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S&P raises Ukraine outlook
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) yesterday raised its outlook for Ukraine to stable from negative, saying a multibillion dollar bailout deal from Russia should help Kiev meets its external financing needs over the next year. The outlook change means that S&P is now less likely to further downgrade its "B-/B" assessment of Ukraine's creditworthiness on its sovereign debt, which remains deep in junk status. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week agreed after talks with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to buy US$15 billion of Ukrainian government debt and also slash the price Ukraine pays for gas by one third.
Irwin new Tower Hill CEO
Tom Irwin of Fairbanks is to become president and chief executive officer of International Tower Hill Mines as it prepares to slash jobs. Irwin is to assume his new role for the British Columbia-based global mining company on Wednesday. He spent the past two years as a company vice president, overseeing its Livengood gold project about 112km north of Fairbanks. His promotion comes as the company is cutting about 30 percent of its staff and slicing its board of directors from seven members to three. Irwin told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that his promotion is a sign of the company's interest in the Livengood prospect, which has a projected take of more than 8 million ounces (226.8 million grams) of gold.
Libya hopeful of strike end
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan expressed hope on Wednesday that last-ditch mediation could end a crisis sparked by the months-long blockade of eastern oil terminals by striking security guards. "Delegations whose tribes have their own initiatives have decided to engage in mediation to find a solution to the crisis," Zeidan told reporters. Armed protesters have refused to lift their blockade of vital oil terminals in eastern Libya, despite a tribal pledge to do so, sending output plummeting to 250,000 barrels per day from the normal level of almost 1.5 million barrels per day.
Volcker Rule challenged
The final version of the Volcker Rule was challenged in a lawsuit over claims that requiring small banks to divest their holdings in some collateralized debt obligations (CDO) will cause them about US$600 million in losses. The American Bankers Association, which represents mostly community banks, objects to a portion of the rule that will force lenders to get rid of CDOs backed by trust-preferred securities, according to the complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Washington. The association seeks a court order blocking the rule from taking effect before the end of the year.
San Miguel sees 44% rise
San Miguel Corp, the Philippines' largest company by sales, said profit was likely to rise 44 percent this year with all units except Philippine Airlines Inc expected to contribute. Net income is likely to increase to 39 billion pesos (US$878 million) from about 27 billion pesos last year, president Ramon Ang said in a text message without elaborating. The company does not give formal earnings forecasts. The company's projected profit represents a more than fourfold increase from 2007, as it expanded into oil, power, mining, infrastructure and airlines. Fuel and oil accounted for about 60 percent of revenue last year, compared with about 92 percent from food and drinks in 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.


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Drawing 8,000 people to Stuttgart's Schlossplatz (castle square), was a festival that marked the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation with two days of live music, workshops and more. But with stars appearing on stage including electropop duo Glasperlenspiel and singer Laith-Al Deen, plus a speech by Baden-Württembergs regional prime minister, Winfried Kretschmann, it was imperative that the historic square was evenly covered with intelligible audio – a challenge that was met by a comprehensive TW AUDiO VERA36 and VERA20 sound reinforcement system.
Special events have been taking place in Germany throughout 2017 to commemorate one of Germany's most famous sons, Martin Luther, and his leadership of the Reformation. According to popular legend, on October 31st, 1517, the monk defiantly nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church, providing the spark that lit the torch of the Protestant Church.
For leading rental and events company PML Veranstaltungstechnik's Berthold Blocher, meanwhile, Das Festival… Da Ist Frieheit, which took place across September 23rd and 24th, presented a number of unique challenges, from the sheer volume of celebrations taking place, to the shape of the square itself.
"The entire Schlossplatz was filled with various stands as well as two additional small stages," Blocher explains. "A lot of other activities were happening while the ecumenical festival on the main stage was also taking place, and we had to be considerate of that fact with the main stage's sound reinforcement system."
The combination of the activity in the square and a tight schedule also meant that although system alignment was conducted with Smaart, no sound check was possible before the show started. Nevertheless, the number of VIP speeches taking place, from regional prime minister Kretschmann to the regional bishop, meant that speech intelligibility was a priority, as was the delivery of even and consistent audio coverage throughout the audience area. That was made more challenging by the space that needed to be covered, which was wider than it was long. "We had to evenly cover an audience width of approximately 96 metres plus a throw of 50 metres from the main stage to the front of house tower."
Providing the ideal solution was a front of house system comprising 12 per-side hangs of TW AUDiO VERA36 plus a near-fill system comprising 24 VERA20 elements flown 12 per-side. A further eight T20 enclosures provided front-fills while two T24N enclosures were used for side-fills. Low-end extension was courtesy of eight S33 subwoofers plus an impressive 12 BSX subs. For onstage sound, two B18s were used for drum-fills, while 12 C15 wedges provided artist monitoring. Power for the system was delivered by nine Lab.gruppen 20KQ, four Lab.gruppen 12K44 (used for the monitor system), and four Powersoft K3 amps.
"Because no soundcheck was possible it was great to be able to align the system before the festival began, although my experience with TW AUDiO meant that I knew precisely what to expect," says Blocher. "Although the width of the venue was worrying to begin with, the TW AUDiO system performed flawlessly and we were very happy."

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Rapid Development of Intelligent Bot Using Azure Bot Service
Azure Bot Service is the Bot-Service powered by the Microsoft Bot Framework and Microsoft Azure. It enables rapid intelligent bot development. In one of my previous post I talked about how we can leverage the Bot Framework and Build Your First Bot using Microsoft Bot Framework. With this Bot cloud service, you can build, connect, deploy and manage intelligent bots… Read More »


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Both Scripture and Ellen White explicitly tell us that we are not saved by "faith alone." Even so, over the past several decades there has been a growing movement in the Seventh-day Adventist Church promoting the "faith alone" doctrine.Read More
Every Wind of Doctrine
Presented here is a video of Elder Mark Finley's sermon at the GC Spring Meeting on April 11, 2018.
May it be a blessing to you as it has been to us.Read More
Assurance of Salvation at the Time of the End
Few theological topics evoke such passion as the question of the assurance of salvation. In many ways this is understandable, as human beings naturally crave security. Insurance companies know this, which is why they are among the richest and most powerful organizations in our society.Read More
General Conference Issues Warning Against False Christ-Centeredness
To honor and exalt Jesus is the foundational commitment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and undergirds its prophetic message expressed in the 28 Fundamental Beliefs. Salvation by Faith alone leading to a life of discipleship to Jesus is the goal of our mission. As we proclaim the three angels' messages let us make sure that Christ stands at the center of all our activities and initiatives.Read More
Why I Left the Anti-Trinitarian Movement (Video)
I was raised a Seventh-day Adventist, and in my early teens accepted the Anti-trinitarian view of God. But years later I experienced some unease with these teachings, and chose to search out more thoroughly the Truth for myself.Read More
Was Jesus a Legalist?
Like the Communist label during the 1920s "Red Scare," and during the Joe McCarthy era thirty years later, the word "legalist" has become a popular though undefined epithet in a great deal of theological dialogue within Western Adventism. Like similar labels, whether in the secular political world or the world of theology, the "legalist" moniker often has the effect of closing minds and shutting down conversation before substantive evidence is considered.Read More
Thoughts, Prayers, and Action
In the wake of the most recent school shooting in the United States, in Parkland, Florida, survivors have voiced a sentiment that more and more has been heard in the aftermath of these tragedies—that thoughts and prayers are not enough.Read More
This is an Apple!
Recently on CNN, a commercial has been running with various wording, with an apple in focus. It speaks of how whether the apple is viewed from the right or from the left, whether one insists with loud screams or capital letters that this is a banana instead, the fact still remains that "this is an apple." The commercial ends with the simple phrase, FACTS FIRST.Read More
Questions on Doctrine: Manifesto of the New Theology or Minor Aberration?
Just what is the problem with the 1957 book Questions on Doctrine? (1) Why all the fuss about a volume that most Adventists have probably never heard of, much less read? Those who have taken the time to read its pages might wonder what all the controversy is about. That is, unless they are aware of some significant factors surrounding its publication.Read More
The True Meaning of the Stable
At this time of year, scenes and songs recounting our Lord's birth in Bethlehem can be heard and witnessed almost everywhere. But how many of us have truly contemplated the meaning of that rude enclosure, those breathtakingly primitive facilities, into which the Second Person of the Godhead descended in coming to this earth?Read More
Weimar Godhead Series Videos
Pastor Kevin Paulson's series on the Godhead at Weimar during the weekend of December 15-16, 2017 is now available on Youtube. For your convenience, the videos are posted here. Feel free to share and discuss among your family and friends.Read More
Series on the Godhead at Weimar Institute Dec. 15-16, 2017
The presentations will be given at Weimar Institute on the weekend of December 15-16, 2017. Please plan to join this important seminar on the topic of the Godhead. Invite your family and friends and especially those who have entertained anti-trinitarian sentiments.Read More


