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MA (Health Promotion)— full-time and part-time
Postgraduate Diploma (Health Promotion)—
full-time and part-time
Interdisciplinary (College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies and
College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences)
Course overview
Established in 1990, the Discipline of Health Promotion is the only one of its kind in the Republic of Ireland and is the national centre for professional training and education in Health Promotion. The Masters programme is based on the European Masters in Health Promotion core curriculum and offers students the opportunity of pursuing European-based study as an optional module.
Attached to the Discipline is the Health Promotion Research Centre which has an active multidisciplinary research programme in place. A range of teaching and assessment methods are used, including interactive lectures, work placements, small group teaching, skills development, and contributions from practitioners in the field.
The programme aims to provide students with professional education and training in the core competencies for effective health promotion practice, including the following:
- Theoretical background to the concepts and principles of health promotion.
- Determinants of physical, mental and social well-being.
- Application of health promotion interventions across diverse population groups, topics and settings.
- Critical role of the research process in the development of knowledge and best practice in health promotion.
Lecturing staff are involved in research and the Health Promotion Research Centre which is within the disciline of Health Promotion, and is a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre. Together with workplace experience, students have the opportunity to engage with international health promotion research projects, including the development of evidence-based policy and practice.
Key facts
Entry requirements
Applications are considered from candidates with a primary degree from cognate disciplines.
MA: Eligibililty for the MA programme is generally an honours degree (H2.1), although under some circumstances, a degree at H2.2 may also be considered (or equivalent international qualification).
PDip: applicants must have a primary degree at pass level or higher (or equivalent international qualification). The course team evaluates academic record, relevant experience, and motivation for all eligible applicants.
1 year, full-time (MA)
2 years, part-time (MA)
1 year, full-time (PDip)
2 years, part-time (PDip)
Next start date: September 2013
ECTS weighting: 90 (MA) | 60 (PDip)
Average intake: 18–19
Closing date: An early application may result in an early offer: see the offer round dates.
Course outline
The MA course is a taught programme with students having to complete four core modules and four optional modules, together with a minor dissertation based on original research which must be submitted not less than four months from completion of the taught course. The course is taught in NUI Galway full-time over one year or part-time over two years. MA students must complete the taught programme to second class honours standard (i.e., average 60%) before proceeding to complete the dissertation element.
The postgraduate diploma course is a taught programme with students having to complete four core modules and four optional modules. The course is taught in NUI Galway full time over one year or part-time over two years.
The MA/PDip programme is based on the European Masters in Health Promotion core curriculum and offers students the opportunity of pursuing European based study as an optional module. The PDip offers a taught programme, delivered over two seminars to full-time students and over four semesters to part-time students. The MA incorporates the taught component of the PDip together with a minor dissertation based on original research. The taught modular programme comprises four core and six optional modules. Students must complete eight modules in total, four core and four optional. The European Dimension option entails a two-week placement in another EU member state.
Modules include:
- Foundation of Health Promotion
- Research Methods
- Health Promotion Practice
- Determinants of Health
- Promoting Healthy Behaviours
- Promoting Mental Health and Social Well being
- Re-orienting Health Services
- Supportive Environments for Health
- European Dimension of Health Promotion
- Evaluation of Health Promotion Programmes
Applications and selections
Applications are made online via The Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC). Relevant PAC application code(s) above.
The programme board evaluates each applicant's academic record and relevant professional experience to date at the time of application and assesses the applicant's level of motivation and suitability as per the Personal Statement submitted as part of the online application.
Who teaches this course?
Prof. Margaret Barry
Dr. Margaret Hodgins
Ms. Victoria Hogan
Dr. Colette Kelly
Ms. Verna McKenna
Dr. Michal Molcho
Dr. Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
Ms. Geraldine Nolan
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Lisa Pursell
Dr. Jane Sixsmith
Requirements and assessment
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Career opportunities
A variety of career opportunities in Ireland and abroad exist for graduates of this programme. Graduates are qualified to pursue a full-time career in health promotion or to incorporate health promotion principles into their work, expecially those in the health and education sectors.
MA graduates have found employment in statutory, voluntary, community and academic positions in a number of roles including dedicated Health Promotion Specialist posts.
PDip graduates have found employment in a diverse range of fields of health and medical research, including MDs and PhDs and improved professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes in daily practice (Evidence-Based Healthcare).
Students can go on to earn the PhD, MPhil, and MLitt degrees, through research work, with an optional minor taught element. Students can specialise in one of the disciplines various areas of research, working with a high degree of independence, and becoming experts on their chosen topic. This work is usually published in international conferences and journals.
Visit hwww.nuigalway.ie/courses/research-postgraduate-programmes/health-sciences-health-promotion.html for more details.
PAC code
GYA15, MA, full-time
GYA16, MA, part-time
GYA17, PDip, full-time
GYA18, PDip, part-time
Fees for this course
EU (Total): €6,015 p.a. 2013/14 (inclusive of Levy) (Full time)
- Tuition: €5,791 p.a. 2013/14
- Student contribution: €n/a
- Student levy: €224 p.a. 2013/14
Non-EU (Total): €13,250 p.a. 2013/14
M.A. EU Full time programme: €6,015
M.A. EU Part time programme: €3,065 p.a.
P.Dip. EU Full time programme: €5,965
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Thursday night's loss to the New Jersey Devils was perhaps the low point of the shortened season for the Washington Capitals, as the team was in danger of completely falling out of the playoff chase with many more losses. But following the disastrous third period Thursday, the Capitals put perhaps their most complete third period of the season in a 5-1 rout of New Jersey Saturday afternoon at Verizon Center.
Alex Ovechkin scored his first hat trick in over two years – and his first at home in over three – as Washington shrugged off an Ilya Kovalchuk equalizing tally late in the second to roll past the Devils with their first four-goal period of the season.
"Sometimes I feel that the puck doesn't want to go in," Ovechkin said afterwards. "Today, it was that kind of game hat almost every shot goes in, or at least it feels like that. It's kind of nice."
With the noon start, both teams started off at a sluggish pace, with the best chance for Washington being Wojtek Wolski's miss of a wide-open net in the first, as the forward shot a bouncing puck across the goal line with a wide open cage.
But just over five minutes into the second, Ovechkin made his presence known, shaking off a hit along the wall and then moving in to the Devils zone and blasting a one-time pass from Mike Riberio past Devils netminder Johan Hedberg for the first goal of the game.
After the goal, Washington, fresh off losing a 2-1 lead late in the game Thursday, played tentative in the rest of the frame, allowing a penalty shot to Steve Bernier which Holtby stopped. Although the Caps looked like they might escape with the lead into the break, Kovalchuk picked up a puck that came loose and wristed it past Braden Holtby with just :37.5 left in the second.
Unlike Thursday, in the intermission, Washington regrouped and were able to record just their sixth win of the season.
"We stayed with it," forward Mike Ribeiro said. "We didn't drop our arms or quit… when they scored that goal at the end of the period. We just came out and did the same thing we had to do and stuck with the game plan. Most of the time, the teams that stick with the game plan the longest will win games."
Just 83 seconds into the final frame, Ovechkin took a stretch pass from Matt Hendricks, and using Anton Volchenkov as a screen, wristed a shot from the top of the circle through the defenseman's skates and past Hedberg.
Things seemingly turned ominous when John Erskine was whistled for a delay-of-game penalty less than a minute after the goal. Unlike Thursday where the game came unraveled on the penalty kill, though, Washington used it to their advantage as Eric Fehr notched the team's first shorthanded goal of the season.
With Hedberg going behind the net to play the puck, Fehr charged in and left the goaltender in no-man's land. Fehr collected the biscuit and scored a wrap-around insurance goal, giving the Caps an important boost in both confidence and on the scoreboard.
For Fehr, it was his fourth goal in his 14th game of the year, a bargain for the $600,000 contract he signed in January after scoring just two with Winnipeg last season.
"Obviously, a two-goal cushion is big," Oates said. "The last few weeks [Fehr] seemed to have a lot of jump and has been making good decisions and getting more involved in the game, and I have been trying to find more minutes for him."
"It was a very big goal for him, and give us much breathing room," Ovechkin said.
Armed with the lead, Ovechkin capped his first hat trick at home since Feb. 7, 2010 with a one-tier off a Riberio feed for the hat trick.
For good measure, Ovechkin added an assist on Troy Brouwer's goal with just 2:51 left in regulation, capping the 5-1 win and giving both Ovechkin and Brouwer the team lead with eight goals on the year.
"I kind of figured he was going to shoot it because he's got a hot hand tonight, but he's a good player and sees the ice well and you've got to be ready," Brouwer said.
Afterwards, the Caps' captain talked about how well his line played.
"I think our line has great chemistry right now," Ovechkin said. "[Jason Chimera] knows exactly what to do, I know exactly where Chimmer's going to be, and we talk before the games, between periods, especially Ribs, a guy who controls the puck is in between us. We win the game, our line finally gets plus, it's kind of cool."
While Saturday's game wasn't a must-win for Washington, it was pretty close, as the Capitals were in danger of falling 8 points out of the Southeast chase by night's end.
But instead of folding the tents after Thursday's crushing setback, the Capitals came back with a complete effort, and will get another big challenge Tuesday when division rival Carolina comes to town as Washington looks to chip away at the gap between them and the playoff pack.
With the effort Saturday, Hendricks said he hopes the team gets on track.
"We came out and played our game," he said. "We played a full 60 minutes. We talked earlier about being 100 percent committed to the system not only in the defensive zone, but in the neutral zone and the offensive zone. We played a full game.
"That's something we need to build on."

