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November 7, 2016
When it comes to renting tables, chairs, tents, walkways, and so on, we understand there are many options in the Los Angeles area.
But renting the equipment is not enough. You need setup of that equipment, and professional assistance for items you may not know how to use.
Many other party rental companies in Los Angeles, CA offer delivery, but don't set up. Other companies don't even deliver.
But AAA Rents & Events will not only deliver your rentals AND pick them up afterward, we'll set them up and take them down when it's all done.
We've heard the horror stories before…Dozens of tables just stacked on top of each other. Floor pieces delivered in a box instead of laid out and secured. Heaters with no fuel. And no humans to turn to for help in all these situations.
AAA Rents & Events adds a human element to our service, so we can go above and beyond to make your event productive and happy. We understand how complicated even a small house party can get, let alone a major outdoor event. We serve the biggest and the smallest, and we mean serve — we don't just drop off heavy equipment and wish you good luck. When you rent from AAA Rents, you get all our muscle and all our know-how.
What's more, you also get access to our extensive network of service professionals. We can provide a bar, and help you find the right bartender. We can provide a dance floor, and help you find a great DJ. We can provide serving dishes, and help you find the best caterer. We can even help you get city permist if your event is large enough to need them.
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Edifier H640P and P185 Review
Posted by Paul Malfy on Friday, July 15, 2016 - 8:00am
As enthusiasts, we tend to look on the higher end while shopping for hardware and peripherals. I personally discovered in my Edifier M710 review that you can find good quality headphones on the budget side of things. However, was that a rare occurrence? Is it possible that I've just been spending way too much money on audio equipment all these years? Edifier has sent 2 more products for Proclockers to take a look at. Their H640P headphones and their P185 ear buds. As somewhat of an audiophile, I love testing new audio equipment. So let's take a look and see how they held up. I'd like to that the good people at Edifier for again allowing me to test their products. Now let's take a look, or should I say a listen.
" Edifier specializes in premium audio solutions that showcase technological innovation and design elegance. We deliver outstanding sound experience through a wide range of sound systems for personal entertainment and professional excellence."
Established in May 1996 in Beijing, China, Edifier is the brainchild of a small group of enterprising music lovers. Guided by the principle "a passion for sound" over the past two decades, Edifier has emerged as a world-class designer and manufacturer of award-winning sound systems. Throughout our journey, we adapt to the way music is made, shared and enjoyed. We pride ourselves on products that showcase bold design and premium quality, but at the same time affordable. Today, Edifier serves music lovers worldwide through our distributors in over 70 countries, with operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. The growing Edifier family consists of 3,000 dedicated employees worldwide. Our state-of-the art manufacturing facilities produce 8 million units every year for home, consumer electronics and PC multimedia applications.


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Stephen Covey says to "live out of your imagination, not your history." Depression, suicidal thoughts, hate, despair and hopelessness result when I live out of the mindset of my past. It's as if he is abusing me all over again.
Flat-Lining in Domestic Abuse Recovery
Abuse Is Never Love But I Wanted It to Be
What I didn't understand at the time was that if Will wanted to lash out at me, it did not matter what I said or did or how I said or did it. The purpose of yelling at me, accusing me of lying, telling me I was a horrid mother, insisting I was cheating and all the rest was to keep me off balance. To keep me confused. To keep me explaining myself to him so he did not have to explain himself to me.
Explained Myself to End Verbal Abuse
He knows what he is doing. There is no empathy for "fucking whores" & he redirects my pain to the business of being married. Insurance & meaningless emails.
Types of Verbal Abuse: Know Them And Save Your Sanity
Types of verbal abuse range from full on anger to forgetting on purpose. Even the silent treatment is a type of verbal abuse! Verbal abusers use several other sneaky tactics to abuse and control their victims, too. Recognizing the types of verbal abuse is the first step to overcoming its effects and regaining your mental health.
Boundaries for Abusive Relationships Examples
"I Cannot Control You" is the missing key for people setting boundaries in abusive relationships. I cannot control you, but I can control me. So if you are acting like a jerk, I get to decide if I'm going to stay around you while you act that way…or not. Boundaries for abusive relationships help you keep the sanity you still have.
I Wish I Wasn't Going to Send This Email
I wish you could take responsibility for the things you do and say ALL of the time – not only when the chips are down and your career or your marriage. You only seem to care about how you act or what you say when there's a possiblilty that someone besides me will see or hear.
Unburied One Baby That Represented Four
She is dead, not them. Those babies died, not my boys. Those babies are in heaven, not my boys. What now? How crazy am I? I'm not crazy. I'm mourning.
Mere Woman
He got SO MAD at me! He said that we didn't have the fucking money for a tow truck and told me to go away. As I walked away with tears in my eyes, he yelled something about What the HELL do you think YOU could do anyway?!


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It's well accepted that the window for acute atrial fibrillation cardioversion of atrial fibrillation ends at 48 hours post onset. We did a whole episode on that very point. The 48 hour window is now being challenged by the biggest study to date looking at this topic. http://traffic.libsyn.com/ercast/A_fib_cardioversion_.output.mp3 DIRECT DOWNLOAD Time to Cardioversion for Acute Atrial Fibrillation and …
Scott Weingart joins ERcast to give his take on 3 factor PCC and FEIBA.
Reversing Anticoagulation – A How to Guide (adapted from podcast interview with Tom Deloughery)
Everything you wanted to know about atrial fibrillation and flutter…and then some more!


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Pink South African Guide
Pink South African Guide
Established in 2004, the Pink South African Guide has grown from strength to strength during this period has become the most sought-after international and local gay tourist publication for South Africa.
It has furthermore served as a most valuable advertising tool for those companies wishing to tap into the Pink market effectively and has been estimated to be in excess of R4 Billion P/A according to the Tourism statistics.
The Pink South African Guide boasts a comprehensive array of Pink or Pink-friendly advertisers/associates to date and has been official endorsement of both Cape Town Tourism and Cape Town Routes Unlimited! This also opens up a host of additional distribution channels through their national and international marketing strategies.
Frequency: Annual.
Print run: 30 000
Readership: 70 000
Distribution:Tourism centres and airports, Local Hotels & Guest Houses, Trade & Tourism shows both local & International, Tour Operators & Travel Agents, both local and international, Provincial Tourism Authorities and gay events such as Pride, Pink Loerie & Out in Africa Film Festival.
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Roller Banner a perfect point of sale presentation product
Everything changes with the time. Same rule is for the marketing world also. It is the media that get effected the most by the changing time. One has to change his marketing strategy according to the public mindset. And that always keep on changing with the latest technology, trend and fashion. You have to keep yourself updated if you want to be in the race of success in this competitive world. With the latest technology people are now moving towards the digital media marketing. Digital media marketing allows you to represent your product in audio and visual format. That makes your advertisement more interesting and more effective. You can definitely attract more number of people through such advertising campaign. But here I would like to discuss about some basic advertising equipment that never gets older.
Point of sale advertising is the most important thing for any product selling either it is in shop, show room, shopping malls or exhibitions. Your on place presentation convince more no of visitors in to buyers and your regular customers. Point of presence allows you to demonstrate your product directly to your customers. It gives confidence to the visitors in your product or service. Direct client encounter increases the chances of business conversion. If you will appear strong in front of your customers they will defiantly trust you. It becomes more important when you are attending a exhibition or trade show event for your business promotion. You really need to be different from the others in such events. Point of sale displays can be more effective in such circumstances in stand of Digital displays.
Point of sale displays like Roller Banners and Pull Up Banners can be very effective. A banner with eye-cache color combination and creative graphic is the perfect get user attention at public places. You can easily demonstrate your service and product using such banners. These banners are made from easy roll up technology supported with the spring. You can set up and set down your roller display by just pulling up and down the advertising graphic. The base is made from the high quality aluminum that keeps it light in weight and provides high durability to banner. The base of the banner consumes really very less floor area. So you can use it in narrow presentation area and it is more effective in such places. The graphics are also made from the high quality material, That protect your presentation from rain.
These type of Roller Banner Stands also come in double sided display facility. That means it is made from the same technology but gives the benefit of displaying advertisement on bot the side if banner. It is very effective marketing strategy for shopping malls and showrooms. You can set up these banners in just few seconds. These banners are light in weight and come with the attractive carry bag. That makes traveling easy. So if you are planing to attend different trade show events at different places then these type of point of sale Roller Banners can improve the performance and return of your business promotion event.
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A young lady has told a startling story about her father's sexual involvement with her own sister in their home.
According to her, she had noticed her father's closeness to her sister but didn't know it has gone as far as sex. Read how she shared the story below:
''I have always sensed that my father was too close to my elder sister. The man was just too fond of her and obviously so. Over the years, I even grew jealous considering the attention he gave her to my own expense. Me and my sister are my parents only two children. I used to tell my mother about what I felt about my father but she always waved me off.
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"It's just in your imagination. Your father loves you all equally" she would say.
''Still I felt sidelined by my father and this caused some friction in the relationship between me and my sister though we still got along pretty well. Well, I got admission to study Accounting in Benue State Univerity last year but my sister is still seeking admission. So I came home last week on a short visit and that was when I made the most shocking discovery of my life.
''I walked into the house quietly to surprise my family since they didn't I was coming and I saw my father on top of my sister having s*x with her on a couch. I screamed and ran outside. I sat down under a tree in front of our house badly shaken. I just picked my small bag and began to go back to school. I couldn't handle it. Now, I don't even know what to do; whether to tell my mother or just keep quiet about it.''
What will you advise her to do?
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With the Spiro Pack you get 7 professional quality audio plug-ins. Spazio is a professional reverberator. It offers natural and dense acoustic space simulation, vintage plate reverb and powerful special effects as gate and inverse reverb.
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All the Spiro Pack plug-ins have been designed to offer the user the high quality, efficiency and rock solid stability that the demanding professional is looking for.


