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Festival Donations & Prizes
Due to the incredible generosity of many artists, writers, craftsmen and business's from Bruny , Tasmania, Australia and further afield , we have a fantastic selection of bird and nature themed prizes to give away at this years festival.
Some will be as prizes and some will be part of The Silent Auction ...... take part in everything and you never know what extra delights you may go home from the festival with.
All donations have a weblink underneath, please support the business's and artists who have supported us.
|'Aquila' - Wedge -tailed Eagle 100 cms x 80 cms unframed print by Artist Katherine Cooper
|EggPicnic Tasmanian Birds 100 x 42 cm unframed print
|Two Wedge Tailed Eagles by Artist Belinda Kurczok
|Black Currawong Earrings created by Dydee Mann of Wilderness Bling
|Scarlet Robin Brooch created by Dydee Mann of Wilderness Bling
|Three packets of seeds from Ruth Mollison of Island Seeds
|Pack of greeting cards designed by Cal Heath of Best In Show
|10 Cards - Naturalist Notebook bird series by Margaret Vandenberg
|Eastern Quoll by Artist Kerry Marvell
|2 skeins of 5ply Alpaca Wool from Cal Heath at Little Cloud
|Signed copies of 'Only the Empty Sky' by author Russell Kelly
|Ten Art Cards by Artist Mel Hills
|3 x 200ml bottles of Spirit Of Bruny Gin from Mark and Lorrell
|Breathing Space - a book of essays, poems and stories about Tasmanians' changing relationship with nature by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy
|Firetail finch limited edition print by Artist Mel Hills
|A selection of quality bird books from Andrew Isles Natural History Books
|A Signed copy of the wonderful Animals of Tasmania by Sally Bryant and Tim Squires
|An incredible photograph of a Wedge-tailed Eagle by Rod Hartvigsen
|Pack of nature cards from Landcare Tasmania
|Porcelain water etched vase in white gum design by Artist Tara Kurrajong
|Framed linocut of Beautiful Firetail by Belinda Hall
|Beautiful Firetail hand coloured linoprint by Prue Hutton
Masked Lapwing chick photograph by Janelle Walker
|A4 Print - Little Penguin by Geoff Tuck
|A4 melba print limited edition by Kat Scarlet
|A3 Print - Forty Spotted Pardalote by Stalley Briton
|Lino and wood cut on mulberry paper - In Flight, Stormy Weather by Julie Milton
|A3 Print - Superb Fairy Wren by Artist Gaye Smith
|Artist Allegra Biggs Dale Avian Study 1, 2 , 3 Framed Mixed Media prints on good quality rag, charcoal, feathers.
|A3 limited edition unframed print Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta by Artist Emma Jarvis
|Masked Owl acrylic on canvas by Festival Artist in Residence Lois Bury
|2 Adults to travel on an award-winning 3 Hour Wilderness Cruise with either Bruny Island Cruises or Tasman Island Cruises, or in the Vista Lounge with Wineglass Bay Cruises.
This voucher is valued at $290 and valid for 12 months
|Spotted Pardalote print by Artist Mimi McIntyre

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The Unique Demands of Shipping Fine Jewelry Purchased Online
By: Better Packages on February 9th, 2018
Would someone buy a 5 carat diamond online? Or a strand of pearls?
Leading companies in the jewelry business like Tiffany, Harry Winston and Mikimoto say yes. And they are already positioning themselves to take advantage of this accelerating trend.
Others in the luxury jewelry business are jumping on the bandwagon too, as industry insiders forecast a growing trend towards online luxury jewelry sales.
There's no question that the fine jewelry market's acceptance of e-commerce has been slower than other aspects of retail. That's changing.
"Growth in the global jewelry market is being fueled by the shift to e-commerce," according to a piece in Forbes called "As Fine Jewelry Moves Online, The Market Sparkles."
The article cites statistics from Research and Markets that forecasts that the market for online fine jewelry sales will grow to capture 10 percent of all jewelry sales by 2020.
Given that this market was $257 billion in 2017 (and growing at five percent a year), that's a significant amount. Hence, the interest of industry icons like Tiffany & Co. in getting involved in online sales.
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The Firmament Group, a leading provider of tailored debt and equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced today an investment in Wastewater Specialties, LLC. WWS is a regional provider of industrial cleaning services along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. WWS services diverse end-markets including refining, chemical, oil and gas midstream distribution, and power and utilities.
