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Wonderful things happen when you invite lovers of noise together in a room. Musicians and non-musicians, electronics geeks and first-timers, folks pick up a soldering iron — often for the first time — and cause utter mayhem. So we again had a fantastic time at Handmade Music last month. I’ve just gotten the photos in, so decided to share. We’re looking for folks to bring stuff to Handmade Music on 4/16 – see the bottom of the article and give us a shout if you have software or hardware creations to share. They don’t even have to work, entirely – this is the place to find people to help give advice, so we like even partly-functioning inventions. Loud Objects Noise Toy was the star of the evening. Lesley Flanigan and Tristan Perich of Loud Objects — superstar composers and sound artists themselves — were onhand as patient teachers and guides in the ways of Noise. Pulsantes I got Jaime Munarriz’ strange Processing + Pd pulsating rhythmic toys working on a PC – thanks, Jaime, for the virtual contribution! jReality Peter Brinkmann demonstrated the sonic capabilities of audiovisual virtual reality framework jReality. Intense stuff – you don’t even need to use Cartesian coordinates. Elliptical, baby! Networked Objects: Eric Beug brought by his DIY wireless synth modules and an iPhone for control. This progress is under development, so I hope it makes a repeat visit. Users of PCs (Linux/Windows) and Mac – you have a new cellular automaton sequencer to look forward to! So, folks in automobile / railroad / Zeppelin distance of New York, we’d love to see what you’re working on, be it a Max/Pd patch, Processing sketch, circuit-bent instrument, DIY controller, sensor project, or wearable SweaterSynth. Definitely bring cables, and (if you’ve got one) a portable PA; otherwise plug into our PA and projector. Next engagement: Thursday, April 16 (this coming Thursday).

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Since the start of the new year stock markets continued to be volatile but mostly positive on good news about U.S. employment, continuing trade talks with China, and a wait and see approach by the Fed toward raising interest rates. The stock market rally in January was welcome following the worst Christmas Eve performance in history and the significant correction in December resulting in negative stock market returns for the year 2018, along with negative returns from other asset classes including non-U.S. fixed income securities. Lower inflation, especially gasoline prices, and the prospects for slowing global economic growth brought down interest rate expectations. The 10-year U.S. Treasury Bond rate dropped to near 12-month lows in January which further flattened the yield curve. With positive corporate earnings being reported for the fourth quarter, stock market momentum continued positively throughout January, even though consumer confidence forecasts fell significantly as the partial government shut-down sparked fears regarding workers’ claims and long-term negative residual effects. A slowdown in the U.S. housing market continued as existing home sales declined 10% on a year-over-year basis, in part because of rising interest rates last year which seem to have met a near-term peak. The correction in equities in the fourth quarter of -13.5%, was significant when measured in the short-term. But higher-risk asset classes, intended for longer-term appreciation such as equities, should also be measured over longer-term periods. See annualized returns in the table below for various asset classes over different periods. Investment-grade corporate bonds also lost value in December as the stock market sold-off on concerns about a trade war and slowing global growth. Emerging market debt and equities continued to face challenges as the U.S. dollar maintained strength against other currencies, but with less potential for continued strengthening with the Fed’s decision to slow-down rate increases. Treasury, agency, and mortgage-backed bonds that are sensitive to interest rates rallied in December and January as long-term rates declined. The overall outlook in the U.S. is for continued growth, albeit at a slower pace in 2019. Most leading indicators are positive and do not suggest a near-term recession. However, we are likely in the late stages of the economic cycle and economic growth around the globe has been slowing, in some cases significantly (i.e. China). Additional obstacles that are evident which could accelerate economic decline include: a major trade-war with China, a failed hard-Brexit, a systemic impasse between the White House and U.S. Congress, not to mention the unknown factors that will influence activities and results in 2019. That is why we encourage you to review your time-horizon for investing (including the need for income and growth) and determine the appropriate mix of stocks, bonds, and alternatives that match-up with your time horizon. With a longer-term perspective you will better be able to take advantage of down markets by rebalancing in a timely manner, accumulating more investments at lower prices, and being better positioned for future gains. See the attached Periodic Table of Investment Returns which shows shifting asset classes over the years, as certain investments move in and out of favor relative to others.

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GlobalEdCon 2014 - Call for Proposals Open Until November 1st. The fifth annual Global Education Conference is just a few weeks away, and we want to be sure that you have an opportunity to contribute to this year's conference as a presenter. Everyone is encouraged to submit a presentation proposal, including first-time presenters. All submissions must relate directly to the Global Education Conference mission of increasing opportunities for collaboration, developing active global citizens, and ensuring educational opportunities for all. Please see the Call for Proposals and get your submission in soon! This year we have a special Global Teacher-Librarians strand -- so be sure to include your friends from #TLChat and #Lib2014 in this great opportunity to connect globally. Share this opportunity with your colleagues! Additionally, we are hoping to have a great set of student presentations this year. Have your students participated in a global project recently? Do you co-learn with a classroom across the globe? Be sure to check out the Student Strand and consider encouraging your students to submit a presentation proposal. Global Education Conference Keynotes. Our 2014 Keynote Schedule is nearly finalized, and we're really excited to have this amazing group of speakers participate at our fifth annual conference. This year, we'll feature Simon Breakspear of Nextgen Learning, Mayus Chavez of the Jules Verne School in Mexico, Emily Havens of OpenIDEO, Lillian Chu Hsiung, Global Issues Club Leader at Dwight School, Vicky Colbert of Escuela Nueva, Rana Dajani of Taghyeer, John Farrelly, Superintendent of Edgecombe County Public Schools, Julie Keane of VIF International Education, Kern Kelley, Educational Technologist in central Maine, Jennifer D. Klein of World Leadership School, Maureen McLaughlin, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Director of International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education, John Mergendoller of the Buck Institute for Education, Tonya Muro, AFS-USA’s Director of School Outreach and Educational Partnerships, Alaine Newland of OpenIDEO, Toni Olivieri-Barton, IB Coordinator & Teacher Librarian at Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School, Lisa Parisi, elementary teacher at Herricks UFSD, Leslie Paynter, Principal at Voyager Academy Elementary, Thomas Röhlinger of Radijojo World Childrens Radio & Media Network, Donna Román, EdTech Instructional Specialist for Chicago Public Schools, Emily Roth, ES Technology Integration Specialist at the International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, George Saltsman, Professor at Lamar University, Kathleen Schwille of National Geographic Education, Amy Shaffer of Kidnected World, Homa Tavangar author of Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World, Robyn Thiessen, educator in Surrey, B.C., Canada, Christie Vilsack, Senior Advisor for International Education at USAID, Jennifer Vollmann of New Global Citizens, Rebecca Winthrop of the Brookings Institution, and Jim Wynn of Imagine Education and Education Fast Forward. See the Conference Schedule and mark your calendars for presentations by this great group of presenters. Volunteer at the 5th Annual Global Education Conference. Looking for a way to get involved with the global education community? Consider volunteering at this year's Global Education Conference! We will provide training for volunteers over the next few weeks, and your assistance will be greatly appreciated by our conference presenters. If you're interested in volunteering, please join the Volunteer Group and follow the instructions there for booking your times. Thank you, in advance, for your contribution to this great event! Tonight, October 21st, at 8pm US-Eastern Time - another Mattering IS the Agenda Webinar with Angela Maiers. Join us for this special Webinar series with Angela Maiers as she discusses implementing the "Mattering IS the Agenda" toolkit for transformational change. The Webinars are free, but when you purchase the "Mattering IS the Agenda" toolkit you get exclusive access to the recordings. More information and login details at YouMatter.me. Africa ICT Right (AIR) is an ICT-oriented non-profit organization established in 2007 with its Headquarter in Ghana and run by a team of volunteers. AIR was established in order to address the critical need for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and training at school level in Ghana. AIR works with local communities to address this detriment through an integrated development programs that provide low-cost refurbished computers with relevant open source educational software, support and teacher training directed at schools and community centers especially in less privileged areas where the digital divide is at its greatest. More information at http://www.africaictright.com/. Wednesday, October 22nd & Thursday, October 23rd Inaugural Virtual Conference: Empowering Librarians, Empowering Students, The American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Librarianship in For-Profit Educational Institutions (ACRL LF-PEI) Interest Group is pleased to present our inaugural virtual conference for librarians and leaders of libraries in proprietary educational institutions. Our theme for this first conference is "Empowering Librarians, Empowering Students", and we look forward to exploring a wide range of topics through concurrent sessions, discussion panels, vendor presentations, and rich dialogue. This virtual conference will be hosted in Adobe Connect and registration is free for librarians and leaders of libraries. While it is geared toward librarians in proprietary educational institutions, the topics covered will be relevant to information professionals of all types. More information. Wednesday, October 22nd at 4pm ISTE Webinar: Global STEMpreneurs, Meet teenage scientists, inventors and designers who are passionate about innovative thinking and entrepreneurship during this interactive panel. The panelists will talk about their personal passion projects on topics ranging from environmental engineering and sustainability to hardware and software engineering. Find out what inspired these young STEMpreneurs to be global risk takers, then ask them questions and discuss strategies for motivating your own students. More information. Wednesday, October 22nd at 9pm Teachers Teaching Teachers, Weekly conversations hosted by EdTechTalk, a collaborative open webcasting community. For more information, click here. Thursday, October 23rd at 3pm Webinar: Online Learning for Inclement Weather, Join the discussion! In this session, three districts will share how they implemented online learning options to make up snow days. Register at http://tinyurl.com/OLNsnow. Thursday, October 23rd at 3pm ISTE Webinar: Developing Your Mobile Learning Landscape, This webinar will introduce a powerful new professional learning experience for teachers, tech coaches, and administrators who are interested in bringing their school up to digital age standards. The Verizon Mobile Learning Academy (VMLA) is a free, facilitated, online professional learning course for educators focusing on developing mobile learning at the school or district level. More information. Thursday, October 23rd at 6pm Cultivating Digital Citizenship: A Lifelong Skill, We live in a digital world where we display our life and career online, communicate and collaborate with others, but where online privacy can be compromised, and incivility runs rampant. Yet participating in the digital world is essential for learning, career, and life. What can colleges do to help foster strong digital citizens? Learn about key challenges and opportunities, and free resources on digital citizenship from Common Sense Education. More information. Friday, October 24th & Saturday, October 25th in American Canyon, CA Fall CUE 2014 Conference, If you've already registered for this year's Fall CUE 2014 Conference, check out the conference schedule at http://fall.cue.org/. Monday, October 27th at 4pm Webinar: Biggest 1:1 iPad Rollout Ever: Challenges and Opportunities, In our community’s next webinar, hear about LAUSD’s Common Core Technology Project: the largest one-to-one mobile device rollout in the country. LAUSD’s Rasheed Khan will discuss the district’s 1:1 initiative, including its goals, challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities moving forward. You’ll learn about the important role digital citizenship played in the district’s 1:1 initiative and Common Core Technology Project. Rasheed also will discuss how the district celebrates Digital Citizenship Week. More information. Monday, October 27th at 8pm Flat Connections Global Project Keynote with Rushton Hurley on "New to Them, New to Us," We are shifting into a time when much of what we teach is so new that we are learning details alongside the students, modeling for them what it means to ask good questions and how to figure out what we need to know. What matters most, though, is timeless, and how this complements the constantly new can be both challenging and inspiring for us. Join this webinar for a look at where we are, and how to take what matters with us where we go next. More information. Five More Halloween Titles - Not So Scary This Time. Check out Karen Cameron's latest list of Halloween read-aloud books for children. Fall's a great time of year for thematic read-alouds, so get in the spirit! Share your favorite titles here. Building Circuits in the Classroom. Joel Garcia shares his experience using Arduino micro controller boards and Sketch coding to build circuits in his classroom. What other tools are you using for programming lessons in your classrooms? Share your ideas with Joel here. Fostering a Growth Mindset, Supporting Lifelong Learning. Building on Carol Dweck's growth mindset philosophy, Sara Briggs has created a list of 25 Practices that Foster Lifelong Learning. From trying new things regularly, to having hobbies and an ongoing list of projects, there are things on this list that everyone can implement into their own learning lives. Check out Briggs' recommendations here. Taking DIY to the Next Level. Seventh graders in Ohio are not only using 3D printing in the classroom, they've built their own 3D printer! Read the story of Blanche Davidson's class and how they learned to build their own 3D printer as part of their STEM class here. Has Your Community Experienced a Natural Disaster?. Michelle Kenefick is looking for a partner classroom for a project related to the effects of natural disasters. As a group we are looking for the emotional, physical, financial tolls of a hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, wildfire, mudslides, etc. We would be able to share about our experiences with tornadoes and how we have experienced them and the drills that take place within our schools. We would also like to collaborate together to determine the cause and effects of different natural disasters. Get in touch with Michelle here and see how you might collaborate. Upcoming Programs Offered by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. Mark Donfried of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) has shared a list of upcoming learning opportunities through 2015. Check out the program and conference offerings here.

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This is how you do a fairytale wedding. In honor of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding on May 19, we asked Yelp for the best castle-like wedding venues to get married in in the US. To compile this list, Yelp identified listings of highly-rated reviews mentioning "castle" using an algorithm that looks at both the number of reviews and star-rating for reviews. Because we all need a little magic in our lives, here are 25 of the coolest castle-like venues to get married in (when you want to pretend you're royalty). Venue cost: Depending on the time of year, prices range anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000 and include a venue coordinator, assistant venue coordinator, ceremony/reception chairs and tables, stage, dance floor, set-up, clean-up, and more. "I had my wedding at the castle in June. It was just beautiful! I had zero problems with the Castle or any of the vendors the castle recommended. The grounds of the castle made for beautiful wedding photos. It definitely was my dream wedding!" —Yelper Brooke G. Venue cost: For details about pricing, contact Whitby Castle. "We are still hearing from guests about how wonderful it was, and several have said it was the best wedding they've ever been to! One guest even recommended it to her recently engaged son." —Yelper Erika D. Venue cost: Events range from $2,300 to $6,950, not including food and drinks (though chairs, tables, linens, and more are included in the price). "I would highly recommend using Thornewood for a wedding, or just to stay the night! It's a beautiful venue and the staff are incredibly kind and helpful." —Yelper Kimberly K. Venue cost: For details about pricing, contact Oheka Castle. "An amazing, amazing venue. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous here. They do an excellent job maintaining the mystique of a castle, and the upkeep of the landscaping and facilities is top notch. I attended a wedding here and the food and service was extraordinary." —Yelper Kalvin K. Venue cost: The cost of having a wedding ceremony in the chapel ranges from $1,000 to $3,000, and the cost of the reception ranges from $52 to $120+ per person. "Having had our wedding at The Mission Inn and having a successful, smooth, stress-free wedding day, makes it easy for me to put 5-stars for this hotel. We stayed a week, had the wedding cater our wedding, and worked with a team of professional, funny, prompt, and mindful [people]." —Yelper Lily L. Venue cost: The site fee for the event space ranges from $1,800 to $8,800. "Ever since we first found out about the Cairnwood we knew we wanted to get married there. The building and the grounds are breathtaking! We also love the history of the Cairnwood. ... If you want a fairy tale wedding at a venue that takes your breath away, the Cairnwood is the way to go!" —Yelper Michelle H. Venue cost: Prices range from $3,000 to $9,000 for the venue and rentals only. They do also offer all-inclusive packages which start at $16,000. "This venue is a fairy tale in real life! Nikki, the resident planner, is patient, organized, hard working, and talented. I am convinced that she can make anything happen. This is the perfect spot for your dream mountain wedding!!" —Yelper Erin M. Venue cost: Prices vary, but a complete, all-inclusive wedding package for 100 guests in the off-season ranges from $13,995 to $15,995. "I am so, so happy we found Coindre Hall when we started planning our wedding. From the moment we drove up the driveway and first saw the Chateau, we knew we wanted to have our wedding here. Getting married at Coindre Hall was like a fairytale. The grounds are absolutely breathtaking and we LOVED how the venue took place in different rooms." —Yelper Liz B. "They really spent a lot of money and time to restore this place to the magnificence it was supposed to have. Great place for weddings or just to take engagement pictures." —Yelper Tarah T. Venue cost: Prices range anywhere from $1,500 to $40,000 depending on menu and bar options, guest count, day of the week, etc. "Searles Castle for my daughter's wedding was, in a word, perfect! ... The castle courtyard was magical for my daughter's fairytale wedding." —Yelper Andrea K. Venue cost: Prices across all three wedding spaces at the castle range from $500 to $5,000. Depending on which space you pick, the cost may include a wedding planner, on-site chef to plan your wedding, tables/chairs, and more. "My husband and I just returned from our wedding weekend at the castle. The entire experience was wonderful and more than I could have ever asked for. Melody, the event planner, went above and beyond to help me realize my vision for our wedding, and assisted me whenever I needed it." —Yelper Rebecca J. Venue cost: Prices range anywhere from $10,228 to $23,428, depending on date and number of guests, and includes everything except your photographer, alcohol, and officiant. "Absolutely a storybook wedding! My daughter had her wedding at The Ashley Castle, and, I have to say, from our initial consultation to the minute she and her new husband drove away in their limo, it was a fabulous experience." —Yelper Jackie E. Venue cost: For details about pricing, contact Mt. Woodson Castle. "I attended a wedding at Mt. Woodson Castle recently, and it was just magical! The staff was friendly and attentive, and the scenery was just gorgeous. No need for wedding decor! Has a lot of natural beauty already." —Yelper Holly J. Venue cost: The price for the ceremony and reception spaces varies from $3,000 to $7,250, not including food or alcohol. "The gorgeous grounds combined with the breathtaking views at Castle in the Clouds made our wedding photos unbelievably beautiful. They honestly have one of the most beautiful views I've ever seen in my life." —Yelper Julie C. Venue cost: An average wedding at Rhodes Hall costs anywhere from $20,000-$25,000, depending on the date and vendors. "I will forever look back fondly at Rhodes Hall as being OUR 'Castle on Peachtree.' It was truly a magical setting to get married in! We planned for our ceremony to be held on the lawn with the cocktail hour outside, a buffet dinner indoors, and dancing on the porch." —Yelper Sarah B. Venue cost: An average 150-person wedding tends to run between $32,000 and $37,000, depending on vendor choices. "As a wedding photographer, this has been one of my bucket list venues. ... The architecture is beautiful, and there are so many options to take photos. Not much is needed in terms of decoration since the venue speaks for itself." —Yelper Tiffany W. Venue cost: The typical range for a wedding reception at the venue is $10,000 to $15,000, which includes catering. "When my now-husband and I were searching for wedding venues in the Boston area, we initially assumed we would be unable to afford anything in the city due to cost ... Then he suggested The Castle — this place is a gem!" —Yelper Maureen F. Venue cost: Their customizable weddings can be anywhere from $2,800 to $9,250, not including the price of outside vendors. "Comfortable and nicely furnished rooms, breakfasts fit for royalty, good tea, and reasonable prices. They do special events, as do most Bed & Breakfasts, and their yard areas seem like they would be perfect for weddings and such." —Yelper Margaret C. Venue cost: The price for the venue space, not including catering, ranges from $11,100 to $22,100, depending on the size of the event. "The view from the castle...is absolutely breathtaking." —Yelper Monica H. Venue cost: For details about pricing, contact Joslyn Castle. "This lovely structure was built as a private home and eventually became the headquarters for Omaha Public Schools for many years. As a museum and venue for weddings and similar, it continues to contribute to Omaha. The old carved woodwork is phenomenal; imagine what it was like to live there!" —Dean P. Venue cost: Base rates for rental space varies from $7,500 to $12,500 for an evening wedding, not including outside vendors. "Had my daughter's wedding at Vizcaya this past February, and all I can say is wow! What a magical place...gorgeous grounds, beautiful setting, incredible wedding!" —Yelper C M. Venue cost: Rates can vary anywhere from $4,700 to $17,000, not including the price of outdoor vendors. "The courtyard was [a] beautiful, castle-like setting. ... Venue perfect for weddings for a princess and prince." —Yelper J L. Venue cost: The event space costs $8,500 or $9,500, depending on the date. The fee covers the event space, which includes tables/chairs, valet, a tent, and more, but not outside vendors. "Every aspect of my daughter's wedding at Dunafon Castle was exquisite. From our first meeting with Annie we were excited at the prospect of choosing this venue. The venue itself has so much character and beauty that nothing but simple centerpieces is necessary to add." —Yelper Carole K. Venue cost: Wedding packages range from $500 to $15,000. There is also a package for $13,000, which includes exclusive use of the property, all 21 accommodations at the castle for two nights, and a rehearsal dinner for 50 guests. "We love going to Bed and Breakfasts and this is one of the most unique ones in that it is built to look like an actual castle! It is surrounded by the beautiful Hocking Hill area, and the grounds have gorgeous gardens and nature trails." —Yelper Carolyn B. Venue cost: For details about pricing, contact Castle McCulloch. "A beautiful venue! We attended an evening wedding ceremony and reception here in early spring, both held within the Castle. I was blown away by the majestic, yet cozy feel inside. The interior decorations mirrored that of a medieval setting, with crests, a knight in shining armor, accompanied by a dark wooden interior." —Yelper Chenchen S.

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Jersey Ads, Would It Really Be That Bad If Vegas Sweaters Have Them? This week the NHL released some news that upset many hockey purists around the globe. The NHL and SAP made an agreement to feature ad patches on game-worn World Cup sweaters. As someone who was firmly against jersey ad space, the World Cup unis opened my eyes. Which made me ask, would anyone really care if Las Vegas featured jersey ads? On one hand I understand the groans of calling jersey ads “cheesy” and “bush league.” I mean, look at the English Premier League, it looks as if Team Chevy is playing Team Quickbook. Truly unappealing. However on the other hand, there’s no denying the monetary advantages. Look at NASCAR, UFC, Asian baseball, heck even the KHL does it. It’s valuable, I get it, so I understand why the NHL is going down that road. Back to the World Cup, the jersey patch on each team’s sweaters isn’t entirely bad. It’s small, sleek, and blends well on one shoulder. Really, it doesn’t offend me like I thought I would. Las Vegas is a brand new organization, with an untouched name and logo. It’s an unblemished, unknown logo so we don’t have the attachment Canadiens fans have for its legendary CH. If the NHL allowed ad patches I’m sure The Creator would consider jumping in on the idea. Why not make some of that $500 million back faster than planned. Plus, the more revenue a team makes, the bigger financial risks the owner will take. Allowing GM George McPhee to maintain important free agent players, or signing star UFA’s. I know there’s a hard salary cap, but having capital gives teams options. Okay, so I’m in on jersey patches for Las Vegas, but what are the parameters? First, let’s talk about the sponsors. The NHL has prided themselves on being a family sport. Which essentially eliminates any sponsor that targets adults only. Sorry Larry Flint, the Hustler Club will not be on a pro sweater. But how about beer? Adult beverage companies throw around lot of money on advertisement. I’m sure they’ll be targeted, just like cars, soda, and our favorite Vegas corporations like MGM, Zappos, and Cox. Next is the patch location. The World Cup sweaters are uninterrupted except for a solo patch on the right shoulder. If the NHL only allowed teams to sell that piece of jersey real estate than I wouldn’t care if The Creator took advantage. It’s an easy contract and sponsors would line up for that exclusive ad space. The bounty may be big enough to pay for a few player salaries. Now if they extended it to the front of the jersey’s like the EPL does, no thank you. Lastly is the issue of game-worn vs. replica. The World Cup is only allowing SAP to advertise on game-worn sweaters. While the players may be skating billboards, the fans in the arena will be fresh & clean. I assume that rule would be adopted by the NHL as well. If that’s the case, the original, beautiful Las Vegas sweater will be untouched. Who the hell wants a game-worn, smelly NHL sweater anyways? That’s my case, and I can’t believe I made it. Done nicely, and limited to one is where I stand. Now if the NHL ever becomes the Euro League, you’ll probably find me looking something like this. Any Idea what the name could be?. I hope it doese’t have Knights or Nights Nights in it. and its named after a bird. Seeing ads on sweaters prompts me to NEVER buy the product. The only thing the increased revenue would do would be to increase the salaries of already fat cats! Maintenance of the facility is probably already covered by ad space on the boards. Game worn only (not replica) and I’m okay with it. There are already ads all over the boards, ice, and every other square inch of arena. Having a small patch doesn’t hurt anything. Absolutely not like the EPL where the brand is the prominent feature of the jersey. Honestly, growing up in England, you adjust to it in football (soccer) and don’t end up even caring about the sponsor. If anything, it helps define the different eras, as sponsors change. Some sponsors are still forever iconic for their association with a team (Sharp for Manchester United, JVC for Arsenal). @Chris- hopefully the name will fit right for Vegas… We’ll all come around on it, if so. @Cappy- I was 100% like you until I saw the WC jerseys, and Not being on replicas was a game changer. @RJ- I agree on the EPL…. And @Michael you can help me with this. Isn’t ManU like the Yankees in England? That massive Chevy logo is so obtrusive. It makes a legendary team look like just another middle of the pack franchise. Yanks never change their logo because they don’t have to. The pinstripes speak for themselves, shouldn’t Man U be the same? Sorry if im wrong, that’s just my humble optional looking in from the outside. This isn’t England, no one wants that crap on our team jerseys! To answer the question posed in the title, yes, it really would be that bad. The reason soccer has it on the jerseys is to reduce/eliminate commercials during the game. If the NHL, or other big 2 (since the NBA is already defacing their jerseys), were to go this route, then I would hope they would reduce the amount commercials. But, let’s face it, they would just keep commercials the same and swim in the piles of money that ads on jerseys would take in. I’m a big fan of World Football …the patches generate a lot of revenue so I don’t mind them! I think they actually give the uniforms character.

