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How to build successful relationships with referral partners!
by Sue Henry
Master networkers ask for referral partners.
Average networkers are always scrambling for their next customer or client-or golden eggs. Golden eggs buy for themselves.
Master networkers ask for personal introductions to referral partners who have the ability to send multiple referrals on an ongoing basis. We call these golden geese.
There are two ways to identify who your "golden geese" are.
Who knows your next customer before you?
Think about the relationship between a dentist and orthodontist. The dentist has children as patients. When little Johnny gets to the point of needing braces, the dentist talks to the parents and tells them that Johnny needs to see an orthodontist.
What do the parents ask? They ask the dentist to recommend an orthodontist.
If you are the orthodontist, who is your dentist? Who knows your customer or client before you do?
- Identify the industries where you would find your golden geese.
- Determine which companies in these industries you want to do business with.
- Who is the person you want to talk to? What is their name? Title?
- Use this information to ask for a personal introduction to this person at your next BNI meeting or networking event. Remember, it's the personal introduction that will help you get your foot in the door!
Does the orthodontist have only one dentist sending patients? Of course not! He has multiple dentists referring patients to him who keep his appointment calendar and bank account full. Like the orthodontist, you'll want to develop relationships with multiple people in each profession.
Who works with the same client but offers a different product or service?
The first place to look would be within your BNI chapter. Schedule 1-to-1's to learn more about each other's businesses and how you can work together to cross-market.
Also hold Power Team meetings monthly and devise a plan for sharing clients and customers: What are the common problems or issues your clients are facing? What keeps them awake at night? What are their emotional hot buttons?
Find professionals in your field who love to do what you dislike doing, and invite them to your BNI meeting. Chances are they don't like to do what you love to do. This gives you both the opportunity to share referrals and spend your time doing what you enjoy most.
Your chapter members will benefit as the visitors join-and your power team will become even more profitable.
Impressing Your Golden Geese
When you meet with a golden goose, the person is probably meeting with you because they feel obligated, not because they are excited to hear another sales pitch. It's up to you to make the referrer look great AND start building trust and credibility.
Practicing Givers Gain with your golden geese is important. At the first meeting with your non-BNI golden geese, find out what their needs are or the most common needs of their clients or customers. Listen carefully. Is there someone in your chapter whom you can refer them to?
I like to have a sheet listing all my chapter members with me. As we talk about the needs they or their clients have, my goal is to refer two or three chapter members to help them solve their problems.
I explain to my golden goose that I will go back to the office, contact these potential referrals, and have them call. I follow-up with a short email to each of the referrals that describes what the golden goose was interested in and how they should follow up with the golden goose. I copy the golden goose on the email, so she is reminded what we talked about and that she agreed to have these people call her.
Your golden goose will be impressed. She was expecting you to come "sell." Instead, you are looking for ways to help. You're already building a trusting relationship.
In return, the golden goose will be more receptive to helping you.
Many members feel that they can only work with the professionals in their chapter. This is a limiting belief. You should have relationships with multiple non-BNI professionals in each of the businesses where you target the same client or customer.
Here's an example: Imagine that a business coach is a good referral for me-but I already have a great business coach in my chapter. To the business coach in my chapter, I would pass referrals of people looking for coaching.
To my non-BNI golden goose business coaches, I would pass the names of my chapter members as referrals. Remember, these non-BNI professionals are consumers. They want and need the products or services of some of the people in my chapter. By asking specific questions, I'll have the opportunity to bring great referrals back to my chapter.
We each get the same amount of time at our meeting to ask for referrals. When you ask for personal introductions to your golden geese, your business and your ability to pass referrals will increase systematically and predictably.
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Every year, Christians around the world celebrate Lenten season to commemorate the Passion of the Christ for humanity. It is also a tradition for many Christian denomination to talk about the Seven Last Words of Jesus during His crucifixion. Below are the traditional order of the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ and it's theological explanation in the light of Grace.
1. Father forgive them, for they know not what they do (Luke 23:34).
This statement is the prayer of forgiveness that Jesus prayed for the people who crucified Him. It is a great evil for imperfect men to punish a Perfect God and yet the men who was crucifying Him did not know this so Jesus pleaded for forgiveness of their actions.
2. Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43).
This statement is His promise to the thief who was crucified beside Him on the Cross. There was some argument in the Christian circle that one cannot be saved if he or she is not water baptised but this verse clearly showed that the thief was given salvation by believing in Jesus.
3. Woman, behold your son: behold your mother (John 19:26-27).
During this time, Jesus arrange that Her mother, Mary, be taken care of by His disciple, John. This showed His care for His mother. Even on the cross, Jesus was able to arrange family matters before He left Earth.
4. My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?, (Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34).
This is the first time, Jesus called the Father, God. In the past, He always refer to God as the Father thus we can tell that when Jesus called the Creator, God, this was the moment the judgement for our sins was being imputed to him. This was the first time that Jesus' connection with the Father was cut and He felt forsaken and abandoned by the Father. The Scripture tells us that during this time, He became sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) that we might become the righteousness of God through Christ.
5. I thirst (John 19:28).
This is one of the short verses in the Bible. In the light of Grace, Jesus thirsted because when he bored our sins on the Cross, He experienced Hell as a payment for our sins. Had Jesus did not gave up His life for us we will also thirst when we experience Hell.
6. It is finished (John 19:30).
This was a shout of victory and completion. Jesus declared victory over sin when He cried, "It is finished."; the punishment for our sins: past, present and future, is paid for by His blood on the Cross. The New Covenant has been sealed. Our debts have been paid!
7. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit (Luke 23:46).
Jesus finished what He came for and after declaring His finished work, He gave up His life to the Father. Notice that once again, He called Jesus, His Father once again signalling the restoration of relationship between man and God through Christ Jesus.
Jesus laid down His life for us so that you will no longer die in our sins. He was condemned so that we will NEVER be condemned, He became SIN so that we might become the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21). He thirsted so that we will no longer be thirsty but rivers of living water will flow out of our belly (John 7:38). He became poor so that we will be made rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). And on the Cross he bore our sins and sickness so that we will not longer be sinful and sick.
Jesus said, that He came so that we will have life and have it more abundantly and on the Cross He did all that. He cried out, "IT IS FINISHED" to make known to everybody that He has paid our debts on the Cross and no longer will we be afraid of judgement and condemnation because when the Father looks at each of us He sees Christ Jesus – the Perfect Sacrifice.