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FPC Client Josh Wick signs multi fight deal with RFA
We are excited to announce that client Josh Wick has agreed to a multi fight deal with the RFA. Josh is making his Debut Jan 15th in Denver, CO at the 1st Bank Center for RFA34. stay tuned for more details as they become available.
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RFA was founded in 2011 and quickly promoted three quality MMA events in Kearney, Nebraska before RFA executives gave the organization its new identity. The new goal was to develop the next generation of UFC stars by giving them high-profile fights on an international stage. After acquiring a television contract, RFA hosted its first show outside of Nebraska in Las Vegas, Nevada when the RFA was only 11-months-old. RFA has now traveled to twelve states across three time zones and has sent nearly 30 fighters to the UFC. RFA presents live MMA events … Read More »
Front Street Fights 5
Event Date: Friday May 15, 2015
Doors Open: 6:00 PM
Former Boise State wrestling star Jesse Brock will return to CenturyLink Arena to take part in the main event of Front Street Fights V on Friday, May 15.
Brock will put his 19-8 record (4 KO, 12 submissions) on the line against Bendy Casimir (20-11, 4 KO, 12 submissions), a native of France. Brock posted victories inFront Street Fights I and Front Street Fights III. His third appearance in the Front Street Fights event will come exactly 364 days after his first appearance, a submission victory over Omar Avelar on May 15, 2014.
The co-main event will feature Chuck Fordyce against Idaho's Darrell Flores. Each fighter has a previous match against Talon Hofman, who posted a victory in the co-main event of Front Street Fights II last August.
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RFA 24: Ricky "the karate kid" Steele making his RFA debut vs Jay "Presto" Pressley
Ricky "the karate kid" Steele is back in action March 6th at Mystic Lake Casino in Minneapolis MN vs highly touted (2-0) Jay "Presto" Pressley.
Stay tuned for more info as it develops.
FRONT STREET FIGHTS 4 – Main Event: Brandon "hotrod" Hempleman vs Steven "super" Siler
Event Date: Friday Feb 20, 2015
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Front Street Fights 4 – presented by Bodybuilding.com – will take place on February 20th at 7pm.
The main event features Steven Siler (23-14-0) stepping into the cage against Brandon "Hot Rod" Hempleman (10-2-0). Brandon is currently under contract with World Series of Fighting and they have granted him permission to step the cage in front of his hometown crowd!
The co-main event will see Benny Vinson (7-2-1) taking on Czar Sklavos (10-4-0)
More fights will be announced over the next few days, so make sure to like Front Street Fights on Facebook for the official announcements.
FIGHT CARD (current as of 12/30 – card subject to change)
Brandon "Hot Rod" Hempleman vs. Delane Lamere (Main Event)
Czar Sklavos vs. Benny Vinson (Co-Main Event)
Freddy Arteaga vs. Weston Barnes
Joe Hamilton vs. Carson Frei
$15 General Admission
$25 Lower Bowl Reserved
$50 Floor Reserved
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Jesse Brock vs Eben Kaneshiro Front Street Fights 3
Jesse Brock vs Eben Kaneshiro
Front Street Fights 3
Event Date: Friday Nov 07, 2014
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Front Street Fights 3, presented by Bodybuilding.com, will take place on Friday, November 7th at 7pm.
The main event will see Boise's own Jesse Brock (18-8) return to the Front Street Fights main event to face Eben Kaneshiro (18-11) from Kauai, Oregon.
The remainder of the fight card, consisting of both professional and amateur bouts, will be announced at a later date.
FIGHT CARD: (as of September 22nd)
Eben Kaneshiro vs. Jesse Brock
Josh Gow vs. David Burgara
Billy Martin vs. Miles Hunsinger
Calvin Kerns vs. Matthew Jones
To reserve a floor table, please call the CenturyLink Arena Box Office at 208.331TIXS (8497)
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Jesse Brock returns to FSF 3 for a catch weight bout with Eben Kaneshiro Nov 7th at Century Link Arena
Jesse Brock 18-8 and riding a win streak was given permission by the MFC to participate on Front Street Fights 3 November 7th card at Century Link Arena. Jesse Brock was slated to compete for the MFC bantamweight world title this October vs Anthony Birchak but the current champ (Birchak) ended up signing a new contract with the UFC and leaving Jesse without an opponent. The MFC decided that Jesse will compete against a yet to be determined opponent for the vacant belt in Janurary. We are pleased that the Maximum fighting organization is allowing Jesse to compete this November in front of his home town one more time. Jesse is ranked #38 in the world by www.fightmatrix.com and will look to continue his current streak when he faces an experienced opponent in Eben Kaneshiro at a 140 lb catch weight … Read More »
FPC client Brandon "Hotrod" Hempleman takes home the win at WSOF 12
Courtesy of MMA Junkie: In a key bantamweight contest, Brandon Hempleman (10-2) staved off the wrestling of Alexis Vila (14-5) in a few early exchanges and then battled back with crisp, aggressive kickboxing, to score a unanimous-decision win.
Vila missed on a few takedown attempts in the early going, but he quickly found success with a pair of overhands that landed flush. At that point, Vila seemed content to box for the remainder of the frame, and while he had success with powerful shots, Hempleman also found moments with a few well-placed punches and kicks of his own.
The action stayed busy in the second, as Hempleman picked up the pace with his kickboxing attack but Vila remained quick and looked to counter, as well. Both refused to back down, and they traded toe-to-toe for the entirety of the round.
Vila finally seemed to slow a bit … Read More »
Front Street Fights 2 featuring FPC client Matthew Jones Professional Debut
Event Date: Friday Aug 15, 2014
Doors Open: 6:00 PM
Four professional fights have been booked for Front Street Fights, headlined by Nampa's Colton Vaughn. Vaughn, 23, will fight Washington's George Stork in the main event after being the co-main event in the inaugural Front Street Fights in May. The Columbia High School product authored an impressive, 54-second knockout to improve his professional record to 5-4 in front of the home-town crowd. You can watch the fight by clicking here.
Pocatello's Kerry Lattimer, coming off two consecutive unanimous-decision victories in April and May, will be in the co-main event against Talon Hofman of Burns, Oregon.
The other two professional fights on the card … Read More »
WSOF 12 live on NBC August 9th featuring FPC client Brandon"Hot Rod" Hempleman vs Alexis Villa
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LAS VEGAS – Fresh off a successful debut on network television, World Series of Fighting returns to NBCSN for "World Series of Fighting 12: Palomino vs. Gonzalez," which takes place Aug. 9 at Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
In the night's main event, two of the promotion's top lightweights bid for a shot at World Series of Fighting lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, as exciting Peruvian veteran Luis "Baboon" Palomino (22-9) faces undefeated Californian "Lethal" Lewis Gonzalez (9-0).
In the night's co-feature, Brazilian brawler Ronny Markes (14-3) returns to light heavyweight to make his World Series of Fighting debut against undefeated submission machine Kelvin "The Mama's Boy" Tiller (6-0).
The night's main card also features a middleweight attraction when Bosnian-born Elvis "The King" Mutapcic (13-3) returns to the World Series of Fighting decagon against undefeated Bulgarian-born standout … Read More »


