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In a sea of sameness, it was critical to get inside this corporate-coaching organisation's brand so that we could build its DNA into a unique narrative that would provide a clear differentiation and direction for a growing and evolving business.
We created a brand strategy for Insight, the outputs of which were expressed in the form of a book that articulates every inch of the organisation – from the way it behaves internally to how it gets to know and serve its customers.
The book is now used as a blueprint for developing the brand and also as an internal manifesto for new staff.
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Andes Drifters Deluxe Camps allows you to fully immerse yourself into the Patagonian experience. Imagine a day where you fish the river, creek, or lake of your dreams and conclude the evening gazing into the southern night sky, listening to fish stories around the bonfire.
Our camp cooks have mastered the art of cooking over an open fire. Be ready to delight your taste buds with unique Argentine asados, roasted lamb prepared gaucho style, and much more.
Many years of providing this experience have allowed us to redefine camping. Andes Drifters dedicated camp staff will pamper you so that you never have to lift a finger!
Three local airports can provide the starting point for our glamping trips. Depending upon the waters you will be fishing you may be utilizing either San Martin de los Andes (CPC), Bariloche (BRC) or Neuquén (NQN).
Typically our glamping trips are combined with stays at one of our signature lodges or in-town stays. This can take place either prior to or at the conclusion of your glamping program.
Our glamping trips focus on floating the five main rivers of northern Patagonia: Alumine, Caleufu, Chimehuin, Collon Cura and Limay. Many stretches of these rivers are remote and/or have extremely limited access. Our glamping programs provide the answer for allowing you to experience and enjoy these otherwise inaccessible waters.

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FRANKFORT, KY -- As elections approach, Kentucky Power reminds Eastern Kentucky residents and political campaigners that posters mounted on utility poles are dangerous for electric company employees. The nails, staples and tacks that are used to hold posters and signs to utility poles can interfere with the work of line mechanics.
"Our line mechanics often use boot attachments called 'climbers' to ascend poles," said Kentucky Power's Everett Phillips, director of distribution operations. "A climber has a sharp steel gaff, or point, about an inch and a half long at the bottom. With a climber strapped to each leg, the line mechanic actually drives the gaff deep into the wood with each step he or she takes up the pole.
"To safely support a worker´s entire weight, the gaff must bury itself deeply into the pole. But, when it encounters a hard obstruction, such as a staple, nail or tack, even the most skilled and experienced worker is in danger of falling," Phillips said.
Line work is especially hazardous at night when it is difficult to see pole obstructions. Line mechanics sometimes need to climb poles in the dark to restore power after a service interruption.
Also, the fasteners used for signs and posters have sharp edges that can tear holes in the protective rubber gloves and sleeve covers that line workers wear to protect themselves from electric shock hazards. Even a tiny hole can expose an employee to grave danger.
"We urge campaigners not to post signs on utility poles. Whatever the message, it´s not worth endangering the safety of a utility worker," Phillips said.
Kentucky Power is an operating unit of American Electric Power and provides electricity to approximately 175,000 customers in all or part of 20 Eastern Kentucky counties.
American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP is the nation's largest generator of electricity, owning more than 36,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2006.
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Comments on Warrior Bowl by Nelson O.
I guess John Fonoti didn't get the memo. The defense was instructed to only "tag" or two-hand touch the QBs during the scrimmage. Not only did Fonoti wrap up our projected starting QB, Fonoti then proceeded to throw him down to the ground.
Speaking of Greg Alexander, one of the things I have seen him do during the scrimmages is to actually throw the ball away to avoid a sack. Yesterday, he threw one so far out-of-bounds, it hit an unsuspecting bystander in the head.
Chris Black started at cornerback, despite missing most of spring practice due to an injury. He has been working out on a limited basis recently. During the April 19th scrimmage last week, Black took exactly one rep with the first team defense before pulling himself from the scrimmage.
I know it's just a scrimmage with no kicking, but I like those two-point conversions.
The two-point conversion is much more exciting than the boring and almost automatic kick after touchdowns.
I've been wondering why the 5'-9" Jovonte Taylor is at wide receiver, instead of at slotback. Typically, the smaller receivers are at slotback. I have been told that the reason for Taylor at wide receiver is because of his straight-away speed.
During the last two Saturday scrimmages, Taylor has caught bombs for touchdowns. In both cases, he waited for the ball to get to him. He waited for the ball and the defense still could not catch him. I'm not sure if that is good or bad for the Warriors. Good for Taylor; bad for the defense.
