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An interesting claim made by the author is that business owners who have investment banker / business broker representation end up with prices that are 25% higher than business owners who sell on their own. This suggests that it is, in essence, a free service compared to a business owner selling without representation given that typical investment banker / business broker fees will be far less than the increase in price that sellers achieve by using their services.
An article on Axial Market Why Selling Your Company Takes Longer Than You Think describes many of the issues during the complex business sale process that can cause a business sale to take longer than a business owner expects. The analogy to a marathon is apt: if you show up to run a marathon after adequately preparing for months in advance you'll likely perform well, but show up without adequately preparing and you may not finish at all, and if you do you likely won't be pleased with your time.
An interesting claim made by the author is that business owners who have investment banker / business broker representation end up with prices that are 25% higher than business owners who sell on their own. This suggests that it is, in essence, a free service compared to a business owner selling without representation given that typical investment banker / business broker fees will be far less than the increase in price that sellers achieve by using their services.
The miracle of capitalism
At a time when it's popular to malign and denigrate capitalism, the following video from the late economist Milton Friedman, is a simple reminder of what a miracle capitalism is because it enables voluntary cooperation and the coordination of resources through the free market's impersonal pricing system to allow for the production of goods and services.
Typically, an appropriately priced business with good marketability will take seven to twelve months to secure a buyer and close the sale. In cases where a business is less marketable, the sales process can take much longer. Even the most highly marketable businesses won't make it through the sales process (from collecting info to a reasonable initial transition period) in less than 5 months. Below is an illustration of the typical timeline for the sale of an appropriately priced business with good marketability:
1. Weeks 1-3: Seller compiles documentation necessary for analyzing and packaging business and provides it to Codiligent.
2. Weeks 3-6: Codiligent performs a comprehensive analysis of the business, estimates value using multiple approaches, develops both introduction and confidential marketing packages, and prepares for active marketing.
3. Week 7: Codiligent and seller review valuation, and edit introduction and confidential marketing packages, as needed.
4. Weeks 8-9: Codiligent launches active marketing activities.
5. Weeks 10 – 26: Codiligent screens buyers, shares additional information, has buyer meetings, and encourages Letter of Intent submissions.
6. Weeks 27-29: Codiligent and seller receive and negotiate non-binding Letter of Intent
7. Weeks 30-35: Formal due diligence
8. Weeks 36-38: Attorney, Codiligent, and Seller negotiate the purchase agreement with buyer.
9. Week 39: Close the business sale
10. Weeks 40–43: Training and transition to the new owner
Check out this short film from Monocle magazine of a shared, synthesized entrepreneurial vision based on a sense of place / culture of tiny Fogo Island (population: 2,706) in Newfoundland, which revived a declining economy.
The primary method to communicate business financial information is through the language of accounting, and the basic function of any language is to serve as a means of communication in a conventional and structured way. To enable the accounting language to convey the same meaning to all people, it was standardized by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (G.A.A.P.). G.A.A.P. accounting ensures that financial reporting is transparent and consistent, so that anyone reviewing a company's financial statements can be confident that the information is being presented in the same standardized language conveying the same meaning.
To illustrate the importance of a common structured and consistent language, imagine the confusion that would occur if I said I was going to sell you a black truck, and then presented you with a red truck instead. If you said, "I thought you were going to sell me a black truck, I don't want a red truck" you may be confused if I replied, "This is a black truck – that's what I call this color, even if everyone else refers to it as red." The same confusion occurs when a company's financial records are not accurate or are not prepared in a manner that is consistent with G.A.A.P.
The story of a business, no matter what size or industry, is told through its financial statements and reports. Those trained in reading financial statements (which, if not the buyer, will be their financial advisors) will use financial information to not only understand how profitable a business is, but also things like the cost of retaining customers, how quickly inventory turns over, clues about relationships with vendors, and whether the business generates sufficient cash flow to support growth with or without borrowing.
If a prospective buyer or their advisors are confused by a company's financial statements because they are not based on standard accounting practices, it will often cause a buyer to lose interest and not move forward with an acquisition. If, despite the uncertainty, such a buyer does move forward with an acquisition it will often be at a reduced price or with less attractive terms in order to mitigate the risk associated with non-G.A.A.P. financial records.
Codiligent finds that some of the most common problems that derail business sale transactions are errors or inconsistencies in financial statements, or where financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with G.A.A.P. A buyer who finds an error or inconsistency on financial statements will wonder what else may be incorrect, inconsistent, or problematic with the business.
Business buyers will expect that accurate monthly financial statements are available within 15 days of the end of each month, that such financials will be error-free in accordance with G.A.A.P standards, and that tax returns will be consistent with the business' internal financial statements, understanding that there can be differences between internal financial statements and tax returns due to tax reporting requirements and whether cash or accrual accounting are used on each.
If you are not confident of the quality of your company's financial statements, getting expert assistance with this should be a top priority. Also, the greater the ability to increase confidence or certify that financial statements are prepared correctly, the easier it will be to sell your business. CPAs offer three degrees of certification that can be helpful in giving buyers confidence in the quality of your company's financial statements: compiled financials, reviewed financials, and audited financials. Companies will be most marketable with audited financials, but many small and lower mid-market companies are unwilling to go to the time and expense of having audited financials. Reviewed financials is next best, followed by compiled.
For compiled financials, the CPA must comply with certain basic requirements of professional standards, such as having knowledge of the client's industry and applicable accounting principles, having a clear understanding with the client as to the services to be provided, and looking at the financial statements to determine whether there are any obvious deviations from G.A.A.P. A report on the financial statements is issued that states a compilation was performed in accordance with AICPA professional standards, but no assurance is given that the statements conform to G.A.A.P.
Reviewed financial statements require that the CPA perform an inquiry and analytical procedures in addition to the procedures for a compilation. Upon completion, a report is issued stating that a review has been performed in accordance with AICPA professional standards, that a review is less in scope than an audit, and that the CPA didn't become aware of any material modifications that should be made in order for the statements to conform to G.A.A.P.