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Washington , July 24 (ANI): Solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse 2, took off from Cairo early Sunday for its final leg of global tour. It is for the first time in history that an aircraft of its kind has achieved a round-the-world flight using no fuel. The plane is en-route to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where its epic journey originated over a year ago, reports the CNN. It's piloted by Bertrand Piccard, one of two pilots who have alternated on the journey's 17 legs around the globe. By the time he touches down in the Emirates, he and pilot Andre Borschberg will have traveled a total of 35,000 km (21,748 miles). The lightweight aircraft, which only weighs as much as an SUV but has the wingspan of a Boeing 747, runs on solar energy. The plane had earlier secured a place in the record books by being the first plane to cross the Atlantic from New York's JFK airport to Seville in Spain. It also set the record for the longest solo flight, five days and five nights, without fuel from Nagoya in Japan to Hawaii. The Solar Impulse 2 project is the brainchild of Piccard and Borschberg, a Swiss engineer and businessman. The aircraft is a single-seater and so the two men have shared the flying by taking different legs of the journey. (ANI)


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I had learned about its availability and the positive things it had to offer.
In making the decision to begin the download, I was aware that with the new operating system in place, there would be some changes that I wouldn't be used to.
The way that things had been would not all be the same.
Some aspects of the system would be improved upon; some would be completely new and still others from the previous system would have been deleted all together.
Although change is good, it is sometimes difficult to take that first step to incorporate it.
Many years ago, I received a new spiritual operating system—one that changed me completely.
My old way of living was becoming such a burden to carry.
Things just hadn't turned out the way I had planned.
Even though I felt that I was in control of my life, my decisions weren't always productive and many times they were harmful.
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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Gil joined InterWest's healthcare team in 1996 and leads the firm's medical device and healthcare IT franchises. He invests in a broad array of healthcare opportunities, with a special interest in ophthalmology, robotics, and physician-centric mobile applications.
He is a board member of Doximity, and a former board member and lead investor in Avedro (NASDAQ: AVDR), Glaukos (NYSE: GKOS), Venus Concept (NASDAQ: VERO) (formerly Restoration Robotics), GoCheck and Neuronetics (NASDAQ: STIM).
Gil has led InterWest's medical device team since 1999 and pioneered InterWest's ophthalmology franchise. He was an early investor in Avedro, Glaukos, LenSx, and IntraLase, category-creating ophthalmic device companies that became standard-of-care for eye surgery around the world. He is also a founder and advisor to the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit, the world's largest ophthalmology business conference with over 2000 annual attendees, and a board member of Orbis International, a global not-for-profit organization focused on preventing blindness.
Gil is also a successful healthcare IT investor, building this important franchise for InterWest over the last fifteen years through multiple companies. He led the Series A of Epocrates, the industry-leading first mobile application for physicians, serving on the board through its 2011 IPO, and was the founding institutional investor in Doximity, helping to build it into the leading physician social network engaging over 70% of U.S. physicians.
Gil has a B.A. from Harvard University. He received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He completed an ophthalmology residency at Wills Eye Institute and retina fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as a Heed Foundation Fellow.
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Epocrates (NASDAQ: EPOC; acquired by Athenahealth in 2013), INC Research (acquired by Avista Capital Partners in 2010), Inspire Pharmaceuticals (IPO 2000, ISPH), IntraLase (IPO 2004, ILSE), LenSx Lasers (acquired by Alcon in 2010), Spinal Dynamics (acquired by Medtronic in 2002), Spiration (acquired by Olympus Medical Systems in 2010)
Over the last 20 years I have had the privilege of diverse life experiences as a laser researcher, practicing physician, startup company founder, and technology venture capitalist. I most enjoy being on the front edge of new technology waves, looking over the horizon for non-obvious opportunities... What I find exciting is working alongside visionary entrepreneurs, thinking non-traditionally, and helping to identify creative strategies to make pioneering ventures even more successful.


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Yelle - "Safari Disco Club" / "Que Veux-Tu"
On the list of mindless pop masterminds, French songstress Yelle and her band probably have prime billing. If you're a Yelle fan, which you probably are if you have functioning ears and like to dance, you've been twiddling your thumbs and repeat-playing "Je Veux Te Voir" at parties since the release of 2007's Pop Up – but Safari Disco Club drops March 29. It's pretty much void of all the Hemingway allusions implied by the first part of the title and packed with the trappings of the "disco club" half – dirty, sexy, irresistible. You've probably heard the title track already, but check out the fun video, back to back with the clip for new track "Que Veux-Tu."


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Good acoustic grands and uprights are reliable partners and offer a wealth of instrumental qualities. They are built with many natural,organic materials and parts that are affected by ambient temperature and humidty. These natural materials react in various ways to climatic conditions and charges.
Pianos should not be placed at or near a window, directly in front of a radiator,above a convertor,directly above,below or in front of an air vent or register, or against a cold,moist outer wall. Exposure to direct sunlight is extremely detrimental to the finish of the cabinet.
Pianos, like humans, are most comforable and stable in a moderate ambient temperature and relative humidity. What human beings consider to be 'comfortable' is also favouable for any good grand or upright piano.
Normal airing has no negative effect on an acoustic piano. However, in the case of outside temperatures below freezing or extremely moist outside conditions, airing should be limited, as any prolonged air draughts from airing may damage the instrument.
The ideal ambient relative humidity is between 40% and 60%. The tolerable limit is between 35% and 70%. Fluctuations exceeding these limits can adversely affect the tuning stability and playability of the instrument.
The ideal terperature range is 21 to 24 centigrade. Room temperatures exceeding these limits will not usually result in damage to the instrument, provided the relative humidity of the air is kept within the range of 35% to 70%. Frequent changes in temperature and relative humidity should be kept to a minimum. A stable room temperature is advantageous in many ways, because wood,felt and leather are hygroscopic by nature: expanding with humidity and contracting with the lack of humidity. Prudent attention to ambient climatic conditions(swings of temperature and relative humidity)can reduce extensive repairs and service to your instrument, improve the tuning stability, minimise changes of internal tension in the soundboard and other wooden components and preserve and stabliize the instrument over the years.
All changes in room temperature result in a corresponding change in the relative air humidity. Significant,repeated and longer lasting changes of room temperature should be minimised or avoided. Sudden and drastic changes in temperature, especially if repeated over longer periods of time cause the relative levels of humidity in the room to fluctuate drastically unless otherwise controlled and are detrimental to the instrument and may void the warranty.
The recommended piano service procedures depends on the duration and intensity of piano use, your personal standards for tuning and voicing, how much or how hard the instrument is used and the climatic conditions the instrument is exposed to over time. Tuning at regular 6 monthly intervals is highly recommended.
The instrumental qualities of a piano are of decisive importance in deriving a sense of well-being from its use. The sound-producing mechanism of the instrument must however blend perfectly with the mechanical (touch) mechanism for reliability and dynamic response in performance applications.
Energy flows in nature in an orderly, systematic manner, reproducing itself, returning to its source or becoming transformed. This can also be applied to the tonal aspects of the acoustic pianos. The energy transmitted by the keys (force, speed and path of the key's movement) is transferred to the moving hammers by means of the keyboard/action mechanism. This energy is then conveyed to the strings by the impact of the hammers on the strings, setting the strings into vibration. The sound-producing mechanism of the instrument then amplifies the vibrations of the strings.
Each individual string produces its own vibrational pattern, which adapts itself to those of the other strings, making its contribution to the enrichment of the overall sound pattern. Finally, the airborne sound waves, generated by the vibrating soundboard, upon reaching the ears are transformed into minute electrical signals that can be perceived by the brain.
Piano 'touch' is what the pianist feels playing an an acoustic grand or upright. The characteristics of perfect 'touch' include the feeling of precision and suppleness, reliability from the softest pianissimo to the loudest fortissimo with passages involving rapid runs and fast reptition, proper touch weight and much more.
Individual keys will be played million of times over a period of years, particularly in the midlle part of the keyboard, resulting in natural wear and tear. However, the instrument will continue to play properly and effeciently as long as it is regularly serviced by a qualified piano technician and not exposed to humidity or temperature extremes.
The quality of the hammer heads is critical for dynamic keyboard response. The ideal hammer head must have flexible layers of felt and be properly shaped and expertly voiced to balance the internal stresses of the compressed felt for the unlimited potential in musical expression and interpretation.
Frequent and/or energetic playing compresses the hammer felt, causing it to harden. The crown of the hammer will naturally become worn. Finally, vibrations in the extremes of relative humidity can affect the internal stresses of the hammer felt. Therefore, it is best to have the voicing touched up and the hammers filed from time to time by a qualified and professional paino technician.


