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So I hear on the news that the UK defense Secretary is lobbying calls to ban the new EA game Medal Of Honour. once again the old argument that games are bad for children comes up again and once again im left thinking that instead of blaming the game companies for games kids might play, why are parents letting their kids play games that were made for over 18s. the blame culture of our society is one thing that really makes me annoyed.
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2019-04-26T04:17:40Z
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SM TOWN isn’t the only big thing not happening. Get ready for the Incheon Music Festival on 8/22. Check out the artist line-up: Rain, Super Junior, F.T. Island, SS501, M, MC Mong, 2PM, Girl’s Generation, Chae Yeon, KARA, Lee Jung Hyun and other artists.
I want to go to this, if I was in Korea, I would so go! I think everyone’s fine except the SM artists. Maybe because SM Town’s concert’s is on hold they needed to put them to work on something else??
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2019-04-22T15:12:33Z
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The Remake of “We are the World” premiers, starting with Justin Bieber an including audio from Michael Jackson and many other popular modern artists.
A Church Orphanage operating in Haiti finds itself in legal trouble over the claimed illegal border crossing of children over the Haitian border to the Dominican Republic, following Haiti’s stricter adoption laws. It seems however, that not all of the children are even orphans. While the orphanage administration claims to have signed authorization, no papers of such were presented at the border, and the fact that some children are not orphans and have live parents leaves doubts to the authenticity of the orphanage’s story.
Yep, Pat Robertson, who always has some comment to make about Christianity that usually includes crossing the line- oh, and asks for money.
This time, hes attacking Haiti, claiming that they sold their souls to the devil to defeat the French, and that they have been cursed.
Seriously, what a bigoted hypocrite. He attacks a revered Catholic and Christian nation as being “demonic”.
Apparently, the Slaves couldn’t defeat the French to him, so they must have made a pact with the devil to defeat them!
After all, what colony could EVER defeat a large colonizing European empire? Never happened!
With The epicenter of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake lying just 15 Miles SW of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the nation of Haiti is being slammed by the earthquake and its aftershocks, which range from magnitudes 6.0 to 5.0.
Details on this event still remain broken as the earthquake damaged much of Haiti’s communication and electrical lines, reports say.
The Haitian ambassador to the US has also reportedly sought aid from the US due to this event.
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2019-04-18T10:21:50Z
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Christensen worked for Southern Nevada for about 23 years on both the Las Vegas City Council and the Clark County Commission.
Longtime Las Vegas public servant Paul Christensen died Sunday at the age of 82.
Christensen’s daughter, Laura Haven, 54, of Las Vegas, said he had been sick for a while. He caught pneumonia and couldn’t shake it.
But he had a long, happy life. He had four children with his wife of 62 years, Norma Christensen, and lived to meet four great-grandchildren and be excited for a fifth.
“That was really the most important thing he did was his kids,” Haven said.
Haven said he began his career in politics when she was just 13 years old, but he was always a good dad, she said. Christensen rebuilt cars as a hobby, and when each of his four kids turned 16, he would buy them an old car to work on together.
“He was always really sweet to everyone,” she said.
However, those who worked with Christensen said he had a big personality and was never shy about expressing his opinions.
“He really didn’t suffer fools,” Lucy Stewart said. Stewart worked with Christensen and said he was also kind, generous and fun.
He decorated his desk with novelties: he had a “B.S. Repellent” spray can, as well as fake ears and comical signs along the lines of “You can’t fix stupid,” Stewart said.
Stewart said it wasn’t uncommon for her to tell him a great joke and later hear it around the office as a joke Christensen told.
Woodbury said his friend devoted his life to public service because he loved it.
Christensen was born in Milford, Utah, and moved to Las Vegas in 1939 – the year his father, M.J. Christensen, started the family’s jewelry business. Christensen graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1950 and earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University.
He enlisted in the Air Force, serving as a pilot during the Korean War and returning to Las Vegas in 1957 to work in the family’s jewelry stores. He married Norma Lee on June 10, 1952.
In the 1970s, Christensen followed in his father’s political footsteps — he was in the Nevada Assembly in the 1950s and the Nevada Senate in the 1960s. He was re-elected to the Las Vegas City Council in 1977 and 1981. During his time on the City Council, he worked to widen Jones Boulevard, increase the number of firefighters and improve police presence in the city.
He brought his concerns about crime, traffic and water to the Clark County Commission, to which he was elected in 1984 by a landslide. He won re-election twice before he was defeated by Lance Malone in 1996.
He was also chairman of Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and president of Las Vegas Valley Water District. Christensen was appointed by Gov. Kenny Guinn to serve on the transportation services authority board for approximately five years, during which time he became the chairman.
On Oct. 15, 2013, Clark County commissioners voted unanimously to approve naming the bridge over Decatur Boulevard at the northern 215 Beltway the Paul J. Christensen Bridge.
Haven said he continued to do philanthropic work until his health began to fail.
“He lived a long, full life, but it’s sad to see him go,” Woodbury said.
The family is planning funeral services for Christensen at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3400 W. Charleston Blvd., at 11 a.m. Saturday. A viewing is tentatively scheduled for Friday night at Palm Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd.
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2019-04-19T22:15:52Z
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Homeowners who buy and install smart thermostats in their homes can apply to receive a $50 rebate from the city of Naperville.
Naperville homeowners who install smart thermostats in their homes can get a $50 rebate from the city.
Beginning May 1, residential utility customers who buy and install the Wi-Fi connected thermostats can apply for the rebate from the city of Naperville’s electric utility. The rebate applies to any brand of smart thermostat, including the popular Nest brand.
The smart thermostats allow residents to manage their home’s air-conditioning and heat setting preferences from a “smart” phone or computer. Smart thermostats also show users their energy consumption and how to consume less.
"When the city and customers reduce electric usage, wholesale power costs are reduced and savings are realized for all customers," according to a memorandum from City Manager Doug Krieger's office.
Due to the timing of grant funds, the deal cannot apply to homeowners who already have the smart thermostats installed.
Money for the rebate comes from the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, which has annually awarded Naperville an Electric Efficiency Program Grant of about $330,000 since 2011, according to city documents.
This year Naperville anticipates using $100,000 toward its LED street light program, $25,000 for the residential smart thermostat rebate program and the remaining amount for commercial energy efficiency lighting projects, city documents said.
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SANDF chief Lieutenant-General Vusumuzi Masondo needed to explain how it was possible that a decision to dismiss soldiers was taken without first subjecting them to disciplinary processes, the union's national secretary Pikkie Greeff said.
The defence force's spokesperson Xolani Mabanga could not immediately confirm Sandu's statement.
"I cannot confirm that they were dismissed, however what I do know is that we are in the process of taking disciplinary measures against those who disobeyed the instructions to return to their home bases," Mabanga said.
In August, the Supreme Court of Appeal found the dismissal, without a hearing, of 650 soldiers involved in an illegal march on the Union Buildings in 2009 was unlawful.
Only 296 of those charged had been subjected to a probe, in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal. Due to a lack of evidence against them they were recalled to duty and their special leave was cancelled.
Greef said the balance of members on special leave were not charged and, until their dismissal on Friday, remained at home.
"The question arises as to why the special leave of the members at the KwaZulu-Natal probe was revoked but not that of the remaining affected members."
Greeff said hundreds of soldiers reported to their bases this week to enquire about the cancellation of their special leave, but had been told to stay at home.
"If the basis for such dismissals is the failure of affected members to report for duty, then Sandu challenges Masondo to produce evidence of any such recalls," he said.
"If such proof exists, he must explain why the members were not afforded an opportunity in due process of law to be notified of their recall and a chance to explain their alleged failure to return to duty."
Mabanga conceded that on August 20, the Supreme Court of Appeal found the SANDF had been unfair by not following correct dismissal processes.
However, in the judgment, the court stated that the SANDF had the right to maintain and manage a disciplined military force as required by the Constitution.
"As a result, the SANDF issued instructions to those soldiers to report to their home units for arraignment. Some responded positively to that instruction and some deliberately ignored it," Mabanga said.
"If they disobeyed the instruction, according to the policies and administrative rules, they would then face disciplinary measures, one of which could be discharge."
While Sandu maintained its members did not receive instructions to report to their home bases, Mabanga said the SANDF was mindful of individuals and organisations misleading people for their personal gain.
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You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘Eponym’ tag.
The animals living in a particular area or period in history. Latin “Fauna”=the sister of Faunus, god of forest, plains and fields, worshiped by shepherds and farmers.
A breech-loading, center-fire needle-gun adopted as the rifle of the French army in 1866. Named after its designer Antoine A. Chassepot (1833–1905).
A corded ribbon used for stiffening clothes or hats. Named for Lord Petersham (1790–1851), English army officer, a Regency period fashionista.
A small plant with blue or purple flowers that grows in mountain areas. Latin “gentiana” < Gentius, King of Illyria, who is said to have discovered the plant’s medicinal properties.
Short description of a book for promo purposes. Eponymous from fictional “Belinda Blurb” invented by writer Gelett Burgess in 1914.
A clockwork model of the solar system, invented by George Graham. Eponym, named in honor of Charles Boyle, the 4th Earl of Orrery.
A hard, black, glassy volcanic rock. Latin “obsianus” < “Obsius”=a Roman who found such a stone in Ethiopia.
Drink made from port, sugar, lemon, and hot water. Eponym after Col. Francis Negus (d. 1732) who reputedly invented it.
An actor or actress: Eponym from Greek “Thespis,” the traditional father of Greek tragedy (C6th BCE), hence related to drama in general.
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The emotional state of war-affected populations has become a central concern for international policy-makers over the last decade. Growing interest in war trauma is influenced by contemporary Anglo-American emotionology, or emotional norms, which tends to pathologize ordinary responses to distress, including anger related to survival strategies. The article critically analyzes the ascendancy of a therapeutic security paradigm in international politics, which seeks to explain the prevailing political, economic and social conditions in terms of cycles of emotional dysfunctionalism. The articles contends that international therapeutic governance pathologizes war-affected populations as emotionally dysfunctional and problematizes their right to self-government, leading to extensive external intervention. However, international therapeutic governance may be detrimental to post-war recovery as well legitimizing a denial of self-government.
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The UK carried out its first drone attack on Islamic State militants in Iraq over the weekend, the Ministry of Defence has said.
An RAF Reaper drone was involved in coalition missions near Baiji, the site of Iraq's largest oil refinery.
The MoD said the drone "successfully attacked" militants who were laying improvised explosive devices.
Britain is one of about 40 nations involved in the fight against IS, which controls parts of Iraq and Syria.
The UK launched its first air strikes against IS targets in Iraq on 30 September - four days after Parliament approved military action.
It has also sent military trainers to help local forces in their efforts to halt the advance of IS.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said it was the first time a Reaper drone had also been used to carry out an airstrike.
"The MoD are still not saying how many Reapers have been redeployed from Afghanistan to the region," he added.
"It's understood the remotely-piloted aircraft have conducted more than a dozen sorties over Iraq so far - mostly in a reconnaissance role."
The MoD said RAF Tornado jets were also involved in airstrikes near the oil refinery in Baiji over the weekend.
The town, about 200km (130 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, was seized by militants in June but they failed to capture the refinery.
On Sunday, officials said Iraqi government forces had regained large areas of the town.
An RAF aircraft also destroyed a shipping container west of Baghdad, on Sunday morning. The MoD said the container was "used by the terrorists to store equipment to support extortion and control of the local population".
Last week, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the UK would be sending more military trainers to Iraq. A dozen British trainers have already been deployed to work with Kurdish forces in the northern city of Erbil.
On Sunday, the US announced it was sending another 1,500 troops to Iraq. US President Obama said the deployment of the non-combat advisers marked a "new phase" in the fight against IS.
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2019-04-25T17:45:19Z
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NORTH READING, Mass. – The Suffolk men's tennis team returned to the win column Wednesday night as it defeat Wheelock, 6-3, at North Reading High School.
Suffolk gained a 2-1 edge after doubles play behind victories on courts two and three. Charles Tang and David Grujic put the blue-and-gold on the scoreboard first with the golden match over the Wildcats' Amos Jackson and Abbey Smith in the third slot. Kevin Greenman and Rami Esrwai made it 2-0 Rams thanks to an 8-2 decision over Jordan Bernard and Jack Krieger in the second spot. Wheelock won the clash on the first court to trim Suffolk's lead to one heading into singles action.
Tang carried his winning ways in singles play as the junior defeated Sarah Tobin, 6-0, 6-1, in the fifth spot to regain a two-point cushion. The lead was shortlived as the Wildcats took court three to make it a one-point match once again.
Esrawi swung momentum in the Rams' favor again with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Jackson at No.4, before Grujic downed Krieger, 6-3, 6-1, in the sixth slot to clinch the non-conference clash in Suffolk's favor.
Chris Parnagian downed Arvin Hedayaty, 6-3, 6-2, for the final Rams' point of the evening and the Wildcats locked up the win on court one for the final 6-3 decision.
Suffolk entertains UMass Dartmouth tonight, Thursday, April 19 at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols at 6 p.m.
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https://www.gosuffolkrams.com/sports/mten/2017-18/releases/20180419i6wh4p
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Change is continuous and language evolves as a consequence. Fresh words are formulated, or old words are re-purposed to name new things. In the field of photography, the new word is analogue , and it's applied to something old.
This term has crept into common usage as a means of differentiating between film and digital photography, and thus analogue photography has come to mean not digital : in other words, film photography. But, it's an ill-conceived name, and not entirely fit for purpose.
So what does analogue actually mean?
The adjective analogous is from the Greek word analogos, meaning - comparable in certain respects . Return love for hatred is analogous to love thy enemy , but the former is Taoist and the latter Christian, and they are similar but not the same.
The noun analogue is used to name a thing that is comparable to another thing. Applying the noun analogue to differentiate film photography therefore seems paradoxical, since the term is more correctly used to recognise similarities.
Analogue has the further specialised meaning in the field of electronics. It refers to a signal where the output is proportional to the input, normally in relation to the combination of a device and a media that can together measure, record, or reproduce continuous information. For example, older analogue telephones converted the vibration of sounds to electric current, which travelled a wire, and upon reaching its destination was converted back into amplified vibrations.
In a digital camera, each of the many millions of pixels recorded by the sensor relies upon a light-sensitive photocell, which generates a tiny electrical current in response to light: the brighter the light, the stronger the current. It becomes a digital system when the brightness levels are coded into the binary (digital) record of that image. Those digits are then converted back into electronically displayed images, or reproduced as printed pixels. Digital cameras utilise an analogue system - how ironic!
Conversely, film photography is not a true analogue process: it's a chemical process whereby exposing light sensitive photographic film requires chemical solutions to develop and permanently stabilize the image. Film processed to produce a negative or transparency (slide) results in a physical entity. A whole new process is required to make that negative into a print (etc.), and convert it into a facsimile of the scene captured by the camera.
So, there's another irony to our new terminology. Digital photography is an analogue system, and film photography is not a true analogue process.
To add further confusion, there are two different spellings of the word. Analogue is the traditional English spelling, while the phonetically simplified analog is American. However, in the USA both words are used. Analog generally refers to electronics devices, while analogue is often reserved for use in the sense something that bears a resemblance to something else (or so I understand).
Both Fuji Film and Canon's websites use the word analogue to identify film photography. It's nice that they have adopted the English spelling, but this description legitimises the disagreeable term, and fully embeds it in today's language.
To avoid the potential confusion between film and digital, and avoid the inappropriateness of analogue, the French have adopted the word - argentic - to describe non-digital photography. Argentic means silver and is a suitable name because it acknowledges the silver halide crystals that make up the film emulsion.
The choice exists: we can go with the flow and use a term that differentiates film photography by saying it's similar to digital. We could adopt the French term "argentic", which appropriately describes film photography. Of course, we could also call film cameras/photography film cameras/photography ... as we have done for the past 150 years. That would be nice!
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The Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication was established with generous contributions by Dave Turnage to facilitate the study of political communication and media literacy in the 21st century.
A technological revolution is underway in the fields of media and communication. Cable, satellite television, and the Internet have transformed how Americans get information about politics and civic life.
With these new technologies and enhanced communication abilities come questions about how people can make sense of the public sphere and play a part in our politics.
What challenges do journalists face when constructing accurate and honest political reports?
What is the role of experts/academics in this process?
What are the challenges associated with governmental transparency?
How can citizens determine what is accurate?
How can we facilitate the development of media literacy within society?
What is the role of media in a democratic society?
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2019-04-23T16:15:19Z
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http://www.elon.edu/e-web/org/political-communication/default.xhtml
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Make your speculative cover letter shine – 5 top tips.
1. Get a name of someone to write to.
This is important. Your application needs to hit the right desk. I have seen cover letters beginning “Dear Employer,” “Dear Sir or Madam,” even “Dear Whoever”. If you address a letter like this and it comes in through a post room, how is anyone to know where to deliver it? The same is true if you send your application to a generic email address. Do all you can to get the name of someone who deals with recruitment or human resources. You can phone the organisation and ask, google it and hunt through the website, talk to friends and contacts and / or use LinkedIn to try to track down the information. If you are applying to a small organisation you can even turn up at reception. Usually persistence pays off! If you absolutely cannot get a name then at least make sure you send your letter or email to human resources; the “Dear Sir or Madam” salutation would then be best.
2. Start the letter by explaining what you want.
I suggest a heading immediately under the salutation, “Application for temporary work experience/a post in….” Your first sentence can then explain “I am a (first/second) year student (or graduate) looking for a position as… This is direct and your prospective employer will know immediately what the letter is about. You’re going to come across as business like and your addressee might well be tempted to read further.
3. Explain what you can do for the organisation.
Probably the foremost thing in your mind, as you write the letter, is what getting a post with this organisation might do for you. Perhaps it might lead to an offer of your dream job? Maybe the experience you’d gain over the vacation period could really set you up to make successful applications for graduate schemes in the future? It’s really tempting to blurt all of this out, in hopes that the putative employer will be able to see how much benefit you’ll gain from working in the company. Before you do this, think about your application from an employer’s point of view. Of course there are altruistic employers prepared to give you some work experience to help you out, there are probably far more who will want to think what you might be able to do for them if they take you on. So what can you offer? Perhaps you’ve already got some great administrative experience, are a whizz with Excel, fantastic at setting up social media campaigns? How might this benefit the organisation? Think through your own unique selling points and pitch your application based on how useful you could be.
4. Don’t try to compare your target employer with its competitors.
If you’ve been applying for graduate schemes you’ve probably mastered the need to make clear why you’re applying for a particular organisation rather than its competitors. You’ll be used to talking about awards the company might have won, the unique culture within it and its arrangements for training its graduates. You’ll be excellent at explaining why all this is better than the offering anywhere else. This sort of comparison isn’t necessary in a speculative application. It doesn’t mean that you don’t need to research the organisation and show that you understand something about it and the work it does. You do. Just don’t worry about demonstrating why you chose this company, rather than another one as your target recipient.
5. Stick to the normal rules of effective letter writing.
We’ve blogged more generally about cover letters before and it’s worth a look at one or two of our older posts. Remember to make sure that your spelling and grammar are correct. Try not to use overlong sentences or over complicated vocabulary, you want your letter to be easy to read. Make sure that what you write complements your CV and does not simply repeat it and keep the cover letter to one page.
Good luck with the application! You may not get any success (or even a response) from some employers, don’t give up or lose heart. Keep going and the chances are that you’ll find someone prepared to give you work experience, you’ll enhance your CV and probably gain some really useful skills. With any luck you’ll enjoy the experience too!
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2019-04-19T19:20:08Z
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https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2015/04/27/make-your-speculative-cover-letter-shine-5-top-tips/
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This article contains answers to common questions pertaining to Norse Docs. Norse Docs, a part of Norse Apps, is Luther College’s version of Google Docs, and it is a web-based word processing, form, spreadsheet, and presentation program that makes collaboration easier and more efficient.
How can I learn more about Norse Docs?
Is there anywhere I can watch videos with more information about Norse Docs?
How can I learn more about Norse Apps, of which Norse Docs is a part?
Will I be able to use Norse Docs?
How many people can simultaneously edit a document using Norse Docs?
Does Norse Docs have an English-English spellchecker (as opposed to US English)?
Do the comments inserted into Norse Docs appear when printed?
What is the maximum number of sheets that you can have in a Norse Docs spreadsheet?
What are the limits as far as size for Norse Docs?
In Norse Docs, is it possible to share a document with a listserv and thus give access to all the listserv members?
Within a Norse Docs spreadsheet, what is the maximum number of people to whom an online form can be sent?
How do I request a feature that is not currently supported by Norse Docs?
When an email is sent from Norse Docs using the Share tab, where is the record of that stored?
How do I set Norse Docs as my homepage?
How do I upload files to Norse Docs, and what types of files can I upload?
Q1: How can I learn more about Norse Docs?
Q2: Is there anywhere I can watch videos with more information about Norse Docs?
Yes. While there are currently no videos designed specifically for Norse Docs, there are videos for Google Docs. Lynda.com is a provider of web-based software training videos and resources. If you are interested in access to Lynda.com please contact the Technology Help Desk at [email protected] or 563-387-1000.
Q3: How can I learn more about Norse Apps, of which Norse Docs is a part?
Q4: Will I be able to use Norse Docs?
Yes. All Norse Apps users will have access to Norse Docs which is Google’s web-based document, spreadsheet, and presentation program that makes collaborative editing and work quite easy. You can also create online forms!
Q5: How many people can simultaneously edit a document using Norse Docs?
The limit for documents and presentations is 200 combined viewers and collaborators. 10 people may edit and/or view at any given time. There is currently no limit to the number of people with whom you can share a spreadsheet. However, only 50 people can edit a spreadsheet at the same time. For more information see Working with Collaborators.
Q6: Does Norse Docs have an English-English spellchecker (as opposed to US English)?
Go to Tools, scroll down to Language (spelling), and select your preferred language.
Q7: Do the comments inserted into Norse Docs appear when printed?
Comments do not appear when you print documents and spreadsheets. There isn’t an insert comment option when creating a presentation.
Q8: What is the maximum number of sheets that you can have in a Norse Docs spreadsheet?
The maximum number of sheets is 40. For more information, see Basic Information: Size Limits.
Q9: What are the limits as far as size for Norse Docs?
Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations each have specific limits depending upon what it is you are doing. For details, see Basic Information: Size Limits.
Q10: In Norse Docs, is it possible to share a document with a listserv and thus give access to all the listserv members?
Yes, select Share *, enter the mailing list address in the *Add people window, and select either as viewers or as collaborators above the window. For more information, see Working with Collaborators.
Q11: Within a Norse Docs spreadsheet, what is the maximum number of people to whom an online form can be sent?
There is no limit for the number of people to whom the form can be sent.
Q12: How do I request a feature that is not currently supported by Norse Docs?
Submit your request using the Google Docs Help Center.
Q13: When an email is sent from Norse Docs using the Share tab, where is the record of that stored?
There is no record stored within Norse Mail; if you want a record you can copy yourself (i.e. using “cc”).
Q14: How do I set Norse Docs as my homepage?
It’s easy to set Norse Docs as your homepage.
Q15: How do I upload files to Norse Docs, and what types of files can I upload?
From within Norse Docs, you can upload an existing file by clicking on Upload and then identifying the file to be loaded into Norse Docs. By default, the same name will be used though you are certainly welcome to give the file a different name if you prefer.
When you upload the files, you can choose whether or not to convert any uploaded documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to Google Docs formats. This will allow you to edit your files from within Norse Docs. However, it is not necessary to do this, and you can upload any type of file to Norse Docs as long as it meets the file size restrictions.
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In our Monday news wrap, a new climate change report from the Trump administration predicts dire economic effects from global warming, but President Trump said he doesn't believe it. Also, Prime Minister Theresa May has begun her final push to sell the British Parliament on a deal to exit the European Union.
In the day's other news: President Trump rejected a key conclusion of his administration's new climate report. The findings were published Friday. They predict dire economic effects from global warming.
Asked about that today, Mr. Trump said, "I don't believe it."
The U.S. and European allies today condemned Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels. The Russian Coast Guard fired on and then seized the ships on Sunday in waters off Russian-occupied Crimea. Moscow says the ships illegally entered its territorial waters. We will have a full report later in the program.
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has begun her final push to sell Parliament on a deal to exit the European Union. E.U. leaders approved the agreement on Sunday. It would keep Britain subject to E.U. rules even after leaving the bloc until at least 2020. In the House of Commons today, May warned opponents of the agreement that it may be the last, best chance.
There is a choice which this house will have to make. We can back this deal, deliver on the vote of the referendum, and move on to building a brighter future of opportunity and prosperity for all our people, or this house can choose to reject this deal and go back to square one.
President Trump warned today that the deal could hinder U.S. trade with Britain. Parliament is expected to vote on the issue the week of December 10.
Back in this country, a winter storm blanketed parts of the Midwest with heavy snow for a second day and snarled post-Thanksgiving travel in the process. Hundreds of people were stuck in airports overnight, as blizzard conditions grounded more than 1,900 flights in Chicago alone. The snow and ice also covered roads from Michigan to Kansas.
Jury selection began today for James Alex Fields Jr., accused of killing a woman at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The victim was Heather Heyer, a counterprotester at last year's event. Fields allegedly drove his car into a crowd, killing Heyer and injuring dozens of others. He's facing a state charge of first-degree murder.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today over whether Apple's App Store is an illegal monopoly. The dispute stems from a requirement that iPhone software applications be purchased directly through the App Store. Developers must pay the tech giant a 30 percent commission on all sales; iPhone users have sued, arguing they are being overcharged as a result.
And on Wall Street, bargain hunters helped stocks bounce back after last week's sell-off. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 354 points to close at 24640. The Nasdaq rose nearly 143 points. And the S&P 500 added almost 41.
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A widely reported spear phishing scam has been targeting universities and other academic institutions.
Reports of laptop thefts are on the rise. Learn how to protect yourself!
Get tips, best practices, and how-to guides for common campus security measures.
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You can help by educating yourself about our privacy and security policies, practicing cyber self-defense, using available security tools, being alert to potential danger signs, reporting unusual behaviors, and taking corrective action when necessary. Together we can keep our campus an open, accessible system.
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Swarms of tourists are spending the holidays in the city – unfortunately, they’re not spending much money, local businesses said yesterday.
Pat Frawley, who has a souvenir and clothing shop on Fifth Avenue at 51st Street, yesterday became frustrated watching the shivering tourists outside his window blowing on their hands to keep warm.
“They’d rather stay cold than shell out $5 for gloves or a hat,” he said.
Despite being a block from the Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree – tourism’s ground zero – Frawley is finding business “down seriously,” he said.
The store laid off 12 employees Friday.
Tennessee visitor Jennifer Green, 31, said that in past years, she always made a point of skating in the rink near the tree, but this year, she decided to save money and watch other people skate.
Martin Steels, 24, a management consultant from London, said he, too, is trying to see New York on the cheap.
Saied Abdelghani, 42, who has a gyro cart at Sixth Avenue and 50th Street, said that instead of the 150 customers he normally has each day this time of year, he currently is serving only 25 a day.
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If the person giving *Sadaqah* knows that the money he is donating will reach Allah first and then the poor person, he will truly gain much more joy in giving rather than taking.
Do you know the benefits of *Sadaqah*?
20. *Sadaqah* is rewarded, even if it is on animals and birds.
*The last thing* The best form of Sadaqah at this moment is to forward this message with the intention of it being Sadaqah..
Reblogged this on Dawah – For The Sake of Allaah.
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I’m sitting here at 7:37pm, October 30, writing this.
And I can easily count the things I should be writing.
It’s just past midnight; it’s now officially the 27th.
I have taken into consideration all the comments from my previous posts. You all pretty much have something of real merit to say – the million last year nearly killed me, and now I’m threatening to do the same after losing 40+ hours/week. Writing that *does* sound pretty insane, I’ll grant.