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The Winnipeg jets became the 2nd luckiest team to win the NHL's draft lottery ever when then jumped up to 2nd overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Thus makeing it possible for them to draft a goal scoring phenom from Finland... Patrik Laine, otherwise known as "The Finnish Crash", is lighting up the NHL! Grab your Beer League Heroes 16-bit Superstar version of him and display it proudly!
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The Christian Biographies for Young Readers series introduces children to key figures from church history. Author Simonetta Carr and illustrator Matt Abraxas offer a compelling and beautiful historical account of the life of each Christian figure profiled in the series. To date, the series includes volumes on John Calvin, John Owen, Augustine of Hippo, Athanasius, Anselm of Canterbury, Lady Jane Grey, John Knox, and now, Jonathan Edwards.
Jonathan Edwards was a giant of man. He is remembered in many fields as a bright mind and a extraordinary thinker. So writing any children's book which does justice to the real Jonathan Edwards is a tall order. Simonetta Carr proves once again that she is up to the task of balancing historical accuracy and theological acumen with an eye to the attention span of young children.
An account of Edwards' life is provided with an emphasis on his children, and interesting historical details of the age. His work on how spiders sail through the forest, gliding on air, is sure to capture children's imagination. The account of Edwards' ten year old son spending a year away on a mission trip to Indians will demand attention as well. Edwards' theological contributions are explained but not detailed, and attention is focused on his care of souls and concern for the church.
This book is a joy to page through. Full color illustrations, photographs, portraits and maps, buildings and vistas appear at the appropriate time on each page. After the biographical sketch, a time line of Edward's life is included, as is an excerpt from a letter to one of his daughters. Also included is a "Did you know?" section for interested young readers. There we learn about how ink was made and quills trimmed for writing. We also find that Edwards had a fondness for chocolate, as a beverage for breakfast.
As a lover of chruch history, I appreciate Simonetta Carr's attention to detail and focus on historical accuracy. I learned many facts and saw Edwards in a new light, as a result of this children's book! I am thankful my children will have an opportunity to learn about Edwards by means of this helpful resource.
This book deserves a place of honor at the coffee table, but might end up in the kids' bookcase, more often than not. It also should find a place in church or school libraries. If you haven't picked up a title in the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, now would be a good time. You won't be disappointed with Jonathan Edwards. Read also this earlier review of some of the previous titles in the series.
Pick up a copy of this book at any of the following online retailers: Amazon, Westminster Bookstore, ChristianBook.com, or direct from Reformation Heritage.
Disclaimer: This book was provided by Reformation Heritage Books via CrossFocusedReviews.com. The reviewer was under no obligation to offer a positive review.
About Book Briefs: Book Briefs are book notes, or short-form book reviews. They are my informed evaluation of a book, but stop short of being a full-length book review.


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Another "Five Small Acts of Unadulterated Awesomeness Around Portland"
In my ongoing goal to be more positive, I've collected another list of small, but completely great things I've seen around Portland recently.
[1] Panda Express Will Tow You T-shirt from Coffeehouse NW
For as long as I've been going there, Coffeehouse NW had this paper sign warning you not to park at Panda Express. Some time in the last year they started printing t-shirts with the same janky skull and crossbones. Awesome job capitalizing on a local annoyance.
[2] Multiple Nights of Nerd To Choose From
#NerdNightOut is put on by World's Most Delightful Humans, the Doubleclicks. Check out the shows this Thursday/Friday at Action/Adventure Theatre featuring the Doubleclicks, Marian Call, Josh A. Cagan, and me!
Nerd Nite is less superhero nerd and more gene cataloging nerd and is produced by the woman who used to run OMSI Science Pub (which exists under new management and is also pretty great).
This is a great town to be a nerd in if you're the kind of nerd who likes to leave the house either at nite or at #night.
[3] Shadow Outlining
It could be one person or it could be many people, but somebody occasionally outlines the shadows of things in sidewalk chalk and then when the shadows move, you can see where they used to be. It's a great trick.
[4] Reno, NV Found Concrete Art
This one tickles me especially hard because I grew up in Reno, NV. But somebody (not me, but I wish it was) noticed this concrete cut looked a lot like the state of Nevada and so added the Colorado River at the bottom and a star for Reno.
[5] Beanie Baby Adventure
You probably didn't see this because it happened in my building, but somebody put an entire collection of Beanie Babies on the free table in the lobby. An hour later, the stuffed bears had been repositioned to every corner of the lobby. Hiding in the trees, the vending machine, all over. I wish so bad I had thought of this first.
Want to nominate other small things around town that are unequivocally wonderful? Hit me with an e-mail.


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Lace up your sneakers for the 5th Annual Quack Attack on Poverty 5k! On Saturday, February 17, participants of all ages and abilities will race through an exciting 3.1 mile course in Baldwin Park featuring bubble, squirt gun and quack zones...all while wearing an inflatable duck-shaped pool float around their waist!
The goal of this fun event is to raise funds and awareness for United Against Poverty's programs, which lift the lives of those struggling with hunger, homelessness and poverty in Central Florida. Here's your chance to join friends and neighbors in making a meaningful impact in our community while taking part in an unforgettable 5k!
Event Details:
→Saturday, February 17, 2018
→Harbor Park at Baldwin Park - 4990 New Broad Street, Orlando, FL 32814
→8:00 a.m. Race Start
For complete event details, please visit www.quackattack.org.
Registration Includes:
→Commemorative Race T-Shirt
→Split Ring Inflatable Float
→Finisher Medal
→Entry in the Chuck-A-Duck Contest
→Race Bib and Timing Chip
→On Course and Pre/Post Race Refreshments
Thank you for your support! Through the generosity of people like you, United Against Poverty will continue providing education, food & hope in Central Florida.


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Whether you want to relax, relieve muscle tension & pain, prepare for a sports event, or simply pamper yourself, Therapeutic Massage is tailored to your individual goals and needs. Swedish massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Reflexology, Deep Tissue massage, Sports massage, Russian Sports massage, Injury massage, Structural Bodywork, Myokinetic/Myofacial Therapy, and Zen Shiatsu are used to bring about health & wellness.
*Sliding fee scale is available for 60 & 90 minute Therapeutic & Prenatal Massage sessions so every body can enjoy the benefits of massage & bodywork no matter what your situation is. Please inquire at email@example.com to learn more.


