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If you’re like a good chunk of the population, chances are you have at least one Apple device in your household, and in many cases more than one.
I’m sure by now, you’ve also noticed that on those various Apple devices, you’ve apparently ‘purchased’ the new U2 album whether you wanted it or not.
You’re not alone.
With the announcement and hype for the new iPhone 6, Apple and U2 decided to team up and give away their album for free to anyone with an iPod, iPad, etc. The basic idea was that on the release date, the album would be automatically synced to every user’s devices without them having to do anything. Free music! What could go wrong? Sounds like a cool idea on paper, right?
Well, the resulted internet backlash was not so cool. The bad publicity that Apple received quickly made it’s way to just about every major news outlet and blog around the globe, with users infuriated that this album was put on their device without their permission.
The negative feedback was so strong that Apple has now needed to create a dedicated website to show people how to remove the U2 album from their devices. An album that they didn’t ask for in the first place.
Was it worth it?
The most important element to take away from this whole debacle is this:
When you push your marketing at people, people tend to push back.
Although your customers or clients may enjoy your product or service, people hate having things forced on them. Regardless of the circumstances or initial good intentions.
Even though the album was free. Even though U2 have a huge fanbase all over the globe, the bottom line is, that nobody asked for this album. The album was forced on them.
Poor marketing judgement from one of the world’s biggest brands.
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Brand name greeting cards for any occasion
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Smiley Face Die Cut Thinking of You Cardby Paper House Productions
This card is diecut and printed with soy-based inks on recycled paper. The back of each card is printed with information/trivia pertaining specifically to the front image of the card. Made in the USA.
Save when you buy 15 or more! (View Volume Pricing)
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Before you read, if you are interested in grand movies see BM in a theater. This is no ordinary film you can watch on your TV or even home theatre. Two and a half hour of visual treat.
Maturity of anything is a gradual process. It takes years to move through good, better,best and achieve greatness. Occasionally the process takes a leap and covers lots of ground. BM is the big step. Indian cinema is fast maturing in many aspect, specially in production of grand historical. The cinematography and the scenes are memorable.
Sheer opulence, grandeur and majestic rendition of a piece of history perhaps with cinematic licence. But who cares. Point is to get entertained.
So, who is entertaining you? In my mind Priyanka Chopra. Every time she comes on the frame you see a very graceful ‘Kashi Bhai’. Maratha regal ladies must have looked like this. Her eyes ooze out love, affection and devotion for her hero. She brings out a streak of a normal person with normal failings. Beautiful in spectacular costumes, turns in another wonderful performance. Yet, the role is underplayed and with no sentimental over dos. There is a scene (with brilliant Tanvi Azmi) when wryly laughing about Bajirao’s passion, she comments “We might as well be sewing green flags from now on’. This is the maturity of recent crop of Indian cinema, at least some of them. Watchout for the scene where she is sitting on the bank of a river with all the foliage and colours making a spectacular painting. I can’t place my finger but feel something was missing out on Ranvir’s performance. Blame it on me.
Dialogues by Prakash Kapadia, judge for yourself.
Heere mein heera ho toh usse kehte hai Kohinoor … Rao ka naam lete hi Kashi ke chehre par aata hai noor (The best of the diamonds is called as the Kohinoor … and Kashi’s face lights up when Rao’s name is called)
Aap humse hamari zindagi maang lete hum aapko khushi khushi de dete … par aapne toh humse hamara guroor cheen liya (If you would have asked even for my life, I would have given that happily … but you snatched my pride from me)
“Duniya ka har dharm mohabbat sikhata hai, Mohabbat ka koi dharm nahi hota. Mohabbat khud hi dharm hai” (All religions teach love, love has no religion and it is a religion in itself)
Then, Deepika’s mom tries to convince her not to go to Ranveer, reminding her that he already has a wife.
Deepika: “Patni to Radha bhi nahi thi, lekin Krishna ke saath log yaad use hi karte hain.”
Mom: “Wo bhagwan the!”
Deepika: “Aur ishq ibadat. Ibadat ke liye ijazat nahi li jaati.
Priyanaka, In the last scene asks Tanvir about his opponent, he says: “Bhagwan … kismet”. Just about summarises the movie.
BM’s music is good (unfortunately even here they play the songs very loud drowning any finesse you may hear), the costumes are splendid, the setting and scenes match any grand production.You are taken back in time to a different world and have a window seat watching the drama unfolding with all the glitz, colours, pomp and grandeur for the price of a ticket.
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Guest feature: Natalie of Light of Wellness
“As the founder of Light Of Wellness, I have one mission and that is to guide anyone interested in restoring peace and happiness to their lives. I help people use their gift of the present, to rise above life’s challenges and lead a happier life by understanding and dealing with the negative issues and cycles that exist within”
~ Natalie Grant
Meet Natalie of Light of Wellness!
To me, not only is she an incredible mentor, friend and soulmate, but she’s also my big sister. Natalie has a long list of clients through her healing expertise involving being a Reiki Grand Master / Teacher, Seichim Reiki Master / Teacher, Karuna Practitioner, an Ascension Therapy Facilitator, Massage and Beauty Therapist. She and her mentor, Richard (Celestial Light), have helped me extensively over the past year or more to become a Reiki Practitioner myself, and heal my soul of stored emotional baggage and conditioning which was weighing down my happiness, potential and life for a number of years. One of my greatest tests and lessons in the past 10 years has been to actively listen to my intuition. For a long time I put everyone else’s needs before my own, especially whoever my boyfriend was at any time in that period. I carried everyone else’s burdens as it was obviously easier than dealing with my own unhappiness. I suppressed my own needs most often than not (with the exception to raw food in the last 4.5 years) and drove myself into Adrenal Fatigue, making myself very sick. At one point I hadn’t had a menstrual cycle for 2+ years. I did a lot of work on myself mentally and physically with another mentor in Singapore to heal from the depths of Adrenal Fatigue and get my body working as it should. I came back to work with Light of Wellness using the powerful process she uses which is Ascension Therapy. I honestly now look at and feel the world in a completely different way from the work I’ve done with these people. Ascension Therapy helped me open up my intuition to a whole other level and understand what being ‘connected’ really is. Connected to myself, to other beings, the greater energy around me, and nature/ the Earth. It’s incomprehensible our body’s innate wisdom. All it ever wants to do is heal itself. When you give it the right tools to facilitate this healing, it’s incredible the power it holds. As I mentioned, I’ve been attuned to Usui Reiki and now have clients myself as a practitioner of the healing method. Reiki has been and continues to be a pivotal part of my journey to enlightenment and daily healing.
So what actually is Reiki you ask? Let’s demystify it.
Reiki (pronounced Ray-Key)
“Universal Life Force Energy”
There are many forms of Reiki; one of them is listed here. What is most important to know is that, they all practice the giving of love energy, derived from the universal life energy or source, some may call it God. The Reiki practitioner is a channel for that energy, they are not healing you, you are healing yourself and they are facilitating the most optimal environment for that to occur.
REIKI IN A NUTSHELL:
• A holistic healing system that is easy to learn and use.
• A way to connect to the deeper parts of yourself, to your Higher Self or Spirit.
• A way to realize the oneness of life, the interconnectedness of everything.
• A healing system that works on all levels of your being – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual.
• An effective and gentle chakra healing and chakra balancing tool.
• Gentle method for providing nurturing love, compassion, and comfort to those who need it.
• A spiritual energy vibrating at a higher level.
• A connection between you and the Universal life force energy, the free flowing energy surrounding us and within us.
• A complementary therapy, non-intrusive, hands on healing technique.
• A spiritual discipline that uses meditation, symbols, cleansing rituals, and spiritual principles for daily living.
• Mindful living.
• Easy to learn and to master when you are attuned by a teacher who is guided for the highest good of all.
• Empowering – you will feel your own power to heal and to feel good about yourself and your purpose.
• Safe to use. Reiki can be used by anyone and anywhere.
• Reiki reminds us that we are always profoundly connected to the universe.
• A way of life that can enhance any current belief system you are already living.
“My vision for the future is to create a world
where love and respect is the main focus,
where we are all becoming aware of our connection
to our inner light (source) and in turn gaining
control of our own lives and existence”
~ Natalie Grant
To learn more about
Meditation, Reiki or Ascension Therapy
or to book a private session with Nat on the Sunshine Coast
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Welcome to Gilbertson Farm. We are family-owned and operated out of Clear Lake, WI. On our farm we implement sustainable growing practices. Gilbertson Farm is a 4th-generation farm and have been a member of the St. Paul Farmers’ Market since 1992.
Our pigs and cattle are born on our farm and finished on our farm. The cattle have full access to roam our pastures. Feeders in our pastures are kept full of hay year-round, ensuring our cows are well-fed and content. Our pigs are fed corn, soybeans and hay. Our chickens are fed a scratch grain mixture when free range pastures are not available. All our animals are also fed leftover market produce when in season. The corn, soybeans and hay are grown right on our farm. We do not use hormones or antibiotics. Our animals are raised in a happy and caring environment.
We also grow a wide variety of chemical-free produce when in season. We choose to plant so we can cultivate or rotor till instead of using chemicals to control weeds.
If you would like to know more about us, come visit us at one of our farmers’ markets. or contact us here. Mark, Jessica, or one of the kids will be happy to talk with your and answer any questions you may have.
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Friday night I went out to what was billed as PACHANGA, an evening of Latin dance at the Blue Rooster . It promised me pachanga, cumbia, merengue y más, la música de mi juventud. And it delivered magnificently—to a room of young folks who knew what they were doing.
It was almost overwhelming to watch them dancing with expressions of glee, passion, and beauty, and to relive the rapture of those rhythms of so long ago. Fifty years… My eyes flooded with the body memory of all those wild dances with my beautiful Jane.
Though only couples were dancing, just as I’d do back then, I started dancing by myself to a splendid cumbia, and soon some other exuberant guys joined me. I wanted to shout out my joy. There followed some heart-rending merengues and a boisterous pachanga that almost did me in.
Once, the DJ called out something about la casa de música, and for a blessed moment I was back in La Casa de los Marinos I was again a demented dervish in the House of the Sailors in that ruinous building at Toulouse and Decatur, a waterfront dive aka La Marina. Vamos a La Casa!
Sorry, but I feel an elegy coming on. For the legendary La Marina was swept away by the relentless tides of years. Many others besides me must still remember the glory of that dark and disreputable Latin sailor bar, that temple of dance lost forever.
I don’t know when the bar first opened, but my blessed time to carouse in its three mystical rooms was the early 60’s. By the later 60’s I heard it had been written up in some big magazine as the chic lowlife place to go, and very soon thereafter La Marina ceased to be.
Those three rooms were steeped in darkness and wrapped in music, tremendously loud Latin music, and the roar of voices and laughter. High above the crush of carousers and dancers, in deep shadows by the ceilings, blades of fans slowly swam around like circling sharks.
The three rooms were each special shrines. In the first more or less civilized one, you’d socialize with drinks and shouted talk. The second room was the place for group celebrations, being less crowded than the third and better for a formal dance like the pasa doble or the leaping pachanga.
The third room had its own even more powerful juke box and a hallucinatory mural on the walls over the crowd. Around the room in a dreamlike swirl ran a dark flood of writhing nudes, racing motorcycle, matador with sword, and charging bull. As above, so below.
It was here in the dense throngs of the third room that the ecstasy happened, the Dionysian transports of merengues and cumbias. The clock was forever stopped at ten of three, though that was usually an early hour in an evening’s revelry. We’d dance till dawn, even after.
A few years ago when I visited New Orleans again, I lunched in the stylish Café Maspero that used to be La Casa and sat in what once was the be back corner of the second room. I told the waitress about its history, and she remarked that they had thought it had been a pirate joint before. In a way it was.
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The Goshen College men’s soccer team lost 1-0 in overtime to ninth-ranked Lindsey Wilson University in Columbia, Kentucky last Saturday afternoon.Goshen entered the matchup coming off of a four-game win streak that they looked to use to propel themselves over the Blue Raiders. The Blue Raiders set the pace early on in the first half. Goshen looked for opportunities but they were hard to come by due to the Blue Raiders’ defense who have four shutouts this season.
The Blue Raiders set the pace early on in the first half. Goshen looked for opportunities but they were hard to come by due to the Blue Raiders’ defense who have four shutouts this season.
Goshen’s keeper Johan Escalante played a vital role in the Maple Leafs defense. With the Blue Raiders taking 12 first-half shots, Escalante was able to keep them off of the scoreboard.
Possession traded between the two teams for most of the first half as neither side were able to find the goal. The score was even at 0-0 entering halftime.
In the second half, Goshen’s offense was unable to test the keeper with a shot on goal until just over six minutes left in regulation.
In the final seconds of regulation, Uriel Macias was able to create space after dribbling his way to the 18-yard box. The shot was directed towards the left post but the Blue Raiders keeper, Noah Slepicka was able to make a diving save.
At the end of regulation, the score remained 0-0 sending the game into overtime.
Just 40 seconds into the overtime period, the Blue Raiders took their first shot which was blocked by defender Ethan Francois-Ravalier.
The Blue Raiders continued to attack with a total of four shots and two corners in just over six minutes. The nationally ranked team would finally break through the Goshen back line with 3:48 left on the clock.
Lindsey’s Renan Ramos took the corner that was kicked in by Stephane Dasse ending the game with a Blue Raider victory.
Escalante’s made a total of 10 saves in the game, making it a career high for the senior goalkeeper.
With the loss, Goshen’s record falls to 5-4 as they wrapped up their non-conference schedule. The Maple Leafs begin conference play this Wednesday, Sep. 26, when they travel to Bethel College to kick-off at 7 p.m.
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Mr Schulz-Greve is the Head of Unit of Economic analysis of EU agriculture at DG Agriculture and Rural Development in European Commission.
Mr Schulz-Greve studied agricultural sciences at the Göttingen University and gained a doctorate in Agricultural Economics. In 1996, he started his career in the European Commission, working on rural development and as a speechwriter for Commissioner Fischler. After a stopover in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he returned to economic analysis in DG AGRI, working in particular on risk management tools and biofuels. In 2006, he was nominated deputy head of the unit dealing with arable crops, sugar, fibre plants and animal feed. Since May 2007 he is working as an assistant to the Director General of DG Agriculture and Rural Development.
Emeritus Professor Allan Buckwell joined IEEP as a half-time Senior Fellow in January 2012. Two thirds of his career has been as an academic agricultural economist specialising in agricultural and rural policy. This involved fourteen years at Newcastle University and then from 1984-1999 as Professor of Agricultural Economics, Wye College University of London (which was merged into Imperial College). During this period he specialised on teaching and research into all aspects of European rural policy dealing especially with the Common Agricultural Policy, trade issues, and technology and structural change in farming and its impacts.
During 1995/6 he was seconded to the analysis and conception unit of DG Agri in the European Commission where he chaired a policy integration group who laid out a model for the evolution of the CAP. He joined the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) as Policy Director in 2000.
Since then he has been involved in debates on how to balance the CAP as a policy for Food and Environmental Security. He chaired and authored a report on Public Goods from Private Land and worked a good deal on Climate Change, the threats and opportunities this poses to rural land managers and Green House Gas accounting from land-based businesses.
Maria holds a MSc in rural development from the Swedish University of Agriculture and a BA in Asian studies and political science from Lund University. She specializes in a broad range of social theories and applications. She has vast experience of multidisciplinary projects focusing on river basin management, coastal resource management and land use planning and changes. Maria is a trained facilitator and has extensive experience in participatory community research and planning.
Maria’s research work covers many areas of environment and development with a particular focus on governance, stakeholder engagement, learning, sustainability assessment, project evaluation and policy integration in water-, forests- and coastal systems.
At SEI she has led projects in the Baltic Sea Region on nutrient management and agriculture and is currently a BONUS funded project called Miracle that focuses on nutrient management in agricultural systems and flooding in urban areas. She is also involved in projects on investments in biofuels in Southeast Asia.
Ola Pettersson’s work at JTI is linked to mechanical technology in the agriculture area. His area includes as well research, investigations and information. Questions that have interested Ola during the last years are, how to move over to a primary production that are independent from fossil fuel, energy efficiency in agricultural area, reasons for costly repair of agriculture machines, effects that are achieved with new types of fuel and oils, hydraulic systems, fuel economy and energy use on the farm. Ola Pettersson was project leader over last year for the Swedish project Sweden´s primary production and supply of food - the possible consequences of a lack on fossil energy. Ola holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering at Uppsala University.
His workgroup studies interactions between the living and the nonliving in terrestrial ecosystems including human interactions. The ecosystems can be a handful of soil, a park, a landscape or the entire biosphere. The focus is more on biological processes than individual organisms, often in the form of states and flows of energy, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and other elements.
His main research topic focuses primarily on the interaction between crops and soil, carbon and nutrient cycling in agro-ecosystems and carbon sequestration related to agricultural management in order to generate knowledge that is needed for designing agricultural systems that are efficient and sustainable.
The Federation of Swedish Farmers – LRF – is an interest and business organisation for the green industry with approximately 170 000 individual members. Together they represent some 90 000 enterprises, which makes LRF the largest organisation for small enterprises in Sweden.
Peter Wallenberg is an expert at the Federation of Swedish Farmers and specialises on water quality and agricultural environmental impact. He has been involved in several international projects concerning the Baltic Sea and sustainable agriculture.
Peter has previously worked at the Swedish Board of Agriculture which is the Government's expert authority in matters of agri-food policy, and is responsible for the agricultural and horticultural sectors. Peter was the responsible expert and contact person for the environmental objective “Reduced Climate Impact”.
Mr Andriy Rozstalnyy works as Animal Production and Health Officer at FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia. He provides a technical advisory support to FAO members, regional and sub-regional organizations on the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes for the development, integration and improvement of a sustainable livestock sector in the region. It covers crosscutting issues such as, support to prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases, sustainable livestock production, biodiversity, good agricultural practices ,etc
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Grass Fed Meat V.S. Grain Fed Meat
- Grass fed cattle receives the nutrition they require by nature. This keeps them healthy so they don’t need antibiotics and artificial hormones.
- Most of the grain that grain fed cattle are fed is genetically modified. Since these genetically modified grains are modifying the animals gut flora and DNA consuming it would have an effect on your DNA.
- Grass fed animals have better fatty acid ratios. Grass fed has more omega 3 in comparison to omega 6.
- Grass fed meat contains more vitamin A and E compared to grain fed.
Be sure to buy organic, free range, pasture raised meat with no hormones or GMO grains fed.
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Questions About Landscaping You Must Know the Answers To
Things That You Need to Know When Choosing a Tree Removal Company If you are looking for some services, the one thing that people do is to wonder how they can get the best firm. You need to ensure that you are careful so that you do not get any scams. When looking for a tree removal service, you should make sure that you are careful. You should be aware that when you come to hiring an expert, you should know that in as much as there are those who do a quality job, there are some who are out there to con you. If you do not get the right company, then they will not deliver quality service. If you are looking for the best firms, then here is what you need to know When you are choosing the firm, it is paramount to make sure that you get one that has insurance. The insurance cover should include both you and the workers. It is important to have the company sent all you all the material so that it can be examined. Doing this is essential as you can be sure that you will be getting a company that is not fraudulent. Choosing a company with a cover, then by the end of the day you will find that you will be responsible if things do not go wrong. It is best to ensure that the company which you select is accredited with the Better Business Bureau. The one thing that you should know is that the BBB is a sign that the company offers the best services. When it comes to BBB you can use it to find the ratings of the company.
Smart Tips For Finding Services
You should do some investigation about the reputation of the tree company you are considering has. The right company should have a positive reviews in many places. When you choose a company, then you should make sure that it is a member of commerce association.
Discovering The Truth About Clearing
You should be aware that if you get a company that you hire is too cheap, then you should think twice about hiring them. It could be that the price is low since they do not provide quality service. Do not mistake that hiring an expensive company means that you will get the best services. You need to make sure that you get a firm that offers you qualify for the service. It is only when you are satisfied with the company should you make the payments. You should ensure that you avoid making an upfront payment as you might find that you never hear about the enterprise again.
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According to g4tv.com, beta testing for Medal of Honor has gone live for the Xbox 360 now. Xbox owners with beta keys can go to medalofhonor.com/beta to get in on the beta. Beta testing started June 21, 2010 for PC and PS3 owners. Wonder what happened to the poor 360 being put so far behind. I plan on picking it up at release but just can't bring myself to do betas.
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Visitor Information -- The Nome Convention and Visitors Bureau, 301 Front St. (P.O. Box 240), Nome, AK 99762 (tel. 907/443-6555; www.visitnomealaska.com), provides maps and detailed information for diverse interests. The office is open daily June, July, and August from 7am to 7pm, and the balance of the year Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm.
The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Headquarters, 214 Front St. (P.O. Box 220), Nome, AK 99762 (tel. 907/443-2522; www.nps.gov/bela), is a good source of outdoors information from the rangers who staff a desk and are responsible for a rarely visited 2.7-million-acre national park unit, which covers much of the Seward Peninsula north of the Nome road system. Rangers offer a variety of programs all year, especially during the Iditarod finish in March. Their bird tours and ranger hikes are mentioned below.
Also check the Nome Nugget website, at www.nomenugget.com, a real window into the community.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
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THE INDIAN FACE Freeride Spirit
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Are Office Christmas Parties A Dying Trend? [POLL]
A national holiday trend may or may not be coming to a slow decline...
The tradition of the "office holiday party" has officially kicked of it's season, and the Small Business Legal Center at the National Federation of Independent Business is advising its members to keep celebrations safe by watching out for two problem areas:
1. drunk driving
In order to prevent drunk driving, the NFIB is suggesting that employers incorporate the following at the holiday party, in order minimize the risk of liability:
- Use professional bartenders, and instruct them not to serve anyone who appears intoxicated.
- Distribute drink tickets to limit the number of free drinks.
- Serve lots of free food to soak up the alcohol.
- Ask trusted managers and supervisors to be on the look-out for people who have had too much to drink and unable to drive or need assistance getting home.
- Pay for cabs to take impaired employees and guests home or offer designated drivers.
Now for the issue that's been sweeping the nation and is on everyone's minds lately: Harassment-- Apparently, socializing, alcohol, and mistletoe aren't a good combo. Together they create an environment that can lead to sexual harassment or fighting. So in order to avoid these situations:
- Remind employees about company anti-harassment policies before the party (aka common sense)
- If your business does not have an anti-harassment policy, get one!
- Don’t hang mistletoe.
- Ask trusted managers and supervisors to intervene and stop any fighting or inappropriate conduct witnesses or reported.
- Finally, make sure that all employees understand that a holiday party is a work-related activity, and that rules for appropriate work behavior still apply.
In order to just avoid the stress of a holiday party, a lot of companies are just nixing them in all. Do you think Holiday Parties for the office are a dying trend because of these issues?!
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The Perfect Halloween Vacation for Children with Food Allergies
Halloween can be a frightening time for parents of children with food allergies. Walking from door-to-door potentially collecting compromised candy sounds like more tricks than treats. DriveTheNation has a safer alternative: A plan for the perfect family Halloween vacation.
