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Home Health Study: Testosterone therapy does not raise prostate cancer risk
Study: Testosterone therapy does not raise prostate cancer risk
In the past 30 years, millions of men globally have been diagnosed with low testosterone levels and been prescribed supplemental testosterone as therapy – even as oncologists have confirmed testosterone as an agent that fuels prostate cancer and have treated the disease by reducing patients' levels of the hormone.
With this backdrop comes research today showing that, among nearly 150,000 men over age 40 with low testosterone levels, treatment with testosterone was not associated with increased risk for aggressive prostate cancer.
The study, published in PLOS ONE, was jointly led by Drs. Thomas Walsh, Alvin Matsumoto and Molly Shores, all of UW Medicine and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle.
"This finding doesn't change the guidelines for how we recommend testosterone therapy," said Walsh, an associate professor of urology at the University of Washington School of Medicine and clinician at VA Puget Sound. "Men should still have their testosterone diagnosed appropriately, with multiple readings, and be counseled about risks and<|fim_middle|>, 58,617 received testosterone therapy. Three years was the median duration that patients were followed.
The researchers focused on the development of aggressive prostate cancer, Walsh said.
"We now know that the nonaggressive variations can simply be followed over time and may not lead to significant increases in morbidity or mortality. So for the study, we thought it was more important to identify the high risk prostate cancer associated with very high PSA or known histologically to be prone to spread," he said.
The study reported that men who received testosterone therapy were subsequently diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer at the rate of 0.58 per 1,000 person years. Among untreated men (n = 88,976) the incidence rate was nearly identical: 0.57 per 1,000 person years.
A major strength of the study, Walsh said, was the VA's closed medical and pharmacy system, for three reasons:
It reduced the likelihood that patients in the study received relevant care outside of the system.
The patients' data sets also included full medical histories, enabling researchers to better control for other serious illnesses that affected the study population's mortality.
Most recipients of testosterone therapy received intramuscular injection, the typical delivery mechanism during the study span and also the most biologically available testosterone therapy. "Many previous studies of testosterone delivered in topical cream or patch have shown that men never achieve a biologically therapeutic level. In our study, most men received injections and had follow-up tests that proved that their testosterone levels actually rose with the therapy," Walsh said.
In the United States, testosterone prescriptions have increased significantly over the past decade, due in part to the aging population and in part to pharmaceutical manufacturers' marketing efforts aimed at aging men. Clinical guidelines state that prescriptions are appropriate for men who have repeated findings of low testosterone combined with specific symptoms, but Walsh acknowledged physicians' increasingly common practice of prescribing testosterone to a patient after only one such finding and with nonspecific symptoms.
"We know that most of these men are treated for relatively short durations," Walsh said, describing a short duration as lasting less than 12 months.
The study was supported by a grant (R01 AG042934-01) from the National Institutes of Health –National Institute on Aging and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Ultrasound-assisted optical imaging could replace endoscopy in breakthrough discovery | benefits of treatment. But this large foundation of evidence allows us to look patients in the eye and say testosterone therapy does not appear to increase risk of prostate cancer over a moderate duration."
Testosterone, the hormone made in the testicles, drives men's sexual development as well as physical strength and bone health. Its level decreases naturally with age. About 2 percent of adult men have a diagnostically low level of testosterone, according to the American Urological Association. Symptoms of "Low-T," as it's commonly called, include fatigue, reduced muscle mass, irritability and low sex drive.
Researchers examined the Veterans Affairs health system records of 147,593 men diagnosed with low testosterone between 2002 and 2011. Within six months of that diagnosis, all the men also had normal findings for prostate specific antigen (PSA), the main indicator of prostate cancer. Within this population | 187 |
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DALLAS — Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated has been named the 2020 Steve Ellis Beat Writer of the Year (for the 2019) season by the Football Writers Association of America.
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In the most recently completed FWAA Best Writing Contest, Dellenger picked up a first place in Game Story and a second place for Feature Story, both stories dealing with LSU's national championship season. He is the 10th annual winner of the award which goes to an FWAA member who has displayed excellence in college football writing during a season.
"I am humbled beyond words," Dellenger said of winning the FWAA Award. "I'm not sure that I've ever felt more fortunate and proud. I pride myself in my work and this helps justify all the long hours on the road, in the press box and behind lit computer screens pounding on keys in the middle of the night."
The award is given in the memory of the late Steve Ellis, the Florida State beat writer for the Tallahassee Democrat. Current FWAA President Doug Lesmerises of Cleveland.com, then of the Cleveland Plain Dealer was the first recipient in 2011. Other recipients have been Mark Blaudschun of the Boston Globe and Steve Wieberg of USA Today (2012), Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News (2013), Tim May of the Columbus Dispatch (2014), Chris Dufresne of the Los Angeles Times (2015), Jason Kersey of The Oklahoman (2016), Mike Griffith of SEC Country (2017), Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com and Chris Vannini of The Athletic (2018), Brett McMurphy of Stadium (2019).
"Ross is certainly an outstanding talent, combining excellent writing with detailed and thorough reporting," said FWAA Executive Director Steve Richardson. "When LSU's football team ascended to the national championship level in 2019, he showcased those abilities in covering most of the Tigers' top moments with a flair. Overall, his breaking coverage of college football has been top-notch for a while now."
A native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and a Mississippi State graduate, Dellenger has spent the last 15 years as a sports writer, specifically reporting on SEC football. He's covered programs such as Mississippi State, Auburn, Missouri and LSU before landing at Sports Illustrated in May of 2018 as national college football writer. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Elizabeth, a fellow journalist. She is the lead White House correspondent for Newsweek.
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Q: Who were your mentors and what did they contribute to your career?
Dellenger: "I think the best sports editor I ever had was Rusty Hampton at The Clarion-Ledger. I've had plenty of other great bosses — and do now at SI — but Rusty really broke me in as a sports writer, teaching me more about reporting than actual writing. He was hard on us, and I'm thankful for that to this day.
"Ian Rapoport, now famously working as an NFL news-breaker for NFL Network, was once a small-town college beat writer in Mississippi, and he mentored me there, while covering Mississippi State for The Clarion-Ledger (I was a student at State then). I learned a lot about writing from Ian, a noted wordsmith who sadly doesn't use that skill much longer (aside from Twitter of course!).
"There are plenty more people I idolized (and still do) in the industry, those I read closely and have watched their work ethic and reporting up close, including Kyle Veazey, Rick Cleveland, Pat Forde, David Brandt and, maybe most importantly, Elizabeth Crisp, my wife, whose vocabulary, concise writing and intellect I envy every day."
Q: What are some of the stories you have done that have been the most rewarding to you?
Dellenger: "I think breaking news — whether through short bursts on social media or woven into a deep investigative feature or enterprise story — is essential to journalism. To that end, some big news stories over the years stick out over everything else, including reporting Les Miles' firing from LSU in 2016 and Ed Orgeron's hire there as the full-time coach. Those were significant news-breakers for a young college beat writer and without them, I'm not sure I am in my current position at SI.
"But more specific to the 'rewarding' portion of the question. I pride myself in digging deep on issues, writing long, detailed stories on interesting people or topics. In a way, that's a lost art in sports journalism these days. The world is so caught up in catching clicks and driving traffic that we've forgotten a cornerstone of our industry: explanatory writing that sheds light and reveals information never previously explored. As a beat writer, I tried to write one of those stories once a week, which could be very difficult during the season given other daily beat writing duties, but my boss at The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Joe Schiefelbein, gave me the time and resources to do this. My current bosses at SI, namely Ryan Hunt, has done the same."
Q: Best piece of advice anyone ever gave you?
Dellenger: " 'Write like you talk.' That's from Ian Rapoport. 'Don't try to be cute with your writing. Put down the thesaurus. Put away the dictionary. And write in simple terms. Your reader will appreciate it.'"
Q: Best interview you ever had and why?
Dellenger: "Talk about a difficult question. … I don't know where to start. I have recency bias with this of course, but LSU coach Ed Orgeron's mother, Coco, provided an incredible two-hour interview in December that triggered me to explore the coach's Cajun heritage. She cried, laughed and even grew slightly perturbed during the sitdown — all signs of a great interview!
"But there have been plenty of others. Again, recency bias here, but I spent a full day two years ago with Dana Holgorsen. The day and night included boozing at the bar, watching a Houston Astros game and a sitdown in his office. A word of advice: You can understand a person more when experiencing them outside of their work arenas. That was the case with Holgorsen.
One more recent interview that sticks out took place last fall with former Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, who revealed during a 20-minute talk with me that he'd been rushed to the hospital earlier that year with a heart condition — the true reason for his retirement. You don't forget those talks."
Q: Hobbies/passions?
Dellenger: "A former colleague of mine, who I won't name (ah what the hell, it was Scott Rabalais at The Advocate), once told me, "Ross," he said, "you work hard and you play hard." That's pretty much me in a nutshell. I like to have a good time — bars, restaurants, the beach, the club — but there's a time to work and a time to play. My life is split between the two.
"I don't know that I truly have many passions. I do enjoy my job, which explains why I do find myself working quite a bit. I'm growing more and more passionate with traveling (for both work and play), though the pandemic has thrown a wrench into that. I think an impending passion of mine is traveling the world, as soon as the pandemic subsides. And though I no longer live on the Gulf Coast, I do have a passion for boiling and consuming seafood, specifically crawfish, crab and shrimp. Some would say I have a passion for flip flops, which is probably quite true.
"My hobbies are pretty limited. I enjoy a good weight-lifting session, a bike ride and fun night out on the town. I'll never pass up an opportunity to go to a beach or, while back home, hop around the islands with family and friends."
Q: Do you have any sports mementos in your house? Such as the press pass from the first game you covered, an old glove?
Dellenger: "In all honesty, I do not believe I have any of that. It may come as a surprise, but I'm not the biggest sports fan. I watch college football and do enjoy it. I watch some golf and the NFL. But that's about it. As I grow older, it interests me less and less. I've come to realize that sports is such a small part of our world — a great and wonderful part, full of incredible people and awesome stories — but a very small part nonetheless."
Q: What has been the most difficult aspect of the last few months and COVID-19 in terms of covering sports?
Dellenger: "I usually spend the spring and summer visiting college campuses, building relationships with coaches and administrators, exploring potential story ideas, etc. But that didn't happen much this year. I felt like I was back working for the Associated Press as a news intern. The virus had me springing into action. It really felt like I was a daily news reporter, each week chasing a new wrinkle regarding the virus and its impacts on a college football season."
Q: What has the FWAA meant to you over the years?
Dellenger: "If you're a college football writer, there is no better place to establish relationships than the FWAA. It's a fantastic way to network, which we all know is the best way to ascend in the industry. Everyone mostly works hard. Plenty of people are good writers. Plenty more are good reporters. But who do you know and what do they think of you as a person? The FWAA is a great way to answer the latter question."
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology Vicky Oelze conducted the stable isotope analysis of plant foods eaten by chimpanzees living in tropical forests and savannah woodlands.
Chimpanzees are generally known as the ripe-fruit specialist among the great apes, but they also incorporate other food items, such as leaves and seedpods, into their diets.
Chimpanzees inhabit both rainforests and savannah regions of Africa, and their diets vary accordingly. Forest dwelling chimpanzees mostly feed on ripe fruits commonly considered easy to process, while savannah chimpanzees include more challenging non-fruit items into their diet.
Vicky Oelze, an assistant professor of anthropology at UC Santa Cruz, participated in a new study led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig that analyzed the mechanical properties and the isotopic composition of plant foods eaten by chimpanzees living in the tropical forest and savannah woodland.
They found that the savannah chimpanzees eat foods that are more mechanically challenging and therefore may place higher selective pressures on their chewing apparatus compared to their counterparts living in the rainforest. Since early hominins likely evolved in an environment similar to that of today's savannah woodland chimpanzees, early human ancestors may have encountered similarly challenging foods.
"If we better understand the foundations and interactions of food material properties, dental wear processes, and isotopes in modern chimpanzees, it opens a window into the past and helps to interpret the data obtained from fossil specimens who lived in the African savannah several million years ago," explained Oelze, a guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute<|fim_middle|>'s research focuses on primate ecology, prehistoric diets, and the feeding ecology of great apes.
Savannah chimpanzees are thought to rely on non-fruit resources more than their forest counterparts. The mechanical properties of plant foods can vary substantially but until this study, there had been no comparative data available for chimpanzee populations living in distinct habitat types.
Adam van Casteren of the Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology compared the material properties of various plant foods eaten by chimpanzees in a tropical rainforest in Uganda and a savannah woodland in Tanzania.
Using a portable mechanical tester, he measured the physical properties of plant tissues and found that some plant parts from the mosaic savannah woodland habitat, such as the outer casing of the Strychnos fruit, had much higher toughness and stiffness values than the plant tissues he tested from the rainforest.
"I was surprised to see that some values even exceed those recorded for orangutan foods, as they are generally considered to consume the most mechanically challenging diet of all the great apes," said van Casteren.
The scientists combined their plant food mechanical data with data from a stable isotope analysis from both plant and chimpanzee hair samples. Carbon stable isotopes are commonly used to reconstruct dietary ecology and habitat use of living and extinct primates. Dental morphology, food mechanical properties and carbon stable isotopes are all highly relevant for reconstructing past diets of early human ancestors in Africa.
Although the carbon isotope values of plants were remarkably similar in both habitats, the isotope data obtained from chimpanzee hair suggested that savannah chimpanzees frequently feed on plants growing in open canopy areas. These likely include plants that are particularly demanding when processed with the teeth. The authors believe that the consumption of such tough foods is facilitated by the large front teeth of chimpanzees.
"While some chimpanzee populations are using tools to crack open nuts, others like these savannah chimpanzees still rely on their teeth to get access to nutrients," said Kornelius Kupczik, co-author and Track Leader of the Max Planck Weizmann Center. "Such differences in selection pressures acting on the teeth are likely to have played a key role during the evolution of hominins." | for Evolutionary Anthropology, who conducted the stable isotope analysis while she was a postdoctoral researcher there. Oelze | 26 |
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The class of 2017 just got better. The Hokies have received the national letter of intent from Woodrow Wilson playmaker, Sean Savoy. Savoy was a bit of an early commit for the Hokies. Savoy gave his verbal to Virginia Tech back in the summer, and held true to his word. Savoy measures 5'9" and weighs 177. According to 247sports.com, Savoy is the 6th best player in Washington D.C.. Here are some highlights from Savoy in action:
The speedster offers some great flexibility, and was pursued by several other schools. Miami, Penn State, and Maryland were all considered players, but Savoy eventually stuck with Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech assistant coach, Holmon Wiggins, and should fit it nicely in Coach Fuente's offense. One of his | 248 |
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Someone with experience changing IP adresses of clients, servers and DC of the plantnetwork from a 800xA V5.1 system?
Possible, but would probably require a process shutdown as critical<|fim_middle|>perform the ping -a for address resolution.
3.if you are using time sync then ensure gateway of CS ip address in the GPS to be changed to sync domain servers. | nodes would not be able to communicate during the change.
A domain controller updates it own A-records in DNS. Should work by itself.
System 800xA uses RNRP to update the hosts file in each machine with all required addresses. DNS is more or less bypassed for 800xA node-2-node communication.
After all nodes have been changed, check DNS to be OK (remove any obsolete A and PTR records in the forward and reverse zones). Review RNRP monitor to show a complete list of all nodes, then check the hosts files (or RNRP Wizard can update all files in a few clicks).
- Change any dependant setting, e.g. IP address in OPC Server Panel for AC 800M, etc.
The procedure could probably be made in many different ways, but the above should be the essence of it.
Always be sure that you are going to change only IP OR Subnetting as well then in this case you should be aware of the tested IP scheme with subnet for 800xA to run without any issues.
dcdiag /fix to update the records should run successfully.
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Kids City will soon shut its doors. The independent children's department store, which opened in South Burlington three years ago, will close by mid-J<|fim_middle|> something else in this market in this area."
Kids City: The store is asking customers to use gift cards, store credit and reward dollars by April 15.
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Kids VT KidsVT - The Kids Beat Kids VT Kids VT | une, general manager Tina Benoit said. Owner Steve Levy cites "unforeseen circumstances" for the decision. His other store, Toy City in Keene, N.H., will remain open, he said, and he has no plans for another store in the Burlington area. Benoit remains optimistic. She's been with the business since it opened as Babyland in the mid-1980s and as it changed owners and names. It was Kids Town for 22 years prior to being Kids City. "There has always been — and continues to be — a strong need and desire for a store that offers both the products and the level of customer service that we are known for," she said. She considers this a bump in the road. "I'm hoping to do | 159 |
SCITUATE — The state will make a visit to the Scituate Water Treatment plant today to decide if the town can shut it down to make emergency repairs to the plant's sand filter system.
Voters approved $1.2 million in repairs to the water treatment plant's filter system at special town meeting in November, three months after a public meeting that saw hundreds of residents complaining about years of brown water problems.
"We have some major activity going down,"<|fim_middle|> department about brown water are down significantly, Cafferty added — the town received two in December and zero so far this month.
Reach Mary Whitfill at mwhitfill@patriotledger.com. | DPW Director Kevin Cafferty said at a selectmen's meeting Tuesday.
The plant will soon go offline so the repairs can take place, and the funding pays for both the new sand filter system and temporary filters for wells to serve as substitutes in the off time. Town Administrator James Boudreau says the repairs have to be done by March so the plant is back operating at 100 percent when demand starts to rise.
"There's a lot that has to come together," Sean Anderson, Scituate water supervisor, said Tuesday.
Scituate residents have been complaining for years about brown water pouring from the faucets, an issue the water department says comes from iron oxide and is not a health issue. The town has long said that the water discoloration is the result of poorly-maintained cast iron pipes installed between the 1890s and 1940, and a pipe replacement program began in 2013.
At the August meeting, a Tighe and Bond Engineering representative recommended a number of solutions, including the new filtration system. The company also recommended exploring reservoir expansion and "ice pigging" — a way to remove accumulated material from water mains.
The town began ice pigging in October, and Boudreau said it went well and is something the town will continue to do. Cafferty said he expects reports on how much material was removed from the pipe by next week.
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View of Schönbrunn Palace and Vienna from the hill in Schönbrunn Park
Here you can see the Schönbrunn Palace from the Gloriette, which is a belvedere built on the hill in the Schönbrunn Park, facing the Palace. Just behind the trees in the middle (but not well visible on this | 108 |
In SEO, a lot of what we do has to be backed up by data. I can't do my job effectively, nor can I ensure results for my clients, without the right data. That's why reporting is so important – it pulls all the numbers flying around into one place so executive teams can review and react accordingly.
Google Search Console, everyone should have this!
In SEO, Google Search Console (previously known as Google Webmaster Tools) is like the Holy Book. It's full of wisdom, and if anything goes wrong that's the first place you look for guidance. It's the place to go for troubleshooting. Basically, Google Search Console lets you look at your site through Google's eyes. This makes it very easy to spot any red flags that are affecting your search rankings.
Google Search Console (GSC) also lets you track both branded and non-branded keyword performance. With GSC, you get automatic email alerts on indexing, sitemap issues, warnings if your site is hacked, etc. It is always free and it should be used freely and frequently to solve basic SEO issues as they arise.
Google Analytics: The analytics tool everyone uses!
For new companies, Google Analytics is a great place to start. This tool offers standard reporting that's easy to understand for users at all levels of the business. Google Analytics can help you understand which sites are sending customers your way. I use this with Google Data Studio (more on that shortly), which puts all analytics into a single report. This is really helpful for the executives and decision-makers. They can easily pull the info they want to look at, and it's all in one place. For me it's good because I don't have to pull data from multiple tools every time I want to know something. Basically, it saves you a lot of time, and it's free.
There are other tools such as Adobe Analytics (Omniture) but it's overkill for most sites and paying for the support it requires is a must, and expensive. Implementation with Omniture is almost always custom and there's not much generic documentation out there.
Google Analytics also has a premium version where you get more advanced features.
Starts free and goes to $10,000+ USD for premium version with technical support from an approved agency partner.
This is a really robust tool that provides keyword tracking, gives you a daily SERP screenshot, an actual image of ranking positions and lets you tracking competitors closely to avoid being blindsided. With STAT Search Analytics you get a dedicated account manager to help you create dashboard and also do staff training. It's definitely more advanced than the free tools listed here, and the price reflects that. But I think it is worth it if your business volume is large enough.
This program is great because it can connect to literally any data source – Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SQL, BigQuery, etc. Having everything in a single view for the entire organization makes it much easier for executives to use the data.
When reporting is succinct and easy to read, the organization can view results and make decisions as needed, instead of having to wait for monthly reporting. I like this dashboard because it is very flexible, users can select different date ranges and see updates in real time.
It also provides an overview of all things SEO, but has the option to go more granular. For example, it's very easy to set up filters that will segment reporting for separate sections of your website. If you have multiple product categories (clothing, eyewear, gadgets, etc.) and you're looking at Google Analytics, it's hard to get a good overview of everything. With Google Data Studio, it's easy to filter all those metrics and have them on one page to compare side-by-side.
Think Periscope Data as a more advanced version of Google Data Studio. This tool is really for the more advanced SEO consultant, and companies that have a data science team.
Where Studio functions with simple drag-and-drop technology, Periscope is a more custom solution. You need to know SQL to create dashboards and charts, and it can manage a high volume of data. At $1,000 per month, this software is a bit of an investment. Of course, if you're already using playing with big data, it can really make sense to invest in all the appropriate data tools as well.
I really recommend this tool for clients that already have a data science team, because you will have a huge volume of data to work<|fim_middle|>, boosting partnerships and building a brand and relationships.
If you'd like to learn more about how I work, or just talk to me about SEO, send me a message! | with. We're talking about hundreds of thousands of rows of data, even for a small business. Processing that level of raw data is very complicated, so you need someone with the expertise to organize and structure the information uniformly. But once they do that, you can have some really deep insights across all your marketing data. I can work within Periscope for my clients, but what would take me a week to do a proper data scientist could do in an hour.
That's it for my favorite reporting tools. If you want to see more in this series, you can go back and read my post on the best content strategy tools. And stay tuned for the next piece, where I share the best methods for link building | 145 |
The Catholic community at The University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), is served by St. Mark's University Parish. The parish is unique in that it does not have a church building of its own. Instead the congregation gathers for Sunday Masses in Muril Auditorium in the Margaret Murie "Life Science" Building on UAF's main campus.
Weekdays are different. For weekday masses and small group gatherings the parish community uses a small house owned by UAF. The house is tucked into a corner of the campus on Copper Lane, and has space for a small chapel, gathering place, an office and a kitchen.
The Copper Lane house is tied to the history of the University. In 1949 and 1950 UAF had six homes built on campus on Copper Lane. They were intended to house faculty for the new Geophysical Institute and served that purpose for a number of years.
However, the Diocese's Bishop formally established St. Mark University Parish in 1977, and the United Catholic Campus Ministry, including St. Mark's University Association and the Catholic Students Association, moved into the house at 517<|fim_middle|> apartments of some of UAF's married students. These informal liturgies followed by family-like gatherings, became a Saint Mark's parish tradition.
When the parish was officially established in 1977 a Paulist priest became its first pastor and served St. Mark's for twenty years.
As of this writing, the little house on Copper Lane is home base to a vibrant faith family in a University setting. Besides Sunday Masses at nearby Schaible Auditorium, and customary pastoral services, St. Mark's hosts student gatherings for "fun, faith and fellowship," as well as student retreats, service projects and excursions into Alaska's outdoors. | Copper Lane.
Prior to 1977, Campus ministry had been covered by priests from Immaculate Conception Church and from Monroe Catholic High School who visited UAF to celebrate liturgy at various campus locales. A Jesuit priest also served as Newman Club Chaplain from 1958 to 1960. He celebrated Mass for students on the second floor of the Eielson Building on campus. Another Jesuit priest, served as Newman Club chaplain during the early 1960's and celebrated Mass in the homes or | 113 |
Flint Expatriates: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Writer Jan<|fim_middle|> something, I still might do it.
Perhaps it's a sign of a spectrum of talent returning to Flint. | Worth-Nelson has the uncanny ability to capture the contradictions of life in Flint. I was reminded of this when I read two of her recent columns in East Village Magazine. In one column she reflects on a theme that all Flint residents have wrestled with at one point or another: what would my life be like if I lived somewhere else?
Most of us veteran Flintoids, especially those of us who came from somewhere else and thus can only regard our lives here as a matter of "choice," go through phases of exasperation and regret.
We all have our Flint sweet spots, griefs and vindications. We make them, we find them and we cherish them with recurring dollops of hope.
The other afternoon a couple of friends and I were on our way to 501 Grille when we spied two drummers at the corner of Saginaw and First streets under the terra cotta American eagles of what used to be First National Bank.
From a distance it sounded like amateur auditions for a Fourth of July parade but it was only late April. Still I admit there was something pleasantly odd and rousing about it.
Hmm ... drumming on street corners. My friends and I considered. Is this a good thing? Or is this something worrisomely earnest, like awkwardly hopeful murals sprouting up on abandoned walls?
Since we were in an optimistic mood anticipating our first glass of wine of the day, we decided it was a good sign. Buskers, we've got buskers, just like Washington Square Park in New York, Dupont Circle in D.C., and Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco.
Flint is a complicated place, and it's good to know there are writers working to capture the nuance of a city that is often dismissed as nothing more than an economic catastrophe.
What, no comments? Doesn't anybody else have any views on these matters?
Hey, don't take it too hard. The posts that get the most comment are pure nostalgia. The more thoughtful items don't seem to generate a lot of discussion. Not sure why.
Having lived in Flint, left, then came back, I could really relate to your story. I think about the "what if's" every day. I believe the in zen/positive thinking approach that you make a place good or bad with your own attitude, but that really gets put to the test in Flint.
I like to think about the friends I have here.They are what counts, and I've done well in that regard in Flint. Now if I could transplant those friends and relationships to Paris or | 529 |
I've written about how during the past decade, journalism funders have been finding more and better ways to work together. During the past seven years, for example, we teamed with others to help journalism nonprofits develop better business practices through a project called the Challenge Fund for Journalism.
A recent study of the Fund showed how it helped 53 journalism nonprofits, professional organizations and media outlets. The fund's partners were Ford, which created the project, as well as Knight, McCormick and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism. The management consulting firm TCC Group coordinated.
Some organizations, usually the smallest, got fundraising and administrative training only. Others got training as well as a grant that they could collect only if they could raise twice as much funding by themselves. That's like giving<|fim_middle|>-profit news
Teaching the First Amendment
How the Challenge Fund for Journalism helped… | away a fish if someone can catch at least two more on their own. Hence, the name of the report, "Learning to Fish." As noted before, the largest amount of philanthropic money given away each year in the U.S. comes not from foundations but from individuals. The challenge fund helped nonprofit journalism groups learn to fish where most of the fish really live.
The foundations put in $3.6 million, and the grantees found almost $9.5 million in matches. Nine in 10 made their matching goal. In addition, 85 percent said they experienced positive organizational change as a result of the project. The groups that did the best realized that "business as usual" was no longer an option. They appealed to individual donors and broadened their foundation requests to include grant-makers who care about the issues journalists cover, such as civil society or public health. They built new firewalls so certain types of no-strings corporate grants would be allowable.
The International Center for Journalists, for example, doubled revenue from planned gifts and bequests between 2009 and 2012. The Center for Public Integrity ramped up efforts and revenues from individual donors. Investigative Reporters and Editors diversified its revenue streams.
Obviously, the better a group is at delivering the goods, the better its fundraising position. TCC's coaching, peer meetings and other efforts helped the organizations during a time of "drastic upheaval," as Ford's Calvin Sims put it, that caused regular sources to dry up. Said Andy Hall, executive director of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism: "The greatest value of the initiative was that it enabled us to try out new strategies for growth, which ultimately helped change our business model." The center added board members who knew how to raise money. It expanded its corporate sponsorships and introduced new fundraising events.
Too often we take for granted the important role nonprofits play in training and professionalism, or, as Bob Ross of Ethics and Excellence puts it, "maintaining a vibrant journalism sector." That's why Clark Bell of the McCormick Foundation is right when he says that these days even "healthy organizations have to be willing to revisit and overhaul their business models."
After this post on Knight Blog, foundations created a Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education offering micro-grants to universities that develop live-new experiments advancing the "teaching hospital" model, which I argue is not yet fully built.
A problem with non | 498 |
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In the frame of the EO Science for Society Programme Element, the European Space Agency is organising the second conference on Mapping Urban Areas from Space 2018 - MUAS 2018.
The purpose of this conference is to provide scientists and data users with the opportunity to present first-hand and up-to-date results from their on-going research and application development activities by using data from past and current Satellites.
The outcome of this conference will help to further shape the next generation of R&D activities in the frame of ESA Earth Observation Programmes.
12th biennial conference of African Association of Remote Sensing and Environment AARSE will be held in Egypt, Alexandria, Arab Academy of Science and Technology.
AARSE is the largest gathering community in remote sensing and geospatial information in Africa. The conference title is Earth Observations and Geospatial Science in service of Sustainable Development Goals.
The conference will gather expert, scientists, professionals from all over the globe to deliberate and present the up-to-date outcomes from remote sensing and geospatial information to achieve the global agenda for sustainable development 2030, particularly for Africa and developing countries.
International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO) 2018 is the 12th edition of the largest meeting worldwide of experts working in all disciplines of Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Technologies for Space Applications.
The purpose of ICSO is to bring together the Space Optics Community and exchange information and ideas on the research, development, qualification and flight experience of using optical technologies for space missions. Technology experts meet Mission experts to address the lessons learnt from past developments and identify the next significant developments in employing light-wave technologies and techniques used in all types of Space Missions.
Course Overview: Land cover changes can impact many areas of life. These changes can affect deforestation, ecological communities, wildfire extent, and urban growth. This advanced series will focus on using satellite imagery to map changes in land cover. Attendees will learn change detection methods, including image subtraction and classification. They will also conduct their own change detection analysis. This training will use QGIS, the R statistical program, and the Random Forest algorithm. Both sessions will feature a lecture, time to complete a hands-on exercise, and time for questions.
The course will consist of two sessions, on 28 September and 5 October 2018.
This special symposium has been organised to mark the 25th anniversary of the first supply of ERS-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon data. The event will be sponsored by other partner agencies and organisations supporting the development of altimetry. Along with this symposium, related events will take place in the same week which includes the annual meeting of the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST) and the International DORIS Service (IDS) Workshop, as well as other thematic workshops still to be organised; potential topics are Sea Level Budget Closure for Climate, Coastal Zone, Space for Hydrology, Argo, GODAE OceanView, Operational Oceanography, etc.
Course Overview: For certain applications, some satellites take too long to revisit the same spot. Some satellites are capable of consistent monitoring of the same area. This webinar series will cover satellites with a high temporal resolution for air quality applications. Attendees will learn about new and upcoming geostationary satellites, what data is available, and how to access them. The training will cover satellites over the Americas, Asia, and Africa, and feature speakers from NOAA, Yonsei University, and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing.
Course Overview: Polluted water influences all aspects of life, including people, animals, and the environment. NASA satellite observations provide near real-time information about water quality. This freely available data can<|fim_middle|> and users from European countries and Canada are invited to apply to the 5-day course. Research scientists and students from all other countries are also welcome to apply, subject to availability of spaces.
