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Early Childhood Education
Billings Public Schools offers many resources for early child development. Whether it be preschool, or services provided to families in need, each of these programs caters to many different needs for our community. Explore the options below to find the program that will best suite your child's needs.
Early Childhood Education Programs
Early Childhood Intervention
Phone: (406) 281-5885
ECI Website
Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is a state-funded agency that provides services to families who have infants and toddlers with developmental delays. The state of Montana has contracted with ECI for 35 years to provide these home-based services for qualifying children from birth to 36 months of age.
Part C federal and state funds are used exclusively to support all ECI functions, no general funds are used from the Billings Public Schools budget. However there is a close relationship between ECI and Billings Public Schools in communication and in providing a seamless transition for children who qualify for special education services at age 3. In addition the Billings Public Schools has received thousands of "graduates" from ECI, children who perform stronger in school and life due to the intensive early intervention provide at a young age. For more information about ECI please go to: www.ecibillings.org
Career Center Preschool
Cindy Keller
Preschool Coordinator
3723 Central Avenue
Billings, Montana 59101
(406) 281-5362
Preschool Website
The Career Center Early Childhood Education's mission is to establish a safe and healthy learning environment appreciating early childhood as a unique and valuable stage of development. The environment will provide young children with the means to develop physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively with emphasis on building self-reliance skills.
The Career Center Early Childhood Education's preschool will provide an environment for the preschool children conducive to becoming a life long learner. Through positive guidance, all children will find themselves successful and accepted as individuals that learn collaboratively in a community. This preschool will be committed to appreciating and supporting the close ties between the child and family, recognizing that children are the best understood in the context of family, culture, and society.
Your child must be 3 to 5 years of age and must be toilet trained to attend our preschool.
Special Education Academy Preschool
Special Education Preschool Website
Our special education program for preschool age children provides early intervention for children with disabilities and assists in the development of skills necessary for future success and independence. The district's curriculum for preschool age children with special needs emphases developmentally appropriate practices and individualized and group instruction utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. The program's focus is to providing for each child's educational needs by collaborating with families and developing community partnerships. We provide a continuum of services to promote less restrictive placements for our preschool children as they enter school aged programs.
Eligible children can receive preschool special education services beginning on their third birthday and may stay until they enter into a Kindergarten or full-day school aged program.


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Donor Engagement Director (Intern)
Donor Experience Director (Internship Role)
To Apply
Please send a copy of your resume, the URL to your LinkedIn profile, and a short (less than 150 words) description about why you're specifically interested in joining Fore Hadley Foundation to firstname.lastname@example.com with "Donor Experience Director" in the subject line.
About the Fore Hadley Foundation
The Fore Hadley Foundation provides hope, opportunity, and support to the Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) community, and serves to inspire others to join the fight to eliminate this disease.
The Fore Hadley Foundation was created to drive awareness and generate funding for families and children affected by Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). CDH is a rare birth defect that effects roughly 1 in every 2,500 live births per year worldwide, with a current survival rate of only 50%. Founded in 2016 by Ryan and Katie Bush after losing their daughter Hadley to this devastating disease, the foundation is dedicated to enabling and supporting the medical research community and affected families by providing funds aiding both research and recovery. The organization is driven to make a difference by pursuing the cause of CDH and new, innovative methods for intervention or treatment, providing CDH survivors and/or their families with opportunities to excel through continuing education scholarships, and offering financial assistance to ensure the proper care needed for a child diagnosed with CDH.
While officially a non-profit 501(c)3 per our IRS-designation, we operate more in line with a fast-paced entrepreneurial tech startup, and are backed by a Board of Directors and Advisory Board that have all led successful teams across dozens of industries and share a passion for disruption and change. For more information please visit: http://www.forehadley.com/
Role Description
Design, implement, maintain, and grow a one-of-a-kind donor experience that creates not only an expanded network through new engagement methodologies and automation, but also provides our existing network with improved access and visibility to the differences being made in the community thanks to their involvement. Transparency is inherent in everything we do, so this role would be tasked with not only creating new, stimulating content but also finding techniques that best disseminate existing and future content to a dynamic and disparate nationwide community.
The impact of this role is vital not only to the expansion of Fore Hadley Foundation service lines and capabilities, but more importantly it will also have a direct impact on the number of infant lives we can save via expanded academic medical research, improved awareness, and the financial/emotional support of families currently struggling with a CDH diagnosis.
We're looking for a self-starter, someone who is personally motivated to take a set of loosely defined objectives and put their own signature on a plan that will help take us from incubation to the leading non-profit worldwide for CDH support and fundraising. Non-profit in name only, we are modeled after and run like a for-profit startup. Preferably this person would have experience with any combination of: account management, sales, marketing, copywriting/PR, multimedia content creation, and social media management.
The Opportunity
- Build a ground-up donor engagement experience that will help put an end to a relatively unknown but lethal birth defect
- Gain exposure to a network of local, regional, and national business leaders and have the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with some of the leading research centers in the world (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins Medicine, University of California San Francisco)
- Work from home and travel nationwide for meetings to develop content/stories/copy with CDH families, medical leaders, etc.
- Semester stipend to be offered
The Donor Experience Manager's responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Revenue/Community Growth & Retention
- Use existing donor base (1000+ individuals and businesses) to expand existing financial engagement, limit donor "leak", and increase recurring donations
- Expand/diversify donor base via creative content campaigns and emerging technologies
- Inspire Hope and Rave Reviews
- With transparency as your #1 guiding principle, increase donor emotional engagement with Fore Hadley resulting in a willingness to raise awareness and funds on our behalf
- Grow expansive and diverse 3rd party recognition database to increase credibility of Fore Hadley during startup and aggressive growth period
- Provide Field-Based Candid Feedback to the Fore Hadley Board of Directors
- Present opportunities for new research techniques, donor/family engagement, possible partnership opportunities based on daily interactions with growing Fore Hadley and greater CDH community.
The Type of Leader We Need
So, you've stuck with us to this point, which means you should hopefully share some of these values with us:
- You are a confident and independent thinker willing to take initiative and not afraid to fail
- You are an exceptional communicator and build strong personal/professional relationships
- You strive for excellence in all that you do and love to motivate and inspire
- You work well in changing, fluid environments and can take ownership of large tasks/challenges
- You have a strong emotional connection to cause-centric messaging and fundraising, aka You want to save lives!
- You have a strong desire to learn, grow, and evolve personally and alongside Fore Hadley Foundation
- Current/recent Graduate or Undergraduate student in good academic standing studying Business (marketing, entrepreneurial studies, management, etc.), Non-Profit Management, Public Policy, Healthcare Administration, or have a background of similar makeup
- Preferably previous professional experience with generating revenue, creating dynamic/viral content (and familiarity with the technology for doing so), account management, event planning, etc.