Step 1: Purchase tickets for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.
Step 2: Pack your bags.
Step 3: Drive to Disney World.
It’s that easy, ghouls and boys.
Disney World has been making dreams come true for children all over the world since 1971. Why would those with life-threatening food allergies be treated any differently in the land of the Mouse?
Disney goes above and beyond to cater to special dietary requests, whether you are staying in their resort, eating at a park restaurant, or simply stopping at a snack kiosk. If you can’t consume any combination of milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat or soy- they’ve got you covered. All you have to do is ask. Egg-Free and Dairy-Free Mickey Pancakes? No problem. “Top 8”-Free Chicken Fingers? You got it. Gluten-free sandwich? Coming right up.
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party is another one of their greatest gifts to guests. They know how holidays and gatherings centered around food can be especially stressful for someone with life-threatening food allergies, and they’ve created a way to have a less stressful, more inclusive, allergy-friendly (not free) experience. While Disney does their absolute best to make sure it doesn’t happen, cross-contamination can occur in even the most careful of settings. Always carry your epinephrine with you.
What to Expect at Mickey’s-Not-So Scary Halloween Party
At the party, you will be able to enjoy a night filled with trick or treating for allergy-friendly treats, riding rides for all ages, and watching fireworks and shows. Be on the lookout for the Hocus Pocus Villain Spectacular show in front of Cinderella’s Castle, featuring the notorious Sanderson sisters from the popular Disney movie Hocus Pocus. Another crowd favorite is the Boo to You Halloween Parade. (You’ll be humming that song for weeks. You’re welcome)
Here are the remaining Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween dates for 2017:
- October 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31
- November 1
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When you arrive for the party, walk up to a Cast Member and make them aware of your allergies. They will give you a teal treat bag to use; the official color for food allergy awareness. That way, when you are trick-or-treating, Cast Members will know you need a special token at each of the treat station stops. At the end of the night, you will be able to redeem your tokens at a designated Allergy-Friendly Center. One is located at Town Square Theater and the other is at the Heritage House.
Below is the exciting list of allergy-friendly treats being offered this year:
- Surf Sweets Gummy Worms
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- Craft kits: Halloween Friends Magnet Kit & Scarecrow Magnet Kit
So, are you ready for a spooktacular night of fun? Get your costumes out and prepare to eat, drink and be scary. Happy Halloween!
One last thing! If you have more room for treats the next day, drive over to Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney), and drop into Erin Mckenna’s vegan and gluten-free Bakery for every kind of melt in your mouth, lip-smacking goodness. You won’t be sorry.
Purchase tickets here: Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at the Walt Disney World Resort
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South Kitsap School District announced a magnet Spanish Immersion program at Burley Glenwood Elementary School, 100 SW Lakeway Blvd.
The school is hosting an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. June 25 for parents that may be interested in the program. The instructor, Principal Darek Grant and Superintendent Michelle Reid will be on hand to answer questions.
The Spanish Immersion program will begin in the fall with a first- grade class; a second-grade class will be added in the 2015-16 school year and an additional class will be added each year up through the sixth grade.
The students will be expected to participate in the program each year. SKSD is committed to looking at ways to provide innovative programs that challenge students and give them the tools they need to be successful. If parents and students commit to the Spanish Immersion program all six years, the students will be bi-lingual and bi-literate and gain an appreciation and understanding of another culture.
Research shows that the best time to learn a new language is prior to age twelve. Research also shows that math, music and language skills enhance academic skills.
For more information, contact the district office a 360-874-7000 or visit www.skitsap.wednet.edu and click on Innovative Programs.
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This CE activity is approved by EMS World Magazine, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) for 1 CEU. To take the CE test that accompanies this article, go to www.rapidce.com to take the test and immediately receive your CE credit. Questions? E-mail editor@EMSWorld.com.
- Review oxygen absorption and consumption physiology
- Introduce complications including oxygen toxicity, absorbative atelectasis and carbon dioxide narcosis
- Explain unique situations of oxygen toxicity in hyperbaric medicine and neonatology
- Identify techniques to prevent complications
Oxygen is an essential tool in prehospital care and the most commonly administered drug in the out-of-hospital setting. Prehospital providers administer oxygen to correct hypoxemia and hypoxia, and also as an adjunctive treatment in pain management. When administered, oxygen can decrease both the work of breathing and myocardial workload. However, like all drugs, oxygen has side effects. Used incorrectly, oxygen can cause serious harm.
Adequate oxygen delivery and absorption is essential for proper function at the cellular, tissue and organ levels. The body tolerates inadequate oxygen availability for a short period; however, when demand exceeds oxygen availability for greater than a few minutes, hypoxia will develop, leading to cellular and organ dysfunction, including eventual cellular death.
When a breath is taken or artificial ventilation is delivered, air passes through the mouth and the trachea entering the respiratory system. The tracheobronchial tree first divides at the carina; there are a total of 23 divisions in each branch before finally reaching the alveoli. Air that does not pass though all 23 divisions does not participate in gas exchange and constitutes the “dead space.” Gas exchange occurs when air reaches the alveoli; oxygen diffuses into the bloodstream while carbon dioxide diffuses from the bloodstream into the alveoli. Recall from the EMS classroom that both oxygen (~21%) and carbon dioxide (\< 1%) make up only a small percentage of the air we breathe. By far, nitrogen makes up the majority of the air at nearly 79%. This nitrogen is actually quite important to oxygen absorption, for nitrogen is not as easily absorbed by the body and is the primary gas that creates the pressure inside the alveoli which allows it to stay inflated. Alveoli experiencing atelectasis are not inflated and do not participate in oxygen or carbon dioxide exchange. Pulmonary surfactant, excreted by alveolar cells, coats the alveoli, making it easier to remain open.
It is possible to measure the amount of oxygen absorbed by the body. The majority of the body’s oxygen is attached to hemoglobin as oxyhemoglobin and is measured via arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2). Pulse oximetry (SpO2) is very similar but cannot distinguish between oxygen and carbon monoxide attached to hemoglobin. In prehospital care, in the absence of suspected carbon monoxide cases, SpO2 and SaO2 should be essentially the same. Normally less than 5% of oxygen available in the bloodstream is not attached to hemoglobin; rather it is dissolved in the plasma. This dissolved oxygen is measured as the pressure of arterial oxygen, called PaO2, and is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). A normal PaO2 is 80–100 mm Hg but can decrease to as little as 60 mm Hg without significant clinical symptoms. Under normal conditions, a PaO2 of 60 mm Hg is associated with a SpO2 of 90%. When supplemental oxygen is administered, more and more oxygen is dissolved into the bloodstream increasing the PaO2. There is no maximum PaO2 value when supplemental oxygen is applied.
Oxygen consumption, abbreviated VO2, is the total amount of oxygen used by the body and is determined by oxygen demand, oxygen availability, and the body’s ability to extract oxygen from hemoglobin and plasma. The inability to extract oxygen from hemoglobin occurs in sickle-cell anemia and other similar conditions, but is otherwise beyond the scope of this article. For more information on anemia, review the previous EMS World CE articles.
Unfortunately it is not possible to precisely measure cellular oxygen demand. However it is well understood that oxygen demand increases when the body is stressed, such as during serious injury or illness, following surgery, due to infection and while experiencing pain and/or anxiety. Oxygen demand decreases whenever metabolism slows; this is one reason why patients are cooled following cardiac arrest. More information on the benefits of therapeutic hypothermia will be in a CE article later this year.
Cellular oxygen consumption depends on an adequate oxygen supply. Cells do not function as effectively when oxygen supplies become inadequate because the cells must then shift to anaerobic metabolism. Anaerobic metabolism creates a cellular oxygen debt, which exacerbates tissue dysfunction and hypoxia. Clinically there are several signs and symptoms of oxygen debt, including: anxiety, shortness of breath, tachypnea, tachycardia, hypertension, confusion and cyanosis (late).2
Some progressive EMS systems have begun carrying an iSTAT, which allows paramedics to determine certain lab values. Two of these, lactic acid and pH, can help identify an oxygen debt. In anaerobic metabolism, which occurs when cells are hypoxic, the metabolism byproduct lactic acid rises significantly. The consequence of a rising lactic is a decline in pH, which is why over time anaerobic metabolism leads to the development of a metabolic acidosis. When capable, determine a lactic acid level as well as a pH; lactic acid is considered elevated at levels exceeding 2.2 mm/L, and a pH consistent with acidosis is \
Not surprisingly, cells function poorly in low oxygen environments, and extremely efficiently in oxygen-rich environments. As oxygen availability increases, cellular function increases until they are functioning at full capacity. Essentially, the more oxygen that is available, the better the cell functions. However, there is a point of oxygen administration where additional oxygen does not provide any additional benefit, and over time this supplemental oxygen can become harmful.
The point at which additional oxygen is unnecessary can be estimated in the prehospital setting. To begin, administer supplemental oxygen to restore a normal SpO2, which the American Heart Association currently recommends as at least 94%.3 Once SpO2 is normal, slowly decrease the amount of oxygen being administered and identify the lowest oxygen delivery rate that maintains SpO2 at 94%.1 When a patient can maintain an SpO2 of 94% on room air, supplemental oxygen is generally unnecessary.3
In the hospital setting, cellular oxygen consumption is determined by comparing oxygen content in the arteries and veins. The difference between the two is the amount of oxygen the body takes from the blood for use. These blood draws are referred to as arterial and venous blood gasses respectively.
There is a reason to go through all of this information about what happens to the cells in a hypoxic environment, and how to determine how much oxygen to give to patients. Supplemental oxygen is needed to prevent hypoxia and keep cells functioning properly. However, during normal cellular metabolism oxygen is systematically changed and an O2- molecule is produced as a byproduct, which is oxygen with an extra negatively charged electron. This oxygen molecule is considered a free radical “toxic” molecule because it has the ability to damage cell membranes. Normally the body avoids damage from these toxic oxygen molecules because enzymes within each cell are produced that quickly destroy the “toxic” oxygen molecule.4 However, these enzymes are produced at a fixed rate that does not increase when metabolism (oxygen consumption) increases.
Complications of Oxygen Delivery
Like every other drug, oxygen administration has complications. Common complications include skin irritation and breakdown as well as a drying of the mucous membranes. Less common but more serious complications include oxygen toxicity, absorbative atelectasis and carbon dioxide narcosis.
The most common complications are a consequence of the delivery systems. Plastic systems, oxygen masks and nasal cannulas are used, and all of these devices are skin irritants which can cause significant skin irritation and breakdown when used long term. Patients who are on long-term oxygen systems often try to prevent skin irritation by padding their delivery systems, such as by padding their nasal cannula behind the ears with nasal tissues. Other common areas of skin breakdown are across the bridge of the nose and beneath the nares.
Typically oxygen systems deliver oxygen that has nearly zero moisture content. When this oxygen passes through the mucous membranes in the mouth and nose, it is humidified by pulling moisture from the mucous membranes so it is humid by the time it reaches the alveoli. While this protects the alveoli and bronchioles, the nasal and oral mucous membranes quickly dry out. Dry mucous membranes lose their ability to humidify the air we breathe and also become uncomfortable. Applying oxygen via a humidifier can help prevent this from occurring.
Recall from earlier in this article that under high oxygen environments, cells metabolize oxygen more quickly. This is because there is an increased pressure from the dissolved oxygen, the PaO2, forcing oxygen into the cell, thereby increasing oxygen consumption and the production of the toxic oxygen molecule byproduct O2-. Since production of the enzyme to eliminate O2- is fixed, the toxic molecules build up over time.4 After roughly 24 hours of this oxygen-rich environment, enough toxic molecules accumulate to clinically see evidence of cellular damage.1
An oxygen-rich environment is determined by looking at how much oxygen a patient receives. Delivering less than 60% oxygen to otherwise healthy lungs is generally considered a low oxygen delivery rate and typically is not associated with the development of clinical oxygen toxicity. However, diseased or injured lungs have been shown to develop symptoms of oxygen toxicity when receiving 50% oxygen or more.4
An early result of oxygen toxicity is capillary leakage, which leads to edema throughout the body, particularly pulmonary edema. Pulmonary edema generally appears first and when untreated can lead to acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).1 Central nervous system symptoms include altered mental status, respiratory depression and seizures. When awake, some patients also experience visual and auditory disturbances.
Oxygen toxicity has been well documented since the early 1900s and still today remains clinically significant for patients on ventilator support, premature infants and patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen treatment.4 A detailed discussion of ventilator management is beyond the scope of this article. However, EMS is seeing a rise in patients being managed with hyperbaric oxygen and newborns are regularly born outside of the hospital setting.
Toxicity in Hyperbaric Medicine
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is an important tool in modern medicine for management in a variety of situations including diving emergencies, wound management and carbon monoxide toxicity. Regardless of what hyperbaric medicine is being used to manage, its goal is to increase oxygen availability to organ tissues by increasing oxygen dissolved in the plasma through an increase in the atmospheric pressure. To illustrate this, administering 100% oxygen at sea level, or 1 atmospheric pressure, can produce a maximum PaO2 of 510 mm Hg. By increasing the environment to 3 atmospheric pressures, PaO2 can be increased to 1,530 mm Hg.4 This increase speeds healing by allowing tissues to have increased oxygen available for metabolism. Specifically in diving-related emergencies, hyperbaric medicine compresses nitrogen bubbles that may have formed in the patient’s body tissues to allow the body to more easily eliminate nitrogen that may cause pain (i.e., the bends) and emboli.
While hyperbaric oxygen has true benefits, there are legitimate dangers to its utilization as well. As stated above, hyperbaric oxygen increases oxygen available at the tissue level. Also recall from earlier that the more oxygen available, the faster the cell will metabolize oxygen, and over time this can lead to an accumulation of free oxygen radicals. At normal atmospheric pressures (1 atmosphere) this takes 12 to 16 hours of constant 100% oxygen exposure; this timeframe is reduced to 3 to 6 hours at 2 atmospheres.4 This is significant because the same valuable treatments can become dangerous; thus the utilization of hyperbaric oxygen must be closely monitored and controlled.
Neonatal Oxygen Administration
A host of changes occur during and shortly after the birth of a neonate. The neonate’s fetal hemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult hemoglobin, which allows them to tolerate lower measured oxygen levels better.4 In reality, measured blood gasses are quite different for the neonate than in the adult and the normal blood gasses are summarized in Table I. The most significant numbers for EMS providers to note are that the neonate’s normal SaO2 and PO2 are much lower than normal adult values. Healthy neonates tolerate these low values well and transition to adult values within about a week.4
Administering supplemental oxygen to neonatal patients has been common, particularly during resuscitation. However, supplemental oxygen can bring the neonate’s oxygen levels well beyond their established normal levels; one of the side effects of this is vascular constriction. This vascular constriction can cause a temporary loss of blood flow in the neonatal retina, leading to long-term vision problems. This occurs in addition to traditional oxygen toxicity, which is also a risk for the neonate because they are not capable of managing increased PO2 levels as well as an adult.4
In response to this risk, and based on fairly recently published data that showed neonates resuscitated with room air had a higher survivability than those resuscitated with 100% oxygen, the American Heart Association changed their recommendations in regards to oxygen administration during neonatal resuscitation. Immediate 100% oxygen is no longer recommended. Instead, they suggest initiating resuscitation with room air, and only administer oxygen if the neonate’s heart rate stays 60 after 90 seconds of resuscitation. Once it’s administered, continue administering oxygen until the heart rate normalizes.5
Not all alveoli are used on a minute-to-minute basis. For example, when resting and sleeping fairly shallow breaths are taken and only a fraction of the body’s alveoli participate in gas exchange. When exercising more oxygen is needed so deeper breaths are taken to increase the volume of air inhaled, and thus more alveoli participate in gas exchange.
As mentioned earlier, nitrogen helps create pressure inside the lungs to keep alveoli propped open because nitrogen does not easily pass though the alveolar membranes. Inactive alveoli, which are those not being ventilated with the average resting breath, contract and have a reduced air volume. However, some nitrogen still remains in these alveoli to keep them open and ready for use.
When supplemental oxygen is administered, less nitrogen is inhaled. At 50% oxygen, there is still roughly 50% nitrogen in inhaled air. However, once greater than 50% oxygen is delivered, oxygen replaces nitrogen as the primary gas in the lungs. The term for this is nitrogen washout, because the oxygen literally pushes out the nitrogen over time. Complete nitrogen washout takes 15 minutes when breathing 100% oxygen.
With the nitrogen washed out, the gas helping keep alveoli inflated is eliminated and alveoli begin to collapse. Absorbative atelectasis, also called denitrogenation absorption atelectasis, is the collapse of the alveoli due to the loss of the partial pressure of nitrogen within the lungs.4 Thus at higher oxygen levels fewer alveoli are available to participate in gas exchange.
Absorbative atelectasis has clinically significant applications for prehospital providers. It is difficult to identify when absorbative atelectasis has occurred since the only sign is a decreased inspiratory volume. However, there are clues that it may be taking place. Patients who are breathing spontaneously may complain of increased shortness of breath or anxiety when oxygen levels are increased. Another clue may be that an increased ventilator rate is needed when delivering 100% oxygen compared to when using lower oxygen levels. While these subtle changes are unlikely to be noticed during short transports, providers whose systems include longer transport times (greater than 30 minutes), and those who participate in interfacility transports, may observe these changes, indicating a need to decrease oxygen delivery rates.
Carbon Dioxide Narcosis/Oxygen-Induced Hypercapnia
Chemoreceptors are discussed in both EMT and paramedic classes. Peripheral chemoreceptors, located in the carotid arteries and the aortic arch, are sensitive to oxygen changes and trigger breaths when PaO2 drops below 60 mm Hg. Central chemoreceptors have primary control over breathing and are located in the medulla of the brain and bathed in cerebral spinal fluid. When the CO2 levels rise, hydrogen ion levels rise, causing a pH decrease, and the brain’s respiratory center is triggered to “blow off” carbon dioxide via respiration. In patients with chronically high CO2 levels and low PaO2 levels, such as patients with advanced COPD, the central chemoreceptors can become desensitized because their pH is persistently low due to excessive hydrogen ions in their cerebral spinal fluid. When this occurs, their respirations are triggered, in theory, by peripheral chemoreceptors sensing hypoxia.2
Patients who have chronic ventilatory failure, defined as a chronically increased PaCO2 exceeding 50 mm Hg and decreased PaO2 below 55 mm Hg, need oxygen when their oxygen levels fall below the patient’s established baseline.4 They also need titrated oxygen when they present in respiratory distress. A recent synopsis of research on patients experiencing an exacerbation of COPD found that 45 minutes of prehospital-administered high-flow oxygen (8 liters per minute) increased patient mortality. The research found decreased mortality when SpO2 was maintained between 88%–92% using titrated oxygen via nasal cannula alone instead of high-flow oxygen and led to recommendations of avoiding high-flow oxygen during prehospital care of patients with advanced COPD.6,7
On occasion, a relatively rare condition known as oxygen-induced hypercapnia can develop in these patients, which results from oxygen administration. When oxygen is administered for an extended period (hours to days) the patient’s already high carbon dioxide levels rise even further, which leads to lethargy and slow and shallow breathing. Without intervention, respiratory arrest develops. Although the exact mechanism for oxygen-induced hypercapnia is not clearly known, it is thought to be a combination of the suppression of the theoretical hypoxic drive as well as an oxygen-induced pulmonary perfusion mismatch.2 Other texts suggest that when oxygen is applied to the asymptomatic patient with a history of an advanced COPD, their lungs are exposed to an increased oxygen saturation. The body quickly recognizes that it can maintain the same PaO2 without having to work as hard, and over time the body adjusts to the alveolar oxygen levels to maintain their arterial oxygen levels as their baseline. The net result of this can be a decreased respiratory rate.4
The well documented and clinically important piece of this condition is that oxygen-induced hypercapnia most commonly occurs in otherwise asymptomatic, relaxed and unstimulated patients, such as a patient who is sleeping. It does not occur in patients with acute respiratory distress, who often are experiencing a catecholamine release stimulating increased respiratory and circulatory rates.2
Clinical symptoms of oxygen-induced hypercapnia include a rising CO2 level, which can be measured with a side-stream CO2 device, altered mental status including confusion, complaints of headaches, and a somnolent appearance.1
Prevention of Complications
Preventing complications from oxygen administration is fairly straightforward. To start, whenever possible, pad the straps and tubing of oxygen delivery systems, particularly on patients who receive oxygen long term. Also, consider increasing the use of humidified oxygen to prevent drying out mucous membranes. Oxygen humidifiers are inexpensive and greatly increase patient comfort. Also, elevating a patient’s head and chest at least 30 degrees promotes lung expansion and helps prevent aspiration.
Never withhold oxygen from patients who are in respiratory distress or hypoxic. Oxygen is truly a lifesaving drug. During major resuscitations, such as cardiac arrest and major traumas, 100% oxygen is indicated. However, for most all other patients, consider limiting oxygen to maintain SpO2 in the 90%–95% range; this also keeps the PaO2 above 60 mm Hg.1 Research has consistently shown that oxygen’s maximum benefit is obtained when delivered in the 22%–50% range4, and its benefit is limited after 6 hours of administration.3
Neonatal patient management requires special consideration. Whenever possible, utilize room air when initiating resuscitation. Only administer oxygen when the neonate remains bradycardic after 90 seconds of resuscitation efforts.5
The administration of oxygen is safe and effective for patients who are in respiratory distress or who are hypoxic. Never feel that oxygen needs to be withheld. However, keep in mind that there are real consequences to the long term utilization of high-flow oxygen. To help prevent potential complications from oxygen administration, reach for the nasal cannula before the non-rebreather mask, and apply just enough oxygen to maintain normal saturations.
1. Morton PG, et al, eds., Critical Care Nursing, a Holistic Approach, 8th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
2. Des Jardins T, Burton GG. Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease, 5th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier, 2006.
3. O’Connor RE, et al. Acute Coronary Syndromes: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation 122: S787–817, 2010.
4. Shapiro BA, et al. Clinical Application of Blood Gases, 5th Edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier, 1994.
5. Kattwinkel J, et al, Neonatal Resuscitation: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation 122: S909–S919, 2010.
6. Ntoumenopolus G. Using titrated oxygen instead of high flow oxygen during an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) saves lives. J Physiother 57(1):55, 2011.
7. Austin MA, et al. Effect of high flow oxygen on mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in prehospital setting: randomized controlled trial. BMJ 341: c5462, 2010.
Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT, is an educator, e-learning content developer and author of numerous articles and textbook chapters. He is also the performance improvement coordinator for Vitalink/Airlink in Wilmington, NC, and a lead instructor for Wilderness Medical Associates. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Sean M. Kivlehan, MD, MPH, NREMT-P, is an emergency medicine resident at the University of California San Francisco and a former New York City paramedic for 10 years. Contact him at email@example.com.
Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P, is the EMS education manager for the San Francisco Paramedic Association in San Francisco, CA. Scott has worked on numerous publications as an editor, contributing author and author, and enjoys presenting on both clinical and EMS educator topics. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Thousands of students and parents gathered in Valencia yesterday to protest against budget cuts in education and violence with which the police dispersed another rally on the eve of students.
Clashes erupted between police and students Monday during a demonstration in this city, where they multiply protests against budget cuts affecting education and the problems of defaults that deprive some schools of heating after the regional government, short liquidity, not pay the bills.
The incidents, which caused several injuries, lasted until late at night. There were 25 people arrested.
Thanks funnychannel4u for the video.
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Ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has stripped the UK of its top AAA credit rating following Friday's vote to leave the European Union.
S&P downgraded Britain's sovereign rating by two notches, from AAA to AA, the Associated Press reports.
The ratings agency described the vote to leave the EU as a "seminal event" that "will lead to a less predictable, stable and effective policy framework in the UK".
S&P is also keeping a negative outlook on the rating, which means it could downgrade the country even further.
The downgrading has been called "historic" and "worse than (the) financial crisis" by some experts.
S&P added in a report published on Monday that the outlook reflects the risk to the economy and public finances, as well as the pound's role as an international reserve currency.
It also cited "risks to the constitutional and economic integrity of the UK" as Scotland's strong vote to remain in the EU could raise the prospect of another referendum on Scottish independence.
It comes as the pound continued to struggle following Friday's record crash which saw sterling hit a 31-year low.
George Osborne gave a speech on Monday in a bid to calm the market turmoil that spread globally after Britain voted to leave the EU.
He said it would “not be plain sailing” for the British economy.
He said his emergency Brexit budget, predicted before the referendum, would not be necessary until the UK formally applied to leave the EU, which is expected when the new prime minister is in office in the autumn.
The FTSE 100 performed better than expected on Monday morning, falling by 0.46% after Osborne’s speech before the markets opened.
London’s premier index dropped 24.75 points to 6,114, a vast improvement on the collapse on Friday.
Trading in the shares of two banks fell by so much the trading had to be suspended.
Barclays share price fell by 10.3%and RBS by 15%, triggering an automatic stop on trading to allow them to recover from the downward spiral.
Shares in housebuilders also took a dive, with both Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon slumping. Foxtons, which issued a Brexit profit warning, plunged 17%.
EasyJet also fell by 14%, following a statement saying it will take a £28 million hit following two months of turbulence, adding that Brexit would have a negative impact on the airline.
Tony Cross, market analyst at Trustnet Direct, said: “That profit warning from Foxtons is doing the wider sector no favours.
"The biggest faller in early trade however is easyJet, with a profit warning having been issued by the airline, highlighting the damaging effects of a plummeting pound and the accompanying economic uncertainty.
“There’s still an awful lot of questions that need to be answered as to what happens next and until we see some clarity here, the volatility is likely to continue.”
On Friday credit ratings agency Moody’s bumped the UK’s bond rating from stable to negative.
Moody’s said that Britain would face substantial challenges in order to successfully negotiate its exit from the EU.
“During the several years in which the UK will have to renegotiate its trade relations with the EU, Moody’s expects heightened uncertainty, diminished confidence and lower spending and investment to result in weaker growth,” the agency said.
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A former education minister will lodge a formal complaint against the "incompetence" of Sussex police today after the force investigated him for racist abuse against a constituent who he accused of self- serving "bollocks".
Tim Loughton, who was children's minister until the September reshuffle, was questioned by police after a constituent of his was described as "unkempt".
The man claimed that as he was of Romany Gypsy origin the MPs words were a "grossly offensive" racist attack.
The East Worthing and Shoreham MP told the Commons on Wednesday evening that the man had spent years making his life "hell" and the accusations of racism were unfounded.
Loughton said the man had approached him in person, in offensive phone calls, tweets and blog posts and accused him of being "an arrogant, lying, racist arsehead" and "an effing Nazi".
Loughton told MPs that the man's behaviour had reduced a former member of staff to tears when she was heavily pregnant while another constituent is suffering mental health problems as a result of the man's behaviour towards him.
The MP said that after prolonged abuse he had told his constituent to stop pursuing self- serving "bollocks" - a word the Speaker of the Commons had given Loughton special permission to use.
Loughton said that following his response he was then subjected to a police investigation which flew in the face of "common sense" and as a result of the "intensive, and intensively wasteful, use of police resources" he was making a formal complaint against his local police force.
He attacked the "incompetence with which it was handled by the police, and the failure of the chief constable of Sussex to exercise a modicum of common sense and instead support the system."
Loughton said while the majority of his constituents were appreciated, he had decided to "sack" this particular one due to his behaviour.
"A very few think they have a divine right to be gratuitously rude to MPs or other figures in the public eye, and some think they can be offensive because of their own political allegiances," he said.
"He is a serial complainer with more chips on his shoulder than McCain’s, and as someone who does not work and is on benefits, he has too much time on his hands, as well."
Loughton added: "I personally resent any suggestion that I am racist. Racism is an insidious cancer against which I have always fought. Equally insidious, though, are the forces of political correctness that seem to have been brought to bear in this instance, which can do so much damage to good race relations and social harmony and which too often triumph over common sense."
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Upon starting this course, I knew very little about the use of technology in the classroom. I originally had some reservations about its effectiveness. I assumed that it would be difficult to ensure all students are on task. However, we discovered many online resources and websites that are engaging to students and easy for the teacher to monitor. A lot of the online lessons we created were easy to make and could easily be implemented in the classroom. Allowing access to visuals and study tools ensures that students actually learn and understand the material, as most people are visual learners. With the increase access to technology in the classroom, we should take advantage of this resource to diversify our curriculum. From this course, I feel like I have become a tech savvy teacher. Before, I didn’t even know how to embed videos into Google slides. I hadn’t realized just how easy most of the Google resources are to use. Now I have many lessons I can incorporate in my future classroom.
I thought that it was important that this class was project based instead of essay driven. It was more effective to learn how to use these websites through trial and error. We got 15 different lessons and ideas we can implement in our own classrooms. This is a lot more helpful than solely essays. It made the class much more engaging and I personally felt more likely to do my best work. I felt that all the projects we completed had a purpose, it wasn’t just busy work. This is something that I will take into account in my own classroom. I want students to enjoy and be actively engaged in what we are doing. I will make sure to assign lessons that are meaningful so that their motivation does not diminish.
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American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 4277 Scholarship
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 4277 Scholarship was established in 2013 and funded by matching grants from the AFT Local 4277 (American Federation of Teachers) Thomas Edison State University and its senior organization, the Council of New Jersey State College Locals, AFT/AFL-CIO. AFT Local 4277 is comprised of the professional staff employees of Thomas Edison State University. This scholarship is awarded to New Jersey residents who are active union members and currently enrolled in or seeking enrollment in a graduate program at Thomas Edison State University.
Eligibility Criteria: To be eligible for this scholarship, the student must meet the following:
- Academic Level: Graduate
- Enrollment Status: Applicant or Enrolled
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- New Jersey resident
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For more information on determining whether you are eligible for this scholarship, contact the University Scholarship Committee at firstname.lastname@example.org .
Award Criteria: To be considered for an award, the student must meet the following:
- Meet all eligibility criteria described on the respective scholarship's webpage.
- Submit a completed Thomas Edison State University Scholarship Application during the application period.
- Have applied for federal and State (NJ residents only) financial aid through the FAFSA and the Thomas Edison State University Financial Aid Application.
- Submit any required supplemental documentation before the end of the application period.
Students enrolled with the University at the time of scholarship application must have:
- Completed a minimum of 12 Thomas Edison State University credits, with at least six hours being from Online or Guided Study courses.
- A minimum Thomas Edison State University GPA of 3.0 at the time of application.
- Successfully completed a minimum of 66 percent of courses attempted at Thomas Edison State University. Incompletes, withdrawals, and failed classes do not count as completed credits.
Students admitted to the University but not enrolled at the time of scholarship application (Applicants):
- May have completed 0-11 Thomas Edison State University credits by any credit earning method.
- Have a minimum Thomas Edison State University GPA of 3.0 in any credits completed.
Supplemental Documentation Required
- Submit a copy of the applicant's current New Jersey Driver's License, Voter Registration Card, or other suitable documentation verifying New Jersey residency.
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Submit supplemental documentation by email (preferred), fax, or mail to:
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Should you have questions about our scholarships, please email the Scholarship Committee.
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This is a 3D printed mask based on Immortan Joe from Mad Max Fury Road. The material is ABS. Hand painted by my Art Student Daughter and detailed. Hand laid Leather Overlay with Brass hand hammered plating. The rivets used were from World War II P51 Mustangs from a cache that my father had. Hoses are from an old SCUBA system. With a 2 straps to hold it on, there is a material filter inside to allow easy breathing.
Ranger Sequoia Pistol
This is a 3D printed pistol from the Fallout Series. Hand painted by my Daughter and detailed. Used at the Wasteland Weekend Event in California.
Misc Printed Items
3D printed Mini Drone Frame
Custom designed Radio Mounts for Polaris RZR with custom Roll Bar
Autocad Design 123
3D Prints for an N-Scale Trainset
3D printer used for nosecones, interstages,
Engine Cones. Laser used to cut Decals, Fins and create Engine Mounts.
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Wisconsin offers gardeners a choice of six USDA Plant Hardiness Zones. Minimum winter temperatures range from minus-15 degrees Fahrenheit along Lake Michigan to minus-40 degrees in northern Wisconsin. Finding fruit trees hardy enough for Wisconsin's milder winter conditions, however, is reasonably easy. With adequate protection from spring frosts, these trees actually thrive in the Badger State's cool summers.
Forty-six of Wisconsin's 72 counties have commercial apple orchards, according to the Wisconsin Apple Growers Association. After a long period of trial and error, the state's apple growers have learned which trees can tolerate Wisconsin's winters and short growing season. Apple harvest extends from mid-August to late October.
Varieties suitable for both southern and northern Wisconsin include early ripening Lodi, good for pies and sauce, and Jerseymac, an eating apple. Midseason apples are McIntosh, Wisconsin's best-selling apple, and Cortland, another good eating variety. Late-season harvest trees hardy throughout the state are Regent and Empire, with red fruit that ripens in October.
Choose at least two compatible dwarf cultivar trees for your garden, advises the University of Wisconsin Extension. Apple trees need cross-pollination in order to produce fruit. Using dwarf trees from reputable vendors will save space, reduce the risk of disease and ensure an easy harvest.
Pear trees in Wisconsin often lose their fruit crops to spring frost, cautions the University of Wisconsin Extension. A handful of cultivars, however, will tolerate winters in Wisconsin's Zones 4b and 5, in the southern half of the state and along a tiny strip of Bayfield and Douglas Counties on Lake Superior. Plant at least two cultivars to provide cross-pollination.
Look for trees resistant to fire blight and plant them between 200 and 350 square feet for best fruit production. Pick the fruit while still firm and yellowish-green, and ripen it at 50 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Suitable pear varieties for both northern and southern Wisconsin include August-harvested Parker, Luscious, Patten and Gourmet.
Tart cherries, says the University of Wisconsin Extension, are stone fruit trees reliable enough to perform in Wisconsin's climate. Choose a variety that doesn't need cross-pollination. Protect or harvest the fruit before birds can eat it. North Star is a small tree and the hardiest of all tart cherries. Its small cherries ripen by mid-July. Meteor's larger fruit ripens about 10 days later.
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On Sunday I decided I was going to Island hop over to Oahu and check out the historical Pearl Harbor. I was able to snag an Hawaiian Air 7am flight for $29!! I also was able to grab a Southwest flight back to Maui.
My day started early, I had to take my rental car and fill it with gas before returning it for the trip. I got to the airport around 6am for the 7am flight. The airport at that hour is all inter-island hopping folks. There wasnt a single person in line at TSA when I got there, it was awesome. Made it to the gate nice and early, so early in fact that two other flights boarded and left in that hour before my flight!
The flight from Maui to Honolulu was a quick 25 minutes. On the flight they served snack-size juice or water in prepackaged containers. They immediately collected the trash and we landed.
I rented a car from National for today. Since I am Executive level with them I was able to pick any car I wanted, and selected a Mini Cooper convertible. I thought, yes, a convertible!! I kept the top up in the garage thinking I would pull over once I got out and put the top down, but when I drove out of the garage the rain started. I was so bummed. I thought “I only have this car for a few hours and its raining!”
I headed the 8 minutes to the Pearl Harbor memorial. I had read online that the tickets before 11am were first come, first serve. I got there around 820. I was excited to take my SLR camera with me and get some good shots. I put it in my backpack along with my water bottle and headed to the entrance. Security stopped everyone with any sort of bag bigger than a CD. You had to bag check everything. Sadly, because it was still raining at that point, I choose not to bring the Nikon in. I checked my bag and entered. I was handed a ticket for 845am for the movie and boat ride out to the Arizona.
I bought a poncho and the audio guide as well. The movie is a brief history of the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the movie you board a boat and head out to the Arizona. Normally you get to get off at the memorial, but due to some damage at the dock, it is currently closed. Instead, the boat moves slowly next to the wreckage heads towards the Missouri, turns and moves slowly next to it so each side of the boat can see the memorial and wreckage. They ask you to stay quiet and respect the memorial – I would say half the passengers on the boat actually remained quiet. None of them were American, so I am guessing it was a language barrier that had not been crossed to get the silence message.
After the boat ride, I continued walking through the park. So much history surrounded the location and the Naval vessels still in the harbor. I stopped and read and listened to every board of information. I headed to the bus line to head to the Missouri. You cross through the active Joint Base to get to the dock where the Missouri is currently housed. Fun fact: the Missouri is no longer owned by the US Government, instead a private non-profit owns and maintains it. You are not allowed to have cameras out on the drive from the Pearl Harbor memorial park to the Missouri.
Once at the Missouri you have a to buy a ticket in order to board the ship. It was like $30 – but that came with a 35 minute tour and historical context. I bought the ticket that also came with a discounted Bowfin ticket. I boarded the ship and waited a few minutes for the tour to start. My tour guide Jacob was a young guy, I would have guessed like 20, but turns out he was 32!! On this tour I learned that this was the last Battleship commissioned for the US Navy. It was also where WWII ended! The Japanese officially surrendered on board here!
After the Missouri I hopped back on the bus and headed back to the Pearl Harbor Memorial park. I headed over to the Bowfin submarine and was given another headset to get an audio guided tour. Touring the Bowfin really gave me some respect for Sailors. They live in some of the tightest quarters and somehow can stay sane.
After I walked off the Bowfin I headed to the museum because I heard there was a Styrofoam cup that showed what the pressure of being down 500 feet did to objects.
At this point its about 2pm and I was starving!! So I put the top down on the Mini Cooper rental car and headed over to the Spaghetti Factory! Its my favorite place. I think mostly because of the family ties and the memories of the family going to eat at the beach at the Newport Beach location every summer. I got my usual brown butter and Mizithra. I was able to enjoy my book (Becoming by Michelle Obama) and my food over the next hour.
After my lunch I went back to my car and headed to Diamond Head Park. It was only about a 20 minute drive from downtown – on the one little interstate they have. Ok, so its not that little – but why does Hawaii have an interstate? It doesnt go to another state?! I didnt do much reading up on Diamond Head – other than it could take like 45 minutes to hike up to the top. I figured it would be a good way to end the day. Another thing I read was that parking isnt free, if you want you can park on the street.
I arrived at Diamond Head and was on the driveway into the park when I noticed a spot that didnt have any signs about paying anything. I grabbed and noticed a group of people walking through the tunnel to get to the park. I left everything in the car but my wallet and headed into the park. Little did I realize I had about a half a mile walk to get to the park entrance and another quarter mile to get to the start of the hike. It cost $1 to hike – and of course – I had no singles. In fact, I only had a $100 bill. There was a sign that said “No Bills Over $20.” I thought for sure I would be turned away, but the lady manning the booth was amazing – she said since it was just me, it was fine to walk on in!! Woohoo!!
The path starts out all paved, handicap accessible. It was cool!! It doesnt last though – maybe about a mile of the hike – then it because rough travel. There are a lot of stairs and a lot of switch backs. So many stairs!! At this point I was really starting to question if this could only take 45 minutes. I had only 1.5 hours for the whole thing or I could miss my flight back to Maui. I continued to the hike (like really hiking up, via stairs but lots of them!) I had to stop and take a break at the lookout – ya know a rest with a view!!
I headed back onto the trail and continued to the hit the stairs. Im not sure I can say this enough but SO.MANY.STAIRS. When I got to the top of the hike, there was a wonderful breeze and a beautiful view!! And…..it only took me 38 minutes!! Seemed longer, but only 38!! I took in the views, enjoyed the breeze, snagged some selfies and headed back down.
I got to the bottom in 18 minutes! And I wasnt even trying – but going down stairs is less stressful on the lungs! I was able to get back to my car and head to the airport. Because the hike was so quick, I was early to the airport. My flight was at 730pm and I got to the airport around 615. I was flying Southwest back – and it was their inagural day of flights from Honolulu to Maui. We didnt get anything special – but the earlier flights of the day did. I enjoyed my 20 minute flight with my little cup of sealed water and pretzels.
I grabbed an Uber when I got back to Maui and headed to the hotel. My Uber drive was great – gave me coupons for the Aquarium that I gave my cousins and a coupon for a restaurant – we didnt end up using, but it was the thought that counts!
It was a long, eventful day – and worth every minute of it!!
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Asset Liability Management – Other ALM Tools and Applications –
This section reviews the following Asset Liability Management (ALM) tools
- Price Sensitive Gap
- Liability Gap
- Net Interest Income (NII) at Risk
- Duration Gap Analysis
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Price Sensitive Gap
Under this methodology the impact on the economic value of balances sheet items are evaluated based on shifts in a given term structure.
Step 1: Slot each asset and liability item of the balance sheet into their respective maturity bucket.
Step2: Calculate the marked to market value of each item on the revaluation date. This is will be denoted as the initial market value.
Step3: Recalculate a new marked to market value assuming shifts in the underlying term structure.
Step4: Calculate the difference between the initial and new market values (and the % change in the market value) to assess the gain or loss resulting from a shift in the term structure.
This approach evaluates the liquidity gap and assesses the overall concentration of assets and liabilities across the maturity buckets.
The methodology followed is similar to rate sensitive gap however here the focus is on liquid assets and liabilities rather than rate sensitive assets and liabilities.
Net Interest Income (NII) at Risk
This report shows the impact of interest rate shocks on cumulative gaps for on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet items for different maturities as seen in the Rate Sensitive report.
Duration Gap Analysis
The vulnerability of an institution towards the adverse movements of the interest rate can be gauged by using the duration GAP analysis. This is carried out using the following procedure:
Step 1: Identify Interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities. Additionally, non – interest rate bearing items can also be included in calculation.
Step 2: Calculate the MTM value for all the rate sensitive assets.
Step 3: Calculate the MTM value for all the rate sensitive liabilities.
Step 4: Calculate the duration for each asset and liability of the on-balance sheet portfolio. This is calculated using Macaulay Duration.
Step 5: Calculate the aggregate weighted average duration of assets and liabilities.
- Weighted Average Duration of Assets (DA) = å WaDa
- Weighted Average Duration of Liabilities (DL) = å WlDl
W a = market value of the asset ‘a'(MTM) divided by market value of all the assets (Net MTM)
W l = market value of the liability ‘l'(MTM) divided by the market value of all the liabilities (Net MTM)
Da = duration of asset ‘a’
Dl = duration of liability ‘l’
Step 6: Calculate the duration GAP using the following formula:
DGAP = DA – DL * MVL/MVA
DA is the weighted average duration of assets,
DL is the weighted average duration of liabilities,
MVL is the total MTM of liabilities,
MVA is the total MTM of assets.
Step 7: Calculate the change in the market value of equity for a Di % rise in interest rates.
This is approximated using the following formula:
DMVE @ (-DGAP) * Di * MVA / (1 + y)
Di = The change in the interest rate,
y = The effective yield to maturity of all the assets.
Customer A deposits 100,000 in a bank’s one-year term deposit account that pays 10% per annum. This amount is guaranteed by the bank. At the end of the year (i.e. on 8th July 2011) the customer will receive 110,000 from the bank.
The bank invests this amount in its entirety on 8th July 2010 in coupon bearing instrument will the following characteristics:
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The bank reinvests all coupons and will send the bonds at the end of the year to meets it obligations.
As mentioned above the full amount of deposit is utilized 1079.45 units were purchased. The value of the investment (price plus reinvestment of coupon) one year down the line is 112,260. The net revenue that the bank earns if this outcome materializes is 2,279.
Let us assume now that interest rates fall by 1% this impacts the reinvestment rate of coupons as well at the YTM on which the price one year later is calculated. The value of the investment one year later is now 115,617. The net revenue that the bank earns will be 5,617, i.e. an increase in surplus of 138% over the original position.
Let us instead assume that the interest rates were to increase by 1%. Again this impacts the reinvestment rates and YTM on which the price one year later is calculated. The value of the investment one year later is now 109,231. This means there is a shortfall of 769. Surplus position has fallen 133% over the original position.
Duration matching/ immunization
We can see that the bond is very sensitive to changes in interest rates. In order to lock in the guaranteed rate of 10% over the one year period we need to select a bond with duration of 1. The duration of the 5-year bond given above is 3.79.
One alternative is to purchase and hold zero coupon bonds whose maturity coincides with the maturity of the liability payment date. Zero coupon bonds are price insensitive (or immune) to changes in rates as they mature at par on the maturity date regardless of how rates have fluctuated over the holding period. However, zero coupon bonds may have insufficient yield, so the bank may need to invest in coupon bearing bonds.
A coupon bearing bond with similar characteristics as the 5 year bond but with duration (Macaulay Duration) of 1 has a maturity of approximately 1 year and 1 month (maturity date of August 8, 2011). Investment in 979.03 units of this bond will yield an investment after one year of 112,363 in the original position, 112,348 when interest rates increase by 1% and 112,378 when interest rates decline by 1%. We can now see that there is very little variation (±1%) in the expected net revenue earned as compared to when we had the 5-year bond, i.e. the surplus is less sensitive to interest rate changes.
This bond satisfies one of the three conditions of immunization. Immunization is an investment strategy whereby the investment portfolio remains insensitive or immune to a general change in the rate of interest. The other two conditions are:
- Present value of assets greater than present values of liabilities where the present value of liabilities are calculated using the internal rate of return of the assets as the discount factor
- For this bond the IRR of assets is 12.36%. The present value of assets is 100,000 where as the present value of liabilities is 97,897.
- Dispersion of assets must be greater than the dispersion of liabilities
- Dispersion is calculated using the following formula:
The dispersion of assets (0.94) is greater than the dispersion of liabilities (0).
As we can see the bond satisfies all conditions of immunization.