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Camp Louisiana: I’m talking with LeAnne from Land-O-Pines Family Campground in Louisiana. How’s it going today, LeAnne? LeAnne: It’s going great, thank you. CL: So, let’s start off with I have a lot of questions, because you guys have a really interesting, fun-looking campground there, but let’s start off with how long it’s been there and how guys got started. LeAnne: We’ve been here for 27 years. LeAnne: And yeah, basically, I don’t know. My parents, who were the owners, had a very large family. Lots of kids. Lots of us, and they just decided. You know, we’d always camp, growing up, and they just decided, when they got older, that that’s something they’d like to do. You know, open a family business, where, you know, the kids could work, and pretty much everybody that works here is a family member. So, you know, kind of a way to grow a business and employ a large portion of this family. CL: I love that. Now, I’ve talked to a lot of RV Parks and, you know, generally, because of the long-term rentals and that kind of thing, you generally see a strong community and activities, but you guys are blowing it out of the water on here. You have a ton happening there. So, tell me a little bit about some of the more popular activities there. LeAnne: Well, as far as, you mean the activities, not the amenities so much. You mean like the planned stuff that we have on the weekends? CL: Amenities and activities. You know, if I came to stay there for the weekend, what kinds of things could I be getting involved in? LeAnne: Okay. Well, from the first weekend in March through October, we have planned activities every single weekend. Gosh, what don’t we do? We have festivals. We have battle of the bands. We have swap meet. We have cook-offs. We have competitions. We have food events. Lots of music. I mean every weekend is just something different. It could be anywhere from a scavenger hunt to, like I said, a huge festival. Our vendors come in and setup their booths, and we have music all day long. So, every weekend is different. Every year is different. We’ve put a new calendar out. Normally we mail it January, and we have a different schedule pretty much every year, so entertainment is what we do. CL: It looks so much fun. LeAnne: Yes, we do a lot of entertainment. That’s our specialty. You know, besides having the swimming pool, the water slides, our river, fishing, and game room, we have a lot of amenities in the Part as well. CL: What’s one of your favorite events of the year? LeAnne: Halloween. I love halloween. Halloween is so popular in Louisiana, especially South Louisiana, that we actually do three halloween weekends in a row. We have halloween in the whole month of October just about. It’s huge. Halloween is incredible. Yeah, they decorate their sites and compete for best decorations and best haunted house. LeAnne: And they trick or treat and costume. It’s just very incredible. CL: Okay, so let’s talk about the camping options there. One thing I thought was really interesting and looked like it was a lot of fun is that you guys have a pretty wide variety of offerings there. Everything from campground to a number of RVs that are already on-site that people can rent. LeAnne: Yes, and we have cabins also. CL: So, tents all the way up to RVs. CL: And you don’t even have to own an RV. You guys have them setup there that people can rent. LeAnne: Right. They are permanently set up. They have those nice roofs built over them and little decks on the front, and fire rings and barbecue grill, like a little mini camp. CL: Okay. Two more questions for you. CL: What is one of your favorite activities in the Park, like as far as amenities go? CL: The water slide, all right. CL: And the other one is: if I was going to come and just spend one night there, what’s your favorite spot to stay there? Where would you set me up? LeAnne: Well, that would depend on if you had your own camping unit or if you needed to rent something. CL: Let’s say I needed to rent something. LeAnne: I would put you in one of the cabins. CL: Any particular one that you like? LeAnne: I mean they’re all different. You know, each one is unique in its own way. None of them are alike, as with the RV rentals that we have on-site. I mean every one is different. CL: Sure. Sure. Let’s say I had my own RV. Which site would you recommend? LeAnne: I would put you in one of the premium sites, which would be C60 for an example, you know, which is full hook-up. It has 30amp and 50amp. It has table TV. It has nice parking pads for you to park your camper on, not to mention, you know, really manicured and lots of trees. CL: Oh, okay, that sounds fantastic. Perfect. LeAnne: I think it is. CL: Well, thank you so much, LeAnne, for taking a little bit of time out of your day today to chat with us about Land-O-Pines Family Campground in Louisiana. LeAnne: Thanks a lot. I appreciate you calling.

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"Quality filly with excellent movement. Great scope. Will be a beautiful filly as she matures." A half-sister to the talented Chris Waller trained eight-time winner and Group 3-placed Zumbelina, who won four consecutive races as a 3-year-old. This is a filly who looks to be built for speed, with each of her first four dams winning at sprint distances and her sire Nicconi also the sire of top sprinter Nature Strip. By Nicconi, a dual Group 1 winning sprinter who is fast gaining a reputation as a top sire of sprinters. Although he only has 350 runners to date, he’s already sired 17 Stakes winners including the star sprinter Nature Strip. Sircconi, Faatinah and Tony Nicconi have also announced their class with eye catching Group wins. From Ruth’s Secret, who has left one foal to race to date, Zumbelina (pictured right) trained by Chris Waller, an eight-time winner - four of these in a row - and of $500,000 in prize money. This filly is from the famous ‘Leica’ family, which traces back to Leica Show who was a Champion 3YO filly, and grand dam of dual-Doncaster winner Pharaoh. Amarina is an excellent property to raise young horses having produced and sold stars such as 10-time stakes winner Catkins. Other recent stakes winning graduates include Group winners Property, She’s So High, Prize Catch and Aeronautical. We’re proud to present an interactive view of this outstanding filly. Get to know her from every angle by viewing her conformation on rotation, and see her action as she walks side-on to the camera. This filly is now fully sold. A strong, powerful individual, this colt is built in the mould of Capitalist.

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Nuclear medicine imaging uses small amounts of radioactive materials called radiotracers that are typically injected into the bloodstream, inhaled or swallowed. The radiotracer travels through the area being examined and gives off energy in the form of gamma rays which are detected by a special camera and a computer to create images of the inside of your body. Nuclear medicine imaging provides unique information that often cannot be obtained using other imaging procedures and offers the potential to identify disease in its earliest stages. Tell your doctor if there's a possibility you are pregnant or if you are breastfeeding and discuss any recent illnesses, medical conditions, allergies and medications you're taking. Depending on the type of exam, your doctor will instruct you on what you may eat or drink beforehand, especially if sedation (anesthesia) is to be used. Leave jewelry at home and wear loose, comfortable clothing. You may be asked to wear a gown. What is General Nuclear Medicine? What will I experience during and after procedure? What are the limitations of General Nuclear Medicine? Nuclear medicine imaging procedures are noninvasive and, with the exception of intravenous injections, are usually painless medical tests that help physicians diagnose and evaluate medical conditions. These imaging scans use radioactive materials called radiopharmaceuticals or radiotracers. Radiotracers are molecules linked to, or "labeled" with, a small amount of radioactive material that can be detected on the PET scan. They are designed to accumulate in cancerous tumors or regions of inflammation. They can also be made to bind to specific proteins in the body. The most commonly used radiotracer is F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose, or FDG, a molecule similar to glucose. Cancer cells may absorb glucose at a higher rate, being more metabolically active. This higher rate can be seen on PET scans, and that allows your doctor to identify disease before it may be seen on other imaging tests. FDG is just one of many radiotracers in use or in development for a variety of conditions throughout the body. Depending on the type of nuclear medicine exam, the radiotracer is either injected into the body, swallowed or inhaled as a gas and eventually accumulates in the organ or area of the body being examined. Radioactive emissions from the radiotracer are detected by a special camera or imaging device that produces pictures and provides molecular information. In many centers, nuclear medicine images can be superimposed with computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to produce special views, a practice known as image fusion or co-registration. These views allow the information from two different exams to be correlated and interpreted on one image, leading to more precise information and accurate diagnoses. In addition, manufacturers are now making single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) units that are able to perform both imaging exams at the same time. An emerging imaging technology, but not readily available at this time is PET/MRI. Nuclear medicine also offers therapeutic procedures, such as radioactive iodine (I-131) therapy that use small amounts of radioactive material to treat cancer and other medical conditions affecting the thyroid gland, as well as treatments for other cancers and medical conditions. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients who do not respond to chemotherapy may undergo radioimmunotherapy (RIT). Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is a personalized cancer treatment that combines radiation therapy with the targeting ability of immunotherapy, a treatment that mimics cellular activity in the body's immune system. See the Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) page for more information. Physicians use nuclear medicine imaging procedures to visualize the structure and function of an organ, tissue, bone or system within the body. Women should always inform their physician or technologist if there is any possibility that they are pregnant or if they are breastfeeding. See the Safety page for more information about pregnancy and breastfeeding related to nuclear medicine imaging. In some instances, certain medications or procedures may interfere with the examination ordered. See the Radioactive Iodine (I-131) Therapy page for instructions on how to prepare for the procedure. The special camera and imaging techniques used in nuclear medicine include the gamma camera and single-photon emission-computed tomography (SPECT). The gamma camera, also called a scintillation camera, detects radioactive energy that is emitted from the patient's body and converts it into an image. The gamma camera itself does not emit any radiation. The gamma camera is composed of radiation detectors, called gamma camera heads, which are encased in metal and plastic and most often shaped like a box, attached to a round circular donut shaped gantry. The patient lies on the examination table which slides in between two parallel gamma camera heads that are positioned above the patient and beneath the examination table. Sometimes, the gamma camera heads are oriented at a 90 degree angle and placed over the patient's body. SPECT involves the rotation of the gamma camera heads around the patient's body to produce more detailed, three-dimensional images. A PET scanner is a large machine with a round, donut shaped hole in the middle, similar to a CT or MRI unit. Within this machine are multiple rings of detectors that record the emission of energy from the radiotracer in your body. A computer aids in creating the images from the data obtained by the gamma camera. A probe is a small hand-held device resembling a microphone that can detect and measure the amount of the radiotracer in a small area of your body. There is no specialized equipment used during radioactive iodine therapy, but the technologist or other personnel administering the treatment may cover your clothing and use lead containers to shield the radioactive material you will be receiving. With ordinary x-ray examinations, an image is made by passing x-rays through the patient's body. In contrast, nuclear medicine procedures use a radioactive material, called a radiopharmaceutical or radiotracer, which is injected into the bloodstream, swallowed or inhaled as a gas. This radioactive material accumulates in the organ or area of your body being examined, where it gives off a small amount of energy in the form of gamma rays. Special cameras detect this energy, and with the help of a computer, create pictures offering details on both the structure and function of organs and tissues in your body. Unlike other imaging techniques, nuclear medicine imaging exams focus on depicting physiologic processes within the body, such as rates of metabolism or levels of various other chemical activity, instead of showing anatomy and structure. Areas of greater intensity, called "hot spots," indicate where large amounts of the radiotracer have accumulated and where there is a high level of chemical or metabolic activity. Less intense areas, or "cold spots," indicate a smaller concentration of radiotracer and less chemical activity. In radioactive iodine (I-131) therapy for thyroid disease, radioactive iodine (I-131) is swallowed, absorbed into the bloodstream in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and absorbed from the blood by the thyroid gland where it destroys cells within that organ. Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is a combination of radiation therapy and immunotherapy. In immunotherapy, a laboratory-produced molecule called a monoclonal antibody is engineered to recognize and bind to the surface of cancer cells. Monoclonal antibodies mimic the antibodies naturally produced by the body's immune system that attack invading foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses. In RIT, a monoclonal antibody is paired with a radioactive material. When injected into the patient's bloodstream, the antibody travels to and binds to the cancer cells, allowing a high dose of radiation to be delivered directly to the tumor. In I-131MIBG therapy for neuroblastoma, the radiotracer is administered by injection into the blood stream. The radiotracer binds to the cancer cells allowing a high dose of radiation to be delivered to the tumor. Nuclear medicine imaging is usually performed on an outpatient basis, but is often performed on hospitalized patients as well. You will be positioned on an examination table. If necessary, a nurse or technologist will insert an intravenous (IV) catheter into a vein in your hand or arm. Depending on the type of nuclear medicine exam you are undergoing, the dose of radiotracer is then injected intravenously, swallowed or inhaled as a gas. When it is time for the imaging to begin, the camera or scanner will take a series of images. The camera may rotate around you or it may stay in one position and you may be asked to change positions in between images. While the camera is taking pictures, you will need to remain still for brief periods of time. In some cases, the camera may move very close to your body. This is necessary to obtain the best quality images. If you are claustrophobic, you should inform the technologist before your exam begins. If a probe is used, this small hand-held device will be passed over the area of the body being studied to measure levels of radioactivity. Other nuclear medicine tests measure radioactivity levels in blood, urine or breath. The length of time for nuclear medicine procedures varies greatly, depending on the type of exam. Actual scanning time for nuclear imaging exams can take from 20 minutes to several hours and may be conducted over several days. Young children may require gentle wrapping or sedation to help them hold still. If your doctor feels sedation is needed for your child, you will receive specific instructions regarding when and if you can feed your child on the day of the exam. A physician or nurse who specializes in pediatric anesthesia will be available during the exam to ensure your child's safety while under the effects of sedation. When scheduling the exam for a young child, ask if a child life specialist is available. A child life specialist is trained to make your child comfortable and less anxious without sedation and will help your child to remain still during the examination. When the examination is completed, you may be asked to wait until the technologist checks the images in case additional images are needed. Occasionally, more images are obtained for clarification or better visualization of certain areas or structures. The need for additional images does not necessarily mean there was a problem with the exam or that something abnormal was found, and should not be a cause of concern for you. If you had an intravenous line inserted for the procedure, it will usually be removed unless you are scheduled for an additional procedure that same day that requires an intravenous line. For patients with thyroid disease who undergo radioactive iodine (I-131) therapy, which is most often an outpatient procedure, the radioactive iodine is swallowed, either in capsule or liquid form. Radioimmunotherapy (RIT), also typically an outpatient procedure, is delivered through injection. I-131MIBG therapy for neuroblastoma is administered by injection into the blood stream. Children are admitted to the hospital for treatment as an inpatient and will stay overnight in a specially prepared room. Special arrangements are made for parents to allow participation in the care of their child while undergoing this therapy. Except for intravenous injections, most nuclear medicine procedures are painless and are rarely associated with significant discomfort or side effects. When the radiotracer is given intravenously, you will feel a slight pin prick when the needle is inserted into your vein for the intravenous line. When the radioactive material is injected into your arm, you may feel a cold sensation moving up your arm, but there are generally no other side effects. When swallowed, the radiotracer has little or no taste. When inhaled, you should feel no differently than when breathing room air or holding your breath. With some procedures, a catheter may be placed into your bladder, which may cause temporary discomfort. It is important that you remain still while the images are being recorded. Though nuclear imaging itself causes no pain, there may be some discomfort from having to remain still or to stay in one particular position during imaging. Unless your physician tells you otherwise, you may resume your normal activities after your nuclear medicine scan. If any special instructions are necessary, you will be informed by a technologist, nurse or physician before you leave the nuclear medicine department. Through the natural process of radioactive decay, the small amount of radiotracer in your body will lose its radioactivity over time. It may also pass out of your body through your urine or stool during the first few hours or days following the test. You should also drink plenty of water to help flush the radioactive material out of your body as instructed by the nuclear medicine personnel. See Safety in Nuclear Medicine Procedures for more information. You will be informed as to how often and when you will need to return to the nuclear medicine department for further procedures. A radiologist or other physician who has specialized training in nuclear medicine will interpret the images and send a report to your referring physician. Nuclear medicine examinations provide unique information—including details on both function and anatomic structure of the body that is often unattainable using other imaging procedures. For many diseases, nuclear medicine scans yield the most useful information needed to make a diagnosis or to determine appropriate treatment, if any. A nuclear medicine scan is less expensive and may yield more precise information than exploratory surgery. By detecting whether lesions are likely benign or malignant, PET scans may eliminate the need for surgical biopsy or identify the best biopsy location. PET scans may provide additional information that is used for radiation therapy planning. Because the doses of radiotracer administered are small, diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures result in relatively low radiation exposure to the patient, acceptable for diagnostic exams. Thus, the radiation risk is very low compared with the potential benefits. Nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures have been used for more than five decades, and there are no known long-term adverse effects from such low-dose exposure. The risks of the treatment are always weighed against the potential benefits for nuclear medicine therapeutic procedures. You will be informed of all significant risks prior to the treatment and have an opportunity to ask questions. Allergic reactions to radiopharmaceuticals may occur but are extremely rare and are usually mild. Nevertheless, you should inform the nuclear medicine personnel of any allergies you may have or other problems that may have occurred during a previous nuclear medicine exam. Injection of the radiotracer may cause slight pain and redness which should rapidly resolve. Women should always inform their physician or radiology technologist if there is any possibility that they are pregnant or if they are breastfeeding. See the Safety page for more information about pregnancy, breastfeeding and nuclear medicine exams. Nuclear medicine procedures can be time consuming. It can take several hours to days for the radiotracer to accumulate in the body part of interest and imaging may take up to several hours to perform, though in some cases, newer equipment is available that can substantially shorten the procedure time. The resolution of structures of the body with nuclear medicine may not be as high as with other imaging techniques, such as CT or MRI. 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Students work in the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lab at Manchester Community College. Citing a 21st century approach to teaching students skills they need for today's careers, the Center for Digital Education recently ranked Manchester Community College one of the most effective schools of its size in the country in effectively incorporating technology into the classroom. Online courses, cloud-based information sharing, online resume building services and smart phone apps are just some of the technology tools being used by MCC. The non-profit group ranked MCC 9th on the nation's list of best "Digital Community Colleges" of its size. "Technology is being used on campuses and in lecture halls to lower costs and improve student outcomes," said Alan Cox, Senior Vice President for the Center for Digital Education. "This year's survey indicates that community colleges are making great strides in using data to improve decisions, providing professional development to assist faculty in the use of technology, and creating robust online and mobile environments for their students." According to CDE, leading schools such as Manchester Community College are using technology in ways that make the process less expensive for students as well as more user-friendly For example, in its Advanced Manufacturing Technology classes, students work with automated manufacturing robotics and 3-D printing technology. Computer Science classes use sophisticated cyber security tools and "Myo" devices that read muscle movement to allow the user to control functions of a computer. Online math classes use short lecture videos and support the use of iPads. "We are honored to receive this recognition, as it reflects our philosophy of trying to serve the variety of needs of our student population," explains Dr. Susan Huard, President of Manchester Community College. "We recently lowered our college tuition, and we recognize the need to make the education process as streamlined as we can because many of our students already have full-time jobs or other obligations that require them to divide their time. Technology is often the best way to ensure our product is delivered both effectively and efficiently."

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I head the Investment Team at 3one4 Capital. At 3one4 Capital, I work extensively on the investment side managing evaluations of new startups and doing diligence on them. I also spend a lot of my time working with portfolio companies and their founding teams across tech, product, business strategy and fund raising. As part of the Investment operations at 3one4 Capital, I have focused on ensuring that 3one4 Capital is able to find the best of the companies to invest in while at the same time giving equal priority to each company that writes to the investment firm. Having interacted with over 3000 companies so far, I have led the team to build extensive software systems that make efficient the process of speaking with companies right from thescheduling of meetings all the way to evaluations. This has helped us maximize interactions with startups and at the same time ensuring that it is done efficiently. I am also the Founding Member of Code For India, a 501©(3) not-for-profit, centered on the getting engineers to work with other NGOs and help develop technology solutions for them pro-bono. I have been associated with Code For India since inception and has been supporting them on the technology as well as on ground operations organizing hackathons at Google and Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2015. Before 3one4, I was the first employee at Edcast, an education technology startup in the San Francisco Bay Area. As the first employee, I architected the tech platform from ground up, also helping hire and setup an engineering team that helped the company scale and serve large clients such as Salesforce, GE, HP, Accenture, Walmart, the WEF, and NASSCOM. Edcast is now a multi-million dollar revenue business with top tier investors such as SoftBank, GE Capital, and Menlo Ventures. Over my time there, I have deployed applications across the world including China, worked with some of the largest global corporations as clients, hired and trained engineering teams, and built complex large-scale systems that now train millions of employees in multiple geographies. Outside of work, I independently continue to write code and build apps and deploy and have multiple of those running live currently. India. You can drop me a mail anytime at anurag dot ramdasan at gmail dot com , or find me on LinkedIn, Twitter, and GitHub. Sometimes I write things here.

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There are a lot of alternate histories and worlds out there this month, with nine “genre-benders” confusing the genres. The Ring of Fire series brings book twelve to Grantville, West Virginia, displaced to 17th-century Europe, zombies are shambling through the Weird West, and the weather is out of control (just ask the meteorologist). After carving a place for itself among the struggling powers of 17th-century Western Europe, the out-of-time modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, must fight for its life in a war-torn Europe just emerging from medieval skullduggery. Russian emissary Vladimir Gorchacov arrives in Grantville and hires auto mechanic Bernie Zeppi to journey to Moscow and bring the future to a Russia mired in slavish serfdom and byzantine imperial plots. For Bernie it’s the chance to prove he’s not the loser he believed himself to be. Manhattan thrives on desire—the longing for a better apartment, a higher-paying job, fame. 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The relief applies for the years 2008-09 onwards. There is a maximum lifetime limit of Entrepreneurs' Relief you can claim. The relief effectively reduces the rate of tax to 10% for gains up to a lifetime maximum. An actual claim must be made for the relief within 22 months from the end of the tax year in which the disposal occurred. A husband and wife may both claim so long as they both satisfy the eligibility criteria. These conditions must be met for a period of one year prior to the date of the disposal, or to the cessation of trading if appropriate. Individuals may elect to crystallise the gain immediately before the dilution. They will be treated as selling and reacquiring the shares at the market value. This election is only available to individuals who qualify for Entrepreneurs’ Relief. It is possible to defer the gain until a future actual disposal. This preserves the Entrepreneurs’ Relief on the gain. Special rules apply to shares acquired through EMI plans. been an employee of the company or a company in the same trading group throughout the one year period ending with the disposal. the EMI shares are exchanged for shares in another company and the conditions needed for EMI replacement option rules apply. Other types of reorganisation will not preserve eligibility but an election may be made to disapply the “no disposal” treatment and so trigger a chargeable gain. EMI options and company reorganisations are complex matters and you should always seek professional advice before implementing them. If you dispose of shares, in a share for share exchange, capital gains tax is normally deferred on the disposal of the original shares until the disposal of the replacement shares. If you exchange shares that qualify for entrepreneurs’ relief for shares that do not qualify then you will lose entitlement to the relief. You may therefore prefer to dis-apply the provisions relating to exchange of shares and pay the capital gains tax on the disposal of the original qualifying shares straight away in order to benefit from the relief.

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Bruce Davidson, Central Park in Platinum contains fourteen original, hand printed platinum prints. This special edition is limited to 50 numbered and signed editions. Each handcrafted edition is a work of art in itself. There is a separate bound text that is handset and letterpressed on 100% cotton-rag paper. Bruce Davidson, Central Park in Platinum is encased in a custom clamshell. The portfolio includes fourteen signed and numbered unbound prints suitable for framing. Verso Limited Editions was honored with the 2009 Lucie Award for BOOK PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR. The worldwide photography community paid tribute to the year’s most outstanding photographic achievements at the 7th annual Lucie Awards ceremony on October 19 at New York’s Lincoln Center. Publisher Glen Serbin proudly accepted this prestigious award.