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Diocese Holds Prayer Vigil During DNC Convention
Seems like a good idea to me. CNA reports:
The Diocese of Charlotte is holding a Vigil for Liberty with Eucharistic adoration at St. Patrick Cathedral just a mile away from the Democratic National Convention. "The Catholic Diocese of Charlotte is pleased to offer a gift to our nation, and that is over 80 hours of Eucharistic adoration and prayer for our country," Bishop Peter J. Jugis said in his homily for the vigil's Sept. 4 Mass. "We are keeping our attention and our hearts fixed on Jesus," he said.Continue reading>>>


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Just the words are enough to prompt an eye roll from many wine drinkers. Sweet wine? Who drinks that stuff?
If the wine companies have anything to do with it, a good number more of us, as they try to convert a burgeoning taste for moscato – the often fizzy Piedmont drop beloved of Kanye West among others – into a broader trend for off-dry wines.
While off-dry or slightly sweet wines date back to the dawn of booze, Jacob's Creek is the latest winemaker to ramp up efforts to woo the sweet-toothed drinker. In Twin Pickings, a new range aimed at bridging the gap between sweet and dry wines, it is changing the trick by placing moscato in a supporting role.
The range comprises two white wines based on crisp, dry varieties that Australians are guzzling by the bucketload right now: sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio. The twist comes with a dash of moscato, enough to give the wines a notable dose of sweetness. Brown Brothers, meanwhile, has just launched a blend of moscato with a dash of sauvignon blanc. It's a trend that's likely to keep growing, reflecting changing tastes.
At the International Wine Challenge in London this year the market research firm Mintel pointed to a 31% increase in sugar consumption in Britain since 1990 as evidence that consumers had developed a sweeter tooth.
In the US, moscato consumption grew by a 33% last year. It's now that country's third most popular white wine, accounting for 6% of all wine sales. And Australia isn't immune. The size of the moscato bianco grape crush more than doubled again this year, with the market valued at more than $40m.
Wine buffs who think no grape should suffer the indignity of being turned into glorified lolly water are likely to be unimpressed by the growth in by the push for sweeter styles. But Tim Hanni, a California-based Master of Wine and author of Why You Like the Wines You Like, thinks that it's time for winemakers to "get off their high horse" and erase the sweet-wine stigma, because there's huge opportunity in the market.
"The data we've collected via surveys and interviews is very clear on this front," he says. "It's costing the wine industry millions, potentially billions, of dollars in lost revenues. This is not about 'unsophisticated palates' and people needing more wine education, it's about wine-industry and educational ignorance that is disenfranchising this segment of the global population."
Hanni reckons that winemakers and marketers are notoriously bad at getting this kind of product right. He says the wines must be smooth and impeccably clean, far sweeter than most people think and with no trace of bitterness.
If you were to bring a bottle of Jacob's Creek latest offering over to dinner at my place, chances are it'd be earmarked for regifting. I don't dig fruity, sweet wines because I find them, well, sweet. But this is the point: it's a matter of personal taste. There are a number of sweeter wines I adore. I'm a sucker for Spätlese Riesling and Vouvray demi-sec, while the off-dry Melva Wild Fermented Riesling from Wines by KT is one of the most delectable wines I've tasted this year.
It's nonsense to write off sweet-wine drinkers as a pack of artless plebs who would go a Passion Pop over Pauillac any day of the week. (Although so what if they are? That just leaves more of the good stuff for everyone else.)
Surely the sight of people striding into cellar doors to ask for something sweet shouldn't be viewed as ignorance or regression. Wine is about diversity. If these new twists on the moscato theme broaden the horizons of drinkers and usher newcomers into the wine-loving fraternity, then cheers to them.