Audited financial statements involve a CPA performing all of the steps for compiled or reviewed statements, but also performing verification and substantiation procedures. Such procedures may include direct communication with creditors or debtors to verify details of amounts owed, physical inspection of inventories, inspection of minutes and contracts, etc. Also, the CPA gains a knowledge and understanding of the entity's system of internal control. The resulting CPA's standard audit report states that an audit was performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and expresses an opinion that the financial statements present fairly the entity's financial position and results of operations.
As we are now several months into varying levels of COVID-related lock downs, with no discernible end in site, it is becoming clear that businesses need to continue to work on increased effectiveness and productivity with a remote work force. Given that many buyers of businesses that Codiligent represents (as well as some sellers) are located out of the area, Codiligent has been accustomed to working with remote teams for years: it is paperless, uses digital due diligence data rooms, and has always had far more video and teleconferences than in-person meetings due to geographic locations of buyers and sellers. However, there has still been a noticeable shift of in-person meetings (networking, client meetings, etc.) to video, teleconferences, and other forms of digital collaboration. I also recognize that most of the business owners we interact with have had a material shift to remote collaboration with internal staff, customers, vendors, and other external parties. The following Harvard Business Review video provides some tips on how to more effectively collaborate with remote teams.
Even when a business has strong repeat customers, buyers will naturally question if a change in ownership will cause customer attrition. One way to help alleviate a buyer's customer attrition concern is through the use of customer contracts (if appropriate) that outline the basic terms of the relationship, and if possible, indicates the anticipated sales volume. For many businesses, however, customer contracts would need to allow for fairly easy cancellation in order to get customers to sign them. Also, as with any customer contract, you will want to ensure that your attorney includes language in the contract to allow for the transfer or assignability of the contract to a new owner when you sell your business.
While many businesses see some level of fluctuation in their net margins from year-to-year, in most well-run businesses gross profit margins (Sales less Cost of Goods Sold) will remain consistent or will gradually increase as supplier volume discounts kick-in or better purchasing or efficiency is gained. Fluctuating gross margins can signal a variety of possible problems to a buyer including: 1, the business is subject to fluctuations in inventory and other direct costs of producing its product or service, and the business isn't able to pass along those price increases to its customers; 2, the business has inconsistent suppliers; 3, the business hasn't been able to manage wages or production costs efficiently; or 4, the business may be inconsistently reporting expenses where in some years it classifies certain expenses as Cost of Goods Sold and in other years as Sales, General and Administrative expenses.
There are some legitimate reasons why gross margins could significantly vary which may not be due to problems. For example, if a company had a significant shift in sales of products or services that have different levels of Cost of Goods Sold it could be a valid reason for a significant shift in overall gross margin. Yet, even this type of change may lead to buyer uncertainty because they could view the company as being less stable and certain.
If your company's gross margins are fluctuating from year-to-year it is something you may want to either resolve prior to selling, or have a good explanation for the fluctuations that won't cause buyers to perceive more risk.
Businesses that offer a more thoughtful user experience are able to not only differentiate in a way that may attract more customers, but also in a way that may make their business more marketable. Think about some of the large businesses where the customer experience is a significant driver of customer-perceived value: Apple, Four Seasons, Starbucks, Nordstrom, etc. One thing that such businesses have in common is strong attention to how physical design contributes to the user experience. During these times of varying degrees of shut down due to the pandemic, it may provide more time to think about how physical design impacts your business' user experience, and how that may, in turn, contribute to your business' marketability and value. Following is a video from Monocle that provides some inspiration based on how other businesses have thought about design.
I'm frequently asked, "what makes a business attractive to prospective buyers?" This can depend on a variety of factors, including the objectives of the buyer and whether they are a financial buyer or a strategic buyer, who will gain additional benefits from an acquisition beyond the stand alone performance of the business. Generally, though, a business will be considered attractive if it has low risk factors, strong financial performance, and good potential for growth.
Some of the specific things that will tend to make a business attractive to buyers include:
If you would like to better understand what issues may be impacting marketability and value of your business, Codiligent business brokers invites you to schedule a Marketability Assessment appointment. This is provided as a free service to businesses that have been in operation for at least three full years and that have a minimum of $2 million in annual revenue.
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New Delhi: In its pursuit to ensure all round development of school children in the national capital, for the first time Delhi government has introduced Summer Camps for class VI students in its government schools.
Atleast 44,000 Class VI students from more than 551 government schools in Delhi have started their vacations on the high note at these Summer Camps.
This is the first time such camps are being conducted in India at such a scale in government schools. The duration of summer camp will be three weeks from May 11 to May 31.Parents are also invited on Saturdays, and Parents-kids joint activities will be performed on these days.
The Summer Camps have been organised to welcome children from different backgrounds into Class VI from Class V, as studies have shown that this transition is particularly difficult.
The Camps have been designed around three core themes – food, water and waste. The children attending these Camps will be taught about these themes through fun-based activities and integrated learning techniques. It is also envisioned to bridge the learning gap of children with group and peer to peer learning in this summer camp.
Special one day training was organised for about 1500 guest teachers who will be involved in the summer camp. On the first day of the Summer Camp, the children were welcomed with beautifully decorated classrooms. Next, they participated in a poster-making competition on the topic "Hamari Dilli". The winning poster of this competition will be published by the Delhi government's tourism department.

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The attack started because an employee clicked a spearphishing link, a fake link that opened the door to the hackers. They accessed the IT and then industrial networks. The immediate effect was that hackers encrypted data on the victim's networks. The company was unable to read real-time data, prompting a shutdown lasting two days. Both IT and industrial processes were attacked.