Pension Funds and Insurance
The example of the zero coupon bond mentioned earlier where a quantity of zero coupon bonds are purchased whose aggregate par value at maturity as well as time to maturity equals the liability payment amount and date respectively, is an example of both immunization (as durations are exactly matched) as well as portfolio dedication (cash flow matching). In cash flow matching each and every liability cash flow is matched with an equal asset cash flow. This has the advantage of eliminating interest rate risk as asset cash flows face a much smaller or no risk of reinvestment as in the case of immunization. However as the frequency of liability payments increase it generally tends to get more costly than an immunization strategy.
Most common applications of portfolio dedication are to fund the pay-out obligations of the retired lives portion of pension funds; to fund fixed payouts for insurance company products such as structure settlements.
- The first step in bond portfolio dedication is to determine the schedule of liability payments to be funded.
- This is followed by specifying portfolio constraints such as sector, quality, issuer and lot sizes.
- An assumption regarding the reinvestment rate must also be made as it is not always possible to match the timing of payments and so excess funds need to be reinvested until the next liability payout date. It is desirable to have very little cash to reinvest each period as this reduces the reinvestment risk.
The benefit of a dedicated portfolio is not only a reduction in interest rate risk but could also lead to a reduction in the actuarial liability of the pension fund/ insurance product.
For example, for a pension fund the calculation of the actuarial liability of current retired lives is dependent on an assumed actuarial investment rate. This rate is usually set conservatively because of the unpredictability of investment performance of the fund. Conservative rates lead to an increased liability which could mean higher contributions. This could diminish both corporate cash flows and current profits for the sponsoring entity.
Through a dedicated portfolio it may be possible to fund these benefits at a higher yield than that assumed in calculating the liability. If the entity were to purchase the portfolio, the actuary could then be comfortable increasing the assumed investment rate to the yield of the dedicated portfolio. This could result in a lower actuarial liability which consequently could lead to lower current contribution requirements.
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The road to a Black Friday deal or a holiday shopping haul has gone mobile, and brands are scrambling to perfect their smartphone experiences as the season begins.
Mobile websites, apps, social media functions and more will follow consumers from inspiration to point of purchase. For retailers, the biggest hope is that their own mobile experiences will be enough to command attention, so shoppers don’t seek out competitors’ products.
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“We’re living in the mobile world now,” said Mark Ballard, head of research at marketing agency Merkle. “It’s been a long time coming, but mobile is actually making up a majority of retail traffic. That’s a big deal as we get into this weekend.”
Here’s a look at how retailers are hoping to win big with mobile shoppers at different points along the path to purchase.
Research and inspiration
Retailers are looking to social media to jumpstart holiday shopping. Target has boosted its social ad spend this season by 30 percent, and the retailer is looking to both drive purchases and attention to its retail app. Target’s using branded filters on Snapchat, Marquee ad placements on Instagram, and app-install ads and carousel ads on Facebook.
At J.Crew, its Facebook and Instagram pages have become home to the platforms’ Shop Now ads, which can turn the retailer’s suggested gifts — like Jimmy Fallon’s pocket square iPhone case — into buyable ads.
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Facebook’s Canvas mobile ads, which can drive in-app purchases thanks to few clicks and a fast load times, are being tested by Macy’s and Target to promote products and mobile purchases.
Still, it’s more research than conversion taking place on mobile. IBM data found that this holiday season, mobile sales will creep up to 36 percent, up from 34 percent in 2014, and that for the first time, mobile traffic will surpass desktop traffic between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. Mobile traffic will account for 56.9 percent of digital traffic, an increase of 17 percent over last year.
Wish lists and product searches
Since customers are seeking out information and finding products on their phones more than buying, retailers have rolled out functions to keep those products at at the top of customers’ mind.
At Walmart, wish lists created in its mobile app feature saw a 50 percent jump over last year as consumers go to their phones and save items they browse for later. The weekend of Friday, November 13, a day after Walmart’s Black Friday deals ad came out, the wish list creations saw a jump of 15 percent. Walmart is also projecting that this year, mobile will account for 75 percent of its online holiday traffic, and is hoping to see 210 million visits to its mobile app throughout the holiday season.
Target — which is projecting that 70 percent of its online traffic will stem from mobile this season — also offers a wish list function, along with Toys “R” Us.
“The best retailers are the ones that allow people to go online or on their phones, find products and inspiration, and save those in one place on their phones,” said Rob Murphy, vp of marketing at beacon network Swirl. “When you have a set group of purchases in front of you, your mind is less likely to wander to another retailer.”
Product recognition technology is another way to keep customers focused, as they enable customers to find what items they’re wishing for on the fly. At Neiman Marcus and JCPenney, in-app tools let you snap a photo of a purse, pair of shoes or other coveted product. The tool will then spit back the most similar — or sometimes, spot on — items that they carry.
Department stores and big-box retailers like Macy’s, Target and Best Buy are all using their mobile apps to help customers navigate important sales this season. Actual store layout maps are being offered by Macy’s and Target, and stores like Lord & Taylor are using push notifications to ping RetailMeNot coupons to users’ phones when they pass by products.
However, according to a Deloitte study, customers aren’t yet vying for self-help mobile technologies. When asked to select which ones they wanted to use, the top two were price checker (57 percent) and self-checkout lanes (41 percent). Twenty-one percent said none.
Swirl’s Murphy said that one of the more powerful uses of in-store mobile this season will be not in the hands of the customers, but rather, the store associates.
“Making sure the sales clerk knows how to understand mobile user information, and how to promote the company’s cross-channel capabilities, is key,” said Murphy. “They should be the ones telling you all about what the retailer is offering, whether it’s mobile apps or buy in-store, ship to home.”
Ulta Beauty is equipping its associates with consumer data via smartphones, so they can point customers who check out with their Ulta cards to products they’d like. Best Buy has enabled a way for shoppers to connect with clerks via text on their smart phones, while Staples is testing an app that lets clerks send price comparisons to customers.
As mobile becomes a growing battlefield for retailers to compete against each other, there’s always bribery. Macy’s mobile app is offering Walk In and Win, a chance for customers to win money every day they shop in a store.
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Hockey - Aim with your finger, shoot and ... SCORE!
Finger Hockey is a hockey game, a reinterpretation of the classic "Button Football".
Play against the computer or your friends.
Choose between the the best teams in the world ranking.
If anybody would like to volunteer for translation, please don't hesitate to send an email![email protected]
- 17 new countries
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Q. IS THIS FOR REAL?
A. Yes. If you place an order you will receive high-quality cannabis products delivered safely to your mailbox or front door via FedEx or UPS. We have many happy clients across Canada.
Q. AM I GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR MAKING AN ORDER?
A. We have been operating for a few years and we have never once had a client get arrested or have any police problems. We also don’t keep any incriminating long-term records. We work to ensure your safety, but remember to be discreet on your end as well.
Q. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET MY ORDER?
A. Almost all orders are shipped within 1-2 business days of receiving payment. Standard mail can take from 2-4 business days to reach you, depending on where you live. So your order should reach you within 3-6 business days of us receiving your payment. (Add another 1-2 days if you’re in a very remote area.)
Q. CAN SOMEONE TELL WHAT’S IN THE PACKAGE?
A. Our packaging is top discreet and nondescript. Everything is sent vacuum sealed and there is no smell. We use various fake return addresses, and our packages blend in with all the other mail.
Q. WHAT ABOUT LARGER ORDERS?
A. We do not ship larger amounts than those listed on our order form. We provide cannabis products for personal, recreational and for businesses as well.
Q. WILL YOU ACCEPT PERSONAL CHEQUES OR CREDIT CARDS?
A. No. We only take payments via BITCOIN, WESTERN UNION OR MONEYGRAM at the moment. OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
Q. I WANT 28 (1 OZ) GRAMS OF BUD. CAN I GET ONE GRAM OF 7 KINDS?
A. No. We do strain request limits for bud as follows:
28g = 4 strains max
56g = 8 strains max
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HELENDALE — After lights were stolen from the community park where the Eagles play their home games, Friday night's contest with Lone Pine was postponed until Saturday afternoon.
Let's just say Academy of Careers & Exploration's team was more than ready to go when Lone Pine kicked off shortly after 12:30 p.m.
ACE's Zakiah Garcia scored on the Eagles' opening drive and then the senior added two more TDs in the half to lead ACE to a comfortable 42-6 victory.
Garcia, who earned Agape League First Team honors last season, finished with 210 yards.
Not to be out done, quarterback Reese Fisler found the endzone twice on his way to a 150-yard afternoon.
"We were way more disciplined than ever before," said ACE head coach Mike Dickinson. "We've changed everything 180 degrees and we've seen a lot of growth already this season."
With a commanding ground attack, the Eagles were able to mix in some spread offense as the game progressed and new tight end Chase Mitchell, playing in his first ever football game as a senior, caught five passes for 70 yards.
Dickinson, who is beginning his third year at ACE, also praised the defensive effort his team put forth Saturday.
"Our defense played better than it has in the past two years," he said. "We have kids who are growing and really doing a great job for us."
ACE, which finished second in the Agape League last year, travels to Upland Christian for its next game on Friday night.
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Upping your YouTube Game
This is a series of YouTube videos and accompanying pdf documents where NTO's Web Software and Media Developer, Matt Steadman, shares his insights and recommendations to get the most out of YouTube as an educational platform.
Episode #1 - Branding
Branding clips are a short and simple way to add a little bit of polish to your videos and help build your channel.
- Main Video - Upping Your YouTube Game #1 - Branding Clips
- 1.1 Branding with YouTube Video Editor
- 1.2 Branding with Adobe Premiere
- 1.3 Branding With Camtasia Studio
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It’s been a while since we’ve shared the good things you have said about our service, and that’s only because we’ve been busy planning vacations! We strive to treat your vacations just as we treat our own, with care and thoughtfulness. Nothing makes me happier than hearing back after you’ve completed your vacation! Here are just a few of your recent responses…
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May Day Ride 2012 - Day 3: Join the rally in Quy Nhon city
Day 3 - We join the rally with nearly 170 scooters. Most is vespa, coming from many provinces in South and midle of Vietnam. This is the first time we join a big rally like this. To much scooters to see, to much people to make friend. :D This is really fun!
Here are some pictures from that day:
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This Men's natural rise, elastic waist pant with reinforced drawstring is comfortable and is all about functionality. It features a functional zip fly, four side cargo pockets, two slash pockets and a back patch pocket.
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Here are the most recent discounts on vacation getaways from Groupon. The good ones sell out quickly, so if you’re really interested, I wouldn’t wait too long.
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* This is a long post, with a lot of history. Charlie's Place is where "The (Carolina -Ed.) Shag" dance was invented. It was a black nightclub/motel at Myrtle Beach during the 1930's that defied segregation, was a stop for famous black musicians on the "Southern Chitlin’ Circuit". (Considered the home of “Beach Music,”-or early rhythm and blues- which spawned "the Shag"), and site of a KKK attack in 1950. Charlie’s Place became very well known throughout the Southeast.
* I met & talked with the architect, Joel Carter, whose firm is restoring the motel and office/home. Learned a lot of history and was given a tour! There used to be a row of motel rooms on both sides of the home/office, but only the left row remains. Some rooms were painted solid vibrant colors and some were stenciled or roller painted (not wall paper).
Charlie's Place as it looked back in the day
Charlie's Place opened in 1937, at the height of the swing dance craze, by Charlie and Sarah Fitzgerald. It remained popular for more than a decade.
This part of “the Hill,” is an old African-American neighborhood on Carver Street. It was once was the epicenter of black culture in Myrtle Beach. It's less than a 1/2-mile from the Boardwalk and Promenade, but it’s hidden behind the hotels and attractions. Most of the 18 million annual tourists to Myrtle Beach, never make their way to this part of town nor know the significance of it. (A letterbox brought me here)! It was the gathering place of famous musicians and enthusiastic club goers. A place of racial integration, where blacks and whites came to just drink and dance.
Charlie welcomed all people. Black and White. (Whites were called lindy hoppers; blacks were referred to as jitterbuggers at the time-according to articles). Whites staying in the big hotels would regularly join the bustle on Carver Street at Charlie's Place, for the music, where they all danced together.
During the Jim Crow years, Black entertainers could perform in White venues and hotels, but because of segregation, they were not allowed to use the hotel facilities or stay the night there. Instead, the performers on the "Southern Chitlin’ Circuit" would opt to stay on "the Hill" at Charlie's Place in his motel. (Charlie's Place was the most happening place in the area in the days before integration).
Charlie's Place provided a place for African-American artists of the day to perform (& stay), including: Ray Charles, Little Richard, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Marvin Gaye, Fats Domino, James Brown, The Drifters, Percy Sledge, Billie Holliday, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, Count Basie, Ruth Brown, and more!
The musicians would rehearse in the ballroom at Charlie's Place during the day (often attracting neighborhood children-but had to be 21 to go dance in the evening). They would perform late-night gigs either at Charlie's Place or other hotels/venues. Then they would stay the night in the adjacent motel at Charlie's Place.
Charlie built the motel so that the black musicians performing at his place and other venues/hotels in Myrtle Beach, would have a safe place to sleep. There was a show at Charlie's Place every 2 weeks or so from Spring to Fall. All of Carver Street would buzz with activity.
It is said that customers/patrons could find an answer for nearly every "recreation" he or she desired & the food was also good! Here on Carver Street, Charlie Fitzgerald operated not only the restaurant and nightclub, and the motel, but also a gas station and cab company! (Along with gambling inside a private room curtained off from the main club area. And according to some articles... there was also rumors and suspicions of a brothel also).
Charlie Fitzgerald was an African-American from New York. Not a whole lot is known about him. Charlie's legal name was Lucius Drucker. His past and the reason for the name change have always been a mystery even to those who called him a friend.
The radio stations at the time (considered white-controlled) refused to play what they called “jungle music”. But by 1950, White people couldn’t get enough of this new music, which inspired plenty of movement on the dance floor. They could come to Charlie Place to hear the music they craved! And to do the Shag! The main reason everyone wanted to be at Charlie’s Place.
The Shag was a new dance style-a slower, smoother, sexier version of the jitterbug. And got it's name from a waitress at Charlie's Place!
The waitress was Cynthia Harrol. She often visited New York City to dance in Harlem’s nightclubs and she brought her talents to the floor at Charlie’s Place. Soon patrons were talking about “the Shag on the Hill.” Harrol’s nickname was "Shag".
While everyone got along at Charlie's Place, the Jim Crow laws, segregation, and the Klu Klux Klan created problems....
In 1950, the Ku Klux Klan organized a vicious attack on Charlie's Place.
This KKK charter was led by Grand Dragon-Thomas Lemuel Hamilton who was born in Aiken, South Carolina in 1907. He joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, at the age of 19. When he moved to Augusta GA he was a Klan Member there. Moving back to SC, he organized the South Carolina Chapter that attacked Charlie's Place. The Thomas L. Hamilton Klavern No. 42 in Langley, South Carolina was chartered in 1949. In Nov that year, Hamilton became the Grand Dragon of the Association of Carolina Klans (North & South Carolina).
Thomas L. Hamilton with his Klan warned & threatened Charlie Fitzgerald, but he refused to ban his white patrons.
On the night of Aug. 26, 1950, the KKK cruised through Myrtle Beach’s black neighborhoods and thru "the hill" to Charlie's Place. Local police cleared the way for dozens of cars in the motorcade dressed in their robes and hoods.
A wailing siren drew Charlie outside his club at about 9 p.m. Charlie saw the line of cars pull in. One of the cars flashed a cross lighted by neon lights and had a big red light in the front above the bumper that blinked on and off & had a siren blowing. Each vehicle held 4-5 Klansmen yelling and shouting warnings & obscenities.
The KKK motorcade departed and Charlie called the police, telling authorities that if the Klan returned, there would surely be bloodshed.
The Klan got word of Fitzgerald’s message around 11 p.m., just as they had reached Loris, some 30 miles west of Myrtle Beach.
The KKK returned just before midnight....
About 60 klansmen in 25 vehicles stormed the club, disarmed Charlie Fitzgerald, and threw him into the trunk of a Pontiac vehicle.
The Klan then shot up the place with more than 500 rounds, aiming many of the bullets at the jukebox. Patrons, black and white, fled through the back of the building.
Several people were injured. Gene Nichols, (who operated another nightclub on "the Hill"), was shot in the foot. Clubgoer, Charlie Vance, sustained internal injuries from a beating he received at the hands of several Klansmen. Cynthia Harrol, the dancer nicknamed "Shag", suffered an injured back after being beaten. Klan members then crushed her fingers by slamming shut the cash register drawer as she tried to secure the club's money.
Only one person was killed, a Klansman... (Later said to have been killed by fellow Klansmen although no one was ever charged for his murder).
At the hospital, when the dead Klansman's blood-stained white robe and hood were removed, a police uniform was revealed. James D. Johnson, 42, an off-duty police officer from Conway SC, had been shot in the back.
Charlie Fitzgerald rode in the truck of the car for an hour before the car stopped at an inlet waterway, 600 yards from Highway 544, about 2 1/2 miles west of Myrtle Beach. It was a deserted road near an old saw mill.
There, the members of the KKK viciously whipped and beat him. They then took a knife and sliced off a piece of each of Charlie's ears, one man saying, "We’ll mark him so we’ll know him.’ When this man leaned over, Charlie saw a silver badge, which was in the shape of a shield and about the size of a silver dollar pinned on the inside of his shirt pocket. It looked like a Deputy Sheriff’s badge.
Charlie was then left bleeding on the road to die. He got himself up and staggered slowly to Highway 17, (the main inland business thoroughfare along the Carolina coast). There he was picked up by a motorist, Ed Washington, who was driving his cab down Highway 544. He took Charlie back to his nightclub.
At 3 a.m., Sheriff C. Ernest Sasser drove to Charlie's Place and arrested Charlie. Rather than take him to a local hospital for medical treatment, the Sherriff transported Charlie to an undisclosed jail 3 hours away in Columbia. The sheriff then took a Public stance of silence (Revealing no information about the arrest—including what Charkie had been charged with and why he was taken 3 hours away).
No public records exist that document an arrest of Charlie Fitzgerald or of any charges filed against him...but Charlie spent 2 weeks in 3 separate jails. (It has been speculated that possibly, Sheriff C. Ernest Sasser, who was friendly with Charlie Fitzgerald, was protecting the club owner).
10 Ku Klux Klan members were arrested and charged with conspiracy to incite mob violence. Some of them were:
The Grand Dragon Thomas L. Hamilton, L. Sims Jr. (a beer truck driver), Dr. A. J. Gore (a Conway optician), Clyde Creel (a Service station operator), and June Cartrette (a farmer).
Meanwhile, Charlie Fitzgerald—charged with no crime—remained in an unknown jail.
On Oct. 5, a Horry County grand jury cleared 5 Klansmen, including the Grand Dragon Thomas L Hamilton, of all charges. All the others had already been released after a hearing in which no probable cause was determined.
Charlie eventually recovered from his injuries, put the nightclub back together, and opened it's doors to the shaggers and music lovers of Myrtle Beach.
But the town was shaken by the KKK attacks. Some blacks left town, including workers at the hotels. Some whites still came to hear the music, but many were then afraid to visit "the Hill" and avoided Carver Street.
Charlie died on July 4, 1955 from cancer.
Charlie’s Place remained open after his death and closed in 1965.
Charlie's place then sat abandoned and neglected for over 50 years. The bar/nightspot building was demolished. His home and the motel deteriorated. The row of motel units on the right side were also torn down. The home/office and left side row of the motel's units are all that are left.
The city of Myrtle Beach purchased the property in 2015. Block grants were secured to pay for a restoration project. Carter Architecture-Joel Carter (whom I met) and project leaders devised a 3-phase initiative based on community input. The Carver Street Committee has been working to secure the site of Charlie's Place and preserve it's legacy. The old house/office that belonged the Charlie & Sarah Fitzgerald on the property will be turned into a multipurpose space or community center. What is still standing of the old motel will be restored. A couple of the spaces will be a mini-museum telling the story of the site and the community it served. Eventually, new buildings are planned to be added to the site to create a marketplace.
Jennifer Dawn McGinnis spends her weekends exploring new places and locations with historical significance. After her visit to a particular spot, she researches the area further, then writes about the location and her experience on her blog,
Jen's Historical Travels: https://www.facebook.com/JensHistoricTravels
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Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has appealed to Ghanaians to support the building of the National Cathedral so it won’t be a disgrace to the President.
The chief said this at the Okyeman Council of State meeting held at Kyebi on Friday when the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral visited them to appeal for funds to aid the construction of the project.
Speaking to the Board, the Okyenhene stated “He [Akufo-Addo] has to glorify the name of the Lord for how far He has brought him and build the cathedral to testify that he is grateful to God for making him President, there is no sweeter news as this.”
He noted that “with the cathedral, there’ll be no need to travel to Israel, just in Accra, the cathedral will answer all your questions about Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth and everything.
“So I’m pleading with you all, let us not bring shame upon our country and the President, let us contribute to build the cathedral,” he added.
The cathedral was a personal promise made to God by then-presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo if he won the 2016 election.
After winning and becoming President, he told Ghanaians the cathedral will be funded by the private sector and, therefore, called on religious bodies, organisations and individuals to contribute towards its construction.
In a U-turn, however, it was discovered in the 2022 budget that government has spent about GHS400million of tax payers’ money on the cathedral without parliamentary approval.
In the 2023 budget, some GHS80million has been allocated to fund the project despite the current economic crisis.
OccupyGhana, a pressure group, has recommended that the government suspend all public expenditures on the cathedral considering that the country is going through an economic crisis.
“Whatever arguments there might have been to support spending now-non-existent money on the proposed National Cathedral, have been eroded by the dire straits that the nation faces”, the group said in a statement.
“Our current situation makes the continued commitment in the budget to spend GHS80m on the cathedral, look like a vanity project”, it noted.
OG said: “We lose nothing by suspending expenditure on that project until the economy recovers”.
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A shock result for Malaysia on Saturday (February 29), after 94-year-old interim leader Mahathir Mohamad lost the battle to become the country's prime minister.
The king named former interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin for the premiership, after a week of political turmoil sparked by Mahathir's resignation - before he made the last minute decision to stand for the top job.
Speaking after the announcement, Muhyiddin said he was "gratefu" to be appointed.
The decision could again reshape politics in the southeast Asian country, less than two years after an alliance of Mahathir, and old rival Anwar Ibrahim, swept out the former ruling party that had been tarnished by corruption scandals.
That former ruling party of six decades, the United Malays National Organisation, was among those that had rallied in support of Muhyiddin, along with the Islamist party PAS.
Although Mahathir and Anwar announced Saturday (February 29) that they had joined hands once again, the palace said in a statement the king's decision was based on Muhyiddin's potential to command a majority in parliament.
But his position could change again depending on whether he is able to win a confidence vote.
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Revolving around a full-frame 12.2MP Exmor CMOS sensor, the a7SII is capable of internal UHD 4K recording at 30 fps with full pixel readout as well as 1080p recording at up to 120 fps, all in the XAVC S format. Benefitting recording versatility, the BIONZ X image processor also pairs with the sensor to enable expanded sensitivity to ISO 409600 along with fast intelligent autofocus with low-light sensitivity to -4 EV. Further enabling working in difficult lighting conditions, 5-axis SteadyShot INSIDE image stabilization compensates for vertical, horizontal, pitch, yaw, and roll camera movements for sharper, smoother handheld recording.