David Hafoka started at defensive tackle yesterday. I'll take that to mean he is on the two-deeps. If he is not on the two-deeps, he is real close.
Defensive end Cameron Allen-Jones moved inside to play some defensive tackle. The objective here was to get more of a pass rush.
I know it's just a scrimmage, but what's up with some of the players using different colors as undershirts. Or for that matter, not tucking in their jerseys so that their undershirts show. The one player with a yellow undershirt was too much of a fashion statement for me.
Good to see the cheerleaders, the band, and the Rainbow Dancers at the scrimmage (especially the Rainbow Dancers).
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Wild Animal Park is amazing. I can't believe I heard lame reviews from people I know such as, "It's way too big and TOO hot!" Or, "The tram thing isn't that great." Really? We loved it! My mom and Manuel were already in San Diego when Justin decided yesterday morning (10:30am) to go. So we called them up. They decided to join us at the park. By 2 we were getting tickets and checkin' out the animals. Fun trip. We'll be going back all year;) Thanks for coming with us Grandma and Grandpa!
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We saw rhino's Brenden
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- Silva Family said...
That park is so much fun! We went for the first time last year. But I have to agree with whoever said it's big & hot :) Maybe not in February though.
- rebecca @ older and wisor said...
Ah man - I would've had to keep Brendan from climbing the fence.
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In the many freaks of this wonderful life, there was also a 5.75 meter wooden kayak in my living room in the Borongaj apartment. I knew I could do it with the help of friends, YouTube videos, and the notions of music industry.


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Padre Mickey tagged me for a music meme. I think because he knows I have my new, shiny iPod here at work.
The rules:
1. Put your music player on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT(this is in capital letters, so it is very serious.
1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? Manah Manah, covered by Cake
2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Adeste Fideles, Mario Lanza
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Storm Coming – Gnarls Barkley
4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? I Wanna Drive the Zamboni – The Zambonis
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? I Like to Run, I Like to Jump – David Mond
6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? In My Life – covered by Johnny Cash
7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Final – Rebuilding Serenity – Motion Picture Soundtrack to Serenity
8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS? Calliope House/The Cowboy Song – Celtic Odyssey
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Crash the Party – OK Go Which, anyone who knows me, will know that this is the point where the iPod Oracle fails because what I think about very often is actually exemplified in the Jonathan Coulton song Re: Your Brains.
10. WHAT IS 2+2? Demsaduil Dream – Great Big Sea
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? I am a Man of Constant Sorrow (Insturmental) – John Hirtford
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Margarita – Great Big Sea Hmm, let's check the lyrics:
Talk to me , baby, it's all right
I might look strange, but I don't bite
And if you let me hold your hand
I can find a way to make you understand
…yup. That works.
13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? The Mustard – Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Once More with Feeling"
14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? I Am Bjork – Unknown Artist Wierd Thing
15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Californication – The Red Hot Chili Peppers
16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Roses Fade – Luscious Jackson
17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt …apparently I'll be a December bride?
18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Staring at the Sun – U2
19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Weapon of Choice – Fatboy Slim
20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Circle of Life – Original Broadway Cast of the Lion King
21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Meanwhile Rick James… – Cake
22. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS? Shelter – Greenwheel


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What a delight to read this review! Absolutely stellar.
And what a fantastic cast! I have watched and heard these kids come up over the last few years. Tennekoon, Sills. . . I really could go on, amok with superlatives, but you have very nicely brought it all out in your detailed coverage. They have come so far and promise to enrich our opera for years to come!
Now I'm even more excited to see the Friday finale, which I didn't think was possible!
Niccolò Piccinni's La Cecchina or La buona figliuola is an opera buffa in two acts written for the Teatro delle Dame in Rome where it premiered in 1760. The libretto is by Carlo Goldini and, while said to have been inspired by Richardson's Pamela, is actually a fairly straightforward masters and servants story of a similar nature to Pergolesi's La serva padrona or even Mozart's La finta giardinera; all, of course, firmly rooted in the conventions of the commedia dell'arte. Being written for Rome it was, originally, played by an all male cast. Last night at Koerner Hall the Glenn Gould School Opera presented it with female singers in the high roles.
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Thanks, My Friend. This is helpful to me, as I want to deal with the facts of human existence as Nature gives them, and how we deal with the ambiguities, even conflicts, of nature.
