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Moving Beyond the City Walls into a World of Discovery
Ohio's Piqua City Schools enroll 3,700 students who are all eager to explore the world around them. In order to meet the needs of their students, the leadership recognized that they should endeavor to make the district's curriculum more interactive and engaging.
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Supporting Digital Transformation
Sherman Independent School District in Sherman, Texas serves over 6,700 students. In order to help fulfill their mission, "to ensure that each student is equipped to excel in our changing environment, through a school system characterized by an unrelenting passion for excellence," Sherman ISD turned to Discovery Education's Streaming service. Sherman ISD has partnered with Discovery Education for almost 10 years, and recently helped Discovery Education reach an important milestone - 500 million digital learning objects served. See how the district, and Wakefield Elementary, celebrated their digital transformation by winning the Discovery Education's 500 Million Contest.
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An Unqualified Success
Schools face multiple challenges in order to raise student achievement. One district in North Carolina implemented a program specifically designed for their goals, needs, and educator skill sets. Read about how Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District has sustained dramatically increased science scores with the help of Discovery Education.
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Accelerating the Digital Transformation through Professional Development
Focused on high-yield instructional strategies that result in sustainable improvements in student engagement and achievement, Grand Prairie's leadership team articulated the desire to design professional learning opportunities for Grand Prairie to enhance teaching in ways that systemically impact learning. Discovery Education partnered with the district to develop a customized learning plan that supports its ongoing digital transition.
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Digital Conversion Leads to Real Results
Mooresville Graded School District was interested in shifting their culture to engage students and prepare them for college and entrance into the technology-fueled workforce. Working with administrators, classroom teachers, and parents, Discovery Education developed a strategy that included powerfully motivating digital content and professional development as a key to their digital conversion.
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Achieving Real Results Through Transformational Change
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of the largest school systems in the United States. It serves a diverse student population in a city that is a gateway and hub to Latin America and the rest of the world. The Miami-Dade County Public School District leadership realized that today's students have changed, that they needed more access to the world in preparation for their futures, and that schools needed to catch up.
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Skokie Retirement Planning
Skokie retirement planning allows Illinois residents to plan for financially secure retirement years. Without thoughtful planning for the future, current IL workers could find themselves having to work longer than they want to. Or they might not have enough money in order to live out their senior years the way they want to, resulting in financial difficulties at a time that should be enjoyable. If you live in the state of Illinois and are looking for reliable Skokie retirement planning ideas, using this website to find information is a wise start. In addition, you can even use the services offered here to find a knowledgeable financial planning professional in Skokie to guide you in making the best Illinois retirement decisions for your future.
The Importance of Retirement Planning
If you are like other future retirees in Illinois and around the country, you want to be able to afford the things you need and to do the activities you love once you reach your retirement years. Whether that means enjoying time shopping and dining with friends and family in your home area of Skokie or sightseeing throughout the state of IL, careful planning will allow you to achieve your savings goals. The sooner you start planning for your future, the better. You can start today by finding a trustworthy financial expert who will help you assess your future financial needs so there will be plenty of income available to you even when you no longer work. Then you can begin a step-by-step Skokie retirement planning strategy that will make your future financial dreams a reality.
Do Not Plan Alone
You may already have a good idea of what it will take for you to save to live life on your terms in IL once you complete your career years. You may also think that you have a basic knowledge about financial investing and how to grow your money. However, Skokie retirement planning professionals are trained to maximize their clients' savings and investing potential. They know how to supplement income such as pensions or Social Security checks with other investments that earn money without being subject to taxes during their clients' working years. Skokie financial planners also understand how protect wealth for the future, and will be able to advise each client about his or her specific needs based on his or her individual situation.
With the guidance of a professional Skokie retirement planning advisor, you will have someone who is there for you and who shares your common goal of maximizing your retirement income. In addition to helping you invest in the best tax-sheltered plans available to you, your financial planner will also help you understand how much you need to save to retire in Skokie and live the way you have always planned. The best Skokie retirement planning steps for you will be easy to understand and follow when you seek expert advice.
Basic First Steps
Once you have selected a Skokie retirement planning professional that you feel represents your needs and concerns, you will be able to begin the first crucial steps of saving for your retirement. Figuring out how much you will have to count on from Social Security will help your advisor suggest other saving options. For example, taking advantage of investment plans offered by your employer is a smart financial strategy. IRAs, 401ks and 403b plans are some of the options that might be available to you. Your employer may even match part of your contributions, allowing your money to grow even faster.
Understanding the investment options that will help your money grow is a great way to diversify your portfolio as you put together an investment plan in Skokie. Selecting the age that you would like to retire from your job is also one of the first aspects you will need to consider as you and your advisor figure out how much you will need to save as part of your Skokie retirement planning outline. Maybe you are planning to retire in your 50s. If so, this could mean that you will need to invest a larger amount from each paycheck to cover your expenses and last throughout your senior years. Or, perhaps you want to work past the age of 65 when you will have more flexibility and time to save and plan for your future retired years in Skokie.
Making sure you have enough money to one day quit working and enjoy your free time may seem overwhelming. However, when you seek the advice of a professional planner and lay out key investment steps, you will see your complete plan come together. Skokie retirement planning options are great tools to help you achieve your investing goals and to one day retire knowing you planned wisely for your future.
Retirement Planners In Skokie
Sam McElroy
@financial Investments1901 N. Clybourn Ave
Suite 302
Chicago, IL 60614
Jim Hagedorn, CFA
Chicago Partners1 N. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60606
Paul Garrett
Garrett Consulting Corporation101 W. 22nd Street
Suite 200
Lombard, IL 60148
Kyle Nolan
Edelman Financial Engines, LLC1515 W. 22nd Street
Suite 850W
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Wednesday dropped attempted suicide from a list of crimes punishable by prison, potentially paving the way for the release of human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on hunger strike for the past 14 years.
The government informed parliament of its decision in a written reply from the home ministry on Wednesday, saying it was acting on a recommendation of the Law Commission.
The government panel for legal reform had deemed the suicide law "anachronistic" and "undesirable" in a 2008 report.
Sharmila has been on hunger strike in protest against army atrocities in Manipur. Under the old law anyone attempting to kill themselves is liable for a jail term of a year.
She has been under detention throughout her fast, and is force-fed by tubes several times a day.
The World Health Organization has listed India as one of the countries with the highest suicide rates - 21.1 per 100,000 people in 2012.
The government said 134,799 people committed suicide in 2013, a rise of 11.9 percent over the previous year. There was no data on the number of attempted suicides, it said.
More than 800,000 people each year worldwide commit suicide - around one person every 40 seconds - WHO said in September.
