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Salt Lake City, UT – The Salt Lake City-based law firm known as Good Attorney handles all the toughest personal injury, criminal law, and divorce cases. They serve clients throughout the entire Salt Lake City Valley. The law firm has a reputation of helping clients get the justice they deserve in ways that other firms cannot. They are responsible for the successful determination of cases involving the military, which other law firms are unable or unwilling to take on for clients based in this Utah city.
"We take great pleasure in giving our clients the success and justice they need from the justice system in Salt Lake City," says the law firm's spokesperson. The spokesperson continues to say, "Our specialty is handling all the toughest cases that other law firms do not want to go near to or touch. We understand what lack of justice can do to any person. Personal injury cases, together with criminal and divorce cases are among the most sensitive and tough. They are emotionally charged; hence, the reason many law firms do not want anything to do with them."
As a leading auto accident attorney, the law firm has one of the best records of handling the toughest car-related cases in Salt Lake City. Their firm boasts a team of lawyers who are highly knowledgeable and experienced in the nuances of auto accidents, personal injury, criminal and divorce matters. The law firm believes in the core value of honesty, and they take the time to evaluate each case and advise the client accordingly. There are times when their lawyers advise clients about the need for terminating the cases or going to different law firms.
Good Attorney hires lawyers who are not only the best at what they do but also the most highly and specifically trained lawyers. Their team of personal injury attorneys is among the highest rated in the entire Salt Lake City Valley. Their divorce attorney has settled more divorce cases equitably than most attorneys in the Valley. Although the law firm is one of the most prestigious in the region, they do not think themselves above taking all manner of cases. The law firm has experts who are trained in handling specific legal matters on behalf of all of their clients.
When a situation calls for the help of the best criminal defense lawyer in Salt Lake City, look no further than the ones at Good Attorney. Use the information published below to get in touch with the attorneys at the law firm to tell them about the merits of a personal injury, criminal or divorce case. Locals in need can contact the law firm for help with a difficult annulment or custody case too. The specialty lawyers at the Salt Lake City law firm will look at the case thoroughly before advising a client on the way forward and do everything they can to help their clients every step of the way.
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UHY Hacker Young appoints new partner to audit team
Stephen Grayson to join the audit department in Manchester
Stephen Grayson to join the audit department in Manchester
Top 15 firm UHY Hacker Young has appointed a new partner to its audit department in Manchester.
Stephen Grayson joins the firm from Howard Worth, and has over 15 years' experience in the accountancy profession, during which his key focus areas have been auditing and advising SMEs.
UHY Hacker Young said that Grayson has "specialist expertise" in the education sector, which complements the firm's "strong academy school offering".
The firm currently works with over 320 academy and free schools across the UK, and is one of the country's leading advisers to academy schools.
Mike Wasinski, managing partner at UHY Hacker Young Manchester said: "Our ambitious growth in the North West requires further expansion of our leadership team. Stephen has an impressive track record and his expertise will be an asset to our clients, particularly to our academy schools, both locally and nationally."
Grayson said: "UHY has an impressive national offering based on core sector specialisms. Coupled with the firm's local firm personal approach and invaluable global network, the decision to move to UHY was an easy one. I am very much looking forward to getting started."
The appointment follows the recruitment of Max Paterson as an audit partner to the Manchester office in November 2016. Prior to the appointment, Paterson had spent 12 years in EY's audit team.


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What does your child learn at school each day? Find information about our curriculum subjects here.
Areas of the curriculum (subjects) are managed by teaching staff. Each subject has a specialist teacher who ensures all children enjoy that subject and attain well. They attend training and disseminate that training back to all staff. The subject leaders are:
Mrs Phillips - Science/History/Geography and global learning, Mrs Chrystall - EYFS and Creative Development including Art, DT, Music and Drama, Mr Wedderkopp - PE/Forest School, Mrs Savage - Maths, Mrs Savage and Mrs Norman Literacy including Reading, Writing and MFL, Mrs Daley ICT, Mrs Norman - Personal Social and Emotional/Collective worship, philosophy for children and RE.
If you would like to know more about each subject area, please contact the school and arrange to chat to the subject lead where they will be very pleased to share with you what the children learn in more detail.


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Outdated: UB's Alumni Arena gym is anything but a gym worth going to
The first time I walked into the Alumni gym, I thought it was a joke. There was no chance that this was the main workout center for a school as large as UB.
I attended Brockport College before coming to UB. Although the campus and libraries were subpar compared to UB, their central workout facility was phenomenal. Everything was state of the art: brand new free weights and machines along with a cafe that served protein shakes.
UB is the largest school in the SUNY system, yet UB's central workout facility does not hold a candle to the gyms at smaller schools. Brockport, Cortland and Stony Brook have state-of-the-art gym facilities that have been built within the last 10 years. The Alumni gym was built in 1982 and there are no current plans to replace the 30-plus year-old facility.
In a survey of 100 random students conducted by The Spectrum, 73 percent of students answered that they worked out weekly. Out of those students, 55 percent work out at Alumni and 53 percent answered that they are unsatisfied with the gym.
"Overall, the Alumni Arena [gym] is an absolute embarrassment of a gym compared to other schools," said John Song, a competitive Olympic power lifter who lifts at the Alumni gym five to six times a week. "I cringe every time I see orientation classes visit the fitness facilities."
Song has a point. As you tour the campus, you see the amazing improvements they have made to Capen, the Center for the Arts and Greiner. As you approach Alumni, you expect the same modern feel.
That's not the case.
What you enter is a hot, cramped and cluttered space that doesn't fit the rest of the school's aesthetic.
During the 2016-2017 academic year, 12,033 unique UB Card holders swiped into the Alumni gym for a total of 175,494 swipes. That equates to roughly 15 swipes to the gym for the entire year from each user, according to UB Athletics.
Anyone who typically uses a gym will use up 15 swipes in less than a three-week span. These numbers tell a story within themselves; students who visit Alumni gym don't tend to return.
"Aside from the regulars who come in who have been working there for a while, the newer people who come in, you usually don't see them again," said Tyler Lynch, a senior and former Alumni employee.
Recreation and Intramural Services pays for upgrades and maintenance with the student recreation fee – a component of the student comprehensive fee – and revenue generated by the department.
UB has spent $554,500 between 2013 and 2017 on improvements and maintenance of the gym, according to UB Athletics.
The new equipment purchased includes new cardio and weight equipment, in addition to a personal training area. The new weight equipment is a "big apparatus that sits in the middle of the gym," Lynch said.
According to UB Athletics, the university felt it was necessary to buy more of the popular equipment to prevent gym-goers from waiting around.
UB would be better off saving the money allocated towards new equipment and instead building up enough funds to do a whole new remodel.
