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A truly fantastic 3 Bedroom period property occupying a corner plot position located just a short walk away from the town centre with all its amenities. This lovely home oozes charm and offers an abundance of features that include high ceilings, log burning stove, a cellar whilst benefitting from a lovely sized garden with ample parking. In brief, the layout comprises: A welcoming Entrance Hall, Cloakroom, 26ft x 13ft Lounge/Dining Room with Oak flooring and a fitted Kitchen with Porch/Utility Area. The first floor offers an open plan landing featuring a Study Area, 3 Bedrooms and Shower Room. Externally there is a detached garage, 17ft x 10ft cellar room with separate entrance, generous gardens and ample parking. *We understand the whole roof has been re-felted in the last 5 years* EPC rating - E although many energy efficient improvements have been made since the report.
Entrance Hall
The main Entrance that is currently being used is at the rear of the property. Part glazed wooden door with glazed side panel leads you into a welcoming Entrance Hall with feature arch. Radiator, oak flooring, under stairs storage cupboard and door to the Cloakroom. Stairs ascending to the first floor accommodation.
Fitted with a white suite comprising: Low level close coupled wc and vanity unit with inset wash hand basin. Chrome heated towel rail, tiled flooring and built in storage cupboard with storage. UPVC double glazed window to the front.
Lounge/Dining Room
26' 9" into bay window x 13' (8.15m x 3.96m)
A fabulous room full of character. Complimented with a centre piece stone fireplace with feature log burning stove. Oak flooring, ceiling coving, TV point and two contemporary radiators. Dual aspect UPVC double glazed picture window with window seat to the front and walk in bay window to the rear.
8' 1" x 8' (2.46m x 2.44m)
Fitted with a range of wall and base units with solid wood worksurfaces and tiling to splashback. Inset stainless steel circular sink with drainer and mixer tap. Fitted electric oven and 4 ring gas hob. Space and plumbing for an upright fridge freezer and tumble dryer. Ceiling spot lights, radiator, tiled flooring and barn style door opening onto the Front Porch.
5' x 4' (1.52m x 1.22m)
Formerly used as the main entrance to the front and now used as a Utility Area. Accessed via a double glazed door with glazed roof. Space and plumbing for an automatic washing machine. Tiled flooring.
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Open plan split level landing currently being used as a Study Area with space for a desk. Wall light, radiator and double glazed window to the front with a pleasant outlook. Access to the loft space.
Master Bedroom
15' into bay window x 11' 6" (4.57m x 3.51m)
Walk in UPVC double glazed bay window to the front. Radiator.
Bedroom 2
12' x 9' 5" (3.66m x 2.87m)
UPVC double glazed window to front. Radiator.
Bedroom 3
11' 3" into dormer x 7' 4" (3.43m x 2.24m)
Dual aspect UPVC double glazed windows. Built in wardrobe housing wall mounted combination boiler with shelving. Radiator.
Shower Room
Fitted with a white suite comprising: Tiled double sized shower enclosure with thermostatically controlled shower and additional shower attachment. Low level close coupled wc and vanity unit with inset wash hand basin. Radiator, ceiling spot lights and UPVC double glazed window to the rear.
Accessed from The Willows where double gates lead you onto the driveway and the rear gardens.
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Well proportioned front and side gardens, mainly laid to lawn with a variety of specimen trees and shrubs affording privacy. Enclosed by stone walling. Pathway to the porch. Garden opens onto the rear garden.
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The rear garden is also enclosed by stone walling and newly planted trees plus established trees. The gardens are lawned, driveway leading to the main rear entrance which has parking for four cars and access to the garage. There is a feature Pergola with flagstone style patio area surrounded by flowers, shrubs and trees. Outside lighting, water tap, three steps to the main entrance and steps leading to the cellar door.
17' 7" x 12' 3" (5.36m x 3.73m)
Located at the side of the house with swing out doors. Pitched tiled roof. Light and power connected.
17' 7" x 10' 3" (5.36m x 3.12m)
Used as a store room with two additional storage areas. Light and power connected. 7ft tall ceiling. Accessed via its own entrance door from the rear garden via steps.
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Our last Student Spotlight of the year is Miss Olivia Hutto. Olivia is in the eighth grade. Here's a little bit about her!
1. Who is someone you admire? My mom
2. Where do you wish to travel in the future? Paris
3. If you could win an award what would you want it to be for? Being funny
4. What do you like to do with your friends? Watch movies
Food: Chinese
Summer activity: Read
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Hobby: Reading
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If I had to pick a word to describe Gal Gadot, it would be unflappable. Well, actually, "gorgeously, powerfully unflappable." My second choice would be authentic. Put them together and Gadot is a woman who speaks her mind and doesn't tend to sugarcoat things. If she says it, you can pretty much bet she means it.
Which is why I found her comments in Rolling Stone about the director switch in Justice League — with Joss Whedon taking the reins from Zack Snyder following a family tragedy — so interesting.
"Look," she says. "Joss, to my understanding, was Zack's choice to finish the movie. And the tone can't be completely different because the movie was already shot. Joss is just fine-tuning."
That's a lot said in a few short sentences, but it basically comes down to "Everything's fine. Whatever you've heard, chill. We got this."
Which, to be quite honest, does more to allay my concerns than anything else I've heard. Because if Gal says it, it must be true.
If you have a chance, check out the full interview. There's an anecdote about how she threw the Miss Universe pageant that's way too much fun to pass up.
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The English language is vast and has a plethora of words. Yet I can't think of two more somber words than "AIDS orphanage." One young man named Rocky Braat decided to leave New York to work in such an orphanage in India. After he had spent some time there, his best friend Steve Hoover traveled to see him to see what his life is like. The results are astonishing.
We were so fortunate to talk to Steve about his friend Rocky, the joy he found there and what he was just doing in the Ukraine.
Heartland Film Festival: I'm fascinated to know how this movie was conceived. How long were you and Rocky discussing the idea that you would go to India to see what this life is like?
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Steve Hoover: Rocky was already living in India for a year before I talked with him about filming. He had been asking me to go with him to India ever since his first trip, but I was never interested. It was a desire of mine to make a documentary ever since I took an interest in filmmaking but I was busy pursuing a commercial and music video career. It hit me one day after reading an email from Rocky that he and his life could be an interesting subject. I proposed the idea of making a documentary about him and he was very open to the idea.
Heartland Film Festival: What was your filming situation like? It seemed limited because very few crew members sneaked in front of the camera but the film is filled from beginning to end with gorgeous shots that I figured you had to have had more help while you were there.
Steve Hoover: We had a total of six crew members, but the crew's presence in India was staggered throughout the trip. Initially four of us returned to India with Rocky. One, my wife, left after two weeks. The rest of us stayed for five weeks. During that time two extra crew members came out for ten days of heavy principle photography. Towards the end of the year we ran out of money so I returned to India alone for [a major scene in the end of the film]and to finish filming there.
Heartland Film Festival: You've known Rocky for years but as a filmmaker you have to introduce him to a new audience. What was it like to depict him cinematically how you know him intimately?
Steve Hoover: I spent years getting to know Rocky and I couldn't take for granted that the audience doesn't know him like I do. It was a challenge because the format naturally has a limit to the amount of information you can communicate about a character, so I had to do my best to condense Rocky and be selective about the most important aspects for this story. Rocky trusted me and so he was able to be himself which led to a lot of natural moments that helped to define who he truly is. Rocky didn't see the film until final cut.
Heartland Film Festival: This is a film about one man's interactions with an Indian AIDS orphanage and although there are plenty of heart-wrenching moments, there are so many scenes of joy and giddiness. Why was it important for you to show this aspect of this place as well as the grimmer reality?
Steve Hoover: I was taken back by how much joy I encountered and I wanted to show it accurately. Often times when places like this are depicted, the focus tends to land on the more challenging and depressing side of the subjects' lives. Their situations are largely unfortunate, but it's their reality. They weren't wallowing in misery and asking me to feel sorry for them. They are living their lives, going to school, having friends, playing, studying and enjoying what they had. I was inspired and humbled. I went into the situation with a common western world view that if you don't share my comforts, how can you possibly be happy? Basically, I found joy and pain, both are important parts of their reality. We were also very fortunate to have a victorious story. It very well could have ended tragically.