And I certainly don’t want to shirk my job and lose it. Not given that I’ve got a year-long lease to maintain.
I will launch my month with a *goal* of a million.
However, if and when that proves impossible, I will gradually cut back. For those who are worried about my job/health/sanity, I want to preserve at least the first two of those three.
Nevertheless, I want to push myself to my limits this November, just as I attempt to every November. It just wouldn’t be NaNo without.
Well, I think the title says it best of all.
My competitive streak seems to have taken the best of me. I believe I mentioned it somewhere towards the end of last November, but I’m highly competitive in the few things which I know I excel. Writing and writing reasonable quality quickly is among those few. And when I started the overachiever thread on the NaNo forums, it was inevitable, eventually, that someone would start bandying the million around again.
Do I know if I can do it this year?
Not sure in the least. I wore myself out last November trying to reach it, and I was unemployed and commitmentless last year. Now I have a full-time job, which may well require overtime that I can’t actually shirk just because I want to.
On the other hand, I live less than a five-minute-walk from work, and so that frees up almost the entire rest of the day for writing.
Why have I lost my mind so thoroughly this month?
The major obstacle I see, thus far, except for the very obvious fact that I have forty hours fewer a week to write, is that I haven’t actually started any real planning for *any* of my NaNos. And the last time I checked, NaNo starts a week from tomorrow.
Seems like I’ve got my work cut out for me.
Well, I’m more or less moved in to my apartment. It still looks kind of bare, and I’m sure there are all kinds of funky things that I’ll discover over the next few days, weeks, and months, but I have the keys, I’m here to stay, and it means I no longer have a three-hour commute each way to work every day. Instead, my commute will be less than five minutes – that’s how close work and home are now.
In any case, because I’ll have more free time, expect to see some more NaNo related blogs coming up over the next week or two.
Also, once I’ve cleared up all the boxes and got my desk assembled, I’ll take some pictures of my shiny new place for the blog.
Happy NaNo planning, my lurky readers!
So I’ve been looking for this for ages, and when cleaning up the crap in my room, I finally stumbled upon it again. This is the first story I ever wrote, at the ripe old age of seven. The school bound it up very nicely, laminated the front cover, and gave me a copy. I was the happiest person in the world.
And that was when I knew it. That was when I knew that I wanted to be a writer, more than anything else in the world.
I mentioned on the forums that I’m going to be doing two long pieces (250k each), because that means I only have to plan/structure/outline two stories, rather than five or more. If by some miracle I pass the 500k mark and the month isn’t up yet, I’ll figure out what to do then. (And probably swear at myself in hindsight for not being better-prepared). It’s a shame, really, because I had a bunch of fairly neat projects that I could have worked on, but I had to pick the ones that would lend themselves to length, and were reasonably within my comfort zone.
I’ve only really started planning one of them, The Lines Men Draw, which is a dark, almost apocalyptic fantasy. The frame of the story is of the last battle at the last castle, which when lost will mean that the era of kingdoms and knights and an older way of living has come to an end. Outside these walls are only strangeness and evil, born of shunning the old ways.
What is actually happening is that republicanism is on the rise (no, lurkers, not republicans like America, republicanism like the form of government), after a handful of revolutions and civil wars, and monarchies have largely been replaced (for example, the sort of thing that happened during the French revolution, except with multiple countries more or less simultaneously).
The actual story contained within the frame will be the getting-to-that-point, and will be told from five POVs (another handy way to increase the word count without actually resorting to dirty tricks).
2. Diplomat from the warring republic, who becomes a true believer in the chivalric ways of the old kingdom and betrays his cause to help them, but it is too little, too late. This POV gives an inside look into the true motives of the “bad guys”.
And then for the last three, all I know about them is who they’re going to be: a rural, coming-of-age boy who fights for the chivalric cause, the queen (to parallel the diplomat), and a scientist from the republic, who is also traveling to the ancient spiritual site (to parallel the older brother).
I also haven’t drawn maps or anything for any of this, let alone begun the outline. And Nano is only three weeks away.
So today concluded my first week of real work. It’s been…an adventure.
First off, there’s the 6 hours a day I spend commuting, not to mention the exhaustion of being up for so long that I’m so ridiculously unused to. All this week, I’ve easily fallen asleep well before midnight (which is a good thing, I guess, given that I have to get up at 5:40am. To start work at 9. Bah.
Tomorrow, I’m going down to Wilmington with my mother to look at a couple of apartments. Moving this early is a rather hasty decision to make, but this commute is unpleasant, and I would much rather jump into an apartment than keep this up. Plus, of course, the whole NaNo thing.
So, I survived my first week. Who knew I could? Huh.
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0-0 0. Totals 22-58 7-12 59.
4; Olivia Balderas 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-57 11-15 74.
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More credit unions must be offering instantly issued credit and debit cards these days because the NAFCU Compliance Team has noticed an increase in questions on the topic. I personally remember the first time I received a debit card instantly because I was so impressed. I went into my bank (yes, it was a bank – forgive me, I was young and ignorant in the ways of the world) to open an account and the woman helping me told me she was going into the vault to get my card. When she came back with a plastic debit card with my name already printed on it, I was shocked. Technology has allowed some credit unions to offer instant issuance as an amazing member service… but it does cost money. Multiple members have asked lately whether instant issuance fees must be disclosed or if they trigger a change-in-terms notice. There's not necessarily a clear-cut answer to this… but we can look at the decision points credit unions might consider.
ii. Fees related to share deposits or withdrawals.
iii. Fees for special services, such as stop payment fees, fees for balance inquiries or verification of share and deposits, fees associated with checks returned unpaid, fees for regularly sending to members share drafts that otherwise would be held by the credit union, and overdraft line of credit access fees (if charged against the share account).
iv. Fees to open or to close an account.
v. Fees imposed upon dormant or inactive accounts.
ii. Incidental fees, such as fees associated with state escheat laws, garnishment or attorneys fees, to change names on an account, to generate a midcycle periodic statement, to wrap loose coins, for photocopying, for statements returned to the credit union because of a wrong address, and locator fees." 12 C.F.R. Part 707, App. C, comments 707.4(b)(4)-1 and -2.
As referenced in the staff commentary, some fees do need to be disclosed and others do not. These lists are not exhaustive and instant issuance fees are not referenced, so a credit union would need to make a determination as to which category above seems to apply its instant issuance fee. That may depend on the circumstances when such a fee is charged. For example, if a credit union charges the fee for all cards which are issued instantly when an account is opened in person, that fee may be more akin to a "fee to open… an account" and more closely related to routine use. However, if a credit union provides the initial card for no charge, and an instant issuance fee is only charged when a replacement card is required due to a member misplacing the card or the card being worn out, an argument could be made that the fee is more akin to an "incidental fee," as it is not connected to routine use of the account. Ultimately, each credit union would need to examine when the fees are charged and make its own risk based determination as to whether the fees are more routine or incidental in nature.
Some of you may also be saying "It's a debit card – what about Regulation E?" Under section 1005.7(b)(4), fees must be disclosed if they are imposed "for electronic funds transfers or the right to make transfers." There is no reference to access devices or instance issuance in section 1005.7(b) or its commentary. Again, credit unions would need to make their own determination as to whether the fee and the circumstances in which it is charged amounts to a fee the right to make transfers and required to be disclosed, or if it is more akin to an incidental fee for expedited service and disclosure is not required.
For both Truth in Savings and Regulation E, whether a change in terms notice is required because a fee is changed or a credit union adds the ability to offer instant issuance depends on whether the fee is the type to be disclosed in the first place. So a credit union may need to do the above analysis, even if an account in question has existed for some time. Under section 707.5(a) of Truth in Savings, a credit union would provide notice of any change in a term required to be initially disclosed under section 707.4(b). If a change in terms notice is required, it would be provided at least 30 calendar days before the change is effective.
Under section 1005.8 of Regulation E, notice of a change is required when that change affects a term required to be disclosed initially under section 1005.7(b) and the change could result in, among other things, "increased fees for the consumer. See, 12 C.F.R. § 1005.8(a)(1)(i). If notice is required under TIS and Regulation E, a notice can be sent under Regulation E's 21 day timeline, rather than Truth in Savings' 30 day timeline, and this will satisfy Truth in Savings requirements. See, 12 C.F.R. § 707.3(c).
As is so often the case, there is not a straight answer on this. Whether an instant issuance fee for a debit card must be disclosed would differ from credit union to credit union, depending on what triggers the fee and a credit union's own analysis under Regulation E and Truth in Savings. But hopefully this helps credit unions facing these questions to identify some of the pivot points as they make their own determinations.
There continues to be an increased focus on checking accounts - especially with the implementation of the Durbin Amendment and the responses of the larger banks.
One of the side issues is the increased focus is the use of the term "free" to describe a checking account product. Banks and credit unions are reviewing their existing products to determine if they can still be properly called "free" even though there are some fees that apply.
This review has usually ended up with confusion and internal discussions at the financial institution on whether an account can be called "free" or not.
(2) Refer to or describe an account as “free” or “no cost” or contain a similar term if any maintenance or activity fee may be imposed on the account. The word “profit” must not be used in referring to dividends or interest paid on an account."
Unfortunately, the rule just gives us a general prohibition without any specifics. The specifics are buried in the Official Staff Commentary of Truth in Savings - Appendix C. See specifically the commentary to 12 CFR 707.8(a) as well as the cross-reference to the commentary under 12 CFR 707.4(b)(4).
Now, why would the regulators use a general prohibition and then put all the details in the commentary? I think part of it was so the regulators would be able to adjust the commentary if new fees or new uses of an account began to pop up. However, the accounts changed drastically over the years and the staff commentary has not been updated to reflect the current environment.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now has power over Truth in Savings (both Reg DD for the banks and Part 707 for credit unions). Will they clarify the requirements? The CFPB has discussed clarifying regulations and removing unnecessary burdens in multiple speeches in the past. If the CFPB does clarify which fees can be charged on a "free checking" account - they will probably come up with a much more consumer-friendly determination.
For now, we wait to see if the CFPB steps into Truth in Savings. And, we continue to crawl through the official staff commentary searching for clues as to which fees can and cannot be charged on a "free checking" account.
On Thursday, we blogged on the push toward more transparent and consumer-friendly disclosures for checking accounts.
I wanted to focus in on one of the links we included - which shows a proposed "one-page" disclosure from a consumer group.
I've included a picture of the Pew Trust's idea of a account opening disclosure for checking accounts.
While there is no proposed changes to Truth in Savings, these are the kinds of proposals that consumer groups are speaking to the CFPB about on a daily basis. Stay tuned.
"This isn't about any one fee from any one bank. The problem is that checking accounts often come with a wide variety of unexpected costs that can quickly add up for consumers. Different banks charge different fees. Different fees are applied under different terms and conditions. Different banks give different names to the very same fee. So it is no surprise that a recent survey by Pew Charitable Trusts found that nearly three-fourths of Americans with checking accounts support greater clarity and disclosure.
“Ideally, consumers would have a simple way to evaluate checking account costs. The CFPB has the ability to simplify checking account disclosures – an idea that some consumer groups and some banks have already been developing. Making the costs transparent is good for consumers and good for competition. It allows consumers to compare the checking account options from large banks, community banks, and credit unions and pick the one that works best for them." (emphasis added).
Regardless of how the politics of Bank of America's $5 fee for debit card use plays out, one thing is clear - there will be changes to checking accounts in the near future. As Mr. Date stated, the CFPB already has the regulatory authority to amend Truth in Savings disclosures.
"Different banks give different names to the same fees."
To me, this looks like the CFPB is getting ready to require an industry standard for "overdraft fees." The days of referring to these fees as "courtesy pay" fees might be limited.
We won't know for sure until the CFPB acts - but these are not the first inklings of a renewed focus on Truth in Savings disclosures.
"Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is introducing legislation that would require banks to clearly display all possible fees on checking account applications.
Schumer, who introduced the legislation on Monday, said a report last week by the Pew Charitable Trusts showed that half of all checking fee disclosure statements provided to new customers from the 10 largest banks are more than 100 pages long.
The Pew report found that, for example, there are seven different terms used by the 10 largest banks to describe overdraft fees, making it difficult for consumers to compare overdraft policies."
There is that same Pew Charitable Trust study - and Senator Schumer also focused on the different terminology used throughout the financial services industry to describe overdraft fees.
"The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has an important opportunity to make markets work better for consumers and good actors in the marketplace; it should make bank account fee disclosures more transparent by enforcing the current law and improving the law’s disclosure requirements.
- The CFPB should require that the most important savings and checking disclosures required by the Act be provided prominently in a tabular format, such as the “Schumer Box” required for credit card disclosures."
If you are having trouble sleeping, below are additional links with ideas that some consumer groups have been suggesting to the CFPB regarding checking accounts.
The full PIRG Study can be found here.
The full Pew Charitable Trust study on Safe and Transparent Checking Accounts is here.
One example of the kind of Schumer Box being suggested can be found here.
Here is a letter sent by Pew (and other groups) to the CFPB a couple of weeks back asking the CFPB to prioritize checking account disclosures.
At this point - it is pretty clear the question is not whether there will be changes to Truth in Savings disclosures. Rather, the question is now when we will see changes.
Credit unions have unique terminology. We talk about shares, share drafts and share certificates. A common question is whether credit unions are allowed to use other terminology - such as checking, savings or certificates of deposits.
v. However, under no circumstances may a credit union describe a share account as a deposit account, or vice versa. For example, the term “certificate of deposit” or “CD” may not be used to describe share certificates and other dividend-bearing term share accounts. Similarly, the terms “time account” (used in Regulation DD, 12 CFR 230.2(u)) and “time deposit” (used in Regulation D, 12 CFR 204.2(c)) may not be used to describe term share accounts."
Remember, banks follow Regulation DD (12 C.F.R. 230) but credit unions are subject to 12 C.F.R 707. Both of these regulations transferred to the CFPB on July 21, 2011. Going forward, it will be interesting - to say the least - to see how the CFPB handles the differences between Reg DD and Part 707.
Here are a few interesting tid-bits for your Wednesday.
Warren I've been hearing some very interesting chatter on Elizabeth Warren. On the heels of taking out Osama Bin Laden, President Obama has gained some serious political momentum. Enough, perhaps, to push Elizabeth Warren through the CFPB senate nomination process.
Schumer Box for Checking Accounts? Perhaps I should bet the horses The other day I was talking about how I think regulators will focus a bit more on share accounts, and now there's this. Senator Schumer would love a new disclosure that clearly shows all checking account fees. This could require legislators to amend the Truth In Savings Act. And who knows what else might happen when that is cracked open.
NCUA Opinion Letter on Conflicts. Not too long ago, NCUA released Legal Opinion 11-0255. Here's the "holding," if you will.
You have asked whether an FCU employee, who serves as the Director of Lending, has a conflict of interest when she disapproves member loans and then refers them to a mortgage banker that also compensates her. Yes, it is an impermissible conflict of interest for the FCU employee whether she receives a referral fee or a salary from the mortgage banker.
The legal opinion does a nice job of walking you through the conflict/compensation provisions of NCUA's lending regulation. At the end of the day, NCUA's lending regulation simply does not permit someone who makes lending decisions to earn compensation from an outside party related to a credit union lending decision when that payment is based on a referral from the credit union.
But one should take a step back and think about this for a moment. Even if there were no clear NCUA rule on this matter, the situation still presents a conflict. When an employee can make money by turning down a loan and referring it to a third party, you should hear the noise of red flags popping up. Incentive-based compensation has the propensity to, well... incentivize people. If I'm paid when I refer a loan to a third party, economists would tell you that, at the margin, some loans that should be made by the credit union may very well be turned down and referred. I wonder how many credit unions ever lay out all of their incentive-based compensation practices on the table and look at them. And I mean all of them. Are you paying a loan executive based on loan growth and also paying a collections manager based on the level of delinquencies? You might as well put a humidifier and dehumidifier in a room to see which wins.
The electric company wins, that's who.
It's May. Bring on the flowers, already. If your April weather was like D.C.'s, I've seen enough showers to last me quite a while.
What caught my attention is this: I've been waiting for greater regulatory attention on share accounts. It looks like it has begun. The Massachusetts letter clearly shows that regulators are worried about advertisements that violate the letter and spirit of the law. Not too long ago, PIRG issued a report also pointing out what it alleges to be Truth in Savings violations.
As it becomes ever more difficult to navigate lending regulations in a compliant and easily-profitable way, I know that many financial organizations are looking to the share/deposit side of their products. Fees may be tweaked. Ad campaigns will be launched. I would just note that we're long overdue for close scrutiny on that side of the product sheet. You've been warned.
Garnishments. Since May 1 has come and gone, the "Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments" regulation is now in effect.
In today's tough economic times, many federal credit unions are looking to either cut costs or increase revenues wherever possible. With that in mind, NAFCU's compliance staff has received quite a few questions about what federal credit unions can do with membership accounts that just sit there at or below the credit union's par value amount.
Based on our phone calls, many credit unions have analyzed their accounts and found many small dollar-amount accounts to be unprofitable. Perhaps the member once joined the credit union to take advantage of an indirect auto loan. Or perhaps the member joined the credit union, but later moved away. These accounts sit there, often at or just above par value with no activity. There's no debit card, no ATM card, no checking account, and no loans. These accounts, we've been told, are a net drain on the credit union's resources. In other words, it costs more to maintain the account than the account can generate in income.
Federal credit unions reach out to these members to try them to take advantage of the credit union's benefits. Often, though, the efforts are ineffective, and the credit union is left with a number of these accounts at par value. So, what can a credit union do?
Nothing. A credit union can maintain the account, hoping that marketing efforts or a change in the member's circumstances will bring the account "back to life." Keep in mind, though, that if there is no activity on the account, it may become subject to a state's escheat system.
Consider a dormant account fee. NCUA has more than a few legal opinions that support a credit union's right to establish a dormant account fee. Here's one. And another. A dormant account fee could take a member's account balance below the credit union's par value amount. When that takes place, the affected member has a set amount of time in which to bring the account balance back to par value. If they do not, the membership ceases to exist, with no need to navigate the Federal Credit Union Act's expulsion procedures. Your bylaws will indicate how long a member has to bring the account back to par value. This legal opinion letter discusses how this might work.
Cut them a check? The last legal opinion I linked to (NCUA Legal Opinion 08-1030), notes one other possibility. In the letter, the credit union proposed an "inactive account" policy through which the credit union would close inactive accounts with balances between one cent and $500 and mail the member a check for that balance. NCUA says that the credit union could do so, as long as it had given notice of the policy to all affected members beforehand, and as long as the policy is consistent with the right of a member to bring their account balance back to par value. NCUA doesn't discuss exactly what they mean by that last point, but I read it to mean this: if you cut a check to a member under such an "inactive account" policy, you have to give the member whatever time is stipulated in your bylaws to bring the account back to par value. If the member does not, they are no longer a member. I haven't heard of a federal credit union that uses such an inactive account policy, so feel free to leave a comment on the blog if you've heard how it works in the world of reality.
Reputation. I've heard some credit unions talk of the process of dealing with these small dollar accounts as "cutting dead wood." But keep in mind that these are your members, and even though the dollar amounts may be small, a member is a member is a member. If you want to put together such a policy and/or establish a dormant/inactive account fee, always think of your reputation. Comply with notification requirements, and consider the reasonableness of your policy and fee structure. Remember, consumers do not see credit unions a fee-hungry. But a dormant account policy, if properly communicated, can serve both the credit union and the member well. The credit union wants to serve members that actively are taking away of their membership. And members want to be aware of fees that might affect them if they are not using membership. A forgotten account is not a benefit to any consumer.
As always, credit unions that are considering whether to establish dormant account fees or such an inactive account policy should do their own due diligence and research before getting started. Some of the opinions shared in this posting should be a good place to start.
Reg Alert; FHA; Handbook Updated; Slow Down!
Internet Gambling. NCUA has released Regulatory Alert 10-RA-08 to alert federally-insured credit unions about the need to comply with Regulation GG - the internet gambling regulation. Hopefully, this isn't news to you, as the requirement to comply kicked in on June 1.
FHA Reform. Earlier this month, HUD issued Mortgagee Letter 2010-20. The letter highlights the effects of a recent FHA Reform-related final rule.
This Mortgagee Letter provides an overview of key provisions of HUD’s recently issued final rule referenced above, and guidance to mortgagees on HUD’s implementation of this final rule.1 This rule increased the net worth requirements for FHA-approved mortgagees, eliminated FHA approval of loan correspondents, codified requirements of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-22), and made minor modifications to other aspects of FHA’s regulations governing lender activities. Changes to applicable HUD Handbooks are forthcoming.
OCC Consumer Compliance Handbook. The OCC has updated its Consumer Compliance Handbook. If I had a bell, I would ring it, as this handbook is a fantastic resource. It looks like they updated their RESPA, HMDA and Truth in Savings sections. Sure, it is the OCC. But those regulations generally affect us the same way.
Personal wish. When checking voice mails, I have detected a trend. People leave a wonderful message, full of warmth and good cheer. But when they leave their phone number, they speed up. It almost seems like they are trying to set a record by giving a phone number in 3.4 nanoseconds. I invariably have to listen to the message two or more times before I can get all 9 digits. I'm guessing this has happened to you, and I bet I've been guilty of the same offense. So let's all give our phone numbers in a slow, clear manner. Now, you may think it is strange to use the blog for this kind of wish. Perhaps. But I think this wish has a better chance of coming true than my other wish, which involves a certain Washington-area baseball team winning the World Series. Oh, and world peace. Can't forget that.
Section 302 of the Credit CARD Act protects young consumers. It amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to limit the ability of prescreened offers to include information for consumers under the age of 21 unless the consumer consents to the sharing. This is pretty simple stuff, but you should know moving forward that prescreen requests should not include consumers under the age of 21, because you wouldn't get them anyway.
Effective date: February 22, 2010.
Truth in Savings. NCUA issued a final rule to amend its Truth in Savings regulation. The changes closely track changes made to the Federal Reserve’s Regulation DD earlier this year. Effective January 1, 2010 any credit union that offers an overdraft protection program must include year-to-date and monthly totals for overdraft and NSF fees within periodic statements. The changes also affect how credit unions may disclose account balances via automated systems. NAFCU is preparing a Regulatory Final to highlight the changes. You can access the rule here.
Usury ceiling. NCUA extended the current usury ceiling of 18 percent for another 18 months. Access the draft letter to credit unions here.
Credit union reporting. NCUA is amending its reporting procedures and record retention requirements to conform regulatory provisions to its new, web-based reporting system. The rule incorporates into the regulation a statutory requirement on reporting changes in senior officials resulting from election or appointments and clarifies requirements on when a credit union files reports with NCUA online. The rule also provides alternative reporting methods for credit unions unable to submit online reports. Access the final rule here. The rule will become effective September 1, 2009.
Here's the entire agenda, with links to all draft items, which were approved.
Most people think BSA is the biggest, meanest compliance beast around. There's some truth to that statement, but it isn't the whole truth, nor nothing but the truth.
In 2007, here are the top reasons people contacted NAFCU's compliance team.
BSA: 12.3 percent of all contacts.
As you can see: if you add up lending, Reg Z, Truth in Savings, and advertising, the four comprised more than a quarter of all contacts. The bottom line is this: credit unions always have questions about the bread and butter of our business: making loans and savings products and services, and advertising those services to their membership.
What am I getting at? You can never train your staff enough on these cornerstones of the credit union industry.
Now, here comes the shameless plug part. Tomorrow, NAFCU will host a webcast that addresses advertising issues. Visit this link for more details. Jane Pannier of the Rochdale Group will lead the training. And you NCCOs know that Jane is one of the best, if not the best, credit union compliance minds in America. I think the webcast is a great fit based on all the lending, TIS and advertising questions we get.
If you don't sign up, I urge you to look for training on this issue from some other source. As I noted above, while BSA may get the headlines, lending and share products, and the advertisement of them, continue to be common areas where credit union staff needs clarification.
NCUA responded (on page 80 of the report) and indicated at the time that they would implement GAO's recommendation through its risk-based examination process and issue a letter to credit unions on the subject, which would underscore a board of directors role in ensuring compliance with Truth in Savings.
Relatedly, OTS just issued a CEO letter on this issue, which you can access here.
OK, we are long overdue for a photo contest around here. Since today is May 1, I'm calling on all of you with green thumbs to send me a pic of your flower garden. You'll have until May 31 to send in your entry, which can be sent to [email protected]. NAFCU's compliance team will convene a secret meeting to pick a winner, if not two. And yes, there will be prizes. I'll post the entries for all to enjoy!
I had a nice conversation recently with a compliance professional whose credit union was looking to cut costs wherever possible. We started chatting about ways to cut costs, and then it hit me. NSFs!
With all the information the credit union must provide its members in the periodic statements, is it necessary to send out a notice each time a check bounces on a member's account? In a word: nope.
Also, there are reputation risk to think about. Your members may have grown to like these notices. (Well, at least the ones with NSFs.) If you take it away, there may be some unhappy members.
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Margie Compton is the Media Archives Archivist at the University of Georgia’s Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. The archive holds a wealth of important material including several newsfilm and home movie collections and the Peabody Awards Collection, which includes the majority of entries from the beginning of the awards program to the present. I spoke with her about film preservation problems and the challenges facing the field of moving image preservation in the 21st century.
According to Compton, newsfilm is important both because it serves as a historical record and because it is fairly rare, as many television networks destroyed newsfilm with the advent of videotape in the 1970s and 1980s. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives is in the process of making its newsfilm collections accessible by digitizing them, breaking digital files down into clips and assigning each clip its own database record, she says. This digitization project is also necessary due to the plethora of preservation problems facing newsfilm collections. Compton describes a few of these: minimal information about content on a film’s container, damaging residue from masking tape, and curling of the film and loss of magnetic soundtrack due to storage on tight “pencil wind” spools.
Another preservation problem she mentions, and one that she believes is not often discussed, is the deterioration of “Tenite” film reels. These reels, Compton says, are most often made of grey plastic, are found primarily in home movie collections, and usually hold 8mm, Super8, or 16mm film. As this type of plastic ages, it exudes a white substance that can discolor or otherwise damage film. While some people can handle it without issue, Compton explains that others (herself included) experience problems with their eyes, nose, throat, and lungs despite taking appropriate handling precautions. This type of material also causes financial problems. Compton cites a dilemma: should the archivist risk a physical reaction in order to determine the film’s content, or should s/he make the film a transfer priority and spend money to preserve it without knowing what it contains?
Digital technology has also contributed to the decision of many filmmakers to end their production of film stock. Since archives transfer content to new film stock as a form of preservation, this decision has broad implications for moving image archivists. Compton explains this situation with a practical example. If, she says, an archivist needs to preserve an 8mm film, but 16mm film stock is no longer produced as preservation stock, should the archivist blow the film up to 35mm? While it is an excellent long-term preservation and access format, the difference between the 8mm and 35mm gauges means the film is no longer being preserved in the way it was originally shot and viewed. So, she adds, the alternative is to preserve the film digitally, which comes with a new set of challenges.
According to Compton, another change awaiting moving image archivists is an increase in home movie research, an area she believes has only recently been recognized as important in film scholarship. She says that, “I don’t believe we have yet seen anywhere near the amount of research home movies will eventually engender. Scholars are looking at large collections of home movies to tease out truths about our modern lives and the fact that so many people captured the same tropes says something about how alike we are, crossing supposed borders of place, space, and time. The ordinary can become extraordinary when examined, and that examination is being done now.” In fact, an article in the Athens Banner-Herald (July 13, 2012) describes a home movie from 1917 in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives collection believed to be the oldest surviving footage of Georgia.