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Industry, labor, and environmental groups today called on Members of Congress to support legislation to be introduced by Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX) to make permanent the existing federal carbon capture and storage incentive known as Section 45Q. The incentive is designed to spur commercial deployment of technologies to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and industrial facilities for use in enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR), while permanently and safely storing that CO2 underground. The unique coalition brings together energy and environmental interests that don’t always work together, including advocates concerned about climate change, supporters of America’s coal and oil industries, and representatives of organized labor. The coalition partners share a common goal: extending and reforming a federal policy to help sustain production of our nation’s abundant domestic energy resources, while reducing our carbon emissions. Unless extended, the 45Q tax credit will expire upon reaching its current 75 million-ton cap. According to the U.S. Treasury, over half of available credits have been claimed. The proposed legislation would eliminate the cap, providing certainty that project developers need to obtain financing. The bill would also gradually increase the credit value for CO2 storage through enhanced oil recovery or other types of geologic storage (from $10/ton and $20/ton, respectively) to $30 per ton by 2025. For over 40 years, the U.S. independent oil and gas industry has led the world in using CO2 for oil production and geologic storage of carbon, and it currently provides 4 percent of domestic oil production and uses roughly 65 million tons of CO2 annually. According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Energy, with an increased supply of CO2, the industry could produce an additional 21-63 billion barrels of oil using today’s technology and store 10-20 billion tons of CO2, or up to four years’ worth of national emissions. A major source of CO2 for future EOR is coal-fired power plants, which face a growing need to reduce carbon emissions. Deployment of carbon capture technologies offers a critical path forward for coal producers and power companies reliant on coal. Coal and gas-fired power plants account for 40 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions and industrial sources account for 25 percent of emissions. The commercialization of CCS technologies also helps safeguard jobs in energy and industrial sectors challenged by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a competitive global economy. The construction and operation of CO2 capture facilities, pipelines and oilfield EOR projects creates new jobs as well, especially in states and regions dependent on industrial and energy production.

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Enjoy the best inspirational, motivational, positive, funny and famous quotes by Andrea Camilleri. Use words and picture quotations to push forward and inspire you keep going in life! What do two women friends usually do when they see each other? We talked, we watched television, we listened to music Sometimes we did nothing at all. It was a pleasure just to know the other one was there. Nowadays, if a man living in a civilized country (ha!) hears cannon blasts in his sleep, he will, of course, mistake them for thunderclaps, gun salutes on the feast day of the local patron saint, or furniture being moved by the slime-buckets living upstairs, and go right on sleeping soundly. But the ringing of the telephone, the triumphal march of the cell phone, or the doorbell, no: Those are all sounds of summons in response to which the civilzed man (ha-ha!) has no choice but to surface from the depths of slumber and answer. But then why, when talking on the phone, did they quarrel, on average at least once every four sentences? Maybe, though the inspector, it was an effect of the distance between them becoming less and less tolerable with each passing day, since as we grow old - for every now and then one must, yes, look reality in the eye and call things by their proper names - we feel more keenly the need to have the person we love beside us. The memory of the aged becomes clearer and clearer with time. It has no pity. Sicily has suffered 13 foreign dominations from which she has taken both the best and the worst. The sequence of different cultures has made Sicily a fascinating place, quite unlike any other. Wearing glasses for reading meant surrendering to old age without the least bit of a fight.

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Diane M Braziel is licensed in the eLicensing system of Connecticut. The license credential ID is 1016447. The license type is Family Child Care Home. The license status is ACTIVE. The address is 56 Haig Ave, Stamford, CT 069052923. The zip code is 06905.

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“You Had To Read My Diary” started on the 1st of January 2008 and concluded on 31st December 2008. The year long project by Garry Raymond-Pereira MA is a series of panel paintings, each measuring 20x20 cm, with highly finished edges and a semi gloss finish. The panels range in subject matter from seascape and landscape to architectural imagery and figure painting. The subject matter is informed often by location painting, which tends to be slightly raw in its execution. The panels are studies of the North Norfolk coast where Pereira spends much of his time capturing images of the sea. The panels include preparatory sketches or workings for studio based paintings, architectural images of piers, coastal buildings, and figure paintings. The subject matter could be anything Pereira wishes, and needs to paint that particular day. The images are considered and detailed. Over the year one panel is painted per day; each panel is titled according to the date it was created. The concept is turning a diary into a visual journal; methodically keeping the pace and aiming to produce the panels at the same time each day. The subtle changes of execution will be paralleled to that notable within a diary; the change of writing style reflecting the mood of the author, will similarly be apparent in this year long project. The overall project and panels will form a unity, not necessarily by its subject matter, but moreover by its uniformed size. Each piece is titled according to its date which is hand written on the back of each panel.

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reboot of the 1980 cult classic movie Teen Wolf MTV. Scott’s high school students usually until one night he was bitten by strange animals while walking in the woods. Best friend is his effort to help them understand the changes that are going through what will be a werewolf.

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1 Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention Business Exhibit Opportunities This 38 th annual Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention will be celebrating not only lake volunteers, but also other water and environmental citizen scientists. We are teaming up with the Wisconsin Citizen-based Monitoring Network and the Water Action Volunteers (WAV) to celebrate our volunteers in one place at one time (Stevens Point, March 30-April 2). Visit the UW-Extension Lakes Web site for Lakes Convention program details: will be the 30 th anniversary of Wisconsin's Citizen Lake Monitoring Network and the 20 th anniversary of WAV, so we have put together a diverse program that highlights the tremendous work volunteers have accomplished with state and local partners. This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership, a nationally recognized and successful collaboration of the University of Wisconsin Extension, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Wisconsin Lakes. The Lakes Convention brings together lake enthusiasts from across the state to explore lake policy updates, research advancements, management tools, and educational initiatives. Year after year the Lakes Convention provides the tools and inspiration for citizens to protect and care for Wisconsin s lakes. The Convention is action-oriented and focuses on helping people get things done in their lake community, which includes meeting and selecting businesses that can help them achieve their lake management goals.

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Instead of blogging while the Mets game is on in the background (and they are crushing Philadelphia just like that evil Phillies took revenge on another Phillies fan earlier this season by vomiting on his daughter), I should be folding laundry that sat in the dryer all night and washing dishes that sat in my sink all week. Actually, I should be sleeping. But I'm too excited. (I'm so excited that I even began a sentence with "but," which I try to never do.) This afternoon forward was glorious. I went to Book Expo America and signed copies of Off the (Beaten) Subway) Track. It was successful beyond my wildest dreams. Of course, my wildest dreams did not understand that to garner publicity and buzz, my publisher would give away my book so that people would mob me to get it signed. I thought I'd sit at the table and watch people walk by, not buy. (It seems giddiness also leads to bad puns.) How little I know about this mysterious world of publishing! To cap off the day, I traveled up to the Bronx to tape a 30 minute interview for WFUV's (which I keep initially typing as WFUC...) Cityscape program. It was a lot of fun. The episode will air on Sat., June 5. From there, I went to a cocktail party hosted by my publisher. Today was the first time I met my publisher's staff, and they rocked. Talking to them really inspired me to get out there and do more to promote the book. In addition to meeting awesome people, observing the purple-clad Scientologist pirates, and taping radio interviews, I also ingested large quantities of pastries, cheese, and Diet Coke. Husband is returning from a business trip tonight/in the wee hours of the new day. A three day weekend looms, and the weather report literally shines on me. It is good times.

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I’m a psychologist married to a psychiatrist. And, yes, I know how many of us it takes to screw in a light bulb! Between us, we treat people aged 2 to 92 and attempt to raise three of our very own offspring. Ask us what we worry the most about with our clients—and offspring—and we’ll say sleep deprivation. Hands down, sleep deprivation is the most common and insidious threat to mental health. So how can you avoid the slippery slope of teen vamping? Read on for tips to help your child improve their sleep habits. No screens in the bedroom. Screens wake up our brain. Screen media stimulates the photo sensors in the retina that signal the brain to suppress melatonin production (our sleep-regulating hormone). Less melatonin disrupts our natural circadian rhythms. In other words, screens train us to be awake in bed. If we are often awake in bed, our bodies will automatically believe that the bed is an awake-only zone. If we only rest and sleep in bed, our bodies will be cued that bed is a sleep-only zone. Although it is a challenge to stop teens from living their full life cycle on their beds, this habit can create sleep problems. Make the “No Screens in the Bedroom” rule BEFORE it’s necessary. I know it’s asking a lot to say no TV, no video games, no tablets or phones in the bedroom. But believe me, intimate spaces can eventually lead to intimate gestures like sexting and the viewing of inappropriate online content. The best case scenario is starting out with this rule from the very beginning. But, even if you’ve allowed it, it’s not too late. Stage a discussion and go slow. Yanking their freedom abruptly may trigger a backlash that could damage your hard earned parent-child connection. Screens off 30 minutes before lights-out. Psychologists have discovered that one of the most disabling features of post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD (an impairing anxiety disorder that results from trauma) is the sleep deprivation that results from nightmares. If we are troubled upon falling asleep, poor sleep quality may result, and we will be unable to awaken feeling refreshed or rejuvenated. This can seriously impair mental health. Although emotionally triggering screen activities like gaming, texting, or viewing activating content aren’t as troubling as real life trauma, they stimulate the same brain regions. Limiting screen media activities at night, and giving your children time to soothe prior to bedtime, will likely result in better quality sleep overall. Encourage a soothing nighttime ritual. We are creatures of habit. Habitual activity during the 30 minute bedtime wind-down signals the body to anticipate rest. Components of a soothing ritual may include soft lighting, quiet repetitive sounds, and comforting activities. Avoid eating, triggering discussions, and intense exercise. Sticking to a consistent bedtime schedule is also important. Stage the room to be restful. I know it’s nearly impossible to motivate teens to unclutter their dens. However, research is clear that a soothing environment contributes to a soothed mind. Offer your support in creating a more grown-up environment with a fresh bedroom makeover that reflects rest and relaxation. Light paint colors, organized closets and bedside tables, subtle lighting, and crisp, cleansing smells can turn a chaotic hovel into a relaxing paradise. Teach sophisticated self-soothing strategies. There’s preliminary evidence that screen media delays the onset of sleep, negatively affects sleep quality, and results in difficulty awakening and feeling refreshed. It also decreases REM, or rapid eye movement, sleep time. Children and adolescents who use screen media at night go to bed later, get fewer hours of sleep, and report more daytime sleepiness. Sending texts or emails after initially going to bed increases daytime sleepiness among teens (even if it’s only once per week). As a psychologist, I can attest by firsthand experience that using cognitive-behavioral exercises like diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, mindfulness, yoga, imagery, and cognitive restructuring can fend off even the most severe anxiety and mood disorders. Teach your kids some of these techniques to help them relax in order to get more quality rest. (EDITOR’S NOTE: For a few examples, check out the National Sleep Foundation’s relaxation exercises here). Tracy is a psychologist, a university professor and a grateful mother of three feisty kids. Her passion is soaking in the beautiful chaos of her busy home and helping GetKidsInternetSafe because she hears the inside stories about why we need it!

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Alex Rodriguez Teases His ‘Heartfelt’ Christmas Gift For Jennifer Lopez – Is It An Engagement Ring? Thanksgiving will be Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber‘s first major holiday since becoming husband and wife in September. Since it falls on Nov. 22, it’s also the model’s 22nd birthday. With family gathered around and Justin by her side, Hailey has a lot to celebrate.”Hailey feels super grateful as her first Thanksgiving as Mrs. Bieber approaches. She feels like this has been the best year of her entire life and she has never felt more thankful. Hailey is excited to share with Justin her family and all of their traditions together this Thanksgiving,” a source close to the gorgeous blonde tells HollywoodLife.com. “Hailey is so happy to be married to the man of her dreams and she feels like she really is living her best life. As the holidays approach she is still in shock that she is married to Justin… she can’t believe it and feels so incredibly lucky to be in love with such a wonderful man,” our insider adds. We can’t wait to see what Justin gives Hailey for her first birthday as his wife. The two reportedly wed on Sept. 13 when they went to a New York courthouse to obtain a marriage license and decided to tie the knot on the spot before a judge. During an Oct. 1 visit to Justin’s Ontario hometown museum’s exhibit about his life, staff said that the singer introduced Hailey as his wife. Then things got super real on Nov. 16. Hailey changed her surname on her Instagram account from Hailey Baldwin to Hailey Bieber. What a sweet way to confirm to the world that they’re married! Imagine having the great fortune to have 2018’s Thanksgiving fall on Hailey’s 22nd birthday with all that has happened to her this year. Talk about having so much to be thankful for.

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This report describes the approaches necessary for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of structure, biomass and carbon stocks in mangrove forests. Mangroves are coastal ecosystems providing numerous ecosystem services affecting both marine and terrestrial resources. In addition, they contain substantial carbon stocks and, due to high rates of deforestation, are significant sources of carbon emissions. Because of their value as carbon stocks and sinks and their numerous other benefits, mangroves could be excellent candidates for carbon mitigation programmes including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, and Enhancing Forest Carbon Stocks in Developing Countries (REDD+). This publication outlines biologically relevant and statistically valid approaches to the efficient and accurate assessment of ecosystem structure, biomass and carbon stocks of mangrove forests. Authors: Kauffman, J.B.; Donato, D.

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Looking for NZM Dividend Forecast? The futures market is pointing to a 65-point decline – or roughly 1%. In this week's media column: Southern Cross Media Group gives NZME a glimmer of hope, Stuff for sale, and who's in the hot seat at Morning Report. The sharemarket value of major media company NZME slipped to under $100 million after an indication it would not pay dividends to shareholders this year. NZME continues to perform well in Rotorua with Flava and Coast leading the way according to the 2018 GfK commercial radio survey results released today. Here are five listed investment companies/trusts that are trading at above their true value.

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Pisces Venus forms a "gentle" square with Jupiter. Your mission is to be motivated enough to find the silver lining in any cloud. Mercury in the transition zone in an intuitive last degree of Pisces synchronizes with the above inspiration to get you on the path to discovery. Will you find new surprises and possibilities? You won't know unless you try. Like a 180-degree turn, the serious Virgo moon squares "skim the surface" Gemini Mars. Things shift too quickly to make sense of them tonight. Too many separate conversations with two to three answers to every direct question in the same sentence demands concentration. Good luck with that!

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A mixed exhibition for the Summer in the Foxlowe Cafe with work from both professional and amateur artists. The artwork includes watercolours, oils, mixed-media collage and print. The 6 artists are: Marjorie Vigrass, Lucy Bennett, Myra Gallicker, John Fernie, Kiera Bennett and Phil Bennett.

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November 13, 2017—Robert Sapolsky, the hirsute professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Stanford University, has been studying stress in primate populations for years (he is also a master lecturer—many a classroom professor can learn a thing or two watching him—but, I rant…). Sapolsky has identified five characteristics of baboons related to how they handle stress (anxiety) that I suspect are transferable to effective leadership. Baboons seem particularly adept at discerning a real threat from a perceived threat. Threat triggers anxiety and reactivity—whether it is real or perceived. The mere perception of a threat (among humans, even existential threat) raises the level of stress in the leader and in others. I once worked with a boss with paranoid tendencies. Even benign information, news, or conversations were perceived as potential threats. As his anxiety about these rose, so did the stress in those around him. Worse, in a perpetual attempt to be “proactive,” enormous amounts of energy and cost went into “preventive measures” for threats that would never come to realization. Leaders will do well to cultivate the capacity to discern real from imagined threats to the system—then they can ignore one, avoiding reactivity, and confront the other as necessary. Sapolskly noticed that the most successful baboon leaders were initiators of action rather than being reactive. Effective leaders are good about knowing their systems and reading the emotional process at play. They can recognize patterns and anticipate what those signal. When they recognize a pattern that precipitates conflict or reactivity, leaders can initiate a mediating action and avoid getting reactive after the incident. Effective classroom teachers do this also. They develop the capacity of “withitness,” being the ability to see everything that’s going on in the classroom (who is paying attention, who is not; how many students are “on task”; who is passing notes—or about to). This enables them to engage in a “desist” before conditions escalate to the point of being disruptive to the instructional and learning process. Even better, effective teachers are able to intervene with a “non-disruptive desist,” an action which addresses a misbehavior or blocks a potential disruption without itself causing a disruption. Baboon Alphas are good at displacing stress and anxiety. Sapolsky noticed that after stressful incidents, like conflict, baboons were good about displacing stress. Similarly, healthy leaders have the ability to leave the anxiety where it belongs, rather than carrying it as part of the job. Baboons displaced their anxiety by picking on a weaker member of the troop (not a “congress” as a group of baboons mistakenly often is called)—which is metaphorically “kicking the dog.” Not a good idea for a human leader, but the point is the same—find ways to displace if not pass along the anxiety. For example, leave the anxiety about a problem with the person who is responsible for the problem, or, hit that old punching bag (a literal one—not that hapless staff member). They accept outcomes rather than stress over them. Sapolsky notes that baboons tend not to stress over outcomes—whether good or bad. If something does not work out as expected or desired, they just live with it. In other words, they can let go of the expectations of outcomes. There are two lessons for leaders here: (1) leaders cannot control everything. And while leaders must be courageous enough to take risks, they do so knowing that not every risk results in the outcomes desired; but that’s not a reason to avoid risk; (2) while leaders are responsible for bringing about outcomes in the organization, it’s the expectations that will do you in. Leaders cannot defect on matters of outcome—but they should guard their expectations. I consulted with a non-profit some time ago. The board set as a goal to increase customers and revenue by 10% the following year. I had to challenge them on their unrealistic expectations about that goal. They neither had the capacity to do what was necessary to bring about a 10% jump, nor could they afford the risk of attempting it. A more realistic expectation was 2% to 3% increases, but they still had to actually DO the things that would make that happen. Oddly enough, they were unwilling to actually do the things necessary to bring about the change. The leaders stayed connected with everyone in the system. It seems baboon leaders had learned the secret to winning friends and influencing others. Regardless of the nature of conflicts, leaders in the troop stayed connected to others at all levels of the system, those high and those low in the pecking order, and whether they were friend or foe. Perhaps one of the most important functions of a leader in any system is “staying connected” to individuals in the system. This includes those who are critics—that is, the ones we want to most avoid. To learn more about Robert Sapolsky’s fascinating work see this item from Standford and this one from the New York Times. To learn more about handling your own stress and anxiety as a leader, join us at the Leadership in Ministry workshops, a post-graduate program of the Center for Lifelong Learning.

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Trooper Chris Cain pours out whiskey from a flask that was found in possession by 55 year old Robert Lee Sutterfield of Livingston. Driver Loaded Down with Alcoholic Beverage Arrested for DWI, ONALASKA, June 20, 2012 - At approximately 9:30 pm on June 19, 2012, Trooper Chris Cain was patrolling US-190 West when he spotted an east-bound older model GMC truck with a head lamp out. Trooper Cain pulled the truck over in front of A Action Realty. When Cain spoke to the driver, Robert Lee Sutterfield, 55, of Livingston, Cain smelled alcohol coming from Sutterfield and was suspicious of intoxication. Cain attempted to conduct a field sobriety test on Sutterfield. According to Sutterfield, physical problems kept him from being able to do the balance tasks required on the test. Cain asked Sutterfield to recite the alphabet, but according to Cain, Sutterfield couldn't recite the alphabet, he wasn't even close. Cain placed Robert Sutterfield under arrest for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Records indicate that Sutterfield already has at least 2 other convictions for DWI making this possibly his third (if he's convicted) making this felony DWI. Cain placed cuffs on Sutterfield and took him to Polk County Jail where he administered a breathalyzer test in which Sutterfield blew a .182 (over twice the legal limit). Sutterfield had a dog in the cab of his truck (a Rat Terrier). Seeing the situation with the dog, rather than call a tow truck, out of concern for the dog's welfare, Cain got in touch with family of Sutterfield who came and picked up the truck and drove it away from the scene (ensuring the dog is safely with family). Sutterfield had a flask of whiskey, open can of cold beer, and cans of cold beer in a cooler in the cab of the truck, and a cooler of cold beer in the bed of the truck. Cain pulled Sutterfield over for a faulty head lamp that was out on Sutterfield's truck. Cain placed Robert Sutterfield under arrest for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. ...more cold beer was found in the bed of the truck. A very cute Rat Terrier was in the cab of Sutterfield's truck. There was also a very cute Rat Terrier (Mixi) in the PolkCountyToday.com car.

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and also acts as a Lecturer at the University of Fribourg. Luca Beffa is an Associate in Baker & McKenzie’s Geneva office. His practice focuses primarily on international and domestic arbitration as well as commercial litigation, sports and public law. We report below significant changes in 2011 that have affected and will continue to affect in 2012 the legal framework for arbitration in Switzerland. These revisions aim to maintain and even improve the Swiss legal system’s traditionally pro-arbitration stance. Switzerland has repeatedly been ranked first in ICC statistical reports as a venue for arbitration, nationality of arbitrators and choice of law. Indeed, the upcoming revisions to the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration are almost certainly influenced by the revised ICC Arbitration Rules, which entered into force on 1 January 2012.