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Stock ETFs: What about the Mid Caps?
One word on mid cap ETFs . . . why? Yes, for the past several years mid cap stocks — investments in companies with roughly $5 to $20 billion in outstanding stock — have performed especially well. They've done better than large caps and have even given small cap stocks a run for their money. But such outperformance of mid cap stocks is a fluke. So, too, is any underperformance.
If you look at the risk/return profile of mid caps over many years, you find that it generally falls right where you would expect it to fall: smack dab in between large and small cap.
Owning both a large cap and small cap ETF, therefore, will give you an average return very similar to mid caps but with considerably less volatility because large and small cap stocks tend to move up and down at different times.
Keep in mind, too, that most large cap and small cap funds are rather fluid: You will get some mid cap exposure from both. Many sector funds — including real estate, materials, and utilities — are also chock-full of mid caps.


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The best summative feedback in a World Language usually includes reading, writing, listening and speaking. This assessment does not include reading, because the primary skills being addressed here are writing and speaking. When the student give the oral presentation, the teacher will ask some questions, so listening is touched upon.
This assessment has the following directions for the students. Please click on the link below to see the rubric being used.
Mademoiselle Delacroix has just received a dividend on some stock she owns. She intends to spend it on "un nouveau look"…a sort of clothes closet make-over. Use you vocabulary on clothing, colors and styles to design a new look for her. It may be casual or dressy, your choice. Choose at least 10 items of clothing and at least 4 colors. She may not be wearing all of the new items at the same time, but she has them close by. Write in complete sentences about what she is wearing and what she has. Watch for agreement.
After you write your account of her look, draw an image using all of the items she bought. You know that I am the queen of stick figures, so if that is what you can do, that is fine. She draw a representation that matches your written description.
Tomorrow we are having a virtual fashion show during our live class. This will be the speaking section of this assessment. If you have any questions about pronunciation, please email me, and I'll help you.
Please place a copy of your written description and your image in the dropbox. PLEASE, make a copy of both so that you can keep a copy to study for the speaking.


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HẢI PHÒNG — Together with Hà Nội and HCM City, the northern port city of Hải Phòng is implementing a campaign to return pavements to the pedestrians.
Leaders of wards' people's committees will bear responsibility if pavement encroachment reoccurs, the city's authorities have said.
Lê Chân District is one of three districts in the city where there is almost no space left on pavements for pedestrians. Clearance of the pavements is, thus, one of the main points in the district's action plan.
Nguyễn Trọng Đại, head of the district Urban Management Division, said this year all 15 wards in the district have prepared plans on ensuring traffic safety, pavement and road order and environmental protection.
District inspectors will patrol the areas and impose strict penalties on those people encroaching upon roads and pavements for personal purposes, trading or parking. The inspectors have been instructed to destroy illegal billboards and slogans.
Phạm Văn Tân, deputy chairman of the district People's Committee, said the district has assigned enough workers to check every house and warn lawbreakers.
Lê Chân District is also considering installing cameras on several main streets. The video footage will provide actual evidence to the police and inspectors while deciding penalties to be imposed on violators.
Similar actions are being undertaken in the city's Hồng Bàng District since last week.
Dương Đình Ổn, deputy chairman of the district People's Committee, said earlier, the district's inspectors penalised people encroaching upon pavements, but the penalty was not severe enough, so people continue to repeat violations, especially in the Tam Bạc River area.
Hồng Bàng District's action period is on from March 10 until March 20.
Last month, the district informed residents about the action period, so that they could volunteer to destroy any construction that encroached upon pavements.
As many as 100 people, including district leaders, police and traffic inspectors, are participating in the action period.
Last week, Hà Nội launched a campaign that targets removing illegally parked cars, shops, extended canopies and other obstructions. HCM City began its campaign last month. — VNS


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3 Tech Tools You Can Use To Create More Freedom In Your Business/
I hope you had a great 4th of July with your friends & family.
It is not a day to be taken lightly as we should all be very grateful for the men & women who have sacrificed their lives to make sure we can enjoy our freedom as Americans.
One part of that freedom is the opportunity to create the dream lifestyle we want as entrepreneurs.
America is the land of opportunity and being an entrepreneur allows us to take part in our "piece of the American dream".
My question to you is: Do you feel free in your business or are you living a recurring nightmare with a growing to-do list of stuff not getting done?
Take a look at the 3 Tech Tools below that you can use to create more freedom in your business:
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Contactually.com: This is a great CRM that helps you to manage all your client information in one place. Let's say you met a couple of great potential clients at a networking event and now you have a bag full of event promo pieces and those dreaded business cards. If you don't get those business cards out your goodie bag, follow up with the potential clients while everything is fresh then the trail goes cold and your time is wasted. Contactually allows you to dump all that information into their system in an organized way and manage that lead right onto a viable client and beyond to gain referrals. Check out the site here to see how it all works.
E-voice: What happens when a prospective client calls you? Do they call your cell phone, business line (if you have one) your business cell line? What if they just called one number and then the call was routed to you in the way you desire. That is the nexus of E-voice. E-voice provides you with a separate business number that rings to your cell, a professional greeting & call forwarding options so you look and sound professional. This will allow you to deliver that white glove experience to your customers. Check them outhere & use promo code "Fire" (thanks John Lee Dumas) and receive $5 off your subscription forever.
Healthy Eating Options
Sun Basket: Now I know your probably thinking how does this create more freedom in my business. Well if you are busy taking care of clients and running your business who is taking care of your belly? When do you have time to check out the latest healthy snacks or produce at the local farmers market? You probably don't have as much time as you would like, so let Sun Basket do all the heavy lifting for you. They deliver healthy organic ingredients weekly right to your doorstep. Check them out here and use promo code "Fire" to get a discount.
So there you have it. 3 tech tools that you can use to create more freedom in your business. Enjoy the journey as you carve out your piece of the American dream.


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Gardening Year
We're now well into July – and after all the fine weather we have enjoyed, everything in the garden should be lovely!
Containers and hanging baskets should be fed and watered regularly to ensure your plants continue to flower, and I certainly recommend dead-heading. Nip off any flower head that has faded – this will prevent your plant wasting precious energy on any spent flowers, and instead will channel all its strength into producing new, fresh blooms.
Likewise, perennials and lavenders will all benefit from a neat clip once their flowering period has ended – if you do this now, you will be able to enjoy a second wave of blooms later in the summer.
So now all your containers, baskets and beds are bathed in colour, why not do something about that bare fence or harsh brick wall ?
Climbing plants come in all colours and sizes from a petite patio clematis to a huge rambling rose.
The Honeysuckle family are a superb choice for a sunny position. Varieties such as Serotina – the late Dutch Honeysuckle, Belgica with its reddish purple flowers or Americana, a pungent, white flowering example will all reward you with a superb summer show.
These varieties are all deciduous, but if you do need foliage for all 12 months of the year, go for Hall's Prolific. This is a rampant evergreen climber that produces fragrant yellow and cream flowers during the second half of the season.
Another favourite is the Clematis, perhaps the most popular of all climbers.
Some gardeners tend to steer clear of Clematis, worried by two important factors.
The first being that these plants must be planted with the roots shaded from the full sun.
This is easily achieved by simply planting tallish perennials such as Penstemon or Verbascum around the base to deflect the sun's rays.
The other aspect and the least understood is pruning. A great deal of confusion exists regarding the pruning of Clematis, but as long as you follow a few simple rules, you should not have any problems.
Basically the aim of pruning is to aid the establishment of the plant and to achieve the maximum amount of blooms.
The main point to bear in mind is if your Clematis flowers in early season, it is best to prune after flowering, if it blooms in late summer, cut back to around 50cm in March.
So having tackled where to plant and how to prune, which variety should you choose?
The two earliest flowering varieties are the Montanas and Armandii.
The former is a rampant free flowering selection that bursts into colour as early as March, whilst The Armandii is an evergreen example that produces superb white and pale pink fragrant flowers, again early in the season.
Some of my favourite Clematis are : "Bill McKenzie" – yellow flowers with attractive seed heads.
"Elsa Spath" – Large blue flowers.
"Ernest Markham" – Fantastic rich red flowers".
In fact the Clematis family is so large and varied there is bound to be a variety to suit you.
No traditional English garden is complete without a climbing rose or two.
"Compassion" with its pink/apricot flowers and "Paul's Scarlet" are two classic choices.
For summer fragrance a Jasmine is unbeatable, for rich autumn colour choose a Virginia Creeper.
If your garden possesses an eyesore – a fuel tank or an ugly outbuilding, select a Polygonum – The Russian Vine – but do beware, this climber can grow up to 10 metres a year – hence its nickname The Mile a Minute Plant.
If you have a shady wall to cover there is the climbing Hydrangea Petiolaris , and for a stately, elegant feel there is nothing better than the majestic Wisteria.
No matter what size of garden, I am sure there is a climber for you.
Even if space is limited, most climbers will grow in a container if fed and watered throughout the season.
So – now there is no excuse to live with that unsightly wall, bare pergola or dilapidated garden shed – get planting!


