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Medical and computer science students rarely mingle in the same classroom, much less the same part of campus — but as the intersection between technology and health care continues to broaden, events like Med AppJam show that the two groups can achieve a great deal together.
UC Irvine School of Medicine and Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences students teamed up for an "app jam" designed to create Apple-based applications with health care utility. Teams of five to six students spent two weeks in late 2013 hammering out caffeine-fueled ideas.
"There were definitely a few all-nighters," declares ICS junior Robhy Bustami. "I would say I spent roughly six hours every day working on the app, whether it be studying, drawing things out or coding."
The results of such efforts? Apps that remind users to take their medication, help patients better explain the basis of their pain to their physicians, or efficiently track patient medical histories.
For ICS senior Marvin Lowrance, communication was the most rewarding aspect of the project. "We all came in with a different idea as to what we felt would make a great app, but being able to communicate well with one another led us to the best solution," he says. "Collaboration was key."
At the awards ceremony the teams presented their products to judges from the UC Irvine faculty and from tech companies including Local Splash, Visible Health, Microsoft and MobilityWare. The top three teams received $1,000, $500 and $250 respectively as prizes.
Last year in the inaugural Med AppJam, 19 teams vied for the crown. This time around, the event attracted 23 teams with a desire to enhance patient experience. Some of the contestants found inspiration close-to-home. "I spoke with my wife, who was once hospitalized for depression and anxiety," says ICS senior Marco Gonzalez of Team 18. "I asked her, 'You were a patient once, how would an app have helped you?' She gave me a lot of great ideas and led me to speak with others who have struggled with low-mood disorders, and the overwhelming consensus was that the app needed to be customizable." Team 18 designed its app, Moodivator, to address that need.
Second place in the competition went to Team 2, which developed APP-nea, which helps people suffering from sleep apnea screen and assess their condition. "For us, the concept of the app just clicked in our mind when the medical student on our team explained the problems they were having," says ICS senior Eelin Lim. Standard testing for sleep apnea is very expensive; the app was designed to be a much more affordable alternative. "We started building the app immediately after, jumping directly into developing an algorithm and writing the code."
The top prize went to Team 5, which created Berry, an app that helps diabetes patients by rewarding them for managing their disease. "The most important thing that I learned was how to find the strengths in other people," says ICS senior Karan Sekhri of the winning team. "This is the first time that I've had such a positive experience in working with a group. I've participated in other group projects before, but I've never worked with such a dedicated, hard-working group of guys. We really brought out the best in each other, and that was probably the most valuable thing that I got out of this process."
Collaboration between students in the two schools is a natural step. The Bren School regularly sponsors AppJam competitions — a concurrent one, AppJam+, involved UC Irvine undergraduates coaching Orange County middle-school children to create educational apps for K-6 students. The School of Medicine is renowned for its iMedEd initiative, which is the basis of the nation's first medical education program to completely adopt the iPad format for classroom and clinical skills training. Many UC Irvine medical students have embraced the iMedEd aesthetic, learning how to program and regularly reviewing medical education apps and technology on their iMedEd blog. The Med AppJam is thus a natural merger of the schools' strengths.
"This is where medicine is heading," said Dr. Ralph Clayman, dean of the UC Irvine School of Medicine. "Mobile medicine – using smart phones and iPads to access health care. And with Med AppJam we see the powerful association between computer science and medical students at UCI to create new and effective ways for people to connect."
"Developments in information technology are transforming virtually every industry," said Hal Stern, the Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of the Bren School. "It is exciting to see UC Irvine medical and computer science students work together to bring such changes to health care."


text: LOS ANGELES (February 11, 2001) - Vivitar is introducing the DIGI 35mm, a hybrid film/digital camera. The unique DIGI 35mm is ideal for photographers that wish to easily add photographs to Web pages or send them via email and still enjoy high quality 35mm prints. The DIGI 35mm also gives users the option of viewing their photographs before they are printed.The DIGI 35mm is equipped with two lenses - a glass 33mm f4 lens for 35mm images and a 4.4mm f3.5 lens for the CMOS digital sensor. The camera uses standard 35mm film and simultaneously captures each photograph digitally in its internal memory. The camera is equipped with a one-touch button that can delete any images in its memory.The DIGI 35mm has a 3-way flash, red-eye reduction and automatic film advance, rewind and mid-roll rewind. An LCD displays the frame number, battery level, flash mode and self timer status. The camera will also alert the user if the film has not been loaded correctly.Images may be transferred to a PC through a USB port. Users can then view their photographs with the included Hybrid Cam software, which comprises Ulead Photo Express, Photo Explorer and Cool 360. Power is supplied by four AA batteries.The estimated retail price is $119.95. The DIGI 35mm may be purchased at mass merchandisers, consumer electronics stores and other Vivitar resellers nationwide.Vivitar Corporation, headquarterd in Newbury Park, California, is a world leader in the development, marketing and distribution of high quality photo, sports optics and digital products. Vivitar products have been the choice of Americans for more than 60 years.

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Mysteriously Abandoned In 1976, This Creepy Mansion Just Gave Up Its Secrets.
Built in the thirties, this spectacular mansion definitely saw its share of grandiose affairs in its day, but sadly, its been abandoned since the seventies. Located just outside of New York City, the home is like a time capsule for a much more glamorous era -- but it also happens to be full of creepy old relics as well.
Photographer Bryan Sansivero decided to document the mansion as it is now, and what he found inside is pretty haunting. It's also an incredible property, complete with a bowling alley, indoor tennis court, library, and two bars. See the abandoned mansion in all of its spooky glory below.
Make sure you follow him on Instagram at @st.severus for many more amazing shots.
The mansion has 57 rooms, and looks like something out of a horror movie.
In every room, traces of the mansion's opulent history remain.
But there are also traces of it's complete and total creepiness.
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Education is something that's value can not be understated. A well-educated adult can create opportunities for themselves that are unavailable to those without it. That is why the achievement gap found when comparing low-income houses to their wealthier counterparts is something that cannot continue to exist. Rocketship Education is a nonprofit that has made its mission to address this devastating occurrence. It is their hope that they can develop a sustainable program that eliminates this achievement gap in our lifetime. Their innovative strategies have led them to be in the top 10% of California schools serving low-income areas. They operate in 3 different states as well as the District of Columbia.
A great program is built from the bottom up brick by brick. For Rocketship Education the foundation of their success is hiring the best staff available. In order to find the most qualified instructors, they search the applicant pool only considering those with a strong background in the STEM fields and humanities. From there they provide quality training, ensuring that each instructor is able to provide the careful and thoughtful educational experience that Rocketship is known for. Once the instructor has students, or rocketeers, of their own they are required to visit each student's home at least once. This requirement ensures that every parent feels like their child's teacher is accessible as well as committed. It also allows the teacher a unique ability to discuss a child's needs. With parent, support Rocketship believes that every rocketeer can take off
Natural disasters impact economically stretched communities the hardest. Families that already struggle to make end's meat suddenly see all their possession and home destroyed. After such a loss it can become difficult to impossible for parents to continue working much less prioritize their child's education. The family can easily become homeless when they are unable to supply security deposits on new housing. Seeing something like that threatening the education of their students Rocketship Education was compelled to act. Working with local nonprofit charities the organization was able to raise $62,000 to go towards helping families rebuild their lives.