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Santorini a place like no other. The white-washed buildings gathered on a volcanic cliff contrasting with the blue Aegean sea which perfectly complements the signature blue domes of the many churches scattered around the island. Santorini is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places in the world. I know that you've probably seen hundreds of photos but believe me those photos do not even remotely do it justice, it is truly one of the most beautiful places in the world that you definitely have to experience in your life. The power of this volcanic island creates an energy that overwhelms the senses. While everyone knows about its famous sunsets, not many people know about its super interesting history and all the amazing things you can do on the island. No matter if Santorini is on your travel bucket list or not, today I'm going to share with you everything you should know about this magical island. Before we start here's a little bit of history. The official name of the island of Santorini is actually Thira, but everyone calls it Santorini. Before it was called Santorini, it was called Kallístē, meaning ‘the most beautiful one’. The name Santorini originated in 1153 by the Venetians and was the culmination of two words: Santa and Irenene (Saint Irene). Santorini was once one large round island that had very close ties to Crete. You see a lot of that Cretan influence when you visit Akrotiri, an ancient village that was uncovered, at the seaside southern point of the island. Now, Santorini is a crescent-shaped island that sits along the water-filled caldera of a massive volcano. There are four other islands that line the flooded caldera, as well. A caldera is a volcanic feature that occurs when a volcano collapses into itself, following a large eruption. The eruption that caused the formation of the current caldera, known as the Minoan eruption, occurred in the 15th century BC and completely obliterated the island, it was likely one of the largest that has ever occurred! The Therans came back and resettled and over the years, created an extremely prosperous trading island. The last eruption was in 1950 and the volcano is currently sleeping. 1. The upper crust typically lived in Venetian-style houses while the working class created the cave houses in the side of the caldera. These houses are really unique as they can maintain perfect room temperature regardless the weather conditions and are very resistant to wear and tear from environmental pressures. 2. Only 15,000 people actually live on the island of Santorini yet 1.5-2 million people visit every year! 3. There are more churches than houses in Santorini. 4. They say there is more wine in Santorini than water because of how little rain they get. 5. There is so much white and blue on the island of Santorini because they are the colors of the Greek flag. Blue represents the sky and the sea and the white represents purity. 6. Until 1960, there was no electricity. There were only donkeys and fisherman. 7. The edges of each stair on staircases and walkways are traditionally painted white because the walkways and staircases used to be poorly lit. The white helped people determine where the edges were so they wouldn’t fall over a cliff. Oia is the most picturesque town in Santorini that extends for almost 2 km. along the northern edge of the caldera. It’s surroundings consist of white washed blue dome churches, charming traditional Cycladic houses and cave houses that are carved into the rock face on top of the cliff. At night, Oia is very quiet, mellow and laid back, and the nightlife is limited to a few mellow bars and cafes to preserve the environment. Watching the sunset from Oia is a must. The sunset is literally something that will be engraved in your memory, so beautiful, so special and definitely a worthwhile experience. Oia’s port Ammoudi, is a fisherman hubbub, and you can definitely experience some amazing sea food here. The only problem with the port is that it’s waaaaaay down below. You can take the donkeys, a taxi or get a workout in to get a unique perspective of the sunset against the buildings below. The walk is not so bad though if you take it slowly and it’s really cool to see the port and the perspective of Oia from below not to mention the four little restaurants there that serve ridiculously fresh seafood and delicious appetizers (including the famous tomato fritters). Imerovigli is a smaller and quieter than all the villages but has the best caldera and sunset views as it is at the highest point. There’s not much there but private homes and small boutique hotels, a few small restaurants and shops. It’s far enough from the noisy Fira and it's said to be the most peaceful village over the caldera. Firostefani is about 15-20 minutes walk from Fira. It is very quiet and small, but some people prefer it as it’s close enough to Fira to be accessible for the bars, restaurants, clubs etc, but far enough away to offer a bit of privacy and quiet. Not to mention that accommodation price is a little bit lower than Fira and Oia. The next town down from Oia is Fira, the commercial hub and capital of Santorini, also located in white-washed buildings along the caldera. It’s a completely different vibe to Oia – one that is more vibrant until the early hours of the morning. There are more restaurants, cafes, hotels and shopping in Fira than in any other village on the island. It’s also the hotspot for nightlife with everything from bars to clubs and lounge bars. If you’re looking for a base to explore the island, I can’t recommend Fira enough. Akrotiri, also called the Pompeii of the Aegean, is a prehistoric city that lies beneath a bioclimatic shelter. Walking over wooden bridges you will encounter one of the most important and well-preserved civilizations in the Mediterranean, which was covered by the ashes of the great volcanic eruption of 1600 B.C. Somehow all of the people that lived in the settlement at the time were able to evacuate so there were no people preserved in the ruins. But, you can see fine frescos, small objects and pieces of artwork.The site is very well preserved and I highly recommend getting a guide to show you around the site and discuss the history of the island, the eruption, and the following destruction. Pyrgos is a very traditional Greek medieval village in the center of the island and was the capital of Santorini until the early 1800’s. The village is built amphitheatrically on a hill (with a slope of the 567m high), around the Venetian Castle, and boasts stunning panoramic views all over the island. Get lost inside the maze of winding narrow alleys and paths, under hidden arches and passages and behind fortified walls. Kamari is located in the southern part of the island, at the foot of the Mesa Vouno, 9 km from Fira. It is one of island's best seaside resorts as it has a 5 km long beach with black sand, in the southern part of Kamari dominates the Mesa Vouno, a mountain where Ancient Thira was built at an altitude of almost 400 m. The island is lined with unique beaches in exotic colors of black, red and white, a product of their volcanic sand. Santorini is one of the only places in the world where you can experience all three in one place! This is the most beautiful beach on Santorini. Just down the road from the Akrotiri ruins, Red Beach is the most spectacular and picturesque of any Santorini beach. From the bus stop or parking area, it’s about a 15-minute walk to the beach but its worth the walking. Vlychada beach is located in the southeastern part of Santorini, 13 km from Fira. It is a unique beach in terms of natural scenery. Volcanic rocks that reach almost to the sea, formed with the years and the help of sea and air. Perissa beach is situated at the southeast end of the island. Spread over 7 km, is the longest beach of Santorini, along with its continuation Perivolos and Agios Georgios beaches. With shallow black sand, clear deep waters and fully organized beach bars and restaurants on the seashore, Perissa is the Caldera alternative - more budget friendly - choice. Perissa, Perivolos (along with Kamari) are all Black Beaches and walking barefoot on these beaches isn't something I recommend as the sand is extremely hot and it can be a slightly painful experience but they have the nicest sand. They are about a 30-minute drive from Fira and 45 minutes from Oia. Perivolos beach is the beautiful coastal line that connects Perissa beach with the end of Agios Georgios beach. A crystal clean black sand beach with fully equipped beach bars and beautiful restaurants. Agios Georgios beach is the end of Perivolos beach. It's a crystal-clear beach with black sand, easy for everyone, but without umbrellas and deck chairs which make it ideal for everyone seeking quietness. If you continue south on foot, you will find yourself at Vlychada beach. Kamari and Perissa are the most popular beaches of Santorini. It's a 5km long beach, fully equipped. The Mesa Vouno (Mesa Mountain) of Ancient Thera dominates the southern part of the beach and the unique pedestrian only street along the beach front is perfect for shopping and walking. So I know it’s an obvious one, but there is a very good reason why this is recommended on every Santorini travel guide. I’m not exaggerating when I say that Santorini sunset is by far the most spectacular sunset I have ever seen. EVER. This is one of those pinch-yourself kind of moments, one that you are going to remember for the rest of your life. To make watching the sunset over Oia the best experience possible, securing a good spot will make all the difference. My advice? Bring a little picnic, arrive at the very least an hour before sunset, and make your way up to the viewing platform and secure a good seat. Take a million photos, but also don’t forget to take the time to really be in the moment, to soak it all in. When the fiery sun sinks into the Aegean, this sunset will forever have a place in your heart. Santorini is home to many fantastic wineries, so make sure you don’t leave the island without sampling the island’s finest grapes! The island is small so it’s fairly easy to visit the wineries on your own but the whole drinking and driving thing isn’t cool and finding each winery always takes way more time than you expect, so if you want to visit more than one winery then you have to do the tour. It’s not every day you have the option of dining with one of the best views in the world. Even if you’re on a budget, choose at least one night to splurge a little at one of the many restaurants with a view of the caldera at least one night while in Santorini. This is the second best thing to do on Santorini, the views are incredible. The hike takes somewhere between 2 and 5 hours depending on your speed and how many pictures you take along the way. Start in Fira and move north through Firostefani and then Imerovigli (this part of the path feels more like a village sidewalk). From Imerovigli to Oia it’s largely rural with only a few shops or restaurants on this stretch of path. Don’t do it in the dark and take a good amount of water but it’s not a challenging walk for most people. The route isn’t completely marked but it’s fairly intuitive: stay on the path that follows the edge of the caldera and walk north (when in doubt stay to the left/west). Of course, it’s fine to do the walk in the opposite direction but if it’s July or August I’d highly recommend starting before 8 am. There are many Caldera tours with different routes. The most popular are the sunset tours and the volcano tour. It’s not absolutely necessary to pre-book tours before arriving but if you’re on a short visit it’s probably a good idea to reserve your tour in advance. The island in the middle of the caldera is Nea Kameni and where you’ll find the most active volcano on Santorini. The crater is 130 meters up and takes about 20 minutes to walk to. Sulfur vents are found along the way. The only way to get here is by doing a volcano boat tour or hiring a chartered boat. Don't forget that is an active, yet sleeping volcano so temps are high, so high that will melt your shoe soles (true fact). You definitely have to wear hiking shoes and have lots of water with you, especially during summer. This is basically the hike from Fira to Oia but instead of continuing to Oia you can stop in Imerovigli, explore a little, and turn back around. All 3 towns have beautiful views and are worth a walk-through. This is a classic little bookshop, often named as one of the top 10 bookshops in the world. They sell a self-made map of Santorini (worth its 5€ price tag) with the staff’s favorite things to do around the island. It's a wonderful little bookstore, so be sure to support it and buy something. On the main street in Fira this small museum worths its 45-minute visit. It’s not huge but is especially interesting if you love history and have visited Akrotiri site first. I don't recommend doing day trips from Santorini to other islands unless you have unlimited time to spend. Santorini has so much to see and you must focus on staying and enjoying it. If you really want to see other islands then it's better to travel and spend a few nights there rather than wasting your time going there and back on a ferry. With that said, Ios and Folegandros are a bit of an exception as they are so close … but an overnight trip is better. Deciding where to stay is the first and trickiest decision visitors to Santorini need to make. It’s not an easy choice. Santorini is known for its fantastic boutique hotels. There are no large impersonal chain hotels on the island or mega resorts. Just like any European destination, Santorini is the one place where splurging on a great hotel is money well spent. In so many destinations you spend a majority of your day out and about, but in Santorini, with all these incredible views, it’s common for people to spend a good chunk of their holiday lounging on the deck, jaw dropped, staring out into the caldera. The views and settings in Fira, Firostefani, Imerovigli and Oia are magical. It’s easy to walk between Fira, Firostefani, and Imerovigli but Oia is a two-hour hike or 10 minutes by bus or taxi north of Imerovigli, so feels like a separate part of the island. If you are looking to be in the center of all the action, you have to stay in Fira, although you may pay a little more to do so. If you are seeking a quieter getaway with the best views of the caldera and have a bit more money to spend, I would recommend you check out all the amazing properties Oia has to offer. I don’t recommend staying at the beach as the caldera is what makes Santorini so unique. But if you still want to stay there, then Kamari is the best town. Santorini's cuisine boasts extraordinary ingredients thanks to the nutrient-rich volcanic soil. Amongst the island’s specialties are its world famous sun-dried cherry tomatoes, fava beans (split peas), capers, and white eggplant. Santorini’s chefs are always experimenting with local products, combining traditional recipes with modern gastronomy, and making the island a top culinary destination. Deciding where to eat, is the second trickiest question visitors need to make. Fira has the most choices and the best selection of budget friendly food (just walk away from caldera and into the center of town). Oia, nearby Amoudi Bay, and Imerovigli have a higher concentration of top notch restaurants but they worth to splurge. People usually eat really late in Greece so, if you are looking to go out … you shouldn’t go out until around 1:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Also, a big part of our culture is to share multiple dishes amongst everyone at the table and that applies to dessert too. Most of the time, many restaurants and taverns offer a sweet dessert or a liquor as a courtesy at the end of the meal to help with digestion. 1. The best way to get around the island is of course by ATV or a bike. I wouldn’t recommend hiring a car or anything bigger as roads are very narrow. 2. The best time to visit Santorini is anytime between May and late October. June through August is the peak season where you’ll experience heavy crowds. If you’re not in Santorini for the sun and the grey sky doesn't bother you, then March and April can be great times to visit too. The beach towns get very quiet outside of June to September. The caldera towns have a longer tourist season but even their shops, restaurants, and hotels start to close in early November. Most luxury hotels are open March 1 through November 15. In recent years more hotels and restaurants are staying open year round as off-season travel to Santorini has increased. 3. While in Santorini, stay in a Cave house. These unique houses are much like what they sound. Rooms that are built into the side of the cliff. They typically have curved ceilings and asymmetrical architecture. They can be one-room suites or have multiple rooms. They will usually have a terrace that sits outside the underground portion of the dwelling. Cave houses stay extremely cool during the heat of the summer. They are usually found in the villages of Fira, Firostefani, Imerovigli, and Oia. 4. Us Greeks are fluent in English so you won’t get lost in translation too much, but just in case, it’s common travel courtesy to try and know a few phrases in the primary language of the country you’re visiting! Here are the ones that would be good for you to know when venturing to Santorini! Bottom line, words are not enough to describe Santorini. Just they don’t do it justice and be honest, neither do photographs. This place just HAS to be experienced. If you are interested in history, love photography and like swimming, you will absolutely love it.

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Relying on a stingy defense all night, the Utah State Aggies defeated the 23rd-ranked Northern Illinois Huskies 21-14 in the 9th annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. Time and time again the Aggies defense answered the bell, hurrying and frustrating Heisman Trophy finalist Jordan Lynch all night. On the night Utah State’s defense recorded a forced fumble, interception, two sacks, two missed field goals, and a turnover on downs. San Diego native Joey DeMartino, rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown for the Aggies on his way to earning Offensive MVP Honors. The first quarter saw both teams unable to capitalize after starting with solid field position. After a short punt by Northern Illinois, the Utah State offense was unable to move the ball and freshman kicker Jake Thompson missed a 52-yard field goal. Starting with great field position of their own, Northern Illinois looked to get on the scoreboard, but Utah State’s senior lineback Jake Doughty forced a fumble by NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch on the second play of the drive, and safety Brian Suite recovered the ball. The Aggies then opened the scoring as they strung together an 8-play, 32-yard drive, capped by a 31-yard field goal by Nick Diaz. The Huskies looked ready to respond as they marched 55 yards down the field, but once again the Utah State defense held firm and forced a missed field goal. One possession later Diaz added a 39-yard field goal for a 6-0 lead. Northern Illinois got on the board after an impressive 15-play, 78-yard drive. During the drive, the Huskies used a steady dose of rushing, led by Lynch and running back Cameron Stingily. The two combined to for the final seven plays of the drive, ending with a 1-yd touchdown run by Lynch to give the Huskies the lead. The Huskies had a chance to add to their lead at the end of the second quarter, but the Utah State defense stood their ground on a 4th-and-3 to end the NIU drive. On the first play from scrimmage in the second half, Suite continued his solid defensive performance as he intercepted Lynch’s pass and seven plays later Aggies QB Darrell Garretson hit Brandon Swindall in the endzone with a 5-yard touchdown pass as Utah State regained the lead, 13-7. The Huskies had a golden opportunity to score after defensive tackle Ken Bishop intercepted Darell Garretson’s deflected pass at the Utah State 14-yard line. But, as they did all night, the Aggies defense shut down Lynch and company on three straight downs, and then Northern Illinois kicker Mathew Sims missed a 29-yard field goal, his second miss of the night. From there Utah State strung together a back-breaking 17-play, 80-yard scoring drive that chewed up over seven minutes of the game clock. DeMartino dominated the drive, as he tallied 53 yards and a touchdown, capping a great night for the hometown product. The Aggies converted the two-point try to extend the lead to 21-7 with just over four minutes to play. Northern Illinois gave the Aggies a scare at the end, as Lynch found Juwan Brescacin in the endzone on a 4th-and-10 to cut the lead in half with 1:44 to play. But the late-game magic that has become so common in San Diego’s bowl games was not to be, as the Utah State special teams unit recovered the onside kick to seal the victory. Utah State senior linebacker Jake Doughty earned the game’s Defensive MVP award, tallying eight tackles, 1.5 TFL and a forced fumble.

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Heart disease is a big health problem for men today, statistics show that men have higher likelihood dying from heart disease than women. From a heart attack to stroke, clogged arteries and more, paying attention to your heart health is vital to ensuring that you live a long and healthy life. In an effort to help you here are 4 ways to make your heart healthier starting today. Oftentimes being overweight, especially around the mid section, can contribute greatly to heart issues… making them far more likely to have heart disease the longer they are overweight. It is important that you exercise regularly and pay attention to staying fit around your middle so that your heart and body isn’t working overtime to keep itself running. Even working out just several times a week for 30 minutes can be all the difference. Bad habits such as drinking alcohol, smoking, drugs, etc can do a lot to quickly degrade the health of your heart. From clogging your arteries to restricting the blood vessels, vices like alcohol and smoking make your heart more susceptible to everything from a stroke to a heart attack. They say that laughter is the best medicine and they’re right. There have been countless research studies over the years that have directly linked laughter to reducing stress levels and lowering the risks for major health problems such as heart disease. Whether it is sharing a joke with a friend or taking a trip to the local comedy club, try and laugh every day, and see how much better you and your heart feels for it. The foods you eat play a major part in the overall health of your heart because foods like red meats, processed foods with trans fats, sweets and more help to clog the arteries, restrict blood/oxygen flow in the body and make your heart work harder to keep itself running. It is best to try and eat a diet rich in multi-colored fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, buts, whole grains, etc. Try to only indulge in less healthy foods sporadically… making it an occasional treat rather than a daily occurrence.

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The History of the world is filled with stories of individuals trying to find eternal youth. Wealthy people going to private centers for magic elixirs. Many individuals taking megadoses of certain vitamins, drink green tea, use coenzyme Q10 etc, hoping to find the “fountain of youth”. Lets take a closer look and see what happens to our bodies as we age. Growth Hormone declines steadily at the age of 31 and at the rate of 14% per decade. Along with aging, we become vulnerable to diseases. Our ability to fight illness declines, the body’s ability to metabolize sugar, handle cholesterol, and clear the kidneys of toxins, becomes more and more difficult. Ultimately, the slow deadly disease of aging creeps in. These symptoms can be the possible result of, reduced Human Growth Hormone. Until age 21, Human Growth Hormone is abundant in the body being solely responsible for muscle building, bone growth, skin elasticity, increased energy, lean body mass, and sexual vigor. Gray hair is caused by the slowing production of melanin over time within the hair follicles. When this happens, the hair follicles produce less and less melanin, and the result is a loss of hair, color and strength. Hormonal breakdown and free radicals is the major contributor of skin aging because of the reduction of the body’s Hormone production or lack of. Hormones such as Human Growth Hormone and testosterone are only produced in noticeable quantities up to the age of 20. These Hormones are responsible for physical fitness, regeneration and the immune system. Due to a declining Hormone level, the breakdown of organs, tissues and cells begins. Another factor are free radicals. These are parts of molecules that are found in the Human Body. As a result of external factors such as ultraviolet light (too much sun), smoking or unhealthy eating habits, under these circumstances free radicals are inclined to react. Meaning that they are in search of other chemical substances to bond themselves with. Ultimately, the breakdown of the skin begins. The body protects itself against these aggressors with naturally occurring anti-oxidant’s. Until you reach the age of twenty and onwards, this natural defense mechanism slowly declines, until eventually the skin can no longer defend itself. What can be done about aging?

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A major similarity is that both angel investors and venture capitalists are making their investments into private companies for the return of private equity in those companies. Private equity is simply shares or stakes (sometimes securities) in any company which isn’t registered with the stock market. “If we compare VC to Angel funding, we notice that purely in terms of dollars invested, VCs easily beat out Angel investors by as much as 70 to 1 — for a common comparative investment of $7 million VC vs. $25,000 Angel. In fact, even Angel Groups typically raise only a fraction of what VC funders do.”, says Jenny Ta, founder and CEO of Sqeeqee.com, a platform promising to transform social media into a money making machine for its user base. So before reaching out to angel investors or venture capital firms, assess your current status and needs, and tailor your pitch. Angel investors are generally lone individuals investing personal funds into a business opportunity they think will turn a great profit. And they’re not wrong! Returns on successful angel investments can be dramatic and deep, far larger than many traditional investments, which is what inspires angel investors to take the risk at all. That said, because these are personal funds, angel investors often don’t have as much to offer as venture capital firms. Angel investors are likely to be willing to invest in businesses at any stage, from start-ups to established companies. Investment amounts are generally less than a million, though groups of angel investors might contribute in the hundreds of thousands. Far more commonly, they offer tens of thousands. They may be interested in offering up significant industry contacts or assistants, and are generally flexible enough to be either more hands-on or hands-off in their approach to the relationship. Venture capitalists and firms are businesses which draw from a corporate fund, rather than private moneys, and can therefore often offer substantially more than angel investors. Venture capitalists rarely invest in early stage companies unless there are very compelling reasons for the exception. Most VC investment amounts exceed 1 million dollars, and they will generally require some manner of seat on the board of the company they are investing in, and will likely be hands-on in their management of their investment. But being hands-on also means a great deal of guidance, and many VC firms offer CEO coaching, marketing assistance, and other substantial perks in addition to the cash inflow. Expertise, mentoring, and services are all among the major benefits in the court of VC firms. And, most of all, catching the interest of a notable VC firm lends a company an air of cachet which can attract media (and therefore consumer) attention which can, in and of itself, provide a significant push in popularity. But as angel investors gain ground, this may soon be true of them as well: the Forbes Midas List now includes individuals as well as firms. Generally speaking, if a business is at the start up phase, or is very young and without many tangible measures of success, they are more likely to seek out (and receive funding from) angel investors. Venture capitalists and firms generally enter the picture after there’s enough financial evidence to support the suggestion of a sound investment, and generally provide revenue to rapidly expand a proven business concept.

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This is the third in my series of posts about the visual design for my Canons album. I’d like to share some photos of the culmination of the process: the physical CD. Instead of a conventional jewel box, I decided to go with a four-panel digipak, which actually has six design components: front cover, back cover, spine, inside flap, cd tray, and cd surface. I debated whether to include the liner notes in the album but decided against it for a few reasons: wanted to have the flexibility to edit the notes later, wanted to keep printing costs down, wanted to simplify the process of designing the packaging (took a long time even without notes!), and wasn’t sure how many people would read the notes. This was still a very difficult decision because I think that printed notes are one of the main advantages of a physical album over digital, and I know I’m more likely to read notes when I can hold them in my hands. 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You could mail order them but that could take weeks or months. CDs made you plan your acquisition process. You had to think about which CDs you wanted to get, ask around, read reviews, try to get the person in the store to play you a track or two if they were willing, and then you’d have to be ready for everyone in the store to hear what you were thinking of buying, and what if you hated it? Maybe you could borrow a CD from a friend and listen for a while. Maybe you could trade. Some stores had listening stations where you could hear a few staff selections, and a few stores had a system that could play an arbitrary disc. But many CDs were not available to preview at all — you had to take a chance. CDs could be duds. You’d think you were going to love a CD but it turned out to be lame, and in buying it you’d lost your chance to buy another CD that you really wanted, but now that this lame CD was sitting around you’d keep trying to listen to it, seeing if maybe you could get yourself to like it — and every once in a while, that worked. CDs could be great deals. When you spotted a rare or expensive CD on the rack at a used record shop, marked at $7 or $8 you felt lucky, you grabbed it. CDs always had to pass through a salesperson. You had to take your CDs up to some man or woman at the sales counter, hand the CDs to the person, wait while the person looked over your selections, scanned them, maybe made a passing comment, computed the total, took your cash or your credit card, put the discs in a bag, gave you a receipt and a parting glance. CDs were possessions. When you bought a CD it became a part of your life. It lived in your bedroom, or your kitchen, or your office. It joined a chorus of CD spines asking to be pulled out. You came to recognize the lettering and color of that spine. You could quickly find your favorite CDs on the shelf using only your peripheral vision and your intuition about where you had probably placed it. There were some spines that you had seen in record shops year after year – the same spine – and one day maybe you’d finally take a chance on that album and bring it home and now that familiar spine would finally join your collection. CDs could get messed up. Maybe the disc got scratched if you dropped it one day, maybe the jewel case cracked. Every once in a while you might have to clean a CD with a rag or, if you thought it was necessary, a microfiber cloth; and water, or, if you believed in it, that special fluid that came in those little bottles. CDs reminded you how old they were and where you got them. If you had owned a CD for ten years its case was probably old and worn. If you had bought it used, without plastic wrap, its case probably still held the price tag that had been stamped on it, and that tag probably had the name of the store like Academy Records or Cutler’s or Soundtracks or Colony Music or may be some store in another town or city or country you had visited once on a trip. CDs came with liner notes and you were more likely to read them in full than, say, a PDF on your computer screen today, competing with thirty browser tabs. Sometimes you’d expect to see lyrics and translations in the notes and you’d find only a blank page. But sometimes the booklet was so thick you’d have trouble squeezing it back into the jewel box and it would all frayed. CDs had covers that you got to know. Sometimes you’d go to a record shop looking for a certain cover even though you couldn’t remember the title of the album you wanted, and maybe if the salesperson was nice they’d humor you and let you describe the cover and they’d see if they could figure out what album you might talking about and whether it was in stock. CDs could end up in the wrong cases. CDs could be temporarily misplaced, mistakenly left behind, sometimes permanently lost. CDs could turn up in unexpected places after you had searched for them for days or months. You could end up with duplicate CDs if you bought one you forgot you already owned, or if you bought one you thought you had lost when you really hadn’t. And sometimes two CDs with totally different covers actually contained the same recording. CDs had to be played through a sequence of steps. Open the jewel box. Press that thingy to release the disc. Hear a little bit of a squeaking sound. Then walk the disc over to the CD player, yes, walk it over there. Eject whatever was inside. Hear the tray open. Take the other disc out and put it aside – wonder where its case had gone. Put in the new disc, press a button to make the tray to retract: a bzzzz followed by a kind of mechanical gurgling sound as the player registered the new disc. Look at the LED light show the total number of tracks. Then press “play” and hear some more mechanical gurgling as the player got started. Then go back to your chair and listen as the music starts. CDs came with a specific track order. You could program your player to use a different order but that was enough of a hassle that you rarely ever did it. If you liked a CD and listened to it a lot, you got to know the track order so well that at the end of one song your mind would automatically start playing the next song before the CD player actually got to it. CDs forced you to be patient. Once a CD started playing you’d probably let it keep going for a while because in order to change it you’d have to go through that whole sequence of steps again. CDs could encounter tragedy. Sometimes a CD player would eat a CD and refuse to give it back and you’d have to plead with it. CDs could be stacked. You could have all your rap in one stack and all your Renaissance choral music in another stack. Or you could make a stack of new CDs that you had been meaning to listen to, or old favorites that you wanted to revisit. You could merge two stacks or break a stack apart; you could pick up a whole stack and move it to another room. CDs could be seen all together, in aggregate. You could see how big your collection was – whether it was neatly organized or a mess. You could see when it needed attention, when it was getting shaggy, when it needed to be sorted or pruned. You could see your collection getting bigger and taking more space as you bought more CDs and you could see it getting smaller as you sold CDs or gave them away. People who came to your home could see what music you had. CDs could be taken on trips, but not too many. When you went on a trip you had to decide which CDs you wanted to take with you. Your backpack had room for five, maybe ten. Could you survive a week away from home with only five albums to listen to? Maybe if you ditched a book or two, or a bag of granola, you could make room for more CDs. CDs had players and those players had their own personalities. You could buy a fancy CD player or a generic one. Some people said they were all basically the same but others swore that having multiple lasers and a boutique digital-to-analog converter would make all the difference, would make you happier and more satisfied. CDs had stores dedicated to them, and you could dedicate days to going to those stores. You got to know where the record shops were, the ones that sold only new discs and those that had a used section. If you lived in a city and had the time and some cash, you could spend a whole Saturday walking from shop to shop. Lots of shops would make you check your bag so you didn’t steal a CD. These things were valuable. CDs helped you enjoy music. They did this not just by holding the music but by giving structure to your experience as a listener. CDs slowed you down. If you wanted to play a CD you’d have to find it first, then set it up in the player, and by the time the music actually started, you were ready to pay attention. Your pride in owning a CD – in having tracked down something rare and wonderful – made you more likely to actually listen to it. Your stacks of CDs helped you remember what you wanted to hear. The mild inconvenience of changing a CD made you give more attention to whatever was playing now. The fact that there were CDs “out there” – amazing, unusual CDs on the shelves of some shop, somewhere – CDs that would blow your mind if only you could get a hold of them – it made life seem like a musical treasure hunt. And when you found a treasure you gave it a special place on the shelf, a special place in your life, and when you listened to it, your awareness of its rarity, of its value as a thing, made you more attentive to the actual music it contained, more ready to receive the real gift. A canon is a composition in which one melodic part, the follower, imitates another part, the leader, with a delay. Such pieces range in complexity from children’s tunes like “Frère Jacques” to intricate masterworks like the canons in Ockeghem’s Missa Prolationum or Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Art of Fugue. While the canon is a fundamental and centuries-old form, at once puzzle-like and admitting of great beauty, it does not often receive the close focus of a dedicated collection. The present album is unique in featuring a stylistically diverse set of contemporary two-part canons performed on the harpsichord. The forty-five compositions recorded here—each one, the realization of a musical impetus under a specific set of technical constraints—together form a tribute to the canon’s history as well as an exploration of its potential as seen by one composer working in the 21st century. This is a Q&A about canons that I wrote sometime after finishing my forty-fifth canon. It was included in the liner notes of my collection of digitally rendered canon performances, now titled Canon Previews. It applies just as well to the album Canons, featuring harpsichord performances by Matthew McConnell, that we’re now releasing. Q: What is a canon? A: You could say it’s a piece of music built on the idea of an echo. In a two-part canon you have one part that leads and another part that lags a little bit behind, echoing everything the leader does. “All the pieces are performed on an instrument called the harpsichord – have you heard of it?” This is me, describing my Canons album to someone whose musical interests I don’t know. If the person turns out to be a classical music buff, they might be slightly offended by my assumption that they could possibly not know what a harpsichord is. On the other hand, if the person isn’t “into classical,” they might look at me with a blank stare, if they don’t just assume I’m using a fancy word for… maybe.. the harp. Considering that my canons can also be performed on piano and could be arranged for other instruments altogether, I wanted to say a few words about why I sought the harpsichord’s particular voice for this project.