Acknowledging that such mixed sex persons exist, I understand that you believe that if the hermaphroditic condition could be determined in time to legally abort the fetus, it would be a sin to do so. So, accepting that the infant should be born, do you think it is sinful for parents or doctors to then make choices, as they in fact do, to eliminate some of those characteistics, such as a penis or a vagina, or breasts, so that the child can be identified and accepted as one of the sexes and not as both together in the same body? We know of cases where the parent or physician opted to eliminate one of the sexual characteristics (usually they opt to preserve the penis) to find as the child developed that it felt psychologically like the sex that was discarded. How would your religious views judge the decision to give the child the markers of only one sex so as to protect the child from exclusion and derision?
If the argument against homosexuality is that humans are commanded to marry and to multiply, then what does the hermaphrodite, providing that it chose to keep both sexual sets of organs, select as the means for multiplication? Would it be a sin for he/she to marry a woman, because he/she had a woman's sex organs to go along with his/hers male organs, or would it be sin to marry a man because he/she had male sex organs to go along with his/her female organs. I consider this to be a legitimate question, as oppposed to the question put to Jesus about who would be the wife in heaven. Contrary to that test, these are real questions faced by parents of hermaphrodites.
Do you think it is sinful for the hermaphrodite, when he/she is old enough to make a decision, to eliminate the sexual characteristics that conflict with the sex that he/she identifies with psychologically, so he/she can be one or the other as is normal, and not both together?
What do you think of the man who married a woman who could not conceive (he was on Oprah a while back) so he chose to be inseminated to bear a child, (I assume he did this in a medical procedure rather than an adulterous act), and after the delivery he planned to continue to function as a man and a husband.
If you think that the hermaphrodite should alter nothing, but should celebrate his/hers natural gift for both sexes, what would such a permissible celebration look like?
Again, these are not just some mind games to play with a religious litmus test. Julian finds himself in a similar circumstance, and, according to what I understand your position to be, the discerning Christian must find his transgender decision to be sinful.
I appreciate your sincere reply to what I consider to be hard and real questions that Christians face.
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Awake your senses
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in the magical region of
Vorarlberg, Western Austria
and in selected regions of Switzerland and Italy
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Be part of regional life
Experience high-calibre culture amongst magnificent natural scenery. Villages along the way, each of them with an identity of their own, will pique your curiosity. Sense the quality of a simple way of good life. Heidi leads you to places displaying unique architecture and culture. You are invited to travel mindfully, to meet the locals and to savour the regional cuisine. Be surprised by the hospitality in Heidi's chosen hotels and restaurants, by the high quality of the regional food, the way of life and the region's cultural offerings.
# Be part of regional life: 3-7 days, overnight stay in Heidi*s recommended hotels.
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Be connected with nature
Leave the trodden forest path. Walk amongst falling autumn leaves. Listen to the leaves crackle sound you create by walking on the forest soil. Experience nature in a way you haven't done before: Enjoy a guided discovery tour of moors at sunrise and feel the moist and soft moss under your bare feet. Have a picnic in a forest, on an open meadow or on a lofty plain. Or swap your feather bed at the hotel with a cosy sleeping bag in a tent high up in the mountains for one night.
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Smell the myriad scents of mountains, forests and meadows. Prepare for the rich aromas of the regional cooking in Heidi's favourite restaurants, rustic inns and genuine places. Reinvigorate your sense of taste with new aromas and flavours. Heidi guides you to regional restaurants and leads the way to mindful eating and tasting. Smell, savour and see the high-quality ingredients and spices used for cooking regional specialties and enjoy a conversation with your hosts and cook. Why not taste some wines or stroll through the local farmers markets? Let Heidi introduce you to a special kind of cooking that will awaken your senses.
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# Feel the power of mountains: 3-7 days, short high altitude walking tours with Heidi or easy hiking tours with an experienced guide. Type of accommodation depends on the chosen tours.
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Heidi works with handpicked accomdations partners not only in the region of Lake Constance-Arlberg, but as well in the region of Engadin in Switzerland and in Tuscany in Italy. She knows the few partners in each region personally. They are working with a very similar idea of sensory orientation and hospitality.
So guests can book Heidi*s Sensory Tours in one single region or put the region modules together to a triangle trip.
# Sensory regions – country hopping: 21+ days itineraries, accommodation in boutique hotels, apartments or villas.
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All tours can be combined, mixed according to your preferences and your specified period. Heidi will suggest an individual tour as soon as she gets more information from you. Find examples of sensory experiences on Instagram heidis_sensorytravels
The story of Heidi
The story of Heidi
I am Heidi. I live in Austria's very west, neighbouring Switzerland, Germany and the principality of Liechtenstein. Since 2000 I have been working as a communication expert, specializing in exploring brand identities and making them tangible. More and more I have become aware, if I want to do what I do at a level of excellence, I will have to use my senses too.