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As of late, the reintegration of prisoners has been given a renewed sense of importance in policy initiatives. ‘Late’ is probably the right word to use here, as up until recently this barely got a mention. Schemes like Pay for Success in the U.S. and New Zealand’s Clean Slate Act recognised that, with half of offenders returning to prison after their release, successful reintegration was key to fighting crime and ensuring safer communities. Moreover, this wasn’t going to be achieved by stigmatising offenders- they needed to be given the opportunity to start afresh.
Yet despite some positive policy initiatives, high recidivism rates remain. And that’s because it’s not just the responsibility of policy makers to help prisoners reintegrate. As Fred Brunell from Prison Fellowship pointed out to me, it’s something that we’re all answerable to. An attitude of “it’s not my problem” creates a divisiveness that fuels cycles of crime, rather than the community support that helps break them.
As a largely volunteer based organisation, Prison Fellowship is a key example of how ordinary members of the community can help to break cycles- within families, communities and individuals themselves. At the individual level, a second chance can begin even while a person is still in prison. As the prisoner prepares for release, Prison Fellowship’s volunteer “coaches” go into prisons and work on a transition plan, targeting the prisoner’s specific strengths and weaknesses and envisioning a better future. Once the offender is released, community support becomes focal in setting this plan into action.
Prison Fellowship’s primary initiative, “Breakfree Communities,” sets up a support network within their area for the prisoner. These volunteers can be instrumental in kickstarting positive change, with help ranging from business support and employment contacts to mentoring around substance addiction. Demonstrating that help doesn’t necessarily need to come from the great arm of government, BreakFree Communities simply tries to bring back what Fred argues is lost in our modern world- a close circle of community support, where “if your next door neighbour was hungry you’d feed them”. With many offenders isolated from family and friends after their release or lacking in positive role models, people in the wider community may be the only help they can turn to.
As noted by Fred, positive relationships can be very powerful amulets against recidivism. And whilst some may need to be more dependent on wider community support, for others the role of family can also be very positive and influential. Several of Prison Fellowship’s programs work to build and maintain positive family relationships, particularly for the children of prisoners. Angel Tree is one good example of this, where parents on the inside get to send Christmas gifts to their children. Relying again on the goodwill and kindness of everyday people, the actual presents themselves are donated, however the cards accompanying them are written by the prisoners. This not only helps to recognise and ameliorate the devastating effect that prison has on children, it also helps the prisoner in reintegration through strengthening key personal relationships. Furthermore, it’s not just at Christmas time that the family is acknowledged. Throughout the year, Prison Fellowship holds meetups and even camps for the children of prisoners, helping to model a better way.
Significant barriers to achieving reintegration still remain, however. What Fred calls the “big six” of reintegration -employment, accommodation, budgeting skills/financial support, drug and alcohol support, pro-social modelling and mental health- still need our time and investment. And it’s a worthwhile investment to make. Fred estimates about a million dollars within two years would be enough to break trends. He acknowledges that this may sound like a lot. However, the payoffs for that million could be huge.
“Some people might say a million bucks, you’ve got to be dreaming! And the answer to that is, well, if you prevent just one prisoner from going back in there, that’s $90,000. If we save 10 prisoners from going back in, for at least a year, then we’ve saved a million dollars.”
Yet while we wait for that million to come along, it is heartening to discover all the small ways that everyday people can help. Policy and budgets for many of us are an abstraction that we only really come across in election time, and even then they may be something we feel we have little control over. However, evidently there are a range of ways in which Prison Fellowship facilitates the help of people in the community, with even more ideas still in the pipeline. For example, accommodation is currently a major obstacle in reintegration, not in the least because it is difficult to set something up from the inside. Even if an ex-prisoner is able to find a place to stay, they may be denied housing on the basis of their convictions. In response, Fred proposes the idea of a kind of accommodation register, a kind of “first port of call” with the range of halfway houses and accommodation options that are available. A register could also open up a way for community members to help. As Fred says;
“not only are there the institutional organisations, but there’s a whole heap of people out there in the community with goodwill, and who say okay, it might be a bit risky but I’ll give it a go and I’ll let my garage out to a prisoner, and give them a bed, that kind of thing.”
Small acts of charity can make all the difference, and it is these acts from everyday people that Prison Fellowship looks to facilitate.
Yet whilst there are many people full of acceptance and forgiveness, we also live in a society strongly geared towards punitive measures. For Fred, it is changing this mindset that is the biggest barrier, and it manifests in various ways.
“In the community, it’s found when people say ‘just lock them up and throw away the key’. In volunteer organisations, I think it’s hidden away in people’s mind. I think it’s found in volunteer organisations where people see their role as maternal figures whose job it is to tell people off all the time, rather than model a better way. And I think that in the institutions, in [the Department of] Justice or whatever the institution may be, it’s when people think that their job is to punish people, to make life hard.”
This punitive attitude applies even when ex-prisoners are out, even when they have supposedly “done their time”. It is also something that money and policy can’t fix, but we, as members of society, can.
What this comes back to is the spirit and attitude that all of us hold in approaching reintegration. The collective mindset of society has a powerful role in shaping the individuals in it. Within our power is the ability to either help forge new, positive lives for prisoners, or to contribute to the punitive attitude that provokes re-offending. While we often look to policy or the government to solve all our problems, policy is only a bit of paper without the spirit of the community behind it. From donating a gift to a prisoner’s child or leasing out a room, there are a range of ways we can all set the scene for reintegration, changing communities and changing lives.
By Nicola Corner
Prison Fellowship is always on the look out for new volunteers, particularly for the role of coaching offenders pre-release. If you’d like to help, please contact Fred at firstname.lastname@example.org or visit the Prison Fellowship website http://www.pfnz.org.nz/ to learn more.
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PHOTO: GETTYIMAGES.COM, SPLASHNEWS.COM
Will Smith's son - Jaden - at the age of 17 can already boast of the status of "fashionista". And he “hooked” fashion critics not with brutality and not even funny dreadlocks, but with great love for skirts. Why is he so attracted to women's clothing that he is ready to borrow from the wardrobe of his girlfriend Sarah Snyder, Jaden told the British GQ.
Jaden Smith: "I feel that people are often confused by gender norms. But I do not see the differences. I don’t understand what “men's clothing” or “women's clothing” is, I just see scared people and people who feel comfortable, ”said Jaden.
He also noted that the environment in which he revolves - Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne and other fashionistas became a significant plus to his “stylish influence”: I feel that I have a great influence on the people around me. And for me it is very important to be in the right company.
Jaden Smith with friends
Speaking of fashionable influence: not so long ago, Jaden’s sister, 15-year-old Willow, was named Chanel ambassador: Thank you Karl Lagerfeld and the entire Chanel brand team for expanding the notorious beauty standards by making me a brand ambassador. It's an honor for me.
In January of this year, Jaden himself became the face of an advertising campaign for the new Louis Vuitton collection - not male, but female. In addition to such an unusual hero as Jaden, another fashion unique took part in the shooting - the heroine of the computer game Final Fantasy with pink hair. Together they show a-line skirts, leather jackets, fringed blouses and other “fresh” Louis Vuitton outfits.
Jaden Smith in a Louis Vuitton commercial
Jada Pinkett Smith with her daughter Willow at the Chanel show
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Back in January, I made the goal that my hair would be the length that is in this picture, which was taken back in January 2006. My hair was APL, which was the longest my hair had been in years. I lost this length due to the damage from color … (now if my skin would go back to being this clear … :o)
Sorry you can’t see more of the length … Darn ruffles on my sleeves! I’m trying to hold them back!!
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Our Jazz Appreciation Month celebration continues this week as we present our favorite live jazz recordings. Tune in during the week of April 13th at 7 pm, 9:30 pm, 12:30 am and 5:30 am to hear top live jazz picks from Bob Perkins, Jeff Duperon, Zivit, J. Michael Harrison, Bob Craig, and Maureen Malloy.
Listen to our hosts discuss their favorite live recordings below.
1. Zivit - Bill Evans - "My Man's Gone Now" - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
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A round of applause for the gracious, super-speedy Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency!
Ammi-Joan Paquette joined the Erin Murphy Literary Agency as an associate agent in early 2009. Recent sales include Elliot and the Goblin War, by Jennifer Nielsen (Sourcebooks, 2010); Ophelia Live, by Michelle Ray (Little, Brown, 2011) and Maple T. Rittle and the Quest for a Miracle, by Erin E. Moulton (Philomel, 2011). Joan represents all forms of children’s and young adult literature. She looks at projects in most any genre, but is particularly drawn to tight plotting, a strong lyrical voice, and complex characters.
Joan's current special interests: middle-grade action/adventure; mysteries; humor. Food stories are always welcome. Cultural diversity and exotic settings are a plus.
Next up: Joan's winners! Stay tuned.
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Team Yankee Volksarmee East German Mot Schutzen Heavy Weapons FOW TEG706
Team Yankee Volksarmee East German Mot Schutzen Heavy Weapons
-2 x AT-4 Spigot anti-tank missile teams
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-1 x AGS-17 Grenade launcher team
-4 x large six-hole bases
-3 x base-plug sprues
-2 x Unit Cards
-Product is for use in the Team Yankee Miniature table top game
-Models are supplied unpainted, and require assembly.
-Any scenery shown, paint, or glue is not included.
Team Yankee Products. We also have a grand selection of other miniature War Games, Board Games, and Collectible Card Games!
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Beauty queen who was crowned Miss Venezuela in 2018. She won Best Personality and Best Catwalk before becoming a finalist.
In 2015, she both took the title of Sambil Model, and won the reality show Top Model Showcase Televen.
At the time of competing in Miss Venezuela, she was studying industrial security at Sucre Technological University.
She has had a long term relationship with René Jesús Nieto.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug it is already too late...
Henry "Harry" Jekyll is a well respected member of London society. In his personal life, he is pre-engaged to Muriel Carew, the daughter of a brigadier general. In his professional life, he is a medical doctor, scientist and academician. He theorizes that in each man is a good side and an evil side which can be separated into two. In doing so, the evil side can be controlled and the good side can live without worry, in combination leading to the betterment of society. In his experiments, he uses himself as the subject to test his hypothesis. His evil side, who he coins Mr. Hyde, escapes into London, and terrorizes party-girl Ivy Pierson. Jekyll, aware of Hyde's goings-on, decides to stop his experiments because of the suffering he has caused Ivy. What Jekyll is unaware of is how ingrained Hyde is in Jekyll's life.
Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll (pronounced "jeekle") (Fredric March), a kind English doctor in Victorian London, is playing the organ when his butler, Poole (Edgar Norton), reminds him that he has a 3 p.m. appointment to deliver an address to his colleagues and students. Jekyll calls Poole a necessary nuisance, then puts on his cape and top hat, and grabs his cane before stepping into a horse drawn carriage.
Jekyll is led into a large room, with tiered seating, and a lectern at the front. Every seat is filled with men anxious to hear what he has to say. Jekyll begins by offering his view that the fog of London has clouded the minds of it's people, in that they cannot see the potential of science to free men's souls. It is the soul of men, the human psyche, that he has been obsessed with studying. He has concluded that man does not possess a single soul, but two. One is good, the other is bad, or evil, and we are all involved in an eternal struggle over which of the two will prevail. Jekyll believes that if we could eliminate the evil soul, then there would be unlimited potential for good in the world. He said he has been experimenting with how to do that, and he claims to be very close.
As the lecture ends and the audience leaves, most of them are very skeptical and dismissive of Jekyll's claims. As for Jekyll, he goes from the lecture hall to a hospital where he checks on his indigent patients in the "Free Ward." He encourages one young girl on crutches to throw down the crutches and walk. She doesn't believe she can, but when she tries, she is successful. Jekyll believes that demonstrates the power of the mind. Another patient, Mrs. Lucas, is in need of an operation, which Jekyll patiently, and with empathy, convinces her to have. He does the operation himself, resulting in his missing a previously scheduled dinner with his fiance, her father, and many invited guests.
After completing the operation on Mrs. Lucas, Jekyll hurries over to the home of Brigadier General Sir Danvers Carew (Halliwell Hobbes), and his daughter Muriel Carew (Rose Hobart). Muriel is Jekyll's fiancé. General Carew tells Jekyll that in 40 years, he'd never been late for a dinner, and he didn't understand why Jekyll was. Jekyll just compliments the general on his reliability.
Jekyll and Muriel escape the after dinner dancing to go outside on the patio and discuss their marriage plans. Jekyll tells her that he doesn't want to wait, that he wants to get married immediately. Muriel empathizes and tells him she'd like to get married soon too, but she can't go against her father's wishes. Jekyll tries to convince her of the depth of his love, telling her that his scientific work used to be the force that drew him to delve into the unknown in life, but now it's her eyes, and her face. They embrace and kiss until Carew's butler, Hobson (G.L. McDonnell) comes and tells Muriel that people are asking for her.
Jekyll basically pleads with the general to approve an earlier marriage for him and Muriel, that he doesn't want to have to wait for eight months. The general tells Jekyll that he set that date because it's the same date that he married his wife, and he had to wait five years to marry her. He won't change his mind. Jekyll leaves the house with his friend, Dr. Lanyon (Holmes Herbert), furious at General Carew and referring to him as "the old walrus." He then speaks to Lanyon about how there should be no boundaries to science or life.
There's a disturbance nearby as a man is attacking a woman outside a boarding house, knocking her to the ground. Jekyll hurries over and pushes the man away, then bends over to assist the woman. She seems to be hurt, so he picks her up and asks a bystander where her room is. He then carries her up to her room and puts her on her bed. The woman, Ivy Pearson (Miriam Hopkins), works at a nearby musical hall, singing and otherwise providing entertainment to the male patrons. She is astonished that this handsome stranger should be so concerned and attentive towards her. Jekyll is obviously aware of her charms, as well, and he rests his hand on her leg (which was bruised), while suggesting that she should not wear her garters so tight.
He is about to leave, when she complains about her ribs hurting. He checks her side and tells her she'd be fine, advising her to get into her bed. So, after telling him to turn away, she strips all of her clothes off, teasing him by flinging her garters at him, then gets into her bed. As Jekyll approaches to say goodnight, she grabs him, drawing him towards her and kissing him. He doesn't try to pull away. At that moment, Dr. Lanyon walks into the room and is shocked at what he sees. Jekyll stands up and tells Ivy that her kiss will serve to pay his fee. She implores him to come back soon.
As they walk away, Lanyon chastises Jekyll, telling him he's disgusted by Jekyll's behavior. Jekyll doesn't seem ashamed, nor does he apologize. He simply takes advantage of the moment as another opportunity to emphasize the two competing natures of man, good and evil. Jekyll does admit to Lanyon that he longs to be "clean" in his life, both inside and out.
Back home in his basement laboratory, Jekyll is smoking a pipe and sorting through various vials of chemicals on a table. Poole comes in and expresses his concern that Jekyll has not been eating or sleeping for several days. Jekyll waves off the concern and continues working. After Poole leaves, Jekyll mixes several of the chemicals together in a glass beaker, until he's satisfied that it's the right combination. He then rushes up the stairs and locks the door to the lab before returning to his task. He writes an "if I die" note to Muriel, explaining that he's doing what he's about to do in the name of science.
Jekyll then drinks the concoction he'd prepared, and it almost immediately affects him. He grabs at his throat and becomes dizzy. He experiences flashbacks to recent events and conversations pertaining to his work, and his engagement to Muriel. Jekyll's physical features change dramatically, as his hair becomes bristly, his eyebrows thicken, his nostrils flare, and his teeth enlarge and protrude. He utters a maniacal laugh, as he suddenly feels powerful and free of inhibitions.
Jekyll starts to put on a coat and hat so he can go outside, but right then Poole pounds on the lab door, wanting to know if everything is all right. He heard noises. It's Hyde who answers in a gruff voice, further worrying Poole that something may be wrong. Hyde hurriedly prepares another concoction and drinks it, reversing the effects of the first drink and returning him to his Jekyll form. He then opens the lab door and explains to Poole that what he'd heard was a friend of his, and that the man had left through the back door.
Muriel tells Jekyll that she and her father are taking a trip to Bath for a week or so. Jekyll is upset, as he doesn't want to be away from her for any length of time. He again attempts to persuade her to marry him now, with or without her father's permission. She wants to, but she won't risk alienating her father's affections.
Jekyll later receives a letter from Muriel advising him that she and her father will remain in Bath for an entire month. Jekyll is not happy. His man Poole suggests he go to London to take advantage of the many entertainment opportunities there for a man of his youth and desires. Jekyll refuses, believing that he must behave himself, to prove himself worthy of Muriel and her father. However, that doesn't necessarily pertain to Hyde, so Jekyll decides to partake of his concoction again. He goes about mixing it up, taking a few drops of this and a dash of that (it's not at all precise), then he drinks it. He grunts, groans, chokes, and grimaces as his body and mind undergo the tortuous transformation.
This time, Hyde does make it outside, where it's raining and the streets are abandoned. Hyde pauses to remove his hat and turns his face up, into the falling rain, relishing the feel of it. He puts his hat back on and heads straight to Diadem Court in Soho, where Ivy lives. Ivy's landlord, Mrs. Hawkins (Tempe Pigott), does not like Hyde being there and wants him to leave. She informs Hyde that Ivy is working at the music hall, so Hyde hurries over there.
Hyde bumps into a man at the entrance to the music hall and glares at him, daring him to take issue with the encounter. The man shies away. Hyde then makes his way inside and takes an empty table located in a little alcove above the main floor. He orders a bottle of champagne and scans the floor for Ivy. The waiter pours some champagne, and sets the bottle down, then waits, expecting a tip. Hyde tells him to get lost, and when the waiter mumbles something as he leaves, Hyde reaches out with his cane and trips him.
Hyde spots Ivy, just as she's breaking into the song, "Champagne Ivy Is My Name." Hyde sends the waiter to go invite Ivy to come over and have some wine with him. The waiter implores Ivy to go over to Hyde's table, concerned about what might happen if she refuses. So, she goes, and she's shocked by Hyde's appearance. Hyde wants her to join him in a toast to her body and beauty, so she allows him that much, but then she tries to leave. He blocks her path and tells her that a woman like her deserves nothing but the best and infers that he's in a position to give it to her. When she asks how she would get all the things he mentioned, he says, "how do you think?" He then tells her that he has lots of money.
The male patron who was sitting with Ivy earlier in the evening comes to Hyde's table and demands that she return to sit with him. Hyde breaks the bottle of champagne and thrusts the broken end at the man, causing him to give up his claim on Ivy. Ivy tries to leave again, telling Hyde she is going home. He grabs her and tells her she can't go. He tells her, "I want you and I get what I want. I love you. You come with me."
Dr. Lanyon arrives at Jekyll's house to deliver a message from General Carew. The general is concerned that Jekyll is not answering Muriel's letters. Poole tells Lanyon that Jekyll isn't home and there are times when he doesn't see him for days.
Mrs. Hawkins goes to see Ivy in room and tries to counsel her to stop seeing Mr. Hyde, that he's mean and no good and she needs him out of her life. Ivy tells Mrs. Hawkins that it's not as simple as that, that Mr. Hyde won't leave her alone. Hyde comes into the apartment at that moment and demands to know what Mrs. Hawkins is doing there. When she says she came for the rent, he tells her she'll get it when it's due. She says, "yes, sir," and quickly leaves.
Hyde demands to know what Ivy and Mrs. Hawkins were talking about. She says, "nothing." Hyde fondly refers to Ivy as "my little bird" at first, but before long, he's referring to her as a "trull," for preferring Jekyll to him. He says, "tell me you hate me!" She refuses. He says, "do you love me?" Fearing him, she says, "yes sir." Hyde isn't really interested in her answers, because he knows she's terrified of him. He just takes pleasure in badgering her and forcing her to do his will.
Hyde has learned that Muriel and her father are returning from Bath, so he tells Ivy that he has some bad news, he must go away for a few days. He asks if that pleases her and she says, "no, sir." He knows it does, so he tells her that she belongs to him and she'd better not misbehave while he's gone. He says, "you don't know when I'll be back." He then wants to know if she wants him to leave right away, if she would have him not even stay that one last night. She's shaking as she tells him she would like him to stay the night, just as he wants. He responds, "yes, just as I want," and as he moves towards her and she falls onto the bed and starts crying. As Hyde puts his hand on Ivy's thigh, he observes that she ought not to wear her garters so tight, then he grabs her and kisses her.
Later, Jekyll is back home, with numerous letters from Muriel sitting on the table in front of him. He realizes he needs to get control of Hyde, so he takes the key to the back door, looks at it disgustedly, and throws it across the room. He tells Poole that from now on, he'll be coming and going only through the front door. He then writes a message to Ivy and sends Poole to deliver it.
Ivy is telling Mrs. Hawkins that she wishes Hyde would just go ahead and kill her, rather than continuing to torment her. Mrs. Hawkins wants her to go to the police, but Ivy said no one cares about a woman like her, so they wouldn't do anything.
Ivy opens the note sent to her by Jekyll. Inside is a 50-pound note. Mrs. Hawkins encourages Ivy to go and thank Jekyll in person, and perhaps he'll also offer to help her out with regards to Mr. Hyde.
Jekyll goes to see Muriel and tells her that he'd been ill, that his soul was sick. He tells her that he'd been playing with dangerous knowledge and he needed her to help him find his way back to his safer self. She is very willing to help him, but isn't sure what he's talking about. Jekyll also apologizes to the general, after which he and Muriel implore the general to consent to an earlier marriage, so they can be together and she can help Jekyll. The general says no. He tells Jekyll that he's too flighty and impatient. Muriel remains persistent, however, and the general finally relents and consents to the marriage to take place the next month.
Jekyll is delirious with happiness, as he rushes home and sits down at his organ and plays a fast-paced, happy tune. His playing is short-lived, as Poole answers the door and announces that Miss Ivy Pearson was there to see him. When Ivy walks in and sees that Jekyll is the same man who tended to her that night the man was roughing her up, she is very pleasantly surprised. She returns the fifty pounds to Jekyll, telling him she cannot accept it, because it could put her at risk. She then turns away from him and reveals the whip marks across her upper back. She explains the marks were put there by a jealous and violent Mr. Hyde, and that she was so frightened of him, that she'd even tried to drown herself, but couldn't.
Ivy begs Jekyll to help her deal with Mr. Hyde, and that if he wouldn't, or couldn't, then to at least give her some poison so she could kill herself. Jekyll feels horrible and consoles Ivy. He asked why she hadn't gone to the police. She explained how that could just make things worse. Ivy tells Jekyll that she's a "looker" and would do anything at all Jekyll would ask of her, if he'd just help her. Jekyll almost kisses her, but instead he just tells her that he would see to it that Hyde never bothers her again. She was skeptical and terrified, at first, but ultimately she believed he meant what he said.