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With investing, trust your gut
Financial Post June 20, 2009
The client: A high-income couple in their mid-60s living in Vancouver. One spouse is retired. The other planned on retiring in two years but has been given a severance package and forced to retire.
The portfolio: The asset mix is 85% in various equity mutual funds (mostly Canadian) and 15% in GICs. It's the highly volatile portfolio of a growth investor. In addition, there are company stock options worth $175,000.
The problem: "Being laid off was a life-changing event," says Biljana Manojlovic, a certified financial planner with RBC Wealth Management in Vancouver. "He came to me worried he wouldn't have enough money to retire." When the market tanked, it took a big chunk of their portfolio with it. "With the job loss, they just can't handle the stress of a volatile portfolio."
The fix: After analyzing their needs, including lifestyle, investing preferences and risk tolerance, Ms. Manojlovic discovered that the two aren't growth investors — they are quite conservative. Their portfolio should reflect that attitude, Ms. Manojlovic says. "The asset mix is the key — 95% of your portfolio's rate of return depends on picking the right asset mix according to who you are. Choosing which stocks or bonds to pick is completely secondary." Besides, she says, "in economic times like these, people are re-examining their investing strategies. You should trust your gut feeling. Knowing how painful the past 12 to 24 months have been, are you willing to endure that again?" If not, she says, perhaps your portfolio's risk level should go down a notch or two.
The new portfolio: The clients cashed the pension and put it into a locked-in RRSP worth $380,000. Ms. Manojlovic rolled $35,000 from the severance package into their RRSP, now worth $190,000. The remaining severance and cash from selling off the stock options was $375,000 (after taxes), which was invested in a conservative RBC Managed Portfolio.
Ms. Manojlovic chose to invest in RBC Private pools, which are similar to mutual funds with two key differences: The investment mandate is focused on fewer holdings; and it has higher minimum investment requirements. "This type of portfolio is suitable for those investors with a minimum of $100,000 to invest, who want to save time and get better value for the fees they pay."
Ms. Manojlovic showed the clients that the layoff had actually put them in a better financial position than if he had continued working for another two years as planned. Now that they have a more comfortable level of risk in their portfolio, they can stop worrying about future cash flow. "They were quite humbled when they realized how much money they actually had," she says. "It gave them peace of mind."
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So, I've been tasked to work on an integration project where we will ask customers for credit card information and send it over to our integration partners, who will process the payment/cc info and process the rest of the order. So, one the tasks for become PCI compliant. However, the partner is also looking to get PCI compliant, and they said that as part of that process, they cannot accept cc info over the internet from an external source. But then I was reading about it, and found out there is some way to become a TPA (Third Party Accepter) that can allow the passing of the credit card to the partner.
I also heard the word FDMS thrown around at the first meeting - some research led me to believe this stands for First Data Merchant Services. What I found is that First Data is a merchant processor, who actually contacts the issuing banks to check the credit cards and then collect payment. The partner wants to achieve a level of PCI compliance where they do not store credit cards, so they said when they take credit cards they will send it to FDMS using something called TransArmor, where they send the CC info to FDMS and they send back a token - and that is what they use to access the CC info.
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It Is Weird To See Myself Quoted
Another artcle came out about the VaHomeschoolers Conference. This one was in the Midlothian Exchange (in Chesterfield County, outside of Richmond), Taking Charge of Education.
I was really impressed that she got the law stuff right! So often newspaper accounts either don't really explain it well, or get it wrong (how many times did I have to read that the new law that went into effect in July "allowed parents with only a high school diploma to homeschool". It did nothing of the sort…folks with a high school diploma have always been able to homeschool…the new law just reduced the paperwork required…but I digress) It looks like Elizabeth did her homework (we did not talk much about the law specifics although she did sit in on my Beginning Homeschool session) which is nice to see.
I was surprised to see myself quoted so much! Yikes! How weird. Actually it was more of paraphrased…as I remember talking about these things with her, but not saying exactly these things. I guess that it must be hard to get an exact quote when you are just talking and taking notes. I do think that she did a good job of catching the essance of what I was saying, so I can't complain!
Overall, I am really impressed with how many good points she was able to include…it was more in depth then I expected and did present homeschoolers as a diverse group. She also interviewed a Chesterfield family at the Conference and had some good quotes including this one:
The couple looked into private schools as an option, but the decision to homeschool the boys became an easier decision after talking with other parents. "It was an easy jump. There is a more diverse group to homeschoolers now. It's a new movement with more options," she said.
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WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND WE'LL SAY IT AGAIN… taking care of your teeth and mouth is more than just about cosmetics, it's about your health! When you think of being healthy, your mouth probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But your oral and overall health are more intertwined than you think.
Your Mouth Is The Gateway To The Rest Of Your Body
According to the U.S. Surgeon General's 2000 report, "Oral health and general health should not be interpreted as separate entities. … As the gateway of the body, the mouth senses and responds to the external world and at the same time reflects what is happening deep inside the body. … You cannot be healthy without oral health."
Periodontal Disease And Its Connection To Chronic Diseases
Not only can many illnesses and medications have a direct effect on your mouth, your oral health can also affect your body. This is especially true of periodontal or "gum" disease.
Did you know that gum disease affects 22 percent of people diagnosed with diabetes? People with diabetes have a decreased ability to fight off harmful bacteria and are thus more susceptible to gum disease. In like manner, bacteria from the mouth can cause blood sugar to spike and fluctuate, making diabetes harder to manage.
Heart Disease
While health care professionals aren't completely sure as to why, heart and gum disease often go hand in hand. In fact, up to 91 percent of patients with heart disease have gum disease. It is believed that the link between these two conditions is inflammation.
These statistics may surprise you, but researchers have found that men with gum disease were 54 percent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, 49 percent more likely to develop kidney cancer and 30 percent more likely to develop blood cancers.
What's more, cancer treatments often have oral manifestations. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause sores in the mouth, sensitive gums, jaw and facial pain and dry mouth.
Other Complications
Gum disease has also been linked with stroke, kidney disease, osteoporosis, certain lung conditions and rheumatoid arthritis. Pregnant women with gum disease are more likely to have preterm births and low birth-weight babies.
The Health Of Your Mouth Is In Your Hands
As you can see, there is a strong connection between oral and overall health. That's why it's important to make your dentist a part of your health care team by going to your regular dental appointments and updating them on your medical history. We care about your whole body health!
The good news is that, for the most part, dental disease is entirely preventable. Brushing twice a day and flossing daily can keep gum disease at bay and protect you from cavities. Your oral health is in your hands, so choose to be mouth-healthy!
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A firmware to control neopixels and possibly some animations. I used to use this with ESP easy with domoticz .