Heartland Film Festival: Are you working on a next project?
Steve Hoover: We just returned from a 20-day production in Ukraine for our next feature length documentary about a righteous vigilante named Gennady. The man is a powerhouse in his ex-Soviet city where he undertakes brazen rescue missions to help just about anybody. More to come in the future.
Heartland Film Festival: What are some moving films that have inspired you as a filmmaker?
Steve Hoover: I'm really inspired by character docs. Some films that I found inspiring through this process were American Movie, The King of Kong and Grizzly Man.
Blood Brother is a Festival Award winning documentary and you can buy tickets for the following screenings…
- Friday, October 18 at 1:45 a.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14**
- Friday, October 18 at 7:15 p.m. at AMC Castleton Square 14**
- Saturday, October 19 at 10:30 a.m. at AMC Traders Point 12**
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- Friday, October 25 at 8:15 p.m. at Wheeler Arts Community
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"It's hard to define what jazz is, in specific terms, because it's a way of life."
DVD ReviewIt's hard to beat the Napa Valley on a late summer evening, and if you're a jazz fan, this DVD is the very thing for you. Two saxophone masters are recorded in concert at the Harvest Jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards, and though this is not the most polished concert film you'll ever see, the spirit of the music comes through loud and clear.
When Dexter Gordon takes the stage, he deflects the audience's applause to his horn, but there's a bit of false modesty there, I'd guess. The disc gets right to it, and he sounds great. His performance is intercut with backstage interview footage of him; he doesn't have anything especially revealing to say, and the clips only impede the sense of flow, as they're spliced into the first song in his set. You never really get the feeling of what it's like to be on stage, or even in the audience, but man, Gordon can blow that horn. Unfortunately, we get only a truncated little set, running less than half an hour, of three songs—they are:
Backstage at the Village
Skylark is probably the best of these, a plaintive sax rendition of a torch song standard.
McCoy Tyner's set is the nightcap, and his combo is a tight one, though I can't say I've ever been a great fan of the jazz violin. He seems to have more musicians with him on stage than does Gordon, and each of them get a chance to solo; one of the unfortunate absences on the disc is that it's missing a roster of all the performers. (To my mind, Tyner gives a little too much time to his ensemble; it's hard to know if what's here was his entire playlist, or just a version winnowed down for DVD.) Xylophonist Bobby Hutcherson joins Tyner's group for the last of the three songs, which are:
Habana Sol
Walk Spirit Talk Spirit
The Seeker
A little more in atmospherics would have gone a long way, but really, I'd have settled for some more music, as the running time of the entire disc is barely over an hour. There's also no indication as to when these concerts were recorded—were they the same year? The same night? It's not crucial information and not knowing it won't interfere with your enjoyment of the jazz, but it just seems a little sloppy and neglectful.
Rating for Style: C+
Rating for Substance: B+
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Image Transfer Review: The concerts seem to have been recorded on video with a multiple-camera shoot, and the transfer to DVD doesn't look especially good—there's too much contrast and grain, and some serious resolution problems. It all makes the Napa Valley look kind of pasty, which is no easy feat.
Image Transfer Grade: C-
Audio Transfer
Audio Transfer Review: The music generally sounds fine, and was recorded in more sophisticated fashion than the video; still, the capacity of the recording equipment sometimes gets maxed out, producing some nasty buzz, during Gordon's set especially. The balance and dynamics aren't especially well done, and there's little aural sense of how the musicians are relating to one another, or to their audience.
Audio Transfer Grade: B-
Disc ExtrasStatic menu
Music/Song Access with 6 cues and remote access
Cast and Crew Biographies
Weblink/DVD-ROM Material
Packaging: generic plastic keepcase
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Extras Review: Biographies are included for Gordon and Tyner, as well as for Kirk Lightsey, Avery Sharpe, John Blake and Ronnie Burrage, who I'm assuming are the backing musicians, for this is the only place they're identified. Gordon's and Tyner's bio also include selected discographies. Chapter stops are pegged to each song, and the same material encoded for Region 2 seems to be on the flip side of the disc. Also included is a brief promo and weblink for Quantum Leap, the British distributor of the DVD.
Extras Grade: C
Final CommentsImagine that you're there on the vineyard, grab a glass of chardonnay and treat your ears. This isn't a great looking disc, and while the technical values aren't of high quality, the music triumphs over those limitations. A treat more for the ears than the eyes.
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Florida State QB Jameis Winston Will Win Heisman Trophy, Plus Full Ballot And Navy Vs Army Predictions
December 13, 2013
By Brad Carroll
There will be very little intrigue at Saturday's Heisman trophy ceremony, as Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is a near-guarantee to take the biggest symbol of college football greatness back to Tallahassee. The leader of the No. 1 team in the nation has had the best season, by far, of any player in the country and it would be a grave injustice if he didn't win the Heisman.It's no surprise that all three of our college football experts here at GameDay, me, Craig and Glenn, have selected Winston to win the top prize in the land. Possibly, the bigger surprises will be how the vote plays out, with how much Winston wins by and how the 2-through-6 slots work out, being something to follow.
The Heisman trophy presentation will cap a short but always historic day of college football, as the lead-in is the always-riveting Army-Navy matchup that afternoon. We preview and pick against the spread that game below, along with my Heisman trophy ballot.
Heisman Trophy Ballot
1. Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State
There's been years where the Heisman trophy was all but sewn up before the ceremony, but this might be the first where there is absolutely no doubt who is going to win. In fact, if someone doesn't vote Winston the Heisman winner, their voting credentials should be brought into question. There is no way Winston doesn't win this award. Now, that has some to do with the complete void of other viable candidates, but there is no doubt Winston earned college football's biggest award. The only obstacle that stood in his way was if he was charged with sexual assault after that recently-finishing investigation. He wasn't, so the award is his. Winston has thrown for 3,820 yards with 38 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He's added four more touchdowns on the ground. He's led the Seminoles to the national championship game with the second best scoring offense in the country. This is as easy a choice as it comes, and explains why Winston is listed as a -15000 favorite, meaning you have to bet $15,000 to win $100. The field is +2500, where a $1 bet gets you $2,500.
2. A.J. McCarron, QB, Alabama
He might have picked up some first-place votes after Winston had his legal troubles, but the Alabama loss to Auburn at the end of the regular season destroyed any chance McCarron had at winning the Heisman. The case for McCarron has been all he does is win, so when he loses a game, he loses his luster. McCarron has thrown for 2,676 yards with 26 touchdowns and just five interceptions. He did win the Maxwell award Thursday as the nation's most outstanding player, beating out Winston. But McCarron will have to settle for ending his career as runner-up in the final Heisman voting and being a two-time national champion. Not a bad career at all.
3. Andre Williams, RB, Boston College
He jumped up most Heisman boards, and possibly to the top of some, especially with the Winston investigation gaining more steam, by rushing for 1,235 in the five games before the regular season finale. That's right, he averaged 247 rushing yards a game over that span. But Williams lost his shot at the top award by rushing nine times for 29 yards in a 34-31 loss to Syracuse in the finale, not to mention Winston wasn't going to be charged with a crime. Williams had five games where he rushed for over 200 yards and has 2,102 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns overall. He won the Doak Walker Award Thursday as the nation's best running back, the first Boston College player to do so.
4. Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Manziel's season should prove to everyone just how hard it is to win the Heisman trophy, let alone twice. It makes what former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin did so amazingly impressive. Manziel didn't come anywhere near this season to what he did on the field last year, but was still the most electrifying player in college football. In fact, he was in the Heisman race until LSU and Missouri shut him down in back-to-back weeks to end the regular season. Still, Manziel had a tremendous stats year. He passed for 3,732 yards with 33 touchdowns against 13 interceptions. He rushed for another eight scores. He didn't have the marquee victory like he did in last year's magical season, becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman, and that hurts him.
5. Tre Mason, RB, Auburn
Even though Manziel and McCarron are higher on my list of Heisman trophy candidates, it was Mason who was named the SEC offensive player of the year this week. Considering all of the talent in the conference, that is a huge honor for Mason. He burst onto the national scene individually a little late, however, rushing for 304 yards and four touchdowns as Auburn beat Missouri in the conference title game last week. Mason has 1,621 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns this season. He's hurt also in his candidacy because of his quarterback, Nick Marshall, being a huge part of the Tigers offense. Williams is ahead of Mason for doing more with less this season, as he was Boston College's only true offensive weapon.