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Getting your capital -- all of it -- from your suppliers isn't easy, but it can be done
Like many an entrepreneur before him, Dennis Chang was long on chutzpah and short on cash. After bouncing around the computer industry for eight years, he burned to become another Frank Carey, the architect of IBM's masterly marketing strategy. By January 1986 he had a business plan modeled after IBM's and Apple Computer's. He had even found two partners whom he liked to think of as his own Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak. But he had no savings, no investors, and no willing lenders.
He still doesn't. Yet for the fiscal year ended last September, his San Francisco company, Jasmine Technologies Inc., logged sales of more than $35 million on its disk drives and other Macintosh-compatible components. Chang, 40, financed this astonishing growth with some of the most reluctant lenders around: his suppliers.
Leaning on the people who sell you your raw materials isn't the sexiest way to finance a business. There's no nice fat sum of money laid at your feet by venture capitalists, no reassuring line of credit at the bank. In fact, supplier financing is often messy and precarious. It had one serious advantage for Chang, however: it was his only option.
Everyone knows the official textbook rule on such backdoor finance. It says: Put off paying your suppliers as long as possible -- period. That's fine if you already have suppliers. But if like Chang you barely have a product, much less a track record, it simply doesn't apply. The trick was to get not only his raw materials, but his office equipment, advertising -- his entire business -- on credit.
Fortunately, Chang didn't know the first thing about official finance. "Everything I was doing was intuitive, seat of the pants," he recalls. Ignorance led him to treat supplier finance as a fine art, not a science. And that was the key to his success. It meant that Chang was guided by personality and attitude, not by rules and numbers. Of course, personality and attitude were all he had -- thus the birth of Finesse Finance.
Chang's first lesson was about the power of the personal guarantee. The problem was advertising. Chang's entire business plan hinged on it. With no other means of selling or distributing its Macintosh-clone peripherals, Jasmine was relying on an advertisement in Macworld magazine to educate Macintosh users, to promote its product, and to produce prepaid orders. Trouble was, Macworld insisted that Chang pay for his ads. But he couldn't; he had to get them on credit.
All it took was conversation -- a couple of months of it. Chang was on the phone almost every day with San Francisco account executive Penny Rigby and the magazine's credit department in New York City. They discussed Chang's education, previous jobs, personal finances, business plan, marketing strategy. In the end, he consented to personally guarantee a credit line of about $30,000, an obligation he could meet only by selling his house.
Chang had resisted that last step because he didn't want to risk the house. Yet resistance turned out to be the perfect tactic. By the end of those months of talking, a funny thing had happened: Rigby and the credit people were emotionally committed to him. Still, they wanted Chang's guarantee. Of course, Macworld knew its fledgling advertisers well enough to recognize that a guarantee from a start-up company didn't necessarily guarantee anything. But it gave the magazine's bean counters a security blanket -- so they could do what they already wanted to do, which was to back Chang. Lesson one: The power of the personal guarantee lies mostly in what you do before you give it.
Now, Chang was really rolling. Or so he thought, until he tried to find a leasing company that would agree to rent him some telephones, typewriters, copiers, and computers. It didn't take long before the solution hit him: he'd simply "recycle" his personal guarantee. He might as well. All the money he had was $40,000 of equity in his house, most of which would be eaten up by Macworld bills, if it should come to that. Guaranteeing $12,000 to $15,000 in payments to a leasing company couldn't make him any more vulnerable. What's more, he soon discovered, suppliers make it easy. Few ever asked how many other credit lines he had personally guaranteed. And therein lay the second lesson: The first guarantee devalues all subsequent guarantees, but your suppliers don't know that.
For some people, Chang learned, getting paid wasn't nearly as important as growth, or, say, bucking the status quo. These were the suppliers who were motivated by the same thing that drove him, his soul mates in ambition. He spent hours with such small companies describing his vision of Jasmine's future. "I sold them on the value of our growth," Chang says. His raw materials often cost 20% to 40% more than a large supplier would have charged -- but then, large suppliers didn't even want to talk to him about credit.
Large companies, in fact, are apt to be the most intractable group you'll encounter. They're not likely to identify with you as a struggling entrepreneur, and they've usually got too many rules to make an exception, no matter how charming you are. But you can make their size work to your advantage. When big companies make a mistake, it's often in a big way.
Chang got two of his most important vendor relationships by being a good Samaritan to one that stumbled. A large supplier of platters -- the disks that go into disk drives -- had bet that IBM would move quickly in adopting a new technology. Wanting to be ready, it pushed ahead, producing the platters IBM would need. As it turned out, IBM moved slowly, and the platter maker suddenly had a huge batch of excess inventory.
Chang happily offered to buy the platters. That move earned Jasmine a relationship with a grateful disk supplier -- a critical tie that had until then eluded the company. The disk maker played another important role as well, by introducing Chang to Arrow Electronics Inc., a large company that warehouses and sells platters. It was at Arrow that Chang bumped into the invisible credit limit.
"Arrow initially gave us a $50,000 credit line," remembers Chang. "We were growing 30% a month, so we exceeded it." Nothing happened. Jasmine paid Arrow's bills, then it again exceeded the credit limit. Again nothing happened. Eureka! "I finally realized that we didn't really have a credit limit. I started ordering product like crazy."
It wasn't long before Chang faced a new problem with his vendors. It was no longer a matter of persuading them to be his suppliers -- it was that little matter of how to pay them. In the beginning, he had made certain all bills were paid on time. But now Jasmine's growth was chewing up cash. The company had begun to hire more people, sponsor booths at trade shows, and advertise more heavily. It was the perfect time for Chang to observe the time-honored custom of payable stretching, right?
Wrong. Chang looked at his suppliers and saw a few dozen small, relatively unimportant ones and a handful of crucial ones. Rather than spend all his money on the important suppliers, he devised a kind of reverse triage: he'd pay the small bills right away and drag out the big ones. He figured that if they shut him off, the small vendors could hurt him just about as much as the big ones. And besides, he could afford to pay the little bills. And the big vendors? Well, they wouldn't get green notes from the U.S. Treasury, but they would get plenty of Dennis Chang's private currency -- personal attention.
He talked to them every day. He returned their phone calls immediately. He took their families out to breakfast or lunch. If he managed to scrape together part of the money Jasmine owed, he personally hand-delivered the check. In short, he paid them with evidence of his intense commitment. When the cash crisis was over, he found, those suppliers felt like partners in his success.
Despite that success, it's clear that supplier financing is no substitute for more conventional forms of capital. With no outside equity in the company, Jasmine's heavy reliance on suppliers' credit makes it look terribly overleveraged. That, in turn, makes the company unappealing to banks and other lenders. Lack of both equity and borrowing capacity means it has no cushion against a temporary drop in sales, such as it suffered early last year.
There is an upside, though. It worked. It worked well enough that Jasmine is no longer a seed company or a start-up -- it's up and running hard. And that makes a world of difference to potential investors. Chang says he's constantly being approached by venture capitalists, investment bankers, and other investors, but he's not letting them turn his head. As usual, he has a plan: "The longer we hold them off, the less we have to give away of our company," he explains.
This could be the start of chapter two of Finesse Finance -- but that's another story.


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- Livraria Air Books
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- Computational Methods In Fluid Mechanics : A Handbook
Computational Methods In Fluid Mechanics : A Handbook
Computational Methods In Fluid Mechanics : A Handbook
Computational fluid dynamics, usually abbreviated as CFD, is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases with surfaces defined by boundary conditions. With high-speed supercomputers, better solutions can be achieved. Ongoing research yields software that improves the accuracy and speed of complex simulation scenarios such as transonic or turbulent flows. Initial experimental validation of such software is performed using a wind tunnel with the final validation coming in full-scale testing, e.g. flight tests. This book aims at bridging the gap between the two streams above by providing the reader with the theoretical background of basic CFD methods without going into deep detail of the mathematics or numerical algorithms. This book provides the basics of Computational Fluid Dynamics appropriate to modern day undergraduate study. The aim is to bridge the gap between books focusing on detailed theoretical analysis and commercial software user's guides which do not contain significant theory.
AUTOR: Gabriel Alozondo
EDITORA: Auris Reference
IDIOMA: inglês
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"Sixty percent of [my team's] work time is now freed up from not having to do abstraction to making improvements. And that is vital at a time when resources are at a premium."
— Mary Mang, director of quality and outcomes management at Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare
After millions of quality data transactions and years of core measure quality reporting, Q-Centrix is the leader in regulatory data management solutions, and larger than all of its competitors combined. Our core measure and eCQM solutions remove the burden of manual core measure abstraction and electronic submission of unknown data to CMS.


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It's Official: Skype Calling Coming to Verizon Smartphones
On Saturday, we reported on rumors that Verizon and Skype would be announcing a partnership deal at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Well, it's official. The two companies are announcing what they call a "strategic relationship that will bring Skype to Verizon Wireless smartphones in March."
Here's how the Skype mobile and Verizon Wireless partnership will work:
- 3G smartphone users with a data plan can make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype user around the world.
- Calls to international phone numbers will be at the Skype Out calling rate, if made through Skype mobile.
- Users can send and receive instant messages to other Skype users and remain connected to see friends' online statuses.
The rollout for Skype mobile will be pretty broad, coming to existing phones like the BlackBerry Storm 9530, the Storm 2 9550, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 and 8830 models, the BlackBerry Tour 9630, plus the Motorola DROID, the HTC DROID ERIS and the Motorola DEVOUR.
If you have one of those phones and a 3G data plan, you'll be able to start using Skype mobile when it rolls out in March.
Implications for the Future
As we noted in Saturday's post, the implications of this kind of partnership are potentially huge. While Skype or VoIP calling via cellular devices might not become ubiquitous overnight (if it even does become ubiquitous), this is a big move on the part of Verizon. It indicates that the future of the company's mobile business lies with data services. It makes sense too; clearly there is a lot more profit to be made in selling data subscriptions than bundles of voice minutes.
It will be interesting to see how other VoIP and VoIP-like services, as well as other carriers, respond to this announcement.
Do you see yourself using Skype to make voice calls from your cell phone? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments!
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The original building
that shows the beer garden to the right of postcard
Interior view of just the cafe
a 1960's view of the hall
currently the Lincoln Park Athletic Club
This 1888 article highlights the
Philosophy of the Turnverien
The mission and philosophy of the Social Turners continued in 1959 with the Pan-Am Games
1956 Road to Conservation
1959 Abandon Cars
also in 1959
Home Improvement Awards Issued
1961 Blight Fears
page 2
1962 A Battle with the CHA
Also in 1962
The New Folks in the Hood
(as well as in Uptown)
1963 A Permit Survey
the construction of the 4+1
|1964 The Strength of Associations
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1965 Abandon Buildings
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Residents get Older and So are the Buildings
A new association called Lakefront Coalition
request responsibility for the lakefront
1976 The Plague of Arson hits the Hood
Aldi NO: The Associations win one!
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1052 W. Waveland, near Wrigley Field due to civic pride and the hard work of local residents and local activists. Older buildings were renovated, and new and gay-owned businesses came to the neighborhood. In the residential areas, renovated homes and apartments were brought white collar folks and families to the neighborhood.
of the Neighborhood: LVCC
by Janice Rosenberg - 2002
from the Chicago Tribune
Janice Rosenberg via Chicago Tribune in 2002
The Chicago Tribune articles below tell a tale of how the civic associations of Lake View tried to resolve the issues of their day. As early as 1952, if not before, the suburbs were booming with middle income family developments while the city struggled with individuals and lower income families that needed to stay from economic survival within the city. Urban renewal that was the only a concept during the 1930's and 40's - now became a reality by the 60's forcing an urban flux within the neighborhoods of Lincoln Park, Lake View as well as Uptown - new groups of folks moving in and the old establishment folks moving out. Urban renewal began in the near north-side within Gold Coast and Lincoln Park forcing a low income population northward into Lake View and Uptown. Existing mansions and houses in Lake View were sold and/or redeveloped into room-to-rental or torn down for a new class of building. New mid-rise buildings were built for single or coupled individuals, no longer for families. Some would say, at that time, the community spirit that was once Lake View was changed to a new cultural reality. Organizations were established to handle this constant influx of new folks and cultures that began in the late 1950's and continued for decades to come.
(descriptors - 44th ward master plan 2006)
Belmont Harbor Neighbors
and absorbed by East Lake View Neighborhood Association in 2020
East Lake View Neighbors
ELVN Facebook
CLVN Facebook
Hawthorne Neighbors
HN Facebook - no website
South East Lake View Neighbors
SELVN Facebook
SNA Facebook
West Lakeview Neighbors
WLVN Facebook
Triangle Neighbors
TN Facebook - no website
South Lakeview Neighbors
SLN Facebook
Sheil Park Neighbors
merged with West Lake View Neighbor in 2006
Graceland West Community Association
GWCA Facebook
map of their area - their website
This association apparently shares it responsibility in both Lake View and Lincoln Park (see map).
This alleyway was to be used for the hotel deliveries
that faced the backyards of property owners
The last and final rendering of this failed development
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View a map of communities, neighborhood associations, and Block Clubs in Chicago per Google maps - not a complete & comprehensive map but it's something. They are not any registered 'block clubs' in Lake View as of 2016 unlike in Uptown and Edgewater. Also, listen and view a civic educational film about how to be a 'good citizen' as of 1949, an idealist view.