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Today a simple infographic on the 3 best uses for Amazon Alexa control, Amazon's push towards a Smart Home future.
Light switches can be a thing of the past - Replaced by; "Alexa, Turn off bedroom lights", "Alexa, Dim the Lounge" and "Alexa, Turn my lights to purple".
No more reaching for a CD and switching on hifi equipment; "Alexa, Play some Jazz music", "Alexa, turn it down" and "Alexa, Shuffle my Sunday playlist".
Newspapers are so 20th Century; "Alexa, What's the News?", "Alexa, What's the Weather?" and "Alexa, who plays jon Snow in Game of Thrones?".
You will need to set some of these up and for lighting control you will need to have smart bulbs such as Philips Hue.


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I believe that it is a severe limitation of literary and cultural study today that a good bit of it tends not to interest itself much in what might be called the religious or ontological dimension of writers' and cultures' ideologies in favor of a more or less exclusive infatuation with the three mythological graces of contemporary humanistic study: Race, Class, and Gender. As Paul de Man, of all people, once said to me, 'Religious questions are the most important.'
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To date, Pixar has done no wrong in my eyes and with a combined box office haul in the billions apparently the majority of the world agrees with me. Every time the studio announces a new project the worldwide consensus is that it will earn major dollars.
When Pixar announced their plans last year for Monsters, Inc. 2, many people where wondering if they could make a film entirely about monsters that make kids laugh. At the end of the first film, the monster society discovered they could produce more power from a child's laugh than they could a scream – it was a great ending for the film but it didn't feel like a strong enough motivator for a sequel.
According to the Dutch site Animatie, it appears that Disney and Pixar might not have to face that problem, as they are apparently planning on making Monsters, Inc. 2 a prequel and not a sequel. The story will apparently take audiences back to Sully (voiced by John Goodman) and Mike's (voiced by Billy Crystal) college days where they were fierce rivals. While teaching their classes advanced techniques of scaring, Mike and Sully go from working against each other to becoming the best friends audiences know and love from the first film.
This information apparently came from a Disney catalogue of upcoming films sent to a French theater, and since there hasn't been any confirmation by Pixar or Disney in regards to its validity you should take this RUMOR with a grain of salt.
However, in my opinion, this isn't a bad direction to take the Monsters, Inc. franchise in. Besides giving viewers a chance to see how Mike and Sully became such good friends, a prequel would also open up the story to explaining the reasons behind Randall's (voiced by Steve Buscemi) disdain for Sully. Taking the story back a few years really gives Pixar a multitude of options and gives them the ability to introduce a slew of new characters. I'm sure the extra stock of marketable (read: sellable) merchandise wouldn't hurt, either.
Monsters, Inc. 2 should scares its way into theaters November 2012. How do you feel about it being a prequel instead of a sequel?
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From fresh dewy skin and eyes topped with pink glitter to soft, creamy pink lips and glitter tattoos, Sushma Khan, National Creative Director, Makeup – Lakmé Salon decodes stellar festive looks hot off the Autumn/Winter '16 ramps
Scarlet affair
The rich hues of gold and red spell royalty. Start with a cleansed skin. On the eyes, apply a metallic gold hue mixed with a brown eyeshadow for warmth and top it with a graphic winged eyeliner. If your eyelashes are too thin, use falsies to create the illusion of long, 60s-inspired Twiggy eyelashes. Highlight the cheekbones using the strobing technique and enhance the pout with a traditional red matte lipstick with a hint of gold.
Pro tip: Take the look a notch higher with thick, well-shaped eyebrows.
All that glitter
Begin with a fresh, dewy base. Draw attention to the peepers by playing around with shades of silver and blue to create a dramatic smoky eye. Dab some glitter pearl powder in the inner corners of the eye and brow bone to create a contrast.
Pro tip: Complement the look with a bubblegum pink pout and an elaborate bridal 'do.
Crowning glory
It's a myth that you can only highlight your eyes or your lips. Go all out with rich shades of black, gold, lilac and purple to brighten the eyes. Heavily kohled eyes teamed with a bold liner are sure to make you stand out. Inject instant glamour with a flattering burgundy lip topped with gloss.
Pro tip: If you have a broad forehead, add elegance to the look with an oversized, Nawabi maang tikka.
Glowing diva
This must-steal, Indo-western look is perfect for sangeet. Prep cleansed skin with a primer to make the makeup last longer. Add drama to the peepers with a dark blue glitter cat eye and well-groomed brows. Finish with a bright matte red mouth.
Pro tip: Highlight the cheekbones using a soft, angled brush in the upward and outward direction for a natural flush.
Eye candy
The green and gold kohl-laden eye, against a sun-kissed skin, commands the center of attention in this look. On a natural base, apply golden bronze shimmer to create an illuminated skin effect. The look does wonders to women with strong features.
Pro tip: Keep the lips understated with a barely-there, nude lip colour.
Tribal touch
The look beautifully combines the ethnic élan with hippie grunge. For the eyes, experiment with shades of smoked pink, purple and black and top them with pink glitter. Adding a shimmery highlight to the inner corners of your eyes will instantly open the eyes and create a bright, youthful appearance. Complement the look with a pale pink lipstick.
Pro tip: Add oomph to the look by donning a gold glitter tattoo on the arm.
Retro rendezvous
Think Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot and recreate the iconic feline flicks. Line the lower lash line with a violet liner. Tones of purple coupled with a hint of black glitter will do wonders to the peepers. Pick a dark purple hue à la Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Cannes to make a strong statement.
Pro tip: Team the look with a sleek floral updo.
Majestic flair
If the combination of metallic eyes and bright lips doesn't turn heads, we don't know what does. Start with a perfectly strobed base. Create a dramatic smoky eye by blending copper, gold and black eyeshadows. You can further accentuate the kohl-rimmed eyes with bold lashes. Complement the eyes with a bright ombré in pink and orange.
Pro tip: Keep the hair off the face with a polished upswept style.


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Dallas Cowboys add two cornerbacks
The Dallas Cowboys signed cornerbacks Isaiah Frey and Dax Swanson on Monday, a couple days after cutting cornerbacks Terrance Mitchell and Brandon McGee.
Frey, a 2012 sixth-round pick out of Nevada, has spent time in the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and most recently Pittsburgh Steelers organizations. He was on the Steelers practice squad most of last season.
The most playing experience Frey has was in 2013 with the Bears. He played in all 16 games, making six starts.
Swanson was an undrafted free agent out of Sam Houston State in 2013. He has been with six organizations in his young career, including the Indianapolis Colts, San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay, New York Giants and Miami Dolphins.
Swanson has yet to play an NFL regular-season game.
Mitchell and McGee were released Friday.