As a provider of bespoke capital solutions, Firmament will invest in WWS through a combination of debt and equity capital. Firmament partnered with Norristown Capital Partners ("Norristown"), an Arkansas family office, to consummate the transaction.
Concurrent with the transaction, Firmament and Norristown named Todd Sims CEO of the Company. Sims noted, "The WWS team is thrilled to write its next chapter with the Firmament and Norristown teams. We think the opportunities in front of this company are endless."
Ted Wong, Principal at Firmament, added, "We are excited to make an investment in a company with a reputation for being a reliable partner offering best-in-class service. We feel strongly that WWS is poised for significant growth given the tailwinds propelling investments in chemical refining and midstream distribution infrastructure along the Gulf Coast. We believe the Company is an extremely attractive investment, as it operates in a niche industrial services space that is resilient amidst an otherwise volatile energy market."
Business First Bank provided a revolving line of credit to support the Company's business activities moving forward.
About Wastewater Specialties
Wastewater Specialties is a leading industrial cleaning provider serving the Gulf Coast region of the United States. WWS's services include industrial vacuuming, hydro-blasting, tank cleaning, chemical cleaning, and wastewater remediation, among other subspecialties. WWS was founded in 2007 by industry veterans Brett Feldes, Paige Clayton, and Stoney Courville.
About The Firmament Group
Established in 2012, The Firmament Group (www.thefirmamentgroup.com), formerly known as McLarty Capital Partners, provides tailored debt and equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Firmament is a value added partner to entrepreneurs, management teams and business owners and provides solutions by deploying versatile capital in a user-friendly way. Firmament seeks both senior and junior debt capital opportunities including unitranche, second lien and mezzanine debt, and also provides equity capital structured as either preferred or common equity. Firmament is focused on turning small business into big business.


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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. § But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me." "Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you."
You will not be forgotten by Me! I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. § A woman . . . cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David!" . . . But He answered her not a word.
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Remember the little black bags carried by doctors? Dr. John P. Williams, M.D., a breast cancer surgeon, is bringing that personal touch back, directly into the home of any woman with breast cancer. The Breast Cancer School for Patients is a FREE online educational platform which features over 80 video tutorials about breast health and breast cancer. His mission is to help recently diagnosed patients, so they can become 'experts' to assure they get the highest quality breast cancer care in their own community.
"In this age of technology and rapid information sharing, it can be hard to navigate through information about breast cancer online," states John Williams, who has organized this vast field into one easy-to-navigate site called Breast Cancer School for Patients. Dr. Williams offers "old school" compassionate hand-holding in the first video-based school for patients. "I like to think of this as a form of telemedicine, which is the use of health technology to bring positive health outcomes to patients."
Upon signup for a newsletter, visitors will immediately receive a detailed email containing several hundred "Doctor Questions." This is a list of the key questions to engage one's breast surgeon, medical oncologist, and radiation oncologist about "cutting edge" treatment options.
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The Emptiness of Humanism
What are the 5 points of ethics according to Thiroux and Kraseann? 1.) The Value of Life Principle - Humans should value life and accept death. 2.) The Principle of Goodness or Righteousness - We should strive to do good and avoid the bad. 3.) The Principle of Justice or Fairness - The distribution of of good and bad on a just and fair basis. 4.) The Principle of Truth Telling or Honesty - Necessary for meaningful communication. 5.) The Principle of Individual Freedom - Individuals must have the freedom to choose their own way of being moral within the framework of the first four basic principles. Can the world operate ethically by using these five principles?
In order for the ethical system presented to be considered valid it must be a system that the world could live with and be structured in a way that is fair to all individuals. Can the world live with such a system? No. The overarching problem from which the whole five point system collapses, is that it falls victim to relativism.
If humanist ethics is situational and these five points are the correct way to do ethics, then who gets to decide what conforms to the five points? In other words, point one deals with the value of life, but what is to be done with the unborn? Are they to be considered alive? It seems that the system of Thiroux and Krasemann fails here, in that, the person or persons in power get to decide the criteria for what is alive and what is not.
If humanism is the way to go, who decides the basic human principles? Why should anyone accept what Thiroux and Krasemann have to say? Though the five principles seem to be good principles, the problem arises when trying to ground the principles. There is simply nothing to ground the five principles in. Why these five points and not my own system? Any humanist system of ethics turns out to be nothing more than personal belief without the ability to justify why anyone should believe that way.