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Who am I?
I'm a 20-something girl who loves pushing her limits. Usually, you can find me running the roads, blazing the trails, and generally getting into as much mischief as possible.
What's this blog all about?
While finishing grad school, it felt as if life was slipping through my fingers. I spent nearly every waking hour working to finish my degrees, physically, emotionally, & mentally exhausted. Sleep wouldn't seem to come in the few hours I had for it, so I survived on coffee – my body hated me for it, and my mind craved adventure.
One afternoon, after a frustrating day in the lab, I went for a run. I bundled up in my cold weather running best, and ventured out on my first run in almost 3 weeks. As my legs pumped, and my throat burned from the cold November air, I felt more alive than I had for a few months. The stress melted away, and so did the miles beneath my feet.
As I gazed out at the sun slung low across the horizon, bathing the fields in a golden glow, I realized that it was up to me to take back my life, and that I can live a life of adventure, joy, and wonder one run at a time.
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WordPress is arguably the leading content management system in use today. The objective of http://www.WPwebshop.com is to become the premier resource for WordPress information, tools, plugins and themes. A spokesperson explained:
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The library of WordPress books available on the site includes something for beginners through to advanced users. WordPress beginners may benefit from the popular WordPress for Dummies series. For more advanced users "How to be a Rockstar WordPress Designer" is available to teach users how to build new themes.
The site also offers a plethora of quality editorial content discussing everything from hosting to the latest themes. WPwebshop.com also offers an array of tools for webmasters to assist with SEO, Article Marketing, Social Bookmarking and more.
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WowApp is an integrated communication app based on a gamification system that provides you with the easiest way to be rewarded for doing what you do best. Designed as a sharing experience, it empowers you to connect, chat, make calls and share moments with everyone in your social network.
I joined the team with the purpose to help out with the User Experience and refine the design process as the Lead Product Designer for iOS and Android.
As the interface needed an update to meet the new native design requirements, it was the right time to improve the User Experience and Information Architecture.
Since the company was recently rebranded, the main challenge was to create a cohesive experience which was unified under a single brand, even when spread across multiple platforms (iOS / Android / Windows / OS X).
Improving the User Experience was helped by the fact that we had a product that was released to the public and obtained a suitable user base. Since the app had already received plenty of feedback and we had decent metrics to interpret and work with, we were offered an insight into the problems we were facing.
A good data-driven model must include both qualitative and quantitative metrics. Moreover, good working knowledge of how the two aspects relate to each other will not only provide better insights, but will also improve communication between team members.
After we decided on the new concept based on user testing results and after we delved into analytics to base our decisions upon, we were ready to implement our findings in a sustainable, ongoing manner.
The next steps in the design process were presenting the new concept, informing the rest of the development and QA teams and starting to work on sketching and refining the Product Map. It was really important to have this in place at an early stage as it conveyed a more detailed picture of the user journey and a feel of the entire product.
The wireframing process started with consultancy meetings and quick whiteboard sketches for receiving fast feedback from the developers and harmonizing with the outlooks of the product managers. After we all knew what our targets were, I prepared a batch of low fidelity wireframes to further analyze in the following meetings and to approve for a specific user journey to be made native, easy to develop and ensured a fast and lean strategy.
The sketches were followed by higher fidelity wireframes, which were discussed with product managers and lead developers until the smallest details and edge cases were reviewed. This was the last step before creating a more detailed mock-up to be prototyped in InVision and showcasing the flow to stakeholders for the final approval.
We started this redesign just on the verge of the prototyping era. InVision, Flinto and Marvel had just emerged and were fighting for the supremacy of the lead prototyping tool. At first, we used Flinto, as it was more stable and it handled the new iOS 7 transparent status bar better than its competitors. Subsequently, we had to switch to Marvel as it was the only tool that offered Android support.
The team behind it genuinely processed all the qualitative feedback from users and brought it to fruition. This was the manner in which we built the first prototypes, showcased them to stakeholders and communicated within the teams involved in building the product.
In order to base our UX decisions, it was really important to be able to experience the flow and tap on elements just as a user would. Prototyping is about crafting the experience, not merely the design. This way, we can demonstrate an experience that comes as close as possible to the final product. It empowers the person testing the prototype to engage in the experience, instead of having it explained to them.
Seeing that this product was aimed to be used by all categories, without a target audience, the design had to be almost invisible, in the sense that users would already feel as if they were accustomed with the interface. With this in mind, we chose a native approach and studied in depth the iOS and Android design guidelines.
As we used the Teehan&Lax GUI to help us iterate faster, we started constructing the interface based on our wireframes and we added the brand assets having in mind consistency and cohesive implementation on all platforms.
Building consistency into your designs helps strengthen your brand and keep the brand message clear. Defining consistent relationships between color, photography, typography, illustration, icons, etc., dictates how a user associates with your brand, how they feel about it and how they use it.
Once these frameworks and patterns are developed and established, designing with consistency in mind is quite simple. And the result makes our audience happy. A consistent interface requires less learning because users can carry over their knowledge from one page to the following, making the entire experience more fluid. This ease of understanding develops trust and comfort, both of which ensure a more engaged audience.
Providing Assets, Specs and Guides for big project handoffs can be really demanding and time-consuming. Research the best way to do this, try to automate the process as much as possible and communicate with the development teams before providing the assets in order to make sure that everything is on the right track. Furthermore, please keep in mind that this is an iterative process and don't aim for perfection.
Later edit: New apps appeared that can help you extract guidelines ( Avocode, Zeplin.io & Adobe Extract ) and they became the norm for automating the handoff from design to developement.
Some of the tools that helped us to complete the design process: Dropbox, LiveView, PngExpress, TinyPng, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud
The watch is one of the first gadgets you interact with at a very young age. You soon learn how to wrap the strap around your wrist, how to take a quick glance at it and read its face. It is attached to your body and it is an expression of your personality. Ultimately, a watch is an incredibly personal object.
We have known how to design products for phones, tablets and computers for years. Designing WowApp for the Apple Watch determined us to review more than just the user interface. Because this is a device you wear on your wrist all day long, we aimed to design the most personal messaging experience ever.
If you're spending the bulk of your time looking at sketches or discussing static screens, you're making far too many assumptions. A great product doesn't just look good, it works well. Many UX issues are invisible. The interface needs to be used for them to be discovered. For this project, we ensured our use of the product by repeatedly going over user flows in InVision and subsequently testing the builds and issuing bugs.