Working in the business world I've recognized something else … There are a lot of people who have been 'cut off' from their senses. As a consequence they feel emptiness, instead of energy and joy. Receptive and awakened senses are necessary for being able to feel genuine joy in life.
So, if you want to deepen your feeling of being alive, develop awareness and consciousness, be touched by a landscape, a smell, a taste, then come to the high-quality region of Western Austria. Enjoy a travel service offering the highest level of personalisation – simply having a friend at your side. Awake your senses for a more sensory way of living.
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How does Heidi*s Travel Service work?
- Each holiday itinerary is tailor made, designed for the estimated guests. The experiences are based on Heidi*s knowledge and concept of how to awaken the senses, her contacts to local specialists and her inside perspectives. You define your favoured itinerary, Heidi suggests activities and sensory experiences in nature, sensory experiences by tasting or preparing food, by diving into culture and way of life of the respective region. Hotels and restaurants, consistent with the "awaken your senses concept", are recommended by her as well. Heidi knows all the partners in person.
- The Sensory Travel concept is ideal to the following target groups: one couple, two friendly couples or single travellers, having the desire to spend a joyful time by rediscovering a way of happiness.
- The curated tours take place in the high-quality living space between Lake Constance and Arlberg mountains, called Vorarlberg (Austria). The modules "Region of Engadin (Switzerland)" and "Tuscany (Italy)" can be booked additionally. In these regions Heidi cooperates with a handful of selected partners who share Heidi*s idea. Heidi will accompany you in each region with love and care, for as much or as little of the day or week you prefer – as your guide to engage your senses and as your travel companion.
- Flight booking to the destination (see the map with the airports nearby), booking of Heidi*s recommended hotels, apartments, transfers may be done in these ways: directly or by the guest's favourite travel agency or by the support of Heidi*s travel partner agency in Western Austria.
- Heidi*s Travel Service is charged at a daily rate. In the daily rate included are the individual concept, planning of the arrival and transport way connections, organisation of activities, insider tips, Heidi's Sensory Tours, as well as day to day services. Not included are travel costs, accommodation and restaurant costs, services of third parties, entrance fees etc. Feel free to ask for a quote for Heidi*s.
Airports close to the region of Vorarlberg
Zürich Airport, Munich Airport, St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (direct service from Vienna Airport), Friedrichshafen Airport (serving destinations from/to Germany), Memmingen Airport (services within Europe), Innsbruck Airport.
Modern trains connect Austrian, Swiss and German cities.
You are invited to have a look at the official tourist website of Vorarlberg and one of its regions, the Bregenzerwald: http://www.vorarlberg.travel/en & https://www.bregenzerwald.at/en
Jenna Davis, a travel blogger with Canadian roots, has written about Heidi*s country:
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Jenna, thank you for your wonderful words about Vorarlberg, I would love to introduce you into the services of Heidi*s whenever you are in my country again!
Read her blog "15 reasons Vorarlberg should be on your bucketlist" ›
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Our personal travel service starts here.
Quite simply with a telephone call, skype call, mail or letter to Heidi.
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We look forward to hearing from you!
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Shares of Actavis Inc (NYSE:ACT) increased from $84.21 in January 2013 to as high as $132.63 per share on May 22, 2013.
Those who are current long-term investors in shares of Actavis Inc (NYSE:ACT) have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation.
Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
Trevor Allen
3111 Camino Del Rio North - Suite 423
92108 San Diego
Phone: +1-(858)-779-1554
Fax: +1-(858)-605-5739
Media Relations Contact
Trevor Allen
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Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
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Sufyan Ath Thauri
Sufyan Ath Thauri (97-161 H)
He is Sufyan Ibn Sa'id Ibn Masruq Ath Thauri, from the descendant of Thaur Ibn Abdi Manaf. He was named as Amirul Mu'minin fil Hadits (Leader of the believers in hadith), the leader in piety, Al Imam, and Lord of the ًguardian. He was born in Kufa, on year 97 of Hijra.
His Journey in Learning
Sufyan had began his study since he was a little kid, because his father was a scholar of Kufa. Whereas his other teachers were Zaid Ibn Harits, Al-Aswad Ibn Qais, Ziyad Ibn Ilaqa, and some other scholars. Among his students were Abdullah Ibn Mubarak, Yahya Al-Qathan, Ibn Wahab, Waki', Al-Faryabi, Abu Nu'aim, Ahmad Ibn Yunus, and many other great scholars beside them.
