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Title: Quelques précisions sur la lecture du mot [hiéroglyphes] (vache (?))
Author(s): COLLOMBERT, Ph.
Journal: Revue d'Égyptologie
Volume: 46 Date: 1995
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One more print was completed this week in my screen printing class- this time with a partner. The theme: 2012. Katie and I decided that taking a humorous approach would be the best, and thus we ended up with a 50's housewife theme. Our "theory", you could say, is that these posters might be plastered up all over town, warning the townspeople of the disaster that's to come. Because that's what if feel like now in a way...this huge ominous thing that we have no control over; neither walking nor running would exclude us from this sort of situation.
The next print that we have to do (which I've already completed) can be anything we like. I always struggle with these sorts of projects as I feel that no guidelines always hinder my imagination (oddly). So, for this next print, I went completely and totally random. WOOO! Pictures to come soon...
Today was my last Advisement Day ever. While I always thought I'd enjoy taking random classes, now that I actually need to in order to be considered "full time", it's became a bit of a struggle. What's even worse is thinking about leaving all the wonderful people, and best friends, that I've come to know here at school. I. don't. want. to. graduate. I don't want this to end.
Graduating= growing up, taxes, insurance (for every freaking thing under the sun), big girl jobs, early mornings, and limited vacation hours. (Maybe I'll make a list of positives later, but for now I'll continue to wallow in this pit of despair).
BUT HEY! Portfolio 1 on 1 is this weekend and I'm mighty excited to get some feedback from professionals on my design work!
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Warren Cohen- PRINCIPAL
The Big Thinker.
Warren P. Cohen is a Principal and Manager of D4 Urban. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado in 1971, a certificate of Certified Public Accountancy in 1973, and a Colorado Real Estate license in 1974. Mr. Cohen started his career at Touche Ross & Company (a predecessor of Deloitte & Touche) in 1971. He went on to form Cohen Capital Corporation (CCC) in 1978—a Colorado-based real estate investment, management, and development company.
Since founding CCC In 1978 Mr. Cohen has acquired, developed, financed and managed real estate investment properties—including 3,265 apartment units, 1,649,091 square feet of industrial and commercial buildings, and 1,368 single-family home sites. In 1984 Mr. Cohen co-founded MegaBank Financial Corporation and served on its board and various committees until 2000. As a National Bank Holding Company, MegaBank opened and operated nine commercial banks in the Denver metropolitan area. In April of 2000 MegaBank was acquired by Compass Bancshares (CBSS Nasdaq) for $94 million.
In 1996, along with Jim Frank, Cohen started the assemblage of what is now known as Broadway Park. It encompasses an approximate 75 acres in the inner loop of the Denver Central Business District. Together, they spearheaded the entitlements for over 10 million square feet of mixed use, infill urban development.
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After teaming up for a summer tour together, Pitbull and Ke$ha have once again joined forces, this time on his brand-new single “Timber“! The track will serve as the official lead single off the re-release of his seventh studio album Global Warming, which is scheduled for release on November 25 via Mr. 305 and RCA Records. Produced by Dr. Luke, Cirkut and Sermstyle, “Timber” follows Pitbull‘s usual dance-pop formula and adds a little country twist to the mix looping a bluesy harmonica with K$‘s catchy hook. “I’ve been all around the world touring and it was a record from Avicii that was so big and had this country feel to it, so when this record came down produced by Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Sermstyle, and I said, ‘Man, I need to get my hands on that,'” Pitbull told Ryan Seacrest. “And being on tour with Ke$ha, we hit it off and what better than to have a crazy, sexy, cool, beautiful woman on it with me.” Pitbull has never really been my cup of tea but his songs are inescapable at this point so “Timber” should have no problems becoming a big hit for the duo. What do you guys think?
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Mastering the art of translation is a challenging task, but it can be achieved with dedication and practice. Here are some tips to help you improve your translation skills:
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- Read widely: Reading books, articles, and other materials in both languages will help you build your vocabulary and improve your understanding of the languages. This will also help you become more familiar with different writing styles and genres.
- Practice regularly: Translation is a skill that requires regular practice. Look for opportunities to translate texts of different types, such as news articles, literary works, and technical documents.
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By Harvey Byrne
Ryan Giggs has made the statement that Liverpool attacker Adam Lallana is playing the best football he’s ever played.
The 28-year-old Reds attacking midfielder has established himself as a key part of Jurgen Klopp’s midfield this campaign.
He has also cemented a place in the England national team and former United winger Giggs has stated that he’s been impressed by the Reds man.
“Lallana’s playing the best football that he’s played,” said Giggs pre-kick off as a pundit on ITV.
“It helps when you’ve got players coming into the squad on good form.”
The former Southampton star has made 12 appearances for Klopp’s table-toppers this season scoring three goals and providing five assists.
fans of the Reds will be hoping Lallana finishes both the matches against Scotland and Spain unscathed as they prepare for a trip to his former club St Marys after the international break.
Liverpool are currently a point clear at the top of the Premier League table ahead of Chelsea and the team will be keen to avenge a disappointing 3-2 defeat suffered on the south coast last season when 2-0 up at half-time.
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New Mariposa Land Port to Improve Border Security
GSA, CBP Project Brings Efficiencies and Green Building Technologies to the Border
October 15, 2014
NOGALES, Ariz. — Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commemorate the completion of the eight-year Mariposa Land Port of Entry design and construction modernization project. More than 200 guests joined GSA; CBP; Senator Jeff Flake; Congressman Raul Grijalva; U.S. Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne; Nogales, Arizona Mayor Arturo Garino; and Nogales, Sonora Mayor Ramon Guzman Muñoz in celebrating the state-of-the-art improvements that have made Mariposa one of the most modern, sustainable and efficient ports of entry along the U.S. - Mexico border.
The Mariposa Land Port of Entry is one of the busiest land ports in the United States. It serves as the main port of entry for fresh produce entering the United States from Mexico and the primary produce distribution point on the southern border. As one of GSA’s largest American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects, expansion and modernization of the port aids CBP in more effectively performing their mission by improving efficiency, security, and safety for officers and the traveling public. The project is also expected to have a direct and significant impact on the local economy and job creation in the area.
The new port of entry is targeted to achieve LEED® Gold rating through a combination of solar domestic hot water system, advanced lighting, rainwater harvesting and building automation systems.
- Location: 200 North Mariposa Road, Nogales, AZ 85261
- Project size: 216,000 Gross Square Feet
- Total Funding: Approx. $187 million including $173.7 million in Recovery Act funds
- Primary Tenants: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Increase traffic flow across the border to support international trade
- Update facilities to accommodate officers and traveling public in a safe and efficient manner
- Implement new CBP inspection procedures and requirements
- Enhancing the customer’s mission through workplace design
The project not only increased the port’s inspection capacity, the incorporation of state-of-the-art technology also expedites inspections while maximizing customs enforcement.
- Four commercial and four vehicular inspection lanes previously; today the port is able to inspect 1,600+ trucks per day through 8 primary commercial booths and 56 secondary commercial inspection bays; non-commercial travel is expedited through 12 primary booths and 24 secondary personal vehicle inspection spaces
- Northbound pedestrian processing walkways and inspection facilities were constructed
- Originally no southbound inspection booths and supporting buildings; port now includes 5 booths and two processing facilities
U.S Senator Jeff Flake comments: “This port is not just Arizona’s main gateway to Mexico; it’s also a place where America meets the world. Today we celebrate a facility that is among the Nation’s busiest and largest.”
Congressman Raul Grijalva weighs in: “Our ports of entry are the cornerstone of Arizona’s economy. Our ability to safely, humanely, and expeditiously facilitate the crossing of goods, services, and people through our ports will determine Arizona’s competitiveness in a world economy. The Mariposa Port of Entry is a marvelous facility and tool, but we must modernize other Arizona Ports of Entry. Congress should continue to adequately fund port improvements. Congratulations to the Nogales community on a job well done.”
GSA Pacific Rim Regional Administrator Ruth Cox says: “GSA has made great strides in modernizing our nation’s federal infrastructure. Mariposa Land Port of Entry’s new state-of-the-art buildings and sustainable facilities will help Customs and Border Protection perform their mission more effectively by improving efficiency, security, and safety for officers and the traveling public. This expansion and modernization project not only expedites the processing of commercial and personal vehicles; it will also have a positive impact on the local economy and commerce in the area.”
City of Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino stated: “The Mariposa port is a model port that is the economic hub for the State of Arizona, that is critical not just for the State, but for our city as well.”
William K. Brooks, Director of the Tucson Office of Field Operations said: “The Mariposa redesign project represents a collection of visions united for the purpose of securing America’s borders and legitimate trade and travel. This much needed expansion has been years in the making, and could not have been accomplished without the support of Ambos Nogales. I would like to thank everyone who participated in building this dream come true, which was accomplished through real determination and a lot of patience." | <urn:uuid:51b29ef9-33d5-48fa-89da-84e118a632fa> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | https://www.gsa.gov/node/78805 | 2017-11-25T07:38:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934809695.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20171125071427-20171125091427-00496.warc.gz | en | 0.92452 | 1,051 |
My name is Miriam Tan, I am in my fourth and final year of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle. I have made the move to the outback, living in Tamworth in rural NSW at the student accommodation at the UoN Department of Rural Health where I will complete all of my practical placements. But living rural isn’t a new thing for me, I grew up in a rural town called Singleton in NSW and moved to Newcastle to study dietetics.
Tell me a little bit about yourself and/or describe a typical day for you?
I am currently undertaking an embedded honours program here at the UoN Department of Rural Health in a project titled ‘Average Australian Woman’ which aims to collect detailed, high quality information about body shape, size and composition data of Australian women of today enabling us to examine changes that have occurred among young women in the past 15 years. Doing my honours project is an experience that I am thoroughly enjoying. It’s a wonderful feeling having the opportunity to be a part of something real and relevant to the local community and to many Australian women! The support has been wonderful and I have been able to research an area that I am passionate about. A typical day for me involves either on practical placements or taking measurements of women as part of my honours project.
What do you most enjoy about studying dietetics?
My passion has always been food and health from a very young age involved in every single sport in the local community to helping mum in our herb garden and making feasts for our family to share. I have been fortunate enough throughout my degree to not only have a passion for nutrition but be involved in enjoyable and certainly rewarding extra curricular activities within the community.
What would be your number one tip to someone starting their career in dietetics?
As cliche as it sounds, say – YES! Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way, you never know what may learn. The increasing influence of social media and Dr Google means the general public can source health information easier and faster which may lead to false and misleading information. Stay up to date with current nutritional information, useful resources, controversial topics and evidence based practice
What is one interesting fact about you?
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Fibes, Oh Fibes! is a Swedish rock band that rose to fame in early 2004.
The trio, from Göteborg (Gothenburg) on the west coast of Sweden, was formed in 2001. Their first release was a self-titled EP in 2003. In May 2004, their first album, Still Fresh, was released. In August 2006, they released a second album, Emotional.
In autumn 2009, the band released the album 1987, on which they collaborated with Gary Kemp, Pontus Winnberg, Petter Winberg and Oskar Linnros. The album also contains duets with Björn Skifs and Kim Wilde. The album won "Pop Album of the Year" at the 2010 Grammis Awards.
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In the fall of 1875, Civil War veteran Ambrose Wasgatt was pretty proud of his appointment to become the first lighthouse keeper of the newly completed Egg Rock Lighthouse in Maine’s Frenchman Bay.
A native of Bar Harbor, Maine, Ambrose Wasgatt was familiar with the sea, and having been wounded twice while serving with the Union forces, his knowledge and duty were the reasons for his appointment at this rocky outpost that had been built with the newest and best materials of the time.
But shortly after taking on the position as keeper, he wondered if it had been the biggest mistake of his lifetime. Because certain things were not yet fully completed at the new lighthouse, he had decided to wait a number of months before moving his wife and family to the light station, which he finally did in March of 1876, just a few weeks before a violent storm struck the island.
Hardly had the family moved their furniture to the island and settled into life at the lighthouse when, on March 21, 1876, a severe storm struck the area. Although it is unknown what the wind speed was during this ferocious gale, the family huddled for their lives in the new house as they watched the gale-force wind sweep water up and over the island and carry away the fuel shed.
As the storm intensified in strength, it blew out the windows on the sea-side of the keeper’s house and water began flooding into the structure. The family fled up into the tower to take refuge as they watched water coming in behind and underneath them with each ocean swell. With no windows in the tower, they could only speculate what was going on outside as they prayed that the entire structure would not be washed away to sea with them inside.
When the storm finally subsided and they were able to venture back to the main floor they saw that their furnishings had been heavily damaged by the water; their personal belongings were water-soaked, and most of their food supplies had destroyed. As they ventured outside, they saw the island covered with ocean debris. Amazingly, the fog bell tower was still standing, although it had been moved 30 feet.
Although none were as bad as the storm of March 21, 1876, over the next ten years the Wasgatt family experienced many other storms at Egg Rock Lighthouse that also brought fear and discomfort to the family.
Food Supply Gone
In later years, Ambrose Wasgatt’s son, Francis (Frank) recalled one time when high winds and rough water prevented his father from rowing the four miles to Bar Harbor for food. As the food supply ran low, all the family, consisting of keeper Wasgatt’s wife, Adelma, (Delia), and several small children at the time, had left to eat was peas and flour. Consequently, they had to live for ten days on pea soup and croutons made from flour and water mixed together without any lard or milk. “They were as heavy as fish leads,” Frank Wasgatt recalled, “but they did stick to the ribs and they kept us from starving.”
The family had no tea or coffee, so they parched some the peas in the oven and used them as a coffee substitute. Frank Wasgatt said that he was never been able to enjoy pea soup since that ordeal.
The Apple Retriever
Landing the station’s boat on the boat rails could only be done at certain times of the tide, and it could be very tricky, and at times, even dangerous. One time when Ambrose Wasgatt was returning to the island with food supplies, a rogue wave slammed the boat into the rails and overturned it dumping all the supplies into the sea. Among those provisions was a bag of apples that had ripped open and were bobbing up and down in sea. Keeper Wasgatt called his big Newfoundland dog Hero and commanded him to retrieve the apples. Hero immediately obeyed and jumped into the water and retrieved one apple, then went back for another, and then another, and yet another, and four apples arrived safely on shore. With the fifth apple, the dog accidently bit into one of the apples, and liking their taste, began swimming around and nibbling all of the apples without bringing them back to shore. From the shore, keeper Wasgatt hollered all types of commands and threats at the dog to stop it and bring the apples to shore, but his commands were to no avail.
Apparently Hero ate too many apples. That night the poor dog tossed and moaned with a green-apple stomach-ache all night long. The dog received no sympathy from the Mr. Wasgatt.
The Missing Duck Supper
One bitter cold February afternoon, keeper Wasgatt saw a giant flock of ducks and knew that they would make a good addition for the family’s evening meal. But, because of the cold weather and icy water, he decided to keep Hero locked in the woodshed. He did not want the dog to catch pneumonia from jumping in the icy cold water.
So keeper Wasgatt took the small boat around to a cove where he could land the boat and shoot the ducks from the shore, and the tide would wash them into the protected cove. Once he got there, he began popping off ducks as fast as they appeared. It was snowing hard and he was unable to see the ducks after he fired at them, but he could hear the splash when the dead ducks hit the water.
After nine ducks had fallen and the wind was blowing toward him, keeper Wasgatt decided to pick up his ducks and head for home. But when he rowed out into the cove, he was unable to find a single duck. He couldn’t figure it out. Although it was snowing hard, the wind and the tide were just right and the dead ducks should have been fairly easy to find and pluck out of the water. Then, in a brief moment, when the snow let up, he glanced toward shore and saw Hero sitting there, looking somewhat bored, with nine ducks piled up at his feet that he had retrieved from the water. When he and the dog with their catch arrived back home, he discovered that the big Newfoundland had dug a hole under the shed so he could go hunting with his master.
Learning at Home
Frank Wasgatt recalled that as a youngster he was often not aware of the hardships his parents endured living on an island. From a young boy’s point of view, life on the island was pretty neat, and he did not have to sit in a schoolhouse during the day like the kids on shore. His father hired a private teacher to come out to island to teach him the Three Rs.
A New Life
In 1885 Ambrose Wasgatt received the plum appointment on the mainland as the lighthouse keeper of the Prospect Harbor Point Lighthouse in Prospect Harbor, Maine where he would serve until his retirement in 1918, for a total of 43 years of service as a lighthouse keeper.
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Is The ROCK gay ?
Posted 12 March 2005 - 03:29 PM
THE SCORPION KING star plays a gay bodyguard in new JOHN TRAVOLTA comedy BE COOL and he claims the role has made him realise that homosexuality is no longer something that needs to be hidden in Hollywood.
He tells gay magazine OUT, "I know a lot of gay actors in Hollywood who don't want to come out, and whatever the reasons are I respect that.
"But I think if people love you now, and if you came out, they would love you more, and if they didn't, then they weren't real people to begin with."
http://www.contactmu...s...to come out
Posted 12 March 2005 - 03:31 PM
I know the critics didn't care for this film, saw it last night, but it was very very funny.
Posted 12 March 2005 - 03:35 PM
Yup, pretty Homosexual.
Posted 12 March 2005 - 04:11 PM
Rock : Probably all that gay porn I did.
lol I don't remember where this was from but it was hilarious when he said it.
but the Rock's a sellout now, he can go be as gay as he wants in hollywood, as long as he never steps foot in the wwe again i'm happy.
Posted 12 March 2005 - 04:25 PM
Posted 12 March 2005 - 04:34 PM
Posted 12 March 2005 - 05:07 PM
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Posted 12 March 2005 - 05:50 PM
Gay is only a word... I mean a number...
Posted 12 March 2005 - 07:57 PM
Anyone think Marsailles Wallace really does look like a bitch?
Didn't think so...
Posted 12 March 2005 - 11:11 PM
Or who knows it could all be a big cover-up the possibilities are endless
Posted 13 March 2005 - 07:18 AM
Posted 13 March 2005 - 11:05 AM
u kno the bigger the muscles the smaller the ... downlpart so yeah probably :yucky:
Posted 13 March 2005 - 12:15 PM
Posted 13 March 2005 - 01:29 PM
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Parmesan crumbed chicken
- 3 skinless, boneless chicken breast fillets
- 1/2 cup honey and mustard dressing
- 1/2 cup dried breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup (90g) grated parmesan
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 1/3 cup (50g) plain flour
- 1 egg, beaten
Slice each chicken breast through the middle to make two thin fillets. Marinade the chicken in the honey and mustard dressing for at least an hour, covered in the fridge.
Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Remove chicken breasts from marinade and blot with paper towel.
In a medium bowl, mix together the breadcrumbs, parmesan and pepper. Dip chicken fillets in flour, then egg, then in breadcrumb mixture to coat.
Place coated chicken on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until juices run clear, turning chicken over after 15 minutes.
Serve for dinner with beans, sweet potato and roasted capsicum.
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- You can slice and toss this chicken with carrots, cherry tomatoes and lettuce for a delicious salad.
- You can get the kids to help you crumb the chicken. It a messy but fun job and they are more likely to eat food when they have been involved in the preparation.
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04/29/09 10:25 PM ET
Crain making steady progress
Twins reliever could be activated by Tuesday
By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- Right-hander Jesse Crain's shoulder felt good after his bullpen session on Wednesday afternoon, but the reliever won't be activated on Sunday when he's eligible to come off the disabled list. Crain said he'll throw two more bullpen sessions -- one on Friday and one on Sunday -- before the Twins determine the target date for his return. If everything goes as expected, though, Crain said he could be activated by Tuesday. "I've been making big strides," said Crain, who threw 20 pitches -- all fastballs -- off the mound on Wednesday. "It's been getting better every day." Crain's shoulder inflammation popped up after he pitched five times in seven days. While Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire acknowledged that Crain was overworked as a result of some short starts by the club's rotation, Crain said it's difficult to determine exactly how much is too much. But the expectation is that the club will take a little extra precaution to make sure this doesn't pop up again. "I think we just found out that we've got to take it easy and try not to overdo it," Crain said. "The way I throw, I put a lot into it. I might not be able to go out there as much as somebody like [Matt] Guerrier, who is more of a sinkerball guy rather than a power guy."
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The Slim Executive Stand and Charging Organizer is all the great features of the Original Executive Stand in a new and slimmer design.
This stand continues to offer sturdy dividers to separate your multiple cell phones and tablets while they charge with beautiful faux leather material. The base is still spacious enough to hide cords, charging strips or USB Hubs.
Dimensions: 10” x 6.5” x 9”, 3 tall slots with one additional front slot to hold up to 3 smartphones
Base dimensions: 6" x 9.5" x 2" tall
Center cutout extends into third slot divider offering more charging flexibility
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Edd In Learning Technologies
Walled Lake Consolidated School District – This Michigan district’s online summer season faculty credit restoration program was expanded to incorporate on-line studying alternatives during the college yr. Students can now enroll in as much as two online programs each semester whereas persevering with to attend school for at least four hours a day. Eleventh and twelfth graders can also select to enroll concurrently in postsecondary courses through a partnership with a local community faculty. The credit score recovery program lowered per-scholar prices by fifty seven % and the district estimates that by offering two online courses during the school 12 months it has been in a position to save $517 per student on tutorial costs.
Therefore, student-centric studying environments require engagement, unbiased thought and interactivity on the a part of every individual pupil. Every classroom instructor wants classes and sources that have interaction students in significant studying, and expertise can present assist by differentiating for college kids while they are energetic learners rather than passive receivers.
Integrate content requirements and related digital curriculum resources which might be aligned with and help digital age learning and work. Develop and evaluation insurance policies, financial plans, accountability measures, and incentive constructions to assist the usage of ICT and other digital assets for learning. Develop robust and reliable access to current and emerging applied sciences and digital sources, with equity for all stakeholders. The essay for admission into the 2-certificates pathway should tackle how the certificates will work collectively to foster the possible scholar’s future plans; and admission to the grasp’s program is contingent upon admission to the 2 certificates.
The Department also assists with the twenty first Century Community Learning Centers outlined by the US Department of Education. The Learning, Technology and Leadership Education Department unites expertise and assets needed for learning throughout the lifespan. H5P.org – evolving set of tools that enable for the creation of extra engaging and interactive content for on-line programs. Classroom educating stations sometimes embody a computer, touchscreen, and document digicam, pictures are displayed through a laser projector or television display screen. There’s plenty to replicate on as learning expertise trends continue to move at some pace.
These kinds of LMS permit educators to run a studying system partially or totally online, asynchronously or synchronously. Learning Management Systems additionally supply a non-linear presentation of content and curricular objectives, giving students the selection of pace and order of knowledge learned. Blackboard can be used for K-12 education, Higher Education, Business, and Government collaboration.
Just as in any business, it’s critical that educators keep present with new developments and developments in both pedagogy and new technologies. If you’ve a tech-integration specialist at your school, then use this individual to your full advantage, as they are the front line for the instruments you have or may want to bring into your classroom.
DLS is a service unit that helps students and faculty develop the skills they should combine digital technologies into their teaching, studying and research at the University. The TIE curriculum will address three critical areas — design, implementation, and analysis — and we are going to offer courses across all of these areas of TIE energy. | <urn:uuid:48c07cb5-b4fe-4427-ab7b-8ea28b33165a> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://www.teknoturk.org/edd-in-learning-technologies.html | 2021-06-13T11:02:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487608702.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20210613100830-20210613130830-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.945635 | 654 |
uel unit A
Unit A is an undergraduate design studio at the School of Architecture at the University of East London, lead by Carsten Jungfer and Ferndanda Palmieri
UEL remains firmly in top 20 of UK Architecture Schools
The BSc (Hons) Architecture Course (ARB/RIBA Part 1) at the University of East London has been ranked 17th place in the Guardian University League Tables 2018.
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Live the experience of being with Iranian nomads for a day. You will cook with them, share your stories and live their routine life to see how it is to work on a farm, have no electricity and cook with a pot on fire. You're going to have a unique and novel experience with nomad families
- Breakfast, lunch and personal expenses are not covered by this experience.
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! Copyright 1984-2017 FamilyHart, Inc (A Nonprofit Corporation) -.NAME & BIRTH: NELL SHARBER, AVINGER, TX.
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Oculofacial plastic surgeons, also known as oculoplastic specialists, are experienced in facial reconstruction to restore eyelid and lacrimal (tear drainage) function. The most common reasons for reconstruction include correction of defects after removal of skin cancer of the eyelids or tear duct and restoring facial appearance after thyroid eye disease or injuries to the brow, eyelid, and orbit. Dr. Douglas Casady and Dr. Audrey Ko at Wolfe Eye Clinic look forward to assisting you through the process to making the best choice for your vision and appearance.