Organisation: Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society; the National Centre for Earth Observation and the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation.
The UK National Earth Observation Conference 2018 – hosted by the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society; the National Centre for Earth Observation and the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation – will take place in the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston from 04 – 07 September 2018.
The conference will be focused around Earth Observation science, technology and applications Into the Future.
The programme will include exhibitions and poster sessions, a school conference (07 September), plus plenary and parallel sessions.
ESA organises a series of summer schools on Monitoring of the Earth System to promote the exploitation of Earth Observation (EO) data across disciplines, with a specific focus on their assimilation into Earth System models.
The two-week course, held in ESA/ESRIN (near Rome, Italy), aims to provide students with an integrated end-to-end perspective going from measurement techniques to end-user applications. Courses include lectures covering issues related to Remote Sensing, Earth System Modelling and Data Assimilation as well as hands-on computing exercises on the processing of EO data. Keynote lectures on global change issues are also given to discuss the current state of the science of global change and its relationship to society in order to help students appreciate how their specific field fits into a broader scientific and political context. For more information, please see previous programme, news or video.
Showing 16 - 30 of 336 results. | help decision-makers in their work. Satellite data can have applications for managing drinking water, public health, and fisheries.
This webinar series will help attendees perform advanced image processing of satellite data. Attendees will also learn about using satellites to track indicators of harmful algal blooms. This will include monitoring water temperature and chlorophyll-a concentrations. Attendees can also use this information for reporting around UN SDG 6.
For ten years the Summit on Earth Observation Business has welcomed the most inspiring, forward thinking and influential leaders of the satellite imagery and geospatial solutions sector.
Through panel sessions, informal discussions and private meetings, the 250 senior-ranking public and private decision makers in attendance obtain the information and strategic partnerships required to inform themselves of opportunities, navigate evolutions and shape the future of the market.
The next edition will be taking place September, 2018 at the Westin hotel in Paris. The program will be announced shortly. In the meantime the program for the 2017 edition is available.
Workshop overview: NextGEOSS provides a suite of infrastructure tools and services to build applications, opening up Earth Observation data and their value-added products to downstream communities.
The training will enable first-hand discussions with the technical team developing and maintaining the platform, and for networking of the existing and new user community. If you would like to know more about using NextGEOSS to discover, access and process EO data, commercially or for research, this day is for you. This workshop is the day prior to the EuroGEOSS workshop.
Post graduate, PhD students, post-doctoral research scientists | 328 |
Howie Mandel must like Windsor.The veteran comedian and television personality once repped a Win City brand T-shirt on the Today Show — a souvenir he picked up downtown after performing at Caesars Windsor in 2014.Now the 40-year veteran of show business is<|fim_middle|> earlier this year.From his wild, hyperactive performances in the 1980s to his frank talk about mental health and obsessive compulsive disorder in the 2000s, Mandel believes stand-up comedy is one of the last remaining avenues for freedom of speech in self-expression."I think the art form of comedy is dying," Mandel confessed. "Political correctness is over the top today. You know, context is everything … Mimes have it so easy today. I want to be a mime."Show begins 8 p.m. for 19 and olderTicket prices start at $23 going on sale April 26 at noon.Call 1-800-991-7777 for more information. | returning to The Colosseum, scheduled for a stand-up gig this summer, on July 21."I have never stopped (doing stand-up comedy). I do, like, 200 dates a year," Mandel noted on The Wendy Williams Show | 54 |
New York: Being in its 14th year, The New<|fim_middle|>ashe, Aparna Sen, Gurinder Chadha, Ambassador Dnyaneshwar Mulay, Ambassador Vijay Nambiar in attendance.
The opening night of the festival, May 5, 2014 showcased the film 'Ugly' which has actor Rahul Bhatt and is directed by the ace director Anurag Kashyap. A post-screening discussion was held with Rahul Bhatt and Anurag Kashyap. May 10, 2014 will screen 'Goynar Baksho', a Bengali film for the closing night of the festival. A post-screening discussion will be held with director Aparna Sen. The venue for the opening and closing night of the festival will be Skirball Center for Performing Arts, La Guardia Place at Washington Square Park, New York City. All other screenings, industry panel discussions and special events will be at Village East Cinema, 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York City. Much acclaimed film 'Lakshmi' directed by director Nagesh Kukunoor too will be screened at the festival.
The film festival will be showcasing 34 films and will screen 23 narratives along with 11 documentaries which will highlight various cinemas of India's different regions – Marathi, Bengali and 2 films from North East India. The festival's Marathi films include "Postcard", multiple-award winning film "Astu" and National Award Winning film "Fandry". With this initiative, NYIFF will be featuring regional cinema for the first time since its inception, giving it a pathway and motivating the need and significance of such cinema. Additionally, the festival covers cinemas from the neighboring South Asian countries - four films by Pakistani filmmakers, two from Sri Lanka - a feature and a documentary, and one from Nepal. | York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) returns with new innings from May 5 – 10, 2014. NYIFF is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and short films made from, of and about Indian subcontinent in the independent, art-house, alternate and diaspora genres. The festival is presented by The Indo-American Arts Council, which is a registered not-for-profit, secular service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian and cross-cultural art forms in North America.
May 5, 2014 was the opening night of the festival, which had Anurag Kashyap, Nagesh Kukunoor, Rahul Bhatt, Dr. Mohan Ag | 168 |
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The London Borough of Havering is London's north-easternmost Borough, comprised largely of suburbs previously belonging to Essex. Hornchurch, Upminster and Romford are Havering<|fim_middle|> are available too, and the arrival of the Elizabeth Line in the borough has seen an increase in the development of new-build apartments as well.
The National Trust owned Rainham Hall is a fantastic family day out, with a lovely garden space open throughout the year. Although the Hall is not fully open currently, the cafe and gardens make it more than worthwhile to visit. If you're particularly interested in the local history of the area, then the Havering Museum in Romford is also a must-see!
Although some distance from Central London, Havering does have connections to the city. The District Line terminates in Upminster, while there are railway connections to Liverpool Street and Stratford from Romford, too. The incoming Elizabeth Line will halve current journey times from Romford to Central London.
The Housekeep platform has plenty of cleaners who cover the RM postcode area. These cleaners have been background-checked and have 5-star domestic cleaning experience. | 's most prominent towns.
The borough's housing stock consists largely of twentieth-century builds. These come in all shapes and sizes, with detached, semi-detached and terraced houses on the market, as well as smaller, bungalow homes available. There are also estates of former social housing which are now appearing on the private market. Of course, a variety of flats | 73 |
TRTF Getting Ready for the 65th Annual TRTA Convention!
TRTF Plans Exciting New Event at TRTA Annual Convention!
The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF<|fim_middle|> The Foundation will also provide an update for members about our Disaster Relief program, "A Helping Hand," the Legacy Campaign and the Lehr-Pritchard Endowment Fund.
It is common for individuals, districts and local units to present gifts to the Foundation in honor or in memory of someone at the end of the luncheon. If you are attending the luncheon and would like to make a donation, you may complete a form to include a personal message. Forms will be available on your table or in The Ledger, our monthly e-newsletter, and can be downloaded here: Luncheon Donation Card.
TRTF will host a training session on April 9 at 2:00 p.m. in the San Lorenzo room on the third floor. It is recommended that Local Unit Foundation Representatives and District Foundation Liaisons join the session. Understanding the roles of Liaisons and Representatives, fundraising, and program implementation will be discussed. See you there! Get some great convention training resources for TRTF by clicking this link: https://trtf.org/news/trtf-convention-resources. | ) looks forward to the upcoming 65th Annual TRTA Convention in San Antonio, being held April 8-10, 2018.
For the first time in its history, TRTF will host a golf tournament to raise funds for its charitable programs! Held on the Palmer Golf Course adjacent to La Cantera Resort on April 9, 2018, the $125 tickets include breakfast, a box lunch, swag bag, range balls, green fee and cart. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, closest to the pin and longest drive. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m., and the shotgun start for the four-person scramble begins at 8:00 a.m. Mulligans and raffle tickets will be available for purchase onsite. Online registration has now closed.
TRTF Luncheon, Training Session, and More!
As in years past, TRTF will host a luncheon on April 10 at 12:15 p.m. The menu features crisp prosciutto chicken, mashed potatoes, and seasonal vegetables with vanilla strawberry cheesecake with whipped almond cream for dessert. Tickets are $45 per person and may be purchased when you submit your convention registration form (see page 8 of the first quarter issue of The VOICE or register online).
Our 30 Classroom Assistance Grant and 15 Beginning Teacher Scholarship recipients will be announced during the luncheon. | 304 |
Pupils and staff turn into sand dancers
More than 400 pupils and staff from a Washington school performed a dance routine on Roker beach as part of a week-long mini cultural festival.
All pupils and teachers from Usworth Colliery Primary School were transported down to Roker to deliver a routine they'd learned from Dance City, the regional dance agency that has a studio in Sunderland.
The dance was a feature<|fim_middle|> people ideas and inspiration, and improving the area's health and wellbeing."
"In our first year we'll be working directly with pupils and delivering a cultural programme into schools; during the second year we'll be involving parents and looking at the cultural offering locally, and in the third year we want to take a wider, community view and see how we can increase the speed of engagement with the arts.
Jonas Blue Feat. William Singe | of a mini-culture festival created through a partnership between three Washington schools and Sunderland Culture, through its Great Place scheme. Last year Sunderland Culture secured £1.25m of National Lottery funding for the Great Place Scheme, a joint fund from Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Fund to put arts, culture and heritage at the heart of communities.
The festival was held over the last days of the school's summer term. Other activities included workshops delivered by West End performer Brandon Lee Sears; a music day with singer songwriter Barry Hyde of the Futureheads and working with artists from The Thought Foundation.
Vicki Kennedy, Sunderland Culture's Great Place Scheme Producer, said:
"Everyone involved in the festival had a great time, the artists, the teachers and particularly the children – and the many people watching us on Roker beach!
"Seeing so many young people and their teachers enjoying dancing was quite inspirational.
"The festival was the launch event of a three-year long Great Place programme to get arts and culture more ingrained into Washington schools. We know art can play such an important role in bringing local communities together, giving young | 223 |
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This past week, I enjoyed another interesting experience in this writing journey of mine. À la Kath and Kim, for a few brief moments, I became a 'filum star'! You see, I had agreed to make a little book trailer/promotional video for my non-fiction book Soul Friend, due for release next month. I invited two of my very good friends to take part and engaged a young photographer to film us. We laughed a lot, as, one after the other, we sat in front of that camera, trying to speak as naturally as possible. But in the midst of all the fun, some deeper thoughts also surfaced for me.
As I observed my lovely spiritual mentor Joy, now over eighty years old, bravely sharing her feelings in front of that camera about my writing a book featuring her role in my spiritual journey, I felt so humbled and grateful for her support in it all. Then when my younger friend present—someone I have mentored for many years—took her turn and shared how helpful our relationship has been, these same feelings almost overwhelmed me. Again I glimpsed God's amazing grace at work, as we have each fed into the lives of the other, through God's leading and enabling.
But later I realised that, represented in my lounge room, were four generations of committed Christian believers—my spiritual mentor in her eighties, I in my sixties, my younger friend in her forties and our wonderful video person in his twenties. God has gifted us all in a variety of ways and each of us is endeavouring to use these gifts as best we can at this stage of our journey. The opportunities my older friend Joy now has for ministry are different from the many she had earlier. Mine too have changed over the years, as I have moved through various careers into my current writing and speaking role. My younger friend is giving herself totally by serving overseas and is home only for a visit. And our young photographer friend is poised on the brink of doing wonderful things in his field, I believe. Whatever our age, God is using each of us as we step out in faith.
Now I am sure I am not cut out to be a 'filum star'! I have spoken publicly many, many times—but sitting in front of that camera is a different experience altogether! I knew I couldn't 'run off at the mouth', as I tend to do on occasions. Our time was very limited and we had to watch our words. And that's why I was so thankful when, as we waited for our other collaborators to arrive on the day, my friend Joy, who felt somewhat the same as I did, quoted some encouraging words from Scripture out loud and prayed for God's wisdom and peace for both of us.
And God does not let us down, we discovered yet again. God rescues, God guides, God gives wisdom and peace—even in front of a camera. | don't like hearing or seeing a recording of myself in any shape or form! I don't even like reading my own writing out loud, as I have had to on occasions. And despite owning my first three novels in audio book format, professionally narrated and recorded by the Christian Blind Mission for people with visual impairment, I have never listened to them myself. I know I would cringe and want to edit severely. I would rather remain in blissful ignorance!
So when my publisher suggested I make a book trailer to promote my new non-fiction book Soul Friend: The story of a shared spiritual journey, you can imagine I was a little underwhelmed, to say the least. Besides, it all seemed too hard and too much trouble. I hadn't done anything like that for my five novels—did I really need such a thing for my new non-fiction book?
However, as I thought about it and viewed other promotional trailers, some ideas began to form as to what I could include in my own. Of course my mentor Joy would be involved, since my book Soul Friend is about her part in my spiritual journey of the last fifteen years. I could also ask someone I have mentored for many years to give her perspective on the topic. And I myself would need to explain various aspects of the book. Throw in a few book endorsements—and I felt that maybe we could come up with a book trailer after all!
It was a challenge at first finding someone to film us and an even greater one getting us all together on the same day, but eventually it happened. And when we later viewed what had been filmed, we were all happy. But as I sent our efforts off to be edited in Brisbane, I was still a little wary. Would the whole concept really come together? What would be edited out? Would it flow as I envisaged and look and sound professional enough?
But I am delighted with the end product—or products—which arrived this past week. You see, I have ended up with a both a long and a short version, which will be very useful in different situations. Please click here to view the short version on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br2eAB1ojDE&feature=youtu.be.
This whole experience has highlighted two things for me yet again. Firstly, God is so utterly faithful.
Where I was so faithless and doubting mine and others' abilities to produce these trailers, God faithfully unfolded the whole process and showed me it could be done.
Secondly, I saw again how the Body of Christ is meant to work together, each gladly and graciously doing his or her part (1 Corinthians 12), as exemplified by my publisher, Rochelle Manners at Even Before Publishing, my video man Daniel Fewchuk, my film editor at Highshots, my endorsers, and my friends Joy and Alison. Thank you all for enabling this little project to come together so well.
I must admit I was a little tired as I made my way along the tunnel that stretches for what seems like forever from Broadway in Sydney, under busy George Street and into the very heart of Central Station. And I was a little preoccupied. I had just attended a meeting where I could feel the pain of some of those present as they asked questions of the speaker at the end. My heart went out to these women and men, caught in the dilemma of disagreeing with decisions made by their church hierarchy, yet wanting to maintain unity in the Body of Christ. How was it these things happened, I wondered. And how much were we grieving God in the process?
On top of that, my mind was in a whirl as I remembered all the tasks waiting for me at home, especially in relation to the upcoming release of my new book Soul Friend. I needed to check with some places where I planned to sell my books. I had email lists to sort out before I could share the news of my book release. But above all, I needed to help my daughter set up a new website for me, dedicated to my new book and related topics. We had struck some trouble, firstly in purchasing the domain name we wanted and then in trying to get the site up and running. It was frustrating, to say the least.
It was amazing then that I noticed the busker in the tunnel at all. But soon I realised that, above the noise of a heavy suitcase being wheeled along in front of me and people chattering loudly as they rushed along, I could hear a plaintive melody. I looked across the tunnel and noticed an old, Chinese gentleman, playing a traditional, stringed instrument—possibly an erhu or similar ancient fiddle, with a box-like compartment at one end. I slowed my pace—and then it dawned on me that he was playing the old hymn, 'What a friend we have in Jesus'.
My first thoughts were to wonder what this gentleman's story was and where he had learnt this hymn. I looked across at him and smiled—and he smiled back. I hesitated, but then decided to continue on. There were so many people rushing by—and I needed to catch my train.
What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief to bear!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit! Oh what needless pain we bear!
So I prayed as I walked and as I sat in that train on my way home. I prayed for my friends' situation and I prayed for my own. And I thought about Jesus, the Friend who died for us and who truly cares.
What a Friend we have in Jesus! May you too experience his peace today as you walk and talk with him.
There I was one day last week, working away happily at my computer, when I heard a few dull thuds outside. Thinking it was the neighbours doing something in their yard, I didn't investigate. Besides, it was a windy day—perhaps a few small branches were being tossed around. Later, however, when my husband opened our front door to go out, he almost fell over seven large cartons blocking his way. On each carton was a label saying 'Leave at door of delivery if unattended'. Well, we had definitely been home all morning—but no one had rung the doorbell. Still, I guess the contractor thought we wouldn't miss the little presents he left us.
My heart stood still when I gazed at those boxes. You see, I knew what they contained—my first copies of my brand new non-fiction book, Soul Friend, due for release next month!
Now this is my sixth book to be published, so one would think I'd be used to the whole process. But I find this moment when new books arrive to be rather daunting, for several reasons. Firstly, I always have to steel myself to open that first box and see what my book actually looks like. Of course I have seen the proposed cover online—but will the real thing look as good? On this occasion, I find myself a little shocked at the bright orange cover, which I expected would be much closer to a deep yellow/gold colour. But I'm still pleased with how it looks and feels as I quickly check through it.
Secondly, as I gaze at these seven boxes now on my study floor, I realise I need to decide yet again where to store them in our small house! Until I complete my new Soul Friend website and am able to offer them for sale nearer my launch date, these copies need to find a home here. Having juggled boxes of books for quite a few years now, I have become adept at turning them into coffee tables, benches and the like! It's a challenge—but not insurmountable.
Much more formidable in my mind, however, is the challenge that lies ahead of promoting this book, not only via my website but at the various venues where I hope to speak or display my books. You see, I am well aware this will involve much hard work, lots of emails and many hours preparing for speaking engagements. It will include setbacks and doors closed to me—but it will also, by God's grace, include many open doors and times of great encouragement.
And right now, that is where I need to focus—not on the potential difficulties, but on the wonderful opportunities ahead. From the very beginning of this Soul Friend project, God has been with me—and I know this will not change now. As I stand on the brink of this new adventure, I believe that if I continue to look to God for strength and guidance, I will not fall but stand | 1,738 |
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Cherry blossom looks even more stunning when you can see this ancient castle in the background. Blossoms are expected here from 10 April for just 10 days.
Over 1,000 trees surround this ancient castle, making it a picture-perfect place to see sakura. Flowers usually bloom from early April until early May in this area.
There's only one thing that's more picturesque than Nara deer, and that's Nara deer eating pink cherry blossom. See them enjoy the sakura from late March to early April.
Kyoto is probably the best city for sakura spotting; just about anywhere here should give you a good chance to see cherry blossom. The trees are in flower<|fim_middle|> to be the date to look out for.
Sakura is seen here from around 23 April to 5 May. This area is particularly special, as it is said to be home to one of the oldest cherry trees in Japan.
From the end of February Japan plays a waiting game in anticipation of the cherry blossom, or sakura, which flowers until May. This pink flower is beloved throughout the country as it symbolises the fleeting beauty of life. When it first blooms everyone wants to see it ‒ the long-standing tradition of welcoming spring and the cherry blossom is known as hanami. There are special cherry blossom festival forecasts on TV to predict when the flower will arrive in certain areas, and travellers take risks booking holidays around spring in the hope that they will catch the cherry blossom. We can't tell you when the sakura will arrive, but we do know the best places to spot it once it is in bloom. | from the end of March until the beginning of April.
This is voted one of the best cherry blossom viewing locations in all Japan. From the moment April begins visitors flock here in anticipation of the sakura bloom; this year 11 April is said | 50 |
Auction 29.06.1994
London, King Street
VERY LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL "H", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
VERY LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL "H", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Lombardy, circa 1250] Leaf 430x300mm, initial 135x86mm, of yellow columns with geometric strapwork decoration, on blue and purple ground; infilled in the lower half with the figure of a man in purple
Schätzpreis: 2.000 £ - 3.00<|fim_middle|>", on a leaf from an MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BREVIARY ON VELLUM
ILLUMINATED INITIAL "C", on a leaf from an MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BREVIARY ON VELLUM [Bologna, beginning of the 15th century] Leaf 368x263mm, initial 43x44mm, pink on burnished gold ground, with painted floral and foliate extension and a large stork-like bird at the side. Infilled with multi-coloured
LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL "B" on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT...
LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL "B" on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FRANCISCAN PSALTER [Venice, first half of the 15th century] 532x368mm, initial 153x160mm, pink and purple on burnished gold ground, decorated with lush green, blue and red foliage. Unfortunately, the inner inhabited part has been
SAINT AGATHA, historiated initial "G", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
SAINT AGATHA, historiated initial "G", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [South Eastern Germany or Austria, circa 1450] Upper portion of a leaf, 325x445mm, initial 145x150mm, yellow with foliate pattern, on burnished gold ground with leafy pattern, purple and lilac
GOSPEL LECTIONARY. Single leaf from a LARGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT...
GOSPEL LECTIONARY. Single leaf from a LARGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LECTIONARY ON VELLUM [Southern Germany, Augsburg?, circa 1450] 384x254mm, written in light-brown ink in a gothic textura, rubrics in red, double column, 34 lines, justification 250x177mm. 2 large six-line initials "I", blue on
THE VISITATION. Leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS ON VELLUM
THE VISITATION. Leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS ON VELLUM [Southern France?, circa 1450]115x82mm. The Virgin and Elizabeth meeting in a green and rocky landscape. Their dress and drapery in gold. A large castle with castellated towers and a church in the background. Within an
ILLUMINATED INITIAL "A", on a leaf from a MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM
ILLUMINATED INITIAL "A", on a leaf from a MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Veneto, second half of the 15th century] Leaf 488x353mm, initial 82x96mm, pink with white tracery on burnished gold ground, with painted leafy and floral extensions and decoration, infilled with pink and green leaves on blue
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, historiated initial "I" on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, historiated initial "I" on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Padua, or Ferrara?, second half of the 15th century] Leaf 567x405mm, initial 117x130mm. Saint Anthony in the robe of a Franciscan, holding a martyr's palmbranch and in his other hand a book
THE ASCENSION. Historiated initial "V", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
THE ASCENSION. Historiated initial "V", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Florence, circle of Attavante, circa 1480] Leaf 605x420mm, initial 93x103mm, pink on burnished gold ground, with coloured leafy and floral extensions. The Apostles watching Christ's Ascent in a
PENTECOST. Miniature from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS ON VELLUM
PENTECOST. Miniature from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS ON VELLUM [Northern France, circa 1500]55x54mm. The Virgin with two Apostles (St.Peter and St.John?), the haloes of the others behind them; the sacred white Dove above, surrounded and showering golden flames. Within a narrow gold
THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS. Leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK...
THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS. Leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS ON VELLUM [Rouen, circa 1500]182x110mm. Three shepherds, two praying, one standing, in a landscape, all looking heavenwards at a golden angel emanating golden rays. A river and outlines of a city in the distance, as
AN APOSTLE, historiated initial "E", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
AN APOSTLE, historiated initial "E", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT GRADUAL ON VELLUM [Florence, circle of Perugino, circa 1500] Leaf 569x408mm, initial 170x170mm, red and pink on burnished gold and red ground with coloured foliate decoration and floral extensions. The Apostle standing in
ENORMOUS ILLUMINATED INITIAL "O", cut from a leaf of a MANUSCRIPT...
ENORMOUS ILLUMINATED INITIAL "O", cut from a leaf of a MANUSCRIPT ANTIPHONAL ON VELLUM [Spain, Valencia or Toledo, circa 1500] 264x239mm, fawn patterned with a lush surround of blue, orange and white scrolling leaves, stems and flowers on a raised burnished gold ground, infilled with a large
GIOVANNI MARIA VISCONTI (1389-1412), duke of Milan. Grant of arms and...
GIOVANNI MARIA VISCONTI (1389-1412), duke of Milan. Grant of arms and investiture with the county of Cemmo and Cimbergo to Boccacino and Bartolomeo della Torre, in Latin. MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM ILLUMINATED BY TOMASINO DA VIMERCATE [Milan, 23 October 1410] Single sheet, 465x675mm (520x675mm unfolded
BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Amiens, or North-Eastern France, circa 1300] 20 leaves only, 120x84mm, 11 lines, justification 63x46mm, written in black ink in a gothic textura, rubrics in red, initials in gold or blue, with penwork flourishing, 14 two-line initials in
PSALTER, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
PSALTER, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Southern Netherlands, Brussels?, late 13th century] 127x90mm, 185 leaves (lacking one leaf before f.113 and probably an added Beatus leaf before f.7), collation: 1 6 2 10 3-14 8 15 6 (-1) 16 6 17-23 8 24 6 , with catchwords. 17 lines, ruled in
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Beauvais?, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Beauvais?, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Northeastern France, second quarter of the 14th century] 137x97mm, 150 leaves, including original final blank leaf, COMPLETE, collation: 1 12 2-8 8 9 4 10-18 8 19 6 , with catchwords, 12 lines, ruled in plummet
Schätzpreis: 30.000 £ - 40.000 £
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Paris?, circa 1430] 178x126mm, 172 leaves, COMPLETE, collation: 1 12 2 8 3 4 4-21 8 22 4 , with catchwords, 15 lines, ruled in red with occasional pricking in outer margin, justification 91x56mm, written in brown ink in a
PORTIFORIUM, collection of short offices in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [England, second half of the 14th century] 120x90mm, 65 leaves (including first and last 2 blank leaves), APPARENTLY COMPLETE, collation: 1 1 2 1 8 3 1 4 4 12 5 1 s6 6 , 17 lines (final prayers 16/20 lines), justification
BREVIARY, for the use of Xanten, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
BREVIARY, for the use of Xanten, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Lower Rhineland, Xanten?, mid-15th century] 115x85mm, 288 leaves, collation: 1 4 (3 cancelled blank) 2 6 (-6 cancelled) 3 4 (blanks, one cancelled) 4-10 10 11 12 (-8 and 10, 9 in later hand inserted) 12 10 (9 cancelled)) 13 8 14 8 (8 | 0 £
LARGE INITIAL 'O', cut to shape, FROM A MONUMENTAL MANUSCRIPT BIBLE ON VELLUM
LARGE INITIAL 'O', cut to shape, FROM A MONUMENTAL MANUSCRIPT BIBLE ON VELLUM [Italy, circa 1100] 138x143mm. The initial circular, made up of blue and white panels containing ropework design, with white penwork decoration, within inner and outer yellow frame. The initial encloses the letters NUS
Schätzpreis: 700 £ - 1.000 £
VERY LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL "S", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
VERY LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL "S", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Perugia, first quarter of the 14th century] Leaf 580x400mm, initial 184x196mm, in pink and orange and gold on blue ground with scrolling white tracery, and pink, blue and gold leafy extensions, all
JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN, historiated initial "C", on a leaf from an...
JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN, historiated initial "C", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Bologna or Emilia-Romagna, circa 1340] Leaf 480x335mm, initial 103x84mm, grey with white tracery on burnished gold ground, with foliate extensions in full colours. Joseph carrying a stick
SAINT MARTIN, historiated initial "D", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
SAINT MARTIN, historiated initial "D", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT MISSAL ON VELLUM [Umbria, Perugia, second half of the 14th century] Leaf 363x245mm, initial 50x60mm, pink ornamented in gold on blue ground with white penwork tracery and coloured leafy extensions. St. Martin riding a
BOY FISHING, historiated initial "C" on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
BOY FISHING, historiated initial "C" on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Northwestern Italy, last quarter of the 14th century] Leaf 520x370mm, initial 145x118mm, grey and purple on blue ground with white penwork decoration and coloured leafy extension. A boy dressed in a
Schätzpreis: 7.000 £ - 10.000 £
CAPITULA OF THE SCUOLA GRANDE OF SANTA MARIA VALVERDE DEL MISERICORDIA...
CAPITULA OF THE SCUOLA GRANDE OF SANTA MARIA VALVERDE DEL MISERICORDIA, single leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Venice, Giustino del fu Gherardino da Forli, circa 1382] 360x265mm, 22 lines, justification 214x160mm, written in brown ink in a gothic rotunda, rubrics in red, 2 HISTORIATED
VIRGIN AND CHILD, historiated initial "R", cut from an ILLUMINATED...
VIRGIN AND CHILD, historiated initial "R", cut from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Tuscany, Siena?, circa 1400]Cutting 230x135mm, initial 77x77mm with floral extensions, pink on burnished gold ground, extensions orange, green and blue with gold stars. The Virgin in blue robe
ENORMOUS ILLUMINATED INITIAL "H", on a leaf from a MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON...
ENORMOUS ILLUMINATED INITIAL "H", on a leaf from a MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Spain? circa 1400] Leaf 570x397mm, initial 235x230mm, pink on blue ground with scrolling white tracery, within a burnished gold surround and lush coloured leafy extensions along the whole length of the page. Infilled
ST. AGNES, historiated initial "D", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED...
ST. AGNES, historiated initial "D", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM [Florence, circle of Lorenzo Monaco, circa 1400] Leaf 402x325mm (trimmed at head), initial 92x91mm, pink orange and blue with yellow border and burnished gold decoration on blue ground, with coloured
A MONK RINGING THE BELLS, historiated initial "E" on a leaf from an...
A MONK RINGING THE BELLS, historiated initial "E" on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BREVIARY ON VELLUM [Bologna, beginning of the 15th century] Leaf 369x260mm, initial 60x60mm, pink on burnished gold ground, painted in a coloured design of green, blue and red acanthus leaves and a
ILLUMINATED INITIAL "C | 1,241 |
Disputed boundaries cause mayhem. In the past, people fought over them. These days battles are fought in court, but newspapers periodically report on neighbours who resort to violence or spend more on lawyers than the land in question was worth.
Disputes can arise because of historical vagueness in the plans attached to the original conveyance. Generations of articled clerks copied earlier plans and marked boundaries with thick coloured pens.
Ewen Cameron, partner at solicitors Maples Teesdale, says that where there is uncertainty there are ? unless there is evidence to the contrary ? legal presumptions. A dividing road or path splits down the centre and water<|fim_middle|>' for more detailed scale plans to be used. The registry now relies on the plans rather than the wording of the conveyance to describe the land. | ways also divide in the middle.
Ditches are dug to the edge of the owner's land and the digger will throw the spoil back onto his own land. Hedges are normally planted on your own land and will usually belong to one person. If there is no record of ownership it is presumed that the owner is the person who maintains it but, if both maintain it, there could be joint ownership.
The roots of the hedge are often presumed to be planted 3?4ft back from the boundary to allow maintenance, although local custom might differ: check at the local Public Records Office. Boundary features are often marked on a plan with a 'T', the crossbar of the T falling within the land of the owner.
In 2003, the Government introduced Land Registry legislation with 'requirements | 163 |
The Journalism Program offers an interdisciplinary minor<|fim_middle|>, comments or concerns. For urgent inquiries, please contact Program Director Phoebe Zerwick at zerwicp@wfu.edu. | in the practice of journalism and its role in a free society. Students report and tell stories in a range of media as they learn to verify facts, establish their independence, and serve their readers or audience. A minor in journalism pairs well with any major in the College or School of Business. It consists of 18 credits, beginning with the gateway course JOU 270, Introduction to Journalism. JOU 278, News Literacy, is a second required course and can be taken at any time. Students take 12 hours of elective credit, which can be drawn from upper-level JOU courses or a list of courses in other departments across the College. Students may only count one elective toward another major or minor. Students may also take Journalism courses for general elective credit.