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Dealing with bad credit is never fun. It's also really easy to end up with a lower score than you deserve. A couple late credit payments, some poor choices on loans and - BAM - you have bad credit. So what can you do to repair it? Are there easy solutions to this problem? We're here to tell you: Yes there are!
We've included the best tips for beginning to fix up your credit score. It all starts with your report. Getting it can be more tricky than you'd guess, but if you know what you're doing, it's easy!
To begin, you want to know exactly what your number is. This means it's time to check your credit report. Now, every person is allowed to request a copy of their credit report for free once a year. After that there will be a fee. There are dozens of websites out there that will get you your credit score, but some will try to charge you so watch out for the ones with credit card info pages before results.
The best site to go with is consumer.FTC.gov where you can get helpful direction from authorized organizations like the Federal Trade Commission. You'll be sure to receive the right information.
After receiving your report, scan it for any errors including but not limited to:
If you do see any of these things, than you can dispute the errors with the credit bureau and reporting agency by addressing each mistake in a letter to send with copies of your report to the credit reporting company (send it certified "return receipt requested" so you know it gets there). Make sure to be specific and clear in your letter so there are not further mistakes made.
If everything looks right than it's really time to get down to business. The two main ways to get your credit score on the rise is to remind yourself when payments are due and to start paying back what you owe.
You might find yourself looking into hiring a credit advisor or a company to repair your credit for you. As long as you find a legitimate company and not a scam this might be something helpful. Just know before you start working with a company like this, that you can do everything they do on your own, so if you want to tackle the situation yourself, you can. As long as you make informed and smart decisions, you can turn that score around.
Set a reminder a few days before your payment is due so you can get ready to make it. How do you get ready for a payment? Well if you need to move money around here is your chance. I would also set a second reminder on the day the payment is due to actually make the payment. The final reminder I would set is the final day of the grace period. Some loans and bills give you a few days (some a week) to make your payment. Setting a reminder on the first day and the last day will guarantee you make the payment.
Another option you have with some companies and lenders is to set up automatic payments. Then it's not up to you to make the payment, but up to them to take the money out of your account. This way you'll know when to be sure that money is in the proper account.
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Once you know which ones you owe the most on, and which debts and interest rates will hit you hardest, you want to start putting money toward them. Now there are two ways of going about this. The way I suggest is to get rid of the high interest loans/credit cards first, this will help you not continue to fall into debt but instead be left with lower interest rate debt and lower payments.
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Spazio Rossana Orlandi _Via Matteo Bandello 14, 20123 Milano, Italy
Organized by Spazio Rossana Orlandi
"Someone's Window" is a project about respect.
It all started from my humble wish to have a moment of inspiration with the master of the room, looking through his/her perspective.
For this moment of inspiration and transcendence of time and space, I wish to share it with the viewer.
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Year after year, Kelly and I spend several days in High Point, North Carolina at the International Furniture Market to stay on top of trends, source new products, do "sit tests" and see new products that will come into the marketplace in about 6 months.
It's also so fun to see the many friends we've made over the years by attending industry events such as The Design Blogger's Conference, Tobi Fairley's Mastermind Group, Design Camp, Brizo 19 Blog Tour, ADAC Events and Modenus Blog Tour.
We were very impressed by so many product collaborations that designers have been involved in. I love Barry Dixon for Arteriors, Barclay Butera for Eastern Accents, and Cynthia Rowley for Hooker Furniture.
A couple of designers really stood out this market. Chicago based Julia Buckingham of Buckingham Interior Design and Tobi Fairley Interior Design out of Little Rock.
Julia rolled out a large number of pieces for Global Views.
Here are a few of my favorites!
Tea light chandelier in smoke – 3 other colors available
The wiggle chair in Merlot
Treasure trunks in peacock blue
Raindrop rug – 5×8. 6×9, 8×10 and 9×12
Trinket table in clear – also comes in purple and aqua!! – Love those chains.
Decorative glass crown block
You can see the rest of the collection at Global Views.
Even though she is extremely busy, she took the time to answer some questions for me.
This "pink wash" art for Soicher Marin was one of my favorites. I love these too:
This is one of my favorite photos from the CR Laine showroom:
Tobi has a very full plate but was gracious enough to take the time to answer some questions.
Joann: What is your favorite item from your collection and why?
Joann: Had you always wanted to produce a line of products? How did the collaboration come to be?
Joann: Did you see something lacking in the market that you wanted to put out there?
Joann: What advice would you give someone who is interested in pursuing this avenue?
Joann: I would ask you where you find your inspiration from but most of the answers are generally travel, nature, architecture, etc. My question is, how do you find balance and the sanity to create a product line, run a successful design business, travel, etc.?
Tobi: First of all, I have a great team that works with me to help me balance everything and get things done. But we are also very strict with our time management. I carve out blocks of time to focus on each part of the business so that each avenue gets my full attention. And I always make sure I include my vacation time on our company calendar – otherwise I'd never take it! It is a juggling act, but if you love what you do, you just keep juggling! And I am constantly pushing to put my own health and my family time on the calendar first. Because success isn't worth anything without my family to share it with and if I don't have my health and stamina, I can't make any of this happen!


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Syfy's Backstreet Boys/NSYNC Zombie Movie Has a Trailer Now (VIDEO)
Remember that time we confused you all with news that Nick Carter was writing a futuristic zombie western starring members of the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC?
Well that movie — titled Dead 7 — is actually happening and you can watch the trailer now.
What. Even.
In addition to BSB's Carter and A.J. McLean and NSYNC members Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, the trailer claims that Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees and all of O-Town's current lineup will appear — because it's the '90s again.
The movie will allegedly premiere on the Syfy channel on April 1, 2016 at 8 PM EST. Unless of course this is all some super elaborate April Fool's Day prank.
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Organizations Concerned with Yemen
American Institute for Yemeni Studies http://www.aiys.org
c/o Dr. Maria Ellis
Executive Director
Ardmore, PA 19003-0311
AIYS is a not-for-profit consortium of institutions of higher education dedicated to the advancement of knowledge in all aspects of Yemeni Studies. Institutions as well as individuals are encouraged to join the Institute, which maintains an Overseas Research Center (office, hostel, and library) in Sanaa (P.O. Box 2658, Sanaa, Yemen; (967-1)-275-588, fax (967-1)-276-410), publishes the bulletin Yemen Update and occasional other publications, and sponsors this Yemen Webdate website. For more information about AIYS see the official webpage.
Arabian Plate Geological Research Group
Prof. M. Manzies
Dept. of Geology
Royal Holloway
University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
United Kingdom
This group publishes a periodic newsletter.
Association France-Yemen
1 bis rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre
75005 Paris
This French association publishes a periodic bulletin. The general secretary is Yves Thoraval.