Praises for Sufyan Ath Thauri
Ibn Mubarak said, "I've written hadith from 1100 scholars. And none of them was nobler than Sufyan." Al Auza'i said, "There is no longer a man, whom the society has agreed to be please with him and justify him, but Sufyan." Imam Waki' said, "Sufyan is like a sea." Abu Usama said,
"If there is a man who told you that he has seen a scholar like Sufyan, do not confirm him."
Advices of Sufyan Ath Thauri
The followings are several advices given by Sufyan Ath Thauri:
The scholars are physician of religion, and wealth is the disease of religion. If the physician is contracted with the disease, when will he be able to cure other people?
There is nothing more beneficial to humans than hadith.
Seeking hadith is not aimed to get provision to die. But seeking hadith is a way to busying people with the provision of his death.
There is no single deed nobler than seeking hadith, if it is done sincerely.
The death of Imam Ath Thauri
At the end of his life, Sufyan was sought by Caliph Al Mansour and Al Mahdi. He was hiding for two years and he died in his hiding place. He died in Basra on the month of Sha'ban, year 161 of Hijra. He remembered thirty thousand hadith. He left some writings, such as: Al-Jami' Al-Kabir and Al-Jami' Ash-Shaghir–both are book about hadith- and a book concerning the matter of inheritance (Reference: "Tadzkirah Al-Huffazh", by Adz Dzahabi, in Al-Maktaba Ash Shameela, no. 198)
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average-All You Need to Know for Successful Long Term Investment
For any investor looking at the stock market as a place to invest in, this must be said to be a commendable move indeed. This be as it is, it is as well advisable to be alive to the fact that the stock market is one that can as well be as challenging and as such getting in, you need to be forewarned of these and as such stay abreast to confront the challenges right.
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There are some of the investors who have been in the trend of locking up their profits. This is in the trend of investors selling their appreciated investments while holding to the underperforming stocks with the hope that at a given point in time in the future these stocks would rebound. This be as it is often, you need to know of the fact that this may not be the most probable move in stocks trading as it has been established as well as a fact that most of the stocks that are performing well enough often have the odds of climbing further in performance while those that are poor in their performance risk zeroing out completely. To help you make the best decisions if at all you have such kinds of stocks, the following information can be of some help.
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We publish today the first article of "Abandoned Scotland", a passionate team of urban esploration that undertake a very interesting journey to discover hidden and abbandoned places or off-limits zone in the beautiful Scotland. For those who want to know the urban exploration of Abandoned Scotland, this is their blog, rich of photos and videos: www.abandonedscotland.com.
Original post: Our first video St. Peter's Seminary.
Well it was back in March 2011 that we decided to visit St. Peter's Seminary, since then an arts group called the NVA have made plans to renovate it and have the existing buildings back in use for art exhibitions and education. It will be interesting to see how it turns out with it's new lease of life. In the meantime here is the video from our visit:
St Peter's Seminary was built in 1966 and is situated in dense woodland to the north of Cardross. IT was supposed to house up to 100 students, training to be catholic priests however never reached its full capacity. Due to maintenance problems the building fell into disrepair and was abandoned.
Its present state is a sorry sight, however surprisingly the building is listed Category A, which is the highest level of protection for a building. Nearly all parts of the building which are not made of concrete have been destroyed by vandals and the weather.
|This is what remains of the students bedrooms. This one is one of the few remaining with what could pass as an intact floor.
|The main hall of the Seminary.
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Discussion Board for collaboration related to Creating Analytics for QlikView.
I hope someone of you can help me.
We have reports where we define in the calculations year-to-date(YTD) amounts:
Example for YTD
= ((sum({$ <Jahr = {$(=Only(Jahr))}, Monat = {"<=$(=max({<Jahr={$(=max(Jahr))}>} Monat))"}, balcode={$(BALCODE1)}, key_yr={$(=Only(Jahr))}, key_month={$(=Only(Monat))} >}[Saldenbetrag]*key_Proz)
Example for Periodic
sum({$ <Jahr={$(=Only(Jahr)-1)}, Monat={'*'}, El1_GRPCODE={'1KTO-BIL','1KTO-GUV'}, balcode={$(BALCODE1)} >}[Saldenbetrag])
The Issue is, that we sometimes need the YTD-View and sometimes only periodical view (in several reports).