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Reconstructive facial surgery is necessary after removal of eyelid tumors. The most frequent skin cancers that affect the eyelids are basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and sebaceous cell carcinoma. There are many important structures around the eyelids, such as the tear drainage duct and the eye itself, so it is important that you have a qualified oculoplastic surgeon to work closely with your Mohs surgeon. The oculofacial plastic surgeons at Wolfe Eye Clinic work frequently with Mohs surgeons to ensure precise clearance of the skin cancer while preserving as much of the normal non-cancerous tissues as possible. After the cancer is removed by the Mohs surgeon, the oculofacial plastic surgeon then reconstructs the eyelid and surrounding areas to restore eyelid function and appearance.
Eyelid Reconstruction After Facial Trauma
Oculofacial plastic surgeons frequently repair injuries of the eyelid due to recent or old trauma. Dr. Douglas Casady and Dr. Audrey Ko are highly skilled and have advanced fellowship training to provide positive outcomes when treating facial trauma. Common causes of trauma that are frequently repaired by an oculofacial surgeon at Wolfe Eye Clinic include:
Eyelid lacerations – trauma to the eyelids can result in partial thickness or full thickness injuries. Careful reconstruction of the layers of the eyelid by an oculofacial surgeon are required for prevention of scarring complications that can pull the eyelids away from the eyeball.
Canalicular (tear drainage duct) lacerations – trauma to the eyelids, especially dog bites, often result in damage to the tear drainage system located on the upper and lower eyelids. When this occurs, repair and stenting of the damaged tear drainage duct is recommended within one week of injury to prevent irreversible scarring that may result in lifelong tearing.
Scar revision – a severe trauma involving the face may result in extensive scarring. These types of scars may pull the eyelids away from the eyeball, causing abnormal eyelid positions such as cicatricial ectropion, cicatricial entropion and cicatricial retraction. The scars from these injuries can be revised with surgical scar revision or injection of anti-scarring medications by an oculofacial surgeon to allow the eyelid to return to its normal position.
Reconstruction after facial nerve palsy or Bell’s palsy – damage to the facial nerve can cause problems with eyelid closure, causing the eyeball to feel dry and painful. Oculofacial plastic surgeons frequently perform reconstructive surgeries on these patients, including lifting a drooping forehead and eyebrow, restoring blinking by implanting a gold or platinum weight in a retracted upper eyelid, and raising a drooping lower eyelid.
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Oculofacial plastic surgeons play a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease (also known as Graves Ophthalmopathy). Medical management includes coordination of steroid therapy, orbital radiation therapy and TEPEZZA ® (teprotumumab). Surgical management includes upper and lower eyelid retraction repair and orbital decompression surgeries.
Medical and Surgical Treatment of Benign Essential Blepharoplasty (BEB) and Hemifacial Spasms (HFS)
Oculofacial plastic surgeons are one of the main injectors of neurotoxin (Botox®, Xeomin® or Dysport®) to control spasms around the eyes. In patients who require large doses of neurotoxin, myectomy surgery (removal of a portion of the muscles causing the eyelids and brows to spasm) can also be considered to decrease the interval between injections and the number of units needed.
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I once had a friend that wanted to help out any way that she could at her church. Let’s just say that it didn’t take anyone in the church long to realize that they had hit pay dirt as they did not have a Childs Choir Director. They called her in and asked her if she would be in charge of one of the most important positions in the church – Director of Childs Choir Music. How could she refuse? After all this was one of the most important positions, and how hard could it be to get children to sing songs.
Her duties, she found, including setting up their first choir fundraiser and helping with all aspects of choir including song selection and recruiting. As in many cases the job of the volunteer can cover many different areas that are not anticipated. When it comes to choir, though, there are so many fun things to do to make it enjoyable for the kids.
After all, they naturally sing songs. (By the way, did I mention that my friend was not married and does not have kids)? After my friend researched the idea of childs choir music, she began to realize that she may have bitten off more than she could chew. First of all, the easy part was recruiting children and scheduling practices. That didn’t seem too hard, just make an announcement in church and place an ad in the bulletin announcing the times and dates of practice.
Once she had some willing participants, she started to look at some songs that were appropriate for the kids. This started to get a bit more difficult, because she didn’t have any musical training! She couldn’t read a sheet of music. This is where I came in and offered to help her find something suitable. Not the simple, Jesus Loves Me, or This Little Light of Mine, but something that can show off the kids musical talents. We settled on Gladsome Light. Did I mention that I did not have any kids either? Anyway, after a few practices, of going through the music with the kids, we became a bit frustrated. First of all, the kids couldn’t read. I forgot, four years olds are not able to read anything! After we had them memorize the words, they couldn’t remember the melody. With a scheduled performance looming on the horizon, we bribed them with anything that made sense, stickers, toys, candy etc. Still to know avail- it sounded like a train wreck in the middle of the night. We thought about having them lip sync, but we thought that might be a bit unethical for church. So what did we do, we had them sing Jesus Loves me and This Little Light of Mine.
So the moral of this story is that when you volunteer for something, make sure that you have a friend that is smart enough to talk you out of it. Or understand that there might be more to the job than you first expected so keep your eyes wide open when raising your hand.
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Chicken Cacciatore with Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Recipe from: Kraft Foods
What you'll need:
about 4-6 red potatoes, cut up into chunks
1 bag of Birds Eye Steamfresh Garlic Cauliflower
1 lb package of Chicken breast
1/2c Light Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
1 pkg (8oz) fresh, sliced mushrooms
1 green bell pepper, cut up
1 yellow bell pepper, cut up
1 can (14.5oz) Italian style diced tomatoes
1/2c (1/2 of 8oz tub) Chive & Onion Cream Cheese
Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender, about 15mins. Cook the cauliflower as directed on the package.
Meanwhile, cook the chicken. I cut up my chicken and cooked it with sea salt, cracked pepper, minced onion and garlic powder. Cook the chicken in a large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray. Add dressing, mushroom and peppers and cook about 6 mins. Add tomatoes and simmer 8-10 more mins.
Drain the potatoes and return to pan. Add the cauliflower and cream cheese and mash mixture until fluffy. Serve topped with chicken and vegetables.
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As you know, Minted is one of my all-time favorite sponsors, so when they asked me to create these little vignettes with some of my favorite designs, I couldn’t say no! It was such a fun project, especially since I just love getting to see these pretties in person. And even more fun, today I get to give one of you $200 toward any purchase from Minted!
St. Helena invitation
Honey Bee invitation (I think this one is my very favorite – I love that gingham!)
Rustic Type invitation (Here we used the wraparound address stickers and labels for the jam jar.)
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Update! This contest is now closed.
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A new Ransomware called Anatova has been discovered in a private peer to peer network which is believed to be a very serious threat.
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Outline of Anatova
- Anatova uses the icon of a game or application to try and fool the user into downloading it. It has a display to request admin rights.
- The goal of Anatova, as with other ransomware families, is to encrypt all or many files on an infected system and insist on payment to unlock them. The actor(s) demand a ransom payment in cryptocurrency of 10 DASH – currently valued at around $700 USD, a quite high amount compared to other ransomware families.
Tests and Identification
McAfee tested and analyzed Anatova’s operation as follows:
Anatova will retrieve the username of the logged in and/or active user and compares it with a list of names encrypted. If one of those names is detected, it will go to the cleaning flow procedure and exit.
The list of users searched are: LaVirulera tester Tester analyst Analyst lab Lab Malware malware
These usernames are by default used by some analysts or virtual machines/sandboxes in their setup, meaning that the ransomware will not work on these machines/sandboxes.
After user-check, Anatova checks for the first installed language on the system to ensure that a user cannot install one of the blacklisted languages to avoid encryption of the files.
The list of the countries that Anatova doesn’t affect are: All CIS countries
Anatova looks for a flag value of 0, but if this flag would change to the value of 1,it will load two DLLs with the names (after decryption) of “extra1.dll” and “extra2.dll”. This might indicate that Anatova is prepared to be modular in the near future.
Malware calculates all the processes in the system and compares them with a large list including, “steam.exe”, “sqlserver.exe”, which will then be opened and terminated. This action is typical of ransomware that attempts to unlock files that later will be encrypted, such as database files, game files, Office related files, etc.
Anatova will create an RSA Pair of Keys using the crypto API which will cipher all strings. When the keys are encrypted in the memory buffer, Anatova will enumerate all logic units and will try to encrypt the files on the hard disk/remote share.
It will then write a ransom note on the affected folder. Finally, ransomware will follow the flow of cleaning code to prevent dumping memory code that could assist in creating a decryption tool. | <urn:uuid:5c78ed81-e17c-4674-a63f-6cd440114d29> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://gbhackers.com/ransomware-anatova/ | 2020-11-26T18:25:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126171830-20201126201830-00321.warc.gz | en | 0.922389 | 562 |
This article is a guest post by Carla Lopez, owner & CEO of Boomer Biz.
Some retirees want nothing more than to relax and enjoy not having any serious commitments. Others feel like something is missing when they stop working. In the past, the only options were to either find a job or get by without one. Thanks to digital technology, seniors now have a third option: you can start your own business from home.
Unlike traditional small businesses, home-based businesses are easy to start with very little capital. Plus, you have the flexibility to work from home if mobility is a challenge, but you can also be a digital nomad and work from anywhere your heart desires! Investopedia defines digital nomads as “people who are location-independent and use technology to perform their job.”
Brainstorm the Best Ideas
If this sounds like the kind of retirement business you’d like, the place to start is with an idea. One option is to turn a hobby into a business. According to Business.com, the most important thing is to make sure your hobby is marketable. Do you make something that you can sell through your own website or an online marketplace? Or, do you have a skill that’s in demand, such as photography, writing, or graphic design?
Of course, you don’t have to start with a hobby to form a business. As long as you’re willing to learn, anyone can start an e-commerce business without having a specific hobby or skill.
Research the Latest Technology
Once you narrow down an idea, the next step is to develop a business plan and research what it will take to run your business successfully. To be a digital nomad, the main things you need are the right digital tools and apps. These are just a few of our favorites for getting started.
A Current Smartphone
You may need a laptop or tablet to do some work, but digital nomads also use their smartphones to get all kinds of business tasks done. This includes communication basics such as making calls and sending texts and emails. It also includes being able to run the latest apps for tasks like marketing and updating your website. In order to use your phone effectively, make sure you have a good data plan too. We suggest finding a provider that offers flexible or unlimited plans so you don’t run into costly overage charges.
Apps for Efficiency
When you start your own home-based business, it’s likely that you’ll be running a one-person show. This is why apps that increase efficiency are ideal because they help you get more done. One type of service we recommend is to use voice recording software. These services are easy to access online, and most provide free audio recordings for whatever you need. You can record podcasts for your marketing efforts or meetings you have with collaborators. While recording services are typically free, you can often pay a small fee to get your recordings transcribed.
We also love apps that increase efficiency by solving some of mundane but annoying parts of running a business. For example, Forbes recommends the app 1Password to keep track of passwords without compromising security, as well as the app Todoist for keeping up with everything you need to accomplish.
Cloud Storage Solutions
Of course, in order to get work done from any location, you need access to your files from wherever you are. According to Business News Daily, online data storage is one of the most important tech tools small businesses need to get started. There are lots of options out there, so compare the different services on the market to find the one that best fits your needs.
Running any business, even a home-based business in retirement, always takes work. The great thing about digital technology, though, is that it makes your work easier and more productive. This means all you really need are the right tools, and you can work from the comfort of your couch, a corner coffee shop, or a country halfway around the world!
Carla Lopez retired a couple of years ago, but she didn’t lose her entrepreneurial spirit. She created Boomer Biz for retirees like herself who still have a desire to work and achieve. The site is a resource for people in their golden years who want to start their own business or go back to work doing what they love. | <urn:uuid:f3fd246f-3176-4c21-9361-557aa8f13ab8> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://jyssicaschwartz.com/2019/ | 2020-07-12T19:08:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657139167.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20200712175843-20200712205843-00043.warc.gz | en | 0.962257 | 889 |
Janet Bray Attwood
Janet Bray Attwood is a visionary, a transformational leader, and a world humanitarian. She travels the globe empowering people from all walks of life to define and strive for personal success and long-term fulfillment. Janet is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Passion Test The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life's Purpose. She and her business partner, Chris Attwood, have trained over 1,400 Passion Test Facilitators in 50 countries. The Passion Test process has been featured on the Fox Morning Show, O Magazine, Success Magazine and in other media around the world. Janet has shared the stage with people like His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Dr. Stephen Covey, Richard Branson, Nobel Peace Prize winner F.W. de Klerk, Jack Canfield, Tony Hsieh, and many others.
She is a founding member of both the Transformational Leadership Council and the Expert's Industry Association. For her ongoing work with homeless women and youth in lockdown detention centers, Janet received the highest award for volunteer service in the U.S., The President's Volunteer Service Award from the President of the United States.
Her latest book, Your Hidden Riches provides a real-world guide for busy modern achievers to harness the power of ritual to create a rhythm to their life by managing their time, energy, and thinking, as well as tapping into their inner 'hidden riches' to align themselves with their unique Life Design. Janet is an authentic example of what it means to live with an open heart and mind determined to serve others through her unique passions, talents, and experiences. | <urn:uuid:c95f94b7-ec4b-400b-bfcf-227acdfbb181> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://www.thedrpatshow.com/guest/janet-bray-attwood,3799.html | 2019-08-20T13:00:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315329.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820113425-20190820135425-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.937981 | 339 |
Dental Braces Options in Melbourne
You know you or your child need braces to align teeth, feel more comfortable and get that beautiful smile. Your FirstBite dentist will explore these options with you and provide a recommendation for the best course of action. We have a range of options which include traditional metal braces, Invisalign and ClearCorrect. We can create a tailored payment plan to accommodate any concerns about the cost of braces.
Types of Dental Braces
Traditional Metal Braces
The most common dental braces are metal braces. Often called ‘traditional metal braces’ or sometimes ‘original braces’, they are effective in terms of patient benefits, affordability and strength. Traditional metal braces also have a strong history, with several generations of patients having benefited from their results over the years.
Metal braces consist of bands, wires and/or brackets. Bands are fixed around the teeth or tooth and used as anchors for the appliance, while brackets are most often bonded to the front of the tooth. Arch wires pass through the brackets and attach to the bands. When your dentist tightens the arch wire, it puts tension on the teeth, gradually moving them to their proper position. Our dentists usually adjust the braces monthly to bring about the desired results, which may be achieved within a few months to a few years.
During the treatment, we will:
- show you how to develop an at-home care routine for the braces and for your teeth
- advise you what to do if you or your child experience discomfort
- inform you of the most appropriate food and drink options to keep your teeth and braces in top condition.
At the end of your treatment, our dental team will remove the braces then thoroughly clean and polish the teeth. We’ll also fit and supply a retainer to stabilise the newly-aligned teeth.
Recent innovations and refinements in orthodontics mean today’s braces are smaller, lighter and show far less metal than braces from the past. They come in bright colours for kids as well as the colourless styles preferred by many adults.
Made from high-quality ceramic material, ceramic braces blend with the natural tooth colour. Ceramic braces are often an attractive choice for patients because the braces are less visible than traditional metal braces.
What are ceramic braces?
Ceramic braces are a set of tooth-coloured or transparent ceramic brackets affixed to each tooth using a robust orthodontic glue. A white wire connects each bracket to the next one, using tiny elastic bands called ligatures.
Are ceramic braces better than traditional metal braces?
Ceramic braces and traditional metal braces both do an excellent job when it comes to moving and realigning teeth. However, we can report that the ceramic brackets may need replacement a little more frequently than their metal counterparts.
Are ceramic braces more expensive than traditional metal braces?
Ceramic braces tend to be slightly more expensive than metal braces. Please speak with our friendly office team for more details about prices, and the payment plans we offer.
Invisalign is a system of removable invisible aligners which are changed every couple of weeks to gradually move your teeth into position. They are a highly popular and effective method to correct your smile if they are suitable for your needs.
Visit our Invisalign page for more information.
ClearCorrect is another invisible aligner option requiring the replacement of moulded aligners regularly to gradually bring your teeth into alignment.
Visit our ClearCorrect page for more information.
Questions & Considerations about Dental Braces
How do I know if I need braces for my teeth?
Not surprisingly, the patients who walk through the door and say they need braces are doing so because they want a straight smile. And if that’s what will make them feel happier with themselves then that’s a great choice.
From the other point of view, your dentist is looking at your teeth and jawline and assessing if they are aligned and whether or not fixing them could present more issues as you age. It’s our responsibility to let you know which treatment will provide you with long-term benefits.
How often do I need to visit the dentist during orthodontic treatment?
During orthodontic treatment, we schedule your visits depending on what treatment you are receiving. If you have fixed metal braces you will visit every 6–8 weeks, however if you have ClearCorrect or Invisalign you will be required to visit every 2–4 weeks. It’s also important to maintain your 6 monthly dental hygiene visits.
How long does orthodontic treatment take?
Orthodontic treatment at our Essendon dental clinic can take anywhere from a few months up to 2–3 years. Complex cases often require a longer timeframe. During your initial consultation, we will be able to give you an estimate of the timeframe for your required treatment.
What is a retainer?
Retainers are worn once orthodontic treatment is completed. The gums and bone need time to adapt to the way the teeth are aligned. Retainers can be a combination of removable or fixed, and depends on each patient’s individual dental requirements.
How much do braces cost?
At your initial consultation, we will discuss the range of options that are available and the costs associated with it.
Does FirstBite Dental have payment plans for braces?
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In the last 100 years we have seen technology progress at a record speed and societies have been through whirlwind transformations.
We are in danger of losing the art of living in community. Parents are confronted with self-centred individualism wanting to infiltrate our family life and churches.
Our children can become a marketing strategy for a society obsessed with materialism and commercialism. Never before have we needed to protect, educate and mentor children through a landscape of pornography, anxiety and apathy.
The core values that we at TEC want parents to embrace:
Relationships – Jesus, God, parent to child, child to teacher
Stewardship – of self; community; world; environment
Contentment – attitude of gratitude; count your blessings
Mentoring – parents having mentors, parents being mentors
Emotional Intelligence – need to learn to be resilient, socially aware
Community – a village brings up a family
Mission and Service – loving by serving
I would highly recommend the course to all parents of the school. As a new family to the school, we learnt so much about how Pacific Hills approaches Christian Education. Given our strong faith, this was very important for us to learn about and understand on a deeper level.
Lisa, An Introduction to Christian Education participant.
The Amazing Adolescent – Dr S Fyson
This workshop enables parents to reflect more intentionally on the impact of puberty on their developing child. With the onset of puberty, the brain begins to prune neurotransmitters and children can have difficulties with executive functions especially organisational skills. When your child says “I can’t remember” they probably can’t. Come and discuss how parents can assist their children in meeting the challenges of adolescence and how a Christian community can address these issues from a Christian world view.
Is my child ready for School – B. Waite
The choice of what school to send your child to is overwhelming in itself but determining if your child is ready for school is closely linked to what the school expects of your child. This workshop explores the concepts of emotional readiness, physical readiness, and intellectually ready.
Cyber Safety Awareness and Action – Ben Krahe
In schools, computers are used mainly to access information, communicate with other people and explore alternate worlds. Increasingly we are seeing challenges and misuse of computers and as parents we need to teach our children to be cyber safe. As parents we need to be aware and this workshop will address these issues.
Tweens Thinking: Understanding the world of the Pre-teen – C. Smart
Do you have a tween? Tweens are children who act and think like teenagers. They can be as young as 6 or as old as 12 and age has little bearing on maturity. This workshop addresses the challenges of this age group and suggests strategies that may be of assistance.
Critical Conversations to have with your Child: Sex, drugs, rock and Roll – C. Smart
Being a parent and having these challenging conversations is never easy, but necessary. The relationship you have with your child will determine how easy this can be and the age this begins is not when they are teenagers. Learn more about this in an informed dialogue with the presenter.
Diagnosing and Dealing with Depression – L. Graham
Sometimes the symptoms of Depression are similar to a moody teenager, especially if your child is a teenager. In this workshop, biological and psychological depression will be discussed as well as some treatment guidelines.
Family Support Systems for Students with Autism – J. Robinson
The family is the main support for students with Autism. Sometimes the family needs support, as supporting students with Autism is challenging and emotionally draining. Strategies and support networks will be discussed as well as parental involvement.
Supporting the Development of Self-Concept – C. Smart
How we view ourselves is a combination of many factors. Self-concept refers to ‘what a person thinks he or she ought to be or could be.’ This course will explore the differences between self-concept and self-esteem with a biblical worldview.
21st Century Teaching Tools – D. McClintock
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The Cape & Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting June 18, hosted by the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster.
The annual meeting is held not just to elect new board members, but to celebrate the activities of the American Red Cross in the last fiscal year.
The Cape & Islands Chapter is growing – new volunteer leadership, a reinvigorated spring heroes breakfast and with plans under way for a third disaster 5K, there’s lots going on at the Red Cross.
At the annual meeting, new board members were elected, including Dave Bushy, Amber Cummings, Frank Riccio, Elizabeth Dunton, Ginger Doonan and Tracy Shaughnessy. The new officers elected are Chaiman Denise Johnson, Vice-Chair Barry Rector and Catharie Nass, Clerk.
The Community Service Award was presented to the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee (BCREPC) and Sean O’Brien.
Community Leadership Award: Dr. Joan Bentinck-Smith of the JB-S Foundation, a longtime supporter of our chapter and many other local non-profits
American Red Cross volunteers are the foundation of all we do – 95 percent of work hours by the American Red Cross is by volunteers. Service awards were granted to those celebrating anniversaries this year. | <urn:uuid:02f29f57-8c4d-4211-b5b9-8dd5486174d3> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Cape--Islands-Chapter-Celebrates-the-American-Red-Cross-Year | 2018-06-25T10:19:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267867644.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20180625092128-20180625112128-00331.warc.gz | en | 0.950413 | 270 |
Frisk Duty Premium Goat-Grain Cut Resistant Law Enforcement Gloves
Premium-grade goat-grain Frisk duty gloves feature a 13-gauge composite liner that blends composite filament fiber with Dyneema for ASTM cut-level 3 protection against injury from razors knives and other sharp objects.
The goatskin in our gloves passes the demanding BS3144 tear-strength test and the CAN/CGSB 4.2 method 26.5 M89 high-pressure water-penetration test.
Gloves received an EN score of 3541 according to the 388:2003 test method.
Black grain-leather roper style is treated to be water repellent. Elasticized cuffs provide a snug fit.
Dyneema is a registered trademark of Royal DSM Group N.V.
Safety Ratings ASTM ANSI Cut Level 3
Moderate cut hazards: light metal stamping light-duty glass handling applications.
- Law Enforcement
- Blade handling
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In this article, we take a look at the role recommender systems are playing when it comes to offering a much more personalised and powerful eCommerce experience to your website users.
Users love it when companies can second-guess their thoughts. In the ideal world, our favourite food chain creates weekly grocery lists for us. A fashion brand sends us a curated list of new garments to complement our current wardrobe. We don’t need to put much effort into getting the essentials we need. Brands do the majority of work for us, using machine learning (ML) and AI.
While we are not yet at this stage of predictive shopping experience, machine learning technology has become increasingly accessible – both as plug-in solutions and custom-built algorithms. Recommender systems, in particular, are the new favourite among eCommerce companies. Why? The post-adoption benefits are substantial as the next four use cases showcase.
1. Personalised merchandising
Pressed on time, always on the go, modern consumers shop in bursts from multiple devices, rather than take the time to engage in a thorough shopping marathon (unless it’s the holiday season of course!). Brands delivering rapid, on-point offers capture the most benefits. According to the Personalization Consumer Survey carried out by MyBuys, 48% of consumers spend more with an eCommerce company delivering personalised shopping experience.
ML systems allow you to capture data from past and current shopping sessions and transform it into dynamic offers. For instance, you can show a unique version of your store homepage to different customer segments. New visitors can see your best sellers first. Regular shoppers can be directed towards new offers or personalised discounts. You can display better cross-sell and up-sell offers at different stages of the user’s buying journey to grow the average basket size and increase conversions. On average, an intelligent recommender system delivers a 22.66% lift in conversions rates for web products.
Furthermore, ML can pinpoint which inventory to showcase (apart from the best sellers). Smart recommender systems can scan through your entire product catalogue and line up the best products for individual buyers. You can take it a step further and display the nearest bricks and mortar location where that range of products is available. Or capture browsing data and target the prospect with local inventory ads later in the day.
2. Personalised content
Not every prospect is ready to buy from you here and now. Some will land on your website with another intent – to receive more information, to compare prices and so on. They need an extra kick to move further down the sales funnel.