Humanism fails to produce any type of justifiable system. In the end, those in power decide what others should believe. In essence, humanism can lead right down the road of totalitarianism. Once humanism throws off the existence of God, it has no way to find any foundational grounding. If God does not exist, then why should anyone pledge allegiance to humanistic ethics? Besides, how does this humanistic system justify "The Principle of Goodness?" What is good on the humanistic ethical system and who gets to decide? The "Humanist Manifesto", and even Thiroux and Krasemann indicate a moral law exists, but they have no answer from where this law comes. It seems the ethics of humanism is empty because it has absolutely nothing to ground the system in. As Fyodo Dostoevsky once said, "If God does not exist, everything is permissible."
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School closures during Covid spiked mental health crisis in kids: WHO
Closure of schools during Covid-induced lockdowns across the world had a "deep impact" and spiked "global mental health crisis" in young children, according to a recent report by WHO
Closure of schools during Covid-induced lockdowns across the world had a "deep impact" and spiked "global mental health crisis" in young children, according to a recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The report said that globally there was a greater change in prevalence of major depressive disorders and anxiety disorders, among younger age groups than older ones, potentially reflecting the "deep impact of school closures and social restrictions on youth mental health".
Extended school and university closures interrupted routines and social connections, meaning that young people missed out on learning and experiences expected for healthy development. The disruption and isolation fuelled feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and loneliness, and led to affective and behavioural problems.
"Restrictions imposed during the Covid pandemic for example had significant mental health consequences for many, including stress, anxiety or depression stemming from social isolation, disconnectedness and uncertainty about the future," the report said.
"For some children and adolescents, being made to stay at home is likely to have increased the risk of family stress or abuse, which are known risk factors for mental health problems," it added.
The WHO report estimates more than one billion people are living with a mental health condition, after increasing by more than 25 per cent during the first year of the pandemic.
The report also found bullying and sex abuse were the largest contributors to increased depression in children across the world.
While before the pandemic, the WHO estimated as many as one in seven (14 per cent) of children had a mental health disorder. The rise in the condition post pandemic in children could be significant.
The WHO has called for urgent action on transforming mental healthcare. The report also urged all countries to accelerate their implementation of the Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2030.
It makes several recommendations for action, including stepping up investments in mental health, reducing risks, building resilience and dismantling barriers that stop people with mental health conditions from participating fully in society, and diversifying and scaling up care options for all mental health conditions.
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Who Is Misleading Us About Actuarial Science?
The Argument About Actuarial Science
There are always exceptions, obviously, but, generally speaking, poor folks are generous to a fault. If you've hit your 30s or 40s and you're thinking about a career change, you aren't alone. My original plan was supposed to finish coding bootcamp as speedily as possible within 69 months and receive the hell out of Iowa.
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And lastly, the program will offer a chance for students to know about and understand the ethical dilemmas which are frequently encountered in the practice of business decision making. It's usually completed at the commencement of your 4th semester and a copy is put in your mail box in 241 Schaeffer Hall. It really is dependent on the intricacy of the portfolio.
With over 250 members, it is but one of the biggest societies devoted to actuarial studies in the United Kingdom. Capital Budgeting Projects Comparison A. Gopher Place The complete http://chaplaincy.richmond.edu/believe/essay-guidelines.pdf population in the area where it is located is among the lowest among the others. Different types of Courses There are various varieties of insurance programs that are provided by several USA institutes.
The remaining part of the team is composed of experts throughout the finance and insurance industries. You may take help of internet job portals to locate the most suitable chance for you. Also, firms with a lot of employees could be impacted, so long as only three are key to the company.
You're able to think about it as a little startup, but be certain that you keep focusing on the data science portion of the undertaking and you may just ignore the company part. You also don't should have any Excel or other spreadsheet background to select the training course. Then explore project administration.
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If you're at a point in which you haven't taken many courses and feel just like you don't have sufficient skills to begin your own project, I suggest taking some on-line bootcamps. Moreover, an oral examination may be deemed necessary. A lot of helpful information about the profession and the examinations are available at BeAnActuary.com.
You should expect nothing under a STEM degree or one that is going to enhance your access to high-paying careers. You'll be a whole lot more engaged papernow.org and will retain the information better once you leave school. There are several actuarial science programs to pick from at a number of colleges and universities.