"[It] does not make sense that UB spent countless amounts of dollars on a jungle gym of squat racks with turf in the middle. This has to be one of the most absurd things I've ever seen," Song said.
The university recognizes the issue of overcrowding and in 2013, conducted a survey of through a consulting firm, Brailsford & Dunlavey, which concluded students had a desire to expand recreational and fitness programs.
"We know first-hand the challenges of managing a shared facility for a university of this size and we support the concept of [a] new recreation facility," said Sharon Sanford, associate athletic director for recreation and sport management. "In the meantime, we will continue to make improvements in our current spaces. … Our mission to inspire sustainable, healthy and active lifestyles through campus and community engagement."
To conduct surveys and recognize an issue is admirable, but pointless. The university can say and do whatever research they please but all of that information holds no weight when there are no plans to make improvement. The only way to fix the issue is through action, not words.
UB is building an $18 million field house that will be funded through football revenue, philanthropy and donations. According to athletics officials, the field house will be open to all students who participate in Division I, club or intramural sports.
For now, students must choose between experiencing a subpar gym every day or shelling money out of their pocket for a gym membership. With so much money dedicated towards athletics, the least they can do for non-student athletes is provide us with a gym that will keep us wanting to return.
Jeremy Torres is the assistant sports editor and can be reached at email@example.com


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This quarterly newsletter is sent to Procurement Services customers to provide announcements and updates regarding ongoing initiatives and procedures.
Procurement Services launched its new website in June. The new website was developed by Michigan Creative, the university's internal marketing communications agency, and incorporates feedback from both our customer and supplier communities. It features a completely new look and feel, easier navigation, enhanced searching capabilities, new content, and a variety of other features to make purchasing easier and faster. A link to the new website and a number of other helpful procurement-related links such as M-Marketsite and Concur is now available on Wolverine Access (under the Faculty & Staff tab in the Finance section).
Read the entire Record article.
Take a tour of the new Procurement Services website.
Watch this short video from Procurement Services that acknowledges the university community for its partnership in FY 2015. We really appreciate you letting us work with you on your purchasing efforts as we collectively work to keep U-M one of the best universities in the country. Thanks again for your ongoing support and we look forward to working with you in FY 2016 and beyond!
Thomas Frasier, a university employee since 2010, recently received the first-ever Savings Victor award from Procurement Services. The award, which will be given out quarterly, acknowledges purchasers from the university community who use procurement resources such as strategic contracts to contain costs and maximize resources on behalf of their units. At the time Thomas received his Savings Victor award, he was a purchasing supervisor in Student Life. He is now a Purchasing Manager at University of Michigan Health System.
Working closely with Procurement Services, Thomas developed a training program to ensure that the Student Life employees were trained every year on the use of M-Marketsite—U-M's online catalog for goods and services—and that they were very familiar with the many benefits of using the university's strategic contracts, as well as the competitive bid process. "Thomas' efforts to make sure that employees in Student Life knew how to use M-marketsite and our strategic contracts made a difference in terms of cost savings," said John Bogi, the contract administrator who nominated him for the award.
As a recipient of the Savings Victors award, Thomas received a commemorative paperweight and a $25 gift card to Meijer. "I was pleasantly surprised to receive the Savings Victors award. It is an honor to be recognized by the Procurement Services team members for partnering with them to support Student Life operations. The collaborative efforts to educate Student Life staff to the variety of purchasing methods available at the university, provided savings opportunities that otherwise may have not been realized."
Procurement Services recently awarded a strategic contract for drinking water, including bottled water, point-of-use dispensers, and water treatment/filtration products to Culligan of Ann Arbor/Detroit. The negotiated prices are set for three years and the university expects to save more than $100,000 over the length of the contract.
The process of transitioning from the previous supplier to Culligan has largely been completed. Thank you for your continued patience during this transition process. If, however, your unit has not yet been contacted by Culligan, you may reach out to Mike O'Dell, the service manager at Culligan, at (248) 804-7934 or email@example.com. Or contact Gabe Benitez, procurement agent, at (734) 615-5961 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Meet Becky Dunlavy, who joined the university in August 1998 as a procurement agent. Over the years, she has held various positions in Procurement Services and currently is the supervisor of the General Goods and Services Team.
Prior to coming to U-M, Becky was a contracting officer at the Huron-Manistee National Forests in Cadillac, MI, where she was in charge of purchasing all goods and services necessary to maintain the forests as a destination for nature lovers. In addition, to preparing requests for proposals and other typical purchasing activities, Becky was frequently able to get out into the field while working for the Forest Service.
"I floated down a river with a fisheries biologist and a contractor who were checking to see if the fish cribs were placed correctly and attracting fish," said Becky." And I also helped our foresters mark timber to sell to area loggers. A potentially life-threatening part of my job occurred when I went out west to some camps where I purchased supplies for fire fighters trying to save the forests from wildfires!"
In her current role, Becky and her seven-person team bid and award agreements for a variety of commodities, including office supplies, logistic services, temporary staffing, travel-related services, and event planning. In addition, the General Goods and Services team plays a key role in helping units feed our students, employees, patients, and visitors by bidding and awarding agreements for food and food service operations! It also buys cars, buses, and assists Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH) with its waste management agreements and the Athletics Department in purchasing equipment and uniforms.
"If a purchasing request doesn't fit with one of the other commodity teams, then my team handles it. We do our best to assist our customers with some very interesting and unique requirements and we learn something new about the university every day," Becky said.
Becky, who is from Dexter, raised three children in the northwoods of Wisconsin and did a four-year stint at the Huron-Manistee National Forests before coming back home to join the university. She now lives on the Portage-Zukey chain of lakes north of Dexter, where she enjoys kayaking and all the wildlife, except raccoons (daily deck cleaning isn't fun!). Boot camp, yoga, D360, and hiking round out her exercise program and lately, she's been enjoying her recently acquired 1979 Corvette. When she's not outdoors or exercising, Becky takes frequent trips to Wisconsin to visit her sons and their families and is fortunate to have a daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren in Dexter.
Becky can be reached at email@example.com or (734) 764-6403.
Efforts continue to make Concur even better
In addition to the traveler resources and mobile apps launched by Procurement Services earlier this year, the department has been working on more enhancements to make expense report creation and cash advance handling even easier. The following enhancements were rolled out on August 25:
End users are now able to easily select a business purpose category from a number of options available on a drop-down menu. Each category includes details on other information that is required to meet the university's requirements.
This new drop-down feature, which is optional, allows expense delegates to note which expense lines are ready for review (field requirements, receipt attached, etc.). With this enhancement, delegates can track expenses that need more details as they "build" expense reports throughout the month. In addition, a new U-M Detailed Report now includes a delegate-reviewed field.