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Published at Monday, May 13th, 2019 - 19:10:00 PM. Furniture. By Alsatia Philippot.
Soft mattresses. Soft mattresses can be categorized as simply soft or ultra-soft. The ultra-soft futon mattress is made of many layers and cushions the body really well. The Fusion Velotec futon mattress is a great example of one that is ultra-soft. This mattress has a 6 inch foam core and has a number of foam layers that create the ultra-soft feeling. The soft futon mattresses do not have as much cushion, but are still very soft with lots of layers and soft foam. If you sit on these, you will definitely sink a bit lower. Examples of the soft futon mattress include the Luxury Futon Mattress and the Quasar Futon Mattress.
Mattresses for Overweight People. For those who prefer foam mattresses and are overweight consider the latex mattress or the visco elastic mattress. Because these mattresses have no springs there are no painful pressure points exacerbated by the extra weight. In addition overweight people tend to wear out spring mattresses faster than foam mattresses. When buying a foam mattress select a high-density style, as it will last quite a bit longer. Another good option for overweight people is an air mattress. Once again there are no pressure points causing pain. The firmness is easily adjusted by adding or releasing air. If an overweight person must purchase a spring mattress try to get an inner coil mattress. Their construction is perfectly suited to heavier individuals. A futon mattress is very similar to a regular bed mattress. When shopping for one, consider how firm you want the mattress to be. Below is a guide to the different degrees of firmness in a mattress and the types of brands that make them.
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Large well Priced Family House in Lliria
5 bedrooms | Villa | Inland | Lliria
Property: 257 m²
Price: € 189,000 Euros.
Just 2 km away from Lliria town and 25 min from Valencia city, you can find this beautiful family house built in 952 plot with neat garden and pool. 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, terrace and a unique ensuite bedroom with fireplace and own bathroom.
This is a perfect choice for those who want to enjoy the luxury of a large house with loads of space, the tranquility of nature in a daily basis and still be able to reach the urban life just a short ride away…all for a very good price.


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.....I found it one day on etsy and I couldn't not have it.
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Real Madrid have yet another manager, and it seems that it is all change once again at the Santiago Bernabeu, with rumours persisting that the plan is to play Cristiano Ronaldo as a central striker and use Gareth Bale as the main winger, with Karim Benzema seemingly surplus to requirements causing much debate.
While the fact that Ronaldo is a goalscorer cannot be questioned, the fact of the matter is that the former Manchester United player does not like being deployed as the central striker is well publicised, and something that could well come back to haunt Real Madrid and Benitez.
However, just because Ronaldo does not like to play in a certain role does not mean he cannot play there, and judging from a breakdown of last season, it is a role that he could well excel in, and certainly one that Benitez has a right to ask him to play in…
Ronaldo scored 61 goals last season, but only five of them came from outside the box, which speaks volumes. He is a goal pocher, he can head the ball as well as anyone, he is a natural finisher. If you asked Real Madrid fans who they would rather have the ball fall to at their feet in the six yard box, Ronaldo or Benzema, it would be Ronaldo all day long.
Ronny only needs one touch. Of his 61 goals last season, 38 of those only needed a single touch before they found the back of the net, showing just how clinical he actually is. Playing him as a number nine is not out of the question, and while the number seven might not relish the role, he is certainly lethal enough to play there.
His head may as well have a crown on it, because a massive 17 goals out of the 61 he scored last season were headers, and it is hard to think of anyone who is actually better in the air or can pack a more powerful and well directed punch when the ball falls to them during a set play or in the box. Ronaldo may be brilliant with the ball at his feet, but people tend to forget just how big he actually is, and how commanding his physical presence is.
Eden Hazard and Mario Balotelli eat your heart out. From the spot, Ronaldo has an 81% conversion record, scoring 13 out of the 16 penalties he took last term. Pretty impressive and something that even Lionel Messi's biggest fans would say is something the Portuguese man can boast over the player who has stepped it up yet another level in 2015.
Ronaldo isn't just a player who scores at the Bernabeu. In fact, he has shown time and time again that he can be relied upon on the road, with goals coming at the Camp Nou, or Camp Calma as he likes to call it, on more than one occasion. Last season, 31 goals of the goals scored by the forward were at home, but a massive 30 of them came away from the Bernabeu, a stat that the other Real Madrid forwards can only dream of.
Should Rafa actually decide to sell Benzema and play Ronaldo as his central striker, it may well damage the relationship between the player and the coach further, not to mention push Ronaldo closer to a Manchester United return, but anyone who doubts the forward would be prolific in the role is a fool. Ronaldo's long term future is in question, no matter how Real Madrid want to dress it up, but on the field, he wants to win, wants to be the best and will give his all no matter what. t,


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AN ACT to expand the definition of Home care Services to Include In-Home Companion, Sitter, and Respite care services provided to an individual and to Increase the annual license fee for Home care Agencies.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 131E-136 reads as rewritten:
"§ 131E-136. Definitions.
As used in this Part, unless otherwise specified:
(1) "Commission" means the North Carolina Medical Care Commission.
(1a) "Geographic service area" means the geographic area in which a licensed agency provides home care services.
(2) "Home care agency" means a private or public organization that provides home care services.
(2a) "Home care agency director" means the person having administrative responsibility for the operation of the licensed agency site.
(2b) "Home care client" means an individual who receives home care services.
(3) "Home care services" means any of the following services and directly related medical supplies and appliances, which are provided to an individual in a place of temporary or permanent residence used as an individual's home:
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care provided by or under the supervision of a registered
b. Physical,
occupational, or speech therapy, when provided to an individual who also is
receiving nursing services, or any other of these therapy services, in a place
of temporary or permanent residence used as the individual's
c. Medical
d. In-home
aide services that involve hands-on care to an
e. Infusion
services; andservices.
f. Assistance with pulmonary care, pulmonary rehabilitation or ventilation.
g. In-home companion, sitter, and respite care services provided to an individual.
h. Homemaker services provided in combination with in-home companion, sitter, respite, or other home care services.
The term does not include: health promotion, preventative health and community health services provided by public health departments; maternal and child health services provided by public health departments, by employees of the Department of Health and Human Services under G.S. 130A-124, or by developmental evaluation centers under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide services under G.S. 130A-124; hospitals licensed under Article 5 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes when providing follow-up care initiated to patients within six months after their discharge from the hospital; facilities and programs operated under the authority of G.S. 122C and providing services within the scope of G.S. 122C; schools, when providing services pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 115C; the practice of midwifery by a person licensed under Article 10A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes; hospices licensed under Article 10 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes when providing care to a hospice patient; an individual who engages solely in providing his own services to other individuals; incidental health care provided by an employee of a physician licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina in the normal course of the physician's practice; or nursing registries if the registry discloses to a client or the client's responsible party, before providing any services, that (i) it is not a licensed home care agency, and (ii) it does not make any representations or guarantees concerning the training, supervision, or competence of the personnel provided. The term sitter does not include child care facilities licensed in accordance with Chapter 110 of the General Statutes. The term respite care does not include facilities or services licensed in accordance with Chapter 122C of the General Statutes. The terms in-home companion, sitter, homemaker, and respite care services do not include (i) services certified or otherwise overseen by the Department as not providing personal care or (ii) services administered on a voluntary basis for which there is not reimbursement from the recipient or anyone acting on the recipient's behalf.
(4) "Home health agency" means a home care agency which is certified to receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for providing nursing care, therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services on a part-time, intermittent basis as set out in G.S. 131E-176(12), and is thereby also subject to Article 9 of Chapter 131E."
SECTION 2. G.S. 131E-138 reads as rewritten:
"§ 131E-138. Licensure requirements.
(a) No person or governmental unit shall operate a home care agency without a license obtained from the Department. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to extend or modify the licensing of individual health professionals by the licensing boards for their professions or to create any new professional license category.
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 59, s. 1.
(c) An application for a
license shall be available from the Department, and each application filed with
the Department shall contain all information requested by the Department. A
license shall be granted to the applicant upon a determination by the
Department that the applicant has complied with the provisions of this Part and
the rules promulgated by the Commission under this Part. The Department shall
charge the applicant a nonrefundable annual license fee in the amount of
hundred fifty dollars ($350.00).four hundred dollars ($400.00).
(d) The Department shall renew the license in accordance with the rules of the Commission.
(e) Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the license and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the Department.
(f) The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
(g) The Commission shall adopt rules to ensure that a home care agency shall be deemed to meet the licensure requirements and issued a license without further review or inspection if: (i) the agency is already certified or accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, National League for Nursing, National Home Caring Council, North Carolina Accreditation Commission for In-Home Aide Services, or other entities recognized by the Commission and (ii) the agency is certified or accredited for all of the home care services that it provides; or (iii) in the case of continuing care retirement communities licensed by the North Carolina Department of Insurance under Article 64 of Chapter 58 which also have nursing beds licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services under Article 6 of Chapter 131E, the Department certifies, as part of its licensure review or survey of the nursing beds, that the facility also meets all of the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to this Part. The Department may, at its discretion, determine the frequency and extent of the review and inspection of home health agencies already certified as meeting federal requirements, but not more frequently than on an annual basis for routine reviews."
SECTION 3. The North Carolina Medical Care Commission shall adopt rules to implement Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 4. Section 1 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2010. Section 2 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2009. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2008.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Approved 5:57 p.m. this 28th day of July, 2008


