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This advice is ideal for entrepreneurial folks who want to open a hair goods business. Read this advice before you begin your venture.
Wondering how to start a hair goods business? We take you step-by-step from start to success.
Hair Goods Basics
Wigs, weaves, extensions and other hair products are big business in the U.S. With the introduction of more affordable products from China and South Korea, wig sales alone skyrocketed to nearly $2 billion in 2007.
Retail sellers of hair goods serve a variety of customers. From individuals who have suffered hair loss due to age or illness to individuals interested in enhancing their appearance with extensions or weaves, there are many different types of markets for hair goods.
However, the hair goods marketplace is also highly segmented. Products that appeal to one group of consumers don't necessarily carry over to other groups of consumers or retailers. At the beginning of the planning process, you will need to take a closer look at the hair goods market in your territory and calibrate your product offerings to the specific needs of area consumers.
Funding a Hair Goods Startup
If you don't have $100k in the bank to launch your hair goods business, don't panic -- yet. Startup entrepreneurs frequently struggle to raise enough startup capital to launch their businesses on solid footing.
But since you can't start your business without leased space, a company website, initial inventory and other resources, you're going to need to identify sources of capital before you progress too far in the process.
Personal savings is usually regarded as the best source of startup capital. Although it's possible to launch a hair goods business on a shoestring (leveraging drop shipping, online retail and other strategies), it's likely that you will need at least $10k - $30k to launch a small operation. Consider tapping into loans or investments from family members and other sources to cover shortfalls.
Capacity Planning Tips for Hair Goods Startups
Although it is often associated with manufacturing operations, capacity planning plays a role in a successful hair goods business. The idea is to create an operational plan that enables your business to maintain supply inventories capable of meeting anticipated demand.
Since some hair goods are imported from overseas, you will need to work closely with your suppliers to make sure your business has the inventory it requires to satisfy customer orders. Backorders and out-of-stock scenarios can have a negative effect on customer loyalty, so the sooner you know a product will be unavailable, the more opportunity you have to mitigate the impact of supply chain issues.
Creating a Business Plan for a Hair Goods Business
A common mistake for an entrepreneur is to not create a business plan.
The key benefit of writing a business plan is that it defines the game plan. If you don't have a business plan, your leadership will be handicapped, choosing short-term opportunities at the expense of long-term benefits.
Before you make another business decision and before you start writing a business plan, you need to create a mission statement. Once you're satisfied with your hair goods business's mission, it's time to initiate the hard work involved with writing the rest of your hair goods company's business plan.
Look Over Competitors
Before you open a hair goods business within your community, it's worthwhile to find out what the competition looks like. Try our link below to generate a list of competitors nearby. Simply enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of hair goods businesses in your town.
Before you open up shop, make sure you know what you will offer to your customers that provides a significant advantage over your competition's offering.
Learning More About the Industry
After you've evaluated your local competitors, be sure to speak with somebody who is already in the business. It's very unlikely that the local competition will talk to you. Why would they want to educate a future competitor?
However, a fellow entrepreneur who has started a hair goods business in a different city will be much more likely to talk with you, after they realize you reside far away from them and won't be stealing their local customers. In fact, they are often very willing to share startup advice with you. In my experience, you may have to call ten business owners in order to find one who is willing to share his wisdom with you.
Where does one find an entrepreneur who is running a hair goods business who is willing to talk to you but doesn't live nearby?
Simple. Let your fingers do the walking by using the link below.
Advantages of a Hair Goods Business Purchase
On a percentage basis, more entrepreneurs intend to enter hair goods business ownership through a startup than through a business purchase. Yet hair goods business startups aren't easy - many fail within the first year.
There are a lot of factors that need to be considered in buying vs. starting a business. By buying a profitable hair goods business, you'll shorten the amount of time it takes to achieve a return on your investment because you'll have the advantage of a proven operation and an existing customer base.
Is Franchising the Right Option?
If done right, a small business startup takes months and months of preparations just to lay the groundwork for the first day of business.
That makes franchising an attractive alternative to traditional business startups. Our hair styling franchise directory offers a variety of hair goods business franchise opportunities, many of which may be the perfect fit for your personal and professional goals.
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SwiftGen is a code generator tool that allows us to generate Enums from images, storyboards, Localizable.strings, etc. To understand the real value that SwiftGen can bring to tour projects we need to revisit first how resources such as images, or storyboards are called, and what are the caveats associated to the usual way in which we use them.
Widgets are extension that show in the Notification's center, and whose purpose is to display a short amount of relevant information. When we add a Today extension to our projects we aim to allow the user to obtain information in a quick manner.
Let's have a look at iOS 11: concretely let's see how to add actions, left, and right swipe, to table rows.
In this tutorial we will see how to upload an image from the photo gallery to a server using Swift 3.
In this post we will see how we can use the SwipeCellKit library to improve the native swipe functionality in UITableView Cell by adding functionalities likes the ones available in the iOS email app: left and right swipe, plus icons, and animations
A Promise is an object that represents the result of an asynchronous operation. Promises make easier working with asynchronous calls, and make for cleaner, and easier to understand code. The PromiseKit project allow us to add promises to our Swift projects.
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Seducing Chaos - Shadow Realm #1
Luna Quinn
Publisher: Luna Quinn
Trouble never felt so good… For centuries, Razor and his brothers have ruled in peace over Shadow Realm. Their luck runs out when a string of dead bodies begin to pop up all over their land. Deemed "the Judge" by the streets he polices, Razor begins investigating the mysterious deaths. But when the leader of the Reapers brings them more bad news, Razor has no choice but to team up with the one person who knows the streets of Shadow Realm better than he does: Sasha, the feisty Reaper he's wanted for years. All Sasha wants to do is to find the bastard who is stealing souls from right under her boss' nose. Being forced to work with Razor was not part of the plan. With her one goal so close, admitting her attraction to the cocky Hellhound would be pointless. But the longer they work together, the harder it becomes to deny the sizzling chemistry between them. With no leads in a case that's getting more dangerous and heated, resisting each other may no longer be an option… *** Trigger Warnings: Descriptions of violence, torture, domestic violence and physical abuse, mentions of child death/miscarriage, strong language, and explicit sexual content.