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Its a really nice neopixel candle. Would love to have neopixel support for your system. I love it.
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Title: Strength of the Mate (The Tameness of the Wolf #3)
Author: Kendall McKenna
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Genre(s): Paranormal/Military/Shifters
Page Count: 377
Reviewed by: Gigi
Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
Rampaging werewolves cause the True Alpha to send his Omega, Dawson Rivers, to bring them under control. Can Adam Madison help or hinder Dawson's mission?
Adam Madison is in Iraq, driving supply trucks for the Marines, but he still can't outrun his personal ghosts. Outside the wire, insurgents are a relentless threat. Inside, renegade werewolves are a constant danger.
Dawson Rivers is on a mission for the True Alpha—bring the rampaging shifters under control. Adam proves to be invaluable to his task. Their intense mutual attraction explodes into a powerful physical, and emotional connection.
Their future together is in peril, when Adam's convoy is ambushed.Can they learn to rely on the strength of their bond? Adam staying alive long enough for Dawson to find him depends on it.
Absolutely fucking loved the book! Best sex Kendall McKenna has done to date. 5 stars, favorites shelf, fuck, yeah shelf, highly recommended.
Not much else to say… Oh, we do get to see Noah and Lucas again in this one! 🙂
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Little Kukla by Suzy Ultman
I adore these colors for fall! The collection does take me back to my childhood in the seventies a bit, but in a 2000s sort of way! Little Kukla by Suzy Ultman should be available in stores next month! Robert Kaufman's Swatch & Stitch blog will have a tutorial put up for the quilt today, as of this posting it wasn't up yet, but do check back with their blog if you are interested.
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When it comes to the challenge of coming up with a suitable essay or dissertation that will stand out and earn you good grades, many of us are never confident. This is where professional essay writing services like Peachy Essay come in handy. Such organizations offer essay writing help at all levels of education and also provide guidelines on how to write good academic papers. There is, however, always a challenge of selecting an excellent professional essay writing service. Many of the companies that offer these services online are not always genuine, and desperate students seeking this services may find themselves in a fix where they may lose their money and never receive the service that they have paid their hard-earned cash to acquire. It is essential to realize that not all service providers are equal, and some are more interested in making a profit than delivering superior quality work that will satisfy you as a client.
Today, almost every student is faced with the problem of balancing the available time to work on their academic papers and meet the demands associated with the challenge of paying for their school dues. As a result, many students are turning to using these services to create more time for their part-time occupations and other commitments. With an increasing demand for these custom services, many organizations have sprung up in a bid to offer their help and also make a profit. Unfortunately, some of these facilities are not genuine, and others do not offer quality or value for your money. When you choose an organization that is not dependable and honest, you may end up with shoddy work that is delivered late and is not completed as per your expectations. To avoid this kind of inconvenience and disappointment, you may need to follow the following criteria when selecting a reliable essay writing service.
Essential Criteria for Choosing a Professional Essay Writing Service
When you pick a company to work on your essay, you will receive more than hastily written essay. The service provider, for example, Peachy Essay, will ensure that they maintain communication and deliver a unique write-up that will earn you good grades. Employ the following criteria to uncover the best service provider.
1. Cheap is Expensive
It may be tempting to get essay writing help at a low rate but do not always be swayed by low prices. Confidently walk away from cheap service providers since this will save you a tonne of hustle. Most of the websites that offer their services at superbly low rates never consider the quality. Keep in mind that professional companies are never cheap, and you may end up spending more when you go for the most inexpensive services. You will most likely receive a low-quality paper with high instances of plagiarism, which will cost more to edit.
2. Various write-ups, Different Styles.
The best writing service providers employ highly talented writers that can deliver different styles of essays. In school, you are needed to write different types of essays. In case you need to get an argumentative essay written and the selected service provider can only complete a narrative essay, you will not get what you pay for, and you will probably end up with a wrong paper. Always make sure that your service provider possesses the capacity to write the different types of essays before selecting their services.
3. Communication is Paramount
It is very frustrating to assign a task to a writer and not be able to know if the work is going well or not. All reliable companies that offer essay writing help make sure that there is open communication between the client and the custom essay writer. This makes sure that the client requirements are met and that any additional materials that the client may receive are shared directly to the writer. Broken communication is undesirable and very frustrating. Always ensure that communication is possible before selecting a company.
4. Specialized writers and Customer Support.
There is a significant difference in the quality of writing when a paper is done by a specialized writer and when it is not completed by the same. Specialized writers will always produce high quality work that is free of plagiarism. Always make sure that the service provider you choose is using specialized writers. Always make sure that custom essay writing service has a 24/7 customer support system in place to make sure that you receive the best services.
Adhering to the above criteria and a few more guidelines will land you in the hands of a company that will leave you fully satisfied.


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The alarm sounds, a painful reminder that it's my week to cover the ICU. I take off my favorite sweatshirt, stripping away its warmth and comfort. I quickly jump into and out of the scalding shower, racing to get ready. Making my way toward the kitchen, I roll my eyes at my teenage daughter who is eating ice cream and waffles for breakfast. Her ride waits out front but before she can escape, I get a rare hug, her wet hair cool as it brushes against my cheek. I spy her melting, unfinished breakfast and I shovel what's left into my mouth. The cold vanilla ice cream and maple syrup drips down my chin. Wiping away the evidence of my indiscretion, I get into my jeep with the top down. The twenty-minute ride is a guilty pleasure, with the spring air cool across my face. The coffee in my hand warms me from the inside out as I make my way to work. Read more
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I pause in front of the door. On the other side, you all wait. A spouse, sons and daughters, sometimes with their own small children in tow. Today it's your husband and father you have come for. Yesterday it was someone else's mother. You have come from near and far, across the street and the country. Your weary eyes are unable to mask your sadness. Over the past week, you have witnessed a steady stream of nurses, residents, phlebotomists and x-ray techs file in and out of his room. Your dad has withstood a barrage of insults to his body. Radiation to his chest for daily x-rays. Needles piercing skin and veins for IVs and blood draws. Catheters inserted in his neck, his groin and his bladder. Still you hold on to a cautious optimism, clinging to hope. But family meetings usually imply things are not going well, and today is no exception. Taking a deep breath, I open the door and walk inside, leaving for now, the rest of the world behind. Read more
What do you do when you know someone is going to die? I'm not talking about death when it comes at the end of a long protracted illness or a terminal diagnosis. Or the final act at the end of a "good" life, when the body and mind have ultimately given way. I'm talking about when you realize the twenty-five-year-old woman in front of you, who you met five minutes ago, has no idea she will not survive to see another sunrise.