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Treeno's Electronic Document Management (EDM) software plays a key role in organizations throughout the energy industry, including those operating in the oil and gas, petrochemical, utilities, and chemical sectors. Treeno EDM has helped these organizations address compliance and corporate governance issues, increase operational productivity, and strengthen the financial efficiency of their business.
Treeno EDM solves many interrelated business problems where integrating people, processes, and business information is advantageous and improving efficiency and organizational agility is critical. With our workflow automation solutions, you can keep up with compliance requirements and increase operational efficiency at the same time.
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Friday, November 03, 2006
iPod nano quick impressions
Just picked up a blue iPod nano today at the Little Mac Shoppe on my lunch break.
The service there was exactly what I want a store to do for me, quietly explain the differences between the models, know the product inside and out, and not be pushy or try to upsell me at all. I could have been in and out in two minutes if I hadn't stopped to chat. Clerks at other electronics stores will probably try and push you towards buying some korean knock-off piece of garbage because they get $0.50 more of a commission from it than an iPod.
As for the gizmo itself, taking it out of the package is just as pleasurable as unpacking any other Apple product, i.e., pure sex. Everything fits in its little home so perfectly you feel guilty about disturbing it. Every end of every cable has a little plastic cover, cables are clipped together, not tied, and the box doesn't rattle even a little before you open it up.
4 GB is about enough for 600 songs, which will more than do me for the walk to work or Jussy's place. The new earbuds are more comfortable than the previous model's, but I'll likely go back to my don't-bother-mugging-me black earbuds that I bought before going to Toronto in the Spring.
The photos feature is a cute toy but why on earth can't you zoom in even 2x or 4x? You could load the zoomed image separately from the thumbnails to preserve the stupidly fast picture browsing, and it would let you actually look at what the picture is supposed to be of.
Maybe it's just because it's what I'm used to, but I'm going to have to go into the menus and figure out how to get this thing to start up in shuffle mode. I know all my music, I don't necessarily want to listen to it in the order it was put on the iPod every time.
And finally, the fact that audiobooks and podcasts are now doable, I think I might really start to listen to more of these. If anyone can point to a site to download some that aren't in fucking Swedish that'd be peachy.


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A Human Resources expert testifying in the wrongful death civil lawsuit against a concert promoter told jurors that the promoter should have performed a background check on the doctor for deceased pop singer Michael Jackson and "did indeed fail to follow adequate hiring processes," according to a report by KNX 1070 News Radio in Los Angeles, California. The full story is available on the CBSLA.com website at http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/07/01/hr-expert-aeg-should-have-conducted-10-background-check-on-conrad-murray/. Continue reading
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New Indiana Law Allowing Expungement of Old Criminal Records Takes Effect July 1
A new law in Indiana that takes effect July 1, 2013 – Indiana House Enrolled Act No. 1482 – will allow state residents to have certain old criminal records "expunged" or erased by the courts and could create job opportunities for ex-offenders. Signed into law by Governor Mike Pence in May 2013, this "second chance" law applies to both employers based in Indiana and those who hire workers in the state. The full text of the new law is available at http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HE/HE1482.1.html. Continue reading
Latest Developments in Pre-Employment Background Screening Discussed in Webinar on July 2
Attorney and safe hiring expert Lester S. Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will participate in a live 90 minute Continuing Legal Education (CLE) webinar 'Pre-Employment Background Screening: Latest Developments' on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT. For more information about this webinar from Strafford, which will also feature Attorney Pamela Q. Devata of Seyfarth Shaw and Attorney Cindy D. Hanson of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as panelists, visit http://www.straffordpub.com/products/pre-employment-background-screening-latest-developments-2013-07-02. Continue reading
E-Verify Must Be Used by Most Employers in Georgia and North Carolina by July 1
On July 1, 2013, the final phase of laws passed in Georgia and North Carolina – Georgia House Bill 87, the "Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011" and North Carolina Session Law 2011-263 House Bill 36 – take effect and mandate the use of E-Verify for most private companies in those states. Georgia employers with more than ten employees and North Carolina employers with more than twenty five employees must begin using the E-Verify employment eligibility verification program to check work authorization for all new hires. For more information about E-Verify, visit http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify. Continue reading
Starting July 1 New Colorado Law Specifies Permissible Use of Credit Reports by Employers
A new law passed by the Colorado General Assembly that takes effect July 1, 2013 – SB13-018, the "Employment Opportunity Act" – will specify the permissible use of credit reports by employers. The Act outlines the purposes for which consumer credit information such as consumer credit reports and credit scores can be used by private sector employers or potential employers with four or more employees in making employment-related decisions. More information about the Employment Opportunity Act is available at http://www.coloradocapitolwatch.com/bill/0/SB13-018/2013/1/. Continue reading
Company Responsible for Screening Edward Snowden Investigated for Alleged Inadequate Background Checks
The private contractor responsible for the security clearance screening of Edward Snowden – who later leaked classified documents to the media that revealed a secret surveillance program by the National Security Agency (NSA) – is under investigation by the federal government for allegedly conducting inadequate background checks, according to a report by The Charlotte Observer. The full story is available at http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/20/4119462/contractor-responsible-for-snowdens.html. Continue reading
EEOC Chair Says Criminal Background Checks by Employers Not Banned
In a letter to the Wall Street Journal responding to the June 15, 2013 article 'Banning Background Checks,' Jacqueline A. Berrien, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), denied the article's suggestion that the EEOC believes criminal background checks by employers are "racist" and that the agency wants to ban the practice. The letter to the Wall Street Journal from Chair Berrien is available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323893504578555722405188406.html. Continue reading
Employee Theft Rising as Dishonest Employees Steal More Profits from US Retailers
A study of 23 large retail companies found that 71,095 dishonest employees were apprehended for employee theft in 2012, up 5.5 percent from 2011, while more than $50 million was recovered in those cases, up 7 percent from 2011, according to the 25th Annual Retail Theft Survey conducted by Jack L. Hayes International. The survey, which also found that poor employment screening contributed to the rise in employee theft, is available at http://hayesinternational.com/news/annual-retail-theft-survey/. Continue reading
Webinar Shows HR Professionals How to Optimize Screening Tools to Prevent Identity Theft and Fraud
Since Human Resources professionals must ensure job applicants are really who they say they are before hiring them, Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of background check company Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present a 90 minute webinar titled 'Optimizing HR Screening Tools to Prevent Identity Theft and Fraud' on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT. For more information about this interactive webinar with Thompson Media worth 1.5 HRCI Credits on completion, visit http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/site/offer.jsp?promo=001700EM&priority=00295709611. Continue reading
Social Media Password Privacy Laws Passed in Several US States in Recent Months
Legislation has been introduced or is pending in at least 36 states so far in 2013 to prevent employers from requesting usernames and passwords to social media websites and personal Internet accounts of employees and job applicants, according the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Eight states – Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington – have enacted such legislation in 2013. A current list of all social media password privacy legislation is available at http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/telecom/employer-access-to-social-media-passwords-2013.aspx. Continue reading


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Fast Track to Success is an employee development and training program providing solutions to the pervasive dilemma of a shifting business environment. Nowadays, employees think differently about work--how they want to work, where they want to work, and how long they are willing to work for the company. The impact? Lack of engagement, mediocre performance, low morale, little innovation and retention.
The Fast Track to Success program is a product of top talent coupled with solid research–qualitative and quantitative–into how people realize success, personally and professionally. This program's total focus is on growing your people who grow your business, which then skyrockets your bottom line.
Check out the Fast Track to Success program SAMPLE outline for Individual Contributors:
How the Program Works
The Fast Track to Success programs are offered at three levels. Each level's content is targeted to that group's needs and goals. Each level has a corresponding Miller Success Factors Assessment that uncovers what are the strongest Success Factors of your team or organization.
1- Individual contributors
2- Managers/supervisors
3- Leadership team
Learn more. Download these SAMPLE questions excerpted from the three Miller Success Factors Assessments (MFSA).
Unleashing Capabilities for Producing Superior Results
We are clear that effective, productive results occur when program content is customized to your company's goals and your employees' needs—from the individual contributor to the senior executive. This involves:
- Conversations with key leaders in the organization.
- Participants take the Miller Success Factors Assessment (MSFA) to determine the program's direction.
- Customized content is developed.
- Instructor-led workshops follow, including online or on-site venues.
- Weekly coaching sessions begin. They are dedicated to participants' successful completion of a workplace ROI-based Success project.
- Re-administer Miller Success Factors Assessment (MSFA) to validate participant growth and determine next best steps.
What Return Will You Get?
Those who participate in the Fast Track to Success program experience a breakthrough in their success and expanded competencies in all nine factors of success. They experience pride and passion for delivering on a project that positively impacts the organization.
More specifically, your investment will be returned with:
- Moved the company's mission and vision forward with successfully completed initiatives.
- Improved productivity–self-directed team members who are more engaged and productive.
- Reduced turnover–energized, creative, and inspired employees who stay and grow.
- Developed leadership skill sets applicable company-wide.
- A repeatable process that can be used for any future project or initiative.