6. Jordan Lynch, QB, Nothern Illinois
Lynch is a nice story and it's good to have a non-BCS school's athlete represented at the Heisman trophy presentation, but the Northern Illinois quarterback shouldn't get much support. He put up great numbers against sub-par competition, throwing for 2,676 yards with 23 touchdowns and seven interceptions and rushing for another 1,881 yards and 22 touchdowns. If he did that on a BCS team he would be the easy choice for the Heisman. But the biggest knock on Lynch was from his performance against Florida State last year in the Orange Bowl. In that game, Lynch was 15-of-41 for 176 yards and had 44 rushing yards on 23 carries. He came into that game with similar numbers as this year. So, Lynch is a good story, but hasn't proven he can play well against better competition.
Navy vs. Army at Philadelphia, 3 p.m., CBS
The Spread: Navy -13; Army +13
Brad's Breakdown: There are a lot of rivalry games in college football, and all of sports for that matter, but nothing truly comes close to the annual Army-Navy game. It's cliche to say records don't matter when it comes to these type games, but for once, it's true. Even though Navy is the better team and has dominated this series for a little more than a decade, no one would be surprised if Army finally pulled off the upset. But Navy should win this game, something it's done for the past 11 years. This 114th meeting between the two schools has one team (Navy) on the rise, while the other (Army) still struggling to find its identity on the football field. Navy is 7-4 and will play in a bowl game for the 10th time in the past 11 seasons. The Mids have won three in a row and four of their last five, including a win over Pittsburgh and a close loss to Notre Dame. Army is 3-8 and won't play in a bowl game again this season. The Black Knights have lost four straight games. While nothing would surprise, Navy should be able to pull away in the fourth quarter for a two-touchdown victory.
Brad's Pick: Navy 28, Army 14
Craig's Pick: Navy 38, Army 17
Glenn's Pick: Navy 28, Army 13


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Books and Knitting...
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So many of us knitters are avid readers......I love a good book and will stay up very late reading....
I just picked this up yesterday at Indigo's in Milton - it's great to have a big book store only 8 minutes away!
I have read every Inspector Lynley book by Elizabeth George....I LOVE HIM, er, I LOVE THESE BOOKS. I love Lynley in the books...I am not overly fond of the character as portrayed by Nathaniel Parker in the BBC "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries". Nothing against Nathaniel, but he's tall and dark, Lynley is tall and blonde - and to an avid reader like me who has a picture of Lynley in their mind...well, this just didn't do it for me. Other than that, the series is good like most BBC productions.
So back to the book.......Even though I have a Kobo and I buy e-books, I have every Elizabeth George Lynley in hard back, and I do like to go back and start from the beginning every few years....so I will continue to collect these in hard cover. As a book lover though, I have the same problem with books as I do yarn LOL!!! Oh well.....on to the knitting....
While on the Scotland and England tour in September, we spent a day at Rowan - remember?
We couldn't buy yarn at the Rowan Mill (they should call it their head office LOL because there isn't much yarn there at all!) so we stopped at the yarn shop in Holmfirth - Up Country. It's a cute little shop - sells clothes and shoes and a jumble of stuff on the first floor....and the yarn is on the second floor.
|I picked up a ball of the Rowan Kaffe Fasset Kidsilk Haze Stripe - we had been given a preview of it at Rowan earlier that day, and the shop had some, so of course a lot of us bought a ball. No patterns were available yet, but there was a free scarf pattern and I use this as my "I'm too tired to think very much" project.
|Boreal is coming along.......when I got to the row where the pattern shifts - background becomes foreground shade and vice versa, well, my brain had a hard time with this and much tinking back was done.....I only have a row or two to go and then I will be knitting the sleeves.......I really would like to get this done in time to wear it this Winter. It calls out for photos taken with lots of snow.
Excuse me, I have to go knit!
While we here in Canada (at least in Southern Ontario) are having a very mild winter, Europe is suffering with extreme cold - stay warm over there!
Happy Knitting everyone!


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Workshop at max level can produce a robot/weapon in a month and on an average robots have 3 slots. 3 slots + 1 robot = 4 months for a robot. 20 months for 5 robots. Don't you think that that's too slow considering the fact that you are releasing new content at much higher pace. Now you are decided to get rid of Royal that was compensating those long production times. Here's a suggestion, If you are removing royal then decrease workshop times. Upgrade times is another major concern... The whole game is so slow.go To Comment
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I was born in 1984 in Isfahan, Iran. I've been interested in art since childhood, and started painting in 18 professionally. As student of Faculty of Art & Architecture, IAU of Iran, I've been taking advantages of the most professional artists in modern art.
I am really professional in Realism, but very interested in surrealism-style. Most of my works are in collage and oil painting technique.
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Tuesday Treat
On Tuesday, I went out to lunch with some co-workers for a belated holiday celebration. We went to Art & Soul and splurged on their prolonged Restaurant Week menu. While lunch was definitely a treat, it was a lot of food to eat midday during the week. Addy was there too 🙂
I started out with their Salmon Jar appetizer. Not only was it a great presentation but it was quite tasty. Chunks of salmon, mixed with pickled onion and some sort of cream based dressing and served with toasted pieces of bread. Delicious!
For my entree, I had the brisket sandwich and holy moly was it delicious. Warm brisket with cheese served on an onion roll. Heaven! And the fries on the side weren't too shabby either 🙂 I can't tell you the last time I had a big sandwich with fries for lunch during the week. If I did it all the time, I'd be asleep for the rest of the afternoon! I actually ended up eating the second half of the sandwich around 5pm and it fueled me through my workout.
We shared three different desserts and I didn't take any photos but it was an assortment of ice cream, a panna cotta and a HUGE amazingly delicious cookie. I definitely had my fair share of cookie and loved it. It was a lovely Tuesday treat for sure.
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Two days after beating the Bulls in Chicago, the New York Knicks return home to play the Utah Jazz at Noon Eastern. Looking for a way to watch the Jazz-Knicks game online if you don't have a cable or satellite subscription? Here's how you can do that.
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If you're not in the New York or Utah markets, you can watch via NBA League Pass, which has plans ranging from a one-game pass to a season-long all-access pass that will give you access to every out-of-market game all season.
There are two ways to buy League Pass: Through the NBA's website or app, and through Verizon's go90 app, which provides mobile streaming of every League Pass game for half the price of the regular League Pass all-access subscription. The all-access pass through go90 is free if you're a Verizon customer with access to the company's Streampass service, which is complimentary with large data plans.
If you buy a League Pass subscription through the NBA, you can watch on a smart phone, tablet, computer or connected TV. The following options are available:
- A one-game pass for $6.99. This will allow you to watch tonight's game only.
- A team pass for $119.99. This will give you access to every out-of-market game for one team.
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If you're in the United States and looking to save some money on the all-access pass, you might want to consider buying League Pass through go90. The service streams every out-of-market game on mobile devices for just $99.50, half the price of the all-access pass available through NBA.com. The downside is that go90 streaming is only available on mobile devices. (If you have a connected TV that enables mirroring with smart phones, you'll have the option of casting the game onto your TV through your phone.) The upside is as follows:
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Cruelty-Free accessories by Green Banana Paper. A new generation of beautiful, cruelty-free and fully sustainable creations is emerging. Not only animal-free and sustainable, but these products also create and support eco-systems which provide local farmers with extra income and new jobs for communities that need them.
Welcome to 'Green Banana Paper', a start-up that has created lots of social buzz on social media, after a very successful Kickstarter campaign.
'Green Banana Paper' founder, Matt Simpson, explains the operations of the company and its global success:
"Our island has over 20,000 banana trees, and local farmers trim them down after every harvesting to boost further production. These cut-downs have a considerable amount of fibre which in the past would go to waste, or would be left to decompose."
I envisioned the potential of using these fibres for making products, and after in-depth research and many trial and errors, we've built a small scale eco-factory on non-agricultural land, employing local artisans. Shortly after, we've got 75 farmers involved in sourcing the material and created 21 new jobs for the locals." He added.