Requesters can attach documentation such as a list of expected expenses to their cash advance requests. This enhancement allows approvers and administrators to expedite reviews of cash advance requests. Requesters can now also recall cash advance requests, similar to how expense reports can be recalled.
More information on these enhancements is available on our website and Concur's homepage.
Procurement Services is also evaluating another mobile app, ExpenseIt, which creates expense lines based on pictures of receipts captured by mobile devices. This app will further supplement the mobile offerings currently available to employees. Currently, travelers can use the Concur mobile app to create/track expense reports as well as upload receipts to receipts store while the TripIt app acts as a travel organizer that monitors flights, seats, fares and points so travelers are always in the know, on the go.
A pilot is currently underway for this new mobile app, and depending on the success of pilot, the app may be made available for employee use in late fall.
In October, Procurement Services will introduce its preferred travel vendors at the annual Event Planning Supplier Show held at NCRC. Suppliers expected to participate include Conlin Travel, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, National Car Rental and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, various ground transportation suppliers, along with some local hotels. Watch for details on the Events page of our website as they become available.
If you recently played a round of golf at or passed by the Radrick Farms Golf Course you may have noticed an interesting herd of guests. Back in June, the course rented a herd of goats to eradicate a variety of invasive plant species—including poison ivy— that had overrun the wooded areas of the course. Instead of using machinery or chemicals, employees at the golf course decided to think outside the box when it came to grounds maintenance.
Before reaching out to Procurement Services for assistance, the superintendent at Radrick Farms, Dan Mausolf, conducted all the necessary research on different animals and suppliers. Procurement assisted by checking other potential vendors who might supply this service as well as conducting a "fair and reasonable" comparison. Due to exposure of the general public to farm animals and the use of electric fencing, Dan also coordinated with Risk Management and Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH).
See the Mlive.com article for more on this story (and pictures of the goats hard at work).
Would you like to meet with Procurement Services to learn more about PCards, Concur, university contracts, or any other topic that might be of interest to your unit? Just contact us at (734) 764-8212 or firstname.lastname@example.com to arrange a visit. We're happy to come to you and can tailor a presentation to meet your needs!
It's often less expensive to rent a car instead of claiming mileage on your personal vehicle when traveling on university business by automobile. Take a look at the rates available through U-M's contract with National Car Rental or Enterprise Rent-A-Car for some great deals!
Creating and managing ePro requisitions (req's) in M-Pathways
For step-by-step procedures on how to navigate the "Manage Requisitions" page, see Manage eProcurement Requisitions and Purchase Orders. This document, along with additional helpful resources, can be found on the ePro & PO Tracking Resources page within MyLinc (you will need to log in to access these links).
Please contact us with your comments, questions, or concerns at (734) 764-8212 or firstname.lastname@example.com. We enjoy hearing from you and welcome your feedback.
It's easy to subscribe to Procurement Services News! Just log in to MCommunity and locate the group "Procurement Services News." After that, just click the "Join Group" button, and you'll be on the list!


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Flowering Tree Birthday Party
Looking for a bright and whimsical party theme then this flowering tree party theme might be what you're looking for! Bright colors and tree branches popping with flowers. This party design would be suitable for pretty well any age. Here you'll find some invitations that feature whimsical trees and flowers.
Let your imagination run with this theme. Bring a few branches in from outside to fill a large vase. Use silk flower heads to glue to branches to create your own flowering tree.


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Hybrid Cognac Pair
Save NZ $60.00
Spiegelau Hybrid Cognac Pair
Hybrid Cognac Pair
-Height: 16.5cm
-Capacity: 840ml
-Brand: Spiegelau
-Made in Germany
-Non Lead Crystal
-Dishwasher safe
-Pair Gift Boxing available
The designs for the new Hybrid range were developed in conjunction with Johann Willsberger and draw inspiration from both the hand-made Willsberger Collection and the Spiegelau Authentis range, which has enjoyed worldwide success. Since Willsberger Collection could previously only be made by hand, production processes were modified so that the elegant glasses could be perfectly and cost efficiently manufactured using machinery. This has enabled Spiegelau to make this type of design available to a wider public for the first time.


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Willkommen: Cabaret National Tour Kicks Off Tonight
Willkommen Back! Cabaret struck a deep chord returning to Broadway at a time where its echoes of discrimination and hate of a race reached beyond its doors into the headlines of our every day world. However, you need not hesitate to return to Berlin as Roundabout pulls out all the stops launching a national tour of it's critically acclaimed Cabaret revival during its 50th anniversary season. And how could we forget? Life in here IS beautiful. Today, Luner on Theatre brings you the exciting news that The Kit Kat Club hits the road as the national tour of Cabaret begins welcoming audiences tonight!
The Kit Kat Club hits the road as Roundabout Theatre Company's latest incarnation of Cabaret, based off the 1998 Tony Award winning revival, hits the road once again this time following the success of its 2014 return to Broadway. The tour kicks off tonight at The Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island where it plays through Sunday. Cabaret returned to Broadway's iconic Studio 54 in March 2014 as a limited engagement starring Alan Cumming as the Emcee (Pictured Above Right) and Michelle Williams as Sally Bowles. Sienna Miller and Emma Stone also took the stage to play Bowles during the engagement which extended far beyond its original return. The show ended up playing nearly 400 performances and running over a year again on Broadway.
Cabaret's national tour hits the road with Randy Harrison at the helm as the Emcee and Andrea Goss (Pictured Left) as Sally Bowles. Other leading actors include Shannon Cochran as Fraulein Schneider, Alison Ewing as Fraulein Kost, Mark Nelson as Herr Schultz, Ned Noyes as Ernst Ludwig and Lee Aaron Rosen as Clifford Bradshaw. The ensemble includes Kelsey Beckert, Sarah Bishop, Margaret Dudasik, Hillary Ekwall, Lori Eure, Aisling Halpin, Leeds Hill, Andrew Hubacher, Joey Khoury, Tommy McDowell, Evan D. Siegel, Dani Spieler and Steven Wenslawski.
The entire creative team from the 2014 Broadway revival returns to recreate their work for the national tour! This team is helmed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (Pictured Right) as director and Academy Award nominee Rob Marshall as choreographer and co-director. Robert Cookman is music director with Patrick Vaccariello as musical supervisor, Michael Gibson providing orchestrations and David Krane providing dance and incidental music. The rest of the creative team includes Robert Brill as scenic and club designer, William Ivey Long as costume designer, Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari as lighting designer and Brian Ronan as sound designer. Paul Huntley provides a wig and hair design.
Through the rest of the 2016, the Cabaret national tour is expected to play over 20 different cities around the country. Some places you can expect to see The Kit Kat Club pop up are; Providence, Rhode Island; Chicago; Illinois; Houston, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; New Orleans, Louisiana; Miami, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Dallas, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada to name just a few! More cities and dates are expected to be added soon keeping the show on the road running well into 2017.