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Art Basel - reading list
Updated 10:58 am, 12/02/09.
"NO" / "Feel Good" respectively from the Convention Center parking lot and the Oceanfront installation.
I've shaved off the links to articles and information from the main list, which continues to be updated. Newer entries here will be added to the top.
- Hey look, a Basel Miami Twitter list. If only there was an iPhone app that supported lists… have to unfollow and re-arrange followers for the week.
- Just out: New Times' cover story. I bet there's lots of great stuff if you read this thing.
- The inside-baseball version of the financial situation at the Financial Times. Short story: grim. Which some have spun as a positive — "it's about the art again." But to paraphrase BDP, the girls are free but the art costs money. (You can get a little global and historical perspective from Larry Gagosian, if so inclined.)
- The obligatory Herald article.
- Boyd Level's guide to the fairs, which comes highly recommended by Art Fag City, a blog you will be checking twice daily for the rest of the week. That's right, it's called Art Fag City. Deal.
- Mark Handforth contemplates Basel — "if you want the city government to take art and culture seriously, there's nothing like 200 private jets at the airport to wake them up."
- Art Newspaper's middling overview. 60 galleries from last year gone, replaced by 65 new ones.
- New York magazine: 'Is the economy back? The art world sure hopes so!'
- Brett inverviews Rosa de la Cruz on the occasion of the opening of her new exhibition space.
- Carlos Suarez de Jesus spotlights a couple of notable events.
Posted: Tuesday December 1, 2009 by Alesh Houdek · Permalink · Comment [3]
Art Basel - the spectacles
Fuentes, D18. The mood was of course more subdued then at past Basels on Wednesday, but not by too much! Still, there was much less pranky stuff like this then in years past. "You go to school to learn not for a fashion show," and you go to Basel I guess to shop for art that you want to live with, not to see a carnival freakshow. But to say that nothing was over the top would be a tragic misrepresentation. Let's see…
Haye, H19. Nothing says "I have $35,000 to blow on a Basel booth rental and the rep to score one, but it ain't no thang" like some gold and silver plated chess pieces scattered around, with only an incognito guard for staff.
This elephant's cup says, "How 'bout some PB and Joe? / A friendly reminder from the National Peanut Board." Serious contender for best-of in the sculpture category.
Yes-That-Sylvester-Stalone's horrible self-portrait from a Life cover was one of the few things with a red dot.
The "is that art or have you just not gotten a chance to tidy up yet?" category is alive and well, represented here by some actual animal poop.
Some quarters modified to contain blades. If we can't use art to make suggestions to terrorists, then the terrorists have already won.
Beautiful but ephemeral. MadeIn's Metal Language 1 at ShanghaiART.
Art that got shipped is always a hit. Here are some copper boxes that show fingerprints, smudges, scrapes, and FedEx tracking labels. Walead Beshty.
Anyone who made anything even vaguely Michael Jackson-related got their piece into Basel. The best of the bunch were Dave LaChapelle three (photoshopped?) images. Here, the MJ Pieta.
I loved these goldfish swimming around some impenetrable legal-looking documents. Titled "They are learning fast," John Latham, Lisson Gallery.
These Lorna Simpson photos were more poignant than spectacles, but don't miss them.
This piece comes with instructions. At least it has the decency to be titled "WTF."
If you choose to include a little shelf and some magnifying glasses next to your little newspaper cutouts, be sure that they really reward a close look.
A giant wooden box that tells you to DIE over and over, into infinity. Ivan Navarro. Edition of three, so you probably still have a chance.
You get two primo Gurskys this year, and here's one.
Probably my favorite Jenny Holzer piece of all time.
William Pope L's "The Black Factory" at the Botanic Gardens.
Probably my favorite thing so far was this Chiho Aoshima digital drawing at Perrotin.
It turns out that the Robert Indiana "LOVE" game is way too easy to play, and this year everyone got in on it. Here's my winner.
This whole time you could have chromed an old TV and set it to play nothing but wrestling match footage. Paul Pfeiffer.
Empty bottle of 90 proof Cuban rum, and time lapse of the artist consuming it over 24 hours. Once again proving that anyone can have a good idea, but it's only if you execute it elegantly that victory shall be yours.
Lawrence Weiner's "PLACED BENEATH THE SAND BENEATH THE SEA" got me. Regen Projects.
And last but sure as hell not least, Ebony Bones, easily the best performer ever at Art Loves Music (but I missed Peaches), who galvanized the crowd by getting them to move the left. Awesome (but she needs a ballad to break up the set a little). More Later!!
Posted: Thursday December 3, 2009 by Alesh Houdek · Permalink · Comment
The Art Basel guide for normal people, 2009 edition
This is for folks who are in Miami this weekend but don't really know from art. You've heard of Art Basel, and thought about maybe checking it out, but you're really not sure what exactly it is, and it all sounds very expensive and intimidating and complicated, right? There are like 20 different fairs, and a million different events, traffic is crazy, and there are sneering art people and punk kids everywhere. Also, who understands art today?
But the fact is that you should go. You don't know anything about biology, either, but if the best zoo in the world came to town, you'd check it out. Same situation. Don't worry, in a minute I'm going to teach you to look at art. But first, the question is what to do, and the answer will depend on your budget. If you're broke, you can go to NADA, check out some of the stuff at Oceanfront (pdf), and maybe hit up a couple of the smaller fairs. The de la Cruz Collection will be in town after this weekend, but it's free for Basel, so I guess that's an option. If you have a little money to spend, you could try to do some of that, and spend a few hours at Pulse. It's the best non-Basel fair I've seen so far this year, and there are interesting performances, and lots of little areas and things to discover. But if you can swing it at all, by far the best value is the $35 admission to the Art Basel fair at the convention center.
You can easily spend an entire day at Basel and not come close to seeing everything. The contemporary weirdness there is a notch above what you'll see anywhere else, and there are plenty of Big Name artists thrown in. And it's more fun to walk around in than the other fairs; because of the layout, you'll almost immediately get lost, and walking through the same areas always reveals things you missed before. (This is not an easy effect to achieve — every other fair seems like rows of boring stall-shaped booths in comparison.) Pick a day, go early, and plan to spend all day. Bring the kids! (There's arty childcare onsite if bad comes to worst.) Dress up (serious or zany — your choice!), prepare yourself to fight some crowds, park in the garage (or better yet, spring the $20 for valet parking), sneak in a camera (they check bags, but you can figure it out), and make a day of it. Take a break and wander over to Collins or Lincoln Rd for lunch. Grab an Oceanfront program and wander over there if something interesting-sounding is happening (there are also talks at the Art Salon, right inside the fair). Pick up a Showguide (a free fat brochure they hand out at the counters by the entrance) and see if you can figure out what the different color-coded booth signs mean (most of the booths have white signs, but there are also yellow, teal, and orangeish ones).
How to look at art
Ok, so what the hell is this stuff, do they really consider this art, and do people really pay thousands of dollars for it? The first thing to understand is that there's nothing necessarily to "get." If something has an explanation and a reason for existing, it's a tool, not a piece of art. That said, we can come to understand something about any given thing, and I suggest the following strategies when confronted with something that looks pointless, impenetrable, and maybe stupid:
- First, really look at it. Almost everything here rewards close inspection, even if does not seem so at first glance, and very little about what you're seeing is arbitrary. Pick up on as many details as you can.
- Imagine it in your living room. Imagine living with it there for a year. Now imagine it in an empty room. How does it transform a space?
- Think about a collector who would pay lots of money for it. (By the way, few galleries post prices, but you're allowed to ask.) Everything in Basel is there because someone thinks it has a good shot at selling, so imagine why someone would want to own this thing you're looking at.
- Think about the artist that made it. They are, by at least one definition, successful at what they do. How and why did they make this particular thing in this particular way? Most artists have a somewhat cohesive body of work, so what sort of things might they have been making that brought them to international prominence? Remember that they are not trying to make an easily articulated "statement" with any given piece, but it should evoke a unique sensation and intangible realization. Go with that.
- Think about the actual process that would have been required to create it. Lots of artists have outside help; how do they imagine the final product, and how might they have communicated that image? Is the piece meant to show how it was made, or is it all about the final physical object?
- Think about the gallerist. Very few galleries at Basel specialize in only one genre or style, so the juxtapositions of works often seem haphazard. However, lots of thought actually goes into laying out the booths. Why is this particular combination of things together? What is the aesthetic common thread between all these pieces. (Hint: this is not the point on which you want to spend the least amount to time.) Feel free to ask questions — keep it open-ended. Most of the people working the booths have something they can say about any piece, and a simple, "what's the story here?" will get it out of them. Sometimes there's an interesting tidbit that will really help.
Good luck! Here are some links:
Google Maps link to the location of the Convention Center
Art Basel website
Yelp search for nearby restaurants
List of fairs and other things going on
Posted: Friday December 4, 2009 by Alesh Houdek · Permalink · Comment [3]
Art Basel - the list
Updated 5:57 pm, 12/01/09.
Preparations are under way all over town for the Main Event, starting more or less this Wednesday morning. Tents have sprouted over the generous undeveloped portions of Midtown Miami for many of the larger satellite fairs, art delivery trucks are fighting for unloading spaces at the hotels housing the less fortunate fairs, and the din of hammering and unwrapping is emanating from the Convention Center. It's that time of the year where the New York Times runs stories about Miami that neither mock or pity. It's the time of the year where the average IQ of the tourist arriving at MIA spikes unexpectedly, and when the cool kids from all over the world wish they were here. It's Art Basel Miami Beach, y'all, and the weather this year (give or take a stormy Thursday) looks to be cooperating.
But for now we wait, not unlike Robert Chambers' giant slingshot (pointed at the Bass art museum). Today brings the list below, which will to be updated throughout the week. A few more tidbits and links tomorrow. Wednesday comes a first look at the convention center, with stuff from the rest of the fairs daily probably into next week. Friday brings the perennial Art Basel guide for Normal People. Also follow me on twitter, as updates will be live and glorious. (Note: I'm indicating Miami galleries showing at each fair on an 'as I notice' basis — not comprehensive.)
Main fairs
- Art Basel | Miami Beach. 1900 Washington Ave / 1901 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach. By Vernissage invitation (try to get one!) 6 – 9 pm Wednesday, $35 after that. (Miami galleries: Snitzer, Bruk)
- The Oceanfront, formerly known as Art Positions, by popular demand without shipping containers of art this year, though with all the other usual wackiness promised, courtesy of Pae White. (Hint: 3D glasses!) $0
- Scope, 2136 NW 1st Avenue, Miami (there have been a few different addresses floating around, but this is the correct one! Same place where Pulse was last year, which should be pretty sweet. $20
- Pulse moves to the Ice Palace, 1400 North Miami Avenue, Miami, where NADA was last year, which is sort of a bummer because NADA was my favorite place to send people who's budget is $0, and this year it's in a crappy hotel. $15
- Art Miami, Midtown, NE 1st Avenue between NE 32nd & NE 31st Street, Miami. Probably the biggest and best of the tents. $15
- Aqua abandons its Miami Beach hotel namesake and moves all exhibitors to the Wynwood location, 42 NE 25th St. Not sure if the space will be larger. $15
- NADA, Deauville Beach Resort, 6701 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. Should still be cool and everything, but a little out of the way, and the free admission looses its shine after you get your car towed. (Still, features Miami favorites David Castillo Gallery and Twenty Twenty.) $0 (I've bumped this back up to the major fairs category after comments here. Persuasive.)
Smaller fairs
- Miami's Independent Thinkers, "a multimedia art festival dedicated to South Florida's premier and emerging artists." Dig the artist list, alpha by first name. Mitrani Warehouse, 222 NW 27th Street, Miami. $15 (via)
- Pool, a fair of independent unrepresented artists. The Cavalier Hotel, 1320 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach. $10 "suggested donation"
- Art Asia, 2136 NW 1st Avenue. Next to Scope, and probably admission to one gets you admission to the other.
- Photo Miami, a tent at Midtown. You would expect a fair dedicated to photography to be great, and you would expect wrong. There is better photography elsewhere, and unless you have lots of time and money, the few gems that were to be found here in years past are not your while. $20
- Design Miami, NE 39th Street & 1st Ct, Miami. Fun for fans of DWR, this has usually been nice for a quick stop, and looks even more promising this year. Price impossible to find on website.
- Red Dot. A website with text you can't copy or search, and an incorrect address. Should be awesome. One of the tents at Midtown, $10.
- Ink, 1850 Collins Avenue Miami Beach. Some nice things, but also plenty of cartoons, so discretion is advised. $0
- Verge (formerly Bridge), The Catalina Hotel, 1732 Collins Ave, Miami Beach. $10 (tho supposedly free if you friend them on Facebook, which should be all you need to know on this world pertaining to how worthwhile this will be.)
- Fountain, 2505 North Miami Ave Miami. 13 mostly New York galleries. $5
- Sculpt Miami, 46 North West 36th Street, Miami. Probably not a good idea, but who knows? Probably free.
- Green. A complete disaster last year, FWIW. Midtown. Price unknown, probably too much.
- Focai, 3000 North Miami Ave. $10
- Nobe 67 wtf?
Special projects, local endeavors, etc.
You can just assume that all these are free admission, and many will have an opening reception with free drinks. Quality tends to be very good, tho many are up for weeks after Basel.
- Primary Flight (more info here ..): mural project featuring several notable local artists, and Shepard Fairey(!). Street art, plus a show at Art Center South Florida. Video.
- FALLOUT, 23 artists mostly from around the US, showing work in the actual fallout shelter of the old Burdines building (now Macy's) at 2 W. Flagler Street in downtown Miami.
- Littlest Sister, "smallest art fair in town," Spinello Gallery. 50 artists, 8 booths, 1 store-front space. 155NE 38 St, #101, Miami.
- "He Believes in a Beauty" — your pal Nick Cindric is back, and curating this oddly named exhibition. Includes work by Christina Pettersson, Gavin Perry, Carlos Betancourt, and Cristina Lei Rodriguez. So, worth checking out despite any web presnece. Buick Building, 3841 NE 2dn Ave, Miami.
- Subtropics' Autonomous Sounds, sound art performance/installation, Thursday and Friday, 7 – 11 pm, 2100 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach (just northeast of the Convention Center).
- Art | Baselita / Zones. Lots of local art, both fine and funky.
- Dark Night of the Soul / It Ain't Fair, the former being the collection of photographs by David Lynch with accompanying music by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse that you've heard of and the latter being, well, another show with a bunch of artists. At OHWOW, which is getting mad buzz, 3100 NW 7 Avenue Miami.
- Art Loves Music: Ebony Bones, free concert at "Oceanfront," 9 pm-ish. Free.
- Vivian Girls perform at Pulse at 7pm, with locals Little Beard playing at 6. Don't miss the whole list of art performances at Pulse, which sound impressive. (thanks, misael)
- Atlas Sound at Stages, "invite only," whatever that means. 888 Biscayne Blvd. Miami. (via)
- G. Love at Fountain, 7 pm, $5
- Art Film: 'Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child', at Oceanfront. This is apparently a rough unfinished cut of the documentary. Free.
- Chairlift at Fountain, 7 pm, $5
- Kinky and Mala Rodriguez at Awarehouse. I'm skeptical of anything that's "presented by" a shoe brand, but be my guest. Free with online RSVP.
Posted: Monday November 30, 2009 by Alesh Houdek · Permalink · Comment [3]