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The four presently-serving FCC Commissioners came before the SENATE COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TODAY (8/16) for an oversight hearing that focused on the Commission's missteps in the Net Neutrality proceeding as well as rural broadband, the Lifeline program, telehealth services, robocalls, and other issues. The panel generated the news that FCC Chairman AJIT PAI disclosed that WHITE HOUSE counsel DON MCGAHN called him to discuss the aborted SINCLAIR-TRIBUNE deal last month, before the deal was terminated, but PAI, responding to a question from Sen. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT) on whether anyone from the WHITE HOUSE had called the Commission about the merger, added that the call came after he had already announced his intention to refer the merger to an Administrative Law Judge and that MCGAHN's call was a "status inquiry" and not interference in the process. BLUMENTHAL asked PAI to provide a written summary of the conversation. Responding to Sen. BILL NELSON (D-FL)'s question on broadcast consolidation, Commissioner JESSICA ROSENWORCEL said that due to the agency's rollback of ownership restrictions "to the point where we almost have none," she is "worried we are losing localism in our broadcasting." To Sen. BRIAN SCHATZ's (D-HI) question on the Commission's false claim of a DDoS attack against its comment system in the Net Neutrality case and why PAI "ran with" the FCC CIO's assertion, PAI, after initially dodging the question by referring SCHATZ to the Inspector General's report, admitted he had doubts but that the CIO assured him it was "99%" likely that a DDoS attack was responsible. He added that he wanted the report to get out as soon as possible despite the IG's request for confidentiality. Sen. MAGGIE HASSAN (D-NH) brought up PAI's "struggle" in a previous hearing to say that the press is not the "enemy of the people" as President TRUMP has asserted, and PAI responded that he does not believe the press is the enemy, but once again demurred on commenting on "political" comments like the President's. Commissioner MICHAEL O'RIELLY also said it was "not appropriate" to comment on the President's statements but said that press freedom is stronger than any person's comments; Commissioner BRENDAN CARR similarly would not criticize the President, but ROSENWORCEL said, "This is simple, this is easy -- yes, it's harmful."

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The hassle of finding the right spot for a pleasant evening or a jubilant festivity is painful. The discomfort of going through the hundreds of reviews for hotels Dehradun with a hovering fear of the judgemental eyes of a partner or the guests is something you would rather not. And even if you do succeed in your search, the perilous territory of shoddy and mediocre services may be waiting for you right around the corner. Surely what could be better than to dine at a place with the perfect flavors and all the excellent vibes right in the heart of the city? MJ Residency may be just the savior that you need! The hotel is 3 stars, located at a few minutes drive from the Clock Tower and is very likely to leave you surprised. Positioned on the main road in the right surroundings and easily accessible via autos or taxis Hotel MJ Residency trends among the top hotels of the city. You very well may judge the worth by looking at the building alone! The place prides itself on the kind of the services it provides. With a staff that is relentless for the satisfaction of the customers and facilities guaranteeing a wholesome enjoyment, MJ Residency may be the best choice for you, offering all the luxurious comforts as well as the desirable amenities for a pleasurable stay. The atmosphere inside is relaxing to the core. Need an escape from the stress of the daily life or a job? This is where you come. You can expect great views all the while snuggled in fresh, warm sheets. The hotel also caters to the needs of the business travelers offering its top-notch quality. With some of the cleanest rooms and efficient housekeeping, a good wifi and proper air-conditioning are additional bonuses. The customers are more than invited to carry on their work in its calm and refreshing premises. A spacious conference hall is a part of the place. Apt for banquets and parties the hall carries all the modern facilities. It provides a suitable area for board meetings as well as conferencing too. Various social events are also held in the hotel owing to the first-rate services of the space. A multi-cuisine restaurant is also party to the hotel. With a menu of exciting dishes from all over the world, the taste of the food here over the classiest music would mark your tongues and your souls too! The delicacies offered are choicest, be it for a family gathering, a group of friends, a date or serving a single person alone. The amazing bar may also be able to add some color. The staff of the restaurant is no less remarkable. A speedy and hygienic service is one of the distinguishing qualities. The interiors are magnificent and a feast for the eyes. The decor alone may sweep you off your feet. Being a popular choice among the city folks hotel MJ Residency hotels Dehradun counts as a secure and trustworthy caterer not very likely to bore a hole in your pocket.

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Soul Shoes – Is there such a thing ? So looking around the recent soul dos I have been to, there is not a clear winner, particularly in the modern northern soul circles, there is a smattering of moddy types, smattering of lads with Oxford bags and what you might call just normal looking people. So on the shoes it varies like mad. At the most recent northern do I went to here in Peterborough I counted 40% tassel loafers, 20% brogues and the rest was made up of comfortable flat shoe. I was genuinely surprised by that figure and didn’t go thinking that I would see that many. So Soul shoe types, this is we’re I am stuck, being to young to have been a soul boy in the 70’s let alone the 60’s. What I can see though is in the early seventies, it stands to reason that tassel loafers would be popular as would brogues, because the shoes a fashion item at the time. Other styles which popular at the time include, Solatio , a monster of a shoe, which has strips of leather sown together. Mainly in brown, but also in black and two tone styles. The shoe is currently being remade by Ikon shoes. Other shoes which can be seen on the northern soul scene included standard looking Oxford shoes. I am again assuming a good solid shoe, with a leather sole. And as we know a leather sole glides around the floor and makes obvious sense to wear. This neatly brings on to Bowling shoes. Bowling shoes can be seen in several pictures in the 60’s being worn by mods. The Bowling shoe works on the dance floor, it is very light and comes in a multitude of colours, which means your eyes are drawn to. Being light means you can dance for much longer, obvious I know and also why karate shoes became popular. The point being though both shoes are rubbish to walk in. Bowling shoes have a soft sole and step in a puddle and you are instantly socked! Moving into the 80’s soul changed from the fast paced Northern Soul into the more disco orientated style. The tassel loafer morphed into a lighter shoe, with a very thin sole. Moccasins became very popular and the casual looked prevelled. The shift again with the rave generation and into Brit pop of the 90’s. The smart shoe got left behind in kickers and timberland boots. Britpop seemed obsessed with Addidas trainers. But this has nothing to do with soul! So the classic soul shoe, I am going to go for a classic tassel loafer, with a proper leather sole, and if needed a leather heal,as well. Its a classic going out shoe, not something you would were in the office. Disagree then say so below, and ideally send some pics to prove it. This entry was posted in Loafers, Tassel Loafers, Uncategorized and tagged 60's, bass weejuns, ikon, men tassel loafers, Mod footwear, Northern Soul, Northern Soul Shoes, penny loafer, penny loafers, Tassel Loafers, tassle loafers. Are Tassel Loafers with Feathers MOD?

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This was a short week with midterms and work projects, but I got to reward myself with a trip out to Fountain Hills to pace/crew at the Javelina Jundred. I went out without a plan other than helping the local Socal runners attempting (Erin, Henry, Gabi, Erik Skelly, Guillome, etc. etc.), and maybe pace some of the front runners. Little did I know at the end of the 5th loop, the front runner would be none other than Jamie Donaldson and she'd actually want my help. When we started she had a bit of kidney problems, and we had to dial it back (enabling Guillermo to catch her around mile 82), but she hung really tough and we talked so much that for the first time pacing was actually really enjoyable and not stressful at all. A little know fact, she had not been running since Badwater, and only started back up 3 weeks before Javelina.. Which turned out to be the perfect recipe as she bagged the win in course record time- 17:11. 53 miles - Kinda weak week stepping back, but not much mileage was possible with midterms and work taking precedence. I nailed my econ test, so it was worth it, and my body is ready for a stronger training week. Nice job pacing. Jamie is a sweetie. Running is just a hobby. School and work are a lot more important. This is the off-season anyways. I love running, but it doesn't seem to pay the bills yet.. Only add to the bills. I can't wait to work 40 hours a week, woo!

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Our final release of the spring season, John Harris Dunning and Michael Kennedy's Tumult, is a stylish psychological thriller that demands to be read on the beach. But first, you need to buy it - and what better place than Gosh! Comics, where it launches on Thursday 28th June. Join us there at 7pm for drinks, chatter and bibliotherapy. Adam Whistler topples himself into emotional free fall by impulsively ending his seemingly perfect relationship. He meets the bewitching and troubled Morgan at a party and is instantly ensnared in her life. When he learns that people close to her are being killed, he's determined to protect her. Or is it Adam who needs protection... from Morgan? Tumult is a stylish contemporary psychological thriller in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith. Twenty-three-year-old artist Michael Kennedy brings his singular style and bold colour work to a script by John Harris Dunning that is taut, pacy and achingly cool. Michael Kennedy is a cartoonist from Tamworth, Staffordshire. He is the artist on Spiritus from Vault Comics and has produced comics in the small press and independent scene. Tumult is his first graphic novel. John Harris Dunning is the writer of graphic novel Salem Brownstone. He instigated and curated the Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK exhibition at the British Library, the most prestigious exhibition of comics to be held in Britain. He’s written for GQ, Esquire, Dazed, iD, The Guardian and Metro.

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As a school administrator, how can I notify my teachers that I want them to administer a school-wide assessment? One feature of the School Dashboard is that administrators can request for teachers to administer school-wide grade-level assessments. To do this, administrators must log on to their School Dashboard and navigate to the Assessments page using the tabs on the left. Once on the Assessments page, administrators can create a new assessment they would like teachers to administer as well as remind teachers about outstanding assessments. To notify teachers about a new grade-level assessment you would like them to administer to their students, administrators can scroll to the bottom of the Assessments page. Here, you will see a section titled "Create a New Assessment." Administrators must select the grade level in the top right corner using the dropdown menu. This will refresh the student names on the list to reflect students enrolled in that grade level. You can select individual students by checking the box next to his or her name or check the "pick all students" option at the top (next to the grade dropdown menu). After selecting the students you would like to assess, click the blue "Create" button at the bottom of the student list. Administrators will be prompted with a pop-up screen asking: Would you like to notify teachers about the new assessment? Clicking YES will send those students' teachers a notification e-mail about the requested assessment. Clicking NO will not the the notification e-mail, however teachers will still be able to see the assessment on their Teacher Dashboard. **Note: Administrators can only create new assessments for grade-level assessments that cover all domains. For example, an assessment for 3rd grade students would include 3rd grade level questions that assess all elementary school domains. These are beneficial for assessing students at the beginning of the year, as a diagnostic, mid-year, and at the end of the year, to assess growth. The top portion of the Assessments page shows outstanding grade-level assessments for your school. It is titled "Assessments for ______," with your school name in the blank. This gives administrators a detailed list showing who issued the assessment (if multiple administrators have access to the School Dashboard), when they issued it, and for what grades. It will also show the teachers whose students were assigned the assessment and the percentage of the students in each class that have completed it. Administrators can track whether teachers are administering the assessments by looking at the completion percentage. They can remind teachers who may have forgotten to give an assessment or need to administer it to more students. To do this, simply click the blue "Send Notifications" button at the top of the page. This will redirect administrators to a notification page where they can select the specific teachers to notify about their outstanding assessments. Just check the box under "Notify?" next to each teacher's name you would like to email. Scroll down to the bottom and click the blue "Send now" button. E-mail notifications will be sent out immediately! As a school administrator, can I add students to teacher rosters? What information can I see on the Assessments page? What can I do on the Administrator Dashboard?

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Late in October, Nature Canada’s Ted Cheskey led a workshop session on conserving Canada Warbler on its northern breeding grounds with forest company representatives and biologists as part of a larger workshop on birds and forest management hosted by the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (BAM), supported by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. The workshop was in Edmonton, and as a result was mainly attended by representatives from companies operating in western Canada. Nature Canada was delighted to be able to support the participation of Liz Kejick of the Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario. Big forestry operations occur widely on the traditional lands of First Nations, some of which operate their own forestry operations, but most of whom rarely have the capacity to participate in initiatives like this one. The fact that Liz was the only First Nation representative at the workshop underlines this point. My take away learning was that there are already many logging companies that incorporate Canada Warbler conservation practices into their daily operations in western Canada. Many conduct pre-operational surveys, for example. BAM’s interest in getting the scientists and forestry companies talking was in part to apply the BAM products (e.g. predictive models for bird presence and abundance) to support improve forestry practices that support conservation. They also look to improving their models, which always require field-testing and revision. At some point in the workshop, I noted that, the overall workshop title could have been “forestry, modelling and the Canada Warbler. Overwintering Canada Warblers in Colombia display migratory connectivity!

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Today I climbed to the summit of the Dutchmans Stern (no apostrophe, woeful English grammar in my opinion) and activated VK5-NE-028 (six points). I am delighted to report I had 23 contacts. Thanks to all who took time out on AFL Grand Final Day to give me a contact and thanks to those who alerted others. This summit is located within the Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park and also counts for the SANPCPA award (1 point). It took a little over two hours to climb the 4.2K route to the summit and about one hour forty minutes to descend. I was feeling pretty tired by then. I used my new seven metre squid pole and a couple of trees to support my dipole and a 4.3 amp hour sealed lead acid battery for power. My gear is too heavy! I will be working hard to reduce the weight. I am considering Li Po batteries and I have a SOTA linked dipole (which I haven’t tried yet) and continue to use my home made dipole which is so rugged. The following contacts were made on 40 metres: VK5CZ, Ian, who was unwell and could not join me in the activation; VK5IS QRP, Ian; VK5HS, Ivan; VK5WG, Nev; VK5NQP, David, who with some encouragement and slow use of phonetics was able to made a successful contact; VK5LA, Andy; VK2YW, John; VK3FPSR, Peter; VK2UH, Andrew; VK3CAT, Tony; VK3ANL, Nick; VK3DET, Ernie; VK5LY, Larry; VK5PAS, Paul; VK5AV; Tim; VK3MCD, Brian; VK3HRA, Allen; VK5PAS, Paul, with the AFL scores; VK5AKH, Andrew; VK5FMID, Brian; VK5HCF QRP, Col; VK5AR/p, Allan portable at Eagle on the Hill and undertaking antenna experiments and VK3YY, Glenn. The Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park is a great place for a hike. It is also very beautiful on the slopes and towards the summit. Unfortunately acres of Salvation Jane, a favourite with the bees, was not good for my lungs. You walk through this to get to the trail. We also noticed plenty of goats, four legged ones. However, the kangaroos were pretty quiet and did not rush away, but stopped and watched us make our way down the path. We saw lots, including plenty of juveniles. I commend to you the Walking Trails Support Group brochure if you are planning a trip. We spoke to a young woman training for her attempt at Mt Killimanjaro who left the car park at the same time as us and took the longer loop track to the top. We caught up with her again on her descent 100 metres from the summit. We also spoke with a couple, about our age, from NSW and a man, a bit younger than me, a Vietnam Vet, keeping fit. Otherwise the Park was ours! We left a note in the visitors’ book kept in a sealed container at the summit. It will tell future readers of the VK5 and SOTA awards.

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SOME Americans seem concerned about the large legal and illegal immigration into the nation, as well as the aspiration to retain their language. As a historian and son of immigrant parents, I have little worry about such matters and welcome both movements. For one reason, the native American birthrate will likely remain low in the next several decades as education and affluence increase. Immigration will prevent the demographic phenomenon some European nations are already experiencing -- an inadequate replacement ratio. With a low birthrate from the preponderant population and a high one from immigrants, the result is a modest increase compatible with ecological concerns and a growth-oriented economy. Every wave of non-English-speaking immigrants hoped to retain their language as well as Old World customs. None would be successful in getting the public school system to honor their objectives, but the family provided the funnel for such instruction. Language, however, would be an ephemeral goal: The longer the ethnic group was in the US, the less infatuation there would be with language. As the baby in my Italian-American family, I never learned Italian. And the reason was two-fold, my indifference and that of my parents. Hispanic-Americans are concerned about bilingualism, but that, too, will pass. Lest we forget, blacks in the 1960s were successful in getting courses in black English; that trend faded as it became evident that the most critical element for success is acceptance of the American system. That means that unless one is content to spend his or her life in an ethnic enclave, where the native language is important, the outward and manifest signs of the US system have to be honored: through higher education that bears the hallmark of no one ethnic group, through mastery of the English language, including its slang and idioms, and through the acquisition of a polish -- some might say fa,cade -- that society expects of its most upwardly mobile individuals. Over my years of teaching, I have called this the ``gotcha syndrome.'' Sooner or later, the ethnic will be gotten by the American system. The first generation will be most resistant, with each subsequent one opening the American door wider. That does not mean that some Old World traditions cannot be carried on. The traditions of diet, religion, family, and child-rearing -- and yes, language -- are mostly private and thus nonthreatening. As Americans become more and more alike, sharing a consensus of economic and political values, these manifestations of ethnicity are healthful, serving to provide a little differentiation in an otherwise homogenized society. And they can be carried on through the unit that will probably value them the most, the family -- provided it chooses to do so. Beyond test scores: How well do cities love their children?

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Bold pattern adds character to the main bedroom in interior designer Karen Howes’s London flat. A porcelain lamp by Jonathan Adler illuminates the bedroom. This is the larch ‘Carnaby Flame Lamp’ with a handmade paper shade. It is available in a number of different colourways and costs £295. For a modern take on tie-backs, Karen’s team had the tassels dip-dyed so that they gradate from white to taupe. This is a bespoke service offered by Spina Design and prices start from £354 per tie-back. John Lewis also sells a dip-dye tie-back for £25. The owners of this west London house employed a skilled team to restore and complement its original features, and create a home with a feeling of permanence after a lifetime of moving. The house is a tall, mid-nineteenth-century white stucco building that they wanted to work well for twenty-first-century family life. ‘We were determined to avoid beige banker chic,’ the owner explains. A portrait by Betsy Podlach above the Howe fireplace inspired the palette for the main bedroom. Faringdon House in Oxfordshire was once home to ‘the mad boy’ Lord Berners, the inspiration for Lord Merlin in Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love. Now in the hands of his descendant Sofka Zinovieff, the character and eccentricity of the home and its history is lovingly preserved. For Richard Hanlon, the plan to buy a holiday home in India with his friend Trish McFarlane led to the ambitious construction of Bujera Fort, now a spectacular palace hotel in Udaipur. Arriving today, up the rutted track that leads out of Bujera village, it is difficult to believe that this beautiful building, its outer walls frothing with white bougainvillea, was only recently finished. A bedroom is decorated with traditional Indian furniture combined with English fabrics such as the floral chintz on the headboard. Colour blocking isn’t just a fashion trend. Start with one colour on the wall, then build your accent colours around it. Don’t forget to include neutral accents – white, black, grey and wood will help draw the eye to your carefully-chosen colour scheme. The bed frame is antique, but for similar try the ‘Somerset’ at Laura Ashley. A French, nineteenth-century ash chest of drawers from Colefax and Fowler Antiques complements the iron and glass chandelier. For similar try the ‘Chantal’ at Graham & Green. The raffia wall shade on the back wall is from the The Conran Shop. This bedroom in a Notting Hill townhouse is dominated by Michael Szell’s cheerful ‘Carnival’ fabric and wallpaper designed for Christopher Farr Cloth. The wall behind the bed has been entirely wallpapered, giving the effect of an extended headboard. A pink floral bedroom makes an elegant scheme in this neoclassical pavilion Bradwell Lodge. It is aptly named the ‘Pink Room’. A bold Bernard Thorp ‘Brimble’ fabric has been used on the walls, bed and blind, adding character and playfulness. The curtain over the bed adds height, and gives room a cosy den-like feel. Designed as a guest room, we think the ideas could easily be transferred to a child’s bedroom. If there’s one thing that makes a bedroom, it’s soft bedding you can see yourself burrowing into. Get that right, then add a striking pendant light and statement nightstand for a look that’s the epitome of effortless style. Like many a family home, there are conflicting tastes present in the home of Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada, furniture designers and owners of Casamidy. For starters, the two prefer different materials – Anne-Marie likes metal, while Jorge loves leather – but the two have created a home with a uniformity of spirit while still reflecting their personal tastes. In the master bedroom, the hand forged iron ‘Diego bed’ by Anne-Marie takes centre-stage.