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Most of us these days believe on natural treatments, just because this type of treatment will not cause any side-effects. When it comes to natural treatment, Ayurveda can bring us the intended benefits and Shirodhara is one such healing technique under ayurvedic system of medicine. This term is used to denote the head as 'shiro' in Sanskrit, while the term 'dhara' means 'unbroken flow'. Medicated oil is poured to the head without any break in the flow, thereby getting this treatment this name.
How is this treatment offered?
Even though, this ayurvedic treatment can bring a whole lot of health benefits, it is stated that it is the ideal treatment option available for patients suffering with hair fall and migraine. During this treatment, a stream of oil is dropped over the head at a steady pace to bring about an intense relaxation feeling, besides stillness and calmness to your mind. In addition to hair fall and migraines, it is used as the treatment for stress relief, nervous issues, hypertension and insomnia. The idea behind this technique is to revitalize the mind and to bring oneness in the body.
During this treatment, the patient will be made to lie down on a wooden table known as panchakarma table. Once he/she lies down, a copper bowl with medicated oil will be hung above the head, exactly to point out the forehead. Before beginning the flow of oil, the practitioner will initially place a cloth over the eyebrows of the patient to prevent the flow of oil to the eyes.
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During this treatment, the patient will be made to lie down on a wooden table known as panchakarma table. Once he/she lies down, a copper bowl with medicated oil will be hung above the head, exactly to point out the forehead. Before beginning the flow of oil, the practitioner will initially place a cloth over the eyebrows of the patient to prevent the flow of oil to the eyes. In addition, eyebrows are closed to ensure that the eyes are relaxed. Before this treatment, an analysis of doshas will be conducted for identification of the right treatment from the different options available. The treatment involves pouring of oil continuously to the forehead and as the oil is medicated, it will provide complete relaxation to the patient and will induce good hair growth as well.
Timing of the treatment:
Shirodhara treatment is known to last for 20-25 minutes and after the treatment, the individual, who has got the treatment, will be asked to rest for some time. Shirodhara benefits are huge.
This treatment is generally considered ideal for bringing down stress levels and tension. It will also help in improving flow of blood to the brain, thereby improving memory power, besides bringing nourishment to the hair scalp. It can calm the mind and will address insomnia.
Here, let us get into the details about Shirodhara benefits:
- Improves digestive system health and natural metabolism process in the body.
- It can address burning sensation in eyes
- Premature greying of hair will be solved
- It can address insomnia.
- Can relieve many issues related to nervous system like ptosis, paralysis and facial palsy.
When talking about ayurvedic and natural remedies, Baba Ramdev medicines have already proven its mark with effective remedies for different conditions and this medicine also suggests shirodhara, pointing out shirodhara benefits and its beneficial effects on the human body.
Where to get this treatment?
In India, the state of Kerala is popular for this treatment and here are the centers in which this treatment can be obtained:
Best timing to take the treatment:
Experts stated that the best time to take shirodhara is between 7 am and 10 am.
So, all that is to be done is to choose the ideal treatment center to get this treatment..
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TFTP PXE-E32 Timeout
I just updated from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04. I am running Fog 1.2.0. When I try to PXE boot DHCP issues an IP but then the TFTP times out. I have verified the service is running and have even restarted it. Any idea why this is timing out? It was working before I updated.
Things to note:
in my Fog Settings - TFTP Server - username is set to 'Fog'
in my /etc/default/tftpd-hpa file I have:
Fog Modified version
I have also tried a username of "root" and also tried the address as ::69
Any suggestions on what may be wrong?
Thank you in advance!
@Uncle-Frank SWEET! It was the firewall. I'm now able to boot into Fog. Thank you very very much!!!
From the packet dump I see that DHCP seams alright. It points the client to the correct tftp server and file. The client then sends several requests to download undionly.kpxe via TFTP but does not get any answer. It's definitely a TFTP issue. Maybe there is a firewall involved?
sudo ufw disable
Please follow the TFTP troubleshooting guide to see if you can download files via TFTP by hand… https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_TFTP
@Uncle-Frank tftp_issue.pcap
I can only guess as I am not sitting in front of your machine. Maybe you can help us with capturing the network traffic while you try to boot the client.
sudo apt-get install tcpdump ... sudo tcpdump -i eth0 -w tftp_issue.pcap udp
Leave that sitting and boot up the client. Stop tcpdump (CTRL+C) soon after you got the timout and upload the PCAP file to the forums.
next-server has my Fog servers static IP. Is this correct? When I check the DHCP server status it looks good. I get back: isc-dhcp-server start/running, process 1397
filenamein /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf seams ok. But what does
next-serverlook like? Is the DHCP server running (
service isc-dhcp-server status)?
Try this troubleshooting guide: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_TFTP
@Tom-Elliott Yes it is. This is a single server totally seperate from the regular network.
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What is your DHCP server? Is DHCP handled by the same fog server?
Please pardon my ignorance but what does that mean? I'm very new to Linux and Fog. How do I tell the dhcp server which file and where to find it?
In my /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file I see:
filename "undionly.kpxe"; <-- is this what you are referring to?
Thank you!
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Have you told the dhcp server where to get the files and what file to get?