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I'm proud to announce that, Distance, is available now from Soundiron.com.
Sonespheres 01 - Distance is a handcrafted collection of bespoke sound designed instruments derived from Soundiron's vast catalogue and my own sample recordings for this project. The material covered ranges from solo effected instruments to warm, beautiful pads and more.
All in, there is more than 1GB of content and some 305 long-looping 24/48 wav files, scripted for Kontakt (full version, 5.5.2+), but can also be dropped right into your DAW project since they are open format.
My hope is that you as musicians will use these sounds as the hazy, ethereal, ambiguous base, on which to bring into sharp focus your own artistic visions - Be it in support or your stories, or those of the others with whom you work.
In Distance, I've tried to be thorough without being repetitive - to offer sounds that might work in a range of production styles and musical sensibilities. From longing solo instruments and heartbreaking pads to tense bowed textures and forward-leaning rhythms, I truly hope there's something here for everyone.
Thank you to the Soundiron team for their technological wizardry, wonderful catalog and their ability to maintain humanity in what could easily become a robotic effort. The massive task they undertake with each release makes me feel incredibly lucky and appreciative to be living as a composer in this era. A special thank you to Mike Peaslee for reaching out to me after hearing my work and asking me to assist in the vision of this project. His guidance on library development and his shepherding me with patience, openness and an appreciation for the art of music is the only way any of this was possible.
For Spitfire Chamber Strings, here's an updated version of the TouchOSC template, with the new Spitfire Audio branding...
See this post for the original journal entry about the template and further information about its use.
Here is a new TouchOSC template for Spitfire Audio BML Sable/Chamber Strings
Here's the overview of the template...
Here's a close-up view of the template with some explanation...
For any questions on UACC or TouchOSC, check out these links:
Spitfire Audio has created a new articulation switching method, known as the UACC (Universal Articulation Controller Channel), to be used as a standard across their libraries.
It's currently at v2.
For more information on the nuts and bolts of how it works, and the philosophy behind it, please see these links:
UACC - A New Proposed Standard
Tutorials - Spitfire Audio - Changing Articulations
TouchOSC is an app for iOS and Android that relays OSC or MIDI values to a host DAW (via TouchOSC Bridge) over WiFi or USB.
Users may make various templates for their instruments/projects via a desktop program (TouchOSC Editor), and upload them to the mobile device that will be used as a controller.
For more information on how to setup TouchOSC, TouchOSC Editor and the TouchOSC Bridge applications, please see:
* Don't forget to select "Locked to UACC" in the Kontakt performance view of each patch you load to use with this.
"Absolution" is a piece written for strings and programmed and recorded using Spitfire Audio's BML Sable library (full).
I used the combo Legato patches for each section, except the Basses, which use just the Fingered Legato patch.
Here's my final mix (using Close and Outrigger mics):
And for comparison/contrast, here are the mic positions individually playing an excerpt:
Extremely honored to be featured...
on the Spitfire Audio blog this week.
They're a great company who make great tools for the modern composer.
Spitfire Audio Blog - Demo Zone #2
Get some insights on my thoughts and process for writing demos, etc, and hear a lot of my work that showcases Spitfire's products in this week's post.
Solis Aeterni is a short piece I recently wrote as a demo for a new (solo soprano) sample library by Realitone.
The text is Latin (and possibly a clumsy translation):
Solis Aeterni
Moveat et in orbem terrae
Which roughly translates to
Eternal Sun
Moving around with the Earth
Which is based loosely on, but fully in the spirit of, this writing by the writer/preservationist John Muir:
This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.
Disclaimer: This score is provided for study purposes only, and may not be copied, performed or distributed without prior written consent by Blake Ewing Music.