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Eco-stylist and entrepreneur, Jill Heller, is a key mover and shaker who’s taking the fashion industry from “fast” to “conscious”. Working in both European and American markets, Jill has been recognized in numerous publications for her savvy style and leadership in sustainable fashion. We had the privilege of visiting with Jill who offered us a look into her company PureThread, as well as Fall style tips and a list of her fav ethical brands to follow for the coming season! What was your introduction into the fashion industry? I was born into an industry where my grandfather and my father manufactured women’s clothing. As a young girl I often sat at the kitchen table, watching the fashion designers who came to our home create sketches of dresses, sweaters, trousers…everything fashion. I observed my father’s enthusiasm in his showroom every time a new line was introduced, and there I started loving fabrics and dresses, draped carefully on the feminine silhouette of the mannequins. I was fascinated with the idea of connecting the designers’ sketch to the fabric, to the product, and the people who bought them and wore them. After studying marketing at Syracuse University, I launched my first brick and mortar retail store on Columbus Ave (1986-1990). My early years of entrepreneurship consisted of running a business from the ground up, forming seasonal buying plans to merchandise a retail store focused on the upper west side contemporary customer. What inspired you to focus on ethical fashion? I launched my second store Westchester County NY in 2003-2007 when the luxury fashion market was booming – “luxury” defined as high priced, and high quality, trend-right fashion, featuring both classic, elegant and updated high style. After 4 years of great success at retail, in 2007, I felt the wave of luxury shopping was unsustainable, and I made the decision to sell the business. This turned out to be the right decision as the economic downturn in 2008 revealed much uncertainty about our dollar, economy and jobs, all of which has a tremendous effect on fashion purchases at the consumer level. In 2010 I launched PureThread, a small stylist company with the passion and expertise of two incredible stylists, Wendi Winshall and Tracey Perlmutter. Together our mission is to empower change through fashion. Dressing our clients fabulously and introducing more and more sustainable fashion into their closets, we not only addressed surface needs, but also added a deeper valued experience that was unmatched in the stylist universe. In addition to sending our clients out into the world looking and feeling confident and beautiful, we became dedicated to educating our customers and promoting sustainable fashion and the designers whose ethics and design sensibilities most resonate with us. By keeping our finger on the pulse of what is happening in fashion, environmental sustainability, fair trade practices, and where they meet, and then educating and dressing our clients, we continue to bridge the gap between the designer/manufacturer and the end customer. You’ve worked on a number of projects with the goal of shifting the fashion industry. Is there one project that sticks out the most for you? The PureThread Pop Up Store, Fall 2014, was the most exciting project. The increase in sustainable products across all categories has also allowed us to grow from offering small, seasonal collections in studio to opening up massive pop up store featuring the best of ethical fashion, organic beauty products and home decor. The pop up offered a chance to test new brands, such as Nourish skin care from London, Myak scarves and hats, and Lago Di Como fine linens from Italy. It’s was a special event in order to increase our current customer loyalty, by providing a venue to share more products and showcase personally meet the designers behind the brand. The schedule of events changed daily, which provided more opportunity to revisit and form deeper connections. Newness is fun, it creates a sense of adventure and a reason for our clients to come out and see what’s going on! What are a few of your favorite ethical brands right now, and why? When we first launched PureThread in 2010, there were few products on the market that could really set my heart a flutter. Now, just a few years later, the market for ethical fashion is booming with on trend garments from a global network of designers that it is so inspiring, and enables me to provide our clients with abundant choices for their wardrobes and lifestyles. A few of my favorite fashion brands include Maiyet, Organic by John Patrick, M. Patmos, A Peace Treaty, Norlha, Callina, Indigenous, H Fredriksson, Loup Charmant, Skin, Samuji, Suzanne Rae, Titania Inglis, From the Road, and Myak. What do you specifically look for when you curate for PureThread? At PureThread, we take a very specific and curated approach to what we offer. Our clients lead busy lives and they tend to gravitate towards luxurious fabrics that are lifestyle friendly. Garments made of natural, organic fibers is often a key sustainable principle for us as we are doing our seasonal buying. Longevity of a garment is a principle we wholeheartedly embrace. It’s the quality versus quantity mentality that people sometimes forget is a very important part of sustainability. Our advice: Build your wardrobe with timeless pieces that are going to last. I find that our clients love products that have a very unique backstory. For example, during one of our private styling sessions while our client was checking out how great she looked in the mirror, I mentioned that the dress she was wearing was composed of mud dyed silk, a process where the actual fabric itself it soaked underground in layers of mud composed of sweet potatoes and grass. As you can imagine, she was utterly impressed, purchased the dress and couldn’t wait to share the dress’s story with her friends. What is your must-have Fall garment staple? Everyone is loving the oversized, shawl collar, cashmere-ribbed sweater coat from the collection of Organic by John Patrick. Because we are experiencing an unusually warm Fall season- this piece has been a great transitional item that can be layered over everything and anything from jeans and pant looks to dresses. It doubles as a cardigan and a coat. My personal sense of style is clean, simple, and classic. I love to experiment with layering pieces and unique color pallets. For Fall 2015 we presented a robust assortment of capes and coats in seasonal colors such as hunter green/grey, cognac brown tones, deep navy, and naturally, black and ivory.

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Tetrad Sofas & Chairs are made in Lancashire in your choice of fabric or leather. Here at Smiths we are proud to play host to the latest tetrad harris tweed & classic collections. We have an extensive selection of quality handmade sofas manufactured in your choice of tweed & leather combinations. The harris tweed sofa collection is ever expanding, The original sofa to be launched was the Bowmore, offering a fixed sprung seat and back cushion combined with a traditional scroll arm and wooden leg, the bowmore is still one of the best selling models. Following with such a successful launch, further models were designed, including the Braemar sofa and chairs. The Braemar chairs are based on the classic Harris style, offering a deep & low seat with a casual comfort feel. Whilst the Braemar offers a slightly more contemporary styling whilst retaining the traditional roots of its design. Manufactured in Lancashire, Tetrad are a family run business who have a wealth of knowledge and tradition ensuring each sofa or armchair provides years of comfort.

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We recommend the above iPhone casinos for a safe and secure gaming experience. When you’re making any kind of financial transaction over the Internet, you need a high level of security to make sure your private information stays safe. Making online deposits and withdrawals from iPhone casinos might present juicy target for people who would try to steal from you, for example your credit card information Neteller account details. This means it’s really important that the casinos you play at are secure enough to keep any potential hackers away from your financial details. So before you join an iPhone casino, you need to check that they have a good level of security. Below we’re going to show you exactly what to look for, so that you can be certain you’re playing at secure iPhone casinos. The main thing to do when checking whether a casino is safe, is to look for what type of encryption they use for your connection. 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If one of these companies cannot break the security of an online casino that you’re considering playing with, then it’s extremely unlikely that a hacker can. If you have any doubts about the safety of any casino, then you should check its reputation online by reading iPhone casino reviews. Look for any common complaints about security or stolen financial information, and also look for any awards that it has won. An iPhone casino can’t run from its reputation, and that makes reputation one of the easiest ways to tell if an casino has a history of being secure. HTML5 is becoming increasingly popular for iPhone slot games. We recommend Jackpot City for HTML5 casino gaming – join now and get a £/€/$150 welcome bonus! A number of popular titles have already been moved over to the HTML5 platform, and we’ll be sure to see more HTML5 slots being developed on a regular basis in the future. If there’s anything that will be likely to cause a major shift in online casino software in the next decade, then HTML5 is it. What’s so great about HTML5 is that it has the potential to completely change the face of online slots because of the many advantages it has over the Flash and Java platforms. One of the main advantages of HTML5 is that it’s built to work directly with your iPhone’s browser instead of inside of it as a separate app. This gives HTML5 games higher compatibility with the iPhone, which means that it will be much less likely that you run into software problems while trying to play at HTML5-powered iPhone casinos. Aside from an increased level of compatibility, HTML5 slots also run faster and smoother with fewer hang-ups than their Java-based cousins. HTML5 supports much better graphics and sound than Java equivalents, so you’re always getting a full slots experience. A number of slots favourites have already been released in the HTML5 format by Microgaming. 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Last night we had a nice time watching Home Alone. I’d not seen it before, and it was very funny even if it was made for younder children. The kids absolutely loved it. However, during this a massive thunder storm had gathered, with a tropical downpour. It was probably the largest flood I’d ever seen however pretty moderate by Chinese standards. I was soaked to the bone after about 30 seconds of standing outside and lightening continued to flash til daybreak around the mountains which surround this area. Apparently we’re in for this for the next few days as well, which should be fun. This morning, although the actual thunder and lightening had ceased for a few hours, it seemed to have energized the classes to be even more wild than usual. All the teachers are rather tired and all the classes are now bored of English and just want to mess around with each other. Even bribary with sweets is no longer quite as effective. Ah well, adapt and improvise.

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Back in the day, a photographer had to choose in advance whether to shoot with color film or black-and-white film. Conversions from color to B&W were cumbersome and expensive, and conversions from B&W to color were essentially impossible. During the film era, I typically shot exclusively using color transparency film while traveling, and reserved B&W photography for particularly artistic shoots near home. Thankfully, in today’s digital world, we no longer have to commit ourselves in advance to monochrome vs. color images. It’s now a simple procedure to convert our color images to B&W during post-processing. And that’s a great blessing, because there are plenty of times when a black-and-white photo is better than a color photo. When else might we want to render an image in B&W? Portraits made in monochrome have a timeless look that evokes the earlier years of photography, and this rendering can also bring out the true nature of the subject. There’s a lovely look to the skin tones and hair when displayed in B&W, and there are fewer distracting elements from the color of clothing or background objects. Color can be distracting in an image where we want to emphasize the essence of a person or place. In this portrait I made recently for a couple who are fellow musicians and friends of mine, we had beautiful “golden hour” light to work with, and the background and clothing worked well in color. But converted to B&W, this image really places the emphasis on the couple without the distractions of the color cast in the reflections off the eyeglasses or of the mixed lighting in the background. When you’re shooting under “mixed lighting”, which means there are multiple light sources with different color temperatures (i.e., some light sources are warmer and others are cooler), converting the image to B&W can be a real problem solver. Consider the image below, made in Bruges at night. The light from the street lamps was warmer than the light coming from the spotlights on various buildings, and there was also a bright moon that night, so when seen in color the photo would look less appealing due to the contrasting of the color temperatures in the different parts of the image. But viewed in B&W, it brings out the grandeur of the old buildings and the beauty of the reflections in the waters of the canal, without the distractions of the color casts. Click on the “B&W” tab above the individual color channel sliders, and then adjust the mix of how the colors are blended by increasing or decreasing each color’s slider to see how the black-and-white image looks. I find that I often have to readjust the contrast slider at this point to get the image looking its best in black-and-white. For more on using Lightroom to post-process your images, check out my previous post: Previous post on using Lightroom to post-process images. I do not recommend using your camera’s built-in black-and-white mode, as you will then lose the color information in the image file. I also do not suggest using the settings some cameras have to make a copy of the image in B&W, because in most cases the camera’s built-in software will not do a very good job of rendering the image in monochrome. For the best results, either use Lightroom or a dedicated black-and-white conversion application such as Silver Efex Pro 2 from Nik Software, which is available as a plug-in for Lightroom or Photoshop. What do you love about a black-and-white image? When do you convert an image to B&W rather than share it in color? Any tips or tricks for how to make great B&W photos? Please share your thoughts in the comment box!

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How many desktop clients can an end user register? An end user can register an unlimited number of desktop clients and mobile apps under a single account. Where is my Synced Folder located on my local machine? After you download the Windows or Mac installation file, you can install and register the desktop client on your local machine. You can then access all of your synced items from one central folder. The unbranded name of this folder is Synced Folder. By default, Synced Folder can be found at C:\Users\[User Name]\Synced Folder, but users can select a different location for this folder during the installation process. Best Practice: We recommend that you do not select an external drive as the location of Synced Folder. Desktop Clients install on an external drive can unregister unexpectedly, and might lead to data loss. For more information, please reference the Installing and Configuring the Desktop Client Knowledgebase article. Why don’t I see file and folder overlays on my local machine? Check to see if you have another file sync application installed on your computer. Windows is able to display a limited number of icon overlays (selected by alphabetical rank). If another file sync application uses visual overlays, it might be blocking the Anchor desktop client overlays. To resolve this issue, please reference the Resolving Missing Overlays Knowledgebase article. Why isn’t the branded system tray icon displaying? When a desktop client's branding settings do not display as expected, ensure that you are using an .ico file for your selected icon. Use a trusted site to generate an .ico file. Or, you might have deployed desktop clients prior to configuring your branding settings. We recommend configuring branding settings before creating user accounts and deploying desktop clients. For more information, please reference the Updating Desktop Clients with New Branding Settings Knowledgebase article. Why am I seeing a red X overlay on my system tray icon? Your Synced Tool service might not be running. Open the Services tool on your local machine, right-click the Synced Tool service, and select Start. Local log files can be found in the desktop client’s installation directory (for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Synced Tool). Additionally, administrators can remotely access a desktop client’s log files from the Machines tab in the administrative web portal. For more information, please reference the Accessing Logs Using the Machines Tab Knowledgebase article. Private cloud partners also have access to the web-access.log file, which provides detailed information on captured events. The web-access.log file can be found in the Anchor server log folder, and contains information related to user access, file and folder activity, and so forth. For more information, please reference the Reviewing Web-Access Log Events Knowledgebase article. I just installed the desktop client; why is it still syncing? After installation, the sync process needs to fully download the necessary files and folders. On average, this might take a few hours, or even a few days, depending on the amount of data being synchronized. After a file is fully downloaded, only incremental changes (revisions) will need to sync, resulting in a much faster and more efficient sync process. Does my synced content take up local storage resources? Yes; files that sync down to a local machine take up local storage resources. To conserve local resources, you can utilize the Selective Sync feature, which lets you select and deselect the files you would like to sync locally. For more information, please reference the Using the Selective Sync Feature Knowledgebase article. Anchor also provides top-level Team Share machine subscription options through the use of subscription rules. For more information, please reference the Creating and Managing Team Shares Knowledgebase article. Finally, you might decide to utilize WebDAV for some—or all—of the content that syncs down locally. For best practices on using WebDAV, please reference the WebDAV Limitations and Known Issues Knowledgebase article. Where can I download mobile apps? Navigate to the Download page in the web portal to view a list of desktop clients and mobile apps that can be installed and registered to your user account. Can I edit files on mobile apps? If you use an Android or iOS mobile device, you can edit files seamlessly using a third-party application. For more information on the Android mobile app, please reference the Using the Android App Knowledgebase article. For more information on the iOS mobile app, please reference the Using the iOS App Knowledgebase article. Does my synced content take up mobile storage resources? No; by default, content that you can see on your mobile app is not fully downloaded to your device. If you would like to fully download a file and make it available offline, you can pin a file on your Android device, or favorite a file on your iOS device. For more information, please reference the Mapping a Drive Using WebDAV Knowledgebase article. Does file locking work in WebDAV? For more information, please reference the WebDAV Limitations and Known Issues Knowledgebase article. Why can’t I see the right-click context menu when working in WebDAV? When working through WebDAV, end users will not have access to Anchor’s right-click context menu. Without the right-click context menu, end users will not be able to create a share link, launch the web portal, or view file revisions from their local machines. This is expected behavior, and is not related to the Anchor service. Why am I constantly being prompted to enter a username and a password when working in WebDAV? In some instances, end users might be prompted to log in each time they open or save a Microsoft Office file while working in WebDAV. While the Anchor support team cannot prevent Microsoft Office from prompting for credentials, it might be possible to configure Microsoft Office so that end users do not have to enter credentials each time they open or save files in a mapped drive. For more information on this issue and a potential workaround, please reference the Avoiding WebDAV Login Prompts Knowledgebase article. Can I set permissions when creating a share link to a folder? When creating a share link to a folder, you will be able to set Upload and Delete permissions for coworkers with standard user accounts. If you would like to set Upload and Delete permissions for a user without login credentials (guest users) you will need to create a secure share link. For more information, please reference the Retrieving and Sharing Content with Guest Accounts Knowledgebase article. Can guest accounts be added to Team Shares? No, guest accounts cannot be added to Team Shares. You can, however, send a share link to a file or folder within a Team Share. How can I collaborate with a guest user? If you would like to collaborate with a guest, or with someone who does not have login credentials, you can create a secure share link to a folder and assign the user Upload and Delete permissions. Can I set permissions in a Team Share? When working in a Team Share, you can lock a file, a folder, or the entire Team Share, thereby setting read-only permissions on that content. For more information, please reference the Locking Files and Folders Knowledgebase article. What is file and folder locking? Anchor allows users to place locks on files and folders in Team Shares, giving subscribers the ability to set read-only permissions on shared content. This feature prevents other Team Share subscribers from editing and overwriting content while changes are being made. If the Auto Lock Word/Excel feature is turned on for a Team Share, the system will prompt users to lock files each time an item is opened. Administrators must turn on this feature for each individual Team Share. A collision occurs when one file is modified in two different places at the same time. Anchor will not attempt to merge these changes, and instead syncs the first file to finish uploading as the latest revision. The other version will be saved on the local machine, but marked as a collision. The file and folder locking feature prevents collisions from occurring. For more information, please reference the Manually Resolving a File Sync Conflict Knowledgebase article. What file types are supported by the auto-locking feature? This feature applies to .doc, .docx, and .xlsx files. This feature also applies to .xls, .odt and .ods documents if the documents are opened with LibreOffice or OpenOffice. How do I set up File Server Enablement? File Server Enablement allows you to cloud-enable any folder on a machine and map it to a Team Share or a user account. To set up File Server Enablement, you simply need to install a desktop client on the target file server. After the desktop client is installed, find the registered file server in the Machines tab of the administrative web portal. From there, you can click the Enable Mapping link and configure mapping to a Team Share or a user account. For more information, please reference the Cloud-Enabling a Server Using File Server Enablement Knowledgebase article. Why am I seeing an Access Denied error when I try to set up File Server Enablement? On the file server, ensure that the SYSTEM user—or the user who is running agent_service.exe*32—has full permissions to the target folder and all of its subfolders and files. Can I configure File Server Enablement for a NAS or San volume? Yes; in addition to local paths, you can specify a network share, a UNC path, or a NAS device as a source for File Server Enablement. For instructions, please reference the Specifying a UNC Path for File Server Enablement Knowledgebase article. If a file is locked on a file server (using NTFS permission settings) will these locks be honored in mapped Team Shares? Additionally, when you specify a network path as a source for File Server Enablement, the content on the network path will not support the Auto Lock Word/Excel feature. What is the difference between syncing and backing up files? When you create a backup of a folder on a local machine, all new changes are continuously backed up. The backup can be accessed from the web portal, but it does not reside in the local Synced Folder. You can manage all backups—whether they were created by an administrator or an end user—by clicking the Backups tab. In the Backups page, you can manage the content of backups, browse the content of backups, and delete backups. Can I back up a database? The Backups feature is designed to back up and restore important personal files, including Microsoft Office content, pictures, PDFs, and so forth. These files are typically stored in a user directory or a home folder. The Backups feature is not designed to back up or restore a database, entire operating systems, or applications; backing up directories that contain application folders, system files, or temporary files will unnecessarily cause high CPU usage, and could affect the syncing process. For more information, please reference the Best Practices for Creating Backups in Anchor Knowledgebase article. What is the schedule for Backups? You cannot schedule backups; all new changes to a backed up folder are continuously backed up through the desktop client installed on the local machine. What is a remote wipe? If an end user loses a computer or mobile device, administrators can unlink the compromised device from the user account, thereby protecting synced data from unauthorized access. This technique is called a remote wipe, and is especially useful in organizations that need to comply with certain rules and regulations, such as HIPAA. For instructions on performing a remote wipe, please reference the Remotely Wipe Machines Knowledgebase article. How can I recover from ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malware that restricts access to infected content and demands that the user pay a ransom to remove the restriction. The Snapshot feature is particularly useful in these situations, restoring all currently-existing content in the root to a healthy revision at a specified point in time. In these cases, you can use the Activity Log to determine when the infected revisions were uploaded, and then restore files prior to the point of infection. For instructions, please reference the Recover from Ransomware Using the Snapshot Feature Knowledgebase article. What happens to an offline computer or mobile device when a remote wipe is initiated? The remote wipe process will not initiate while the desktop client is offline. When the desktop client comes back online, it will then complete the remote wipe process. What is the retention policy for revisions and deleted items? By default, Anchor retains all revisions and deleted items. The ability to view and restore deleted content is one of many data protection features available to end users. Please note that these revisions and deleted items count towards an organization’s storage quota. To learn about editing these policies, please reference the Creating and Configuring Organizations and Policies Knowledgebase article. To learn about viewing and restoring older versions of files, please reference the Viewing and Restoring Revisions Knowledge Base article. To learn how administrators can restore deleted content for end users, please reference the Restoring Deleted Files in the Web Portal Knowledge Base article. Can I import users from Active Directory? Yes; Active Directory, or any LDAP authentication source, can act as a source for user accounts within the system. When an authentication source is configured, an imported user can log in to the web portal using the credentials attached to his or her authentication source account. For instructions, please reference the Integrating Active Directory with Anchor Knowledgebase article. Can I import Groups from Active Directory? At this time, importing Groups from Active Directory is not supported. What happens to existing user accounts when Active Directory integration is configured? How do Active Directory users log in? AD users will register and sign in based on a number of different factors, including whether or not their account is attached to an email address, and the device they are logging into. For more information, please reference the Registering and Logging In with Active Directory Credentials Knowledgebase article. No; Anchor does not currently offer seeding capabilities. Instead, you might decide to use the File Server Enablement feature to map a local file server to a Team Share in the Anchor cloud. How do end users consume data? By default, users’ data consumption counts equally towards the Space Quota limit set for an organization. Alternatively, administrators can configure an Individual Space Quota policy for specific user accounts. It is important to note that Team Share data only count one time towards an organization’s Space Quota policy, and does not count towards any one user’s Individual Space Quota policy. To learn about setting an Individual Space Quota policy, please reference the Manually Creating User Accounts Knowledgebase article. Do backups, revisions, and deleted items count towards my storage quota? Yes; backups, revisions, and deleted items do count towards your storage quota. How do I know how much space an organization is consuming? As a best practice, we recommend that you always create an alert to be notified when an organization has reached a certain percentage of its quota limit. For instructions, please reference the Managing the Anchor Activity Log and Creating Alerts Knowledgebase article.