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If you've ever browsed Pinterest at the end of January/early February, then you are at least somewhat aware of the intricate details and immense effort behind some Valentine's Day desserts. As someone who loves to eat sweets, I rarely find myself with enough patience to construct any sort of elaborate, edible masterpiece. This recipe for my heart-shaped chocolate cake with strawberries turned out surprisingly well for not having any sort of "real plan" before I began. Make sure you read through the explanations under each picture because I share some tips from my experience.
The first thing you need to do if you are using frozen strawberries takes place the night before. Before you go to bed, dump the bag of frozen strawberries into a glass bowl and leave them in the freezer overnight to thaw. In the morning, take the bowl of strawberries out of the fridge and leave them near the oven to continue to thaw as the oven preheats.
That being said, bake the cake exactly how the box tells you to (ESPECIALLY for cooling procedures – this will help out immensely later on). The only thing I did differently than how the box described was I sifted the cake mix into my mixing bowl to (a) get rid of any lumps of cake mix and (b) add air into the mix to help create a fluffier cake. I baked my cake in a 9 x 13 non-stick pan.
While the cake is cooking, get another clean bowl and strain the strawberries into the new bowl, but keep the strawberry juice. Put the strawberries aside and combine the entire tub of frosting with the strawberry juice – this frosting will cover the outside of the cake. I added 3ish drops of red food coloring to create a brighter pink color.
Once the cake is done baking, let it cool for at least one hour before you remove the cake from the pan. Allowing it to cool will help ensure that your cake will remove from the pan in one piece. After the cake has COMPLETELY cooled, cut out two hearts from the cake. To make this heart shaped stencil, I folded a piece of copy paper in half like a book and cut out a half-heart shape. When you unfold it, voila, it's an entire heart!
In order to get a second heart out of this cake, I had to flip the stencil 180 degrees (opposite of what is seen in the picture above) on the remaining cake. Any scraps are fair game for snack time.
Once you have your two cakes cut out, it's time to get them each in half – if you're used to cooking meat, we want to "butterfly" these cakes open. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO DO THIS SLOWLY. The first of these cakes I cut too quickly and the bottom layer was basically only crumbs. Hold your non-dominant hand on top of the cake to squish it down slightly and keep it in place. Take a sharp knife and begin cutting it from one side using a sawing motion. The goal is for each half of the cake to be relatively the same thickness, which is why it's important to go slowly.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN FROSTING, touch the inside of both sides of the cake to make sure that they are cool. If either end if even slightly warm, cover them in plastic wrap and leave it alone until it cools. Frosting a warm cake, I learned, is incredibly messy and frustrating. Once the cake is completely cool take the other, unopened container of frosting and use about half of it to frost upward-facing part the bottom layer of cake. Cover the frosted part with the strawberries. Place the bottom of the top layer of cake on top of the strawberries by carefully flipping the unfrosted half over so that the smooth top is facing up.
In hindsight, I also would've added a thin layer of frosting to the bottom of the top layer of cake to help adhere to the strawberry layer.
Remember that pink frosting we made earlier? Now it's time to frost the whole cake. In hindsight, I would've done two layers, one super thin to collect all of the loose crumbs (called a crumb coat, thanks Cake Wars for that terminology) and another one on top to appear more presentable.
If I were to bake this all over again, I would not have cut any cake in half. I would have just layered the two cakes on top of each other to make a gigantic cake.
1 box cake mix
2-3 containers of vanilla icing
1 bag of frozen strawberries
Red food coloring
- The night before defrost strawberries in a glass bowl in the refrigerator.
- Remove bowl of strawberries from refrigerator and place near oven.
- Bake cake according to box directions in a 9 x 13 in pan.
- Strain strawberries from any juice in the bowl.
- Combine juice with one tub of frosting and 3-4 drops of red food coloring. Set aside.
- Once cake is out of the oven, allow cake to completely cool before removing from pan.
- Remove cake from pan and cut out two large hearts.
- Using non-dominant hand to apply pressure to the top of the cake, cut one cake in half horizontally.
- Frost top of bottom layer of cake with other tub of frosting. Apply strawberries to the frosting.
- Cover strawberries with the other half of the cake ensuring that the smooth side is facing up.
- Frost entire cake with pink frosting.
- Repeat steps 8-11 with other cake.
Let me know what dessert you'll be making for Valentine's Day in the comments below or on Twitter!


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Safety hazards in the home caused by building work
Building regulations may be useful in tracking hazards in the home.
Building regulations apply to 'building work', for example work involving the underpinning of a building or provision or extension of a controlled service, and 'material change of use' (eg a new building or a house being converted into flats).[1] Compliance with building regulations may also be required for alteration projects, such as:
- replacing fuse boxes and connected electrics
- installing a bathroom (when that involves plumbing work)
- replacing windows and doors
- adding extra radiators to a heating system
In other circumstances, repairs or renovations of property should meet the regulations that last applied to the property, ie the last time building work or material change of use took place.
Building regulations specify standards of work and materials and cover issues such as compliance with requirements for soundproofing, a flat roof being used as a garden, prevention of fire spread, and ventilation.
A person seeking building regulations approval for work done on her/his home can do so through LABC (the body representing local authority building control) or a private approved inspector. Sometimes the builder or installer (eg of a window or boiler) can self-certify the work if s/he is registered with the relevant Competent Person Scheme.
Occupiers who are concerned about breaches of the regulations should contact LABC or the local authority.
The information on this page applies only to England. Go to Shelter Cymru for information relating to Wales.
[1] Building Regulations 2010 SI 2010/2214, as amended.


text: PHOENIX — One of the main reasons OF Jason Bourgeois signed with the Rays for this season was the urging of childhood friend Carl Crawford , the longtime Tampa Bay star who raved about the team, staff and situation and convinced Bourgeois he would fit in well.So it was only fitting that when Bourgeois walked into the Rays clubhouse Tuesday, having been called up to replace injured CF Desmond Jennings , he saw that clubhouse manager Chris Westmoreland had assigned him Crawford's No. 13."It's crazy," Bourgeois said. "It's the first thing I saw when I got in here. I was like, 'Woah, I got the man's jersey!' I won't let him down."Bourgeois, 31, has experience of playing parts of five seasons in the majors, most recently with the Royals in 2012, and was doing well at Triple-A Durham, hitting .291 with two homers, 57 RBIs, 21 steals and a .354 average with runners in scoring position.Manager Joe Maddon said Bourgeois will be used situationally, as a pinch-hitter and pinch-runner and as part of what could be up to a five-man ensemble in centerfield, along with Sam Fuld (who started Tuesday), Sean Rodriguez , Ben Zobrist and even rookie Wil Myers , who played the final two innings there Tuesday. Bourgeois pinch-hit and went to left, where he made a leaping catch at the wall in the eighth inning.The key, Maddon said, will be balancing their need for defense, which Fuld provides the most of, and offense. "Wide open," Maddon said. "You could see everybody probably but (catchers Jose ) Molina and ( Jose ) Lobaton ."Similarly, Maddon said the leadoff spot will be a "revolving door" with SS Yunel Escobar (who was there Tuesday), Zobrist and OF Matt Joyce .Bourgeois, who got the unexpected news after Monday's game in Durham, said he was thrilled just to be a part of it again. Even better is that the Rays' next stop is Dodger Stadium, where Crawford now works. "That's crazy timing," Bourgeois said. "It'll be great to see him."To make room on the 40-man roster for Bourgeois, the Rays moved RHP Alex Cobb (concussion) from the 15- to the 60-day disabled list, which sets Aug. 15 as the first day he can return.As a result, Cobb, who was struck in the head by a line drive June 15, had his next rehab start pushed back a day, to Friday for Class A Charlotte, with the possibility that he could then start next for the Rays on Aug. 15. MOORE BETTER: LHP Matt Moore had another encouraging session playing catch and said that if his elbow continues to feel as well as it has, he could be take the mound as soon as Saturday for the first of several bullpen sessions leading to his return, potentially during the Aug. 13-18 homestand.Moore said the ball "was coming out pretty good" as he made 40-plus throws at a distance of 70 feet with teammate David Price . "It's definitely something that over the course of the last week it's gotten considerably better every couple of days," he said. "I'm much better now than I was two days ago, and two days before that the same thing." DESMOND DOWN: The Rays were hoping Jennings would miss only a couple days with a sprain of his left middle finger, but a further exam and additional X-rays by specialist Dr. Doug Carlan revealed a small rim fracture on the outside of his knuckle.Maddon said they expect Jennings to miss only the two weeks or so he will be on the DL, and to return on or close to his Aug. 19 eligible date."It's unfortunate," Maddon said. "We're definitely going to miss him. What's going on right now, the kinds of teams we're playing, it might be nice to have his skill set." MISCELLANY: Maddon said he was "pleased to see action being taken" against PED users and wants believe this is "the beginning of the end." … INF Ryan Roberts , a former D'back, got a nice ovation before his first at-bat. … The D'backs welcomed back and showed a video of Rays TV analyst Brian Anderson , who pitched for them.


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A shoe collection is a dream of many. Lots of folks are ill-equipped to filter out trendy, poorly-made choose in favor of quality shoes with timeless appeal. The following tips will help you shop for your next pair of shoes.
If you put on gym shoes, wear socks. Doing this could make your feet get damaged due to the foot rubbing on the sides of the shoe. You may also develop athlete's foot. For best results, sprinkle foot powder in your shoe and wear cotton socks.
It is suggested that you have each foot measured individually if you aren't quite sure what your correct shoe size is. Many people have one foot that's a bit larger or longer than the other. Try finding a pair of shoes that will fit your longer or larger foot perfectly in order to be comfortable.
Try on both shoes and go for a walk or even a jog around the store. If you don't try them out, you'll have no idea that they don't fit right. Try different sizes to determine which one is the best fit.
Determine what your arch type is before you get athletic shoes. Not all of them are created to fit properly on all arches. Wet your foot, and then step onto a sheet of white paper. The wet footprint will show you the kind of arch your foot has. You will be able to see if you have a high arch or you have a flat foot. If you have a high arch, you won't be able to see the middle. This can allow you to get a more comfortable fit from the shoe.
It's great to have a classic shoe collection. As you grow your collection, it is important to know what to look for when it comes to style, quality and price. Fortunately, this article has started you in the right direction to make the best investments when you are shoe shopping. Keep in mind what you're learning, and you're going to soon realize you have a great collection.