Agile is a set of techniques developers came up with to help solve problems akin to the problems designers face today. How do I know when I'm done? When will this be done? How can we minimize the grunt work and focus on the interesting problems?
In an agile environment you have to be dynamic, to handle project deadlines and to help out the development team in order to expedite the process as much as possible. Don't be irked by frequent changes in scope and implementation and do your best to share design-related assets in small batches in order to obtain fast feedback.
With all the consultancy meetings, scrum meetings, feedback requests and distractions in an open space office, sometimes it's very difficult to retain a state of flow, mindfulness and a clean headspace.
I improved my efficiency, productivity and creativity a lot by remaining organized (Get Stuff Done), having a proper daily routine and a healthy diet. Moreover, I've made long-lasting habits that will probably help me in the future.


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Dozens of ideas, loads of how-tos, and the latest advice on the projects and merchandise you want to boost your residence these days, plus special provides. If you require a huge tub (it really is the only way you can unwind) then make sure you're saving space elsewhere. For that reason, be specific to purchase children's bathroom decor that will be capable to withstand the abuse of the standard youngster. Hang an more than-sized mirror in the room to develop the illusion of space – a huge framed mirror makes a bathroom appear confidently larger. Practically nothing tends to make a bathroom really feel grander than a mirror that reaches to the ceiling.
Regardless of whether your small bathroom is a half-bath containing only a toilet and sink, a three-quarter bath that includes a shower or tub, or a full bath with each a standing shower and a tub, the first step in successful remodeling is to assess the space. Generating full use of the bathroom corners is yet another good little bathroom notion, despite the fact that it also applies to huge bathrooms. Shower curtains give a sense of closing in the space, whereas glass will always push the space back out, says Catherine. Soon after you have completed the decorating of your small bathroom you will commence to discover that new decorating ideas never cease popping into your head.
Add a row of contrasting or decorative tile to act as a backsplash and add interest to an otherwise unadorned bathroom This modest bathroom decorating concept is also wonderful for price range-friendly remodels considering that you want only a tiny quantity of tile. White subway tile on the walls and graphic hexagonal floor tile ($four.26/.) give the bathroom a tough, water-tight shell. You can set the mood, complement your colour scheme and give perfect lighting for bathroom use.
Lastly, the bathroom pictured above brilliantly utilised a lookalike pebbled wall (if you're adventurous adequate, we highly advise using actual pebbled walls) as a centre-piece. In most houses, the bathroom generally has the smallest footprint in the home as space is sacrificed for bedrooms and living spaces, explains Reece Bathrooms Enterprise Manager, Daniela Santilli. This is about the only recent title we located that focuses on the little bathroom.
Display bath salts, bubble bath, and other bathroom necessities in fairly glassware on a windowsill. Also, constructed in niches for soap and shampoo storage eliminate these products jutting from the shower wall, delivering much more space for showering. If you are unsure about installing tiles on your own, then think about hiring bathroom contractors to do the work for you. Shower screens with big bold designs may possibly appeal to the artist in you but for space, appear to austere designs in light pastels or washed out colours. Amit Apel Style loves to twist items up in every space they generate and this bathroom is no exception.


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Work Annoyances
That's right, folks. Stairs!
So I'd like to send a warm holiday message to all of the assholes who use the elevators to travel one fucking floor:
It's not like these people are in bad health or anything. They're just lazy assholes.
And I know that this isn't DC related or anything, but these people need to be stopped at all costs. I hope next time a group of these fuckers make their little one floor sojourn that the building sets on fire and they get stuck. There'll be less human traffic when I run down the stairs to safety. No one will miss them.
OK. Rant off.
Let's finish with something a little more hopeful. I voted for Anacostia today. Did you?
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I'm do that all the time. Too bad. I ran five miles this morning and I'm tired now, so fuck off while I ride the elevator one floor.ReplyDelete
Besides, aren't you supposed to be bitching about the Metro fare increase today?
My building also has stairs, but they're locked from the outside. People are prevented from going up, but you can exit going down...for emergency purposes, I suppose. And actually, if I wanted to walk down to the 2nd floor from my office on the 3rd, I couldn't because the doors only open in towards the stairwell and to the outside on the ground floor.ReplyDelete
Why, have you tried yoga. My wife have been doing it for years. Yoga will relax you? FREDTERPReplyDelete
they used to do this all the time in my old apartment building, but for their sake, the stairs were hidden behind doors that only really opened from the way out of the stairwell. i dont really know why people feel like they have to hide stairs all the time.ReplyDelete
some people have "invisible" diabilities like rheumatoid arthritis that would make the stairs, even one flight of them, damn near impossible to climb. i'm not saying everyone in your building does...obvs some people are being lazy...but keep in mind that just because a person appears to have a normally functioning body doesn't necessarily mean they do.ReplyDelete
To be fair, I once worked in a building where the stairs were locked from the outside. So when people wanted to get to the second floor, they had to take the elevator.ReplyDelete
Same for my building actually.
That isn't the case from the second floor on. Some firm takes up a bunch of floors and they use the elevators to go from 4 to 5 and so on. And they very have the option of stairs.
They're being lazy. Or they all have arthritis.
What pisses me off even more is when people take the elevator DOWN one floor.ReplyDelete
rusty -- if your building is like mine, there's a door in the stairway (between the 1st and 2nd floors) that only opens for people coming down. so those of us on the 2nd floor have to take the elevator to go up. may not apply in your case, but it's a possibility. otherwise, totally right-on rant.ReplyDelete
people in my dorm make snarky comments if you take the elevator for anything less than three floors. i've seen people that i know live on one floor get off at the one below and take the stairs because other people were already getting off at the lower one and they don't want the elevator to have to stop twice so close. ...which is getting a bit ridiculous i thinkReplyDelete
I also hate this. Have you been to Pentagon City Mall recently? Do you know who's waiting for that damn elevator? Four fat people and six teenagers, me on the first floor with my stroller. DC has an epidemic of lazy, overweight people, all waiting for elevators, because the escalator/stairs are too much work.ReplyDelete
Dude, I'm with you w/the elevator thing, esp. the ones who go one floor down. Same folks who say they're on a diet then stuff their faces w/the xmas treats @the reception desk. Douche bags.ReplyDelete
But something happened that could cause me to re-evaluate: yesterday someone took a big steamy shit in a stairwell @the building where I work. I'm not kidding, there was a giant log w/ TP (or kleenex?) next to it. Too big to say a dog did it. It was around 2 in the afternoon, so it would have been possible for the motherfucker to get caught. If that happens again I'm taking the elevator, fuck it.
I swear - DC is a fucking third world country!