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The costs of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms are high. In order to decrease these costs employers implement interventions aimed at reducing these symptoms. One frequently used intervention is the RSI QuickScan intervention programme. It establishes a risk profile of the target population and subsequently advises interventions following a decision tree based on that risk profile. The purpose of this study was to perform an economic evaluation, from both the societal and companies' perspective, of the RSI QuickScan intervention programme for computer workers. In this study, effectiveness was defined at three levels: exposure to risk factors, prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, and days of sick leave. The economic evaluation was conducted alongside a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Participating computer workers from 7 companies (N = 638) were assigned to either the intervention group (N = 320) or the usual care group (N = 318) by means of cluster randomisation (N = 50). The intervention consisted of a tailor-made programme, based on a previously established risk profile. At baseline, 6 and 12 month follow-up, the participants completed the RSI QuickScan questionnaire. Analyses to estimate the effect of the intervention were done according to the intention-to-treat principle. To compare costs between groups, confidence intervals for cost differences were computed by bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapping. The mean intervention costs, paid by the employer, were 59 euro per participant in the intervention and 28 euro in the usual care group. Mean total health care and non-health care costs per participant were 108 euro in both groups. As to the cost-effectiveness, improvement in received information on healthy computer use as well as in their work posture and movement was observed at higher costs. With regard to the other risk factors, symptoms and sick leave, only small and non-significant effects were found. In this study, the RSI QuickScan intervention programme did not prove to be cost-effective from the both the societal and companies' perspective and, therefore, this study does not provide a financial reason for implementing this intervention. However, with a relatively small investment, the programme did increase the number of workers who received information on healthy computer use and improved their work posture and movement. The costs of musculoskeletal disorders are high, with conservative estimates of the economic burden imposed to the U.S. economy, as measured by compensation costs, lost wages, and lost productivity, between 45 and 54 billion US dollar annually, equalling approximately 0.8% of the gross domestic product . Available cost estimates of musculoskeletal disorders from 15 European countries put the cost between 0.5% and 2% of their gross domestic products. These costs include lost production, staff sickness, compensation and insurance costs, losing experienced staff and recruiting and training new staff, and the effect of discomfort or ill health on the quality of work . Work-related arm, shoulder and neck symptoms are common in Europe, with 25% of the workers reporting work-related neck/shoulder pain, and 15% reporting work-related arm pain. Amongst computer workers, the prevalence of neck, shoulder and arm symptoms is high and cross-sectional studies have reported prevalence rates between 10 and 62% . The total yearly costs of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms in the Netherlands due to decreased productivity, sick leave, chronic disability for work and medical costs were estimated at 2.1 billion Euros . To reduce these costs employers implement interventions aimed at reducing these symptoms. One frequently used intervention, which has recently been developed by an occupational health service in the Netherlands, is the RSI QuickScan intervention programme for computer workers. This multidimensional intervention program addresses a broad spectrum of potential risk factors. It consists of a questionnaire that generates a specific risk profile of the target population, followed by a decision tree for selecting tailor-made interventions [5, 6]. The key cost of the this program are the costs of purchasing the questionnaire and costs of implementing interventions, such as an information or training session, a visit to the occupational physician, an eyesight test, an individual workplace assessment or a task analysis. Even though interventions aimed at reducing arm, shoulder and neck symptoms are often used, there is a shortage of high quality studies evaluating the cost-effectiveness of these interventions . Two recent reviews evaluating the effectiveness of preventive interventions did not find strong evidence for the effectiveness of interventions and were, therefore, hesitant to give policy recommendations [8, 9]. A recent systematic review by Brewer et al observed a mixed level of evidence for the general question "Do office interventions among computer users have an effect on musculoskeletal or visual health?". Moderate evidence was observed for: (1) no effect of workstation adjustment, (2) no effect of rest breaks and exercise, and (3) a positive effect of alternative pointing devices. A systematic review by Boocock et al , on interventions for the prevention and management of neck/upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions, found moderate evidence for changes to workstation equipment and some evidence that multiple modifier interventions including or excluding exercise can have positive effects in computer workers with arm, shoulder and neck symptoms. Because resources to achieve the desired positive effects are often scarce, employers and policy makers need to choose the most cost-effective intervention. This has caused a rapid expansion of research on the economics of occupational health in recent years . To be able to make evidence-based choices on which interventions to implement, reliable information is required on both costs and benefits of interventions. Economic evaluations aim to provide this information. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefits, from both the societal and companies' perspective of the RSI QuickScan intervention programme for computer workers. This economic evaluation was conducted alongside a cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Measurements took place at baseline, after 6-months and 12-months. Cost-effectiveness was determined after 12 months. Although the underlying mechanisms for neck, shoulder and arm symptoms are still poorly understood , intervention studies [12, 13] and clinical trials [14, 15] that proved to be effective suggest that interventions might be effective on short term, i.e. within 6 months. The study population consisted of computer workers from 7 Dutch organizations in various branches, in different regions of the Netherlands. Workers with and without arm, shoulder and neck symptoms were included. Of the 1,673 persons who were invited to participate in the study, 1,183 persons (71%) completed the baseline questionnaire. A total of 638 persons (54%) participated at baseline as well as at 6- and 12-months follow-up and were included in the statistical analyses. The study design, protocols, procedures and informed consent form were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences of the VU University Amsterdam, and all participants electronically provided informed consent before filling out the baseline questionnaire. The methodological details of the trial are reported in full elsewhere . The participants were assigned to either the intervention group or the usual care group by means of cluster randomisation (N = 50). To prevent unbalanced randomisation, workers were pre-stratified by the Human Resource Management (HRM) departments of the participating organizations. Organizations were asked to form clusters of approximately the same size and with a comparable amount of computer work. Teams or departments were left intact to avoid crossover effects and to enhance compliance within the intervention groups. The clusters from each organisation were randomly divided into an intervention group and a usual care group. Participants were not informed about their allocation. At baseline, 6- and 12-months follow-up, the workers completed the internet-based RSI QuickScan questionnaire on exposure to risk factors, and the 7-days and 6-months prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms. The RSI QuickScan investigates the presence or absence of potential risk factors, such as work posture and movement, job decision latitude, relation with management and colleagues, work pace and load, work environment factors, and furniture. A detailed description of the questionnaire can be found at additional file 1: http://www.rsiquickscan.com/research/questionnaire.pdf. For this study, supplementary questions on the use of medical, alternative care resources and the use of pain medication were added. The intervention group received full feedback on their RSI QuickScan questionnaire results. This feedback consisted of scores on a scale from 1 to 10, an interpretation of the score and elaborate advice on the specific actions that they could personally take in order to reduce exposure to risk factors. If workers reported severe symptoms in the arm, shoulder and neck region, their occupational physician invited them for a consultation. Furthermore, from the information given by the respondents, a risk profile was made, using a traffic light risk assessment system. The risk profile was compiled also for each cluster. If more than 30% of the participants in a cluster had a red score or more than 60% of the participants in a cluster had a red or amber score on a certain risk factor, a tailor-made intervention programme was proposed. Per risk factor a (set of) intervention(s) to be advised to the participating organizations was pre-defined. A set of 16 interventions aimed at reducing the risk factors in the RSI QuickScan was available. Examples of proposed interventions were: at the individual level: an individual workstation check and an eyesight check; at the group level: an education programme on the prevention of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms and training on handling stress in the workplace. A description of all interventions can be found at additional file 2: http://www.rsiquickscan.com/research/interventions.pdf. The usual care group did not receive elaborate advice on the specific actions that they could personally take after completing the RSI QuickScan, but more general and limited advice. Furthermore, they did not receive interventions based on the risk profile during the time of the study. Given ethical considerations, workers who reported severe symptoms in the arm, shoulder and neck region, 35 cases in this group, were invited by their occupational physician for a consultation. For other supplementary actions the usual care group was put on a waiting list. Consequently, the usual care group received interventions that were similar to those in the intervention group, but only after the study had ended. For the economic evaluation, the outcome measures were the same as those in the study evaluating the effectiveness of the RSI QuickScan, namely, exposure to risk factors , the prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, and the number of days of sick leave. The prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms was estimated with the questionnaire, which specified 7 areas in the arm, shoulder and neck region. The total symptom score was a continuous measure that consisted of the sum of points scored on the scale arm, shoulder and neck symptoms. Sick leave was assessed for the 6-month period prior to baseline, and for 6- and 12-month follow-up. This information was gathered from company records provided by the HRM Department, with the advantage of good coverage, accuracy and consistency . The data consisted of total sick leave, maternity leave excluded, and not solely sick leave due to arm, shoulder and neck symptoms. Cost-effectiveness analyses were conducted from both the employers' perspective and the societal perspective. The workers use of medical, alternative care resources and the use of pain medication were measured at baseline and at 6- and 12-month follow-up, using an online questionnaire. These data were used to calculate the direct costs of neck, shoulder and arm symptoms. In the online questionnaire, the workers were asked whether they had used pain medication, anti-inflammatory drugs or a combination of both, due to neck, shoulder and arm symptoms, but not what kind or how many. These costs were therefore estimated and results were subjected to a sensitivity analysis. The costs of 40 tablets of pain medication, anti-inflammatory drugs or a combination of both, were imputed for workers who had used these drugs in the past 6-months period. The costs of visits to a general practitioner, medical specialist and physiotherapist were estimated according to the Dutch manual for costing in economic evaluations and were indexed for 2006, the year in which the trial was performed (Table 1). Other intervention costs, such as the costs of the questionnaire, training and visit to the occupational physician, were provided by the Occupational Health Service and their commercial prices were applied. Costs were determined by multiplying the volume reported on each cost by the estimated costs per unit. An overview of these costs per unit can be found in Table 1. The costs of private purchases of specific products/tools aimed at reducing neck, shoulder and arm symptoms were taken into account. This information was derived from the questionnaire by two specific questions about this topic. Since these costs may be underreported and are therefore subject to some uncertainty, the effects of a 500% increase of these costs were estimated in a sensitivity analysis. Indirect costs of productivity loss were also taken into account. These costs are not related to health care, but are costs as a consequence of these symptoms, such as sick leave of productive persons in paid labour. Indirect costs caused by production losses were estimated using the friction cost approach, which assumes that costs are limited to the friction period (i.e. the time it takes to find a replacement), and that the decrease in productivity is less than 100% of the time lost at work (i.e. elasticity) . The friction period was estimated to be 154 calendar days and an elasticity of 0.8 was used . Calculations were based on a mean income of the Dutch working population and indexed for 2006, according to age and gender . Prices used in the economic evaluation. Only workers who completed all three measurements and questionnaires were included in the analyses. Analyses to estimate the effect of the intervention were done according to the intention-to-treat principle . Resource use, sick leave and costs were calculated per person for the 12-months follow-up period. Cost data are usually skewed to the right . To compare costs between groups, confidence intervals for cost differences were computed by bias-corrected and accelerated (BCa) bootstrapping with 2000 replications . Non-parametric bootstrapping is often used to analyze cost data, because decision makers need to be able to link the summary measure of cost per person to the overall budget impact and this can only be achieved by the mean . The scores were, therefore, expressed as the mean costs per person for the intervention and usual care group and the difference in mean costs between both groups over 12 months. Costs for paid labour were adjusted for 2006 values. Cost-effectiveness analysis relates the difference in costs between the intervention and the usual care groups to the difference in effects. A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed on the two risk factors ("information" and "work posture and movement") that showed a significant positive change in the randomized controlled trial assessing the effects of the RSI QuickScan and on two factors that did not show a significant positive change, "arm, neck, shoulder symptoms" and the number of "days of sick leave". For the cost-effectiveness analysis, effect scores on the scales "information", "work posture and movement" and "arm, neck, shoulder symptoms" were adjusted for baseline. In this analysis, we used the total costs for the outcomes risk factors and prevalence. In a cost-benefit analysis the effects are expressed as benefits in monetary units. The difference in the monetary costs due to sick leave between the intervention group and the usual care group was calculated. For the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses, the number of days and costs of sick leave were calculated for the half year period, starting 6-months prior to the last measurement and adjusted for the half year period 6-months prior to baseline. For the cost-effectiveness analysis of the outcome sick leave from a societal perspective, only the direct costs were included to avoid double counting. From the companies' perspective, sick leave is a real expense in the Netherlands where the employer pays 100% of the wage during the first year of sick leave, We included indirect costs of sick leave as benefit in the cost-benefit analysis performed from the companies' perspective. To estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), we divided the incremental costs of the intervention group compared with those of the usual care group by the incremental effects for each of the effect measures separately. The uncertainty associated with the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios was analysed by bootstrapping using the bias-corrected percentile method with 5000 replications . The bootstrapped incremental cost/effect pairs were plotted on a cost-effectiveness plane , consisting of four quadrants with a horizontal axis indicating the effectiveness of the intervention in relation to the usual care group and the vertical axis indicating the difference in costs between the groups. Sensitivity analyses were performed in which missing cost data for medicine use were imputed and the costs of private purchases of specific products/tools was increased. In both groups, resource utilization was low and there were no significant differences between the two groups (Table 2). Physical and alternative therapy were the most frequently used health care resources in both groups, with the highest cost. Approximately 14% of the participants in the study purchased products aimed at reducing symptoms, such as a special computer mouse. However, the mean costs of these products were low compared to the other direct costs, especially compared to sick leave (Table 2). Utilization, costs and differences in costs during the 12-months follow-up period. The utilization rates (%) of interventions during the 12-months follow-up period are given in Table 3. All participants, regardless of group allocation, received the RSI QuickScan. There were significant between-group differences in utilization rates for the "Education on the Prevention of RSI for Employees", the training "RSI and Stress", the eyesight check, and task analysis (Table 3). The total mean costs of the interventions were €58.97 and €28.24 in the intervention and usual care group, respectively (Table 4 and 5). Utilization rates of interventions, mean intervention costs2 per person and the difference in mean costs. Utilization rates (%) of interventions, mean intervention costs2 per person and the difference in mean costs (€, 2006 values1) between the intervention and usual care groups during the 12-months follow-up period. 1 € = US $ 1.27; 2 prices according to the professional organisation (Occupational Health Service - Arbo Unie); 3 Since there is no variation in intervention costs within the groups, SDs and 95% confidence intervals can not be calculated. Mean costs for the intervention and usual care group and the difference in mean costs from a societal perspective. Mean costs for the intervention and usual care group and the difference in mean costs from an employer's perspective. Mean costs per person for the intervention and usual care group and the difference in mean costs (€, 2006 values1) between both groups over 12 months. 1 € = US $1.27; 2 95% confidence interval obtained by bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapping with 2000 replications; 3 prices according to the professional organisation (Occupational Health Service - Arbo Unie). In both groups, the main contributor to the total direct costs were the total non-health and health care costs, which were slightly, but not significant, higher in the intervention group (Table 4). There was a significant difference in total intervention costs. However, there was no significant difference in total direct costs, which is the sum of all intervention, non-health and health care costs (Table 4). The mean societal costs and effects per person over 12 months for the scales "information", "work posture and movement" and "arm, neck, shoulder symptoms" show a significant positive effect for the intervention group on received information on healthy computer use and on work posture and movement, with a relatively small difference in total direct costs between the groups (Table 6). The reduction of arm, neck and shoulder symptoms was more prominent in the intervention group, but not significantly so (Table 6). Days and costs of sick leave were higher in the intervention group. However, it is important to note that the effects and benefits were highly non-significant, as can be derived from the 95% confidence interval of the difference in days and costs of sick leave (Table 6). Total direct costs, effects and the difference in mean costs from a societal perspective. Total direct costs and effects per person for the intervention and usual care group and the difference in mean costs (€, 2006 values 1) between both groups from a societal perspective. Mean costs and effects for the scales "information", "work posture and movement" and "arm, neck, shoulder symptoms are presented over a 12 months period. A negative effect value for these risk factors represents a reduction in exposure and the desired effect. Mean costs and effects for days- and costs of sick leave are presented over a 6 months period. A positive effect or benefit value for sick leave represents an increase in days or costs of sick leave and an undesired effect. 1 € = US $1.27; 2 95% confidence interval obtained by bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapping with 5000 replications; 3 Indirect costs for paid labour were calculated according to the friction cost approach on the basis of the mean income of the Dutch population stratified for age and gender . The cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for "information" was estimated at -277.58, indicating that the cost of one point of improvement, which in this case is a negative score since it is a reduction in risk, on a scale ranging from 0 (did receive information on healthy computer use) to 1 (did not receive information on healthy computer use) was estimated at €277.58. The intervention is significantly more effective with 85% of the incremental cost/effect pairs located in the northeast quadrant and 15% in the southeast quadrant of the cost-effectiveness plane (Figure 1). Cost-effectiveness plane for "Information". Intervention versus usual care; range 0 - 1. The individual points on the plane represent 5000 bootstrapped cost-effect pairs using the bias-corrected percentile method. The central black dot indicates the point estimate of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. The cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for "work posture and movement" was estimated at -93.82, indicating a cost of €93.82 for one point improvement on a scale ranging from 0 (perfect work posture and movement) to 11 (poor work posture and movement). The intervention was significantly more effective with 86% of the incremental cost/effect pairs located in the northeast quadrant and 13% in the southeast quadrant of the cost-effectiveness plane (Figure 2). Cost-effectiveness plane for "Work posture and movement". Intervention versus usual care; range 0-11. The individual points on the plane represent 5000 bootstrapped cost-effect pairs using the bias-corrected percentile method. The central black dot indicates the point estimate of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. The cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for "the prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms" indicated that the cost of one point reduction in arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, on a scale ranging from 0 (no arm, shoulder and neck symptoms) to 44 (severe arm, shoulder and neck symptoms) was estimated at €72.55. The intervention was more effective with 87% of the incremental cost/effect pairs located in the northeast quadrant, 8% in the northwest quadrant, 5% in the southeast quadrant and 0% in the southwest quadrant of the cost-effectiveness plane (Figure 3). Cost-effectiveness plane for the prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms - total symptom score. Intervention versus usual care; range 0 - 44. The individual points on the plane represent 5000 bootstrapped cost-effect pairs using the bias-corrected percentile method. The central black dot indicates the point estimate of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. The cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for "days of sick leave" indicated that an investment of €71.31 is associated with in an increase of sick leave by one day. Hence, the intervention was generally less effective with 40% of the incremental cost/effect pairs located in the east quadrants, 61% in the west quadrants of the cost-effectiveness plane (Figure 4). This is, of course, an undesired effect. However, it is important to note that the effect is highly non-significant, as can be seen from the costs-effectiveness plane and the 95% confidence interval of the difference in sick leave days, which ranges from -3.26 to 4.14 (Table 6). Cost-effectiveness plane for days of sick leave. The individual points on the plane represent 5000 bootstrapped cost-effect pairs using the bias-corrected percentile method. The central black dot indicates the point estimate of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. The cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per point change in cost of sick leave is estimated at €0.39, which means that an investment of €0.39 is associated with an €1 increase of sick leave costs. Obviously, this is an undesirable, but highly non-significant, effect as can be seen from the cost-effectiveness plane (Figure 5), which had 34% of the incremental cost/effect pairs located in the east quadrants, 66% in the west quadrants and the 95% confidence of the difference in sick leave costs (Table 6). Cost-effectiveness plane for sick leave costs. The individual points on the plane represent 5000 bootstrapped cost-effect pairs using the bias-corrected percentile method. The central black dot indicates the point estimate of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. Imputation of missing cost data for medicine use increased the costs in the usual care group by €1.42 (SD = 4.45) and in the intervention group by €1.38 (SD = 4.25). The imputation of missing cost data led to a mean difference of €31.02 (95% CI -32.32 to 76.43) in total costs. Increasing the costs of private purchases of specific products/tools, aimed at reducing neck, shoulder and arm symptoms, by 500% increased the cost in the usual care group to €0.16 (SD = 2.80) and in the intervention group to €0.78 (SD = 13.98). The imputation of missing cost data led to a mean difference of €31.60 (95% CI -19.57 to 84.30) in total costs. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefits of the RSI QuickScan intervention programme on exposure to risk factors, prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms and sick leave in computer workers. This economic evaluation was performed alongside a cluster randomized trial . The intervention was not cost-effective compared to usual care. The results show only small and non-significant differences between the two groups in the total health and non-health care resource use and corresponding costs (€0.36) after 12 months follow-up (Table 4). As expected, resource use and costs of the interventions were significantly higher (€30.73) in the intervention group compared to the usual care group. Total direct costs were higher (€31.08) in the intervention group, but the difference was not significant. In this study, indirect costs due to sick leave was an outcome measure. The cost-effectiveness results in this study are primarily viewed from a societal perspective, because this is the broadest perspective where all costs and effects are taken into account, regardless of who benefits from the health effects or who pays for the costs. However, the cost-effectiveness from an employer's perspective, which is highly relevant to decision makers in organizations, can also be derived from the results presented. The overall conclusion is that results of the cost-effectiveness analysis performed from a societal perspective are similar to the results of the cost-benefit analysis performed from a companies' perspective. This is due to the fact that there was only a small difference in total non-health and health care costs between the intervention and usual care group of 0.36 euro. From a societal perspective the difference in total direct costs between the usual care and intervention group was 31.08 Euro and from the employer's perspective the difference in total direct costs between the usual care and intervention group was 30.73 Euro. The monetary investments for the interventions that have to be made by the employer are estimated at €58.97 per person. This investment resulted in an increase in sick leave days and sick leave costs and, therefore, this intervention was not cost-effective. The costs of work-related arm, shoulder and neck symptoms and corresponding sick leave in computer workers are high. One of the major reasons why organizations implement interventions is to decrease these costs . However, the effect of the intervention depends largely on a successful implementation by the management and whether employees are applying the intervention in their daily work or not. In this study, unfortunately, most of the participating organizations did not implement all proposed preventive measures; although they indicated that they would try to do so at recruitment in the study. The advised package of interventions as a whole was accepted by only one of the seven participating organizations. The other organizations chose parts of the proposed intervention plan, while two organizations even decided to do nothing at all. As a consequence, many workers who should have received an intervention were never offered one, let alone participated in one. This may have added to the limited cost-effectiveness of the RSI QuickScan intervention programme. Which factors impeded the implementation of the interventions will be investigated in a process evaluation. However, the main reason given by the organizations was that their available budget for these interventions was insufficient. Further strengths and weaknesses of the cluster randomized trial have been described extensively elsewhere . In this study, productivity loss was measured by sick leave. Presenteeism, when the employee is at work, but not fully productive, was not included. Loss of productivity as a result of presenteeism, due to arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, constitutes a substantial economic burden to employers in the Netherlands . The productivity in the case of presenteeism may vary from a relatively small decrease in productivity, to a total loss of productivity. In a study by Martimo et al , workers with arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, on average, lost one third of their regular productivity, which in a normal work day would correspond to 2.5 hours of lost working time. In the RSI QuickScan questionnaire the workers were asked to indicate on a scale from 1 to 10 how efficiently they worked on days when they were at work, but were suffering from neck, shoulder and arm symptoms. Unfortunately, the workers were not asked to quantify the duration of this period, which makes it impossible to estimate the associated costs. Consequently, cost of productivity loss in this study may have been underestimated . A sensitivity analysis is an important feature in economic evaluations, since study results can be sensitive to the values assumed for by key parameters . The parameters concerning the direct health care costs were estimated according to the prices in the Dutch manual for costing in economic evaluations and adjusted to calendar year 2006 . This manual describes a uniform costing methodology, which makes it easier to interpret and compare studies. The prices in the manual are widely accepted and used for cost-effectiveness studies in the Netherlands. The parameters for intervention costs were the actual prices according to the occupational health service that provided the services. These prices are suitable for use since there is a well functioning, competitive occupational health care market in the Netherlands and the used market prices are not subsidized, nor have they got a high profit margin. In this study, physical and alternative therapy, such as Cesar/Mensendieck exercise therapy, were the most used health care resources in both groups, with the highest cost. This is quite common in the Netherlands. Approximately 13% of the Dutch population is receiving physical therapy once per year, with an average of 18 visits per person . Imputation of missing cost data for medicine use and increasing the costs of private purchases of specific products/tools aimed at reducing neck, shoulder and arm symptoms in the sensitivity analyses did not change the conclusions of this economic evaluation. Studies evaluating the (cost-) effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing arm, shoulder and neck symptoms are scarce [7–9] and no other cost-effectiveness study, in which an advised set of interventions is based on a previously established risk profile, was found in the literature. Therefore, this article provides new information for decision makers and occupational health professionals on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such an intervention strategy for computer workers. Unfortunately, since no similar cost-effectiveness study was found in the literature, the evidence on the lack of effectiveness of this strategy is limited. Still, a few studies on the cost-effectiveness of preventive interventions aimed at reducing arm, shoulder or neck symptoms, in different working populations, have been published in the last decade. A study by Yeow et al on the cost-effectiveness of simple and inexpensive ergonomic improvements in test workstations of an electronics factory, found average savings in yearly rejection cost (i.e. costs as a results of customers returning defect products), reduction in rejection rate, increase in monthly revenue, improvements in productivity and other benefits. Even though the setting of Yeow's study, an assembly factory in an industrially developing country, was quite different from ours, one of the implemented ergonomic interventions, an optimization of the workstation design, was also one of the interventions used in our study. Several other randomized controlled trials have shown some promising results, but did not include a cost-effectiveness analysis. A study by Ketola et al that evaluated the effect of an intensive ergonomic approach and education on workstation changes and musculoskeletal disorders among computer workers, found that both the intensive ergonomics approach and education in ergonomics did help to reduce discomfort in computer work. A study by Bohr found that computer workers who received education reported less pain/discomfort and psychosocial work stress following the intervention than those who did not receive education. In conclusion, the RSI QuickScan intervention programme was not cost-effective compared to usual care. This might be caused by the fact that a large percentage of workers did not receive the advised intervention. For those who did receive an intervention, the duration and intensity of the interventions was often low. However, the programme did increase the number of workers who received information on healthy computer use and improved their work posture and movement at relatively modest costs. The authors would like to thank all companies and workers who participated in this field study. The study was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) and the Foundation Arbo Unie Netherlands. The first co-author is an employee of Arbo Unie. This non-profit occupational health service is the proprietor of the RSI QuickScan. ES participated in the design, performed the study, including statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript. MH and JvD participated in the design, helped with the statistical analysis and drafting the manuscript. BB, JH, AvdB and MvT participated in the design of the study, reviewed the paper and made corrections. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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And so we have arrived, my lovelies, finally and thank god, at a new year. 2017 was…well, it was. I think that is the most that can be said for it, particularly among those who view with despair the current political state of the world. But lo! Here we have 365 new opportunities not to screw things up and make everything worse! So let us leave 2017 behind us, and list the resolutions for the coming years that many of us will conveniently forget or stop striving toward before the death of the second month of the year. Lol. Kidding. Not about the fact that most New Year’s resolutions vaporize within two months, but the generally dire manner of writing in which I conveyed those sentiments is not my usual. In terms of my 2017 resolutions, I’m gonna call it 50-50. I’ve updated the status of those over on the 2017 Resolutions page, so if you want to see what they were and how I did, meander on over in that direction. Here, I have listed the goals that I would like to achieve in the year 2018. This time around, I have actually separated them (somewhat) into four general categories: health, finances, academic, personal. What do you think? Let me know if any of your resolutions are similar to mine, or just generally if there are any particular goals that you’re going to work toward this year. Or are you more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants person? I used to be, but as I get older I find more comfort in goal-setting, as it gives me a concrete purpose and something to work towards!

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Area : 480 sq. m. The following property in Bulgaria is your opportunity have your own business in Bulgaria opening a small hotel, guest house or have your own big home near Pamporovo ski resort , Smolyan region. The property that we represent is four storied house with total living area of 480sq.m, two garages, , a parking lot for two cars, a basement, and a store. First floor of house consists of a store and two garages. Second floor: An internal staircase leads to the second floor where there are a corridor, a living room, a dining room with kitchenette, two bedrooms, bathroom with toilet and two terraces. On the third floor are disposed two more bedrooms connected by a corridor, a living room with a kitchenette, dinning room ( or two more bedroom). Fourth floor: three more bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room. If you use the property like a hotel these rooms can be bedrooms too. So totally if you return the property into hotel you can have about 10-11 rooms and like a house 7 rooms. The building is new built and needs finishing work. It is in basic condition. Needs wiring, plumbing, insulation, plastering, furnishing, etc. The mountain property is supplied with electricity and running water outside the dwelling. Asphalt road leads to the house. Garden is 400sq.m big. The town where this big building is located is small and peaceful. It is located 49km away from Pamporovo ski resort and 122km from Plovdiv airport. The distance to Smolayn city is 38km.The city offers facilities like local shops, restaurants, bar, café, health service, a post office and a regular public transport to the nearest villages. The area around the town is suitable for fishing, hunting and rural tourism development.