The idea started after Matt watched a documentary of people in Thailand, making paper from banana trees.
Banana fibre is one of the most eco-friendly, sustainable, renewable, and widespread resources on the island.
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While called banana paper, the material has excellent water and tear-resistant properties. So this could be the perfect option for those who wanted fashionable, cruelty-free accessories that are non-leather and earth-friendly.
After testing and redesigning the products for strength, functionality, and elegance, the first wallet prototype was launched in May of 2015 with great success.
The sustainable fashion designer Joshua Katcher attributes the start-up's success to:
"the handsomeness of the product is beautifully matching the story of how, and from what it is made. There is poetic grace and heightened pleasure in the making of conscious fashions."
'Green Banana Paper' epitomizes the entire construct of social enterprise, and how research and development of new products can develop solutions to fashion's global issues, while also creating a positive economic impact for third world countries like Micronesia.


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Butterflies and moths like this hawkmoth drink rather than eat. The mouth is a long tube normally coiled up, under the head. It...Read More >>Butterflies and moths like this hawkmoth drink rather than eat. The mouth is a long tube normally coiled up, under the head. It straightens out like a drinking straw to dip into flowers and sip their nectar. Most animals take food items into their bodies through an opening, the mouth, to be digested and absorbed inside. Many animals eat mainly plants, or plant parts such as leaves, fruits, seeds, nectar, shoots and roots. These are called herbivores. Other animals eat the flesh of other creatures (sometimes their whole bodies). These are called carnivores, or, if the other creatures are insects, insectivores. Some animals, including some worms, insects, lampreys and the vampire bat, feed on blood. A few animals eat a wide range of both plant and animal food: they are omnivores. Finally, detrivores, such as dung beetles and crabs, eat dead or rotting food and wastes.
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Lion and cub eating a Cape buffalo
A vampire bat prepares to bite.
There are almost as many different sizes and designs of animal mouth as there are different kinds of food. Most mammals, like ourselves, have teeth that can bite smaller pieces from a large food item and then chew the pieces into a soft pulp that is easily swallowed. But some mammals have few teeth—or none at all. The anteater collects its tiny food items of ants and termites by flicking out its long, sticky tongue.
The vampire bat has front teeth like razor blades but it only uses them to slice a slit in its victim's skin. Then it uses its tongue to lap up its meal of blood.
The treecreeper uses its slender beak to probe beneath tree bark for insects that gather there in winter. Birds lack teeth, although they can peck powerfully with their strong, horn-covered beaks. Some birds have long, thin beaks like tweezers for probing into cracks or mud for small food items. Others have deep, short, powerful beaks that work like nutcrackers, for splitting seeds and nuts. A few species, such as the blue-footed booby, have serrated (teeth-like) edges to their beaks that help them grip on to fish, for example.
Most frogs have teeth but they cannot chew with them: they are usually only good for gripping prey before swallowing it whole.
Some animals do not feed at all. The mayfly fed when it was a larva. But the adult form has no mouth and cannot eat. It mates and dies within a day or two of pupating.
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Welcome to the July 2014 homepage edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine.
At the commencement of 2014 i2P focused on the need for the entire profession of pharmacy and its associated industry supports to undergo a renewal and regeneration.
We are now half-way through this year and it is quite apparent that pharmacy leaders do not yet have a cohesive and clear sense of direction.
Maybe the new initiative by Woolworths to deliver clinical service through young pharmacists and nurses may sharpen their focus.
If not, community pharmacy can look forward to losing a substantial and profitable market share of the clinical services market.
Who would you blame when that happens?
But I have to admit there is some effort, even though the results are but meagre.
In this edition of i2P we focus on the need for research about community pharmacy, the lack of activity from practicing pharmacists and when some research is delivered, a disconnect appears in its interpretation and implementation.
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It started with "tablet" computers deployed on shelves inside the retailer Coles, specifically to provide information to consumers relating to pain management and the sale of strong analgesics.
This development was reported in i2P under the title "Coles Pharmacy Expansion and the Arid PGA Landscape"
In that article we reported that qualified information was a missing link that had come out of Coles market research as the reason to why it had not succeeded in dominating the pain market.
Of course, Woolworths was working on the same problem at the same time and had come up with a better solution - real people with good information.
Editor's Note: The understanding of a pharmacy's presentation through the research that goes into the design of fixtures and fittings that highlight displays, is a never-ending component of pharmacy marketing.
Over the past decade, Australian pharmacy shop presentations have fallen behind in standards of excellence.
It does not take rocket science - you just have to open your eyes.
Recently, our two major supermarkets, Woolworths and Coles, have entered into the field of drug and condition information provision - right into the heartland of Australian Pharmacy.
I attended the Pregnancy, Baby and Children's Expo in Brisbane recently.
What an eye and ear opening event that was!
Young Mums, mature Mums, partners of all ages, grandparents and friends……...many asking about health issues and seeking reassurances that they were doing the right thing.
It should be the scandal of the century.
It potentially affects the health of almost everyone.
Healthcare providers and consumers alike should be up in arms. But apart from coverage in a few credible news sources the problem of 'Marketing Based Medicine,' as psychiatrist Dr Peter Parry terms it, hasn't as yet generated the kind of universal outrage one might expect.
Government funding is always scarce and restricted.
If you are ever going to be a recipient of government funds you will need to fortify any application with evidence.
From a government perspective, this minimises risk.
I must admit that while I see evidence of research projects being managed by the PGA, I rarely see community pharmacists individually and actively engaged in the type of research that would further their own aims and objectives (and survival).
Most of us leave a tremendous impact on pharmacies we work for (as proprietors, managers, contractors or employees)—in ways we're not even aware of.
But organisational memories are often all too short, and without a central way to record that impact and capture the knowledge and individual contributions, they become lost to time.
It is ironic that technology has provided us with phenomenal tools for communication and connection, but much of it has also sped up our work lives and made knowledge and memory at work much more ephemeral.
This article was first published in The Conversation and was written by Wendy Lipworth, University of Sydney and Ian Kerridge, University of Sydney
In the endless drive to get people's attention, advertising is going 'native', creeping in to places formerly reserved for editorial content. In this Native Advertising series we find out what it looks like, if readers can tell the difference, and more importantly, whether they care.
i2P has republished the article as it supports our own independent and ongoing investigations on how drug companies are involved in marketing-based medicine rather than evidence-based medicine.
Editor's Note: This is an early article by Mark Neuenschwander we have republished after the soul-searching surrounding a recent Australian dispensing error involving methotrexate.
Hmm. There's more than one way you could take that, huh? Like Someday when I get around to it (I'm not sure) I may admit that I was wrong about something. Actually, I've been thinking about the concept of admitting wrong. So don't get your hopes up. No juicy confessions this month except that I wish it were easier for me to admit when I have been wrong or made a mistake.
Brian Goldman, an ER physician from Toronto, is host of the award-winning White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio and slated to deliver the keynote at The unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding in Anaheim this May. His TED lecture, entitled, "Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about it?" had already been viewed by 386,072 others before I watched it last week.
Kay Dunkley - BPharm, Grad Dip Hosp Pharm, Grad Dip Health Admin, MPS, MSHPA
Most readers will be aware of recent publicity relating to dispensing errors and in particular to deaths caused by methotrexate being incorrectly packed in dose administration aids.
The Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA), in its Communique of 13 June 2014, described a methotrexate packing error leading to the death of a patient and noted "extra vigilance is required to be exercised by pharmacists with these drugs".
This same case was reported by A Current Affair (ACA) in its program on Friday 20 June http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8863098/prescription-drug-warning
Have you ever had one of those days when all you could think was, "Gosh, do I need a vacation."
Of course you have – because all work and no play aren't good for anyone.
A vacation doesn't have to be two weeks on a tropical island, or even a long weekend at the beach.
A vacation just means taking a break from your everyday activities.
A change of pace.
It doesn't matter where.
Everyone needs a vacation to rejuvenate mentally and physically.
But did you also know that you can help boost our economy by taking some days off?
Call it your personal stimulus package.
This article was first published in the Conversation. It caught our eye because "peer review" it is one of the standards for evidence-based medicines that has also been corrupted by global pharma.