I usually feel like "yeah that's why you have a fat ass"ReplyDelete
It always seems to be the very people who could most use the exercise are the ones taking the elevator up or down one floor (ironically the worst case at my place is people taking it down one to stuff their faces at our convenience store...).ReplyDelete
I find it a bit amusing when I see people take the elevator one floor DOWN to get to the gym and they are already in workout clothes!ReplyDelete


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>Spaghetti is an easy dish to whip up on a busy night, but to make it even easier, I cook the entire thing in one pot — together. No boiling pasta, I just throw it right in.
Here is my quick an easy recipe to do it.
This serves our family of 5 with enough to have lunch leftovers for a couple days.
1 lb dry thin spaghetti
1/2 lb ground turkey or beef (I use ground turkey)
32 oz jar spaghetti sauce
2-3 tbs olive oil
1 heaping tsp minced garlic
1 tbs Parmesan cheese
1 tsp garlic powder
4-5 cups of water
To begin, brown the meat, then set aside to add back in later.
Next, on medium high heat, add enough olive oil to cover the entire bottom, usually about 2-3 tbs. Once it warms up, add the minced garlic. This brings out the garlic.
At this point, my entire family comes running to see what's for dinner. Don't let the garlic burn, so just let it sit for about a minute or so. Next, add the spaghetti sauce, meat Parmesan cheese, and garlic powder. Mix well.
Let it get to a boil, then throw in the spaghetti. I usually break my spaghetti in half. I've found it's easier to stir in the pot when it's broke in half. Next, add the water. I usually add about 4 cups to begin with, and keep an extra cup handy by the stove.
As soon as it gets back to a boil, turn it down to medium or medium – low. Stir occasionally. Keep an eye on it because the water is absorbed quickly by the pasta, and it can lead to burning (which is why I keep the extra water handy).
It takes about 15 minutes for the pasta to be done. Sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese and serve.


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Today Donald Miller deleted the two blog posts he wrote about living better love stories and issued an apology to those who had been hurt by his words. This showed a lot of wisdom and humility on Don's part, and I respect him for it.
I know that a lot of you were looking forward to a coordinated dialog between the two of us, but Don has requested that we postpone that conversation, and I've agreed. I also know that many of you feel the posts reflected more systemic problems regarding the Church's characterization and view of women. I concur, and will continue to address those bigger issues with as much passion and grace as I can muster here on the blog and in the forthcoming book. This is an important conversation that far transcends a single blog post or series, and I believe we owe it to the future of the Church to engage in it both fiercely and respectfully.
In the meantime, I hope you will join me in welcoming Don's words with the love and goodwill of fellow sojourners called into the much grander story of God's redeeming work in the world.
I wish him nothing but grace and peace...and a very happy engagement!
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Chapter 216: Identity Exposed!
A ray of crimson, bloody light suddenly erupted from the direction of Flame Volcano and shot towards them. In the blink of an eye, it landed in front of them like a setting sun.
A heaven-shocking, earth-shaking, blood fiend aura seemed to instantaneously envelope Fire District. A feeling of fear emerged within all of the practitioners moving within Fire District as they suddenly felt as if they were drowning within a suffocating sea of blood.
Wielding his sword and startled, Xie Zhizhang looked in the direction of the ray of bloody light, his face filled with shock.
He could clearly sense that the ray of bloody light was coming for him!
A strange, crazed laughter echoed around in every direction, nearly causing everyone's eardrums to explode from the reverberations.
In the empty sky, a stream of bloodwater condensed into a long river. Carrying a crazed, bloodthirsty, and violent aura, it charged directly towards Xie Zhizhang.
The blood colored river was extremely wide, and bubbles would occasionally erupt from within. Its intense stench of blood was enough to cause cowardly practitioners to suffer a mental breakdown on the spot.
A mind shattering, soul extinguishing, tide of mental power violently erupted from within the river of blood and directly entered Xie Zhizhang's spirit sea!
In an instant, Xie Zhizhang's mind felt as if it had been completely occupied by the blood colored water. Everything before him turned blood red.
He lost control for a moment.
And in that very moment, the river of blood converged atop his body, enveloping it in its entirety.
Xue Li's ear piercing cackles suddenly began to emanate out from within Xie Zhizhang's body. It shrieked out from within his mind and roared out from within every drop of blood in his body!
Lang Xie emerged from within the ruins, still wielding his short spear. His body was covered in blood, and his blood-red eyes looked directly at Xie Zhizhang.
"You want to use him to recover your blood energy?" Xue Li's cackle emanated out from within Xie Zhizhang, "You do know that once you truly taste blood, there is no turning back, right?"
Traces of struggle flashed within Lang Xie's scarlet as blood eyes as he hesitated.
During the time he hesitated, Xie Zhizhang had been wrapped into a Blood Cocoon, and Xue Li's figure had slowly condensed from the bloodwater.
Xue Li looked at Lang Xie and said, "You are different from You Hongzhi. After he walked astray, he discovered the path that he was now on also had quite the scenery so he deviated further and further. As for you, you have always been on the right path up till now…"
The struggle within Lang Xie's eyes became increasingly obvious.
"Consuming human blood can allow you to quickly recover and increase your strength. However, you will gradually lose your mind."
Xue Li's expression was indifferent as he continued, "Although your advancement will be slower if you concentrate on cultivating your own lifeblood essence, your lifeblood essence will be more pure and devoid of filth and impurities. It will allow you to always be able to realize yourself and always be in control."
"The reason my Blood Fiend Sect ended up splitting was because too many people gradually began to deviate onto the wrong path. They chose to walk on the path that You Hongzhi, Blood Shadow, and Liang Yangzu chose. It was because the vast number of them couldn't withstand the temptation of quickly increasing their strength which consuming blood provided!"
Lang Xie continued breathing heavily, focusing on controlling himself.
His body was extremely weak, and he was very clear on the fact that if he were to consume the lifeblood essence of Xie Zhizhang at this time, not only would he quickly recover, there would also be a chance for him to directly breakthrough into the next realm.
With the current situation where Armament Sect was on the precipice between life and death, he needed the power! He needed to quickly become strong, and thus, he desired Xie Zhizhang's fresh blood. Smelling the pungent scent of blood in the air, it was quite hard for him to resist.
"Whether or not you consume human blood, it is up for you to decide." Xue Li watched Lang Xie. He suddenly waved his hand, and Xie Zhizhang's blood cocoon encased body was thrown directly in front of Lang Xie.
Lang Xie's breathing became more intense as his eyes became increasingly horrific, as if he had turned into a blood consuming beast.
However, after an extremely long period of time, Lang Xie gradually returned to his senses. He slowly closed his eyes and said, "Senior, please take this junior away."
"Are you sure?" asked Xue Li, cackling.
"I am," replied Lang Xie, gritting his teeth.
Xue Li silently nodded. He picked up Xie Zhizhang and seemingly turned into a ray of blood as his figure flew back towards Flame Volcano.
Armament Sect.