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EU-OSHA’s 2012 annual report, “Keeping Europe’s Workers Safe, Now and In the Future,” highlights some of the challenges and progress the agency experienced in the last year. The economy and its impact on occupational safety and health loom large in the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work’s (EU-OSHA) 2012 annual report. In the report’s foreword, EU-OSHA Director Dr. Christa Sedlatschek argued that making a strong economic and ethical case for workplace health and safety is more important now than ever. The completion of EU-OSHA’s flagship Foresight project, which anticipates longer-term workplace risks (initially in relation to green jobs), to stimulate debate and make clear to decision-makers the implications of particular courses of action. The development of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER), provides a real-time picture of how some important workplace risks are being managed in Europe, especially psychosocial risks such as work-related stress, violence and harassment. The launch of the new Healthy Workplaces Campaign, titled “Working Together for Risk Prevention.” Thus far, 87 pan-European organizations, social partners and multinational companies have joined this campaign. The continued development of EU-OSHA’s free, online interactive risk assessment (OiRA) software to carry out risk assessments in a straightforward and cost-effective way. Specific tools are being made available covering hairdressing and office work in Cyprus, road transport in France, and the leather and tanning industry throughout the EU. 2012 was the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, and EU-OSHA took an active part in it, making information available on how to help employees stay fit for work for longer. Awareness-raising activities have included a campaign that alerts workers and employers to changes in hazard pictograms for dangerous substances through a new online toolkit. Finally, EU-OSHA has begun a series of consultations around its next multi-annual strategic program, which is due to come into effect in 2013. The report, Keeping Europe’s Workers Safe, Now and In the Future, may be downloaded from EU-OSHA’s site.

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Electric and hybrid vehicles could help to power copper market. Perhaps because it can make for attention-getting reading, recently change often has been presented as disruption. When rapid change comes to an economic sector, however, it is fair to consider not only the losers but also the winners. A study conducted on behalf of the New York-based International Copper Association (ICA), released in June 2017, points to a change that seems poised to boost demand for copper. A fact sheet summarizing that study, “The Electric Vehicle Market and Copper Demand,” has been posted to the ICA’s website and provides key conclusions reached by IDTechEx, the United Kingdom-based firm that conducted the study. The researchers concluded that global demand for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) will grow rapidly between 2017 and 2027, spurred not only by green-minded consumers but also by public transportation providers seeking busses with reduced tailpipe emissions. A forecast is not a precise road map to the future, and there are factors that could cause the actual number of EVs purchased by 2027 to fall short of the prediction. As this is written from northeast Ohio in mid-June, gasoline sits at about $2.14 per gallon. That is not a price to prompt some American consumers to make the switch. Skeptics of the ecological value of EVs also can point to the notion that plugging a car into the grid is not necessarily a flight away from fossil fuels. In some parts of the world, that grid continues to be powered by coal, so drivers are merely swapping one fossil fuel for another. Those criticisms notwithstanding, there appears to be widespread global momentum toward EVs, and this can be appealing especially to environmentally minded consumers in cases where electricity providers have made commitments to renewable energy. For copper producers and recyclers, this demand trend represents “change they can believe in,” as EVs contain more copper per vehicle and also rely on copper-laden charging stations. While the average internal combustion car contains about 50 pounds of copper, hybrid and pure EVs contain from around 90 to 180 pounds. Each charging station can consume from 1.5 to 17 pounds of copper (depending on the speed of the charge). Should the forecast be close to the mark, nonferrous metals recyclers could be pleased with the added demand from producers and ideally would have more scrap to handle in the approaching decades.

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The 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid is a flexible and uncompromising offer among new hybrid vehicles. This advanced car lets you drive on electric power alone, or use the gas engine to power long drives. A phenomenal hybrid like the Honda Clarity gives you both premium comfort and incredible efficiency. You’ll be able to charge your Clarity from home and enjoy the perks of a long driving range. The 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid is designed with style, safety, comfort, and performance in mind. It has a clean, smooth aesthetic that not only looks good, but also achieves better aerodynamics. Full LED headlights provide excellent night vision, and the unique headlights also give the Clarity an unforgettable light signature. The Clarity also has full LED taillights to complete its distinct appearance and offer bright illumination. The Clarity’s aesthetic is smooth and sleek, designed to cut through air resistance and give you maximum efficiency. 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Tertiary institutions should support knowledge-driven economic growth strategies and poverty reduction, generate new knowledge and build the capacity to access existing stores of global knowledge and adapt that knowledge to local use. This study seeks to explore strategies and practices relevant to the implementation of knowledge management to bring about sustainable growth and development. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Convenience sampling was done to select 30 lecturers from tertiary institutions. Open-ended questionnaire was used as the data gathering instrument. The study found out that knowledge manufacturing is not rampant in tertiary education as there is scant research being done by the staff. Knowledge sharing and dissemination with various stakeholders is very low. There are very few links between higher institutions and private enterprises, non-government organisations and administrative structures and organisations yet these need researched knowledge to bring about growth and sustainable developments in their environments. The study recommends that tertiary institutions should employ digital library systems, establish schools of excellence in business, management, establish a network of higher education institutions to promote research for growth; establish Regional Centres of Expertise; collaborate with private enterprises, nongovernmental organisations and administrative organisations and establish of Community of Practice.

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Researchers of the neurological disorder dementia have developed a new video game which could potentially detect early diagnostic signs of the disease—by understanding how the brain navigates. At first glance, Sea Hero Quest is the typical adventure game where players control ships and battle enemies, however, its also reportedly aims to be the biggest source of data about people’s spatial awareness. As per reports from The Telegraph, the 3D game is made possible by joint efforts between scientists at University College London, the University of East Anglia, Deutsche Telekom and game designer, Glitchers. Hilary Evans, the head of Alzheimer’s Research UK, stressed the importance of navigating a 3D environment, since the skill is often one of the first lost by people suffering from dementia. “We have never seen anything undertaken in dementia research at this scale before,” she added. Apart from the scientific value it presents, the app also features an interesting gameplay, where players follow a sailor’s quest to revisit some of his father’s memories and battle fantastical sea creatures along the way. The routes they take will generate global “heat maps” that will show researchers how people generally explore 3D environments. The ultimate goal is to develop new diagnostic tests which can detect when somebody’s spatial navigation skills are failing. Researchers from UCL dementia research center said the game generated useful data about 150 times faster than lab-based experiments, during its first beta release. Players will also have the liberty to reveal their gender, age and location to the researchers, although they can choose to take part with complete anonymity. “This project provides an unprecedented chance to study how many thousands of people from different countries and cultures navigate space,” added Dr. Spiers. “It’s a massive online citizen science experiment that will give us an idea of what is ‘normal’ through this game”. The first results of of the research data collection will be made public in November, according to the report.

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You Look So Good With The Hat On is a recollection of a memory—my Grandmother and her Church Hats. When I was younger I remember walking into the Church and anticipating seeing which hat Grandmama would have on. I would count the pews until I got to her and see her crowned with a hat that matched her satin or sequin dress to a T. Recently, I have become enamored with studying and researching the archives on my family and their photos. I noticed that many photos of my Great-Grandmother were taken during special occasions or on the way to church, where she dressed in the all of her regalia from Crown to Toe. You look So Good With The Hat On became an exploration in finding those pieces and bringing the memories attached to them back into present day.

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You don’t need a degree in finance to know a gold mine when you see it, but Lee Lutes has one anyway. And by gold mine, I don’t mean cash flow that cascades at the expense of ideology, but a brass ring grab in the heart of wine country where a vintage can be as big a disaster as it can be a godsend—and coming up with the prize. If there can be a ‘perfect storm’ in nature, perhaps there can be a ‘perfect convergence’ in human nature, which seems to be case when Lutes was approached by Don Coe and Kerm Campbell to become a managing partner in Black Star Farms. Coe had the class, the pockets and sauce savvy—he was once the president of Hiram Walker—while Campbell’s rap sheet included being the CEO The Prince Group and the president of Herman Miller; but as a grape grower, he also had good old Michigan dirt beneath his fingernails. In 1997, they had purchased a sprawling, 120-acre horse farm on Leelanau’s east coast and laid the groundwork for a stellar winery in the center of an appellation that was just beginning to find its stride. Key to success was engaging the right winemaking partner, and in Lee Lutes, all the stars seemed to have aligned. Lee was a local kid then at Peninsula Cellars; a winemaker who understood the value of hybrids as well as the nuances of blends, but—having lived in Australia and trained in Italy—he also had a deep and abiding love for vinifera, especially red wine grapes. But love beckoned, and within a year he was back, following his girlfriend (now wife) Terry to New York where she was a student. After a brief stint with importer Neil Rosenthal—quickly concluding that peddling wine on the streets on Manhattan was not a career for a 23-year-old noob from the Midwest—he went to work at Union Square Café, then among the top wine restaurants in the world. Danny Meyer taught him retail lessons that he retains today; meanwhile he was able to pick up some cellar-rat hours at Long Island’s Gristina Vineyards. At the time, Gristina’s winemaker was Larry Perrine—now at Channing Daughters—and from his mentorship, Lee credits having helped train his wine palate. After a tour of Europe, culminating in five days at VinItaly, he met winemaker Elisabetta Currado, whose father was a Piemontese pioneer, among the first bottle wines with a single vineyard designation. She took on Lee as ‘her jolly’ (his term) which has no ‘pool boy’ connotations; (Terry was there) but what she called her assistant. Success of the plan seems most obvious in the fact that although Black Star Farms is by no means the biggest wine producer in the appellation, it is arguably the most diverse and among the most talked about. Here, there is a premium placed on innovation (the short-lived, on-site cheese-making operation, for one) and evolution is constant. It is rare to wander into one the three tasting rooms and not find something new, eclectic and frequently puzzling: Distilled mead is an example. Coe’s Hiram Walker tenure made him the head cheerleader for an on-premise distillery, and—with Lutes as the distiller—has seen the release of a number of beautifully precise, award-devouring eaux de vie (fruit brandies) from nearly all from the locally-grown standards; cherries, apples, apricots. Distilled mead is a new one; part of the diversified face that Black Star Farms likes to put on its ‘argritainment’ variety show, making customers eager to find out what’s making a premier performance on any given visit. As for the future, Lee Lutes—with a perfectly straight face—points to a couple of grape cultivars that should have most wine people raising their eyebrows: Marquette and Gamay. Gamay is the bellwether grape of Beaujolais, but it has struggled to make a statement in most other wine regions. In the Loire Valley, it is often blended with Cabernet Franc, although in Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula, as a stand-alone, it has reached heights that some consider on par with Cru Beaujolais. In Northern Michigan, Chateau Grand Traverse’s Gamay Noir has been a light, tart, plum-flavored winner for decades, but few other local producers have relied on it. Lee Lutes has five acres planted and plans for more: He loves it for its versatility as well as its fidelity. And then there’s Marquette. Marquette is a fairly new hybrid, introduced by the University of Minnesota in 2006; it’s related to both Frontenac and Pinot Noir and is not only extremely cold hardy and disease resistent, but unlike most red wine hybrids, it has a strong vinifera profile, similar in flavor (blackberry, cherry, black pepper) to Malbec. And it ripens consistently in northern climates, with high sugar and moderate acidity. “As a blending grape, Marquette will be viticultural gold. To produce reliable red wines every vintage in Northern Michigan it makes no sense to rely entirely on vinifera; the yield for the classic reds in 2014 is abysmal. And if my decades up here have shown me anything about weather patterns, winters like the last one come in cycles, sometimes four years in a row. We need we need to grow a backbone of red grapes that will ripen regardless of the season; Marquette is impervious to most temperatures we can throw at it; supposedly, to minus thirty. Time will tell. This entry was posted in Michigan, Old Mission Peninsula. Bookmark the permalink.

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So, so sweet card today! You make Stampin’ Up’s papers shine with your creations! Fresh, pretty, perfection. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent, BK, day after day. Lovely card, Brian. I love the sweet flowers and sentiment. Enjoy your day, my friend. More evidence that Amazing Life is one of the most versatile stamp sets ever! Great card, Brian. You never cease to amaze! Oh Brian – love the softness of this card and the colors are so perfect for Easter cards. Thanks so much for your daily encouragement that gets my creative juices flowing. Love how you arranged those flowers.. Very clever! Awesome card! Brian, thank you for sending me the 2nd Sale a Bration brochure. I will consider it carefully. Some really great options in there, Nancy! Please let me know if you have questions. What a sweet, fresh and beautiful card Brian, love those little blooms falling on the sentiment. Thanks, Maria! I think it’s such a sweet flower – had fun with this challenge. Glad you like it. Sweet as can be with these little flowers and springy colors!

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It snowed yesterday in the UK and it caused us to lose 1.2 billion pounds because people couldn't get to work as transport was cancelled everywhere. My garden or rather my parents garden goes off into the far distance. No not really. It's just a nice view that came with the house.

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Blog Quick Quotes: Page Inspiration with Connie! Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the Gypsy Road and Joy Ride Collections by Quick Quotes. One of the things I love about Quick Quotes is the papers! They match and work great with the other collections by Quick Quotes!! That is a plus!!!! This is a grid design (favorite of mine). I used the PowderPuff Chalk Inks with background stamps to add some interest to the Gypsy Road 300 (black polka dot) paper. The Gypsy Road 300 is paired nicely with Joy Ride 200 (yellow polka dots) from a different collection. They look so great together! Buttons, Wood Pieces, Camera Clip.

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We all know that graphic equalizers can make such pretty patterns, so why not stick 'em on a T-shirt? That's the logic behind the T-equalizer dancer T-shirt, produced by Flashwear. Using electroeluminescence technology, the equalizer graphic on the T-shirt flashes and pulses with the music around it, be it from a personal music player or just ambient sound. Available for £16.79 at Scan Computers UK.

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I am buying a music system that works on 110v -60HZ and taking it with me to India. India works on 220v – 50HZ. I can get a transformer that will step down my voltage from 220v to 110v. My question is about the frequency. Would my appliance still work as I will not be converting the frequency from 60 hz to 50 hz. If it does work, will it affect the quality of the output of my music system or the life of the equipment?

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The State Bank of India (SBI) is investing in accommodation-based property in Singapore, ensuring higher grade housing requirements of its expatriatestaff, a media report said today. staff, a media report said on Tuesday. The apartment purchases should help reduce rental costs by 20 to 25% within the next three years, SBI Singapore chief executive and country head Anil Kishora sqaid. "It will stabilise our cost base. In some sense, it would insulate us from any future increases in pricing, as we won't be paying any rentals," Kishora said, adding that buying property also helps to boost productivity. According to the report, SBI would want to purchase at least 10 to 20 more units to house staff as it ramps up its local presence. SBI had recently advertised for purchasing high grade apartments, ranging from 1,100 to 1,400 sq ft in size, near to main schools and rail-based transit systems. It provides housing accommodations to its 241 expatriate staff, 41 of whom are non-resident Indians. The SBI expansionary move was in stark contrast to other foreign banks, many of which were cutting jobs and curbing incentives like housing allowances for expatriates as they rebuild balance sheets following the global financial crisis. "Traditionally, Indian companies would operate out of other centres, such as the UK, the US and to some extent Hong Kong, but now most of them prefer to do business out of Singapore," explained Kishora, justifying the move. SBI has a qualified full banking licence, which allows it to operate out of 25 business locations. It has seven branches and 21 ATMs, mainly catering to non-resident Indians and Indian tourists.

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What is the best price for a return flight from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International? How many airlines fly direct from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International? There are 7 airlines who fly direct from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International. How many flights are there a week from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International? There are 188 flights per week from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International, as of March 2019. How long does it take to fly from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International? 2h 5min is average flight time from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International. Which airline is the most popular from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International in March 2019? Air China is most popular airline from Chengdu to Shenzhen Bao'an International in March 2019. How many airports are there in Shenzhen Bao'an International? There is 1 airport in Shenzhen Bao'an International. Skyscanner is a fast and simple travel search engine that helps you to find cheap flights and great prices on flights from Chengdu to Shenzhen. We compare hundreds of flights from all major airlines and travel agents, finding you the best deal on cheap plane tickets to Shenzhen from Chengdu. When is the best time to book from Chengdu to Shenzhen? Make sure you’re getting the best price for your flight tickets. Find the best time to book from Chengdu to Shenzhen by checking our best time to book tool. Which airlines fly direct to Shenzhen from Chengdu.

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On March 20th, Team M finished their first tour with a concert in Osaka City and the tour finale came with a surprise announcement. Kenkyuusei Miura Arisa was promoted to Team M. Miura Arisa is a 3rd Generation Kenkyuusei who joined NMB48 in early-2012. She was one of the few 3rd Generation members who weren't selected for Team BII but she kept working as a Kenkyuusei and was now rewarded. With her promotion only one 3rd Generation member, Takayama Riko, is left among the Kenkyuusei. Apart from the promotion, the tour finale also included a graduation ceremony for captain Shimada Rena who will graduate on April 7 with a final theater show.

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In June 2012 we were awarded The Lowes Tool Box for Education Grant in the amount of $5,000.00 This grant was awarded to the school garden to table project. We have used the money to expand the garden area, adequately fence it in, irrigate with timers, purchase supplies, tools,a composter, and mulch. This grant has turned the garden from a small outdated garden to a fully functioning seasonal garden. The children are thoroughly enjoying learning about gardening, planting, harvesting, composting, and enjoying the fresh veggies. we have students tell us they never eat veggies at home, though because they grew these they are eating and loving them! In January 2013 we are beginning our community meal garden outreach program made possible by a Sierra Health Foundation Responsive Grant. The first part of this program is building a greenhoue to expand our garden growing season. Then our enrichment program cooking team will prepare free community meals with garden produce available to the community. These community meal nights will ferature various community outreach sources including nutritional and family information. In September 2012 we were awarded a Grant from the Calaveras Community Foundation to purchase mush needed supplies and equipment for various segments of our Enrichment Program. Upon return from Fall Break thanks to The Calaveras Community Foundation we will be able to supply the sports program with new balls and equipment. the cooking program will now have the tools, equipment, and food staples needed to teach children the basics and fundamental skills of preparing food. The Sewing program will be able to purchase materials, patterns, and sewing supplies- taking the class to the next level now able to offer multiple begining, intermediate, and advanced classes. The photography class will be able to purchase additional equipment including a photo printer, computer graphics program, photo paper, and additional equipment. The Enrichment program operates primarily on fundraising and donations, often with not much budget left for new supplies. This grant is helping each listed program purchase much needed supplies. In October 2012 The CUSD Education Foundation awarded us a grant to purchase four new classical guitars for our enrichment program guitar class. Music has been a missing link in our enrichment program, and the studetns are thrilled to learn the guitar. The Friends of Rail Road Flat School are interested in pursuing other grant and funding sources. If you have any ideas that may be a match for our program, please contact us.

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There are an estimated 6000 - 8000 rare diseases world-wide, however, many have no given name and are often difficult to diagnose. A rare disease is also known as an orphan disease and typically affects only a small percentage of the population individually. Collectively rare diseases affect from 6%-10% of the population. Rare diseases often have a high impact on the person with the disease as well as their family and/or caregivers. There are several common features found in rare diseases, including: onset in childhood, challenges in diagnosis, lifelong health problems and/or disability and have no cure. Usually rare diseases are complex entities which require a multidisciplinary approach to care and management. Because of the rarity of these diseases it is common for there to be delays in diagnosis, as many clinicians will rarely come across the disease in daily practice. There is very often a sense of isolation when diagnosed and a corresponding lack of support services, not only for the person affected but also for parents and other family members. Treatments are often lacking, as are many of the services required to support those with rare diseases. Additionally, information, particularly in the local context, is often difficult to find or access. Many times there will be an increased financial cost in supporting and meeting the complex medical needs of a person with a rare disease. There is no internationally accepted definition of what constitutes a rare disease, with differing definitions or classifications depending on each country. Some definitions may be based solely on the numbers of people in the population affected, whereas definitions in other countries may take into consideration not only numbers, but also other impacting factors. In the European Union, a rare disease is classified as one that affects less than 5 in 10,000 of the general population. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Authority considers a disease to be rare if it has a prevalence of 1 in 10,000 people or less. (Prevalence is the term used to describe the number of people living with a disease at a given point in time). Epidemiological data to determine the incidence and prevalence of PSC is not well established internationally. A recent systematic review of the incidence of PSC in Europe and North America was conducted by Molodecky and colleagues in 2011. They found that higher quality population-based studies estimated the incidence rate of PSC to be 1:00 per 100,000 person-years. Limiting factors in determining the incidence of PSC through this systematic review included the small numbers of studies on PSC available, incomplete demographic information, varying quality of the studies and the lack of prevalence data. Currently, there is no research or an other data available to determine the incidence or prevalence rates of PSC in Australia. The good news for those with rare diseases in that the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) is currently undergoing a review process and is due for release in 2018. The ICD is used to determine the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems and provides a global perspective. Many rare diseases will be incorporated into ICD 11 allowing for a more accurate determination of prevalence and incidence of PSC in Australia and internationally. For further information there is a Beta draft available for perusal and there is also a Facebook page providing updates of the review process. Molodecky, N.A. et.al, Incidence of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Hepatology, 2011, 53 (5): 1590-1599. "RVA is Australia's national organisation advocating for those who live with a rare disease. RVA provides a strong common voice to promote for health policy and a healthcare system that works for those with rare diseases. RVA works with governments, researchers, clinicians and industry to promote research, diagnosis, treatment and services for all rare diseases in Australia. RVA are the unified voice of 1.2 million plus people affected by rare diseases through Australia (6-8% of the population) and 70 million globally. Rare Voices Australia (RVA) was established in response to the consensus call from over 200 national attendees at the inaugural ʻAwakening Australia to Rare Diseasesʼ international symposium held in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 2011. Read more about the outcomes of the WA 2011 symposium here. RVA aims at advocating for improved quality of life of people living with a rare disease in Australia through advocacy at a National level, support for research and drug development, networking patient groups, raising awareness and other actions designed to fight against the impact of rare diseases on the lives of the patients and families". Please go to the Rare Voices Australia website for further information by clicking here. This document will open in full view by clicking on the bottom right hand square.

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30th + 31st July 2015: Claridge’s came to us wanting to throw a two day party to say thank you to their important events clients from the previous year. As guests were all events professionals everything had to be of the highest quality to impress. The theme of the night was Studio 54 and the main events rooms in the hotel were transformed to evoke the classic feel of the club, complete with photos, staging, lights and a several bars serving Pornstar Martinis. To get guests attention as they arrived our handbalancer in sparkly silver trousers performed highly skilled balance and flexibility positions. After the food was served we brought in a giant rotating disco ball for a performer to show off contortion elements in a big 5 minute act. Later we brought an LED hula hoop performer to show off her skills to a classic medley of disco anthems. Finally our two 70’s inspired podium dancers kept the energy of the crowd high and everyone having a good time until the early hours. All the costumes and performances were in theme and helped bring the event alive.

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It's the time of year for entertaining, but finding the right low fat recipes, without a compromise on taste can be a real challenge. We've created a low fat cheesecake recipe that not only tastes just as indulgent, but looks the part too! Low fat, low calorie, high protein...it's a winner! Eatlean Spreadable - A perfect alternative to cream, or a full fat cream cheese, our low fat, low calorie, high protein Eatlean Spreadable has all the indulgent taste, without the indulgent nutritionals. Greek Yoghurt 0% Fat - Switching up the cream to a high protein, low fat Greek Yoghurt is a great way to keep the nutritionals within your macro goals. Sweetener - A low sugar alternative, and a great way to keep the calorie and fat count lower! Digestive Lights - Every little helps! We opted for the lighter version of digestives for the base for a reduction in fat content, and calories.

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Roche, the sole supplier, is not expecting further stock until mid-end February. They have confirmed that good supplies of Madopar 100 mg/25 mg dispersible tablets remain available. This memo discusses the manipulation of this strength of tablet to deliver 50/12.5 mg dose until supplies of lower strength tablet resume.

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