Does someone of you maybe have an idea how to create a variable directly in the Script that defines periodic or YTD-View
So that I can easily Switch or Show both in one table?
Very much thanks in advance.
Hi Christian,
I think you can do it in chart properties by enabling conditionally and setting a variable for that
Hi aswin,
I thought of that too. But when I make a condition I have all calculations twice (one for YTD and one for periodic),
I wanted to get rid of the many calculations by using a defined string within the calculation for YTD and periodical View.
The optimal solution is a button that Switches between These two 🙂
How can I put a variable for that string (Monat = {"<=$(=max({<Jahr={$(=max(Jahr))}>} Monat))"},) directly in the script?
("Monat" is month, "Jahr" is Year)
Try Let expression.. may be this can help you
store expression into variable


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And Still My Heart Beats is Sourabh Suman's debut novel which tells the story of two teenage sweethearts – Rehan and Anya. It aspires to be a cute teenage love story and succeeds to a very large extent.
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- The classroom scenes.
- The 'parting' scene.
- The length. For a wafer-thin love story, the overall length of the book is quite right. Kudos to the author for not stretching it unnecessarily.
What I didn't like
- The frequent typos and grammatical errors were big turn-offs.
- The hazy tone of the book towards the climax. At one point, I almost felt that I was reading yet another version of 'I too had a love story'!
- Some of the sequences were a bit bizarre, the appendicitis scene being a case in point.
On the whole, if a superfluous teenage love story is what you are looking for as your weekend read, do pick this one up!


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Unique is like a common description for being different with others, so unique beds are something different with the shapes, styles, materials, technologies, and others. For instance, you can find around the wood trunk as unique beds. To find unique beds, you can go and hunt them on auctions or antique shops. Mostly, the antique shops have old and obsolete beds from woods, but they still show their unique beds through their designs.
Unique beds are not only for classic designs but also for modern or contemporary designs. They offer your modern shapes and luxury styles which are different from the most common beds. You can see for sleigh beds, the head and board are slightly curled, are often be made of woods, steels, or brass. You can find various curve outwards for sleigh beds that are parts of unique beds.
You can also find several unique beds form hardwoods which are designed with various ornate. Mostly of unique beds with ornate are designed meticulously offering higher artful tastes. Some of the Chinese unique beds are designed in various ornate with red and gold colors. You can also find the dark brown colors mixing the beauty of natural ornate from the mahogany with the meticulously designs in South-east countries. Besides that, you can also see the bamboos as the main sources for unique bedding in these countries. They are designed properly to support the beauty and elegance of bedrooms.


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People of a certain age will recognise the words in the title and know they're followed by a good story. In this instance, they're followed by a selection of good stories, some of my favourites from among those I've read since last Christmas. I've included links in a lucky dip mixture of paperbacks and ebooks just in case you get lots of book tokens and Amazon vouchers for Chrimbo.
Well, if you've been within a hundred yards of my blog before, you'll know I am a huge fan of Carol Rivers, so much so that I feel confident recommending all her books, including those I haven't yet read. But here are three WW2 family sagas I have read since this time last year, all of them page-turners with well-rounded characters and strong plots.
A Wartime Christmas - Kindle edition
East End Angel Angel - Kindle edition edition
Cockey Orphan - paperback edition
Other WW2 sagas I have enjoyed this year include Anne Baker's
Love is Blind - Kindle edition
Daughters of the Mersey - paperback edition
and the latest in Ellie Dean's Beach View Boarding House series:
All My Tomorrows - Kindle edition
Some Lucky Day - Kindle edition
Ever since I got hooked on Victoria Holt's gothic novels at the age of 14, historicals have been my favourites. My reading this year has included these:
Donna Douglas's wonderful Nightingales series. I'll never forget reading the first one (The Nightingale Girls - paperback edition) We had just moved house to Llandudno in May half-term and I had to go back to our old house in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire in order to finish off the school year. I spent the second half of that summer term camping in a house that wasn't just empty of furniture, but also of carpets, kitchen and for some of the time electricity, while it was done up in a big way... re-wiring, new windows, plastering and redecorating, new kitchen... you name it. I slept on a mattress on bare floorboards (the carpets were ripped up for the re-wiring) and lived out of boxes. It was only the hot water that made it bearable.... well, the hot water and the books, the first of which was The Nightingale Girls.
The others in this terrific series are:
The Nightingale Sisters - paperback edition
The Nightingale Nurses - Kindle edition
Nightingales on Call - Kindle edition
and the best one so far, A Nightingale Christmas Wish - Kindle edition.