Within Tang Siqi's cavern, stream after stream of lava leapt out like flame dragons from within the channel, releasing an extremely shocking heat.
Seven differently sized furnaces were currently being heated by lava. From within, the sound of bubbles popping incessantly echoed out.
Qin Lie's body was covered in sweat, as if he had been drenched by rain. He was quickly moving in the center of these seven furnaces. One spirit material after another, he would take them from a mountainous pile and throw them into the various furnaces. His extremely rapid pace never slowed at all.
At the entrance, quite a few Armament Sect disciples were still delivering various spirit materials and spirit stones. They were all materials that were needed to forge Terminator Profound Bombs.
Tang Siqi and Lian Rou stood outside, blocking the entrance, while also directing the outer sect disciples as they delivered their spirit materials. They also paid close attention to Qin Lie's movements.
In order to forge the Terminator Profound Bombs, Qin Lie had needed another cave as Ling Yushi and Ling Xuanxuan were currently occupying his. Furthermore, as the condition of his cave was slightly lacking, it wasn't suitable for forging multiple things simultaneously.
Tang Siqi's cavern had seven furnaces, and, as he had also smelted there before, he was very familiar with its layout. Thus, he had temporarily borrowed her cavern.
At this moment, an extremely strange luster emerged on Tang Siqi's alluringly red face which was illuminated by the flames.
—It seemed as if she had figured something out as she seemed to have cheered up again.
"Siqi, Qin Lie and Ling Yushi might not be able to truly get together again. Think about it, Ling Yushi is part of Dark Fiend Valley and the disciple of Jiu Liuyu. Furthermore, she greatly respects that old hag…
"Think about our Armament Sect's current clash with the five forces. Lu Li has been captured, as well as Shi Jingyun. Furthermore, Jiu Liuyu is still leading the attack on one of our city gates. With these kinds of conditions, many problems might arise between Qin Lie and Ling Yushi.
"Just patiently observe. There will definitely be some conflict between them. Daresay, they might not be able to get through it.
"Siqi, you can compete in these aspects. It's not like you are lacking anywhere compared to Ling Yushi, are you afraid of losing?"
Tang Siqi thought back over Lian Rou's advice. Looking in the direction of the busily smelting Qin Lie, her eyes gradually became firmer.
"We are the better pair. When we were forging, we had this kind of tacit understanding. This kind of tacit understanding could only have been reached if our hearts and souls were one!" Tang Siqi's little hands crumpled into fists as she silently encouraged her self.
"Tang Siqi, I can't manage by myself, could you come over and help?" suddenly asked Qin Lie.
"Sure!" Tang Siqi's eyes brightened.
The sky became dark.
At the city gates to Armament Sect's Fire District, Dark Asura Hall's Xie Jingxuan, Cao Xuanrui, and the rest were scattered around the gates.
Under Cao Xuanrui's command, his subordinates would occasionally attack the gates for a while before quickly withdrawing.
He had respected Xie Jingxuan's suggestion.
Xie Jingxuan had explicitly told him that Xie Zhizhang was currently fighting with Lang Xie in Fire District, implying that he should stay his hand for now.
Thus, Cao Xuanrui didn't invest too much energy as he patiently waited to see the results of the battle between Xie Zhizhang and Lang Xie. Only then would he decide on what to do next.
"If that terrifying, fiendish blood aura from earlier was from Lang Xie, then…." whispered Liang Zhong from atop the Profound Nether Beast.
When Xue Li had charged over from Flame Volcano, the terrifying, fiendish blood aura which exuded from his body had covered the greater half of the city. Even Liang Zhong, Xie Jingxuan, and Cao Xuanrui, who were outside the city, had felt it.
Currently, the blood fiend aura had disappeared. Liang Zhong pondered for a while, then said, "Miss, there's still no news. Could something have happened?"
Xie Jingxuan furrowed her brows. Under the gazes of Liang Zhong and Cao Xuanrui, she stroked the necklace atop her neck, trying to contact Xie Zhizhang.
She tried for quite a while. Xie Jingxuan's expression gradually became grim as she finally said, "Second Uncle hasn't replied."
The looks on everyone's faces simultaneously changed.
Also at this time, Ji Liu, Jiu Liuyu, Feng Lin, and the rest of the people belonging to Seven Fiends Valley, Cloud Sky Mountain, and Purple Mist Sea all gathered together.
They had all withdrawn from their respective gates outside of the Wind, Earth, and Water Districts. After withdrawing, they had come to the gate at Fire District because they had heard that the practitioner from Profound Heaven Alliance was here.
They hoped that Xie Zhizhang would be able to rescue their captured people so that they could boldly breakthrough the gates.
"The finger of our Seven Fiends Valley's Shi Jingyun has been cut off!"
"Wu Tuo's finger was cut off!"
"Su Ziying's finger was cut off!"
After Jiu Liuyu, Ji Liu, and Feng Lin arrived, they immediately explained their problems to Xie Jingxuan. Their expressions were all gloomy and cold.
"My second uncle hasn't responded. I don't know the situation within the city at all." Xie Jingxuan's expression slightly changed. She hadn't expected that Armament Sect would dare make such vicious moves. At this time, she gradually began to feel something was off.
Also at this time, several more ghost birds returned from the direction of Flame Volcano. They landed on Liang Zhong's shoulder.
Liang Zhong intently listened, then after a while, suddenly became shocked as he shouted, "Qin Lie is at Armament Sect! My birds recognized Qin Lie, and they saw him there!"
"Qin Lie?"
"Qin Lie!"
Upon hearing Liang Zhong's words, Xie Jingxuan, Zhuo Qian, Tu Mo, Tu Ze, and the rest all became shocked, yet doubtful and uncertain.
"Who is Qin Lie?" asked someone.
"Qin Lie of Icestone City!" replied another.
"The fellow from Ling Town…" Jiu Liuyu snorted and said, "This brat is at Armament Sect, so what? He was originally my disciple's fiance, so four years ago in Ling Town, I was able to glance at him from afar from within my carriage. He's at most just an ordinary brat."
"He killed Du Haitain and the entire Du Family!" Tu Ze shouted.
"He was just a Natal Opening Realm practitioner, what can killing him prove?" asked Jiu Liuyu with deep disdain.
"This Qin Lie isn't much, and is not worth mentioning," interrupted Ji Liu. "The important thing is where that owner of that Li's Shop or whatever is. Is he currently at Armament Sect? As far as I know, in front of this fellow called Li Mu, not even Yuan Tianya dared to move recklessly at that time. This person is the true issue!"
"Mn, Li Mu will require our attention. As for a Nebula Opening Realm practitioner like Qin Lie, we don't have to care about him at all," said Feng Lin, emphasizing the importance of Liang Zhong's words.
Everyone looked to Liang Zhong, all hoping to learn if there was any news of Li Mu. Outside of Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian, the rest didn't care about Qin Lie and completely forgot about him.