Click Here For The Full List Of Venues And Dates
Luner Lowdown: Willkommen Back Cabaret! After seeing this revival on Broadway in 2014, I can't for audiences to experience and re-experience Cabaret as it returns to the road. Based off of the 1998 Tony Award winning revival, the 2014 return to Broadway felt fresh, electrified by young performers and more relevant than ever in a time where almost anyone can relate to discrimination. I hope audiences enjoy Cabaret's return as much as New York did and a new, young audience has the chance to experience this wonderful production and discover this show that never feels too old and always somewhat relevant.
Luner on Theatre will keep you updated as Cabaret returns to the road bringing The Kit Kat Club to audiences around the nation! More dates and cities through summer 2017 will soon be announced as the tour continues on the road through the rest of this year and into a second! Stay tuned for more updates and new cities as they are revealed! For more information, visit Cabaret's Official Website, Facebook or Twitter. (Please note; Unless a photo is noted to be taken by Luner on Theatre, we do not own/claim ownership for any photos used in this post.)And of course, check out the rest of Luner on Theatre for all your theatre news you don't only need but want to know and so much more!


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B. W. Carney (UNC), D. W. Latham (CfA), J. B. Laird (Bowling Green State Univ.), L. Aguilar (UNAM)
We report new results regarding the frequency of binary systems among metal-poor field stars as a function of their kinematics. The frequency of spectroscopic binary stars among metal-poor stars is very similar to that of local metal-rich dwarfs (Latham et al.\ 2002; Goldberg et al.\ 2002). The spectroscopic binary frequency does not appear to be related to the stellar velocities perpendicular to the plane (|W| velocity) or in the Galactic radial direction (|U| velocity). However, there is a strong relationship between binary frequency, including only spectroscopic binaries, or adding in visual binaries and common proper motion pairs, and the Galactic V velocity. The 653 stars in our program with [Fe/H] \leq\ -1.0 have a binary frequency of 27.1 ±1.3% for stars on prograde orbits, but only 10.5 ±1.7% for stars on retrograde orbits. The distribution of orbital periods is similar for prograde and retrograde samples. The simplest explanation is that our sample includes a significant number of stars from an object captured by our Galaxy on a retrograde orbit that was deficient in binaries, perhaps only among its least strongly bound outer stars. Such an object could have been a dynamically evolved globular cluster or a dwarf galaxy that formed that way, such as Hurley-Keller, Mateo, & Grebel (1999) appear to have found to be the case for the Sculptor dwarf galaxy.
We thank NSF for financial support to UNC and BGSU for this work.
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 34, #4
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Doug Dorst, JJ Abrams, Pfeifer, Poison pen, The Territory, valise, VM Straka
S's first and last known kills are with his poisonous pen. This seems significant.
His first kill after receiving the valise with the poisons and its companion pen is in the streets of El H–. As he flees to the harbor, an assailant emerges from a dark alcove and seizes S, kicking away the valise and drawing a knife across S's neck. S breaks free, time begins to slow, and the pen appears in his hand and he strikes out with it (p255). In a feral fight for survival, S stabs his attacker repeatedly in the neck until he is dead.
His last known kill is the Governor of the Territory, whom we now know is Pfeifer. On p353, S opens his valise and removes what he needs before hiding the case in the trunk of a tree. We learn later that one of the things he needs is his pen. One nick from the pen's nib could stop the paralyzed man's lungs (p362). And then finally, after struggling with just what to do with Pfeifer, he does, however, relish yet again the feeling of nib piercing skin, that tiny punch through a trivial dermal defense (p367).
Though presumably other Agents met their fate from the same nib's puncture, nowhere in Ship of Theseus is it mentioned. In fact, the only time the the poison pen is mentioned at all is when S receives it in the valise (p247) and when he uses it twice to kill.
The pen is made, in whole or in part, with mother-of-pearl (p247). The use of pearl is always extremely significant in any story with J.J. Abrams behind it. Typically it represents the most important thing to be sought, but with it comes a crisis of faith attached on whether it is worth pursuing – on whether the choice to do the right thing is worth it any more. In LOST, John Locke faced just such a moment in a newly discovered Dharma station called The Pearl.
S's choice to kill Pfeifer with the pen is followed by several metaphors of spiritual death (a magpie dies as he is fleeing the guard, the ship is destroyed when he finally finds it, and he wakes up in the Winter City). It is only later, as he prepares to confront Vevoda, that he chooses a different path.
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Dealerships have become more adaptable to new technologies that help improve both internal and external processes which have created unprecedented growth in F&I in the past few years. With so much emphasis on high-tech, it can be easy to lose focus and forget about the importance of a high-touch or personal experience your team creates for your customers. Research indicates that even the most technology-savvy block of Millennials, the Digital Natives, yearn for the high-touch in their automotive experience. Winning with today's and future buyers, dealerships have to strike a healthy balance between high-tech and high-touch. Delivering this top quality experience in F&I requires a greater focus on your team's soft skills. In their career services study, Davenport University defines soft skills as "a cluster of personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social graces that make someone a good employee and compatible to work with." These soft skills have a great impact on someone's ability to provide a high-touch experience. Ultimately, you can teach anybody to be professional, but you cannot teach someone to be friendly and nice, they either have it or they don't.
During my 2016 NADA F&I Process Workshop, Dealers and Managers were asked to rate their F&I department's soft skills. They are – managing expectations, sense of urgency, early involvement, being proactive and attitude. The scale ranged from "poor" (1)," fair" (2), "good" (3), "better" (4) to "best" (5). The responses provide an interesting insight about a culture of F&I departments.
Here is how the participants felt about their F&I managers ability to handle their process:
39% rated them as "fair" (2) and another 38% rated them as "good" (3). Thus, the overwhelming majority are not enthused about the ability to execute a process and only 2% (!!!) thought it deserves a rating of "best" (5).
The "early involvement" had received the poorest ratings with 51% saying it is "poor" (1) or "fair" (2).
The lack of urgency is another area that demonstrates the state of affairs is not well in F&I, with 44% rating it "poor" and "fair".
The findings come as a surprise. As margins on new and used vehicles shrink, many dealers have experienced the best F&I profitability in the last five to ten years. Even though profitability has increased, the survey feedback certainly underlines the notion that the overall F&I process is either broken or mediocre at best. As with the proverbial "chicken or the egg" it is difficult to decide what comes first, a broken process, poor communication or a passive/reactive approach? Creating the best F&I process with the best available technology is paramount to the success of your dealership, but if your team is struggling with people skills, you will get inconsistent results. It's evident, that even with a mediocre process and less than perfect F&I culture on the showroom, it is still possible to generate fair to good F&I results. Will improving your team's cluster of personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social graces lead you to the better or best levels of performance? To find out how, contact ADG.