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Having had a few years elapse since hearing my last Masami Akita record, this seemed like a good time to step back in. The best thing about following this schedule with his work is that the variation and evolution he has shown in his overall sound keep things consistently fresh. Takahe Collage covers both his harsh noise past and his flirtations with rhythm in a way that meshes together perfectly.
The first two pieces clock in at around a half hour each, making this album not among the easiest to digest, but Akita excels within these longer frameworks. The title piece launches off immediately, presenting his more recent approach to electronic rhythms, but processed in his own idiosyncratic way. A paring of an blasting drum machine with lurching machinery underscores an erratic barrage of dive-bombing sine waves.
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"Tendenko" is more of a throwback to the mid '90s era of Merzbow (which is where my experience with him began), that goes for the walls of slowly shifting noise that the Incapacitants do so well, with a bit less of Akita's junk metal noise shining through. As old school as it is, there still is a buried, underlying rhythm that nods to his more recent works, covering both classic and modern sounds.
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Catholic Business Network of Baltimore (CBNB) Honors Mercy Medical Center's Sr. Helen Amos, RSM, with Leadership Award
HUNT VALLEY, MD (April 26, 2018) – The Catholic Business Network of Baltimore (CBNB) has announced that Sister Helen Amos, RSM is the recipient of the 2018 CBNB Catholic Business Leadership Award.
Sister Helen Amos, RSM has served as Executive Chair of the Board of Trustees of Mercy Health Services since 1999 following a seven-year tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1992 to 1999. Sister Helen has been a member of the Mercy Board of Trustees since 1980.
"The Catholic Business Network of Baltimore is privileged to partner with the Archdiocese of Baltimore to recognize individuals who exemplify the guidance of their spiritual faith throughout their professional lives," said Kevin Spargo, president-elect of CBNB. "Sister Amos has dedicated her life to the service of others, fighting homelessness and improving the quality of care for our community at large. She is an inspiring example of Catholic leadership and we are honored to present her with the sixth-annual Catholic Business Leadership Award."
Sister Helen has more than 30 years' experience in the fields of education and health care administration. After working as a teacher in Georgia, Sister Helen arrived in Baltimore to take a position as Registrar for Mount Saint Agnes College where she had earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics in 1962. Sister would later take on administrator duties with the Sisters of Mercy of the Union and the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Before coming to Mercy, Sister Helen served as President of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union in Silver Spring, Maryland from 1984 to 1991.
Sister Helen and the leadership team of Mercy Health Services are responsible for the development and implementation of numerous programs at Mercy, including the creation of The Center for Women's Health & Medicine and its flagship programs in gynecologic oncology and breast cancer diagnosis and treatment; "The Woman's Doctor" program on WBAL-TV; and Mercy's network of specialty and primary care physicians. Sister Helen is dedicated to improving the quality of life of women and the community as a whole.
Recent accomplishments of Sister Helen Amos, RSM, include:
Sister Helen serves on the board and is President of Mercy Ridge, a continuing care retirement community in Timonium, Maryland. She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's/Candler Health System in Savannah, Georgia; Mercy Health Ministry, St. Louis, Missouri; the Downtown Partnership (past chair) and the Downtown Management District Authority of Baltimore City; Cristo Rey Jesuit High School; and the Board of Financial Administration of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Sister Helen is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Baltimore Committee and the United Way of Central Maryland. She is the immediate past chair of the Leadership Advisory Group for Baltimore City's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness.
Sister Helen earned her Master of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame and received Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from College Misericordia in Dallas, Pennsylvania, and from Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Created in 2014, past-recipients of CBNB's Catholic Business Leadership Award include Michael MacDonald, executive chairman of the board of Medifast, Tyler Tate, president of Lewis Contractors, the Hon. Francis X Kelly, Jr., former Maryland senator and chairman and co-founder of Kelly & Associates, and Dr. Ellen Yankellow, President & CEO of Correct Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc..
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Feds Disconnect Robocall Ring that Took Millions
The case is part of the FTC's continuing crackdown against fraudsters taking advantage of financially-troubled consumers, which in the past year has included action against marketers of worthless credit card interest rate reduction services.According to the FTC, since at least 2007, the defendants used at least 10 different company names, including AFL Financial Services, when making bogus promises it would refund consumers if they didn't save at least $2,500.
When consumers called to complain, the FTC charged, the robocallers simply disappeared. The FTC complaint also accused the company of defrauding nearly 13,000 consumers out of almost $13 million.
The defendants, who are based in Toronto, Canada, and the Rochester, N.Y., area, operated two telemarketing "boiler rooms" in Orlando, Fla. Using illegal robocalls to contact consumers, the defendants claimed that for $995, they could substantially reduce credit card interest rates and help consumers get out of debt three to five times faster than normal.
The false claims included suggestions that savings from lower interest rates would pay for the service. In reality, the FTC says, the defendants failed to lower consumers' interest rates, consumers failed to realize the promised $2,500 in savings and failed to receive refunds.
The FTC complaint charges that the misrepresentations violated the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule and the FTC Act. It also accuses the defendants of calling consumers whose numbers are on the National Do Not Call Registry and making illegal robocalls.
The lawsuit was filed under seal in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, against Direct Financial Management Inc.; 2194673 Ontario Inc., doing business as (d/b/a) The Elite Financial Group; F&F Payment Processing Inc.; Bajada Management Group Inc.; David D. Richards; Baird B. Fisher; Jacqueline M. Fisher; and Joseph B. Foley.
Last week, Chicago Federal District Court Judge Joan H. Lefkow entered a temporary restraining order with an asset freeze, halting the defendants' operations pending trial and appointing a receiver over the two United States corporate defendants. In filing its complaint, the FTC is seeking to permanently halt the defendants' allegedly illegal conduct and return their ill-gotten gains to defrauded consumers.
The FTC brought this case in cooperation with the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario, Civil Remedies for Illicit Activities Office. The Ministry simultaneously filed a separate lawsuit in Ontario seeking assets for consumer redress to victims in the United States and Canada. The FTC also worked with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Toronto Strategic Partnership in bringing this case.