Film archivists like Margie Compton are at the forefront of moving image preservation and have the knowledge and skills to preserve history. While digital technology has caused substantial change in the field, the 1917 home movie clip provides a perfect example of how that change can be for the better.
When we speak of educational films, what exactly do we mean? For many people, memories of high school science classes come to mind. Or people recall the amusingly awkward acting, dated music and fashion, and cheap production value of instructional films.
Above: BBC parody on science films called “Look Around You” tackles sulphur.
However, the recently acquired Oregon Collection challenges and broadens our understanding of what constitutes an educational film and how their meanings change when placed in various contexts and settings.
Most people today tend to separate educational films from other kinds of film production, notably fiction features and documentaries. Yet, there is a semi-hidden history of film societies placing educational films as a major part of their programming. The most famous example was the New York-based film society, Cinema 16 (which operated from 1947-1963). Amos and Marcia Vogel founded Cinema 16 with the hopes of exploring and screening alternative types of cinema, ranging from documentaries to educational films to experimental films. Amos Vogel’s programming sensibility, by juxtaposing many different types of films, showed how thin the line was between documentary and educational films (ethnographic films) or the avant-garde and educational films (the work of Jean Painleve comes to mind). Also, the Vogels hoped that bringing these seemingly disparate groups of films into a single program would transform the way their audience saw the art of cinema. One could, they believed, approach educational films from an aesthetic perspective, as well as approach narrative fiction cinema from an educational perspective.
Many of the films in the Oregon collection would have been perfect for a program at Cinema 16. A majority of the films in the Oregon collection were produced after Cinema 16’s demise, but the collection as a whole suggests a rich hidden history of the life of educational films outside of the traditional classroom setting.
Film as a Subversive Art from Paul Cronin on Vimeo.
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https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/filmarch/tag/ethnographic-film/
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Sure, many of us love our doctors; but when it really hurts, we long for ... medical technology. Something with lights, something that hums, something that makes images or provides a cool graph.
In a recent survey, doctors in Norway found that 72% of their back pain patients demanded an X-ray, even though in most cases it was unnecessary. Asked why they insisted on the expensive, needless test, many patients answered, "Because my back hurts."
Patients also assumed the X-rays would help explain their problem. Not true, in most cases, doctors say. Researchers have shown that X-ray machines can "find" disc problems in people with no back pain and even lead some patients with pain into unnecessary surgery. For most people with lower back pain, doctors learn about all they can with a physical examination.
But it's precisely because the pain often cannot be explained, psychologists say, that sufferers may insist strongly on taking various diagnostic tests, regardless of their usefulness. The Norwegian doctors conclude that addressing patients'--and physicians'--expectations of medical technology could help reduce needless medical expenses.
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2019-04-25T14:57:28Z
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-25-he-14338-story.html
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Jennifer Grey makes her debut on Grey's Anatomy as Carol Dickinson, Betty's mother. Carol opens up to Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) about Betty's addiction, and Amelia confides in her, as well. From Grey's Anatomy Season 15, Episode 13 'I Walk the Line.' Watch full episodes on ABC.com and in the ABC app.
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Sebastian Vettel's win and Mark Webber's third place finish today at the Korean GP have secured Red Bull Racing of its second consecutive constructor's championship title. The result could have even been better, given that Mark Webber had enough pace to secure second place, had he not been unable to pass Hamilton.
“Fantastic; a very nice day today and very special for the team. Winning the Constructors’ means a lot. It was a phenomenal race, we had so much pace and it was so much fun out there. I knew overtaking Lewis near the start would be difficult and I nearly went off under braking, but he was very fair and it was important for us to get track position. Then I wasn’t too comfortable to be honest, there was a lot of head wind and it was difficult to get away. I could see the car behind getting bigger in the mirrors and it was tough to break the tow, but we did it."
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https://www.f1technical.net/news/16789
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Panda on Logo Benz, Logo Shush!
sunstev on Logo Benz, Logo Shush!
Tovelous on Logo Benz, Logo Shush!
TheValueAdder on Logo Benz, Logo Shush!
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2019-04-20T12:55:14Z
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https://1nigeriangirl.wordpress.com/tag/herdsmen/
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cyclingdude
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Tour de Bicycling Blogs 10: Prague, Toronto and London, Oh My!
Welcome to the 10th edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs!
1. Grant Podelco is an American journalist, living and working in Prague, who likes to cycle, among other pursuits.
He's been cycling seriously since 2005 and blogging since February and though his posts have been few, they make up for it in quality, and interest, especially the ones with photos.
Grant's Prague Blog is about the adventures of him and his "cycling buddies" in and around Prague, sharing "all sorts of unusual things out on the trails that he writes about and takes photographs of.
In his sidebar are links to the Google Maps of many of his rides, and an entertaining slideshow of photos.
A. In his 1st entry he wrote about himself, his January and Febuary rides, and plans for the rest of the year, adding a few picures including one of himself, and a friend.
Read: The first 500 kms are the toughest.
Read: More photographs to bide the time between rides.
Let Grant entertain you with his adventures and thoughts about sharing the road in his neck of the woods.
2. Open Hand/Open Eye is the Toronto Blog of John and Allison who write about many things including cycling.
I frequently hear people describe cycling in the city as dangerous, frightening, and nerve-wracking. Frightening, yes, Nerve-wracking, absolutely. But cycling, in and of itself, does not pose any particular dangers. Cycling simply makes you vulnerable to the really dangerous traffic on the streets: the two to nine-tonne steel bombs, otherwise known as cars, SUVs, and trucks.
Motorists who complain about cyclists seem to have two principal beefs. Some argue that cyclists take up space that "rightfully" belongs to cars, and that cyclists simply get in the way of what they view as "legitimate" road users. Others point out that the rules of the road apply to all of us. Unfortunately, the first view tends to inform the second: many motorists don't just want cyclists to obey the rules of the road, they want cyclists to obey the rules as they understand them, or even as they invent them.
Read: Real and Imaginary Traffic Rules for Cyclists.
3. Andrea, of Velorution, has been BikeBlogging a month longer than I have and the Blog and Bike Shop are both well known in London.
A wonderful mix of news, rides, opinion, humor, shop and product promotion, and more, with lots of pictures and the occasional video thrown in, his place has evolved a lot in 5 years from its humble beginnings.
Read: What I would like to do to Gordon Brown.
B. Andrea has a quiz he'd like you to take and then he will explain to you why he believes that "British Transport Authorities are intellectually challenged."
Read: Saint Pancras of Shame.
Andrea shares a Times of London review of this product.
According to the Stash Website this award winning product has yet to reach American shores.
RE: Name one person who’s life a helmet has saved? You can’t.
Well, that's it for this edition!
I am not ready to re-open the old Carnival registration link that once could be used to submit articles for inclusion in the Tour.
For now, if you have 1 or 2 posts you are particularly proud of, from November, and wish to maybe get a few more eyeballs checking them and by extention, the rest of your BikeBlog out, send the links to the e-mail in the sidebar, and I'll include them in the next edition.
Then Bikehammad will go to the Bike Trail!
Actually I'm taking the logical next step with the Tour de Bicycling Blogs.
As regular readers know, my efforts to add a Bicycling Carnival to all the others in the Blogosphere has not been a smashing success these last 6 months.
Some Niche Blogging Communities are just not made for some of the things the wider Blogosphere does, it seems.
Soooo, I am taking the Tour onto the path I've successfully, informatively, and entertainingly, trod on my other blog for years.
"Seek, find, and inform my readers" has been a part of my blogging philosophy from the start.
I decided, though, in 2004, to do something on occasion to let my readers know of blogs other than those related to Politics, and the like.
So Sneak's Wide World of Blogging was born, and has 49 editions under its belt, bringing, I hope, new readers to those places I visited.
This same interest in spreading the word has played a part in my linking to my fellow BikeBloggers over the years.
I believe that there is an audience out there for our type of blogging, among our fellow BikeBloggers, and among the bicyclists in the wider Blogosphere.
Not just for the stories we tell of our cycling adventures, but for the resources, and news, we link to, and report on.
The Blogosphere that I have been a part of since May 2002 has harnessed the tools of blogging ( Links, Trackbacks, Comments, and Community ) into a mighty force for the dissemination of news, opinion, and information, to be reckoned with, and even feared, by the Mainstream Media.
To one degree, or another, my fellow BikeBloggers, though we are a small, and relatively new, but growing, Community, have been doing those same things, though not to the same degree as our more varied fellows in the older Blogosphere.
Welcome to the 7th edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs!
Welcome to the 6th edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs!
There are a growing number Bloggers with sites dedicated to the proposition that bike riding is good for you and fun.
This Edition showcases May 2006 posts.
This series is about bicycling, and bicyclists, and is open to all types of cyclists, and even to Bloggers who are NOT BikeBloggers but have written a post on bicycling that would be of interest, and wish to share it with a wider audience.
Expect to read my own thoughts about some, or all, of the submitted entries.
To learn more about the Tour begin here.
While currently being unemployed no less.
But the Cannondale T700 Touring bike I am using weighs 30 lbs without water and tools, uses 32 mm tires, and gear spacing so wide it is like using stairs 3 steps at time every time I shift, either up or down.
Plus, my old team bike, a Cuevas, is just not up to carrying a 200+ pound person, even if I could push the gears up hill.
So I ordered a new bike.
A really, really, expensive bike. I hope this is not a bad move.
The tale he tells, of shopping for, getting, and kiting out his bike, is as interesting as it is informative.
Read: I did a bad, bad, thing.
The 1st: On the Old Kent Road, near the large new Asda BBS (Big Box Store) I was riding up the road on the green colour cycle lane part of the road, on the inside of a stationary bus.
The 2nd: Having watched a couple of cyclists continually jumping red lights all the way up Moorgate, I caught up with one guy at a set of lights and asked if I may make a polite point. He said yes.
To learn what happened read My Journey to Work.
Marc points his readers to an interesting British website with a message: Use Your Head Stop at Red.
Stopatred is a campaign to improve the status of cycling in the eyes of the public and policy-makers alike, and to tackle the attitudes of those cyclists whose behaviour perpetuates the image of cyclists as a low-status social 'out-group' on wheels.
Its specific focus is on the disregard of traffic signals.
To encourage greater compliance with the laws of the road.
Stopatred was created by concerned cyclists, alarmed about how the cause of cycling is being undermined by the reckless actions of an unrepresentative minority.
The WHY page is a detailed discussion about why bicyclists should stop at red lights.
The GOOD NEWS page gives a few reasons why cycling is good for you, and gives links to important websites.
To sign the electronic petition.
I became the 1594th signee, today, on a growing list of cyclists from around the world.
I hope that you not only enjoyed the stories shared here, but learned some things along the way, including that there is a whole Niche of Blogging out there that you may not have been aware of.
About the Tour, about this Blog, about the other Blogs you have been introduced to ( including the Non-BikeBloggers ), and the amazing collection of cycling resources we have brought, and will continue to bring, to our readers attention.
Welcome to the 5th edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs!
This Edition showcases April 2006 posts.
Frances Nash went bicycling in Miccosuke, Florida, on trails in the Shark Valley.
The story includes many wonderful photos, and a short video.
No BikeBloggers sent in submissions for April.
I'll toss in a picture filled post of a bike ride I wrote about last month in the Anaheim Hills, and a portion of the City of Orange, CA..
I wish to announce that I am accepting submissions for the 6th Edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs.
That edition is set to be posted on Friday, June 9th.
Don't be afraid to share a couple of your May articles for next month, and spread the word to other cyclists.
This is a fine way to let a wider audience know of your blog!
There are 3 ways to submit your entries, with an absolute deadline being Midnight May 31st.
All you need to know concerning what the Tour is about, and where, and how, to submit entries to it can be learned in my ORIGINAL Announcement Post, and in the descriptions on the 2 Carnival Submission Websites.
Welcome to the 4th edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs!
This Edition showcases March 2006 posts.
I'm primarily a bike blogger, but my blog occasionally diverts into other topics, such as nutrition, and bariatric surgery. I had a bariatric procedure done and this ride I am submitting is on the 1 year anniversary of my bariatric procedure. Cycling has been one of the biggest factors in my success with the weight loss.
According to a lifelong resident of Delphi, Indiana, the first sign of Spring isn't the robin arriving in Indiana! It's the site of a cyclist riding through Delphi with full touring kit, just passin' through! This year, that was me.
This is my journey riding a bike from Cairo to Cape Town on the 2006 Tour da Afrique. It should prove entertaining and even a little educational, but that is purely by accident.
March 5th = Nairobbery, Bush Surgery, Moustache March, school visit, climb a mountain?
I wish to announce that I am accepting submissions for the 5th Edition of The Tour de Bicycling Blogs.
That edition is set to be posted on Friday, May 12th.
Don't be afraid to share a couple of your April articles for next month, and spread the word to other cyclists.
There are 3 ways to submit your entries, with an absolute deadline being Midnight April 30th.
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2019-04-19T14:18:12Z
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https://www.cyclingdude.com/tour_de_bicycling_blogs_archive/
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I animate the forms with air pressure to enhance their spiritual effect. If something breathes, responds to external forces, yet has a will of its own, in a sense it is alive. Or is it possessed?
In this course students will focus on the design, fabrication, and creative applications of sculptural and inflatable forms created from soft materials. Soft sculpture and inflatables have a rich history: from early inventions such as hot air balloons and zeppelins, to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, to highly inventive architectural structures, to sculptural works by contemporary artists. Students will learn techniques for turning flexible, flat materials into three-dimensional forms by methods such as inflating with air, stuffing with materials, and holding with a rigid structure. Students will learn to use the sewing machine, as it will be a primary tool for construction. Patterning will be explored extensively, including working from found patterns as well as designing and creating your own. Students will work at a range of scales – that which the body can hold and that which can hold the body. Students will work both individually and in collaborative teams. What we make will be informed by experimentation, readings, slides, and exploration of context.
Skillfully use and craft patterns to construct 3-dimensional forms from 2-dimensional planes.
Demonstrate technical skills in sewing to create soft sculptures and inflatables in small, medium, and large scales.
Identify and present about artists, designers, architects, and others who employ soft sculpture or inflatables in their practices.
Collaborate in a team to generate, create, evaluate, and document ideas and projects.
Demonstrate an exploration of research, skills, concepts, and forms through an independent individual project.
Articulate material and conceptual choices in discussions and critiques.
Apply feedback and brainstorming through a revision process.
Contribute productively to a critique environment with open responses, constructive criticism, and positive feedback.
Document and reflect upon your process and finished assignments.
Plan, organize, and safely execute a public exhibition of our class’s large-scale inflatable collaboration.
Many of the materials will be provided for your use during class. This is true for your collaborative assignments and our final large-scale class project collaboration. For your individual projects, some materials may be provided, but in general you are expected to find, borrow, or purchase many of the materials you will need.
Please bring the following tools with you to each class: scissors, fine-lim sharpie marker, pen/pencil, and a notebook/sketchbook (for note taking reflective writing, research and drawing).
There are 3 short-term group-based assignments, 1 short-term individual assignment, 1 research presentation, 1 independent creative project, and 1 collaborative final project. The final project will be a collaboration with the Exploded Ensemble. Our class will create an architectural large-scale Dream Pavilion within which the Exploded Ensemble and other visiting musicians will perform an overnight concert. Our Dream Pavilion will create the physical and visual experience for the public. Due dates for every assignment are listed on the course calendar. Assignments are due at the start of the class on the due date indicated.
Firstly, assignments are presented in class. Your work must be finished and completely installed by the beginning of class on that project’s critique day. Projects that are not completely installed and set-up by the beginning of class not be critiqued that day, unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor.
Secondly, documentation of the work is submitted on the class website by one week after the due date. The class website is powered by WordPress, an easy-to-use and open-source CMS with no shortage of online documentation and support. Creating excellent documentation can be just as much as work as creating the work itself – so leave time for this planning and execution!
Additional required workdays: During the second half of the semester, most of our class time will be focused upon the design, construction, testing, and modification of our Dream Pavilion. In order to complete this ambitious project, we will need extra work time together. Everyone in class will be required to attend at least one Saturday or Sunday 6-hour work session. We will decide on those dates together to work with your schedules.
Dream Pavilion and Overnight Concert: This event will take place on Saturday, April 28 into Sunday, April 29. Everyone is required to help set-up and take down our Dream Pavilion. Mark your calendars!
Observation: Fully describing the physical aspects of work that you observation. What do you see? Where is is located? What do you hear? What are the materials used? How does it’s size compare to the size of our bodies? How does the audience interact or experience the work?
Interpretation: Based on what you have carefully observed, what does the work “say” to you? What story did this work tell us? How did the work make us feel?
Neutral Questions to the Maker: Neutral questions are ones that open, without searching for a specific answer, and are without judgement. The point of neutral questions are to support the artist/designer/engineer better understand their own work through open reflection and discussion. Makers should be ready to share about their process and decision making about their projects.
Questions from the Maker: A critique can be a wonderful time for a maker to get feedback. Come prepared with questions that you would like to hear feedback on about your project.
Suggestions: If you have a suggestion that you believe relates to the work, before offering it, consider if the suggestion will help the maker reach their goals for the project.
Commitment to the well being of the class community. We are a community that benefits from each member’s active engagement. Your willingness to listen and work cooperatively, ability to voice your own opinion, and effort to be consistently engaged are the key elements of success. You are expected to be respectful of your fellow students, your instructor, the space we share, and the time that we have together.
Contribute to your group. Many assignments in this course revolves around group-based projects. Three short-term projects will be completed in groups of two to four students. The final project will be a collaboration with the entire class. Each group member will be assessed on their individual contribution to the project. Put in your fair share of work, and try to find a unique perspective that allows you to make valuable contributions to your team.
Use technology professionally. Unless they are needed specifically for an in-class activity or language translation, please put away your computers and cell phones for the entirety of the class. Using them during class activities is disruptive, distracting, and disrespectful.
Come prepared for class and turn in all assignments on time. For each meeting, come ready to work, discuss, share, and make. Assignments are expected to be fully realized and complete at the start of class on the dates indicated on the course calendar. Students missing critique and/or turning in assignments late will only be eligible for up to 85% of the maximum points for that assignment. Assignments more than a week late will not be accepted without prior arrangements. If you are not able to finish a project by the due date, come to class anyway to participate in the critique of your classmates work.
Time investment and work ethic. At least 6 hours of work time outside of class each week is required.
Use of safe and respectful studio practices and protocols. Our classroom is a communal space that we share with many other people – each of you is responsible for helping to maintain the studios and tools.
Care for yourself. Do your best to maintain a healthy lifestyle this semester by eating well, exercising, getting enough sleep and taking some time to relax. This can help you cope with stress, but all of us benefit from support during times of struggle. You are not alone. There are many helpful resources available on campus and an important part of the college experience is learning how to ask for help. If you or anyone you know experiences any academic stress, difficult life events, or feelings like anxiety or depression, we strongly encourage you to seek support. Counseling and Psychological Services (CaPS) is here to help 24/7: call (412) 268- 2922 or visit their website. Over 25% of students reach out to CaPS sometime during their time at CMU.
Be accessible. I will hold regularly scheduled office hours each week. You can find those details at the top of this syllabus. If your academic or job schedule does not allow you to come to my office hours and you are in need of a meeting, please email me so we can set something up.
Quickly respond to emails. I will respond to emails within 48 hours, usually within 24 hours.
Promptly return grades and feedback. Your grades will be made available to you via Canvas, within 2 weeks of presenting the work. This will allow you to monitor your grade in throughout the semester.
Solicit student feedback. I constantly strive to improve my ability to teach. You should feel free to email me your feedback at any time. I hope that you will provide your candid and constructive comments.
Help to provide necessary accommodations. If you have a disability and have an accommodations letter from the Disability Resources office, I encourage you to discuss your accommodations and needs with me as early in the semester as possible. I will work with you to ensure that accommodations are provided as appropriate. If you suspect that you may have a disability and would benefit from accommodations but are not yet registered with the Office of Disability Resources, I encourage you to contact them at [email protected].
Grades are based on your assignments, projects, research presentation, and class participation. For group projects, your work will be evaluated based on your specific role in the project. For example, a project with excellent construction but poor installation would result in an excellent grade for those doing construction, but a poor grade for those handling installation.
0: Incomplete. For example: it is not finished, the work does not address the goal of the assignment, the work was not delivered on-time.
1.5: Satisfactory. The work was delivered on time and addresses the goal of the assignment.
3: Excellent. The work demonstrates an outstanding creativity or execution. The work demonstrates great insight.
The Research Presentation and your Independent Project will be graded with a specific rubric for each. Those rubrics can be found at the end of this syllabus. The Collaborative Final Project will also be graded with a rubric, which will be handed out with the assignment when it is give to the class.
Class participation will be worth 20 points. This includes your participation in discussions, activities, and critique during class-time, as well as active engagement with our collaborative final project.
Your presence and participation are VITAL to success within this class. Many of our projects will be collaborative and are literally dependent on your participation. You are invited, encouraged, and expected to engage actively in discussion, reflection, and activities.
Within the first week of our course, please look ahead and see if you need to miss class for any excusable reason (religious holidays, CMU-sponsored events, medical or family emergencies, etc.) and email me as soon as possible. Everyone is permitted one absence without the deduction of participation points. If you do not use this absence, then the extra points you earn will be added to your lowest score when calculating your final grade (i.e., extra credit).
Students who accumulate three or more absences will only be eligible for up to 85% of their total final grade. This means that if you have three absences and would otherwise receive an A in the class, you will receive a B. If you have four absences and would otherwise receive an A, you will receive a C, etc. If there are extenuating circumstances that require you to miss more than one class session, please come and discuss this issue with me in advance of your absence(s).
If you must be absent, you are responsible for what happens in class whether you’re here or not. Organize with your classmates to get class information and material that you have missed.
Students who repeatedly arrive late or leave early will be eligible for only 75% of the participation grade, unless they have made prior arrangements with me. Arriving more than 20 minutes late will be noted as an absence.
Attribution. You must clearly identify where the found material came from or who made it.
Transformation. You must significantly transform the materials you are using. You should extend the material, modify it into something new, offer new insight into the concepts underlying the material, etc. Work that uses borrowed materials without significantly transforming those materials will result in a low grade.
(1) Student Expectations and Instructor Commitments are based upon Chris McComb’s syllabus for Integrated Product Conceptualization.
(2) Academic Integrity statement based upon Jesse Stiles syllabi statements.
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2019-04-22T10:25:56Z
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https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/99-361/s2018a/
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This blog post brings together all articles in English published in the Think Open blog last year. A large number of blog posts dealt with services for researchers, but there was also broader discussions on open science and digitalisation in the blog. The researcher will continue to be at the heart of the Think Open, but what kind of articles you wish to read in 2019?
Think Open blog was launched in May 2018, and since then we have published a total of 44 articles. This blog post brings together articles written in English (see the 2018 summary in Finnish). The overview below shows the blog articles thematically ordered.
In 2019, the Think Open blog continues to write on its core themes, digital research services and open science, and the researcher will continue to be at the heart of the blog. But what kind of blog articles you wish to read in 2019? Ideas for the blog posts are gathered on the open Wiki page. You can also contact the blog editor ([email protected]) – or you can share your idea in the comment field below.
University of Helsinki’s DataSupport has published a guide for research data documentation. The guide introduces the basic elements of documentation and meets the needs of most researchers.
Digital Humanities Hackathon 2018 was held at the University of Helsinki.
Helsinki Centre for Digital humanities has organized hackathons since 2014. This year it lasted for eight days. Our reporter lived each moment of it with passion and shares his experiences in this blog.
What is the opening of data in practice? What does it require? The OpenFIRE project at the Institute of Seismology highlights the work and expertise needed to open research data, and it also reveals the problems that come along the way.
In the opening post of the Think Open blog, Vice-Rector Jouko Väänänen and Assistant Professor Mikko Tolonen discuss the themes of the new blog.
Vice rector Paula Eerola and associate professor of geoinformatics Tuuli Toivonen discuss the Plan S declaration, open access incentives, research-data issues, data management and corporate collaboration.
In connection with the International Open Access Week, the Helsinki University Library organized a film screening at the Kaisa House (see the blog post). Jason Schmitt’s Paywall Document: The Business of Scholarship (2018) is a document on scientific publishing business and on the need for open science. The film is openly available on the movie website.
Recently published data citation roadmap for Finland demonstrates how the data citation is closely related to a number of research data issues, such as research data management, scientific publishing, and the responsible conduct of research.
The survey’s key message to OpenAIRE is related to the changing metadata requirements. National coordination in OpenAIRE harvesting is seen as a solution for laborious metadata work.
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2019-04-23T12:50:34Z
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https://blogs.helsinki.fi/thinkopen/summary-of-think-open-blog-in-2018/
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None of the top contenders in the hotly-contested boys’ Asia division at the Youth Olympics Games (YOG) kiteboard racing qualifiers in Thailand had it all their own way in a day of dramatic ups and downs.
But local favourite Sarun “Nai” Rupchom—whose home waters off Pranburi’s Paknampran Beach are hosting the unfolding drama—again climbed to the top of the leaderboard, but only by the finest of margins.
Rupchom notched up two wins in the vital elimination round deciders in kiteboarding’s fast and furious International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) TwinTip:Racing (TT:R) Slalom discipline, but crashed and suffered a poor start in two others that put him down the order.
Yet his performances on day three of the Iconic Kitesurfing Youth Olympic Qualifiers for the Asia and Oceania regions were enough to keep him just ahead of his Philippines rival, Christian Tio.
Both leapfrogged overnight leader, China’s Haoran Zhang, who won the day’s last elimination decider in perfect breezes of 20kts, only to discover he had been disqualified for being over the startline within one minute of the “go” signal.
Yet with two days of competition remaining and just one point separating the leading Asia boys’ trio, any of them could yet claim the sole spot and earn the right to go to the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in October.
Three other spots, one for the Asia girls’ division and a boy and girl each from Oceania, are up for grabs at the competition, organised by Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) and the Kiteboarding Association of Thailand (KAT).
In the Asia girls’ division, reigning IKA TT:R Slalom World Champion, China’s Jingle Chen, 17, was untouchable with another flawless day to keep her head of the leaderboard, a performance matched by Australia’s Mani Bisschops, who tops the boys’ Oceania division.
In the girls’ Oceania division New Zealand’s Pia Kitchin Gordon is the only entrant and is racing in a mixed group among the boys. But with growing confidence and speed she took several third places and a second that illustrated a marked improvement on her opening days’ forays.
Like all but five of the other competitors at the Pranburi qualifiers she is riding an Upeksha Gawa board specially designed for the downwind TT:R Slalom format that was crafted for YOG to foster excitement and spectacle.
Uniquely, of all the kiteboard manufacturers, the boutique Upeksha brand based locally in Pranburi was the only one to submit a specialist slalom design—the Gawa—for registration with the IKA for the Youth Games.
Coaches at well-funded and ambitious teams have had their riders testing the long and slender carbon-fibre Gawa boards for several months and quickly realised it could give their team members a crucial edge in speed and control.
Dahui Zhai, head coach of the Chinese national team, discovered the board could be a vital one or two percent faster—though others reckon as much as six percent quicker—and put his boys and girls on the Gawa.
Upeksha’s founder and director of engineering, Craig Chandler, has been excited by the reaction as more and more teams from around the world have been seeking out Gawa boards in the hope of securing places at the Youth Games.
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2019-04-23T09:13:38Z
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https://kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=159&t=2399062
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The federal government must keep its contract with America’s seniors. The discussion of Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid is not about entitlement programs- it is about you, and me, our children, and every American. Preserving benefits for those who have paid and are paying into the system is a priority, and Congress has a responsibility to ensure that these services are sustainable for the future.
If you have questions about your current Social Security or Medicare benefits and are unable obtain answers from one of the following agencies, please feel free to contact a staff member in the Ogden congressional office at 801-625-0107.