Actuaries utilize statistical models to help determine the probability of an event, like a pure disaster, death or accident. The transparency will allow anybody to develop into a specialist through verifiable proof.
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Examine the differing rates after all benefits are calculated. So as to determine premiums or in different words to compute price levels, insurers have to be in a position to estimate them. Actuaries work closely with insurance agents to decide on the degree of insurance that may be given to a client as well as some other data essential to create a sound policy.
An individual has to know the requirements and obligations of a work ahead of applying for it. Unvalued policy An unvalued policy in one where the value of the subject matter isn't declared at the right time of policy taken. You can decide on a level term policy on the opposite hand if you are able a policy that's slightly more expensive but with premiums that remain exactly the same throughout the policy period.
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In addition, there are graduate programs in actuarial science, but they're not necessary and a vast majority of actuaries do not stick to this route. To become an actuary, you should fulfill a succession of requirements determined by the Society of Actuaries or among the other more specialized actuarial societies. Becoming an actuary is a difficult procedure and only the most skilled professionals clear each of the levels.
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A political figure getting questioned about a bar fight that results in no arrests might be news. A political figure that got questioned but not arrested by police 33 years ago for a bar fight because he allegedly threw ice? If the name is Kavanaugh, it's news … for some reason. The New York Times broke the Flying Ice Story wide open last night:
As an undergraduate student at Yale, Brett M. Kavanaugh was involved in an altercation at a local bar during which he was accused of throwing ice on another patron, according to a police report.
The incident, which occurred in September 1985 during Mr. Kavanaugh's junior year, resulted in Mr. Kavanaugh and four other men being questioned by the New Haven Police Department. Mr. Kavanaugh was not arrested, but the police report stated that a 21-year-old man accused Mr. Kavanaugh of throwing ice on him "for some unknown reason."
A witness to the fight said that Chris Dudley, a Yale basketball player who is friends with Mr. Kavanaugh, then threw a glass that hit the man in the ear, according to the police report, which was obtained by The New York Times.
Another student at the time, Chris Ludington, had spoken publicly of an incident involving Kavanaugh, police, and heavy drinking during their years at Yale. The Washington Post caught up with Ludington last night to get more of the story on the bar fight and Kavanaugh's role in it, a role that apparently didn't even interest police at the time enough to detain the future jurist. Ludington says he's telling the FBI about it today after reaching out to them over the weekend:
On Sunday, Ludington said publicly that he intended to discuss the incident with FBI agents in Raleigh, N.C., where he is an associate professor at North Carolina State University. Agents soon contacted him, he said Monday night. They instructed him to file a request to be invited to provide testimony, then emailed him a questionnaire and told him to come in Tuesday. …
Last week, Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he drank but was never out of control. "I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out," he said during his testimony.
Ludington told The Post that his recollection differed.
"I saw him quite drunk. There were certainly many times when he could not remember what was going on," he said, adding that, "There's an angry streak that comes out when Brett drinks."
Obviously, this is what Ludington wants to get out into the public sphere — that when at Yale, he saw Brett Kavanaugh get angry-drunk. And … so? Kavanaugh has admitted already that he drank too much at times in both high school and college. Ludington claims to be offended that Kavanaugh has "mischaracterized the extent of his drinking at Yale," as the New York Times puts it. The police report of a bar fight in which Kavanaugh was never charged or even detained is being offered as proof of that mischaracterization.
However, it doesn't prove anything at all, except that Kavanaugh might have contributed to a bar fight. In 1985. At twenty years old. It's not even clear from the report that Kavanaugh was drunk, let alone so drunk as to be in a blackout. One would presume that police would have detained Kavanaugh had that been the case, at least until he sobered up enough to be able to responsibly take care of himself.
Remember, the real purpose of all this discussion of Kavanaugh's drinking isn't whether it was excessive more than three decades ago. Democrats want to find evidence that Kavanaugh drank so much that he blacked out occasionally, in order to negate his forceful denials that he never attacked Christine Blasey Ford or anyone else. Put aside the fact that there's no logical connection between the two anyway, or that one blackout somehow proves sexual assault; they haven't even been able to show that Kavanaugh blacked out from drinking ever. And that leaves Kavanaugh's categorical denials to stand against Ford's vague, ambiguous, and changing allegation.