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Text: Revelation 3-4; Isaiah 57
The seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3 are remarkable. In the letter to the church at Philadelphia (the ancient city in Asia Minor), we find these words (Rev 3:8):
"Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut."
Our God is a God of the open door. He opens doors before us by the power of His Word and the force of His promises. The challenge for us is that He usually just opens the door and calls us to step through. We need to do just that in obedience and in faith. But it is often scary, or requires sacrifice. He seldom gives us a "sense of peace" or a good feeling. He just opens the door and says, "go." But here's the deal: The God who opens the door always has a beautiful plan. He always richly blesses us on the other side of the door.
So…. what door is open before you today?
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Game Review: The Conjuring House
'Tis the season to enjoy some horror games, and The Conjuring House should definitely be on your list (If you're into feeling panic and terror). Described as a psychological horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety, The Conjuring House takes place in an abandoned house, known as Atkinson House. The house is consumed with demonic activity and you must investigate the unusual happenings surrounding the deaths that are constantly occurring within the house. You WILL be stalked by an incessant demonic woman with MURDEROUS INTENT, and the only way to stop her is to find and destroy demonic artifacts within the house before she catches you.
I had the "pleasure" of playing The Conjuring House, and although I still have yet to complete the game, here is my honest review after playing it for few hours.
The game starts off with a cutscene giving a full backstory on the Atkinson House. It definitely felt chilling, included stories of the various deaths happening in the house, occult occurrences and newspaper clippings documenting these events. Although it was a lengthy introduction, it helped set the mood for the game. However, the narrator (main character) pulled me out of that feeling on many occasions. His dialogue seemed inaccurate to what I believe someone would be feeling in that situation and almost came across as comical.
The game is an open non-linear experience which I typically enjoy in games. It let's me play the game at my own pace and I enjoy focusing on the things I want to do most. But it's very open to the point where sometimes it gets difficult to figure out what to do next. You MUST search each room thoroughly and remember where you are in the house, it can be very easy to get lost. There were moments in the game where I just couldn't find the next step, which can get frustrating at times. But this did add challenge to the game. The player must balance their focus among looking in each dark corner and dusty nook for a clue while staying alert for demonic presences trying to kill them and planning an escape route.
The graphics style felt appropriate for the game. There were lots of shadows and blurry corners that added to the suspense of the game, where you think you see a figure but turning to look at it reveals that it's just a chair. It's appropriate for setting the mood. But there was a slight awkwardness to the movement of the characters. Granted, they're specters and ghosts and demonic creatures but it still felt like they were slipping along the top of the floor. But I enjoyed the fact that the demonic witch had a unique look and was not just another cookie cutter horror character.
The audio is where this game truly succeeds. I think most of the panic I was experiencing from this game came from the sound effects. The creaking chandeliers, sounds of footsteps around me and the shrilling shrieks of the demonic witch are what caused me to lock myself in the safe room and not want to come out. The sound effects are also helpful in letting the player know if they're on the right path or not. They also let you know when the demonic witch is on the hunt, so trust your ears.
The first time I started up the game, I did experience a gameplay bug. After being brutally killed by the demonic witch and forgetting to save my game often, I was set back quite a bit and got stuck in a purgatory zone. One of the keys I found previously wasn't reset so I was prevented from advancing in the game and found myself wandering the house for 20 minutes with not much happening (no demonic attacks or clues in sight). Of course this is a new game, so I figured I might run into a bug but it definitely affected the horror aspect.
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Overall, I enjoyed The Conjuring House and found it thrilling. But there were just a few minor things that prevented it from being MY perfect game. However, I would still recommend it to any friends that enjoy horror games.
The Conjuring House is available on Steam (launched September 25, 2018) and is currently 20% off at $19.99 (Normally $24.99).


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Agree with the topic. That is true, because of my experience two decade ago. But now the problem is to get high quality feed in order to take advantage of the improved tilapia potencial for growing fast. For example, with good quality feed plus algae, in 3 to 6 months, you can produce fish of 450 grams at all, with good management. I got this experiencie, in a big farm of 49 hectare.
I agree that aquaculture is an efficient system to produce large quantities of animal protein for human consumption. But the quality and type of the feed is an important factor. As long as fish meal and fish oils are used, it might be efficient, but definitely not sustainable. The focus should not be "efficient" but "sustainable and efficient" aquaculture. I see no reason why these cannot be combined.The FAO is reporting about these issues for several years and states that the use of insects is one of the most sustainable solutions to produce (animal) proteins for animal feed. And I completely agree with that...Solve waste problems, produce insects without the use of land, water, fertilizers & pesticides and use the insects as an alternative for fish meal. It´s sustainable, possible and proven. And from a nutrient perspective, it is a very efficient system when organic residues are being used and converted into proteins, oils and fertilizers. Therefore I would like to conclude with: insect production is the most efficient system to obtain animal protein.
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or for a fourth time tonight. He previously won the award in 2008, 2013 and 2014. Ronaldo enjoyed a successful 2016 winning the European Championships with Portugal and the Champions League with his club, Real Madrid.
He still trails rival Lionel Messi who has five awards to his name but has now won three of the last four Ballons d'Or as he looks to catch up with his illustrious rival.
The suspense was killed after the official website tweeted Ronaldo had won before revealing who finished in the 2nd to 5th spots.
Gareth Bale finished in 6th place after a fine season for both club and country.
Elsewhere on the list, Leicester duo Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez were recognised for their efforts in their club's unlikely title winning campaign finishing in 8th and 7th spots respectively.