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Enterprises can be empowered to live up to the potential of becoming dynamic, agile and real-time. Service orientation is emerging from the amalgamation of a number of key business, technology and cultural developments. ...


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Porphyromonas gingivalis is an anaerobic gram-negative rod which has been isolated frequently from the periodontal pockets of patients with periodontal disease. The organism has been implicated as a major pathogen in the development of adult periodontitis. The ELISA testing method with a cellulose acetate paper point for detecting P.gingivalis (P.g.) and its antibody responses in subgingival plaque samples were investigated. Using multipin peptide synthesis technology, several sequential overlapping peptides were synthesized. Six and seven immunodominant regions within 41K-fimbriae and 72-CSK protein molecule, which definitely reacted with the serum of patients with periodontal diseases, were detected, respectively. Rabbit polyclonal IgG (Poly Pgf-I) and mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs Pgf-I) against 41K-fimbriae were obtained. Poly Pgf-I and mAbs Pgf-I reacted with cell suspensions consisting of the range of 20,000 to 2,000,000 P.g.cells by the ELISA method. The developed paper point could be classified into four degrees -, +, ++ and +++ according to the number of P.g.cells. Poly Pgf-I and mAbs Pgf-I reacted with P.g.cells, while neither of these antibodies reacted with whole cells of other oral or nonoral black-pigmented bacterial species. Analysis by the ELISA method resulted in definite immunoreactivity in subgingival plaque samples of patients with adult periodontitis, while no detectable reactivity was found in those of normal healthy subjects. Among the patients, high titers of both 41K-fimbria-and 72K-CSP-antibodies or against each protein antigens separately were observed in the serum specimens tested. The 41K-fimbriae-specific IgG subclass responses were elevated in the advanced stage of adult periodontitis, and IgG4 was dominant. The simple and rapid ELISA method using the paper point may be useful for the identification of P.g. and detection of P.g.-specific antibodies.
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Leader in science-driven insights, PI Worldwide, has put together five best practices to help organizations maximize employee engagement and retention of top talent. The best practices tips are designed to help employers overcome engagement and retention battles as a 2013 Gallup study on The State of the Global Workforce revealed that just 13 percent of employees worldwide were engaged. Gallup said that this meant around one in eight workers—roughly 180 million employees out of 142 countries studied—are "psychologically committed to their jobs and likely to be making positive contributions to their organizations."
How can employers increase this number? Check out PI Worldwide's five tips:
1. Design Jobs with Growth Opportunities. People flourish in environments that support learning and development with continuous skill growth as part of the overall package. When creating job descriptions, articulate a clear path to promotion, opportunities to work on teams, to receive feedback from others, and to grow outside of the organization.
2. Monitor Job Satisfaction. A robust and consistent finding in organizational psychology is that satisfied employees are less likely to leave. Monitor employee satisfaction with frequency using both quantitative and qualitative means.
3. Maximize "Employee Embeddedness." Evaluate the level of connection each employee has with the organization and job, which includes fit into the workplace, richness of personal connections, and what a person would have to give up if they left. The more embedded the employee, the more likely they will stay.
4. Manage Early Interactions. New impressions are formed fast and events that occur in the first hours and days can strongly predict turnover six to twelve months later. It is best to provide clear and early communication about culture and values, combined with frequent check-ins from multiple sources.
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Arguably one of the most difficult elements of achieving ISO 27001 certification is providing the documentation for the information security management system (ISMS). The documentation that is required to create a conforming system, particularly in more complex businesses, can sometimes be up to a thousand pages.
So which documents do you need to to achieve compliance with ISO 27001:2013?
- 4.3 The scope of the ISMS
- 5.2 Information security policy
- 6.1.2 Information security risk assessment process
- 6.1.3 Information security risk treatment process
- 6. 1.3 d) The Statement of Applicability
- 6.2 Information security objectives
- 7.2 d) Evidence of competence
- 7.5.1 b) Documented information determined by the organization as being necessary for the effectiveness of the ISMS
- 8.1 Operational planning and control
- 8.2 Results of the information security risk assessment
- 8.3 Results of the information security risk treatment
- 9.1 Evidence of the monitoring and measurement of results
- 9.2 A documented internal audit process
- 9.2 g) Evidence of the audit programs and the audit results
- 9.3 Evidence of the results of management reviews
- 10.1 f) Evidence of the nature of the non-conformities and any subsequent actions taken 10.1 g) Evidence of the results of any corrective actions taken
Additional documents
Many of the controls in Annex A also require specific documentation, including the following in particular:
- A 7.1.2 and A.13.2.4 Definition of security roles and responsibilities
- A 8.1.1 An inventory of assets
- A 8.1.3 Rules for the acceptable use of assets
- A.8.2.1 Information classification scheme
- A.9.1.1 Access control policy
- A 12.1.1 Operating procedures for IT management
- A 12.4.1 and A.12.4.3 Logs of user activities, exceptions, and security events
- A 14.2.5 Secure system engineering principles
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- A 16.1.5 Incident management procedure
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The Alsace Wine Route: Wine Becomes Travel
Over 170km, one of the oldest tourist routes in France has quite a bit in store for you: tasty surprises through encounters with wine-growers; architectural surprises through a hundred wine-growing areas in the ancient past; and finally, natural surprises in the Parc Régional des Vosges. Take the wheel, get on your bike or slip on your hiking shoes to explore, over 5 stages, the Alsace Wine Route.
Start your adventure in the Wissembourg region to the far north of Alsace. The route will guide you through villages full of particularly well preserved Alsace traditions: half-timbered houses (18th and 19th centuries), costumes, folklore and dialects that are still spoken. Time to take a break in one of the numerous wine cellars, you need to cover 60km heading south to reach the outskirts of Strasbourg.
Hiking Paradise
Once in the Strasbourg vineyards, a few kilometres from the European capital, the various wine routes intersect the vineyards of Kochersberg, planted in the middle of grain crops. Further on, there stands the famous hill of Scharrach, where you will admire the extraordinary view over Vosges, the Alsace plain and even the cathedral of Strasbourg.
Halfway between Strasbourg and Colmar, in the Cœur d'Alsace Region, the great sentinel bears a name: The Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg. It is typical of medieval castle ruins, nestled in the countryside made up of vineyards and forests. Your children will be fascinated by the Volerie des Aigles (a hilltop medieval castle hosting bird-of-prey shows) and the Montagne des Singes (Barbary macaque reservation) in Kintzheim.
Head further south in the direction of the Pays de Colmar, which is full of flat and Vosges mountain landscapes, as well as vineyards inter-dispersed along your route, punctuated by medieval villages. Stop in the village of Riquewihr, the most beautiful village of France, where the very well preserved ramparts surround this vineyard gem. You should also take the time to visit Colmar, a city that you explore by boat, on the canals crossing the city, giving it the nickname of Little Venice. You will be amazed by the half-timbered houses and their balconies adorned with multi-coloured geraniums.
Finally, your adventure comes to a close on the South-Alsace Wine Route, known for its height, where the vines are grown on terraces. Over the kilometres, cyclists and hikers combine exercise and discovery of varied landscapes: Medieval castle ruins, flowery villages, Roman abbeys, undulating vines and winstubs, the famous local wine bars. In these tasting areas there is also a vast range of restaurants and hotels. We should also mention the farms, hostels, local produce markets and charming abodes that punctuate an extraordinary cultural and vinicultural experience.
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REVIEW: 'The Mighty Crusaders' #3 by Ian Flynn, Kelsey Shannon, and Matt Herms
The Mighty Crusaders are under attack from the evil Eliminators. It's an action-packed third issue that puts the team at the mercy of a band of supervillains with a secret weapon named Dream Demon.
Writer: Ian Flynn
Artist: Kelsey Shannon, Matt Herms, Ryan Jampole
Letters: Jack Morelli
Publisher: Dark Circle Comics
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Cover Price: $3.99
Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
After the last issue where some of the Crusaders questioned The Shield's leadership, issue three finds little time for inter-squad drama and a whole lot of time for all-out war. The two teams go at it from splash page to panel after panel. Kelsey Shannon choreographs an exciting series of confrontations that convey a great deal of impact on each combatant. We listen to Steel Sterling's inner monologue as the road-weary veteran who's faced the Eliminators many times before. All that fighting seems to have taken a toll on him.
Ian Flynn slyly uses Steel's monologue as a way to introduce some of the Eliminators to the reader and it works without being awkward. Flynn evokes some classic superteam clashes like the Justice League versus the Injustice League or similar and the result is a rousing battle with some surprising turns. One of those is the powerful Dream Demon with the power to bring your greatest nightmares to life with a touch of her hands. Nothing comes easy for the Crusaders.
Meanwhile, the subplots are brief but preview a bigger fight looming for our heroes. A major force is awakened in Eternos who seems like the Thanos/Darkseid villain of the Dark Circle universe. It's all beautifully rendered by Shannon, colorist Matt Herms, and inker Ryan Jampole. Imagine a modern day Jack Kirby comic I think this would be it. The classic character designs with bright primary colors and the simple good versus evil plotting are what makes comics fun and not just for nostalgic reasons. And yet it's deeper than that too. Flynn balances character development with action giving readers what the want in shock & awe while getting to know these heroes.
'The Mighty Crusaders' continues to face conflicts internally and externally. The team has to band together against great odds battling the Eliminators. A new villain turns out to be more formidable than anyone thought while an even greater threat emerges. This is an old-fashioned comic book superteam that is rousing and exhilarating. Flynn and company have created a sort of throwback that cuts to the chase and leaves you hanging on every page.