Under everyone's gazes, Liang Zhong's expression became strange as he heavily said, "The ghost birds didn't sense anyone like Li Mu. Thus, I don't know whether or not he is at Armament Sect. However, there is something else that I have to tell you all. According to my ghost birds, the person who cut off the fingers of Wu Tuo, Shi Jingyun, and Su Ziying was Qin Lie!"
As these words resounded, everyone's expressions changed.
"Qi-Qin Lie? How could he dare to do such a thing? Just who is he?" shouted Jiu Liuyu in anger.
"How come he is the one calling the shots?" asked Xie Jingxuan, also confused.
Liang Zhong bitterly shook his head. "I don't know either. According to my ghost birds, he even did it in front of Armament Sect's sect master and three great reverends. I'm afraid that fellow has quite some status within Armament Sect. It's strange, quite strange…"
"Qin Bing is Qin Lie! In the eyes of Ying Xingran and the three great reverends, he is the future of Armament Sect," suddenly interrupted Yi Yuan. He had a complex look on his face.
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Localizer Approach
Gulfstream G450 Instrument Procedures
Approach Category
If you have ASC 007 you are a Category C airplane unless you have a maintenance logbook entry raising your maximum landing weight. If you do not have ASC 007, you are a Category D airplane, end of discussion. See G450 Approach Category for an explanation.
Approach Selection
Photo: MCDU arrival page (CYHZ), from Eddie's aircraft.
Approach selection is made either through the MCDU (NAV > ARRIVAL) or the NAV display.
Photo: DU arrival page (CYHZ), from Eddie's aircraft.
There is an advantage to making this selection on the NAV display: if the appropriate chart is selected in green from the CHARTS page, future changes to the approach on the NAV display will automatically change the selected chart.
Preview & Auto-Tune
[G450 Aircraft Operating Manual §2B-05-50 2.A. (2)]
- The PREVIEW submenu is used to select the NAV preview mode. The NAV preview mode permits the flight crew to select a short-range navigation (SRN) source for an SRN-based approach (VOR, ILS, MLS, etc.) while FMS (Long Range Navigation) is selected for display and providing lateral/vertical guidance. A long-range navigation source (FMS) must be the active navigation source in order for the PREVIEW prompt to be displayed.
- When the necessary conditions are satisfied, the auto NAV preview functionality performs the following:
- Automatically selects the NAV preview mode
- Selects the SRN source for the approach procedure entered in the FMS flight plan
- Automatically sets the course on the display to the required in-bound course for the approach.
- With auto NAV preview functionality, the flight crew is still required to arm the flight director for automatic transition from LRN (FMS) guidance to SRN guidance.
- The EDS automatically selects the NAV preview mode when the following auto NAV preview enabling conditions are satisfied:
- The FMS is the selected NAV source
- The aircraft is within 75 NM flight plan distance and 30 NM direct distance from the destination airport
- An SRN approach is selected in the FMS flight plan
- Auto-tuning is enabled for the on-side NAV receiver
- The on-side SRN source frequency specified by the FMS approach is tuned by the FMS.
- When the auto NAV preview conditions are satisfied, the NAV preview information is displayed on the PFD. When the NAV preview information is displayed, the flight crew can modify the SRN course or deselect the NAV preview mode altogether.
Alternatively, you can preset the localizer frequency and the approach back course. (This would be advisable if you expect to be on a complicated STAR with short vectors to ILS final, precluding the auto-tune function.) You would enter the ILS identifier into appropriate LSK in the PROGRESS page and the ILS approach course in the Display Controller PREVIEW submenu.
Localizer Mode Selection
Figure: LNAV Mode Selection, from G450 Aircraft Operating Manual, §2B-08-00, Pg. 7.
The book isn't very clear about this, but it is a basic function we've been doing for as long as we've had flight directors: use LNAV only for localizer only, APPR for an ILS.
Approach Armed
Figure: Loc Mode Arm, from G450 Aircraft Operating Manual §2B-08-00, Figure 26.
[G450 AOM, §2B-08-120 ¶17.] The LOC mode automatically intercepts, captures, and tracks a front course localizer beam using the selected navigation source displayed on the coupled PFD. The LOC navigation source is selected using the display controller. The aircraft flies the heading intercept and is armed for automatic LOC beam capture.
Figure: Localizer Mode, from G450 Aircraft Flight Manual §2B-08-00, figure 25.
Be careful about the intercept angle. If you are in LRN mode the FMS should do a fine job of leading the turn if your speed is fairly constant. If you are in SRN mode with a large intercept angle, the FMS doesn't seem to grasp the distance to course until it is too late.
Localizer Course Tracking
Figure: Localizer Course Tracking, from G450 Aircraft Operating Manual §2B-08-00, Figure 28.
[G450 AOM, §2B-08-120 ¶19.] The track submode, shown in [the figure], is annunciated the same way as LOC capture mode. There is no annunciator change that occurs at the capture to track mode transition. The track mode follows the capture mode and occurs after the beam deviation is reduced to a minimal value. In the track mode, the flight guidance computer automatically compensates for crosswinds of up to 45_ of course error.
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DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said today that further growth in Iowa's wind energy industry will figure heavily into meeting his job-creation goals over the next five years.
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"I am pleased the MGA is in Des Moines to showcase Iowa's success in advancing energy transmission," said Branstad, who serves as the association's vice chairman. "Throughout the Midwest, governors are continuing to make significant progress in transmission development, which is important for future economic growth and producing low-cost and renewable wind energy."
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Last January, I was invited again in Oriental Mindoro by our local partners to help them in their protest against the plans to plant GMOs in the province despite the existing ban in the province.Going back there reminded me of the struggle of the people of Negros Occidental way back in 2009 when their ban on GMOs was put to the test. Representatives from the Department of Agriculture and some business men in the animal industry were trying to convince the local government to allow entry of GMO Corn feeds as well as to lift the ban to allow the propagation of GMO corn. However, the people of Negros from different sectors including farmers, business groups (food and organic industry) and civil society groups stood their ground and the ordinance remained.The same is happening now in Mindoro where several groups are trying to have the ordinance "revisited" to allow GMOs to be planted legally in the province. Oriental Mindoro together with the other provinces in Region IV-B have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to pursue organic agriculture years ago, a model that the Department of Agriculture should respect and follow since this is in line with the recently passed National Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 or RA 10068.But instead of respecting the will of the people and local governments to refuse the entry of GMOs in their provinces, the DA through the Bureau of Plant Industry is even partnering with groups who are promoting the use of GMOs in Agriculture.As Christy Marasigan, a representative from PAKISAMA, a national organisation of farmers, and spokesperson for the Mindoro Ecological and Sustainable Agriculture Federation (MESAFed) said: "It is unfortunate that DA is undermining the people's will which is clearly expressed through local ordinances. We do not understand why DA-BPI would still attempt to promote the use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture when there is already a standing ban on GMOs." She further added that "as a regulatory agency, the DA-BPI is expected to be unbiased and respectful of the decisions of local governments to ban GMOs and implement the National Organic Agriculture Act. "Whether it's Bt corn, Bt eggplant or Golden Rice, Mindoreños will continue opposing the entry of GMOs in our province. It comes from a strong belief that the way for agriculture to provide enough food for Filipinos while not harming the environment is through organic and ecological agriculture."Together with Christy and representatives from the local government, we visited several corn fields in Pinamalayan and found out that there is indeed illegal planting of GMO corn in Oriental Mindoro. Local farmers have already expressed their concern about contamination since most of them are practicing organic agriculture. The group agreed to submit a letter to the Governor who recently formed the GMO Monitoring Committee to enforce the ban on GMOs.It makes me wonder why the BPI, despite public opposition, recent scientific studies that show the risks from GMOs as well as the decision of other countries to ban GMOs, is not at all regulating GMOs but instead are going out of their way to defend GMOs. What's in it for them?I remember an official of the BPI once said that enforcing GMO bans is very difficult. This is exactly the reason why, instead of approving and promoting GMOs, the BPI should instead ban the propagation and field testing of GMOs and instead help in the promotion of organic agriculture in the Philippines.