The Toronto Strategic Partnership members include the Competition Bureau Canada, the Toronto Police Service Fraud Squad – Mass Marketing Section, the Ontario Provincial Police Anti-Rackets Section, the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the United Kingdom's Office of Fair Trading. The Bank of America and the Better Business Bureau also assisted the FTC in pursuing this case.


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Toby's slept really badly this week, and I mean really badly! Even so, he's been a joy during the day and we've had some nice times in spite of the tiredness.
Over the weekend we had some pregnancy photos taken, which I can't wait to share with you soon! Toby was a really good boy and before the shoot we also took him to see our new house where he raced around excitedly from room to room.
On Monday Toby went to nursery as usual, but we made the most of the now light evenings when we got home and had a play in the garden.
On Tuesday my SPD was really bad but with my mum's help we made it to playgroup still, where Toby was singing and dancing to his heart's content before having a nap. When we got home he made a delivery box into the nest toy ever (or so you'd think!)
On Wednesday morning we were suffering from another bad night and as we were about to head out the house, Toby fell asleep sat up on mine and Phil's bed. He's never just crashed somewhere like that before so we were late for our visit to the farm, but we got some rest and thoroughly enjoyed going to the farm with friends slightly later than planned.
Thursday morning was yet another early start after an unsettled night but against his usual habits, Toby came and chilled in our bed for a bit so I got some snuggles whilst trying to wake myself up. I don't know if he senses the changes that are ahead or he's just maturing emotionally, but Phil and I are loving the snuggles and kisses.
That's about it since last Thursday. I still have a few weeks until my due date so I'll keep snapping away at my wild one until I can accurately say my wild ones!
I'm linking up to #MyWildOnes over with Make, Do and Push.
What have your kids been up to this week? Any sights of the cute lambs adorning fields across the country? Let me know in the comments below or get in touch on Facebook or Twitter.


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Cusack's sister, Oscar nominee Joan Cusack, attended the ceremony, as well as actors Jack Black, Billy Bob Thornton, Dan Aykroyd and producer/director Joe Roth.
"I love working with actors, I love being around them, they're such great spirits," Cusack said.
Cusack's career has spanned nearly 30 years and began with 1980s films like "Sixteen Candles" and "Say Anything."
"To the best of my knowledge, I've tried to screw my career up as much as I possibly could, but even with all my best efforts to screw it up, I managed to have lasting friendships, and some of the best friends I've ever met in the business," Cusack said.
Cusack's new movie "The Raven" is out in theaters on Friday.
City News Service contributed to this report.


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On Saturday, as I decorated the house for Christmas, my mind turned to thoughts of holiday tipping. I know how much to tip at restaurants, because I worked as a waitress at the Burien Black Angus when the uniform was still a circular brown skirt that barely covered my ass. Beyond that, the etiquette waters turn murky. For example, how much does one tip the maid and the gardener? I'll admit that my tipping education is sorely lacking. My family didn't have maids or gardeners. When our house got cleaned, my mother did it. When the grass got ankle deep, my father mowed it…or not.
Some people go on a tipping frenzy during the holidays. I know because I see them running into the street at o'dark thirty to slip the garbage man an Andrew Jackson or two. In the past, I wouldn't have considered doing such a thing for many reasons, the first of which is this: I've never met my garbage guy. He arrives when I'm still in bed, dreaming up murder plots. So, how would I know if the person accepting my twenty-dollar bills is MY rubbish picker-upper or just somebody filling in for the day? I do give Christmas money to the British lad who cleans my house once a week, but I have never given holiday greenbacks to my hairdresser, because I tip him generously all during the year.
I began to worry that I was just ignorant of social norms, or even worse, a total cheapskate. To assuage my anxiety, I went looking for answers at the Emily Post Institute, where I found a guide to holiday tipping for 2007:
The holiday season is the traditional time to say "thank you" and "I appreciate the work you do" to those who have provided service to you throughout the year. Don't forget that one of the best ways to express your appreciation is a hand-written note, which should accompany any holiday tip.
Whether and how much to tip varies widely, depending on:
* the quality and frequency of the service
* your relationship with the service provider
* where you live (amounts are usually higher in large cities)
* the frequency of the service or how long you have worked together
* your budget
* regional customs
* the type of establishment: deluxe vs. moderate
If you regularly tip at the time of service, you may forgo or give a more modest holiday tip. Try to include your child in gift decisions for teachers, day care providers, nannies, and babysitters.
Every situation is different, so let common sense, specific circumstances, and holiday spirit be your guides. The tip amounts in this chart are merely guidelines. What to give is always an individual decision.
Au pair: A gift from your family (or one-week's pay), plus a small gift from your child
Babysitter, regular: One evening's pay, plus a small gift from your child
Barber: Cost of one haircut or a gift
Beauty salon staff: The cost of one salon visit, split among the staff
Child's teacher: Check your school's policy first, as gift giving may be prohibited. If allowed, then give a gift that is a token of appreciation from your child, not cash. Possibilities: a homemade gift made by your child, a book or a picture frame. Or, consider participating in a joint gift from the class as a whole. Possibilities: a gift certificate to a restaurant or bookstore.
Day care providers: $25 to $70 each, plus a small gift from your child for the providers who give direct care to your child(ren)
Dog walker: One week's pay or a gift
Fitness trainer, personal: Up to the cost of one session
Garage attendants: $10 to $30 each
Home health employees: A gift, but check with the agency first, as most agencies have a no gifts or no tips policy. If this is the case, consider giving a donation to the agency.
Housekeeper/cleaner: Up to one week's pay or a gift
Letter carriers: U.S. government regulations permit carriers to accept gifts worth up to $20 per occasion, not cash
Live-in help (Nanny, Housekeeper, Cook, Butler): One week's to one month's salary based on tenure and customs in your area, plus a personal gift
Massage therapist: Up to one session's fee or a gift
Newspaper deliverer: $10 to $30
Nurse, private: A gift, not cash
Nursing home employees: A gift, not cash, but check the company policy first. Consider giving a gift that could be enjoyed by or shared among the floor staff: flowers, chocolates or food items.