Invitations to a dinner to formally announce Jekyll's and Muriel's upcoming wedding were sent out on behalf of the general. The night of the dinner, Jekyll was on his way to the general's home, walking through a park. He pauses to watch and listen to a bird singing, and he speaks out loud to the bird, "you are not born to die." As he continues to watch, a cat appears, attacking and killing the bird. That upsets Jekyll so much, he begins changing back to Hyde. He's obviously distressed as he says, "oh, no."
When the transformation is complete, Hyde says, "but it is dead!" and he slithers off to go see Ivy.
Hyde quietly enters Ivy's apartment as she's having a glass of wine and feeling pretty good about things, since Jekyll was on her side now. She's horrified when she sees Hyde. Hyde tells her he knows all about her and Jekyll and shocks her by repeating things that only she and Jekyll could have known about. Hyde calls her "my little bird" and "my little starling," as he tells her that he's her angel, that he and Jekyll are one and the same. He then puts his hands around her neck and applies pressure. She breaks away and he chases her, eventually catching her over by her bed, where he chokes her to death.
Other residents of the boarding house hear the commotion in Ivy's room and when Hyde runs out, some men try to stop him, but he escapes. A policeman comes and Mrs. Hawkins tells him about Mr. Hyde. Hyde runs home, but since he no longer has a back door key, he hurries around front and bangs on the door for Poole. Poole opens the door, but then quickly slams it in Hyde's face, telling him that his master is not home.
General Carew says goodbye to the last guest to leave the wedding announcement dinner, then tells Muriel that he's going to cane Jekyll the next time he sees him. He forbids Muriel to ever see or associate with Jekyll again. Muriel argues with her father, telling him she's sure that Jekyll has a good explanation for why he missed the dinner and that she wants to give him a chance to explain.
Hyde goes to a bar and writes a note that he then hands to a male waiter, with directions to deliver it to Dr. Lanyon. The waiter delivers the note to Dr. Lanyon at his home. The note requests the doctor to go to Jekyll's laboratory and gather together six labeled vials of specified chemicals and bring them home, then wait for a courier to come get them.
Hyde goes to Lanyon's house, telling the doctor that he was sent by Jekyll to pick up the vials. Lanyon takes Hyde into his study, where the vials on in a box, but before he turns them over, he demands that Hyde take him to see Jekyll. Hyde refuses and reaches for the box. Lanyon pulls a gun and threatens to shoot unless Hyde takes him to Jekyll. Hyde decides he'll just have to mix the drink and take it there, but he first warns Lanyon that he's about to see something transpire that he can never tell anyone about. Hyde then mixes and drinks the chemicals.
Dr. Lanyon is aghast at what he witnesses, as Hyde transforms to Jekyll. Jekyll cowers before Lanyon, confessing that he's a murderer and pleading for Lanyon to help him. Lanyon isn't at all sympathetic to Jekyll's plight, telling him there would be no help or mercy coming his way. He tells Jekyll that he's under the power of the monster he created. Jekyll promises to fight that control, to never mix and drink the chemicals again, and finally, to give up Muriel.
Jekyll is wracked with guilt for what Hyde has done and he prays to God for forgiveness and help. He then goes over to the general's house, where the general refuses to allow him entrance, but Muriel demands they receive Jekyll. Jekyll comes in and the general leaves the room. Jekyll tells Muriel that he's setting her free because he now is among the living damned, beyond help, that he has no soul and is perched in hell. Muriel cradles him in her lap and tries to get him to tell her what's wrong. She tells him she'll help him, no matter what it is. Jekyll kisses her, then pulls himself away and tells her it is his penance, to give her up, and he leaves.
As he exits the house, Jekyll pauses at the patio door and witnesses Muriel with her head resting against her piano keyboard, sobbing. The scene upsets him so much that he once again transforms into Hyde and he quietly opens the patio door and approaches her. When he puts his hands on her waist and leans forward and kisses her on the back, she turns expectantly, thinking that Jekyll had returned. When she sees Hyde, she screams. Her screams bring Hobson and General Carew running and they engage in a scuffle with Hyde. The fight spills out onto the patio, where Hyde takes his cane to the general, striking him multiple times in the head, killing him. Hyde runs as the police arrive and give chase, blowing their whistles.
Hyde gets home and into the lab, locking himself in, and quickly preparing the reverse potion so he can change back to Jekyll. Meanwhile, Dr. Lanyon is at the general's home and recognizes Jekyll's broken cane lying next to the general's body. The police head for Jekyll's house, where two of them break down the door to the lab. By then, Hyde has transformed back to Jekyll and he attempts to send them back outside and on the trail of Hyde, but Dr. Lanyon arrives and points at Jekyll and tells the police, "that's your man."
The police are obviously confused and skeptical, but as they consider what to do next, Jekyll begins transforming back to Hyde. He charges Lanyon, attempting to exact revenge on the doctor for betraying him, but the police turn him back. He then climbs some high shelves in the lab and brandishes a knife. One of the policeman draws a pistol and shoots Hyde before he can do anything with the knife. Hyde transforms back to Jekyll as he dies.
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DARIEN, Conn. - The events in Darien this week include presentations on Long Island Sound, local birds and eating disorders. Check out our Events calendar for more items.
Monday, March 4
Long Island Sound Watershed Science and Animals : 4:15 p.m. Kids can discover the animals that live in Long Island Sound and get up close and personal with some of them in this presentation by SoundWaters. They will also perform a hands-on experiment of human impact on the watershed. Darien Library, 1441 Post Road.
Tuesday, March 5
Darien Bird Presentation : 12:15 p.m. Joe Warren, owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Darien, will talk about how you can get birds to thrive in your backyard, including what birds you'll see, where they build their nests and more. Cost is $5 for DCA members, $10 for non-members. Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road.
Wednesday, March 6
Mother-Daughter Eating Disorder Presentation : 7 p.m. Barbara Greenberg, an adolescent consultant for Silver Hill Hospital, will help identify signs of eating disorders and how to effectively deal with them. The Depot, 25 Heights Road.
Thursday, March 7
Author Charles Dubow : 7 p.m. Charles Dubow will be at the library to discuss his first novel, "Indiscretion." This is part of the library's First Look: Darien series that highlights first novels handpicked by the staff. Darien Library, 1441 Post Road.
Friday, March 8
Social Success for Children with ADHD : 10 a.m. Jeffrey DeTeso and Maryellen Page will discuss the social competencies of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and share strategies and interventions to help children succeed socially. Southfield Center for Development, 85 Old Kings Highway N.
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As the Capital and several other parts of the nation are witnessing massive protests by Indian farmers against the recently passed and contentious farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again reiterated that unlike what the farmers are assuming, the farm laws will actually be very beneficial for the community.
We find ourselves at a time when the standoff between the farmers and the Centre has also been growing in the last two weeks and a series of talks and attempts to negotiate have miserably failed and the farmers have retained a firm commitment to their demand for a complete rollback of the “black laws”.
Amidst all this, Indian PM Narendra Modi has gone ahead and said that the laws will be beneficial for the farmers and it will give them access to new markets and access to technology and encourage them to invest in ways that bring them better profits and higher gains.
PM Modi said, “We had seen walls between agriculture sector and other areas associated with it- be it agriculture infrastructure, food processing, storage and cold chains.”
PM Narendra Modi made these comments at the inauguration of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s 93rd General Meeting. He also added,“All walls and obstacles are being removed now. After reforms, farmers will get new markets, options and more benefits and technology.”
Assuring the protesting farmers he also underlined that the cold storage network in India will also be adequately modernised so that the farming sector is benefitted enough.
At present the country is witnessing massive protests by agitating farmers against the farm laws and a series of talks between the Centre and the farmers have failed. Tens of thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other states have been protesting at the entry points to Delhi since the last 16 days as they fear that the newly introduced farm laws will will lead to making the MSP system weak and make them vulnerable in the hands of the corporates.
They also fear the price dropping of crops, denial of a fair remuneration and assert their fear that under the new system, they will come at the receiving end of corporate monopoly. But to calm down the farmers, the Centre has kept on saying that the laws are being misunderstood and the farmers are being misguided by vested interest.
They demand a total rollback of the three laws and a guarantee to the MSP system so that they are freed from unfair monopoly of strong market players, are ensured the right prices for their crops and are empowered in the market space as against what they assume the new laws will bring about.
The farmers protest has been supported by the Opposition parties who allege that the contentious farm laws are anti-farmer and benefit big businesses rather than farmers.
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But one major question that keeps popping up as players reach the level cap is, "what do I do when I hit Level 120?". On the surface, it would seem pretty simple that your next steps would be gearing up to raid. However, BfA doesn’t exactly make it clear how to go about doing that, and there are more options for future raiders and dungeoneers than ever before when it comes to endgame content.
As always, I will monitor and update this guide as new information comes in. If I've gotten anything glaringly and completely wrong, just tell me with as much data as possible. The idea is to find the fastest possible leveling method, NOT to argue about how good or bad individuals are. If you have hard data, post it! If you have an idea, let the thread know so we can test it!
Vol’Dun is the hardest and most tedious of the Horde Zones in Battle for Azeroth. It’s also probably the one that makes the most sense. Each sections of quests leads directly to the one you should do next. For all of these reasons it’s going to be best to get this one done early. Thanks to any legendary items you might have collected in Legion, you’ll be strongest in the leveling process before 115 and weaker after — because that’s when the legendary effects stop working.
The vanilla WoW Horde leveling guide you see on this site was originally made back in 2006 by Joana (AKA Mancow, or FuriousPaul). The guides have been tweaked many times over the years to make things "faster". The leveling guides were made because of all the messages I got from people asking me how I was able to level up so quickly on new realms. I was first to level 60 on 7 different realms (3 with Mancow and 4 with Joana), even winning Blizzard's "First to Level 50" contest they held back in 2006.
If you love running old content for transmog items, you'll love the new legacy loot system. Whenever a player enters a dungeon or raid where they are 10 or more levels above the content, the dungeon or raid bosses drop an amount of loot equivalent to what would have dropped for a full group when the content was current. That means players could earn loot for five people in dungeons and loot for 20 people after soloing a raid. The legacy loot system also drops other gear types, like cloth dropping for a plate wearer. It's now much easier to get the transmog gear you want, and you can also collect gear for your alts on the same run.
As late as possible. Early on, you’ll want to follow the missions in Battle for Azeroth right up until you get the option to send a follower on a two-hour long quest. As soon as you get there, stop doing the War Campaign missions. You can come back to them once you have reached something like 119 and a half and finish leveling with those if you want. If you don’t use these missions to cap off your leveling journey, then they’re the first thing you’ll want to do once you reach max level.
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Following the most recent media craze around cupping and other alternative medicine in MSK rehab, many in our profession have provided commentary on this issue. I feel that this most recent event highlights a bigger issue within our profession, which is the role of the clinician. My opinion on this matter was requested by a colleague of mine on a thread, which realizing how long it became, I felt might be good for blog post. Please, enjoy and let me know what you think!
Though I am more in the lab and lecture hall now as an academic, I still see a few patients and serve as a clinical educator to both students and practicing clinicians. This is my general view of the role of the clinician in communication with patients and the community:
A clinician should be confident in their understanding of the human body, based on the current accepted body of knowledge, while humbly accepting their personal limits of understanding and the current gaps in knowledge. They should also avoid filling those gaps with ideas that escape the realm of scientific plausibility, especially when interacting with patients and their community. The reasoning behind a given treatment is almost as important as the physical act. Our thoughts and words matter, a lot. This is a particularly important concept to bear in mind. Remember when interacting with a patient or the community it is from a position of authority (a clinician is viewed as an expert), in that power dynamic people tend to believe what is told to them. Therefore it is imperative that we strive to ensure that the information which is communicated to patients and the community is as truthful as possible. More on the consequences of failing to do so by my colleague Kenny Venere PT, DPT (FYI he’s a bit blunt).
Clinicians should remain committed to becoming excellent in their field and learning more throughout their career and most importantly doing right by their patients. Sometimes that means being a discerning yet respectful voice of reason to the patient and in community to the nonsense that is perpetually disseminated by others, for whatever reason. A clinician at the core is a motivator and an educator. As an educator sometimes what’s right isn’t popular and it’s not easy to tell or convince someone that they’re wrong. However if someone is wrong it’s important that they are told so but it should be done in a respectful manner. Changing someone’s opinion on anything is incredibly difficult and it doesn’t become any easier by being boorish and discourteous. Always remember to be tactful and be mindful that some people just won’t change, despite how well informed a counter argument might be or the degree of cognitive dissonance present. Clinicians should also learn to effectively communicate, empathize and relate with the different types of people entering into a clinic. Communication and use of language is probably a clinician’s most important tool after what’s between the ears.
Lastly, the majority of patients arriving at a clinic already are confident enough in a providers abilities, as they likely wouldn’t be there otherwise. Even if a given clinic is the only one covered by a patient’s insurance, most have the option of not showing up (trust me I’ve practiced in systems like this and people still don’t show up). Therefore they don’t need to be sold on some esoteric and novel for the sake of being novel treatment, they just want to get better. They are seeking the help and guidance of a clinician to do so and they also want to be listened to by someone who cares. Listening to a patient is not synonymous with doing whatever they want so that they feel better. Listening is using the information they’ve provided to develop the best choices for them to make, we’re providing them guidance and options that they have to choose. It’s a give and take but the role of the clinician is the adviser, that’s why a profession requires so much schooling, training and licensure. Also factor in that most MSK injuries are self limiting, we don’t really need to make rehab too complex or creative. It just needs to be intense enough so the patient progresses to meet their goals in the most effective and efficient manner and creative enough to keep them interested.
In short, keep it simple and use the body of knowledge to inform and guide decision making (not replace it), stay current, be an adviser for patients and community, be careful with use of language and have the courage to offer a discerning opinion and humility to accept one. This is not always easy to do in the clinic while working with individuals with health related problems (who we all want to help get better) who may have been exposed to all sorts of information/misinformation and may take some convincing. However, if a patient doesn’t want to listen to a clinician’s advice they can always go somewhere else. We aren’t short on people needing help and if a patient doesn’t buy in they probably aren’t going to have too much success with that clinician anyway. This is basic marketing/argumentation/social theory, as an example people who are vegans aren’t interested in people trying to sell them meat but there are plenty of meat eaters and they are sure to find those selling meat.
Image: Courtesy of Deborah Dunham 2012; cavementimes.com
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Abusive relationship no more!
Leaving an abusive relationship is the best thing you can do. Sometimes what started out as love unfortunately turns into something else and one person becomes a victim. Sadly, the victim all to often feels somewhat responsible for what happened and tries to bear the abuse, leading to more heartache and making it harder to leave.
The first thing you must do is actually recognize that you are in an unhealthy relationship and realize that you must leave it. Some indicators of an abusive partner are criticism of your good qualities, habitual drinking or drug problems, mood swings, threatening behavior, and persistent lying. When your partner begins to show these signs, it’s a good indicator that you should think about leaving an abusive relationship.
After you have realize that you will be leaving an abusive relationship, start planning your departure. Begin to save up some cash and look for a job as well as a new place to live. Finding a full time job with benefits may be tough, but even a part time job will help and provide financial support as well as a chance to be promoted to a full time position. When looking for a place to live, make sure you can afford it and that you are satisfied with the school system if you have children.
Another important step in leaving an abusive relationship is consulting a lawyer if there is a need for divorce. Although the costs may be intimidating, finding a good lawyer that will fight for you is an important step in making a clean break. Also you should contact close friends and relatives to inform them about your decision and ask for support. Most likely, they will be glad that you are leaving an abusive relationship and support your decision or offer assistance.
If you are concerned that your partner may become aggressive or violent when they find out that you are leaving an abusive relationship, you may want to contact your local abused spouses shelter. They can help you stay safe until you can your feet back under you.
The hardest part about leaving an abusive relationship is actually making that decision. After you’ve made up your mind, it’s just a matter of planning and carrying out. You’ll feel empowered and free as you start your new life away from abuse. There is no justification for abusive behavior and you aren’t at fault. If you are in an abusive relationship, don’t torment yourself any longer and get out. For more information on leaving an abusive relationship, please visit the sites we’ve listed for you below.
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Heading for Euro 2016? A new app from the French government will help keep you informed about potential terrorist attacks during the high-profile football tournament.
SAIP (Système d'alerte et d'information des populations) is designed to help keep people safe during the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament kicking off on Friday in France. Because it's an official government project, users can rely on the app for information rather than turning to social media where potentially false information could spread.
The app uses your phone's location services to see where you are and alert you if there's a problem in your area. You can also check for alerts in other areas to check up on friends and family.
The French Interior Ministry has created the app in response to terror attacks in November 2015 that left 130 people dead. US, UK and French governments have cautioned that the tournament could be a target for attacks.
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Steven (Sasha) Stamenkovic is a world-renowned consultant thoracic surgeon who pioneered robotic thoracic surgery in the UK and Ireland in 2013 in Freeman hospital, Newcastle. He came to Barts in 2017 as Consultant thoracic surgeon and Director of robotic surgery and has practising privileges in other London hospitals.
He regularly teaches other surgeons throughout Europe to use the robotic platform. He leads a strong team whose aim is to use the best technology available to provide minimally-invasive operations for a whole range of chest pathology. Under his leadership of innovative practice using robotic surgery and augmented reality, Barts has the largest robotic-assisted segmentectomy series in the UK (benefitting patients with borderline breathing tests by giving them a curative cancer solution whilst preserving lung volume).
He is research lead for robotic-assisted thoracic surgery in the UK with several research projects contributing to the world literature in this field. He has been chair of the regional training committee in the North East, being in charge of cardiothoracic surgery training, and has a passion for training and teaching which he has continued at Barts by recruiting, supporting and training the best doctors, and runs an active international fellowship program.
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January 15, 2020 // by Laura Malone
In my last post, I talked about the benefits of dividing up resolutions into three categories with the purpose of GROWING in overall wellness in 2020. God has created us in three parts – physical, mental and spiritual – so, it makes sense to target all three areas of our being because each one affects the other and today I want to share the only spiritual goal that I believe you and I need for 2020.
Each year my spiritual goals consist of a long list of noble tasks such as waking up early, reading my Bible, journaling and praying before I start my day. Then I set my alarm so I can remember to pray specifically for my husband in the afternoon, and I do my best to have devotional and prayer times with all my kiddos. These are all worthwhile tasks that can help us grow in our faith and help us hear the Holy Spirit guiding us from day to day.
But why is it so hard to do? I struggle. To be honest, as the year goes on, it all becomes a part of my to-do list. When I fail to get it all done, I feel like I’ve let God down. No matter how hard I try, I can’t do it all and out of guilt, I make an extra effort the next day and make more time for God. And then I wonder, how would I feel if my children only interacted with me out of guilt?
I’m realizing even though I’ve had good intentions, this can’t be what God had in mind. What kind of relationship it that? As I write now, I’m remembering Paul’s lament in Romans 7:18b when he says, “For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.”
All We Need Is Love
I’m doing things different this year. Our Creator and Redeemer deserves more than our guilt-ridden, measly efforts to fit him into our schedules. I’ve decided to get to the root of the problem and go straight to the mouth of God to see what He says my goal should be.
Here’s what I’ve found: Jesus never commands us to have a daily spiritual task list, although they can be rewarding and fruitful. Reading back through Jesus’ teachings in Matthew, I wrote down at the top of each section what his main point was. Parable after parable he says our hearts are what he’s interested in. The tasks we accomplish are worthless if our hearts aren’t engaged.
Jesus commands us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our mind. He called this the first and greatest commandment in Matthew 22:37-38. This is the only spiritual goal we need for 2020. If we GROW in our love for God, all aspects of our relationship with Him will fall into place.
So, if we’re dragging ourselves to our quiet times and can’t remember where we’ve left off the last time we read our Bible, maybe our problem isn’t rooted in our schedule or time management. Maybe the problem is rooted in our lack of love for God. If we truly love the Lord with all our heart, soul and mind, above all other things, reading our Bible and continuous prayer will be a natural part of our day because it’s what brings us closer to the One we desire above all other things.
What Does This Love Look Like?
Loving God is a phrase we hear every Sunday in church from the time we’re kids. It sounds so basic and simple. Most of us dismiss the phrase because we’ve checked it off our lists. After all, we wouldn’t be in church if we didn’t love God, right?
But let’s not brush off this command so quickly just because we believe in God, attend church every week and bless our food before we eat. He’s not talking about love in the way we love that movie we just saw, the restaurant we eat at every Friday or even the way we love our family. It’s a love that consumes our entire being – our heart, soul and mind, like nothing else.
So, what does this look like? How do we know if we love God in this way? In his book, Crazy Love, Francis Chan says that when we love like this, “The results are prayer and intimate study of His Word and our motivation changes from guilt to love.” The outward daily tasks we were struggling to keep up with before are now the highlight of our day. We crave that time with the Lord because we know with our whole being that nothing compares to Him.
We know we have this love when we find ourselves in natural conversations with him during the day and longing to read just one more chapter of His Word even though we have to be up early the next morning. We passionately and naturally share God’s love with friends, family and even random people because we see that they need Him and we can’t keep our mouths shut.
The Bible says this is evidence that we truly love God:
- We Love Others – “And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.” 1 John 4:21
- We Obey God – “But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them.” 1 John 2:5
- We Live Like Jesus – “This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.” 1 John 2:6
- We Give – “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?” 1 John 3:17
- We Love Jesus – “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.” 1 John 5:1 (emphasis mine)
How Do We Get There?
First, we stop striving and simply stand in awe of Him. When we come face to face with our Maker, we’ll give up anything to follow him. Encountering his holiness and love compels us to love him back with every part of our being. Look at Him. Study Him.
- Scripture – We can’t see Him with our eyes or hear Him with our ears, but we can study Him through the Scriptures. If you want to intimately know someone from history, you can study they’re journals or books they have written. We have God’s journal. 2 Timothy 3:16 says every word of Scripture was God-breathed. If we want to understand what makes Him awesome and worthy of our love, we study the Word. As you read, make a point of asking, “What does this tell me about God’s character? How does this chapter show His love for us?” Read with the specific purpose of discovering Who He is.
- Study Creation – Another way to know someone is to study what they have made. Take time each day throughout the year to stop and notice His creation and ask, “Why would He make this? What does this teach me about Him?” For example, study the wisdom behind His design for the universe, the human body, a spider, the functionality and beauty of water, His intricate artwork on a butterfly or the way plants defy gravity by drinking water from the ground and sending it to their leaves and flowers.
- Worship – Worship occurs any time we give glory to God. The act of worshiping aligns our hearts with what’s true and helps us mentally, physically and spiritually recognize that God is above all things, including us and our circumstances. It’s not something that can only be accomplished while singing songs in the service on Sunday mornings. Stopping to praise God throughout our day keeps our hearts full of thankfulness. Worship can be pointing out His greatness to our children while on a walk. It can be doing the fourth load of laundry with a joyful heart because He’s given us a family to care for. Or it can be sharing His love with a stranger who needs to know God sees her during her difficult time. As we glorify Him, we walk away more aware and amazed at His love for us and it plunges us into a deeper love for Him.