Machine learning algorithms can help you understand what kind of content will prompt the user into to taking action. You can further improve your on-site experience by creating dynamic content recommendations for different kinds of audiences like Netflix does. Their machine learning platform changes the artwork depending on what you have watched in the past. For example, with Stranger Things, if you’re a sci-fi fan you might see an image of the boys cycling towards a sci-fi looking sky. Whereas if you’re into rom-coms, you might see an image of Nancy and Jonathan.
3. Product and content recommendations for voice shoppers
Voice search has become a new battlefield for brands. Amazon Echo and Google Home are entering more and more homes. Their owners don’t mind receiving relevant deals, sales and promotions from brands.
Then there’s commuter commerce – a $230 (£176,571) billion opportunity for brands. 64.9% of commuters turn to a voice assistant provided by the auto manufacturer to order groceries, food or drinks and pick them up at a drive-through. So why not connect with them on their way to work?
Gartner says that voice search optimisation will result in a 30% increase in eCommerce revenues, but creating a new SEO for voice search strategy is only one piece of the puzzle. You will also need to develop voice landing and voice-guided experiences for such shoppers.
Machine learning algorithms can be trained to strike a conversation with voice prospects. Toyota is already experimenting with this approach. Their demo voice app can lead a conversation about their car models and then offer to follow-up with a text message if the prospect is interested.
4. Better product search experience
As mobile commerce grows in popularity, you may have noticed an increased demand for ‘dognuts’ and other funny products you don’t sell. Misspelt product names are a source of amusement for your team, but they may also be a lost business opportunity.
When no ‘blue cuppa’ is found on an eCommerce website, a lot of shoppers will go searching elsewhere. Even descriptive queries like ‘a white blouse with golden buttons’ or ‘vitamins for winter’ may not lead shoppers to the products they want. On-site search engines are rather ineffective when presented with unusual queries.
Machine learning algorithms can deal with this issue. Apart from being trained to recognise a broader range of synonyms, they can also help you automatically categorise your products based on their features e.g. material, season, the colour of the buttons and so on. Deep learning algorithms are already capable of analysing product images and breaking them down into specific attributes e.g. V-neck, A-line skirt, knee-length etc.
This can save your team hours of work on manually adding all those things to thousands of product descriptions. Customers will also benefit from more advanced search capabilities, allowing them to discover a wider range of products to their taste.
And here comes the best part: intelligent recommender systems grow with your business. As they gather and analyse more data about your customers’ habits, they deliver even better recommendations. It’s no surprise then that 66% of UK large retail brands have plans to invest in machine learning for digital marketing strategies this year. If you’re not one of them, you could get left behind in the eCommerce race.
Want to chat recommender systems?
If you’re interested in learning more about how a recommender system could significantly enhance the performance of your website, call us today on 02393 830281 or submit your details here and we’ll call you.
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Senator Bonacic Provides Update On Watershed Issues
In January, State Senator John J. Bonacic, announced a series of bills designed to improve dam safety and reduce flooding in the New York City watershed. Today, he went back to Downsville, in Delaware County, to report on the status of the legislation, and actions taken by the City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to date.
"I have worked on watershed issues with three DEP Commissioners since 1998. The current Commissioner, Emily Lloyd, is the first who has kept her word in terms of following up promises with action. The action is not enough, and the action must be continued, but finally, the City is moving," Senator Bonacic said.
In January of this year, it was discovered that DEP officials were photocopying dam inspection reports and using the same information for over a year. That report prompted a series of reviews of the DEP by the media and Legislators.
Senator Bonacic then introduced comprehensive dam safety legislation with respect to the DEP’s West of Hudson Dams which required:
- The DEP to provide detailed dam maintenance plans to the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC);
- The DEP to tell the DEC what elements of those plans actually have been accomplished each year;
- The DEC to undertake detailed inspections of the DEP dams;
- The DEC to share those dam inspection reports with local officials.
In addition, the Senate passed legislation sponsored by Senator Bonacic which would take away the City’s authority to manage the water levels in their reservoirs. Area media called the passage of the bill, S.1768-a, a"stunning upstate power play over New York City." Numerous Senators from New York City, in direct opposition to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s request, joined in support of Bonacic’s bill.
"Those Senators recognized that flood control is an obligation associated with good reservoir management, and not an option. Those Senators secured the reservoirs by voting for this bill - they acknowledged we are one State, and I appreciate their support," Senator Bonacic said.
Since the start of 2006, the City has taken a number of steps to operate their reservoir system more in accord with the needs of the watershed region. Those steps include:
- Implementing a snow-pack program in the Neversink Reservoir, which calls for the draw down of the Neversink when snow is at a certain level in the mountains:
- Implementing a rain-pack program at the Neversink and Pepacton, which calls for the draw down of those reservoirs based on rainfall;
- Opening a waste channel off the Ashokan Reservoir diverting up to 600 million gallons per day into a flood plain and away from residences;
- Agreeing to implement flood control measures during the reconstruction of the Gilboa Dam.
Senator Bonacic said the region’s municipalities should take some solace in the City’s actions, but should not rest. "One good year, does not mean there will not be future problems. Our residents should never have to wonder if the reservoirs management will cause their home or property to be flooded," the Senator said.
Earlier today, Senator Bonacic met with numerous Town Supervisors and officials from Delaware County to work on issues relating to the renewal of the City’s land acquisition permit - a DEC issued permit allowing the City to acquire land in the watershed. The officials also talked with Bonacic about early planning for the potential renewal of the EPA’s filtration avoidance determination next year.
"We have an opportunity every five years to tell the EPA some of the problems we are facing. Today, I started the planning process at the State level in Delaware County, and will be doing the same in Ulster, and Sullivan, and with Senator Jim Seward, in Greene and Schoharie Counties, about some of our concerns with the watershed. Senator Seward and I remain concerned about implementing flood control at all reservoirs, enhancing recreational uses of DEP lands in the watershed, working to make sewer and water affordable to homeowners and small business, and several other issues. We intend to make these things part of the discussion on whether or not the FAD should be renewed," Senator Bonacic said.
"On paper, and with some action to back it up, the DEP has dramatically changed their viewpoint on the need for implementing flood control. The fact that there has not been significant flooding in March and April of this year is a good thing, but we need to ensure the policies relating to flood control are continued and expanded. I look forward to working with our local officials and with Commissioner Lloyd to do just that," concluded Senator Bonacic. | <urn:uuid:ca732cf5-2231-480f-a570-c92a5d8a0c8e> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://www.nysenate.gov/news/senator-bonacic-provides-update-watershed-issues | 2015-05-03T20:19:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1430450367739.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20150501031927-00030-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961732 | 981 |
If you've ever redecorated a bathroom, you'll know that there are only so many ways in which you can tile a flat plane. But once you move into the curved world of hyperbolic geometry, possibilities become endless and the most amazing fractal structures ensue. Caroline Series and David Wright give a short introduction to the maths behind their beautiful images.
Teaching a machine to understand music is an incredibly difficult task, which uses all the mathematical power of digital signal processing. But teaching a machine to compose music is quite another matter, and the wonderful world of mathematical patterns proves to be a gold mine. Nick Collins talks to Plus about his artificial musician.
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7 truths: Pep pays price for pathetic penalty practice plan
From City's woeful penalty taking to the title race falling towards Liverpool, we take a look at how Saturday in the Premier League shook out.
Guardiola's men pay penalty for age-old training mistake
Manchester City paid a heavy penalty at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon. City were at their free-flowing best, but somehow failed to overcome Everton - mainly due to two missed penalties that set the tone for the day. The Toffees' Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg was hailed as the hero having saved both efforts one in the first half from Kevin de Bruyne and the other in the final half hour as Sergio Aguero was denied as the home side trailed 1-0.
What was remarkable about the two missed penalties was not so much Stekelenburg's reflexes, but two other things which made the misses particularly bad.
First was the fact that both shots were hit rather tamely into the middle-right of the goal, at waist height. Short of side-footing it straight at the keeper, neither De Bruyne nor Aguero could have made it much easier for Stekelenburg if they'd tried.
Whoops, he missed it again - Sergio Aguero misses a penalty for Manchester CityReuters
Second, and worse, was the unconvincing technique in taking them. De Bruyne looked lacking in confidence as he stood over the ball, very much the beta male; and Aguero was, if anything, even worse. His stuttering, stalled run-up was agonizing to watch even before his foot met the ball, making it looks as if he was trying to impersonate the manner in which De Bruyne's earlier effort had missed. He ended up mimicking it perfectly, sending the ball at the exact same height and weight for Stekelenburg to make a second comfortable stop. City did later find an equaliser, but a only drew a match in which a 5-1 scoreline would not have flattered Pep Guardiola's side.
The manager's reaction, however, was pitiful: penalty practice is pointless, he suggested, since you can't recreate the pressure.
What utter rubbish. Practice is done precisely because of the pressure, the repetition of the discipline critical in giving players confidence to execute a good penalty when the chips are down. All sports work this way. Find us a professional golfer who doesn't practice two-foot putts, and we'll show you a professional golfer who misses a lot of two-foot putts.
We honestly thought this sort of nonsense had been buried at the 1998 World Cup, when Glenn Hoddle's bleating about England not practising penalties because "you can't recreate the pressure" was laughed out of court. But now Guardiola has trotted out the same nonsense.
Not that the meticulous Spaniard will leave it there, of course: he will learn from this. The smart money is on City working tirelessly on spot kicks before Wednesday's trip to the Camp Nou; what might be more tricky is deciding who takes the next one.
Arsenal reaping the benefits of Walcott's hard work
If Manchester City's penalty takers need an inspirational guest speaker to extol the virtues of practice, they could do a lot worse than give Theo Walcott a call. Obviously there would be a lot (!) of contractual issues to solve, but right now there isn't a better example of the principle of work hard-get better.
Walcott was once again outstanding as Arsenal shrugged off the red card for Granit Xhaka to come through a gruelling match against Swansea with a 3-2 win which sees them climb level on points with stuttering City.
His well-publicised summer resolve to get in the gym and smarten up his act is paying dividends we'd never have thought possible. It makes you wonder which other high-profile players might yet surprise a lot of people if they re-dedicate themselves to their craft. Without Walcott's contributions Arsenal would be nowhere near the top of the table with eight matches gone; is it too far-fetched to imagine a similarly re-invigorated Wayne Rooney do something similar for United before the season it up?
Alderweireld's injury just when they need him most could derail Tottenham's season
Toby Alderweireld played 38 league games for Tottenham last season; Alderweireld committed nine fouls in the whole of said season. Tottenham had the meanest defence in the Premier League last season. Tottenham have conceded four goals in eight games this season. Alderweireld had, up until he was injured with 60 minutes gone against West Brom, played in every Tottenham game. He is utterly integral to Spurs. However, his defensive contribution only tells half the story.
Alderweireld has the passing range of a deep-lying midfielder and it is the Belgian centre-half who is often sets motion the speedy attacks that Tottenham have become renowned for. Spurs will not only miss his defensive nous, but also his speed of though in attack. They better hope that his injury is not as serious as it looked. He will be a huge miss.
Barcelona have a new hero for about five minutes..and then he's back in Messi’s shadow
Just when Rafinha Alcantara must have thought he had finally cracked it, Lionel Messi made a stunning – and goalscoring – return to action in Barcelona’s thrashing of Deportivo at the Camp Nou. Rafinha put on an exhibition with a stunning brace and an all-round masterclass. He has already scored more La Liga goals in five appearances for Luis Enrique’s men this season, with three, than in the previous two seasons combined.
But just as he hit his hot streak, Messi came on – and scored within three. A wonderful, but very fleeting, era of excellence from the ‘new Messi’. The big question will be this, however: can the club's prospective 'new Messis' develop and fulfil their potential as long as they original Messi is keeping them in the shade?
Sunderland winning race to the bottom yet again
15-16-13-10-13-17-14-16-17. That’s Sunderland's sequence of finishes in the Premier League over the past nine seasons.
Time after time they've timed their runs to perfection to save themselves from the chop, with just one solitary top-half finish to show for their troubles. Already, they look like needing another miracle escape – not just because of the fact that they have just two points so far, but because they lost to the top flight's second-worst team - Stoke City – in a manner so abject as to make them look more like a mid-table League One side than a Premier League outfit.
The verdict of the journalist covering the match for Eurosport was simple, stark and unarguable: "Sunderland are just so bad."
Leicester's season-long lap of honour could end in disaster
We can now say, with some certainty, that Leicester will disappear from whence they came. Saturday's match against Chelsea showed in comprehensive fashion that whatever alchemy Claudio Ranieri stumbled upon is no longer working. Last season's gold has turned back to base metal.
That leaves Leicester City with something of a problem. The club, quite rightly, threw money at their star performers from the 2015-16 season, paying the likes of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez £100,000-a-week to stick around – ostensibly to try to recreate the magic, but in reality to enjoy a season-long lap of honour.
Chelsea's Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa (L) vies with Leicester City's German defender Robert Huth (R) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford BridgeAFP
They haven't been able to hit the heights this season; and in retrospect, why would we ever think they might have been able to? Defending a league title is hard at the toughest of times, and Leicester's rivals have spent amounts of money unparalleled in footballing history to try to close the gap.
Could it get even worse than that, in the form of relegation? Looking at the likes of Hull and Sunderland so far this season, probably not. But eight points from eight matches means it isn't out of the question. Manchester City were the last champions to get relegated, a 'feat' which they managed back in the 1940s, at a time when footballers were paid 'man in the street' wages; Leicester have Vardy and Mahrez on £5 million-a-year each this season, and should the unthinkable happen they could head down to the Championship with all manner of serious financial problems.
Stage set for Liverpool to join race for the title
Considering how high-profile Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are in English football, the Reds' Premier League season has been pretty low key so far. Their relatively slow start to the season saw to that.
But they entertain Manchester United on Monday with things looking very different than they did in late August: four consecutive league wins have come just as Manchester City and Tottenham have faltered. And somewhat incredibly, they know that a win on Monday night will see them join City and Arsenal at the top of the table. A three-goal win would put them top of the pile on goal difference – and given the morale boost they'd get from such a result against Jose Mourinho's United, it would also give them a huge momentum boost.
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There may not be any "great European nights at Anfield" to look forward to this season. But the stage couldn't be set for a bigger Premier League night at Anfield on Monday. What's more, United will be only too aware of all this – and all the more desperate to stop their arch-rivals getting one over on them, while simultaneously knowing that a two-goal win would lift them into fourth place above Liverpool. Monday night's crackerjack match just looks like getting bigger and bigger…
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Mass production (also called flow production, repetitive flow production, series production, or serial production) is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines. The concepts of mass production are applied to various kinds of products, from fluids and particulates handled in bulk (such as food, fuel, chemicals, and mined minerals) to discrete solid parts (such as fasteners) to assemblies of such parts (such as household appliances and automobiles).
Mass production of assemblies typically uses electric-motor-powered moving tracks or conveyor belts to move partially complete products to workers, who perform simple repetitive tasks. It improves on earlier high-throughput, continuous-flow mass production made possible by the steam engine.
Mass production of fluid and particulate matter typically involves pipes with pumps or augers to transfer partially complete product between vessels.
Mass production is capital intensive and energy intensive, as it uses a high proportion of machinery and energy in relation to workers. It is also usually automated to the highest extent possible. With fewer labour costs and a faster rate of production, capital and energy are increased while total expenditure per unit of product is decreased. However, the machinery that is needed to set up a mass production line (such as robots and machine presses) is so expensive that there must be some assurance that the product is to be successful to attain profits.
One of the descriptions of mass production is that the craftsmanship is in the workbench itself, not the training of the worker; for example, rather than having a skilled worker measure every dimension of each part of the product against the plans or the other parts as it is being formed, there are jigs and gauge blocks that are ready at hand to ensure that the part is made to fit this set-up. It has already been checked that the finished part will be to specifications to fit all the other finished parts - and it will be made more quickly, with no time spent on finishing the parts to fit one another. This is the specialized capital required for mass production; each workbench is different and each set of tools at each workbench limited to those necessary to make one part. As each of these parts is uniformly and consistently constructed, interchangeability of components is thus another hallmark of mass produced goods.
Mass production systems are usually organized into assembly lines. The assemblies pass by on a conveyor, or if they are heavy, hung from an overhead monorail.
In a factory for a complex product, rather than one assembly line, there may be many auxiliary assembly lines feeding sub-assemblies (i.e. car engines or seats) to a backbone "main" assembly line. A diagram of a typical mass-production factory looks more like the skeleton of a fish than a single line.
The economies of mass production come from several sources. The primary cause is a reduction of nonproductive effort of all types. In craft production, the craftsman must bustle about a shop, getting parts and assembling them. He must locate and use many tools many times for varying tasks. In mass production, each worker repeats one or a few related tasks that use the same tool to perform identical or near-identical operations on a stream of products. The exact tool and parts are always at hand, having been moved down the assembly line consecutively. The worker spends little or no time retrieving and/or preparing materials and tools, and so the time taken to manufacture a product using mass production is shorter than when using traditional methods.
The probability of human error and variation is also reduced, as tasks are predominantly carried out by machinery. A reduction in labour costs, as well as an increased rate of production, enables a company to produce a larger quantity of one product at a lower cost than using traditional, non-linear methods.
However, mass production is inflexible because it is difficult to alter a design or production process after a production line is implemented. Also, all products produced on one production line will be identical or very similar, and introducing variety to satisfy individual tastes is not easy. However, some variety can be achieved by applying different finishes and decorations at the end of the production line if necessary.
Vertical integration is a business practice that involves gaining complete control over a product's production, from raw materials to final assembly.
In the age of mass production, this caused shipping and trade problems in that shipping systems were unable to transport huge volumes of finished automobiles (in Henry Ford's case) without causing damage, and also government policies imposed trade barriers on finished units.
Mass production was popularized in the 1910s and 1920s by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company, which introduced electric motors to the then-well-known technique of chain or sequential production and, in the process, began a new era often called the "second industrial revolution." Ford's contribution to mass production was synthetic in nature, collating and improving upon existing methods of sequential production and applying electric power to them, resulting in extremely-high-throughput, continuous-flow mass production, making the Model T affordable and, as such, an instant hit.
Although the Ford Motor Company brought mass production to new heights, it was a synthesizer and extrapolator of ideas rather than being the first creator of mass production. Ships had been mass-produced using pre-manufactured parts and assembly lines in Venice several hundred years earlier. The Venice Arsenal apparently produced nearly one ship every day, in what was effectively the world's first factory which, at its height, employed 16,000 people.
During the Industrial Revolution simple mass production techniques were used at the Portsmouth Block Mills to manufacture ships' pulley blocks for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. These were also used in the manufacture of clocks and watches, and in the manufacture of small arms.
During the American Civil War the Springfield Armory started to mass produce guns, using interchangeable parts on a large scale. The interchangeable part in manufacturing gun was strongly advocated by Eli Whitney. For this reason, the term Armory practice is occasionally used to refer to mass production. Soon after the war the American System of Watch Manufacturing showed that these techniques could be successfully applied even when very high precision was required. Later, in the 1890s, dollar watches traded off lower precision for much lower manufacturing costs.
Taking a look back at the history of American manufacturing, the key features of mass production were the perfect interchangeability of parts in the goods produced, long production runs and large quantity of outputs that were homogeneous. These key features were developed out of the earlier non-mechanized factory system known as the American system.
While the preceding American system of manufacturing relied on steam power, mass production factories were electrified and used sophisticated machinery. Adoption of these techniques coincided with the birth of the second industrial revolution in the US and its emergence as the dominant industrial superpower in the 20th century. Countries that were quick to follow in its wake (e.g. Germany and Japan) enjoyed high rates of growth.
French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville identified one of the key reasons mass production was able to succeed so quickly in America, namely that of the homogeneous consumer base. De Tocqueville wrote in his Democracy in America (1835) that "The absence in the United States of those vast accumulations of wealth which favor the expenditures of large sums on articles of mere luxury... impact to the productions of American industry a character distinct from that of other countries' industries. [Production is geared toward] articles suited to the wants of the whole people".
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In the event of a clash between the Irish and English versions of the constitution, the Irish one is given supremacy. While "absolute discretion" appears to leave some freedom for manoeuvre for a president in deciding whether to initiate contact with the opposition, "own counsel" has been interpreted by some lawyers as suggesting that no contact whatsoever can take place.
As a result, it is considered controversial for the president to be contacted by the leaders of any political parties in an effort to influence a decision made using the discretionary powers.
It is required that, before exercising certain reserve powers, the president consult the Council of State. However, the president is not compelled to act in accordance with the council's advice.
The president has the right to refuse such a request, in which case the Taoiseach must resign immediately. This power has never been invoked.
However, the necessary circumstances existed in , and The apparent discrepancy, referred to above, between the Irish and English versions of the Constitution has discouraged presidents from contemplating the use of the power.
On the three occasions when the necessary circumstances existed, presidents have adopted an ultra-strict policy of non-contact with the opposition.
The most notable instance of this was in January , when Patrick Hillery instructed an aide, Captain Anthony Barber, to ensure that no telephone calls from the opposition were to be passed on to him.
Hillery, as Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces, recorded the threat in Barber's military personnel file and recorded that Barber had been acting on his instructions in refusing the call.
This power has never been used, and no such petition has been invoked. Of the 60 senators, 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach , so there is rarely a majority opposed to a government bill.
The president may appoint up to seven members of the Council of State, and remove or replace such appointed members. See list of presidential appointees to the Council of State.
The following powers all require prior consultation with the Council of State, although the president need not take its advice:.
The president is directly elected by secret ballot using the instant-runoff voting , the single-winner analogue of the Single Transferable Vote.
A presidential election is held in time for the winner to take office the day after the end of the incumbent's seven-year term.
In the event of premature vacancy, an election must be held within sixty days. Only resident Irish citizens aged eighteen or more may vote; a bill to extend the right to resident British citizens was ruled unconstitutional.
Candidates must be Irish citizens and over 35 years old. Because a person's thirty-fifth year of life begins on their thirty-fourth birthday, this means there is a year's difference between the minimum ages as stated in the two texts.
Various proposals have been made to amend the Constitution so as to eliminate this discrepancy. Presidents can serve a maximum of two terms , consecutive or otherwise.
Where only one candidate is nominated, he or she is deemed elected without the need for a ballot. Since the establishment of the office this has occurred on six occasions.
The most recent presidential election was held on 26 October There is no office of vice president of Ireland. In the event of a premature vacancy a successor must be elected within sixty days.
Routine functions, such as signing bills into law, have often been fulfilled by the presidential commission when the president is abroad on a state visit.
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However, to date, it has never been necessary for the council to take up this role. Though an outgoing president of Ireland who has been re-elected is usually described in the media as "president" before the taking of the Declaration of Office, that is actually incorrect.
The Irish Constitution makes it clear that a president's term of office expires on the day before the inauguration of their successor.
Technically for that period the outgoing president is a former president and, if re-elected, president-elect.
It consists of the first four bars followed by the last five, without lyrics. Für den führenden Minister kam gegen Ende des Jahrhunderts die Bezeichnung Premierminister in Gebrauch, war aber zunächst nur eine inoffizielle Bezeichnung für den ranghöchsten Minister, der offiziell andere Ämter ausübte, meistens jedoch nicht immer das des Ersten Lords des Schatzamtes.
Bis zu Robert Peels erfolglosem Versuch, ohne Parlamentsmehrheit zu regieren, machte der Monarch nicht bekannt, wen er als seinen Premierminister betrachtete.
In der Theorie ist der Premierminister des Vereinigten Königreichs ein primus inter pares , ein Erster unter Gleichen im britischen Kabinett.
Bei der Auswahl der Minister bindet der Premierminister üblicherweise Parlamentsmitglieder ein, die über eine eigene politische Basis, eine Hausmacht, verfügen, und die ihm potenziell gefährlich werden könnten.
Andererseits hat der Premierminister sehr wenig Möglichkeiten, auf die Zusammensetzung der britischen Zivilverwaltung Einfluss zu nehmen, so dass ein Spannungsverhältnis zwischen den gewählten Politikern und der Beamtenschaft spürbar ist.
Schicken Sie bitte Schwarzenegger rein! Ja Sir. Schwarzenegger geht rein und bekommt die 1. Frage gestellt. So it has a monarch, not a president. It therefore does not have a vice president either.
The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II. England is a monarchy, not a republic, so it has a monarch not a president. The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II.
My dear fellow - Britain England was and still is a monarchy with no president. The United Kingdom, of which England is a part, does not have a President.
The United Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarchy. England doesn't have a president. The Prime Minister would be similar to the US president.
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Many hugs and thank you’s to Timaree, an EDM friend, who recently bestowed the “Stylish Blogger Award” on me! I’m so tickled to hang it on the wall here at Drawn2Be! As part of the deal, I am to tell you 7 things about myself. And then bestow the award on UP TO 15 other bloggers. So now, Genevieve will tell you 7 things about herself that you might not already know:
1. Genevieve has never been to France! She longs to ride her bicycle through the south of France, leisurely stopping wherever she’d like to sketch, paint, eat in a cafe, and then ride some more.