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New Work
2 new paintings added to the Spring Favourites Gallery. Left to right: Let's Get Lost, 2015 acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 30" x 36" & Rise, 2015 acrylic & mixed media on canvas 36" x 48". Do you have a favourite?
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to support the opening of my 10 painting exhibition at Vive Juicery during Salt Lake City's Gallery Stroll. I couldn't have asked for a better venue. I couldn't have asked for more loving support. If you didn't have the chance to attend the opening, the show will be up until mid-December.
Best Selling Workshop: Metallics
Consistently voted the #1 workshop daSilva Fine Art has to offer, I am pleased to announce the addition of another workshop to the fall 2015 schedule: Fearless Metallic Abstract Painting on Saturday, November 20 from 9 am - 3 pm. For more information and to register: Swinton's Art Supply in Calgary, AB.
Moab Abstract Inspiration
Before the desert kicked my ass and I got a bad case of heat stroke (the entire trip was cut short on my account), I got to see the famous arches of Moab. I also realized it's no wonder I always reach for Utramarine blue and Yellow ochre to make a bold statement during my demos: They go so well together. Complementary colours at their best. Me? Not even close to my best.
I've never been to a place quite like this. I feel like I've landed on the surface of a different planet. Everything feels "other-worldly". The vast pools of salt, the seaweed made crisp by the harsh sun, the crunching of bones beneath my feet, the sound of strange birds, the near-solid foam on the beach. Inspiration is everywhere. All you have to do is look at each photograph as an abstract painting instead as "just another pretty picture". This is how you train your eyes to see beyond the obvious. This is how you train yourself to have the "eyes of an artist". If you spend enough time doing this, the world will never be the same again. You will never be bored.
Abstract Rock Inspiration
While everyone else is taking pictures of the pretty scenery, I am taking close-up pictures of rocks. The questions that go through my mind are these: How does nature put colours together? How does it use texture? Where does nature lay on the texture thick? Where does it spread it thin? How does is work with contrast? How does it make a neutral palette work? Where is it rough? Where is it smooth? Which products would I use to make the same effects on the canvas? This is why I tossed my colour wheel a long time ago: Nature does it best. The following are my 15 favourite abstract rock inspirations:
Painting As A Lifestyle
Painting isn't a hobby. For me, painting is a lifestyle. Wherever I am in the world, whatever I am doing, I paint because I love to paint. I paint because I have to. If I don't paint, my world just doesn't feel right. The truth is, if something is important to you, you find the time to do it. You stop making excuses. You stop allotting time to things that just aren't that important. You carve out the time and you protect that time like it's something precious. Because it is precious. We are all given the same amount of hours in a day. The way you choose to spend those hours, day after day, determines who you are.
How To: Rust Colour Palette
How to choose a rust colour palette:
Regular Plaster VS Pink Plaster
What is the difference between regular plaster and pink plaster? Is one better than the other? How do I chose?
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. . . can have a way of settling in by the time February rolls around.
Although this winter has been mild and manageable, true to the Northwest, winter will be here with or without the cold and snow for some time to come.
I don't mind winter. I actually prefer the cold because along with it comes that incredible sunshine other parts of the country don't see for as many months.
But, having said that, come February ~ March, I'm craving longer days and much less winter.
I'm anxious to change things up and that often involves a DIY project or two.
As promised I'm in the process of finalizing the details for a number of DIY classes and here's just a sneak peak of one ~
I'm really obsessed with the process of printing. Any medium of printing catches my attention and the desire to learn more about the process. This past year I've screen printed the traditional way, begun experimenting with Photo Emulsion screen printing, dove into a number of different mediums involving image transfer.
If you are anything like me, I'm an impatient learner and crave instant results.
That's why in this class I will be showing you two printing techniques that are fun, easy to do at home (don't require endless tools and expensive equipment) and have endless possibilities.
Here's just a sample of one project we created this season
{the photo is seriously lacking but I think you get the idea}
both of these projects use the same technique. The class will include one other fun transfer method you are going to love. Chances are you won't want to stop.
The sky is almost the limit.
Class details will be posted next week.
Have a really fantastic weekend ~ Enjoy the snow.