The article is republished by i2P as part of its ongoing investigation into scientific fraud and was writtenby Andre Spicer, City University London and Thomas Roulet, University of Oxford
We've all heard the phrase "peer review" as giving credence to research and scholarly papers, but what does it actually mean?
How does it work?
Peer review is one of the gold standards of science. It's a process where scientists ("peers") evaluate the quality of other scientists' work. By doing this, they aim to ensure the work is rigorous, coherent, uses past research and adds to what we already knew.
Most scientific journals, conferences and grant applications have some sort of peer review system. In most cases it is "double blind" peer review. This means evaluators do not know the author(s), and the author(s) do not know the identity of the evaluators.
The intention behind this system is to ensure evaluation is not biased.
The more prestigious the journal, conference, or grant, the more demanding will be the review process, and the more likely the rejection. This prestige is why these papers tend to be more read and more cited.
While dining out with an elderly friend, I noticed that he kept his false tooth plate in his shirt pocket. He had recently had seven amalgam-filled teeth removed, because he believed that their toxins were making him sick; but his new plate was uncomfortable. He had been treated by an 'holistic dentist'. Claiming to offer a "safe and healthier alternative" to conventional dentistry, are they committed to our overall health and wellbeing or are they promoting unjustified fear, unnecessarily extracting teeth and wasting our money?
We are now entering a new financial year and it's a great time to reflect on last year and highlight those things that went well and those that may have impacted negatively in the pursuit of your goals.
It's also a great to spend some time re-evaluating your personal and business short, medium and long term goals in the light of events over the last year.
The achievement of your goals will in many cases be dependent on setting and aspiring to specific financial targets. It's important that recognise that many of your personal goals will require you to generate sufficient business profits to fund those aspirations
Exoskeleton leader ReWalk Robotics announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the company's ReWalk Personal System for use at home and in the community.
ReWalk is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that provides powered hip and knee motion to enable individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to stand upright and walk.
ReWalk, the only exoskeleton with FDA clearance via clinical studies and extensive performance testing for personal use, is now available throughout the United States.
Welcome to the new financial year in Australia.
For many in business the past year has been described as a challenging period.
Adjectives are a key feature of the English language. In the business lexicon their use can be, and often is evocative and stimulate creative images. But they can also contribute to inexact, emotional perceptions.
Throughout the financial pages of newspapers and business magazines adjectives abound.
References to "hot" money draw attention and comment. The recent wave of funds from Chinese investors, keen to remove their wealth from the jurisdiction and control of government regulations is creating a potential property bubble in Australia.
Pharmacy culture is dormant.
Being comprised of values, unless each value is continually addressed, updated or deleted, entire organisations can stagnate (or entire professions such as the pharmacy profession).
Good values offer a strong sense of security, knowing that if you operate within the boundaries of your values, you will succeed in your endeavours.
The following article is reprinted from The Conversation and forms up part of our library collection on evidence-based medicines.
At i2P we also believe that the current model of evidence is so fractured it will never be able to be repaired.
All that can happen is that health professionals should independently test and verify through their own investigations what evidence exists to prescribe a medicine of any potency.
Health professionals that have patients (such as pharmacists) are ideally placed to observe and record the efficacy for medicines.
All else should confine their criticisms to their evidence of the actual evidence published.
If there are holes in it then share that evidence with the rest of the world.
Otherwise, do not be in such a hurry to criticise professions that have good experience and judgement to make a good choice on behalf of their patients, simply because good evidence has not caught up with reality.
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, July 25, 2014
Laropiprant is the Bad One; Niacin is/was/will always be the Good One
by W. Todd Penberthy, PhD
(OMNS July 25, 2014) Niacin has been used for over 60 years in tens of thousands of patients with tremendously favorable therapeutic benefit (Carlson 2005).
In the first-person NY Times best seller, "8 Weeks to a Cure for Cholesterol," the author describes his journey from being a walking heart attack time bomb to a becoming a healthy individual.
He hails high-dose niacin as the one treatment that did more to correct his poor lipid profile than any other (Kowalski 2001).
Deep within all of us we have a core set of values and beliefs that create the standards of behaviour that we align with when we set a particular direction in life.
Directions may change many times over a lifetime, but with life experiences and maturity values may increase in number or gain greater depth.
All of this is embraced under one word – "culture".
When a business is born it will only develop if it has a sound culture, and the values that comprise that culture are initially inherent in the business founder.
A sound business culture equates to a successful business and that success is often expressed in the term "goodwill" which can be eventually translated to a dollar value.
Exoskeleton leader ReWalk Robotics announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the company's ReWalk Personal System for use at home and in the community.
ReWalk is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that provides powered hip and knee motion to enable individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to stand upright and walk.
ReWalk, the only exoskeleton with FDA clearance via clinical studies and extensive performance testing for personal use, is now available throughout the United States.
The brave new world of health and wellness is not the enemy of Pharmacy, it is its champion.
Australian futurist, Morris Miselowski, one of the world's leading business visionaries, will present the Opening Keynote address on Pharmacy's Future in the new Health and Wellness Landscape at 2.00pm on Wednesday July 30.
Morris believes the key to better health care could already be in your pocket, with doctors soon set to prescribe iPhone apps, instead of pills.
Technology will revolutionise the health industry - a paradigm shift from healthcare to personal wellness.
Health and wellness applications on smartphones are already big news, and are dramatically changing the way we manage our personal health and everyday wellness.
Editor's Note: We have had a number of articles in this issue relating to pharmacy research.
The PGA has conducted a number of research initiatives over the years, including one recently reported in Pharmacy News that resulted from an analysis of the QCPP Patient Questionnaire.
Pharmacy Guild president, George Tambassis, appears to have authored the article following, and there also appears to be a disconnect between the survey report and its target audience illustrated by one of the respondent comments published.
I have asked Mark Coleman to follow through, elaborate and comment:
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A Harm-Minimisation Research Perspective: Dr Byrne (and his associates) advocate for better policies which are proven to reduce risks for drug users and the general community, under a framework in parallel with Australia's official policy of harm minimisation.
Stringer J, Welsh C, Tommasello A. Methadone-associated Q-T interval prolongation and torsades de pointes. Amer J Health System Pharm 2009 1;66(9):825-833 [*see new conflict statement] This review examines the literature on cardiac events in methadone patients. 'Torsade de pointes' arrhythmia and its accompanying prolonged, rate-corrected 'QTc' interval are discussed in detail. The abstract states "A thorough patient history and ECG monitoring are essential for patients treated with [methadone], and alterations in treatment options may be necessary." Despite the extensive literature review, they give no specific justification for the controversial advice about ECG and 'altered treatment options'. Their own references would seem to indicate the futility of 'screening' ECG.
Stringer J, Welsh C, Tommasello A. Methadone-associated Q-T interval prolongation and torsades de pointes. Amer J Health System Pharm 2009 1;66(9):825-833 [*see new conflict statement]
This review examines the literature on cardiac events in methadone patients. 'Torsade de pointes' arrhythmia and its accompanying prolonged, rate-corrected 'QTc' interval are discussed in detail. The abstract states "A thorough patient history and ECG monitoring are essential for patients treated with [methadone], and alterations in treatment options may be necessary." Despite the extensive literature review, they give no specific justification for the controversial advice about ECG and 'altered treatment options'. Their own references would seem to indicate the futility of 'screening' ECG.
The authors quote 33 published torsade cases from 2002-2008. My review of these indicates that 24 of the 33 describe QTc intervals away from the torsade episode (and therefore away from the precipitating factor/factors usually involved). Of the known 24 QTc intervals, 19 are normal (460ms or less) while only 3 are over 500ms, the rate above which risk of arrhythmia is thought to increase. Hence, according to the case reports quoted by Stringer et al. screening ECG could not possibly detect or prevent cases of torsade de pointes in the great majority of such cases. This is consistent with Justo's literature review which found precipitating events in 85-100% of torsade cases he examined. Krook questions the use of screening ECG as being the 'wrong priority'.