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The tax legislation includes an extension of the alternative fuels tax credit for transit properties through December 31, 2011. This provision expired at the end of 2009 and the tax credit will be applied retroactively to cover fuel purchased in 2010. The alternative fuels tax credit allows transit agencies that use compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to receive a 50 cent credit per gallon equivalent tax refund.
The tax bill also extends the transit commuter benefit level established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) through January 1, 2012. The transit commuter pre-tax benefit was raised to $230 per month from $120, achieving parity with the parking benefit. If Congress had not acted, the transit commuter benefit would have reverted back to $120 per month on January 1, 2011, effectively raising taxes on employers and transit riders.
APTA thanks all of its members who played a pivotal role in ensuring the enactment of these important provisions by weighing in with their members of Congress. APTA members should contact their members of Congress and thank them for their efforts to advance these tax benefits.
For further information on the alternative fuels and transit commuter benefit tax provisions, please contact Paul Dean of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-4887 or email@example.com.
In the Senate last night, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) abandoned the effort to pass a $1.108 trillion dollar omnibus appropriations bill after several Senators, who had initially pledged to vote for the package, withdrew their support. This action ends efforts by Senate Democratic leaders to replace a House passed year-long Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 funds with the Omnibus Appropriations bill.
Along with the FY 2011 Department of Transportation appropriations, the omnibus included an extension to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) through September 30, 2011 from the expiration of the current extension on December 3, 2010.
Led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, several Republicans objected to the bill due to the high cost and the inclusion of more than 6,500 earmarks. With the current CR set to expire at midnight on December 18, the Senate must now choose to accept the full year CR passed by the House, or enact a short-term CR to fund federal programs into the beginning of the next Congress. Yesterday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced a CR that would run through February 18. At this point, it does not appear the Senate has sufficient votes to approve the full year CR, so the short-term option is likely. If a short-term CR is passed, it would have to go back to the House for final approval. It is unclear at this time whether the CR will include a short-term or long-term extension of surface transportation authorizing law. The Congress is expected to work on the FY 2011 budget through the weekend, with a final resolution possible as late as early next week.
For more information on appropriations, please contact Paul Dean of APTA's Government Affairs Department at (202) 496-1087 or email@example.com.