Whereas in the past attackers would send phishing scams from email accounts external to an organization, recently there's been an explosion of email-borne scams in which an attackers compromise email accounts within organizations, and then uses those accounts to launch internal phishing emails to fellow employees – the kind of attacks known as lateral phishing. FBI data show that these cyberattacks caused more than $12 billion in losses between 2013-2018. And in the last two years, the attacks have resulted in an increase of 136 percent in losses.
Talk about unintended consequences: GDPR is an identity thief's dream ticket to Europeans' data • The Register
Privacy laws, like any other infosecurity control, have exploitable vulnerabilities. For social engineering purposes, GDPR has a number of real benefits. Firstly, companies only have a month to reply to requests and face fines of up to 4 per cent of revenues if they don't comply, so fear of failure and time are strong motivating factors.
British 15-year-old gained access to intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran by pretending to be head of CIA, court hears | The Telegraph
From the bedroom of the Leicestershire home he shared with his mother, Kane Gamble used "social engineering" to access the personal and work accounts of some of America's most powerful spy chiefs.
As banks have upped their security systems, fraudsters have realised mobile phone security is much easier to get around, and can be the key to accessing a bank account. The cases should serve as a warning to anyone who uses their mobile phone to verify themselves to their bank – by one-time passcodes or similar.
Often overlooked by information security providers, impersonation attacks are an easy and effective way to gain trust through a combination of social engineering and technical means.
Technology breeds crime—it always has and it always will. There's always going to be people willing to use technology in a negative, self-serving way. So today it's much easier, whether it's forging checks or getting information.
LinkedIn is a treasure trove of easily accessible personal information and company IT data. Unbeknownst to most of the employees who post their information on LinkedIn, any hacker looking to wreak havoc on a company's highly sensitive, business-critical data could find his or her point of entry using this ubiquitous business networking forum.
Twitter is an incubator of phishing thanks largely to the prevalence of typos and shortened URLs that make it hard for users to know exactly where links are taking them.


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saving a Table using "Table copy" shows less Data then available.
It's very unpleasant when its used for Backup purposes.
missed on my Post
If that was an InnoDB table, then this is most likely due to the server sided row count estimation. The rows should all be there, please check that by running a more exact query like SELECT COUNT(*) FROM xyz_copy, rather than relying on that approximate value.
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM xyz_copy
I Know there is a differnce. I check the Number regularly. Former where ~20000 Roes more.
So, how did you check that number of rows?
select count(*) from gh
Again, your second and third screenshot both show the estimated row count, not the exact number of rows in your table. Don't compare these with the exact result of SELECT COUNT(*)....
You need to run that SELECT COUNT(*)... on both tables and compare the results.
it is the same table
You copied one table to the same table name? That's not possible with that dialog.
I make a Backup if a table
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This weekend, thousands will converge on NIU's main DeKalb campus. And I'm not speaking of fans coming for the football game. I am talking about the fifth annual STEMfest, taking place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center.Read more
Baker Report: Activating the Triangle
It is homecoming week on the campus of Northern Illinois University, a special time that connects – and in many cases reconnects – current students and faculty to alumni. It's a great opportunity to meet new people with a common bond. LastRead more
Baker Report: Campus Safety and Security
This week, we distributed NIU's annual safety and security report as required by federal law. In addition to providing crime statistics, the report also contains information about policies and resources available to students regarding crime prevention and victim advocacy services. Providing aRead more
Baker Report: Construction + Accreditation + Innovation = Success
Construction, accreditation and innovation headlined a very crowded and productive agenda for Northern Illinois University this week. First, NIU hosted Gov. Pat Quinn for a ceremonial groundbreaking to celebrate the expansion and renovation of the Stevens Building, which houses the School ofRead more
Attention, artists! President Baker wants holiday card designs
Although the autumn chill has yet to settle in permanently, and the leaves mostly remain green and still clinging to their trees, the holidays are not far away. NIU President Doug Baker sends holiday cards throughout the university and community each winter,Read more
Baker Report: Chicago – NIU's kind of town
Members of the Northern Illinois University Sport Management Advisory Board, which includes alumni who work for many of Chicago's professional sports teams, convened this morning at the United Center to discuss the direction of the program. They also talked about opportunities forRead more
Baker Report: Teamwork key to rising retention rate
This past weekend, we watched the Huskie football team achieve a historic victory against Northwestern in a road game that seemed much more like a home game in terms of fan support. The Huskies demonstrated talent, teamwork and – at the end –Read more
NIU, College of Lake County sign reverse transfer agreement
Flanked by students, Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker and College of Lake County President Girard W. Weber signed an innovative reverse transfer agreement during a Sept. 5 ceremony at NIU's Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. The agreement allows eligible NIU students who transferredRead more
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While this week has been full of excitement surrounding our football game with "Chicago's Big Ten team" and celebrating NIU's own strong Chicago presence, it has been the university's engagement in Rockford that has been a focal point for media and legislatorsRead more
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Last Friday was Move-in Day at Northern Illinois University when approximately 3,100 new students moved into the residence halls, helped by approximately 1,500 volunteers coming from the ranks of the students, faculty, administrators and community members. It also marked the official startRead more
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Three years, nine months. That, said Alex Gelman, is the sum total of time between tonight and the next time that Monday's new freshmen and their parents will return together to the NIU Convocation Center. "You're going to wear funny gowns andRead more
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As part of an effort to offer periodic public forums to discuss issues on the minds of our campus community, I had the opportunity Wednesday to engage with several hundred people during a town hall meeting. I appreciated the good dialogue weRead more


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How many stores are closing nation wide now?
it seems like many but I am sure its around 1,000.
At one of my stores, i showed up one day and there was a "for lease" sign on the building. The DM was pissed and assured us we were not closing.. They eventually took the sign down. Then a few months later we closed....
time for the job hunt, sonny!