Please contact jou@wfu.edu with any questions | 171 |
Q: Story about 3 humans stranded on alien planet/ruins, solve riddles, rescue aliens from astral form? Looking for a story read during the 80's or 90's wherein there are three humans (two men and a woman, iirc) who somehow become stranded on an alien planet / ruins, specifically on an island. Only by puzzling out the aliens technology are they able to travel from island to island.
One of the humans develops an addiction to these green gem-like objects that have a healing effect, which takes him out of the picture. The gems also restore some monsters which fight at one point, and also briefly the sole alien still in some sort of stasis unit. It turns out that the other aliens of the race who built the ruins activated a machine that turned them into some kind of astral / mental form, but they could not find their way back.
The remaining two humans eventually manage to reactivate the machine and (avoiding spoilers) figure out a way to rescue the aliens who were stuck in astral / mental form.
This book also had a DOS game made of it, in the style of Sierra games or the Monkey Island series.
A: This sounds exactly like "The Dig", a PC game from 1995. The game came before the novelization by Alan Dean Foster, who I think made half his income from doing novelizations of existing properties. The plot hits every one of the points you cite.
A radio telescope detects the approach of a large asteroid on a collision course with Earth; authorities dub it "Attila" after the ancient conqueror Attila the Hun<|fim_middle|>' talents for xenoarchaeology to decipher alien text and images.
As the trio continue to explore, they find Brink has become addicted to the crystals and started hoarding them for himself, leading to conflict within the group. Low discovers a pyramid that houses a preserved alien, whom he is able to reanimate by use of the life crystals. Through Robbins, the alien explains that his species had become obsessed with eternal life and had decided to travel to a new universe, Spacetime Six, from the current one, which they call Spacetime Four. The alien chose to remain behind to warn others about the crystals and the dangers of transcending to Spacetime Six. However, the rest of the species have been unable to find a way to return to Spacetime Four, and only they would be able to provide the humans with a spacecraft to return to Earth.
Low offers to travel to Spacetime Six to show the aliens how to return, but this requires them to repower the portal that was used. They are able to retrieve two life crystals from a machine that generates them, but Low and Brink fight over the crystals, and Brink falls to his death. During the process of opening the portal, Robbins is killed. The player has the option of reviving Robbins with a life crystal after the portal is opened; however, if they do, she immediately jumps to her death, with no crystals left to revive her a second time. With no other options, Low uses the portal to meet the rest of the aliens in Spacetime Six; with the portal open, the aliens can perceive the route home and return to Cocytus. They restore Brink and Robbins to life and cure Brink of his addiction to the crystals, though this leaves him as an elderly man. If Low left Robbins dead, she is happy to see him, but if Low revived her, she is angry and scorns him. As promised, the aliens reconstruct a spacecraft for the humans, and representatives of the species join the humans as they return to Earth.
| . Scientists determine explosives planted on the surface of the asteroid may divert it into a stable orbit around Earth. A five-person expedition uses the Space Shuttle Atlantis to rendezvous with the asteroid and plant the charges. The crew consists of Commander Boston Low (voiced by Robert Patrick); Dr. Ludger Brink (Steven Blum), a German archaeologist and geologist; Maggie Robbins (Mari Weiss), a linguistics expert and reporter; pilot Ken Borden (David Lodge); and NASA technician Cora Miles (Leilani Jones), who is also running for Congress.
Low, Brink, and Robbins spacewalk to the asteroid and set the charges. While they are successful in altering the orbit of Attila, they find the inside of the asteroid appears hollow, and proceed to explore. When they enter a central chamber, they are trapped as the asteroid transforms into a dodecahedron pod and rapidly accelerates away into deep space. When the three recover and can exit the pod, they find themselves on an alien planet, on a central island surrounded by five smaller, spire-shaped islands; in the game's novelization, they name the planet Cocytus. It shows signs of former intelligent life, but as they explore, they find no evidence of any sentient creatures that remain, and the one advanced complex they are in shows signs of long-term deterioration. They encounter a strange form of spirit-like energy that guides them to a particular patch of ground, which they find to be soft and consistent with an opening that has been buried by time. Shortly after Brink begins digging, the ground gives way beneath him, opening a cavern into a subterranean structure. Robbins and Low find Brink dead at the bottom of the rubble.
Robbins insists they explore the structure separately and the two part ways, keeping in contact with their communicators. In what appears to be a museum, Low discovers a pair of crystals containing a glowing green liquid. After seeing a demonstration in the museum of similar crystals being used in what looks like a resurrection ceremony, Low tries one on Brink, bringing him back to life. They search for a means to return to Earth, using Brink's and Robbins | 442 |
While Sandra understood she was attempting to look out for her best interest, she felt cheated and upset. He was not even going to give her the opportunity to fail. On some level, everyone that goes into business for themselves understand that chances are, the business will not make it past its first year, and she was no different and neither are you. The only thing was Sandra had faith in herself that she would not give up trying. The loan processor took that as she would spend her life savings before giving up, and he did not want to see her financially ruin herself.
So what did Sandra do? She set out to build her business on her own, only using the limited resources and financial backing that she currently had. She bought second hand office supplies and furniture. Some friends even gave her a few items they had sitting around the house. She bought the small cheap laptop instead of the thousand dollar computer specifically designed for what she would be doing. Without the proper money for advertising, she had to get creative. Sandra's advertising methods was unconventional, but they worked. She found that she did not need large amounts of money in order to get her business out to the world.
So would she have<|fim_middle|> comes to other small businesses.
And, no matter what, never give up on yourself. | been so successful had the loan processor gave her the business loan she asked for?
I am not sure, because after all, she made it without the money. What would have happened if she would have had the proper money for advertising? Whatever the case may have been, I am glad she did not, because she may have created a debt for her and her business that would have taken her years to get out of. She did an amazing job building her business with her limited resources.
So how can you run your business on limited resources? Here are a few things that I want to share with you.
1) New vs. Used- When starting your business, you do not need everything to be "new." Second hand items cost substantially less then new items, and work just as well. Plus, if you think about it, customers will be more comfortable around your office if it feels "broke-in", rather than new and sterile. It gives them the feeling that you have been in business awhile. In some cases you can even use a kitchen table for a desk.
2) Creative Advertising- You do not need the hundreds of dollars that it takes to place ads in papers or put commercials on TV. It costs very little to design and print you own flyers and put them in places where your potential clients would gather. You can create flyers and marketing tools in Microsoft Word, Publisher or even online software such as Canva.com. The best thing? Face to Face meetings and networking events with your potential clients that are free to low cost, so look for every opportunity to talk with our potential clients.
3) Work At Home- Depending on your type of business, you may consider working at home rather than renting office space. This will save you a lot of money on rent and furnishing an office. Once your business becomes more successful, then you can always rent office space later. Just try to find a dedicated space in your home that you can work your business.
Overall, be thankful for the struggles that you go through now, because in the future, they will have been well worth it. Plus, it will give you a better understanding when it | 433 |
Bo knows branding: Mitchell calls for individual player sponsorships to be allowed
Bo knows how players could take advantage of playing in the CFL for their own financial benefit.
The league currently has an exclusive jersey and apparel provider, New Era. The league's agreement with the brand started for the 2019 season and runs until December 31, 2023.
"A big thing for me is we do a really good job as a league finding sponsorship for the league, but Simoni (Lawrence) could be a Jordan guy, I could be a Nike guy and Cody (Fajardo) could be an Adidas guy," Mitchell said.
"That's what I want to wear to be able to perform the way I want to perform, but we're sponsored by one brand and we're only allowed to wear that one brand. That's a chance for us to make money outside of just what, you know, our team pays us."
Photo courtesy: Scott Grant/CFLPhotoArchive.com
South of the border, Nike and the NFL have a deal for uniforms and sideline apparel. Individual players can seek sponsorship without being fined for wearing a different brand. For example, Aaron Rodgers is with Adidas, Tom Brady tied to Under Armour, Davante Adams wears the Jordan brand and Russell Wilson happens to be with Nike.
North of the border, CFL athletes aren't currently<|fim_middle|>, and I'd love to make as much as I possibly can. Any individual who is getting paid for services would say that."
Mitchell is on board to do what's best for the league as whole, but either way the CFL needs to allow players the opportunity of branding themselves. It could add to the appeal of the league overall.
Former NFL DB Will Blackmon takes polite shot at Chris Jones and his Riders coaching staff | able to go out and seek individual sponsorships. The top players in the league could be prime for companies wanting to have their brand represented in Canada. Not to mention the players could benefit in a variety of ways by creating and furthering their star power, including appealing to the younger demographic.
"I'm not in the business side. I'm not going to pretend to be in the business side of CFL and understand that side of it and what all goes into it. But as far as individual sponsorship, I think we should be able to represent certain brands and be able to capitalize off that," Mitchell said.
Riders wanted to sign Cowboys' QB Garrett Gilbert after workout at Mosaic Stadium in 2016
"Why can't I, like in the NFL, go get paid $10,000 grand by Nike to wear their cleats. Or I'm a quarterback who throws with a glove on, that's a marketing opportunity for myself right there to be able to wear the glove of a certain brand."
That ability should be allowed for players, especially if the league entertains or puts in a quarterback salary cap. The highest-paid QB in the league is Mike Reilly at $725,000 per year and Mitchell is second, averaging $700,000. Every other signal caller in the league checks in at less than $600,000.
"I think our value is very well stated when it comes to a football team and a passing league, but that's not to say that we're not ever overvalued. Mine and Mike's agent did a very, very good job of getting us a number that we were both very happy with," Mitchell said.
Mitchell's hypothetical quarterback salary cap number was either $450,000 or $500,000. Even though the two-time Most Outstanding Player can see how it might make sense, the idea certainly has imperfections. Cody Fajardo is an ideal case study.
He made approximately $150,000 in 2019 while rising to franchise status in Saskatchewan. If the cap existed, Fajardo and others in the future would be well within their right to ask for the maximum amount on their next contract.
"There's not really anything that's going to divide anybody from a ten-year starter to a two-year starter because everybody's going to ask for that top number," Mitchell said.
"You can only make a certain amount of money for so long | 512 |
To ensure that your workplace safety communication is engaging, you need to have a stand out safety slogan. When choosing or designing your safety slogan, there are a few things you need to consider, to make sure your safety slogan is memorable.
1. Make it positive - Avoid creating a slogan that focuses on behaviour that you don't want. Instead, write a safety message that conveys what you want people to do. For example a negative slogan for height safety is "Don't fall for it". Using more positive language, a more appropriate version is "A harness is better than a hearse". While this might have negative connotations, it still focuses on what you want the person to do, rather than the wrong behaviour.
2. Keep it short (and tweet) - In this age of Twitter, being able to write in 140 characters<|fim_middle|> car.
Slogans that contain the obvious will be ignored. Examples are: "Play it safe" and "Be aware, take care". Yawn!
5. Play on words - A clever play on words helps to make your safety message just that little bit more memorable. This can include rhyming and repeating words in a different order. Adding a little bit of fun can make a serious subject more approachable. Personally, the funnier the better, in my opinion.
Ten fingers, Ten toes, if you are not careful then, who knows?
Housekeeping you skip may cause a fall or slip.
Make it your mission, not to live in unsafe condition.
Safety fits like a glove; Try one on.
Safety Shoes To House Your Toes; Safety Glasses on Your Nose.
Make sure you use a safety slogan that links well with your safety campaign. Once you've chosen your safety slogan, use it a lot. Put it in email newsletters, posters, stickers, training, safety conversations and use it in your safety meetings. Ideally, it's almost like a company "in joke" where people use it and giggle together.
And don't make the mistake that just because you have a safety slogan, that's enough. It's really important that you keep changing how you use it, so employees don't get fatigued by the message. A good resource to provide you with lots of ideas about your safety communication can be found in the book Transform Your Safety Communication. This highly acclaimed book provides 5 easy to use templates and frameworks to easily update your safety communication. Download a free sample chapter.
Have you got any favourite safety slogans? | or less helps you to distill your message. It's the same with writing a safety message, just try and encapsulate it in 8 words or less. Avoid long and complicated safety messages like "Don't Fall Asleep At Work and Get Your Head Caught In a Splicing Bar" (too long, negative and not even funny) and "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Gory Of The Coming Of The Blood, It Is Pouring Down My Forearm In A Bright Red Crimson Flood" (is that really even a safety slogan? Seems more like an emo love poem).
3. Avoid jargon - Make sure the sentence flows easily. Avoid acronyms and words that not everyone will understand (see emo love poem above). To check that your slogan is easy to understand, ask yourself: "will my mum get this one?".
4. Contain a surprise - Common sense is the enemy of sticky safety messages. When our brain's guessing machine fails, it wants to work out why it was unable to guess. This surprise grabs our attention, so that we can be prepared in the future. By trying to work out what went wrong, our brain is more likely to remember the information.
Here's a good example (a personal fave): Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the | 265 |
Defiance S3E13 – Upon The March We Fittest Die
September 18, 2015 September 18, 2015 Jyoti
WARNING! SPOILERS BELOW!!
Woah! I really didn't expect that ending at all. It was beautiful, as Nolan jetted through all the different systems in the Omec ship, you could tell the VFX people had really gone wild. What about the bit with the meteor shower hitting that moon??
I will miss Kindzi. I wish she hadn't got mulched, that she'd died in some way that was recoverable in her superduper state. Or that they'd just nutted her and put her in a sleep pod.
I loved the intense scene between Amanda and Stahma, both actresses just were perfect, I was doing little squeals watching it. The fact that the writers staged it during the dressing change made it extra painful and sad to watch, Stahma almost breaking down as she washed Amanda's blood away.
When Defiance first started, I was a little disappointed with it: the aliens didn't feel alien enough and I'm done with aliens who come from planets light years away but, surprise, surprise, pair bond in heteronormative units, have nuclear family structures and all the rest of it. I want alien aliens. Yes, I know shows are constrained because of budgets, hence the latter Trek curse of 'alien with a bumpy nose' but even TOS had the Horta. And what about Rygel from Farscape?
But in the two seasons since then, I feel the show has broken through that barrier, of every alien simply being a human but with white skin or a lion face or whatever. The Omec were great because they were hunters and they appeared to have the same social structure as eusocial insects but with both kings and queens (All Fathers and All Mothers). Add to this that incest is the norm in their culture and the show handled it as such and we're finally getting towards alien aliens.
Ironically, we don't yet know if Defiance will be renewed for a fourth season. It seems that once shows hit their stride and start producing startling, distinctive television, that's when they hit trouble with SyFy. It'll be a damn shame if we don't get to return to the Defianceuniverse because it's finally all clicking, all the species and alliances feel real and the actors inhabit their characters, absolutely believably.
So, I guess that's why they sent Nolan off on that space trip. It was kind of a thank you to us fans as well and showed us that there are wonders out there we have yet to see. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Defiance season 4.
But in the meantime… have some fanfic I just wrote:
ALL HAIL THE ALL FATHER!
Three years have passed since the people of Defiance saved the Earth from the Omec. Today is a town holiday; it is Nolan Day. Lawmaker Irisa hurries down the narrow alley between two aluminium huts to the daycare centre where her son, Lucas, waits patiently at the gate. She nods to Carer David who is holding Luke's tiny hand.
"How has he been?"
"Oh, a little angel, as ever! He's just happy sitting in a corner with some crayons and I -"
The Carer is interrupted by a boom that echoes across the town, shaking the walls of the many makeshift buildings. Looking up at the sky, Irisa sees contrails passing overheard. Ships? Too small… Missiles?
"David, can you keep Luke here, I have to see what's going on!"
"Of course, Irisa, of course! But you take care!"
"Mommy? Where you going?"
Picking the worried looking toddler up, Irisa says, "I'll be back real soon, Luke, I promise! I love you! You stay here and do me a new picture, will you? Draw me a picture of Grandpa Datak, will you?" She kisses him on his little plump cheeks and then hands him over to David, already turning her radio on to contact Amanda.
As she jogs towards the jail, Amanda crackles over the radio.
"Irisa! What the hell is happening?"
"I have no idea! But meet me at the buggy and we'll drive up the ridge, that'll have the best visibility. And pick up Doc Pandey on the way in case there's injured survivors."
Bursting into the jail, she grabs the nearest sack and starts throwing in automatic rifles, pistols, ammo and a couple of grenades. She pauses for a second and then throws in four more. She can almost see Nolan grinning at that. Even now, she knows he's alive. Of course, Amanda can't believe that, won't believe it but Irisa… she<|fim_middle|> love pop punk.
I try to wiggle out of it because I'm thinking they're gonna be awful and then I'll have to do my fake rictus of 'HEY THIS IS AWESOME' even though it's not and my face will fall off from the effort. But the kid's persistent so I agree.
Next thing, I'm jammed into this old, massive American car (we're not in America) and being driven to who the fuck knows where while we stop and pick up assorted band members.
We get to the place. I thought it'd be a stinky rehearsal room or garage. It's actually a big venue. The main building is on the right, it's a two story place, quite wide and has loading ramps up to high, wide doors, like it used to be a warehouse. On the left of it are utility buildings and in front, where we park, is a dusty area about 80 by 80 feet which serves as a pretty basic car park.
Dude explains they're allowed to practise in the day as most of them work there at night.
I go inside. There's a wooden-floored area in front of a wide stage that's about five feet off the ground. On the left are some kiosks for cloakroom and what looks like a permanent merch area.
The band get on stage and I'm trepidatious. After the usual banging around and drummer being a dick with his snare when the singer is trying to soundcheck, they get going. My dude says, "Right, we're gonna start with a cover, get warmed up."
Their audience is me and about ten kids who are obviously fans as they look so happy to be there. The cover song starts and I recognise it! It's this:
And, fuck me – they're good! They do it justice! It's hardly an easy song to play but they absolutely fucking kill it. And by now, I'm thinking, these are really, really fucking good. Some of the kids start just dicking around, jumping off the stage and everyone's having a blast.
Then the cover's done and dudebro comes up to the mic and says, "Right, we're warmed up, here's the song. We're Jack First and this is Holding On! onetwofreefour!"
And they launch into this utterly amazing pop punk song that's halfway between Quicksand and Kyoto Now!, just a fast, poppy, angry slab of buttery goodness. Oh my. Cue kids going wilder, doing backflips and me wishing I wasn't so old and fat.
The band finish and the singer comes over to me.
"That was fucking brilliant, mate! I loved it! But I feel a bit bad cos I haven't really got industry contacts I can put you in touch with. I mean, I know lawyers and accountants and promo people but it's not like the industry liked me when I was signed, let alone now."
Dude, grinning, "Oh no, we don't give a fuck about all that, we just wanted some advice about who to avoid, what not to do, what some of it means, like, different contracts."
"Oh, I can do that, easily. I can just tell you not to do the stuff I did!"
Dude laughs and thanks me for coming along. And I say, "Is there any chance you've got that last song as an mp3 or whatever? My mate Mikey DJs at Mosh and I know he'd love it and play it to death, it's just his kind of thing!"
Dude: "Yeah, no worries, mate, I'll email it to ya."
The dream kind of faded out then as I went up to the merch stand to check out their T-shirts.
So, when I woke up, the first thing I checked: there is no current pop punk band called Jack First. So, I haven't been telepathically communing (again) which is a relief.
But the song, Holding On, was so catchy. I can remember all the words, and at least the chorus chords, they were big, ringing open chords.
I think I'll try to write it today.
September 7, 2015 Jyoti
Mild spoilers after the break: | can't believe anything else.
As she opens the door, the world turns over, as if she'd tripped on something invisible and she is flat on her face, dazed. As she picks herself up, blood oozes from her cheek and forehead. She looks up the street.
Omec.
Omec are walking down each side of the street shooting any citizens who are in their way or appear even a slight threat. That's what they must have done to her. But why is she still alive? The Omec aren't known for their pacifism. Why are they only stunning the townspeople?
A huge Omec female strides into the space cleared by her clan. She snarls and then bellows, "Behold, the All Father! Behold your Lord, your Ruler, your Saviour!" She puts what looks like a gulanite beacon down and then backs away. As it unfurls into an Omec launchpad, it sings to itself and then issues a horrible squawk. Almost immediately, there is another boom overhead, another capsule. As it descends, it leaves a trail of purple-hued smoke behind it before finally coming to rest on the pad. Irisa can feel the heat radiating off the surface as it cracks and pings, the composite cooling after re-entry.
The capsule peels itself down to the ground, revealing an Omec in full armour including a garishly overblown helmet.
Irisa reaches behind her and starts to loosen the pin on one of the grenades she palmed while the Omec where distracted by the lightshow.
The Omec All Father takes his helmet off, scratches at his beard and then grins at Irisa. The shock washes over her in waves, cold then hot. Her mouth is as dry as dust.
"A grenade, Irisa? Really? Is that any way to greet your old pappy back from his travels?"
September 13, 2015 Jyoti
Finally watched Star Trek: Renegades and I loved it!
Pluses: the sheer love of Trek seeps out of the whole film. I loved playing 'spot-the-actor' particularly when it was actors who'd been in Trek but not as the same character as they portray in ST:R.
Also, the CGI for the space scenes is absolutely glorious. Kind of gave me shivers imagining if there was a current mainstream Trek TV series on now, what it could look like. Imagine if Netflix or Amazon had the rights to do it…
Minuses: minor and churlish. I found the music intrusive in a couple of scenes and in one scene it drowned out Ed Furlong's dialogue. And some of the editing seemed a little off but as I'm by no means a pro myself, I can't be more specific than that. But I must reiterate: these are tiny complaints about what I believe is a great fandom achievement.
When it ended, I had this sense of what I've been missing in TV: new Trek. It's great that we have the films but I want something like Renegades, a modern Trek series which can establish and then build new characters, new scenarios, NEW SPECIES and expand the universe.
I do hope someone out there in the controlling towers of telly land is paying attention.
We Love The Monkees
And I thought I'd be okay, that it'd be a standard-issue 'origin/clip/weren't they great' cheesy doc. In some ways it is. But the last part of the show, where they show the post-Monkees careers and then talk about Davy passing away… man, that killed me.
I think it's because I don't remember a time not knowing The Monkees. I was a little kid when I first saw re-runs and I didn't actually realise it wasn't real. I thought that they were just a band!
Then, when I was a teen, I was embarrassed for liking them because they were officially uncool. It was only when I'd grown out of teenage conformity that I went mental on Nesmith and tracked down everything of his on original vinyl.
So many of my songs are Monkees / Nesmith rip-offs it's incredible people haven't said it before. I mostly get 'sounds like Depeche Mode' which is fair enough as I rip them off too. But, c'mon, I nicked the descending chord intro lick from Listen To Band exactly. And the melody line from As We Go Alongwas a… heavy inspiration *cough* to the first White Town song. And I nicked the bassline from Circle Sky pretty much note for note.
If you're into music, I think everyone has an artist or band who they've grown up with, who will always be there and has become something more than art in their lives, they're more like family.
For me, that's what The Monkees are. Yeah, I love a lot of other '60s bands as well, Beatles, Stones, loads of Merseybeat and Stax and Motown. But because of that wild TV show, I kind of felt like I had four crazy older brothers who were immeasurably cool and handsome and talented.
I wish I'd seen them play live.
Head – Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?
Yet another clip from Head and also some groundbreaking visuals for 1968. I particularly love the solarised and coloured sequences where they freeze-frame it on beat with the guitar break. I have tried so many times to rip-off the style of this sequence and never managed it yet: the editing is exquisite.
It's also a wonderful history of how people danced back then. There are obviously professional dancers heavily featured but some of the party crowd look more casual and are just going for it. I love the bit where Davy shimmys across to the cute girl doing classic '60s arm moves / fingerclicks.
Finally, it's another beautiful Monkees song that I can't find anything to dislike about. The arrangement, the production, the lyrics ~ it's perfect. Listen to that bassline from Lance Wakely … the way it interweaves with the electric guitar countermelody / lead break and the chunky, overdriven guitar chords is sublime. And the breaks where it shifts into ¾ but never loses pace: amazing. I always play this song to anyone I hear saying the Monkees didn't write their songs, particularly as it's a Tork song and he's so often overlooked. As far as I can research, Tork plays all the guitar on this track. Can you imagine anyone from a current boyband doing something similar?
I need to watch Head again.
Actually, who are we kidding, I need to watch Head every day.
Krays Kraze
Just watched two ads on telly. The first was for the new Kray twins film starring Tom Hardy.
The second was for Jackpotjoy.
The ad stars Barbara Windsor who, in the sixties, was a big fan of the Krays:
Her first marriage was to small time crook Ronnie Knight, and through him, she became associated with the Krays, initially going out with the twins older brother Charlie (who she described as looking 'a bit like Steve McQueen'), before sleeping with Reggie Kray. (Source)
So, nice juxtaposition there.
But even more so…
The music under the Babs advert is Spandau Ballet's Gold. Two members of Spandau Ballet are Martin and Gary Kemp who have also done a bit of acting.
And guess who they played?
That's right, the Kray twins.
Here's the actual mobsters so you can decide for yourself who did it better:
I'll keep my eyes peeled for more weird advert coincidences, don't you worry.
Absurdly Detailed Pop Punk Dream
September 9, 2015 September 9, 2015 Jyoti
(My dreams aren't like normal dreams with hats becoming penguins and all kinds of impossibilities, my dreams tend to be like little films, in Technicolor, full 5.1 and with coherent plots, characters and locations.)
I'm talking to this guy, he's about 21 or so, we're walking along and he says that I need to come and see his band, that I'd love them as I | 1,725 |
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In my travels around the United States, I've met face-to-face with more than 100 nonprofits in all 50 states. I understand, first-hand, the struggles that your organization is likely feeling. I've fielded thousands of questions from executives, board members and staffers just like you -- and this course is designed to answer every single one of them.
Chris Strub is a rare gem. When he volunteered with our organization he was open, accessible, and so friendly to our teens. In addition, he introduced us to other programs that will allow us to share our work and stories with diverse people through various means we had never explored. I cannot thank Chris for enough for his compassion and caring he brings into this world. He is one of the most genuine people I have ever met. Beyond this he is extremely talented at marketing. If you have the opportunity to work along side or with Chris you should consider yourself blessed and you will not have a dull moment. - Kim Spurzem, former Director of Youth Programs, NCBI Missoula / Empower MT
There are hundreds of instructional courses and explainers about live video, but this course is designed specifically for nonprofits of all sizes. We'll outline non-profit-specific content ideas; technology that'll fit a nonprofit budget; show you how to raise funds directly from Facebook Live; answer all the frequently asked questions I've heard from coast to coast; and, most importantly, help you recognize the stories at your organization that you need to be telling.
The course begins with an extensive list of nonprofits around the country that are, in fact, seeing measurable, repeatable success with live-streaming, like Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa; the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Society in West Virginia; Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas; Eat Fit NOLA in New Orleans; and more. This course will teach you exactly the steps that they are taking in their own communities, and demonstrate exactly how you can pursue the same winning strategies.
If your nonprofit is struggling to share its message with the world, this course was made specifically for you.
Chris Strub -- CEO, I Am Here, LLC
Chris Strub
Chris Strub is a millennial keynote speaker, author of '50 States, 100 Days: The Book,' an experienced social media consultant and the first person to live-stream and Snapchat in all 50 U.S. states. In June 2017, Chris was the Facebook Live host for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America National Conference in San Diego.In the summer of 2015, Chris visited all 50 U.S. states in 100 days, volunteering with different youth-related nonprofit and community organizations, and using live-streaming and Snapchat to share their stories. The trip was featured in more than 35 news outlets nationwide, including FOX 5 NY, ABC 6 Philadelphia, The Lansing State Journal, The Lowell (Mass.) Sun, the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser and more. In 2016, Chris worked as a traveling social media consultant with Humana through their 'Bold Goal' initiative, working directly with more than 40 organizations in seven cities around the southeastern U.S.Prior to his work as a traveling social media solopreneur, Chris spent two years as the social media director at Ad Elements, a New York advertising agency; and seven years at the Press & Sun-Bulletin, a Gannett publication in Binghamton, N.Y. Chris graduated from Binghamton University in 2007 with a double major in Economics and English, General Literature & Rhetoric. He grew up attending programming at the local YMCA, and is a vocal supporter of Pay Away the Layaway.Chris, 31, is from Huntington Station, N.Y., and is single.
Livestreaming: What and why?
It's Working: Nonprofits Succeeding Around the U.S.
It's Working, Part 2: NPOs Succeeding Around U.S.
List of the Examples Discussed
90-9-1: The Most Important Statistic Of All
Making the Case: Helpful Statistics
Why Your Message Matters
Why I Visited 50 States
How My 50-State Adventure Made Waves
Why YOU -- yes, YOU -- are famous to a few people:
Content Alignment
The 'Think Like a Fan' Mentality
Idea #1: Frequently Asked Questions
Idea #2: Volunteer Spotlight
Idea #3: Employee of the Month
Idea #4: Board Member of the Month
Idea #5: VIP Event Access
Idea #5, Part 2: More on Livestreaming Events
Great Event Coverage Examples
Idea #6: Let's Take a Tour
Example: Touring BBBS of the Black Hills
Idea #7: Nonprofit News Update
Idea #7, Part 2: News Update & Module Wrap-Up
How To Go Live
Just Push The Button
When It's Over
Three To-Do's After Every Live Video You Create
Follow-Up -- Is It Really Over?
It's a Wrap, Part 2: Advanced Steps to Max Value
Consistency ≠ Frequency
How often should we be live-streaming?
Snapchat 101: The Very Basics
Intro to Snapchat
Intro to Basic Tech
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'Moving to professional hockey is the step for me to take': Brett Stapley discusses joining the Laval Rocket
After a dream season, and an uncertain summer, Stapley is looking forward to the next chapter in his hockey career.
By Jared Book@jaredbook Sep 8, 2022, 12:15pm EDT
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Brett Stapley had just finished a dream senior season at the University of Denver. He set career highs in goals and points and won the NCAA championship, but after two seasons that were disrupted by COVID-19, he was faced with a unique decision.
Already finished his four years of eligibility, the NCAA allowed any athlete with a disrupted season an extra year so Stapley had the choice to return to school. His decision was to forego that option and sign an American Hockey League contract with the Laval Rocket for the 2022-23 season.
"I love the University of Denver, and I can't thank them enough for everything for the past four years," Stapley said. "But I feel like at this point in my hockey career, I'm ready to move on. I want to get better and I think moving to professional hockey is is this step for me to take."
Over the summer, the 5'10" 23-year-old saw his NHL draft rights with the Montreal Canadiens expire. That, coupled with a front office change made it seem like his long-standing relationship with the Canadiens was over. Stapley went to two draft workouts with the Canadiens. One in his draft year in 2017, and one the next year in 2018 when he was eventually drafted in the seventh round of the 2018 NHL Draft in his second year of eligibility.
"Anytime you have a group of management that drafts you as a player to the team, and then there's a complete change, where none of those guys are there anymore that definitely impacts you," he said. Stapley said that throughout the entire year he was still in contact with Rob Ramage, and while everyone else was different, his immediate contact with the organization was the same.
Stapley still had to wait until late August to eventually sign his first professional contract, and while it was a big summer for him, it was a tough waiting game.
