of transforming conversations into commitments. Once a standardized distribution is in place for all reps, the leader has a way to personalize how data is used to change performance.
One of the most common things I hear from salespeople is:
“If I knew what made me different from the high performers, I’d do what they did.”
The segmented distribution curve allows you to view the three data types through a personalized lens. By sorting your data based on the performance level of each team member, you create a roadmap of how to move from any current level of performance to a desired level of performance.
Changing sterile data into tactical goals
The 1:1 conversation starts with the rep telling the leader what their definition of success is. A poor performer may be targeting Core performance. A Low Core may choose High Core. Core or High Core may choose Star.
Armed with the understanding of what a rep’s definition of success is, a segment-savvy leader can now use data to inspire change.
With this perspective, sterile data can be transformed into inspiring, highly-personalized targets:
1) Volume Data becomes Target Activities
2) Conversion Data becomes Target Competencies
3) Productivity Data becomes Target Effectiveness
This is far different than “You need to move up the stack-ranked call report” or “You got passed up on the closed business report.”
How tactical goals make you relevant as a sales coach
Now, a rep can pinpoint the gaps in an activity mix or sales skills that separate them from those performing at the level the rep aspires to achieve. The rep also knows why these changes matter in relation to their personal goals.
This provides the leader a way to be relevant to any salesperson on their team. Now a leader can target their discussions around specific changes to make. For instance, some people may need to time-block differently so they can have a better target activity mix.
Other reps will need to develop new skills in order to achieve a new competency level. Each rep will be chasing a different productivity level in order to achieve their individual effectiveness goals.
Coaching is about improvement
Pressure will turn coal into a diamond, but it will chase a salesperson out of your sales org. Recent data shows 68% of salespeople are looking for their next job, and only 19% see themselves in their same job a year from now.
Small improvements in every team member will yield eye-popping success as a team. Consider the case study of a successful sales team:
This sales leader beat her 2017 team goal by 20%. As she met with the company president to set her 2018 goal, she was told that while the company was glad she beat her number, the fact that she did it on only 22% quota attainment was cause for concern.
The 2018 goal would be based on what sales would have been if her team had achieved 50% quota attainment.
Her approach was to implement a segment-savvy coaching strategy. She quickly helped set coaching goals that moved her team systemically through the distribution curve by setting individualized sales goals around what success looked like.
Today, she is at 37% quota attainment on the year-to-date goal. Her team is chasing incremental improvement based on Target Activities and Target Competencies in order to achieve Target Effectiveness.
She’s nearly tripled the number of star performers and shrunk the number of poor performers by nearly 1/3—all in 90 days!
Use Data to Plan Ahead vs. Stack-Rank and Compare
Reps want to be coached. They want to have the opportunity to improve by learning, working on skills, and by emulating other reps they see as successful.
Focus forward—planning matters more than reflection
No more than 10% of a 1:1 should ever be spent reviewing past performance in a coaching session. 90% of the time needs to be in a forward-looking strategic discussion.
Paint the target
Once your rep has shared their definition of success, don’t talk about anything other than how to get there.
Great leaders show the way. Part 3 of this series will give you a roadmap on how to create that plan.
Don’t be the “know it all” sales manager
Every rep on your team already knows if they are hitting their goal or not. Coaching isn’t about stack-ranking or averages. It’s about personalization and connection.
If you can’t help them connect the dots to get to where they want to be on their journey, you’re letting them down as a leader. Make sure you’re focused on connection rather than correction.
Other Guides in the How To Approach Sales Coaching Like a Pro Series
This guide is part 2 of a 5-part series on sales coaching models. Don’t miss the other guides in the series:
- The Coaching Mentality
- Sales Performance Coaching
- Setting the Right Goals for Sales Reps
- Why Follow-Ups Matter in Sales Coaching
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The name is derived from the Brie region of France, and there is a good chance that this cheese was first manufactured there, so we have to thank the ingenuity of the folks there who first made this cheese.
Brie is a soft cow’s milk cheese that is just as creamy and tasty as its succulent appearance would suggest. You can identify this cheese by its pale color and white and yellow hue. Brie also has a white rind and most of the cheese that is sold today has wheel cuts.
Brie is delicious and extremely tempting but not that easy to acquire, so it is slightly pricey, and its availability is pretty limited.