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If you wish to be considered for this study, you should contact your healthcare professional and they will assess your suitability and if appropriate, refer you to the centre undertaking the trial.
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Originally published Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Guest: Reject I-522 plan to label genetically modified food
Initiative 522, which would require labels on genetically modified food, would not provide consumers with meaningful information about what we eat, writes guest columnist R. James Cook.
Special to The Times
ON Nov. 5, Washington voters will decide on Initiative 522, which would mandate special food-labeling regulations in our state for some foods that may contain ingredients made from genetically engineered crops.
Proponents of I-522 claim it would provide consumers with meaningful information about the foods we eat.
It would not — and here's why.
I-522 is so poorly written that it would require many foods to be labeled as "genetically engineered" — even when they're not. And it would exempt other foods from labeling even if they do contain these ingredients.
Genetically engineered crops are varieties that have had one or more genetic traits added by a precise cut-and-splice transfer of DNA from either the same or similar plant, or from another plant or organism.
The process adds a gene for the production of a naturally occurring protein that is new to, and beneficial to, the plant. This process of plant modification has been safely and successfully used to improve food crops for nearly 20 years.
Common genetically engineered food crops grown in the U.S. today include corn, canola, soy and sugar beets. Purified food ingredients such as sugars or oils derived from these crops are indistinguishable from ingredients derived from conventional or organic varieties. Importantly, there are no genetically engineered content or traits in these purified ingredients.
Yet I-522 would require food products that include these purified ingredients to be labeled even if the food itself is not genetically engineered and has no genetically engineered content.
It makes no sense that a bag of granulated sugar made from genetically engineered sugar beets would require a special label, while identical sugar from non-engineered sugar beets would not. While the genetically engineered trait is present in a protein produced by the plant, there is no presence of that protein in the purified food ingredients such as sugar or cooking oil made from these plants.
In fact, if you look at the nutrition labels on oils or sugars, they will accurately state "0% (or 0g) protein." Yet I-522 would require these foods to be labeled even though the genetically engineered protein is not present.
I-522 would require thousands of food products to be mislabeled as "genetically engineered" even when they're not. Such a label would be misleading at best, and in many cases false, without providing consumers any information about specific ingredients or amounts of genetically engineered food sources, if any, in the product.
I-522 would require zero presence of any ingredient that may have been derived from, or even stored or transported (commingled) with, a product made from a genetically engineered crop plant in order for a food product to avoid being labeled as such. This would require thousands of common food products to be specially relabeled just for our state unless they are remade with higher-priced, specially handled organic ingredients or those not derived from genetically engineered sources.
Our farmers, food producers and grocery stores would be forced to comply with extensive new record-keeping and documentation requirements for thousands of food ingredients in tens of thousands of products.
The Washington Research Council estimated that I-522's requirements would increase grocery costs for a family of four by more than $450 a year.
Enforcing the requirements of I-522 would require a new state bureaucracy that would cost taxpayers millions of dollars. It is estimated that 200 new state employees will be required to monitor the tens of thousands of products showing up every day on the thousands of grocery store shelves statewide. And no limit has been set on the costs to taxpayers of meeting the requirements of I-522.
Finally, the requirements of I-522 are so full of special exemptions that many products that do contain, and are made with genetically engineered products, would not be labeled at all.
For example, soy milk from genetically engineered soybeans would require a label but milk from cows fed engineered hay or grain would be exempt. Cereals and veggie burgers would be subject to labeling, but hamburger, steak, chicken or eggs from animals fed engineered grains would be exempt. Dairy products and cheese made with genetically engineered enzymes would be exempt, even though these products would contain detectable levels of genetically engineered proteins.
These requirements make no sense, are not based in sound science and do not exist in any other state. They would cost taxpayers millions, increase grocery prices for Washington families and leave consumers with misleading labels on thousands of food products in our state — providing inaccurate and unreliable information about the foods we buy.
Please check out the facts and join me in voting no on I-522.
R. James Cook is former interim dean of Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and co-recipient of the 2011 Wolf Prize in Agriculture.


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On this week's "health headlines" podcast I discuss a provocative case-control study that suggests that the more dental x-rays people get (especially when under 10 years old), there is a higher risk of a common brain cancer called a meningioma. The American Cancer Society covered this issue quite well last week; here is an excerpt:
X-rays are a source of ionizing radiation, which is a potential risk factor for meningioma. Some of the participants in the study received their x-rays many years ago, when radiation exposure from dental x-rays was much higher than it is with new technology today.
The study has some drawbacks that make the link between dental x-rays and meningiomas far from certain. Perhaps most importantly, it relied on participants' memories about their history of dental x-rays (rather than on dental records themselves). Such studies are subject to a phenomenon that scientists call "recall bias," when people with a disease may be more likely to look for a cause. This might have caused the meningioma patients in the Cancer study to over-report the number of dental x-rays they received, which could have contributed to the findings. Because of this, the study results can only be considered suggestive of a possible link, and more rigorous studies would be needed to prove it.
Otis W. Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society said, "We need more data before we can even begin to state there is a relationship between dental x-rays and these tumors. Until that research is done, the best advice we can give people is to get dental x-rays when they are necessary and only when they are necessary. The dose of radiation given in a bitewing or panoramic x-ray is lower today than it was two decades ago. Nonetheless, x-rays should be done only when necessary. This is true of all x-ray technology, and it's the same advice experts would have given without this study."
On its Web site, the American Dental Association responded to the study with a statement that said in part, "The ADA's long-standing position is that dentists should order dental X-rays for patients only when necessary for diagnosis and treatment." The statement also encouraged patients to talk to their dentists if they have questions about their dental treatment.
I think this is a very well-balanced summary of this research, and the take-home message is that almost no healthy person should be getting annual dental x-rays, as the risks likely outweigh the benefits. The American Dental Association's official recommendations may call for repeat x-rays as frequent as 6 months in the rarer cases of people with severe cavities, but their 2006 review discusses how there's very little evidence that healthy teeth benefit from routine annual x-rays.
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IET Technology Coffee Morning: Supporting Learners in Mobile Discovery of Library Resources
16 October 2012
Jennie Lee Building Meeting Room 1 Ground Floor
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Lynda Davies
22 August 2012
Abstract: The Macon project aimed to address the challenges involved in delivering quality academic content to mobile phones and small tablets in a seamless and user-friendly manner. The project worked with EBSCO, a major content and systems provider, to prototype a mobile optimised resource discovery interface which can be used to discover and expose quality academic content from both third party & local collections. Local collections included the Open University's Open Research Online (ORO) repository and audiovisual content.