The British-Yemeni Society http://www.al-bab.com/bys/
Secretary, Julian Paxton, 23 The Green, Richmond, Surrey,TW9 1LX
Chairman, Mr. R.Douglas Gordon.
This registered charity publishes a journal and sponsors lectures and events in England.
Centre français d'ètudes yéménites http://www.univ-aix.fr/cfey/
275417 (in Sanaa), fax= 270725 (in Sanaa)
This is the main French research center concerned with Yemeni studies. It operates a building, with an excellent library and rooms for guests at Bayt al-Ajami (just off 26 September Street) in Sanaa. The activities of the centre are documented in the annual Chroniques Yéménites.
Le Cercle Franco - Yemenite http://www.metaclarity.com/franco_yemen/en/index.html
Michel PERCOT, Association President
Inaugurated in January. 2002, the objectives are to promote friendship and understanding between the peoples of the two countries and to advance public knowledge in France about the Republic of Yemen and in Yemen about the Republic of France; its history, geography, economy and culture. Founded by Sumaya ALI RAJA.
Deutsch-Jemenitischen Gesellschaft
Erwinstrasse 52
79102 Freiburg
This society is oriented toward German-Yemeni relations and scholarly research. Their bi-annual journal is called Jemen-Report. The current editor is Herr Prof. Dr. Horst Kopp, Weiherakkerweg 10, 91080 Rathsburg, Germany.
Friends of Hadhramut http://www.hadhramaut.co.uk
48 Richmond Park Road, East Sheen
London SW 14 8JT
United Kingdom.
This is a charity with the aim of providing for the needs of people in the wadi.
Korea-Yemen Center http://hopia.net/kyc/index_e.html
Tel: 82-2-876-4249, Fax: 82-2-876-4349
Leigh Douglas Memorial Fund http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/douglas.htm
The fund was established in memory of Leigh Douglas, who was killed in Lebanon in 1986. The fund makes a number of small grants (ca. 300 British Pounds each) each year to scholars of all nationalities working on aspects of the social sciences or humanities relating to Yemen. For more information, contact Dr. Venetia Porter, 43 Kempe Road, London NW6 6SP, United Kingdom.
Muath Welfare Trust
The Bordesley Centre
Stratford Road
Camp Hill
Birmingham B11 1AR
United Kingdom
Islamic charity in Birmingham, England set up to advance the education of Yemeni children, as well as social and welfare services.
Seminar for Arabian Studies
c/o Institute of Archeaology
31-34 Gordon Square
London WC1 OPY
United Kingdom
fax= 0171-383-2572 (in England)
This annual seminar is held at the University of London, Cambridge, or Oxford. It publishes a series of Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.
The Society for Arabian Studies
Society for Arabian Studies,
c/o The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH.
United Kingdom
Originally founded in 1973 by Sir Mortimer Wheeler (who is, unfortunately, no longer still digging) as the Committee for Arabian and Gulf Studies and then expanded to its present name in 1987. The Society organises lectures on Arabian themes, publishes an annual Bulletin and is organising a Study Day and Workshop on the Red Sea ("Red Sea Trade and Travel") at the British Museum in October.
Yemeni Development Foundation http://www.ydf.org.uk
MOHAMMAD ALMASYABI, Chief Executive
225 May Lane, Birmingham. B14 4AW U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)121-684 3865
Fax: +44 (0)121-441 5990
YDF is a not-for-profit British registered organisation which exists to harness and support the development of community initiatives for the benefit of all.
The Yemen Language Center http://www.ylcint.com
Provides five terms for the study of Arabic in Sanaa. In 1997 these ran from Jan 4-March 19, March 29-June 11, June 15-August 27, July 5-September 17, and October 4-December 17. Credits will transfer to most universities. For more information in the USA, contact Mr. Gordon Covey, POB 813, Pearblossom, CA 93553 (805-944-1358 phone and fax). Also check out their web site at. In Yemen, contact YLC, POB 3671, Sanaa, Yemen (011-967-1-285-125).
The Yemen Ornithological Society
There is a monthly newsletter known as The Lammergeier, which records recent sightings of birds in Yemen. Membership of the society is available for $20.
The Yemeni-American League http://members.aol.com/yalnet/yemenis.htm
The YAL is intended to be the first organization to unite the growing number of educated yemenis in the U.S.. We all understand the importance of organization and networking for the advancement of our community, and the improvement of the conditions of our people. The YAL offers each one of us a platform through which we can all contribute to better our community.
Miscellaneous Organizations
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee http://www.adc.org
4201 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 244-2990
Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS) http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/~gallaghe/amews.html
Editorial Office
64 Alumni Avenue
Providence, RI 02906
G.C.C. Folklore Centre
Doha, Qatar
861999 (in Qatar)
867170 (fax)
Publishes al-Ma'thurat al-Sha'biyya four times a year.
Middle East Medievalists http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Hist/mem/
The Oriental Institute
1155 E. 58th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
Publishes a bi-annual bulletin called al-Usur al-Wusta.
Middle East Section, American Anthropological Association http://www.aaanet.org/mes/mes.html
Middle East Studies Association http://www.mesa.arizona.edu
1634 East Helen St.
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-5850
(520) 626-9095 (fax)
Ornithological Society of the Middle East


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Hello everyone!
Ingrid here today with two canvas layouts to share with you.
For my first project I used a photo from our vacation to Greece last year.
For my first project I used a photo from our vacation to Greece last year.
With this project I started by making the background using a stencil and modeling paste.
Added the paints and toned it down with some gesso.
Used a thread string to make the vertical line.
Also used some felting wool to create some texture.
The dream arrow chippie, almost bare and with a light touch of gesso.
The dandelion chippie got two coats of gesso.
The felting wool gives it a nice dreamy, almost a watercolor look.
Added some beads.
A piece of the Leafy Shrub Set #1.
Some flowers with a center of the felting wool.
All got a final touch with some gesso.
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Arrow Word Set
Leafy Shrub Set 1
Whispy Dandelions
And here is my second project:
Hubby and I are also loving our long walks together and on these walks I love to
take photos. This one is from an early walk with the fresh dew on all the plants and trees.
I started this project by glueing the elegant flourish and some bubble clumps.
Gessoed the whole canvas and added some modeling paste.
I made some circles in the wet modeling paste with a small stick.
Once dry, I added all the paints.
Some gesso as an extra touch to let the chipboard stand out more.
The circles made in the wet modeling paste gives a nice background.
The flourish on the background.
A piece of the bubble clump.
The same piece of flourish I used in the background but this one got a coat with gesso.
Under all the chipboards and flowers, I added some felting wool.
The word was painted with some acrylic paint.
Another piece of the bubble clumps, also painted with some gesso.
Made some watered white acrylic paint for the splatters.
Love how it looked on that felting wool.