Package deliverer: A small gift if you receive deliveries regularly; most delivery companies discourage or prohibit cash gifts
Personal caregiver: Up to one week's salary or a small gift
Pet Groomer: If the same person grooms your pet all year, up to one session's fee or a gift
Pool cleaner: Cost of one cleaning, to be split among crew
Residential building personnel: Check with your building association first to see if there is a holiday fund that is shared among all the building personnel
Superintendent: $20 to $80
Doorman: $15 to $80; $15 or more each, for multiple doormen
Elevator operator: $15 to $40
Handyman: $15 to $40
Trash/recycling collectors: $10 to $30 each (for private service); for municipal service, check local regulations
Yard and garden worker: $20 to $50
Tipping all those people takes a lot of bread. I needed a flip side, so I consulted Miss Manners. Judith Martin, author of Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Freshly Updated, maintains that tipping in general is a "silly system." I sort of agree with her. Still, the to-tip-or-not-to-tip question has put me in a state of holiday ennui. Maybe I'll just pour myself some eggnog and check the balance in my savings account.
Happy Holiday Tipping to You and Yours!


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"Users expect websites to work on their mobile phones. In two to three years, mobile support will become standard for any site. Web developers must add mobile web development to their skill set or risk losing clients…"
Archive for December, 2010
The state of mobile browsers
The world of facebook
Visionary insights from the last century. The last millennium!
Ubiquitous media constructs
The media of today is ubiquitous. Long gone is the time when online media was something that you experienced at home or at your office on a desktop machine. The laptop brought us the convenience of taking our media into libraries, cafes and to our clients but todays online media has gone even further than that. With location aware mobile media platforms we enter a brave new world.
Portfolio up and running
Installed and started filling my portfolio.
I used the Simple Portfolio plugin by Patrick Brouwer (Inlet). It's complete enough but I had to copy and hack a couple of pages from the theme to get it working correctly. That wasn't too hard and I got carried away and cleaned up some other issues that were bothering me. The post date tab on non news pages for example.
Now I can't stop
That was so easy that I really can't think of any excuse not to make the site my oldest boy's been asking for… Odin's site
It's Alive!!!
Nice one WordPress.
A couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon and I can hold my head high next time someone tells me they visited my site again. I'd like build my own theme but I'll need a design first (and a house style, and business card, and a payoff, and I should probable bring my CV up to date…..)
Oh well. Rome wasn't built in a day either.
Better late then never!
It has been said that plumbers taps always leak. When applied to myself this reads web developers all have lorum ipsum sites. Well the buck stops here. An unexpected free Saturday has left time to throw together a halfway acceptable web presence in the form of a WordPress site.


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A couple months ago, when drones were the hot topic, I wrote that: "President Obama has been consistent in practicing what I call 'politically correct warfare' — which is to say that for most Americans, these drone strikes are out-of-sight, out-of-mind."
My point was that drones are an obvious tool for a modern president to use. As I argued:
Americans, it turns out, don't really have the stomach for the unseemly business of taking prisoners, extracting information from prisoners, and then (maybe) going through the emotional, time consuming, and costly business of a trial.
American citizens want someone who will make the big, bad world disappear.
Today's New York Times seems to confirm my thesis. According to the report, just as the CIA was negotiating a secret deal to roam the skies over Pakistan,
"the C.I.A.'s inspector general, John L. Helgerson, had just finished a searing report about the abuse of detainees in the C.I.A.'s secret prisons. The report kicked out the foundation upon which the C.I.A. detention and interrogation program had rested. It was perhaps the single most important reason for the C.I.A.'s shift from capturing to killing terrorism suspects.
… Mr. Helgerson raised questions about whether C.I.A. officers might face criminal prosecution for the interrogations carried out in the secret prisons, and he suggested that interrogation methods like waterboarding, sleep deprivation and the exploiting of the phobias of prisoners — like confining them in a small box with live bugs — violated the United Nations Convention Against Torture."
As the Times notes, that was the "beginning of the end" of the prison program. Counterterrorism officials began to "rethink the strategy for a secret war."
It's much easier and safer to just have a robot kill somebody than to engage in the unseemly business of apprehension, interrogation, and detention.
But the key here is that — just as I thought — our strategic military decisions are driven more and more by public relations at home. Americans aren't against war or killing, we just don't want to be troubled by it.


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Fight Club is one of those blurays with no name or title strings. It's just a period "." for all the titles.
I accidentally saved the rip to my Movies directory without fixing the file name and the rip vanished. I was down 33gb! I used Spotlight and wasnt able to find the .mkv files. At first, I was going to post here to see if anyone could help, but then I realized the "." itself changed the file to a hidden file. The default (non-expert) mode will just use the name strings in the BR to populate the outfile file name. However since Fightclub was using "." , when prepended to a file, it turns it into a hidden file. FYI, if you want to hide files, you can do this too. MacOS Finder will not allow you to see this hidden file even if you turned it on from Finder (Shift+Command+.), you need to go into Terminal.
So... to recover the hidden file.
-go into Terminal and navigate to you the directory where you saved the rip
-type the following to reveal all the hidden files. -a flag reveals all files:
-the hidden mkv should appear as something similar to: "._t01.mkv"
Code: Select all
ls -a
-rename the file by typing
-go back to finder and your file should reappear.
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mv ._t101.mkv newfilename.mkv


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Maize Genetics Executive Committee: Procedures, March 2004
The Maize Genetics Executive Committee (MGEC) will include ten members elected by the broadest feasible vote of the Maize Genetics Community.
Members will be elected for five-year terms. Two members will rotate off each year and will not be eligible for nomination for two succeeding years. Elections will take place in February of each year for any available seats, including the two that open each year and any that become available for other reasons. Nominations will be solicited from the entire Maize Genetics Community, and all willing candidates will be present on the ballot. If there are more nominees than twice the number of open slots, a runoff ballot of twice the number of open slots will be conducted, for those nominees who receive the highest number of votes in the initial ballot. Elected candidates will be those with the most votes.
To ensure broad representation, no more than two individuals from the same location/institution may serve on the MGEC simultaneously.
The Chair of the MGEC will be elected by a vote of the members of the MGEC.
The MGEC has the option to appoint other members to the MGEC so that an appropriate representation of the Maize Genetics Community will be obtained. These appointed positions will be filled via an election within the MGEC, and will be for a maximum of four years.
Each year, the MGEC will report its activities to the Maize Genetics Community via its web site and, if needed, by a short presentation at the Annual Maize Genetics Conference.