Does the sign actually say "For Rent" or "For Lease", or is it just an advertisement for the landlord's leasing company? Our landlord did the same thing a couple months ago, but what's really happening (or what we've been told is happening anyway) is the company is trying to get our lease down, and he put up a sign trying to get someone else who'll pay the current rate (we're a very profitable store but we post a net loss because of our lease). Last week we got the list of store closures and we're not on it. But it is a pain in the ass to have literally, and I mean literally, every other customer ask "so are you guys closing?" (my response: "yes, we close at 10").
Yes pleassssssse :) Put up the list!!!!!!
I know of one store in my former-district that is now closing. It was a slow store on a busy street.
It COULD be nothing, though. It probably is something, but just maybe you might be ok. My store had a For Lease sign put in the window over a year ago by the landlord. I finally got tired of hearing customers ask when we're closing, so I took the sign down and hid it. No one's put another one back up since. I work at a franchise store and the owners continue to tell us that they aren't closing our store. I tend to believe them, as I've seen financial results for every store in my company recently and there are many stores hurting worse than we are.
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[By Stanslous Ngosa]
Research is as important as life itself because it provides the building block upon which societal growth and advancement is hinged.
The understanding of the way things are, how things happen and what is responsible for such occurrences, is due to the help of research. Research also helps to study patterns in the past, feelings, attitudes and opinion, then use it to determine what should happen next.
Like privacy, health research has high value to society. It can provide important information about disease trends and risk factors, outcomes of treatment or public health interventions, functional abilities, patterns of care, and health care costs and use.
The different approaches to research provide complementary insights. Clinical trials can provide important information about the efficacy and adverse effects of medical interventions by controlling the variables that could impact the results of the study, but feedback from real-world clinical experience is also crucial for comparing and improving the use of drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and diagnostics.
For example, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a drug for a particular indication is based on a series of controlled clinical trials, often with a few hundred to a few thousand patients, but after approval it may be used by millions of people in many different contexts. Therefore, tracking clinical experience with the drug is important for identifying relatively rare adverse effects and for determining the effectiveness in different populations or in various circumstances. It is also vital to record and assess experience in clinical practice in order to develop guidelines for best practices and to ensure high-quality patient care.
Collectively, these forms of health research have led to significant discoveries, the development of new therapies, and a remarkable improvement in health care and public health.
In 2013 government enacted the Health Research Act no. 2 of 2013 which established the National Health Research Authority (NHRA). The NHRA was established to provide a regulatory framework for the development, regulation, financing and coordination of health research and ensure the development of consistent health research standards and guidelines for ethically sound health research.
Following the enactment of the Act, the first National Health Research Authority Council (NHRAC), which is the governing body was appointed in 2015 and this operated with a secretariat which was the research unit under the Ministry of Health.
In October 2017, NHRA management was set up and it then started to fully operate as a statutory body under the Ministry of Health. The functions of the NHRA may be summarised into six thematic areas: research promotion, research regulation, research coordination, research capacity building, research dissemination, research advisory and knowledge translation.
The mission is to promote, regulate and coordinate ethical conduct of quality health research and facilitate translation of all research products into evidence-based policies and programmes that improve the health of the people of Zambia and beyond.
The mission of the NHRA is a healthy research environment where all research is ethically conducted and all research products translate into improving the health status of the people of Zambia.
Further, the institution is there to promote, regulate and coordinate ethical conduct of quality health research and facilitate translation of all research products into evidence-based policies and programmes in order to improve the health of the people of Zambia and beyond.
From the time of inception, the Authority has scored a number of successes worth noting because research in health care is an integral component of attaining universal health coverage. Some of the achievements include development of systems, registration and accreditation of researchers, research institutions, and research ethics committees. Transfer of biological materials, bio-banking and setting up of the Research Trust Fund are some of the other achievements scored since the establishment of the Authority.
NHRA has developed national health research agenda, articulating Zambia's national health research priorities that are linked to the [Seventh National Development Plan] 7NDP and the MOH NHSP 2017-2021. Guidelines for research in traditional medicine, complementary and alternative medicine to facilitate research in this important area have equally been established.
The research approval process has been digitalised so as to improve efficiencies in terms of time and money in the clearance of research protocols. The approval system is now fully electronic.
Development and dissemination of guidelines for research data management and related issues during public health emergencies and epidemic situations. These guidelines were developed to provide guidance to local and international researchers, epidemiologists and other stakeholders to ensure adherence to ethical standards as well as protect the country from possible abuse and unlawful externalisation of data and biological materials during emergencies.
Provided also is data management support to the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) during the cholera outbreak. NHRA provided an epidemiologist to beef up the data management team at the ZNPHI.
Last we talked about the significance of the Zambia National Public Health Institute. On the international front, NHRA contributed to the assessment of national health research systems (NHRS) in Africa that evaluated progress made in the implementation of the WHO Research for Health Strategy 2016-2025, whose aim is to foster the development of a functional NHRS that generates scientific knowledge for developing technologies, systems and services needed to achieve universal health coverage.
The study assessed the following: research governance, research staffing, research outputs, and research financing. This study revealed that Zambia is one of the few countries that scored high on the NHRS barometer scores in terms of development of NHRS in Africa. NHRA contributed to the Third European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP3) strategic business plan. NHRA provided direct input into the new EDCTP strategic business plan for 2021 to 2031 to be funded by the European Union.
The Authority has created a research knowledge translation platform to facilitate translation of research results into policies and programmes. A knowledge translation unit has been developed within NHRA, with a specific officer responsible for knowledge translation. Training in data to policy, which involves training in skills for development of research policy briefs, has started.
Development of research policy briefs to support the Ministry of Health policy decision has been done. An example is the development of a Policy Brief and Technical Dossier on Medicinal Cannabis.
NHRA has set up the Zambia Clinical Trials Coordinating Centre (CTCC). A Technical Working Group comprising various health and health research experts has been formed and is operational. The role of the CTCC is to coordinate clinical trials, mobilise resources for clinical trials and build both human and infrastructure for clinical trials in Zambia. The steering committee has started the process of developing a strategic plan.