Stringer and colleagues also discuss in some detail two studies (Fanoe and Chugh), each of which concluded that large numbers of methadone patients may develop torsade. Surprisingly, Fanoe also reported syncope, much of which he ascribed to torsade, in about 10% of his buprenorphine subjects. Both studies used indirect and 'circumstantial' methodologies to implicate methadone. Neither presented any actual cases of torsade de pointes. Nor did Wedam's important RCT, another plank of this paper's discussion, report any cases of torsade, despite high rates of QT prolongation (he is quoted here incorrectly as 'Wedman' on three occasions).
The conclusions of Chugh and Fanoe must now be in serious doubt after publication of Anckersen's large national mortality series from Norway. This showed that despite prolonged QT intervals being common, their analysis of 90 deaths over seven years found that none was reportedly due to arrhythmia. Unexplained deaths were rare with positive coronial findings available for all but four cases (in 2 of the 4 autopsy was not performed). Even if all four of these were due to torsade de pointes, an unlikely event, the incidence would still be extremely low. Contrary to the claims of Krantz and colleagues, the finding in Norway of so few unexplained deaths in methadone patients (<5%) is also consistent with other reports (Ballesteros 2003; Sorg 2002; Gagajewski 2003; Shah 2005).
From my reading on the subject over the years, I could find no confirmed deaths due to torsade de pointes in a methadone patient being treated for addiction. When this serious tachycardia does occur, it appears to be in older individuals with more than one risk factor, and, at least in methadone patients, appears to be non-fatal and treatable in most or all reported cases.
Anckersen's findings from Norway are also consistent with 40 years of research on methadone treatment showing that it reduces mortality substantially when used according to established guidelines (using adequate doses, supervision and psychosocial supports).
Stringer, Welsh and Tommasello seem to ignore the potentially fatal consequences of their recommendations about "alterations in treatment options" based on ECG findings alone. Without any detailed explanation they blandly advise that buprenorphine 'should be used' in addiction subjects who develop prolonged QTc on methadone, despite the often impractical nature of such advice. Most such patients will be taking dose levels of methadone at which buprenorphine transfer is not recommended by the manufacturer. And this rather controversial advice is supported by just one single case report!
Good therapeutics dictates that successful treatment should only be change based on sound clinical evidence … and this is not produced in this paper. It is clear that for a substantial proportion of the opioid-using population there is simply no treatment that comes close to methadone maintenance regarding attracting, retaining and benefiting opioid dependent patients. And buprenorphine remains an excellent alternative for appropriate subjects.
*Please note also the up-dated conflict statement published in January 2010 edition:
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2010 67:94
Methadone-associated Q-T interval prolongation and torsades de pointes (May 1, 2009, Clinical Consultation). On page 825, the author identification section should contain the following statement: Dr. Tommasello is Field Medical Advisor, Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceutical Company, Parsippany, NJ, which manufactures buprenorphine–naloxone (Suboxone).
Andrew Byrne .. (Sydney drug doctor).
Krook AL, Waal H, Hansteen V. Routine ECG in methadone-assisted rehabilitation is wrong prioritization. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2004 124;22:2940-1
Justo D, Gal-Oz A, Paran Y, Goldin Y, Zeltser D. Methadone-associated Torsades de Pointes (polymorphic ventricular tachycardia) in opioid-dependent patients. Addiction. 2006 101:1333-1338
Krantz MJ, Martin J, Stimmel B, Mehta D, Haigney MCP. QTc Interval Screening in Methadone Treatment. Ann Intern Med 2009 150;6:387-395
Krantz MJ, Garcia JA, Mehler PS. Effects of buprenorphine on cardiac repolarization in a patient with methadone-related torsade de pointes. Pharmacotherapy 2005 25:611-614
Anchersen K, Clausen T, Gossop M, Hansteen V, Waal H. Prevalence and clinical relevance of QTc interval prolongation during methadone and buprenorphine treatment: a mortality assessment study. Addiction 2009 104;6:993-999
Fanoe S, Hvidt C, Ege P, Jensen GB. Syncope and QT prolongation among patients treated with methadone for heroin dependence in the city of Copenhagen. Heart 2007;93;1051-1055
Chugh SS, Socoteanu C, Reinier K, Waltz J, Jui J, Gunson K. A Community-Based Evaluation of Sudden Death Associated with Therapeutic Levels of Methadone. American Journal of Medicine 2008 121: 66-71Return to home
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Tickets marked as spam or deleted will be permanently deleted after a period of time set by your admins - by default, spam tickets are kept for 2 weeks, and deleted tickets for 1 month.
Real-time updating in the list pane
When you click a filter, it shows you all matching tickets in the list pane. It's a lot like running a search - except that a filter doesn't just show you the tickets that matched at one point in time.
The list of matching tickets automatically updates itself. If you watch the All Tickets filter for a busy helpdesk for a while, you'll see tickets appear and disappear.
Tickets will appear in All Tickets as they are set to awaiting agent, whether because they have just been created or because the user has just replied.
A ticket might disappear because an agent replied and set the status back to awaiting user, or because it was marked as spam or deleted, or because it was set as pending.
You can disable real-time updates by clicking the icon at the upper right of the list pane.
Grouping tickets
You can customize the filters in the Awaiting Agent section by grouping tickets to create a subfilter.
- Click the arrow to the left of a filter.
- Click on Select Field to Group Tickets.
- Select the field you are interested in from the pull-down menu.
For example, you might choose to group All Tickets according to the user's organization.
To change the grouping, just click the arrow again.
A second level of grouping is available in the list pane, using the grouped by control.
Deskpro creates groups based on the range of values for the property you've selected.
You can click the groups at the top of the list pane to filter the results further.
Creating custom ticket filters
If grouping is not sufficient to show you the tickets that matter to you, you can also define your own custom filter.
When you first create a custom filter, it is only seen by you. Your helpdesk admins can see all custom filters, and may set them to be shared by everyone.
When you set up a custom filter, you will also be able to choose to receive notifications about tickets which match the filter in your notification preferences.
To make a custom filter:
- Click the Filters section gear icon to make a new custom filter.
- The Filters section of your account Preferences opens.
- Click Create Filter.
- Under Title, enter a name for the filter that describes what it shows.
- Click Add criteria to select a ticket property that you want to show in this filter.
Possible criteria are:
- Originated interface (how tickets were created - email, web portal, website or through the agent interface)
- Ticket Gateway Address
- Ticket Gateway Account i.e. the email account through which the ticket was created
- Subject
- Department
- Assigned Agent
- Assigned Team
- Followers (which agents are following the ticket)
- Labels
- Status
- Ticket is pending
- Organization
- Product
- Category
- Urgency
- Priority
- Workflow
- SLA (filter tickets to which a certain SLA applies)
- SLA Status (filter tickets which are meeting or failing an SLA)
- User Waiting Time (filter tickets that are currently awaiting agent by how long they have had that status)
- User Total Waiting Time (filter by how long in total the ticket has spent awaiting agent over its lifetime)
- Date Created
- Date Closed (when the ticket was archived - this only applies if your helpdesk has a very large number of tickets and older ones have to be archived)
- Date of Last Agent Reply
- Date of Last User Reply
- Custom ticket fields your admins may have set up
You can filter tickets by the properties of the ticket's user:
- Name (of user)
- Email Address (of user)
- Email Domain (the part of the user's email address after the @ symbol - useful for finding users from the same company)
- Person ID (ID number, the user equivalent of ticket ID)
- Date of profile creation
- Labels (on the user)
- Contact Phone
- Contact Address
- Contact Instant Messaging
- Custom user fields your admins may have set up
You can also filter by the properties of the user's organization:
- Date Created
- Email Domains (which email domains are recorded in Deskpro for the organization: e.g. email from anyone @dreadco.zy is from a user belonging to the DreadCo organization)
- Labels
- Contact Phone
- Contact Address
- Contact Instant Messaging
- Custom organization fields
You can click Add Criteria again to add to the filter - the filter will only show tickets which meet all the criteria you set.
Close the account preferences window with the X at the top right. Your custom filters are displayed in the filter pane.
While in Preferences > Filters you can also select filters to hide. This is useful to hide filters that aren't relevant to you at the moment.
Ordering tickets in the list pane
Once you have selected a list of tickets using a filter, you may want to view them in a certain order - for example, oldest tickets first, or tickets with the highest Urgency (see Prioritizing tickets) first.
You can order the tickets in the list pane using the Ordered by pull-down menu.