2017-2018 MGEC Meeting motions (Friday, March 23rd, 2018, Saint Malo, France)
2018-2019 MGEC Meeting motions (Friday, March 15th, 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
Maize Genetics Executive Committee


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Boston Red Sox World Series Celebrations 2013
It's #BostonStrong After a World Series Win
Boston Red Sox fans took to the streets to celebrate their World Series victory on Wednesday night, partying "like it's 1918" — the last time the Red Sox won the championship at home. Beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in game six of the series, the team rushed the field after clinching the title and then popped bottles in the locker room after. Fans went wild in the stands, holding up signs and high-fiving one another before the celebrations hit the streets. The city's victory feels all the more special after the tragic Boston Marathon bombing this past April. Not to mention, the Red Sox finished in last place just last year. See how the fans, players, and entire city came together in celebration below. Congrats, Red Sox fans!
Famous Boston native Donnie Wahlberg shared his pride.
The stadium erupted in celebration after the final out.
The team popped bottles in the locker room.
Boston Red Sox fan Pegeen Wilbur sported a Red Sox-inspired beard outside Fenway Park.
Check out more photos below!
World Series MVP David Ortiz celebrated in the locker room with the help of champagne.
In Boston, a fan lost his mind after the win.
Fans celebrated in the stands of Fenway Park.
Boston fans kept close in the stadium after their first home World Series win in almost a century.


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Christian Based Learning Centre
Quality Care Since 1980.
01 June 2015
Posted in Blog Articles
Play enhances every aspect of children's development and learning. It is children's window to the world. Play is so important that its significance in children's lives is recognized by the United Nations as a specific right in addition to, and distinct from, a child's right to recreation and leisure.[1] However, children's opportunities for play and their access to play environments is changing.
The physical and social environments in which Canadian children develop have changed over the past several decades. It is increasingly rare for children to have long, uninterrupted blocks of time to play indoors and outdoors, by themselves or with their friends.
Since the end of the Second World War, the proportion of the population living in urban areas has increased from 54% to 80%.[2] As more Canadians move into cities, their children are less likely to have access to outdoor play spaces in natural environments. Technology, traffic, and urban land-use patterns have changed the natural play territory of childhood.[3] Parents, increasingly concerned about the security of their children, are making greater use of carefully constructed outdoor playgrounds that limit challenge in the name of safety.[4] ,[5] ,[6]
There are consistent findings in research about the close relationship between symbolic play and literacy development and good evidence that increasing opportunities for rich symbolic play can have a positive influence on literacy development.[18]
Pretend play with peers engages children in the same kind of representational thinking needed in early literacy activities. Children develop complex narratives in their pretend play. They begin to link objects, actions, and language together in combinations and narrative sequences. They generate language suited to different perspectives and roles.
At the same time, growing numbers of children are spending substantial time in settings that focus on structured educational and recreational activities, leaving little time for participation in open-ended, self-initiated free play.[7] According to the , Canadian parents believe that playing is more important than organized lessons for preschoolers; however, more and more parents are enrolling their very young children in lessons and other structured activities. For example, between 1999 and 2003, the percentage of Canadian four- and five-year-olds who took organized lessons (e.g., gymnastics, martial arts, etc.) increased from 23% to 30% and the percentage participating in coached sports increased from 36% to 41%.[8]
Play nourishes every aspect of children's development—it forms the foundation of intellectual, social, physical, and emotional skills necessary for success in school and in life. Play "paves the way for learning."[9]
For example, block building and sand and water play lay the foundation for logical mathematical thinking, scientific reasoning, and cognitive problem solving.[10] Rough-and-tumble play develops social and emotional self-regulation[11] and may be particularly important in the development of social competence in boys.[12] Play fosters creativity and flexibility in thinking. There is no right or wrong way to do things; there are many possibilities in play—a chair can be a car or a boat, a house or a bed.
Pretend play fosters communication, developing conversational skills,[13] turn taking, perspective taking,[14] and the skills of social problem solving—persuading, negotiating, compromising, and cooperating.[15] It requires complex communication skills: children must be able to communicate and understand the message, "this is play."[16] As they develop skill in pretend play, they begin to converse on many levels at once, becoming actors, directors, narrators, and audience,[17] slipping in and out of multiple roles.
In play, children learn by combining their ideas, impressions, and intuitions with experiences and opinions.[19] They create ideas about their world and share them with one another. They establish a culture and a social world with their peers. Play allows children to make sense—and sometimes nonsense—of their experiences and discover the intimacy and joy of friendship. When it is self-directed, play leads to feelings of competence and self-confidence.
The processes of play and learning stimulate one another in early childhood—there are dimensions of learning in play and dimensions of play in learning.[21]
"Young children learn the most important things not by being told but by constructing knowledge for themselves in interaction with the physical world and with other children—and the way they do this is by playing." [20]
"Children don't play in order to learn, although they are learning while they are playing."[22]
"The pedagogical value of play does not lie in its use as a way to teach children a specific set of skills through structured activities called 'play.'"[23]
"Supporting children's play is more active than simply saying you believe that it is important. When children's play culture is taken seriously, the conditions which make it flourish are carefully created. Children's play culture does not just happen naturally. Play needs time and space. It needs mental and material stimulation to be offered in abundance. Creating a rich play environment means creating good learning environments for children."[24]
"The skillful teacher of young children is one who makes….play possible and helps children keep getting better and better at it."[25]
There are both obvious and subtle forms of learning in play. For example outdoor play clearly contributes to children's physical development. Less obvious is the learning that happens as children test their strength, externally and internally: How high can I climb? Why does my heart pound when I run? Am I brave enough to jump from this platform?
Nature has a positive impact on children's physical and mental well-being.[26] ,[27] ,[28] ,[29] Parents and early educators must design outdoor play environments with the same care and attention paid to indoor environments.
Natural landscapes in the outdoors typically provide:
Although the learning in play is powerful, it is often incidental, at least from the child's perspective. The toddler absorbed by balancing blocks on top of one another is not necessarily motivated by a need or even a desire to learn the principles of stable physical structures, though this may indeed be what is fascinating; this learning is the byproduct of his play, and generally speaking, not its purpose.
Young children need a balance of opportunities for different kinds of play, indoors and outdoors. They need the support of knowledgeable adults and parents who do the following:
Lessons for everyone. Although children learn to play naturally, we all have a role in ensuring that children have enough time and opportunity to play. Children need access to play environments that support rich, spontaneous play.