In fact, the one person in a prime position to know the most about Kavanaugh's drinking and its impact says it never happened. Dan Murphy, Kavanaugh's roommate at Yale, released a statement yesterday declaring that Kavanaugh never suffered blackouts, and that his drinking is getting exaggerated in the press:
"I never saw Brett black out or not be able to remember the prior evening's events, nor did I ever see Brett act aggressive, hostile, or in a sexually aggressive manner to women," Dan Murphy said in a statement Monday.
Democrats and the media have come up empty on the blackouts, so now we're getting ice, ice, maybe instead. That's what happens when you're under pressure to find something, anything to derail a nominee you've pledged to wax like a candle, or something. Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know.


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Mercedes-AMG has been in the process of adding some new models to the existing lineup of performance cars.
The GT soft-top roadster was teased only a few days ago and Mercedes-AMG has now confirmed the GT C, which has been rumored for quite a while. There have been rumors that the Mercedes-AMG GT C would be coming up as a hardtop coupe, but it seems that it will initially be available only as a roadster convertible. The 4.0 liter V8 which has been seen in several Mercedes-AMG models continues with the same twin turbos boosting the power and torque figures.
The engine makes around 550 bhp and 502 lb-ft of torque and this makes it significantly more powerful than the GT S Coupe, which makes around 503 bhp and 479 lb-ft of torque. Power from this engine is sent to the wheels using a seven speed dual clutch gearbox. Even though it makes such an astonishing amount of power, it is still lower than the track focused GT R by about 25 bhp and 15 lb-ft of torque. Mercedes claims that this new GT C will be capable of hitting 0 to 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds while going on to hit a top whack of 196 mph.
Mercedes-AMG have decided to borrow aspects like the electronic limited slip differential and rear axle steering system from the track focused GT R. The staggered will set up on the GT C means that the vehicle will have 19 inch wheels on the front and 20 inch wheels at the rear with 305 section tires. The GT R has an extensive carbon fiber treatment that helps keep the weight low, but the GT C will be missing out on this aspect probably to save on the cost. However, it does come with a lithium ion battery in order to reduce a few kilograms.
The Mercedes-AMG GT roadster should be just about fine for those entering into the performance segment for the first time, as it still makes a healthy 469 bhp and 465 lb-ft of torque. The powered retractable soft top is one of the finest features in a modern roadster since it takes only 11 seconds to go up. Mercedes-AMG will debut these models at the 2016 Paris Motor Show in just over a month. However, they will not be available in the United States before fall of 2017. The addition of these models takes the AMG GT family to five vehicles.


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Jan 15, 2013. It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Hazel Burnett, late of Pitt Meadows. Predeceased by mother, Betty, husband John, brother-in-law Harry, niece Judy. Survived by nephew, Jack(Lynne), great nieces and nephews, adopted family and any very close friends. While respecting Hazel's wishes for no formal service a gathering will be held in her honour Feb 23, 2013 at the Pitt Meadows Family Rec Centre, 12027 Harris Road at 12:30pm. Please RSVP to Shari Young at 604-465-3852.


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Messaging Guide¶
This document describes how administrators can use OVD messaging to send in-session messages to users and to also collect feedback from users through customisable responses.
Inuvika OVD provides messaging support for administrators that allows them to send important information to users. These messages appear as popups to users when their session is started, or they can be displayed when a user is already in-session.
This feature allows administrators to send messages that simply need to be viewed by users or messages that require varying types of responses/feedback.
In the OVD Administration Console, user responses can be monitored and the results of these responses can be exported for organization records.
The purpose of OVD Messaging is to allow organizations to communicate important information to users and/or to collect user feedback.
The main workflow of an OVD Message has two halves: the administrator side and the user side.
The administrator creates, publishes, and monitors the progression of a message. Users receive and respond to these messages.
Administrator Experience¶
The administrator begins the process by creating the message to be sent through the OVD Administration Console (or by using the OVD Session Manager API). They have full customization control and can create messages to simply relay information to users or more detailed messages to collect responses from their users.
Once a message has been published, administrators are able to monitor it's progress among their users, seeing live feedback results in the OVD Administration Console.
Administrators can choose to archive a message (i.e. remove it from messages that users receive in-session), thus concluding the workflow.