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The following organizations have taken the pledge
to adopt Sustainable Florida Standards!
- AC Graphics
- SF Best Practice winner is the state's first triple-certified printer offering petroleum-free inks and sustainable paper
- AgOil International, Inc.– St. Petersburg – 727.216.8747
- Biotech company growing microalgae – a renewable fuel stock
- American Institute of Architects Treasure Coast – Jensen Beach
- Advancing the knowledge, awareness and appreciation of architecture among professionals and the general public.
- Aqua Organics, LLC – Polk City
- A solar-powered farm that raises fish and vegetables through a recirculating aquaponics system that reduces algae blooms while conserving water.
- atLarge, Inc. – Sarasota – 941.365.9200 ext.304
- Interactive web agency – digitization (think recycling plus a lot more) and composting.
- BC Peabody Construction Services, Inc.– Brooksville
- Benson's Heathing and Air Conditioning, Inc.– Tallahassee
- Tallahassee area's complete source for any heating or air conditioning need.
- Biological Tree Services – Sarasota
- SF Best Practice Award Winner, specialty landscape maintenance service provider that focuses on using natural biological products and environmentally responsible integrated pest management practices.
- Breaking Ground Contracting– Jacksonville
- SF Best Practice Award Winner that is a Florida Certified General Contractor and Certified Women Business Enterprise that focuses on sustainable, 'green' and LEED® building.
Sustained by a growing awareness of the need for cultural change, the BRIDGE promotes sustainable life-styles, improved social conditions, creative expression, and personal development in ways that inform, inspire, empower, and transform.
Capital Business Interiors – Tallahassee
- Specializing in creating effective workplace solutions in Tallahassee and the surrounding communities.
- Carlson Studio Architecture– Sarasota
- SF Best Practice Award Winner and HGTV's 2009 Green Home architects that specialize in sustainable design and LEED projects.
- The Character & Heritage Institute– Tallahassee
- Develops educational programs through the arts for individuals, schools, libraries, museums and the community.
Citizens Co-op – Gainesville
A community owned market whose mission is to help grow a community-based food system through the establishment of a cooperatively-owned food market.
- One of many great communities working to serve its citizens and the environment – visit Public Works and Environmental Services.
- City Living Baby– Miami
- Stylish eco chic designs for babies, nurseries and moms to be.
- City of Palm Bay Utilities Department
- An environmentally conscious Utility Department serving the City of Palm Bay.
- Clear Water PSI
- Providing professional irrigation services to residential and commercial properties within Central Florida and focus on system efficiency.
- Dirt Pros EVS – Tallahassee & Plantation
- A quality, dependable, cleaning company that you can count on with software tracking and OSHA Compliance trained teams.
A Brevard County school whose mission is to emphasize pride, responsibility, mutual respect, and individual development.
Earth Pets Organic Feed & Garden – Gainesville
- Gainesville-based small business that provides eco-nomical alternatives for your pets, home and garden.
- Ecowise-Solutions, LLC – Lutz
- A sustainability strategy company that provides small to mid-size companies with consulting services for the development, design and implementation of environmental strategies.
eCycling.com – Largo
A nationwide IT asset disposition and electronics recycling service provider with an innovative approach to protecting our clients and our planet.
Entrix – Riverview
- Environmental and natural resource management consulting firm.
- Environmental Coalition of Miami & the Beaches– Miami Beach
- ECOMB is the largest environmental not-for-profit in Miami Beach; they educate for sustainability.
- The Firefly Group
- Public relations firm in Palm City supports Sustainable Treasure Coast activities and helps clients help the environment and strengthen the economy.
- Finch-Hatton Group – Tallahassee
- Offering IT consulting, professional services, and technology training
- Florida A&M University – Tallahassee
- Environmental Health and Safety Department.
- Florida Green Building Coalition
- SF-Partner and award-winning Partner operates sustainably as well as certifying green construction and communities.
- Francis Xavier Kline
- A NASA engineer in Titusville.
- Global Regeneration – Boca Raton
- Green Connection US– Sarasota
- Harnessing the power of existing green businesses to grow the green economy across the United States
Greener Today, Inc. – Fort Lauderdale
A Socially-Conscious Corporation that's Leading the Green Revolution and Securing Better Futures for Tomorrow.
GreenSmart® Companies – Newberry
- Focuses on consulting in sustainable masterplanning, research, education and training in green building, marketing, sales, enviro-lending, and eco-land development and realty.
- Green Up Jax– Jacksonville
- Certified EcoBroker – real estate professionals
- Hahn & Hahn Team, Inc. – Winter Park
- A creative, multi-disciplinary, minority/woman-owned community planning and urban design firm.
Building on two decades of experience in sustainability, HOK creates value for our clients through innovative, environmentally responsible design.
Community development firm with a focus of delivering sustainable communities in the region.
- Hughes Exterminators, Inc. – Atlanta, GA
- A family owned and operated company that goes Beyond the Call to protect health and property while caring for our environment.
- Indigo
- The most complete source for green building products and eco-friendly household gifts in North Florida.
- Jacobs
- SF Best Practice winner is one of the world's largest and most diverse firms offering scientific and specialty consulting as well as all aspects of engineering and construction, and operations & maintenance.
- JSA, Inc.
Nationally design firm with Jacksonville office focuses on Healthcare, Senior Living, Hospitality, Education, Housing and Interior Design.
Dedicated to keeping the community litter free while educating residents about recycling and the environment.
- Lee County – UF IFAS Extension Office
- Offering solutions for your life with Martha Avila, Sustainability Program Coordinator.
- Massey Services, Inc. – Maitland (and across Florida)
- Pest protection and landscape services.
MDM-Graphics Studio – Tampa
Making Digital Memories – Providing hi-tech & low cost photo & print svcs for local artists/clients.
MetroVerde – Jacksonville
- Using biomimicry to develop stormwater and landscape solutions
- Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce – Miami Beach
- Responsible for heading up ECOMB's Sustainable Business Initiative.
- MSCW, Inc. – Orlando
- A collaborative professional services team that provides community planning, civil engineering, landscape architecture, environmental services, transportation planning and engineering, and economics services.
- Navy Federal Credit Union
- Boasting Gold LEED certified offices in Pensacola
- Oak Hall School– Gainesville
- OHS is Gainesville Florida's most eco-ambitious, service oriented prep-school.
- O'Naturals / City Java / Haagen-Dazs– Orlando – 407.648.6877
Featuring organic foods and eco-friendly interior and energy
Offering 100% fresh-squeezed orange and grapefruit juices grown by 5th generation Florida citrus farmers.
- OUC – The Reliable One – Orlando
- A municipal utility owned by the citizens of Orlando that provides electricity and water services to customers in Orlando, St. Cloud, and parts of Orange and Osceola counties.
- Perry Ellis International – Miami, New York and Washington
- Leading fashion designer, distributor and licensor of fashion apparel and accessories for men and women – undergoing a company-wide sustainability initiative.
- Prattco, Inc.
- Roofing and sheet metal firm featuring "green" LEED compliant systems in central Florida.
- Republic Services, Inc.
- Fort Lauderdale-based leading provider of solid waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services operating in 21 states.
- Rosas Farms – Citra
- Florida's most award-winning organic farm
- Rosen Hotels & Resorts – Orlando
- SF Best Practice Award finalists own and operate two-palm Florida Green Lodging certified properties: Rosen Shingle Creek, Rosen Centre and Rosen Plaza.
- Rush Hospitality – Titusville
- Providing sustainable turn-key renovation solutions to the hospitality and other commercial sectors.
- School District of Palm Beach County – West Palm Beach
- The first county in Florida to build a LEED-certified public school.
- Seacoast Cottage Company– Fort Myers
- Constructing classic Caribbean-styled homes using Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) to exceed hurricane zone building codes.
- Siemens Building Technologies – Orlando
- Global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors.
- Simply Green Solutions – Ellenton
- Offers simple, effective options to green your business, community or home environment.
- Solar EOS – Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. – Ponte Vedra Beach
- A business whose mission is to advance the solar industry and elevate professionals through customized training.
- Southern Crafted Homes– Land O' Lakes
- Specializes in Eco-Crafted home building while meeting Energy Star and Florida Green Building Coalition certification standards.
- Superior Solar Systems, Inc. – Longwood
- Specializing in residential & commercial solar electric, water heating and pool heating applications
- TREEO – Training, Research, & Education for Environmental Occupations – University of Florida
- Offers training programs to help students achieve their continuing education and professional goals with a greater emphasis on sustainability
- Two Trails – Florida, Georgia and North Carolina
- Green building consultants offering certifications throughout the country offering training and more.
- U Gotta Go Green – Naples
- Eco-Networking, Green Business Directory, Resources and Information Portal
- Union Credit Bank – Miami
- An indpendent, locally owned bank providing "green" financial services and is a U.N. Environment Program Finance Initiative member
- Valet Waste – Tampa
- The only national provider of 5 night a week doorstep trash and recycling pick-up in the multi-family housing industry.
- Valley Forge Fabrics
- SF Best Practice winner supplies sustainable fabric to hospitality industry with reclamation and recycling service.
- Waste Management, Inc. of Florida – Jacksonville
- SF Best Practice Award Winner is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America.
The Willow School – Vero Beach
Based on the belief that schools can be informal and individualized, yet still educate well; a school that promotes development in art, music, and physical education.
- Community-based program that provides professional attire and career skills training to low-income women and families seeking self-sufficiency


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Soon there will be wedding hall in Mishref next to NBK's branch. I don't think this is the perfect location for it.
yalla zawjaw yousef feeha:p
La ana 7ajiz elbara7a ely jedam baitna a7san :p
way kilish mo khosh mokan!
Ya3ni mo min kobor ilmokan oo mako parking oo kilshay hnak… wayid za7ma!
Suddenly Mishref is the new Hawally/Samliya… kilshay bi7i6oona hnak! I HATE it…
I live there and starting to not like how it's no longer quiet and humble.. kila za7ma!
Ooo il9ala ma ligaw mokan a7san… what about next to arth it ma3arith aw 9ob il uni's….masa7a akthar oo they can add parking
i hate this…
Businesses… LEAVE MISHREF ALONE!
[…] Wedding Hall in Mishref […]


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Happy Friday!! I've decided to bring back my Pick of the Week for the holiday season because there are always products or clothing that I am LOVING, but don't always have a way to share that with you. This week, my FAVORITE thing is a baggy sweater. Why? Because not many things fit me these days, and I always want to be comfortable, yet stylish, and a baggy sweater paired with (faux) leather leggings and booties is always a good idea.
Sun & Shadow Cowl Neck Tunic // Halogen Cashmere Poncho // Dreams by Debut Cowl Neck Sweater
Halogen Cold Shoulder Sweater // Free People Fringe Sweater // Vince Camuto Rib Knit Turtleneck
Steve Madden Turtleneck Poncho // Vince Camuto Sweater Tunic // Calson Long Sweater