The development of the interface was heavily influenced by user requirements and by external recommendations for good practice in mobile usability. The project investigated the use of a mobile bookmarklet which could improve the experience of authenticating through touchscreen or very small keyboards by helping the user avoid the need to repeatedly enter complex alphanumeric character strings.
The project also produced a 'good practice' toolkit for content providers and librarians which documents the rewards, risks and barriers involved in making academic content accessible to mobile devices.
This presentation will discuss the methods used by the project in gathering user requirements and evaluating usability. It will also share the lessons learnt in the process and the results of the evaluation by users.
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This week, you've heard us talk a lot in our iAnalyse series about how we measure and analyse everything. Well, we weren't kidding.
For 6 days, 13 brave iProspectors let me turn them into human guinea pigs, tracking 6 different data points with variables over time. We* plugged these factors into some of our analytics tools, put our thinking caps on, and let the data tell us a story about our co-workers. What we found was both moderately disturbing and extremely enlightening.
If you consider time to and from work as approx. the same, the total would be 86.6 hours per week spent commuting. That's enough time to watch Interstellar 30 times (including bathroom breaks and getting popcorn), or walk from Dublin down the coast to Wexford -> Waterford -> Cork -> Killarney -> Tralee and still have time for dinner and a pint (or two).
At 96 minutes per person per day, that means with 253 working days a year (not counting holidays, to be fair), we spend a little over 404 hours, or 16 days just getting into work. It's times like these that I maintain Harry Potter-style apparation isn't just wishful thinking for kids waiting for their Hogwarts enrolment letter.
This is the same distance as stage 14 in this year's Tour De France, which really shows how much more impressive the riders are than our walk/cycle/Luas/DART rides into work ever will be. And if you're wondering, Rafal Majka won that leg in 5 hours and 16 minutes through an insanely rough terrain-- much faster than the 8 hours it takes us.
Kind of makes you feel like an underachiever... just me?
That's 16.2 grams of pure caffeine. Enough to kill 3 adults if taken all at the same time!
If we're being honest... we were surprised that we didn't drink more.
We're officially data depositories. We receive just over 58% more emails than we send.
What's even more interesting is there was a direct correlation between the amount of coffee we drank and the number of emails we sent.
False correlation? I think not. Unlike this...
75kb is the average size of an email. The total number of emails sent over the course of the 6 days is 6039, for a whopping total of 453mb in emails. This is the equivalent of 75 songs, 3 hours of video on YouTube or visiting 9058 webpages.


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Let's open our Bibles, and see what the actual sign of the end, and of Christ's return, is.
"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come." Joel 2:31
"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come." Acts 2:20
"For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine." Isaiah 13:10
"Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His ancients gloriously."
Isaiah 24:23
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken." Matthew 24:29
"But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken." Mark 13:24-25
"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars...for the powers of heaven shall be shaken" Luke 21: 25-26
"And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise." Revelation 8:12
Clearly this is none of this is referring to a common lunar eclipse that takes place before the Tribulation as a sign that it is coming! Notice the both the Old Testament prophets, the New Testament apostles, and even Christ Himself state that not only the moon, but the sun also and the stars will all be obscured from view. Don't you realize, it is impossible to have a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse at the same time? This is not a natural, normal, predictable event!
It is a catastrophic, one-time occurence, heralding Christ's return!
All through your Bible, it is always the sun AND the moon AND the stars...not the moon only! The first time this sign is mentioned appears in Genesis, in a dream God gave Joseph!
"And he dreamed yet another dream, and told his brethren and said, 'Behold, I have dreamed a dream more, and behold, the sun, and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.' " Genesis 37:9
Now Jacob thought the dream meant he & his family would bow down to Joseph, which was the short-term fulfillment of the vision. But the deeper, Messianic meaning was that one day, the Sun, and the Moon, and the stars would switch off their high-beams and flip on their low-beams in deference to the True Light, Jesus Christ Almighty!
Folks, there is no prophecy as such stating that a lunar eclipse foretells the coming of the AntiChrist, or of the beginning of the Tribulation. Read da book! Don't add to His words, don't take any away! Blood Moon, Schmood Moon!


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Cloud Computing is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server…
Cloud computing is the next stage in the Internet's evolution, providing the means through which computing resources and application software can be delivered into your business as a cost effective and scalable service based on demand.
The "cloud" can be thought of as the set of technological resources located off-site and managed by specialist companies. These resources include application servers, database engines, storage arrays, backup devices, etc. which combine to host your mission critical systems. A cloud computing solution is easily adaptable as your business and requirements evolve.
Codus provide consultancy services to help determine if cloud computing can offer benefits and cost savings for your business and to produce a migration plan


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This was my first Cambie Dress, which I made earlier in the summer. The fabric is a cotton voile that was around $8 a metre, I believe, and I lined it with some white cotton voile that cost about $6 a metre, both purchased locally. I didn't want to spend too much on my first version in case it didn't turn out, but overall I'm very happy with it! I started my second version right after finishing the first, and I have a feeling I will make many more (including possibly a silk version for a grad dress? I'm brainstorming).
I cut a straight size 0, even though I could have graded up to a 2 on top. My shoulders are very narrow, so I usually cut out the smallest size on top and then adjust the bust. Although for this pattern, it appears I could have cut a size 2 on top because the straps could be a little wider on top. I might try to make them a little wider on the next version I make.
I made a muslin and I'm SO glad I did. The pattern is very well-drafted, no doubt about it, but I've never had anything fit without alterations. My shoulders are very sloped, so altering the shoulder seams so that they fit and were in the right spot took a little bit of fiddling. In the end, I just took out the seams and had my mom help me pin them together so the seam would be in the right place (thanks, Mom!), and then adjusted the pieces so that they aligned properly. I also added on an inch to the top of the bodice and shortened the straps, which is why my straps look a little wider at the bottom than they're supposed to. I meant to taper them in a little bit for my second version, because I think I like them a bit better thinner, but I forgot... which reminds me, I should do that soon otherwise I'll forget on my third version, too (which might just be a button-front version... if you haven't seen this tutorial, check it out! It's super cute).
I also had to move the side seams to the back a little, because they didn't sit quite right, and I added on about half an inch on each side of the bodice front, then made the darts bigger. I'm calling this my makeshift FBA, although it might have been easier to attempt a proper one. Oh well! I'm very happy with the fit now. The only thing I would have done differently was sewn the waistband as well when I made my muslin. It ended up being a little too short, and I had to ease the fabric in a bit. I then had to take a 1/4" seam allowance rather than 5/8" when I sewed the zipper, which might have contributed to my zipper problems (keep reading...).
|That muslin was definitely worth it!