Children learn when they play in environments with hands-on, concrete materials that encourage exploration, discovery, manipulation, and active engagement. The quantity, quality, and selection of play materials influence the interactions that take place between children. Adults help by protecting the time needed for exploration and discovery in uninterrupted play, and by interacting with children in ways that enhance their learning in play without interrupting the flow and direction of play.
Lessons for early childhood educators. While children do need time to play without adult interruption, some active adult involvement can be beneficial, resulting in longer, more complex episodes of play.[30] Early childhood educators support children's learning in play by becoming co-players, guiding and role modelling when the play becomes frustrating for the child or when it is about to be abandoned for lack of knowledge or skill. They provide new experiences for children to enrich and extend play, pose challenging questions, and encourage children to learn from one another.
In many early childhood programs, "free play" is used to fill time rather than to promote learning and development. While much learning does occur during centre time and circle time, spontaneous free play is equally important to early learning. It should be a focus of educators' planning and interactions with children. Early childhood educators and elementary school teachers need specialized preparation to engage comfortably in child-initiated free play, as well as more structured play-based learning experiences.
Lessons for parents. In studies of the use of play as a learning tool, teachers often report that they have a difficult time convincing parents of the importance of play.[31] Parents, therefore, need good information about the benefits of unstructured free play in early childhood and regular opportunities to engage with their children in play.
Lessons for community planners. When asked, children express a strong preference for playing outdoors.[32] A study conducted in Germany[33] concluded that communities can improve outdoor play opportunities and reduce traffic hazards by doing the following:
Play stimulates physical, social, emotional, and cognitive learning in the early years. Children need time, space, materials, and the support of parents and thoughtful, skilled early-childhood educators in order to become "master players."[34] They need time to play for the sake of playing.
In the current climate of concern over school readiness, we must preserve some opportunity for children to play for their own purposes. If play always and exclusively serves adult educational goals, it is no longer play from the child's perspective. It becomes work, albeit playfully organized.
Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement ScaleDeBord, K., Hestenes, L.L., Moore, R.C. Cosco, N.G., & McGinnis, J.R. (2005). Lewisville, NC: Kaplan Early Learning.
The Great Outdoors: Restoring Children's Right to Play OutdoorsRivkin, M. (1995). Washington, D.C.: NAEYC.
The Play For All Guidelines: Planning, Design, and Management of Outdoor Play Settings For All Children (2nd ed.)Moore, R., Goltsman, S., & Iacofano, D. (Eds.). (1992). Berkeley, California: MIG Communications.
The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild PlacesNabhan, G.P., & Trimble, S. (1994). Boston, MD: Beacon Press.
Canadian Child Care Federation Go to the e-store to view the following titles: Outdoor play in early childhood education and care programs and Quality environments and best practices for physical activity in early childhood settings.
Natural Learning Initiative
International Play Association
International Play Association Canada
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[2] Statistics Canada: Population urban and rural, by province and territory. Accessed October 12, 2006.
[3] IPA Canada. The child's right to play. Position Paper 1. Accessed August 27, 2006.
[4] Clements, R. (2004). An investigation of the status of outdoor play. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 5(1), 68–80. Accessed July 31, 2006.
[5] Blinkert, B. (2004). Quality of the city for children: Chaos and order. Children Youth and Environments 14(2), 99–112. Accessed August 31, 2006.
[6] National Children's Bureau Play Safety Forum. (2002). Managing risk in play provision: A Position Statement. Accessed August 17, 2006.
[7] Academy of Leisure Sciences. White Paper #6: The state of children's play. Accessed October 27, 2006.
[8] Source: Statistics Canada, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, 1998-1999 and 2002-2003.
[9] Kalliala, M. (2006). Play Culture in a changing world. Berkshire, England: Open University Press.
[10] Sylva, K., Bruner, J.S., & Genova, P. (1976). The role of play in the problem-solving of children 3–5 years old. In J.S. Bruner, A. Jolly, & Sylva, K. (Eds.), Play: Its role in development and evolution (pp.244–261). New York: Basic Books.
[11] Blurton-Jones, N. (1976) [1967]. Rough and tumble play among nursery school children. In J.S. Bruner, A. Jolly, & Sylva, K. (Eds.), Play: Its role in development and evolution (pp.352–363). New York: Basic Books.
[12] Pellegrini, A. (1987). Rough-and-tumble play: Developmental and educational significance. Educational Psychology, 22 (23–43).
[13] Sawyer, R.K. (1997). Pretend play as improvisation: Conversation in the preschool classroom. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
[14] Rubin, K.H., & Howe, N. (1986). Social play and perspective-taking. In G. Fein & M. Rivkin (Eds.), The young child at play: Reviews of research, volume 4, (pp.113–126).
[15] Rubin, K.H. (1998). Some "good new" and some "not so good news" about dramatic play. In D. Bergen (Ed.), Play as a medium for learning and development, (pp.58–62).
[16] Bateson, G. (1976). [1955]. A theory of play and fantasy. In J.S. Bruner, A. Jolly, & K. Sylva, K. (Eds.), Play: Its role in development and Evolution (pp.119–129). New York: Basic Books
[17] Garvey, C. (1990). [1977]. Play. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
[18] Roskos, K.A., & Christie, J.F. (Eds.). (2000). Play and literacy in early childhood: Research from multiple perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
[19] Reynolds, P.C. (1976). [1972]. Play, language and human evolution. In J.S. Bruner, A. Jolly, & K. Sylva (Eds.), Play: Its role in development and evolution (pp. 621–635). New York: Basic Books.
[20] Jones, E., & Reynolds, G. (1992). The play's the thing: Teachers' roles in children's play, p. 1.
[21] Samuelsson, I.P. & Johansson, E. (2006). Play and learning—inseparable dimensions in preschool practice. Early Child Development and Care 176 (1), pp.47-65. Available at: Metapress.com Accessed May 8, 2006.
[22] Kalliala, M. (2006). Play Culture in a Changing World, p. 20.
[23] Bergen, D. 1998. Play as a Medium for Learning and Development, p. 7.
[24] Kalliala, M. 2006. Play Culture in a Changing World, p. 139.
[25] Jones & Reynolds. 1992. The Play's the Thing, p. 1.
[26] Moore, R., & Wong, H. (1997). Natural Learning: Creating environments for rediscovering nature's way of teaching. Berkeley, California: MIG Communications.