Previous winners of the Ballon d'or after Cristiano Ronaldo won the award for a fourth time today;
1956: Stanley Matthews (ENG)
1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (ESP)
1958: Raymond Kopa (FRA)
1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (ESP)
1960: Luis Suarez (ESP)
1961: Omar Sivori (ITA)
1962: Josef Masopust (CZE)
1963: Lev Yashin (USSR)
1964: Denis Law (SCO)
1965: Eusebio (POR)
1966: Bobby Charlton (ENG)
1967: Florian Albert (HUN)
1968: George Best (NIR)
1969: Gianni Rivera (ITA)
1970: Gerd Mueller (GER)
1971: Johan Cruyff (NED)
1972: Franz Beckenbauer (GER)
1973: Johan Cruyff (NED)
1974: Johan Cruyff (NED)
1975: Oleg Blokhin (USSR)
1976: Franz Beckenbauer (GER)
1977: Alan Simonsen (DEN)
1978: Kevin Keegan (ENG)
1979: Kevin Keegan (ENG)
1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER)
1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER)
1982: Paolo Rossi (ITA)
1983: Michel Platini (FRA)
1984: Michel Platini (FRA)
1985: Michel Platini (FRA)
1986: Igor Belanov (USSR)
1987: Ruud Gullit (NED)
1988: Marco van Basten (NED)
1989: Marco van Basten (NED)
1990: Lothar Matthäus (GER)
1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (FRA)
1992: Marco van Basten (NED)
1993: Roberto Baggio (ITA)
1994: Hristo Stoichkov (BUL)
1995: George Weah (LBR)
1996: Matthias Sammer (GER)
1997: Ronaldo (BRA)
1998: Zinedine Zidane (FRA)
1999: Rivaldo (BRA)
2000: Luis Figo (POR)
2001: Michael Owen (ENG)
2002: Ronaldo (BRA)
2003: Pavel Nedved (CZE)
2004: Andrei Shevchenko (UKR)
2005: Ronaldinho (BRA)
2006: Fabio Cannavaro (ITA)
2007: Kaka (BRA)
2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)
2009: Lionel Messi (ARG)
2010: Lionel Messi (ARG)
2011: Lionel Messi (ARG)
2012: Lionel Messi (ARG)
2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)
2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)
2015: Lionel Messi (ARG)
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)


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Melbourne is always an exciting city to visit at any time of the year. Hotels in Melbourne are known throughout the country, offering a variety of styles and budget options for the highest demanding travelers with the highest budget goals.
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Below are our recommendations for the best accommodation in Melbourne CBD:
Hotel Windsor, It is a historic hotel in Melbourne and is one of the best hotels in the world. The architecture reflects the glory of a past era, and it is a symbol of the hotel style. You can choose from standard rooms or 2 or 3-bedroom apartments, which are carefully decorated in Victorian style. Of course, the objects are of the first class, and you will always remember to be here.
Carlisle Street Apartment offers affordable accommodation around the corner of Acland Street and Luna Park. This is an excellent choice for families and couples.
Here you will find a studio, in which everything you need will be. The apartments are comfortable and comfortable, and the two bedroom apartments are ideal conditions from the family.
Queenscliff offers a great alternative away from the central business district. You can choose from many caravans and camps as well as the famous Beacon resort. This is a place where many Melbourne come for a small break, and it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Victoria, an excellent base for exploring Great Ocean Road.
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NARCO CLOSEHOLD: A Muddle in Mauritania
By Geoff D. Porter
How things look depends a lot on where you sit. Where you are changes your perspective. The same thing looks different, which leads to different conclusions. And in environments where it is difficult to reach out and touch that thing you're looking at, where that thing you're observing is ungraspable and shrouded, conclusions can become conspiratorial. There may be facets of truth, but they're mixed with fallacy. There may be foundations that are right, but further assumptions that are wrong. But in the absence of proof, they are all true at once. The fledgling Mauritanian hydrocarbons sector is like this. It is a tale of two perceptions, where the reality is a muddle...
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During after school hours we work with students who attend other schools. We often set up one-on-one instruction for students with an identified area of need. Working with students in this manner enables us to get to know the students immediately. These initial sessions are essential to establish good rapport with students and to help identify areas of need through formal and informal assessments.
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Typically, we transition students from individual sessions into small group sessions. The objective is to help students gain the knowledge necessary to be successful at school, and our approach attempts to balance students' immediate needs with long term goals. The immediate objective is to provide the help our students need to get back on track, while at the same time, helping them to become independent learners. Students not only have to learn the material at hand, but also must be able to perform in the classroom and in multiple types of assessments. As a result, we attempt to lessen the amount of support students receive as they demonstrate better understanding of the subject matter. Ultimately, our goal is to work ourselves out of a job. We want to see our students become successful, independent learners.
The College Counseling program at Xavier is comprehensive, holistic, and a chance for students to learn more about themselves and their goals for creating a meaningful future. Sarah Rosenblum serves as the Director of College Counseling and works individually with each high school student and family to navigate the college admission search and application process. Sarah teaches a College and Career Choices course to 11th grade students to help them jump-start their college admission journey. In the fall semester over 50 college admission representatives from across the nation visit Xavier to meet with and recruit our students. Throughout the year there are several college planning meetings for each grade level along with a college fair, career fair, case study college admission program, financial aid presentation, and college panels with admission officers. The goal is to educate each student and family to make informed choices about the college process and to find a school that will be a good match for each student. Students in the class of 2018 (40 graduates) received over $4 million in merit based scholarships and were accepted to a wide range of colleges all over the U.S. , in addition to some colleges out of the country. To learn more, please visit our college profile.
The purpose of our homework club is to provide a quiet, structural environment for students from other schools to do their homework. This service is available Monday through Friday and is structured to help establish patterns and routines that are essential to academic success. Students not only do their homework, but also work on organizational and study skills.
Another population of students that we serve through this program includes those struggling to stay organized, motivated and academically successful. For these young men and women, homework is typically a hassle and a constant battle. Assignments vanish on a regular basis or are not completed in a timely manner. Often, when they are completed, they are lost by the time the student makes it to class. Homework seems to take up most of the afternoon or evening.