"It wasn't actually as hectic as I expected," Stapley said. "Teams are busy with the draft, and then they have other signings to deal with. And then they have to take a little time for their families, and, obviously, enjoy a little bit of their own offseason. It was tough to wait around that long, but I just kind of kept training and stayed hopeful."
"Now I know where I'm going," he said.
Even though he's a member of the organization, he isn't following the exact same route as Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Joe Vrbetic, and Xavier Simoneau. When they signed their AHL contracts, the Canadiens still owned their NHL rights whereas Stapley is technically an NHL free agent.
Stapley is excited to take part in the upcoming rookie tournament in Buffalo later this month. As a player coming from the NCAA, it will be his first rookie camp<|fim_middle|> their first of three games on September 15.
Habs vs. Bruins: Game thread | experience. His previous NHL experience only came at the team's summer development camp. He hasn't been in his new AHL home arena yet, but has heard nothing but great things about Place Bell.
"From from my understanding, it's a beautiful facility," he said. "And there's a ton of passionate fans. Anytime you hear that, as a hockey player, you get pretty excited."
The Canadiens start their rookie camp on September 14 at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard before heading to Buffalo for | 105 |
Cariad Lloyd
Austentatious, Cariad & Paul: A Two Player Improvised Adventure
Chris is a brilliant performer and teacher. I am always astounded and delighted by his enthusiasm in shows and with his sensitivity with audiences, he is truly one of the leading lights of improv in the UK.
Patti Stiles
Impro Melbourne
When Chris Mead steps onto the stage he does so with a true spirit of openness. His positive energy, respect, focus, listening and support are gifts to his partners offstage and on.
Jill Bernard
HUGE Theater, Minneapolis
Chris Mead is the type of improvisor who makes you happy to be alive just from watching him. His exuberance paired with commitment to the art form is an unbeatable combination.
Sven Lanser
IMPRO Amsterdam Festival
Chris Mead was part of the IMPRO Amsterdam ensemble cast in 2018 and we were happy to have him. This supportive, energetic and very likeable improviser can play with anyone and the result is always a better show. We hope to see him again some time.
North Coast, NYC
Getting to collaborate and play with Chris Mead is truly getting to collaborate and play with a master. His understanding of the craft of improvisation is so effortless and a pure delight to witness. He is generous, compassionate and hysterical onstage. His gift is incomparable.
Kaci Beeler
The Hideout Theater, Parallelogramophonograph
Chris Mead is an incredibly delightful, intuitive performer and one of the most insightful directors I've ever met. He gives his full heart to his work - which is an absolute joy to behold for any lucky enough to get to watch him or work with him. Try to not fall in love with him! He's just so damn wonderful.
Chris Mead feels like the brother I never knew I had. I expect a lot of people feel that way, because he is a ball of passion, joy, and unbridled talent. His enthusiasm for improv knows no bounds, and he is always 100% present in whatever he finds himself doing. He is a positive force to be reckoned with.
Ruth Bratt
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Ghost Couple
He is such a generous performer - every offer he makes is for the good of the story and to make other's offers look better. It's incredibly selfless and beautiful to see. Utterly delightful.
Trent Pancy
Finland International Improv Festival (FIIF)
The improv stage is truly Chris' playground - a place where he shines. An incredible performer, Chris is joyful and courageous. His enthusiastic playfulness is grounded by an earnest commitment to be the most supportive improviser on stage. Improv is better because Chris is here.
Kiki Hohnen
Ferocious Four
Chris is one of the most exciting improvisers I've ever seen on stage. His improv is unbelievably physically energetic, and he manages to balance what looks like effortless and boundless playfulness with skillful precision in choices that move the story forward. He has a clear instinct for what a scene or story needs. His characters are hilarious and endearing. He also happens to be a very kind and caring human being - he genuinely cares about the cast and supports them both backstage and on stage.
Eva Van Eynde
Improovelicious Festival, Leuven
When it comes to authenticy, Chris walks his talk. You'll find the same core in his teaching, his performance and his off-stage presence. He combines a warm heart, an open mind and a genuine interest in the world with a sparkle of British mischief & magic. You'll not regret inviting him. You'll only regret inviting him for 'always a day too short'.
Jeremie Day-Glider
Barcelona Improv Group
Chris Mead is a treasure! He is an exceedingly generous performer and teacher. Because he never stops performing and learning, he is able to teach on a deeper level with clarity. The exercises we did in the workshop I took with him were creative, fun, and clearly illustrated the points he was teaching. You know when you walk onstage with him, you will be met with a world of experience, an open heart, playfulness, and joy! Work with this man whenever you have the chance!
TEACHER & COach
Chris' approach to teaching begins with empathy and ends with joy. His enthusiasm for improv is infectious, and his knowledge seems to transfer to his students synaptically. Chris can help his students get to the next level, and inspire even the most seasoned improviser to have fun on stage.
Finland International Improv Festival, Jada Jada Improv
Always enthusiastic and encouraging, Chris is a joy onstage and off. He clearly loves what he does and this makes classes a delight. Sessions with him are always a highlight of my week. I really lucked out getting him as my first improv teacher. There's no better person to make beginners feel great.
Brendan Way
Duck Duck Goose, The Parentheticals, former student
Chris' overall effect as a facilitator was to create a positive, mutually supportive group dynamic very early on, which then allowed participants to relax, trust one another, take chances, and have fun. He was able to judge where the group was and<|fim_middle|> teacher. And it's a joy to be taught by someone who so clearly delights in the work itself.
Ed Fargher
T-Minus, former student
It's not often that you find someone who is a great improviser AND also a great teacher. Fortunately for us, Chris is both! He thinks carefully about how to set up each course so that the students get the most out of it. The atmosphere in lessons is always fun and supportive. I've gotten so much out of them whether at the start of my Improv journey or as a more experienced improver. I can't recommend him highly enough. It's a big yes and...go study with him (again) from me!
Kate Sherratt
Nerd Salad, former student | to provide appropriate direction at all times; he was also effective at guiding the group along while maintaining a feeling of creative freedom. Not everyone can do that -- in fact, most people cannot -- and he did it exceptionally well.
Chris is an amazing teacher. Insightful, gloriously fun and a real inspiration. His love and talent for improv is truly infectious. I could not think of a better guide to take me through the world of improv
Greg Baxter
Gibberish Allsorts, former student
It's hard to imagine a more friendly and supportive | 113 |
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Combined with the tried and proven methods of experience our company has prided ourselves on being on the cutting edge of the auction marketing profession. Darron Orr has also been a long time auctioneer in our company. Darrons accounting degree has proven to be an invaluable asset to our total marketing program. Our company also employs regional associate auctioneers. | to excellence ensures all of our sellers receive the highest return for their assets. Equal to us is our pledge to treat all buyers fairly and with deserved respect.
We are full time auction | 36 |
If you are in search of the best instant life insurance quote, you need to begin by choosing the right insurer that you can trust. Considering the number of insurance companies in the country, you may find yourself overwhelmed when it comes to finding the right one where you can buy your life coverage policy. So, if you are unsure how to select the finest insurance company, here are a few tips to help you along the process.
It is important that the company is in solid financial<|fim_middle|> for you to make a claim, you should be able to do so without having to wait for a long time before the insurance company releases the funds. This is why it is a smart move to do some research about the insurer to avoid dealing with an unreliable company. Check the ratings of the insurance company in question, but also consider the feedback of its clients to determine what you can expect from the type of service it can provide.
2. Experience and expertise matter.
In addition to the company's ratings and financial situation, you should opt for an insurer that has been in the industry for a considerable length of time. However, there are some small and medium-sized companies that may not have been in business just as long as larger firms, yet they have accumulated years of experience in the insurance industry and understand its complexities. You should take this factor into consideration when choosing an insurance company since expertise has a huge impact on clients' overall experience with a particular insurer.
3. Steer clear from companies that have received numerous complaints from clients.
It is practical to check for any complaints filed against an insurer before you choose one to buy your life insurance policy from. Although the quality, type and nature of complaint vary from one state to another, you may consider looking into the feedback received by the insurer from its clients. The National Association of Insurance Commissioner offers information on complaints filed against insurers in the country.
Selecting a company where you can get a cheap and instant life insurance quote can be a tedious task. You need to take into account any complaints filed against a company, as well as its length of time in the business and overall ratings. However, by doing your homework, you can come across the best insurance company known for its outstanding customer service and top quality products worth your precious dollar. | health with large reserves to meet their clients' needs. When the time comes | 15 |
Are You Set Up for Serendipity?
Serendipity is that beloved state of happy accidents. According to Wikipedia it means a "fortunate happenstance" or a "pleasant surprise." Is your office space designed to allow for the serendipitous exchange of ideas, and for your associates to have happy accidents and idea-exchanges? And not only around the office cooler but even in the meetings?
On November 18, a group of 30 curious-minded people set out to exchange ideas on the topic of "Creative Spaces at Work." This networking event was held at Vynamic and co-sponsored by Philadelphia University's Strategic Design MBA program and the Design Management Institute as part of their DMI: NightOut series.
Vynamic is a management consultancy whose goal is to be the healthiest firm in America. This is no small feat for a company, despite Vynamic's cool digs and clients who are mainly in the healthcare space: it seeks to have that health ethos reflected in its spatial design and layout. For Vynamic and other companies like it,<|fim_middle|>Group, interactive agency O3 World, financial services firm Vanguard Group, user experience agency Tonic Design, online retailer Lamps.com, management consultancy The Curci Group, design firm Brandimation and even a public utility- The Philadelphia Gas Works. This diversity in sectors demonstrates how broadly this topic is resonating with people today. The range of perspectives at the DMI: NightOut networking event also illustrated that organizations are eager to experiment with new ways of designing work spaces and work processes that make sense for their number one client: their employees. This inside-out view is an emerging way that companies are thinking through how to deliver value.
It turns out that as we figure out how to innovate for the people who buy our products and services, the physical structures in which we work, is a great place to start! | 'healthy' is defined broadly, and part of that definition includes the allowance of creative flow in our work environments.
Our catalyst for discussion was a 15-minute video clip from a webinar presented by Mickey McManus, chairman and principal of the LUMA Institute and MAYA Design in Pittsburgh, on a very cool structure called the kiva. The kiva has its roots in ancient Native American Pueblo architecture. It was typically a subterranean circular structure used for religious ceremony. It has been resurrected by LUMA and other organizations as the paramount structure to ignite expansive thinking, spark creative abrasion and break down silos.
In its 21st-century version, the kiva capacity is purposefully small (12-25 people), its curved walls lined from floor to ceiling with whiteboard surfaces. Tables are intentionally missing to prompt people to stand up, grab a white-board marker and "show us, not tell us" what they are thinking. This also creates more kinesthetic learning: one woman recounted from memory a complex process flow from 5 years earlier because she was able to physically retrace the points along the kiva whiteboard walls where ideas had been written.
The companies represented at this gathering were quite diverse: e.g., industrial design firm Bressler | 262 |
Remaining dates are April 3rd and 17th plus May 1st and 15th. All are welcome for full meal and fellowship (no program, agenda or sermon) at 1101 Rampart Range Road.
Freewill offering. Call 719.687.2968 with questions.
Join park staff and members of the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society to gaze at the dark skies above Florissant Fossil Beds in search of planets, galaxies, nebulas, and more. Meet at the visitor center.
Join volunteer interpretive ranger Steve Veatch for an interactive poetry workshop. Participants will learn about different forms of poetry, participate in a hike and outdoor observations, and then create their own poems based up on nature and history's inspiration. Meet at the visitor center. Be prepared to go on small hikes outside. Dress in layers and wear appropriate shoes for hiking on trails.
Celebrate the first day of National Park Week by visiting Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument for free. All National Park Service units will be free on this day.
There are no additional fees for any park programs beyond the daily entrance fee of $10.00 per adult (15 and younger are free). For additional information, please call 719.748.3253 or visit our website or on Facebook or Twitter at /FlorissantNPS.
EMPLOYERS: It's Time to Register for the Teller County April & May Job Fairs!
Wishing you safe travels and rejuvenation.
Want to feel better in your body? Check out these six ways to feel better in your body. From diaphragmatic breathing to visualization, these tips can be done at home on your own time.
Mountain Top Cycling Club will be hosting its April 2019 Club Meeting 6 pm at Judges in Woodland Park, 108 E. Mid<|fim_middle|> Maresca 719.689.3435 for more information.
Join Cool Science to learn about one of the earliest weapons of warfare by engineering your own solid wood mini-catapult. All materials will be provided. They will also provide plenty of marshmallow ammunition for you to test out before taking it home so you can continue customizing your project. This is a "drop-in" workshop, but the longer you are here the more you can learn and have fun!
Overnight work for the week of April 1 happens along US 24 from Cliff Road to El Paso Boulevard.
Work consists of erosion control, potholing for utilities and saw - trenching in the paved shoulder. | land Ave. Char-grilled favorites and so much more cooked for you in a relaxed family atmosphere. Come a little early to socialize. After a brief business discussion, Mikki Aragon, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who is currently working at the Woodland Park Natural Grocers as their Nutritional Health Coach, will be doing a presentation. Come and learn what you need to fuel your body when it comes to sports nutrition! This is open to the public if anyone would like to join us.
Visit our website or call Deborah | 107 |
Home > CRN Recognizes DYOPATH on 2022 Solution Provider 500 List
CRN Recognizes DYOPATH on 2022 Solution Provider 500 List
Houston, TX, June 7, 2022 — DYOPATH, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named DYOPATH to its 2022 Solution Provider 500 list.
CRN's annual Solution Provider 500 ranks North America's largest solution providers by revenue and serves as the gold standard for recognizing some of the channel's most successful companies. With a combined revenue of more than $434 billion, this year's list represents an impressive amount of influence and impact wielded by these companies on today's IT industry and the technology suppliers they partner with.
DYOPATH was chosen for this listing for a good reason – over the past two years they have experienced significant growth to their revenue and services and have been recognized as the gold standard for some of the channel's most successful companies.
"We are very honored to receive this listing," said Rob Koch, DYOPATH CEO. "We are proud of our employees' relentless passion and commitment to client focus, and for providing such great service to our clients<|fim_middle|> IT solution providers," said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. "My congratulations go out to each of these companies for their extraordinary contributions to the continued growth and success of the IT channel."
CRN's 2022 Solution Provider 500 list is available online at www.CRN.com/SP500 and a sample from the list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine.
About DYOPATH: DYOPATH, a leading Managed Service Provider (MSP), was founded to empower organizations by delivering trusted IT solutions that are grounded in accountability resulting in exceptional customer service. With locations in Houston, TX and Chicago, IL, DYOPATH helps clients focus on what they do best by providing unparalleled support and services. No matter the industry, from education and energy to federal agencies, DYOPATH helps organizations use the power of their "business first" approach, resulting in efficiency gains and highly satisfied clients. DYOPATH has a US based Network Operations Center (NOC), Service Desk, and provides services including: Advanced Security, Cloud, Connectivity, Education, IT Outsourcing, Managed & Professional Services.
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The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com.
← DYOPATH Ranked 34th on 2022 Fastest Growing Houston-Area Middle Market Companies List DYOPATH Ranked on Channel Futures 2022 MSP 501—Tech Industry's Most Prestigious List of Managed Service Providers Worldwide → | that we have been able to grow to the size of being able to be listed among the top 500 of North America's largest solution providers and be considered the gold standard."
"The Solution Provider 500 list from CRN serves as the benchmark for the top technology integrators, strategic service providers, and IT consulting firms, making it an invaluable resource for technology vendors seeking to partner with today's top-performing | 85 |
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The Language of Emotion Rules This Choreographer's Galaxy
A small middle-aged woman is perched on top of a table placed in the far corner of the rehearsing room. Dressed in a black jogging suit, she suddenly tucks her legs beneath her body and grabs a cigarette as two dancers in the center of the stage make contact and fall to the floor. The young dancers, a male and a female, stop and look anxiously at the woman. They know her impatient movements are conveying her frustration.
"Make it richer, more saturated than butter, can you?," she orders, rather ambiguously, and waits.
Ahn Eun-mi, an experimental choreographer, dancer and director of the Ahns Ance Dance Company speaks to people through the language of emotional experience. Even when giving the simplest directions, she speaks in metaphors and expects people to translate her words into movement.
"Dance is literally the language of the body," Ms. Ahn explains adamantly in her interview with the JoongAng Ilbo English edition held in the LG Arts Center's basement, where she is in last-minute preparations for the upcoming performance of "Galaxy Express 000."
Ms. Ahn's performances stirred up controversy from the very beginning of her career. In her early series, "White Grave," she appeared onstage with her hands firmly tied together with a piece of rope dangling from the ceiling. She was completely naked, with only flour covering her body. Not only did her nudity create a sensation in the conservative group of elite dancers in Korea, but the work's eccentric nature brought a whole new genre to Korea's contemporary choreography industry.
The provocative gestures continued in her later works such as "Seoul Rainbow Cafe" and "Fresh Track," both of which earned favorable reviews from the New York critics.
"Call me a sensationalist but I like things that instantly transport me to a state of ecstasy," she says. Though some may call it the art of escape, Ms. Ahn admits that as a choreographer she is attracted to things that give instant visual stimulation.
"Don't be distracted by conceptual references too much," she says. "Theories will follow if you are working with the right intuition. Sprinkle flowers if you have to. It doesn't have to mean anything," she says, raising her voice. To her, practical considerations always precede<|fim_middle|> on the night before the performance.
"I am not afraid of presentation simply because I don't have any expectations. I don't have the desire to create a masterpiece, or anything that would make me hesitate as an artist experimenting with the medium," she says.
Inspired by the 1980s popular Japanese animation "Galaxy Express 999," the upcoming performance "Galaxy Express 000" deals with a nomad called Methyl who travels to the stars in the galaxy. Set in Teheran Valley, the home to thousands of Korea's dot-com businesses and venture software companies, the show deals with the theme of cyborgs and the dependence of human beings on technology. It's an inter-disciplinary show that gathered filmmakers, costume and multi-media artists together for their contributions for stage settings and complementary visuals.
"My favorite part is this one statement in the show saying 'tea or coffee.' It's one of the questions the passengers are asked before the Galaxy Express 000 leaves the planet Earth. To me, it sounds like life and death," she explains, while taking a bite out of a roll of gimbap (Korean-style sushi roll).
"Come and see the show. You'll understand what I am saying," she entreats.
Ahn Eun-mi knows the secret: Some things in life can only be experienced through involvement with them.
"Galaxy Express 000" starts on April 12 and runs through April 15. For more information in English, telephone 02-2005-1426. The LG Arts Center is located near Yeoksam Station, southern Seoul.
by Park Soo-mee
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Ms. Ahn likes to improvise. She creates scenarios spontaneously as she tries out planned gestures with the troupe. If an idea bothers her, she is quite willing to change it | 40 |
Gesture Chair Oiled Oak
This beautiful, moulded Gesture Chair, designed in the 1950s, was the work of the acclaimed Danish architect, Hans Olsen. With its welcoming design,<|fim_middle|> experiments led to some highly original designer furniture. The chair is also referred to as 'Model 107'. The key feature of the Gesture Chair is its accommodating design, which is moulded in a single piece. In both aesthetic and ergonomic terms, it was a successful result of Hans Olsen's fascination with this method of manufacture. As such, the design captures the zeitgeist of the 1950s, when experiments, bravery and skill resulted in world-class furniture. The Gesture chair has been specially selected for the Warm Nordic range as a tribute to iconic Nordic design that invests in modern décor with invaluable diversity and depth.
Manufacturer: Warm Nordic
Design: Hans Olsen
Colour: Oak
Material: White oiled solid oak base
Availability: Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery of this item. | the Gesture Chair creates a warm atmosphere around a dining table or at a desk in the living room. The armrests invite you to sit down and relax in the moulded design. Gesture is a designer chair with a certain weight, offset by its light, playful charm. As a tribute to the 1950s adoration of colour, the Gesture Chair comes in an abundance of stunning colours and is available with upholstery on the seat and back, upholstery on the seat; or a unique type of wood – depending on the look you are after. Choose from high quality leather or several different exclusive fabrics in the most beautiful colours from the Warm Nordic universe. The frame is available in several exclusive types of wood and a variety of surface treatments.
The classic Gesture Chair was originally designed in 1957 by the architect Hans Olsen, whose | 170 |
Surrey and St George's contest an all-Surrey PSL final for the second year in a row ...
Surrey Health & St George's Hill Celebrate Second Successive PSL Final
Integrity Surrey Health & Racquets and TWP St George's Hill will contest an all-Surrey Premier Squash League (PSL) final for the second year in a row after two of the quickest wins of the season in the semi-finals of the world's most prestigious squash league.
Both teams romped to unassailable 3/0 leads to confirm their repeat of the 2011 climax – Weybridge-based St George's Hill ending up with a 3/2 away win over former champions Benz-Bavarian Duffield and title-h<|fim_middle|> 2012 semi-finals approach here's a few semi-final facts from Howard ... | olders Surrey Health crushingMB Nottingham, also ex-champions, 5/0 at home.
Croydon-based Surrey Health are now just one win away from a unique double – not only becoming the first team in the league's 27-year history to take three titles in a row, but also the first to win four titles in all.
A packed house in the Derbyshire village of Duffield saw the hosts – themselves three times PSL champions – go down quickly to their southern visitors. The opening bout saw two of the world's top women go head-to-head – and it took 56 minutes for British champion Laura Massaro, the world No3 from Preston, to edge out Yorkshire's world No2 Jenny Duncalf 14-12, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8 to put St George's ahead.
Joe Lee and Swiss maestro Nicolas Mueller clinched the tie for St George's soon afterwards – Lee licking local boy Paul Hargrave 11-5, 12-10, 11-1 in just 27 minutes and Mueller needing three minutes less to see off Andy Whipp 11-7, 11-5, 11-6.
The capacity crowd went home with some consolation after South African Stephen Coppinger beat a probably jet-laggedTom Richards 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 – and Duffield star Nick Matthew, the world champion from Sheffield, defeated England team-mate Daryl Selby 11-9, 11-8, 11-13, 13-11.
"It was a great night for us," admitted St George's Hill team manager Danny Lee. "All credit to Laura for giving us a great start in a good tactical game against her England team-mate. There's been a great team spirit all season and they were all up for it tonight.
"I'm also really pleased for our sponsors TWP who have supported us now for the past four years," added Lee.
It was one-way traffic in Croydon where defending champions Surrey Health punished a less than full strength Nottingham squad. Londoner Alison Waters, a former world No3, beat 18-year-old Emily Whitlock, winner of a second successive European Junior Championship trophy earlier this month, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 to put the home side in the driving seat.
And four further straight games wins followed as Adrian Waller, Alan Clyne, Adrian Grant and Peter Barkerpowerfully led the home team to their whitewash win.
"It's very good to be in the final again," said Surrey Health team manager Pete Smith. "All our team performed well tonight and we now look forward to meeting St George's Hill again.
"It'll be a good final, without doubt."
The final will take place on Tuesday 8 May, at a venue yet to be decided.
RESULTS: Premier Squash League, Semi-Finals, Tuesday 17 April 2012
Benz-Bavarian Duffield 2 TWP St George's Hill 3
Nick Matthew bt Daryl Selby 11-9, 11-8, 11-13, 13-11
Stephen Coppinger bt Tom Richards 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (37m)
Andy Whipp lost to Nicolas Mueller 7-11, 5-11, 6-11 (24m)
Paul Hargrave lost to Joe Lee 5-11, 10-12, 1-11 (27m)
Jenny Duncalf lost to Laura Massaro 12-14, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11 (56m)
Integrity Surrey Health & Racquets 5 MB Nottingham 0
Peter Barker bt Mark Fuller 12-10, 11-2, 11-4
Adrian Grant bt Declan James 11-6, 15-13, 12-10
Alan Clyne bt Arthur Moineau 11-6, 11-2, 11-2
Adrian Waller bt Martin Mosnik 11-8, 11-4, 11-9
Alison Waters bt Emily Whitlock 11-3, 11-4, 11-5
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A POE is the type of facility conditions assessment that goes steps further than traditional building assessments and pre-occupancy systems commissioning.
The goal of a traditional building assessment may be to ascertain a physical condition of a facility at a single point in time, and a building systems commission is typically implemented prior to occupancy to evaluate whether building systems are working as per the intended design requirements.
The POE is an assessment of the design and delivery processes, which typically evaluates the actual performance of the building in terms of energy and water use, carbon emissions, ease of operation and maintenance, and building occupant satisfaction and comfort. Much of the performance criteria can be benchmarked against industry-accepted national and regional standards including annual water usage, annual energy usage, annual O&M costs, and building occupant satisfaction<|fim_middle|> post-construction which may have previously been unresolved, overlooked, or even unnoticed.
The K2M Team developed and implemented the first Post Occupancy Evaluations (POE) at NASA facilities with USGBC LEED designations. | . The data is analyzed and compared to nationally and regionally recognized industry standards to see how the building is performing.
Occupant perception of the building.
Identify short and long-term problems in the building and outline possible solutions.
Guide current building energy and utilization performance.
Enhance space utilization and productivity based on feedback from building occupants.
Improve the staff's ability to maintain a facility based on observation from operations and maintenance personnel.
Establish strategies, lessons learned, best practices, and processes for future construction projects of a similar nature.
A well-defined POE can be used as an aid to solve lingering facility issues | 121 |
Rowing: Kings with the bat and oars
Published: 11:59 AM May 17, 2007
IT HAS been a week of sporting glory<|fim_middle|> Regatta at Nottingham, which begins next Friday, May 25. | for The King s School, Ely, with rowing successes and an England call-up to celebrate. King s student Becky East, 17, has been selected for the England rounders team for the fourth successive year. Becky, who plays at
IT HAS been a week of sporting glory for The King's School, Ely, with rowing successes and an England call-up to celebrate.
King's student Becky East, 17, has been selected for the England rounders team for the fourth successive year.
Becky, who plays at first post, beat competition from across the country to win her place in the squad, which will compete in several games during the summer.
Becky said: "Rounders is very strong in other parts of the country, especially in the north of England, where there are many inter-school and inter-county matches."
And the sporting success continued on Sunday, when King's oarsmen won several events at the Ball Cup Regatta, at Dorney Lake.
Undeterred by the downpours that were a constant irritant throughout the day, James Scott dominated the J16 singles, winning by ten lengths against opponents a year older than him.
Laurence Dugdale collected the first of his three golds in the J15 event, and Tim Mitchell, in his first regatta, finished fourth in the J14 sculls.
In the doubles, Laurence teamed-up with Max Hutchins to win the J15 event with a very slick performance.
The J16 double of James Scott and Robert Deamer were slightly disappointed with their bronze medal, having taken things a little easy in the first half of the race and the J14 crew of Michael Hawes and Tim Mitchell finished a creditable sixth.
The final races of the day were the quads events. The J15 crew of Robert Deamer, Laurence Dugdale, Max Hutchins, James Scott and Edward Cumberland maintained their impressive record for the year by winning their event comfortably. The J14 crew of Tom Oliver, Alex Brear, Lars Thornhill, Richard Glasspool and Tom Spencer reached their final, ending in sixth place.
The crews are now in the middle of two weeks' intensive training on the Ouse in preparation for the National Schools' | 468 |
Our S5 pupils taking part in this year's Lothian<|fim_middle|> give up their time each week to guide the teams through the process. | Young Enterprise had a very successful Awards night on Thursday 28 March coming away with seven awards in total. This year saw three teams from George Watson's compete against 21 other teams from across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
'Prestige Recipes' showcased their 'Scrum-tious' cookbook and were awarded the top prize in the following categories; Managing Director (Faith Joubert), Company Secretary (Corinne Murray), Sales Director (Toby Packer and Finn Mackerracher) and Best Business Idea. They were also awarded second place for; IT Director (Eilidh Dickerson), Operations Director (Euan Leask) and best promotional video and presentation given on the evening.
Not to be put in the shade, 'Eclipse' solved everyone's lifestyle problems with their 'slumped' bottle serving platters. On the night they claimed the top prize in; Operations Director (Richard Kneen), Best Presentation on the evening and Best Interview given during the selection process. They claimed second best Business Idea, and Marketing Director (Ryan Ness). They also were award third place for; Managing Director (Lachlan White), Finance Director (Mark Freedman) and HR Director (Rohan Burla). They also came a very close second in the overall best company category.
'Spark' who made and sold engraved spoons and door decorations entertained the large audience with their "Who wants to be a millionaire" themed presentation, demonstrating all that they had learnt from the year of setting up and running their own manufacturing business.
The evening concluded a very successful year with the pupils showing fantastic enterprise, teamwork and business acumen. Not only did the pupils learn a lot from the process but they also look set to donate nearly £4,500 to their chosen charities from the work they have done.
All of the this success by the pupils has been, once again, led by a dedicated team of link teachers (Mrs Kemp, Mrs Robinson and Mr McMahon) and our fantastic trio of business advisors (Mr Peter Cannell, Mr Michael Tasker and Mr John Sinclair) who | 424 |
Tasmanian producer Akouo has followed up last year<|fim_middle|> track "So Long" co-written by and featuring friend and vocalist Janeva. Seamlessly blending electronic production with his Akouo's background in underground hip hop, the track is a festival-ready banger that should easily slink into summer playlists across the country.
Janeva's eccentric performance and jazzy vocal hook dance across the heavy percussive layering, climbing higher as Akouo stays steady with his starry synths and trippy beat. It's proves a potent platform for a song about being on the receiving end of an unfaithful lover and emerging a better person. It works well for a song that was never intended to actually be a song.
The eclectic producer will soon be joining Elk Road, Human Movement and others at Cassia Bali, but also has a national tour planned with some festival slots yet to be announced. Stay up to date with Akouo on his Facebook page. | 's incredible "Feel That" (featuring Montaigne) and his recent collaboration with LANKS (the dreamy "Yours") with head-nodding new | 35 |
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https://www.valpo.edu/college-of-business/academics/study-abroad/ | 21st century, no business is unaffected by global events, and the opportunity to experience another culture through study abroad is a priceless aid in learning to understand international exchange.
Valpo Study-Abroad Programs
Valparaiso University offers 19 Study Abroad programs around the world. In addition, Valpo's four study centers (Cambridge, England; Reutlingen, Germany; Hangzhou, China; and San José, Costa Rica) provide group trips and excursions, a topics course on the life and culture of the host country, and specialized housing, all under the guidance of an on-site resident director. More About Study Abroad at Valpo »
While students in the College of Business are eligible to study abroad in any of Valpo's programs (or, with approval, programs administered by other universities), a couple of Valpo's offerings are especially tailored for business students.
Students in the College of Business' Enhanced International Business in German program spend a full academic year in Reutlingen, where they take courses at Valpo's Reutlingen Study Center and business electives at the Hochschule Reutlingen, Valpo's partner institution. The program includes an internship with a German business professional.
Valpo's exchange partnership with La Rochelle Business School on France's Atlantic coast offers a special opportunity for students to study business and develop their French language skills in this private business school of 1,600 students. La Rochelle Business School students also come to Valparaiso University for a semester of study.
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The Université Cergy–Pontoise in Pointoise, France
The Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Rottenburg, Germany
The Eberhard-Karls-Universität in Tübingen, Germany
Kansai Gaidai University between Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
The Universidad de las Américas in Puebla, | 490 |
How do I hire a Multiplatform Audience Development and Analytics Manager? Marketing<|fim_middle|> trends related to kids and the consumer categories that are integral to these cohorts (such as Toys, CPG Household, Food Retail).