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2019-04-23T16:25:10Z
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https://robbishop.house.gov/serving-you/senior-citizens
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Earlier this summer, Instagram welcomed its one billionth member. This marks a major milestone for the image and video sharing service, making it one of the largest social media platforms in the world. While it may at first seem like just another place to post photos of cats and lunches, Instagram actually has far more to offer.
In fact, Instagram can be a phenomenal tool for marketers, creatives, and professionals alike. It offers plenty of ways you can share your work and increase brand awareness. It’s also a useful way to communicate with your target audience, as well as with other professionals.
In this article, we’ll discuss the potential of Instagram to help you grow your brand. We’ll also demonstrate how you can combine your Instagram account with your WordPress site and take full advantage of both platforms. Let’s jump right in!
Instagram is many things to many people. You might know it as the platform where people go to post photos of their cats and what they had for lunch. Perhaps you also think of it as the place where social influencers post about their day-to-day lives alongside product recommendations. These types of content are certainly common on the platform, but they only scratch the surface of what’s possible.
With over one billion users, Instagram is quickly becoming one of the most popular and influential social media networks on the planet. It’s sometimes reductively referred to as being “Twitter with pictures,” as it enables users to upload photos with captions, which are then displayed in a chronological feed.
As we’ll discuss later, this functionality has been greatly enhanced since the app’s initial release, but the basics remain the same. Instagram lets you share just about anything, as long as it can be captured in a photo, gallery, or brief video. This is a primary reason Instagram attracts such a massive user base with so many disparate interests.
While Instagram caters to a broad audience, it’s particularly popular with younger people. In fact, a majority of its users are younger than 30, and a significant number of those people are teenagers. At the same time, more than a third of all adult internet users also have accounts on Instagram.
Whether you want to watch cute animals, see makeup tutorials, laugh at comedy short videos, or relax by listening to people crushing soap (yes, really), Instagram provides it. The platform is less formal than Facebook, more creative than Twitter, and offers plenty of possibilities to grow your brand or business. It’s no wonder that many marketers and brands are making moves to expand their use of Instagram.
As we mentioned, Instagram started as a feature-light image sharing service. Today, the core functionality remains mostly the same. Therefore, let’s start with the platform’s basics.
Instagram consists of two main areas: the feed and the stories. The feed is where your standard posts will appear. When uploading content, you can either add a single image or include up to 10 in a single post. In addition, you can also upload video clips of up to 60 seconds in length.
Caption. This is the text that will appear underneath your post. The maximum length of a caption is 2,200 characters.
Location. You can ‘tag’ a post to a specific location, such as a city or establishment. For example, you could tag a photo of a meal with the restaurant where you ate it.
People. You can also tag other users in your posts. The post will then appear in a section on their profile, and they will receive a notification. You can also notify them by including their username in the caption.
Hashtags. These are short, descriptive tags that you can add to the caption, such as #cats, #robotics, or #mensfashion. These are used to categorize your posts and make them easier to find. You can include up to 30 hashtags per post.
That last element is actually very important to help new users find your posts. This is because anyone can search for (and even follow) specific hashtags, so adding relevant terms to your post makes them much more visible to your target audience.
As for Instagram Stories, these were first introduced in 2016 and inspired by Snapchat. They function similarly to posts, except that they’re only visible for 24 hours. You can upload an unlimited number of stories, both in images and video format, while also adding face filters, GIFs, and other effects.
While stories are only live for a short time by default, you can preserve them indefinitely by adding them as Story Highlights on your profile.
As you can tell, there is a lot to do on Instagram, despite its seeming simplicity. The key question is: what does it have to offer for businesses and marketers?
Many of the benefits Instagram offers should be apparent by now. The platform lets you express yourself (and your brand) in a way that’s both visual and engaging. In fact, Instagram boasts a considerably higher degree of user engagement than similar platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
Effectively, this means Instagram has fewer ‘casual’ users than other social networks. A majority of registered users log in daily, while over a third use Instagram multiple times every day. Users also stay on Instagram for longer periods of time than its competitors.
Therefore, you have a higher chance of your intended audience seeing and engaging with your posts than on practically any other platform. This is further helped along by the Instagram algorithm, which shows users the content that best matches their interests.
Of course, a key consideration when deciding whether a particular social media network is right for your brand is whether your target audience matches the platform’s demographics. The majority of Instagram users are young, with a large percentage being female, which means it’s perfect for businesses targeting that type of internet user.
Beyond that, the Instagram user base is incredibly diverse. Users are split neatly equally across urban, suburban, and rural areas, as well as across annual income and education levels. This makes the platform remarkably flexible.
So whether you’re an independent artist, run a simple e-commerce store, or represent a multinational company, Instagram can provide you with the same potential for success. By getting creative and tailoring your posts to target the users who are most likely to be interested, you can grow your brand in a way that fits your needs and goals.
WordPress and Instagram might not seem like an obvious match at first. One is a fully-featured Content Management System (CMS), while the other is a social media platform. However, both platforms focus on providing the utmost in flexibility. By using the two in combination, you stand to gain plenty of benefits.
The most obvious of these is the ability to share posts from one platform on the other. This enables you to grow your audience by leveraging your existing followers. For example, you may have users who follow your Instagram account but aren’t even aware that you have a WordPress site (and vice versa). You’ll essentially be funneling users between platforms to create one large audience instead of splitting it.
You can also use integrations to cut down on the time it takes to post the same content across both platforms. Instagram posts can be easily converted into WordPress blog posts, for example, and the other way around. You can even pull in your entire Instagram feed to display on your site or use your posts to create a gallery. Next, we’ll look at how all these techniques work in action.
Now we’ve looked into the benefits of using Instagram and WordPress together, it’s time to discuss the practical aspects. In the following three sections, we’ll explore a few ways you can leverage the combined power of WordPress and Instagram.
The first method we’ll be looking at is integrating your Instagram feed with your WordPress site. This lets you display the posts from your feed anywhere on the site, whether that’s on a dedicated page or in a sidebar widget. There are a few WordPress plugins you can use to accomplish this. In our example, we’ll be using the aptly-named Instagram Feed plugin.
Not only is this plugin very easy to get started with, but it also offers a lot of customization possibilities. We’ll be sticking with the free version of the plugin, but you can also check out the premium version, which offers more features.
To begin, you’ll need to install and activate the plugin. At that point, you’ll see a new option in your admin dashboard called Instagram Feed.
This is where you’ll set up and configure your feed. Naturally, the first thing you’ll need to do is connect your Instagram account.
Once you’ve logged into your account, you’ll be asked to authorize it, giving the plugin permission to access your posts.
When that’s done, you’ll see your account listed in the plugin’s settings.
You can even add multiple accounts if you want to display their posts in the same feed. However, for now, we’ll stick with the single account. At this point, you can customize how your feed will appear on your site.
All you have to do is paste this shortcode wherever you want the feed to appear. For example, here’s what it would look like in a blog’s sidebar.
You can further determine how you want the feed to function and look by tailoring the shortcode itself. Feel free to play around with customization and location until it looks just right.
In addition to displaying a straightforward feed, you can also use Instagram to create an image gallery on your site. This enables you to collect posts from multiple accounts and even hashtags, and display them with all the features you’d expect from a WordPress gallery (such as lightboxes and carousels).
To achieve this, we’ll be using the free plugin Instagram Gallery.
As with the previous plugin, this is an easy tool to start using. It should be noted that while it does offer customization options, it is somewhat limited in terms of features. However, it will enable you to create a clean, functional photo gallery very quickly.
Once you’ve activated the plugin, you can access its options by navigating to Settings > Instagram Gallery.
As you can see, there’s not much here right now. This changes when you click on Add new gallery, at which point you can start customizing your gallery.
Here, you can set which account or hashtag you want to include. You also have some options regarding its appearance. For example, you can display your posts as an image gallery or by using a carousel. You can also add hover effects and even remove the Instagram branding altogether.
When you’ve configured the settings, you can use a shortcode to display your gallery. To do that, copy the gallery’s shortcode and paste it wherever you want. For example, here we’ve added the gallery to a standard page.
If you want a more customizable alternative, you can also check out the 10web Instagram Feed plugin. However, to get the most out of its settings, you will need to sign up for a premium plan.
Getting your Instagram posts in front of your website users is valuable, but it’s just as vital to share your blog posts with your Instagram followers. There are many solutions for doing that, such as the WP Instagram Post and Widget plugin.
However, for this example, we’ll be using a solution that also enables you to share with other social media platforms at the same time. Namely, we’ll be using Blog2Social.
This plugin works with dozens of social networks, although we’ll naturally be focusing on Instagram. As such, once you’ve activated the plugin, navigate to Blog2Social > Networks and scroll down to find the Instagram option.
Then select Profile. You’ll be asked to sign in to your account and give the plugin permission to post.
When your account has been successfully authorized, you can start sharing your posts. To begin, navigate to Blog2Social > Posts & Sharing.
There you’ll find all your posts, ready to be published to other platforms. Click Share on Social Media next to whichever one you’d like to post on Instagram. This will open a screen where you can tailor your post.
The plugin will automatically select your featured image as the post’s picture and set the content and tags as the caption and hashtags, respectively. However, you can edit these elements as you see fit. Once you’ve made your changes, click on Share.
At that point, your blog post will be converted into an Instagram post and published on your connected account. You can access your feed to see it in all its glory.
With that, you’re done! You can now share more posts, or purchase the plugin’s premium version to set up automatic posting to Instagram for all new posts you create.
Instagram is slowly growing to become the biggest, most engaging social media platform. While this makes it great for creative and personal connections, it’s also a phenomenal tool to grow your brand and improve your marketing.
Do you have any questions about how you can integrate Instagram and WordPress effectively? Follow us on Twitter and let’s talk social!
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2019-04-25T09:04:28Z
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https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/how-to-incorporate-instagram-wordpress/
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1. The vice president for academic development (VPAD), the dean for faculty development and research (DFDR), and the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs all provide assistance and administrative coordination for applications requesting funds from government agencies, foundations, corporations, and other sources. Day-to-day responsibilities are delegated to the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs, which will work with faculty to assist with grant applications. When notification of an available program comes directly to a department and the department wishes to make application for a grant, the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs should be notified of this intent as soon as possible (not later than one month in advance of the closing date for the application). Scheduling should be coordinated with the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs to allow two weeks for the review of draft proposals in appropriate administrative offices. Direct and indirect costs must be computed, and, in cases for which College matching funds are required, the necessary administrative approval must be obtained.
2. Each research or other project proposal (or formal preliminary proposal that includes an estimated budget or commitment of academic year term) to an outside agency requires the approval (using the Grant Proposal Endorsement Form) of the chair of the department in which it originates. In this approval the department chair certifies that the proposed project is consistent with departmental and College research objectives and policy, that space and facilities for effective performance are available, and that the individual initiating the proposal and such other personnel as may be required will be available without interference with their academic duties and will be able to perform the research or other project effectively.
3. Following approval by the department chair, the research or other project proposal (or formal preliminary proposal) must be approved by the dean for faculty development and research. An endorsement from the provost, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the faculty, vice president for academic development, dean of curriculum, director of the Sciences, director of the Arts, or the vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the Schools may also be required. Modifications of the proposal as they may deem necessary or desirable will be made at this time.
a. Winter term course releases are typically the easiest for a department to absorb and replace, and should therefore be given primary consideration.
b. Having a course release does not reduce obligations in advising, committee service, or chairing departments and programs.
c. In order to ensure continuity in the curriculum and equity in course loads, no more than three years out of a five-year period may include grant-funded released time for a given faculty member.
d. It is expected that faculty with course releases will mentor more research students. Wherever possible, funds to pay for student research assistants should be built into the grant budget.
e. Faculty compensation for the purpose of the proposal is computed at 18% of the faculty member’s annual salary per course release, plus benefits.
a. If academic policy permits instructional personnel to devote time during the academic year to research contracts or grants, the approval of the department chair and the DFDR, as appropriate, is required. The chair and DFDR will identify the appropriate proportion of time that may be allotted to research, and to instructional work, for the purpose of determining the proper distribution of academic year salary.
b. Applications incorporating provisions for extra pay for research or other project work normally will be approved to provide for up to two months of extra work during the summer. One month's summer salary is equal to 1/9th of the annual contract salary for the prior academic year. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the VPAA/DOF, upon recommendation of the director of the sciences, director of the arts, or DFDR.
c. The budget incorporated in the project application should make the maximum allowable provision for indirect cost reimbursement.
d. All direct costs comprehensively defined will be reflected in the budget incorporated in the project application. When faculty apply for outside funding to support academic leaves, the level of support from the College is understood to be 75 percent of stated salary for a semester leave and 55 percent of stated salary for a year's leave.
e. The adequacy of provisions in the proposed budget for equipment, building alterations, power consumption, etc., must be verified by the Office of Grants and Contracts Administration in consultation with the budget director, the director of Facilities Services, and other appropriate officials and the chair of the department originating the proposal; provisions for salaries must be made in consultation with the vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the faculty, or director of Human Resources, as appropriate. All applications in which support is requested for the purchase of computers or software or central technology needs must be approved by the associate vice president for Information Technology or designate.
f. If the application calls for a cost share to be provided by the institution, the Grant Proposal Endorsement Form must include the Middlebury budget number from which these funds will come and an authorizing signature.
g. If the application calls for purchase of equipment requiring maintenance after a warranty period, there must be a budget number to be charged for maintenance.
h. All grant proposals must disclose any family relationship between any individuals named in the proposal using the Family Relationship Disclosure Form. No family members may be paid with grant funds unless that relationship was disclosed in the proposal or disclosed to the Office of Grants and Contracts Administration after receipt of a grant award.
i. Any “Significant Financial Interest” (as defined by Federal and College policy) must be disclosed, using the Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form, to the controller at the time of submission. After a grant is funded, interests must be disclosed at least annually and at any time such an interest arises. In lieu of the aforementioned requirement, proposals to and grants awarded by any public health service entity including the National Institutes of Health are governed by the PHS/NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Policy posted on the Middlebury College website.
j. The application and/or letter transmitting it to the sponsor must state that payment of the contract or grant be directed to the controller and disbursements from it made under his or her direction. All accounting and financial reports will be handled by the Office of the Controller (or designate) or Office of Grants and Contracts Administration.
6. The director of Grants and Contracts Administration is authorized to sign all grant applications on behalf of the College when he or she is satisfied that all the above conditions have been met. A copy of the complete proposal must be provided to the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs.
7. Upon receipt of contract or grant funds in response to an application approved and executed as set forth above, all procedures then in effect for disbursement of Middlebury funds from the regular Middlebury budget will apply. Middlebury must be at least as scrupulous in handling external funds as in handling its own funds, and in some instances will be called upon to observe even more meticulous requirements.
Commitments to pay for additional personnel must be cleared with Human Resources before such commitments are made. All purchases must be covered by a purchase requisition identified with the budget number and comply with Middlebury purchasing and payment policies and procedures in advance of making the purchase commitments. Determination of whether or not proposed purchases or other charges are allowable under the terms of a grant or contract will be made by the director of Grants and Contracts Administration, who may require the prior approval of the sponsoring organization.
8. Middlebury College has a primary responsibility for the scholarly needs of its faculty. Middlebury also recognizes its concern for the continued scholarly productivity of faculty departing for other institutions.
d. The conditions under which the equipment or funds used to purchase it were secured do not preclude disposition. "Critical" equipment is defined as equipment essential to research personally conducted or directed by the faculty member. The individual requesting the equipment has the responsibility for demonstrating to the College his or her need for that equipment for the continuation of his or her personal research.
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2019-04-26T16:30:57Z
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http://www.middlebury.edu/about/handbook/handbook_archive/handbook-2017-2018/ug-college-policies/faculty/contract_policy
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Days remain until the end of University of Mississippi Medical Center's contract with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi. Both entities are preparing for the state's only academic medical center to no longer be in-network with the state's largest health insurer.
If a deal is not reached before Sunday, Blue Cross policyholders may still receive care from UMMC, which includes Batson Children's Hospital, but many will receive much higher out-of-pocket costs for services in the absence of negotiated discounts provided in contracts between hospitals and insurers.
Commissioner Mike Chaney sent a letter to both parties Friday asking them to meet with a professional mediator. Blue Cross responded Tuesday saying it agreed to a mediation conference but it would not be available for one before June 30. UMMC also said it would agree to a meeting.
In May after the state's only academic medical center announced its intention to terminate the contract, UMMC CEO Kevin Cook said patients who have Blue Cross insurance and are already being treated at UMMC for an established diagnosis would continue to receive care at the teaching hospital as in-network patients.
He also said UMMC would continue to treat emergencies of patients with Blue Cross insurance as in-network patients.
The changes do not apply to patients covered by the State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan, because the state is self-insured and Blue Cross only administers the plan.
Here's how a bill is calculated: A hospital starts with a set price for every service determined by the provider's "chargemaster." These are usually extremely high charges that the hospital never intends to recoup.
If the insurance company is in-network, it has already negotiated a much lower "allowable amount" — the most the insurer will pay for that service.
The patient will first be responsible for meeting his or her deductible in the plan.
Then, if the policy includes a co-insurance — typically 20 percent of the allowable charges — the insurer will pay 80 percent and a patient will pay the rest.
A "balance bill" occurs when the insurance company and patient pay the allowable amount and the provider then bills the patient the difference between the initial charge and the amount paid.
These bills are prohibited by state law, even in the case of out-of-network providers.
But, if the provider refuses to take the insurance assignment altogether, it can bill a patient for the full amount specified in the chargemaster.
If UMMC leaves Blue Cross's network, the hospital plans to continue billing Blue Cross, which means patients won't have to file their own claims. But Cook said UMMC will not technically "accept the insurance assignment," which means it can bill the patient for the remaining amount — the large chargemaster rate.
Cook also said the hospital cannot, by law, provide discounts directly to patients who are insured.
A Monday Blue Cross statement indicated that it would be willing to continue making payments directly to UMMC if the medical center agrees not to balance bill.
"At a member's direction of payment, benefit payments will be made to UMMC with the expectation that, in accordance with Mississippi state law, UMMC will provide a payment hold harmless for our members and refrain from balance billing," the statement reads.
UMMC's primary problem with its Blue Cross contract is that it is 28 years old and allows the insurer to change the financial terms at any time without notification, Cook said in May.
Blue Cross, on the other hand, argued that UMMC just wants to receive special treatment and higher payments.
"UMMC wants to be treated differently from other Network Hospitals in this regard and has continued to leave reimbursement opportunities on the table in their resistance to partner with Blue Cross," Blue Cross spokeswoman Meredith Bailess said in May.
UMMC argued that it is special, as it's the only academic medical center, operates the only children's hospital and cares for some of the state's sickest patients.
UMMC continues to be unwilling to work within their existing contract and has chosen to cancel their Participating Hospital Agreements with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi beginning July 1, 2018. We are currently in non-network transition phase, and UMMC will be a non-network facility effective midnight June 30, 2018.
As always, our members are our top priority, and we will continue to act on their behalf to ensure they have access to quality, cost-effective care when and where it is needed. Blue Cross and Blue Shield members do not need to worry about the impact of UMMC’s action on their access to care as we will continue to provide Network-level benefits for medically necessary care received from UMMC and will work with our members to coordinate their care in the most appropriate setting.
- All emergency care will continue to be covered at Network-level benefits.
- Network-level benefits will be paid for members currently receiving medically necessary care, those requiring ongoing follow-up or coordinated care at UMMC, and those patients who are newly referred and approved to use UMMC as their provider of choice. Benefits may vary according to a member’s specific benefit plan.
- At a member’s direction of payment, benefit payments will be made to UMMC with the expectation that, in accordance with Mississippi state law, UMMC will provide a payment hold harmless for our members and refrain from balance billing.
Again, we will continue working on our members' behalf to ensure they have access to the quality care they need, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield Network Providers across Mississippi, and in surrounding states, are available to serve our members.
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Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district is located in the north central and northeastern parts of Pennsylvania, including the Northern Tier region, parts of the Susquehanna Valley, and part of Happy Valley including State College. It was represented by Tom Marino until January 23, 2019, when he stepped down from office.
Prior to 2018, the 12th district was located in southwestern Pennsylvania, and included all of Beaver County, and parts of Allegheny, Cambria, Lawrence, Somerset, and Westmoreland Counties. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew this and other state congressional districts in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering. The new 12th district covers much of the old 10th district. The old 12th district was redrawn to an area north and west of Pittsburgh and renamed the 17th district, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.
Before the 2011 round of redistricting, the 12th District was widely considered to be gerrymandered by the Republican-controlled state legislature as a heavily Democratic district. It consisted of all of Greene County, and parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.
Located in southwestern Pennsylvania, the 12th District consisted of all of Greene County, and parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties. A thoroughly unionized district, the 12th was historically among the most Democratic areas of the state. However, the Democrats in this area were not as liberal as their counterparts in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Most were somewhat conservative on social issues, particularly abortion and gun control.
The 12th included all of Greene County, a highly rural region that still has a traditionally Democratic influence due to its labor leanings. In Washington county, the city of Washington, a large and Democratic edge suburb of Pittsburgh was a part of the 12th, as well as the eastern portion of the county. Most of the Monongahela Valley region, a very Democratic area that was once an important steel-making area, was also part of the 12th. However, more rural western Washington County and the suburban northern portion of the county (with towns like McDonald and Canonsburg) then belonged to the 18th. The western portion of Fayette County, including the city of Uniontown, a labor Democratic stronghold was part of this district, while the rural mountainous eastern portion was a part of the 9th.
The 12th District continued eastward, including southeastern and northeastern parts of Westmoreland County, including the labor Democratic city of Latrobe, while leaving the suburban western part of the county (with towns such as Murrysville) and the generally left-leaning city of Greensburg in the 18th. The major population base of the district was located just to the east, taking in most of Somerset and Cambria counties. This area, the heart of a large coal-mining region, includes the district's largest city, Johnstown. The 12th also contained a part of Indiana County, mainly the college town of Indiana.
The 12th completed its wrap around the metro Pittsburgh region by ending in the northeastern corner of the city's suburbs, containing middle class regions such as Lower Burrell and the working class suburb of New Kensington. A portion of Armstrong County was also included in the district, including several industrial suburbs such as Freeport and Apollo.
After the 2000 census, the Republican-controlled state legislature radically altered the 12th in an effort to get more Republicans elected from traditionally heavily Democratic southwestern Pennsylvania. A large chunk of the old 20th District was incorporated into the 12th. In some parts of the western portion of the district, one side of the street is in the 12th while the other side of the street is in the 18th District (the reconfigured 20th). This led to criticism that the 12th was a gerrymander intended to pack as many of southwestern Pennsylvania's heavily Democratic areas as possible into just two districts—the 12th and the Pittsburgh-based 14th.
Prior to the 2012 redistricting, the district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R+1. The district is notable as the only congressional district in the nation that voted for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 but went for Republican John McCain in 2008. This is mainly due to the fact that since 2000 Southwestern Pennsylvania has gradually become more Republican leaning.
In the 2006 election, Murtha was re-elected with 61% of the vote. His Republican opponent, Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey, received 39%.
John Murtha won the 2008 election with 58% of the vote. Murtha was a United States Marine and the first Vietnam War veteran to serve in Congress. He defeated Lt. Col. William T. Russell, an army veteran.
Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell scheduled a special election for May 18, 2010, following the death of Representative John Murtha. On March 8, 2010, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's Executive Committee nominated Mark Critz, Murtha's former district director. On March 11, a convention of Republicans from the 12th district nominated businessman Tim Burns. The Libertarian Party's candidate was Demo Agoris, who ran for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 48th district as a Libertarian in 2006.
Mark Critz won the election.
Mark Critz was re-elected in the regularly scheduled 2010 election; again beating Republican Tim Burns (this time with 51% of the vote against 49%).
Mark Critz ran for re-election to a second full term in the 2012 election, but was defeated by Republican challenger Keith Rothfus. Critz garnered 48.5% of the vote to Rothfus' 51.5%. The 12th had absorbed a large chunk of the old 4th District, including Rothfus' home, after the 2010 census, and was significantly more Republican than its predecessor.
After Tom Marino's resignation in January 2019, the nominees chosen by the major parties are Republican Fred Keller and Democrat Marc Friedenberg for a special election to be held on May 21.
May ??, 1801 Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1800 but declined the seat to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
March 3, 1803 Elected October 13, 1801 to finish Gallatin's term and seated December 7, 1801.
District eliminated March 4, 1803.
District restored March 4, 1813.
March 3, 1817 Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1812.
March 3, 1825 Redistricted from the 9th district.
June 3, 1844 Redistricted from the 17th district.
January 3, 1963 Redistricted from the 13th district.
January 3, 1973 Redistricted from the 18th district.
October 28, 1973 Redistricted from the 22nd district.
January 3, 2019 Elected in 2012.
Redistricted to the 17th district and lost re-election.
January 23, 2019 Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2018.
Present Pending 2019 special election.
^ "Congressman Tom Marino resigns, leaving vacancy in Pa.'s 12th district". Centre Daily Times. January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^ Becker, Bernie (March 8, 2010). "Dems Choose Nominee for Murtha Seat". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
^ Faher, Mike (March 12, 2010). "GOP chooses Burns for special election in 12th". The Tribune-Democratic. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
^ "2012 General Election: Representative in Congress, District 12". Pennsylvania Department of State. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
^ Levy, Marc (March 2, 2019). "GOP state lawmaker becomes favorite in House race to succeed Marino". Center Daily Times. Associated Press. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^ "Pennsylvania Democratic Party Announces Candidate For Special Election In The 12th Congressional District - Pennsylvania Democratic PartyPennsylvania Democratic Party". Padems.com. February 12, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
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In her two decades with the North Augusta Boxing Club, Jo-Anne Newman has seen her fighters win many titles, but even she was stunned by the feat pulled off by three of club's boxers.
"We've had plenty of outstanding boxers. One year we had six national champions, but for us to have taken all of the divisions - that's never happened before," Mrs. Newman said of boxers Jeffrey Drayton, Brandon Domingue and Amber Bush being named South Carolina Outstanding Boxer of the Year in their respective divisions.
The distinction is given to a boxer in the senior division, junior division and the female division.
The awards were announced May 5 at the South Carolina Police Athletic League tournament at the North Augusta Boxing Club.
"I was shocked," said Jeffrey, a Midland Valley High School freshman who boxed in several tournaments last year, including the Junior Olympics, Silver Gloves and National Golden Gloves. He won the distinction in the junior division.
The award is based on the boxer's performance in USA Boxing tournaments, Mrs. Newman said.
Amber shared the honor of being named the outstanding female boxer in the state with Brittany Walker of Aiken.
"I really wasn't expecting it," said the North Augusta High School sophomore. "I feel good about it. I had a lot of fights."
Mr. Domingue, 21, was the winner in the senior division. He said he intends to turn professional.
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0%67°35°Sunny with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds S at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph).Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds variable at 9 to 12 mph (14.5 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C).
45%66°49°Scattered thunderstorms today with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C) and a low of 49 °F (9.4 °C). There is a 45% chance of precipitation.
15%58°45°Breezy today with a high of 58 °F (14.4 °C) and a low of 45 °F (7.2 °C).
Today - Sunny with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C). Winds S at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph).
Tonight - Mostly cloudy. Winds variable at 9 to 12 mph (14.5 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C).
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If God is good, then why did He let this happen?
The internet, specifically social media, has opened up a wide window into the thinking and philosophy of a large and fairly diverse demographic of people. All one needs to do is to go to the Facebook page of a global media corporation, like CNN, and read the comment sections on various news stories to obtain … More If God is good, then why did He let this happen?
Leave a comment If God is good, then why did He let this happen?