By providing a highly structured environment in which we establish academically sound routines and procedures, by using research based methods, by setting high expectations, by holding students accountable, and by working at a different location from the home environment, we are able to begin the long term process of turning negative situations into constructive practices. We set attainable goals that guide our students to a path of success. We evaluate student behaviors and support those that will enhance school accomplishments, while at the same time helping to replace those that negatively impact their performance. Throughout this course of action we involve our students in many ways for they are an integral part of this process, and we negotiate with them in such a way that they become excited about the goals that we have set together. We build a team by collaborating with parents and teachers so that we may all work together to achieve what is best for the students we support.
When the Xavier School program first started, we were simply a transitionary school. Students would come to us for one or two semesters and then they would transition back to another school. We continue to offer this option, and a small percentage of our population does attend for a short period of time while parents determine what the next step in their children's educational career will be. We are happy to assure that our students continue to grow academically while they await acceptance into other schools. We want the transition to be as smooth as possible, and we can create an educational plan that meets the demands and vigor of the program that our students plan to attend.
We are open all year, and this gives us an opportunity to start a student's academic year at any time. This also allows us the abiity to slow down the curriculum for some of our students and as a result, they may take twelve months to complete a year of school work. Children with high ability who have slower processing speed benefit from being able to work at a more beneficial rate. Thus, they are able to truly demonstrate their potential since time restrictions are removed. Being open all year is also extremely beneficial to students with irregular schedules, such as athletes, students in medical treatment, or students with unique circumstances.
On the other end of the spectrum, we are also able to accelerate the curriculum for some of our students since they can continue to earn credits all year. Students who want to complete high school early continue to work all summer or they attend an extended day program. Our hours of operation are from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM, unless special arrangements are made with the principal, Richard De La Cuadra.
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May 11, 2019
Since her graduation from TCS in 2005, Natalie went to The University of North Texas to pursue a degree in kinesiology. She has worked for several years as a Manager at ULTA Beauty at various locations in Texas. She got married in 2011 to Thad Brown and lived in Katy Texas for 6 years. In Texas, Thad was a worship leader and media director for their church and they served there for 6 years. Now they live in Noblesville, Indiana and have two beautiful children, Tyden and Nyia. Thad is a Worship Pastor at Northview Church here in Indiana.


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Tackling unemployment through training in tourism
South Africa may have one of the worst unemployment rates in the world, but the tourism industry might just be the light in the dark for those affected. The sector contributes significantly to employment, supporting one in 10 jobs worldwide and one in 22 locally - representing 4,5% of the total workforce.
With South Africa being a top tourist destination, we need to be giving more people opportunities to enter this job-generating industry by equipping them with relevant skills.
This, according to Sigal Geva, Group Human Capital & Social Responsibility Manager at Premier Hotels & Resorts and Managing Director of Academic College - South Africa.
She continues: "We believe that investing in training and development is a guarantee for future success. Recently, we launched our Management Development Programme aimed at enabling unemployed candidates from within local communities surrounding each of our properties to become employable through education.
"Candidates with a grade 12 or equivalent qualification and who show leadership ability, along with stress tolerance, use of initiative and sound decision-making, communication and interpersonal skills, are selected to take part. The programme comprises both theoretical and hands-on accelerated training in all areas of hotel management to provide participants with the foundation for a career in the hospitality industry. I guess you can say it's our way of paying it forward."
Geva believes that the country's unemployment crisis, particularly amongst the youth, can be attributed to a failure by the education system to adequately prepare young people for the world of work, coupled with a lack of work experience. "Learnerships, however, help to tackle both."
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Gift: Fear of the Lord (Wonder and Awe)
Reading: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 12 they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. (Matthew 11:21)
Observation: So, I am reading this morning that I should try and remember the great things that have happened in my life and always focus on what God is doing and not on the negative things that are out of my control. I am called to do the best with the gifts that God has given me, and trust that God will work the rest out to the greater glory of his kingdom.
Application: Joy…The only way to display the fruit of joy is by constantly being aware of the grace that comes from God alone and be thankful for everything at all times.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for my wonderful family and keeping us together. Thank you for my amazing wife and my three wonderful boys. Thank you for our house and all of the incredible friends that you have brought into our lives. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Amen.


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Margaret Elizabeth Reed (My Grandmother)
My book is dedicated to my grandmother, for many reasons. A Lady indeed she, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Reed, -- who I called "Ma" - brought me up as an only child.
Ma was a stately, formal woman and strong disciplinarian who believed in strict rules of behavior. I give praise where it's due, for the deep respect I have towards women.
Although Ma was a formal woman, everyone in our neighborhood loved her and put her on a pedestal. People admired her for the way she was raising me, and they liked how I was mannerly and poised.
What my grandmother taught me was immense. You see, nothing in life comes easy, or without some pain. If it is meant to be good for you, you must hang in there and endure that pain. Then, someday, you'll be surprised at the wonderful outcome. This is perhaps the most important lesson I learned from her.
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Notable LGBTQ+ People in History
1. Barbara Gittings
Barbara Gittings was a gay active national archivist and critical archivist and editor whose work was essential to removing and separating the LGBTQIA narrative from that of psychiatric institutions and into the hands of individuals who identified with LGBTQIA.
2. Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk was an American politician who became the first openly gay elected official in the history of California. He was elected to the San Francisco Board of Education.
3. Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde was an American writer, librarian, civil rights activist, and lesbian. Her activism and literary works speak about the importance of liberation of oppressed people, regarding race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and age.
4. Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin was an American leader in social rights movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. He is best known for being the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests to ever be held in the United States. Rustin was also the adviser to Marin Luther King Jr. in the 1950's and 60's.
5. Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen was the first transgender celebrity in America. She was born George William Jorgensen Jr. and was assigned male at birth, however, she was aware since a very young age that she did not identify as male. After her time in the U.S. Army (as George), she went to Denmark to undergo gender reassignment surgery (which was not yet legal in the United States) and later obtained reconstructive surgery int he U.S.
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Marsha P. Johnson was an African-American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. She was a prominent and outspoken advocate for gay rights who was a part of the vanguard of the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
8. James Baldwin
James Baldwin was a gay American novelist and social critic. His literary works, which include The Fire Next Time, explored the complexities of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in mid-twentieth century America.
9. Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox is an American actress and prominent LGBTQ advocate. She became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy for her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange is the New Black.