Four institutions have been designated as centers for research in traditional medicine on an interim basis till they are accredited in 2020. These are: Tropical Diseases Research Centre (TDRC), Zambia Institute for Research in Traditional Remedies, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), and the University of Zambia School of Medicine Centre for Primary Care Research.
The importance of health research cannot be emphasised because it provides important information about disease trends and risk factors, outcomes of treatment or public health interventions, functional abilities, patterns of care, and health care costs and use.
The author is head of media relations at the Ministry of Health.


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Tuesday, July 15 - Sustainability South West celebrates a decade of charity work
PUBLISHED: 14:00 15 July 2008 | UPDATED: 09:18 10 June 2010
THE independent charity Sustainability South West (SSW) celebrated 10 years of work at its annual sustainability summit.
THE independent charity Sustainability South West (SSW) celebrated 10 years of work at its annual sustainability summit.
As part of the celebrations it recognised the work of young filmmakers concerned for the future of our planet, and presented some 'Sustainability Oscars'.
The summit re-emphasised the urgent need for everyone to live in ways that will improve and sustain the quality of our lives and that of future generations.
SSW members, staff and president, Jonathon Porritt, attended their annual summit at Dillington House, Somerset, where they hosted an awards ceremony for young animators - with the overall winner being 'Planets: Doctors by Jeremy DeCoursey.
This 90-second animation portrays the earth going to the doctors with a bad case of global warming, with potential dire consequences if humans don't come to their senses and change their behaviour in time to restore planet health.
The summit also celebrated action being taken by individuals and organisations in the region.
Sustainability awards were received by Dr Gabriel Scally, regional director of public health for the South West, for his work in the health sector; Nigel Costley, regional secretary South West TUC, for work with trade unions; Simon Graham, environmental strategy adviser, for sustainability initiatives, Commercial Ltd and to Jane Henderson, chief executive of the SW Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) in recognition of SWRDA's work on a low carbon economy and encouragement for the adoption of the full set of sustainability principles in development work.
Taking the opportunity to look back over the past 10 years at the summit, SSW's president, and top government adviser on sustainability, Jonathon Porritt, told the charity that it had established a national reputation for its work, and paid tribute to all those 'countless' individuals and organisations who have contributed over the years.
The summit recognised that SSW's sustainability principles, network of supporters and partnership work across the region had helped the South West to be more resilient to changes ahead, but that the challenges we face now are even greater than a decade ago.
Following the summit SSW will now be looking at how best to use its decade of experience to champion faster progress on sustainability.
The charity strongly welcomed news that public health resources have been identified to fund a new SSW post to focus on sustainability and health in the region.
An immediate job over the coming months will be to complete an appraisal of proposals for tidal power in the Severn Estuary against sustainability principles.
"We all need to see ourselves as leaders in this challenge - at home, at work and in our communities," urged Leslie Watson, SSW's director "We all share the same home, our one and only planet and the choice to move to a safer, healthier future is in each of our hands."
SSW's chairman Julian Dennis said: "If we are going to help ourselves and future generations to be resilient to the changes ahead we must increase everyone's understanding about why and how to act sustainably.
"SSW as the regions independent champion body is looking forward to playing its part.
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NASM developed its Optimum Performance Training™ model based on clinical research in partnership with the University of North Carolina.
It is a safe and progressive template that can help beginners or athletes achieve their fitness goals.
Personal trainers can use the OPT model to help their clients reach their goals, whether they are for:
Even decades ago, people were not as deconditioned as they are today.
What happened over the last 40 or 50 years?
Technology and Lack of Physical Activity
Sitting disease is the result of a sedentary lifestyle.
It is the primary reason that the majority of adults are overweight or obese and prone to injury.
Lack of physical activity is a direct result of technology that glues you to your seat:
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After decades of inactivity, a sedentary lifestyle can lead to chronic health conditions like:
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The NASM OPT model consists of 3 significant levels or building blocks, and 5 phases of training within these three levels.¹
The 3 Levels of Optimum Performance Training:
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- Strength
- Power
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Plus 5 OPT Model Phases of Training:
Stabilization Level
Phase 1: stabilization endurance
- Improve muscular endurance and body composition
- Develop neuromuscular efficiency (coordination)
- Boost joint stability
- Improve posture and flexibility
Stabilization endurance training is a prerequisite for the Strength and Power levels in the NASM OPT model.
The stabilization foundation protects you from injury by ensuring your joints, tendons, and ligaments are healthy enough for weight training.
Strength Level
Phase 2 of training: Strength Endurance Training
- The purpose is to increase your prime mover muscle strength and increase lean muscle mass.
- The prime mover is the muscle, which is the primary source of power in an exercise.
Phase 3 of Training: Hypertrophy Training (optional)
- Increase muscle size
Phase 4 of Training: Maximal Strength Training (optional)
- Improve the ability to handle a maximum weight such as in powerlifting
- Increase motor unit recruitment, the maximum number of muscle fibers
Power Level
Phase 5 of Training: Power Training (optional)
- Improve neuromuscular efficiency
- Increase your speed, agility, quickness, and power
- Enhance your rate of force production
The rate of force production is the amount of force you can generate in the shortest time.
What is the NASM Optimum Performance Training™ Model (OPT Model™)?
Level One: Stabilization Level
Stabilization level focuses on exercises that:
- Challenge your sense of balance
- like pushups on a stability ball.
- Pushups on a stability ball is an example of training in a proprioceptively enriched environment, meaning, unstable, but controlled
- Use high repetitions between 12 and 20
Proprioceptively enriched environment means that the exercise is not on a stable surface, such as a stability ball.
Level Two: Strength Level
The focus of the strength level is to increase prime mover strength.
Phase 2 of training: Strength Endurance Training
How do you increase prime mover strength while maintaining stabilization?