Daniel Ocampo is Sustainable Agriculture and Genetic Engineering Campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia based in the Philippines. Follow him on Twitter for more updates via @dannyoPh
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This sweater was perfect! It still looks fancy but so easy to throw on over a pair of my maternity leggings.
I was obsessed with this sweater the moment I seen it online! I love that it ties up and I can accentuate my little growing baby bump even though it isn't a maternity shirt. It's such a beautiful sweater and looks nice and glam. I could tell online that the fabric was excellent quality and it really is. It just feels really fancy and comfy. I'm usually not a fan of mustard yellow lol but something about this top just really stood out. I think I'm going to have to order the black and blue ones too!
Sweater: Goodnight Macaroon | Boots: Givenchy | Purse: Louis Vuitton | Purse Scarf: Louis Vuitton
Maternity Pants: H & M | Hat: BooHoo


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Hi you guys.
So as you know, I like to talk about Facebook Ads. I also run dozens of ad campaigns for clients per week. I don't share all the results of the campaigns I do, but I like to pick and choose a couple of them and brag about them.
Why do I show my work? Because I keep seeing restaurants advertising on billboards, on huge radio buys and *gasp* cable TV ads. And that makes me want to cry. Not really, but it does make me cringe at how much money is wasted. I'm not saying these other methods don't work, but they are 10x less effective than a good ol' targeted digital campaign.
So here are a couple notes from me today on Facebook ads:
- Get your creative right. This means spend a few minutes to set up the photo that you're trying to take. If you want an ad to pop, it needs to be a pretty picture that someone will want to see, interact with, eat, etc.
- Be a hipster copywriter. This includes not being so sales-y in your copy. People can smell an ad pitch. Just show the product and don't waste people's time with trying too hard to sell them on the product. For example, notice the difference between the following copy. "Come and sit on our patio!!!" or... "Hey, it sure is pretty on our patio." Maybe I'll need to make another post/manifesto on this. People can sniff out an ad so fast, so you need to lay off the sales talk and just let the post speak for itself.
- Use your best performing posts as ads. This is more for people with limited budgets, but what I usually do is post 2-3 different types of posts per day for a client and boost the ones who get the best performance. Don't think too much into this.
- Use the Voltron List. What's the Voltron List? I wrote about it and how you can create one here. Basically, create a list of low hanging fruit, which is people who've engaged with you, your email contacts and people who visit your physical website. It's FREE MONEY. So go do it.
- Video over photos. Video ads get 5-10x more engagement than photos. I don't know why this is. I guess I don't care, but the numbers don't lie. If given the option, use video, even if it's only a couple seconds long. Boomerang posts tend to get lots of engagement, so start with those and then graduate to longer form videos.
I'm sure I have more thoughts, but I got busy, so I'll share those for another post.
Go spend your pennies on ads, or spend your thousands on billboards. I don't really care what you do with your hard earned money, people. Just know that some methods are better than others.


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After a 7-hour train trip through gorgeous countryside (I made sure I travelled in the fleeting daylight) I arrived in Bergen. I found my flat with the help of a taxi driver who somehow negotiated the little hillside (Can we call it a mountainside? Having only lived in flat parts of the world, this qualified as a mountain to me...) streets that probably were not built with the automobile in mind. Just a couple of streets from the top of the inhabited part of the mountain was my accommodation; a lovely apartment with an incredible view over Bergen. Although my visit was during the darkest and rainiest time of year, the beauty of the place constantly thrilled me...as is evident by my heavy use of Instagram during those days.
As Bergen was Grieg's birthplace and is situated near his home, Troldhaugen, there was much to see and do there. I worked on some of Grieg's songs with soprano, Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, at the Grieg Academy, spent many hours at the Grieg Archives at Bergen Public Library, where I, among other things, looked at some of Grieg's manuscripts. Very moving. And of course, a "pilgrimage" to Troldhaugen, for another look at his house and the Grieg Museum, and to meet with a couple of the people I had met when I visited in 2010.
The end of each day involved a very steep climb up the mountain, which became only slightly easier with every ascent. I was grateful for the constant rain and above-freezing temperatures, wondering how in the world one would negotiate that steep walk in ice and snow.


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Growing up with my father was not always easy. He was often demanding –expecting every job to be completed and to be done right. Whether it was drying the dishes, scrubbing the floor, raking the leaves, shoveling the snow from the drive in the winter, writing a term paper, or something as simple as addressing an envelope, nothing less than completion and excellence was expected. When I was a teenager, his personality rankled me, and more than once my interactions with him left me feeling frustrated and hateful. Little did I realize how his insistence on finishing well would lead to no regrets when my father died.
Recently I spoke for the Michigan Assisted Living Association on the topic of my PIG book, creating great relationships—the bedrock of true leadership. A woman from the audience came up to me afterwards, put her arms around me, and with tears in her eyes whispered, "You have no idea what your words meant to me today. I am forty-seven years old and have been battling with my mother for years, and today, for the first time, I realized that she will never change–it's up to me if I am to have the relationship I want with her." She realized her part in finishing well with her mother.
Last week a young man who works on a physicians' team emailed me to say that he'd read my PIG book and it brought tears to his eyes as he realized the part he'd played in contributing to a miserable relationship with his boss. He said that one simple idea allowed him to see his boss in a whole new light, relieving a mountain of stress he'd been carrying around. He now understood his role in finishing well with his boss.