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Matthew 151Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death. 5But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; 6And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 7You hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 10And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand: 11Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. 12Then came his disciples, and said to him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. 14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 15Then answered Peter and said to him, Declare to us this parable. 16And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding? 17Do not you yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man. 21Then Jesus went there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and sought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 29And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 33And his disciples say to him, From where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 34And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. 39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
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Last night I headed out in Liverpool with the other half. I didn't know whether we'd end up in a bar or a club so figured a jumpsuit would be the most appropriate for any eventuality.
It's amazing how elegant yet sexy they can make you feel since they cover you up yet hug your figure at the same time. The detail at the front also allowed for some wiggle room after a big meal!
It's astounding the amount of effort the girls make in Liverpool, they are dressed to the nines with small dresses, full extensions, contour and lashes. Wearing this jumpsuit in amongst these girls, I was definitely more covered up however I felt understated, classy and comfortable.
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Coldplay will not be touring to promote their latest album due to concerns over their concerts' environmental impact.
"We're taking time to see how our tour can be actively beneficial," frontman Chris Martin told BBC News. "All of us have to work out the best way of doing our job."
He said the band would be "disappointed" if their next tour is not carbon neutral, and explained how he wants a tour with no single-use plastics used and have it largely solar-powered.
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Body-positive activist Siphokazi Veti talks to us about online negativity, her meaning of self-love and what it takes to get there.When we meet up with body positivity activist and writer Siphokazi Veti on set in Cape Town, she's every bit as radiant as she seems on social media. And while her personality bubbles with enthusiasm and an undeniable optimism, we soon find there's a depth to Siphokazi that is beyond her years. She opens up with the kind of refreshing honesty that is so rare in the age of social media.
Why do you think it takes people so long to learn self-love?I think over time the world got lost in communication. Especially in media, and how it defined beauty and self-worth for so long. That kind of thing shapes young minds, and children lose something important at a young age.
What were your experiences growing up regarding self-love?I had an eating disorder and social anxiety. On top of that, my body started changing and maturing from an early age, but I didn't feel comfortable to ask advice to find out more about what was happening to me. And so for a long time, I didn't feel comfortable with myself.
When did you start feeling comfortable with your body?Only when I got to university, and started exploring feminism. That was a major turning point. A whole new world opened up for me.
How did feminism help you through this?It taught me the importance of choice, individuality and fighting for who you are, and fighting to tell your story. It taught me to be proud of being a woman and the magic that is womanhood.
Do you find yourself looking to other women for guidance and inspiration?I am inspired by so many incredible women, but I've had to take the path to self-love alone. I've realised I am my own healer. Until you can look at yourself in the mirror every single morning and love what you see, nothing else matters.
And do you feel this way about yourself every morning?Definitely not every single morning. Every day is a new chapter. Every morning that I get up, I have to set my intention. I have to affirm my value and to affirm that I am enough. Self-love is a way to enjoy the journey with your body, without being hard on yourself. If I didn't practice that and if I continued to pay attention to others' perceptions of me, I think I would still be in a dark space. A space that never fulfilled my purpose.
Do you ever experience negativity from people online?Oh yes, all the time. Especially on social media. But I even experience hate in the supermarket or on the street. But these reactions come from a place of fear. People fear bodies that exist unapologetically. I try my best not to live in that moment of hate. It's hard, don't get me wrong. It's why self-affirmation is especially important. And it's why I also turn to people that inspire me. Like my grandmother. She was raised in a time when black women couldn't thrive yet, against all odds, she did it. And so she has become the person who really drives me forward, no matter where I am in my life. My mother is another driving force for me. I am who I am because of women like my grandmother and mother.'
another day in love ••• self-love is a choice available to you right in this moment. Be open and stay open to the ways your existence wants to shift and manifest. Self- love is all yours; moment to moment- allow it, choose it, feel it. You don't need to reach a level of perfection to accept yourself or to know that indeed you are enough just as you are. Come back into your body, slow down, loose your grip on expectations and surrender to love. ••• Affirmation: I am no longer afraid, I no longer apologize. I uphold my boundaries. I see the woman in the mirror, She is divine magic. She is all that I am. I will love myself in this form and the next
Siphokazi's 5 mantras to live by1. SELF-LOVE
Practice self-love every day. Do not seek validation outside of yourself through instant gratifications. If you do that you will lose yourself, and you will stop telling your own story.
Keep on learning, keep on questioning the world around you and what it's telling you. You are your own healer, so trust your instincts and do not always turn to others to learn and understand. Have faith in your own perceptions.
Remain authentic, because your story is important. I studied accounting, which wasn't who I truly was. I was on a path where I could easily have been lost, but I remained true to who I am and what I want in life and steered myself in the right direction.
Spirituality is important for reconnecting to your deeper, inner guide. It helps make sense of – and deepens – your purpose on earth. I grew up in a religious home, but over the years my definition of spirituality has broadened to include many different practices, including yoga.
Be grateful for the time you – and your loved ones – have on this earth. My sister passed away several years ago. She helped me appreciate my own existence so much more. Her passing also made me realise that she had a powerful story, and it was never told… So her passing taught me to be grateful for the time we have, and to use that time wisely.
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Today I made the decision to elect medical care by Parsley Health, a primary care practice that takes a functional medicine approach. I feel genuinely excited that I am choosing to prioritize my health for the long haul known as life.
What is functional medicine?
It is an "approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease." Practitioner's assess the whole body, rather than each system or organ on its own. The Institute for Functional Medicine has more information here.
What led me to a functional medicine practitioner?
At my quarterly endocrinologist appointment for type 1 diabetes, I explained to my doctor that I was literally working my butt off at the gym and eating super clean, ahem–skipping all pastries in the office, and not seeing any physical results. My doctor's response was that I should "eat less and exercise more" and that my symptoms were not thyroid related. The test results I received the next day indicated otherwise – my thyroid was in a full on death spiral. Does this sound familiar to some of you?