2. Genevieve also desires to travel to England! She would love to take a walking tour through the countryside of England, perhaps the Northern parts. Walking all day from town to town, sketching, sipping tea and eating scones along the way.
3. Genevieve HAS traveled to Ivory Coast, West Africa! Quite an experience! But was some time ago…life has kept her red shoes on american soil for a long time. Not entirely a bad thing!
4. Genevieve, like Timaree, also cuts her own hair. Or, at least she has for the last 6 months or so. Genevieve’s wavy, thick hair allows for a lot of “mistakes” in her do-it-yourself haircut.
5. Genevieve does not like ocra or beets! Blekkk! Can’t imagine why anyone would want to eat those things.
6. Genevieve, when she was little, had a recurring dream: that she would jump off a mountain, a cliff, or the banister railing in her childhood home. And as she fell, she would sprout wings and become a butterfly! She loves that dream and thinks about it often.
7. Genevieve loves to GIVE gifts just about as much as she loves receiving them! But the very best is if she’s been able to MAKE the gift! THAT she loves the most.
1. Suzanne Cabrera of An Open Sketchbook. I love the work of this designer/illustrator who lives in my neck of the woods! And it’s so much fun to follow her pregnancy with twin boys! Oi! All the best to you Suzanne!
2. Julia R. Berkley of Sticking to Art! Eye popping fabric works you will drool over! Though she doesn’t blog a bunch, it’s worth a visit there and to her website.
3. Patty Palmer of Deep Space Sparkle. For the kid in ALL of us!! Wonderfully inspiring projects for kids of all ages! There is a link to her blog, which is wonderful, but hasn’t been updated in a long time.:(
4. Andrea Joseph of Andrea Joseph’s Sketchblog. Well, I’m sure Andrea has received a blue-bazillion of these blogger awards. And many of you are already familiar with her work. But I just HAD to include her, she is so inspiring to me! And you MUST visit her other blog too!
5. Annie Beth Ericsson of Walking in Public. An oh-so-fun illustration blog I recently found. Check out the books she herself has illustrated…they are fabuloso!
6. Ian Sidaway of Ian Sidaway Fine Line. Gobsmacking amazing drawings here! Check it out!! I found this guy’s blog through one of my favorite artist/traveller to Paris bloggers: who is the 7th and final blog I’ll put on the Stylish Blogger List.
7. Carol Gillott of Paris Breakfasts. If you love all things french AND watercolors, then you must visit Carol. A prolific blogger, she will delight you every time with an insider’s look at the wonderful world of Paris!
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The ‘largest chemistry lesson in the world’ is the record Israelis are hoping to snag tonight.
Eleven research institutes around Israel will tonight reenact an experiment performed in the space shuttle Columbia in 2003 by the first Israeli astronaut- the late Colonel Ilan Ramon.
The Ministry of Science and Technology, which came up with the initiative, chose to go for the Guinness World Record today to coincide with ‘Researchers’ Night’ – an annual event supported by the ministry and the European Union, in which science institutes open their doors to the general public in order to bring them closer to science.
The record will be measured by the number of people performing the experiment simultaneously in at least 10 locations country-wide. The current world record stands at 562 people in a single chemistry lesson in Belgium.
According to Prof. Daniel Hershkovitz, Minister of Science and Technology, the initiative aims to bring the general public, particularly the younger generation, closer to science by making it more accessible, to raise public awareness of science and to commemorate Ramon and his accomplishments for science.
The institutes participating in the record attempt are: the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa University, Tel-Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University, MadaTech – the Israel National Museum of Science, the Kiryat Yam Science Garden, the Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem, the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research institution, Shamoon College of Engineering, the Ort Braude College and the Weizmann Institute. | <urn:uuid:ad561004-3446-46a8-90f8-25d59d7a709c> | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | http://www.israel21c.org/news/going-for-world-record-in-ilan-ramons-honor/ | 2015-03-28T16:01:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131297622.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172137-00252-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901072 | 319 |
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Generally, when one talks about interior decor, the aesthetics are frequently discussed – how a particular feel and look can be attained, what style of decor can be employed, latest examples that the public is following and are in fashion. This is merely the beginning. One aspect that people fail to consider is the psychological effect or the effect on the subconscious of your interior decor.
The decisions that you take while planning about your interior have a direct effect on your subconscious and your feelings.
The color of your walls and floor may be adding to your worry, and the manufacturer of your sofa may give the impression that you are aloof. Would you like to help ensure your house makes a good first image? Continue reading to learn more about the emotional aspects of design. Apply these details to build an interior and exterior layout that functions for you. Your style will be visually and cognitively attractive if you follow these guidelines.
1. Color Choice has an effect on your mood
It is no wonder that color plays an important role in our perception of the globe. However, most people could be surprised to learn that the colors in our surroundings have a significant impact on our emotional responses. When you are planning the home interiors of your house, ensure you are utilizing colors that complement the mood you want to set in the room. Color cognition as we know it now dates back to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s work, Theory of Colours, published in the early 1800s.
Keep in mind that three choices are preferable to just one while choosing colors for your decor. Consider a moderate for the larger pieces, like walls and floors, and a more soothing hue for furnishings and certain other durable objects. Then, for your standout items and furnishings, choose a third, more striking hue. Choose colors depending on the vibe you wish to create in the room.
2. The Illusion of More is aided by the impression of space
“Dress for the career you desire, not the one you possess,” as the adage goes. Although it is sound guidance for perfecting a question-and-answer session, it is not the end of it. The message may be used to decorate your apartment’s interiors just as effortlessly. For centuries, design professionals have used a notion known as Perception of Space to make houses look more expansive and to make spaces as user-friendly as feasible.
Basically, it employs visual gimmicks to influence how others perceive the area surrounding them. Select equipment that is proportioned to scale and leaner, install a wide mirror on the rear wall, and add depth with beautiful framed prints to make a space look wider and more attractive. Adhere to a warmer color palette, establish close combinations with furnishings, and provide enough lighting effects if you want your home to seem welcoming.
Exploit optical distortions to manipulate how space is seen. Rather than just a standard wall, use window walls.
3. Your Character Is Revealed Through Your Processions
It is essential to determine how to occupy the area once you have painted the surfaces. Experts suggest that each and every item selected to occupy a room contributes to its purpose. Further than that, the mix of each and every object that comprises an environment – from chair configurations to wall art and all the way down to the napkins on the dining table – acts as a reflection of our characters and wishes. It is believed that when we bring visitors into our houses, they assess our designs based on four unique valuation factors, in addition to how the rooms appear on the surface.
Applying these factors, an individual who picks a tiny, fashionable sofa over a cheap model with lots of space for their relatives to stretch out would be seen as being particularly preoccupied with their image and societal standing. An individual with a simple home, on the other hand, will be perceived as more friendly and emotional than somebody with a fridge door decorated with children’s drawings and greetings from colleagues’ vacations. Although there are no correct or incorrect choices, consider Baudrillard’s ideas when you browse for goods to decorate your spaces. Be certain that your furnishings project the image you desire. Unknowingly, your design decisions reveal your character.
4. Soothing Lighting
Ambient daylight is known to make us cheerful, whereas blackness can depress us. Try to place windows where more illumination will pour in while constructing a fresh building. Although window location is frequently beyond your disposal, you could still explore the psychology of home decoration when evaluating the amount of lighting in a space. Adorn windows with permeable drapes to avoid blocking if you do not wish to decrease the sun’s radiance.
While positioning furnishings in a space, consider where individuals are most likely to invest the majority of their time – for instance, if individuals are expected to sit on the sofa in the room, try keeping the sofa right next to the window so that they can receive the natural sunlight.
If natural sunlight is not an option, do not worry; while man-made lighting is not perfect, you can still think rationally about illumination fixture position and the kind of incandescent fixtures you employ. Even a room with no windows may be made to seem more welcoming with these options. Intense LEDs and fluorescent lamps might feel isolating and overpowering, but warm-hued illumination can be soothing. To have your lighting system seem more purposeful, use Himalayan salt lamps or electronic torches to tilt toward a boho design.
5. Feng Shui could be precisely what you’re looking for
Let us begin with a definition for people who are unaware of the phrase Feng Shui. It is also called Chinese geomancy, and it is a notion that dates back to medieval China. Briefly said, Feng Shui is a method of bringing peace to persons by utilizing energy influences from the natural atmosphere.
You may now choose between a half-measure and a full-measure approach to feng shui. Keep in mind that going all-out means using the feng shui compass to adapt every element of design to the findings. If you are interested in tarot readings, you may choose to go for the full package.
6. Texture, Elements, and Material
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In the case of home improvements Garage Conversion in Lemon Groves are good option to consider. They not only add value and space to the home and can be accomplished relatively quickly and with a reasonable cost. However, it is important to take into account the difficulties that could be faced during a Garage Conversion in Lemon Grove. Like any other building project, there’s certain technical aspects and regulations that have to be considered and adhered to. In addition, there are other potential issues that need to be considered, such as determining the most efficient use of the space and staying within the confines of the structure. In this blog we will examine the many challenges that might be faced during an upgrade of your garage and how best to approach these challenges.
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Before beginning any conversion project, it is essential to study local building codes as well as zoning requirements. The laws that are in place will likely contain specific guidelines for completing a safe and sound conversion that includes the installation of insulation and a smoke detector and fire extinguisher. There could also be limitations on the dimensions and height of the structure and the number of stories that you can build. The compliance with local codes is mandatory and failing to comply could lead to fines or even demolishment or demolishment of your structure. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself with the local building codes and regulations prior to starting any Garage Conversion in Lemon Grove project.
Before you begin the process of converting your garage it is crucial to think about the structural and size needs of the project. It is crucial to determine whether the garage that is currently in use is big enough to support the planned conversion and if the existing structure can support the added load of any new construction. Planning regulations may also need to be taken into consideration, as well as any local building regulations and standards. Professional advice should be sought in order to make sure that the plan is in line with all relevant requirements.
One of the main issues to consider when converting a garage into another living space is energy efficiency. It is crucial to think about insulation and ventilation as well as other energy-efficient aspects so that your room is comfortable and energy-efficient. Insulation must be added to the walls and the roof as well as ventilation installed to ensure fresh air is circulated throughout the room. In addition, installing energy efficient windows and doors will help reduce energy costs over the long term. With proper planning the Garage Conversion in Lemon Grove could be a comfortable and energy-efficient space.
The fourth issue that comes with a Garage Conversion in Lemon Grove is evaluating the requirement for additional electrical outlets. Based on the intended use of the garage, like a workshop, home office or gym, the amount of outlets required may vary. It is important to think about the space’s requirements as well as the number of appliances, equipment and lighting that could be utilized. It is also essential to ensure that the outlets are properly installed to meet the local building code, and that the home’s current wiring can handle the extra load of the new outlets.
One of the main problems to take into consideration when doing Garage Conversion in Lemon Groves is the security of any existing lines for water and gas. It is essential to make sure that gas and water lines are properly connected and sealed prior to any demolition work. This is to ensure the safety of all involved in the project as well as future occupants of the space. Furthermore, any lines that are removed must be done in compliance with local safety laws in order to prevent any dangers.
One of the most important issues that arises from the process of converting a garage is to make sure any plumbing needs are taken care of. It is important to think about the kind of plumbing work that is necessary. This can include sewer lines, water lines or even bathrooms. Depending on the scope of the project, you might need to engage an expert plumber to make sure that the plumbing installation is done properly and effectively. Additionally, you should consider any state and local building codes related to plumbing and ensure that you follow the rules.
One of the challenges of the Garage Conversion in Lemon Grove is to update heating and cooling systems. The HVAC system might require modification to accommodate the new layout, as well as new ventilation systems need to be installed to guarantee the proper flow of air. It is essential to speak with an expert for advice on the requirements of the new area, to ensure that the HVAC system is adequately built and sized to meet the demands that the space will have. It is essential to correctly size and set up the HVAC to maximize the efficiency of the system and provide the comfort of your living space.
One of the biggest challenges associated with an upgrade to a garage is to research any possible fire hazards. Check the garage you are fitted with smoke alarms and that the smoke detectors are tested frequently. In addition, you’ll need to check the wiring to ensure it is able to handle any additional power and the installation of any additional lighting. It is also important to examine the roof for dangers, like explosive materials that could cause ignition in the event of an emergency fire. Make sure that all combustible items are stored away from any heat sources.
In the end, turning garages into habitable space is an excellent method to increase the living space as well as value to your house. There are however numerous challenges in the process, including issues with zoning, obtaining the right permits as well as dealing with structural issues, and making sure that the area is adequately insulated and heated. It is important that you are aware of the challenges before beginning the conversion, so that you can ensure that the conversion can be completed in a safe and efficient manner.
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Philadelphia is on track to unveil the first statue memorializing an African-American individual on the city's public land.
Philadelphia's streets are peppered with statues of various historical figures, though few of them are of minority figures. The city is attempting to change that by honoring Octavius Catto, a 19th century black educator, activist and baseball player, with a 12-foot bronze and granite monument, reported Philly.com. The memorial will be the first public sculpture erected at City Hall since 1923 and is set to be revealed on Sept. 26.
Catto worked to desegregate Philadelphia’s streetcars and give black people voting rights in the late 1860s, eventually being killed in 1871 by a white mob protesting black voters. His statue will feature upturned streetcars and a ballot box.
Erecting this statue has been in the works for 13 years, but will be unveiled amid national controversy over Confederate statues. Over $1.6 million has been raised for this memorial, including funding from the city and other partners, the Philadelphia Tribune reported.
Through Catto's statue, the city is revisiting a part of its history that has been previously neglected.
“He’s not in any history books kids in high school and middle school have now,” said Murray Dubin, a former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter and author, said to Philly.com. “Nobody knows about Catto. He was an extraordinary, forgotten African American, American hero.”
Catto's statue also comes amid ongoing controversy in Philadelphia over another, notable statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo, who has been criticized for "terrorizing blacks and gays," wrote the Washington Post.
After white nationalists organized a violent protest in Charlottesville, Va. to oppose the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, several members of the Philadelphia City Council also called for the city to remove Rizzo's statue, which stands in front of the Municipal Services Building in Center City.
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I'll be short with this one. Recursion is nice, as
is the natural chakra burst you get from using a
mission. Now I'm just describing my decks here, but
I often find mission space is at a premium, and that
I don't want to waste it on jutsu recursion. I want
my missions, when I use them, to hit hard and give
me some sort of definite advantage. The fact that
you're losing a draw also hurts, as late game you
want every card you can in order to end the match as
soon as possible. After all, the longer the game
goes the more chances your opponent has to wrongfoot
and eventually defeat you.
Constructed: 2.5/5 - I just don't see a use for it.
Limited: 3/5 - I could see it being used here, when
you've got that single copy of a rare jutsu you need
to to re-use.
Art: 2/5 - Meh.
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Rencontres internationales de la photographie en GaspésieMission: To have people discover and get to know photographic creation in all its forms, by means of an approach that promotes encounters between the public and artistic creation.
RENCONTRES – 2014 EDITION
Visible. Invisible. is an opportunity for viewers to interpret photography, and consider what it represents in their daily lives, in their connection to the real world and the way they see the world. It is also a pretext for presenting the body of work created by each artist participating in the fifth edition of Rencontres.
Installations and exhibits will be on display from mid-July to mid-September in the 13 host municipalities: Cap-Chat, Marsoui, Grande-Vallée, Gaspé, Percé and Bonaventure Island, Chandler, Paspébiac, Bonaventure, New Richmond, Maria and Gesgapegiag, Carleton-sur-Mer, Nouvelle (Miguasha) and Matapedia.
At the heart of the event, from August 15 to 19, is the Photographer Tour, where over 30 photographers will participate in public get-togethers (such as projections or lecture-discussions) on the subject of creation. The Tour will get started at the Vieux-Quai Park in Maria and the Quai des arts in Carleton-sur-Mer. It will then move on to four other towns around the entire length of the peninsula.
Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie
Rencontres is the foundation that makes it possible to carry out cultural activity throughout the year for which the photograph is the leitmotiv. In inventing Rencontres it was our duty to break ground and to stand out from other contemporary arts events. To champion photography, its language and its various esthetics, we have put in place an arrangement on over 800 kilometers (500 miles), which comprises 21 sites (indoor and outdoor) in 13 host municipalities. The exhibits and installations that we stage in the open air are integrated into the territory, into the places and the buildings. We take part in the identity of the territory while presenting a unique way of visiting it.
The concept of Rencontres resides in the interdependence of the artists and our territory, in the mutual encounter of the population and the artists, but also in the interaction among the works, the territory and the public. Each of these different players thus participates in the process of creation that we aim to foster.
By way of an original and diversified programming, Rencontres seeks to communicate the work of established professional as well as emerging photographers through exhibits, artist residencies, projections and audience-development activities both with a school-age public and the general public. Well established in the environment thanks to extensive cultural mediation work with school boards and the municipalities hosting the event, Rencontres works towards discovering the image in all its forms.
The goal of Rencontres is to carry out essential work in the matter of artistic dissemination and education. We have a deep-seated belief in the idea that get-togethers and discussions between the public and the artists foster, in the long term, a better understanding of an artistic approach and, in the process, of photography itself. Rencontres is the foundation that makes it possible to carry out cultural activity throughout the year for which the photograph is the leitmotiv.
The vision of Rencontres is to be a photography reference point on the world scene and to position the Gaspé as a leader in terms of cultural development, in this case in photography.
The realization of Parcours du point de vue – Gaspésie and the success the event achieved bolstered the idea of establishing, in the region, an annual rendezvous dedicated to the photograph. And it was in that light that the first edition of Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie came into being, from August 12 to September 19, 2010. The 11 host municipalities for the event welcomed more than 14 projection-lectures, 24 photographers from Québec and elsewhere, and 26 exhibits over that five-week period.
At Rencontres, which estimates having reached 20,000 people in 2010, we’re proud to have won our first wager: quickly positioning Rencontres and the Gaspé as an event and a region to be reckoned with. The more than encouraging reception for the 1st edition on the part of photographers, the public, and partners – including the host municipalities – provided the event with the strength and the desire to carry on with the dissemination of photographers’ work.
The event had highly positive results – with figures to support them – for its 2nd edition. According to the Étude d’achalandage, de provenance et de retombées économiques (Study of Patronage, Origin and Economic Repercussions) carried out by SEGMA Recherche, the 2011 edition attracted 113,062 visits to photographic exhibits and installations in the 13 host municipalities. The event generated total direct expenditures of $9,668,456 in the Gaspé. | <urn:uuid:f9653d58-bc76-44e0-86ec-885d0a1b2b2c> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://archive.photogaspesie.ca/en/a-propos/ | 2018-05-25T22:43:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867220.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525215613-20180525235613-00399.warc.gz | en | 0.931774 | 1,069 |
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Chelsea are open to the possibility of allowing Fernando Torres to leave the club on loan next season if the Spanish striker decides the lure of first-team football elsewhere is too strong, according to Sky Sport Italia journalist Gianluca di Marzio.
Torres has struggled to prove himself as Chelsea's leading central striker throughout a difficult but trophy-laden three years at Stamford Bridge, with this season proving no different.
Blues boss Jose Mourinho has picked Samuel Eto'o to lead the line in the majority of Chelsea's big matches so far this term, with Torres completing 90 minutes in the Premier League just five times since August.
The 30-year-old has four goals in 22 league appearances and Mourinho is largely expected to spend big on a striker capable of delivering better numbers this summer, paving the way for Torres to leave if he is unhappy with a continued reduced role.
Inter Milan sporting director Perio Ausilio made a personal check on Torres during Chelsea's recent Champions League tie against Galatasaray, with Di Marzio reporting that the Nerazzurri are now actively pursuing a potential season-long loan deal.
Mourinho has a number of big decisions to make over central strikers this summer, with young Belgian powerhouse Romelu Lukaku still hoping to prove he deserves a chance to shine in West London.
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A lot of people think energy snacks consisting of high-fat and high-sugar foods are a good way to keep them going during the day. However, new research shows that snacking on junk food contributes to fatty liver and abdominal obesity reported Wiley in a press release on May 6, 2014. Researchers from the Netherlands have discovered that snacking on high-fat and high-sugar foods was independently associated with abdominal fat and fatty liver.
According to these researchers a hypercaloric diet with frequent meals increases intrahepatic triglyceride content and fat around the waist while increasing meal size did not. This is a serious matter. Obesity has become a major health concern across the world. The World Health Organization has reported that greater than 200 million men and close to 300 million women were obese in 2008.
It has been reported by the U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 36 percent of adult Americans and 17 percent of kids in the United States are obese. Studies have found an association between obesity and the accumulation of abdominal fat and fat in the liver, therefore making non-alcoholic fatty liver disease one of the most prevalent illnesses of the liver. Lead author Dr. Mireille Serlie with the Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam in the Netherlands says American kids consume up to 27 percent of calories from high-fat and high-sugar snacks.
Serlie says this study offers the first evidence that eating more often, instead of consuming large meals, contributes to fatty liver independent of body weight gain. It is therefore suggested by these findings that by cutting down on snacking and instead encouraging three balanced meals daily over the long term may lower the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
This study has been published in the journal Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. American kids consume a lot of their calories from high-fat and high-sugar snacks. High sugar and fat consumption have been found to cause hepatic steatosis and obesity. However, the effect of meal patterns has been largely underexposed.
The researchers hypothesized that a high meal frequency, in comparison to consuming nutritious large meals, is detrimental in the accumulation of intrahepatic and abdominal fat. This study has offered the first evidence that eating more often, rather than consuming large meals, contributes to fatty liver independently of body weight gain. It is therefore suggested to cut down on snacking and encourage three balanced meals daily. | <urn:uuid:f29348fb-6518-4ea2-bba7-3817d6029db5> | CC-MAIN-2014-35 | http://www.examiner.com/article/snacking-on-junk-food-is-associated-with-fatty-liver-and-obesity | 2014-08-21T06:59:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500815050.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021335-00451-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965623 | 500 |
By Tiernan Ray
Dow Jones Newswires’s Mimosa Spencer today writes that Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt remarked to journalists during a visit to a French university that “YouTube is nearly profitability and its revenue is doing quite well.”
Of course, as Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney pointed out in July, during Google’s Q2 conference call with analysts, the company had already said a year ago it was “close to profitability” at YouTube.
In response to Mahaney on that call, Google CFO Patrick Pichette remarked,
We don’t comment on YouTube. What I can tell you is we are incredibly pleased by its trajectory. YouTube is — take a step back — it is 2 billion views per day in its fifth year of existence. It is [1 over] a billion monetization videos per week. It is a huge kind of first page. And it is aggregating audiences, and you see it today through the top brand advertisers showing up for it.
YouTube is included in Google’s display advertising business. On the conference call, Pichette told analysts, “We continue to see very impressive growth as brand advertisers also consider it a must buy,” referring to YouTube. “In Q2 we ran World Cup advertising campaigns for major advertisers of the likes of Coke, Visa, Nike, Sony, etc.”
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In 1987, a pub-owning entrepreneur looked at British brewing and decided it wasn’t working.
Stylishly packaged ranges of bottled beers trumpeting their purity and quality are easy to find these days. Back in 1987, though, bottled beer meant, in most cases, brown or light ale gathering dust on shelves behind the bar in pubs, with labels that appeared to have been designed before World War II. If you wanted to know their ingredients, or their alcoholic strength, tough luck, because the breweries didn’t want to tell you.
A cult beer from Cornwall would play a major role in changing that scene.
* * *
Having weathered the brewery takeover mania of the nineteen-sixties and seventies, West Country family brewery Devenish was a strong presence in the region, with more than 300 pubs from Wiltshire to Penwith.
It was also a household name, at least amongst anyone who had ever taken a seaside holiday in Dorset, Devon or Cornwall. Nonetheless, in 1986, the company was struggling. They had been forced to close their brewery in Weymouth, Dorset, late in 1985, thereafter concentrating operations in Redruth, Cornwall. At the same time, they had also closed fifteen pubs. Profits continued to tumble.
Depending on how you look at it, Devenish was either in need of rescue, or vulnerable to predators.
* * *
Michael Cannon was born in Bedminster, Bristol, in 1939, and left school in the nineteen-fifties (according to most accounts) ‘barely able to read and write’. He worked as a poultry farmer in Avonmouth before entering the hospitality industry as a chef with the Berni Inn chain. Then, in 1975, he bought a stake in a pub in the centre of Bristol – the Navy Volunteer – and began his ascent to the rich lists.
By 1986, he was the boss of Inn Leisure, which owned around 40 pubs in Bristol and surrounding areas.