Other than the waistband issue, the construction was fairly straightforward until the invisible zipper. I've done invisible zippers before and I've never found them any more difficult than a regular zipper... but they definitely aren't as strong. I made a Hollyburn Skirt and put in an invisible zipper, only to have it break after a couple months (a regular zipper is recommended, and that's probably why). Actually, it broke while I was making this dress. I should have realised then...
First of all, I decided that I would be lazy and wouldn't bother with basting or anything beforehand, thinking it would take too much time. Right. Well, this was my first attempt:
Okay, I know it could have been worse. Everyone I showed this to said it was barely noticeable. I could have just gone with it. But... no. Being a perfectionist, I ripped the whole thing out and redid it... twice. It took me three tries to get it right, all because I didn't want to "waste time" and baste. Lesson learned.
Oh, and in the process, my chalk pen exploded all over my dress.
Needless to say, I was feeling a little discouraged by this point, and definitely didn't need any more mishaps. I was so relieved when I finally got the zipper right that I never even took a picture, and jumped right ahead to sewing my lining to it.
I was finally feeling that the project was going well, until...
|Definitely not the best picture, but the only one I took.
The FIRST time I tried it on after attaching the lining, the zipper broke. Words cannot express how frustrated I was - mind you, it wasn't that bad at first, I just had to open it up even more to get the dress off. I have since given up on invisible zippers (at least, for anything this fitted). Try as I might, I couldn't fix the zipper and ripped it all out a third time, except this time I had to rip out the lining, too.
However, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I had been curious for a while about hand-picked zippers, having seen them pop up on different blogs I follow, so I decided to try one after reading Tasia's tutorial on how to insert one in the Cambie Dress. You basically sew the lining and the main fabric together down the back, and insert the zipper afterwards.
It's not perfect, but it's not bad for a first attempt. It did take a little while, but less time than it took me to repeatedly sew and unpick the invisible zipper. I didn't bother with an invisible one for my second dress and did a hand-picked zipper right away, which turned out a nicer than my first try. Actually, I haven't sewn in a single zipper by machine since making this dress.
The neckline didn't turn out quite as nicely as I expected - it looks more like a curve than a sweetheart. When I sewed this, I was trying to take a slightly bigger seam allowance out of the lining so that it would sit to the inside, but the seam allowance I took on both fabrics ended up being not very consistent. My fault, not the pattern's!
For my second one, I tried understitching the neckline as an alternative to this, which meant I kept the sweetheart shape.
I love the pockets! They sit nicely to the inside of the seam and are completely invisible. And thanks to the full skirt, it never looks like you have anything in them, even if you do!
Most of the photos are taken with a crinoline, although this skirt has quite a bit of volume without. I actually inadvertently took lots of photos that show off the crinoline, because it seemed to poke out the bottom every time I grabbed the skirt. Oh well! I'm happy with how they turned out.
The only other things I would do differently are: 1) adding onto the skirt pieces to allow for a bigger hem allowance, because even with a catchstiched hem I think it's quite visible, especially in photos (I did this on my second dress), 2) adding some understitching to keep the lining to the inside (this, too, I did on my second version), and 3) lowering the armholes just a bit. When I added on an inch to the top of the bodice, I tapered it down so that it would meet the back piece, but not enough. It's a bit high there and rubs a little. I tried fixing this on my second dress, but it's still not perfect. I might have to move where the straps go in and taper it a little more gradually.
|I love the swishiness (is that even a word?) the crinoline gives it! Now I just need to make a circle skirt...
Overall, I love it. There are a couple things that aren't perfect, but this was meant as a trial run of the pattern anyways. I'm really glad I worked through the fiasco with the zipper and made it work.
|Without a crinoline
The skirt, as you can see above, has a fair amount of volume without a crinoline. Even though the fabric is simpler, it feels a bit more dramatic than my second version!
|Again, without a crinoline. I'll probably wear it more often this way, no matter how much I love the crinoline.
This has been great for summer, especially since this summer has been unusually hot! I also love the the straps and the higher back protect against the sun. The sun and I have a love-hate relationship. As much as I enjoy the summer weather (although I do enjoy rain, too - it's so relaxing), the sun really hates me, so I have to be careful about not exposing too much skin. Spaghetti straps and low backs are not good summer styles for me!
More photos on my Flickr.
I'll leave you with a photo that was taken by accident but I actually really like.


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Crayola has made some amazing things in the past. They have made such amazing strides in the world of creativity that I find it almost impossible that they could come out with anything more creative than what is already on their shelves. Yeah...I was totally wrong. Crayola Rocked the New York Toy Fair guys, they rocked it hard!
First up in the new roster is the new Crayola Thread Wrapper. This unique item lets you change ordinary to extra ordinary, and old into new!
Bringing an old craft from the olden days- or my childhood- back into light, the Crayola Thread Wrapper does exactly what the title says. Anything that can fit in the motorized threading unit can be made into unique personalized wearable art! Inspired by up-cycling- The Crayola Thread Wrapper will turn all your old boring objects into a new revitalized addition to your daily routine! Pens, ear-buds, headbands anything your heart or imagination desires can be AMAZING! The kit comes with all you need to start right away, thread, a fabric marker- for even more customization and a couple of extra spools. It even comes with a re-threading attachment that lets you make new spools of thread, you can mix and match colors creating your own unique spool! I see kids, as well as sewing enthusiasts wanting this when it hits the shelves this July, and with the $24.99 price-tag you won't break the bank!
The Crayola Crayon Carver is so cool that I think most adults will want this before the kids even get to making out their wish list! This carver is kind of amazing, and by kind of, I mean, it is super amazing. Using the 40 tracing tiles that comes with the kit, you can create countless letter combinations, and designs and etch them on the crayon itself. Using the unique Carver, you trace the letter tile on one end covering the entire surface, while on the other end it is being etched onto the crayon. Your child's fingers are completely safe while they create their one of a kind crayon! Cover the whole surface of the crayon or just one side use one letter or design or a whole bunch, go crazy! Kids can use this for their own enjoyment, or as presents for friends and parents and children can work together to make totally unique party favors, invites, or decorations- the potential for this is limitless, I love it, and I am getting it- I suggest you do the same when it hits stores shelves in July!