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I saw this today:
and I thought…. woah, are there any?
It would be a cute 1 page book.
It made me realize that there are some things we probably should keep far more private than we do.
Everyday we post random info about our families and lives to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, WordPress, etc. Is there any one of us that can say they don't regret a post here or there? That they maybe should have waited to post vacation photos until they got home from vacation so the creeps out there wouldn't know the house was empty? How about that drunken Tweet to the ex, or the questionable pic on facebook?
For example, I posted a picture of my kids from Instagram today and some random strange man "liked" my picture…
**Dude, that's creepy.**
Time to change the privacy settings, ASAP.
Then what about the things that you just don't fully think out before you post them online, for everyone to see. The things that you leave out there, publicly, that are never going to go away….
There was this incidence of cyber-stalking I witnessed via Twitter/Facebook Fan page last night. There's an actor named Sam Heughan that I recently blogged about (here). He's a nice guy, plays to the twitter fans, responds to comments, posts teases about his upcoming role in the Outlander series coming to Starz in 2014. Then he goes and posts this picture:
…and the fans went <WILD>
But one girl took it too far…. Apparently she lives near the area in which this picture was taken. So she tweeted inappropriate comments to him, she BEGGED to have him meet her nearby. Flooding twitter feeds and Facebook posts with a frankly creepy stream of consciousness on how she was going to Find Him and Meet him and get him to Sign Her Poem, etc.
I don't want to rag on the girl too hard, I think it was mostly meant as a joke, all in good fun, but I don't think she considered the perspective of the strangers who were seeing her (apparent) mental breakdown at the prospect of being Near this guy. (which subsequently got her banned from the fan page)
We all just sort of *cringed*
can you imagine the way that would play out?
Girl: HI! I Found you! See I did! AND I wrote you a POEM!!
He: Umm…. Gee, thanks??
Regardless of how eloquent and beautiful (and not creepy) that poem may have been, it just SOUNDS creepy! Doesn't it?? It just makes you want to tap her on the shoulder and say "Excuse me, I think your crazy is showing, you might want to tuck that back in…"
We need to Really reflect on what we put out there. What secrets should we keep from the internet? Who is watching what we do, how do they perceive that info and what do they do with it?
With that in mind, I post this on my blog for the world to see… let me know if I need to tuck anything back in.
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Hartford: Tom Rush coming to Infinity Hall June 28
HARTFORD >> One of New England's favorite musical sons, Tom Rush, the consummate contemporary folk musician, singer-songwriter and "man with the golden ear," will perform in concert Sunday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Infinity Music Hall & Bistro, 32, Front Street, Hartford.
Tickets are $39 for orchestra, $59 for mezzanine. For information and tickets, call 866-666-6306 or visit www.infinityhall.com/Events/tom-rush-6-28-2015/.
Born in New Hampshire (and now living in Massachusetts), Tom Rush started his career in the mid-60s as a folk/blues singer and guitarist based in Boston/Cambridge, helping to meld folk and rock with his 1965 album, "Take a Little Walk with Me." His next album, 1968's "The Circle Game," was singled out by Rolling Stone as the record that ushered in the singer-songwriter era, presenting songs by Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor before they had released any albums themselves.
Taylor has called him, "Not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences." That album also featured what has become Tom's best known original song, "No Regrets," subsequently a cover version hit in the country (by Emmylou Harris), pop, and rock charts; U2 has performed the song on stage. Tom has subsequently helped bring then-unknown talents like Shawn Colvin, Alison Krauss, and Nanci Griffith into the public eye and ear through his "Club 47 Concerts," named after a legendary Boston folk club. Although revered for his knack of uncovering excellent if little-known songs and songwriters, Tom's own originals are always a treat, and he'll perform some of his newly written songs, as well as his classics, at his upcoming Hartford date.
Steadily touring for five decades, in 2009 Tom released his first studio album in 35 years, "What I Know" (Appleseed), declared the Album of the Year by the Folk Alliance International of industry professionals and musicians. His latest release, 2013's Celebrates 50 Years of Music CD/DVD (Appleseed), is a jubilant document of a December 2012 concert that Rush organized to mark his half century as a professional musician, performing songs from his repertoire of well-chosen cover songs and back catalog of sterling originals and hosting and special guests at the concert, including David Bromberg, fellow New England-based troubadours Jonathan Edwards and Buskin & Batteau, and Dom Flemons from the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Reviewing the new CD, the All Music Guide wrote, "Rush makes each song seem as dependable and solid as the earth itself, somehow mixing a wistful weariness in his voice with an underlying and unerring joyfulness, the same sort of thing he's been doing for half a century now. That he's still doing it as well as he ever has is a testament to his talent and character." His relaxed, expressive baritone, accomplished guitar-playing, wonderfully funny onstage banter and infallible taste in writing and choosing material have made him a perennial favorite among folk-oriented music lovers.
Rush is no stranger to newer generations of music fans. A live YouTube clip of Tom performing the hilarious "Remember Song" has drawn more than six million hits in the past few years, so he's reaching a wider audience than ever.
A documentary, "Tom Rush: No Regrets," was chosen the New Hampshire Documentary Film of the Year at the New Hampshire Film Festival in 2013, is making the rounds of the country's film festivals, and has been released as a DVD.
Story contributed by Alan Edwards, Appleseed Recordings.


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This is great! I love how you stitched it all together!ResponderEliminar
This is adorable! Love all of it! And as for people not taking a lot of pics in the past...it was sooo expensive to develop film! I don't have a lot of pictures of my childhood either...my mom just couldn't afford to develop a lot of pictures...not like we have these days! Anyway, your mini is such a treasure!ResponderEliminar
I love this mini! So glad we can take a ton of photos now for sure. Wonderful project!!ResponderEliminar
what a sweet sweet mini! i love it!ResponderEliminar
Aww...that is one cute minibook. Love the old photos and how you incorporated them so well even though the colors are very "80s". Looks good!ResponderEliminar
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Love the old baby photos with your grandparents. I just lost my Grandpa a few weeks ago & I'd wished I had more pictures too!ResponderEliminar
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I will periodically add Q & A 's here that seem to be of interest to many readers. These will probably be mostly about techniques on my DVD, since that is what I get the most questions about. But feel free to e-mail me with questions and I will attempt to answer them here.
Q.) I am at my wit's end locating hot stamping foil. I cannot find it in any craft
store, and the online suppliers cater to large sale orders to businesses.
Any suggestions?
A.)You can also e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I have gold, silver or copper, it is $4.00 per package included US postage.
Q.) Where do I buy the small iron that you use on your DVD?