[27] Wells, N.M. (2000). At home with nature: Effects of "greenness" on children's cognitive functioning. Environment and Behavior, 32(6), 775–795.
[28] Fjortoft, I. (2004). Landscape as playscape: The effects of natural environments on children's play and motor development. Children, Youth and Environments 14(2), 21–44. Accessed December 2005.
[29] Louv, R. (2005). Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature deficit disorder. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books.
[30] Ward, C. W. (1996). Adult intervention: Appropriate strategies for enriching the quality of children's play. Young Children, March 1996, 20–25.
[31] Wood, E. (1999). The impact of the National Curriculum on play in reception classes.Educational Research, 41, 1, 11-22.
[32] Cole-Hamilton, I., Harrop, A. & Street, C. (2002). The Value of Children's Play and Play Provision: A Systematic Review of the Literature. New Policy Institute. Accessed October 12, 2006.
[33] Von Kries, R., Kohne, C., Bohm, O. & Von Hoss, H. (1998). Road injuries in school age children: Relation to environmental factors amenable to interventions. Injury Prevention, 4, 103-105.
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Educators work with a variety of complicated behaviors everyday and have mastered several techniques to deal with them. Most challenging behaviors, such as aggression, position and stubbornness can be redirected through these simple steps.
How to cope:
-Evaluate your own behaviors. Are you setting too many rules? Are you using a lot of "no and don't" statements? Are you encouraging finger-pointing, arguing or raising voices?
-Treat every mistake as an opportunity to learn new ideas and skills.
-Be aware that sometimes a child who is behaving in an unloving way might be the child who needs love the most.
-Take the time to hug, which not only distracts from negativity but also creates an important sense of belonging. If the child is disinterested in hugging you can tell them that you need a hug and when they are ready you are just a short walk away.
-Social skills are incredibly important to instill in children with challenging behaviors. Take the time to model and teach them how to share, take turns, and show respect and kindness. These don't develop overnight so invest your time into training, practice and making mistakes.
Thanks to Paula, and ECE from Calgary with 20 years experience, for sharing her ideas with Together Families.
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12 January 2015
The type of discipline you use can have a dramatic effect on your child's development. Your discipline strategies can have a big impact on the type of relationship you have with your child. The various approaches to discipline can even influence a child's mood and temperament into adulthood.
Researchers have discovered four types of parenting styles. These different styles are dependent on what the parent feels the child needs from them. As a result, each parenting style uses a different approach to discipline.
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13 April 2014
"You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again." ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762 Play has always fascinated me. Children learn so much in the process and we as adults can facilitate or hinder their learning simply by not understanding what is going on. Granted, there are many types of learning environments and not all children "play" the same. But I do enjoy to see the learning process take place. I am glad to be apart of it. Here is some information about play I have found useful. The Many Types of Play Sensorimotor Play
This type of play is seen most often in stages of infancy. Usually, when one is exploring the environment as well as discovering how their body works in relation to it. It involves the different senses; for example, auditory, tactile, sensory, and visual experiences. Practice Play This particular type of play involves the repetition of new skills as they are being learned. One could think of it as practicing for mastery and it is continued throughout our lives. About one-third of a preschooler's play is practice play, compared to about one-sixth of an elementary school child's play. Such play contributes to the development of small and large motor skills needed for later game playing or competitive sports. Some early childhood activities include painting, running, swinging, coloring, and mastering daily routines such as clean up time. Symbolic Play
This is also called dramatic play, fantasy play or make-believe. A child will transform an object into other objects and act toward them accordingly. For instance, Jenna wrapped a bear in a blanket and said it was a crying baby. Symbolic play is at its peak at about 4 or 5 years of age. This type of play obviously helps to develop any preschooler's imagination and creativity as well as helps a child develop needed social skills. Social Play Social play revolves around social interaction with peers. Basically, if it involves other children, it's social play. Various games can be attributed to social play, games like Hide-and-seek or "Catch". This type of play will help your child learn how to interact with others and develop friendships. Constructive Play This play occurs when a child uses their imagination and skills to create a product. A child can put on a performance, learn problem solving skills, or build structures. For example, artwork, magic shows, and sculpting with clay all involve constructive play. This type of play is important because it develops problem solving skills, promotes creativity, and builds a child's sense of self worth.
Games with Rules Usually games involve multiple numbers of children, competition, and rules. This type of play may appear with preschoolers, but is found more often in elementary school children. This type of play can build self esteem if the child is proficient, but it can also be harmful if the child is ridiculed or driven too hard (by parent, coach, or even peers). Age appropriate games and the right environment help the child learn to enjoy competition and challenges, which will be very important when applying for entrance to college and job situations.
Play Therapy Children have a difficult time trying to articulate their feelings through words. Psychologists have determined that a child expresses a great deal through play. This is the idea behind play therapy. Allow the child to play in a controlled environment and observe their behavior. This also allows a child to work through some internal conflicts you may not be aware of. Observing their play may provide insight into the inner feelings or concerns. This may help as you attempt to understand why a child is behaving a certain way. It is important to let a let a trained clinician assist young children when concerns arise. When in doubt, ask a child's parent to simply check with their Pediatrician.
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When breeding Roller canaries it should be the aim of every Roller fancier to raise good birds. There are those who breed for quality and others are only interested in quantity. What is the best procedure to attain success? There are varied views on the matter and every fancier has his own methods.Some adopt the stock bird principle. By this I should explain that such fanciers consider the mating of a first class cock with a hen that is herself related to a winner, to be mistaken idea.
Their method is to mate first-rate birds to those considered of average quality. No doubt winning birds are bred by this system, but when I started the fancy I did so by procuring two high priced – top quality cock birds – and their sisters.With my first year's breeding I produced first-rate youngsters. It must be the aim of breeders, not only to produce winners, but birds that, in their turn, produce birds of equal merit in line breeding. On the continent we place great value on our hen birds and consider the hen the proper medium to produce winners. The hen carries in her blood good (or bad) qualities of the song and this should never be overlooked, especially when breeding for schockel. Neither should it be overlooked that birds must be big, healthy and strong if they are to bring a deep toned Ho-Ho schockel.