Once you can get your hands on this cheese, you will immediately cherish it. Fortunately, there are a variety of ways to preserve it. But can you extend its shelf life by freezing it?Continue reading | <urn:uuid:13d00e27-2929-4015-94f8-73af1c109961> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.gimmetasty.com/tag/can-you-freeze/ | 2021-03-09T03:35:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178385984.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20210309030723-20210309060723-00587.warc.gz | en | 0.980316 | 209 |
Jessica T. Mathews ’67 and Theodore V. Wells, Jr., have been selected as the newest members of the Harvard Corporation announced Sunday.
The expansion of the Corporation is part of a multi-year restructuring that includes the imposition of term limits and an increase of its membership from seven to 13 members. The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, is the oldest corporate body in the western hemisphere.
Mathews currently works as the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and previously served on the Board of Trustees at Radcliffe College. Wells co-chairs the litigation department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, a top New York law firm. He holds degrees from both Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.
“We are very pleased to welcome these two distinguished alumni to the Corporation, both of whom will expand our capacity and contribute important and distinctive perspectives to our work,” University President Drew G. Faust and senior fellow of the Corporation Robert D. Reischauer ’63 wrote in a joint statement.
“My perspective on all this is that there’s more positive change at Harvard in the past three or four years than there’s been in the past few decades,” Reischauer said in a phone interview Sunday evening.
According to Reischauer, the Corporation conducted an internal evaluation of its progress in making the structural changes, “just to make sure we weren’t looking in the mirror saying how handsome we were.”
The University announced modifications to Corporation's organizational structure in 2010 in an effort to increase transparency and better align itself with the governing structures of other universities. The Corporation, whose structure has remained the same throughout its 300 year history, says that its expansion will allow the body to draw on a more diverse range of knowledge and experience in making decisions.
Faust and Reischauer said that the expertise of Mathews and Wells will be valuable assets for the University. In a statement, Matthews said she believes that her knowledge of international issues will be helpful to Harvard as education becomes globally-focused.
“The world of education is globalizing, with consequences as profound as those for government and business,” she said. “Having spent more than a decade building a global think tank, I look forward to helping think through this great university’s international role and contributing all I can to the full range of the Corporation’s work.”
In addition to his highly regarded work in corporate law, Wells previously served as the chairman of the board of directors at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He also has been active in politics, working as the national treasurer for Bill Bradley’s 2000 presidential run.
“Education opens minds and expands opportunities, and nothing matters more to me,” Wells said in a statement. “I greatly look forward to serving a university that has helped shape my own outlook and aspirations, and to supporting the work of people across Harvard whose ideas and efforts do so much to better the world.”
According to the new rules, Corporation members serve a six-year term with the possibility of a one term extension. The Mathews and Wells appointments will begin with the start of the 2013 calendar year and last six years, with the possibility of a six-year extension.
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The 24-year-old Peru international arrived from Twente in 2016 with Feyenoord paying a €2.4m fee.
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1988 Dodge Ram KILLS A 650hp GT-R and runs 10s!
Grandpa “Ramaro” makes a 10 second run and destroys Godzilla.
For somebody this might sound like a plot to a bad production movie, but here it is a reasonable explanation of the video that follows.
In the left corner, wearing silver and blue trunks, fighting straight out of the farm, we have a 1988 Dodge Ram, “RAMAAAROOOOO”.
In the right corner, wearing blue trunks, fighting out of “Stock City” Japan, it’s the GT-R.
A classic battle of David VS Goliath since even the birds know by now that the Nissan GT-R is a force to be reckoned with even when its stock.
This does not scare the driver of the 1988 “Ramaro”. The truck has a stock LS2 with a Precision PT8891 CEA Billet Ball Bearing turbo running on 8psi boost, exchanging heat thru an A2W intercooler. Additionally it is sprayed by a Nitrous Outlet kit jetted for 100 shot.
There are however a lot of talk on how the staging lights were on for too long.
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Yes, I be lovin’ the Starbucks. Only place I like better than Chipotle.
I was feeling extra lazy this month about writing a blog post... And then my friend Becky (who along with her boyfriend Derek are like escaped models set free in Ashland) decided to write a blog post featuring me, which made my ego swoon. It features a few random statements I made about the Starbucks environment and patrons along with a couple of dialogues we had with our friend Felipe. I give you Kyle Unplugged:
Happy new year, and drive safely (really and truly please do).
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