2Crafty Chipboard used:
6inch Circle Revolution
Bubble Clumps
Elegant Flourish
Mini Travel Words Set 2
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Junk, Litter and Debris
Junk, Litter and Debris Violations
Junk, litter and debris must not be left in the yard. It must be disposed of properly. This includes auto parts, appliances, furniture, building and/or landscaping materials, tires, litter such as discarded paper, cardboard, plastics, etc., debris such as tree trimmings and fallen tree limbs, or any items that have been discarded.
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Planters is the sole Middle Eastern distributor for the renowned Swedish landscaping enterprise, Green Fortune. Green Fortune provide and distribute Living Green Walls, Plantwires and other cutting-edge plant systems throughout the world. Green Fortune's aim is to fully integrate plants and cultivation into modern city living and thereby enhance well-being within urbanised areas; a premise that Planters fully support.
Green Fortune's Living Green Wall in Vapiano Skrapan, Sweden.
Vapiano's restaurants are one of Planters and Green Fortune's international living green wall projects; the first installation having been in Emporia, Sweden in 2012. Vapiano was founded in 2002 in Germany, offering made-to-order Italian cuisine. Since its inauguration, it has become an immensely popular culinary establishment with over 150 branches worldwide.
Living Green Wall in Berlin's Europacenter.
In Europe, Green Fortune have installed living green walls in 5 Swedish branches (Emporia, Skrapan, Täby Centrum, Göteborg and Mall of Scandinavia); 5 German branches (Europacenter, Kiel, Hamburg Gensemarkt, Darmstadt and Düsseldorf) and 2 branches in the Netherlands (Tilburg and Eindhoven).
Living Green Walls at the entrance of the Mall of Scandinavia.
Inside Vapiano's at the Mall of Scandinavia.
In the Middle East, Planters have installed a living green wall for Vapiano in Dubai Media City and are currently in talks regarding Plant walls for Vapiano's new restaurant in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Planters Group aim to furnish all Middle Eastern Vapiano restaurants along with those in Baku.
Living Green Wall by Planters in Vapiano's Dubai Media City.
Vapiano Living Green Wall by Green Fortune in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Living Green Walls are favoured by Vapiano's due to their belief that good, healthy food should be served in a fresh and natural environment. Their living green walls do just that, thereby adding to the natural ambience of each restaurant. Living green walls have the potential to significantly enhance interiors whilst improving air quality, absorbing noise and echoes, and maximising floor space.
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DA files papers to have Arthur Fraser's appointment set aside
The DA has filed papers with the Pretoria High Court to have President Cyril Ramaphosa's appointment of Arthur Fraser as National Commissioner of Correctional Services set aside with immediate effect.
Fraser is a deeply compromised individual who is not unfit to hold such a vital position within government, and the DA argues that the President failed in his constitutional obligations by appointing him.
The serious allegations against Fraser include that he operated a secret and parallel intelligence service from his own home while working for the State Security Agency (SSA) and utilised millions of rands of public funds for personal gain.
Our legal action seeks an order declaring that the President's recent appointment of Arthur Fraser violated the President's constitutional obligation to appoint a National Commissioner who is sufficiently conscientious, has enough credibility to do this important job effectively and is of good character.
The Department of Correctional Services has struggled for some time to function efficiently or effectively. Under Commissioner Modise, it made steady progress towards clamping down on corruption, improving its IT systems and getting better financial control. Under Mr Fraser, this improvement will likely be reversed.
The Courts, including the Constitutional Court, found that Adv Simelane's appointment as National Director of Public Prosecutions was irrational since adverse findings had been made against him in the Ginwala Commission. If that was the case, how much more so must Mr Fraser's appointment be irrational?
We, therefore, ask that the court review and set aside the President's decision to appoint Arthur Fraser as National Commissioner of Correctional Services on 17 April 2018.
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Of course, there isn't any problem. I would be very happy to share my experience. I think that I need to begin with the simplest things. They will help you to understand the most important things much better. I want to begin with this: IVF is a complex series of procedures. They are used to treat fertility or genetic problems and assist with the…[Read more]
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Hi! You know, I think I may help you. Well, I have a friend. She can't have her own children too. That is why her husband and her decided to turn to surrogacy. This is not very difficult procedure. But you know it takes some time. First of all, it is important to find a good clinic. Then you need to see the doctors. They will tell you all the…[Read more]
Okay. Let's start with the video blog. This is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W0ePBKT5qA. Well, I am sure that you will find there a lot of interesting information. I think that it was a great idea to create this video blog. The videos are short, but they contain a lot of useful information. They tell everything about the clinic and f…[Read more]
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Yeah, you are right. Pretty good video. It is great that they have their own blog. They tell about the things that no one clinics tells about. So this information Is really needed by people. I am going to see a doctor from the clinic next month. After I saw the video I understood what problems can I face. But I know that in such situations I…[Read more]
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Hi, ladies! Well, you know, I am going to turn to IVF. And the clinic I have chosen is BioTexCom. I think you have heard about it. You know, recently, they released several videos about the clinic. I have decided to watch it. I had several questions and had hoped that it could help me to find the answers. These videos are very informative and…[Read more]
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I know, I've been a very bad girl. No updates in 2 weeks :(. Well, I have been keeping track and here is how things have gone.
Days 5 & 6
Power 90 kicked my butt so bad earlier in the week that I decided to slow things down significantly. Instead of quitting altogether I decided to do the Great Abs Guaranteed video on Thursday and Friday both. I figured since the abs are muscles that recover very quickly that they could be exercised a couple days in a row exclusively so that the rest of my body could recover.
Days 7 & 8
Saturday was not a good day for exercise. My in-laws were coming over and I needed to get a lot of housework done before they showed up. So as much as I would have like to continue exercising that day I just couldn't find a free moment to do it.
Sunday on the other hand was OK. I got up, had my breakfast and coffee, waited half an hour and then got to working out. I did the Slim-In-Six program again. If I'm going to get on a routine I'd better stick to it.
Days 9 & 10
Monday and Tuesday were just more of the same. My thighs and arms were feeling not quite as sore and I was getting the hang of the Slim-in-Six workout. The one part of the workout that I find difficult right now is the push-ups. At this point I'm barely able to do one without struggling. Debbie Siebers, the instructor, offers an alternative that you do what looks like a yoga inspired move to keep your body flat on the floor and just push your body weight up into the cobra position. It still works.
Days 11 & 12
Wednesday I was pressed for time because I was going to spend the day with my Mom. I worked out first thing in the morning after my husband left for work and before the girls woke up. It felt good and I was energized.
Thursday I ended up still at my mother's house since we spent the night. It got too late Wednesday and mom didn't want to let us leave. DH was none too happy. That's a story for another day should I ever choose to share it.