• Experience managing consumer insights projects and people. | & Partner Insights (MPI) team is a division of Advanced Advertising that is charged with making the consumer connection with Viacom's many varied audiences across all platforms by providing expertise in many segments including Kids, Teens, Millennials, GenX, Moms, LGBTQ, Multiculturals, Families and more. We specialize in studies, surveys, data sets, forecasting and metrics that help clients further their knowledge of targets, engagement and ad effectiveness.
Reporting to the VP of Marketing & Partner Insights, this Senior Director will be a strategic researcher concentrating on Viacom's kid's brands, which include NICK, NICK JR., TEENNICK, and NICKTOONS, however will also be expected to be well versed in additional brands to meet internal sales request needs across the Viacom portfolio. This group specializes in insights, culture and | 166 |
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To say our couple were full of fun and laughter would be an understatement! Sarah and Phil's excitement and enthusiasm is infectious and those around them cannot help but smile! Since meeting our gorgeous couple over a year ago we have been counting down the days for their wedding to arrive and yesterday was that day!
We always suspected that Chelsea would make a stunning bride but we were still blown away when she made her way out of the Cartshed Lodge yesterday.
Cloudy skies and a warm breeze were the perfect combination for a beautiful ceremony held under the garden rotunda yesterday. The cattle on the meadow had a few moos of congratulations to add as Laura and Alan exchanged vows in front of their nearest and dearest.
Yesterday we had the privilege of welcoming<|fim_middle|> after at Southwood Hall yesterday after their beautiful church ceremony. | Nicola and Glen's nearest and dearest into Coronation Barn to celebrate with them.
I'm afraid that this lovely couple had to share the limelight from the very beginning though as their gorgeous little girl Ava had been looking forward to her party for a long time and was the belle of the ball!
It was a delight and a pleasure to welcome Mr and Mrs Coull to their happily ever | 78 |
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Published: 10:27 AM July 19, 2015 Updated: 1:42 PM October 9, 2020
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke played an eerie secret set in the forest in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The cat got out of the bag early and thousands tried to make their way to the iArena only to be turned away.
For those who did make it in the intense skittering beats, strange imagery and force of personality made up for an intriguing spectacle.
Although Yorke stuck firmly in the realms of his own solo work he did play some of his older songs closing with Harrowdown Hill, a song written in response to Dr David Kelly's death during the Iraq War inquiry.
Earlier in<|fim_middle|> Gibbons.
For much of the performance the singer danced around behind his equipment but from time to time he would come to the front to wail a few ethereal lines or pluck some rippling notes over the top of the beat.
The performance was a slightly weird but captivating way to end the night. | the night Yorke had joined headliners Portishead in the Obelisk Arena to sing The Rip alongside Beth | 25 |
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The preciousness of crystal in these new Medusa Lumière Haze glasses is emphasized by a sophisticated dark grey colour – fume. The ultimate in elegance and mystery, these brand new glasses complete the new Rosenthal meets Versace collection.
<|fim_middle|> table culture. They inspire the reawakening of their own rituals of drinking pleasure. | Rituals of drinking pleasure. The tumblers of the Versace collection will awaken them. Headstrong and present. The tumblers of the Versace collection. Drinking rituals heighten the pleasure at the table. The tumblers of the Versace collection must be included. Elements of sensuality. The tumblers of the Versace collection. Hard, and yet fragile, transparent, and yet reflective. Glass is a mysterious material, made for the fantastic worlds of Versace. In addition to the sets "Arabesque" and "Medusa", the comprehensive porcelain programs, two drinking glass sets, reminiscent of cult vessels of long-forgotten rites, were created in Milan. Here chalices are growing out of the frosted Medusa head. With the fascinating interplay between the strict geometry of Meanders and pleasurable in white or amber sprawling arabesques, both are a fitting complement to the set or a sensual accent in a minimalist, modern | 195 |
Fishers eat snowshoe hares, rabbits, rodents and birds, and are one of the few specialized predators of porcupines. Fishers are effective hunters, but are also known to eat insects, nuts, and berries when prey is not available.
Fishers are common in the Northeast and Midwest, but rare in the Northern Rockies and Northwest, where they are one of the rarest carnivores.
The fisher is found only in North America. Historically, it ranged the northern forests of Canada and the United States as well as forests in the Appalachian, Rocky and Pacific Coast Mountains. Today, fishers are found only in parts of their historic range. In the United States, they exist in portions of the Appalachian Mountains from New England south to Tennessee; northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan's upper peninsula; northern Idaho and western Montana; and three small West Coast populations in southwestern Oregon, northwestern California, and the southern Sierra Nevada. Reintroductions have led to their reoccupation of former habitats in Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Nova Scotia, Vermont, West Virginia, Maine, Manitoba, Minnesota, New York, Ontario and Tennessee.
Fishers prefer large areas of dense mature coniferous or mixed forest and are solitary animals. They are mainly nocturnal,<|fim_middle|> dens of other animals.
Gestation: Egg implantation is delayed till February or March of the next year, following which is a 30-day gestation period.
The kits remain with their mother until the fall.
Over-harvesting for pelts and loss of forest habitat due to logging and road building has significantly reduced and fragmented the fisher's range.
Climate change could increase the frequency of fires throughout the fisher's range, removing the older, cavity-bearing trees they need for denning.
In both the Northern Rockies and their West Coast range, Defenders is working to secure adequate federal protections for fishers and their habitats, actively influencing policies and decisions affecting them — such as trapping in Montana, or logging on private lands in California — and preparing for changes to fisher habitat caused by climate change.
Length: 3 feet (including 15 inch tail).
Weight: 12 lbs (males); 8 lbs (females).
A fisher has a long, slim body with short legs, rounded ears, and a bushy tail. Fishers are larger and darker than martens and have thick fur. Fishers are agile and swift and are also excellent climbers. | but may be active during the day. They travel many miles along ridges in search of prey, seeking shelter in hollow trees, logs, rock crevices, and | 34 |
The researchers looked for signs of atrial fibrillation, the most common form of irregular heartbeat. The condition, also called "a-fib," results from the abnormal firing of electrical signals in the upper chambers of the heart.
People taking part in the study wore the Apple Watch for extended periods during <|fim_middle|> He noted that since the study did not have a comparison group getting regular ECG measurements, there is no way of knowing if the device missed heartbeat problems. This could give users a false sense of security, he said.
"I would not advise this to the overall general population," said Valentin Fuster, director of New York's Mount Sinai Heart system and a former American Heart Association president. He said he would rather see such systems tested in people with additional health risks, such as older adults with high blood pressure.
Bryan Lynn wrote this story for VOA Learning English. His story was based on reports from the Associated Press, Reuters and the Stanford study. George Grow was the editor.
How do you feel about devices designed to observe body conditions and prevent disease? Write to us in the Comments section, and visit our Facebook page. | 2017 and 2018. The devices contain an app that continuously gathers information without users having to do anything. It uses the watch's light sensor technology to measure blood flow. The system is designed to identify changes that might show an irregular heartbeat.
Doctor Minor added that a-fib is just one example of a condition devices can help identify in the future. "This study opens the door to further research into wearable technologies and how they might be used to prevent disease before it strikes," he said.
Richard Kovacs is with the American College of Cardiology. He was not involved with the study. Doctor Kovacs told the Associated Press that despite the results, the Apple Watch system "is not perfect." | 145 |
In re D.H., 232 N.C. App. 217 (2014)
Although age is one of the factors the court must consider, there was no evidence in the record that age was relevant in this case; therefore, the order was sufficient even though there were no written findings addressing each child's age.
The lack of an adoptive placement at<|fim_middle|>SS filed a petition to terminate respondent mother's parental rights. The court found four grounds existed for the termination of parental rights, and at disposition, the court further found that termination of respondent mother's parental rights was in each juvenile's best interest. Respondent mother appeals, arguing the disposition portion of the order did not contain written findings for each statutory factor required to be considered as provided for in G.S. 7B-1110(a).
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relevant findings | the time of the termination hearing is not a bar to a termination of parental rights. In addition, the factor addressing the quality of the relationship between the juvenile and proposed adoptive parent cannot be addressed and is, therefore, not a relevant factor requiring written findings in the TPR order.
The findings were sufficient to address two factors that were relevant in this case: the likelihood of adoption and whether termination will aid in the accomplishment of a permanent plan for each juvenile. Those findings were supported by the evidence.
The court's conclusion that TPR was in the juvenile's best interests was not an abuse of discretion as it was not "manifestly unsupported by reason."
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I am so excited to have you for our very 1st interview on Wednesday Wisdom!
Today I want you to meet one of my dearest friends. This episode is perfect for those of you that may feel like you are wandering around wondering what God has for you.
She has been a friend for over<|fim_middle|> has worked with the likes of Wynonna Judd, Natalie Grant, Dolly Parton, Bill Gaither & the Homecoming Friends, Barry Manilow, Sonicflood, Vicki Yohe, Phil Vassar, Geron & Becky Davis, Regi Stone, Wayne Watson and many more. In 2010, after many years of ministry in the local church, Vanessa began to sense God was leading her down a new path of ministry. This was a season of great transition, miracles and divine appointments as the Holy Spirit began to open her heart into a walk of faith into full-time music & missions ministry. Since that time, she has been to Ireland, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and Israel as doors have opened in this walk of faith! The beginning of Vanessa Maddoux Ministries was formed in 2012 along with the missions focused non-profit organization, Good Deeds International.
Here is some of her story! | 20 years, Vanessa Maddoux is a perfect example of what I call Beyond Brave. She is stepping out and doing incredible things for God's kingdom. She | 33 |
i Learn With Boing: Ice Land Adventures!
i Learn with Boing: Ice Land Adventures! was<|fim_middle|> tricky! Also, not sure where to mention this, but my second player froze up during play. Rating: 4/5
Sustainability: So as you play, you collect rewards. These rewards can then be used in a connected app where you can make your own avatars and "play" in this other planet. It's kinda neat. However, while you are doing the activities, it may get repetitive. While you do collect rewards as you go, the activity remains exactly the same as you progress through the levels. This may bore some as there's not much to break up the activity play itself, since the reward system is a separate thing. Rating: 4/5
Parental Involvement: A great addition to Tribal Nova apps is the parent center. Like other apps that have also started including a parent center, this one allows parents to review their kid's progress within the app an then makes recommendations for other apps that target other subject areas. This one includes a comparison of their kid's accuracy rate with the general population's. There's also a nice kinda guide for parents, explaining the activities and what's available in the parent center. Like I've said with other parent centers, this is a wonderful start for parents to stay connected. Perhaps there could be different packages for parents depending on the level of information they'd like.
One thing I'd like to see (not specific to the parent center) is some sort of setting so parents (and kids) can set the levels within each activity. Some kids might get bored with having to get past the initial levels that may be too easy for them. Rating: 4/5
Disclosure - I received this app for free for review purposes.
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Hot off the presses: E-book study results | created by Tribal Nova. It is a literacy app targeting preschool and kindergarten. It has three activities targeting Letters, Phonics, and Words. I was looking forward to checking out this app because I previously reviewed iLearn with Poko: Seasons and Weather, which was a solid app and has now (along with other apps by the developers) been updated to include a parent center that tracks kids progress. So how this Ice Land stack up? Price: $2.99
Device Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
Developmental Appropriateness: The developers have clearly given thought to the design through an educational lens. Are the activities appropriate? Check. Is there leveling for each activity? Check. Is the leveling adaptive according to performance? Check. Is there instruction/tutor? Check - in the form of Boing, the character. Are the games engaging? Check - in general, yes, and one of the games even has a two-player mode to launch "snowballs". This is all great.
Now here's me being critical and possibly nit-picky. First, is it me, or do some of the phonics pronunciation sound a bit off? I am not a phonics/speech expert, but I have some experience administering literacy assessments that include phonics and I feel like some of these are not quite right. For example, "e" here seems to always presented silent - which yes, there is the "silent e", but not always. How would you say "sh" or "ow"? Second, there seems to be a wide range of vocabulary here - which is good, but it's kinda randomly presented. Figuring out the phonetics of "yogurt" is way harder than "sun". There's a progression not only for vocabulary, but letters and phonics and I don't get the sense that the level of difficulty within these domains were considered. The first point of the pronunciation concerns me quite a bit, and for that, I have to give a lower rating than what I thought initially. Rating: 3 out of 5 (aim for around 4 years).
Balance: Everything looks cute, yet simple at the same time. The phonics game, where you launch snowballs can get a little distracting as aiming and timing them correctly can be a little | 470 |
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NASA AWARDS NOT-TO-EXCEED $16 MILLION TASK ORDER CONTRACT TO ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS- CALIFORNIA
ASTROTECH CORPORATION, (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that its Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) subsidiary has won a Not-to-Exceed $16 million Infinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task order contract for commercial payload processing services at Vandenberg Air Force Base ("VAFB"), California.
Under the contract, Astrotech Space Operations will compete for future missions NASA is planning for launch from VAFB. The contract ordering period runs through December, 2017....
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Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC) today announced that it has appointed Carlisle "Kirk" Kirkpatrick as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Company. Mr. Kirkpatrick's appointment is effective as of August 9, 2012 and follows the departure of John Porter as the Company's Chief Financial Officer....
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Astrotech Corporation, (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial aerospace services, today announced that its Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) subsidiary secured a $1.1 million purchase order to supply hypergolic propellants support to a spacecraft manufacturer. ASO will provide propellant delivery and export-related services from its headquarters in Titusville, Florida....
Astrotech Congratulates Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) on Its Successful Mission to The International Space Station
Astrotech Corporation, (NASDAQ: ASTC) and its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary congratulate Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and its CEO Elon Musk on the successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS)....
Astrotech Corporation Regains NASDAQ Compliance With Bid Price Listing Requirements
Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), a provider of commercial space services, announced today that it has received notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market that the Company has regained compliance with Marketplace Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), relating to the maintenance of a minimum $1.00 bid price. As a result, the Company's common stock will continue to be listed and trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market.
In accordance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, the Company was required to evidence a closing bid price of at least $1.00 per share<|fim_middle|> of commercial aerospace services, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2012 second quarter ended December 31, 2011.... | for ten consecutive trading days which it completed on May 18, 2012....
Astrotech Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), a leading provider of commercial aerospace services, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2012 third quarter ended March 31, 2012.
"We are excited to report the positive financial results of the third quarter, driven by our core satellite payload processing business," said Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman and CEO of Astrotech Corporation. "ASO continued to meet our customer's needs for payload processing while completing over $5.6 million of work on multiple GSE fabrication contracts."...
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The shareholders of the Company's common stock elected six directors to the Company's Board of Directors. The Board of Directors now consists of Thomas B. Pickens III, Mark E. Adams, John A. Oliva, William F. Readdy, Sha-Chelle Manning and Daniel T. Russler, Jr....
Astrotech Announces Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that its Board of Directors has set the date for the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders as well as the record date for shareholders eligible to vote at the meeting.
The Annual Shareholders' Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 9:00 am (Central Time) at the Company's Corporate Headquarters, located at 401 Congress Avenue, Suite 1650 in Austin, Texas. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 8, 2012 will be eligible to vote at the meeting....
Astrotech Corporation Receives Additional 180 Day Grace Period to Regain Compliance With NASDAQ's Minimum Bid Price Requirement
Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC) announced today that the Company has received a second compliance notice from The NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") regarding the Company's failure to maintain the minimum bid price for continued listing. However, the NASDAQ staff has determined that the Company is eligible for an additional 180 day grace period, or until August 27, 2012, to regain compliance....
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"In France They Kiss on Main Street" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell from the album The Hissing of Summer Lawns. It was<|fim_middle|> song was created, played on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
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Personnel taken from Joni Mitchell's website.
Joni Mitchell – vocals, acoustic guitar
Victor Feldman – electric piano
Max Bennett – bass guitar
John Guerin – drums
Robben Ford – electric guitar
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – electric guitar
James Taylor – backing vocals
David Crosby – backing vocals
Graham Nash – backing vocals
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Joni Mitchell songs | released as a single in 1976 and reached number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song tells a story of coming of age in the 1950s. It features David Crosby, Graham Nash, and James Taylor on backing vocals, and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar. Cash Box said that "Joni Mitchell has distilled the essence of romance and spread it liberally through the grooves of this single." Record World called it "an exquisitely textured tune" that has "all the grace and vocal finesse that contributed to the widespread success of 'Free Man.'" The song is played in DAEGAD tuning with a capo on the second fret. An animated music video for the | 153 |
If you want to learn the basics of digital photography, it really doesn't matter whether you're using a digital compact or a DSLR with the exception of these few important differences.
One of the biggest advantages to digital compacts is the cost. Another thing to consider when buying a DSLR is that you will need to purchase at least one lens for your camera especially if you want to take distant photographs. Digital compacts always come with a built in lens and sometimes even come with a zoom.
If you have an optical zoom on your digital compact, you can get some good quality telephoto shots too. An Optical zoom is always better than digital zoom because a digital zoom works like cropping and takes away pixels. The more you zoom with a digital zoom the lower the image quality. Unlike regular zooms, an optical zoom maintains the quality of your picture.
Some compacts will take such high quality images that many a pro will use one when they don't want to carry all of their DSLR gear. The quality of the photograph is largely dependent upon the photographer's skill.
While digital compacts don't have as many megapixels as DSLRs, with only 5 megapixels, you can produce an 8x10 print of the type of quality you'd be proud to frame and hang on your wall.
Finally, learning the digital photography basics of a compact is far easier then learning how to use a DSLR to its full advantage.
A Digital SLR is the digital version of a single lens reflex camera or SLR. You<|fim_middle|> take pictures than film cameras but DSLRs are much faster than digital compacts.
Although the digital photography basics do start with selecting a camera, the quality of your images will largely depend upon how you use your camera. So no matter what type of camera you have or will be buying, it pays to practice. | can call a DSLR a single lens reflex camera but you can't call an SLR a digital camera. With the release of cameras like the Canon Rebel and other moderately priced DSLRs, more photography enthusiasts are enjoying the benefits of using a DSLR.
The big advantage of the DSLR is its creativity and versatility.
For example, by adding a long telephoto lenses, you can capture a close up of an osprey at the top of a towering pine tree or a child at the soccer goal post when you're at the other end of the field. With a DSLR, you can find all kinds of accessories to suit almost any photographer's need.
Another advantage to the DSLR is its ability to take crisp, focused sports and other action shots in places with low light where flash isn't allowed. The larger sensor on a DSLR allows you to do this; whereas with a compact, if you set the ISO high enough to take the shot in the dim light, it would have digital noise (sort of a multi colored grain). If you're taking still shots, it's not an issue. The problem with Sports Mode in a low light setting is that the shutter must close quickly so there is just not enough light to hit the image sensor even with a large aperture setting. The only way this can be compensated for is with a flash or a higher ISO setting.
However, you can get rid of most digital noise by using photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop.
Another advantage of using a DSLR is that you can use an external flash instead of always having to use natural light.
DSLRs have more megapixels than the best of the digital compacts, meaning you can take and print in high quality really big pictures, like posters and large prints for framing. And lastly, digital cameras are slower to | 367 |
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Name Michael Aushenker
Role Cartoon creator
Notable works El Gato, Crime Mangler Chipmunks & Squirrels Those Unstoppable Rogues
Education Cornell University, Fairfax High School
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Michael Aushenker is an independent American comic-book artist and creator based in Los Angeles, California, best known for the comic book series El Gato, Crime Mangler. He has also created Chipmunks & Squirrels, Those Unstoppable Rogues, and Cartoon Flophouse (featuring the absurdist Euro-flavored bellhop strip Greenblatt the Great!), and his work has appeared in such publications as Heavy Metal (magazine) (his "Professor Pap" series and other gag strips in the magazine's "Strip Tease" section), Duplex Planet (# 11), Instant Classics, The Stranger, Cake, and Filth.
The "El Gato, Crime Mangler" series includes The Nine Lives of El Gato, Crime Mangler (1995), ¡Holy Ghost El Gato! (1999), Futureshock: El Gato 2002 (2000), and The Nine Loves of El Gato, Crime Mangler (2003).
Aushenker freelances as a screenwriter and continues to write comic books for various companies, including Bongo Comics Group and Heroic Publishing. He wrote a two-part Liberty Girl story for the latter, the first of which was released in Liberty Comics # 1, September 2007. On September 18, 2007, El Muerto, a film starring Wilmer Valderrama and Tony Plana, based on the Javier Hernandez comic book El Muerto, Aztec Zombie, was released on DVD, for which Aushenker contributed a painting on the disc's gallery section.
Aushenker graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. In 1991, he graduated from Cornell University, where he majored in fine arts and creative writing. While attending Cornell, at the age of 19, Aushenker authored and illustrated the children's book Get That Goat! (Landmark Editions) and co-founded and co-edited Strip! magazine, a student cartoonist quarterly, with a collective that included Andrice Arp, Bishakh Som, and Howard Arey (who have since formed Hi-Horse Comics) and Patty Lin (a writer/producer on Freaks and Geeks and the first season of Desperate Housewives). In 1992, following college, Caliber Press published his first comic book, a one-shot humor anthology dubbed Bound & Gagged that featured such Aushenker creations as "The Debunker" and "Stunt Nun." Soon after, Heavy metal magazine published his humor comics in their Strip Tease section, which included Professor Pap, Bachelor Emeritus, a sci-fi gag strip.
Past jobs include a staff writer position at a community newspaper weekly, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles (1997–2003), where he won a 2002 Simon Rockower Award for "Excellence in Personality Profiles" and interviewed subjects such as Sam Raimi and Sarah Silverman before they broke into the mainstream, as well as wrote articles on comic-book icons Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner before superhero movies by said creators began to dominate Hollywood; and a stint writing movie poster copy, during which Aushenker crafted slogans for print ad campaigns for I Know What You Did Last Summer ("If you want to<|fim_middle|> comic book anthology reviving The Human Fly, basis for a short-lived but popular 1970s Marvel Comics drawn by Frank Robbins, Frank Springer and Lee Elias. The new Human Fly book debuted at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2013 before reaching the direct market. Among the writers and artists participating: Marvel Human Fly artists Bob Layton, Steve Leialoha, Al Milgrom and Don Perlin, Unknown Soldier artist Gerry Talaoc, Javier Hernandez, Rafael Navarro, former Marvel artists Steven Butler and John Heebink, and Femme Fatale writer/creator/showrunner Steve Kriozere. Aushenker also wrote about Frank Robbins' final years in Mexico for Comic Book Creator #1.
Since the release of Comic Book Creator, Aushenker has contributed many articles, including profiles of Frank Robbins and interviews with Stan Goldberg, Irwin Hasen, Denys Cowan, Rutu Modan, Rich Buckler, Pablo Marcos and Cowboy Henk creators Kamagurka & Herr Seele. He also contributed one article on Rock 'N' Roll Biographies to another Jon B. Cooke publication, ACE Magazine.
In May 2013, Aushenker joined The Argonaut Newspaper as staff writer, handling arts, entertainment and culture writing for the Los Angeles Westside weekly. His articles have included cover stories on the Santa Monica history of Popeye the Sailor, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, the rise and fall of special effects house Rhythm & Hues, profiles on Louiche Mayorga of Suicidal Tendencies and Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo and behind-the-scenes stories on the photographers of L.A.'s punk rock scene featuring Ed Colver and The Circle Jerks Lucky Lehrer; and Ric Menello and Adam Dubin and the Venice shoot for the L.L. Cool J video Going Back to Cali.
In early 2014, Aushenker wrote biographical comics based on a roster of metal and punk groups, including Slayer, Judas Priest, Exodus, Testament, NOFX, GWAR and Rob Zombie / White Zombie. The first of these comics were released in comic book shops in 2015: Slayer (March 25) and Exodus (Dec.).
In August 2014 at Stocktoncon in Stockton, California, Aushenker debuted two issues of Go, Genius, Go!, a three-issue series he created/wrote under his CartoonFlophouse imprint, with artist Marcus Collar drawing and inking. A trade paperback collection of all three issues is in the works for 2016.
In 2015, Aushenker is releasing Trolls, a comic book about Edward and Wayward, two slackers working as air traffic controllers who, in the middle of a double-shift, throw a party at work while the boss is away and then promptly fall asleep as bedlam ensues. Originally meant as an Those Unstoppable Rogues book, the new comic is set to debut at Long Beach Comic-Con in September 2015.
Aushenker recently returned to screenwriting, working on an independent movie, currently in development. No further details are available at this date.
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In 2004, Aushenker co-wrote an unproduced feature comedy for the writing/producing team of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (creators of Smallville and screenwriters on the films Spider-Man and Shanghai Noon) under their deal with Disney. He has also co-written a feature film comedy for Urban Entertainment, the producers of "Undercover Brother."
During the fourth season of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon hired Aushenker to create episode ideas for the hit animated series.
Aushenker is a contributing writer for Back Issue!, a TwoMorrows publication devoted to comics from the 1970s and 1980s. His first article, about Marvel Comics' short-lived The Human Fly (comics), ran in the January 2007 issue (# 20). Subsequent issues featured his articles on Son of Satan, Captain America and the Falcon, Deathlok the Demolisher, and Mr. T comics.
Aushenker is among the alternative cartoonists (along with Russ Heath and Dean Yeagle) appearing in a comic book convention-themed episode of the hit CBS series NUMB3RS. The episode's original air date: November 23, 2007.
In January 2008, Aushenker began writing regularly for the Lifestyle section of the Palisadian-Post, the 80-year-old official newspaper of Pacific Palisades, California. Aushenker's articles have included profiles of Seymour Cassel, Gavin MacLeod, Marion Ross, and Stacy Peralta, as well as coverage of appearances by Ray Bradbury and Isabel Allende and a behind-the-scenes article on Blake Edwards' The Party.
A new imprint, Urban Golem, began publishing a volume two of Cartoon Flophouse comic book of gag cartoons featuring Greenblatt the Great!. The comic book enjoyed its official debut at the Alternative Press Expo in November 2008. Cartoon Flophouse Featuring Greenblatt the Great! # 2 came out at Alternative Press Expo in October 2009, alongside another Aushenker release, the all-ages comic Silly Goose. Aushenker also released Cartoon Flophouse Featuring Greenblatt the Great! # 3 and # 4, and a Greenblatt the Great! collection available through Amazon.
Aushenker is currently working on several new comics for various companies. For Bongo Comics he wrote the cover story of Bart Simpson #70. Wildcard Ink publisher Mel Smith announced at Wonder Con in March 2008 that the Gumby comics series will be called Gumby's Gang Starring..., and each book will spotlight a different Gumby supporting character, including Prickle, Goo, and The Blockheads. The first Gumby's Gang comic, focusing on Pokey, featured art by Rafael Navarro and made its debut at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010. His work has also been appearing in Australian anthologies Blackguard and Milk Shadow Books' Yuck!.
In 2011, Aushenker did an Those Unstoppable Rogues cover for Yuck! #5. In March 2013, four unpublished stories ran in Yuck! #7. He also released a slew of CartoonFlophouse comics in recent years: Those Unstoppable Rogues Party Hard!, a collection of "Unstoppable Rogues" strips and History Will Be Served, a trade paperback of the complete Greenblatt the Great! strips.
In December 2012, TwoMorrows named Aushenker associate editor of Comic Book Creator, a new magazine by former Comic Book Artist editor Jon B. Cooke, to debut April 2013. In February 2013, it was announced that Aushenker is editing and contributing to The New Adventures of the Human Fly, a new annual | 852 |
Stakeholder engagement distinguished WW2100 from many other large-scale research projects.
Link to an online children's book about water that was written by WW2100 scientists. The book is available in English and Spanish.
Link to an interactive water budget created with Willamette Water<|fim_middle|> project methods and findings, and a portal for users to access WW2100 publications, data products, and unpublished project materials. | 2100 modeling results.
Link to an interactive map of Willamette Water 2100 modeling scenarios.
The Willamette Water 2100 project was a collaborative effort of faculty from Oregon State University (OSU), the University of Oregon (UO), Portland State University (PSU), and the University of California - Santa Barbara. It was funded primarily by grants from the National Science Foundation with additional support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Willamette Water 2100 project, funded through the Water Sustainability and Climate program of the National Science Foundation, used an integrated approach to evaluate how climate change, population growth, economic growth, and reservoir operations will change the availability and the use of water in the Willamette River Basin over the 21st century.
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The Playhouse Insider
I'm in the process of finalizing the premiere edition of The Playhouse Insider, the magazine that the ASC is producing, and I thought I'd take the opportunity to tell the Internet something about it. It looks fantastic, and I pretty much can't wait to get it out into the universe for public consumption. I'm so excited about this project and the opportunities it's going to have to grow in coming years.
We'll be putting this publication out twice a year, in December to preview the Actors' Renaissance Season, and in June to preview the Summer and Fall Seasons. Our goal for this magazine is to provide the readers with a look into different experiences of early modern theatre at the Blackfriars Playhouse. We've solicited articles from ASC actors and artists, from renowned scholars, and from members of the ASC community, and as a result this first issue has so<|fim_middle|> this out so I can hear what everyone else thinks about it. | much quality material. Whether you've been coming to ARS shows since they began in 2005, will be joining us for the first time in 2011, or are just interested from the far-ranging Internet, there will be so much in this magazine for you to enjoy.
Our artists' contributions include a brief history of the ARS. I'm really glad we got this into print, because up until now, there hasn't actually been any codified explanation of just how the ARS came to be. Now we'll have it all set out for our own institutional records, and the information will also be available to any scholars or patrons who are interested in how experiment. If you're unfamiliar with the Actors' Renaissance Season, the basic concept is this: after years of adhering to Shakespeare's Staging Conditions, the ASC wanted to push further and experiment with Shakespeare's Rehearsal Conditions, putting on plays the way the King's Men and other companies in the 16th- and 17th-centuries would have: without a director, working from cue scripts, making costume and prop and music decisions on their own, and setting their own rehearsal schedules. I think the ARS shows have so much energy and spirit — they're just electrifying to watch — and it all comes out of the drive and ingenuity of the actors.
Those actors contributed to our artistic-focused articles. One is an in-depth conversation with veteran actor John Harrell, who has not only been an actor in every ARS so far, but who also has a hand in cutting the scripts for the season. Harrell talks about his process cutting scripts, the fun in working with unusual texts, and what he's looking forward to tackling as an actor in the 2011 ARS. We also have veteran actors Rene Thornton, Ben Curns, and Chris Johnston sharing some of their favorite moments from Ren Seasons past. In both of these interviews, the articles make it so easy to see the actors' enthusiasm for the ARS. They really seem to delight in the ownership of the plays that this season gives them, and they revel in the freedom to let their creativity take over.