Cannon saw in the struggling Devenish, and especially their more than three hundred West Country pubs, a perfect opportunity. In February 1986, Inn Leisure and Devenish ‘merged’. Cannon’s company put £35m into Devenish to secure a controlling share, with the support of Whitbread’s investment arm. After some initial confusion, it became apparent to most people that this was a takeover by the smaller operation which, in one swoop, took the total number of pubs under Cannon’s control to almost 400.
People who worked with Cannon describe him as ‘a dynamo’, ‘dynamic and intense’, and he has described himself as having a ‘low boredom threshold’. Journalists calls him ‘colourful’. Looked at as a whole, his career in pubs and brewing suggests a complete focus on achieving profit, without the slightest sentimentality. Newspaper headlines, perhaps inevitably, tend to refer to CANNON FODDER or CANNON FIRE.
On taking over Devenish, he set about rejuvenating the company with vigour. First, feeling that they were paying too little rent, he evicted many sitting pub tenants, replacing them with his own managers. Then, in July 1986, news came of the resignation of board member Bill Ludlow, a member of the former controlling family, in the wake of a ‘clash over policy’.
Having asserted his dominance, Cannon also set about revamping the uninspiring range of rather too-similar, middle-of-the-road beers produced by Devenish. Cornish Best and Wessex Best, both the same strength, were made weaker and stronger respectively, while the latter was given a ‘saucy’ new name: Wessex Stud. It was joined by a much bigger beer called Great British Heavy. West Country branches of the Campaign for Real Ale very much approved, though they remained anxious about Cannon’s plans for local pubs.
But that wasn’t enough for Cannon: he wanted a slice of the burgeoning ‘designer beer’ market, and knew that the name Devenish, with its suggestion of dusty old country pubs and deckchairs, was never going to cut it. In the first instance, he renamed the brewing arm of the company (the Redruth operation) ‘The Cornish Brewery Company’, and there was more to come.
According to Paul Hampson of design agency the Hampson Partnership, who worked closely with Cannon on the design of this new brand, it was a trip to America, and exposure to the growing US ‘craft beer’ scene, that provided the necessary inspiration. Cannon was particularly impressed, Hampson believes, by Anchor Steam, the flagship beer of Fritz Maytag’s revived Anchor Brewing.
Anchor Steam was one of the first US ‘craft beers’ to find favour in the UK from the late seventies onwards, primarily among CAMRA members, and under the influence of Michael Jackson. Despite its attractive packaging and interesting brewing process, Anchor Steam is not overly aromatic and a familiar brown colour – in other words, exotic and yet also accessible to British drinkers brought up on best bitter and Fuller’s ESB.
Having decided that, somehow or other, ‘steam’ needed to be part of the story of his new beer brand, Cannon next decided to imply a more glamorous place of origin than the mining town of Redruth where it was actually to be produced. In the late nineteen-eighties, Newquay, in North Cornwall, was about as near as the UK got to the Californian beach culture, famous for its world-class surfing and increasingly popular with young holidaymakers. And so the name Newquay Steam Beer was born.
But what, apart from a snappy name, would be its unique selling point?
* * *
Unsure where to direct its energies after the Big Six brewers had relented and reintroduced cask ale to their ranges in the late seventies, CAMRA had been campaigning on various fronts.
One particular hobby horse was ‘pure beer’, brewed without additives. Founder member Michael Hardman’s 1978 coffee table book Beer Naturally set the agenda. The ‘pure beer’ baton was picked up by fellow founding member Graham Lees who, having moved to Germany, became convinced that Britain needed a version of the German Rheinheitsgebot beer purity law; and also by beer writer Roger Protz, who had written something of a pure beer manifesto, Pulling a Fast One, in 1978.
In 1986, ‘pure beer’ was finally made a CAMRA priority, and, throughout that year, the Campaign renewed its efforts for clearer labelling of beer ingredients and the banning of ‘additives’. Then, either in response to CAMRA’s lobbying or simply reacting to the same external influences, towards the end of 1986, Samuel Smith’s of Tadcaster launched ‘Natural Lager’. Acknowledging the influence, a spokesman for Devenish said: ‘There’s a growing market for healthy foods. Sam Smith’s have produced a bottled natural lager, but why not have a complete range?’
This ‘health food’ image might have been sufficient to make a success of Newquay Steam, but Cannon was also determined to go all out on the packaging and presentation. Paul Hampson:
[Cannon] had very firm ideas as to how the label for his new Steam Beer range would look and there were very few of the graphic devices associated with beer labelling that were left out. Had we been handed an open brief, we might well have created a label less complicated, but this wasn’t the time for that. We did however, ensure that all the elements of the design were beautifully crafted, from label cut-outs and bottle shape, to the woodcut illustrations, hand lettering and typography.
One design feature that would come to define the image of Newquay Steam Beer was its ceramic ‘Grolsch-style’ swing-top:
I recall presenting our first bottle top sketches to Michael, the result of which was a long silence. Didn’t I know how much more expensive the ceramic top would make this new product and wasn’t I aware of the potential cost saving of a standard metal cap? He then approved our ceramic top design and instructed us to forge ahead with production without delay.
Cannon’s nose for what would make money was infallible. Those stoppers, and complete transparency about ingredients and alcohol content, helped the brand stand out in a market place where beautiful-looking bottled beers were then few and far between.
* * *
Will Wallis worked at the Redruth Brewery from 1984 to 2004 and was involved in quality assurance on the Newquay Steam beers. He recalls that the workforce was enthusiastic about the product and just as determined as Cannon to make it succeed.
As a proud Cornishman I felt proud to have our ‘own beer’. There was a lot of hard work put into the beer by a very excited workforce. We believed that Steam Beer was unique on the market and stood a good chance of being a success. Personally, I can remember working twelve hour round the clock shifts with my colleagues who really believed in the product and put in a lot of effort to help launch the brand and make the whole thing a success.
Head brewer Tony Wharmby spoke to CAMRA’s What’s Brewing in July 1987:
[We have] had to completely reorganise our operation… The water isn’t Burtonised, no additives to help clarification or speed the process, and the need to double ferment all have their challenges. The major operational factors are the maturation time, which is weeks rather than days, and the new labelling plant to accommodate the bottle shape and complexity of the labels.
As Will Wallis recalls it, it was a sign of Wharmby’s genuine belief in Newquay Steam that he allowed his image to be used to market the beers (though it is also possible that Cannon insisted on it as part of his marketing strategy). Since then, many head brewers have put their names, signature and even faces on ‘premium’ products, but it was distinctly unusual at the time.
At launch in 1987, the range included bitter, strong bitter, brown ale, strong brown ale, lager, strong lager, and a stout—an unusually diverse selection at a time when most breweries in the UK restricted themselves to brewing bitter and best bitter, with perhaps a ‘strong ale’ at Christmas.
The picture above featured in a full-page advertisement under the heading ANNOUNCING BRITAIN’S FIRST RANGE OF ENTIRELY NATURAL STRONG BEERS… NO PRESERVATIVES, NO ADDITIVE:
In response to an ever-increasing demand for additive-free products, The Cornish Brewery Company is delighted to announce the launch of their unique range of natural beers. A unique choice of Lager, Bitter, Brown and Stout: a unique choice of strengths: a totally new concept in drinking which will appeal to all beer drinkers. Don’t miss your chance to join the New Age of Steam.
Though some have suggested retrospectively that the beers were ‘bland’ (including Belgian beer expert Joris Pattyn) at the time they offered a refreshing alternative to the market leading stout (Guinness) and brown ale (Newcastle). As such, they found cautious approval from the new class of beer critics, including Michael ‘Beer Hunter’ Jackson, who, in his New World Guide to Beer described ‘a range of well-made all-malt brews’:
They are not Steam Beers in the American sense, and the term was clearly conceived as a marketing device. However, they are made in a way that it unusual in Britain. They have a two-stage primary fermentation, and they are cold-conditioned. The whole range is malt-accented and notably clean-tasting.
* * *
That same year, it seems Anchor Brewing in San Francisco got wind of Newquay Steam and took, or threatened to take, legal action. (We have not been able to find specific details.) In response, Cannon’s ‘Island Trading Company’, which owned the Newquay Steam trademark, took Anchor to court. The intention was to block Anchor’s plan to launch their own Steam Beer on draught in the UK.
With breath-taking nerve, Cannon’s lawyers argued that British customers were used to ordering a ‘pint of Steam’, meaning Newquay Steam bitter, and that another draught beer of the same name would be confusing to them. It was at this time, it seems, that a story for the origin of the name Newquay Steam was contrived: in Cornwall, the lawyers claimed, ‘steam’ is slang for strong beer. We can find no evidence to support that suggestion, and have certainly never heard the phrase in use with that meaning.
Island Trading won their case, holding back the arrival of draught American ‘craft beer’ in the UK.
* * *
The success of Newquay Steam took many by surprise: from a standing start, the equivalent of 35,000 barrels were sold in 1988. (For comparison, London Pride sold 89,000 barrels in 2012-13.)
Cannon put that success down, in large part, to the popularity of Newquay Steam with other UK brewers who wanted to provide a choice of interesting bottled beers in their pubs without importing or buying from their more heavyweight competitors.
John Spicer, a leading drinks market analyst at the time, told us: ‘Everyone in the City of London had high hopes for Newquay Steam and there was a lot of interest in it.’ In their 1989 report on the The Supply of Beer, even the Government’s Monopolies and Mergers Commission recognised that, though beer generally was struggling in the marketplace, Newquay Steam seemed to be bucking the trend.
It couldn’t last.
* * *
Having made such a splash, it is perhaps no surprise that predators began to circle.
In 1991, Boddington’s of Manchester made a hostile takeover bid. Whitbread sold their 15 per cent stake to Boddington’s without a moment’s hesitation, much to Cannon’s annoyance: ‘The cosy relationships of the past have been shattered,’ he told the press.
Will Wallis: ‘The widespread belief was that as we were a direct competitor, they wanted to purchase us and shut us down to remove excess brewing capacity in the trade at that time.’
Michael Cannon, however, saw them off with his customary vigour, though it was a close shave, and left the company reeling and in need of cash.
In May 1991, the Newquay Steam brands were sold to Whitbread, and Will Wallis recalls uncertainty at Redruth:
All artwork, recipes, brewing and processing procedures were passed on to the new owners. At that time we believed that the Newquay Steam range would continue, produced elsewhere in the country using the premises, and raw materials of the new owners.
Then, in July the same year, head brewer Tony Wharmby and a Devenish director, Paul Smith, bought the Redruth brewery for £700,000 and went into business as contract brewers and bottlers.
Devenish continued as a pub company and distributor until, by 1993, Cannon had achieved his aims, and was ready to sell up on his own terms. He had bought his stake of Devenish for £35m in 1986, turned a failing company into one of the hottest brands in the industry, and sold it to Greenalls (Whitbread) for £214m. He ploughed his share of the profit (£26m) into a new pub company, capitalising on changes in the industry following the 1989 ‘Beer Orders.’
The Newquay Steam brand name lived on for short while, but the distinctive swing-top bottles were ditched in favour of cans, with the beer being brewed at Whitbread plants elsewhere in the country. What was a great hope for the industry in 1989 was, by the end, a tarnished brand and a lost opportunity. It seems to have disappeared completely after 1996.
The brewery at Redruth closed for good in 2004, though there are currently plans to redevelop the site, including proposals to install a microbrewery.
Michael Cannon made yet more money running and selling pub chains, and went on to gain notoriety for his purchase and sale of another failing brewery, Eldridge Pope of Dorchester, in 2004. He remains a permanent fixture on ‘rich lists’.
Newquay Steam Beer is fondly remembered my many who popped those ceramic stoppers on beach holidays in the West Country in the late 80s and 1990s, and also by those who appreciated the opportunity to buy a ‘premium’ British lager, stout and brown ale produced by someone other than the ‘Big Six’.
With thanks to Ray Bateman for emailing us about Newquay Steam and encouraging us to look into its history.
- Will Wallis, email, November 2012. (Will now runs http://www.cornwallinfocus.co.uk and http://www.devoninfocus.co.uk.)
- John Spicer, conversation and email, September and November 2013 respectively. (John is one of the authors of Government Intervention in the Brewing Industry.)
- Paul Hampson, email, November 2013.
- CAMRA Good Beer Guide 1988, ed. Neil Hanson, 1987, p30.
- New World Guide to Beer, Michael Jackson, 1988, repr. 1991, p170.
- The Law of Passing-off: Unfair Competition by Misrepresentation, Christopher Wadlow, 2011, p882, cites ISLAND TRADING COMPANY AND OTHERS v. ANCHOR BREWING COMPANY AND ANOTHER R.P.C. (1989) 106 (10): 278-306.
Newspapers and magazines
- ‘Only beer here’, Roger Protz, Guardian, 4 September 1987, p21.
- ‘Contrasting fortunes of two brewers’, Andrew Wilson, Glasgow Herald, 16 December 1987, p1.
- ‘Beers with the taste of bubbly’, Michael Jackson, The Times, 5 August 1988, p18.
- ‘Salut! Cheers! Prosit!’, Roger Protz, Observer, 4 December 1988, supplement, p17.
- ‘Tempus’ on J.A. Devenish, The Times, 21 June 1989, p26.
- ‘Costa UK cheers Devenish’, Ben Laurance, Guardian, 21 June 1989, p11.
- ‘Devenish advances 22% to £14m’, Philip Rawstorne, Financial Times, 13 December 1989, p21.
- ‘Lack of steam as Devenish dips to £3.8m’, Financial Times, 13 June 1990, p24.
- ‘Bitter row brews over beer bid’, Martin Winn, Daily Express, 19 April 1991, p41.
- ‘Boddington presses Devenish on plans for Redruth brewery’, Philip Rawstorne, Financial Times, 3 May 1991, p22.
- ‘Redruth brewery faces closure as Devenish pulls out of brewing’, Ben Laurance, Guardian, 23 May 1991, p15.
- ‘Devenish sells brewery’, The Times, 23 July 1991, p22.
- ‘Judge blocks US brewer from selling draught beer in Britain’, Associated Press, 11 November 1988, AP News Archive, http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Judge-Blocks-U-S-Brewer-From-Selling-Draught-Beer-in-Britain/id-c2324e014dc3dbe74c35048e9bd403d2
- ‘Fuddruckers feast for Cannon’, Rachel Bridge, The Times, 4 August 1998, p23.
- ‘Bristol makes an impact on the Sunday Times Rich List’, Bristol Post, 30 April 2012, http://legacy.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-makes-impact-Sunday-Times-Rich-List/story-15958586-detail/story.html#ixzz2jZWvjRua
- ‘Hoteliers dominate The Sunday Times Rich List 2013’, Janet Harmer, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, 22 April 2013, http://www.catererandhotelkeeper.co.uk/articles/22/4/2013/348222/hoteliers-dominate-the-sunday-times-rich-list-2013.htm#sthash.Ww7P52Sn.dpuf
- ‘Estate of Independents’, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, 19 November 1998, www.catererandhotelkeeper.co.uk/articles/19/11/1998/13983/estate-of-independents.htm
- ‘Newquay Steam Remembered’, forum thread, Ratebeer.com, 2007, http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/newquay-steam-remembered_79078.htm
- ‘Newquay Steam Bitter’, Oxford Bottled Beer Database, www.bottledbeer.co.uk
- ‘Packaging from the Start’, Paul Hampson, http://hampsonpartnership.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/from-our-portfolio.html
CAMRA’s What’s Brewing
- ‘Cannon fires into Devenish’, March 1986, p1.
- ‘Devenish shake-up’, July 1986, p1.
- ‘Uproar over polluted pint’, November 1986, p1.
- ‘British brewers must come clean’, Roger Protz, December 1986, p6-7.
- ‘Pure and simple: the German answer’, Brian Glover, December 1986, p7.
- ‘Caught in the rapid Cannon fire’, Brian Glover; ‘All change at Weymouth’, Paul Hathaway; and associated smaller articles, May 1987, p8-9.
- ‘Cornish steams ahead with natural beer’, July 1987, p5.
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This is an agreement with three parties: the Trust-makers, the Trustees (or Trust Managers), and the Trust Beneficiaries. For example, a husband and wife may name themselves all three parties to create their trust, manage all the assets transferred to the trust, and have full use and enjoyment of all the trust assets as beneficiaries. Further "back-up" managers can step in under the terms of the trust to manage the assets should the couple become incapacitated or die. Special provisions in the trust also control the management and distribution of assets to heirs in the event of the trustmaker's death. With proper planning, the couple also can avoid or eliminate death taxes on their estate. The Revocable Living Trust may allow them to accomplish all this outside of any court proceeding.
Who Should Have a Revocable Living Trust?
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Presentation on theme: "DESCRIPTION: Exotic bush honeysuckles are native of Eurasia. The plants are upright, generally deciduous shrubs that range from 6 to 15 feet in height."— Presentation transcript:
DESCRIPTION: Exotic bush honeysuckles are native of Eurasia. The plants are upright, generally deciduous shrubs that range from 6 to 15 feet in height. The 1-2 ½ inch, egg-shaped leaves are opposite along the stem and short-stalked. Pairs of fragrant, tubular flowers less than an inch long are borne along the stem in the leaf axils. Flower color varies from creamy white to pink or crimson in some varieties of Tartarian honeysuckle. The fruits are red to orange, many-seeded berries. Unlike the exotics, most of our native bush honeysuckles have solid stems. CURRENT MANAGEMENT APPROACHES: Mechanical and chemical methods are the primary means of control of exotic bush honeysuckles. No biological control agents are currently available for these plants Hand removal of seedlings or small plants may be useful for light infestations. Seedlings of exotic bush honeysuckles can also be controlled by application of a systemic herbicide. Prescribed burning has shown some promise for exotic bush honeysuckles growing in open habitats. In all instances, control should be initiated prior to the seed dispersal period (late summer to early autumn) to minimize reinvasion of treated habitats. ECOLOGICAL THREAT: Exotic bush honeysuckles can rapidly invade and overtake a site, forming a dense shrub layer that crowds and shades out native plant species. They alter habitats by decreasing light availability, by depleting soil moisture and nutrients, and possibly by releasing toxic chemicals that prevent other plant species from growing in the vicinity. Exotic bush honeysuckles may compete with native bush honeysuckles for pollinators, resulting in reduced seed set for native species. In addition, the fruits of exotic bush honeysuckles do not offer migrating birds the high-fat, nutrient-rich food sources needed for long flights, that are supplied by native plant species. HABITAT IN THE UNITED STATES: Exotic bush honeysuckles are relatively shade-intolerant and most often occur in forest edge, abandoned field, pasture, roadsides and other open, upland habitats. Woodlands, especially those that have been grazed or otherwise disturbed may also be invaded by exotic bush honeysuckles.
Description: Bull thistle is a biennial, and sometimes annual or monocarpic perennial, forb. In the juvenile phase, individual bull thistle plants form a single rosette with a taproot up to 28 inches (70 cm) long. Rosettes may develop up to 3.3 feet (1 m) in diameter. The taproot does not spread, but develops several smaller lateral roots. Stems have spiny wings and grow 1 to 6.6 feet (0.3 to 2 m) tall, with many spreading branches, and sometimes a single stem. Bull thistle stem leaves are more or less lance-shaped and 3 to 12 inches (7.6-30 cm) long, prickly hairy on the top and very hairy underneath. Lobes on leaves are tipped with stout spines. Bull thistle flowerheads are 1.5 to 2 inches (3.8 to 5 cm) in diameter, 1 to 2 inches (2.5-5 cm) long, usually solitary, and more or less clustered at the ends of shoots and branches. Flowers are subtended by narrow, spine-tipped bracts. Bull thistle fruits are achenes, 1/16th-inch (0.15 cm) long, with a long, hairy plume that is easily detached. Control and Management: Biological: The seed-feeding fly, Urophora stylata Fabricius, has been selected and released for biological control of bull thistle. Mechanical: Mow to prevent seeding. Chemical: Pre-emerge with Aatrex 4L, Oust, Princep Liquid. Post-emerge with 2,4-D + dicamba, Garlon 3A, Garlon 4, Roundup/Accord, and Stinger Habitat: Bull thistle is a very widespread weed that can grow in a wide range of environments but is most troublesome in recently or repeatedly disturbed areas such as pastures, overgrazed rangelands, recently burned forests and forest clearcuts, and along roads, ditches, and fences. Bull thistle is found on dry and wet soils, but is most common on soils with intermediate moisture. Ecological Damage: Although bull thistle is a problem predominantly in disturbed areas, it also can be found in natural areas. The basal rosette may grow to nearly 1 m in diameter before bolting, and, once established, bull thistle out-competes native plant species for space, water, and nutrients.
DESCRIPTION: Common buckthorn is a shrub or small tree in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae) that can grow to 22 feet in height with a 10-inch wide trunk. The crown shape of mature plants is spreading and irregular. The grey to brown bark is rough textured when mature and may be confused with that of plum trees. The inner bark is yellow and the heartwood is pink to orange. Twigs are often tipped with a spine. In spring, dense clusters of 2 to 6, yellow-green, 4-petaled flowers emerge from stems near the bases of leaf stalks. Small black fruits about 1/4 inch in cross-section and containing 3 -4 seeds, form in the fall. Leaves are broadly oval, rounded or pointed at the tip, with 3-4 pairs of up curved veins, and have jagged, toothed margins. Leaves appear dark, glossy green on the upper surface and stay green late into fall, after most other deciduous leaves have fallen. CURRENT MANAGEMENT APPROACHES: This plant is listed as an nvasive and noxious weed by the U. S. federal government. Mechanical, physical and chemical methods are used to control common buckthorn and glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula), also an invasive exotic plant. Prescribed fire is another method proposed for controlling buckthorn seedlings in fire-adapted natural areas. Careful application of herbicides such as, triclopyr herbicide effectively controls common buckthorn. HABITAT IN THE UNITED STATES: Common buckthorn prefers lightly shaded conditions. An invader mainly of open oak woods, deadfall openings in woodlands, and woods edges, it may also be found in prairies and open fields. It is tolerant of many soil types, well drained sand, clay, poorly drained calcareous, neutral or alkaline, wet or dry. ECOLOGICAL THREAT: Exotic buckthorns tend to form dense, even-aged thickets, crowding and shading out native shrubs and herbs, often completely eradicating them. Dense buckthorn seedlings prevent native tree and shrub regeneration. In fire-adapted ecosystems such as savannas and prairies, the lack of vegetation under buckthorn prohibits fires. Buckthorn control is also of interest to small grain producers; the shrub is an alternate host of the crown rust of oats, which affects oat yield and quality.
DESCRIPTION: a perennial vine that climbs by twisting its stems around vertical structures, including limbs and trunks of shrubs and small trees. Leaves are oblong to oval, sometimes lobed, have short stalks, and occur in pairs along the stem. Flowers are tubular, with five fused petals, white to pink, turning yellow with age, very fragrant, and occur in pairs along the stem at leaf junctures. Stems and leaves are sometimes covered with fine, soft hairs. Small black fruits are produced in autumn, each containing 2-3 oval to oblong, dark brown seeds about 1/4 inch across. MANAGEMENT OPTIONS: Manual and mechanical- For small patches, hand-pull seedlings and young plants when the soil is moist, holding low on the stem to remove the whole plant along with its roots. Monitor frequently and remove any new plants. For large patches, repeated mowing combined with herbicide application is effective. Burning removes above ground vegetation but does not kill the underground rhizomes, which will continue to sprout. In certain situations, tethered goats have been used to remove honeysuckle growth, but must be monitored to prevent their escape to the wild where they would become an added ecological threat. Chemical- For effective control with herbicides, healthy green leaves must be present at application time and temperatures must be sufficient for plant activity. Several systemic herbicides (e.g., glyphosate and triclopyr) move through the plant to the roots when applied to the leaves or stems and have been effective on Japanese honeysuckle. Treatment in the fall, when many non-target plants are going dormant, is best. Biological control- No biological control agents are currently available for Japanese honeysuckle. HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES: It thrives in a wide variety of habitats including fields, forests, wetlands, barrens, and all types of disturbed lands. ECOLOGICAL THREAT: In North America, Japanese honeysuckle has few natural enemies allowing it to spread widely and out-compete native plant species. Its evergreen to semievergreen nature gives it an added advantage over native species in many areas. Shrubs and young trees can be killed by girdling when vines twist tightly around stems and trunks, cutting off the flow of water through the plant. Dense growths of honeysuckle covering vegetation can gradually kill plants by blocking sunlight from reaching their leaves. Vigorous root competition also helps Japanese honeysuckle spread and displace neighboring native vegetation.