Since I did not have my video I made to most of playing with Yeyda and mom. We did squats, used the exercise ball to do crunches and did a total upper body exercise using a gallon water jug. I saw this exercise in a Prevention magazine several years back. You and your exercise partner stand back to back, not necesarily touching but close, and pass a medicine ball back and forth. Say you start by passing the ball to your left and your partner turns to their right to grab it. Do 10 reps and then switch sides. Your arms, chest, obliques and abs all get a workout. If you stand in a slightly squatted position so do your legs.
Days 13 & 14
This Friday the 13th was truly a nightmare. I was depressed, upset and tired and didn't have the energy to do anything. I forced myself to clean house and do laundry. Of course I took care of my girls, but other than that I couldn't stop crying. That evening I gave the reason for my mood a piece of my mind so by Saturday I was feeling better.
The in-laws were coming over again on Saturday so I knew I'd be pressed for time getting my family fed, clean and ready. Somehow I was able to make time for my workout before I ate lunch. Actually, I did the Slim-in-Six workout while I cooked lunch for DH and DD1. It worked out pretty good. I had to find sensible places to pause during the workout so I could go check on the food. I kept my heartrate up by marching in place while I prepared their food.
Days 15 & 16
Sunday morning I woke up tired again, but there were things I needed to do before we went to church. Working out just didn't make it's way into the schedule. The good thing was the weather that afternoon was phenomenal and we went to a local outdoor mall for the afternoon. DD1 and I had been suffering from a serious case of Cabin Fever (which would have explained our recent crankiness). The long brisk walk in the sun was what we needed to release some endorphines and let our bodies create some vitamin D.
Monday my workout consisted of shopping at a breakneck pace. Lately, because my DH has been working on the house on the weekends we haven't been able to go grocery or any kind of shopping for a while. Monday was the only day that I knew I'd have free and that the weather would be nice enough for the girls to be out in public with me. I packed lunch for all of us and took it to feed DH. Then we visited my sister-in-law at her coffee shop. She hadn't seen the girls in weeks and was starting to miss them. It was nice because DD1 got to have a tea party and my sister-in-law offered to take DD1 home with her while I shopped. I jumped at the offer!
So I got to go to Kohl's with DD2 sweetly sleeping in her car seat. She did wake up while I was there so I had to nurse her in the dressing room. It was nice to have some privacy while I nursed at a store. As far as clothes I was looking for shoes, trouser jeans and jackets. All I found that actually fit was a little black 3-button blazer with some cute detailing for $13.60. That was quite a deal since it was originally $68! Then it was off to Meijer to grocery shop. I knew exactly what I needed and went around the store as fast as I could to get done. By the time I was done my legs and back hurt and I was ready to go home.
Days 17 & 18
Tuesday was not a good day. I felt like a wet rag. It kind of felt like I was coming down with a cold. Needless to say I didn't work out that day.
Wednesday I knew was going to be a crazy day. DH and the guys from work were going to an expo in Chicago on Thursday and we planned on spending the night at my mom's since they are close to the turnpike. They figured it'd be better to drive the hour north to the toll road the night before instead of having to leave an hour earlier the next morning.
Anyway, I had laundry to finish, dishes to wash, clothes to pack and two little girls to get ready. After breakfast DD1 said she was tired so I let her go back to bed and I popped in the Slim-in-Six DVD. Half way through my workout I heard her talking to someone so I went to check on my DDs. DD1 was happily "reading" a book to DD2 whom had just awakend. What a sweet girl!
I had to workout barefoot because my athletic shoes, like all my shoes are now too small for me. The toes on my left foot get cramped and leave me in pain by the time I'm done. The workout helped me feel energized. I also noticed that I was able to do 8 girly pushups before I had to resort to the cobra move again. I was very happy about that.
Days 19 & 20
Thursday we were left with my mom and dad so we decided to go shopping to get out of the house. Dad has been laid-off and getting out of the house is good for him; it prevents him from getting too depressed. The walking served as my workout and I found some cute clothes for the girls at the Children's Place outlet we went to. I found 2 dresses, one sweater, one onesie and a pair of tights for DD2 and a sweater and 3 shirts for DD1 for under $25.
Today, Friday, I woke up early to nurse DD2 and I couldn't go back to sleep. Since the men had gotten home well after 2 am from their Chicago trip everyone else was still asleep (as they are now). I took the opportunity to do the Great Abs Guaranteed workout. Even though I don't have the video I've done the workout so many times I still remember all the moves. Since I didn't have a stop watch or a clock nearby I did between 15 and 20 reps of each of the seven exercises to comprise the 30 second intervals. The exercises in the workout are:
– Reverse Crunch
– Leg Lifts
– Bicycle
– Crunch
– Right Oblique Crunch
– Left Oblique Crunch
– Full Body Crunch
You have to do each exercise for 30 seconds and do the circuit twice.
Even though it doesn't seem like I've lost any weight I feel stronger and more energized. We don't have a scale at home so I rely on when we go to the doctor's office for DD2's checkups to weigh myself :-P. That's not really a bad thing. Although I would like to have a scale. We just always forget to get one since it's not on the top of our list of things to buy.


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- No waiting in line to get into the Orsay & Orangerie Museums, thanks to our skip-the-line tickets.
- You'll delve into the Impressionist period with your welcomer, an art historian specializing in the movement.
- You'll see two of France's greatest Impressionist collections in one tour.
- You'll surround yourself with 360 degrees of Monet's biggest water lily painting.
Orsay & Orangerie Tour: Impressionism Lovers (Private)
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Painters of the joy of living, painters of modern life, crazy daubers, brilliant artists… Who exactly were the Impressionists? Today, for sure, founders of the most appreciated art movement in the world, yesterday a group of young mocked, offended, misunderstood painters.
How did we pass from one status to the other? Why such hatred for these colorful marvels, for these family scenes in gardens or crowds walking on boulevards. In the Orsay Museum, you will relive the painful birth of this movement, while the Orangerie Museum will allow you to discover its acme and plain success. Your welcomer wil reveal all!
Come relive the "Battle of Impressionism", its low blows, its terrible jibes and the final victory of rebel but sincere artists.
Important Remark: The Orsay Museum is closed every Monday and the Orangerie Museum on every Tuesday. Therefore, this tour cannot be booked on those days.
Orsay Museum Great Nave with its zenithal lighting is a perfect introduction to your tour. Indeed, what characterizes impressionism, if not the taste of light, the study of its variations, the way it modifies our perception of patterns? To seize this light, the artists eventually resolved to paint outdoors, in the "open air". Besides, the landscapes were inexpensive models, a cunning choice for penniless artists.
Previously, landscapes with characters were created in the studio, and such a composition influenced the rendering of the light. Which happened with works produced by the School of Barbizon (after a small village in the South of Paris), which represent the first stage on the long way to Impressionism.
Manet himself, sometimes considered as the great elder of the movement, recomposed his works in a workshop and Monet, beginning his career, followed his lead. Your welcomer will show you their respective Luncheon on the grass and you will easily observe a slight evolution.