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https://onehiredlateintheday.wordpress.com/2017/04/
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The Team visit the site of a Dark Age crannog - a man-made island - in Brecon. What happened to the people who lived there? What was their connection with Ireland and an ancient script known as ogham?
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https://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/episode-guide
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One of the catch-phrases that Christians often use is, “be in the world, but not of it.” This expression alludes to the words of Jesus as he prayed on our behalf on the eve of his crucifixion (John 17:14-19). Unfortunately, we sometimes misconstrue the intended meaning and use this phrase as a warning: ‘Unfortunately, we have to live in this world, but we should try really hard to not be of it.’ But this is not at all what Jesus meant. In the context of Jesus’ prayer, He is actually stating, ‘Though they are of me and not of the world, I am purposefully sending them into the world.’ In His prayer, Jesus is actually encouraging us to go out into the world to make a difference.
So what does that mean for artists of faith? What does it look like to engage into our culture, to be in the world?
But for all the critiquing and copying and consuming that is going on, how much of it is making a Kingdom difference?
Crouch contends—and I agree—that “the only way to change culture is to create more of it.” In other words, it is not enough to critique or copy or consume. To change culture, to make a difference in the world, we must also Create.
Of course, that may mean different things for different people. A choreographer friend continues to create inspiring dance pieces with redemptive themes at her high-profile, pre-professional studio. A number of my painter friends are making significant inroads in the local mid-town area, a highly artsy crowd in the city. Another guy I know has made it his mission to book as many quality Christian bands in as many secular venues in town as he can. A small group of like-minded filmmakers have a pipeline of full-length, faith-based feature movies they are quietly producing and releasing. Another friend is currently producing a summer stock theater, no small task for a guy with a day job.
When the Christian artist strives toward great art, his or her Christian worldview will inescapably shine from it. Because art should reflect the artist in some way—what he believes, what he has experienced, what he has placed his faith in, how he uniquely sees the world. In other words, the Christian artist should not strive to create “Christian art,” but rather, strive toward honest art. And in that honesty, their art will somehow reflect the creativity of the Abba Father, the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I believe that this holds true whether you are a playwright, songwriter, choreographer, moviemaker, or poet.
The overall effect of this conglomeration of artistic expression is both encouraging and subversive. Each of these artists are engaging in the culture, not through a sense of imitation or critique, nor through preaching and proselytizing, but through a more covert and subtle contrast of light and darkness. We express who we are and how we see the world through our creations (as well as through the living of our lives), and who we are and how we see the world reflects God’s good grace.
As I’ve stated, it is encouraging to see artists of faith changing our local landscape, creating small little tremors in the tectonic plates of our culture. And in this way, we are truly being in the world. Of course, it takes a whole lot of little tremors to move a mountain. But that is what earthquakes are made of.
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The challenge for an ‘artist’ in the world is to live authentically in both worlds… the Body… and those outside of the Body (of Christ) and to do so openly. I find myself challenged in shrinking away from “controversial” subjects in liberal communities because I don’t want to be labeled or rejected from my peers. I struggle to be a conduit for His overwhelming love when sometimes I don’t experience it myself.
One’s personality (and/or baggage) factors hugely into the missional equation. To see others as Jesus does….our privilege in the Kingdom to bring that good news through our art form is continual revelation of who we are presently and who we desire to become.
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https://manuelluz.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/being-in-the-world/
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MORREALE - John Of Youngstown, NY, August 17, 2011, age 64. Father of Michele (John) Smith, Kimberly Houston and Nicholas Morreale; grandfather of Alexander and Emily Smith and Ryleigh Houston. Friends may call at the HARDISON FUNERAL HOMES, INC., North Fourth and Ridge Sts., Lewiston, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday August 22nd at 10 AM from St. Bernard's R.C. Church, Second and Hinman Sts.. Youngstown. Memorials to Niagara Hospice or the American Heart Assn. Please visit www.hardisonfuneralhomes.com for online registry.
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2019-04-21T18:33:10Z
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https://buffalonews.com/2011/08/20/john-morreale/
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One of the sets above should be completed before taking CENG352 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS .
Relational model of data. Relational algebra. SQL. Query optimization. Entity-Relationship data model. Normalization, physical database design. Concurrency control in DBMSs. Crash recovery. Client-server architectures. Introductions to object databases, distributed databases, web data management.
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2019-04-24T20:22:09Z
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https://catalog.metu.edu.tr/course.php?prog=571&course_code=5710352
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nzherald
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Police were called to a central city dairy in Whangārei shortly after 1pm today.
Officers were seen talking to people just outside Rainbow Dairy on Rust Ave.
A reporter on Rust Ave was told by officers the dairy was a crime scene but they would not elaborate.
Police were on cordons on nearby streets.
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2019-04-21T06:20:11Z
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12110811
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If you’re a dyslexic student preparing for the SAT, there are a lot of accommodations and resources available to help you prepare. You just need to know where to look.
In January 2017, the College Board implemented its newer, friendlier approach to students who need accommodations for the SAT. The rigorous process many students and school systems once endured has been simplified. Students with learning disabilities will now find it easier to obtain separate rooms, extra time, and further accommodations. Below is a summary of the changes.
If both questions can be answered with “yes,” the student is eligible and can be approved to receive most accommodations on College Board exams.
“No” to any of the questions will not warrant an absolute rejection from College Board but will require the individual to provide more information for decision to be made.
A big reason for new test procedures is to simplify and cut down approval processing time and give more responsibility and trust to individual school staff who know their students’ needs best.
The vast majority of students approved for and using accommodations at their school will have the same accommodations automatically approved to take the SAT, PSAT 10, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT Subject Tests and AP exams.
English language learners taking state-funded SAT tests during school will have access to more accommodations with the changes.
Students will now have access to several languages of instruction, word-to-word bilingual glossaries, extended testing time (time and a half) and reduced-distraction rooms.
Students approved for extended time are also provided extra breaks in between test sections.
Students approved for extended time for only part of the SAT (e.g., math only) receive extended time for only the designated sections.
Assistive technology–compatible test format: A digital test form, delivered on a flash drive, is now available for use with screen readers and other assistive technology.
MP3 audio test format: This is an audio version of the test, delivered on a flash drive. It allows student with reading or visual impairments to listen to the test. The MP3 audio test format accommodation replaces the cassette test format accommodation.
Four-function calculator: Students who are approved for this accommodation are permitted to use a four-function calculator for Math Test sections that do not permit the use of a calculator.
Based on the known features of a specific language disability—including vocabulary deficits, difficulty discerning literal words from figurative words, difficulty summarizing reading passages, and deficits in abstract reasoning—Lois Rothschild has developed specific recommendations regarding how dyslexics should study and prepare for their college entrance examinations. Through a highly structured program devoted to vocabulary development, increased understanding of test-taking strategies specific to the SAT, and patterned analysis of reading passages and reading comprehension questions, Rothschild offers dyslexic students a means of improving their SAT scores to reflect their true potential.
This book was written primarily for parents and teachers of high school students who have average to above-average intelligence, but who also suffer from learning difficulties that stem from a variety of different causes. Just a few among those possible difficulties are ADD/ADHD, difficulties in perception, motor control problems, and even severe anxiety related to test-taking situations. The author presents a strategic study program and test-taking plan specifically designed to help such students prepare for the SAT college entrance test. The cost for this book was $11.99.
LD SAT Study Guide is the first commercially available SAT preparation manual that prepares students with disabilities in general, and devotes specific attention and instruction to the more common disabilities, including dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, nonverbal learning disabilities, math disabilities, and visual or auditory processing disorders. The cost for this book used started at $9.99. The Kindle edition was $15.99.
Khan Academy is an excellent free site offering SAT prep podcasts that can be downloaded on iTunes, or try Khan Academy SAT Math Prep with outstanding videos.
Specialized Prep provides test preparation services to students with learning difficulties, learning disabilities, and to students that have received accommodations for either the SAT or ACT tests. The cost for their SAT prep course is $425.
Online College Plan's SAT and ACT Prep Guide piece deciphers between the ACT and SAT and gives advice on how to do well on both tests. SAT Prep Resources, as well as ACT Prep Resources, are listed at the end. Several Test Prep Tips are also listed for students to use.
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2019-04-19T14:50:51Z
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http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/dyslexics/living-with-dyslexia/school-college/sat-test-prep
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The purpose of my study was to describe the lived stories of four Metis women in the form of collective narratives. And, as a Metis woman, I have reflected on the collective narratives as a way of interpreting and making meaning out of our lived stories in order to gain knowledge. The literature which I reviewed as I came to understand the parameters of my study included the stories of Metis women which have been published in literary forms. As well, I reviewed literature pertaining to stories as an expression of human existence, the study of meaning in stories, and stories, meaning and knowledge. The research was conducted using a qualitative research design. The participants and I engaged in conversations, and the stories which emerged formed the content of my data. After I was given approval from my participants to use their lived stories, I created the collective narratives as an expression of how I understand our stories. The stories were presented as three collective narratives: identity, family and soul murder. Then, I reflected on each of the collective narratives as an example of how I make meaning and gain knowledge.The findings from my study suggest that the stories emerged in a collective manner and that I, as a Metis woman, view our stories collectively and not as singular entities. As well, my reflections present a written account of how I make meaning from the collective narratives as a way to gain knowledge. As a cultural insider, I may be presenting a perspective in understanding our lived stories which has not been articulated in the past. The main contribution which this study may provide is an opportunity to begin to understand the loss and the absence of voice of some Metis women.
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2019-04-22T04:27:43Z
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"Table of Contents (Volume 5, Issue 3)"
(2011) "Table of Contents (Volume 5, Issue 3)," Liberty University Law Review: Vol. 5 : Iss. 3 , Article 1.
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https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/lu_law_review/vol5/iss3/1/
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Why spend all day in the kitchen when you can make a meal that tastes like you did. These recipes are easy and delicious. I give alternatives and optional additions to many things. Tried and tested you will know very soon what your preferences are.
Wash and clean chicken well. To a zip lock bag, (I use gallon size bags) add remaining ingredients and distribute evenly. Add chicken and seal bag. Roll bag side over side a few times until all chicken pieces are coated. Place on bottom rack of refrigerator and let marinate for at least 3 hours. Over night is best. The longer you marinate it the stronger the flavor.
The regular BBQ is spicy so if you want more flavor and less heat, use less or use the Hickory or salt free BBQ rub.
Grill chicken on medium high (if you have a choice) for 4-6 minutes on each side or until cooked thoroughly in the center. Be careful not to dump the oil in the grill or it will flame up. Use tongs to remove the chicken from the bag.
Leftover chicken from this recipe makes an easy stir fry.
2 or 3 leftover grilled chicken breasts.
Heat oil for a few minutes on medium heat. Add sliced vegetables to pan in the order listed above, Stir fry these ingredients on medium heat until just beginning to brown. Stir often.
Thinly slice your leftover grilled chicken breast and add to pan with vegetables. Sprinkle on the Mexican Style seasoning mix and toss well with a spatula or large spoon Be sure chicken is heated heated thoroughly and mixed well.
If the chicken is a little dry add the chicken broth or water. About 1/4 cup should do it. Mix well and serve wrapped in a tortilla with your favorite toppings or on rice.
Sour Cream Optional but great with this dish. Mix in one or our Chili Dip Mixes, Mild, medium or Hot for a great flavor!
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http://azspiceco.homestead.com/Blackened-Chicken-or-Steak-recipes.html
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Today I want to review some make up and beauty products that I’ve purchased recently. Most of this products are from the drugstore, so they are very affordable if you want to try them.
I’m really happy with this lip gloss because at the same time it adds a beautiful shine to your lips, it also moisturises them a bit. It’s not as drying as other lip glosses. The one I bought is in the colour Autumn Haze and its price is around 3 €.
Since I’m loving the W7 stick highlighter, I wanted to try some more of their beauty products. I wanted to try a make up fixer for special occasions, so I decided to pick this one up. I’ve used it and it really helps your make up to last longer, it’s like it creates a see-through layer over your skin but at the same time it adds a nice glow. The price of this product is 2€.
I’ve recently bought this shampoo and I’m in love with it. First of all I love that it doesn’t have any parabens or silicons. It leaves my hair really moisturised and it has the most amazing smell. Seriously if you see it in the store just give it a sniff and tell me what you think.
Another lipstick I’ve been loving these days is this one from Deliplus. It’s a matt lipstick, so it lasts for a long time but it’s not very drying. I get it in the colour 02 which is a natural pink brownish colour. The only thing I don’t love about this lipstick is that it has some glitter. The price of this lipstick is only 3,50€.
I’ve always wanted to try this product because I heard great reviews about it, but I could never find it in the stores. So finally I ordered it on the internet and it did live up to its expectations. It really has a lot of coverage and it lasts a long time, the only down side is that it can bee a bit drying but for 4€ it’s an amazing product.
Sadly I’m really disappointed in this product. First of all, I don’t like the formulation at all, it’s really drying but at the same time it doesn’t even last that long, so you end up with the lipstick smudged all over your face. I also don’t like the colour, but that’s my fault because I bought it online. When I saw that the colour was called “Rioja Red”, I had to buy it because La Rioja is the name of a beautiful region in Spain (yes, that’s how my brain logic works 😂). But when it arrived I felt very disappointed because it has a strong orange undertone. It’s price is 6€, for a bit more you could buy the Mayballine 24h that is a much better lipstick.
Do you have any drugstore products you would recommend me? And any products you wouldn’t recommend me?
I love Burt Bees products, especially their chapstick. I love the minty feel on my lips after I put it on my lips.
The only product that I have heard about is Burt Bees.
I LOVE Burts Bee’s lip gloss so much! It always looks great.
Haven’t tried any of these products but I would want to try the catrice concealer. My concealer is almost over 😜 I hope it turns out to be a good decision.
I’m liking the color fix! The packaging is so appealing to the eye!
I didn’t even know Burt’s Bees made lip glosses. I’ll have to check them out. And I have been looking for a good concealer, so I definitely want to pick up the liquid camo!
The color of that Burt’s Bees gloss looks super dreamy!
I really like the Catrice camouflage concealer! Especially when you’re on a budget that’s a great quality for a great price! Great post btw!
LOVE the Burt’s Bees lipglosses!
that burts bees gloss sounds nice and the actual tube it comes in is super cute!!
I actually have a few of the Burts Bees colored lip glosses too! They feel moisturizing without being overly thick and I find that the color stays on really well! I love the light color your shared though…i need to look for that!!
I love the Catrice concealer!! I’ve been wanting to try Sleek’s liquid lips too, but haven’t yet. Now I will!
I love burts bees stuff!
I agree totally about the sleek matte lipgloss! I love sleek but that has really let me down, dries my lips out totally and if I reapply it looks patchy!
Me too, I got it online expecting a lot and I felt so disappointed..
Woah! Thank God! I was going to give those Sleek lipsticks as a gift to someone.
Cool! Didn’t know Burt’s Bees has lip gloss. Been using thier lip balm and I really liked it.
That shampoo looks fun! I’ll keep an eye out for it!
Please feel free to check out my blog and if it interests you hit the follow button! Always happy to have more followers!
Your photos are really decent & cute!
I love Burt’s Bees products! I’d recommend anything from ELF: their products are super affordable and good quality.
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2019-04-20T22:56:49Z
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https://darlydarly.wordpress.com/2018/01/14/%F0%9F%92%84beauty-products-review-%F0%9F%92%84/
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Dear children, the last hour is here.
You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared.
From this we know that the last hour has come.
otherwise they would have stayed with us.
When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth.
the difference between truth and lies.
And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ.
Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either.
But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning.
If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.
I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.
everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie.
So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.
throughout the Colonial Cemetary in the heart of Savannah, Georgia.
Graves of the famous and not so famous.
Generals to Yellow fever victims.
Names, dates and any semblance of recognition are all but gone.
Families who once came to linger and to mourn…come no more.
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2019-04-25T10:35:18Z
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https://cookiecrumbstoliveby.wordpress.com/tag/forgotten/
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An elderly pedestrian and a 20-year-old dirt-bike rider were injured last night when a police cruiser allegedly hit the vehicle during a chase.
The younger man was riding a Honda CRF at around 5:30 p.m. when the pursuing cruiser bumped it, causing it to flip and hit a 77-year-old man waiting to cross Boston Road near Thwaites Place in Pelham Gardens, according to multiple witnesses.
A group of about of 30 or 40 people on bikes and four-wheelers were heading toward Pelham Parkway when the incident occurred.
But a law-enforcement source contradicted witness accounts, saying that there was no contact and that the cruiser was making a U-turn when the bike rider tried to flee and spun out of control.
Both the elderly man and the dirt-bike rider were recovering in Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx last night.
The rider was in custody, but had not been charged.
The accident occurred a day after video was released of a similar incident last August when a police cruiser slammed into two men riding a dirt bike in the Hunts Point section of The Bronx.
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2019-04-21T05:34:43Z
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https://nypost.com/2013/03/25/elderly-man-hit-by-dirt-bike-in-bx-cop-chase/
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weebly
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Our little owls enjoyed more dramatic play at the Smoothie Shop, as well as lots of fine motor work. We cut, painted and laced beaded icicles. And all on a day that was in the upper 70's and humid. That's how we do winter in Texas!
We continue to work on our fine motor development with a wide variety of activities. This morning the children worked with pipettes to balance water on the suction cups of snowflake shaped bath clings. Not only is it important to understand how the pipette works but how to control it as well. Using the correct amount of pressure with your pincer grasp will allow the user to balance the water vs. squeezing too much and having it overflow. This takes lots of patience and practice. We are making great strides from where we started in September. We also laced beads and worked on q-tip painting which also strengthen these muscles. Our scissor skills have also come leaps and bounds from September. If you look closely at the children's busy little hands you can see that most are holding the scissors properly and are quite successful in their cutting skills. Mind you we are not doing much more than cutting snips at this point but we are building up to cutting a straight line and then eventually curves.
I hope you all enjoy the long weekend. We will be back at it next week learning all about polar animals.
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2019-04-21T08:56:08Z
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http://whatididtodayatoakhillspreschool.weebly.com/blog/fine-motor-friday5604442
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Sports
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COMMENTARY | Even if everything had been on the up and up with the Mississippi developers who wanted to turn the troubled Berkman II riverfront property into a Dave & Busters on steroids, the project raised — and still raises — so many questions it's hard to know where to start.
The Magnolia State moguls pulled their plans last week for a family-entertainment center, hotel and Ferris wheel for reasons they insisted had nothing to do with stories by my colleague Christopher Hong detailing unpaid taxes and $11 million in financial judgments connected to the main financier of the Berkman project. It turns out the excuses they gave instead actually help underscore why their plans — and the plans of top city officials to subsidize them — never made much sense in the first place.
One reason for pulling out, the developers claimed, was that plans were abandoned to bring a decommissioned warship to downtown and convert it into a museum, and hence a destination-style development on the scale they had envisioned would no longer be viable on the riverfront. Let's ignore for a moment the fact that we have known since December the decommissioned USS Adams wouldn't be coming to Jacksonville. Let's also do our best to look past the fact that with this knowledge fully in public view, the city was until recently on track to approve significant public incentives for the full-blown Berkman II project at the behest of the developers and a top mayoral staffer who helped negotiate the deal.
With this otherwise-laughable explanation, the developers actually got this sort of right. One of the main problems with their cartoonish development plan on the outskirts of downtown was that it had no constituency. Who was going to patronize a family-fun center, hotel and Ferris wheel in downtown Jacksonville? People out in the suburbs and the Beaches cities? They already have Adventure Landing, Dave & Busters, Top Golf, sports bars and on and on.
Tourists? Downtown doesn't have a tourism economy robust enough to prop up a $150 million development of this kind on its own. Or wait, was it a $122 million project? Or $90 million? It was hard to keep track of the changing numbers.
Were we just hoping Disney-bound drivers on I-95 would see billboards for a water park and Ferris wheel and suddenly decide to stay the night at a far inferior attraction? It's probably true that without more stuff to do, like explore a warship museum, a hotel/fun center on a relatively isolated piece of downtown land was going to have a tough go of things for the foreseeable future.
Remember, a high-end condo tower sits next to this proposed development on the west side, an empty grass lot is on the east, the county jail is across the street and on the catty corner is the Maxwell House plant. My, my, what a view you could get from the top of that Ferris wheel.
And that's why the project was going to need a whopping $36 million in taxpayer incentives over the next two decades to stay afloat. Those incentives weren't just the garden variety tax breaks the city regularly hands out. The incentive package included a new and obscene kind of taxpayer gift: An $8.25 million grant paid out over 15 years to help cover the operating costs of the hotel. That's right: Taxpayers were going to help finance the operations of a private hotel.
Are there any nooks and crannies of the imagination the Downtown Investment Authority won't explore to find a way to help fatten a developer's wallet, no matter how harebrained the proposal?
If this project made so much sense for taxpayers, why would the city have needed to waive its investment policy in order to dole out those sugar plums?
Isn't it kind of obvious a supposed destination project isn't viable if it needs so much taxpayer support for so long?
The developers now say they can re-tool their proposal to possibly include a "right-sized" hotel with some residential units.
Was the hotel the city was until last week set to finance with taxpayer cash not already "right-sized?" Let's go back for a moment to the fact that the Downtown Investment Authority has known since at least December the USS Adams wasn't coming to Jacksonville. Had that not come up before in negotiations with the Mississippi development group? Do officials at the DIA and Mayor Lenny Curry's office now agree with the developers that this project doesn't make sense?
Surely, to save face, the developers and the city wouldn't concoct an easily debunked story to explain the failure away.
Here's another question: Is it the Downtown Investment Authority's job to advocate on behalf of developers or to protect taxpayers? If it's both, which interest comes first?
The most troubling aspect of the stories from my colleague Chris involved the City Council Auditor, who found information on delinquent taxes and unpaid judgments connected to the development group and tried to take it all to the DIA. The auditor said the developers insisted he had his information wrong — so this was never taken to the City Council.
Since we now know there were unpaid taxes and judgments connected to this group, why did the DIA allow the developers to tell the auditor he was wrong? Brian Hughes, Curry's chief of staff and the interim DIA head, has said he knew at least about unpaid taxes connected to the development group's main financier. Why didn't he say anything? Was the auditor deliberately misled?
In his rush to avoid building consensus — the mayor has said before he does not like to govern this way — Curry helped craft a deal that, like a house of cards, was big but fragile — built upon a sense of momentum rather than actual momentum. It turns out redeveloping downtown without a master plan and substituting in the whims of just a few people doesn't work well. The city's redevelopment plans under Curry so far seem to consist of demolishing things and throwing gobs of public money at problem spots.
Here's how that has played out in reality: Curry wanted to seek bids for a new convention center last year at the site of the old courthouse and City Hall buildings. Firms spent time and money submitting credible bids, then Curry suddenly changed his mind and those bids got thrown out. Then the buildings were torn down and the city is left with no firm plans in place for what will replace the rubble. Redevelopment by tantrum.
Don't expect much in the way of objections from Curry's counterparts on the City Council to this trailblazing method of urban renewal.
In fact, you could be forgiven for not realizing the multi-million dollar Berkman II redevelopment deal crashed and burned.
City Councilman Greg Anderson, who chairs the council finance committee, spiked the legislation this week authorizing those Berkman II subsidies without any comment. No questions asked. No concerns aired that the council and its auditor may have been misled about the background of this group. In this era of city government, that kind of embarrassed silence is par for the course.
Because if it never happened, then no one lost. And if no one lost, then everyone still wins. And that's obviously the most important thing.
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2019-04-24T01:53:09Z
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https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190417/nate-monroe-downtown-ferris-wheel-was-fantasy-after-all
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AbstractThis study provides one of the first empirical tests on the political impact of China’s anti-poverty cash transfer program: Dibao. Using the China Family Panel Study 2010 dataset and a propensity score matching method, we examined whether and how much the Dibao benefits have impacted recipients’ assessment of local government performance. To explore the heterogeneity effect of Dibao, we conducted the analysis in urban and rural samples respectively. Results show that receiving the Dibao benefit had a significant and positive impact on citizens’ assessment of local government in China. Nonetheless, the subsample results suggest that the positive and significant impact of Dibao benefits might be driven mainly by the rural sample. Overall, it implies that China’s Dibao policy has achieved a mixed success in alleviating discontent and boosting popular support for the government.
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2019-04-22T13:08:03Z
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https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/59882/
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Sports
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truman
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This book reflects on debates among historians of science, medicine and technology as well as Islamicate societies about fundamental questions of how we think and write about the intellectual and technological past in cultures to which we do not belong any longer or never were a member of. These debates are occasioned by the manner in which amateurs have taken bits and pieces from our academic narratives and those of our predecessors, stripped them of their richness in detail and their often agonizing efforts to interpret these details, and rearranged them in simplifying and often misguided fashion as outdated stories about glory, success, priority and progress. Our texts are accompanied by reflections of professional curators and museum directors about the difficulties of translating academic research into representations that attract different groups of visitors. They are followed by experiences in northern Europe with Islamophobic adversaries of any narrative about Muslim contributions to the sciences, medicine and technolo-gies, and in one of the Gulf States with alleged reformers of the political, economic and edu-cational landscape of the sheikhdom and their use of such amateurish narratives for blocking efforts of critical questioning of such self-congratulatory representations.
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2019-04-24T01:03:19Z
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http://edis.sites.truman.edu/1001-distortions/
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Sports
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madasafish
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He was born around 1821 at Ironville, a son of William Elliott and Elizabeth formerly Barlow.
In 1841 he was at home with his parents aged 15–19 and born in the county.
He married Ann Dufty in the Belper district in the June quarter 1843. Ann was baptised at Annesley, Notts. 14 January 1821 a daughter of Thomas and Anne Dufty.
In 1851, in Victoria Street, Ironville, Peter was aged 29, an iron moulder, born in Ironville. His wife, Ann, was aged 30, a dress maker born in Annesley. Their children were James W. aged 6 and Peter aged 2, both born in Ironville.
In 1861, at 27 Victoria Street, Ironville, Peter was aged 39, an iron moulder, born at Ironville and his wife Ann was aged 40 and born at Annesley Woodhouse, Notts. Their children were James, aged 16, a pupil teacher, Peter aged 12, a labourer ironworks, Harriet aged 9, Fanny aged 5 and William aged 1, all born at Ironville.
In 1871, at 27 Victoria Street, Ironville, Peter was aged 49, a moulder, born at Ironville. His wife, Ann, was aged 51, a dressmaker and born at Annesley W. Notts. and their children were Peter, aged 22, a labourer in iron, Harriet, aged 19, a dressmaker and Fanny, aged 15, a pupil teacher, all born at Ironville.
There is a suitable death entry for Peter Elliott in the Belper district in the September quarter 1873. He was aged 51.
In 1881, at 27 Victoria Street, Ironville (IGI has Alfreton), Ann was a widow, aged 61 and born at Annesley, Notts. With her were her children Peter, aged 32, a labourer Ironworks, and Fanny aged 25 a private governess (teacher), both born at Ironville.
In 1891, at 27 Victoria Street, Ironville, Ann was a widow aged 70 and born at Annesley Woodhouse, Notts. Her unmarried son, Peter, was aged 42, an iron shearer, born at Ironville.
1. William Henry Elliott, born about 1867 at Chesterfield (there are two registrations for William Henry in the Chesterfield district in 1867, one in the March quarter and the other in the September quarter).
2. Emma Edith Elliott, born about 1875 at Swanwick Alfreton (registered in the Belper district in the September quarter 1875).
3. Mary Louise Elliott, born about 1876 at Swanwick Alfreton (registered as Mary Louisa in the Belper district in the September quarter 1876). She may have married Reginald Lucas in the West Ham district in the June quarter 1901. There is a May (sic) Louise with Reginald Lucas in the Hammersmith, Fulham district in the 1911 census aged 38.