We're also excited and privileged to have some great articles from our scholastic community. Carole Levin, the Willa Cather Professor of History and Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Nebraska, contributed an article on the anonymous play Look About You, which meshes high history, low comedy, and lots of disguises. The play takes place during the reign of Henry II and features a young Robin Hood. Levin's article examines the play in relationship to the rest of the Robin Hood saga and to other plays of the early modern period set during the reigns of the early Plantagenets. Carole gave me something great to think about in viewing this play as a sort of prequel to Shakespeare's King John, which I'll definitely be giving thought to in my continuing exploration of how early modern plays reflect the English sense of national identity. Continuing on the history theme, Glenn Schudel, an MFA candidate at the MBC program for Shakespeare in Performance and a dramaturgical intern for the ASC, provides us with a look at the "unlikely heroes" of Henry VI, Part 3: Margaret and Richard. Schudel considers their treatment within the play and the historical maligning of their characters in his examination of these two marginalized figures. His writing is witty and elegant, making for an article that is both informative and fun to read. The last scholastic contribution is my own, which I mentioned back in October, looking at Adriana (from The Comedy of Errors) and the tradition of Shakespeare's wives. Though The Comedy of Errors, an early play, has its share of flaws and, plot-wise, is definitely among the least original of Shakespeare's plays, you can see in it, and particularly in Adriana, the seeds that will continue to grow through the rest of his career. All three of these articles demonstrate the kind of educational insight that we prize here at the ASC, offering readers a glimpse into the intellectual intrigues surrounding these quirky plays.
For the last division of the magazine, we have the contributions from audience members and observers. Director of Education Sarah Enloe shares her experience working with A Trick to Catch the Old One with our No Kidding Shakespeare Camp for adults. The camp participants did a read-around of the play back in the summer, and Sarah talks about the insights gleaned from working through an unfamiliar text. We also have a great piece for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes workings of the ARS, written by Rhonda Knight, Professor of English at Coker College, who spent the 2010 Ren Season observing rehearsals. She got to watch the construction of the plays in action, and her article is like a mini-documentary of the process. Finally, Cheryl and Mark Keeler, two of our regular patrons, explain why it is their family loves the ARS season so much. Their piece expresses the effervescent joy that I know so many of our audience members feel when watching Ren Season shows.
All in all, I'm ridiculously pleased with how attractive the magazine has turned out. The layout is accessible and inviting, and the pictures really capture the frenetic energy and wild creativity of the Ren Season. My favorite picture, from one of my favorite almost-leapt-out-of-my-seat-with-excitement moment from the 2010 ARS, is on page 21 — but I don't want to ruin the surprise by telling you all what it is.
I'll be posting again early next week, when the magazine will be available in the Playhouse box office and free-of-charge online. I'm so looking forward to putting | 1,181 |
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The Call of Character: Living a Life Worth Living by Mari Ruti Columbia University Press, New York, 2014; 192 pp; $25.00
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In the Preface, the author Mari Ruti begins by referring to one of the "peculiarities" of the book and follows that up by outlining the three "interventions" which run throughout its pages. The peculiarity relates to the presentation of "relatively complex ideas in relatively simple language." Indeed, the double use of the adjective "relatively" in the first sentence is a perfect introduction to what follows which is the ambiguity of postmodern language "in relatively simple language." The reader might ask how complex? or how simple? Well, there is no 'objective' or 'clear' answer or standard. The ambiguity of language is but an expression of the ambiguity of life. And if the reader is confused, then he or she or they are on the right track. The reader will note in square brackets my reactions to the author's relativism.
The three "interventions" are all "meant to counter the manner in which the so-called good life is usually discussed in our culture." Ruti later goes on to explain that this is the life of conformism, of security, of marriage, of a family with its lifelong commitments. It assumes that the good life is the socially prescribed life which crushes our desire, our character, our erotic impulses, which struggle against the straight-jacket of the ideological impositions by Western, capitalist, consumer society. However, "self-cultivation is not a matter of nurturing an essential core of being that makes us who we are, but rather of dwelling in the world in ways that allow us to add ever new layers of meaning into an identity that is always in the process of forming itself.
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STRUMPACK –<|fim_middle|> structure. Hence, the sparse linear solve in STRUMPACK exploits the HSS matrix format to compress the fill-in. Exploiting this structure using a compression algorithm allows for fast solution of linear systems and/or fast computation of matrix-vector products, which are two of the main building blocks of matrix computations. STRUMPACK has two main components: a distributed-memory dense matrix computations package (for dense matrices that have the HSS structure) and a distributed memory fully algebraic sparse general solver and preconditioner. The preconditioner is mostly aimed at large sparse linear systems which result from the discretization of a partial differential equation, but is not limited to any particular type of problem. STRUMPACK also provides preconditioned GMRES and BiCGStab iterative solvers.
Usage and applications: An interface to STRUMPACK is available from PETSc. STRUMPACK is used in the M3D-C1 fusion code and the MFEM finite element library. | STRUctured Matrix PACKage – is a software library that provides linear algebra routines for sparse matrices and for dense rank-structured matrices, i.e., matrices that exhibit some kind of low-rank property. In particular, STRUMPACK uses the Hierarchically Semi-Separable matrix format (HSS). Such matrices appear in many applications, e.g., Finite Element Methods, Boundary Element Methods ... In sparse matrix factorization, the fill-in in the triangular factors often has a low-rank | 100 |
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One word for this floor plan– wow. It's what everyone says when they see it. Sky high ceilings, open floor plan. Everything you are looking for. | 96 |
This year is the 50th anniversary of Jodrell Bank.
Today is also a landmark day for Jodrell Bank – the whole science team are moving from on-site, to Manchester University. While this is probably very practical, I can't help feeling sad that this unique and historic research establishment is dramatically shifting its identity.
I worked at Jodrell from 1994-1995 and thoroughly enjoyed it: 120 scientists in the middle of a field in deepest Cheshire. Remarkably "British" Science – on my first day I was shown around to one of the "workshops" (very slightly more advanced than a garden shed) where someone was building an amplifier for the main dish, and cooling it to under 20 degrees Kelvin, making it one of the quietest amplifiers on Earth.
…today MERLIN's seven telescopes ship 30Gbps, each, to a huge computer cluster at the main facility that processes 150-200Gbps of data in real time – making it one of the most powerful computers on Earth.
The history of J<|fim_middle|> particularly relevant – Jodrell has had equal or better resolution than the HST since before HST launched – and the only reason you don't know that is because NASA have a $20m "marketing budget" to tell the world. That's about the same as Jodrell had to upgrade the entire facility.
Jodrell was mentioned a couple of times in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "… Jodrell Bank looked straight through them [Vogon spacecraft]— which was a pity because it was exactly the sort of thing they'd been looking for all these years … someone decided it was time for a nice relaxing cup of tea" – and happens to be very true: tea at 11am and 3pm was an unmissable part of the day. Everything stopped.
Last year the Lovell Telescope was nominated the UK's greatest 'Unsung Landmark' in a BBC competition. This only scratches the surface. To me, Jodrell Bank is iconic of an entire country of passionate, brilliant scientists, who get little of no recognition for the spectacular work that they do. At various times, Jodrell has had to justify its existence, which is reasonable for any institution to have to do, but I believe that much of its real value is overlooked….
I am delighted that, 13 years after leaving, I will be going back to hear some of my music ("Binary Dust") played at the 50th Anniversary celebrations, right in front of the Lovell Telescope dish.
They are also projecting onto the 76m Lovell dish, which should be quite spectacular – it's at least twice the size of the largest IMAX screen (hope the weather's good!). | odrell Bank and the Lovell Telescope is vast: it's first official task was to identify and track Sputnik – it was the only instrument the West had (at the time) that could do so.
Pulsars and Quasars are amongst the discoveries in which Jodrell was the catalyst. The Cosmic Microwave Background, Masers, Gravitational Lenses, and myriad others are part of the rich mixture of Radio Astronomy research.
Jodrell gets very little mention compared to other facilities, unlike its US counterpart the VLA, or the Hubble Space Telescope. The latter is | 121 |
The Kootenai River Campground is under new ownership and we plan to focus on continually improving the campground and your camping experience. Come stay with us on the beautiful Koot<|fim_middle|> pressure, new washing machines in the laundry room, a solar water pre-heater to ensure hot showers, new fire rings, bbq grills, new picnic tables, and new towels and linens in the cabins.
Located in scenic western Montana, the campground is surrounded by the Kootenai National Forest and bounded by the Kootenai River. A wide variety of outdoor recreational activities are available in the Kootenai including Fishing, Hiking, Backpacking, Kayaking, and Hunting. The Kootenai is truly one of Montana's treasures, with extensive beauty and recreation without the crowds found near the national parks.
Book your next vacation or come visit friends and family today! | enai River in northwest Montana. RV Sites, Tent Sites and Cabins are all available in a scenic wooded location along the Kootenai River just two miles west of the town of Troy, Montana on US Hwy 2.
We are a seasonal campground open from May 1st through October 15th each year. For the 2019 season, we are planning to stay open until the end of November. If you're interested in staying with us late in the season, please give us a call.
Improvements have been made each year, including the addition of WiFi and a newly remodeled restroom/shower house. The WiFi system is being further upgraded for the 2019 season. Some of the other upgrades from previous seasons include a new well for greater water | 161 |
Wall Street Out, Enjoying US Independence day!
The US Dollar recedes from yesterday's highs giving way to most of the metal commodities such as Gold, Silver, etc.
Aluminum & Nickel remain the odd ones out pressured down by the trade tariffs.
Gold is up 0.35% ranging from 1,253.30 – 1,262.40 by 08:20 GMT although by the time of print it had lost a bit of steam.
In the FX arena, it was a jolly morning for most of the other majors as the USD retreated.<|fim_middle|> all Crypto activities reducing trading volumes. However, with the US market closed some investors may jump ship to the crypto for some profit taking.
US Tech stocks are down, however, investors believe it is a great buying opportunity especially for Facebook, Amazon, Google and even Tesla. | However, the potential for some intraday profit taking was dampened.
Asian Shares were down trotting with ongoing trade woes weighing. The Yuan climbed though. However, to dismal mood reached European Markets suffocating the Germany30 (DAX30) to shrink 0.13% trading between 12,299.11 – 12,340.66.
Cryptocurrencies are down as India bans | 92 |
Home > News<|fim_middle|> patterns," said Oakden-Rayner.
The next stage of their research involves analysing tens of thousands of patient images, and the team hopes to apply the same techniques to predict other medical conditions, such as the onset of heart attacks.
"Predicting the future of a patient is useful because it may enable doctors to tailor treatments to the individual," said Oakden-Rayner, | > Industry News > Big data will predict your dea.....
Big data will predict your death
Artificial intelligence has analysed CT scans of the organs in the chests of 48 patients, and predicted who would die within five years with 69% accuracy – comparable to predictions by clinicians, according to the University of Adelaide which led the research.
The most confident predictions were made for patients with severe chronic diseases such as emphysema and congestive heart failure
"Although for this study only a small sample of patients was used, our research suggests that the computer has learnt to recognise the complex imaging appearances of diseases, something that requires extensive training for human experts," said Dr Luke Oakden-Rayner.
A 'deep learning' technique was used, and the researchers have not identified exactly what the computer system was seeing in the images to make its predictions. "Instead of focusing on diagnosing diseases, the automated systems can predict medical outcomes in a way that doctors are not trained to do, by incorporating large volumes of data and detecting subtle | 209 |
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Partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms before midnight. Warm and humid. Low near 75F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Flint Hill School's robotics program placed second in the 2019 Association for Unmanned<|fim_middle|> Anton Tyapkin and Ethan Wood. | Vehicle Systems International Student Unmanned Aerial Systems (AUVSI SUAS) competition. (Flint Hill School)
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Flint Hill School team finds success in robotics competition
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For the second consecutive year, Flint Hill School's robotics program placed second in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Student Unmanned Aerial Systems (AUVSI SUAS) competition, participating in a field that includes 71 universities and four high schools.
With the winning team coming from Canada, Flint Hill placed first among U.S. competitors, besting squads from, among others, Harvard, Purdue, Stanford, Cornell, the U.S. Naval Academy and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology.
The team, led by Devin Host, was awarded $5,700 in prize money for its performance.
Also part of the team were Flint Hill students Grant Host, Owen Krause, Amrith Kumaar, Sebastian Lu, Thomas Norberg, Zach Pabis, Shiv Sharma, Ben Spivy, Charles Stuart, Jacob Trent, | 225 |
Rising Stars: Mikaela Shiffrin
Filed Under:2018 Winter Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin, Olympics<|fim_middle|> events, and she could also add the speed races to her program. If she does, she will be competing against Vonn who is making her return to the Olympics after missing 2014 with an injury. The buzz around what Shiffrin could possibly accomplish has already begun. | , Rising Stars, Ryan Mayer
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With the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of the Games. These athletes are our "Rising Stars" for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
Alpine skiing has had its share of dominant American names through the years. Bode Miller and Ted Ligety on the men's side, Lindsay Vonn and Julia Mancuso on the women's side. Now, there's another young woman looking to etch her name into Team USA Olympic lore: 22-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin. If you watched the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, you likely remember Mikaela's name. She won the gold medal in the slalom at the last Olympics at the ripe old age of 18.
That victory made her the youngest athlete in history, male or female, to win an Olympic slalom gold medal.
Since then, Shiffrin has gone on to win gold in the slalom at the World Championships in 2015 and 2017 as well as a silver medal in the giants slalom in 2017. In her young career, she's already recorded 41 career victories, which is already the second-most of any American woman, behind only Vonn who has 77. In addition, she has reached the podium in 59 of her 123 World Cup starts.
Heading into this year's Olympics, she's been on a tear, as during the 2017 season, Shiffrin racked up six slalom victories, three giant slalom wins and one alpine combined. That's in addition to the gold and silver she took home at the World Championships at St. Moritz, Switzerland and earning her fourth World Cup slalom victory and first ever Overall title.
Shiffrin began as a mostly tech skier (slalom and giant slalom), but has started to add the speed events (downhill and super-G) to her repertoire in recent seasons. She ranked 36th in super-G in the 2016 World Cup standings and followed that up by moving up to 24th last year, ranking 22nd so far in the 2018 season. In the downhill, her improvement has been even sharper, finishing 36th in last year's rankings and currently sitting 2nd in the 2018 season. At the most recent event in Cortina, she finished 3rd, under a half-second behind Vonn.
In PyeongChang, Shiffrin will definitely be racing in the slalom and giant slalom | 587 |
Las Vegas, one of the most visited cities of the world, is a dream city by all means - for various reasons. Many go there to satisfy their craving for gambling, some for the night life, some to get married, others on official work and others to admire the wonderful grandeur of the city with its imposing hotels lining the Strip! No prizes for guessing which category I belong to!
We had visited Las Vegas during our first visit to the US in 2000 when both our sons were students and I fell in love with it<|fim_middle|> parents explored the hotel with the kids.
Then it was time for our show - stand-up comedy by Ray Romano and Kevin James - both my favorites - I am a big fan of Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Doug (The King of Queens). The show was at 10 p.m. at Mirage - just across the road, opposite to The Venetian.
We watched the 'Fire Show' outside Mirage before going to the auditorium. Need I say we thoroughly enjoyed it? After the show both of us satisfied our yearning to relive the experience of taking a short walk admiring the resplendent line of hotels at night.
We hadn't gone around the entire hotel, so we explored the rest of the floors before check-out the next day. We followed the signs and landed on the fourth (or fifth floor - I don't remember which) to check out the crystal blue swimming pool and the beautiful trees and plants in the adjacent garden. Only when we took the elevator to go down to our room did it strike us that these marvels were not on ground level! Amazing!
We were all set for checking out. Suddenly I realized that I hadn't clicked pictures of the ceiling that had fascinated me when we had entered the hotel. It was at the reception, so I followed my son when he went to settle the bill. Wow! Click, click, click went my fingers as I captured the paintings on the walls and ceiling in my camera.
As we were leaving the hotel, I saw an Indian couple walk in with their parents. The daughter was clicking a photo of her sari-clad mother ( reminding me of my earlier visit) against a plain backdrop. I felt like telling them to get in for attractive backdrops adorning the length and breadth of the hotel! | . If at all I wanted to revisit any place it was undoubtedly Las Vegas! Different tourist spots found place in our itinerary during our subsequent visits. Vegas figured in our recent trip. To say that I was excited to revisit Vegas is an understatement.
As we drove into the city of dazzling lights around 8 p.m. the city beckoned us with a colorful and glittering welcome. Our son had booked two rooms in the 'Venetian' for two nights. It felt great checking in at one of the biggest hotels in Las Vegas. Of course all the hotels along the Strip are imposing, awe-inspiring, grand and theme-based. As we entered the reception area of the Venetian to complete the formalities before check-in, the grand paintings on the roof took my breath away.
Soon we were winding our way through the crowd towards the elevator. We had to show our room keys to get past the security guard seated there. We were soon in our rooms - both the rooms were inter-connected. A nice, large, cozy room. As I went towards the large windows to check out the view, the blinds opened as if on cue! Surprised, I turned behind only to see my son smiling - with a remote in hand! How cool was that - operating the blinds with a remote even as you are relaxing on your bed! Next I was looking for a microwave but was disappointed not to find one! Come on, who will want a microwave (except a middle class 'desi' mom) while holidaying for a couple of days in Vegas! Next I opened the fridge to put in the few juice-boxes we had. But there was no scope for putting them in as the fridge was already loaded with snacks and drinks. No sir, not complimentary! In fact my son had already warned us not to unload anything from the fridge. Even if you took out a juice can out of curiosity, the decrease in weight would bee registered and you'd be charged for the item. During an earlier visit, my son had had such an experience - he had put back the can but he had already been billed for it. When he scrutinized the bill during check-out, he noticed it, and explained to the officials and they were obliging. Any calculative person would opt for vending machines rather than the over-priced hotel-room-fridge drinks.
Suddenly we saw gondolas and for a moment seemed to be transported to Venice! The kids were excited to see the man singing as he was ferrying his boat with a couple on board. And there were quite a few of them. We soon seemed to be on the streets of Venice - the cute villas and balconies seemed real! I expected Romeo and Juliet to pop to life! The sky was a light romantic blue and it seemed to be twilight though it was well past 9 p.m. It was because of the special lighting - there was no nightfall there!
Soon we walked towards St.Mark's Square and we had a feast awaiting us - a musical feast - a lady on the flute and two men on a guitar and a violin were belting out melodious numbers. We sat and enjoyed a couple of songs. As we were ready to leave, they started playing another song .... and it rooted us to our seats. I took out my camera and took a video of a part of the song. Wasn't I thrilled to listen to 'mera jootha hai japaani' out there in Las Vegas! Ooh, I had goose bumps. That made my day, I tell you!
Our sons were Grad students then and they took us on a road trip from Colorado to Nevada, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. We reached Vegas around 7 on a Saturday night. I was totally bowled over by the illuminated city dotted with huge hotels with dazzling lights. There was a small debate between the boys about where to check in. The elder one voted for one of the majestic hotels but the younger one opted for a motel. We let them sort it out. On inquiry, we found that 'New York New York' had a couple of rooms for 120$ per day. But junior didn't give the nod. So we drove down the Strip, stopping by a couple of hotels for inquiry: rooms were expensive at 200$ per day. So they decided to get back to 'NY NY'. But within the last 25 minutes, the rates had been hiked to 200$ for the last few rooms remaining! The big bro chided his younger brother for missing out on the deal and quashing his desire to lounge in luxury and extravagance at least for a night. The younger one's argument was that we'd be in the hotel only for a few hours and that too - to sleep! We drove to the end of the Strip and checked in at Motel 6, had a quick dinner of sandwiches and ventured out at 9.
It was fun walking along the crowded Strip (me in a sari, mind you - those were the days!). We walked along gazing at the beautifully illuminated hotels, getting in, seating ourselves in front of slot machines, listening to the excitingly tempting jingle-jangle of coins resonating from all over. We were safe gamblers, so we chose to play at slot machines for 10 c/ 25 c. We won some and lost some but it was fun to collect the jingling coins dropping out from the machine in our plastic bowls!
I don't know when I drifted off to sleep. When I woke up, my husband was preparing coffee. After our cuppa, we decided to explore the Venetian a bit on our own. We had come equipped with coins and seated ourselves in front of a slot machine of our choice (25 c - what else?). We scrutinized it to find the slot for inserting coins. But we couldn't locate it! Instead we saw a sign, "Insert your bill here." We tried to put in a dollar bill (note) but it wasn't accepted. We checked out a few more slot machines and returned to our room disappointed.
Our son explained that coins are no longer in use. We'd have to insert a neat dollar bill of the desired denomination and play as much as we wanted. We'd have to extricate our ticket for the balance amount while leaving a machine and use it at another machine of our choice or exchange it at the cash counter for money. I remembered how thrilled we were during our earlier visit when we scooped the coins raining from the slot machine with our hands into our plastic bowl. This was definitely less exciting in comparison - though the sound of jingling coins had been maintained for effect, the feel of the actual coins was really missing. Oh yes, it's become a virtual world!
After breakfast at one of the eateries inside the hotel, we decided to explore the Strip in daylight before the sun was at its peak. We admired the majestic exterior of Palazzo, Venetian, Harrah's and Paris on the left and Treasure Island, Mirage, Caesar's Palace and Bellagio on the right. It wasn't possible to explore each of these, so we chose one. We went inside Bellagio and tried to compare its ambiance with our Venetian and the walked to their greenhouse where a flood of colors and flowers and vegetables greeted us.
Then as we were returning, I could take pictures of the hotels on the other side - MGM, Bally's, and Paris, Harrah's, Venetian and Palazzo. Phew!
Wasn't that cool? I had all of them captured in my camera within a matter of twenty minutes - an instant gratification! My day was made - yet again!
Of course the thrill of walking down the Strip at night during our first visit was a totally different chew-n-enjoy experience!
What we didn't manage to do on our earlier visit, we did this time. After buffet lunch at a nearby Indian restaurant, we visited Madame Tussaud's in the Venetian. The rest of the day was lined up with shows - first Mac King's magic show with the kids at Harrah's. Then the younger couple went for a show while the grand | 1,690 |
Property LocationWith a stay at Radisson Blu Hotel Oslo Alna in Oslo (Alna), you'll be<|fim_middle|> Oslo. This 4-star hotel is 9.3 mi (15 km) from Aker Brygge and 11 mi (17.7 km) from Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.RoomsStay in one of 348 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and coffee/tea makers.AmenitiesTake advantage of recreation opportunities such as a fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and tour/ticket assistance.DiningSatisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at Restaurant Betula, a restaurant which specializes in local cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.Business, Other AmenitiesFeatured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Oslo? This hotel has facilities measuring 12912 square feet (1200 square meters), including conference space. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite. | within a 15-minute drive of Oslo Spektrum and University of | 16 |
When I think about parenting and motherhood, it conjures images of young families and the frenetic joy and chaos that come with raising young kids. There is the side of parenting that makes me<|fim_middle|>.
My mom has reminded me more than once (admittedly, usually in the context of "you don't call often enough") that she thinks about my brother and me every day. Rather than blow it off, more recently I have started to think about what that really means. I think it is this. While times will continue change, our kids will continue to grow in their independence, and new people will enter our family picture, I will always be their Mom. And she will always be mine.
And a Mom's love trumps everything … including the passage of time. | laugh and smile until my heart overflows with love, that exists with the other side of parenting that at times leaves me half-paralyzed by fear and insecurity. How do I keep them safe, especially when they start to test their wings and learn to fly? Where are my answers to the ever-evolving parenting questions when the issues (and the stakes) seem to get so much higher with each passing year? How do I stop time, because it is slipping away … as I know it must?
I am a worrier by nature. When my daughter was four, giggling and twirling in circles wearing her princess dress trying to make herself dizzy, I was smiling at the same time that I was rushing to push the coffee table out of the way so that she wouldn't bang her head on the corner when she inevitably would fall down in a pink, gauzy heap. When my son at age two decided that he was too big for the toddler play equipment and instead wanted to follow his sister on the big-kid playground, I let him test that independence, and run through the obstacles with his stuffed Elmo in hand, at the same time that I followed right next to him ready to play catch-the-toddler should he fall off. If there was a way to mitigate a risk, I searched it out with the single-minded, not-always-rational, determination of a mother bear trying to protect her cubs.
The process of watching my kids grow and hit new milestones, especially those that marked another step toward independence, left me smiling with pride at the same time that I fought against my internal fears and instinct to pull them back. As all parents do through their journey, I had to learn that I could not protect them from everything. That not every one of my child's problems was mine to solve. That there are lessons in life that can only be learned through the try-and-fail-and-try-again experience of living.
That they are ready to move forward to the next phase in life, even if I am not.
So what makes it all okay? My kids. My college-age daughter who flew home to make omelettes with her mom on Mother's Day morning. My son, who now is four inches taller than I am, cuddling up to me in the same way that he did when he was five. My husband and me watching from the warmth of our house as our almost-grown kids bounced outside under huge golf umbrellas in the rain yesterday, in much the same way they did when they were little with ladybug and puppy munchkin-sized umbrellas. The knowledge that although our family has moved from AYSO and parent-teacher conferences to high school track meets and college finals, we still are one family. We are connected by love, and memories, and friendship | 569 |
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Montage Partners Acquires Southwest Data Products
SAN BERNARDINO, CA – Montage Partners, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce its investment in Southwest Data Products ("SWDP" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of branded cabinets, racks, aisle containment systems, cages and cable management structures used in data centers to house and protect computer networking equipment, in partnership with the Company's founder and CEO, Martin Ament.
Founded in 1986 and headquartered in San Bernardino, California, SWDP serves many of the world's largest and most innovative companies in technology, cloud services and colocation. The Company prides itself on its differentiated focus on offering the highest quality custom-manufactured products and speed of production and delivery. Through end-to-end control over its manufacturing process, SWDP outperforms other providers on structural integrity, aesthetics and speed of delivery.
Montage Partners is proud to partner with Martin and the entire SWDP team to further accelerate the Company's growth initiatives and to build on the Company's track record of success.
Montage Partners was advised by Business Ownership Strategies, LLC, Asenti Diligence Partners and the law firms Brier, Irish, Hubbard & Erhart, PLC and Osborn Maledon, P.A.
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Founded in 2004 and located in Scottsdale, Arizona, Montage Partners is a private equity firm that invests in established companies in the western U.S. with EBITDA between $1 million and $5 million. Above all other investment criteria, Montage Partners invests in exceptional people. Montage Partners provides liquidity to those who have spent years of their life building great companies, protects those companies through a transition of ownership and supports the next generation of a company's leadership in executing on growth initiatives. For more information, please visit www.montagepartners.com.
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The AZGPG promotes the hobby of gardening with a focus placed on the fun<|fim_middle|> -- especially giant pumpkins -- and we're here to help. | of competition and the production of obscenely large healthy vegetables -- with an emphasis on giant pumpkins. We encourage, as well as recognize, all fruits and vegetables on the international competition list.
-- We will share gardening tips and information and help to encourage new membvers and new gardeners.
-- We will, to the best of our ability, treat each and every member equally and fairly.
-- We will continue to improve our organization for the benefit of our members.
The hobby of gardening should be fulfilling, rewarding, and above all fun for everyone involved.
Annually, the Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers Association distributes free seed packs to all its members, giving them the opportunity to grow many varieties of giant vegetables.
The AZGPG organizes patch tours and other training events so members, and interested guests, can benefit from the experience of other growers, and experts, to see first hand how to grow the "Big Ones".
The AZGPG coordinates with members, the Arizona State Fair, and county fair officials, to ensure all giant pumpkins, and giant vegetables, are weighed according to international competition rules.
Each year the AZGPG has a competition for various giant vegetables, with awards to each individual achieving a "Personal Best" -- along with ribbons for placing in the event.
AZGPG members have their entry fee waived at AZGPG sponsored events.
The AZGPG distributes an email newsletter providing growing information, and updates regarding AZGPG activities.
Our preferred method for payment is Paypal. We also accept Checks, or Money Orders.
No matter which way you use to pay dues, or make a donation, be sure to include your name, mailing address, and an email address.
We want to help growers develop friendships, and create goodwill, through our shared hobby of growing giant vegetables in the Southwest Deserts ( to include Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Nevada, and Inland Southern California).
We believe everyone should grow giant vegetables | 391 |
We were on the road from La Fortuna to the Caribbean Coast… after passing lots of banana trucks, we roamed the chaotic traffic of Limon. Driving with open windows, cooling our feet with the air conditioning of our small four-wheel drive, we met the Caribbean Sea. We drove down the coast. Along the road we came across small fruit stands offering mangoes, pineapples, bananas and much more. Wooden "pipa fria" signs showing that people were selling fresh young coconuts to drink (we fell in love with coconut water on this trip). After several kilometres, beach and sea on our left, we arrived in Cahuita and passed the National Park. We drove from pothole to pothole (often the prescribed speed limit was too fast) and our car just pranced on the road. Again the sea on our left, we stopped at a small bridge where an old shipwreck was located on the beach…Puerto Viejo. Crossing this bridge a new world revealed to us like never experienced before.
With walking speed, driving zig zag through this small fishing village, people and bicycles on the road, parked cars left and right, small souvenir shops, bars and restaurants, everything so colorful, everywhere caribbean flair. A small town amidst jungle and ocean. Small wooden fishing boats lying on the beach, where a handful of vultures were waiting on fish remains. Market stands on the roadside where suntanned girls were selling handcrafted jewelry.
Leaving Puerto Viejo, the road continued along the beach, an old caravan parked under palm trees, the hammock fixed on one side of the van, the other side on a tree and two people chilling in the shadow, listening to the waves. Rastamen renting out surfboards and offering surf lessons. Another one was preparing a barbecue or a campfire. Sometimes the smell of tropical flowers entered through the open windows of our car.
High up in the treetops howler monkeys…the way continued. Colourful handpainted signs advertising restaurants and accomodations. Passing a few little bridges, without railings, only wide enough for one car. A dog running along the street, suddenly he sat down and waited…a few metres behind him, a man on a bicycle, driving with one hand on the handlebars, no shirt, no shoes, strolling down the road with his surfboard under his arm. Both turned into the small gravel way where a wooden sign points "playa"… A little further, a few people looking at the trees where a sloth was moving slowly from branch to branch.
After dark, people met up in Puerto Viejo…the air filled with good vibes and chilling reggae-music. The smell of grilled fish, stewed caribbean chicken and fried patacones filling the streets, live music everywhere, couples in love dancing salsa, hippies showing up their karaoke skills, fire dancers at the beach…Sitting on a restaurant's terrace on the first floor, observing all this, we<|fim_middle|> five tiny towns setting along one road embedded with lush jungle and picturesque beaches and the desire not to leave anymore becoming stronger and stronger…the curse has struck again!
Visit Chile – Chilean Adventure, a true one! | realized that we had never experienced a place like this before. It was magical!
At sunrise, a new day began: ticos on their way to work with their rusty bikes. Noisy trucks executing their deliveries, a friendly "hola, buenas" from a woman setting up her fruit stand along the road…Strolling the beach, a young couple practicing yoga, some dogs looking for a new fellow to play, ticos preparing their boats for fishing and additionally, the sound of the waves and the jungle in the back…was this already paradise?
We can't explain what this small town of Puerto Viejo and its surroundings did to us, but if you've been there once, you can't let it go again. And we are not the only ones…so many persons we talked to or read about are feeling exactly the same!
This is why we call it The Curse of Puerto Viejo… During our short stay in 2014, the curse completely caught us. These incredible beaches, the climate, the way how people are celebrating their lives, full of pura vida and this awesome nature with its wildlife… We can't stop thinking of it. We have never imagined falling in love with a place so hard, that all we wanted to do was coming back!
But that's what we did… 8 months later we returned to this magical place to explore it more intensively… | 284 |
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Cow with the Ear Tag #1389
Author<|fim_middle|> Animals like the cow with ear tag #1389.