ASC and
DESC mean ascending and descending. For example, Waiting Time ASC means that the tickets will be shown in ascending order of user waiting time: the waiting time gets higher as you go up the list, with the highest waiting time at the top.
You can order by:
- Urgency (available for Awaiting Agent and custom filters only)
- Date Opened (when the ticket was created)
- Date of Last Agent Reply
- Date of Last User Reply
- Date of Last Reply
- Priority (if your helpdesk uses this field)
- Waiting Time (for tickets with awaiting agent status; this does nothing on tickets with another status)
- All Waiting Time (total time spent with awaiting agent status over the ticket's lifetime)
Note that Deskpro saves your chosen order separately for each filter.
Ticket quick actions
If you move your mouse pointer over a ticket title (without clicking), you will see a quick actions pop-up.
This pop-up shows you a preview of the last message/note on the ticket, along with its time.
At the bottom are controls to perform common ticket actions.
The quick actions available are:
- Assign Me - assign the ticket to yourself (shown if it's not already assigned to you)
- Assign Agent - assign the ticket to an agent
- Assign Team - assign the ticket to a team
- Set status options - set the ticket to one of the core statuses (options shown depend on the current status)
Field display options
Some fields are shown in gray boxes on each ticket in the list pane.
You can customize which fields are displayed by clicking the gear icon at the top right of the list pane.
Use the checkboxes to add and remove fields, then click Apply.
The fields you choose to display are saved separately for each filter.
Labeling tickets
You can apply labels to tickets, user/organization records, articles/news posts/downloads and feedback items. A label is a short piece of text you can attach to items to help find them quickly, and group similar items.
Labels are shared between all agents.
You can add a label to an item using the content pane from the Properties section of an individual ticket.
You can either select an existing label from the pull-down menu, or type a new one and press Enter (your admins may disable the ability to create new labels for some types of item).
Click the x on the left of a label to remove it.
You can also apply labels as a Mass actions.
There are many possible uses for labels, depending on the needs of your helpdesk.
Labeling has two benefits:
Searches match labels.
Suppose you had a ticket that was about engine problems but didn't mention the word "engine". A search for "engine" wouldn't find it, but you could label it "engine" to make it easier to find.
You can use labels to filter tickets using the Labels tab in the bottom section of the filter pane.
Click on each label to see tickets.
The Cloud view shows labels in bigger text the more tickets they have. You can also select a List view by clicking on the List tab.
Flags are a personal way to organize tickets. Unlike labels, other agents can't see your flags.
You can apply flags using the content pane from the Properties section of an individual ticket.
You can use flags to filter tickets from the Flagged tab in the bottom section of the filter pane.
By default, flags are named after their colors.
You can double-click on the flag names in the filter pane to change them to something more descriptive.
Flags are also displayed at the right hand side of the list pane.


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This week I wanted to write about a topic that is near and dear to my heart: mental health. I know we think that it gets a lot of buzz these days, but it really doesn't get near the attention it deserves.
I was perusing Feedly when I found an article that stood out to me entitled "Can Social Media Help to Stop Suicide?" Think article is written by a doctor, who completed an online study of depression in college age people. With her team, then analyzed the signs of depression and suicide from social media sites. They are trying to think of a system to help recognize individuals who are about to harm themselves and provide support. They want to make an automatic text reader within social media sites that flags keywords associated with depression and suicide to notify a help hotline. Their problem is that misspelled words or clever phrases with a deeper meaning will not be caught. I support this idea, but recognize that so many times people won't be outright with their feelings.
The article states, "The stigma of depression undoubtedly contributed to its most severe consequence – suicide. Some patients avoided treatment because of the fear of being 'found out', and untreated depression then worsened and led to suicide. Some families learned that a loved one had depression only after suicide had already taken place." As much as I would love to say that we live in a world that is accepting and understanding towards people who suffer from various mental health disorders, we do not. We have come a long way, but there is still more we can do. It is heartbreaking to know that people who suffer from mental illness do not always have a caring support system that can help by simply being there. It doesn't take much to let someone know that you care. You don't need to know "the right words to say" because there are none. To a person who suffers from depression and mental illness, there is no prepared speech that you can conjure up on demand that will magically give them meaning for their life. What you can do, is just offer support through a kind and judge-free ear, or if the person does not want to say anything simply sit with them. Everyone goes through moments of sadness in life, but to a person suffering with depression it can be isolating and lead to despair. Today in my English 336: Victorian Poetry class we discussed a poem called "Carrion Comfort" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. During our discussion it came up that emotional and mental pain is much worse than physical pain. With physical pain, one can reach a limit where the body simply cannot take any more pain and the person either goes into shock, blacks out or dies. Emotional pain is different because it can be more severe and last longer, even waxing and waning like ocean waves. This kind of pain knows no limit. There is no end for someone to reach and "tap out" like physical pain, except death. Obviously that is not a solution we want people to take, but to some it seems like the only way out. Those feelings of extreme sadness and isolation can lead to severe depression, which can become despair. Without help and support, the person who despairs may choose suicide as a last resort. If you ever find yourself in a situation where someone is revealing these types of feelings, please know that your response can be life-changing. Just be there for this person, regardless of how well you know them or how busy you are. This person has chosen to tell you because they trust you and they need help.
This paragraph is from the above article: "For the past five years, my research team and I have contemplated a future where depression and suicide are changed by social media. With open disclosure of depression symptoms on social media, one could identify those at risk early and offer resources or treatment, all based on a pattern of Facebook posts. We came up with two main ideas. First, we thought that since young people have an average of 500 Facebook friends, surely one of them could make the connection and offer help if depression was displayed? But more research revealed that these were largely social-media friends and not real-world friends. If people didn't interact with each other much beyond passively watching an acquaintance's status updates once in a while, they were unlikely to take the effort to actually reach out and ask if everything was OK." We always think that if we notice someone's behaviour like this someone else will too, and they will step forward to help them, so then we don't have to. What if that's not the case? Should any of us really risk that? No. Always assume that if someone is talking like this that no one else has offered to be a support system for this person, and step up yourself. Please don't laugh it off if someone brings this up because you never know what they are hiding below the surface. Be supportive and open if they want to talk. Say that it is okay if this person needs anti-depressants, counselling or any other form of help because it really is okay.
Mental health is something that I care about quite a bit. I want my family, friends, colleagues, students, and even strangers to feel that I am approachable if they want to discuss this or need someone to be there for them.


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Yes, I'm using that cliche 'I am not your typical girl' term...
I get drunk. Blind drunk, to the point where peeing in a bush sounds like the best idea I've ever had. I love to literally stuff my face with bad food after a night out and sometimes even on an average day or evening. I might wear false nails, but the skin around them is constantly picked at. I draw over my brows like any other girl, but I certainly won't pluck them for a good few weeks.
I will always embrace my flaws.
While I am not the most gruesome, I will never hide away from certain topics of conversation just because it is deemed to be a 'guy thing'. If I need to let out a burp, I will, even in front of Zac Efron or Jamie Dornan. I would probably ask them to rate it out of ten afetr.
I love makeup, the colour pink and lots and lots of glitter. I love strongly scented flowery perfumes and wearing floaty dresses, but I also enjoy wearing my Dads Harrington, ripped tights and last nights un-brushed hair.
I count calories, cry about my weight and refuse to accept compliments. I compare my life to rom-com's and John Hughes 80's films, but I know who I truly am deep down. I know that it is important to love yourself no matter what.
I'm not ashamed of who I am. How I act and whether it's 'ladylike' enough. To put it politely I couldn't give less of a fuck. Both my male and female friends will get the same reaction or attention from me. Gender should never make you fear the way you act. Love should be real, they'll find out once you let your guard down anyway and if it's meant to be, they'll love you anyway.
"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you."
I like to believe that's what makes me unique. My fearless attitude towards being myself. The truest version of me I could ever be. Nothing less, but perhaps more if I feel like it.
My skin is not always silky smooth and feminine, I can't be bothered to moisturise 24/7, I am not a Dove model. I have love handles, and a chicken nugget tattoo on my booty. What can you do other than accept yourself?
I will never look like a Victoria Secret model, I'm far too short, and I do not have 'Great Abs' on my CV. My skin is not glowing with angel dust, and my teeth won't blind you, but I do know that I will make you laugh just my laughing my own contagious laugh. Perhaps I'll get abs after all...