4. Harriet Ethel Elliott, born about 1882 at Burnham, Bucks (registered in the Eton district in the December quarter 1882). A snippet in the Huntingdon Herald for 5 January 1906 refers to the theft of a bicycle worth £10 the property of Harriet Ethel Elliott at Huntingdon on 18 December 1905.
5. James Peter Elliott, born about 1887 at Ramsey, Hunts (registered in the Huntingdon district in the September quarter 1887).
6. Francis Arthur Elliott, born about 1889 at Ramsey, Hunts (registered in the Huntingdon district in the December quarter 1889).
Peter, born about 1846 at Ironville. In 1861 he was at home with his parents, aged 12, a labourer ironworks, born at Ironville. In 1871 he was at home with his parents, unmarried, aged 22, a labourer in iron and born at Ironville. In 1881 he was at home with his mother, unmarried, aged 32, a labourer Ironworks, and born at Ironville. In 1891 he was at home with his mother, unmarried, aged 42, an iron shearer, born at Ironville. He married Susannah Grace Brindley in the Gloucester district in the September quarter 1892. In 1901, at 27 Victoria Street, Ironville, in 4 rooms, Peter was aged 52, an ironworks shearer born in Ironville. His wife, Susannah G. was aged 36 and born in Codnor Park. In 1911, at 27 Victoria Street, Ironville, Peter was aged 62 an iron moulder labourer, born in Ironville. Susannah Grace his wife was aged 46 and born at Codnor. They had been married for 18 years and had no children. He was buried in the churchyard at Ironville and his monumental inscription on kerb stones reads “Peter Elliott died July 24 1912 aged 64 years.” Administration of his estate was granted at Derby 20 August 1912 to Susannah Grace Elliott, widow, and his effects were £345.6s.2d.
1. William Parkin Cotterill (1871 - 1871), born 1871 (September quarter, Belper), and died 1871 (Cottrill, aged 0, December quarter, Belper district).
1. Gladys M Stevens, born about 1895 at Beeston, Notts.
2. Thomas Edward Stevens, born about 1897 at Ironville.
3. Leslie George Stevens, born about 1900 at Huthwaite.
4. William Edgar Stevens, born about 1902 at Stanton Hill, Mansfield.
5. Thomas Parkin Cotterill (1880 – 1937), born about November 1880 at Ironville, and registered in the Alfreton sub-district (December quarter, Belper). In 1901 boarding with a grocer (his brother-in-law, Henry Stevens) in Hucknall under Huthwaite, he was aged 20, a baker bread maker, born at Ironville. His death was probably registered in the Hull district in the June quarter 1937. He was aged 56.
6. Edward Parkin Cotterill (1883 – 1887), born in 1883 (March quarter, Belper) and died in 1887 (4, March quarter, Belper) and registered in the Alfreton sub-district.
7. Harriet Parkin Cotterill (1889 – 1889), born in 1889 (June quarter. Belper) and died in 1889 (0, December quarter, Belper), and registered in the Alfreton sub-district. in the Alfreton sub-district.
8. Son Parkin Cotterill (1891 – 1891), born 1891 and died 1891, and registered in the Alfreton sub-district.
9. Leslie Parkin Cotterill (1893 – 1896), born in 1893 (September quarter, Belper) and died in 1896 (3, December quarter, Belper), and registered in the Alfreton sub-district.
1. Joseph Dooley, born about 1883 and registered in the Belper district in the June quarter 1883.
2. Fanny Ethel Dooley, born 1886 and registered in the Belper district in the June quarter 1887. She married Walter Bailey in the Belper district in the September quarter 1917.
3. Harold Dooley, born about 1889 and registered in the Belper district in the December quarter 1889. He married Maud E. Brentnall in the Belper district in the December quarter 1917.
William, born 1859 at Ironville. In 1861 he was at home with his parents, aged 1 and born at Ironville. His burial was at Christchurch, Ironville, 2 October 1861. He was aged 2.
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2019-04-22T06:02:49Z
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http://adamantane.madasafish.com/ElliottPeter.html
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↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Manchester United - Stadium" (PDF). premierleague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
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2019-04-20T07:52:21Z
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https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1
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scotsman
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Georgia Hall has one eye on next year’s Solheim Cup at Gleneagles already as she bids to land back-to-back majors in France this week.
An image of Hall from her debut in the biennial event was used earlier this week to mark it being exactly one year to go until the match in Perthshire, where the Ricoh Women’s British Open champion is a certainty to be on Europe captain Catriona Matthew’s team.
Speaking in the build up to the Evian Championship – Matthew is the sole Scot in the field for the season’s final major – Hall, currently eighth in the rankings, revealed she is looking to join Justin Rose as a fellow world No 1 before that third clash between Europe and the US on Scottish soil comes around.
On the European Tour, Padraig Harrington is looking to take up in the KLM Open where he left off when finishing second to Andrea Pavan in the Czech Masters just under three weeks ago.
Defending champion and former Scottish Open Stroke-Play winner Romain Wattel is one of seven former KLM Open winners in the field at The Dutch alongside Lee Westwood, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño, Simon Dyson, Ross Fisher, Martin Kaymer and Peter Hanson.
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2019-04-23T16:00:46Z
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https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/georgia-hall-already-has-eye-on-2019-solheim-cup-at-gleneagles-1-4798910
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Sports
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qmul
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While previous well-known MPEG standards (such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) were targetted at audiovisual coding, MPEG-7 focuses on efficient search and retrieval, filtering and semantic description of content. The talk will explain the background of MPEG-7 and provide an overview of the MPEG-7 Audio architecture. It will discuss how MPEG-7 audio tools can be used for semantic audio description and processing, and illustrate a number of application examples.
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2019-04-21T21:16:27Z
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http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/legacy/dafx03/keynotes.html
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Sports
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vcu
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The final number and amount of awards will depend on the merits of each proposal as determined by faculty reviewers and the availability of funding.
Note: Applicants for the Generation Study Abroad Advisors Award must be nominated by the dean of the respective school/college.
The Global Visiting Scholar Award is intended to support departments or schools in hosting an international scholar who will enrich the learning and/or scholarship of the unit. Preference is given to proposals that include plans for high impact student experiences, or research collaborations with specific outcomes, such as peer-reviewed publications and/or, proposals for external funding. Hosting units are expected to provide additional support such as office space and lab equipment, and some stipend, often through an adjunct teaching assignment. The length of visits may range from one week to one academic year. GEO will be awarding up to 4 awards of $5,000 each.
As one of the initial signatories to the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad initiative, VCU commits to doubling the number of study abroad participants by the end of the decade. A university-wide collaboration is needed to inform and inspire students regarding the value of study abroad in their particular field and the numerous opportunities available. The Generation Study Abroad Advisors (GSAA) champion the value of education abroad in their disciplines and beyond. They collaborate with the VCU Education Abroad office in an effort to increase study abroad enrollments in their units. Advisors are expected to assist in effectively promoting appropriate education abroad programs within their respective departments and schools/colleges through creative means which may include social media, contests and special events that increase students’ awareness of the added value of international experience for their careers and knowledge of suitable study abroad programs. The advisors provide guidance to students and colleagues about education abroad opportunities and work closely with the Education Abroad office to confirm student enrollment. Advisors will be expected to commit an average of two hours per week (30 hours/semester) to planning and implementing activities related to education abroad advising, promotion, and identifying/developing valuable education abroad programs for their students’ specific interests and needs. GEO will award up to four awards of $2,500.
The International Course Threads Award seeks to create thematically coherent curricular clusters that enrich the global learning of our students by drawing connections based upon topics or themes among groups of existing VCU courses from different disciplines. Students completing three courses from a specified grouping have that choice designated on their transcripts.
GEO invites proposals that highlight our strengths in global health, take advantages of VCU’s urban location, and our regional/areas studies strengths. Proposals must be interdisciplinary and be globally focused. Students who enroll in one course in a thread will be encouraged to pursue appropriate paths through the entire thread, opening new pathways for exploration of international topic areas within and outside a student’s major field of study. Ideally, a student’s experience with a thread will culminate in an experiential component (e.g., study abroad, research project or internship), but this is not required for completion of the thread. GEO anticipates awarding a $2,500 stipend for up to three course threads leaders.
Review examples of the Course Thread model at the University of California Berkeley.
The Virtual Global Classroom Award is offered in partnership with the Office of Learning Innovation and Student Success to support a department or school that develops a sustainable application of technology in a course or courses that engages VCU students in structured, intentional collaboration with counterparts in other countries as part of their learning. GEO will be awarding up to four grants of $5,000 each.
GEO invites proposals in all disciplines and world regions, however, proposed projects involving China and/or global health are especially welcome.
The Faculty Development Seminar is designed to help faculty develop and establish overseas research and teaching linkages. The program will bring a group of selected faculty to specific global partners for the purpose of exploring collaborative research and teaching possibilities. The global partners to be visited rotates each year. Priority for faculty participation is given to faculty who do not already have overseas experience or networks.
This year's seminar is a regional collaboration with the College of Humanities and Sciences and the VCU Office of Faculty Affairs, and is presented with support from the Humanities Research Center.
The 2018 Faculty Development Seminar’s destination is Lebanon and will focus on the rich research, teaching and service collaboration potential for students and faculty that emerge through closer acquaintance. Topics include the causes and impacts of globalization, culture and issues of social justice.
Successful applicants will participate in a spring semester pre-departure program which includes preparatory readings, lectures, and discussions. The group will then travel to meet with university, governmental and community counterparts to explore and/or strengthen collaborations appropriate to the faculty member’s interests and discipline. Travel typically occurs over the course of two weeks during the summer. All programming logistics will be handled by the Global Education Office, and faculty participants must be able to travel within the timeframe designated for the program.
Estimated program cost (flight, lodging, local transport and most meals) is $4,000 per participant. Currently, funding support of $3,000 each is available for six participants leaving each participant responsible for securing the remaining $1,000 whether in personal or unit/university cost share funds. Further funding may become available.
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2019-04-24T18:21:07Z
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https://global.vcu.edu/outreach/fundingopportunities/qgia/
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Financial Stability Board is looking at whether exchange-traded funds could pose a risk to the world’s financial system when interest rates eventually start to go up, a top Bank of Canada official said on Tuesday, according to a Bloomberg report.
The FSB, a regulatory task force for the Group of 20 economies, discussed at a meeting last week whether ETFs based on assets that trade in less liquid markets would be able to honor their obligations in the event of a large withdrawal, said Carolyn Wilkins, senior deputy governor at the Bank of Canada.
“There’s been investments and positions taken that may not have the liquidity there that people expect, especially as interest rates start to normalize,” Wilkins told the news agency.
ETFs trade on the market like a stock and track an index, commodity or basket of assets. Some ETFs being examined may include high-yield bonds, said Wilkins, who is Canada’s representative on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
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2019-04-25T03:54:30Z
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https://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAKCN0HI2AL20140923
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exetel
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Bolty gave me this book to review for something else. This post is not the review, though perhaps the germ of one. I’ve just finished reading it and need to get some things down.
Firstly, the book is not about professionalism per se. The sub-title is really the heart of what the book is about: ‘A plea to pastors for radical ministry’. The first chapter feels like a rant about not being professionals, without any sort of good definition of what being professional actually is. However, as you read through the book, you get the feeling that what Piper is actually asking pastors to do is to love God and feed the flock. That is, the professionalism that Piper rails against may be the kind wherein one simply ‘does the job’ rather than sees their work as a pastor as being a shepherd of God. This seems to be what is going on here.
The book carries the classic Piper emphases, and is written in his typical style. It’s easy to read, with most chapters being short. This is the kind of book that should be read to fire someone up for ministry as ministry, service, worship, rather than ministry as job. For me, this was a timely reminder amidst the barrage of conversations that involve the question, ‘What are you doing next year?’ I pray that where I am, I would serve, whether it’s my job or not.
This entry was posted on Saturday, August 13th, 2011 at 10:19 pm and is filed under Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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2019-04-20T22:48:20Z
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http://home.exetel.com.au/jaxexodus/blog/?p=1424
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cornell
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To create a world in which people can meet their needs and pursue their dreams without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.
Academic Venture Fund—The Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seeds original, multidisciplinary research that is not likely to find funding elsewhere because the projects are novel, risky, need early data to establish traction, or involve new teams working together.
and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.
Rapid Response Fund—The Rapid Response Fund (RRF) facilitates urgent or time-sensitive sustainability research, workshops, and other activities. With unusually flexible guidelines, the RRF is a source of funding for smaller projects that foster a broad range of sustainability initiatives.
Faculty Fellowship for Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts—The Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts (SSHA) Faculty Fellows Fund adds a unique and invaluable perspective by reshaping imaginations, behaviors, and minds. This work complements and extends the center’s sustainability advances in the life, physical, environmental, and agricultural sciences.
Explore all the ways in which the Atkinson Center creates real-world, sustainable impact.
We have general and targeted grant and fellowship programs to spur a wide range of sustainability activities.
The Atkinson Center connects with external partners – from corporations to nonprofits – that have on-the-ground capacity to identify, test, and implement research-proven strategies that work.
We support summer internships at leading environmental organizations for students who want to solve sustainability problems, shape policy, and gain real-world work experience.
We facilitate engagement with policymakers and news organizations and provide broad communication training and support for researchers who want to reach beyond the university.
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2019-04-23T09:51:29Z
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http://www.atkinson.cornell.edu/about/index.php
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Sports
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weebly
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20th April 2011 - Over Brickfields this morning for a couple of hours, undertaking some practical work, putting more mulching down and around the newly planted Trees. I was helping out the council's environmential wildlife team led by Benjamin Sanderson. Cranham Cllr. Gillian Ford ( Ratepayers Association) was helping as a volunteer as well. I don't think my feedback at the local Ratepayers meeting prompted her to do it as I know she has been involved over there before it was designated a Nature Reserve. Good on yer Gillian !
We had finished about 1:00pm and had a look around the reserve....It's looking good, plenty of bird song and another bird for the list a Blackcap. Plants are flowering see picture below of the Lady's Smock. But due to the very warm weather,everything is awake now and that included a rather large Grass snake swimming in the Pond.
Up to date now, phew ! see you soon.
Lady's Smock or Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis) is a flowering plant It is a food plant for the orange tip butterfly and makes a valuable addition to any garden which aims at attracting wildlife. In some European countries, including parts of Germany, the plant is now under threat. Often grows close to water and grows best in marshy soil. Ideal for Brickfields.
Grass snake - This is our biggest snake which can grow well over a metre in length. Typically this snake is grey-green in color with a distinct yellow and black collar round the neck, black bars down the side and sometimes two rows of black marks down the back. The Grass Snake is often associated with water; it swims well and feeds mainly on amphibians and fish. It is a sun loving animal and is most often encountered basking in the sun.
A distinctive greyish warbler, the male has a black cap, and the female a chestnut one. Its delightful fluting song has earned it the name 'northern nightingale'. Although primarily a summer visitor birds from Germany and north-east Europe are increasingly spending the winter in the UK.
To see them look in woodland, parks and gardens with plenty of trees and shrubs. In winter they will readily come into gardens.
They eat Insects and berries.
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The first time Lou meets tall, dark, and handsome Christian, she knows he’s hiding something. Why does he clam up every time she asks about his past? Why doesn’t he have any family photos and why does he dye his blond hair black?
Then suddenly his terrible secret is unveiled to the world – and it seems everything he’s ever told Lou is a lie. Can what the media are saying about him really be true? Should Lou trust him? Or is she in terrible danger? But Christian isn’t the only one keeping secrets. For what if their chance meeting was no accident at all …?
As lie follows lie, nothing is as it seems, and soon Lou finds herself ensnared in a web of deceit, her loyalties torn, her emotions in tatters as she faces a heart-wrenching dilemma: should she shatter the lives of those she holds dearest, or betray the guy who, against all odds, she’s fallen in love with?
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Award-winning senior astronomy research associate Lawrence Kidder, who contributed to the 2016 confirmation of gravitational waves detected in 2015, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
The criterion for election is exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise – including outstanding physics research, important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics, or significant contributions to physics education.
Kidder worked in a group of more than 50 people in the multi-institutional Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes collaboration, which used supercomputers to solve equations from Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity to predict what the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) would see if two black holes spiral together, collide and merge into a single black hole.
The predictions of the collaboration, based on Einstein’s predictions, matched up well with LIGO’s observations, providing strong evidence that Einstein’s theory of gravity is correct even in the presence of extremely large gravitational fields.
Kidder, who began his 22nd year at Cornell this fall, has been a senior research associate at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science since 2003. In 2016, he and Saul Teukolsky, the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics, earned a share of the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, which recognized those who helped create LIGO and interpret its observations.
APS fellowship is usually granted to no more than one-half of 1 percent of all APS members in a given year. There were 155 members elected APS fellows this year.
A total of 105 Cornell researchers have been elected since the fellowship was established in 1921. Last year’s Cornell honorees were Debdeep Jena, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and of materials science and engineering; and Georg Heinz Hofstaetter, professor of physics.
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An Australian cartoonist has defended a sketch of Serena Williams described as racist and sexist saying "I don't know how you draw an African-American person by not making them look like an African-American person"
Mark Knight faced a fierce online backlash over the cartoon, published in Melbourne's Herald Sun on Monday, showing a butch and fat-lipped Williams throwing a temper tantrum at the US Open.
Critics said the sketch drew on historical racist caricatures of African Americans, but in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday Mr Knight said: "When I drew that cartoon, I wasn't thinking of racial politics in America. I simply saw the world number one player having a dummy spit."
He added: "I'm not going to say I'm not going to draw that because it's a no-go area".
The Herald Sun's editor, Damon Johnston, leaped to his cartoonist defence saying the sketch "rightly mocks poor behaviour by a tennis legend".
Mr Knight closed down his social media accounts on Tuesday after facing withering criticism from more than 20,000 online commentators over the image.
British author JK Rowling added her voice to the chorus, tweeting: "Well done on reducing one of the greatest sportswomen alive to racist and sexist tropes and turning a second great sportswoman into a faceless prop."
The editor of an Australian newspaper has defended publishing a cartoon of Serena Williams after a fierce online backlash condemned the image as racist and sexist.
The cartoon, published in Melbourne's Herald Sun on Monday, showed a butch and fat-lipped Williams throwing a temper tantrum at the US Open which critics said deployed racist stereotypes.
Damon Johnston, the paper's editor, defended cartoonist Mark Knight saying the sketch "rightly mocks poor behaviour by a tennis legend", adding "Mark has the full support of everyone".
Mr Knight has denied the cartoon is racist or sexist but closed down his social media yesterday/TUES after facing withering criticism from more than 20,000 online commentators.
Williams sparked controversy over her conduct in Saturday's final against Haitian-Japanese player Naomi Osaka when she smashed her racquet and called the umpire a "thief" and a "liar".
Williams was given three code violations, earning her a point penalty and then a game penalty which gave Osaka a 5-3 second-set lead that effectively gifted her the title.
The penalties stirred a debate in the tennis world over double standards toward men and women in the sport.
In Mr Knight's cartoon, Williams can be seen jumping up and down with a broken racquet next to a baby's dummy as the umpire asks Osaka "can't you just let her win?".
Mr Knight, who has a reputation for controversial cartoons, was pilloried from far and wide for his portrayal - including by a number of US media outlets.
In a searing piece, The Washington Post's cartoonist Michael Cavna said the "racist" sketch was reminiscent of the "vile imagery" popularised during the era of racial segregation in the US.
"Knight draws facial features reflecting the dehumanizing Jim Crow caricatures so common in the 19th and 20th centuries," Mr Cavna wrote.
Others pointed out that Osaka, who is mixed race, was portrayed as a petite and feminine white woman with jet blonde straight hair. In fact, Osaka has dark curly hair and is taller than Williams.
America's National Association of Black Journalists called the cartoon "repugnant on many levels".
"[It] not only exudes racist, sexist caricatures of both women, but Williams' depiction is unnecessarily sambo-like," the organisation said in a statement.
The Story of Little Black Sambo was a 19th Century children's book which featured derogatory racial depictions such as characters with thick red lips.
The cartoonist initially responded to the criticism by stating he had "no knowledge of those cartoons or that period", saying on Tuesday that "the world has just gone crazy".
He pointed out that he had drawn an unflattering portrayal of Australian male tennis star Nick Kyrgios "behaving badly".
"Don't bring gender into it when it's all about behaviour," he said, but by noon on Tuesday he had closed down both his Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Mr Knight was also accused of racism last month for a cartoon on train station safety which showed faceless black figures fighting in a Melbourne subway.
The publishers of the Melbourne's Herald Sun, Australia's most-read newspaper, also defended the cartoonist saying "the world has gone too PC".
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The Dolphins need to give Kilgore another a year because, frankly, they have nobody else. But an NFL official who spoke to the Dolphins said Miami is taking a wait-and-see approach with Kilgore, as far as whether he’s good enough to be here beyond 2019.
At 31, Kilgore is actually two years older than Pouncey. In terms of sticking on the roster, it helps that he’s a cheap, serviceable starter.
Kilgore has two years left on his contract, with a $2.2 million base salary in 2019 and a $3.0 million salary in 2020.
Pro Football Focus gave Kilgore a 52.9 grade for his four games last season, which would have ranked 31st of 38 centers if Kilgore had enough snaps to qualify. PFF gave Pouncey a 56.9 grade, which was 25th.
For all the concerns about Pouncey’s health, he has now played in all 16 games two consecutive seasons. And the Dolphins didn’t urgently need the cap room when they released him.
Kilgore said his injury was healed enough for him to have played in December if needed. But he couldn’t, because the Dolphins had placed him on injured reserve.
Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) says he is in peak off season form after a three-day voluntary minicamp at Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.
Kilgore is fortunate in that unlike Miami’s other lineman who was injured - Josh Sitton - he wasn’t released. But Sitton was more expensive than Kilgore. Sitton recently retired after Miami cut him.
▪ Dolphins defensive tackle Davon Godchaux, who’s 6-3 and 315 pounds, revealed the team has him working at nose tackle when Miami plays a 3-4 defense. But the Dolphins would like to add a natural 3-4 nose tackle in the draft process and recently brought Wisconsin’s 346-pound Olive Sagapola to team headquarters.
The Dolphins’ biggest defensive linemen are 325-pound Durval Queiroz Neto (a Brazilian player who will be an 11th player on Miami’s practice squad this season) and 323-pound Joey Mbu (a journeyman and former Alliance of American Football player).
Every AFC East team has been allocated one player as part of the expansion of the International Player Pathway program. They are ineligible to play in 2019.
Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores says he's living the dream as he speaks to the media before the start of a three-day voluntary minicamp at Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.
▪ The Dolphins have taken a liking to Southern Cal 6-1 cornerback Iman Marshall, a projected mid-round pick who also can play safety. He’s had private contact with Miami recently, a league source confirmed.
▪ We’ve broken and/or confirmed 21 of the Dolphins’ maximum permitted 30 pre-draft visits – which are never announced by the team - and two others have been reported elsewhere that haven’t been confirmed: Stanford receiver Trenton Irwin and Oregon defensive end/linebacker Jalen Jelks.
Jelks, who’s 6-5 and 256 pounds, moved from defensive end to linebacker in 2018 and his sack numbers fell from 7.0 to 3.5.
“You thought would go maybe a little higher when the season began but to me he didn’t produce the kind of year expected, ESPN’s Mel Kiper said. “You look at numbers and when you’re 6-5-and-a-half and you have the length he does, to me there’s an opportunity there to be a disruptor off the edge.
▪ The Dolphins last week called Wisconsin’s Micah Kapoi, who’s appealing to them because he can play every position on the offensive line. At 6-4 and 310 pounds, he played 48 games at Wisconsin, with starts at left guard and right guard.
▪ We hear Wyoming’s Niko Evans is among the running backs on Miami’s radar. He emerged as a prospect last year, averaging 6.5 per carry and rushing for 1325 yards, which was second in the Mountain West Conference.
Here’s my other Dolphins post from Tuesday’s first practice under Flores, with notes on Xavien Howard, Laremy Tunsil, injuries and more.
He thinks ‘best football’ still ahead of him. So how long will FitzMagic last?
A look at who some of the draft analysts would take if they were picking at No. 13 in the first round of the NFL Draft for the Miami Dolphins, including detailed analysis from NFL Network’s Charles Davis and expert Tony Pauline.
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Hope you’ve had a wonderful Chinese New Year break and have had your share of delicious CNY food! Right before the break, on the 27th of January, the monitors and assistant monitors of all the classes in the Junior and Senior School were installed during the formal assembly. Besides that, the first round of the WOW Awards was also presented during the same ceremony with this round centering on the theme of respect. Below here, we have a short video of what went on brought to you by our Photography Department.
Gong Xi Fa Cai from all of us at The Excalibur!
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2019-04-26T13:59:43Z
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Twitter Inc has signed a major livestreaming deal with its first Asian partner, Globe Telecom Inc of the Philippines, for its two exclusive U.S. National Basketball Association shows, the companies said on Thursday.
Globe will advertise on Twitter's livestream of "The Starters" and "The Warmups" to the telecom provider's digital audiences, they said in a statement. The shows, produced by Time Warner Inc's Turner Sports, will air only on Twitter throughout the basketball league's season from late October through June.
The Philippines is one of the NBA's biggest international markets, especially online. The league recently opened its fourth NBA Store in the island province of Cebu.
Basketball content will be created specifically for Twitter and Globe ads will run on highlight clips aired on the social media platform in the region.
Twitter has made livestreaming video integral to its future as user and revenue growth from other forms of advertising has flattened. The company has signed numerous deals with U.S. college and professional sports leagues, most notably the National Football League, and partnered with media companies on the U.S. presidential debates and election night coverage.
However, many analysts believe Twitter's best chance to increase its ad revenue growth could lie overseas.
In its third-quarter earnings report, Twitter said overall ad revenue grew by just 6 percent year-over-year, mainly driven by 21 percent growth in international markets. Its U.S.-based ad revenue was down 2 percent.
A report issued by eMarketer on Wednesday found that more U.S. advertisers are planning to use Facebook Inc's Instagram than Twitter for the first time.
Shares of Twitter fell 2.3 percent to $18.07 on the New York Stock Exchange early Thursday afternoon.
Ninety percent of male Twitter users in the Philippines are interested in basketball, with 76 percent of them actively following and watching the NBA, Maya Hari, Twitter's managing director for Southeast Asia and India, said in the statement.
In May, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said that more than half of the viewers on the association's YouTube channel was outside the United States, led by the Philippines.
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2019-04-24T00:04:38Z
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https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/twitter-signs-philippines-ad-deal-for-nba-livestream-shows/55748130
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Back in 1994, our family moved from England to Scotland, where we located to just outside of Edinburgh. Busy in the corporate life we began to think that life should be better. The wild open spaces of the Scottish countryside started to ignite our passion in the outdoors. Our dream finally began in 1997, when we fully committed to live the dream and not just think about it. This is when Hooked on Cycling & Walking evolved; a very easy name as first we were truly “Hooked” on the outdoor world and secondly our names are Jon and Sue Hook.
Since we started our dream. we have developed cycling tours throughout Europe and the UK. We now have over 160 cycling tours and over 100 walking tours throughout Europe and the UK. Having both come from a customer service background our prime objective is to provide the very best pre-tour, on tour and after tour service. This includes choosing hotels and other accommodation which only we would like to stay in but also which must be typical of each region our cycling tours are located.
We have local teams, which we have worked with for many years, and so we know they are all totally dedicated to provide first class on tour service. We always consider responsible tourism so our representatives are all local to the tour; they all have a passion for their region and wish you to leave each tour with a passion as well and wanting to return.