"The Crayola Cling Creator lets kids create their own repositionable icons that stick to, and peel from windows, mirrors and other flat, smooth surfaces." From start to finish this is your child's own creation. They mix the the color, they either create a mold to use, or use one of the five molds (with designs on both sides), and in fifteen minutes, your cling is ready! The kit is coming to stores this June and is $24.99
The Cru 'de Gra of the line up has to be the Easy Animation Studio! Using the amazing Crayola Color Alive as a launching pad the line has now moved up and has made it possible for anyone to create amazing animation in mere minutes- all you need is this kit and a smart device! The kit uses Smooth Action Technology and a mannequin to create full animation. Create your own character on the pad included, add in you colored back drops (also included) and you are ready to create your own story. Guys, this was freakin amazing, and when you hear the price- a cool $25 there is no way you can see this on the shelf and not pick it up. Think of the creativity your child can explore with this absolutely amazing piece of technology. Besides the artistic aspect, your child can expand their creative minds into unique stories and characters then see their vision come to life! I am so excited for this to come out in July that I will be counting down the days until it breaks into stores.
Crayola has done it again, creating a line up of fun, unique tools as ways to keep your child interested in the arts.The prices of the items are such that anyone on any budget can get these tools and every child can have the tool to create whatever their little minds desire!
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Murrells Inlet, SC
About Us
Fox's Pizza Den is Murrells Inlet's oldest pizzeria! Over 20 years ago Janey and Mike Mitchell opened Fox's Pizza Den of Murrells Inlet with a goal of providing great pizza, subs, wedgies, and other delicious Fox's food at competitive prices and the best customer service possible. In July 2018, their employee of 18 years, Jamie Soles, and his partner Megan Sawyer took over the business.
We will strive to continue to build on what Mike and Janey built. Our team is grateful for our loyal customers that continue to call us their favorite local pizzeria!! On any given day you will find plumbers, electricians, carpenters, bankers, medical personnel and families eating at our Den!
We have seating for 50, TV's, Free Wi-Fi! Lunch specials and slices are available weekdays 11-2. Delivery, Dine-in, or Carry Out are available. Pre-orders for large events are welcome also!
Come join us for lunch or dinner and thanks for your support!


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Is the iPad a Business Tool?
With every computing device there are limits and trade offs. We need to ask, what business problem are we solving and then find the best solution. Desktop, notebook, sub-notebook, tablet and mobile all serve a purpose. Although the days are numbered for the sub-notebooks as we know them. When we have a "new" category the problem may not be evident. The category is not new. Rather the design and innovation applied by Apple to the category is new. It is also important to recognize that technologies supporting this device such as cloud computing, pervasive wireless and digitization are coming of age. The iPad (and other tablets) can not succeed without these supporting technologies. There is a technology convergence underway that makes the business solution possible.
Specifically here I'm examining the use case for the executive or manager. The business use case for the iPad requires different thinking. It requires different working. The benefits are more informed, efficient and effective work, resulting in better decisions. Most importantly accomplishing this requires access to information anywhere, anytime. Accessing a document from your iPad when you need it cannot happen if the document is in a paper filing cabinet or on your desktop "C:" drive. Storing and sharing information in the cloud using a service such as box.net or Dropbox makes the information accessible from a tablet or any device with Internet access. Along with this, efficient and effective tablet utilization requires a commitment to working "paperless". The change in work habits, not the technology is the biggest challenge for most people. Many businesses therefore need to change how they operate. IT organization may need changes to support this paradigm shift.
Given these prerequisites, the applications make the use case possible. The usability depends on thoughtful redesign of applications for the iPad not just iPhone application transfers. iPhone applications, while they run on the iPad, are awkward and inadequate. The initial wave of applications provide, for the executive or manager, the critical or essential applications. More applications are needed. The following is a list of essential functions and application recommendations.
- Email. The native email application is good for consumption and basic composition of email.
- Book and Magazine Reading. - The Kindle and iBooks applications are good book readers. Books and magazines from smart publishers will become applications and in time will barely resemble the paper form. Digital books and magazines have the potential to offer more then the paper form. We are seeing this already.
- News Reading. Feeddler RSS Reader is an early favorite for news. My news consumption is through Google Reader. Feeddler RSS Reader, among others, synchronizes with Google Reader. There is room for improvement here.
- Document Reading. Similar to the traditional paper inbox, contracts, proposals, letters, etc. end up in a folder on box.net or Dropbox for reading and review including when offline.
- Notes. The iPad replaces the paper notebook. Evernote is a good choice for notes. Notes are stored and synchronized in the cloud. Therefore notes are accessible anywhere you have Internet access. The iPad keyboard is good for basic note taking. A voice recorder such as iRec is also useful.
- Information Access. Information and the sources are pervasive. Bloomberg is a favorite for financial information. Internet and search access is useful in a meeting. Access to corporate data or documents on-time, at your finger tips while away from your desk is possible with the iPad. With box.net or Dropbox an assistant or co-worker can drop documents in cloud based shared folders for access during a meeting.
- Tasks. I'm waiting for an iPad version of my favorite task management application for Microsoft Exchange users - iMExchange.
- Analytics. This is a wide open area that has opportunity for improvement and growth. Executives and managers use many tools now. An iPad based dashboard is very appealing.
- Remote Access. If you have not found an iPad application for traditional, Microsoft Windows or IE bound applications, then Citrix Receiver is a delivery solution for many organization with Citrix infrastructure.
This is just the beginning. In time creative developers will produce applications that will continue enhancing the tools and IT organizations will evolve the infrastructure to support it.


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I am a 53 year old woman. I was diagnosed with MS over 34 years ago and I purchased the Ex N'Flex in March of 2000. I have used it most every day. I was dependent on a wheelchair but since then I drive again, do all of our shopping, laundry, cooking and most cleaning. I have walked using a walker for almost five years now and am starting to use canes as walking aides again. I was able to discontinue taking muscle relaxers and all other medications except one to treat pain but that is also improving.
When I don't use the Ex N'Flex I do start to get stiff. It has improved my circulation allowing me to be warmer during the cold. That machine has been a Godsend and I reccomend it to everyone who wants to be mobile again. It stretches muscles making it easier to walk. Trust me, I can not tell you in words how much "life" it has helped me to regain! It truely works to do everything it says it does. Don't doubt it!! Make it a must in your life ASAP!!! My neurologist is in awe of my accomplishments. Extremely, abundantly happy from PA.!!!
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Ben Foster and Margarita Levieva star in the moving clip.
Roots rocker and country firebrand Chris Stapleton released a striking video Monday morning for "Fire Away," the latest single off his multiple Grammy and CMA-winning solo debut Traveller.
Starring Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) and Margarita Levieva (ABC's Revenge) and conceived by the singer, the video follows a couple through courtship and marriage before dissolving into struggle and, ultimately, tragedy. (While not at heart center of the video, Stapleton does make a convincing cameo as the bartender for the grief-stricken Foster.)
The video also aims higher than just visually representing the whiskey-soaked tune — it also enters into a dialogue about mental health awareness, specifically through The Campaign to Change Direction. Foster introduced Stapleton to the organization, and here they both serve it well.