DESCRIPTION: Purple loosestrife is an erect perennial herb in the loosestrife family (Lythraceae), with a square, woody stem and opposite or whorled leaves. Leaves are lance-shaped, stalkless, and heart- shaped or rounded at the base. Plants are usually covered by a downy pubescence. Loosestrife plants grow from four to ten feet high, depending upon conditions, and produce a showy display of magenta- colored flower spikes throughout the summer (June to September). Flowers have five to seven petals. Mature plants can have from 30 to 50 stems that are capable of producing an estimated two to three million seeds per year from a single rootstock. It spreads through the vast number of seeds dispersed by wind and water, and vegetatively through underground stems at a rate of about one foot per year. CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT: Manual- Small infestations of young purple loosestrife plants may be pulled by hand, preferably before seed set. Chemical- For older plants, spot treating with a glyphosate type herbicide (e.g., Rodeo for wetlands, Roundup for uplands) is recommended. These herbicides may be most effective when applied late in the season when plants are preparing for dormancy. However, it may be best to do a mid-summer and a late season treatment, to reduce the amount of seed produced. Biological control - For long term control of large infestations biological control is recommended. As of 1997, three insect species from Europe have been approved by the USDA for use as biological control agents. These plant-eating insects include a root-mining weevil (Hylobius transversovittatus), and two leaf-feeding beetles (Galerucella calmariensis and Galerucella pusilla). Two flower-feeding beetles (Nanophyes) that feed on various parts of purple loosestrife plants are still under investigation. Galerucella and Hylobius have been released experimentally in natural areas in 16 northern states, from Oregon to New York. Although these beetles have been observed occasionally feed HABITAT IN THE UNITED STATES: Purple loosestrife is capable of invading wetlands such as freshwater wet meadows, tidal and non-tidal marshes, river and stream banks, pond edges, reservoirs, and ditches. ECOLOGICAL THREAT: Purple loosestrife adapts to natural and disturbed wetlands. As it establishes and expands, it can outcompete and replace native grasses, sedges, and other flowering plants that provide a higher quality source of nutrition for wildlife. The highly invasive nature of purple loosestrife allows it to form dense, homogeneous stands that restrict native wetland plant species, including some federally endangered orchids, and reduce habitat for waterfowl.
DESCRIPTION: Yellow starthistle is an annual herbaceous plant in the aster family (Asteraceae). Plants are gray-green to blue-green, grow from 6 in. to 5 ft. (15 cm to 15 dm) in height, and have deep taproots. Flowers are bright yellow with sharp spines surrounding the base, giving the plant a particularly menacing appearance and a painful response if touched. Stems and leaves are covered with cottony wool. Basal leaves are 2 to 3 in. (6 – 7 cm.) long and deeply lobed. Upper leaves are short (0.5 to 1.0 in.; 1 to 2.5 cm) and narrow, with few lobes. HABITAT: Plants typically thrive in full sunlight and deep, well-drained soils, where annual rainfall is between 10-60 inches, and is especially common in disturbed areas such as roadsides. It chokes out the native plants, reducing biodiversity, and wildlife habitat and forage. Yellow starthistle is a strong invader that occurs in forty-one of the United States. It is most concentrated in California. CURRENT MANAGEMENT APPROACHES: When driving, walking, or moving livestock through infested areas, clothing, vehicles, and animals should be inspected and cleaned to remove any seeds before continuing on into uninfested areas. Biological Control: Six biological control insects have been released in the United States for control: Bangasternus orientalis, Eustenopus villosus, Urophora jaculata, Urophora sirunaseva, Larinus curtus, and Chaetorellia australis. Of these, five became established and three (B. orientalis, U. sirunaseva and E. villosus) are widespread. Also, the accidentally introduced fly, Chaetorellia succinea has a strong affinity to yellow starthistle and is found almost everywhere yellow starthistle occurs. All of these insects attack the seed head of yellow starthistle, effectively limiting the number of seeds the plants are able to produce. Current research indicates that the insects have reduced seed yield by at least 50%. The rust fungus, Puccinia juncea var. solstitialis was released in California in 2003. It is too early to know if this rust will establish and eventually cause high mortality of yellow starthistle in the wild. Several more fungi and insects are currently being tested for introduction into the United States. Chemical Control: Application of the systemic herbicides clopyralid or picloram between December and April seems to be the most effective. Application during the winter encourages the growth of other, more desirable, plants. Mechanical Control: Mowing is effective during the early flowering stage or when most buds have produced spines. However, it is only successful when no leaves are present below the level of the cut. Grazing: Sheep, goats, and cattle graze on yellow starthistle in early spring, before the flower’s spines develop. BIOLOGY & SPREAD: Spread of yellow starthistle is by seed and each seed head can produce from 35 to approximately 80 seeds. However, the seeds have no wind-dispersal mechanisms so few seeds move more than two feet from the parent plant without assistance. | <urn:uuid:4c7ca1fa-b4c9-4635-8b16-d44ec8b34d9d> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://slideplayer.com/slide/3833442/ | 2017-07-26T11:53:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549426133.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20170726102230-20170726122230-00219.warc.gz | en | 0.935354 | 3,340 |
So, in one of my Lenten devotionals I've been reading, the writer talks about how other people (especially his wife) become mirrors for him. You can see the effects of your actions and choices mirrored in others. I have very specific ideas about how I want to comport myself. And sometimes, I think I am living according to those standards but when I see myself mirrored in the people around me, I haven't been. Anyone who knows me knows that one of my biggest fears in life....the one thing I really can't stand...is the thought of intentionally hurting someone's feelings. Even with the people I dislike most in the world. To me, it's one thing for someone to get angry with you. I can deal with that. But to hurt someone. That to me is the worst thing you can do. And I have recently been accused of deliberately hurting someone's feelings and that is devastating to me. Especially because this person believes I do it intentionally and with frequency. That is not who I am. And I can't believe anyone, especially someone who knows me, could believe that I would intentionally do something like that. But maybe sometimes people don't know us as well as we think they do.
I actually had a really nice Saturday. I spent the whole day with my friend Amy. We had a nice lunch and hit a bunch of consignments shops. That night, our friend Chucky took us to dinner and a show. "Patsy DeCline." The show sort of makes fun of country music. We had a good time. I wish things could always be that effortlessly fun. Just to be able to enjoy the company of your friends without drama. | <urn:uuid:e8c68ab5-afc1-437a-b040-b83f65f1438b> | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | http://lifebycandlelight.blogspot.com/2004/03/so-in-one-of-my-lenten-devotionals-ive.html | 2018-03-18T02:17:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645413.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20180318013134-20180318033134-00162.warc.gz | en | 0.991345 | 346 |
The movie was The Kite Runner, based on the book by Khaled Hosseini. My sister invited me to see it with her at the Little, Rochester’s independent movie theatre. She’d read the book: I hadn’t, and I refused to let her talk about it because I wanted to be surprised. I was.
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What was once the world's largest trading platform for bitcoins is now a blank page.
The Bitcoin-trading website Mt.Gox was taken offline late Monday, putting at risk millions of dollars put there by investors who gambled on the digital currency. The exchange also deleted all of its tweets, and Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles resigned from the Bitcoin Foundation's board of directors on Sunday.
The news frightened Bitcoin investors elsewhere, knocking the price down about 3% to $490 -- its lowest level since November.
For now, there's no telling what's behind the shutdown. Mt.Gox did not respond to requests for comment.
However, an unverified document called "Crisis Strategy Draft" that is being circulated online claims Mt.Gox has lost 744,408 of its users' bitcoins, worth nearly $367 million. It also claims Mt.Gox is planning to rebrand itself as Gox.
Mt.Gox has been mired in problems ever since Feb. 7, when it halted withdrawals from its trading accounts. The company's computer programmers hadn't accounted for a quirk in the way Bitcoin works, allowing cyber attackers to dupe Mt.Gox with a scheme resembling receipt fraud. When Mt.Gox discovered it was under attack, it stopped any investors from pulling their money out of their trading platform -- but it has yet to allow them access to their money.
By the time trading at Mt.Gox was halted entirely late Monday, the price of a Bitcoin there had dropped significantly, to $130. Meanwhile it was trading for more than four times that on other exchanges.
Late on Monday, several other Bitcoin exchanges sought to reassure investorsand took a harder line with Mt. Gox.
"This tragic violation of the trust of users of Mt.Gox was the result of one company's abhorrent actions and does not reflect the resilience or value of Bitcoin and the digital currency industry," the groups said in a statement.
The executives who signed the joint statement cast Mt.Gox's downfall as the typical industry evolution that weeds out bad actors.
Trading bitcoins the old-fashioned way
Although Mt.Gox's shutdown was unexpected, its piling troubles were no surprise.
Evan Rose, president of Bitcoin ATM company Genesis, said that the kinds of problems seen at Mt.Gox and other exchanges show that Bitcoin is in flux.
"The people running the systems right now are not necessarily business men," Rose said. "For the most part, they're people who came into this digital project without grasping the value or risk of it. The ecosystem is maturing, but it's a little scary for everyone involved."
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This Yorkville Avenue shop is a great source for finding a large selection of classical and jazz CDs.
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One of North America's largest dealers and exporters of traditional Indian musical instruments.
Run by renowned accordionist, Pasquale Lorello, this music shop features an impressive selection of instruments, accessories and resources. Music lessons, comprehensive repairs and special event performing services are also available.
Find classic CD's to the newest releases at this College Street music shop.
As one of Toronto's leading independent record stores, Rotate This stocks everything from new releases and local artists to imports and classics.
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NLH Cash Game Episode 1 - Triton Poker SHR Jeju 2019
While most shows focused on tournament play such as the classic or WPT programs GSN opted to go a different route and show high stakes poker videos 2020 cash game where hardened poker pros would article source their own money in a high-stakes showdown.
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High Stakes Poker ran for seven seasons from 2006 to 2011 and remains a favorite to poker players around the world.
For years it was difficult to find the show but over the summer the entire 98-episode run was.
Anyone with even a faint interest in poker should check it out when they have a minute.
Negreanu who fitted his nickname Kid Poker slightly better back then made a name for himself over the course of the show for his incredible reads and strong play but also got walloped by a legendary number of bad beats.
This is where it all began.
The hand itself begins at around the nine-minute mark of the 2020 deposit bonuses no microgaming casinos />The SetUp This hand took place in the third episode of the first season of High Stakes Poker but it was really just a continuation of the game that started in episode 1.
Nearly every player who appeared on High Stakes Poker would go on to become a major star in the poker world outside of a handful of businessmen who took a shot but this game was particularly stacked with Daniel Negreanu, Todd Brunson, Eli Elezra, Jennifer Harman, Barry Greenstein, Shawn Sheikhan and Lakers owner Jerry Buss RIP.
The entire first season of High Stakes Poker was filmed at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas.
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The flop is a monster for Negreanu as it comes 7-3-2 of clubs.
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The turn is a meaningless seven of hearts, which means Greenstein has just 16 percent equity and there are only six cards in the deck that can save him.
Summary Daniel Negreanu was very active in the first couple episodes of High Stakes Poker and he continued to set the pace for the third one as well.
This hand plays out in a straightforward manner until Negreanu moves all-in.
Regardless, Greenstein wins a huge pot and doubles his starting stack.
Negreanu quiets down somewhat but takes the beat fairly well all things considering.
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Most non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families have no identified genetic cause. We used linkage and haplotype analyses in familial and sporadic breast cancer cases to identify a susceptibility locus on chromosome 6q. Two independent genome-wide linkage analysis studies suggested a 3 Mb locus on chromosome 6q and two unrelated Swedish families with a LOD >2 together seemed to share a haplotype in 6q14.1. We hypothesized that this region harbored a rare high-risk founder allele contributing to breast cancer in these two families. Sequencing of DNA and RNA from the two families did not detect any pathogenic mutations. Finally, 29 SNPs in the region were analyzed in 44,214 cases and 43,532 controls from BCAC, and the original haplotypes in the two families were suggested as low-risk alleles for European and Swedish women specifically. There was also some support for one additional independent moderate-risk allele in Swedish familial samples. The results were consistent with our previous findings in familial breast cancer and supported a breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q14.1 around the PHIP gene.
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“It’s Christmas Day!” said Scrooge to himself. “I haven’t missed it.” A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Christmas is two months away, but already we see signs of the holidays everywhere.
If you open your local newspaper there will be fliers and postcards that fall all over the floor. Turn on the TV and you’ll see commercials promoting new toys and holiday deals. If you go online you’ll already start to see ads and emails for holiday shopping.
Man. We still have Halloween and Thanksgiving to get through.
It looks like the annual holiday creep is upon us. Every year the holidays start earlier and earlier and it can be frustrating as a business (and rewarding) because it’s a non-stop fight for attention in the inbox.
Let’s look at the history of holiday shopping. With understanding about why people shop so early for holiday gifts and how businesses react to those shopping habits we’ll be better prepared for holiday email marketing strategies.
The Psychology of Holiday Shopping
Shopping is an emotional experience.
People are emotional creatures. We live by our emotions for better or for worse. It is difficult to make every decision with a sound, reasonable mind. I’m sure some people can, but they probably don’t have any excitement in their lives.
We need emotions to make life interesting. This is why we love the holidays and why we love holiday shopping. It’s an emotional time and people feed off it.
People tend to spend their money more wisely when they are of sound mind. During the holidays, though, people are not of sound mind at least in some aspects.
For example, would you purchase red wagon for your child or grandchild on a random day in July? Most likely you would not. Your sound mind will think of reasons not to purchase the wagon.
The child already has enough toys.
The child will lose interest after a few minutes.
Wagons are expensive these days.
Now, change the setting of the wagon purchase decision to November from July. Now you have different feelings happening and your mind is distracted. You are seeing commercials on TV of parents and their kids playing in the yard. There are print images in store windows and TV shows are airing holiday specials.
Your brain focuses on good memories from your childhood like the time you received a red wagon for Christmas from Santa.
How can you put a price on that kind of memory?
“Here’s $100. I’ll take one red wagon please.”
For the last 100 years or so the business world has put the marketing machine into full force during the holiday season. Businesses realize that people are emotional and since the holidays are an emotional time it makes sense for businesses to bring out those emotions. It clouds our minds and makes us more apt to make purchases.
Business Reaction to Holiday Shopping
Every year businesses try to extend the holiday shopping season.
The Holiday Creep.
Why do businesses do this?
The longer The Holiday Creep lasts the better chance there is to close a sale. There is a balancing act going on with how much businesses can push the emotional state of the holidays onto people without the effect wearing out.
Businesses push the holiday season out earlier. This is the normal way to increase Holiday Creep. People get in the mood sooner for Christmas. They’ll put out decorations earlier and will start buying seasonal food earlier. It all adds up for businesses.
Urgency is another way businesses cash in every holiday.
We all think about the people that procrastinate every year. These people wait until the last minute to do their holiday shopping. Some businesses will take advantage of these folks toward the end of the season by putting a premium on last minute items and shipping charges.
There is also urgency in the other direction. Businesses are putting pressure on people to purchase items sooner rather than later. The idea is that the popular gifts might run out soon so it’s safer to make the purchase now.
With this going on it can be difficult to understand how your business can manage the entire holiday process. Here are three tips.
How to Create a Holiday Email Marketing Strategy
Tip #1: It’s okay to focus on the emotions of your customer. People are seemingly passionate about pricing. Lots of companies will focus on discounting and promotions for the next two months.
You don’t necessarily need to focus on price to win the inbox. There are other emotions to use to win the attention of your customers. Focus on nostalgia, family and other good feelings that people associate with the holidays. When people feel good they are likely to make a purchase.
Tip #2: Urgency is a powerful emotion. Use it early and use it throughout the holiday season. Schedules fill up during the holidays so there are lots of dates that people need to worry about and plan for. If you can get people ready before those dates they’ll not only buy from you they’ll appreciate the reminder.
Tip #3: Do the work for your customers. Everybody is busy during the holidays. People are busy at work. People are busy on the weekends doing all kinds of things. Then the holidays come along and things get even busier. People are planning and getting ready. Time is precious.
Do something for your customers. Make gift suggestions. Curate for your customers and they’ll be happy to spend money with you. They will realize that you’re helping them save time.
Things are about to get crazy in the email marketing world.
In order to win over some attention in the inbox you’re going to have to get creative. Follow the tips above and you should have a few good strategies heading into the holiday season.
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Ideal for groups/individuals who crave privacy and nature. The whole property is situated in an incline overlooking Banio Creek. Amenities include a swimming pool, billiards, videoke, conference rooms, etc. www.baniokreekfarms.com
A Place where you can commune with nature, in complete privacy, with all the needed amenities, comfortable, and serene. Go down the mountainside to a hidden paradise and see the way relaxation should be.
Banio Kreek Farms is named after Banio Creek, the creek that runs at the boundary of this 2 hectare property situated in an incline, overlooking the Cavite mountainside only one hour from Manila and 15-30 minutes to Tagaytay City.
This was originally the vacation house/farm of a family but due to busy schedules it was decided that it could be rented out to family and friends.
Currently, it is rented out to individuals/ families/couples who want to have their own private resort for a day, a week, or a month.
We also have a new area, called the Plaza, where various events such as weddings, receptions and the like can take place.
-rental confirmation deposit is 50% of the payment. First payment, first confirmation basis.
-if you do not arrive at your assigned/predesignated checkin time, your earlier/designated checkout time will still stand, especially if there are renters coming.
-cancellation of deposit: 100% refund if cancelled before 2 weeks of rental date, if within a week 50%, if 3 days before or less, no refund.
-no prohibited substances on the premises
Check in times are flexible, it will depend on the prior confirmed renters. We have a lot of out of town guest arriving during wee hours of the morning, as long as there is no conflict with a prior confirmed renter.
Usual case is 50% rental fee as deposit/confirmation fee. Remaining balance upon check-in.
There are no corkage fees, but only an additional charge of Php300/ US%7 for stove/cooking gas charges.
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River Colors Studio Annual Sale Saturday, May 19th through Saturday, May 26th.
Annual Sale Details
- When: Saturday, May 19 - Saturday, May 26
- What: Save 20% off all regular full price merchandise
- Where: Both in-store and online with promo code: ANNUALSALE
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After Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s demise in 1997, his wife Naheed and his only child, a daughter Nida moved to Canada and never came back. Most of the world had forgotten about the two, however 20 years later, Nida came to Lahore and held a press conference.
At the press conference, Nida told media that she would be taking action against everyone who has used her father’s music without permission as she owns the rights. Rahat responded to Nida’s statements stating that he was the successor after Nusrat, which is why he doesn’t need to ask anyone for permission
In a recent interview Nida stated,
“I have decided to fight a legal war against those who are misusing his music and making profit without giving him due credit.”
She further added,
“After my mother’s passing, I kept working to save my father’s music. Now, I have a few targets that I need to achieve. Everyone, including Rahat, who tried to benefit from my father’s music, will be held accountable. I am determined to fight this battle alone.”
She added that she will help them produce albums using the legendary singer’s unreleased tunes.
To conclude, Nida shared,
“I’ve passionately returned back to Pakistan to keep his name alive and promote his music. I want to tell everyone that this is just the beginning and I have a long way to go.”
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Donkey Was Dying Of Exhaustion — Until Over 12,000 People Spoke Up For Him
Now he spends his days relaxing in the sun.
A completely exhausted donkey collapsed on the streets of Segorbe, Spain, earlier this month - only to be returned to his neglectful owner.
When police investigated the situation, they found that the owner also had a dog. The neglected dog was immediately confiscated and taken to a rescue organization, but the donkey had no such luck.
But a Good Samaritan knew that the donkey deserved to be rescued, too. So he called El Refugio del Burrito (RDB).
"It is frustrating that, although both animals are protected under the same law, and it is very clear on how to act when the life of an animal is at risk, we still find that authorities hesitate," Veronica Sanchez, country manager for RDB, said in a statement. "This is a negligence and omission of duty."
The case had been reported to the local department of animal welfare, but got bogged down in bureaucracy. No one realized that a life was on the line.
So, just days after the donkey had collapsed, on March 13, RBD sent an urgent request to the local court and local police. But still nothing happened.
So the animal lovers at RBD tried something else: They started a campaign on Change.org. In less than 13 hours, over 12,000 people had signed the petition.
This campaign helped push the local court to take action, and on the morning of March 14, rescuers arrived for the donkey. The owner refused to hand the animal over, even though he was obviously suffering. A later veterinary exam would confirm that the donkey needed treatment for severe malnutrition, a hoof infection, multiple skin lesions caused by using inappropriate harnesses, internal and external parasites and other infections.
And this time, the law was on the donkey's side, and authorities confiscated the animal to save him.
Rescuers named the donkey Vida, which means "Life."
The donkey was immediately hydrated intravenously. He had his hooves trimmed and treated. And he's already eating well, so that he can put on some weight.
"The donkey is provisionally in a foster home in Castellon, as he is not fit to travel," Rosa Chaparro, communications and fundraising manager for RBD, told The Dodo. "As soon as he can travel he will come to our sanctuary in Fuente de Piedra, Malaga."
At his new home he will meet over 300 abandoned and formerly mistreated donkeys who found new lives at the sanctuary.
Life is finally looking brighter for Vida.
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Having spent billions of Federal dollars to “modernize” elections, State and local officials are finding much of that spending is actually creating the very problems it was intended to solve. Mechanical troubles, fraud, and voter confusion again this year plagued the taxpayer-funded electronic voting machines installed to replace the traditional manual systems. Now many States are planning to scrap the new equipment – which the Federal Government strongly encouraged them to buy – wasting those billions of taxpayers’ dollars. Here’s how it happened:
- In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act [HAVA], intended to address the serious problems that occurred at polling places during the 2000 Presidential election.
- Congress provided States with $3.2 billion to implement the act. Of that amount, $325 million was explicitly earmarked to States to replace punch cards and lever voting machines with new electronic equipment, but much of the other money was also used for this purpose. Estimates indicate that approximately $1.3 billion in Federal funding has been used to purchase new voting machines and improve voting systems.
- Many States have found the money Congress rushed out the door was spent on machines that could be susceptible to fraud and are extremely expensive to maintain. In addition, many election participants had trouble learning how to use the new “voter-friendly” machines. Hence, some States are abandoning the new systems and going back to the paper ballots that made the phrase “hanging chad” a household term.
- For example, after spending at least $26 million in Federal money to convert to an electronic voting system – with a likelihood of spending millions more – the State of Maryland plans to scrap its new machines and replace them with paper ballots in 2010.
- In addition, at least parts of California, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Virginia, among others, have already discarded their electronic systems or are considering similar initiatives.
This sad tale serves as a stark reminder of what can happen when the Federal Government throws money at a problem and imposes a “one-size-fits-all solution” on the States without fully considering the implications of its plan. If a democratic government can’t figure out how to run an election, one of its basic functions, how can it be expected to address many of the much more complicated issues facing the country? This colossal waste of Federal dollars to “Help America Vote” has earned the latest Budget Boondoggle Award.
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drawings and watercolours by jane minter
Lovely little nuggets of colour. Walnuts never looked so good.I had a walnut tree in my garden in the UK and autumn was dangerous as they always seemed to fall on someone head, and the stain the shells leave on your hands is veryyyyyyyy difficult to remove.
really really black stains jeanette worth it though !... my italian family love "shaking" the walnuts down...thanks for looking jeanette.
The walnuts we get here are just brown; your walnuts have such delicious colors! Here, it's acorns from the maple tree hitting the roof all day and night!! But we don't eat them - leaving them for the squirrels to fatten up on for winter.
Wow is that gorgeous Jane. I love the expressive way they're suggested. Just beautiful. :)
Beautiful, Jane! These are the most wonderfully mysterious-looking walnuts I have ever seen.
Muy bonitos tus últimos trabajos, hacía días que no me conectaba y siempre es un placer ver tus obras. Un abrazo!
Rhonda :D ! your comment made me laugh ..thankyou ... really like pthalo blue at the moment .hi crystal glad you can see something in these brown blobs :) .. your recent portraits are stunning .hi katharyn maybe too undefined .. i kind of like them ..thankyou.hi laura good to see you thankyou so much for your kind words ..ciao j
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Little known outside Germany, this Bavarian idyll in the foothills of the Alps is a perfect holiday spot for anyone keen on the outdoors.
Innsbruck airport, over the border in Austria, is the closest international airport at around 31 miles by road from Lenggries. Munich is further away but easily accessible by a train ride of less than an hour.
Lenggries is a picturesque place. The white-washed Jakobskirche (Church of St James) and the red roofs of houses and shops cluster in front of Brauneck Mountain. Interested visitors can learn more about the town, and the wider Isarwinkel region, in the Heimatmuseum Lenggries (the local history museum). Situated in Town Hall Square, the museum covers not only the area’s long history of human settlement, but also local handicrafts, alpine farming, skiing, and local flora and fauna. The museum also hosts an exhibition of local costumes, dating back two centuries. Visitors may notice that many locals still adopt traditional dress on Sundays.
The eighteenth century Schloss Hohenburg, built from the same stone as the Jacobskirche, is worth the visit for a photograph of its Baroque exterior. Now the home of two girls’ schools, it is not possible to go inside, but the Heimatmuseum has an exhibition on the building and history of the Schloss.