User Experience¶
For the user's experience, messaging is performed seamlessly through their OVD session. Once a message is published, users will see it as a popup at the start of their session and at that point they can respond to it in multiple ways depending on the type of message. A message can also be pushed to running sessions to ensure a user has visibility without the need to log out and back in again in order to receive it.
Acknowledge receipt¶
Messages that do not require user feedback can be sent with a single response option to indicate a user has received and seen the message. For these messages the user can read the message and click a single button to acknowledge receipt.
Specific response¶
If user feedback is required, messages can be created with multiple response options. Users will receive these messages in the same way as simple messages, but they will have a drop-down menu containing the possible responses.
Users will select their response from the drop-down and confirm it. These responses can be viewed in the OVD Administration Console, along with a breakdown of the percentage of users that selected each response.
Creating Messages¶
Messages can be created in the OVD Administration Console. Go to the Users tab and click on the Messaging page.
Here you can view all existing messages as well as create a new message by entering a name that will be used to describe it and clicking "Create Message".
This will add a new message in Draft status and take you to the management page for it. This is where you can now set the details.
General details¶
The first section to set is general information for the administration purposes.
Once the General details have been set click "Save changes" before continuing onto further sections. Changes in this section will not save otherwise.
Name and Description¶
The name and description are fields for message identification. These are only visible to administrators and do not impact anything the users will receive.
Publishing Mode¶
This field can be used to create messages in two different modes.
The "Normal" mode is used for regular messages that will be sent to users. "Test Only" can be used by administrators to create messages for testing purposes only.
Administrators can schedule when messages should be pushed to users. This field can be toggled on and a date and time can be selected for when to send the message.
Message Content¶
This section is used to create the actual message that will be sent to users.
Once the Message Content fields have been set click "Save changes" before continuing onto further sections. Changes in this section will not persist otherwise.
Window Title¶
This is the title that will appear on the title bar of the message pop-up.
This is the content of the message. OVD messages render HTML so the OVD Administration Console provides an editor in which valid HTML can be used for complex formatting if it is required. Raw HTML insert is not supported in this editor.
Set the possible responses users can click here. There are two different response types available for OVD messages.
Messages require a minimum of one response in order to be valid.
Simple response¶
Simple response messages require only one or two response options. These can be added in the Response fields visible by default and they will appear in-session as buttons at the bottom of the message pop-up.
Multiple response¶
More complex messages may require multiple responses (ex: polling users). For these messages, click the + beside the last Responses field to add more rows for additional responses.
The in-session message pop-up will then contain a dropdown menu of these possible responses, along with a button to confirm the response once it's chosen.
A maximum of twenty response options is recommended in order to keep the response breakdown graph organized.
Display Mode¶
Use this setting to choose the restrictions the message pop-up puts on the user in-session.
- Normal: The message will appear in a normal popup window that can be minimized or closed without responding to it.
- Always On Top: The message cannot be closed and it remains on top of all other windows in the session. User must acknowledge or choose a response to close the message.
- Full Screen: The message is created consuming the entire screen. At session start users see only the message and they must acknowledge or choose a response to close it and proceed to the session.
Be aware if links are included in the message content of Full Screen or Always On Top mode messages, they will open behind the message and not be viewable until the message has been closed.
Publishing to Users¶
Once all the details of the message have been set you must indicate which users to send it to.
Messages can be sent to individual users or to user groups. Select the user or user group and click "Publish for this user" or "Publish for this group".
Once you have finished selecting the users or user groups to send to, click "Publish this message" at the end of the page. This will move the message out of Draft status and process and publish it to the selected users.
Once a message has been published it can no longer be edited so please ensure all information is correct before publishing.
Managing Messages¶
You can click "More details" beside a message in the OVD Administration console to view message properties and management actions.
Message Status¶
Messages have five possible statuses and these affect the management of them.
- Draft: All properties of the message can be edited as it is still in the creation phase.
- Queued: The message is being processed before it is published. In this status the message is being queued up for the users that are required to receive it.
- Acknowledged: The message has been published to users.
Completed: The message has been seen and acknowledged by all users.
Messages are checked for completion via an hourly process so it may take some time for a change in status to be reflected correctly. This means that when a message has been acknowledged by all users it will take up to an hour for the status to change to Completed.
Archived: The message is not active anymore and has been archived. All progression data, reports, and details are preserved and viewable but the message will no longer be seen by users.