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"How do our moods encroach on our coaching relationships, and help us to become a good coach" by Simon Dennis
I remember years ago, I used to travel to coaching sessions and during the traveling, I could kind of get myself in the right frame of mind, in the right mood. More often than not now, I find that my coaching occurs in amongst my day-to-day role to the point where I can literally go from one meeting into a coaching session without breaks. For example, there might be a finance discussion about budgets and forecasts and then suddenly I have to switch into coaching. I began exploring this shift with colleagues, and started to ask questions around moods and mindsets,
Can you coach if you're in a bad mood?
Can you coach only if you're in a good mood?
Can you only coach if you're in a kind of coaching mood?
Managing moods 'on the run'
I connected moods with a phrase that's prevalent in our field that is typically about
a) Do you bring your stuff into coaching,
b) when in a coaching conversation is it your stuff versus their stuff?
And for me, the mood I bring as the coach is clearly my stuff.
I then began asking and reflecting on, how much do you or should you then hold that back if the other person is here to talk about their stuff? But then, how much is not being dealt with genuine integrity.
For example, If I'm in a bad place because I've just had a heated conversation with my wife or my children, and I then go into a coaching conversation, is it right that I share that information with the coachee and say, "Just to let you know, I'm in a bit of a bad mood at the moment because I've just had a row with my wife/children." Are they going to turn around and say, "Well, do I care?" or are they going to respond and say, "Well, if you are in a bad mood, maybe you need to go and fix that first before you try and fix me?"
A mood is not that kind of technical issue that can be resolved by a singular technical response, rather it's something more to do with recognising the imbalance, or better still finding ways to regain balance.
For me, it's back to trying to be good at what I do in the moment. So if I want to be a good coach, then my mood can't come into it even though you might come away from the session and have that kind of epiphany moment that says, "I'm going to scream now because I've got to go back to what I was doing before the coaching." But there is a balance issue in terms of how do you hold that inside without it becoming a barrier to success in the coaching session.
It's not happened to me often, to be fair, but there are times when I just thought, "You know, I'm not in a great place. How am I going to do the best I can as a coach?" Sometimes literally having that thought walking from one meeting to another and thinking, "How am I going to do that without it…?" it becomes a valuable conversation and I guess I have learnt some tricks of the trade.
Compartmentalize a little bit.
Try and deflect it e.g. some people might say, "Hang on a minute. I need to make a quickphone call. I'm going to do a two-minute walk around the block to clear my head."
Sometimes it's a physical thing where they have to physically remove themselves.
For me, it's a combination of things, I don't sit and meditate or such, but I might just take two minutes just to get myself focused on the individual by reviewing any notes that were taken from the last meeting. Sometimes I give myself a bit of a talking to and say, "Hang on a minute that is my stuff. That's not what this next meeting's about. This next meeting's about their stuff." Even when I'm with my team, I can have a tricky meeting at work and afterwards I think, "Well, this is about their stuff now and why has this just happened? I need to park that."
Likewise moods can be a positive thing too. You can arrive in a really good frame of mind and then shift the individual that's in front of you who isn't in a great place.
Moods is about managing boundaries
Most people will say and give the model response, "Oh, yeah. I can put that to one side and I can compartmentalize that. And then I can then be the coach for you in the room." For some it might be as easy as that, just breathe and then just put the nice mask on and then take that step into the coaching thing.
From my experience it's not something I think you can necessarily train, but it's something that I think you have to learn to do to an extent.
The reality, I think, and almost in nature of 'the good coach', is that you are who you are, and you bring yourself to the coaching and that's what makes you a good coach.
That's what makes you a different coach to the next coach and therefore the individual whose being coached by you, I think, almost has a right to get you, the coach, in the room. And if that means you're coming with baggage, you know, where does the level come where the baggage starts to encroach, recognize that as a coach and say, "Hang on a minute. My stuff's now getting in the way. I need to either compose myself or I need to take a break. Or we need to go down a different avenue."
The worst case scenario, I could imagine, is if you're in a coaching relationship and the thing that comes up in the coaching conversation is the very thing that's causing you the pain as well. For example,
You're moving into a new house and home, and all the stresses that involves. You step away from that to coach somebody and they then start saying, "We're leaving the house and we're going through all this stress. And it's putting stress on my home life and my work life." At that point as a coach, where do you go with that? Because suddenly it's like, "Well, hang on a minute. I really do empathize with what you're going through but you don't want to hear about my pains of moving house. And I really don't want to hear about your pains from moving house either because all that's going to bring it back home to me."
Or as one of the organisational coaches working on a transformation program, if you're a senior person in the company, you might know more than the coachee knows. Not only bringing your own stuff, they will be talking about their perception of it and you might be tempted to begin responding with, "Actually, you've got it wrong. That's not what's really going on."
These are real dangers, and where do you tread that path as a coach?
Someone once said to me, "You can't not know what you know. It's just how much of it do you then share in a bid to help the coachee." If we keep our intent clean, there's juggling going on inside the coach which says, "I know stuff. I'm in a similar place to them but I've got to be careful I don't step over the line and start pushing myself onto them because I need to get them to recognize where they are and how they can help themselves."
This is the challenge. Coaches are human beings. They're going to experience those same challenges. And there is a possibility that their coachee will be bringing exactly that challenge to the table. This is because what's going on because of the work we're doing works at quite an intimate level, and as a compromise it's worthwhile to check out the assumptions you're making about the way you're looking at things.
Let me share some examples
Quite often I find myself in internal situations where people will talk about team changes or structural changes, where they'll say, "You know, I understand this is going to happen." Depending on whom made the comment, I might say, "What makes you think that?" or "How valid is your information source?"
And as the conversation continues, I've learnt how to respond and acknowledge where they're coming because in their mind, it's going to happen (probable) and so I subtly shift the conversation by adding the idea of 'possible' as I engage with them. I'll start saying, "But if that did happen, what would be your course of action? What would be your options?" Trying to use a language of possibility rather than probability in a bid to help them see that maybe what they're firmly believing is maybe not so firm after all. I've found sometimes I use language that closes down a conversation that ends up with them responding and saying, "So what do you know that I don't know? And what aren't you telling me?" These are quite subtle and indirect ways to test assumptions, and maybe there's a point where you just have to say to them, "Look, I do know some things about that. What I can tell you is your assumptions aren't correct. But let's just leave it there." And sometimes I have to be formal and say, "I'm not at liberty to tell you what's happening."
I had a situation many years ago where people were asking for me to be their coach because they knew I would know other details. They knew that I was in a position of leadership in this particular area so they were - I'm thinking of one case in particular - they actually admitted and said, "Well, the reason I chose you as my coach is because you know an awful lot more about the strategy and where this is going."
I said, "I can't say that's true, but that shouldn't affect your choice of me as a coach and it certainly shouldn't affect the way I coach you. If you actually want me to divulge strategy and future plans, that's a different conversation. And you need to approach me as a professional and say, "What is happening?" because that's not part of the coaching contract." I was very clear upfront but sometimes, your coachee isn't clear and they're not clear about their motives. Unless you're particularly perceptive as a coach and know where their motives come in, it might take some time to say, "I get the sense that, actually, you want me to divulge information rather than coach you."
Another time, very early on when I was attending coach training, I was paired with a guy as part of observed coaching. He began to discuss a project that he was really struggling with and with people on the project, and we had a really good 20-minute dialogue that was being fully observed by the other attendees.
What was interesting was at the end of the conversation, after he achieved what he was looking for, as we were getting the feedback, a number of the observers said, "Oh, that was a really good clean coaching session." When I was chatting to them all over coffee and mentioned that I'd been working on the same project for the last two years, and so almost everything he'd said, I knew already. In effect, he hadn't told me anything I wasn't already aware of and yet no one in the room had noticed. The facilitator who was leading the training said, "Were you that aware of what you did?" The guy I was coaching said, "You hid it very well." And I responded that, "I wasn't consciously hiding it but in my head, I didn't think it would add anything to the coaching for me to share that. I didn't feel the need."
For me, as I reflected on this thought, "If I said to you right now, actually, I've been on the project for two years so I kind of know what's going on. I think it would just shut down the whole conversation. And so I said, "It was more about the intent. The intent was to help the individual. You need to let them air their perspective." And that's the decision I made in those initial few minutes to give this guy the space to work through his challenges and lift his mood.
For me, there are different ways to air the elephant in the room at that point and respond appropriately to those moods in those moments. Where are those boundaries, how you recognize those boundaries, and what do you offer rather than what do you hold back and how that affects the relationship.
Continually rediscovering balance
All the time as coaches, I think we're walking that line between what's genuine and real and what people want to present to you. It's being able to quickly assess and diagnose whose mood is impacting the quality of the relationship in those moments. And I guess the whole nub of coaching is to get underneath that and get to what's really driving it? What's really going to improve? What's really going to make a difference?
There is value in sometimes sharing that and saying, "You know what, whatever you're saying isn't hitting home." And I think the careful bit is knowing when it is your stuff, because I can say to somebody, "You know what, I'm hearing what you're saying but it's just not registering with me." And they may reply, "Well, that's your problem. That clearly has something to do with you." With that response comes the jolt of reality and you might say, "Actually, you're right. I need to switch and just be more in tune with what's going on." Whereas at other times, they may respond, "No, actually, you're right. I'm just talking for the sake of it." So it's trying to get that.
It's about at what point would you say, "I'm afraid I can't continue this dialogue." At what point do you step over the boundary and say, "I'm afraid I don't subscribe to that point of view."
For me, I guess it's about walking that tightrope, maintaining rapport, maintaining integrity, maintaining authenticity. It's recognizing that the person in front of me may have different views, may have different cultures, may have different beliefs and what I can do is work with the individual in the room and what they bring to the table. And importantly, noticing how and when I'm bringing my stuff, my moods, into our coaching conversations and that when I do it's used with the right intention.
Questions: How do you recognise, and then use moods to keep appropriate boundaries?
To connect with Simon Dennis
Simon has over 20 years' experience of service delivery and continuous improvement in a variety of roles and industry sectors. He trained as a coach and coach supervisor and as Head of Coaching at Fujitsu UK & Ireland he established a Coaching Community utilising internal and external coaches to meet the business need for performance improvement and provided a basis for establishing a coaching competency for the organisation.
He has continued as a coaching ambassador for Fujitsu, presenting at conferences and contributing to publications and professional bodies in order to promote the use of coaching for performance and particularly internal coaching as a valid and valued approach.
He is married with 2 daughters and lives in Manchester, North-West England.


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Things to remember to back up when getting a new computer
- Plug ins/extensions/bookmarks for browsers (instructions for Chrome, instructions for Firefox)
- Favourite folders or links to regularly used folders on the network drive
- Email signatures
- Files and folders that you've saved on the local drive (c:)
Things that will have to be installed when your new computer arrives (mostly web team specific)
- Remote Working needs to be set up again - contact IT
- Map network drives to live and test servers
- Site definitions for sites in Dreamweaver
- Previously installed fonts
- Server switcher plug in for browsers
- On Firefox this is now Location Switcher
- Other browser plugins:
- Grammarly
- Wave accessibility tool
- Check my links (Chrome) or Link Analyzer (Firefox)
- Nimbus screenshot
- Drivers for hardware on any assisted devices; graphics tablets,
- Quirky cool wallpaper background
- Previously installed software:
- Sublime text
- Slack
- Adobe Creative Suite (at the time of writing Dreamweaver should be the 2015 version)
- Raisers Edge (if applicable)
Other things you might need to do
- Configure outlook - to your personal email and also the firstname.lastname@example.com folder: file -> add account. Name the account ('web admin' or whatever), and put them email address in. No password needed. You'll need to restart outlook.
- Configure the programs that you want to start automatically on startup (type shell:startup in the command prompt - add shortcuts to the folder that pops up)
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Very useful - Thanks!!!