A.) This iron is made for quilters. It is manufactured by Cloverleaf. You can buy it at most fabric stores as well as JoAnn's and Michaels in the quilting department. Any iron will work, but this one gives you more control of the placement of the foil.
Q.) On your DVD, it seems that each watercolor piece (layer) is fairly thick and laying over a textured surface. How are the layers adhered to each other?
A.) The pieces on watercolor paper are done on 140 lb. cold press paper. The layers are divided by a piece of foam core, usually. I attach the foam core with glue and double faced tape. My current favorites are:
The Ultimate! Crafter's Glue
Terrifically Tacky Tape (pink tape in the scrapbooking aisle)
Both are available at Michael's, JoAnn's and Hobby Lobby.
Q). How do you frame the layered pieces? I would think that these works would not go under glass since that would somewhat negate the tactile and visceral impact of them.
A.)I do put them under glass to keep them clean. It does take away from the tactile sense but preserves them in the long run. Museum Glass is very good and very clear, you can hardly see that it is there when viewing it straight on. But it is very expensive. Even some of the small canvasses I put in a frame and under glass. But, I am a framer and enjoy incorporating the frame as part of the over all design of the piece.
Q.) Since the layered pieces do not appear to lend themselves to being matted, how are they framed?
A.) I do mat them. I float them over a textured matboard that becomes part of the collage. I build the mat out with foamcore so it is level or higher than the last layer on the collage.
Q.) Would you recommend applying the entire layered painting to a cradled board for instance, so that no frame is required (similar to that of using a gallery wrapped canvas that needs no framing)?
A.) Yes, I have done that, it looks good, but then I often put a floater frame around that, just a small edge that gives it a more finished look.
Q.) If so, what type of adhesive would be best for that application?
A.) I always use two adhesives. Right now, the two named above for everything. But they are permanent, so would not be able to be removed from the board.
Q.) I would like to incorporate my own images in a similar way to your Asian Woman painting that is printed on Sumi Paper (shown on DVD) I will be ordering a thin rice paper that is coated and designed for use in inkjet printers.
A.) I just use regular sumi paper that you buy in an art supply store. I cut it to 8.5″ x 11″. It is not made for inkjet. It goes through my HP Photosmart printer just fine. Also, image transfer techniques work well for this type of thing. I have recently started transferring stuff directly to a painted surface. Watch my website for links on classes on image transfer techniques.
Q.) Do you leave a smooth painted area where the image overlay will go or do you apply it over a textured collaged surface area?
A.) Yes, usually I do, or else you have a textured image. O.k. sometimes, but not great on faces 😉
Q.) Also, do you adhere the image by using the medium under or over the image, or both?
A.) I use medium over and under the image. If you keep the moisture even you get less wrinkling. I often coat the image on both sides with Gloss Polymer medium and let it dry before using it. This evens out the moisture and it goes down with less buckling and wrinkling. Be careful on inkjet images – they might smear. I spray them(heavily) with Blair no-odor workable matte fixative before coating them with medium
Q.) Do you stretch the 140 lb. watercolor paper first? Do you gesso it first?
A.) No, I don't usually stretch the watercolor paper. It's not getting that wet and usually does not curl. And I don't usually gesso it first. It's a good working surface as it is. Sometimes I put down gesso and scrape through it and then the translucent coat going over it appears different on the two different surfaces. It's a great technique! I teach it in my "Go for the Gesso" class and on my Go for the Gesso DVD.
Q.) What is the best adhesive for attaching heavier non-flat objects?
A.) Again, I use "The Crafter's Ultimate" . I have a piece of metal on a canvas that I am trying to remove and I can't get it off. It's a very good glue! The bottle says "the only non-toxic super glue" or something like that!
Q.)I fell in love with the journal you show on your DVD (the one that has been packed in your suitcase many times). It is gorgeous! Do you actually assemble the journal yourself?
A.) Yes, it is a Coptic Bound book. I used my aluminum foil technique on chipboard for the covers. I sanded the edges and painted the edges and inside the covers. There is lots of bookbinding info on the web. There are some scrapbooking sites that have videos. You can sign up for my Newsletter on my website. I am hoping to do some online classes that will incorporate bookbinding. In the meantime, a friend makes the panels using many mixed media techniques and glues them to the cover of existing journals/sketchbooks. I just took an old hardbound sketchbook and painted the outside of it with acrylics and am adding techniques to it. This I did Gesso first.


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Zambia Economy
According to the World Bank (WB), in 2013, Zambia's Growth Domestic Product (GDP) was of USD 22.38 Billions, with a GDP Growth of 6.4 %.
According to the CIA World Factbook, in 2013, agriculture accounted for 19.8% of Zambia's GDP, while industry accounted for 33.8% and services for 46.5%.
In August 2014, the annual inflation rate was of 8%.
Zambia being one of the largest copper producers in Africa, its economy remains dependent on copper, which accounted for 74.60 % of the country's total exports (including raw copper, refined copper, and copper wire).
However, the agriculture sector is the major employer (70% of the population) and has been growing in the past few years, with Zambian companies such as Zambeef Products PLC (ZAMBEEF:LUSE) expanding in Africa.
The local currency is the Zambian Kwatcha (ZMW, formerly ZMK), which was rebased by the Bank of Zambia on January 1st 2013.
As of September 23rd 2014, USD 1 equalled ZMW 5194,81.
The Liberalization of The Zambian Economy
Since its independence in 1964, Zambia has experienced a rare political stability in Africa, with no war, conflict or political turmoil to report.
However the country took a three decades-long socialist turn, nationalizing its economy.
Since its return to multiparty politics and a liberal economy in 1991, Zambia has experienced steady economic growth, especially in the last decade.
According to the World Bank, a combination of prudent macroeconomic management, market liberalization policies, and steep increase in copper prices helped drive investments in the copper industry and related infrastructure to achieve an average annual growth of about 6.4% during the last decade.
The Zambian Economy Current Outlook
In its annual 2014 Doing Business ranking, the WB ranked Zambia as the 83rd best country in the world to do business, compared to 90th in 2013.
According to the World Economic Forum's 2014-2015 "The Global Competitiveness", Zambia is the 8th most competitive economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, out of 33 economies analysed.
The same report ranked Zambia as the 96th most competitive economy in the world out of a total of 144 countries.
In September 2014, the the London-based rating agency Fitch Ratings revised its outlook on Zambia's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) from « Stable » to « Positive » and affirmed the IDR's at 'B'.
The agency, while explaining its upgrade of Zambia's ratings, mentioned the country's good management of public finances (public deficit targets having been surpassed), continued efficient government policies allowing a good business environment, as well as a « robust » 6-7% growth forecast for 2014-2016, due to « government's ambitious infrastructure investment programme, rising copper production and continued foreign direct investment (FDI) ».