I have listened to countless health and wellness podcasts focused on topics like autoimmune and thyroid disease, and it's painfully evident that my diagnosis story is not uncommon. Women struggle for years undiagnosed while their doctors doll out the same poor advice. I am literally sick and tired of this narrative. There is another way. I wholeheartedly believe that with the right oversight and guidance I can optimize my health despite my pre-existing conditions.
Complementary and alternative medicine in the U.S.
A 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) report states that 38% of U.S. adults are using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The survey included therapies like: meditation, yoga, massage, natural products and diet-based changes. Yes to all of these options. The survey found that a large percentage of respondents incorporated CAM into their lives because they believed conventional medicine did not serve them.
CAM and chronic disease: where do the two meet?
I read through the comments on a June 2018 Glu poll that asked its community of people with type 1 diabetes (PWD) their thoughts on CAM and was surprised to see so many responses dismissing the potential benefits of complementary therapies. Complementary interventions are used together with conventional treatments. I understand that restored pancreatic function is the ultimate hope of PWD, but that's just not a reality. I truly believe that PWD need to consider complementary therapies which can address problems associated to T1D and autoimmune disease.
The day-in and day-out toll that managing T1D brings absolutely heightens my control issues, stress and anxiety. I rely on the benefits of meditation for not only anxiety and stress relief, but improving my mood and creating more mental space to make mindful decisions every day. I feel similarly about spending time on a yoga mat. I am trying to treat both activities as non-negotiable.
Implementing specific diet-based theories has encouraged me to craft meals that are nutrient dense, full of color, and satiating to support my gut microbiome. A 2017 randomized control trial found an association between healthy dietary patterns and improved mental health. Bring on dark leafy greens. Not you, dandelion.
I hope to see a shift in perspective for PWD that complementary therapies can help support or improve other aspects of their health related to T1D. To me, the disease is not just about pancreatic function, but how it affects the whole body and mind.
What do I expect from this experience?
My hope is to understand where my hormone and nutrient levels are and develop a plan to optimize them; identify areas of improvement and self-care related to T1D; and determine a long-term health strategy that takes into consideration T1D complications, dementia, and age-related disease.
Level with me. Have you considered seeking medical care outside the traditional model? Or are you already seeing a functional medical practitioner? What has been your experience? I'd love to hear from you!


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Radiologists at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School in Bethesda, Maryland, failed to interpret nearly 2,000 dental scans over seven years, a lapse that resulted in at least one delay in treatment and raised concerns that patients underwent unnecessary biopsies or received inadequate care, according to an internal Navy investigation.
Between 2011 and 2016, a medical radiologist at the school failed to review and report more than 1,300 cone beam computed tomography, or CBCT, scans of patients.
Then, in 2018, another 500 CBCT scans were found unread, resulting in a seven-month surgical delay for a patient, according to an internal Navy investigation.
A CBCT scan is a type of medical imagery that provides a more detailed view of the face and jaw than conventional dental x-rays. They are used to pinpoint the locations of illnesses, tumors or infections and can detect serious diseases of the mouth, sinus cavities, jawbone and nasal passages.
Under Navy policy, the scans, usually requested by a dentist, oral surgeon or physician, are to be reviewed by an oral maxillofacial radiologist or medical radiologist — a second set of eyes interpreting the images in addition to the dentist or oral surgeon's review.
In 2016, a pathologist at the school, Dr. Laura Ike, sought a CBCT report for a patient who had undergone a biopsy at the facility. After looking into the computer files, Ike, who also is a dentist, discovered that one had not been filed. When she looked to see whether that report was an anomaly, she found that more than 1,300 CBCT scans did not have accompanying reports.
Ike informed her department head of the problem and filed a patient safety report about it, concerned that the patient had not received adequate care. A Navy investigation launched as a result of the complaint found a staffing shortage, poor quality control and technological problems contributed to the backlog, but that the patient's outcome was not affected.
But then it happened again. And among the 500 reports that went unread between April 2018 to October 2018 was a patient whose initial scan showed an anomaly requiring surgery. That patient received a CBCT scan in October and wasn't notified about a suspicious lump in her jaw for six months.
"A lot of stuff can show up [in a CBCT scan] that a regular dentist isn't trained to pick up on a CBCT scan, which is why a radiologist is supposed to review it and report it," said Ike, who left the Navy earlier this year. As a result of the backlogs, "I think there's a huge pool of patients that either had surgery they didn't need or didn't have surgery in a timely manner."
According to a copy of the investigation obtained by Ike through the Freedom of Information Act, the Naval Postgraduate Dental School assigned the task of reading CBCT scans to a staff member, an oral maxillofacial radiologist who subsequently was diagnosed with an illness in 2012 and began working shorter hours and telecommuting.
Other dentists agreed to help out in their spare time during their colleague's absence, and the school asked another to read them remotely, but the arrangement never worked out, as technology issues prevented full images from being delivered electronically.
And so, the backlog grew. In 2015, another provider checked in to Navy Postgraduate Dental School and was assigned the job of reviewing the scans. But he didn't receive certification for the task until 2016, about the same time Ike discovered the backlog.
The Naval Postgraduate Dental School serves active-duty personnel, but as a teaching facility it also sees retirees, family members and veterans with complex dental conditions.
Ike told Military Times that the patient for whom she requested a report had a tumor in his jaw that was dark but visible in a 2014 CBCT that was never reviewed by a medical radiologist. The patient was treated for several years with braces, implants and other care to save his teeth.
Following a second CBCT, the patient had extensive surgery, during which four teeth were removed — teeth Ike said might have been saved if an expert had read the first CBCT scan.
In the investigation, the Navy addressed the second CBCT scan, saying it was ordered only to assist in planning surgery and the tumor had not appreciably changed in size throughout treatment, nor would the outcomes had been different if his CBCT scan was reviewed.
Ike said she believes up to 100 patients may have received biopsies they didn't need as a result of the failures and 50 may have received inadequate or incomplete treatment.
The Navy insists that only one patient — a woman who received a CBCT in 2018 that wasn't read until the second backlog was discovered — had delayed treatment as a result.