She explores how the seemingly benign practice of raising animals for milk is just one link in a chain that affects livestock across the agricultural spectrum. Gillespie takes readers to farms, auction yards, slaughterhouses, and even rendering plants. The idea is to show how living cows become food.
The result is an empathetic look at cows and our relationship with them, one that makes both their lives and their suffering real.
Kathryn Gillespie is co-editor of Critical Animal Geographies and Economies of Death.
"What price a glass of milk? In this trenchant examination of the dairy industry, animal-studies researcher Kathryn Gillespie investigates its workings, wastefulness, and impacts on the environment. Gillespie's central focus, however, is the effect on the cows, bulls, and calves involved, before their inevitable slaughter. Her careful field research in auction yards and slaughterhouses shows how the commodification of animals too often leads to severe, and disturbing, health and welfare issues." – Nature
"Positioning her work among such investigative classics as Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, Gillespie uses scholarly methods to bring to light the often hidden side of what it takes to produce such foods as cheese and ice cream. Interviews with dairy farmers and 4-H participants give a fascinating insight into the emotional toll sometimes exacted on humans. Gillespie also vividly describes the deleterious effects of long-term dairy production on the animals themselves, as demonstrated by the titular cow. She succeeds in ensuring her readers will never look at a glass of milk in quite the same way again." – Publishers Weekly
"How to help in a system that prizes profit over compassion is one of the main concerns in the book. .We Americans have decided that some animals— .g., cats, dogs, hamsters, parrots—are companions and that others—e.g., cows, pigs, goats, lobsters—are dinner. We argue over the ethics of those choices, but Gillespie raises a more fundamental question: What do we owe any animal, including the ones from which we take milk? Her answer as implied in The Cow with Ear Tag #1389 is that we should not make them suffer." – Washington Independent Review of Books
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The Cow with Ear Tag #1389 is the journey from a cow to a glass of milk into tangible terms by following the moments in the lives of animals.
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The Cow with Ear Tag #1389 is the journey from a living cow to a glass of milk. Kathryn Gillespie set out to follow the moments in the life cycles of individual animals. | 124 |
Lightly spray a 13 x <|fim_middle|> it that way! | 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
In a medium bowl combine the oats, cranberries, both flours and the baking soda.
In a large mixing bowl beat the butter, applesauce, and Splenda with mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add 2 of the eggs and the vanilla extract; beat until well blended. Add the oat mixture and beat just until blended. Press the dough evenly into the prepared pan; set aside.
Combine the brownie mix, canola oil, water, and remaining 2 eggs in a large bowl; mix just until combined. Stir in the walnuts and spread mixture over the oatmeal mixture in the pan.
Bake brownies at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into 32 bars and store in an airtight container.
Note: This recipe is from a diabetic cookbook. I, however, always cut the dried cranberries down to a little less than 1/2 cup. I never use the amount of dried fruits called for in recipes. That is your choice based on how well your blood sugar is controlled. Mine is controlled but I like to keep | 261 |
Strateris (Limburgs: Straoteris) is een buurtschap in de gemeente Nederweert in de Nederlandse provincie Limburg.
De buurtschap ligt aan de straat Strateris, die vanuit het dorp Nederweert door het buitengebied ten noorden van het dorp loopt.
Oorspronkelijk lag deze buurtschap vrij in het buitengebied. Door nieuwbouw vanaf de jaren 80 van de twintigste eeuw is een deel van Strateris binnen de bebouwde kom van Nederweert komen te liggen.
Etymologie
De naam Strateris is een verbastering van<|fim_middle|>ederweert uit de Gemeente-atlas van Nederland de buurtschap al aangeduid met de naam Strateris.
Geschiedenis
Ontstaan van de buurtschap
Het dorp Nederweert is ontstaan op een hoger gelegen dekzandrug te midden van een uitgestrekt moerassig gebied. De buurtschap Strateris lag op de overgang van de cultuurgronden naar de gemeenschappelijke heidegronden, die met "gemeynt" werden aangeduid. Tegen het einde van de zestiende eeuw nam de bevolking toe. Men was genoodzaakt meer gronden geschikt te maken voor landbouw en veeteelt. Een deel van de heidegronden ten noorden van Strateris werden ontgonnen. Het nieuwe agrarische gebied kenmerkte zich door kleine, onregelmatige, vierhoekige percelen, die van elkaar werden gescheiden door houtwallen en heggen. In het Nederweerter dialect werd dit het hooves gebied genoemd. Door schaalvergroting en ruilverkaveling in de twintigste eeuw verdwenen deze oude landschapselementen.
Bij een volkstelling in november 1849 bleek Strateris te bestaan uit 31 bewoonde huizen en één onbewoond huis. Er woonden toen in totaal 166 inwoners in de buurtschap. Alle inwoners waren lid van de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk.
Zuivelfabriek 'De Ster'
Eind negentiende eeuw waren de lokale boeren genoodzaakt enkele hervormingen door te voeren, onder druk van buitenlandse concurrentie. De bewoners van de buurtschappen Strateris, Bosserstraat, Bloemerstraat en Herstraat besloten in 1894 gezamenlijk een zuivelcoöperatie op te richten. Er werd een kleine zuivelfabriek genaamd 'De Ster' ingericht, waar met behulp van handwerk kwalitatief betere boter kon worden geproduceerd. De fabriek was gelegen aan de Strateris, nabij de kruising met de Hoebenstraat. Vanwege verdere schaalvergroting en de opkomst van met stoommachines uitgeruste zuivelfabrieken werd "De Ster" vóór 1908 alweer opgeheven. Het gebouwtje waarin de fabriek gevestigd was is nog altijd aanwezig.
Tweede Wereldoorlog
Na ruim vier jaar Duitse bezetting arriveerden op donderdag 21 september 1944 de eerste Engelse troepen bij Nederweert. De Engelse pantserwagens kwamen vanuit Maarheeze en probeerden via Strateris het dorp binnen te komen. Er bevonden zich echter ook nog Duitse soldaten in het dorp. Rond vijf uur 's middags wist de Duitse dorpscommandant, die zich verscholen had achter de heg van het huidige pand Strateris 11, een passerende Engelse pantserwagen uit te schakelen door middel van een Panzerfaust. Het voertuig brandde geheel uit en één Engelse soldaat raakte zwaargewond. In de nacht werden er ook nog af en toe schoten uitgewisseld. Uiteindelijk ontruimden de Duitsers in de ochtend van 22 september het dorp en was Nederweert bevrijd.
Naoorlogse bevolkingsgroei
In 1947 was de bevolking van Strateris toegenomen tot 269 personen.
Vanaf de jaren 80 van de twintigste eeuw vond er veel nieuwbouw plaats aan de noordzijde van Nederweert, waardoor een deel van Strateris binnen de bebouwde kom van het dorp kwam te liggen. In 2003 werd aan de westzijde van de buurtschap begonnen met de bouw van de nieuwbouwwijk Kerneelhoven. In 2011 volgde aan de oostzijde de nieuwbouwwijk Hoebenakker.
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Geografie van Nederweert
Buurtschap in Limburg (Nederland) | Straterhuijs, wat de naam van een nabijgelegen huis moet zijn geweest. Tot in de negentiende eeuw stond het toen nog open veld tussen de huidige Bredeweg en Strateris bekend onder de naam Straterhuisveld. Op de omstreeks 1840 vervaardigde Topographische en Militaire Kaart van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden werd de buurtschap nog afgebeeld onder de naam Straeterhuis. In 1866 werd op een gemeentekaart van N | 129 |
These days in Taizé are special, with this program of workshops and round-tables made possible by the presence of so many guest speakers involved in various areas. The wide range of topics, the depth of the exchanges and the participation of all of you make this week a beautiful event of this summer on the hill.
For my part, I returned from Hong Kong, where, with about ten brothers, we had a meeting with 2,500 young people, the seventh Asian stage of our pilgrimage of trust. Words are too weak to convey the intensity of what we experienced. Many Asian countries were represented, including many young people from mainland China—it was beyond all our hopes.
Our songs were translated into different Asian languages. A deep sense of unity marked the meeting, true unity in the great diversity of<|fim_middle|>The Church also has challenges, young people do not feel useful in the Church—we feel like we are not trusted with any responsibility. There were also cases where the Church was taking too much from the people instead of giving; this was covered a lot by the media.
But the good thing about South Africa is that we see issues and address them, because we all want to live a fair and an equal life in peace. There are conversations which have started about land expropriation without compensation; we are hoping for good results.
We are a diverse country, yet such a beautiful one. I hereby invite you to join us in the Taizé meeting that will take place next year in September. Your presence will be really appreciated. There will be an opportunity to come and join us four days before the meeting, to live with the local communities and learn about the beauty and difference of cultures in South Africa. Welcome! | this continent, where Christians are often a minority. We need to pray for these young Christians in Asia.
By the pilgrimage of trust on earth that Brother Roger initiated forty years ago, we want to participate in creating trust between peoples, between Churches and even between different religions. The next stages will be in Madrid, at the end of December, for the next European meeting; in Beirut, Lebanon, next March; in Cape Town, South Africa, in September 2019. In a few minutes I will give the floor to Amanda, a young South African volunteer.
Through prayer, reflection and sharing, we try in each of the gatherings of the pilgrimage of trust to go together to the wellsprings of joy. This was also the topic that I wanted to develop in the four proposals formulated for the year 2018. I would like to speak to you about this now.
Faced with the great challenges that our time is going through, we often find it difficult to remain joyful. Sometimes being joyful may even seem out of step—when so many people experience suffering and when ecological threats become dramatic, some people wonder: is joy an appropriate attitude?
For us Christians, this gift is shared in a life of communion and in praise sung together. Through common prayer, a personal relationship with God and a communion between those who are gathered together are created at the same time.
A sensitivity to joy is awakened by the beauty of certain events, remarkable encounters, lasting friendships, by artistic creation or by the beauty of nature. But it also comes from within: it comes in particular from the love which is shown to us and which gives birth to a happiness that gradually fills the depths of the soul.
Then, little by little, we can better understand that joy is not a kind of exaggerated sentimentality, nor an individualistic happiness that leads to isolation, but the peaceful assurance that life has meaning. Far from an exaltation by which we run away from the problems of our time, it makes us even more sensitive to the distress of others.
When it is rooted in our innermost being, inner joy does not weaken solidarity with others; it nourishes it. It even stimulates us to cross borders to join those undergoing difficulties. It keeps alive in us the perseverance to remain faithful in a life-commitment.
When we become aware of the love that God has for each of us, we find new courage to widen our friendship to include all those entrusted to us and in particular to those who are most vulnerable. In this way, many people devote their lives to children, the sick, the excluded or migrants.
If our communities, our parishes, our youth groups, could become more and more places of goodness of heart and of trust! Places where we welcome each other, where we seek to understand and support each other, places where we are attentive to the weakest, to those who are not in our circle, to those who are poorer than us.
Throughout this week, you have been asking yourselves about the wellsprings of joy and the great challenges of our time. This week of reflection for 18-35 year olds has now become a tradition, so I'm happy to invite you today to take part in the next week of this kind next summer, from August 25 to September 1, 2019.
Finally, I would like to share with you some good news. Saturday evening, during the common prayer, we will welcome a new brother. His name is Yohan, he comes from Indonesia and he will now continue his journey to follow Christ in our community.
His country is currently severely affected by violent earthquakes in one of the many islands of the archipelago. With the young people gathered in Hong Kong, we prayed for the victims and their families in mourning. I would like to say to the Indonesians currently in Taizé: we continue to pray these days for your country.
And now Amanda, from South Africa, will speak to us.
Good evening everyone! My name is Amanda, I'm from South Africa. I am 24 years old. I have been here in Taize for three months as a volunteer. It has been a great experience and I wish I can take this back to my country, living together in peace as a community regardless of our skin colors and languages.
Although South Africa is a beautiful country there is a lot of segregation, a huge gap between the poor and the rich, whites, coloreds and blacks. Racism still exists—in black communities we are squashed together, living in small houses and living in informal settlements, having no privacy and very limited access to resources. But I also want to add that there are also white people who stand in solidarity with us to defend our rights.
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Davis sets state meet record twice in winning pole vault gold
Kyla Davis clears the bar at 12-feet, nine-inches on her way to a gold medal and a new state meet record in the class 6A State Track and Field Championships. (Photo by Chuck Reherman)
MOORE – At the start of the season, Kyla Davis' first goal was to clear 12-feet.
The Yukon sophomore achieved that goal not once, but five times and with two years remaining in her high school career, the sky is now the limit.
Davis not only cleared 12-feet to set a personal best, but she broke the Oklahoma State Track and Field Championships meet record in winning gold medal in the class 6A state meet. And, she set the record once, then broke it again.
Davis cleared 12-9 to win the gold medal in a runaway. She had cleared 12-1 earlier to set the state meet record, then went eight inches higher.
She had three good attempts at 13-feet, two-inches, but saw the bar slip off each time.
"I'm so proud of my teammates and myself for doing as well as I did," Davis said. "It was a good meet. I just incredibly happy and excited that I set the record. Going for it, I was thinking to go as hard as I can and do my best. And, if I don't make it, I still did my best and would be happy with that.
"I went for 12-9 to raise the state meet record and to push my personal record before I went for the state record," she said. "It is a great feeling to set the record twice and means you had a good day. You can always leave with a smile after that.
"The second attempt at the state record I felt close. I did have more in me to get at the top of my jump. I probably needed a bigger pole, but we will get there."
With 21 vaulters in the competition, it did take some time for Davis to even enter the competition. She did not come in until the bar was raised to 10-6 and by that time, most of the field was out of the competition. She won the gold at that height since no one vaulter cleared the mark.
She passed at 11-0, cleared 11-6, then cleared 12-1 and followed that with a 12-6.
"The wait didn't really bother me," Davis said. "I looked at as a rest and I tried not to think about it much. I stayed focused the whole time and blocked out most things around me.
"There were a few left at 10-6 when I came in and that allowed me to get more into a rhythm when I started jumping," she said.
Yukon did go in looking for a 1-2-3 sweep in the pole vault. But, it didn't work out quite that way. Maycie Reed finished fourth at 10-0 and Kenadi Hamilton was ninth at 9-6.
"Our goal was to finish in the top three," Davis said. "They have helped me so much. Just them being there helped keep me in a good attitude. Had they not been there, my thought process might be completely different.
"My main focus from here on out is to keep woring and getting better. My main focus is technique first off and then getting on bigger poles. I'll be competing in a few meets over the summer."
The Millerettes had qualified only two events to<|fim_middle|> that she and her parents wanted to give it a shot. That is probably the key to the success all three vaulters have had the past few years is that they all have tremendous family support."
We were all really happy with our 4×400 team, when the year started we weren't thinking about the state track meet with this relay team. They started the outdoor season running 4:30 and at one point ran a 4:38. At the state meet they ran a 4:15, Rayburn, Downing, and Reyes all three ran their fastest splits of the season and Allen ran hard on the last leg. I am really pleased with how much they have worked this year and how much they improved.
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Patriots face Grandfield for No. 2 spot in C-2 | state, but head coach Rod Zimmerman felt his team had a good season.
"We were really happy with the way our girls competed at the state meet," Zimmerman said. "Kyla has vaulted well all year, the entire vault crew has really vaulted well and have been a dominant force from meet to meet. They put in a lot of work and it was good to see that pay off for them, just getting into that state meet isn't a given in an event like the pole vault you can easily have a bad day.
"Kenadi didn't have the full results we had hoped for, for her but she has been back and fourth clearing 9-6 to 10-0 pretty much meet," he said. "She had trouble at 10-foot and if she could have cleared it she may have made the medal stand. Either way we are proud of her, she had a great season and was part of a great group.
"I'm Really proud of Maycie also. She probably had less time vaulting then the others this year but still put together a great season and made the medal stand in fourth place.
"Kyla is kind of special in this event vaulting higher than most vaulters are going to get to in their career and she is only a sophomore. She is pretty competitive and even competes with herself to reach higher vaults. Kyla is our first state champion since 2002. Thats pretty good for a girl I met in the hall as a seventh grader and suggested she try pole vault. I am really glad | 320 |
Join our friendly group for all of or part of our 10-week term.
We provide three male or female life models during the term. Each model holds a pose for three consecutive weeks producing either Portrait or Life studies. A final 'finishing off' week is available should you need to touch up and finish your pieces.
Some experience of clay modelling or sculpture is required for this course as there will be no teaching as such. Karin Ort will however facilitate a critique once a day<|fim_middle|> any queries you may have: 07890 161305. | .
A thorough understanding of the anatomy of the human figure in its ideal form is fundamental to relating to, and interpreting, our perception of the world.
The price for this course is £230 for the 10 week term. Additional costs do apply for clay and firing.
There will be extra charges for clay and firing, which are variable depending on size of work you wish to produce. Tea, coffee and biscuits are included.
Do call Karin to chat through | 95 |
Q: prototype to jquery event delegation I'm trying out jquery as a javascript library over prototype<|fim_middle|> do something with $(e.target)
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else if($(e.target).is('.bar1'))
{
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$('wrapper').observe('click', function(event) {
var foo = Event.findElement(event, '.foo1');
if (foo) // do something
var bar = Event.findElement(event, '.bar1');
if (bar) // do something else
});
So this means only one click handler is placed on the document.
I know jquery has live/delegate methods, but it seems you need to provide the selector in the call (unless I'm mistaken?). Is there a similar way to have just one click handler and do something similar? Or is it better to split them up as separate events?
Thanks
A: I think it's a bit cleaner to split them up. When you look at the result it's a bit cleaner/easier to maintain. Here's what .delegate() would look like:
$('#wrapper').delegate('.foo1', 'click', function(event) {
// do something for .foo1
})).delegate('.bar1', 'click', function(event) {
// do something for .bar1
});
To answer the question yes you can have a single handler, for example:
$('#wrapper').delegate('.bar1, .foo1', 'click', function(event) {
if($(this).is('.foo1') // do something for .foo1
if($(this).is('.bar1') // do something for .bar1
});
There are also other approximate methods, e.g. with .click() and $.contains(). But this and other methods are less efficient and a bit harder to maintain, at least to me, you can decide what's best, but I'd personally go with the 2 handlers in this case.
A: I'm trying to replicate your example in jQuery (NOTE: As Nick pointed out in the comments, this might not work in all cases as you would like it to. Nick's answer shows a better approach with jQuery's .delegate().):
$('#wrapper')
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'click',
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{
if($(e.target).is('.foo1'))
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The Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Conference 2017 will take place on the <|fim_middle|>.
The event features an exhibition of the latest offerings keeping the industry secure, a high-powered panel discussion on future trends in the fight against money laundering, and a break away session covering technological advancements. This is an event that anyone dealing with GRC, AML, financial crime, sanctions and screenings, KYC, compliance and regulation, cannot afford to miss. | 08 & 09 November 2017 at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways, Johannesburg. The conference, organised by Trade Conferences International, features over 20 speakers, who will highlight the latest challenges, trends and strategies in combating money laundering and financial crime. This two-day event for industry professionals to discuss, dissect and engage with pertinent issues facing anti-money laundering and financial crime, follows the very successful 2016 instalment of the event, where nearly 200 attendees were present from all major banks and leading industry services providers.
Get updated on the latest trends and challenges affecting anti-money laundering, financial crime, compliance, due diligence and regulation at this year's Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Conference | 152 |
When you're a widow, the amount of emotions that can cycle through your entire body at any given time is unfathomable. I deal with so many conflicting emotions on a daily basis and it's exhausting and overwhelming. In one<|fim_middle|>, started building a new life for myself that I found suitable, and I hoped that Matt was okay with it too, wherever he may be. Instincts have a way of helping you rebuild even if it doesn't feel like you're doing anything.
It's so hard to think that anything good can come out of the worst thing to ever happen to you. How can life be better in any way, after being thrown into such a deep, dark hole? Well, as you're climbing out of that hole, you gain a lot of skill and strength. When you have been stuck in the darkness, you gain a new appreciation for the light. Life seems to have more meaning when you learn firsthand how fleeting life can really be. I chose to not let that fact be scary, but more of an opportunity to love and appreciate life in a way that I never had before so that I can feel good about what I have done, no matter when my time may come.
I remember feeling so inspired by Matt's service because of how many people came, and how everyone had so many wonderful things to say about him, all following a similar pattern. I always drew inspiration from Matthew, but it was really nice to see that he had a positive impact on so many other people as well. I hope that I can have a similar impact on this earth as Matthew, preferably with more time (is that in poor taste? Oh well, he will understand). | given moment, I can feel so many different things. I am often joyful and melancholic at the same time. Or I tend get excitable but also terrified at the same time, as if excitement is somehow dangerous. I have the urge to keep pushing forward while also wanting nothing more than to collapse and quit. But I just keep chugging along, hoping for the best.
I have some parts of my life that I am so happy with at this point in time. And that in itself has been really hard to cope with. It's really hard to accept happiness and joy into your life when you're shattered. You don't want to be happy in a world void of your person. Initially, happiness feels just plain wrong. It doesn't resonate and it feels icky, like you're cheating on your spouse or something. Or that you aren't "grieving right" as if there's a right or wrong way to grieve. Or this belief that you're supposed to remain sad for a certain amount of time. But here's the thing. No one is always sad, and no one is always happy. Happiness does find a way back into your life. I am currently learning how to accept that my life and my personality have changed in a lot of positive ways and this hasn't had only a negative impact on me as a person.
It's inevitable, though, if you think about it. You can't stay stuck in one spot your whole life. Time and biology simply don't allow that. We just keep moving forward with the rest of the world, and life/time has a way of helping you repair. Your brain eventually begins to process and accept what happened, you learn new coping skills, you adapt to your new normal. And eventually, the weight does begin to lift. I felt that I had a choice: to let this ruin me, or to take it in stride as best as I can and take what bits of good that I can forward with me.
I have already learned so much about life, humanity, and myself throughout this process and it's only been about 13 months. I have learned to be more compassionate and I have learned how resilient I am. I made new friendships | 447 |
I'm from a small town called Bateau Bay , which is about one and a half hours drive from Sydney, Australia.In 2006, I completed the CELTA course, which entitles me to teach English as a second language. I came to Poland in August 2006 to work as an English teacher at Intensity School of Angielski in Rybnik. I spent two years there teaching the" Callan Method ." In 2009, I worked as head teacher at Progressive School of English, teaching Avalon Direct English . Throughout this time I taught adults and children , from beginners to advanced CAE students. I have also taught in many Polish companies . From 2007-2010 I worked<|fim_middle|> that it's not just teaching but it's also changing lives, and it's something I'll be doing for a very long time, I am always excited for change and trying out new things which is why I am so excited for this opportunity to teach English in Poland and experiencing the Polish Culture and of course joining the Pascal Connect Team.
I'm a former behavioral therapist from Los Angeles California. However, within the last two years, I've been traveling around the globe as an educator. On my travels, I have worked with several unique individuals and have had the pleasure of learning about different cultures, customs and traditions. I'm extremely excited to have the opportunity to teach in Poland and continue to explore the beautiful diversity of our planet. More specifically I am happy to have the opportunity to work in a community and fully embrace the Polish way of life while sharing my travels and culture via my native tongue.
I was born in Stockholm, Sweden and grew up on the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. After many years in the administrative field, I decided to change my career to teaching English as a foreign language. This was to enable my desire to travel the world as well as to help make a difference in the lives of students internationally. It was one of the best decisions I ever made.
In January 2017, I obtained my TESOL certificate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where I also taught until the end of June that year. From Vietnam I went to Colombia, South America where I was a volunteer teacher for four months.
On arriving back in Trinidad for Christmas, I decided that Europe would be my next destination, so here I am in Poland teaching at Connect since February 12th 2018. I am thoroughly enjoying the Polish way of life, and have loved sharing many aspects of my Caribbean culture with my students.
In my free time, I enjoy reading, exercising and practicing yoga.
Hello, I'm Jasmine! I'm 26 years old and I come from Canada. I have family in Switzerland and Germany, so I'm really excited to travel Europe :)! In my free time, I like to play video games, read and find new cakes to eat. I love the snow and the winter months, and I wilt in the summer. I'm TEFL certified by Protocol UK, and majored in English at Thompson Rivers University. I have a passion for teaching English, and had the pleasure of living in China for a few years and teaching there.
I'm so excited to be here in Poland with my little family of my boyfriend and our kitty, and I can't wait to meet my students and get started on this new adventure!
Hi there! My name is Jeremie, I'm 23 years old and I come from Canada. My father was born in France so i had the opportunity to visit many countries in Europe during my childhood. I have particularly fond memories of Scotland. That being said, this will be the first time I go to Poland. I am absolutely stocked to discover everything about this country!
In 2015 I left for China where i taught English for roughly two years. It's during my time there that I discovered my love of teaching. I honestly can't picture myself doing anything else. I completed my TEFL certification with Protocol UK and I studied English at Thompson Rivers University.
I enjoy reading books, playing drums, listening to music and playing video games. I believe that traveling is the best way to get a new perspective on life and to grow as a person. That's why I just can't wait to see what Poland has in store for me!
I come from a thriving creative city in Southern Ontario, Canada, called St. Catharines. It is here where I began my passion for the visual arts. This passion followed me throughout my tenure at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, where I attained my Bachelor of Fine Arts, circa 2014. Since graduating University, I acquired a strong desire to get out and explore! I have had the privilege of travelling throughout most of Canada, from the East Coast of Prince Edward Island to the West of Victoria, British Columbia. These trips only inspired me further to continue my travels and experiences! As such, I became interested in teaching English as a valuable career path for myself, satisfying both my love of travel and my desire to teach. I completed the TEFL/TESOL/TESL course in March 2018 from Oxford Seminars. I had been offered contracts from Japan, China, and Spain, but the opportunity that struck of highest importance to me came from Pascal Connect in Rybnik, Poland. I am beyond excited to begin this journey with Pascal Connect, and to truly dive into the Polish culture! I look forward to growing as a professional as the students and I collectively meet challenges and victories throughout our time together!
Hello. My name is Natalie. I am from the city of Johannesburg in South Africa.
I have travelled abroad to different countries and embraced new cultures and learnt new languages while pursuing my career in education. In my spare time, I enjoy writing, reading and playing sport. I had the opportunity to complete my TEFL in Thailand which was an awesome experience. Teaching English has always been my passion and I love working with children which is why I am excited for this opportunity to teach English in Poland and experience the Polish way of life!
Hello! My name is Savannah Scott and I am from Albuquerque, New Mexico which is in the southwestern part of the US. I recently completed my CELTA in Berlin and I'm very excited to start my teaching career in Poland. I completed a short volunteer service in the US Peace Corps in Guatemala where I studied Spanish and lived in a rural mountain village. This experience taught me a lot about cultural immersion and I learned how much I enjoy working and living at the local level in different countries. Teaching English will give me the opportunity to live and work in many places around the world including Poland. I visited Poland a few years ago and fell in love with the beauty and the food so I can't wait to live in Poland and experience everything this country has to offer.
Hi, my name is Ashley. I'm from North Carolina in the United States but I've lived in many places all over the world. Most recently I lived in Los Angeles while I finished a master's degree in Intercultural Studies, and before that I lived in Asia. I taught English in Japan for three years and loved it, so I decided to try teaching in Poland! I love traveling, and Poland is the 30th country that I have been to. While I'm here I want to explore more of Eastern Europe and learn Polish. I also enjoy reading, spending time outside (especially hiking and snowboarding), playing guitar, and baking. I love learning about other cultures and sharing my own, so I hope we can share a conversation someday! | for English Country Schools as a teacher and manager, where I had the pleasure to meet children from all over the world. I have also had work experience at a summer school in Italy and summer camp in the USA In August 2010, Paul Clement and I opened CONNECT School of English in Żory and then in Rybnik in August 2012. Since that time, we have also developed the CONNECT English Method for Polish students, which we are very proud of. Since opening, all our staff have worked hard to develop and achieve an excellent reputation for high quality teaching and a friendly and fun learning atmosphere. I'm very excited about co-operating with Pascal School and watching CONNECT to continue helping our students reach their goals in English.
If I had to describe my teaching style – well, it's probably better to ask one of the hundreds of students I have taught in the years since I came here. But I would say that my teaching style is very dynamic and spontaneous, and students not only have to speak English in my lessons, but think in English as well. Many students have succeeded in passing important exams, partly due to my help. I also like to travel and especially travelling in Poland. This country has a lot to offer and I plan to explore it for many years!
Hello. My name is Sthe, I am from a city called Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. I travelled to Thailand where I got the opportunity to complete my TEFL course which entitled me to Teach English As A Foreign Language I've been Teaching and living in Thailand for over a year now. The reason why I actually love teaching English is that it made me realise | 338 |
Home » News » Environment » Climate change co–ordinator plans to lead the way
Korey McKay Haliburton County's first climate change co-ordinator started at the county last fall. She comes to the position with an undergrad in science and business and as a graduate of the Master of Climate Change program at the University of Waterloo. /SUE TIFFIN Staff
Environment21 January 2020
Climate change co–ordinator plans to lead the way
By Sue Tiffin
Korey McKay is in the unique position of working in a job that didn't exist two years ago when she enrolled in a master's program that would eventually enable her to work in the role.
McKay joined the county last fall as climate change co-ordinator after graduating from the Master of Climate Change program at the University of Waterloo. The position was developed last year to "support the County of Haliburton's initiative on Climate Change (mitigation and adaption)" with McKay's role to "direct co-ordinate plan implement and monitor the County of Haliburton climate change plan" according to the job posting.
Originally from Bowmanville McKay first enrolled at the University of Waterloo to study in the science and business degree program. She gained experience in governance working federally in environmental compliance and provincially with the Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund as well as for the Ministry of Natural Resources in Peterborough before starting grad school in 2018.
McKay wanted to work at the community level which she<|fim_middle|> of course voting is very important either on the ballot or with our dollar."
Since learning how climate change is linked to other social and economic issues McKay said it's what she wanted to devote her energy and time toward.
"For me it's more of an equity injustice issue that those who are least responsible for the problem face the worst impact" said McKay. "To me that's probably the worst part of this whole problem and I think maybe a lot of people don't realize that. It's usually our wealthier well-developed countries [that] spew out all the greenhouse gas emissions but it's those who live in more developing areas or small island states that are experiencing the droughts the floods."
McKay is excited to be in a role in which she feels she can make influence in the climate world.
"It's kind of exciting because I try to look at what other municipalities are doing because we have so much to learn from each other but there's not a lot of municipalities our size [taking action] so we're kind of going to be a leader in that way." | said generally means working for a municipality or non-profit.
"Coming out of my master's I wanted to work at the community level because you see a lack of action at the global and national level and it can get kind of disheartening" she said noting that many hopeful stories come out of community-level action. "We not only control a lot of the greenhouse gas emissions and respond to the impacts at a local level but also what you do at a local level can almost be treated as a case study that can be replicated elsewhere so it's sort of a more bottom-up approach to climate change."
The county's climate change plan has three main phases corporate mitigation corporate adaptation and community mitigation and adaptation.
"Corporate refers to our municipal operations and services and community refers to the county as a whole" she told the Echo. "Mitigation involves reducing greenhouse gas emissions – the causes of climate change – and adaptation involves reducing the negative impacts of climate change – the effects of climate change."
Following the Partners for Climate Protection program in which municipalities become a member McKay will work through a five milestone process.