Monet henceforth released himself from the workshop to venture outside, he was doubtless the biggest landscape painter of the impressionistic movement. Everything made subject for him: banks of the Seine, roofs of Paris, railroad bridges. All that real, modern life was made of was glorified by his brush.
Renoir dedicated his researches to portraits and human figures. Does she seem to us vaporous, adorable, smiling, the woman of this era! Degas, of darker temper, pointed out the other side of the brilliant Second Empire society: workers exhausted by their task, ravaged by alcohol. He even attempted to create impressionistic sculpture with his moving Small Dancer aged 14.
Gustave Caillebotte represented bourgeois life and Parisian cityscapes getting modernized by beautiful dwellings and wide avenues. Sisley, of English origin, and Whistler, from the United States, evoke a style which exceeded a simple Parisian phenomenon which was shortly to irrigate all European art.
At Orsay Museum restaurant, even having a break could be an excuse to keep speaking about art. You will enjoy coffee or refreshment under a majestic ceiling full of goddesses and flying cherubs… that perfectly expresses the official art 18th century spirit against which the Impressionists vigorously fought.
Crossing the Seine towards the Orangerie Museum, situated in the Tuileries Gardens, you will have the privilege to discover the kind of large decorations Impressionism could give birth to. Monet's Nymphéas were offered by the painter to France, in order to commemorate World War I and its end, like an armistice signed into the color.
Recently redisplayed as the painter wished it, these panels immerge you into a mesmerizing world of water, sky reflections, water lilies and radiant light. You would gladly remain dreaming in this garden cultivated right in Painting.
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This year's OULS mooting competition is proudly sponsored by ICLR and by the UK Supreme Court Yearbook.
The UK Supreme Court Yearbook critically reviews the jurisprudence of the UK Supreme Court each legal year and publishes articles concerning institutional and jurisprudential aspects of the Court by leading commentators, including the Justices of the UK Supreme Court itself, distinguished professors, leading barristers (QCs), prominent commentators and judges from appellate courts internationally. For more information, visit www.ukscy.org.uk.
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) was founded in 1865, and has been making case history ever since. The Law Reports 1865-2015 Anniversary Edition, published to mark the ICLR's 150th anniversary, collects together for the first time the top 15 cases published in The Law Reports, as voted for by readers. They include such favourites as the one about the Carbolic Smoke Ball, the one about the Snail in the Ginger Beer, and the case that gave rise to the mysterious legal concept of "Wednesbury unreasonableness". Introducing the cases are a series of essays by ICLR editors and by two external contributors, Guy Holborn, Librarian of Lincoln's Inn and Professor Paul Mitchell, of UCL.
The winning team will receive two copies of Volume 7 of the UK Supreme Court Yearbook and two copies of The Law Reports 1865-2015 Anniversary Edition. The runner-up prize will be two Amazon gift vouchers.
The OULS mooting competition is open to all OULS members irrespective of whether they have mooted previously, however the deadline for applications for the 1st round has now closed. Successful entrants will soon be invited to appear in the semi-final and final rounds, held in London.
Previous winners of the OULS Internal Mooting Competition
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2014: Peter Savory
2013: Chris Nixon
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This year, by shifting the dates slightly, we tried to obtain highest level of participation. The festival will be held between 29th May and 2nd of June 2019, in Ankara, at the training grounds of Middle East Technical University and Bilkent University. As you are already well aware of, these Festival Seminars are organized in the loving memory of our Shihan, Nobuyoshi Tamura. Following his traces on this way under the guidance of Nebi Vural, we will feel the joy of being a huge international family practicing together.
Festival Program
Program will be announced soon!
Accommodation Options
Under the light of the experience of the last four years, this year we managed to organize two accommodation options. Whichever option you choose, you will have contact persons in charge to help you in case you experience problems.
Option – Notte Hotel :
Located at one of the prominent districts of Ankara, Notte Hotel offers a quite high comfort and will fulfill almost all of your needs. Notte Hotel is close to many high-end and authentic dining locations. You will find gourmet restaurants by taking a small walk or a maximum 5 minutes of taxi ride. Cost of this option, in which breakfast is included, is
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Lunch and Dinner
In the campus areas of METU and Bilkent University, right next to the Festival area, where specialties from Turkish Cuisine, including meat, poultry, fish options besides many local flavors are served to our esteemed guests. Also, the accommodation option, Notte Hotel, is near to Tunali Hilmi Street, where you can find many options for dining, while you give a rest to shopping. You do not have to worry about transportation. All your transportation requirements will be met smoothly with minibuses reserved for you. Of course you will have many other options based on your preference. You can easily get information from your contact persons on other possible dining places, if you wish to try dining at other locations. A cost of a meal per person on the average is around 35 TL .
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Incidents of vehicle crime in Wantage, Oxfordshire, have dramatically fallen over the past year, motor trade insurance holders may be interested to read.
The Oxford Mail has reported that incidents in which criminals have interfered with automobiles fell by 65 per cent between April 1st 2007 and January 15th 2008, marking a reduction from 38 to 13.
Figures cited from Thames Valley Police also show that thefts of vehicles dropped by 47 per cent, with 42 incidents taking place compared with 79 in the same period the previous year.
Sarah Merritt, crime reduction officer for Wantage, said that the drop in offences was "significant".
"It can be attributed to some hard work and dedicated patrols by local officers. Our priority crime team have been targeting known offenders," she added.
Meanwhile, the Bicester Advertiser has reported that car crime in Oxford almost halved in 2003.


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I live in St. Louis, MO, but my heart and soul hang out at the beach. I am a multi-genre, award winning writer, and speaker. I am a seasoned pre-k teacher, on line writing instructor, wife, mother, Nana to twelve. Hopefully, something I say will make you smile, further your writing career, or inspire you to write from the heart, too. firstname.lastname@example.com. Twitter, @WriterLindaO.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Ho-Ho-Ho from our house to yours
7 comments:
- Daisy said...
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Linda! Liam is an adorable baby. No wonder he is the subject of all the photos. :-)
- December 7, 2014 at 5:45 PM
- Sioux said...
I think Liam is whispering to the snowman, "Santa is as tall as Sasquatch."
He (Liam) is such a cutie-patooty.
- December 7, 2014 at 6:18 PM
- Bookie said...
Looks like you had a great weekend!!!
- December 7, 2014 at 7:52 PM
- Val said...
Maybe he is asking, "What other hoops do I have to jump through before I get a present out of these people?"
Or he might be saying, "I'm pretty sure that old guy is in disguise."
- December 7, 2014 at 8:21 PM
- K9friend said...
He is a total cutie-darlin'. What a fun Christmas you will have!
Critter Alley
- December 8, 2014 at 6:22 PM
- hpvanduuren said...
On P&P I read something about Commenting..,
Since I created several funny Santa Greeting Card designs over the years, with one about using Santa's beard as a handkerchief.