Our office is just outside of Edinburgh and we now have a small team (all family members) working here to ensure all your enquiries and dealt with efficiently. We always walk or cycle all our tour routes allowing us to get a first class understanding of each tour, the accommodation and wonderful landscapes. In 2010, we opened our professional bike shop in Bathgate, which we run simultaneously alongside our holiday business.
Take a look at our cycling tours and experience the Hooked on Cycling and Walking way and you never know you also could get really Hooked!!
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Today E-readers come in all shapes and sizes. So which one's right for you?
Whenever Andrea Eldridge and her family were setting out on vacation, they used to have to haul around some very heavy suitcases. No, the Eldridge family, who live in Redding, Calif., wasn't compulsive about bringing along outfits for every conceivable function or occasion; instead, they had to find room to fit all of the books they planned to read. "We are a family of readers, and years ago that meant packing almost an extra suitcase full of books on every vacation," says Andrea, who is CEO of Nerds on Call, a computer and electronics repair service company she founded with her husband Ryan in 2004.
These days, that problem has vanished, thanks to the proliferation of e-readers on the market. But that doesn't mean there's no longer a choice to be made. "Now, with an e-book reader on the market for just about every preference, the problem has become not selecting the books to bring with us, but selecting which e-reader to read them on," Andrea says.
Indeed, it's a choice that gets more and more complicated by the month. According to Sy Paulson of retailer Best Buy, his company offers 11 different e-readers, everything from the Nook to the Sony Reader to the complete line of Kindle products, with prices ranging from $49.99 to $249. If the business activity of just November 2011 is any indication, consumers can expect more and more choices in the future -- Amazon's e-reader Kindle Fire became available in mid-November 2011, and Barnes & Noble unveiled its new Nook series earlier that same month [source: Ward-Bailey].
Choice is good. But it also can be confusing to figure out which e-reader exactly suits your needs. We've got some tips to help you find your way, and a good place to start is by staring straight ahead.
How important are pretty pictures?
If you plan on exclusively reading books, then there is really no need to look beyond an e-reader that utilizes black-and-white e-paper and e-ink.
When it comes to selecting just the right e-reader, what sort of reading you plan to do really matters: Will you be flipping through the pages of the entire Charles Dickens oeuvre or are you planning on reading (and enjoying the photos of) Glamour and Sports Illustrated? As a rule of thumb, if your reading tastes are classic -- i.e. you plan on exclusively reading books -- then there is really no need to look beyond an e-reader that utilizes black-and-white e-paper and e-ink. "For all adult fiction, color is totally unneeded and you don't need to pay for it," says California-based Andromeda Edison, who helps independent authors get published online and has reviewed various e-readers.
Then again, some e-readers, like the Nook Color and the SuperNova MediaReader come with full-color LCD screens, which allow users to enjoy magazines just the way they look coming off the rack, as well as other multimedia features. "An LCD allows for full-color animation, video viewing and a backlit display for reading in the dark," says Mark Mettler, a senior vice president of consumer technology at Staples. "Although slightly heavier and with a shorter battery life than traditional e-ink, the LCD [screen] option is better if you want additional functionality, like surfing the Web and checking e-mail. It's also a great choice for avid readers of magazine and children's books: The color screen really enhances the experience."
Click forward to see how to avoid letting batteries be a source of frustration.
For any reader, it's the nightmare e-reader scenario. "There's nothing more frustrating than being 10 pages from the end of your mystery novel and having the words fade into oblivion as your battery dies," says Andrea Eldridge of Nerds on Call. The likelihood of that actually happening depends on which e-reader you select. Most e-readers have good battery life, but there is some variation, which is important to understand. "The Kindle Touch and Kindle Keyboard both boast a battery life of up to two months when Wi-Fi is turned off," says Best Buy's Paulson. "Similarly, the Nook Simple Touch reader lasts up to 60 days with the wireless option off. Others, like the SuperNova 8 media reader or the Kindle Fire only have a battery life of up to 6 to 8 hours."
Read on to discover why it's important to know what libraries you can access.
Yes, it's true that an e-reader allows you to read books and magazines. But the reality is that many e-readers can do so much more: surf the Web, watch videos, check your e-mail and sync up with other electronic devices you own. Not surprisingly, all of these added features add to the price of the e-reader, which means that it is wise to take the time to think about how much you're willing to pay for various bells and whistles.
Obviously, if you're one goal is to reduce the amount of books weighing down your bookshelf, a vanilla version of an e-reader that allows you to just read text in black and white will cost a lot less than one that permits you to sit back and download sports clips and YouTube videos. One aspect that figures into how much your e-reader costs is how it connects to the Web in order to download reading material: either Wi-Fi or 3G. For Mark Mettler of Staples, determining whether to fork over extra for the ability to download anytime and anywhere really comes down to your needs. "Wi-Fi is a great choice if you plan to use your e-reader at home or the office, or if you frequent Wi-Fi hotspots.
Most e-readers are Wi-Fi enabled, so all that's needed is a one-time network connection to begin reading," he says. "3G devices allow for connectivity almost anywhere, as wireless coverage is provided the same way as for a smartphone." For those who travel a lot, he says, that just might be worth the investment.
Edison, Andromeda. Independent publishing consultant. Personal correspondence. Nov. 8, 2011.
Eldridge, Andrea. Co-founder and CEO of Nerds on Call. Personal correspondence. Nov. 11, 2011.
Mettler, Mark. Senior Vice President of Consumer Technology for Staples, Inc. Personal correspondence. Nov. 18, 2011.
Paulson, Sy. Best Buy Blue Shirt. Personal correspondence. Nov. 18, 2011.
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For over 25 years Prof. Pim de Voogt has worked at the UvA. He has served as professor by special appointment of Chemistry of (Emerging) Water Contaminants at the UvA's Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) since 2008 and in 2014 he was appointed professor of Chemico-Biological Interactions in Aquatic Ecosystems. Prof. Pim de Voogt is retiring this year and therefore he gave a valedictory lecture reflecting on 'Emerging contaminants in a changing world'.
Since 1992 Prof. de Voogt has been working at the University of Amsterdam, with a part-time secondment at the KWR Watercycle Research Institute’s Chemical Water Quality and Health Department. His research focused on the distribution, behaviour and effects of new substances in aquatic ecosystems. He conducted cutting-edge scientific research into micro-contaminations in the environment, such as fluorine compounds, PCBs and hormones.
On Friday 2 November a symposium was organized in honor of Pim de Voogt, with the theme 'Emerging Environmental Chemistry Issues'. In his valedictory lecture Pim de Voogt reflected on emerging contaminants in a changing world and on the most important changes in the research field of Environmental Chemistry during his scientific career: ‘The most important change was the shift from non-polar organic chemicals to polar ones. Studying the fate and behaviour of the latter required new paradigms, which for a scientist is truly exciting. The continuous development in analytical instrumentation also has a tremendous impact on environmental chemistry, and nowadays’ computational power enables us to really look for what hitherto was unknown or what we simply did not consider to be present in our environment, while it actually was,’ reflects Pim de Voogt.
The very first scientific highlight of Pim de Voogt’s career is a very personal one: a publication about the competing role of cadmium and zinc in the human prostate that he co-authored together with his dad. Another publication that stands out is a review paper on Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that has been published together with Kevin Jones in 1999 at the celebration of the 100th Volume of Environmental Pollution. It has become their mutually most cited paper with more than 1300 citations to date.
The scientific knowledge obtained in these projects resulted in important regulations such as the tolerable daily intakes and helped ban or voluntarily reduce substances use. The work has also led to important statements from the scientific community in the literature to reduce the use and application of these highly persistent chemicals and to refrain from fluorine-containing substitutes.
Based on his expertise, Pim de Voogt gave scientific advice about chemical contamination norms for drink water and surface water, both in The Netherlands and the European Union. In addition, he played an important role in environmental chemistry education, and as such contributed to the research based education at the Faculty of Science. Over the years his research gained a lot of media attention. Among other things, he investigated concentrations of illegal performance enhancers and drugs such as XTC in the Amsterdam sewer system, which frequently featured in several news outlets.
After his retirement de Voogt will remain active in the field of wastewater-based epidemiology. He will stay a member of SCHEER, the European Union's Scientific Committee for Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks, until the end of his term in 2021. Furthermore he will continue his work as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
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2019-04-25T22:16:50Z
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https://ibed.uva.nl/content/news/2018/11/retiring-prof.-pim-de-voogt.html?origin=01eESFdOQSO3%2Fn7VNhihcA
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officials are getting ready to oppose a controversial Trump administration proposal that could deny permanent residency or citizenship to immigrants who use public assistance programs.
The Board of Supervisors is expected this week to consider sending a letter to federal leaders asserting that the proposed rule would cause “significant harm” to the county and its residents, the Los Angeles Times reported.
At issue are so-called public charge rules that have long been a part of the immigration system, in which federal officials consider whether visa applicants might use public assistance or whether those seeking permanent legal status or citizenship have accepted it in the past. But the Trump administration has proposed expanding the number of programs — and the financial thresholds of assistance — that might weigh against such applicants, sparking criticism among some immigration activists.
The letter of opposition, if approved, would be part of a broader strategy by the county to respond to the rule, according to The Times. The letter was proposed by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Sheila Kuehl.
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2019-04-20T07:09:15Z
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https://www.presstelegram.com/2018/10/01/la-county-to-fight-new-trump-immigration-rule/
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A destination wedding can be even more of a challenge. Especially if you have never been to where you are getting married. You hire people without meeting them first. Caterers. Florists. Cake artists. You put a lot of trust in the planner you hire as well. You trust that they will be there to make sure your vision comes to light.
Communication is key. You can never give too many details. The more indepth you are about what you want, the better your day will be.
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2019-04-23T20:52:25Z
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http://eventsbylavinna.weebly.com/thoughts-from-a-planner/destination-wedding
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New findings were published this week from the Onward think-tank which revealed that the Conservatives’ popularity among younger votes, and in particular millennials, was moving backwards.
The think-tank concluded that the average age at which a voter typically begins to vote Tory has increased from 47 in 2017 to 51 in 2019. Furthermore, the gap between younger and older voters is now 50 percentage points larger than the 1945 average.
Considering that wartime leader Winston Churchill once proclaimed those who weren’t Conservative by 35 “had no brain”, it is perhaps of no surprise that Prime Ministerial hopeful, Penny Mordaunt, called the findings a “kick up the ****” for her party.
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2019-04-20T15:18:16Z
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/11/no-vision-robotic-bland-telegraph-readers-conservative-partys/
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Shindell, D.T., G. Faluvegi, S.E. Bauer, D. Koch, N. Unger, S. Menon, R.L. Miller, G.A. Schmidt, and D.G. Streets, 2007: Climate response to projected changes in short-lived species under the A1B scenario from 2000-2050 in the GISS climate model. J. Geophys. Res. , 112, D20103, doi:10.1029/2007JD008753.
We investigate the climate forcing from and response to projected changes in short-lived species and methane under the A1B scenario from 2000-2050 in the GISS climate model. We present a meta-analysis of new simulations of the full evolution of gas and aerosol species and other existing experiments with variations of the same model. The comparison highlights the importance of several physical processes in determining radiative forcing, especially the effect of climate change on stratosphere-troposphere exchange, heterogeneous sulfate-nitrate-dust chemistry, and changes in methane oxidation and natural emissions. However, the impact of these fairly uncertain physical effects is substantially less than the difference between alternative emission scenarios for all short-lived species. The net global mean annual average direct radiative forcing from the short-lived species is .02 W/m2 or less in our projections, as substantial positive ozone forcing is largely offset by negative aerosol direct forcing. Since aerosol reductions also lead to a reduced indirect effect, the global mean surface temperature warms by ∼0.07°C by 2030 and ∼0.13°C by 2050, adding 19% and 17%, respectively, to the warming induced by long-lived greenhouse gases. Regional direct forcings are large, up to 3.8 W/m2. The ensemble-mean climate response shows little regional correlation with the spatial pattern of the forcing, however, suggesting that oceanic and atmospheric mixing generally overwhelms the effect of even large localized forcings. Exceptions are the polar regions, where ozone and aerosols may induce substantial seasonal climate changes.
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https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/sh06400f.html
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Resident challenges with daily life in Chinese long-term care facilities: A qualitative pilot study.
As traditional family-based care in China declines, the demand for residential care increases. Knowledge of residents' experiences with long-term care (LTC) facilities is essential to improving quality of care. This pilot study aimed to describe residents' experiences in LTC facilities, particularly as it related to physical function. Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted in two facilities with residents stratified by three functional levels (n = 5). Directed content analysis was guided by the Adaptive Leadership Framework. A two-cycle coding approach was used with a first-cycle descriptive coding and second-cycle dramaturgical coding. Interviews provided examples of challenges faced by residents in meeting their daily care needs. Five themes emerged: staff care, care from family members, physical environment, other residents in the facility, and personal strategies. Findings demonstrate the significance of organizational context for care quality and reveal foci for future research.
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https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub1261988
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Huddersfield Town’s Premier League game against Manchester United at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday 17 February 2018 will be shown live in 97 countries around the world.
The match will be broadcast on BT Sport 1 in the UK this weekend but if you haven’t got a ticket for the game and would prefer you can listen to live audio commentary via BBC Radio Leeds or #HTTV+.
Tickets are still available for the Club’s match against Manchester United; click here for more details!
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Students learn though hands-on training using the most current and up-to-date engines and vehicles components as possible. This program is designed to promote leadership, communication, social and employability skills.
Please note that the courses in this program are 5 weeks in duration. Students should plan to complete 3 diesel related courses through the semester. Please see course schedules for more information.
1 ea. Pry Bar 18"
1 ea. 3-Ring Binder with Lined Paper 8 1/2" x 11"
1 ea. Cold Chisel 3/4"
1 ea. Brass Drift 3/4" x 8"
1 set Drill Bit Set, high speed up to 1/2"
1 ea. File, mill single cut 8" or 10"
1 ea. Ball Peen Hammer 8 oz.
1 ea. Ball Peen Hammer 32 oz.
1 set Sockets, 1/2" drive to 1-1/4"
1 ea. Wrench, adjustable 12"
1 set Wrench Box, open-end combination to 1-1/2"
Note: This list is a basic Journeyman tool list to get the student into the field and must be accumulated by graduation.
If any College-owned equipment does not function properly, please report it immediately to the instructor.
Safety Glasses' must be worn in the lab class without exception.
All students must provide and maintain to industry standards three pair of coveralls to be worn in the lab class.
Salt Lake Community College cannot be held liable for tools lost or stolen. Please take the necessary precautions to secure your tools.
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Yes, LaKademy is over. They were days of hard work, meeting old and new friends, and having much fun while realizing how far those crazy guy’s imagination can go. I’d say it was a great summit and, when compared to first (and only one so far) Akademy-BR carried out in 2010, it’s a clear evidence we are getting there in the effort of building a strong and mature KDE community in Latin America. Henrique and Camila managed to book a lovely hostel in Porto Alegre and, even though I usually don’t get used to traditional food in Rio Grande do Sul, we were all nicely accommodated through these days. Sorry for haven’t posted before, I’m rather taking an “all-in-one” approach to report LaKademy outcomes.
LaKademy brought together 19 participants, including developers, translators, designers, and promo people. Trying to keep this post simple and concise, I’ll briefly enumerate major LaKademy outcomes related to artwork and localization, promo, and developing. In particular, my own developing outcomes are presented later.
It seems that Tomaz has unintentionally taken over the task of bringing new designers for KDE here in Brazil. The difficulty arises from the proprietary background designers usually possess and then excuses of reduced productivity are a major obstacle to migrate to open source tools. At LaKademy, Tomaz, Manu, and Fabiana discussed current artwork needs of KDE and had a conference call with Nuno, trying to clarify tool differences and line up goals. Actually, I still notice that designers are maybe the most difficult people to be aware of real underpinnings of free software contribution and we haven’t found the means to provide that to them yet. Rocs’ “weird lemon add node icon” 🙂 is still there but hopefully some artwork fresh blood will help us to get rid of it.
Aracele, Diogo, Camila, and Henrique have been working hard 🙂 in userbase and techbase localization. Techbase pt_BR localization coverage run from 6% to 30% by the end of LaKademy.
KDE Brazil|Argentina|Peru ?|LatAm web site (re)design. We aren’t sure about the need for a KDE LatAm web site (that discussion is going to continue on kde-latam mailing list) but we all agree on a re-design of KDE Brazil website. I’ve just noticed that ar.kde.org redirects to a drupal-based website.
KDE LatAm Webcasts. Chicão has already pushed some tutoriais about making video tutorials about KDE.
“Myths and Facts about KDE Technology” marketing campaign. The intended audience is those people who still have a KDE Plasma 4.0-4.2 conceiving and haven’t given it another try since then. Our participation in FLISOL, while at LaKademy, have confirmed that we need such campaign.
Upcoming FLOSS conferences in Latin-America. A bunch of FLOSS conferences (Congresso da SBC/ENECOMP, FISL, Latinoware, GNUGraph, FSLDC, Hack’nRio, LinuxWeek(Peru), CaFeCon(Argentina), Software Freedom Day, Campus Party Peru, Campus Party Pernambuco) are going to happen and we need to articulate the KDE participation in those.
In particular, we considered that a “KDE Day” (in a format similar to FLISOL) taking place simultaneously in various Latin-America cities might be a fruitful marketing strategy, even though with minimal technical outcomes. Initial tentative date is 27th October, just one week after Latinoware (so that we could do some announcement there).
Quite minimal, enduser-oriented KDE portal. Something like descubra.kde.org (discover.kde.org) would provide, with a minimal simplified mapsite, the general reasons to use KDE and how to get it running in an easy way. That would support a KDE promotion effort in those fields aren’t related to technology at all. We see a huge potential of KDE adoption in Latin America and maybe we are driven our efforts to a most restricted audience.
An even more interesting scenario is the use of compound graphs to represent adjacency relationships (between tree’s leaves) along with hierarchical relationships already provided by trees. One should consider, for example, professors hierarchically grouped by departments and also having adjacency relationships when co-authoring a paper or co-mentoring a student. In a software development project, that would easily be represented by hierarchically grouped artifact containments (like namespaces, classes, functions, etc) and some dependency relationship (for example, uses) between classes or functions. The use of arrows to represent adjacency relationship directions would produce more visual clutter so edges are drawn from source (green) to target (red).
So at the end of LaKademy I wanted to have at least the radial layout with edge bundles running in KDevelop.
Hierarchical edge bundles in mirrored radial tree view (rightmost view above) were implemented in a separated library so that other applications could use it for visualizing tree data other than KDevelop projects. Classes were designed to easily support the future inclusion of new tree layouts while reusing the edge bundle generation part. The RadialGraphicsTreeView class (first implementation of IGraphicsCompoundTreeView) works with any tree-based Qt model (representing the hierarchical model) and accepts a second table-based Qt model representing the adjacency relations. Any tree-based and table-based Qt models representing hierarchical and adjacency relations, respectively, should be correctly visualized by libgraphicstreeview. A number of parameters (node radius, inter level spacing, inter span spacing, bundling strength, mirroring radius increment, etc) can be used to tailor the visualization for specific purposes.
More realistic implementation of interpolated B-splines. Current implementation is based on Qt’s quad and cubic splines but knot vectors should be used to support smoother and more bundled adjacency edges.
Background generation of graph layout and edge bundles. QtConcurrent and mapreduce would be a potential support technology for that.
Filtering of adjacency edges by picking them with a linear selection.
Actually it doesn’t provide control flow graphs in its original definition. It rather provides a consolidated control flow graph at the least abstraction level supported by DU-chain.
It doesn’t support efficient visual escalability. We couldn’t represent large control flow graphs in a restricted region of screen.
It needs a major refactoring to separate some concerns and make evolution easier.
All its cognitive information about a KDevelop project can also be carried out by a mirrored radial with hierarchical edge bundles while still solving the previously cited issues. Actually I still need further elaborate that to decide about the future of control flow graphs in KDevelop.
Navigation from radial tree visualization to code still needs to be done, as well as a picking mechanism for filtering adjacency edges of interest. Checkout the following video showing libgraphicstreeview as a KDevelop plugin.
Several future improvements could also be done, such as the assignment of metrics (for example, the CK metrics suite) to visual attributes like color, opacity, size, speed of animation, etc. Evolution information also provides some interesting information about software architecture and software development processes.
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Called Colleen dhas crutha na mho.
This Colleen dhas crutha na mbo.
Theis Colleen dhas crutha na mbo.
First line of verse 'Twas on a bright mornin' in summer that I first heard his voice speakin' low.
First line of chorus Now I have not the manners or graces of the girls in the world where ye move.
Statement of Responsibility adaptation by Roger Edens.
Publisher New York : Leo Feist Inc.
Physical Description 1 score (7 p.) 31 cm.
Note Includes chord symbols and diagrams.
Cover Art Description black/white; small engraving of milkmaid, cow, flowering vines.
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http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fa-spnc/id/9062/
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Welcome to the Ternopil Regional Education and Rehabilitation Center!
Here you will find information on how we provide service to children with disabilities in the Ternopil Region. The doors to our institution are open to any who are wanting to join us. We hope to see you soon!
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The Palestinian support group for the United Nations bid to gain statehood recognition announced Saturday a series of activities that would reach a peak when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23.
Abbas said on Thursday that he will be arriving in New York on Sept. 19 and that soon after he gets there he will meet with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to hand him the Palestinian application seeking full membership in the U.N.
The application will go first to the U.N. Security Council, which is supposed to make the recommendation for the U.N. General Assembly for accepting Palestine as a member state. However, the U.S. has already officially announced that it will veto it, which means the application will be quickly buried.
Abbas did not say what will be his next step, but he is expected to be going for U.N. nonmember state, which should be easy to get at the General Assembly where the U.S. does not have veto power, and which would allow him to join all sorts of U.N. organizations, including the International Criminal Court, UNESCO, UNICEF, the Human Right Council, and many, many others.
The State Department’s expected announcement did not dampen Palestinian spirit to show support for their leaders as they fight for U.N. recognition and membership.
The popular support group, Palestine State 194, in reference to becoming the U.N. member state No. 194 if it succeeds, called on Palestinians everywhere to raise the Palestinian flag on their cars and homes and on everything within their reach starting Sunday.
Mass rallies are planned in West Bank city centers on Sept. 21, when the General Assembly opens, and Sept. 23, when Abbas is scheduled to make his plea for world recognition before the world body.
But before that, and on Friday, protest marches have been called for in the West Bank villages were Palestinians and their international and Israeli supporters hold weekly protests against Israel’s construction of sections of a barrier that goes right through their village land to separate them from Jewish settlements built on Palestinian-owned land.
The next day, Saturday, calls were made on Palestinians to join the women's movement and march to the Israeli army-controlled Qalandia checkpoint, half way between Ramallah and Jerusalem, also in a show of protest against the Israeli occupation.
In the Thursday meeting at his Ramallah headquarters with members of the foreign press in Israel, Abbas made it clear that he will not tolerate any act of violence by Palestinians during their rallies in support of his effort to get U.N. recognition.
Abbas’ turn-the-other-cheek approach is supposed to convince the international community that he wants freedom and liberation for his people Gandhi-style.
While he said he can guarantee that there will not be any act of violence by Palestinians, he could not guarantee that there will not be acts of violence by Israelis, whether from soldiers or settlers, against Palestinians.
Jewish settlers in the West Bank have been carrying out almost daily attacks against Palestinians on West Bank roads and in their villages.
Settlers have set fire to a mosque in the northern West Bank, wrote anti-Islam hate graffiti on mosques and university walls, attacked fields, setting fully grown olive trees on fire or cutting them down as the olive harvest season nears when thousands of Palestinian families earn their entire year’s living from the olive harvest, and threw rocks at Palestinians commuting on West Bank roads, damaging cars.
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https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/09/west-bank-palestinians-start-pro-un-bid-activities.html
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Two-color bedroom decor balances restfulness with visual variety.
Decorating a bedroom involves a balancing act. Drenching the room in color may provide an overstimulating atmosphere that prevents you from resting. Yet, keeping colors soft and pale can lead to dreariness and boredom. One strategy that produces a cohesive, calming but visually interesting room is choosing just two decorative colors. This is not a rigid scheme. White or wood tones of the furniture, floor and trim can expand the color vocabulary without disturbing the interplay of other colors.
Take pictures of the room and print them out. The coloring in the photos may not be a true match to the room, but the pictures will help you determine the balance of light, dark and medium tones you want. Identify which of your existing decor components are working and not working. For example, you may love your grandmother's vanity but, objectively, it may be too dark for your room.
Learn some basic rules about the use of color. Exterior light can turn colors warmer or cooler, says Charlotte Snedden of the website Interior Design It Yourself. Darker colors tend to make rooms seem smaller and cozier while lighter colors expand space, but this can be affected by exterior light and the amount of daylight a room receives. Study examples of color usage in decorating; learn how rules are applied and sometimes broken.
Develop a basic color vocabulary. Hue, for example, refers to the color we might identify by name: red, burgundy, cranberry, brick and fire engine. Intensity describes the amount of color pigment in a specific level of a hue. Bright red and pale pink may share the same chemical composition, but intensity, from strong to weak, is determined by the white or other medium added to the color. Talking with professionals is more productive when you speak the same language.
Collect samples of colors you want to use, including fabric swatches and pictures from decorating magazines. For colors you cannot find otherwise, select paint chips. Include printed materials so long as their predominant colors are among your choices.
Choose your predominant color. This can be a pale or dark hue, or a neutral white. This is the color you most likely will use on walls and possibly on the ceiling. For example, a warm coral might appear as a wall pastel, with a more intense tone on an accent wall and as a tint for a nearly white ceiling. A warm brown could cover all four walls, coordinating with dark wood tones in the floor and several furniture pieces.
Select a secondary color. This can coordinate with or contrast with your predominant color. Consider complementary colors, like blue and orange, or analogous colors, like blue and purple. Peruse decorating magazines for inspiration.
Choose intense tones of your secondary color to create accents. Interior designer Cobi Ladner says it takes five hints of a color to establish it in the overall decor. For example, add table and other accessories in the same lime green as a side chair. Small touches of an intense tone can equate to a large effect.
Expand color variety by using a wide range of intensities. A cool, quiet white-and-navy scheme takes on high interest with the judicious use of pale, paler and dark green, all in the same hue. Bring the sun into your dark colonial blue room with a hint of yellow in the white of the ceiling and trim, bright and pastel yellow throw pillows and a blue-and-yellow plaid throw.
Take photographs again after your new color scheme is in place. The objective eye of the camera will help you see any areas that still need work so you can create an even more polished decor.
Beal, Janet. "How to Use Two Colors in a Bedroom." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/use-two-colors-bedroom-27675.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.
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A Channel 4 News / Computer Weekly exclusive reveals serious problems at the heart of a multi-billion pound Ministry of Defence computer system.
First there was the NHS computer system. Then the Child Support Agency, the tax credit system and the Passport Office. Now Channel 4 News can reveal another government IT project has hit major problems.
Over £4bn is being spent on a huge new defence computer system designed to help Britain's troops operate more effectively in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the globe.
But a joint investigation by Channel 4 News and Computer Weekly magazine has uncovered internal emails from civil servants describing parts of the system as "an unmitigated disaster" and "not fit for purpose".
For the last three months, Channel 4 News has been investigating disturbing claims this has become the latest government IT fiasco.
It is designed to bring the military into the digital age. A single, secure, defence computer system, connecting battlefield to barracks. The aim: greater efficiency for the armed forces.
Efficient logistics for things like ordering boots for soldiers in the front line, fast and efficient 21st century data links for communications between units and their headquarters.
It's behind schedule; there are claims that much of it doesn't work and there are questions too over whether the tax-payer is getting value for money.
The Defence Information Infrastructure is the largest single government IT contract ever awarded - originally worth over £4bn over ten years. In March 2005, the MOD gave the contract to a consortium of computer firms called Atlas.