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Zambia Showcase Investment Opportunities in Eastern Province
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Zambia to Set Entrepreneurial Fund for SMEs
The Government of Zambia is currently in the process of creating an Entrepreneurial Fund for the private sector to facilitate the creation of a scheme…
Domestic Revenue Collection Essential for Zambia Growth, WB Indicate
Higher domestic revenue collections are essential to Zambia's economic recovery if current levels of government expenditure are to be maintained in a sustainable manner.
Germany Grant EUR124.5m to Zambia for Water and Governance Programs
Zambia and Germany recently signed a EUR97.5m technical and financial cooperation grant for water, sanitation and governance improvement programs for 2017–2018.
Tanzania and Zambia to Strengthen Trade and Investment Relations
Tanzania and Zambia agreed to cooperate for stronger trade and investment relations to benefit the economies of both countries.
South Africa Approve USD20m Credit to Support Zambia SMEs
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa has signed a USD20m line of credit with the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) to support Small…
Brazil Approve USD91m Debt Relief for Zambia
Brazil recently approved USD90.7m debt relief for Zambia, which represents 80% of the USD113.4m debt owed by Zambia to Brazil as of July 31st, 2011.
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The European Union (EU) will further strengthen its development relations with Zambia in key growth sectors such as agriculture, energy, and governance.


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What you can do to reduce smog
What you can do to reduce smog
The detrimental effects of smog on our health are well-documented. By taking action, everyone can play a part in making Canada's air cleaner. Learn how to change your home, transportation and consumer habits and help reduce air pollution.
A large amount of air pollution comes from power plants, industrial sources and motor vehicles. The choices that individuals make every day either increase or decrease air pollution from these sources and thereby threaten or protect their own health. Individuals have the power to change their home, transportation and consumer habits to help reduce air pollution. By taking action, everyone can play a part in making Canada's air cleaner.
Getting around
Transportation is one of the biggest contributors to smog. When, where, how, why and what you drive all play important roles in affecting air quality. Here are some suggestions on how to be more environmentally friendly when you need to get somewhere.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Drive less, especially during peak traffic periods or on hot sunny days.
Why? Auto emissions contribute directly to smog. In Canada, cars account for 19% of the nitrogen oxides (NOx), 37% of the CO and 23% of the volatile organic compounds (e.g., benzene) released each year as a result of human activity.
Did you know? On average, each one of the 16 million cars and light trucks on Canada's roads adds more than 5 tonnes of pollutants annually to the air we breathe.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Use public transportation instead of your car. Walk or ride your bicycle. (But be careful about over-exerting yourself on a smoggy day.)
Why? One car commuter uses as much energy driving a car for four years as a transit rider uses in 40 years.
Did you know? Each person using public transit for a year instead of an automobile can save nearly a tonne of pollutants, including CO2, from going into the atmosphere.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Carpool to work.
Why? Carpooling with one other person immediately halves your car's emissions.
Did you know? On average, a carpool saves 2,000 litres of gasoline each year.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Use an alternative fuel.
Why? Alternative fuels have fewer impurities than gasoline and produce less CO and other emissions that contribute to smog formation.
Did you know? More than 30,000 vehicles operate on natural gas in Canada. There are nearly one million natural gas vehicles worldwide, and the market is growing.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Avoid idling. If you are going to be stopped for 10 seconds or more, except in traffic, turn your car engine off.
Why? It has been estimated that 3% of Ontario's fuel is wasted by idling. An idling diesel engine will burn about 2.5 litres of fuel per hour. An idling gasoline engine will burn about 3.5 litres of fuel per hour.
Did you know? Just 10 seconds of idling uses more fuel than restarting your engine.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Get engine tune-ups and car maintenance checks as advised by the car manufacturers' maintenance schedule.
Why? If all drivers maintained their cars regularly, together we could reduce NOx by 12% and VOCs by 30%. Ontario has set a goal of reducing these two pollutants by 45% from 1990 levels by the year 2015, and has proposed accelerating the NOx target to 2010.
Did you know? Keeping your car well-tuned not only helps the environment, it also saves you money. You can save an average of $90 in fuel costs a year by maintaining your vehicle.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Keep your vehicle's tires properly inflated.
Why? Inflated tires cut down on "drag," thereby saving on fuel and harmful emissions.
Did you know? Just one tire under-inflated by two pounds per square inch will result in a 1% increase in fuel consumption.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Fill your gas tank during cooler evening hours to cut down on evaporation. Avoid spilling gas and don't "top up" the tank. Replace the gas tank cap tightly.
Why? Smog-related emissions don't just come from the tailpipe. Evaporation of gasoline from filling up the gas tank releases smog-causing VOCs into the air. Spillage is a major source of O3 pollution.
Did you know? Vapours from evaporating gasoline (those wavy lines that appear in the air while you are filling the tank) can account for two-thirds of the VOC emissions from gasoline-fuelled vehicles on hot summer days.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Consider fuel efficiency when purchasing a vehicle, and keep your vehicle well maintained. Check out the Auto$mart website to find out which vehicles are most fuel efficient.
Why? A large car that burns 14 litres of gasoline to travel 100 km will emit 60 tonnes of CO2 during its lifetime. A typical smaller car that burns 9 litres every 100 km will emit only 38 tonnes of CO2 over the same total distance. By choosing the more fuel-efficient car, you can save 22 tonnes of CO2 from entering the environment. The savings in fuel is about 8,800 litres, which translates into approximately $4,500.
Did you know? In 1990, North American sales of SUVs barely topped one million, but by 1995 sales had reached 1.7 million, and by 1999 three million of these heavy, less fuel-efficient trucks had been sold.
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At home
What you do inside your living space can have a big effect on the air quality outside it. Here are some choices you can make inside and around your home that will help you pollute less and save some money.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Be energy efficient. Monitor your energy use and try to reduce your consumption by turning off lights, updating some of your household appliances and products to low-energy models, and using your air conditioner wisely during the summer months. If you live in the Toronto area, Green$aver - a residential energy audit and retrofit organization - will come to your house and conduct an energy audit to test your home for energy efficiency. For details, call their office at (416) 203-3106.
Why? A large proportion of the Canadian energy supply comes from burning fossil fuels, a major contributor to smog. By cutting down your electricity use, you are cutting down on smog.
Did you know? Energy-efficient, compact fluorescent light bulbs require less energy and last 10 times longer than regular bulbs.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Purchase "green power" to meet your home's electricity needs. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.) For more information about renewable energy, see Pollution Probe's "Renewable Energy Primer" at www.pollutionprobe.org.
Why? Green power is energy that is generated from renewable sources, such as water, solar energy and wind. Green power does not create harmful smog emissions.