Still, the dentist hired to help clear the initial backlog told investigators there were "hundreds of lesions that increase in size due to delay in reporting." When asked to provide names, he produced at least three patients but said he did not file any patient safety reports because he felt "they were futile and ineffective and felt the system had failed" them.
Ike provided school leadership with a file containing the 1,300-plus names of patients whose scans went unread and requested that they be notified. But according to the investigation, the file was destroyed out of privacy concerns. And after the backlog was cleared, each file was marked as approved, making it "impossible to recreate the original list of 1,300 patients."
The Navy did not respond to a Nov. 19 request from Military Times for an interview about the investigation. A Navy Bureau of Medicine spokesman provided a statement to Military Times on Monday, after the Wall Street Journal published a story on the backlog Saturday.
In the statement, Navy officials pointed out that the Navy policy that CBCT scans be read by a radiologist is above the civilian standard of care, which only requires the requesting dentist to look at them.
The CBCT scans in question, spokesman Ed Gulick said, eventually were "properly reviewed and the backlog cleared with the conclusion that there was no harm to patients," with the exception of the second backlog, which contained the delay in care for one patient.
Gulick said the recommendations made in the investigation, which included more oversight, improved policies and faster credentialing, are being implemented.
"Navy Medicine honors the trust placed in our hands to provide the best care our nation can offer to those who defend our freedoms — and their families. We welcome constructive feedback and leverage the principles of high reliability and process improvement to make our contributions to those we care for more effective," Gulick said.
Ike, who left the Navy in April says the service has "swept this under the rug" and added that she faced retaliation after filing a complaint about another issue at a follow-on duty station. She said she doubts anything will change at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School, even after the publicity surrounding the problem.
"Just look at it. There were 500 more [unread scans]," Ike told Military Times. "It's the same players. They were not held accountable. They got away with it a second time … I think everyone wants to protect the leadership, themselves and their jobs."


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50 pages; 8 color, 28 b&w illustrations; catalogue list of all works in the exhibition; Rewald essay. Wrappers slightly soiled; spine worn.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Chalcedony - New Glass WOO HOO
I wanted to post a picture of the bead made of the glass mentioned below. This is Chalcedony, G109. It is very similar to Raku (R108), which I can not get to do anything for me. (I also can't get color with TerraNova, Khaos, or Luna2). I get tan and blah. Not with this one. I get reds, purples, pinks, oranges, blues and greens. This was the one with the best colors. Chalcedony on Black.
Posted by Lara Lutrick at 8:33 PM
Labels: art beads, Chalcedony, gaffer, glass, glass beads, lampwork, lampwork beads, rainbow
1 comment:
- Unknown said...
these are gorgeous...
how fun... I can't wait to for Hallynd to get here with some for me to play with...
- March 31, 2009 at 8:22 AM
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The gorgeous Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio made a surprise guest appearance at MBFWA when the stunning model opened and closed Alex Perry's spring/summer 2014/15 runway show. Perry's collection consisted of structured silhouettes, frilled skirts and crop tops in black, navy, cream as well as colour-blocked orange and pink.
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On 9 August 2017, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) approved an application to add several new processing aids to the list of aids permitted to be used in winemaking.
It is important to recognise, however, that although four items have been added, only three will be available to Australian producers.
The four materials to be added to schedule S18 of the Food Standards Code (the 'Code') are:
- Ammonium bisulphite
- Chitin-glucan
- Polyvinylimidazole-polyvinylpyrrolidone co-polymers (PVI/PVP), and
- Silver chloride.
Critically, however, silver chloride, has not and will not be added to Standard 4.5.1, which applies specifically to Australian wine production. So, while all four aids will be available to foreign wine producers selling their product in Australia, only the first three aids will be available to Australian winemakers.
This is not an error or an oversight. After serious consideration, the Australian wine sector did not request permission for the use of silver chloride in Australian wine production.
Wine Australia is aware of reports that certain suppliers are offering samples of silver chloride to Australian wine producers. However, any suggestion that it will soon be legal to use silver chloride in Australian wine is based on a misunderstanding of the impending changes to the Code.
It is likely that the changes will come into force by the end of 2017. So, to be clear, during the 2018 harvest period, Australian winemakers will be able to use three processing aids not previously available. Silver chloride is not one of them.
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For recent bride Priyanka Chopra, her attention-grabbing wedding was a festival of numbers, in a fashion-sense at least: three days, two ceremonies, two incredible dresses, two pairs of Louboutin heels, 12 matching bridesmaids and one enormous 23-metre tulle veil. (See the latter yourself in this Instagram teaser…)
But it was the eight-strong list of words and phrases embroidered into the Ralph Lauren dress she wore for the Christian ceremony on December 1 at Umaid Bhawan Palace that was especially sweet.
Building on the sentiment of having her entire bridal party wear bespoke Ralph Lauren (Chopra and husband Nick Jonas met as guests of the brand at the Met Gala in New York), the actress asked for the special words – chosen by her for sentimental reasons – to be hand-embroidered into her beaded, scallop-sleeved white gown.
- Nicholas Jerry Jonas
- 1st December 2018 [their wedding day]
- Madhu and Ashok [Chopra's parents]
- Om Namah Shivaya [a Hindi mantra of adoration to Lord Shiva]
- Family
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She then repeated the gesture on a smaller scale for the second part of her wedding festival, a Hindu ceremony on December 2, by having Nick and her parent's names sewn into the waistband of her traditional Indian outfit.
"For the Indian wedding, I wore [Indian designer label] Sabyasachi," the bride told People magazine. "I always knew I wanted a red traditional silhouette for my wedding but Sabya [designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee] brought in incredible French embroidery to the mix and with incredible jewellery and Western-inspired veil it was just such an amalgamation of who I am."