The answer is to superset one prime mover exercise followed immediately by a stabilization exercise with minimal rest into your training program.
Here are some superset examples:
- bench press and stability ball pushups
- barbell row and stability ball dumbbell rows
- standing barbell shoulder press and single-leg dumbbell presses
- barbell high-bar back squat followed by single-leg squats
- use moderate weight and 8 to 12 repetitions per set
Phase 3 of Training: Hypertrophy Training
Training to increase muscle size includes the following acute variables:
- medium to a high volume of sets
- low to moderate repetitions between 6 and 12
- average rest periods up to 3 minutes between sets
Phase 4 of Training: Maximum Strength Training
- use high loads to achieve maximum strength
- low repetitions in the 1 – 5 range
- more extended rest periods up to 5 minutes
Power Level
The prerequisites of the Power Level are Phase 1 and Phase 2 of training.
Phase 5 of Training: Power Training
The training plan includes:
- superset one strength and one power exercise
- perform the exercises as fast as you can
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NASM OPT Model – Final Thoughts
The NASM OPT Model will guide you through 5 phases of training:
- stabilization,
- strength endurance, hypertrophy, maximal strength, and
- power
You need to understand the NASM OPT Model if you want to become a NASM Certified Personal Trainer.
And even if you don't want to be a trainer, the OPT model is an excellent system for you to achieve your fitness goals.
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PUBLISHED: 16:47 31 January 2020 | UPDATED: 16:47 31 January 2020
MP Lucy Frazer brought together Cambridgeshire businesses and charities to listen to how they can play their part in turning around offenders' lives.
The prisons and probations minister was in Cambridge to promote the government's reforms to probation announced last year, which state that up to £280 million would be made available to deliver vital rehabilitation work.
The visit is part of a series of roadshow events across the country promoting the new model to charities, businesses and specialist providers that deliver interventions to try and change lives.
"I was delighted to be here and encourage our partners to play their part in the future of probation and help offenders turn away from crime for good," Ms Frazer said.
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Ms Frazer met local charities at the event, including Trailblazers, P3 - People Potential Possibilities and Cross Keys Homes, along with representatives from the Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner's (PCC) office.
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This will mean that any organisation, no matter what size, can apply to deliver probation interventions directly to offenders, such as accommodation advice, education courses and vocational training programmes.
The visit provided organisations with the chance to meet the South East Cambridgeshire MP and ask questions about how they can become accredited providers.
One of the focuses of the visit was to highlight the benefits of close collaboration, the importance of probation and PCCs working closely together to provide locally tailored services.
"I am confident the reforms we are making will do just that and help to reduce reoffending and ultimately improve public safety," Ms Frazer added.
She invited organisations to apply using a new approach, that will enable local partners to be involved with probation and deliver specialist services to boost rehabilitation.
Under the new model, which will come into effect in 2021, there will be 12 new probation regions, each of which will have a regional director responsible for deciding which services are commissioned in their area.
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UNMISS completes rehabilitation of two bridges along Wau-Raja road
The People of Raja County in Western Bahr El Ghazal State will soon enjoy easy access to Wau town even during the rainy season as engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are about to complete the rehabilitation of the Bili and Sopo bridges along the Wau-Raja road.
"I have not been to Wau town for almost two years now, and when it rains the road becomes virtually impassable," comments Adam Usman, a primary school pupil from Sopo.
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The two vital bridges were destroyed during heavy rains last year, and restoring them to their former glory provides residents with a major boost for farming, trade and essential movements.
"I am really happy to see UNMISS in Sopo. Hopefully we shall be crossing the Sopo river and go to our farms without problems," says Dafaalah Fotur Baballa, acting executive director of Sopo Payam (district).
These dreams, says Lieutenant Shii, liaison officer for the Chinese engineers in the area, will be fulfilled this week, despite challenging work conditions.
"Sopo is very far, more than 200 kilometers, from Wau, and it is hot as we are working from 7a.m. to 7 p.m. every day," he says, adding that the rehabilitation, once completed, will have taken three weeks.
With the bridges repaired, peacekeepers and humanitarians alike will be able to access the whole Raja area and its more than 30,000 residents all year round, and crucial trade between Sudan and South Sudan will receive a much-needed fillip as well.


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This TikTok Birthday Party Will Make You Want to Dance!
Another week has gone by and again I'm left speechless with your amazing parties.
Don't miss the fun TikTok birthday party that I've picked out as one of my 4 favorites.
Another week has gone by and again I'm left speechless with your amazing parties.
Don't miss the fun TikTok birthday party that I've picked out as one of my 4 favorites.
We received so many gorgeous parties this week and hopefully, they will make you smile.
Don't miss the elegant baby shower with the most adorable mix if sugar-coated cookies.
I'm so excited to share my 4 favorite parties of the week with you! We have such a fun llama birthday party that will make you swoon. The party food is awesome.
If you're looking for more incredible party trends then you are going to love the other parties I picked out. We have an extravagant pink circus party that is going to blow your mind!
The new year is starting off with incredible parties. You guys have no idea how talented you are! Don't miss the modern farm birthday party with the cutest party favors.
I have a feeling that 2020 is going to be a great year for fantastic parties and I can't wait to see what you all come up with.
I'm sure like myself, everyone is busy getting ready for Christmas. So thank you to all those of you that took time out of your busy schedules to share your amazing parties with us. Like the adorable pastel unicorn party with the cutest party food ever!
For more party inspiration take a look at the gorgeous hot cocoa Christmas party! The reindeer donuts are fantastic!
Frozen 2 is almost arriving at movie theatres. I'm so excited! In the meanwhile, I'm in love with this gorgeous Frozen slumber party that I picked out as one of my 4 favorites of the week! The little girls at this party must have had the time of their lives!
Be sure to check out the other stunning parties that I also picked out. You'll find lots of amazing ideas and a ton of inspiration!