Anyway, after rambling on in what feels like my first blog post in forever, what I am trying to say is this:
Girls. Stop trying to achieve perfection when you are already wonderful. If you want to make changes to your body or face, do it, you own the right to make your own choices, but do it for YOU. Learn to use your amazing personality, none of us is that 'typical girl'. We are all unique individuals.
Guys. You are worthy and showing emotion is so important. Date someone because they make you laugh and can hold an intelligent conversation. Date someone who will make you feel great about yourself.
Guys and Girls. Fucking LOVE yourselves. You are worthy of love and happiness. Life is not about who owns the most brands or how much hotter you are than someone else. Instagram is not real life. Your real life is waiting to be lived. Truly lived and enjoyed without the constant worry of scrutiny from strangers or peers. They are not your friends.
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Detained ex-Canadian diplomat gets consular visit in China
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian diplomats have visited former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig for the second time since his arrest in China a month ago.
Canada's Global Affairs department on Thursday provided no further details on how Kovrig was being treated. He and entrepreneur Michael Spavor were detained on Dec. 10 on allegations of "engaging in activities that endanger the national security" of China.
The arrests came after a top Chinese Huawei executive was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 at the request of the United States, which wants her extradited to face charges that she misled banks about the company's business dealings in Iran. She is out on bail in Canada awaiting extradition proceedings.
In an op-ed Wednesday, China's ambassador to Canada described the detentions of the Canadians as an "act of self-defense."
Canada said it would continue to seek further access to Kovrig and Spavor.
"The Canadian government remains deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities of these two Canadians since last month and continues to call for their immediate release," Global Affairs Canada said in a statement
Canada has embarked on a campaign with allies to win the release of the detained Canadians.
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A year ago, I watched two ospreys soaring over the land well away from the water. This struck me as odd. It is normal for an osprey to soar over the lake where it hunts for fish. But, why were they behaving this way over a forest?
Two days ago, I watched the same behaviour. Even though the water was hundreds of metres away, two ospreys circled each other in a threatening manner. Again, it was unusual.
Then yesterday at the same location, I watched it again, but this time six ospreys took part in the fray, the focus of which seemed to be a nest occupied by a female. Were the males vying for access to her? When I subsequently looked at the pictures I took, it turned out that she was an active participant in the ruckus.
Was she the object of all the attention, or was this a competition for the nest itself? Who knows?
Two ospreys have just had a mutually threatening flyby. That they were combative is evident by the extended legs and poised claws. The female is on the left and one of the males is on the right.
These are the original stakeholders. It seems to be the same female as in the previous picture.


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Former WWE NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain, Akam and Rezar, made their main roster debuts on tonight's post-WrestleMania 34 RAW from New Orleans. They answered a challenge from Heath Slater and Rhyno before winning a squash.
WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering came to the ring with Akam and Rezar and was there at ringside during the match but they apparently fired him after it was over.
As noted, other NXT call-ups on tonight's loaded RAW were No Way Jose and Ember Moon.
Below are photos and videos of The Authors of Pain making their main roster debuts:
WAR is their PEACE and now #RAW is their HOME!@Rezar_WWE & @Akam_WWE are answering @HeathSlaterOMRB & @Rhyno313's challenge! #RAWAfterMania @PaulElleringWWE pic.twitter.com/rJCsghdZeb WWE (@WWE) April 10, 2018
The #AuthorsOfPain @Akam_WWE & @Rezar_WWE appear ready to forge their own path of DOMINANCE on Monday Night #RAW! #AOP pic.twitter.com/LXXXGX6B1k WWE (@WWE) April 10, 2018
Are the #AuthorsOfPain closing the book on their alliance with @PaulElleringWWE?!? #RAW #RAWAfterMania @Rezar_WWE @Akam_WWE pic.twitter.com/tzCvuUjLAI WWE (@WWE) April 10, 2018


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Dr. Stephen Holditch, Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University, spoke out this week in the Houston Chronicle's Fuelfix blog in defense of frac'ing. He spoke directly to the major concerns of those who oppose frac'ing (groundwater contamination and air quality) as well as encouraged a set of best practices for the industry.
Among the more interesting background facts were that as recently as 2001, the production of natural gas via frac'ing comprised less than two percent of total U.S. natural gas production. Today, it is approaching 30 percent.
Holditch debunked several myths about frac'ing with facts.
In regards to water quality he said that no matter what you may read, hydraulic fracturing does not involve pumping toxic chemicals under high pressure near public aquifers.
Some 99.5% of what is commonly used in frac'ing is a composition of pure water and quartz sand. Other agents are included, making up about 0.5% of the fluid. Three typical additives are guar gum (which is also used to thicken food products), detergents (just like the soaps you use at home to wash dishes and clothes), and bactericide (like the chlorine used to kill bacteria as it does effectively in most local drinkable water supplies).
Addressing air quality, he reminded readers that of any pollutants that are released, methane is the only one of concern and operators have a vested interest in ensuring that it does not escape, because it can be resold for a profit.
In addition to his responsibilities at Texas A&M, Holditch served on a Secretary of Energy Advisory Board subcommittee and recommended that the industry accelerate cooperative efforts to establish best practices – and even encouraged the formation of a shale gas industry production organization dedicated to continuous improvement of best practices.
You can read the full subcommittee report at www.shalegas.energy.gov
Dr. Holditch's closing remarks were perhaps the most profound, reminding us that as the nation adjusts to the implications of our unexpected bounty, the industry would do well to quickly establish the kind of practices that encourage public confidence and guarantee that this marvelous resource is not wasted thorough inefficient, dangerous and provocative procedures.


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Some weeks there's lots of news; some weeks there's big news – this week, there's simply lots and lots of big news.
Let's look at some of the massive headlines:
- The CFPB director is stepping down…long anticipated – and the House Financial Services Committee Chairman rips the director and the agency in harsh terms
- Ballard Spahr looks at the potential candidates for new director
- CFPB issues much anticipated Consumer Protection Principles
- The Equifax breach is described in staggering numbers
- The OCC and FDIC line up on polar opposite sides of regulatory reform
- Compliance management is getting a seat at the "big people" table this Thanksgiving – their voice is heard more and more
Let's dive deeper into these.
Articles From Week of November 13 to Check Out
Ballard Spahr analysis of FTC mortgage enforcement action: Read here
Anticipated new CFPB enforcement chief is very familiar to the folks at Ballard Spahr:Read here
Equifax breach, in numbers: Read here
National Law Review is not optimistic on de novo banks or fintech charter possibilities:Read here
Regulatory relief bill poised to pass – biggest is increase of $50 billion threshold up to $250 billion: Read here and here
Cordray announces he's leaving CFPB: Read here
OCC spreads optimism on regulatory reform but look at the next headline – the piling on effect is real: Read here
FDIC chairman remains opposed to regulatory reform: Read here and here
Rep Hensarling doesn't mince words on Cordray:
WASHINGTON – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), the sponsor of the House-passed Financial CHOICE Act issued the following statement today in response to Richard Cordray's announcement that he will resign as head of the CFPB:
"We are long overdue for new leadership at the CFPB, a rogue agency that has done more to hurt consumers than help them. The CFPB tramples on the fundamental economic rights of American citizens, taking away their choices and opportunities. The extreme overregulation it imposes on our economy leads to higher costs and less access to financial products and services, particularly for Americans with lower and middle incomes. It has routinely denied market participants their due process rights. All this harm is made even worse by the fact that the CFPB is structurally unconstitutional and completely unaccountable to the American people."
"The resignation of the Bureau's director is an excellent opportunity to enact desperately needed reforms. The Bureau has an important mission. Properly designed and led, it can truly protect consumers by ensuring they have access to competitive markets that are vigorously policed for fraud. That's the best way to provide consumers with more affordable choices for the financial products and services they want and need. Americans deserve the opportunity to choose the checking account they want, the mortgage they want and the credit card they want. I look forward to working with President Trump's choice for CFPB director to protect consumers."
Financial firms giving compliance its due: Read here
Rapid Ratings on the basics of third party risk management: Read here
CFPB issues Consumer Protection Principles: Read here
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