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In his essay 'Reimagining Shakespeare', featured in the program for A Tender Thing, Patrick Lonergan states, quite rightly, that "…every generation of theatre-makers and audiences feel the need to reinvent Shakespeare". The impulse to visually contemporise Shakespeare in theatre and in film – be it West Side Story, or Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet – is testament to the longevity of Shakespeare's themes: be they love unfulfilled, the downfall of powerful leaders, or health and social issues that remain, in the news, to this day, such as dementia and euthanasia.
The success of A Tender Thing, Ben Power's daring and visionary adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring tragedies, is that it somehow manages to remain true to the muscular, romantic and poetic intensity of Shakespeare's original text, while feeling truly original and fresh with subtle visual dimensions that shine through in Selina Cartmell's direction and Monica Frawley's set design.
The set – a bedroom with symmetrical wall lamps and bedside lockers, an en suite, featured upstage left, as well as featuring the central characters dressed in bedclothes – immediately recalls Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, particularly the bedroom of Ayckbourn's ageing married couple, Ernest and Delia, albeit without the hilarity of Ayckbourn's comedy. While Ayckbourn's ageing couple spend most of their time delivering their lines from their bed, however, Owen Roe (Romeo) delivers his soliloquies with his back turned to a bed-ridden Juliet (Olwen Fouéré).
At the centre of Power's adaptation are two very contrasting performances that encapsulate the central dichotomies of Power's adaptation. Owen Roe is, quite simply, Romeo as you've never seen him: Roe delivers soliloquies in a manner that is unexpectedly natural and less laboured. Much of the verbal force and energy of Power's adaptation comes through in Roe's predominantly verbal performance. The opening moments in which Roe bellows "Give me the light!", downstage left, grabs the audience's attention; once gained, Roe's performance relaxes into natural, unforced tones that reflect the stripped down nature Power's adaptation.
Contrasting sharply with Roe's nuanced performance is a magnificent and startling performance from Olwen Fouéré. A master-class in physical acting, Fouéré's brave performance brilliantly articulates Juliet's terminal decline, while at the same time working closely with Sinéád Wallace's subtle use of light, which is true to the mostly- silent nature of Fouéré's performance. Wallace's lighting, at times, almost feels like another character in the adaptation.
Featured on back on the play's program is Shakespeare's Sonnet 116, in which The Great Bard writes "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, / But bears it out even to the edge of doom". In Ben Power's slow-burning adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, we get a sense, over 90 minutes, of that doom through a compressed and consistent adaptation, full of imagination and, most of all, heart.
A Tender Thing runs at the Project Arts Centre until 15th February.
Star rating: 4 / 5
Venue: Project Arts Centre
Written by: Ben Power (adapted from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet)
Directed by: Selina Cartmell
Cast: Olwen Fouéré (Juliet), Owen Roe (Romeo)


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Welcome back! This week I'm showcasing a range of recent creations. At the moment I'm just creating as I have time and as inspiration hits. As a family, we've had a very busy and stressful 4 months and at the moment I'm taking the time to have a breather and just create for the fun of it.
My first card is a little pink donkey I've had sitting on my computer for ages! I'm so pleased that I printed her out and had a go at colouring her. I love the final result so much, that I printed another one and turned that into a little blue donkey LOL. These images are by Meljen's Designs and they are super cute for that perfect baby card!
I coloured both donkeys with Copic Markers. And cardstock are all from GinaK Designs.
The DP for the pink donkey is a little scrap from my stash.
The DP for the blue donkey is from the 'A Boy's Life' collection by Echo Park.
The salmon coloured ribbon is Crushed Silky Ribbon by the Ribbon Carousel and the blue twine is by The Twinery.
All the other embellishments are from my stash.
I've also been very busy making thank you cards for a number of people, and have been inspired by one of Melanie Muenchinger's latest creations (click on the link to visit Melanie's blog and see her fab tutorials):
Again, all cardstock are by GinaK Designs.
The image and sentiment are from the 'Nature's Greetings' set by GinaK Designs and were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.
I used Copic markers to colour the images and added stickles to the centre of each flower.
Lastly, I just had to use this Fairytale Princess digi image by Saturated Canary. This image reminds me of all the fairy tales I read as a child and I'm entering it into this week's challenge #39 "Read All About It". I'm also entering this card into this month's challenge over at the Ribbon Carousel (RCC #78 - Spring).
Cardstock is by GinaK Designs. The DP is from the 'Lost & Found 3' collection by My Mind's Eye.
I coloured the princess using Copic markers and added stickles to her dress. I cut out the image using my Cuttlebug and a circle die by Spellbinders. I sponged some TH distress ink in Faded Jeans around the image.
The ribbon is by the Ribbon Carousel.
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!


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Marina Bay has more than just attractions to offer. Within and around it are various shopping malls, retail outlets and boutiques to sate the need of its visitors. Tourists can have a shopping spree day of almost everything they seek to fill their bags with. These malls are connected by equally significant footpaths and bridges like The Promenade and The Helix. Some of the malls found in the Marina Bay are:
Esplanade Mall
A mall located at the coastline of Marina Bay adjacent to the mouth of Singapore River. It stretches vastly at 8,000 square meter populated with various shops and establishments for retail, dining and entertainment. It was purposely built for the performing artists of the country.
Marina Square
Located at Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square has various retail outlets for fashion, health, food, baby needs, jewelry and even electronics. It also houses various beauty salons and lifestyle needs provider. With all the available stores in it, one day is almost not enough to visit each of them.
City Link Mall
This mall pools a total of 60 tenants that offer selection for different shopping needs. Its 350 meters space is devoted to offering shoppers with branded and well-established selections from apparel to beauty needs.
The mall is part of One Raffles Link Development – the very first commercial project of Hong Kong Land in Singapore. The mall's design was created by a high- caliber and infamous architect- Mr. Kohn Pedersen from New York. In his design, Mr. Pedersen takes advantage of the skylight to give the mall a natural light to create a warmer and refreshing ambience.
Millenia Walk
Millenia Walk promises a one-stop hub for all the shopping needs of anybody. The selection varies from the trendiest outfit and fashion to the most notable gadget of the season. The one-of-a-kind selections of popular brands including Eyes@Work, Trixillini, Rossi, and Van Laack are among the prides of the mall.
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands
Marina Bay Sands is a world-class hotel that offers tourists a 5-star accommodation, dining and shopping experience. In it is luxurious premises are numerous luxury brands of fashionable clothing selections for men and women, jewelry and fashion accessories, leather selections and even the hottest gadget in town and of the time.
Some other shopping malls found in the area are Suntec City Mall, Raffles Hotel Arcade, Raffles City and Shopping Centre. With all these shopping centers, tourist can go gaga jumping from one mall to another to complete their shopping.