- Deleted: The message has been deleted. All associated reports and data are deleted as well. This status will never be visible to administrators as the data will no longer exist.
Message statuses are updated via an hourly process so it may take some time for a change in status to be reflected correctly. Ex: when a message has been acknowledged by all users it will take up to an hour for the status to change to Completed.
Searching for Messages¶
To view specific messages you can use the filter at the top of the OVD Admin Console Messaging page. This filter allows you to search for messages by:
- message name: the name set by the administrator for identification purposes
- status
- publication date: a range of time can be set for this to get all messages published in that time frame
Editing an OVD message is only possible in Draft status. While a message is in Draft status all message properties can be changed.
Once a message has been changed from Draft Status, the administrator can make limited changes to the message. Their options are:
- Edit the Name and Description. These are fields only the administrator sees and do not impact users.
- Archive the message. This will archive all existing data and reports for the message and remove it from active messages (i.e. this message will no longer be seen in-session).
- Delete the message.
Messages can be duplicated through a message's details page. Clicking "Duplicate this message" will open a page for a new message with all fields pre-filled with the same information as the message being duplicated.
This can be used to copy re-occurring messages or to create messages similar to others so you can just edit a few details instead of creating the whole message from scratch.
Force Message Delivery¶
Messages are delivered to users on an hourly schedule. Once per hour the system checks for any queued messages and processes and pushes them to users.
You can click "Force Message Delivery" in a message's details page to push the message immediately to active sessions (instead of waiting for processing to occur automatically on the hourly process). The message will appear in-session as soon as it has propagated.
Clicking this option will not override any message scheduling. Messages will still be sent out according to the specified time if one has been set.
Monitor Progress¶
The progression of a message can be monitored in its details page.
Use the Statistics section to check:
- Percentage of users that have acknowledged the message.
- Total number of users the message has been published to.
- Total number of users that have acknowledged the message.
- Pie chart breakdown of the number of users that have selected each response (including "No Response" for users that have not acknowledged the message yet).
Display message history¶
The history of a message can be displayed in its details page. The following list of actions related to the message can be viewed:
- When the action was done on the message
- The tenant related to the message
- The user who made the action
- The IP used to do the action
- The API call used
- The result of the action
Deleting or archiving a message will remove it from active messages. This means the message will no longer be seen in-session by users.
The difference between the two is in what happens to the data associated with the message.
- Archive this message: All progression data, reports, and details will be preserved and viewable.
- Delete this message: All associated reports and data will be deleted and no records of this message will remain in the system.
Message Reports¶
When a message is published, a report is created for each user receiving the message. This report details when they received it and records their response.
In the OVD Administration Console Reporting tab there is a Messaging page where these reports can be viewed.
Message reports can be searched using the filter at the top of the Message reports page in the OVD Administration Console. Reports can be filtered by:
- Message: the name set by the administrator for identification purposes or the message ID
- User
- Status: there are three possible message report statuses
- Acknowledged: the message has been seen and/or responded to by the user
- Delivered: the message has been sent to the user but they have not seen and/or responded to it
- Awaiting Delivery: the message has not yet been sent to users
- Date of Completion
Exporting Data¶
Once you have filtered the results to get the desired data, it can be exported by clicking the "Export CSV" button at the bottom of the search filter.
Known Limitations¶
LDAP Server Limit¶
When using Active Directory or LDAP user groups with a lot of members, the message processing algorithm may not be able to extract the complete list of members for the group. This leads to issues where the resulting reports list is non-exhaustive as not all members were fetched.
When this occurs the Session Manager will raise a warning in the log to alert you of the issue.
The reason for this issue is due to LDAP server limits. For instance, the default value for OpenLDAP is 500. This means that if your group has more than 500 members, the Session Manager will only create 500 reports for this group and any additional users over the first 500 will have no reports generated for their responses.
The server limit can be expanded on the directory server (AD or LDAP) but this may lead to performance issues with the service so these impacts should be considered before taking any actions.


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Going sightseeing in Ha Giang by motorbike may be the most memorable adventure when you visit Vietnam. Travel by this way, you will have a wonderful opportunity to admiring the majestic beauty of the high rocky lands and meeting local hospitable people.
Oldest Shan Tuyet tea lives in the high mountains of Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province that has the cool climate all year. This is a cleanup tea product, not using pesticides and preservatives so it is safe for uses.