I don't know about you, but today I like to finish well at anything I do, whether it be finishing a speech or a consulting job or work with a coaching client or participation in a 5K walk (no, I'm not a runner). Finishing well with my father meant that I needed to change. It meant allowing my father to be who he was without expecting him to be different. It meant loving my father and honoring him by focusing, not on the things that irritated, but on all the incredible gifts he poured into my life (albeit, I didn't know it at the time)–things like standards of excellence, honesty, generosity, loyalty, commitment, resiliency, courage, and faith–the list goes on. These were all things my siblings and I learned simply by having the good fortune to be raised by loving parents who cared about "finishing well," whatever the job. And I was determined that I wanted to finish well when it came to my relationship with my father.
There are lots of things I could share to illustrate how our often contentious relationship changed over the last 10 years of his life, but my father's parting words to my son Joe the day before my father died says it best. Joe went into my father's bedroom to say goodbye, and emerged with tears streaming down his face. "Mom, Grandpa said, 'Joey, your mom is an angel; she's always been here for your grandma and me. She's the strong one in the family and you need to know that about her. Take good care with your mother; she deserves nothing less.'" I don't believe that my father could have said that 10 years earlier. Thank God he lived to be old enough for me to mature enough to make it possible for me to say at the end of his life, "Yup, my dad and I, we finished well."
I've read that only about 30% of leaders finish well. As a leader in your organization – home, business, church, or community – I am convinced you want to be a part of that 30%, whether it be finishing well in your career, a job, a project, or a relationship. To be an enduring positive influence in the lives of others requires a commitment to finish and to finish well.
Consider these questions:
1) In each area of your life, are you on track to finish well? If not, what areas need a renewed commitment from you?
2) What needs to change in order for you to finish well?
3) Who do you need to be and what specific actions do you need to take to finish well with each significant person in your life?


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Carl Icahn offered to buy as much as $325 million in Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. convertible debt at a discount of at least 25% to face value.
Icahn offered 75 cents on the dollar for $150 million of 2.94% convertible senior subordinated notes due in 2024, and 73 cents on the dollar for $175 million of 3.63% convertible senior subordinated notes due in 2025, he said Tuesday.
Buying the debt, which can be converted to stock at preset prices, would give Icahn more leverage over the independent film and television studio. The owner of a 14.5% stake in Lions Gate, Icahn announced the tender offer last week, after the collapse of talks to acquire board seats.
Lions Gate spokesman Peter Wilkes didn't immediately comment. Icahn's New York office also didn't immediately respond.
The Vancouver, Canada, company, which runs its film and TV studios out of Santa Monica, has cut costs and reduced its film slate after reporting a third-quarter loss of $93.4 million last month. Icahn, has increased his stock holdings from 3.7% since October.
Shares of Lions Gate rose 41 cents, or 8.4%, to $5.31.


text: Reflections on a Pilgrimage 1 July 2018 Cameron Cutts 0 Comments http://southyarrabaptist.church/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Sermon180701.mp3 Save Audio This week Cameron shared some reflections on the L'arche Melbourne Community's pilgrimage to Uluru in celebration of their 40 years in Australia. There is no written version, but you can listen to the recording. Share this...Facebook0TwitteremailPrint


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Welcome to Year 6!
Congratulations on reaching the top of the School! A very busy and exciting year lies ahead and Mrs Small and I are very much looking forward to experiencing Year 6 with you and preparing you for Secondary School. We will be hitting the ground running as there is so much to squeeze in this year. I can't wait for the River Dart Residential and School Production in the Summer but know we have got a lot of learning to do before we get there. I am sure we will all work together to make your last year at Cedar Park a special one.
Our PE slots for this half-term will be on a Monday and Thursday but the children should have their PE kit in school at all times. Mondays will be with a Premier Sport Coach and we of course have swimming on a Thursday for the first half term.
The Curriculum News, available on this web page soon, outlines the topics we will be focusing on in each area of the curriculum during the Autumn Term and we hope you will continue to support your children at home with Homework activities, especially reading and learning multiplication tables. There continues to be a greater emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar in ALL areas of the curriculum so please encourage children to proof-read all their writing and speak in grammatically correct sentences.
In Year 6, children continue to be encouraged to take responsibility for their personal organisation and need to make sure they come to school well-rested and prepared to learn. Although we will always have resources for children who forget things, I must stress that they need to have a handwriting pen (which can be purchased from Mrs Small for £1.75), at least one pencil, a ruler and a rubber. As drawer space is limited, it is helpful if children have a pencil case with just the essentials.
Reading Record Books - Parents are asked to continue to read and discuss texts with children and record a minimum of 4 sessions a week in the Reading Record Book, which will be checked on Mondays. Children should have their reading book in school daily. We will visit the Library when required but children will always have the opportunity to change their books.
Homework Diaries - There will be regular Homework and we often follow up Homework the following day so please ensure your child completes tasks by the given deadlines. Children should write Homework and any reminders in their Homework Diary every day. If there is no Homework they should write "No HW" so parents know they haven't just forgotten to write it down! Please sign the diaries over the weekend as these will be checked on Monday each week. This is an excellent way to communicate too, so feel free to send any non-urgent messages using it. Diaries should be in school every day.
PE & Games - Children need to have the correct kit for swimming, indoor and outdoor games lessons. This should include trainers (clean trainers or plimsolls for indoor lessons), black shorts and a house T-shirt. When the weather is colder children can wear jogging bottoms and jumpers outside.
Uniform - I remind you that Children are expected to set a good example and look smart at all times as the younger children look up to the Year 6s as role models. Hair should be tied back with plain hair ties and clips of a colour which blends in with school uniform. Ear studs are permitted but nothing else.
River Dart - More information will follow throughout the year and the talk is this term. If you have any questions please ask and I will do my best to answer them.
Finally, please continue to share any concerns you may have as it is important to us that your child is happy in school, especially during their final year!
'Working together to be the best we can.'
Mr Spurway
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Dec. 9, 2013: DA Fitzpatrick, public education Day of Action, Blair Horner
December 9, 2013
Co-chair of the Moreland Commission, Onondaga County DA William Fitzpatrick discusses Moreland findings and what's next for the commission.
Parents, educators, union members and community members will engage in "a statewide Day of Action to reclaim the promise of public education". NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira and UUP President Frederick Kowal explain what the group is fighting for.
A coalition of good government group is demanding Governor Cuomo take action on Moreland recommendations. NYPIRG's Blair Horner gets specific.◄ Back to PodCasts


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Author(s): Ed Moloney
For decades the British and Irish have 'got used to' a situation without parallel in Europe; a cold, ferocious, persistent campaign of bombing and terror of extraordinary duration and inventiveness. At the heart of that campaign lies one man: Gerry Adams. From the outbreak of the troubles to the present day he has been an immensely influential figure. The most compelling question about the IRA is: how did a man who condoned atrocities that resulted in huge numbers of civilian deaths also become the guiding light behind the peace process?
Ed Moloney is currently New York correspondent for the SUNDAY TRIBUNE.