When we take time to stand in awe at the Creator of the world, we see how enormous He is and how small we are. Then we realize that despite our smallness, He chooses to lavish His love on us and be with us.
When Isaiah encounters God in a vision, he cries out, “Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” Then when God asks who will speak to the people for Him, Isaiah is quick to answer, “Here am I. Send me!” He saw the Lord, was humbled and out of his love for Him, eagerly offered himself to do God’s work.
When Saul saw Jesus in a vision, he was never the same man again. His passion turned from persecuting Christians to being a persecuted Christian. He loved God with all His heart, soul and mind to the point of suffering for Him.
This year, instead of struggling to check off our spiritual to-do lists, let’s just love the Lord with our whole being. Let’s GROW in our knowledge of Him. Let’s discover His power, perfection, awesomeness, compassion, creativity, beauty, wisdom, knowledge and incomprehensible love for us so our hearts, souls and minds will be forever changed. May we be consumed with love for the One who knew us before we were created and chose to die for us before we loved Him.
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- DR. MARION'S METHOD
- CAREGIVER TRAINING
Long Beach Resident Wins Home Makeover to Help with Caregiving for 87-Year-Old Mother
Long Beach Post
Last July, an elder care expert, Dr. Marion Somers, approached non profit 3-in-4 in order to team up with an idea: give someone who is taking care of the elderly -- undoubtedly a full-time job -- and reverse their life by making over their entire home.
The idea behind it is simple: long-term care is not provided by Medicare and most insurance companies, leaving many to either care for their elder loved ones alone, therefore dropping their usual professions or, if they are affluent enough, have them become residents at a fully-operating facility. In fact, 70% of persons over the age of 65 are estimated to be in need of long-term-care and the impact of this -- financially, physically, and emotionally -- is often disregarded by most until the need for long-term care suddenly hits. Given this, Dr. Marion (as she prefers to be called), felt it obligatory to give back to one person who has dedicated their life to making sure their loved one has a better life.
As she puts it, "“Millions of Americans are handling their loved ones’ long-term needs, but are literally
falling apart in the process."
After applicants across the nation applied, Long Beacher and self-admitted KISS fanatic John Simich received a total home makeover last week. His application detailed the troubles, frustrations, and even bittersweetness that comes with caring for his 87-year-old mother, who suffers from Stage 2 dementia.
The "Get Your Life Back" contest was sponsored by One Reverse Mortgage.
For photos of the home makeover, click here
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01/29/2013One of the most difficult situations to discuss with an elderly relative is whether...
12/19/2012Nationally recognized caregiving and eldercare expert, Dr. Marion highlights the...
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Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR), September 2000
- File formats:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updated by:
- RFC 6895
- D. Eastlake 3rd
- dnsext (int)
Discuss this RFC: Send questions or comments to firstname.lastname@example.org
This document describes a Transaction Key (TKEY) RR that can be used in a number of different modes to establish shared secret keys between a DNS resolver and server. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.
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The study in this issue of the ARCHIVES, entitled "The Effects of Cost Containment on the Care of Elderly Diabetics,"1 poses a number of important questions and offers an opportunity for consideration of many issues plaguing health care strategists today, including the interactions of cost containment and quality, medical care processes and outcomes, and health services planning vs rationing. The study on the management of diabetics by Retchin and Preston1 contributes useful information to the debate about the impact of cost containment on the quality of the process of health care in a sector of the health care system that finds itself under increased scrutiny as public and corporate belts are tightened and concern is generated about the adverse effects of cost-containment strategies.
Health care costs are continuing to grow far above the general rate of inflation, and physicians and managers alike need to examine practice patterns carefully.
Warren BH, Nugent C. The Effects of Cost Containment on the Care of Elderly Diabetics. Arch Intern Med. 1991;151(11):2146-2147. doi:10.1001/archinte.1991.00400110010002
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Club Outings 2019
Monday May 6th 2019.
We will meet in the carpark at Galway Bay fm from 1.30. for car pooling. Leaving at 2pm sharp. Our outing will take us through Oughterard. We will be stopping at three points along our journey to Clifden. Two points where we will be able to get Panorama shots of Innagh Valley and one for a pano of Pine Island. After that we will be travelling on to a point near Clifden where you will be able to get several panorama shots including one of all 12 Bens.
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As previously reported by Def Sounds, Busta Rhymes announced that he will drop his first studio album since his 2009 release Back On My B.S. with his ninth album, Year of the Dragon. Now, following right behind Saturday’s announcement of the LP, Busta has revealed the official cover art for the project.
- Previous: Busta Rhymes Announces New Album
Busta Rhymes’ YOTD is slated to be released later this year via Google Music, Young Money/Cash Money and his own imprint The Conglomerate.
Stay tuned to Def Sounds for more information on Busta Rhymes’ new album, Year of the Dragon when it comes to light.
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We all know by now that regular exercise is a crucial part of living a healthy lifestyle, but, for many, finding the time or energy to get into your running shoes and make it to the gym is more easily said than done. However, there are many ways to make it easier to achieve your fitness goals, so don’t give up hope until you’ve read the following ideas.
1. Join a class! Not only will registering for fitness classes at JJ’s Boxing provide you with the accountability of a regular exercise schedule, but you will also be encouraged by an instructor and your peers when the going gets tough.
2. Achieving your weekly exercise minutes can be a social activity, too! Explore your surroundings and meet new people by attending fitness classes in Madison. Who knows? You might discover some new parts of town and make some new friends while you’re at it! Alternatively, run (safely) through your local streets and neighborhoods to truly appreciate the world around you.
3. Believe it or not, fitness can be fun! Don’t limit yourself to monotonous exercise routines when you could instead pursue training in sports programs or similar recreational activities. Boxing classes and wrestling programs, for example, are perfect for those with a competitive streak.
4. Accomplishing your personal goals for fitness or weight loss are even more easily attainable thanks to private fitness trainers and programs dedicated to developing a regimen just for you.
5. Bond with your kids! Encourage yourself to get moving by engaging your family in fun and engaging youth fitness programs. If you’re worried about spending too much time at the gym will take you away from your children, think again! Plus, only one out of every three children are physically active each day, so encourage a healthy lifestyle for your smaller loved ones!
The next time you’re having a hard time finding the fitness motivation you need, remember these five points and then get moving!
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The funeral for Jusé Julio Sarria, who, before Harvey Milk, was the first openly gay person to run for the US public office in 1961, took place in San Francisco on Friday.
Mourners were left with a detailed set of instructions for the late drag queen’s funeral service, which took place at 11am in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral.
Men were expected to wear black suits, white crowns, and white gloves. Women had to wear black full-length mourning attire, crowns, and shoulder-length veils.
Following the funeral, over 10 limousines and six buses brought mourners to Colma’s Woodlawn Cemetery for “a sensational and inspirational graveside ceremony”, which featured a concert and a performance from drag queen Donna Sachet.
The cortege was escorted by two dozen San Francisco police motorcycle officers.
Mr Sarria was buried in a grave next to the last resting place of Joshua Norton, better known at Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. Mr Sarria called himself ‘Empress Jose I, The Widow Norton,’ in honor of Mr Norton.
State senator Mark Leno compared Mr Sarria to civil rights activist Rosa Parks. He said: “He stood for justice. He said, ‘There is nothing wrong with being gay, the crime is being caught’.”
After the burial, a reception was held in Mr Sarria’s memory at Lookout Bar in San Francisco.
Mr Sarria, who served in World War II, was a well known campaigner for gay rights.
In 1965, he founded the Imperial Court, a gay rights charity. It is one of the oldest LGBT organisations, and since has raised millions through costume balls.
Mr Sarria passed away at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 19 August, aged 90.
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It’s not a sequel to the rather wonky but much-loved 1993 first-person organ donation sim. That’s the first thing to get out of the way. What it is – what it incredibly is – is an honest-to-God translation of the Games Workshop board game for PC and Mac.
Space Hulk will be a 3D turn-based strategy game developed by Full Control, with single player sourced from the board game’s Sin of Damnation campaign and cross-platform multiplayer across PC, Mac and iOS.
Multiplayer will come in both head-to-head and co-op colours. There’ll be a level editor included at launch in 2013, and future expansions will be released as DLC.
Space Hulk has an exquisite set-up: an ultra-grizzled Blood Angel Terminator squad is sent to investigate a distress signal on an ancient shell of a ship, an elephant in the “graveyard of space”. Too late they realise their mistake, and are forced to fight for their lives in claustrophobic corridors against Genestealers, the Tyranids’ most fearsome.
There’s a teeny tiny teaser trailer here:
And some very unofficial amateur stop motion dramatics over on YouTube:
We are too late.
Thanks, Pocket Tactics.
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I love how they know things
only to pass them on,
how they fade into the faux-wood-panelled
walls of the reference room,
their faces hidden between the covers of books,
How they look up only to help you:
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
How do the Maori bury their dead?
Who invented Barbie? How many were murdered in
Guatemala in ’84?
-Every query worthy of their attention,
any questioner taken seriously,
curiosity the only requirement.
I love how they listen, their lined faces opening,
their eyes already elsewhere:
Scanning a plain for the lights of a distant city,
Hunting for bodies in the highlands,
searching the web for Barbie-
their minds like those flocks of little birds in winter
swooping over a landscape, looking, looking.
And always when they get back to you,
that sweet smile on their faces,
pride and deep affection for what can be known,
as if Barbie’s invention
or the tally of the massacred
Could save you, could save the world!
And who knows if Stalin or Hitler
had spent their youth in the library,
history might be rewritten,
re-catalogued by librarians?
Curiosity sends us out
to a world both larger and smaller
than what we know and believe in
with a passion for finding an answer
or at least understanding our questions.
That road is paved with librarians,
bushwhackers, scouts with string
through the labyrinths of information,
helpers who disappear the moment
you reach your destination.
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quote:Then those two graphs change in opposite directions?
No. The deer can move to other areas. You're not taking that into account.
quote:This is the part I don't believe, like at all.
And of course you can modify it slightly by what you do and do not shoot, you're not going to grossly affect it though unless your deer are isolated.
quote:Makes more sense.
Bell curve is not right. It's a decaying graph thing.
When I'm forking out $300 a year for a lease, I expect to be able to kill whatever I want.
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Ah R2D2. Probably one of the most recognized little robots on the planet. There have to be a hundred different toys of R2 out there, but one of the more impressive is the 30th Anniversary Interactive edition. Complete with all kinds of bells and whistles, it’s about as realistic as they come. One Star Wars fan found himself in possession of a broken Interactive R2, and with his girlfriend’s birthday coming up, decided to do a little droid surgery to create the ultimate gift.
Giving Anakin a run for his money, all the controls for this R2 unit were custom built. A Raspberry Pi running Rasbian acts as the brain. Facial recognition was implemented using OpenCV. Voice commands in either English or Chinese were made possible by PocketSphinx. Some of the other features he included are: message recording and playback, ultrasonic distance detection, motion detection, wifi, and a rechargeable battery. Many of those features were included in the original toy, but since this unit was broken, had to be rebuilt from scratch.
In the end, it must have impressed his girlfriend – she’s now his wife. Good work Jedi. Check out some build photos and a video demonstration after the break.
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Kitchen sinks tend to clog when grease is poured down the drains. Once the grease cools down inside the pipes, it turns into a solid mass that creates a blockage. You can prevent clogs caused by solidified grease by pouring grease in a can and disposing of the can rather than pouring the grease down the drain. If you have already poured grease down the drain and now have a clogged sink, you can dissolve the grease with hot water.
Things You'll Need
- Plastic cup
- Pot or kettle
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1 cup water
Video of the Day
Remove water standing in the sink by dipping it out with a plastic cup.
Place a pot or kettle full of water on a burner on your stove and turn it on high heat. Allow the water to come to a full, rolling boil.
Dissolve 1/2 cup of baking soda in 1 cup of water, and pour the baking soda mixture down the clogged drain.
Pour the boiling water down the drain. Repeat this process until the drain is draining as it should.
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BERNINA Halloween 2011 - Happy Angry Birds
Added Oct 21, 2011
Happy Angry Birds – Red Angry Bird modeled by Miss Tehya Mahelona and Banzai Bird modeled by Master Ta’ale Mahelona. Photographed by Naomye Leiza.
Felt costumes lined in polyester cotton and filled with polyester fiber fill. Felt and satin appliqued facial features.
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Bringing home the impact of war: Rebecca Britt, author of Stories of Love and War. Photo: Rohan Thomson
If only he could have five more minutes in the arms of his wife, Marie. If only he hadn't signed up. If only he could hug and kiss her. If only he could wake up in Marie's arms again. If only he could be wounded so he could come home. But Lieutenant Peter McFarlane from Merewether, NSW, didn't get to do any of these things again.
He was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux in the Somme in June 1918, shortly after the Australians saved the village from the Germans.
More than any other letters, those by the former carpenter to his wife encapsulate the longing, fears and insecurities felt by many soldiers during World War I, says Rebecca Britt, acting head of military heraldry and technology at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and author of Stories of Love and War.
''Marie mine, I want to get back to you again. I want so much to have you in my arms, making love to you and cuddling you close to me,'' McFarlane wrote from France in June 1917. ''When will that come again, Girlie? If I had ever thought I would be so long away from my own Wifie, I would never have enlisted. This is not life to me, being away from you.''
The letters by McFarlane are such eloquent expressions of love and longing that the reader feels both envious of Marie as the recipient of such outpourings and slightly voyeuristic.
''Even from the beginning he was wondering what had he done, why had he left her. The refrain going through them was how much he longed to be back with her, creating a family, living their lives together. He almost made it through the war, but he was one of those thousands of Australians who never made it back to form a family.''
Within months of signing up in January 1916, McFarlane was regretting his decision. By 1917, he was even hoping to be wounded. ''I am not contented and never will be until I am with you. The only way seems to [be to] get a wound that would take me back to Australia,'' he wrote from Fovant, a camp in Wiltshire, England, that housed soldiers destined for France.
Many intimate parts of McFarlane's more passionate imaginings of cuddling Marie were cut before the letters were donated to the war memorial. ''Girlie, I am getting fed up over here,'' he wrote from France to Marie on April 29, 1917, remembering the last weekend they had spent together a year earlier.
''I want to write you Wife of how much I want you, of how much I love you and I can't seem to be able to put my thoughts to paper … I want to be lying beside you, where we used to go on Sunday afternoons behind that big rock on the beach. I want to be lying there with you Marie Mine, loving and kissing you … I want to look into your eyes Girlie, to let my hands roam about your arms and your hair and then at night when you would let me take … [rest of letter missing].''
After the war, many families cut the more private parts of letters, never imagining that they would be of interest to the memorial. Britt says many people regarded letters such as these as ''just mum and dad's romance'' but that's not true.
''Wars are fought by people, they're fought by ordinary men and women who are going off and sacrificing for their country. These letters really do show us that. It could be our mums and dads, it could be us in another age, and these letters really do bring home the effects of war and the impact of war on our society as well as on individual families.''
McFarlane's love for Marie was returned. The young widow grieved so much for her husband that she agonised for years over what to put on his gravestone at Villers-Bretonneux. Finally, she decided on ''Jesus my god and my all, I give to you, Peter, my husband''. Six years later she said the heartache was still deep and painful, and ''these words always help me bear my loss''.
McFarlane is buried in one of 1089 graves at Villers-Bretonneux, which also contains the remains of thousands of unknown Australians.
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2014-07-26T00:24:17Z
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Working with Us
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Saftronics combines engineering and technical pre-eminence with an absolute commitment to putting customers first.
Our unrivalled reputation as problem-solving innovators is matched only by our determination to focus on delivering what our customers require - on or ahead of schedule. This client-led approach also ensures that we take responsibility for controlling project costs – without compromising on levels of service, product quality, or attention to detail.
We take a flexible approach at all times, and will happily share our technological know-how and in-depth knowledge for the benefit of our clients – this even extends to working withour competitors on some projects. We have a large, modern and fully-equipped factory which clients are welcome to visit, and we are equally happy embedding our engineering services at customer sites.
Our dedicated project managers will work in close partnership with you, using their long experience and proactive initiative to become an invaluable member of your problem-solving team. We welcome the opportunity to become involved at the earliest stage of your project, and always plan to stay involved as long-term and trusted partners.
Our many years’ experience in this field means we have the skills and expertise to take on and manage large and complex projects across all industry sectors. We are well placed to call on the in-depth knowledge of our partner organisations, and are proud of our own in-house team of highly skilled and motivated engineers, electronics specialists and software experts.
We all look forward toworking closely with you.
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2016-07-25T21:54:57Z
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British and Commonwealth bantamweight champion Lee McGregor recorded his ninth consecutive victory as he stopped Ryan Walker in Wakefield.
It become once the 23-year-weak McGregor’s first bout since his title admire over fellow Scot Kash Farooq in November.
His titles were no longer on the line for the expansive bantamweight contest in opposition to the Londoner, who had received 11 out of 12.
However McGregor beat the 28-year-weak in the fifth of 10 scheduled rounds to address his 100% profession chronicle.
It become once the seventh time he had received interior the gap.
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2020-12-02T21:29:18Z
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The 1st County of London Yeomanry
also known as the Middlesex Duke of Cambridge's Hussars
The regiment was formed on the creation of the Territorial Force in April 1908 and placed under orders of the London Mounted Brigade. It was based at the Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea. Its Volunteer Force predecessor had been formed as long ago as 1797 and fought in the Boer War as the Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry.
1/1st County of London Yeomanry
1914 : moved with the brigade to Hounslow and then to join 2nd Mounted Division at Streatley.
- November 1914 : moved with brigade to North Walsham.
1915 : Division moved to Egypt.
- August 1915: dismounted and moved to Gallipoli.
- December 1915: returned to Egypt and remounted.
- January 1916: Division broken up; brigade moved to Suez Canal Defences and renamed 8th Mounted Brigade.
- November 1916 : brigade moved to Salonika.
- June 1917 : returned to Egypt; brigade came under orders of Yeomanry Mounted Division (21 July).
- 24 April
1918 : division renamed 1st Mounted Division.
- 22 July 1918 : brigade renamed 11th Cavalry Brigade.
2/1st County of London Yeomanry
- Formed in September 1914 as a "second line" (training, draft-supplying reserve) for the 1/1st. Came under orders of the 2/1st London Mounted Brigade.
- November 1914 : moved to Ranelagh Park.
1915 : moved with the brigade to Bylaugh Park (East Dereham) and placed under orders of 2/2nd Mounted Division.
- October 1915 : moved to Blickling Hall.
- 20 March 1916 : division renamed 3rd Mounted Division.
1916 : brigade renamed 12th Mounted Brigade.
- July 1916 : converted into a cyclist unit, under orders of 4th Cyclist Brigade in 1st Cyclist Division at North Walsham.
- November 1916 : division broken up; merged with 2/3rd County of London Yeomanry to form 6th (1st and 3rd County of London) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment. Moved to Reepham and came under orders of 2nd Cyclist Brigade in new 1st Mounted Division.
- March 1917 : resumed identity and moved to Overstrand. Moved in autumn to Melton Constable.
- 4 September 191 7: division renamed The Cyclist Division.
- May 1918 : moved with brigade to Ireland and then remained at The Curragh.
3/1st County of London Yeomanry
- Formed in April 1915 as a "third line" (training, draft-supplying reserve for the 1/1st and 2/1st) and located at Ranelagh Park.
- 1916: affiliated to 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment at Dublin.
- Early 191 7: absorbed into
2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment at the Curragh.
In the 1917 renumbering of the Territorials, the County of London Yeomanry issued numbers from the block 265001-270000. Corps of Hussars.
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2017-06-26T17:27:20Z
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|Reviews for Single Hottest Thing|
| xEchoxInfernox chapter 1 . 5/4/2015
Love that the girl is the commitment phobe, nice one-shot
| vanillatwilight chapter 1 . 7/25/2014
I LOVE IT SO MUCH. The dialogue is amazing and there is so much amazingness. I love the style and everything.
Sorry I can't form a coherent thought at 12:12 am.
| PenguinLover33 chapter 1 . 1/11/2014
| AdooreKhwab chapter 1 . 9/7/2013
This was adorable even if I didn't understand half of the things she was muttering.
| rightasrain chapter 1 . 8/26/2012
Great story! I felt like I missed a bit when you skipped that month in the middle. But still loved it :)
| annoyance chapter 1 . 7/4/2012
This was incredibly funny and sweet - I absolutely loved it!
| Me chapter 1 . 6/21/2012
This is one of the most tasteful rated M stories I have ever read :)) love it!
| SwimmingThroughExistance chapter 1 . 6/10/2012
it had me cracking up throughout- but what i loved best was the mental image of Judith Butler kicking Mina:P Thanks for writing this!
| Preposterous chapter 1 . 6/9/2012
Cute story! It was very original to say the least.
| Pinkamoo chapter 1 . 6/9/2012
"because I wrote it when I was 16 and it is therefore definitionally terrible!"
I know how you feel, friend.
It is cute, the kinky sexy time happenings were cute in their own kinky sexytimes way :) seems like he IS a masochist haha that would be so mortifying, having someone um, get you off in public. On someone else's lawn in particular. I'd want to die. diiiieeee
Gah I got to do me some writing. The block, it is horrible.
| GittaStar chapter 1 . 7/27/2011
I enjoyed this, and I love Mina!
| Sachi Nehme chapter 1 . 7/10/2011
That was extremely awesome. I loved the plot, the characters... everything just meshed so well, even mina's ramblings.
| Spontaneous Juju chapter 1 . 7/7/2011
That was awesome. :) The characters were quirky (but still hot) and yeah, I'd definitely agree with an 'M' rating on this one. :D I'm so glad I found this!
| PotOfGoldXxx chapter 1 . 5/29/2011
I swear I love the phrase 'Sexytime happenings.' It just sounds so... awesome for some reason. I don't know why. But yeah, I loved it.
| jammi chapter 1 . 5/21/2011
Can I say I love the fact that it's cute but sort of steamy at the same time, and the fact that there was sex and humour but it wasn't poking fun at her for having sex with a 'rando'. I really enjoyed the story and I really like that she wasn't ashamed of her sexuality even if she did have commitment issues, lol.
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2016-12-08T09:59:32Z
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Legends of the Force
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away….
Years have passed since the Battle of Ossus. The Jedi Order is all but extinct. The Galactic Alliance, reeling from many defeats, is on the verge of collapse. The galaxy is ruled with an iron fist by the ruthless Lord Krayt and his legions of Sith. Only the true Emperor, the exiled Roan Fel, stands openly against the Sith. But his forces are outnumbered 3 to 1, and his actions countered at every turn. Krayt has begun a campaign of brutal genocide against any systems that oppose him, and with each day his grip tightens upon the galaxy. The strong prey on the weak, and all hope seems lost for the galaxy….