Did you know? On Canada's largest wind farm, Le Nordais on the Gaspé Peninsula, 133 wind turbines harness energy from the powerful winds off the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Reduce your outdoor use of VOC-releasing products such as oil-based paints, lawn pesticides, car cleaning solvents and waxes.
Why? These products dry through evaporation of the contained solvent, releasing strong-smelling VOCs, which contribute to smog formation.
Did you know? By 2010, solvent use in Ontario will contribute more than twice the amount of VOCs than from all transportation, which includes cars, trucks, aircraft and marine vehicles.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Keep woodstoves and fireplaces well maintained. If choosing one for your home, select a woodstove that comes equipped with an anti-pollution device.
Why? The burning of residential fuel wood is a significant source of air pollution in Canada. One way to minimize emissions from wood burning is to maintain a healthy fire. A chimney temperature of 150-200°C is considered to be optimum for combustion.
Did you know? Dark or smelly smoke rising from a chimney is an indication that the fire is not hot enough and is releasing large quantities of emissions.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Cut down on the use of small engine motors. These engines, which usually run on gasoline, are used primarily in lawn and garden equipment, such as lawnmowers, leaf blowers, chain saws, and lawn and garden tractors.
Why? Small engines at or below 19 kW (25 hp) contribute about 20% of VOC emissions and 23% of CO emissions from mobile sources.
Did you know? Manual push mowers available today are lightweight, at only 7-14 kg, versus the 20-30 kg models of the past, and feature metal handles instead of wood. Ideal for cutting small lawns, they are quiet, store easily and require no fuel.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Plant deciduous trees in locations around your home to provide shade in the summer, but to allow light in the winter.
Why? Properly sited trees reduce home air conditioning and winter heating needs considerably by providing shade and windbreak.
Did you know? Backyard trees may result in up to a 40% reduction in air conditioning needs, a 10% reduction in heating needs and a decrease in ambient air temperatures of up to 4°C.
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At work
Business and industry can also be leaders in the effort to ensure cleaner air. Read Pollution Probe's "S.M.A.R.T.Movement" manual at www.pollutionprobe.org/Publications/Air.htm for ideas on how to implement some of the following suggestions at a workplace.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Promote telecommuting to employees. Also known as teleworking, telecommuting is when employees work from remote locations, usually from home.
Why? If one million Canadians telecommuted just one day per week, in one year they would save approximately 200,000 tonnes of air pollutants, $34 million worth of fuel costs and one billion kilometres of mileage, avoid the gridlock of an extra million cars on the road, and free up 50 million hours that could otherwise be spent with family and friends.
Did you know? More than 1.5 million Canadians, or 10.7% of the workforce, perform their jobs by telecommuting at least some of the time.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Remove parking subsidies and add parking fees to your workplace parking lot.
Why? Single-passenger driving can be reduced by as much as 30% by removing parking subsidies or charging for parking where it used to be free.
Did you know? Parking lots are expensive. Depending on where an office is located, employers can save between $30,000 and $200,000 annually by eliminating 50 employee parking spots.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Encourage and facilitate carpooling at your workplace.
Why? When more employees carpool, fewer parking spots are needed, freeing up valuable land space.
Did you know? Twenty per cent of Toronto Hydro employees joined a carpool program after the utility offered them guaranteed indoor carpool parking and reduced their parking rate.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Encourage cycling at your workplace by providing shower facilities and bicycle storage for employees.
Why? Making cycling to work as convenient as possible will increase people's desire to switch from driving alone in their motorized vehicles.
Did you know? The average cost to manufacture and install a post-and-ring bike stand accommodating two bikes is only $125. The cost for a high-security bike locker is only $1,000.
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Mobile Food Truck – Fresh to You
HDFFA is dedicated to improving the lives of our neighbors. We support approaches that address the root causes of one of our biggest challenges, food insecurity – the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. Accessing fresh, healthy food can be difficult for economically struggling individuals who live in remote parts of Central Oregon or have limited access to transportation.
To overcome these barriers, HDFFA has partnered with NeighborImpact to bring a mobile food pantry to people experiencing hunger. Called "Fresh To You," the new mobile pantry will carry healthy meal-building staples including fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy, grains and more.
The mobile food pantry will be parked at Mosaic Medical in Prineville twice a month starting June 13, 2019. Plans to expand to all corners of Central Oregon in the near future will bring healthy food to even more households.
VeggieRx & Fresh Harvest Kits on-board
We are excited to offer VeggieRx year-round on the Fresh to You truck and will be using our Fresh Harvest Kits to deliver the food. Click on the links to learn more!
Each VeggieRx participant will be provided the following:
- Shop NeighborImpact's Fresh To You fresh food mobile pantry
- 8 styled Fresh Harvest Kits, ready-to-make meal kits
- Nutrition education
- 1-on-1 support and tips for eating healthy from a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist
Brought to you in partnership with
Funding for this project comes from a USDA Community Food Project grant (HDFFA was the only recipient of this grant in the state of Oregon in 2017), and the Central Oregon Health Council.


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In order to configure Parental Control for a specific account, perform the following actions:
In order to manually configure restriction, select Custom restrictions and click the Settings button.
Parental Control in Kaspersky PURE 3.0 allows to set access restrictions to the computer for every user of the computer. You can also restrict use of the computer by time. Each computer start will be shown in the report. To enable control using the computer and to specify the tile limit, please do the following:
Using Parental Control from Kaspersky PURE 3.0 you can control and limit using the software. If the control is enabled, the software start and stop time will be registered in the report, running the blocked software will not be allowed.
In order to configure the Applications usage option, perform the following actions:
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It's T minus 1 day for the final season.
Final days for an animation series that disproved so many TV principles:
– "You cannot have season-overarching storylines for a series targeted at pre-schoolers" (they just did).
– "Don't let your child protagonists grow and develop into adults, you will never be able to syndicate your series with re-runs!" (well, not working for a coming-of-age premise series).
– "Musical numbers in TV series are much too expensive" (Creators: 'ROFL!')
– "You may never give up all of your copyright and let the fandom create and make money out of your brands" (By doing the opposite, Hasbro actually proved why a copyleft can actually bring you money big-time)
– "Do not make your protagonist dislike the products your business partner wants to sell with the series." (Creators: 'FU, Hasbro. Twilight will just hate this new crappy castle!')
– "Never, ever, use Flash for large sequences." (for once, this is something the creators later really regretted).
– "Never let your fans decide over your upcoming content." (too many things to mention).
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Yes: I really watched every episode of this and I will be one of them who will shed some tears when they finally close the book. It moves me on a creative, business-decision and personal level. They've really come further then anyone in the industry would have imagined. Now just don't fuck it up DHX and write some history! 😉


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