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Ideas for finishing your belly dance performance
Dancers and choreographers say that your audience always remembers 2 things about your performance the entrance and the exit! The way you start and finish your dance is more important than most of what's in between. Really? That could be debatable I am sure.
However, most dancers and choreographers love a great ending. We focus too much on the beginning and the rest of the dance and we think that the ending is dictated by the music. Yes and No. You can always be creative.
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Unified Communications
Unified communications integrate several business communication tools into one sleek and efficient platform. This increases not only efficiency, but responsiveness in organizations.
Utilizing modern technology, your organization can streamline email, voicemail, inter-office chat, and multimedia applications into one system, which often reduces extraneous waste and unnecessary complication. With services like VoIP, unified communications are easy to integrate without disrupting productivity, and perform better than other, antiquated communications systems.
After the jump, we'll give you the current list of services usually included in unified communications.
Unified communication services integrate:
- VoIP phone
- Voicemail
- Fax
- Chat
- Mobile
- Multimedia Applications
Basically, with unified communications, you can use just one service provider for all your communications. The service providers above all offer some type of unified communications.
Brief History of Unified Communications
Unified Communications has evolved as VoIP phone use has increased.
It's because VoIP uses Internet technology; a lot of other services, like emailing and instant messaging, are easy enough to integrate with VoIP.
Integrating services into is usually software-based, unifying all communication devices into one platform.
Types of Unified Communications
There are two main types of Unified Communication systems.
On-Premise: A purchases unified communications software and systems and maintains it at their premises. Popular Unified Communications platforms include ones made by Cisco and Microsoft. These companies usually have resellers that will design the system according to your needs and specifications.
These unified communications systems, such as Cisco's Unified Communications Manager, can usually support up to 30,000 users. This type of solution is more appropriate for larger companies or enterprises.
Hosted: A provider hosts the Unified Communication service and the company pays a monthly fee per line. This Unified Communications system is more appropriate for small to medium sized businesses. It lets them enjoy the benefits of unified communications without the costs of maintenance.
What can unified communications do for my business?
Save time
Unified communications help companies increase responsiveness through features such as 'Find Me, Follow Me' or simultaneous ring. Calls will be directed to the right person or people. If that person is not available, it can be forwarded to another phone. The user can also be alerted when a voicemail has been left - by SMS, by email, or instant messaging (for example), so that users can respond immediately, even when they are not in the office.
Conferencing and collaboration are easier and more convenient with unified communications. You can make faster decisions with team members regardless of where they are.
Save money
Companies used to have to subscribe to different providers for different communication services. Now VoIP providers usually offer services such as business phones, fax, conferencing services, and auto attendants in one package. This makes it more affordable and easier to link together.
More mobility
Unified communications make your business phone system work for you within and outside of the confines of your office building. Your business phone can be accessed even when you are in a business trip in another country.
Here are some ways VoIP unified communication systems help you take your business phone everywhere:
- Portable handsets: Just take your VoIP handset with you.
- Softphone: Install telephone software on your computer.
- Call Forwarding: Have all calls forwarded to any phone, including your mobile phone.
- Online Management: Manage your business phone system through online management systems. As the administrator, you have full control of the company's phone system wherever you are.
- Notifications: Get text or email alerts when you have a voicemail.
Increase productivity
Aside from increasing responsiveness to customers or clients, unified communications also help increase productivity within the company by increasing the ways and ease with which staff members can communicate. Staff members who work from home or work in different office buildings can easily reach each other and collaborate with a unified communication system because it links the entire company into one communications system. Users can easily chat with each other, call extensions, set up conference call meetings, and even collaborate online.


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Married or divorced?
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@my2boys (821)
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October 6, 2008 8:34pm CST
Are your parents married or divorced? If they are divorced how old were you when they got divorced? Did you grow up with them together and then they divorced when you were an adult? Or did they divorce when you were a kid? My parents divorced when i was 4 years old. I honestly think i was better off that way.
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@bwaybaby (904)
• United States
7 Oct 08
My parents are still married. They've been married for 25 years. My dad's parents got divorced when he was six. He was the one who discovered that his dad was having an affair. His sisters still blame him for it. His dad ended up having a total of three marriages, so I don't think that it was my dad's fault.
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@AmbiePam (56899)
• United States
8 Oct 08
My parents are married. They celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary on August 29th. I know the first ten years were hard on them, especially my mom. My dad was a bit of a workaholic, and although he was trying to help people, he did neglect family time as well as my mom's needs. But when my mom got sick it was like his eyes were opened. Somtimes my mom tells me she can't believe how much he has changed, and how lucky she is to be married to her best friend. I realize I'm blessed to have them, because I can't imagine them being divorced. I admire kids who get through that without a lot of scars. And yes, some people are better off divorced, as hard as that is to say.
@cripfemme (7710)
• United States
7 Oct 08
My parents got divorced when I was 3 or 4. They were unhappy married and my dad was a bad parent (sorry, but it's true). I didn't get very close to him as a kid and I'm still not. I was better off totally due to the fact that they were divorced.
@jammyt (2822)
• Philippines
7 Oct 08
There's no divorce in the Philippines. I grew up with both of them. My parents are still together under one roof. They're not in the best of terms (with their age now, both above 60!) but at least they are together. Not fighting, just not talking. My sister and I are both of age already and we realized it is really better this way.


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Connor has been part of the Colonnade BridgePort family since 2012, initially as an investment analyst and advancing quickly to more senior positions. He previously worked in finance at the National Research Council of Canada and General Mills Canada. While at General Mills, Connor received the company's Excellence in Finance Award.
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Paper lives on sustainability
Paper lives on sustainability
Published 3 March 2015 by Stora Enso
Contrary to common belief, the paper industry can actually be seen as a forerunner in promoting sustainable business and the use of renewable materials. "Sustainability is at the heart of Stora Enso's business. How could it not be, with our main raw material being wood?" asks Klaus Barduna, Responsibility Senior Vice President at Stora Enso Paper.
Investors and other stakeholders are showing more and more interest towards corporate responsibility in all areas of business. It has become a known fact that responsible operations are a requirement for profitable business.
Nevertheless, the level of commitment to sustainability is higher in some areas of business and in some companies than in others. Klaus Barduna, Responsibility Senior Vice President at Stora Enso Paper, believes that the paper industry is a forerunner in responsible business.
"Sustainable thinking is in the nature of forest industry. At Stora Enso, we are committed to sustainable forestry. Our most important raw material, wood, is renewable, our operations are using an extraordinarily high share of biomass energy, and our products can be recycled many times over or ultimately burned for biomass energy," Barduna explains.
A close watch on development
Barduna has worked for Stora Enso for 14 years so he has had a front-row seat to the development of the forest and paper industry. Before that, he worked as a management consultant and as an auditor for environmental, health and safety and quality issues.
"I was already familiar with the sustainability standards when I started at Stora Enso, but I keep learning all the time. Part of my job, for instance, is to closely follow new legislation and regulations being set by the European Commission as well as at the national and local level."
Apart from supporting the paper mills of the Paper division, Barduna and his team are responsible for providing sustainability information to customers and other stakeholders.
"Our customers' interest in sustainability issues and the origin of paper is increasing. They are not only asking for sustainability information more frequently, but also for more details," Barduna says.
This reflects a growing concern towards and an awareness of environmental and social issues. High expectations are levied on global companies like Stora Enso; these companies are not only expected to follow the rules, but to go beyond, to listen, to learn, and to continuously improve.
Exceeding the requirements
Notwithstanding the proven sustainability track record at Stora Enso and other companies, Barduna feels that the public image of the forest industry and paper as a product is not as good as it should be.
"The younger generation in particular seems to have the wrong perception of the environmental impact of the paper industry. I see this as a challenge for the whole industry. We must become even better in communicating our sustainability-related credentials and achievements, be it with raw material sourcing, energy efficiency, water utilisation, waste management or other environmental issues around our operations."
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Today In History - Friday, December 7, 2007
For those of you who don't know today is Pearl Harbor Day. This is the day we give special remembrance and recognition to the brave men and women who lost their lives during that fateful attack, and to those who survived to win the war. Please take a minute to remember the cost of your freedom. Stop and think about the citizen volunteer soldiers serving today in our armed forces. Pray for them. Pray for their families and friends. Pray for our armed forces and our leaders this holiday season.
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