Other historicals I've read this year include:
Liz Harris - A Bargain Struck - paperback edition. A vividly written story of relationships in the American West in the 1880s.
Margaret James - The Silver Locket - paperback edition. WW1 story about a young woman who turns her back on her family's expectations and becomes a nurse.
Freda Lightfoot - The Favourite Child - Kindle edition. Such an interesting idea for a plot - early birth control.
Frances Evesham - An Independent Woman - Kindle edition. A Victoiran mystery filled with period detail and atmosphere. Look out for an interview with Frances Evesham on my blog In January.
As well as sagas and what you might call women's fiction, I also enjoy crime novels. Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton mysteries come under the historicals heading as well, as Kate is a young WW1 widow. Frances Brody writes fiendishly clever mysteries.
Dying in the Wool - Kindle edition
A Medal for Murder - Kindle edition
Murder in the Afternoon - paperback edition
A Woman Unknown - paperback edition
And on my TBR pile:
Murder on a Summer's Day - Kindle edition
Death of an Avid Reader - Kindle edition
While we're on the subject of crime, I have to include Linda Huber's excellent The Cold Cold Sea (paperback edition), although it isn't striclty a crime novel, even though a crime is committed. It is a gripping psychological novel which tackles difficult issues without flinching. Plot and charcaterisation are superb - expect the unexpected.
Tami Hoag is an author who never disappoints. Her thrillers are scary and tense. This year I read:
Deeper Than the Dead -Kindle edition
If these books were films, you'd be watching through a web of fingers.
Some contemporary women's fiction, to end with:
Chris Stovell - Turning the Tide - paperback edition. Terrific setting and strong characterisation.
Trisha Ashley - The Magic of Christmas - paperback edition. Romance and relationships, village goings on and lots of cooking. I'm looking forward to trying the recipes at the back.
Emma Davies - Letting in Light - Kindle editon. Complex and absorbing story of love and relationships.
Vanessa Greene - The Seafront Tea Rooms - Kindle edition. Strong female friendships and life's ups and downs, accompanied by tea and cake.
Heidi Swain - The Cherry Tree Cafe. I read the early chapters on Wattpad and I'm looking forward to reading the whole book when it is published nexy summer. Here's the announcement. Congratulations, Heidi!
I'm not usually a reader of short stories, but I do enjoy Wendy Clarke's. She's such a versatile writer. I wish I could come up with that many ideas! Her collection, Room in Your Heart (paperback), showcases stories previously published in The People's Friend magazine.
So that's my round-up of some of this year's reading. What have you enjoyed reading this year?


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First women's inter-religious conference was held on Wednesday, February 15th at Ahlul Bayt World Assembly.
According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency - ABNA - First women's inter-religious conference was held on Wednesday, February 15th at the Ahlul Bayt World Assembly in Qom.
This conference was held with the participation of the directors of women and Family's research center of Seminary Schools, Hojjat-Al islam Zibaee Nezhad, Hojjat-Al islam hossein tofighi, Hojjat-Al islam Masjed Jamei, President of the Institute of Islamic sciences and culture of the Islamic propagation office, Hojjat-Al islam Najaf Lakzaee, cultural Assisstant director of Ahlul Bayt World Assembly, Hojjat-Al islam Imani, Assisstant director of Ahlul Bayt World Assembly's International affairs, Hojjat-Al islam mohammad salar, Faculty member of Allameh University, Dr. Mohammad Taghi Karami, Mohsen Akhtari, general director of Assembly's cultural cooperation, Mohammad Javad Khorsandi , Faculty member of office for women's study, Dr.Alasvand, Teharn university professor of philosophy. Ms.Tooba Kermani and head of the Ahlul Bayt World Assembly's women and children's office, Ms. Roknabadi.
Date: Wednesday, February 15th, 14:30
Location: Qom, Jomhoori ST, 6th alley, Ahlul Bayt World Assembly's Department of cultural affairs, 3rd floor, conference room.


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I cannot write in the same room as Gilmore Girls, or crappy modern "country music."
I can write in cafes, bus stops, in the presence of heavy metal, hip hop or punk. I can write surrounded by Social chaos, so long as it doesn't touch me.
But I can't not pay attention to sticky cutesy pseudo-witty ping pong. I can't ignore lyrics so awful stretched over music so overproduced it would make Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline come back and start shit-kicking.
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Hundreds of thousands of people joined rallies, picket lines and marches across England and Wales on Thursday as wealthy ministers were warned not to demonise the UK's lowest paid workers.