In 1948 I bred a young male bird from a cock that was outstanding in Bass, Hollow Roll, Hollow Bell and Flutes. The father on that bird was without schockel, but the mother was known to be a good schockel hen. The youngster proved to be outstanding in Bass, Hollow Roll, Hollow Bell and Flutes. The following year I paired the youngster back to his mother and from this mating I got three cocks and a hen. These birds were outstanding in five tours only – Bass, Hollow Roll, Hollow Bell, Schockel and Flutes. They were never out of prizes and gained specials in Hollow Roll, Bass and Schockel. This satisfied me that the hen carried the Schockel and gave it her sons. This we call line and strain breeding and call the birds the Hollow Schockel strain. Birds of this strain sing five tours only. Next to the Hollow – Schockel strain stands the Gluck strain. This strain can only be bred for three years without deterioration. After three years we resort to the so-called "blood refresher". Blood from the Hollow strain of birds is introduced into the water and gluck strain to prevent the tours becoming flat and hard. The system of blood refreshing is the reason why some breeders on the continent cultivate two separate strains that they keep entirely separated in different breeding rooms with the young trained in separate cabinets, taking care that the strains do not intermingle in any way.
Also, after a blood refresher they provide a separate cabinet to house the young cocks from the Hollow Roll to Gluck pairing. Others cultivate one strain only and make a mutual arrangement with another fancier to exchange birds for a blood refresher. To the Glucke strain we also have another distinct division. Only a few fanciers in Belgium possess birds that are outstanding in Water Roll and Deep Bubbling Water tours. As a matter of fact we are afraid of the Water tours because we realize that a breeder must be very skillful indeed to be able to breed good youngsters possessing those tours.
The trouble with Water is that is inclined to mix with other tours and ruin them, nevertheless a good deep, mellow water is one of the most pleasing tours of the Roller song.To maintain the deep, mellow tone in a Hollow – Schockel bird, most fanciers here feed their contest stock on sweet, nutty rape and give each day a little egg food. The diet is rigidly adhered to during the training months of October and November, except that the cock birds are given, once a week, a little mixed seed comprising Niger, Mawseed, Plain Canary and Oats. One important thing to remember is that you can nearly always manage tot introduce Gluck into your Hollow Schockel strain by using a good Glucke tutor.
It is not very difficult matter to maintain good quality Schockel in a Hollow Roll strain, but it is extremely difficult to breed and maintain good deep Schockel in a Glucke strain.
From an Article contributed in 1950 by a Continental Fancier.(Reprinted from the South Australian Roller Canary Magazine 1990)


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The Government will issue a new decree on mechanisms for the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, enabling it to play an extremely important role in enhancing the country's science and technology capacity, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Thursday on a visit to the park.
|Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) visits the production area of the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Industry Technology Joint Stock Company (VNPT-Technology) in Hanoi's Hoa Lac High-Tech Park. (Photo: VNA/VNS)
After touring several infrastructural facilities and investment projects, the PM said the foremost task is to build a brand for the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park to draw investors.
He pointed out shortcomings facing the park, including few hi-tech projects in comparison with other industrial parks and snail-speed land clearance.
Located in the Thach That and Quoc Oai districts of Hanoi, on an area of 1,586 hectares, the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park is expected to become a science city hosting investors in biotechnology, information, communication, new material technology and automation.
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PM Phuc asked the Park Management Board and capital city authorities to complete land clearance this year, while entrusting the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance to report to him a plan to supplement capital for land clearance and technical infrastructure construction at the park.
The PM tasked the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Management Board to co-ordinate with Hanoi authorities along with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Government Office, and the Ministry of Planning and Investment, to promote investment at the park while ensuring environmental protection and sustainable development.
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"Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?" -- Kreacher
Lupin seeks out HRH at Grimmauld Place and offers to accompany them on their quest, but Harry refuses, recognizing that Lupin is seeking escape from complications in his personal life. Kreacher returns with Mundungus, who reveals that Umbridge took the locket from him; it was a bribe so she would not turn him in for selling magical artefacts without a license.
Calendar and Dates
Begins on the same day as the previous chapter, so it is 2 August. Kreacher is missing "the following day" and "the day after that" which brings us through 3 and 4 August to 5 August.
Interesting facts and notes
The men are Death Eaters, of course. They sensed that someone was using Voldemort's name in that location, although they had no chance of seeing it. The first one of the trio to say Voldemort aloud was Hermione:
"...that's why you were supposed to use Occumency! Otherwise Voldermort can plan falso image in your mind, remember?" (DH9)
a supper composed largely of moldy bread
This isn't surprising, on one level - the house is no longer in use, unless Kreacher has been coming back here despite having been assigned to live at Hogwarts at the beginning of HBP.
It's also a nice use of food to help set the mood.
A fire sprang up instantly: It gave the illusion of coziness to the stark stone walls and glistened off the long wooden table. Lupin pulled a few butterbeers from beneath his travelling cloak
Literally lighting up the room upon his entrance, with butterbeer to further help the mood to change.
It's impossible to track anyone who Apparates, unless you grab hold of them as they disappear!
Hmm. Must make life difficult for the Magical Law Enforcement people who regulate Apparition.
seven is the age by which most experts agree that magic will have revealed itself, if present
Neville Longbottom, for one, showed magical ability at a slightly later age than this (see his first conversation after the Sorting in PS).
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Harry yelling at Lupin for thinking of abandoning Tonks.
Lupin being scared to be a father and afraid of what he has done to Tonks (making her an outcast).
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Typically wasps are known for their stingers. Stingers look to be the least of your worries here what with these dragon wasps earning their namesake with their ability to project fire like flying flamethrowers.
Mr. Syfy Corin Nemec stars in Dragon Wasps from director Joe Knee (Ghost Game) and writers Mark Atkins (Sand Sharks) and Rafael Jordan (Jabberwock). Dominika Wolski, Nikollete Noel, and Gildon Roland co-star.
When her father mysteriously disappears on an expedition, beautiful entomologist Gina Humphries and her fiery assistant, Rhonda, set out to search the rain forests of Belize. Due to numerous robberies and assaults in the jungle, they are escorted by heavily-armed soldiers. Guerillas, lead by the infamous Jaguar, ambush the convoy and incite a bloody shootout. Just when things can't get worse, a horde of murderous Dragon Wasps, massive flying bugs that shoot flame from their abdomens, swarms the soldiers. Now the military must defeat Jaguar's bandits and survive the fearsome insect onslaught as they venture inside the Dragon Wasps' hive.
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