Music-lovers, or those keen to hear a traditional Bavarian “oompah” band will want to hear the Lenggries brass band, which plays each week in the town’s Musik Pavilion.
This region could have been designed with hiking in mind. In spring, its Alpine meadows are filled with flowers. In summer, its forests provide welcome shade for walkers. The keen-eyed and the quiet may even be lucky enough to spot ibex. Information-packed leaflets, issued by the local tourist board, detail some of the most popular walks. The trails are all well-marked and, between them, cater for everyone from fit, experienced hikers to families with children. Some are lengthier than others and require either an early start or an overnight stay in one of the area’s mountain huts. At the other end of the scale, one or two hikes are even suitable for use with an all-terrain pram. It is also possible to hike some of the trails in winter, with around 25 miles of them being designated as suitable. Walkers and hikers can find sustenance at a variety of huts and mountain inns. Some are open only for the summer season, typically between May and October. Others stay open to cater for winter sports’ enthusiasts.
The 1,556 metre Brauneck Moutain, with around 20 miles of downhill ski slopes is a major winter attraction. With 3 black, 12 red and 6 blue runs, it has something for skiers of most abilities. In addition, it has an excellent children’s nursery slope and ski schools, all of which draw many families. There are also in excess of 60 miles of cross country ski trails for the enthusiast. In a place that is said to have more slope-side restaurants than anywhere else in Bavaria, refuelling during a day on the slopes of Brauneck Mountain will not be a problem.
Although hiking and skiing are two of the main reasons why visitors come to Lenggries, there are plenty of other outdoor activities. 300 miles of bicycle trails promise days of exploration and exercise, while the Lenggries bike park offers a rather different cycling experience. Its downhill and mountain biking dirt tracks cater for a range of ages and abilities. Prices start at around 17 Euros.
Lenggries’ position on the Isar River makes water sports another attraction. Visitors can choose between adrenaline-filled white-water rafting, and a more sedate kayak tour. There is also fishing, and from mid-May onwards, open-air swimming at Natur-Freibad Lenggries. On wet or cold days, the Isarwelle Adventure and Family Pool is a great option, especially for children.
The Brauneck Activity Centre is another good day out for visitors with children. With a high wire garden, go-karting, rafting, cheese-making, painting, and a special children’s summer programme, it is one way to ensure everyone sleeps soundly at night.
Although there is no shortage of accommodation, it pays to book ahead, particularly in high summer and during the ski season. The range of hotels, guest houses and campsites caters for most preferences and pockets. A night in a mountain hut is also not just for walkers. These huts are excellent spots to experience traditional Bavarian hospitality in beautiful, and often panoramic, surroundings. Again, it is best to book a stay in advance, particularly as the huts are not always open continuously, or even consistently, throughout the year.
Lenggries has a good selection of restaurants and bistros, serving anything from light snacks to haute cuisine. There are also various ice cream parlours, cake shops, and beer gardens. Many places are shut for business at least one day each week. Fortunately, as they do not all share the same closing day, there is never a need to go hungry. | <urn:uuid:a490beb7-33e8-4eec-8419-3102ab5f22c8> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://www.tourism.de/lenggries/ | 2019-07-18T03:20:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525483.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718022001-20190718044001-00313.warc.gz | en | 0.952494 | 1,112 |
Date: 05/08/2006 Posted By: Jon Barron
Every now and then I get a break in putting together a newsletter. I get to steal the entire newsletter from myself. In this case, I was able to take most of the material for this newsletter from the formulation information I put together for my new upgraded Women’s Formula that Baseline Nutritionals released this month. And while this newsletter definitely serves as an introduction to that new formula, it more importantly provides an excuse for exploring a crucial topic for both men and women –the value of maintaining an optimum testosterone balance.
However, before we get into the specifics of both the men’s and women’s formulas, let’s explore what testosterone does in the body –and why it’s so important for both men and women.
The 30,000 Mile Tune-Up: Hormonal Changes
As men and women enter their 30’s, profound changes begin to take place in their bodies. If not addressed (that’s the 30,000 mile tune-up thing), these changes can lead to, among other things:
- Decreased energy and zest for life
- Loss of muscle tone and increased fat
- Circulatory problems and decreased libido
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Let me explain.
Hormones are the body’s chemical messenger system. They tell the various cells of the body what to do –and when to do it –by attaching to specific receptor sites on individual cells. Problems occur when the various hormones get out of balance. Estrogen dominance and low levels of progesterone are certainly major problems (for both men and women), but in this newsletter, we will focus our discussion on the need for men and women to reestablish the proper levels of both testosterone and the adrenal hormones.
The Testosterone Story
The bottom line is that both men and women need and produce testosterone in their bodies –although in differing amounts. It is testosterone (in both men and women) that is responsible for:
- Pumping up energy levels.
- Driving our desire to attack the day.
- Firing the need to succeed.
- Bonding us with our mates.
- Fueling our sexual desires.
- Elevating our levels of sexual satisfaction.
- Growing hair on our heads, while at the same time keeping us from going bald.
- Building muscle and burning off fat.
- Facilitating better circulation.
Unfortunately, once we reach our thirties, available testosterone levels for both men and women tend to begin diminishing with age. So what’s going on? Interestingly enough, it’s not actual testosterone production that decreases as we age; but rather, it’s the amount of free circulating (or bio-available) testosterone that decreases –as more and more of it gets bound to both albumin and a natural substance called SHBG (sex-hormone-binding-globulin).
An article in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism explains that SHBG plays the biggest role in testosterone binding when testosterone levels are low, while albumin plays the dominant role at higher levels. The important point is that when “bound” (particularly to SHBG), testosterone becomes unavailable for use by the body. This means that although your total testosterone levels may remain essentially unchanged as you age, only a small fraction of that total is “free” and thus biologically active and able to enter a cell and activate its receptor. And considering that as we age the amount of SHBG steadily increases, it’s easy to see that your level of bio-available testosterone will only continue to decrease over time.
Yet age isn’t the only factor. Just recently a new risk for women has come to light.
Oral Contraceptives & Sexual Problems
If you are like most women in modern society, you have probably, at some point in your life, taken birth control pills. But oral contraceptives (OC) have been linked with sexual health problems –even after discontinuing use! The January 2006 issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine reported on a study that showed that OC use was associated with elevated SHBG levels and reduced bio-available testosterone –even after discontinuing use. In fact, women that were currently taking OCs at the time of the study had SHBG levels four times higher than those seen in women with no OC exposure. Women who had stopped taking OCs for 6 months were still 2 times higher in SBHG than women with no OC exposure.
Earlier research had shown increases in sex hormone-binding globulin levels with oral contraceptive use to be associated with a concomitant 40% to 60% decrease in free testosterone levels. And lowered levels of free testosterone are believed to play a major role in women’s sexual health and could place women at risk for decreased sexual desire, decreased arousal, decreased lubrication and increased sexual pain.
But cheer up; bound testosterone can easily be freed –with a little help. Fortunately, the use of herbs such as Saw palmetto, Wild oats, and Nettles can reverse the binding process, increasing free testosterone levels an astounding 105% on average!! And the benefits for both men and women are enormous.
Saw Palmetto, Wild Oats, and Nettles
It’s normal for men to have a lot of testosterone and for women to have some. In both men and women, testosterone is converted into a more potent hormone called DHT (dihydrotestosterone). DHT is the hormone that stimulates hirsutism, (loss of hair on the head and hair growing where you don’t want it –the back and ears for men, face and legs for women). If you can reduce DHT, you reduce hirsutism –getting rid of hair from the less desirable places and restoring it on top of your head.
Saw palmetto appears to reduce DHT in three different ways:
- Inhibits DHT production.
- Inhibits the binding of DHT to its cell receptors.
- Promotes the breakdown of DHT.
In fact, it appears that one of the primary mechanisms through which Saw palmetto works in the body is that it inhibits 5-alpha-reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT. The bottom line is that supplementation with Saw palmetto lowers DHT, thereby reducing hirsutism and increasing available testosterone.
Nettles and Wild Oats
As already mentioned, extracts of Wild oats and Nettles can safely help increase testosterone levels in the body. In fact, German researchers have identified a constituent of nettle root known as (-)-3,4-divanillyltetrahydrofuran that has a high binding affinity to SHBG. They described it as “remarkable.” These researchers suggest that the beneficial effects of plant lignans (such as found in flaxseed oil) on hormone-dependent cancers may be linked to their binding affinity to SHBG. The most potent known lignans in this respect are constituents of nettle root. In addition to inhibiting SHBG binding, at least six constituents of nettle root inhibit aromatase, reducing conversion of androgens to estrogens.
As for Wild oats, there are no formal studies testing its effect on humans. Yet significant amounts of anecdotal clinical observations, particularly with men in their 20s and 30s who had low testosterone levels for their age, have shown that supplementation with Avena sativa results in dramatically increased testosterone levels. The key to the effectiveness of wild oat supplements lies in the quality of the extract. Most extracts tested show little to no presence of the active avenacosides, which provide all of the potency. If you’re going to use a supplement that contains Wild oats, you’ll want to make sure it comes from a supplier you trust.
Specific Benefits for Women
Surprisingly, women are far more vulnerable to testosterone level changes than men. The reason is simple: they have so much less to work with (and even less if on The Pill) that when even a small amount of their available testosterone gets bound to SHBG, the results are profoundly disruptive:
- Loss of energy.
- Loss of will to do anything.
- Loss of motivation.
- Loss of interest in spouse and loss of libido.
- Loss of fulfillment from sex.
- Loss of muscle and significant increase in body fat –the prime reason women start to gain so much weight as they move into their 40’s.
- A significant increase in the risk of breast cancer –since bound SHBG is no longer available to lock up excessive estrogens.
Regular use of a women’s testosterone balancing formula can help to significantly reverse and/or prevent all of the above conditions.
Specific Benefits for Men
SHBG binds not only testosterone, but to all of the sex hormones including estradiol (one of the “active” estrogens found in both men and women). Normally, this binding serves as a storage system for excess hormones, but in men there is an additional problem.
SHBG also has an affinity for prostate tissue. In effect, SHBG can serve to bind estrogen to cell membranes in the prostate. This causes an increase in PSA secretion –a prime factor in future prostate problems, including cancer. The Wild oats and Nettles found in most men’s testosterone balancing formulas work together to reverse this binding process, thereby reducing the likelihood of prostate problems.
And finally, as we discussed earlier, Saw palmetto has been proven to inhibit the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme, the enzyme that causes testosterone to be converted into DHT, stimulating the growth of prostate tissue. The bottom line is that regular use of Saw palmetto can:
- Reduce enlargement of the prostate.
- Tone the bladder.
- Improve urinary flow and relieve strain.
- Decrease urinary frequency, especially during the night (by allowing the bladder to empty completely).
- Reduce inflammation of the bladder and enlarged prostate.
Yes, There Are Sexual Benefits
The ingredients found in testosterone balancing formulas work naturally in both men and women to enhance sexual desire, sensation, and performance. The effect on human sexual appetite can be powerful. Both men and women can feel a boost in sexual desire -sometimes after only a few hours. Both men and women experience an increase in frequency of orgasms while taking quality extracts of
Wild oats & Nettles, while many women experience a dramatic 68% increase in multiple orgasms. Men also reported multiple orgasms while taking the Wild oats and Nettles combination.
And Don’t Forget the Adrenal Hormones
Although not directly related, adrenal exhaustion and low testosterone levels share some key similarities.
- For most people, their impact is felt starting around the same time in life –the 30’s.
- Many of their symptoms are similar –exhaustion, reduced sexual vitality, and loss of zest for life.
Fortunately, there is a class of herbs known as adaptogens that work well with the testosterone unbinding herbs so that it’s possible to easily create formulas that do double duty, while at the same time mutually reinforcing the other half of the formula. Adaptogens naturally help to rebuild adrenal function and restore hormonal balance. Foremost among the adaptogens is Ginseng that has been shown to:
- Increase stamina.
- Revitalize the body.
- Increase life span.
- Counteract chronic fatigue.
- Improve resistance to stress.
- Improve sexual function in both men and women.
- Enhance immune function.
For these reasons, you will find that most testosterone balancing formulas contain different forms of Ginseng.
So far we have talked in generic terms about testosterone balancing formulas, but as I mentioned at the top of the newsletter, Baseline Nutritionals is releasing the upgraded version of my Women’s Formula. With that in mind, let’s spend the rest of the newsletter focusing in on my versions of men’s and women’s testosterone formulas –with special emphasis on the Women’s Formula.
The Men’s Formula contains: Ginseng, Tribulus Terrestris, Muira puama, Wild oats, Nettles, Eleutherococcus, Saw palmetto, Sarsaparilla, Catuaba, Damiana, Kola nut, and Ginger.
The Women’s Formula contains: Damiana, Muira puama, Mucuna pruriens (Kapikachu), Siberian ginseng, Saw palmetto, Wild oats, Nettles, Kola nut, Ginger, Wild yam, Licorice, Sarsaparilla, and Puncture Weed.
We have already discussed several of the shared ingredients in the above formulas (Wild oats, Nettles, and Saw palmetto). Let’s now finish by discussing several of the other shared ingredients –plus some that are unique to the Women’s Formula.
The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia lists specific indications for Damiana as anxiety neurosis associated with impotency, and includes other indications such as depression, nervous dyspepsia, atonic constipation and coital inadequacy. Also known as Turnera aphrodisiaca it is traditionally used as a:
- Nerve tonic.
- And in kidney, menstrual and pregnancy disorders.
A bush native to the Brazilian Amazon rain forest, its bark and roots have been used traditionally for a variety of medicinal purposes, including:
- Impotence in men.
- Loss of libido in women.
- Nerve problems (including paralysis and tremor).
- Digestive problems.
- And arthritis.
Licorice, Ginger, and Kola nut
Licorice has an ancient reputation as an aphrodisiac; the Kama Sutra and Ananga Ranga contain numerous recipes for increasing sexual vigor that include Licorice. But that is mostly the stuff of legends. Its value in this formula is that Licorice is one of a group of plants that have a marked effect upon the endocrine system. The glycosides present in Licorice have a structure that is similar to the natural steroids of the body. For this reason, Licorice has been used by herbalists for centuries in the treatment of adrenal exhaustion as it helps energize the body. Likewise, Ginger and Kola nut both historically have been used to naturally increase the body’s energy levels.
Puncture Weed -Tribulus Terrestris
As a testosterone booster, Tribulus terrestris does not work like DHEA and androstenedione, which are progenitors of testosterone. Instead, it enhances testosterone levels by increasing luteinizing hormone (LH) levels. LH is responsible for “telling” your body to produce testosterone.
Herbalists and health practitioners use catuaba in much the same way as the Tupi Indians of Brazil did hundreds of years ago; as an extremely powerful tonic for the libido as well as a central nervous system stimulant, for sexual impotence, general exhaustion and fatigue, for insomnia related to hypertension, agitation, and for poor memory.
Kapikachu (Mucuna pruriens)
I mentioned at the top of the newsletter that the “new” version of the Women’s Formula released by Baseline Nutritionals this month has been significantly enhanced over previous versions. After almost two years of experimentation, I have decided to add Kapikachu (Mucuna Pruriens) to the formula. Although heralded as an aphrodisiac in Ayurvedic medicine, Kapikachu offers a wide range of benefits that demanded its inclusion in the revised formula:
- Increases libido.
- Acts as a restorative nutrient for the nervous system.
- Increases blood circulation to the genitals.
- Decreases symptoms of stress and anxiety. Calms nerves.
- Reduces inflammation.
- Strengthens and tones the sexual glands.
- Supports the healthy production of the sex hormones.
- Increases stamina and sex drive.
- Releases bound up testosterone increasing level of bio-available testosterone.
- Reduces fat and improves muscle tone. (By supporting healthy testosterone levels Kapikachu supports anabolic metabolism, increasing your tendency to burn fat and to build muscle.)
Plus, Kapikachu offers a natural way to replenish your supply of L-dopa, the precursor to dopamine. Dopamine is often associated with pleasure yet it plays a critical role in muscle control. Full-blown dopamine deficiency is known as Parkinson’s disease. And that’s not all, research shows Mucuna extract is beneficial for reducing cholesterol, lowering blood sugar levels and enhancing mental alertness all without stimulating the central nervous system.
The addition of Kapikachu to the formula significantly enhances its ability to recharge the body, reduce the sense of aging, and energize the will. This formula was designed to be felt.
Note: For women, in addition to all of the other benefits that have been mentioned, some of the herbs in this formula have also been proven to help alleviate the symptoms of PMS and menopause and to inhibit the incidence of breast cancer.
The Bottom Line: Hormonal Balancing Program
Every single man and women over 30 should seriously consider putting their bodies on an ongoing hormonal balancing program. In addition to using progesterone creme to help balance progesterone and estrogen levels, both men and women should use testosterone balancing/adrenal regenerating formulations for regular tune-ups once their bodies’ odometers cross the “30,000 mile” mark. You do as much for your car as the miles build up. Why do less for your body?
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A veteran Nevada judge apologized, and a disciplinary panel agreed to issue a public reprimand to her for keeping irregular court schedule during a 2010 trial.
Clark County District Court Judge Valorie Vega acknowledged Monday to the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline in Las Vegas that she was discourteous to jurors, lawyers and court officials by keeping a jury deliberating all night at the end of a six-week trial.
Vega promised it would never happen again.
The apology before the seven-member commission avoided a full-fledged hearing.
The commission unanimously found that Vega violated judicial rules.
Its reprimand will be issued later in writing.
Vega also was found to have improperly recessed proceedings early six times during the trial to attend her daughter's high school soccer games.
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If you are like Sweet Shark and me, you love soup in the fall and winter. So comforting. So easy. Easy to reheat. Serve either at lunch or dinner. Double or triple for lots of leftovers. Serve a small portion as a first course or a big bowl as an entree. A million possibilities. Spicy Ginger Pumpkin Soup is one of those soups that you can rely on to warm your yummy on a chilly fall night.
The blend of spices and ginger provides a bit of heat and since Spicy Ginger Pumpkin Soup doesn’t take long to prepare, you can have it on the table in under an hour.
Spicy Ginger Pumpkin Soup with Sesame Seeds
Equipment You Need for Making A Pureed Soup
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It helps in preparation if you have a few tools on hand.
A big pot ~ You can use a stainless stockpot or Dutch oven. My favorite is my Le Creuset Round French Oven. This recipe makes a large batch so use a 4 – 5 quart pot.
A blender or immersion blender ~ Pureed soups need to be, well, pureed. A blender makes quick work of this essential step. It’s not necessary to have one with lots of different settings. High, low and off is all you need. I have a Waring which I love for its power.
With an immersion blender, you can puree the soup right in the pot. It also comes with a whisk attachment which is used for making whipped cream. there are many good ones on the market. I have a Braun.
Ladles come in several different amounts ~ from 1/8 cup to 1 cup ~ and are the perfect tool for easily transferring soup from the pot to the serving bowl without spilling. You also know exactly how much you are serving.
A small box grater is a great tool for grating ginger.
Since pureed soups usually rely on some sort of vegetable (carrot, potato, squashes), vegetable peelers are needed. I love the Y-peeler because it’s easy to hold.
Let’s get started making the soup
First, do your prep ~ called mise place. You can combine the spices and combine the ginger and garlic.
TIP: use a vegetable peeler or the side of a small soup spoon to peel the ginger. Then I use a microplane or small grater to grate the ginger.
Sweat the onions, ginger and garlic.
Add the spices.
Blend the pumpkin puree and stock.
Puree the soup.
TIP: use a ladle to transfer the soup into the blender. Fill the blender jar only half to 2/3 full. Remove the plastic cap from the lid and cover with a folded paper towel or dish towel before processing. The steam from the soup can blow the lid off if the plastic cap is not removed. Trust me on this!
TIP: this recipe can be halved.
TIP: like most soups, this one can be made ahead and reheated. The flavors will meld together. Slowly reheat and taste again for seasoning.
TIP: taste the soup after pureeing and adjust seasonings. You will definitely need to add salt and pepper.
TIP: for garnish use either the sesame seeds for a little crunch or some chopped herbs, such as basil, sage or cilantro or both.
Spicy Ginger Pumpkin Soup with Sesame Seeds
A yummy~warming soup for a chilly night. A bit of spice from the ginger adds a little kick too.
- Yield: 2 quarts
- Category: Soup
- 5 cups pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 cups onions, small dice
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- 2-inch piece ginger root, peeled and grated
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground turmeric
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 2 quarts vegetable stock
- kosher salt, to taste
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, for garnish
- 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or fresh sage, for garnish
- Heat enough of the olive oil in a large, deep Dutch oven or stock pot to cover the bottom and then add the onions, garlic, and ginger. Cook gently for 4 – 5 minutes, stirring a couple of times.
- Add the coriander, turmeric, and cayenne and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the pumpkin puree and 1 1/2 quarts of the stock, combining the puree and the stock until smooth. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally, watching for bubbling and splatters.
- Cool the soup slightly. Puree in a food processor or blender until smooth in batches and then place in a 2 quart measuring cup. Return the soup to the pot and if necessary, add more stock. The consistency should be thin enough to pour easily. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Reheat the soup and ladle into serving bowls. Sprinkle each serving with sesame seeds and cilantro/sage.
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We all know the excitement a brand-new home brings, especially when it’s located in one of our Miller & Smith communities. That feeling may fade, but it doesn’t have to! With just a few regular, seasonal, and annual home checks, you will be able to keep your Miller & Smith home in perfect condition.
Daily & Monthly Inspections
Your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, air filters, and water heater are just a few things that should be checked each month to ensure everything is up to par and working efficiently in your new home.
- Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors: Safety first! Both detectors can be tested by holding down the “test” button for a few seconds until you hear a loud beep sound. If this sound appears to be weak or nonexistent, it’s time to replace your batteries.
- Oven Filter: If you don’t clean or replace the filter in the oven range hood, the buildup could cause the smoke alarms to easily sound. A good way to prevent these alarms from sounding when you cook is to clean or replace the filter. Go the no-scrub, deep cleaning route by letting the filter soak in ammonia for one day or scrub the dust and grease away with a white vinegar, liquid dish detergent mixture.
- Furnace Filter: If the furnace filter gets clogged with dust or other particles, it will cause a decrease in airflow and force the furnace to work even harder. Cleaning the filter every few months avoids having to repair and replace parts of the furnace in the future.
- TPR Valve on the Water Heater: The main purpose of the temperature and pressure relief (TPR) valve is to release pressure buildup in the water heater when the temperature or pressure rises to dangerously high levels. At times, this valve can freeze up due to mineral salt or corrosion and prevent the valve from functioning properly. To test your TPR valve, raise and lower the test lever multiple times so it moves the brass pipe it is connected to. If no water drains, it may be time to replace your valve.
Once or twice a year, it’s important to take a good look at your home’s structure. From inspecting your roofline and checking for cracks in home’s foundation, to ensure your heater and air conditioner are working efficiently, the following inspections are must-dos when preserving your new home’s condition.
- Roof: Checking the roof for missing or broken shingles can help prevent leaks and unwanted wildlife from entering your new home. This may also be a great time to inspect your gutters and downspouts to guarantee they are in proper shape to withstand inclement weather.
- Foundation: The grade around your foundation should be at least eight inches below the siding and slope slightly away from the house. If you spot any hairline cracks in the foundation, be sure to document them with a photo to keep track of their development.
- Heater and Air Conditioner: Similar to a car, these appliances need servicing to run efficiently. The heater should be checked in the fall so it will be ready to run come wintertime, and the air conditioner should be checked in the spring to make sure it will last throughout the summer.
Applying each of these inspections to your daily routine will not only help you avoid unwanted breaks and repairs in the future, but they’ll also extend that new home feeling in your beautiful Maryland or Virginia community.
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At long last, I bring you the full and unexpurgated recounting of my time in Philadelphia. Whee! Wednesday and Thursday were chock full of meetings with all sorts of people working to facilitate women's control over their bodies and their lives.
I started the day off at Choice, an organization dedicated to increasing awareness of and access to reproductive health care, especially among under-served populations who traditionally experience barriers to care. At Choice, I met Jackie, who coordinates their 4(!) hotlines, and walked through the bustling hotline reception room on our way to her office. I'm always interested in the posters and paraphernalia that people choose for their offices. There are a few things that are nearly ubiquitous—the "Just do it" condom stickers, various incarnations of the Rosie the Riveter poster, a rainbow of buttons.
I was particularly interested to visit Choice because in San Francisco I was a Board Member at ACCESS, an organization that does similar work in California. Pennsylvania, it turns out, has some of the most restrictive laws in the area—there is a parental consent law for abortion that is enforced, and state Medicaid funding for abortions is restricted to women who are pregnant as a result of rape of incest or for whom carrying the pregnancy to term would pose a "life risk", defined as threatening her mental or physical health. (In California, for instance, women who are faced with an unplanned pregnancy who aren't able to afford an abortion can get emergency Medicaid to cover the cost of the procedure, although the number of providers who accept Medicaid is decreasing).