Sentiment aside, Chopra – a self-confessed fashion aficionado – upped the glamour stakes by teaming both looks with Christian Louboutin heels. You can take the girl out Bollywood…


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The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) of New Zealand has announced it will host the International Forum on Disability Management in 2014. According to ACC, "This Forum aims to facilitate international discussion and debate around disability management and its role in reducing employer cost, improving productivity and economic growth, promoting return to work, and eliminating disability barriers." The ACC will be working with leading New Zealand government agencies, other insurers, business, employee representatives, and health and rehabilitation providers to develop a program for the Forum that will draw from best practice and stimulate debate on change in the way workplace disabilities are managed. Dr. Jan White, Chief Executive of ACC says, "ACC is excited to be hosting the 7th IFDM in 2014 and looks forward to working with key New Zealand partner organisations to deliver a successful and insightful Forum." For further details, please click on the link to view the announcement. Full story
Update from Australia
This IDMSC Communiqué provides an update regarding several events that have taken place in Australia: the Personal Injury Education Foundation (PIEF) signed a license agreement to offer the curriculum and grant the professional certification examinations for Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP) and Certified Return to Work Coordinator (CRTWC) for Australia; the Victorian WorkCover Authority in Melbourne signed an agreement for the Consensus Based Disability Management Audit (CBDMA) and the Workplace Disability Management Assessment (WDMA) tools after a period of evaluation and pilot testing; and the Children's Hospital, Westmead becomes IDMSC Certified. To read the update, please click on the link: Full story
NIDMAR protocol comes to New Zealand
New Zealand is the ninth country to adopt the DM protocol. The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has adopted the disability management tools to help them achieve their mandate. Details
International Association of Professionals in DM launches global newsletter
The International Association of Professionals in Disability Management (IAPDM) launched a new globally focused publication called DM Dialogue. The Editorial Advisory Board is made up of senior representatives from countries currently having individuals with the professional designations: Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP) and Certified Return to Work Coordinator (CRTWC). The goals of the publication include engaging professionals in contributing to a meaningful, motivational and engaging international platform for sharing research, ideas, challenges, successes, case studies, and profiles; raise the profile of the CDMP and CRTWC designations in the 13 countries now licensed to deliver the curriculum and grant the professional designations; and to further expand awareness of leading edge consensus based disability management and related best practices. This first newsletter is available here: Full story
IDMSC standards expanding in Australia
The IDMSC standards are expanding in Australia with several new initiatives there. Details
New Zealand's ACC becomes IDMSC Certified
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) of New Zealand was the first in the country to become IDMSC Certified. The ACC, along with five of the country's largest employers took part in a pilot of the Consensus Based Disability Management Audit (CBDMA) tool. To achieve the IDMSC Certified designation requires a score of 80 percent or more on the CBDMA. Full story
Manitoba's Parkland RHA achieves IDMSC certification – June 2007
Manitoba's Parkland Regional Health Authority is the first regional health authority in Canada – in fact, the first regional health authority in the world – to receive the International Disability Management Standards Council Certification. Details
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
March 30, 2007 marked the opening for signature of the UN Convention.
Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, along with the Vice President of Ecuador, the Minister of Disability Issues of New Zealand, Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico, and Mr. Yannis Vardakastanis from the International Disability Caucus briefed correspondents on the opening for signature of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Details of the opening and a list of the countries signing on can be found at the following website: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Number of Certified DM Professionals Expands Internationally
In 2007, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom participated for the first time in offering the professional certification examinations and many indiviudals joined the ranks having achieved the professional designation of Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP). This was of course in addition to the examinations being offered in Canada and Germany. Full story


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Core Plumbing, a Top San Diego Plumber Announces New Services for CA
San Diego, CA – For over 10 years, Core Plumbing has been one of the leading plumbing contractors in San Diego. Core Plumbing is a top-rated father and son owned and operated, full-service plumbing company devoted to providing quality craftsmanship at reasonable prices. Its highly-trained staff has experience performing every type of plumbing service from small repairs to entire renovations. The team's commitment to customer satisfaction has driven business growth, allowing them to expand their service area to include Lakeside, Escondido, San Marcos, Oceanside, La Jolla, Chula Vista, and more.
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This family-owned San Diego Plumber offers some of the most competitive rates in the area as they are known to value integrity over income. They have the knowledge and skills necessary to come up with solutions to any plumbing challenges. The team of professional plumbers at Core Plumbing perform thorough assessments to determine the underlying causes, then carefully plan and execute to efficiently fix problems the first time around while keeping the costs as low as possible.
Many people have placed their trust in Core Plumbing – San Diego Plumber. Through their services, they have slowly built a reputation for exceeding all expectations as they have truly shown to care for each one of their clients. Their aim is to take care of their customers' plumbing needs as they would for a friend or relative. As a result, they have earned many positive reviews and maintained a high rating on Yelp, Angie's List, Google Reviews, and Housecall Pro. They were awarded an A+ accreditation from the Better Business Bureau as well.
Core Plumbing is a fully licensed and insured plumber, contractor license #866264, and even offers 24-hour emergency service. They are located at 9921 Carmel Mountain Rd #600 San Diego, CA 92129. For immediate assistance, call (858) 538-6025. They can also be contacted via email at [email protected] Visit their website for additional information regarding their services.
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1. Use "Cause Marketing" – This is the year that you should identify your business with a worthy cause and either donate a percentage of profits to it or contribute to it in some way. And if profits or hard cash don't fit, consider donating employee time. Then in your marketing campaigns, your marketing materials and sales pitches you should talk about what you're doing and why it's important to you. Your prospects and customers increasingly want to do business with a business that cares and has moral obligations, and they're looking for you to let them know how you fit the bill.
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Verifying the Smart IT and BMC MyIT server installation
To verify the installation:
- Check the Services and ensure that the Apache Tomcat service is running.
Go to http://localhost:port/ux/admin and log on using using MyIT administrator credentials.
localhost is the host name or IP address of the server, and port is the port defined for the administration console during installation.
- For Linux, the installer registers the following services:
- myittomcat
- myitmongod
- socialserviced
- openfire(only if Smart IT chat feature is installed)
- For Windows, the installer registers the following services:
- SmartITMyITTomcat
- MongoDB
- MyITSocialService
- openfire(only if Smart IT chat feature is installed)
Where to go next
After you verify that the installation is successful, continue with Post installation procedures for Smart IT and BMC MyIT.
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