School workers and firefighters took to the streets alongside care workers, refuse collectors and other local government employees to protest against real terms pay cuts and falling living standards.
The strike was part of the biggest round of industrial action in the UK for three years and prompted a bitter political row over Tory plans to tighten strike laws.
Vince Cable, the business secretary, attacked David Cameron's plans to raise the threshold for strikes, which could only be legal if supported by a majority of a union's membership, not just those who vote.
Cable said ministers were attempting to "undermine basic workers' rights". "Trade unions should not need approval for a strike from half their members when MPs do not need to reach such a high threshold to get elected."
"We disagree with the Tories' assertion that a small turnout in strike-action ballots undermines the basic legitimacy of the strike," he said. "If they want to look at minimum turnout this would have major implications for other democratic turnouts and elections. Many MPs have been elected by well under 50% of their electorate, let alone police commissioners or MEPs. Why have a threshold in a ballot but not make our elected politicians or shareholders face the same hurdle?"
David Cameron's official spokesman said on Thursday night that public sector strike action is always wrong.
The Labour party had refused to back the strike, but shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher said the government had to take much of the blame for the dispute and labelled ministers' belligerent stance towards low paid workers as "pathetic". He said: "We have had yet another depressing demonstration of a cabinet full of millionaires demonising the lowest paid in society."
Addressing Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, Dugher added: "You remind me of a man trying to fight everyone in the pub at the same time. But when the country needs to see a negotiated settlement, what have we got? Ministerial belligerence revelling in confrontation, where strike action by the unions is almost a public policy success for a government desperate for a fight. It's sabre-rattling, it's union bashing, it's playing politics, it's a deliberate distraction and frankly it's pathetic."
Union leaders criticised the Labour party for not backing the strike. Dave Prentis, the leader of Unison, said: "It is time for Labour to make up its mind. Public service workers are people who should be Labour's natural supporters and they deserve Labour's unashamed backing in return."
Hundreds of rallies, marches and pickets took place at schools, council offices and town and city centres across the country. In London thousands of workers descended on Trafalgar Square. Firefighters, wearing T-shirts with the slogan "We save lives – not banks", listened as union leaders told the crowd that the government was trying to run down public-sector wages and the services that staff provide.
Charles Brown, a 52-year-old firefighter from London, said: "They want us to work longer, pay more in [to our pensions] and get less out … we have tried to have negotiations with the government but they are not listening, so we have no option but to strike."
Nagour Zahri, a teacher from east London, said: "We are not feeling the economic recovery like everyone else. In fact it feels worse. The fact is we are losing teachers, good teachers."
Hundreds of schools were closed and museums, libraries, art galleries and tips shut for the day. In Bristol burials and cremations were suspended and few boats were allowed into the city's historic floating harbour.
Primary school teacher Sheila Caffrey said about half the staff at her school in south Bristol, were out. "I'm on strike because the government keeps moving the goalposts. It's all about ticking boxes rather than educating children. It's more about me proving I'm a better teacher than the next one rather than really trying to do the best for the children."
Maude said curbing public-sector pay was necessary to pay the UK's debts and insisted the lowest paid workers had been protected. He said support for public sector strikes had fallen over the past four years. "This is the fourth one-day public sector strike in the last few years," he told the Commons. "The proportion of public sector workers going on strike has fallen on each occasion." In an interview for The House magazine Maude even suggested allowing parents and governors to break the teachers' strike by changing the rules to let them come in as volunteers.
However union leaders said support for Thursday's strike had been "solid." Prentis, said: "The strength of feeling amongst our local government and school support workers over the issue of pay was plain to see today. The decision to take strike action and sacrifice a day's pay was a very difficult one, particularly for the hundreds of thousands of low paid workers, but our members felt this was the only way to have their voices heard."
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said the strike had been "well supported" and had revealed "just how angry public servants are at plans to lock them out of sharing in the recovery until at least 2018."
She criticised Tory plans raise the threshold for strikes saying that "rather than get round the table, ministers are threatening a change in the law that would make legal strikes close to impossible."
"Instead of imposing a ballot threshold that not a single MP met in the last election, politicians should stop ignoring sensible proposals to increase secret ballot turnouts at the workplace and online."
And she warned that the public, who see the essential work low paid public sector workers do every day, would not take kindly to them being lectured by wealthy ministers who had never had to worry about paying the bills.
"It is hard to see how an offer to depress living standards for these people for the foreseeable future and then to try and stop people doing anything about it will win votes at the next election."


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