I think that he possibly might be thinking about using Santa's beard as a handkerchief? :)
- December 9, 2014 at 6:59 AM
- Lisa Claro said...
Merry Christmas, Linda! Thanks for sharing your little bright light with us. It's impossible to look at Liam's face without smiling. He'll never know how many days he's improved for a lot of people he'll never meet.
- December 9, 2014 at 1:52 PM


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The Suicidal Ideology
Jan. 1, 2017
On a New Year's Eve cable news program, Democrat Jehmu Greene, stated that an economy is healthier when taxes are raised. On his Saturday address the same day, Barack Obama told America that the world saw our country as being stronger and more respected than eight years ago. In her New Year's speech German leader Angela Merkel says she will fight the hatred of terrorism with compassion and unity. During a college campus interview a student indicates that Fidel Castro would be a better president than the President-Elect, Donald Trump.
I can only wonder if what was stated in the four instances above was believed by the person making the statement – or did they willingly lie in order to advance an agenda? In the first three I believe they are lying and they know they are lying. In the fourth, it indicates how far the inculcation of our young by Academia has brought our youth to such a level of national self-loathing.
When I tool around news sites, here and in other countries, I am increasingly appalled by two factors in these events – those who employ illicit and unjust power – and the "useful idiots" that serve as the foot soldiers unwittingly working toward their own destruction. When a myriad of America's "snowflakes" openly decry capitalism yet bask daily in its radiance – I have great cause to worry for our children, our grandchildren – our country, our culture and our traditions.
If in the 1950's a man tried to tell a parent that he identified as a woman and thereby had a right to be in the same bathroom as their young daughter, the man may have been beaten within an inch of his life. Today, that very philosophy is being advanced by those we call Liberals, Progressives, Communists, and the still sitting President. What has brought about such radical change?
The media has been of great interest to me since the Twin Towers were destroyed in 2001. I look at stories from around our country and around the world. My assessment is, why are so many willingly adopting the path to suicide? Why are so many ignorant of what is happening nationally and globally?
In the book, "Groupthink vs. Truth", I relied heavily on the media to indicate how past failures by leaders were openly and wantonly repeated. Five categories of how history repeated were featured. Those categories, along with two added, are linked to a page showing a collection of Internet reports that reveal the storm warnings for our nation and its people. The links following are but ONE month of media observations. In my repertoire I have collected them for all of 2016 and have used them extensively for my past writings. Look at the pages linked from the categories. Read the reports. If you are not alarmed, you may be part of the problem. All links are from just one month, December of 2016.
Follow the Money: How money was used just as it was in the Biblical betrayal of Jesus for access to power and influence. If your research refutes Global Warming – no more funding
Big Brother: Indicated how those having Legislative or Judicial power forced their wills upon the citizens of a nation. Most of America did not want Obamacare – we now have it
Leaders: Revealing a record of corruption and deceit – always vital for wresting freedoms from citizens. Place State above religion – self defense below population control
The Media: Mouthpieces and megaphones are huge tools of a corrupt leadership – and the majority is oh, so willing to comply. Today it is more propaganda than journalism
Cultural Changes: Coming now faster than a speeding bullet, for those of any age the changes are threatening and dangerous. Do you have Conservative values? You are the enemy
Fake News: This label may seem new to many but the practice has gone on ever since people have competed for power and position. Want to destroy your rival with charges of wrongdoing – just make it up
Warnings: Seeing what is happening in other nations – especially concerning Radical Islam – is not only being allowed by European Liberalism – but being embraced. There is every chance your sons and daughters may be under Sharia Law in the future.
You won't be surprised - IF you pay attention.
C.G. Kellerman
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The SST reconstructions were stated in the article to be limited to alkenone proxies because of the need for "consistency".
I guess that since the Lorenz paper stated it wanted to use only alkenone proxies to be "consistent" that it meant that they did not want to even mention other proxy papers.
The alkenone-derived SST records show diverging linear trends over the last 7000 years Figures 3 and 4a.
Lorenz et al. 2006 give a less than confident observation of phytoplankton growth and the resulting relationship of the alkenone proxy relationship to seasonal temperatures:
They go on to attempt to show that computer model climate simulations can provide seasonal change resolution for the Holocene Optimum period to present that the alkenone results cannot.
Since the tropics and extra tropics have nearly equal areas we can say that from the alkenone data alone that 7000 years BP was globally about 0.61 degrees C warmer than present.
The alkenone proxies are to be relegated to a measure of seasonal temperature that, while being higher than today, is averaged out by lower temperatures in seasons as computer runs indicate when the alkenone proxy was temperature insensitive or dormant if you will.
Their proxy is alkenone SST estimates collated in the following location: a site which unfortunately is password protected.
That is why I am interested in seeing other proxy data from this period that is not as seasonal as the alkenone proxy is claimed to be and something that might test the computer simulations results for seasonal variations.
From the alkenone proxy data in Lorenz (2006), I calculated average tropic and extratropic temperature changes to present and came up with: tropics (30N to 30S) change from 7000 years BP (the Holocene Optimum) to present = 0.23 degrees C and for the extratropics (all other areas of the globe) this change = -1.45 degrees C.


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There have been a variety of print publications that have covered some aspects of marketing online ranging from interactive to search marketing for several years now. However, there's recently been an increase in dedicated columns as well as magazines solely focused on the search marketing industry.
Below is a list of publications and links in case you haven't heard of them. I suspect this might be the case since so many readers of Online Marketing Blog are progressive, tech savvy, RSS consuming machines. 🙂
- Practical eCommerce Magazine
- Search Marketing Standard
- Internet Retailer
- Website Magazine
- DM News – Search Marketing
- BtoB – Search Marketing
- AdWeek – IQ Interactive
- Target Marketing
- Direct – Search Web Marketing
- Multi Channel Merchant – Web Channel
What I'm curious about is, out of the print publications list above, which is your favorite? In other words:
Which Print Magazine Covers Search Marketing the Best?
- Search Marketing Standard (58%, 23 Votes)
- Website Magazine (10%, 4 Votes)
- Practical eCommerce Magazine (8%, 3 Votes)
- Internet Retailer (8%, 3 Votes)
- BtoB - Search Marketing (8%, 3 Votes)
- DM News - Search Marketing (5%, 2 Votes)
- Direct - Search Web Marketing (5%, 2 Votes)
- AdWeek - IQ Interactive (0%, 0 Votes)
- Target Marketing (0%, 0 Votes)
- Multi Channel Merchant - Web Channel (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 40
There is also a new print search marketing publication coming out soon called Visibility from the owner of topseos.com, Bill Peden. I'll post availability when I hear more.
If I've left any out, please leave a name and link in the comments. I may include them in the huge Online Marketing Resources we're putting together.


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Recently, it was former Sixer Charles Barkley in trouble with the law.