This week's 4 favorite parties will blow your mind! We received the most amazing crazy bright pink circus birthday party on Catch My Party. The birthday cake is insane. You'll love it!
Check out the other parties we picked out this week because they are absolutely fantastic and really inspiring!
I can't wait for you to feast your eyes on my 4 favorite parties of the week. They are all so gorgeous and inspiring, especially the beautiful pink princess party with the unbelievable castle birthday cake!
So many amazing parties were added to Catch My Party, so don't miss the other parties I picked out this week!


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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging Data
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Introduction: Contrast enhanced ultrasound is used for detection of tumors in different organs, such as liver [1] or brain [2] via perfusion specific imaging. The foundations for this differentiation are the morphologically differences of tumor tissue due to the development of new blood vessels to fulfill the high nutritional needs of the fast growing neoplasia. The combination of 2D image processing and 1D time course of the contrast agent concentration improves the differentiation between tissue types by interpreting both spatial and temporal information. We aim to quantify and combine those information by computing spatial features and approximating model functions to the concentration and feature time courses. To model the time courses several well known [3] and new models are applied. The model parameters can be used for classification as recently demonstrated [4].
Methods: Data: A total of 85 intracranial videos with a resolution of 408x340 pixels in the image plane and 500 frames were acquired in tumor resection surgery of 63 patients after applying a 2 ml bolus of the contrast agent SonoVue. Feature images: Local changes of gray value distributions in image frames are described via features, e. g. variance or entropy. Time Courses: The time course in every pixel resulting from unprocessed video frames corresponds to the concentration time course of the contrast agent bolus. In addition to the first pass bolus models a new more flexible 1D-model based on sigmoid functions was developed [5] to fit the concentration time course with increased precision and enable depiction of the influence of recirculation in the wash-out phase of the bolus. Time courses of features encode 2D spatial and 1D temporal information of the perfusion. They have to be analysed for characteristic behaviour enabling differentiation of tissues types.
Results: The feature images show largely increased values of entropy for perfused areas, while variance depicted arterial regions more homogeneous than tumor regions. Concentration time courses of different tissue types vary in peak concentration, slope and width of the bolus. Tumour tissue demonstrated lower peak concentration while the washout phase of the agent was prolonged. The approximation of model function produced sets of parameters to describe time courses. A first step towards automated segmentation is the visualization of these parameters in maps, depicting e. g. arrival time or peak concentrations of contrast agent. Time courses of spatial feature images are generated to evaluate additional changes in perfusion behaviour.
Discussion: The regional distinction of the feature time course may be a result of the larger number of capillaries in tumor tissues and thus a changed perfusion dynamic. Some parameters of model functions correspond to currently used quantitative measurements and produce rather intuitively interpretable visualizations, other parameters (e. g. slope of the wash-out phase) are abstract, but also carry relevant information about tissue perfusion. We aim to identify parameters applicable for tissue classification based on the 1D time courses of 2D features and intend to evaluate the utility of a diversity of parameter and feature combinations.
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- Albrecht T, et al. Imaging of liver metastases with contrast-specific low-MI real-time ultrasound and SonoVue. Eur Radiol. 2003; 13(3): 79–86.
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- Engelhardt M, et al. Intraoperative Contrast Enhanced Perfusion Imaging of Cerebral Tumors. IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 2005; 1: 743–746.
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- Madsen MT. A simplified formulation of the gamma variate function. Phys Med Biol. 1992; 37: 370–377.
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- Nemec U, Nemec S, Novotny C, Weber M, Czerny C, Krestan CK. Quantitative evaluation of contrast-enhanced ultrasound [...] for differentiation of benign and malignant thyroid nodules [...]. Eur Radiol. 2012: 1357–1365.
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- Ritschel K, Dekomien C, Winter S. Modellfunktion zur Approximation von Ultraschallkontrastmittelkonzentration zur semi-quantitativen Gewebeperfusionsbestimmung. Bildverarbeitung für Medizin. 2012: 159–164.


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SGX Nifty 26th Feb 2016
SGX Nifty / Nifty Futures today also was in the red and was seen grossly under performing the global markets for 3rd day in a row. Most of the Global Stock Markets have bounced back well from the lows made around 11-12th Feb 2016 and in fact most of them are on the verge of a breakout soon but our Indian Stock Markets are still in a tight trading zone which is very typical of the triangle formation that is currently going on. Kindly read the share market tips update so that you are updated of the wave counts that we are expecting to take place in Nifty Futures. As per our Indian Stock Market tips / analysis / Nifty Prediction we maintain our view that the bottom is in place and we see a triangle formation currently under way which means that we could be range bound between 6930-7150 for the next 2 trading days till around 11.15Am on Monday 29th Feb 2016 and then start the bullish cycle that we are expecting towards 8800-9000 spot Nifty that we have been anticipating from sometime now. It is also possible that if the current move is a impulse wave (we dont see that it is but for the sake of calculation if we do consider the wave as impulse then we could just have a minor breach of 6900 and then we will start the bullish cycle directly from cmp) we do not feel that scenario is likely considering the internals of the wave but still that possibility can not be ruled out.
The sentiment indicators are showing extreme bear positions and that put together with the wave counts suggest that post budget Nifty could take off and move higher with speed towards our targets of 8800-9000. (we know that most people will not believe what we are predicting today as most minds are aligned to the thought that markets move on news flow, we have proven with our wave counts which include both Gann and Elliot wave counts and astro cycle / time cycle that "Future is nothing but a repetition of the past and there is nothing new under the sun" and news flow will just support us in the move and the cause of the move is already in place well in advance.