"Fire Away," a highlight off Traveller and now a highlight of recent music videos, is streaming below.
Stapleton is in the midst of a somewhat unprecendented breakout since releasing Traveller last summer. After taking home three CMA Awards — Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Best New Artist — watching his album jump to No.1, booking enormous festival appearances at Coachella and Bonnaroo, playing Saturday Night Live and most every other late night show, he won two Grammys and announced a short tour with Hank Williams Jr. He is currently nominated for four ACMs, which will air in April.


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Teacher's Post
Royal Mail's educational resource website
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Operations is at the heart of our business – keeping mail moving to every corner of the UK and beyond. But behind our team of drivers, sorters and postal delivery workers, there's a group of decision-makers and motivators who lead our teams, maintain our 41,000-strong fleet of vehicles and ensure we have the technology we need to deliver for our customers. That's where you could come in.
Delivering innovative Technology solutions that can drive real improvements in our service has never been more important. And if we want be a Technology leader, we need to make significant investments – not only in our software and systems, but in our people. That's where you come in. Join our Technology Programme and we'll give you the skills and experience you'll need to become a future Technology leader. You'll learn to design, test and manage all kinds of new software, manage client relationships and have a real impact on our technology infrastructure. From an early stage, you'll be helping to achieve real business objectives and gaining senior-level contacts. All in all it'll be a very firm foundation for your future career.
The scale and scope of our FTSE 100 organisation translates into diverse HR challenges. It might mean developing our relationship with the unions or making sure that we have the right senior level capability to lead the business into the future. You'll be involved in key projects from the start, helping us to drive forward positive change, staff engagement and world-class service. Whether you want to pursue a career as a specialist or a generalist, our HR programme will give you a firm foundation.
Our multi-disciplinary Finance team has a key role to play in the commercial future of Royal Mail. Over 600-strong, the team is one of the UK's largest in-house functions. As a Finance graduate you'll be at the core of Royal Mail's success. Taking the lead on projects that are key to our ongoing transformation, you'll help turn us into a more competitive business.
We handle millions of customer interactions every year and deliver marketing mail campaigns for some of the UK's biggest brands. But if you can get to grips with the size of the challenge, you'll soon take your place as a driving force within our FTSE 100 organisation.


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Hanging in the Balance
After a suits colour, which I take very seriously indeed, I consider balance and proportion to be the most important elements of a fine suit. In fact, I have often argued that, if the fit of a suit is good then one could have their suit fashioned from their favourite (insert favourite childhood hero or movie here..) duvet cover!
But why? Because of balance.
The current trend for cropped jackets, or bum freezers as they are known in the industry has, in fairness, gone on much longer than I had anticipated. But I still say that it makes the very tall look ridiculous as it accentuates the length of the leg still further. Conversely, it does not make the vertically challenged among us appear taller; it just reveals a vertically challenged man endeavouring to make his legs look longer!
Given the majority of the suits which Brown in Town makes are wedding suits – which are in turn immortalised in wedding photos – that the suits look as good on the Big Day and forever more, is as important as the groom not letting the bride down in the wedding photos by choosing the wrong colour suit!
While the wedding dress may (or may not) be hermetically sealed after the big day and consigned to the attic, the wedding suit will be worn again and again. And, though the average cost of a wedding suit is a fraction of the cost of the wedding dress, this may not always be the case. Regardless, the groom, unlike the bride, must be seen to be investing in a timeless classic so as to ensure maximum value is redeemed from such a financial outlay. But whether for wedding or for work, Brown in Town likes to ensure that the suit can be used beyond the maiden voyage, which requires it to look as good on the wearer on the Big Day as it does every time it is worn on the trading floor or at friends weddings.
We achieve this firstly by ensuring that the colour of the cloth is flattering of the wearer i.e. not a colour which washes them out, and secondly by ensuring the overall silhouette of the suit is a flattering one. Not only is the suit cut using the wearers measurements, but also incorporating the figurations of their frame i.e. sloping shoulder v's square shoulders into the pattern to ensure a good fit. This, together with consideration of balance between the top and the bottom e.g. the jacket and the trousers.
This used to be governed by the length of one's jacket being cut to the top of the thigh, so as not to reveal one's bottom! Other sartorial litmus tests abound, such as the hem of the jacket falling into the palm of one's hand when arms are at rest by one's side, but your tailor will most likely wax lyrical about these sartorial etiquettes whilst measuring you. And this is not to say that cut is not important, but let's assume that this would be one of the reasons for utilising the services of a tailor to fashion our suits, shirts, jackets and trousers.
When I am measuring someone for a suit, I will consider what length of jacket is going to be most flattering; just as I do the length and cut of their trousers. For example, if the wearer desires a slimmer cut in his trousers, the cutter makes a beeline from the seat of the trousers (typically the widest part of the pattern) to the knee, as opposed the ankle. This eradicated some of the drape behind the thigh: but be warned, if you are blessed with rugby or cyclists thighs, ergo weightlifters quads, you will find your trousers sticking to your legs when you stand!
This does not mean that I am against the slimline cut of the modern suit, far from it. My own sartorial inspirations come from the suits which were worn by my heroes both on the silver screen and also TV during the 1960's; think Michael Caine in the Italian Job or cult tv show U.N.C.L.E. And I would suggest that the style of this era had a profound effect on Savile Row, not only in the cut of the suits, but also in the cutters who were inspired to pursue a career in tailoring – my own sartorial hero, Dougie Hayward, was a South London lad like me who was unable to secure a position on Savile Row owing to his Sarf' London lilt, and so opened up on Mount St. The rest is history.
Not that Savile Row would admit to being inspired by Italian tailoring, but just look at the changes which came about during the era of the Mod; brightly coloured iridescent two-tone, mohair suits, sharply cut with drainpipe trousers and worn by young men with pixie boots! Love it or loathe it, this style most certainly had a an affect on the traditional Savile Row suit and is probably the greatest influence on modern tailoring, and which still abounds today.
And whilst I may be inspired by our sartorial past I am certainly not hindered by it. Ergo, nor do I believe that tailoring is the place for imitating current trends if those trends do not afford the wearer a garment which is flattering – these experiments are best conducted in a fitting room on the the High St.
By all means be inspired by what the movers and the shakers are wearing, but consider how you will look in the same get-up. No more would you have me cut your trousers too short if they made you look ridiculous (nor too long for that matter), than you would have me cut your jacket too short if afforded you the same.
I think Dunhill said it best in one of their campaigns; "Trousers are made in three lengths: too short, too long, and just right".
Hear, hear..