On the remote desert world of Tatooine, the ancient Jedi Master Ben Skywalker has secretly gathered a small group of young Force users. Instructing them in the ways of the Force, he hopes to keep them safe until the time may come when they can challenge Krayt and restore peace and justice to the galaxy. However, a Falleen Sith Lord who calls himself Atrocitous has been looking for the Jedi Master for many years, and at long last has found him. Confronting Ben, it is clear that he is easily a match for the old Jedi. With his final breath, the son of Skywalker sacrifices himself so that his students may live. Now, pursued by Atrocitous, bounty hunters, and the forces of the Galactic Empire, the young heroes travel the stars in search of their destiny….
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2018-02-25T23:20:39Z
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Fujitsu has dumped its £896m contract with the NHS after disagreement over how much it should be paid to revamp the UK's health IT systems.
Negotiations between NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and Fujitsu broke down over how much it would cost to alter the systems it has been deploying in the south of England.
Fujitsu had been installing Cerner Millennium electronic care record systems and the NHS was demanding it tailored systems for local NHS trusts.
But after Fujitsu walked away from the renegotiation of its 2004 contract the NHS had no choice but to terminate the deal.
BT or CSC is thought to be favourite to take over responsibility for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS in southern England but Fujitsu will continue to run the existing systems until its successor is appointed.
A spokesman for CfH said: "Regrettably and despite best efforts by all parties, it has not been possible to reach an agreement on the core Fujitsu contract that is acceptable to all parties."
CfH said it was "acting to protect the interests of the taxpayer" and had to preserve the basis of "payment on delivery".
A spokesman for Fujitsu said: "Fujitsu Services can confirm that we have now taken the decision to withdraw from the National Programme for IT contract and reset negotiations with NHS Connecting for Health as we did not feel there was a prospect of an acceptable conclusion."
The Cerner Millennium care record system deployed by Fujitsu recently went down twice in one month, leaving NHS staff in the south of England without access to patient details.
Concerns about the effectiveness of the Cerner software expressed by clinicians at Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust were also recently raised in Parliament.
Accenture also walked away from its contract to deliver part of the NPfIT in 2006.
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2017-08-20T23:42:46Z
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Most of you probably know this already but my DC Limited came with 20" wheels and the spare is 18". In addition to having a crappy steel rim without the TPMS sensors it is also a smaller and cheaper tire. This is disappointing considering how much I paid for the truck, especially paying extra for the wheel upgrade, and I suspect it may be unsafe for the following reasons:
Now I realize that spare tires are just supposed to get you to the nearest repair location but in some states that could be 50 miles or further. With my luck I would get a flat in the rain or snow, while towing or hauling a heavy load, or while using 4x4 mode to do some off-road driving. So it seems entirely inappropriate to me for Toyota to save roughly $20 per vehicle and stick us with this junk. I would have been glad to spend a little extra to make the spare tire match. It's not like this is a 4-cylinder Corolla where you can limp around on a donut, this is the TUNDRA we are talking about! King of the 1/2 ton trucks but with a wimpy and lame spare tire. Guess I need to add a new tire to my list of future upgrades... grrr...
- The manual says to always use the same make and model tires on all 4 wheels and to replace them at the same time.
- The truck could be in 4x4 mode which would lock the wheels and make the smaller wheel spin faster.
- The truck may not handle a load or trailer safely with the smaller tire installed.
- The different tread pattern and size might make the truck pull to one side.
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2015-11-29T01:35:05Z
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Holy moly four days of no coffee seems like an eternity. I decided to try this little experiment this week because I just wasn't feeling it with coffee. Went with the tea. So what I've learned:
- I slept MUCH better with no coffee in the morning (which was surprising, since I don't have *that* much).
- I wasn't tired during the day - I was able to function normally.
- I got a KILLER headache on Wednesday - the worst I have ever had. Part caffeine withdrawal, part sinus infection/cold... but it was BAD.
- After I took some drugs for my headache, it got better, but I've had a dull headache ever since. Not sure what is causing it...
- Last night I decided that I was going to have some coffee this morning. I actually *wanted* it. And today it tastes delicious.
The Action Plan:
- cut back on days with caffeine, maybe alternate between caf and decaf.
- don't feel like I have to have coffee every day just because I feel like I should. I don't have to make it every day if I don't feel like it.
I am FINALLY feeling better. There's a little residual nose stuff going on, but other than that, I feel great. I'm going to spend tonight on the couch (it's Friday, so I was going to do that anyway), and drink lots of water. I am pleased that my cold only (only?) lasted one week - I think my increased overall fitness and wellness has made my immune system strong and it's able to fight stuff off a lot more quickly than if I hadn't been taking care of myself so well.
I'm glad I listened to my body and took the week off from the gym. At first I felt guilty because "you can exercise when it's above the chest!" But my body was telling me otherwise. It took a good friend to remind me to listen to my body and take care of it - not to feel guilty about it. So I feel good and I'm ready to go on Sunday. Tomorrow's workout will be walking around Washington DC at the National Book Fair. There are lots of great author signings, and I LOVE DC.
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2014-03-12T06:49:15Z
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Free Download ImageVault Zxp 1.1.0 for Adobe CC
Updated: November 27, 2019
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2020-01-20T18:51:07Z
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The next season of Love & Hip Hop Miami is on the way and is bringing a cast of characters with a few familiar faces like Trick Daddy, Trina, and Amara La Negra. In the first teaser trailer released on their website, VH1 focuses in on Trina who may be going toe-to-toe with a rising female rapper who doesn’t want to bow down to the Baddest B*tch.
Joseline a.k.a the “Puerto Rican Princess” Hernandez will be spicing things up a bit in the already hot city after originally quitting Love & Hip Hop Atlanta back in 2017. Just weeks ago it was reported that she was jumped in Miami, so viewers may catch the incident featured on the series.
The reality star also announced in October that she has her own Zeus Network show Joseline’s Cabaret coming soon. “No more Stevie J. I’m doing my own thing,” she told the network. “A lot of b*tches came through and tried to take my spot, but you can never take the Puerto Rican Princess’ crown. The baddest b*tch is back! And I’m here to stay.” Check out the Love & Hip Hop Miami teaser below.
Are you tuning in January 6th?
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ACTIFIRM RECOVERY EYE GOWOONSESANG EXPERT
Dosage form: cream
Ingredients: ALLANTOIN 0.1mL in 20mL
Labeler: GOWOONSESANG COSMETICS CO., LTD.
NDC Code: 51621-036
Disclaimer: Most OTC drugs are not reviewed and approved by FDA, however they may be marketed if they comply with applicable regulations and policies. FDA has not evaluated whether this product complies.
Active Ingredient: ALLANTOIN
Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane, Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Diisostearyl Malate, Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate / Dicaprate, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-10 Behenate/Eicosadioate, Arbutin, Betula Alba Juice, Lecithin, Ethoxydiglycol, Alcohol, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Viola Tricolor Extract, Vaccinum Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit, Viola Odorata Leaf Extract, Saccharide Isomerate, althaea Rosea Flower Extracxt, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Soluble Collagen, Phellinus Linteus Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Bentonite, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Polyacrylate, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Adenosine, Disodium EDTA, Centalla Asiatica Extract, Echinacea Angustifolia Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptid-8, CI 19140, CI 15985
This combination of cosmetic is used for your basic skin care and gives a benefit for skin firming, lifting and wrinkle care.
For external use only.
Do not use on wounds or if you are allergic to any ingredients of this product.
Keep out of reach of children:
Keep away from children.
Indication and usage:
Use morning and evening. After using Recovery Emulsion, gently apply a layer centering on around eyes and lip area and tap for better absorption.
Dosage and administration:
Take appropriate amount according to your skin condition and apply every morning and night.
|ACTIFIRM RECOVERY EYE
|Labeler - GOWOONSESANG COSMETICS CO., LTD. (631171204)|
|Registrant - GOWOONSESANG COSMETICS CO., LTD. (631171204)|
|GOWOONSESANG COSMETICS CO., LTD.||631171204||manufacture|
Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided here is accurate, up-to-date and complete, but no guarantee is made to that effect. Drug information contained herein may be time sensitive. This information has been compiled for use by healthcare practitioners and consumers in the United States. The absence of a warning for a given drug or combination thereof in no way should be construed to indicate that the drug or combination is safe, effective or appropriate for any given patient. If you have questions about the substances you are taking, check with your doctor, nurse or pharmacist.
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Ninja Theory has revealed a 360-degree, 4K version of its most recent trailer for Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.
Posted to the PlayStation YouTube channel, the video allows viewers to feel immersed in the trailer for the upcoming hack-and-slash title. Using Google Cardboard or another VR device, viewers can look around the environment from the camera’s position. While this doesn’t add anything that new to the original trailer, it gives people with Google Cardboard or a 4K compatible device a chance to immerse themselves in a little slice of the game.
You can put on your newfangled 3D glasses of choice and check out the trailer below.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is slated to release in 2016 on PlayStation 4 and PC.
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2019-02-22T10:44:58Z
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I think we can all agree it has been a terrible week. There are no words for the heartbreak and pain many of us are feeling in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and ensuing manhunt.
But even as our community comes together, there is a risk that companies can appear tone-deaf or worse if they don’t think carefully about what, or to whom, they were communicating.
Take for example a tweet sent out by a college friend this morning:
She is completely correct.
And I can’t help but wonder if Melissa & Doug would appreciate being included in my Facebook feed in the context of the other posts:
So what to do? When in doubt, go dark.
This morning, as I sat glued to the television coverage, I logged in to Sprout Social to reschedule or cancel Facebook posts planned for today. We also paused ongoing Facebook advertising, specifically any promoted posts that would hit users’ walls, as in the case of the Plum District example above.
Publicists should also review what they are sending out today, both for the content they are sending and to whom they are sending it.
Today our thoughts should have been with the victims, families and first responders. Companies would be wise to avoid distracting from that.
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2022-10-07T16:36:53Z
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Wine storage in a noble atmosphere - the casino Esplanade in Hamburg relies on Chambrair.
Burj al Arab places its trust in Chambrair
The perhaps most luxurious hotels in the world store their fine wines using Chambrair
AIDA and Chambrair
And at sea, too, only the best climate for wines – provided, it goes without saying, by Chambrair. Vessels include the Aida Bella, the Aida Luna and the Aida Diva.
Queen Mary II
The Atlantic Liner is one of the largest passenger ships in the world. And naturally, it too relies on the wine storage expertise of Chambrair.
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Ruth Thompson, age 92, died Monday, August 18, 2014 in Shalimar, FL.She was a former resident of Ellijay. She was born February 25, 1922 in Princeton, NE to Edward Schwaninger and Ruby Pfeiffer Schwaninger. Preceded in death by her husband Sam L. Thompson, Jr. in 2005.
Survived by children, Sam Thompson III of Gastonia, NC; John Thompson of Lake Placid, FL; Nancy Teal (Steve Teal) of Decatur, GA; David Thompson of Talking Rock, GA; grandchildren, Robin Thompson Hamby, Christina Thompson Sullivan, Kimber Teal Bell, Justin Teal, Travis Thompson, Melissa Thompson, Aaron Thompson, Colton Thompson; 9 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Also survived by her sisters, Olive Friendt, Betty Stevens, Mary Ann Hayes, and brothers, Bob Schwaninger, Marv Schwaninger, and Jim Schwaninger. Ruth was especially proud of her German Swiss heritage and the good health she enjoyed for much of her life.
Ruth cherished her childhood growing up on a farm in Nebraska. She was the oldest child of 7 and enjoyed milking cows alongside her dad. She married a military man, Sam Thompson, in Tucson, AZ in 1944. Relishing military life, she remained in contact by letter with many people she befriended as the family relocated numerous times. She rarely worked outside of the home, but made a career of taking care of her family. She especially loved to cook and passed that interest on to her children and grandchildren.
Most important to her was her Christian faith. She is remembered as a kind, caring, honest, generous, devoted friend. She was also resilient, determined and steadfast.
Her last years were spent among compassionate people at Hawthorn House assisted living in Shalimar, Florida. Although she suffered from dementia her personality still came through and the staff there loved her.
She would remind all of us, “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Graveside memorial service to be planned in Yukon cemetery at a later time.
Memorial gifts may be made to Air Force Enlisted Village at www.afenlistedwidows.org/give.html
Bernhardt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be made at http://www.bernhardtfh.com/fh
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In two weeks, IT workers and virtualization enthusiasts will descend on the Moscone Center in San Francisco to talk shop, compare notes and take virtualization inspiration back to their organizations.
VMworld is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, and organizers are planning to throw in unique twists to make the conference a memorable one for attendees.
We reached out to VMworld organizers to get a sense of what attendees can expect from Aug. 25–29.
VMWORLD: We’ve grown from 1,600 attendees in 2004 to more than 20,000 attendees in 2012, and we are expecting roughly the same number this year as last.
VMWORLD: Besides the informative and fascinating panels, keynotes and breakout sessions, the educational tools we provide offer attendees an opportunity for a real, hands-on experience. Last year we delivered more than 240 exams in San Francisco and Barcelona. We find that a lot of our attendees like to take advantage of the trip to San Francisco to get certified at a discounted rate. This year we have preconference courses for those who don’t want to miss a minute of VMworld, as well as sessions during the week for 75 percent off the regular price. [More information here: vmworld.com/community/conference/us/learn/training ]
VMWORLD: Every year we host a session for VMworld attendees with tips and tricks for making the most of the show — we’ve had really great feedback on that session. We really want to encourage attendees to set goals for their time at VMworld so they get the most out of the experience. Our attendees can take advantage of our great schedule builder tool once they log in at VMworld.com — it’s a fantastic way to browse the content catalog and start to build a schedule of sessions. Attendees should be sure to make time to walk the Solutions Exchange and take a couple of Hands-on Labs to get the full experience — and don’t forget the parties, tweet-ups and gatherings after hours.
VMWORLD: With this being our 10th anniversary, we have set the bar pretty high to ensure that this year’s conference is special. In addition to the fantastic educational and networking opportunities that our attendees have come to expect, this year we will also be celebrating the milestone with a look back at some of the great moments at VMworlds past.
Overall, VMworld has evolved to be a more targeted, productive experience for attendees. This year we are working hard to connect the activities at VMworld to help people find content that is tailored to their specific needs. For example, if someone is interested in network virtualization, we want to help them find the right session, lab and booth demos to get the tools and the information they need to go home and start having a real impact in their organizations.
The last decade has been truly transformational in the virtualization market. From the mass adoption of VMware’s first server virtualization product to the evolution of machine-level virtualization products and, more recently, the emergence of the software-defined data center, the industry has come a long way. We’re excited to be such an integral part of the history of virtualization, and we’re equally thrilled to be a leading voice on where the technology is headed.
VMWORLD: Fun is always a key component of VMworld. In fact, there are almost too many social gatherings to count! In addition to the now-famous Hall Crawl in the Solutions Exchange (Sunday night, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) and the VMware Customer Appreciation Party at AT&T Park (Wednesday night, 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.), there are countless gatherings — everything from tweet-ups to charity dodge ball tournaments. This year we are crowdsourcing a calendar of all the gatherings so attendees don’t miss a thing.
Stay tuned to BizTech for more news and videos from VMworld 2013.
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See in text (On Monsieur's Departure)
Here, the speaker personifies love as Cupid, the god of desire, erotic love, and attraction. In Roman mythology, Cupid wielded magic arrows that could cause uncontrollable desire in whomever they struck. Passion and lust were conceptualized as external influences that caused an internal emotion. In this allusion, the speaker once again characterizes her own feelings as an external entity. She has no control over these feelings and must plead with Love to remove them.
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Voila: New London is saved
Earlier this year, in welcoming the new president of Connecticut College, Katherine Bergeron, to New London, I suggested she might want to have lunch with Mayor Daryl Finizio, to help warm up town-gown relations.
I am sure President Bergeron is busy, getting adjusted to the new job. I'm sure lunch with the mayor is near the bottom of her to-do list, if it's on there at all.
But I think some legislation developing in the General Assembly should encourage President Bergeron to reorganize her priorities.
Not only should she have lunch soon with the mayor, but she should plan on picking up the check. It will help her get used to having to pay.
Connecticut College, Mitchell College and Lawrence + Memorial Hospital have all been getting pretty much a free ride in New London for all these years, not required to pay property taxes. But that would all change under a proposal sponsored by Connecticut House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey.
Sharkey, a critic of the way Connecticut municipalities must rely on property tax for revenue, believes that making nonprofit colleges and hospitals pay property taxes would be a good step toward reform.
The proposal is evolving and moving along. Sharkey says he has support from both sides of the aisle, and the bill will likely get its first airing at a public hearing within a week or so.
Sharkey said the proposal could be tweaked and changed, and maybe the requirement to pay taxes would be phased in. But the concept is on track for consideration in this session of the legislature.
Under his initial outline of the proposal, Sharkey said, the municipalities would no longer get reimbursed by the state for the lost taxes from hospitals and colleges.
The reimbursement under the PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, program is at 32 cents on the dollar and could go up to 34 cents under a budget proposal from Gov. Dannel Malloy.
Sharkey suggests that colleges and hospitals be made to pay taxes for the first time and then apply to the state for assistance from the PILOT pool of money. He calls this reverse PILOT, and it would shift the burden of assisting colleges and hospitals from the municipalities to the state, where the assistance could be more fairly paid for by everyone.
The new law also would allow the municipalities and the institutions to come up with a compromise payment plan for taxes, presumably for more money than the PILOT funds now provide, but less than the actual tax due. The municipalities would have all the leverage in those negotiations.
The Sharkey proposal would be especially welcome in poor cities like New London, the speaker said. But it would also help any towns with sizeable satellite facilities run by nonprofit hospitals. L+M, for instance, would have to pay taxes on its new cancer center in Waterford and its health center in Groton.
The proposal, Sharkey adds, would also acknowledge that community hospitals are more frequently acting like for-profit entities, paying executives high salaries, for instance.
"In New London and other communities, the distinction between nonprofit and for-profit is getting blurred," he said.
Just a quick glance at the numbers makes this proposal a huge windfall for New London.
The old assessment for all L+M property, not reflecting changes through revaluation, was $199.3 million. At the current mill rate, that would be a $5.4 million tax bill. Connecticut College's assessments totaled $213.9 million, for a tax bill of $5.8 million. Mitchell's assessments were $40.9 million, for a $1.1 million tax bill.
The city in its current budget allows for $4.6 million in PILOT money.
Mitchell has been making voluntary payments to the city of a little less than $30,000 a year. Connecticut College is paying a paltry $12,500 a year.
L+M says it donates to community causes and treats the indigent.
I would give a proposal introduced by the House speaker, a Democrat in a heavily Democratic state, a good chance of passing. It has to help that it should get strong support from cities.
The Sharkey plan would put a lot of much-needed money on the table for New London, which would be the biggest beneficiary around here.
I would think the city could help its colleges and hospitals adapt to a new reality and compromise by accepting less than the full property tax bill, to start anyway.
There will be lots to talk about if President Bergeron does come down the hill for that lunch with the mayor. She can hear first hand his lecture about how broke the city is. He's good at giving it.
The well-paid executives at L+M, who may need to start dipping a bit into the offshore accounts where they have stashed tens of millions of dollars, might also want to start to make nice with the mayor, instead of scolding him in the newspaper.
This is the opinion of David Collins.
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2017-12-15T16:47:10Z
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On May 31, Microsoft finally posted SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 4, which is Build 11.0.3368. This release was about two weeks later than expected, which is a little unusual for Cumulative Updates. I count 38 fixes in the public fix list.
These are probably the two most interesting fixes for the Database Engine:
Remember, this CU is only for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1.
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Region Design Lead Electrical Engineer
Date published: 5-Nov-2017
Opportunity: Experienced Hire
Business Line: Water
Business Plan: ENG
Function as a regional electrical and instrumentation lead for the development, design, and construction of water and wastewater treatment facility projects in Toronto and the surrounding regions.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Engineering Standards: Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks. Quality / Continuous Improvement: Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with B&V quality program relative to assigned tasks. May be responsible for ensuring compliance with B&V quality program. Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline. Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.Engineering Production: Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables. Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles. Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria. Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments. Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project. Project Coordination: Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects. Client Focus: Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects. May provide support to business development or pursuit activities. Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry. Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s). People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring): Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 5 years related work experience All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Preferred Job Qualifications:
Written Communications, Drive For Results, Decision Quality, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, Customer Focus, and Building Effective Teams. Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline.
Serve as lead electrical engineer for design and construction services for water and wastewater systems. Design responsibilities include power distribution systems, motor controls, generator systems, lighting systems, raceway systems, and auxiliary building systems including fire alarm, security and communications. Assume responsibility for leading project electrical design teams in diverse geographic locations and providing quality control to assure all work performed meets all applicable local codes and client standards. Experience in electrical system or controls design for water/wastewater treatment and conveyance systems preferred, or related industrial power system and automation design. Develop understanding of Black & Veatch Americas/Canada electrical design standards and suggest modifications/updates these standards to stay current with Ontario/Canadian Standards under the guidance of the Electrical Manager and Electrical Chief Engineer. Coordinate project staffing needs with the Electrical Staffing Manager and provide regular progress updates. Conduct field site visits to collect data on existing electrical systems and provide local electric utility coordination. Attend client progress meetings during design and construction. Provide additional construction support including shop drawing review, answering RFIs, and preparing change order documentation. Develop functional skills to use Black & Veatch standard computerized document management, specification, and Cad drawing tools.
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STATEMENT: Recap of AANHPI Climate Justice Convening in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — AAPI Victory Alliance just wrapped up its inaugural climate justice covening in Los Angeles, Calif with Charming Evelyn from Sierra Club LA as keynote speaker. The first of its kind conference brought together local leaders from across the country and created an opportunity for connection and collaboration among AAPI activists and advocates, while uplifting the voices of Native Hawiians, Pacific Islanders and other indigenous communities who have long sounded the alarm on climate change.
From AAPI Victory Alliance Executive Director Varun Nikore:
“The main takeaway from this first event, in a series of AAPI-focused climate justice activations, is that we now have the foundation of a strong national and local coalition who are ready to fight for, and deliver on, the progress we need to make to safeguard our planet and our democracy. Missing voices from the Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian communities in the fight for climate justice means critical conversations and decisions lack the nuance and perspective in determining the most effective solutions. Our movement must do better to fill in these gaps in the bedrock of climate justice—and our organization is stepping up and leading the way to ensure it happens.”
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This can be mistaken for a small shopping bag until you realise that the main compartment is surrounded by umpteen pockets. The brochure refers to eight, but I counted a dozen.
They are shaped to take items as small as a pen or as big as a flowerpot. Velcro fasteners and elasticated retaining cords are good features.
The Holdall Plus is made of strong, light, washable nylon. Rivets reinforce the padded, close-stitched handles - which run right down to the base of the bag - and also strengthen each of the main compartment's four corners.
Making the pockets of nylon mesh, which lets soil escape, is typical of the thought that has gone into this commendably practical product.
Price is the main drawback of the Holdall Plus. A straw poll suggested it would cost something less than pounds 20, but the recommended retail figure is pounds 31.95.
Town & Country Garden Products, Wimbledon House, Wimbledon Street, Leicester LE1 1SN (0533 629281).Reuse content
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