"The first step was doing our greenhouse gas inventory for our corporate operations the next phase is setting targets to reduce our emissions and the next phase is to write the actual plan and implementing and monitoring it as time goes on" she said. McKay presented on a corporate climate change target last week to county council and is writing a plan to adopt targets specific for each of the lower-tier municipalities which she will present at council meetings as soon as February.
"It's a mix of being sort of an aspirational target but also looking at our inventory and thinking OK what do we have the power to change and especially within the next 10 years. So making some calculations on if we change this truck to a hybrid where does that leave us what percent reduction. The process is always tricky because we have a growing population and we're not going to eliminate any services so it's more so looking at how we can make efficiencies and reduce our emissions."
McKay said she understands the community has an interest in climate change which she called a "strong positive." Phase 3 of the plan involves consultation with the community.
McKay herself has made lifestyle changes to do more in her personal life toward environmental sustainability including adopting a vegetarian lifestyle and bringing her own reusable bags and cutlery.
"I think what individuals can do gets a lot of attention and I think going forward corporations and government should get more pressure" she said. "I do think individuals have a large role to play whether that be eating less meat flying less reducing their car travel but you can't put too much pressure on yourself. For example living in Haliburton [County] you kind of have to drive around and not all of us can afford an electric vehicle. We can put in as much effort as we can with being an individual but | 573 |
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Deepika and Ranveer look totally in love.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are back in Mumbai.
DeepVeer wed at the Villa del Balbianello overlooking Lake Como in Italy, in a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin ceremony on Wednesday, November 14, and a Sikh ceremony on Thursday, November 15.
The couple arrived in Mumbai early on Sunday, November 18, and were spotted at Ranveer's building, Shree, in Bandra, north west Mumbai, which was all decked up for DeepVeer's arrival.
The couple walked hand-in-hand and posed for the cameras.
Deepika wore a bright red and gold outfit, the sindoor prominent in the parting of her hair. Her husband wore a subdued pink and gold jacket, no Ranveersque sartorial flamboyance, thank you!
At Mumbai airport, Ranveer escorted his bride to the car as huge crowds gathered to get a glimpse of Bollywood's new Missus and Mister.
Deepika and Ranveer will head to Bengaluru, Deepika's home town, where the first reception will be | 277 |
Prime Rate Vs. Discount Rate
by Kristie Lorette
Discover how the prime rate and the discount rate may relate to your small business.
chart image by DXfoto.com from Fotolia.com
1 Fed Funds Vs. LIBOR
2 Short-Term Interest Rates Affect What Types of Borrowing?
3 How Does the Key Interest Rate Compare to a Prime Rate?
4 How Is a Mortgage Interest Rate Calculated?
The prime rate and the discount rate are both interest rates that the federal government uses. The Federal Reserve sets both interest rates. While the prime and discount rates have several similarities, they also have some important differences ranging from purpose to use. It's important for a small-business owner who may be obtaining loans to finance a new business or cover ongoing financial needs to understand how the prime rate and the discount rate ultimately relates to the interest rate he pays on loans.
The Federal Reserve uses the prime rate as an index for various types of loans such as home equity lines, mortgages and more. The discount rate is the interest rate that banks in the U.S. banking system, or Federal Reserve system, use to make loans to other banks within the system.
The prime rate and the discount rate only change when the Federal Reserve Board of Governors meets and decides to change the rates. The prime rate is a short-term rate, but not as short-term as the discount rate, which is typically an overnight lending rate. Generally, the Federal Reserve changes the rates when intervention is necessary to send a cash influx into the economy or to pull some of the money in the U.S. economy out of circulation.
<|fim_middle|>Reasons for Change in Prime Interest Rate
How Do Banks Respond to a Lower Discount Rate?
The Effect of a Promissory Note
What Happens to the Interest Rate During a Recession?
Variable Vs. Fixed Interest Rate | Generally, when the prime rate drops, this causes consumer loan interest rates to drop. The lowering of the interest rate often spurs an increase in consumer borrowing such as mortgage refinancing, purchase mortgages, personal loans and more. A similar effect occurs when the Federal Reserve changes the discount rate. When the discount rate drops, banks tend to borrow more from each other. When the rate goes up, borrowing tends to decrease in volume.
The prime rate the banks use as the basis or index for consumer loans is the prime rate that the Wall Street Journal publishes. The prime rate is a federal interest rate, so it does not vary from state to state. The discount rate is not a rate that is publicized in a general publication. Rather, it's an internal figure that banks in the U.S. banking system use.
The prime rate is a rate index, which means that lenders add a margin to the prime rate to determine the interest rate the lender charges consumers. For example, if the prime rate is 2.75 percent and the margin a bank adds to a home equity line of credit is 2.25 percent, then the interest rate is 5 percent (2.75 plus 2.25). The discount rate, on the other hand, is not an index, so the set is the rate used, without adding a margin to determine the rate banks pay on loans to each other.
Federal Reserve Board: The Discount Rate
Wall Street Journal Prime Rate: Prime Rate
Kristie Lorette started writing professionally in 1996. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and multinational business from Florida State University and a Master of Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University. Her work has appeared online at Bill Savings, Money Smart Life and Mortgage Loan.
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Do you want a stable career? Switch<|fim_middle|>% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms, compared to 30% in 2021. In addition, global cloud revenue is set to reach $474 billion this year, up from $408 billion in 2021.
As legacy and enterprise businesses make their move to the cloud, and an ever increasing number of new businesses begin operations from a cloud-native standpoint, it's a good time to be working in the sector. If you're looking for a new job, we're looking at three companies which are hiring below, and there are lots more roles to discover on the Tech.eu Job Board.
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Based in Pune, the Silicon Valley of India, and Mumbai, eClerx is an Indian IT consulting and outsourcing multinational company which is engaged in providing solutions to Fortune 500 companies around business process management, automation and analytics services. The company employs more than 15,000 people globally and is currently hiring for roles which include senior agile software developer and data architect.
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Global professional services company, Accenture has leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. It is one of the most prestigious and largest firms in the consulting industry and employs more than 674,000 people worldwide, in 50 countries. The company is currently hiring for a range of technical roles which include MDM engineer, oracle/java developer, and internet, software and platforms strategy manager.
Check out all Accenture's open roles here.
The world's number one jobs site, Indeed's website achieves over 250 million unique visitors per month, and it is available in more than 60 countries and 28 languages. Since 2004, Indeed has given job seekers free access to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites and job boards. It is hiring for a number of roles including software engineering jobs.
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Kirstie McDermott 02 September 2022
There is no doubt that tech layoffs have impacted Europe. Through the late spring and summer the headcount cuts kept coming. Second hand car marketplace Cazoo announced plans to cut 15% of its workforce, while the previously untouchable Fintech giant Klarna announced plans to lay off 10% of its global employees.
Many tech companies went on hiring sprees during the pandemic, for example those involved in online retail and delivery services, which saw a boom during that period. Now, with fears of a looming recession, and soaring inflation dampening consumer spending, many of these same companies are cutting costs and preserving cash.
But headcount culls don't tend to impact an entire company. Often it is particular projects or departments that get chopped. For example, Snap is beginning a lay off of 20% of its employees across its hardware division, Zenly (a social mapping app), and a team that works on games and mini apps within Snapchat. Similarly, payments company Stripe laid off about 50 employees working on TaxJar, a tax compliance startup it acquired in 2021.
Cloud confidence
In a slightly shaky tech environment, cloud jobs remain a good bet. When both Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and Microsoft announced their quarterly earnings in late July, the biggest highlight was that cloud was the winner for both.
Both companies did well from their cloud businesses, with Microsoft's server and cloud revenue increasing by 26%, driven by Azure and its other cloud services, which saw sales growth of 46%. Similarly, Google Cloud revenue was up 36%, year on year.
The pace of digital transformation has rapidly increased thanks to the pandemic. A McKinsey Global Survey discovered that companies have accelerated the digitisation of their customer and supply-chain interactions and of their internal operations by three to four years, and that the share of digital or digitally enabled products in their portfolios has accelerated by seven years.
In 2020 when Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivered the company's first Covid-era quarterly earnings report, he highlighted the pace of change too. "We've seen two years' worth of digital transformation in two months. From remote teamwork and learning, to sales and customer service, to critical cloud infrastructure and security – we are working alongside customers every day to help them adapt and stay open for business in a world of remote everything."
The sector is only set to grow. Gartner says that by 2025, 95 | 545 |
The 12 Best Superfoods You've Never Heard Of
By Eat This, Not That!
It's time to rethink how you feel about your weekly grocery shop—starting with the shop itself. Your local market may feel like a sterile, fluorescent migraine of marketing come-ons and disillusioned checkout teens—or, in some cases, an overwhelming bounty of overpriced organics. But imagine it instead as a vast frontier of hidden treasures and untold adventures, a place packed with new sights, flavors, and textures.
See, most big supermarkets are loaded with cool foods that you have never tried—exotic fruits from the Amazon, heirloom vegetables nurtured by family farmers, spices and herbs from Asia, ancient grains loved by civilizations long forgotten. Of course, there are plenty of Frankenfoods concocted by food marketers, but there are even more stalks and roots and vines that have been grown for centuries that deserve more attention.
The great thing about these 12 superfoods below is that they're phenomenally nutrient-dense and nutrient-diverse, meaning they bring potent quantities of the vitamins and minerals we need every day. The next time you head to the store, find them and discover new flavors, unique sensations—and a healthier, happier you.
1. Amaranth
Like quinoa, this nutrient packed seed is native to the Americas and was a staple of the Incan diet. The grain-like seeds have a mild, nutty taste.
Why it's healthy: Gram for gram, few grains can compete with amaranth's nutritional portfolio. It's higher in fiber and protein than wheat and brown rice, it's loaded with vitamins, and it's been shown in studies to help lower blood pressure and harmful LDL cholesterol.
How to eat it: Amaranth cooks up just like rice, but it's even more versatile. Toss it with grilled vegetables as a bed for chicken or steak, or with apples, almonds, and goat cheese for a serious salad.
2. Pu-erh Tea
A fermented Chinese tea with an earthy flavor, Pu-erh has been shown in animals to lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.
Why it's healthy: To discover the<|fim_middle|>, and for less carbs.
7. Holy Basil
This popular Indian herb, also known as tulsi, is the ideal ingredient for infusing freshness and flavor into almost any meal.
Why it's healthy: Animal studies have shown that natural chemicals in holy basil may help fight diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. You can find it at Asian specialty stores and farmers' markets, but if you're short on time, try fresh sweet basil, available at your local grocery store.
How to eat it: Fresh is best. Chop up a healthy dose of the herb and scatter it on scrambled eggs, soups, or stir-fried dishes.
8. Hemp Seed Nuts
Similar in taste to sunflower seeds, these nuts are derived from hemp seeds, which are also used to grow cannabis. (We know what you're thinking. The answer is no.)
Why they're healthy: By weight, hemp seed nuts provide more high-quality protein—6 grams per tablespoon—than even beef or fish. Each nut is also packed with heart-healthy alphalinoleic acid. Find them in your local health-food store or in the natural-products section of your grocery store.
How to eat them: Enjoy straight from the bag, or sprinkle a handful on salads or in your morning oatmeal.
9. Mung Beans
Commonly eaten in China and India, these beans have a tender texture and a sweet, nutty flavor.
Why they're healthy: Sure, they're high in potassium, iron, and fiber, but they're also 24 percent protein. What's more, unlike many other legumes, mung beans retain most of their high levels of vitamin C even after they're boiled.
How to eat them: Boil dried mung beans until tender and add them to your next salad. Their natural sweetness will add flavor without piling on extra calories or sodium.
10. Nori
This algae is popular in Japanese cuisine—you'll recognize it as the dark wrap holding your spicy tuna roll together. It adds a slightly salty, mineral flavor to soups, salads, and sushi.
Why it's healthy: High in fiber and protein, nori also contains a triple dose of cancer fighters, including phytonutrients called lignans, which have been shown to help prevent tumor growth. Look in the international section of your market.
How to eat it: Roll your own sushi, or for instant use, grind pieces in a coffee grinder and use the powder as a salt substitute to season dishes.
11. Peppadew Peppers
These sweet-and-spicy fruits look like a cross between a cherry tomato and a red pepper. Native to Africa, they're popular with chefs in the United States.
Why they're healthy: One-third cup of peppadews packs heart-protecting vitamin B6, cancer-fighting lycopene, and a day's worth of vitamin C. Find this fruit in the salad section of upscale grocers like Wegmans.
How to eat them: They're great tossed in a salad with avocado and almonds or in a simple pasta with olive oil and garlic. The compact peppers are also perfect for stuffing: For a killer snack or appetizer, try filling them with a hunk of fresh mozzarella or goat cheese.
12. Sunchokes
These vegetables are also called Jerusalem artichokes, but they're neither related to artichokes nor are they from Israel. They look like gnarled potatoes and have a nutty, slightly sweet taste.
Why they're healthy: Sunchokes contain fructooligosaccharides, sweet fibers that promote gut health and may help boost immunity.
How to eat them: Try sunchokes as an alternative to French fries. Slice them into matchstick slivers, toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper, and bake at 350°F for about 15 to 20 minutes.
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7 Low-Cal Menu Combos Every Chipotle Addict Needs to Know | brew's fat-crusading powers, Chinese researchers divided rats into five groups and fed them varying diets over a two month period. In addition to a control group, there was a group given a high-fat diet with no tea supplementation and three additional groups that were fed a high-fat diet with varying doses of pu-erh tea extract. The researchers found that the tea significantly lowered triglyceride concentrations (potentially dangerous fat found in the blood) and belly fat in the high-fat diet groups. It's a natural fat-blaster, along with barberry, rooibos and white tea.
This tangy, curry-scented herb is used in many tasty Indian dishes.
Why it's healthy: Several studies show that fenugreek can help regulate blood sugar. Scientists think it may lower your blood-sugar response after a meal by delaying stomach emptying, which slows carbohydrate absorption and enhances insulin sensitivity. Find it in Indian stores.
How to eat it: Fenugreek is a component of most curry powders. You can also mix a teaspoon of pure fenugreek powder into beef stew to kick up the flavor, or add whole seeds to a rice dish to create a Southeast Asian–style pilaf.
4. Goldenberries
These tangy, dark yellow berries are native to South America, where they're sold fresh or made into preserves. In the United States, you're more likely to find the fruit dried and bagged.
Why they're healthy: One serving of dried goldenberries contains 4 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber. They're also a great source of vitamin A and disease-fighting antioxidants. You can find them at Whole Foods.
How to eat them: Snack on the dried berries alone like you would raisins, or toss a handful on a salad or your breakfast cereal.
5. Aronia Berry
Once revered by Native Americans as a miracle fruit, this tiny, tart berry (also called a chokeberry) has resurfaced as a superfood.
Why it's healthy: No fruit packs more anthocyanins, potent cancer-fighting antioxidants that lend the berry its deep purple color. Because of this, aronia has been shown to fight cardiovascular disease, chronic inflammation, and even liver damage in rats.
How to eat it: Slurp down the benefits of aronia with a bottle of Oki, a juice blend that balances aronia's sharp flavor with the natural sweetness of a mix of other antioxidant powerhouses, including blueberry, black currant, and açai. Or blend some into a smoothie.
6. Celeriac
What it lacks in aesthetics, this lumpy winter root vegetable makes up for with a pleasant, celery-like flavor.
Why it's healthy: Celeriac is loaded with bone-building vitamin K, and it's a good source of vitamin C and potassium.
How to eat it: It goes well with other root vegetables in soups and stews or shred it raw into coleslaw. You can also swap celeriac for half of your next batch of mashed potatoes. Treat it the same way as the spuds—peel, boil, mash; it'll add a hint of earthy sweetness | 649 |
The US mid-term elections are happening right now.
Here in the UK, we won't have the full results until tomorrow morning. However, I'm not sure that the specifics are all that important.
Rather, the important thing is what the market chooses to believe about the result.
We've just had a bit of a correction in the markets. October was a scary month and investors are a bit less sure of themselves than they were at the end of September.
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates. Economic data gives it no cause for pause. For now, that means rising bond yields and a rising US dollar. Can the markets take it?
There's a point at which it will hurt. But until that point comes, markets can keep going higher. And this is where the mid-term election results come in.
There are screeds and screeds of pre-match analysis being written on this. But I'm not convinced that the details of the result are desperately important. That might sound a bit<|fim_middle|> monetary floodgates by Shinzo Abe, quantitative easing (QE) definitely had an effect, as anyone who invested in Japan at the time could tell you.
I'm not saying that it's been easy, or that it's even been especially effective (time is often the greatest healer, and Japan has had plenty of that). But central banks have certainly not run out of experiments to try out. Once interest rates are at zero, you just start printing more money.
So this wrong-headed view that central banks are "out of ammo" (in the tediously macho parlance of financial markets) is just residual fear of the last crisis repeating itself. And the next crisis is rarely, if ever, the same as the previous one.
I do agree that the next big scare will come about partly as a result of fear of central bank powerlessness. But the scenario in which central banks are genuinely powerless to help the market is inflation, not deflation.
The only way to tackle inflation is to raise interest rates fast, and markets don't like that. But if you don't tackle inflation, then it gets out of hand, and markets don't like that either.
Investors don't yet believe that inflation is going to be a genuine problem. And they also haven't yet let go of the idea that a recession or deflationary slump is ready to spring out of the woodwork.
As they gradually relinquish their fear of the latter, they'll get more bullish again. And then the horrible surprise of the former will be ready to jump out and send them into a panic when they're at their most excitable. That's when we'll get a proper bear market.
It's just the way markets work. As for timeframes: for now I'd assume that 2019 is the point at which inflation will start to make itself known in a much more aggressive way than markets have been used to for a long time.
I'll keep revising this theory as more data becomes available – but for now, let's keep an eye on the market reaction to the US election results. | odd (and it may be wrong; we'll find out tomorrow) but here's my thinking.
Say the Republicans get a clean sweep (ie, they hang on to both houses of Congress). The negative spin is that Donald Trump then has nothing to stop him from doing what he wants. That, however, is also the positive spin – markets could interpret it as being a chance for more stimulus spending.
Say the Democrats sweep the board instead. The negative spin is that they might reverse Trump's tax cuts or stop anything more from happening. Yet the positive spin is that they'd prevent global trade tensions from escalating and they'd probably be happy to spend more on infrastructure.
So what is genuinely interesting here is not the "fundamental" impact of the result. It's how markets choose to interpret it.
On that point, my current working theory is that investors will put a positive spin on it, and use it as an excuse to put October behind us, and get set up for a Santa Claus rally up to the end of the year.
Markets will choose to believe that US growth is solid enough that it won't be derailed by the Fed raising interest rates. Decent economic figures will increasingly be greeted with enthusiasm rather than fear.
Why do I have this as my working theory? It largely boils down to looking at the prevailing psychology, to infer what is being priced in and what is being ignored.
So what is being priced in? The mainstream concern remains that the US will be hit by recession any minute now. The fear then is that the Fed won't be able to do much at that point, because interest rates are already so low. This is a lingering remnant of earlier fears that we were on the verge of another deflationary collapse.
Despite my own tendency to be bearish (and thus always open to listening to recession warnings) there are two main holes that I would pick in this impending recession argument.
Firstly, there's really no sign that a recession is imminent. That might change, but most of the red flags (an inverted yield curve being one, a clear trough in the weekly US jobless claims figures being another) are absent.
Secondly, the idea that central bankers are ever powerless against a non-stagflationary slowdown or recession is demonstrably nonsense. When the main enemy is deflation, central banks can never run out of tools.
You need only look at Japan to understand the truth of this. The Japanese central bank might have given up for a while there in the mid-2000s, but when it was called upon to open the | 525 |
In business management, a learning organization is a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself. The concept was coined through the work and research of Peter Senge and his colleagues.
Learning organizations develop as a result of the pressures facing modern organizations and enables them to remain competitive in the business environment.
Systems thinking. The idea of the learning organization developed from a body of work called systems thinking. This is a conceptual framework that allows people to study businesses as bounded objects. Learning organizations use this method of thinking when assessing their company and have information systems that measure the performance of the organization as a whole and of its various components. Systems thinking states that all the characteristics must be apparent at once in an organization for it to be a learning organization. If some of these characteristics are missing then the organization will fall short of its goal. However, O'Keeffe believes that the characteristics of a learning organization are factors that are gradually acquired, rather than developed simultaneously.
Personal mastery. The commitment by an individual to the process of learning is known as personal mastery. There is a competitive advantage for an organization whose workforce can learn more quickly than the workforce of other organizations. Learning is considered to be more than<|fim_middle|>, David (2007). A validation of the learning organization as a driver of performance improvement. Capella University. ISBN 9780549127895.
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Senge, Peter M., Kleiner, Art., Roberts, Charlotte., Ross Richard B., Smith, Bryan J. (1994). The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook New York: Currency Doubleday. | just acquiring information; it is expanding the ability to be more productive by learning how to apply our skills to our work in the most valuable way. Personal mastery appears also in a spiritual way as, for example, clarification of focus, personal vision and ability to see and interpret reality objectively. Individual learning is acquired through staff training, development and continuous self-improvement; however, learning cannot be forced upon an individual who is not receptive to learning. Research shows that most learning in the workplace is incidental, rather than the product of formal training, therefore it is important to develop a culture where personal mastery is practiced in daily life. A learning organization has been described as the sum of individual learning, but there must be mechanisms for individual learning to be transferred into organizational learning. Personal mastery makes possible many positive outcomes such as individual performance, self-efficacy, self-motivation, sense of responsibility, commitment, patience and focus on relevant matters as well as work-life balance and well-being.
Mental models. Assumptions and generalizations held by individuals and organizations are called mental models. Personal mental models describe what people can or cannot detect. Due to selective observation, mental models might limit peoples' observations. To become a learning organization, these models must be identified and challenged. Individuals tend to espouse theories, which are what they intend to follow, and theories-in-use, which are what they actually do. Similarly, organizations tend to have 'memories' which preserve certain behaviours, norms and values. In creating a learning environment it is important to replace confrontational attitudes with an open culture that promotes inquiry and trust. To achieve this, the learning organization needs mechanisms for locating and assessing organizational theories of action. Unwanted values need to be discarded in a process called 'unlearning'. Wang and Ahmed refer to this as 'triple loop learning'. For organizations, problems arise when mental models evolve beneath the level of awareness. Thus it is important to examine business issues and actively question current business practices and new skills before they become integrated into new practices.
Shared vision. The development of a shared vision is important in motivating the staff to learn, as it creates a common identity that provides focus and energy for learning. The most successful visions build on the individual visions of the employees at all levels of the organization, thus the creation of a shared vision can be hindered by traditional structures where the company vision is imposed from above. Therefore, learning organizations tend to have flat, decentralized organizational structures. The shared vision is often to succeed against a competitor; however, Senge states that these are transitory goals and suggests that there should also be long-term goals that are intrinsic within the company. On the other hand, the lack of clearly defined goals can negatively affect the organisation, as it cannot attain its members trust. Applying the practices of a shared vision creates a suitable environment for the development of trust through communication and collaboration within the organization. As a result, the built shared vision encourages the members to share their own experiences and opinions, thus enhancing effects of organizational learning.
Team learning. The accumulation of individual learning constitutes team learning. The benefit of team or shared learning is that staff grow more quickly and the problem solving capacity of the organization is improved through better access to knowledge and expertise. Learning organizations have structures that facilitate team learning with features such as boundary crossing and openness. In team meetings members can learn better from each other by concentrating on listening, avoiding interruption, being interested in and responding. As a result of development, people don't have to hide or overlook their disagreements. By those they make their collective understanding richer. Team learning is at its best: The ability to think insightfully about complex issues, the ability to take innovative, coordinated action and the ability to create a network that will allow other teams to take action as well. Team's focus is on transferring both quiet and explicit information across the group and creating an environment where creativity can flourish. Team learn how to think together. Team learning is process of adapting and developing the team capacity to create the results that its members really want. Team learning requires individuals to engage in dialogue and discussion; therefore team members must develop open communication, shared meaning, and shared understanding. Learning organizations typically have excellent knowledge management structures, allowing creation, acquisition, dissemination, and implementation of this knowledge in the organization. Team learning requires discipline and routines. Discipline in team helps members and leaders to use tools such as Action-Learning-Cycle and Dialogue. Team learning is only one element of learning cycle. For the cycle to be complete, it has to include all five principles which are mentioned above.
This combination encourages organizations to shift to a more interconnected way of thinking. Organizations should become more like communities that employees can feel a commitment to.
Organizations do not organically develop into learning organizations; there are factors prompting their change. As organizations grow, they lose their capacity to learn as company structures and individual thinking becomes rigid. When problems arise, the proposed solutions often turn out to be only short-term (single-loop learning instead of double-loop learning) and re-emerge in the future. To remain competitive, many organizations have restructured, with fewer people in the company. This means those who remain need to work more effectively. To create a competitive advantage, companies need to learn faster than their competitors and to develop a customer responsive culture. Chris Argyris identified that organizations need to maintain knowledge about new products and processes, understand what is happening in the outside environment and produce creative solutions using the knowledge and skills of all within the organization. This requires co-operation between individuals and groups, free and reliable communication, and a culture of trust.
One of the main benefits being a learning organization offers is a competitive advantage. This competitive advantage can be founded on different strategies, which can be acquired by organizational learning. One way of gaining a competitive advantage is strategic flexibility. The continuous inflow of new experience and knowledge keeps the organization dynamic and prepared for change. In an ever-changing institutional environment this can be a key factor for an advantage. Better management of an organizations explorative investments and exploitative acting can be a benefit of a learning organization, too. Next, a competitive advantage of a company can be gained by lower prices and better quality of products. Through organizational learning both cost leadership and differentiation strategies are possible. The ability to reconfigure actions based on needs and environment avoids the tradeoff between the two. Overall the customer performance of learning organizations might be better, which is the direct and measurable channel, that establishes a competitive advantage. Another important aspect is innovation. Innovation and learning are closely related. While encouraging people to learn and develop, a more innovative environment is commonly generated, innovative ideas coming from e.g. communities of practice can result in greater overall organizational learning.
Even within or without learning organization, problems can stall the process of learning or cause it to regress. Most of them arise from an organization not fully embracing all the necessary facets. Once these problems can be identified, work can begin on improving them.
Some organizations find it hard to embrace personal mastery because as a concept it is intangible and the benefits cannot be quantified; personal mastery can even be seen as a threat to the organization. This threat can be real, as Senge points out, that 'to empower people in an unaligned organization can be counterproductive'. In other words, if individuals do not engage with a shared vision, personal mastery could be used to advance their own personal visions. In some organizations a lack of a learning culture can be a barrier to learning. An environment must be created where individuals can share learning without it being devalued and ignored, so more people can benefit from their knowledge and the individuals becomes empowered. A learning organization needs to fully accept the removal of traditional hierarchical structures.
Resistance to learning can occur within a learning organization if there is not sufficient buy-in at an individual level. This is often encountered with people who feel threatened by change or believe that they have the most to lose. They are likely to have closed mind sets, and are not willing to engage with mental models. Unless implemented coherently across the organization, learning can be viewed as elitist and restricted to senior levels. In that case, learning will not be viewed as a shared vision. If training and development is compulsory, it can be viewed as a form of control, rather than as personal development. Learning and the pursuit of personal mastery needs to be an individual choice, therefore enforced take-up will not work.
In addition, organizational size may become the barrier to internal knowledge sharing. When the number of employees exceeds 150, internal knowledge sharing dramatically decreases because of higher complexity in the formal organizational structure, weaker inter-employee relationships, lower trust, reduced connective efficacy, and less effective communication. As such, as the size of an organizational unit increases, the effectiveness of internal knowledge flows dramatically diminishes and the degree of intra-organizational knowledge sharing decreases.
Problems with Senge's vision include a failure to fully appreciate and incorporate the imperatives that animate modern organizations; the relative sophistication of the thinking he requires of managers (and whether many in practice are up to it); and questions regarding his treatment of organizational politics. It is certainly difficult to find real-life examples of learning organizations (Kerka 1995). There has also been a lack of critical analysis of the theoretical framework.
Focuses mainly on the cultural dimension and does not adequately take into account the other dimensions of an organization. To transform an organization, it is necessary to attend to structures and the organization of work as well as the culture and processes. 'Focussing exclusively on training activities in order to foster learning... favours this purely cultural bias'.
Favours individual and collective learning processes at all levels of the organization, but does not connect them properly to the organization's strategic objectives. Popular models of organizational learning (such as Dixon 1994) assume such a link. It is, therefore, imperative 'that the link between individual and collective learning and the organization's strategic objectives is made'. This shortcoming, Finger and Brand argue, makes a case for some form of measurement of organizational learning – so that it is possible to assess the extent to which such learning contributes or not towards strategic objectives.
The book The Dance of Change states there are many reasons why an organization may have trouble in transforming itself into a learning organization. The first is that an organization does not have enough time.:66 Employees and management may have other issues that take priority over trying to change the culture of their organization. The team may not be able to commit the time if an institution does not have the appropriate help or training. For an organization to be able to change, it needs to know the steps necessary to solve the problems it faces. As a solution, a mentor or coach who is well versed in the learning organization concept may be necessary.
Also, the change may not be relevant to the organization's needs. Time should be spent on the actual issues of the organization and its daily issues. To combat this challenge, a strategy must be built. The organization should determine what its problems are before entering into the transformation. Training should remain linked to business results so that it is easier for employees to connect the training with everyday issues.
A usual challenge with many organizations is the lack of concentration on personal development while focusing mainly on professional development which is more likely to have a direct contribution to organization's performance whereas personal development's positive results appear more in the long run and less visibly.
As for the leader, it may be challenging not to consider one's own personal vision as the organization's shared vision.
Some of the issues that learning organizations were designed to address within institutions is fragmentation, competition and reactiveness. Fragmentation is described as breaking a problem into pieces. For example, each organization has an accounting department, finance, operations, IT and marketing. Competition occurs when employees are trying to do better or 'beat' others in an assignment instead of collaborating. Reactiveness occurs when an organization changes only in reaction to outside forces, rather than proactively initiating change.
Inappropriate habits while organizing team meetings can effect negatively. Meetings should be prepared in time, agenda drawn up and enough time dedicated to focus on the subjects. Because best results in team learning form through discipline, it is essential to have an agenda, make atmosphere open and respect others: avoid interruption, be interested and respond.
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Noel Dempsey TD, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources has officially opened a new €11 million harbour development at Port Oriel, County Louth, accompanied by his colleague, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern TD.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister Dempsey said - "It gives me great pleasure to be part of a Government that is committed to providing modern, efficient, fishing harbours like this one in Port Oriel, that can play a strong role in the local economy. I have no doubt that this new development will add immensely to the prosperity of Clogherhead and of the fishermen from all parts along the east coast."
This project was jointly-funded by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Louth County Council. The total joint investment in the completed works was more than €11 million - the Department funded 75% of the total cost and the remaining 25% was provided by Louth County Council.
"Port Oriel now has one of the finest fishing ports in the country and, onshore, there is a port community that is skilled and committed to developing the port and its reputation" - Dempsey continued.
The future of Port Oriel harbour is an exciting one, filled with greater opportunities than at any time in its history. There are opportunities for expansion, for further marine development and for contribution to the growth of the local area. I urge everybody to see<|fim_middle|> of prosperity for everybody" - concluded the Minister. | the potential of what a modern fishery harbour should be about - a place | 15 |
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