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Now, former Phillie Lenny Dykstra is being sued by four pilots for allegedly not paying up.
Let's hope Lindsay Carson is behaving.
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Havertown's Kenny Hoffpauer, 18, made it to Hollywood week on American Idol from the New York City audition.
After a week of auditions, I'm still thinking that the new judge Kara DioGuardi is a waste of air time.
According to sources, NBC10 news director Chris Blackman sent out a memo Thursday that said like other NBC stations in New York and Chicago, the Philadelphia affiliate will soon be re-posting jobs for writers, producers and other staff.
Here's the article about the Chicago restructuring.
NBC10 sportscaster Jade McCarthy will be giving news a try, as she will fill in on an upcoming weekend morning newscast, anchoring alongside John Blunt.
McCarthy is just one of a few who have subbed since Lynn Berry departed for WNBC in New York City.
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Christa Quinn is back from maternity leave on CWPhilly's Wake Up News.
Quinn, and her husband Jon Ganas, who is the director of news operations on 6ABC, became first-time parents to daughter Kate Elise in November.
Michael Tozzi, formerly of Smooth Jazz 97.5-FM and 106.1-FM is launching the new internet jazz station www.ijazzglobal.com.
Smooth Jazz 97.5-FM changed to Adult Contemporary Now 97.5 a few months ago. However, Greater Media continued the Jazz format online with www.phillysmoothjazz.com.
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With sports director Gary Papa off the air indefinitely due to a medical procedure from two weeks ago, 6ABC news anchor Walter Perez is helping out the sports department of Jamie Apody and Keith Russell.
Although viewers know Perez mostly as a news person, he previously worked as a color analyst for Princeton basketball for five years.
Plus, he's a graduate of Duke University, which makes it a requirement for him to know college basketball.
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We can't control what happens, we can only control how we react.
All parents and teachers must help children in dealing with fear. How children learn to cope with things that frighten them can make a huge impact in their adult lives. I've seen first hand how one can be paralyzed with fear. Worse, it stops us from reaching our potential.
Children learn how to react to situations by looking at how we react.
Horizon's Magazine, a publication for Presbyterian women, published and article, Looking Fear in the Eyes, discussing dealing with fear in children. It references The Whole Brain Child, by Daniel J. Siegel, a book helping parents nurture their child's developing mind.
They were nice enough to use one of my illustrations for their article. You may see the article here.


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I was out by Presque Isle one evening this week, giving my grandparents' and parents' graves a little clean up here at the end of summer. On my way home I cut down to the Bayfront Highway to scoot along the bay (why would I go any other way?!) and, unknown to me, it was sunset (7:30-ish around here right now.) I pulled in and caught this shot.
The next day Anne and I took a walk after dinner down to the lake and as we were walking along we caught sight of what we first thought was a white plastic bag. Then we said, "Is that a volleyball?" and then as we got closer: "What in the world is that big white thing?" We never see garbage or trash along the drive or paths. The walk-in fishermen and women are factitious in their fishing decorum! We finally got right up to it, felt it and declared that it was a huge mushroom! Easily the size of a volleyball!
These two events cause me to muse, once again, on the blessings of the natural world that surround us. Erie has some tough realities right now, there is no denying that. But we have had a beautiful summer here, the grape harvest is going to be tremendous this year and the great majority of grasses, trees and flowers have been consistently green and full and lush. Yes, I know, we also have to take the 100" average of the "S" word every year, too....but, spoken as only a native would, the other three seasons more than make up for winter (and we only had 72" last year, BTW). I hope that others throughout our area have been able to enjoy the beauty of nature all around us...and have some solace from the heaviness of life's realities.
I hope that you, too, have some of the glories of God's creation near you.


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Lawmakers unhappy after oil spill briefings from executives
WASHINGTON — Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressed concerns over the causes and cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday after a two-hour, closed-door meeting with three officials from BP, Halliburton and Transocean on the spill and efforts to cap it.
Another three officials from the companies attended the meeting via conference call.
"I must tell you that I have concerns in this particular case about the attention to safety, the attention to maintenance, the attention to using best available control technology and best monitoring practices," said Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the ranking Republican on the committee.
After his own meeting with the BP executives, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., a staunch opponent of offshore drilling, said that the BP officials had been "very forthcoming" in their answers but had dodged the question of whether the company would exceed the $75 million liability cap on oil spills. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., introduced legislation Tuesday that would raise the limit to $10 billion.
BP Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward had pledged earlier in the day that BP would honor "all legitimate claims" for business losses in a process that he said already had begun. He said the $75 million liability cap wasn't a limit for the company.
"It's not clear that the cap is particularly relevant," he said. "All legitimate claims for business damages will be honored."
Hayward also announced four $25 million grants — to Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida — for costs associated with the oil spill.
On Capitol Hill, Barton said the oil company executives who'd attended the closed-door briefing for the energy committee acted like "deer in the headlights."
When he was asked whether the executives were helpful, Barton said, "I think they were trying to be."
"I'm not satisfied with the answers, but I don't think they were stonewalling," he said.
Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said BP should spare no expense in cleaning up the spill.
"BP reported making $6 billion in profit in the first quarter of 2010; $6 million a day is what they say they're spending" on the leak, Markey said. "My belief is that there should be no limit on what they spend in the short run in order to ensure that the leak is ended, and ended as soon as possible. The consequences are absolutely catastrophic if something does not occur to stop this leak."
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., was unsatisfied with the executives' briefing.
"I went to the briefing expecting to hear that BP is committed to paying for the cleanup, that they accept full responsibility, and to hear that the situation is under control," Castor said. "Unfortunately, that is not at all what I heard. Their answers were vague and lacked specificity, and sometimes they didn't have the answers at all."
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., the chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, said he wasn't surprised that BP was involved in the gulf leak. He said his subcommittee had investigated several spills in BP's drilling in Alaska's North Slope, including a 2006 spill that resulted in more than 200,000 gallons of oil leaking into the tundra.
But Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference, said Tuesday that the government's chief focus should be on "how we contain this devastation." There'd be plenty of time later, she said, to "assign blame."
Murkowski, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said her panel would hold a hearing on the spill Tuesday.
"We'll have a chance at that time to speak with the folks from BP and from Transocean to try to determine are we doing all that we can to contain the devastation," she said.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., chastised anti-drilling lawmakers who've expressed concern about the leak's impact on the gulf's fishermen.
"I sense a little hypocrisy going here," she said. "I didn't have one senator from New Jersey, Florida or Connecticut mention how badly they felt about the fishermen when they lost their boats in Hurricane Katrina."
Change in weather gives crews more time to fight oil spill
Schwarzenegger pulls backing from California offshore drilling
Decade-old report cited failure of oil rig safety system
Despite oil spill, Texas's Perry voices 'full confidence' in BP
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