Incidentally, Pennsylvania follows federal guidelines which were enacted by the Hyde Amendment in 1977. The Hyde amendment bans state use of federal Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions unless the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or the abortion is "necessary to save the life of the woman." States can use their own funds to cover other medically necessary abortions—usually defined by states as those to protect the physical or mental health of the woman—for Medicaid recipients. These restrictions leave thousands of low-income women vulnerable to delayed care, financial burden, and unsafe, illegal abortion by requiring them to come up with the money for their procedures.
Choice advocates for women seeking reproductive health care on a number of levels, including with health care providers. It turns out that the biggest barrier women face to getting Medicaid funding for procedures is the providers themselves. In order to qualify for the funding, doctors have to sign a form stating that a woman meets one of the three requirements set forth by the Hyde Amendment, and many doctors, even at reproductive health clinics, are reluctant to sign the forms. Many women get their initial pregnancy test from their general practice doctor, who would be the logical person to sign form enabling them to get Medicaid funding. Those doctors give a variety of reasons for their reluctance to sign the waiver, from religious objections to abortion to fears of scrutiny from medical boards. Jackie related that one doctor told a woman "We don't deal with women's issues." Can you imagine being faced with an unplanned pregnancy and having a doctor tell you that?
I asked Jackie how they incorporated advocacy into the work they did—certainly a huge part of their mission is dedicated to helping women advocate for themselves personally, but I was curious if they positioned that work in a political context, if they talked to the women they were helping about the need for political advocacy to remove barriers to accessing care. She raised what has been a particularly thorny problem—that many women who are having trouble accessing health care are also dealing with numerous other issues in their lives, and writing a letter to their member of Congress isn't a high priority given everything else they've got going on. Choice does make a concerted effort to educate women about their role within the medical system and what rights they have within that system.
During this conversation Jackie said "you know, some people don't believe in access to some kinds of medical care", which really struck me, not because it's not obvious from all the laws and restrictions they've passed, but because I'd never heard it put in quite that way before. I mean, I get not agreeing with some of the choices people make, but to not BELIEVE in their right to access care is a pretty horrific idea, if you ask me.
My next stop was Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, a formidable affiliate best known for their role as the plaintiff in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, in which the Supreme Court ruled that states could impose restrictions on access to abortion like parental consent laws and mandatory waiting periods as long as they don't pose an "undue burden" on a women's ability to access abortion. I met with Karen Fitchette-Gordon, the Vice President for Education and Professional Development.
Karen runs a truly extraordinary Education department—they have nearly a dozen different programs that include Youth First, a year round program in Philadelphia schools that serves over 1700 students each year in sixth and eighth grade. Yup, you heard that right. Year round. Most sex education happens, at best, for a day or two once or twice during middle and high school. These students get one period of sex education a week for their entire sixth and eighth grade years. Oh-la-la. I have long despaired at the brevity of sex education classes, knowing how long it takes to really have conversations about safer sex and positive sexuality, so I was delighted to learn that there were places where the importance of maintaining a conversation about sexuality with youth was acknowledged and encouraged.
And guess what? The students who participate in Youth First in sixth grade are less likely to be sexually active in eighth grade and more likely to have safe sex if they are sexually active. Well, doesn't that just beat all. I'm reminded of the Waxman report, a Congressional inquiry led by Congressman Henry Waxman which found that students who take virginity pledges are less likely to use contraception when they have sex (which 88% of them do, before marriage, according to Columbia University researchers), and are less likely to seek STD testing despite comparable infection rates.
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Kevin Jonas is getting married this weekend, according to a new report.
According to the Web site, the couple's wedding rehearsal is set to take place on Friday and will reportedly feature a roller skating rink.
The actual wedding will reportedly take place on Saturday at an estate on Long Island.
Wedding attendees are set to feast on filet mignon, sea bass, chicken and a vegetable tart, Radar reported.
Kevin previously told People that both of his JoBros bandmates will serve as best men.
"I decided that it's going to be both Joe and Nick" he told the mag earlier this year. "Dani has an older and a younger sister, so it works out really well. I can have two best men, and she can have two maids of honor."
Kevin and Danielle confirmed their engagement in July.
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The first Beauty Bar Sample Society box has shipped! This exciting event marks the first delivery from Sample Society, the exclusive beauty sampling program introduced by the two biggest names in beauty: Beauty Bar, the luxury online beauty boutique, and Allure magazine!
Who has time to sift through and test out the countless beauty products that launch every season? With each Sample Society delivery, you not only get the most coveted new products from Beauty Bar, but you also get an insert featuring original content and expert advice written by Allure’s beauty insiders!
Each Sample Society mailing includes a deluxe-sized sample of product from the chicest makeup, fragrance, skincare, and hair care brands. These generously-sized testers are meant for more than just one use, so you can truly experience the products. Fans are already raving about the deluxe sizes of the products in the first delivery!
The first box included: Fekkai Advanced Glossing Cream (1.6 oz), Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant (.45 oz), REN Glycolactic Skin Renewal Peel Mask (15 ml), Skyn Iceland Icelandic Relief Eye Pen (.14 oz) and Oscar de la Renta Espirit D’Oscar Eau de Parfum Rollerball (.1 fl oz).
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While Breaking Bad was made and broadcast in the USA by AMC, it was Netflix who took it global and their existence helped the show survive and prosper. Creator Vince Gilligan thanked Netflix at the Emmy Awards in September 2013 saying that Netflix “kept us on the air”. And the show also became a model for the kinds of TV shows that Netflix wanted to do.
And maybe the comics it wants to do as well.
Kick-Ass wasn’t part of the Netflix purchase of Millarworld, and it – and Kingsman – are now published copyright Dave And Eggsy Ltd without Millarworld on the comic – though there are ads for Millarworld collections and the upcoming Magic Order comic with the Netflix logo. But this first issue of Kick-Ass by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr do show some signs of such Netflix thinking.
Because just as Breaking Bad gave us a story of a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with terminal cancer, with his family in debt, decided to make and sell crystal meth to make the difference, this new Kick-Ass makes a similar choice.
It isn’t clear whether this is set in the fictional world of Kick-Ass, or if she experienced Kick-Ass as a comic or a movie. These kind of things can make a difference.
But I mean, Walter White still died, right?
Mark Millar (A/CA) John Romita
KICK-ASS IS BACK-ready to wipe out the city’s criminal lowlives, destroy its gangs, and save its communities from decay. But there’s a new face beneath the old mask, a new figure wearing that famous green and yellow spandex. Who is this new vigilante superhero? Who can fill Dave Lizewski’s shoes? WHO IS THE NEW KICK-ASS? Find out in the first issue of this new, ongoing monthly series. Comic book legends MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA, JR. reunite for the next chapter of the greatest superhero comic of all time.In Shops: Feb 14, 2018
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Mike E. Cline was a really smart, generous and dynamic person. He had a way of making everyone feel good around him, or trying to. He could be incredibly respectful and polite … and rowdy and fun. Like a lot of people in our scene, he loved music—but Mike was really passionate about music, which made him so much fun to go to shows with. Riding in a car, he didn’t just listen to music in the background, he played it loud and sang along!
Two separate times, he gave me a music player of some sort so I’d have something to listen to as I went about my day when he knew I’d be otherwise without. I didn’t ask, he was just that kind of cat that knew and had it ready for me. He knew I lived for listening to music too—we shared that same passion. I usually wrote to Mike about music, and that’s usually what we talked about.
One of my all-time favorite shows—X at the DV8 in SLC—Mike and James (Jimi) Germ were there, dancing in the pit—that was a truly great show we all enjoyed. After a recent show, Germ and I were catching the FrontRunner back home when Mike called and said he’d been looking for us for half an hour (at the venue) before he saw a missed call from us. I told him that we’d seen we had time to catch the train, so we ran over. Mike said, “I was in the bar—I’d never leave you guys hanging. I’d get you home, I’d never leave you guys.” I said, “I know”… Mike left us all way too soon.
Mike, you’ll never know how much your words of encouragement meant to me as a young musician, 20-odd years ago. You were already rocking—you were so cool. I still remember you coming up to me and telling me I sounded like the guy in Nirvana. I valued your opinion so much. Your praise meant so much. I know you had the same impact on so many others, brother. Thank you.
I first met Mike Cline in 1985 while catching a ride with Jamie Goble. I handed Mike a few pills from my pilfered stash recently liberated from various medicine cabinets thanks to all of the Ogden punk rock kids’ parents. We drove to SLC to Jamie’s apartment up by the Capitol. I never ended up going in with them because I asked to be dropped off at Raunch at its first location on 4th St. I heard later that Cline blew some wicked nasty chunks all over Jamie’s living room floor—greenish puke. Punk as fuck. Mike Cline became a life-long friend, until his untimely and sad departure from this journey called life.
Mike Cline got me a job in the state pen back in the old days. The job was working at the prison’s printing company. We had access to a computer, had a printing press, and with a little help from our friend, Mr. Brian Mehr, we managed to smuggle our shit out of prison, not INTO prison. It was a real fuckin’ blast while it lasted. After covertly getting our zine IN STRUGGLE [felonious punk zine] out of the slammer along with a disc, we were toasting to a job well done. Next thing you know, Cline and I were escorted by the man-in-blue goon squad back to our cells, as was everyone else who was “employed” at the joint’s slave-wage printing sweat shop.
Slammed down, locked-up in our concrete boxes, we said “fuck ’em if they can’t take a little recreational zine creating.” Twenty-seven years later, Mike Cline ends a grueling five-and-a-half-year stint in one of Amerikkka’s most brutal and shankiest of United States prisons, the ugly and sordid Florence, Colo. facility. Cline gets a good job, plays in two great punk rock bands, and then becomes another casualty of the All Mighty Dragon. This is all too fuckin’ lame, and all too real to lose another brother to the heroin. “Them bone crushers be poppin’ vicious with a capital ‘V.’ I DON’T WANNA BE A CAPITALIST CASUALTY.” –Michael Ernesto Cline, 2011.
Jimi Germ signing off for now. Gotta give a raised fist salute to all of the SLC PUNX and peeps out there. In Struggle,
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One of Deval Patrick’s pet chickens has come home to roost — leaving the state with a $113 million railroad track to nowhere.
The idea of Massachusetts initiating direct passenger rail service between Patrick’s beloved Berkshires and New York City was always a little loony- tunes. But, hey, as long as he was playing with taxpayers’ money, Patrick was going to have his way.
So last summer — as Patrick contemplated his imminent exit from the Corner Office — his state Department of Transportation purchased a 37-mile stretch of rail for $12.1 million from the Housatonic Railroad Co. Planned improvements to the track between Pittsfield and the New York border would bring the taxpayer commitment for the project to $113 million.
But that plan was also dependent on Connecticut joining in this ridiculous scheme and upgrading its rail connections along the proposed route. Well, this past week Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy filed his 30-year, $100 billion transportation plan — and guess what’s not in it?
Yes, a spokesman for Malloy confirmed to the Herald that the plan does not include any funds to upgrade tracks between Massachusetts and Danbury, Conn., for a passenger line that was part of Patrick’s grand design. It includes some upgrades for freight service, but commuter rail wasn’t “one of today’s priorities.”
Oh, and Malloy is a Democrat, but apparently one of the more practical variety.
So with folks on Beacon Hill looking for transit-related money that might be more usefully spent making sure the MBTA can continue to operate in snowstorms, perhaps the $100 million that presumably hasn’t been spent yet, might be “repurposed.”
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Are your brownies unbeatable? Do you serve a salad that rocks? Are your sandwiches supreme? We’re holding our first ever Cooking Channel recipe contest and we’re looking for your perfect recipe. Enter now for an opportunity to win a trip to New York City and meet Cooking Channel’s Kelsey Nixon!
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Self-care is more than just scented candles and shrivelling in tepid bathwater, Sophie White says indulging in vanity can be essential armour when life is coming at you
At the end of January I did two Google searches in the space of 10 minutes:
"Should I go on antidepressants?"
"Should I get hair extensions?"
I think there's something in this. And that something is more than just January, despite January being particularly Januaryish this year. My friend asked me, “How’s life?” and I said, “Well, it’s currently a toss up between antidepressants and hair extensions”.
If that sounds like I am trivialising mental illness, believe me I am not. I actually took antidepressants for two years in my early 20s after a significant period of mental illness. I was low in a dramatically different way back then, I was suffering from obsessive thoughts, suicide ideation and had become plagued by the idea that my life wasn’t real. Pharmaceutical intervention felt like a very cut and dried decision at that time and I’ve never regretted taking the pills but I don’t remember detecting their effects particularly. I only know that they helped me gradually begin to feel the benefits of therapy and that my conviction that reality wasn’t real slowly, thankfully, ebbed away.
My current malaise is a much more garden variety one. I miss my dad who is dead six months and I am struggling to find the time I think I may need to process it.
The current self care craze is one that I agree with in theory but with two kids and a full-time job, the best a lot of women can really hope for in terms of self-care is a moment alone with your thoughts while doing the dishes. However, the one thing the self-carers are unequivocally correct on is the fact that once you are bona fide ADULT no one is looking out for you much anymore. If we don’t focus on minding ourselves, there is no one who is going to step in and urge us to rest or treat ourselves.
In a series on The Hairpin called Self-Care Summer co-authors, Fariha Roísín and Sara Black McCulloch set out to re-engage with the simple action of taking care of themselves.
“To me, it was a way to build resistance to bullshit, disappointment, and a bit of depression," wrote Black McCulloch. "A way to ward off uncertainty. But I’ve learned, along the way, that this is impossible. You’re never going to be consistently happy and you can’t prevent sadness or life from running its course. Self-care is a way to at least strengthen yourself."
Responding to difficult times with seemingly superficial things like manicures and hair extensions might seem like avoidance but it’s actually a far more profound pursuit than one might initially think. I used to hate when I was low and my mother would suggest I put on lipstick. It would take every ounce of restraint to not f*ck the lipstick right at her head. But now I get it. The lipstick is armour. The blow dry is armour. It’s all coping no matter how shallow it may look.
On the morning of my dad’s funeral, I went to the salon for the full work up. Hair, nails, brows. And I’m a low-fi person when it comes to grooming, I honestly didn’t make that much effort on my wedding day but on that day when I needed to stand up and deliver a eulogy in front of everyone who’d known and loved my dad, I needed a full costume for this role. I wore my favourite (and possibly not funeral-appropriate) dress and I tried my best to act like a person who wasn’t seething and burning with guilt and rage and self-loathing. My logic was thus: Everything is so utterly shit right now, I'm getting my hair done.
My cousin is going through a hard time and has gone absolutely mad for regular blow dries and manicures. Perhaps it seems like an odd response to one of life's storms but it actually makes a whole lot of sense. Every time I see her looking beautiful in a new outfit I am filled with admiration for her, she is in pain – a pain that I am lucky to not fully understand – and her new dress and perfect hair is a bid for self preservation.
Self-care is not about scented candle and bathbombs, these are just stand ins for whatever your personal armour might be. The thing that fortifies you and helps you through the hard days.
I’m still wavering on the antidepressants but I got the hair extensions! I’m not a hair extensions gal so I’ve gone for the entry level kind that are quick to put in and last about six weeks, my thinking being at the end of the six weeks I’ll perhaps have come to a conclusion about the pills. | <urn:uuid:9410e8bc-f267-4648-92bd-71973e3f4ef7> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://www.image.ie/amp/life/why-sometimes-a-little-bit-of-vanity-is-actually-a-great-way-to-weather-lifes-rough-patches-109731 | 2019-02-19T22:38:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247493803.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190219223509-20190220005509-00102.warc.gz | en | 0.971347 | 1,056 |
Continuing education provides an opportunity for institutions to serve a broader range of students; but meeting these students’ needs and expectations can be a challenge. In this web seminar originally broadcast on Jul 23, 2013, a leader from Emory Continuing Education shared tips for successful practices specifically designed for CE programs, how to leverage software to determine which courses are most profitable, and how the rise of MOOCs will potentially impact continuing education. Other topics included current trends and challenges for continuing education programs, new tools available that can help improve current programs, and strategies for recruitment that can boost enrollment.
Director of Business and Finance
Emory Continuing Education
Emory Continuing Education (ECE) has overcome many challenges that have helped us become a more efficient and profitable arm of Emory University. We found that systems and technology play a vital role in efficiency. How you address student recruitment is key for cultivating current and future business. First we’ll start with opportunities and strategies for continuing education. The first is harnessing critical data. Many variables go into a student’s decision to enroll in a particular class, so when performing a market analysis, you have to take all of these variables into account when creating and scheduling a program or course.
One of these variables is price. You don’t want to price yourself out of the competitive market, but you have to ensure that all of your associated costs are covered and at least break even; more importantly, make a profit. Timing and scheduling is another. While some students are professionals attending classes on company time, others are professionals who are struggling to get away from work to take the classes they’re interested in. Timing and scheduling will be very different for these individuals. You also want to make sure your instructors are always staying up-to-date on the subject-matter trends and that they’re engaging. Students must also understand the learning objectives for a course. Location is another variable. Based on student feedback, we’ve been scouting out a new location for our facility.
We’re very excited about this new opportunity to provide our students with the new professional space, not only because it better meets their needs, but it also helps us meet our staffing needs, as well. Data is critical for seeing where we expend our resources. You can have 100 people in a course paying $200 each, or 10 people in another certificate program paying $6,000 each. The raw number of students isn’t the determining characteristic of profitability. We all know our indirect costs like space and staff are vital pieces of the puzzle. With demand fluctuation, we find that classes that are popular now may not be popular a year from now. This is a problem for a lot of schools out there due to changes in what students or employers want. We’re always having to stay on top of what that demand is going to be. Pricing is difficult to strategize especially for new programs because, again, you don’t want to price yourself out of the market, but you do want to price within your brand and the quality of your program. Prepackaged courses can be offered more inexpensively than ones you’ve developed on your own, but if you choose that option, you risk losing the quality of your brand. A way to be successful with continuing education programs is to enhance the student experience.
We try to do this on a daily basis, because if students don’t have a great experience, they may not come back. One of the ways to do this is to address inquiries quickly and accurately. If students are reaching out to you with a question, you should get back to them within a 24-hour time frame, so they don’t lose interest. Another area we found to enhance the student experience involved our academic advisers. They’re using Jenzabar’s Higher Reach CRM to put new leads into the system. They can set up triggers for follow-ups and student status changes. It has helped them stay on top of who they’ve talked to and the plans for individual students. Prior to Higher Reach, ECE had a student registration system that was very old and had poor reporting capabilities. After a very thorough search for a new system, we partnered with Jenzabar on their Higher Reach product, as we felt it met our needs the best. It has allowed us to access key data for decision making. For instance, we now have accurate financial reporting.
We have the ability to run a profit/loss analyzer for a particular course, so at any given time we can run the numbers by a click of a button. We also have a financial feed from Higher Reach and we no longer have to do journal entries at the end of each month to move money where it needs to go. We now have the ability to reconcile revenue and refunds back to the individual student, which was key for us. We also created a sequel database to give the staff the ability to slice data in a variety of ways for making go/no-go decisions, and to run classes based on the net profit, including indirect costs. We also wanted to look at many courses at one time, and the profit/loss analyzer allowed us to look at courses based on start date or enrollment. That has been very helpful for us in making our decisions. Transactional security was another reason we selected Jenzabar. We now have the ability to collect all necessary student and course information in one place. Overall, our administrators are no longer doing data entry all day. With Higher Reach, making that process more efficient, they can interact more with our instructors and instead concentrate on the logistics. We feel we have a much better handle on our operational efficiencies and have less chance of creating data inaccuracies.
Sales Manager, West Region
Transactional security and integrity is paramount to our solutions and our clients who migrated from other systems, and who were facing challenges such as lawsuits. We want to make sure that our clients are 100 percent protected so they don’t have to go down that road. There are four main components to a Jenzabar partnership: streamlining disparate systems and processes, providing a seamless integration, cutting associated costs, and examining growth and revenue. This helps our continuing education schools that are trying to figure out how to improve student retention and have more repeat customers.
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This really awkward neighbour situation - WWYD?(5 Posts)
Thanks everyone for all your input so far, your comments and ideas have been much appreciated. Staying polite/ at least courteous, to the neighbour, must continue to be important from our end. I sense that he is trying to manipulate us in some way so that we start to reflect his own behaviour back to him - hence ramping it all up a bit, making us look like the worse offender. I take the point about keeping a wary eye on him from a distance, in case he ever really needs our help - which of course we would give, though he would really loathe being beholden to us in any way now!
It's a rather sad insight into his former marked friendliness, which in retrospect now looks as if he was merely buttering us up, so that we would have no option but to be on side when it came to his application. As he has loads of local friends and contacts in the community - having lived around here for so long - it's also unpleasant to know that he will have been bad-mouthing us to a wide range of people since then....I have noticed a few attitudes changing towards us since this all started.
It isnt just your objection to the PP that caused the development to be refused, there would have been a minimum of 3 (depends on council) others who also objected, but of course, you know that.
Old people can be difficult and he is by the sounds of things having a particularly bad time of it recently.
I would just keep on with the politeness, a cheery 'Good morning' and not make any attempt to make any further conversation. You have the moral high ground, and look as if this is all in the past and is not affecting you one jot. He on the otherhand and his enjoyment of rebuffing you will be winding him up inside.
(Normally I am a very kind person and I do actually volunteer with age concern... but sometimes old people can be so AAghhh !!!! )
Would it help to write a note saying you're sorry that relations have become strained and that, as you live next door and see each other regularly, it would be good if you could start afresh and acknowledge each other? Although your behaviour has been entirely reasonable, alluding to the back story might just antagonise him and he'll probably stick to his version of events forever more!
Being in this sort of situation is horrible - our next door neighbour can be a grump, and has had run-ins with folk in the area. She made things difficult for us for a while years ago: I politely stood my ground regarding the 'dispute', after which she was a bit off for a while but I kept saying hello when I saw her, and she did start speaking again. Things have been okay since.
Saying that, a very dear friend of mine and her husband had problems with their next door neighbour over a planning application a few years ago. The neighbour made comments on a public site which were misleading to say the least and tried to stir things up generally. The application went through, and the neighbour continued to be difficult - having a go at the builders and so on. My friend tried writing a note with an invitation to come through for coffee - but it was met with disdain and the neighbour still doesn't speak. From what I've heard, this person could 'make trouble in an empty room' and seems to thrive on being pugnacious. But at least my friend knows she did what she could to try and resume cordial relations!
After 8 months, he is patently not going to thaw so I would stop being active in your attempts to patch this up and simply offer a polite nod if you happen to cross paths.
You don't mention that he has taken this to a level of interfering with any of your property, so it isn't a 'feud' which is causing problems beyond an uncomfortable silence. You just need to ignore, and carry on life as though he were not there.
Although, given that he is elderly I might be inclined to keep a watchful eye, from the silent distance.
Elderly neighbour has decided that we are his enemies! (This against a background of what we'd considered a hitherto very friendly relationship). This makes daily contact sad and awkward, as he now completely blanks us and refuses to return friendly greetings etc......
Background: He's lived there for yonks; we are relative newcomers. But when, last year, he put in a misguided planning application to develop land he owns opposite (a proposal which had very little chance of approval, for multiple reasons, and which would have had a devastating impact on our own and other neighbouring properties) - when we were consulted by the council for our views on this, we very reluctantly felt we had to object - for many very sound reasons, too long to go into here (Suffice it to say similar proposals from him, and others, had been turned down several times in the past). We debated long and hard before submitting our reasons for objection, and before it was publicly posted online, did him the courtesy of a personal visit last year, to forewarn and try to explain to him politely why we'd (very sadly) had to do this, knowing he wouldn't be happy about it. - He went ballistic at us then, and has- since then - clearly blamed US, soley and directly, for the refusal of planning permisison which unsurprisingly, followed in due course. We were by no means the only objectors, but we live nearest to him so get the full force of his ire.
Now it makes me very sad that he has turned this - from his end - into a 'feud'. We don't want a fallout. He was bereaved last year, before he put in this plan, and clearly expected this to gain him extra sympathy and support (ofwhich we had previously offered plenty).. Now he seems to enjoy rebuffing our attempts to make peace and reach out to him, by ignoring our 'good mornings' etc - Should we allow his attitude to turn us into equally grumpy enemies, or should I persevere in chirping daily greetings to him just as if I was unaware of his obvious continuing fury at us over this? (It is over 8 months BTW since this all blew up but he clearly seems incapable of 'forgiving' us for what would almost certainly have happened anyway even if we'd said nothing). Would love some advice!
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