SGX Nifty / Nifty Futures Minor Trend is oversold. SGX Nifty / Nifty Futures Main Trend is bullish / up. Use all dips and cmp to buy and hold high quality stocks for higher side targets. For detailed understanding of where we stand kindly read the share market tips update where we have given much more detailed analysis of moves and wave counts that we feel are likely. Buy MSL, Kesoram, Bajaj Hind, EID Parry, Renuka sugar, NMDC, Tata Coffee and hold as we feel these stocks will do very well in the coming time. We broadly see agricultural commodities to out perform the broader Global indices.
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What Motivates Me to Work Out
January 2, 2016
The other day I woke up at 5:50 a.m. to the usual sound of my alarm. It was my upper-body workout day. I was tired, it was dark out, and I asked myself, Do I really need to go to the gym today? What is the point of lifting weights? It's not like I'm trying … More What Motivates Me to Work Out


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We awoke today in Conrad with a huge drive ahead of us through Billings and further east into SE Montana. SPC had put up a 2% Tornado Risk and an Enhanced Risk for Severe wind Damage as storms congealed into an east moving MCS later on that day. We grabbed a quick lunch in Billings and it was straight onto the Storms picking up the first Supercell of the day near Harding. We then took the east road from there towards Broadus and stopped before the Pine Forests to watch this storm for a while.
Our next intercept location would be much further east as there really are no viewing points around the Custer National Forest and also zero Internet in the Indian Reservation. As we were travelling east the above Supercell had died a slow death but renewed regeneration on the southern side had fired off an ENE moving LP Supercell and we were in a great position over much better terrain to watch this storm moved towards us.
The Stunning Montana Prairies afforded us unobstructed views of this Supercell. Picture below from John Finney
We re-positioned further east and grabbed another image whilst the car was moving trying to get another stopping point.
Storms were now firing all over the place and congealing into a line of storms so we stopped 1 last time near the town of Hammond for some Lightning photography before letting the storms overrun us on our trip down to Spearfish for the night. John Finney managed to capture this stunning Cg Lightning Bolt behind the Hammond Post Office


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Mindy Hung's previous work for The Toast can be found here. When a woman is famous, the focus is often on her body—her butt, her post-baby body, if and with whom she's doing it. Recent romance novels provide an interesting space to explore women, fame, and notoriety, not only because of how often the arcs of these books play out over headlines, but also because they offer a way for these narratives to be critiqued or…
If you like your heroines pluck-filled and resourceful, it's easy to enjoy just about all of L.M. Montgomery's protagonists. Her most famous character, Anne Shirley, is charming and creative, at least until Anne's six mediocre children hijack her personality and presumably bury it under some moon-kissed elfin rock in Rainbow Valley, where it remains for the rest of the series. Emily Byrd Starr writes with too many italics, has bursts of psychic power, and defends…
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot hailed the work of anti-violence activists across the city while responding to questions about two women who were shot and killed at an Englewood neighborhood intersection where one group has camped out every summer day since 2015.
"The continuing use of firearms by people who clearly have no regard for the consequences is a challenge that we are facing in a lot of areas across the city," Lightfoot said. "This organization was stood up to try to reclaim territory in a neighborhood and that's exactly the kind of effort that we need."
Chantell Grant and Andrea Stoudemire were standing at the corner of 75th Street and Stewart Avenue just before 10 p.m. Friday when someone in a blue SUV opened fire. Both women were shot several times and later died.
The two mothers were familiar faces at the Englewood intersection, where members of the group Mothers Against Senseless Killings camp out in the summer in hopes of breaking the cycle of violence in the neighborhood by transforming a corner with a history of bloodshed into a lively hangout for mothers and their children.
Police have no reason to believe the women were targeted — one was shot from half a block away, said police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who stood next to Lightfoot at a news conference outside her City Hall office. The gunmen were apparently after a young man who was also shot and had been recently paroled for aggravated battery, Johnson said.
GOPUSA Editor's Note: The last Republican mayor of Chicago left office in 1931.
Lightfoot, who has made reducing the city's astonishing gun violence a top priority, praised activists who work in their communities to reduce crime.
On the West Side, she said, parishioners with Hope Community Church go block by block in the area, talking to neighbors and problem-solving, she said. Similar efforts occur in Pilsen, Little Village and other communities, she said.
"There's lots of courageous people all over the city who have been doing that for years and reclaiming the territory under their feet, but yes, of course, today is a sad and devastating day due to what happened," Lightoot said.
Lightfoot was asked if the killings would create fear among activists.
"If we let people who don't care about a sense of community, about civility, about the consequences of gun violence push us into the shadows and push us into our homes for fear of what will happen, we're never going to get ahead," she said. "The Police Department cannot fight this fight alone."
Echoing Lightfoot, Johnson said, "We can't let individuals that don't have the morals we have hold us hostage."
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Updated information from IMLS/CDC
Hello Library Directors,
I hope this Monday finds you and yours well. Today I'm just passing along a couple of resources. First, from the CDC/IMLS webinar this morning, please visit this page https://www.imls.gov/coronavirus-covid-19-updates for information from IMLS. It includes the links that the CDC referred to in the presentation this morning. A recording of the presentation will be posted there when available. There were a couple of takeaways from the session: first, be in close contact with your local public health authority as you are decision-making; second, hand hygiene is critically important; third, the CDC does not consider library materials to be at high risk for transmitting the virus. However, if you are particularly concerned about specific items, use an approved cleaner and disinfectant to the extent that the material allows, and if additional concerns, quarantine materials for up to 24 hours.
This next resource is from Gigabit Libraries Network. They are hosting a series of webinars on digital services that you may find of interest. You can access the first one (Internet Access) at this link: Recording from 3/26: Part 1: Internet Access– https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XscwnzAB0-36z7DiM7ct7G2BDl7_d3AF/view
Finally, I'll be sending along a Skype invite for an MDE meeting with library leaders on Thursday at 1pm. Please feel free to forward it on to others who may be interested or want to have a conversation.
With my warm regards,
Jennifer R. Nelson
Director, State Library Services and Charter Center
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