It's led by a company familiar from past government computer scandals: EDS - the firm at the centre of the Child Support Agency and tax credit disasters.
So what's been going wrong?
Civil servants working with DII have been so alarmed they have spoken out to their union.
They reported a number of serious problems that they claimed jeopardised their ability to support troops in the front line.
"Our members are very unhappy about failing systems because of course they want to do the job. They're passionate about supporting the MoD and supporting our troops in the front line.
Abbey Wood is the MoD centre for purchasing all the armed forces supplies, from toilet rolls to tanks. It is the first major defence site to get DII, and staff here are not happy.
We've seen internal emails that complain that DII has meant they've gone for several weeks unable to email their suppliers; of their fears that if equipment was to fail on operations they'd be unable to respond.
That from the team supporting the Army's new Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System, shortly after it had first been fired in anger in July in Afghanistan. DII, they said, was not fit for purpose.
Another email says bluntly, DII is nothing short of "an unmitigated disaster".
In response, senior managers at Abbey Wood admitted the problems had meant the roll-out had almost stopped on a number of occasions.
Even the most senior officer in charge of military supplies has conceded DII has experienced severe difficulties.
Just last month, in an Open Letter to his project team leaders, General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue wrote: "As with all major IT roll-outs we have experienced major problems"
And he went on: "These initial problems are frustrating..."
"There are challenges around changing the way things are done. We dropped the ball we should have left another dozen people around for a little longer to help people bed in those new systems.
The first increment or phase of the computer contract started in March last year but Channel 4 News has learnt there have been delays.
The first phase of the DII was meant to roll out 70,000 computer terminals on to the new system - and all by the end of March this year.
But we've seen internal figures that show that at the end of July - three months past that deadline - just 6,000 terminals had been connected, less than a tenth of what had been planned.
The MoD has admitted to us the plans for implementing DII have changed no less than 22 times. And Channel 4 News has seen evidence suggesting the project is now some eighteen months behind schedule.
Atlas admits the delay, but they say the problems are behind them.
"The schedule for the programme has changed. And its changed because it's been re-prioritised. And it's changed because we've suffered some delay.
Ministers have always referred to the cost of the DII contract as around £4bn. But our investigation has discovered that Ministry of Defence figures now refer to an overall cost of over £5bn.
When we put this to the MoD they denied any budget increase. The £5bn figure, they said, reflected an accounting change. The extra billion came from additional, notional costs for depreciation and cost of capital.
The contract with Atlas, they insisted, remains on budget.
"They don't appear to have learned from previous government failings in IT, like the Child Support Agency for example. None of those lessons appear to have been learned.
MoD officials and the Atlas consortium both insist lessons have been learned and lives have not been put at risk. But no minister volunteered to Parliament or the public the problems we have exposed.
Given the scale and cost and importance to the military of DII - the MOD can now expect calls for greater scrutiny from MPs.
"Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) is one of the largest and most complex IT programmes in Europe. DII will greatly improve information between headquarters, battlefield support and the troops on the ground, allowing better communication across the Defence community.
The programme has overcome a number of obstacles during the early stages of roll-out. The benefits and efficiencies of DII are being delivered; roll-out has improved significantly and is now consistently delivering 3-4,000 terminals per month with 50,000+ users benefiting.
Costs have been tightly controlled and the contracted programme remains within 3 per cent of the original budget. Lessons have been learnt from both the MoD and ATLAS perspective to ensure the process is more effective on future sites."
A new brain scan could diagnose autism in 15 minutes.
"Medical tourism" spreads a new superbug to the UK.
Professor Rick Steiner asks why killing the blowout took so long.
Exclusive access inside the UK's first shale gas well.
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Ims, Jessica J.; Sofaer, Helen R.; Sillett, T. Scott; Ghalambor, Cameron K.
Ims, Jessica J., Sofaer, Helen R., Sillett, T. Scott, and Ghalambor, Cameron K. 2014. "Temperature Does Not Affect the Timing of First Nest Departure in Orange-Crowned Warblers." Western North American Naturalist. 74 (1):66–70.
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2019-04-20T12:52:27Z
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https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/95325
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The scrip closed at Rs 11.63, up 4.96 per cent on BSE.
NEW DELHI: Shares of Hotel Leelaventure jumped 5 per cent in Tuesday's session, a day after the company said that Brookfield has bought its assets for Rs 3,950 crore.
Canadian alternative asset management company Brookfield has bought the assets of Hotel Leelaventure comprising key hotel properties in Delhi, Bangalore, Udaipur and Chennai for Rs 3,950 crore.
In a BSE filing on Monday, the company said, "Company’s hotel business together with all the assets and liabilities of hotels located in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Udaipur were being acquired by Brookfield on a slump sale basis."
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/hotel-leela-jumps-5-on-rs-3950-crore-assets-sale/articleshow/68476752.cms
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Is Frank Underwood about to make a comeback?
Former House of Cards star Kevin Spacey posted a bizarre video to his personal YouTube page on Monday, appearing in-character as his disgraced politician character to bemoan his "impeachment without a trial" and hint at a possible return to the Netflix drama.
In the three-minute clip, entitled "Let Me Be Frank," the actor -- doing his southern-fried Underwood accent and speaking directly to camera as his character often did -- is seen in a kitchen, carving a turkey in holiday-themed apron while he speaks at length about the perils of "believing the worst without evidence."
"You trusted me, even though you knew you shouldn't," Spacey sneers in the clip. "So we're not done, no matter what anyone says. And besides, I know what you want. You want me back." ET has learned that Netflix was not involved with this video, and the streaming service did not have a comment.
The 59-year-old actor was fired from House of Cards last fall after allegations of inappropriate behavior from staff on the show and an accusation of sexual misconduct by actor Anthony Rapp, who claimed Spacey made inappropriate sexual advances on him when Rapp was 14. Since then, others have come forward accusing Spacey of harassment or assault. He has denied the allegations.
The actor, who apologized to Rapp via Twitter last October -- writing, in part, "If I did behave as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior." -- checked into a treatment facility in November 2017. He was subsequently removed from the Golden Globe-nominated J. Paul Getty biopic All the Money in the World, and director Ridley Scott reshot his scenes with Christopher Plummer in the role.
The allegations against Spacey, and his unceremonious firing from House of Cards -- which teased a tombstone engraved with his character's name in a recent teaser for the show's sixth and final season -- seem to add another layer to his threatening remarks in the video.
"I can promise you this: If I didn't pay the price for the things we both know I did do, I'm certainly not going to pay the price for the things I didn't do," Spacey warns in the clip. "Now that I think of it, you never actually saw me die, did you? Conclusions can be so deceiving."
"Of course, some believed everything and have just been waiting with baited breath to hear me confess it all," he adds. "They're just dying to have me declare that everything said is true, and that I got what I deserved. Wouldn't that be easy, if it was all so simple? Only you and I know it's never that simple, not in politics and not in life."
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2019-04-19T03:17:01Z
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https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/12/24/kevin-spacey-teases-possible-house-of-cards-return-in-bizarre-video-you-never-actually-saw-me-die/23626561/
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Labrador retrievers are among the dogs recently diagnosed with canine heart disease, which is raising questions. © 2018 AP. Photo by Mary Altaffer.
Click play to hear more about a potential link between grain-free pet food and canine heart disease.
By Erron Franklin SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to pet owners and veterinary professionals about reports of a potential link between grain-free dog food and canine dilated cardiomyopathy.
Recent reports are raising concerns because canine heart disease is normally found in a larger and giant breed of dogs; however, the latest cases are showing that smaller and medium sized dogs are being diagnosed with the illness.
Grain-free dog food is being looked at as a potential cause of the disease. Dog food labeled as ‘grain-free’ is often packed with high levels of legumes or potatoes but it is not yet known how these ingredients are linked to cases of canine heart disease, according to the FDA.
Reports from the veterinary cardiology community indicate that, from months to years, the dogs consistently ate these ‘grain-free’ foods as their primary source of nutrition.
Taryn Schawillie, of Central New York, owns two jack russell terriers and had no idea about the recent cases of canine heart disease.
The FDA has been in contact with pet food manufacturers to discuss these reports and to help further the investigation.
Pet owners and veterinary professionals who suspect a dog may have developed canine heart disease as a result of its diet are being urged contact the FDA using their electronic Safety Reporting Portal.
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2019-04-25T04:16:32Z
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https://nccnews.expressions.syr.edu/2018/07/24/grain-free-dog-food-could-be-linked-to-canine-heart-disease/
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June 20, 2016 Florida Power & Light, Florida Public Service Commission, Indiantown Cogeneration facility.
FPL is seeking permission to buy a coal-fired power plant in Indiantown and then shut it down.
Florida Power & Light Co. wants to purchase a coal-fired power plant in Indiantown for $451 million and immediately reduce the plant’s operations with the intention of eventually shutting it down.
Juno Beach-based FPL filed a petition Monday with the Florida Public Service Commission proposing to purchase the ownership interest in the 330-megawatt Indiantown Cogeneration facility at 13303 SW Silver Fox Lane.
FPL is requesting PSC approval of the purchase by December, so that the purchase can be completed as soon as possible to maximize customer savings. Over the remaining life of the contract, approximately nine years, FPL is projecting $129 million in customer savings.
“The anticipated customer savings of $129 million is above and beyond the cost to purchase the plant (and any/all other costs, like taxes, etc.) – so after FPL pays for everything associated with purchasing the plant, customers are still expected to pay $129 million less than if we were to do nothing at all, and just keep buying power from this plant for the next 9-10 years,” FPL spokeswoman Sarah Gatewood said in an email.
FPL has a long-term contract to purchase power from the plant owned by Calypso Energy Holdings LLC.
Closing the plant will prevent more than 657,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, FPL officials said.
If approved by the PSC, this will be the second coal power plant in two years that FPL has bought to phase out.
“While many years ago it made sense to buy this plant’s power to serve our customers, we’re now able to purchase the facility and phase it out of service, preventing potentially harmful carbon emissions while saving our customers millions of dollars,” said Eric Silagy, president and CEO of FPL.
In 1991, the PSC approved a long-term purchased-power agreement between FPL and the Indiantown Cogeneration L.P. facility that does not expire until 2025. The contract was based on the cost of power at the time; however, today, FPL can generate electricity at a much lower cost.
The Indiantown plant emits very high rates of carbon dioxide compared with FPL’s current generation fleet, which has an overall carbon emissions rate far lower than the national average.
FPL expects to operate the facility minimally through the end of 2018 as needed. After the expected addition of a new natural gas pipeline system into Florida in 2017 and with the high-efficiency natural gas-fired FPL Okeechobee Clean Energy Center entering service in 2019, FPL believes that the Indiantown Cogeneration plant will no longer be economic and plans to retire the facility years sooner than it otherwise would have been.
At this time, no decision on future use of the site has been made. However, the 215-acre’s property’s close proximity to the existing Martin Next Generation Clean Energy Center’s solar and natural gas infrastructure provides the opportunity for future solar or natural gas generation.
Last year, FPL bought out its long-term contract with the Cedar Bay coal-fired power plant in Jacksonville, saving customers more than $70 million and preventing nearly 1 million tons of carbon emissions annually.
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2019-04-22T05:57:39Z
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http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/06/20/fpl-seeks-to-buy-out-coal-fired-indiantown-plant-for-451-million/
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History 2A or 2B or 2C or 80 or EACS 80 or upper-division standing.
Same course as Chinese 184B. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 186B or Chinese 186B.
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2019-04-20T14:48:59Z
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https://www.history.ucsb.edu/course/history-of-china-2/
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Alfred Barye (1839 – 1882) was born in Paris, France, the son of Antoine Louis Barye the famous Animalier sculptor, on January 21st 1839. Alfred was an accomplished artist and sculptor in his own right, but for his entire career he worked in the shadow of his much better known and more famous father. Alfred apprenticed under the tutelage of his father and expertly learned the art of bronze sand casting at a very young age while working along side his brothers in his father’s studio and foundry. Because of this early first hand knowledge of foundry techniques, his bronze sculptures show a very high degree of detail, workmanship, and finish to them. Many of his earliest works, done as a young man, are small casts of wild animals, which show the strong influence and teachings of his father. His most successful and numerous subjects were the racehorses of the day, but he is known to have modeled many works in the style of his father as well as in a style that is typically his own.
He signed many of his sculptural works Barye or A. Barye, the same signature that was used by his father. This causes as much confusion today as it did during his lifetime and many of Alfred’s models are mistakenly attributed to and sold as his father’s works. After much family disagreement and at the insistence of his father, he began signing his work Alf. Barye, and later A. Barye Fils. It has been suggested but never confirmed that Alfred Barye was responsible for quite a few unauthorized life time casts of his father’s works.
It is a documented fact that Alfred Barye continued casting his father’s models after his father’s death. There have also been some bronze sculptures reported that appear to be those of Antoine Louis Barye but bear the signature Alf. Barye. Through most of his life he was in constant conflict with his father. At times he worked in his father’s studio, and the two artists set aside their difficulties, but there were also times where neither man spoke to each other, sometimes for years.
Although not as dedicated to art as his father, it cannot be disputed that Alfred Barye is a master sculptor in his own right and recently his bronzes are accorded the respect, admiration, and values that they truly deserve.
In 1864 he exhibited a bronze sculpture of a Racehorse titled Walter Scott.
In 1865 he exhibited several bronze sculptures of racing horses.
In 1866 he exhibited a bronze of a Racehorse and Jockey.
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2019-04-25T18:02:21Z
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https://orientalistarts.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/alfred-barye-1839-1882/
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chalmers
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Due to the fact that software development is a product of team effort it is important to investigate the influence of group developmental psychology on software development performance. In this case study we wanted to test how performance (i.e. velocity and planning effectiveness) are related to the group's maturity level. We gave the Group Development Questionnaire (the GDQ) to 19 software developers to assess their group maturity (i.e. their progress in their group development) and ran correlation analysis against the development velocity and planning effectiveness (i.e. earned points over planned points). The results show that group maturity is correlated to planning effectiveness but not velocity, meaning that group development is connected to the team's ability to plan well, but not their ability to implement tasks fast.
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2019-04-18T20:43:57Z
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https://research.chalmers.se/publication/251350
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Patrick Ewing is in his first year as Georgetown’s head coach.
Coaches: Jay Wright, 18th year at Villanova (524-247, 402-162 with the Wildcats); Patrick Ewing, first year at Georgetown (12-5).
Last meeting: Jalen Brunson had 17 points and Mikal Bridges scored 12 as the Wildcats won 81-55 in Washington.
The latest: The top-ranked Wildcats (16-1, 4-1) got six three-pointers and 25 points from Donte DiVincenzo in a 78-71 win at St. John's. … Villanova had one of its worst games on offense, shooting 43.4 percent and committing 17 turnovers. Conversely, the Wildcats played strong defense and rebounded. Freshman Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree has made his last 15 field goal attempts. … The Hoyas (12-5, 2-4) lost 74-61 at Seton Hall. Georgetown (12-5) rode a creampuff non-conference schedule to a strong start but is 2-4 since Big East play started. Junior center Jesse Govan leads with 17.3 points and 11.4 rebounds per game. Georgetown leads the Big East in rebounding. The Hoyas have lost six straight to Villanova. The last time Ewing faced 'Nova was the 1985 NCAA Championship game.
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2019-04-24T18:21:35Z
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https://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/villanova/villanova-georgetown-watch-tv-online-streaming-wildcats-hoyas-20180116.html
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Sports
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There's plenty of blame to pass around when it comes to the ineligibility of Michigan State basketball signee Thomas Kithier. Everyone is at fault.
It stinks that such a talented young man, who has signed to play basketball at Michigan State, has been ruled ineligible by the Michigan High School Athletic Association for violating the link aspect of the athletically motivated transfer rule.
It stinks that Macomb Dakota, suddenly the self-proclaimed trailblazer for justice, refused to sign the waiver allowing him to play.
It stinks that the Kithiers felt compelled to hire high-profile attorneys Steve Fishman and Ven Johnson to try to beat the MHSAA in court and get Kithier on the court.
And it stinks that the MHSAA is correct in its interpretation of the rule, meaning Kithier will not play a second of basketball for Clarkston this season.
Because it were up to me, I’d declare Kithier eligible on Jan. 15 — the date other transfers become eligible — because there is enough blame here to go around.
But it is not up to me, so let me try to explain how a simple transfer has turned into a complete nightmare for a kid who just wants to play high school basketball.
Everyone involved is at fault.
No. 1: All transfers involving athletes are athletically motivated. Every. Single. One.
No. 2: How in the world can Dakota administrators claim the moral high ground here? Its entire program was built on transfers, going back three years when Charles Penn, Tariiq Jones and Jermaine Jackson Jr. left Mt. Clemens and last year when Jack Ballantyne left Warren De La Salle.
No. 3: The state of Michigan has become the Wild Wild West when it comes to transfers. Detroit Cass Tech had 11 transfers on its football team. West Bloomfield had five. Waterford Mott has gotten into the transfer frenzy and something had to be done.
In 2014, the MHSAA tweaked its stance on transfers and added the link rule, which can make a player ineligible if he transfers to a school where he has recently established ties. An AAU coach, a 7-on-7 coach, a personal trainer or a teammate of a transfer is enough to make an incoming player ineligible for an entire school year. The link here is Kithier and Clarkston all-state guard Foster Loyer were AAU teammates.
One of the reasons this case has become so widely publicized is that the rule is enforced so infrequently. That is because the MHSAA puts the onus on the school losing the student to file a complaint. Some schools don’t report a violation because they foolishly believe it may cast them in a negative light.
There are some who do nothing because they don't believe the MHSAA will follow through and take appropriate action. The MHSAA does not have a good track record in handling these matters.
OK, the MHSAA stinks when it comes to enforcement.
That was painfully obvious a year ago when two Clawson athletes left for Waterford Mott in an obvious athletically motivated transfer. The MHSAA correctly ruled them ineligible, then folded like a cheap suit when the mother of one of athletes appealed and changed her story.
The MHSAA sits in East Lansing and waits for schools to come to them instead of aggressively going after schools that wind up with transfers year after year.
The MHSAA will tell you, unapologetically, that it is not an investigative organization.
Why not? If the MHSAA is going to host championships in places like Ford Field and the Breslin Center, then it is its duty to ensure as level a playing field as possible.
But it comes up embarrassingly short in that department.
The Kithiers and Clarkston officials see transfers playing all over the state and wonder why the MHSAA has singled them out.
Benton Harbor has four transfers — two from Berrien Springs and two from Stevensville Lakeshore — and they are playing. A Benton Harbor assistant was banned for two years for undue influence, but aren’t those transfers athletically motivated, too?
Of course, they are. So how are they eligible?
Yet, this is where the MHSAA is drawing the line in the sand?
So, yes, the MHSAA may have made the letter-of-the-law ruling here, but this situation still stinks.
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2019-04-19T20:30:39Z
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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/12/17/michigan-state-basketball-thomas-kithier/956151001/
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In general, submissions are accepted during the month of March, the judging is completed and winners are notified in April, and the public awards ceremony is in May of each year. Specific dates are posted as soon as they are available (see the 2019 Contest page). The submission dates are inflexible and poems received before or after the deadline will not be considered in the judging.
Who can submit a poem to the contest?
The contest is open only to residents of Whatcom County, Washington. Poets may be any age and have any level of writing experience.
Is there a fee to enter the contest?
No! There is no charge to enter the contest or to attend the awards ceremony.
Why don’t you have age or experience categories for poets?
Poetry reflects personal experience. A child’s experience is just as acute, complex, and rich as an adult’s. We leave it to the judges to decide which poems seem to express experience, observations, and feelings most effectively. The contest honors the vision and creativity of all writers.
Each year, the contest committee invites two respected, published Northwest poets to judge the contest. A list of judges can be found on the About page and many are included in the “Boynton poems and poets” links, at right.
How is the judging done?
The contest uses “blind” judging. We ask each poet to submit two copies of his or her poem — one with the poet’s name and contact information, the other with no personal identifying information. Each poem is given a code number. The judges see only the numbered poems and have no way of knowing the poet’s identity. The judges read every single poem (often multiple times), share their thoughts with each other and eventually narrow the field to 25: ten Walk Awards and 15 Merit Awards. This is extremely challenging; the judges tell us that many of the non-winning poems are outstanding and publishable. Once the judges have made their selection, the winning poems are returned to the committee, the numbered poems are matched with their poets and the winning poets are notified by phone or email by a date that is specified in the Guidelines.
Note: we recognize that poets want to know whether or not they have won; while we cannot contact each poet individually by phone, if poets provide us with a valid e-mail address, we will notify them when the judging is complete and the winners have been notified. ALL poets are invited to attend the awards ceremony; only winning poets are invited to read their poems at the ceremony.
Note 2: our judges are unable to offer comments or critiques on poems submitted to the contest.
Some of the committee members are winning poets. Is that fair?
Members of the Sue Boynton Poetry Contest committee are not allowed to submit poems to the contest. However, a number of our committee members are past winners and were recruited for their interest in community poetry — and their willingness to work hard on its behalf!
Why are you so particular about number of lines and characters?
How do you count lines and characters?
If your poem has too many lines or too many characters on any line, it will be disqualified. Please take the time to make your corrections before submitting your poem!
Click for a printable (.pdf) sample submission form. You may also view a blog post on counting characters here.
Can I include artwork or print my poem in a special font?
We ask poets to please let their words stand on their own merit — no artwork (including clip art), no special fonts, no unusual paper or colors and no radical line configurations that push the poem beyond the line and character count.
Is there a theme for the contest?
No. In the contest’s first two years, poets were asked to address a specific theme (community, diversity), but now they can write on any subject.
Can I submit more than one poem?
We ask poets to submit one poem only, so send us your best!
What happens to non-winning poems?
Each year, the committee looks for opportunities to display all of the poems submitted to the contest. In past years, this has included exhibiting them in the window of Mindport (downtown Bellingham), at the Bellingham Public Library, and at the awards ceremony.
My poem was one of this year’s winners. Which bus is it on?
Whatcom Transportation Authority tells us that any single bus travels a variety of routes each week, so while your poem may be on the Guide today, it will be circuiting downtown tomorrow. That’s good for the poets, because they get a wide exposure throughout the county, but it’s not good for tracking an individual poem. We’ve tried to figure this out before, and the best we can do is to recommend that you ask all of your bus-riding friends to keep an eye out for your poem, then note the bus number (not the route number). Not a perfect solution, but the only one we have at the moment.
Will I get my poem back?
We are unable to return any poems and strongly urge poets to keep a copy of their own submissions.
How can I support the Sue Boynton Poetry Contest?
Subscribe! Link! Make a donation! When you subscribe to this blog and put a link to it on your own website or blog, it increases our traffic and helps more poets find the contest and the useful information provided here.
The Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest is a program of Whatcom Poetry Series, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The contest is organized by a committee of volunteers with no paid staff and a very modest budget. Funding depends exclusively on the generosity of individual and corporate poetry enthusiasts. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax deductible.
If you have a question about the Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest, leave a Comment or address it to BoyntonPoetryContest[AT]hotmail.com.
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2019-04-24T16:40:54Z
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https://thepoetrydepartment.wordpress.com/faqs/
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wisc
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Citation: Lu, George; Tian, Ye; Vora, Nemil; Marassi, Francesca; Opella, Stanley. "The Structure of the Mercury Transporter MerF in Phospholipid Bilayers: A Large Conformational Rearrangement Results from N-Terminal Truncation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 9299-9302 (2013).
MerF, polymer, 81 residues, 8670.492 Da.
Entity 1, MerF 81 residues - 8670.492 Da.
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2019-04-20T02:21:25Z
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http://bmrb.wisc.edu/data_library/summary/?bmrbId=19115
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Sports
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unsponsored
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Technical waterproof fabrics like those used in dry cags and trousers only do their job effectively (keeping you warm and dry) when water doesn’t soak into them. Through wear and tear this ability to shed water begins to fail leaving you with kit that soaks up water. This often means that your kit takes on extra weight, and takes longer to dry.
Nikwax TX has been around for some time and is a possible solution to this problem. Nikwax is suitable for re-proofing breathable waterproof and water repellant fabrics. It works best after cleaning the garment by washing in Tech Wash or pure soap, and then machine or hand washing in TX . You must make sure that the kit is completely clean before treating. Nikwax Tech Wash is a pure soap liquid formulated for washing and cleaning a wide range of outdoor clothing. The great thing about Tech Wash is it’s ability to clean garments without adversly damaging the garments waterproofing. In fact by removing dirt, grease and even salt it helps to restore your gears ability to keep out the wet.
Does it work? Yes, but it’s not a permanent solution. You will need to retreat your kit from time to time. I have used the stuff on lots of kit over the years and it has helped keep my cags etc working longer. I did find that after treating a pair of dry trousers that I found the bum a little slippy when I was raft guiding which did result in a few unexpected exits from the raft. But whilst kayaking this has never had an impact.
Neoprene and latex seals seam unaffected by the treatment and have appeared to be just as robust despite the treatment process.
Most outdoor shops sell the Nikwax range.
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2019-04-26T04:44:49Z
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http://www.unsponsored.co.uk/press/nikwax-tx/
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Sports
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Shopping
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udayton
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Writing Center scholars disagree about how to tutor graduate writers. Some suggest encouraging graduate writers to bring smaller writing projects, such as coursework, grants, articles, etc. to the center instead of the larger thesis or dissertation projects (Mannon, 2016). Some argue that a focus on sentence-level issues is acceptable because writing in graduate school is tied firmly to identity (Mannon, 2016; Cirillo-McCarthy, Del Russo, & Leahy, 2016 ). Still others argue that tutors working with graduate writers need to be more aware of the differences between the genres of undergraduate writing and those of graduate writing (Summer, 2016 ; Vorhies, 2015). No matter the approach, however, they all agree that graduate writers benefit from interaction with their campus writing center. At the Kent State Writing Commons, we see a fair number of graduate students in both face-to-face and online sessions. However, we know there are far more out there who are not seeking our assistance, far more who may be struggling through the sometimes darkened skies of the writing process without the beacon light of a writing tutor trained to guide them through a successful flight. Thus, in the 2017-2018 academic year, we started a project with a focus on attracting more graduate students to our center. This presentation will provide our narrative of our own attempts to soar to new heights tutoring graduate writers. We will also invite the narratives of others and hopefully begin a local discussion of best practices we can each feel comfortable engaging in our home centers.
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2019-04-22T10:26:11Z
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https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ecwca/ECWCA_2019/Fri_Day2/32/
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reuters
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LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - New U.S. sanctions are likely to prevent the use of a Lloyd’s of London IT platform for any Iran insurance, adding to difficulties for European insurers providing cover for the country.
European insurers, reinsurers, brokers and shipping firms have been winding down Iranian business as the United States reimposes sanctions on insurance and reinsurance from Nov. 4 after Washington withdrew from a nuclear deal with Iran in May.
Lloyd’s of London and other European insurers provided marine, energy and trade credit cover for Iran after the United States lifted so-called secondary sanctions in January 2016 after the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran was reached in 2015. The European Union also lifted sanctions in January 2016.
Lifting secondary sanctions meant European firms could trade with Iran without being penalised in the United States. It also allowed foreign subsidiaries of U.S. firms to trade with Iran.
It said a “wind-down” licence issued by OFAC at the end of June gave firms until November to phase out their Iran-related activities. “XIS and XCS will issue guidance to the market in the near future,” DXC said.
When asked by Reuters, Swiss Re, Gallagher and PartnerRe said they were assessing the sanctions situation. AXA and Munich Re declined to comment.
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2019-04-21T11:08:52Z
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https://in.reuters.com/article/iran-sanctions-insurance/us-sanctions-seen-barring-it-platform-of-insurer-lloyds-for-iran-trade-idINL8N1U03NG
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