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Learning how to spot a stroke is just as important as teaching your family CPR or what to do in the event of a fire. With stroke just like a cardiac arrest or a fire seconds count. Stroke signs include: sudden severe headache with no known cause; sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; or sudden confusion or trouble understanding. Teaching people how to recognize a stroke and respond quickly is the primary goal. Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability and the nation's No. 5 leading cause of death. The American Stroke Association is a division of the American Heart Association. For more information, visit StrokeAssociation.org¹.
Certain risk factors can increase your chances of having a stroke. If you have identified personal risk factors, work with your healthcare provider to reduce your personal risk. Prevent stroke happening to you or others by following these guidelines:
- Identify. Review the risk factors and identify your personal risk.
- Reduce your risk factors. Work to reduce your stroke risk through lifestyle changes and if necessary medication.
- Recognize and Respond. Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of a stroke by memorizing FAST. Respond to the first sight of stroke and help save lives.
F.A.S.T. is:
F – Face Drooping: Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile.
A – Arm Weakness: Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
S – Speech Difficulty: Is speech slurred, are they unable to speak, or are they hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence like, "The sky is blue." Is the sentence repeated correctly?
T – Time to call 9-1-1: If the person shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get them to the hospital immediately.
Lifestyle risk factors such as diet and exercise are part of controllable risk factors. Lifestyle risk factors are habits or behaviors people choose to engage in. If changed, they can directly affect some medical risk factors² by improving them.


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mccomb — Residents of McComb and surrounding counties now can receive modern cancer treatments without leaving the region.
"We've had people who had to travel daily to Jackson, Hattiesburg, or Hammond for cancer treatment, and now they can stay at home," said McComb Mayor J. C. Woods. "And not only that, they can go to a state-of-the-art facility. It is my understanding they have one piece of equipment which is the only one like it in the world. I think the cancer center is going to be a real asset to our medical community and southwest Mississippi. But more importantly, it will be a real asset to the cancer patients."
The $6-million Mississippi Cancer Institute, which is part of the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, attracted Hawaii native Scott Moon to be medical director of the department of radiation oncology.
"It was a just an incredible opportunity," Moon said. "Everyone coming out of training at my time didn't expect to find anything from ground up, let alone something as advanced as this facility. All I knew of Mississippi was what I had seen from movies, which wasn't too flattering. My wife and I flew down and were pleasantly surprised. The hospital looked out of place because it was so advanced.
"It really looked like they were trying to create the best medical services available for the community. That kind of vision and commitment to providing excellent medical care is hard to find. This facility is superior to the satellite in Baltimore where I was training."
Moon said the institute was originally planned to be 13,000 square feet just for radiation oncology. He felt patients would benefit from having medical oncology in the same building since some cancer patients need both types of treatment. He was willing to give up half of his space for medical oncology. Instead, a decision was made to add 8,000 square feet upstairs for medical oncology and pain management.
"It will be a multi-disciplinary setting," Moon said. "Patients can get a lot of therapy in one place."
Moon said he was basically given a "blank check" and told to find the best treatment machines available. The institute purchased the Siemens Primus linear accelerator, only the sixth such machine installed in the U.S. And the institute has the world's first Tut Digital Imaging System, a new technology recently approved by the Federal Drug Administration which produces CAT images which are digitally coded.
Moon said it provides more accurate information than a regular CAT scan, allowing the physician to accurately define the tumor location to pinpoint treatment. It also digitally records all the treatment, and allows transfer of that data anywhere in the country for input from other specialists.
Another important piece of equipment is the Odelft Simulator, which helps with treatment planning, a crucial part of entire treatment.
Attention was also paid to esthetics.
"The environment of the center is very relaxing," Moon said. "They did a great job with interior decorating to make it very patient friendly. It is just a really beautiful facility. It is a pleasant environment to come to every day."
The new building is of the quality that would be more expected in a major metropolitan area rather than in a town with a population of only 14,000.
"The physical aspect of the cancer institute, the building it is in, blows your mind to be in a small town. It would fit in New York City, California, or Atlanta," said J. Britt Herrin, executive director of the Pike County Economic Development District and the Pike County Chamber of Commerce. "It is absolutely first class. There is nothing in the region like it, and maybe few places like it in the entire country.
"Obviously, McComb with only 14,000 people can't support a facility like this. They were able to show that this hospital serves an area of about 200,000 people, which is primarily the 10 counties southwest of Jackson. It also attracts a number of people from Louisiana. I don't think McComb is really closer to them, but for some reason they are attracted here. It has a good reputation in the region."
Herrin said the hospital has 140 beds and more than 80 doctors, which again is evidence of the regional draw of the facility. The hospital is an industry in itself.
"The doctors have a huge direct and indirect economic impact," Herrin said. "And the hospital is extremely involved in the community. A lot of the leadership for many of the community activities are people in the medical community. There is a close knit relationship between that hospital and this community."
The hospital has a foundation that hosts an annual gala fundraiser which is a major community event. Last year a concert by recording star Roberta Flack raised money for the cancer center. The year before a Willie Nelson concert was held.
"It's a great thing," Herrin said. "It not only raises money for the hospital, but draws the ties between the community and the hospital that much closer."


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Semi Detached Villa in Sucina
Murcia Region Sucina Area Sucina Town
Note: Exchange rates are for informational purposes only.
Ref#: SM944
Beautiful semi detached villa in a quiet residential Street ideal for permanent living or for a holiday home. Set on a large plot with nice low maintenance garden and front terrace, there is enough room for a pool. The villa has a living/dining area, open plan kitchen, 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom leading to a stairwell at the back which leads to an upper roof terrace.
This house has a sunny orientation and is just a short walk to the village of Sucina which has great restaurants, bars, medical centre, shops, pharmacy and schools all within a short walk. Well linked to the motorway and just 15 minutes drive to great beaches and the airport.


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Patient Satisfaction
National Survey
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services, Briarwood Healthcare Center has an overall quality rating of This rating is influenced by the facility's health inspection results (5.0 out of 5), quality measure data (5.0 out of 5) and staffing levels (4.0 out of 5). Visit medicare.gov for more information.
The patient satisfaction is a measure of the extent to which a patient content with the health care which they received from their health care provider.
Have you been to Briarwood Healthcare Center before? Be the first to review!
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Address & Directions
Facility Information
Below is the general information for Briarwood Healthcare Center
- Breakdown for facility beds
- 64 Total Beds
- 88% Occupied
- 56 residents
Ownership Type
- For profit - Partnership
Medicare & Medicaid
- Provider participates in:
- Medicare
- Medicaid
Below are services offered at Briarwood Healthcare Center


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Marina Piro, an Italian-born young woman who'd been living in the UK decided to make a serious change in her life. She has taken to the road with her pet dog Odie and her old van Pam.
Her Renault Kangoo was restored by her. On her own, she was able to outfit it with a homemade bed, floor and kitchen just spacious enough to live out of with her canine companion. All of this she was able to accomplish for roughly £500.
Marina had the following to say about her future plans:
"I will travel for as long as I can. Whether it's with Pam or with a different means of transport. My plan is not to see as many places as possible but to really experience and get to know the places I go."
As for Odie, her labradoodle cross, she says that he is loving the journey and being spoiled all the while.
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Attention Students!
Below is the 2013 common application for this year's Spring/Summer LEL scholarships, including the Coca-Cola Refreshments, Inc. Scholarship for Excellence in Labor and Employment Law. All interested students are encouraged to apply, including 1Ls. In addition to the paper application, which will be reviewed by a committee of distinguished alumni, professors and Dean Simons, there will be a series of interviews for those who are chosen as scholarship finalists.
Applications must be submitted both in hard copy and via e-mail to Ms. Paula Edwards, Administrative Assistant for the Center for Labor and Employment Law (718-990-6653 — email@example.com) by no later than 5:30 PM on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
The due date has been extended to 5:30 PM Tuesday, March 12, 2013, due to 3/8/13's inclement weather! Please disregard the due date on the application document, below!
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. An Executive Board member of the Labor & Employment Law Society will get back to you as soon as possible. Good Luck!