Besides the spectacular natural sceneries, Ha Giang hides many cultural identities of ethnic minority groups and the unique market filled with the colorful costumes and specific jewelry of ethnic groups.
Taking place from October 17th-19th in Ha Giang, Vietnam Northwest Tourism Fair 2014 will be organized to introduce about tourism potential of 8 Northwest provinces including Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Hoa Binh, and Phu Tho.
As planned, from 17 to 19 October, Ha Giang Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in coordination with other provinces in Northwest Vietnam successfully kicked off 1st Vietnam Northwest Tourism Fair.
Horse fighting is a traditional festival in Ha Giang. The restoration of the horse fighting festival in Ha Giang has contributed to preserve the tradition of Tay ethnic people and create a unique festival attracting tourists to Ha Giang Plateau.
Each ethnic minority group has a vital color contributing to the abundance of Vietnamese culture. Among them, we cannot but mention the uniqueness of Pa Then ethnic culture in Ha Giang province.
With many people living together during the long history, Ha Giang is the area with the diversity of cultural identities of ethnic minorities expressed through cuisine, costumes, festivals and custom.
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Senior birthday | Mary Lee Truex turns 100
MARION - Mary Lee Truex is celebrating her 100th birthday.
Truex, a resident of DeWolfe Place, was born on Sept. 8, 1916 in Frost, Texas. She was a pastor's wife and served many positions in the church with her husband, Rev. Melvin Truex. She loved to crochet, quilt and make her own clothes.
She is the mother of five children; Mel Truex of Lancaster; Sonya Barnwell of Morral; Janice Lappin of Venice Florida; Wan Truex of Ashville; and Truman Truex of Marion. Mary has 18 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
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Winnipeg's talent pool and affordability make it a great place for tech, and the rest of the continent is taking notice. CBRE, one of the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firms, calls Winnipeg "one of North America's next 25 up-and-coming tech markets" in its 2019 Scoring Tech Talent Report.
The report looks at labour market conditions, cost and quality for highly-skilled tech workers across cities in Canada and the United States. Winnipeg ranks fifth in Canada, after Hamilton, Waterloo, Edmonton and Quebec City, and slightly above Calgary.
Ryan Behie, Vice President, Managing Director of CBRE Winnipeg, says Winnipeg is an inexpensive city to operate a tech company because of low wages and low office rents compared to other markets, yet it's an affordable place for employees to call home.
"For a market that saw a number of grads leaving for greener pastures in the 1990s and 2000s, tech has created a 'brain gain' for the past half-decade worthy of celebrating," says Behie.
The Information and Communication Technologies Association of Manitoba (ICTAM) says the key to Winnipeg's rise as a North American tech hub is the growth and development of our diverse talent pool.
"We have a burgeoning and robust tech talent pipeline that cuts across the continuum of junior to senior workers," explains Kathy Knight, CEO of ICTAM. "When seasoned professionals consider relocation, they'll see a city that has a vibrant, affordable lifestyle, access to skilled, multicultural talent and a supportive, welcoming community that embraces a culture of inclusion."
It's no wonder Winnipeg's tech sector grew three per cent from 2017 to 2018 and employed 10,500 tech employees, according to CBRE data. Rising stars in the tech world like SkipTheDishes and Bold Commerce have recognized Winnipeg's potential and paved the way for a bona fide local tech industry.
SkipTheDishes is headquartered in the historic and vibrant Exchange District, a neighbourhood growing in popularity with tech tenants and home to Red River College's brand-new Innovation Centre.
It's one of two burgeoning tech hubs that surround post-secondary institutions, the other being the University of Manitoba SmartPark in south Winnipeg.
If those neighbourhoods continue to develop into tech clusters with desirable communities for young Winnipeggers to live and work, Behie thinks we'll have a winning formula well into the future.
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Cloud Adoption Continues to Spur As A Fundamental Digital Transformation Enabler
A Gartner report finds that the public cloud market will surpass revenues worth US$ 3.5 Bn by the end of 2022.
PUNE, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, March 29, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Organizations across the globe are eyeing disruptions through technologies amid the transition to the new normal. Remote working has become the cornerstone of all businesses, which in turn has given an impetus to cloud adoption and migration. Organizations are looking for holistic cloud migration strategies to avoid haphazard decisions and narrowed approach.
A Gartner report finds that the public cloud market will surpass revenues worth US$ 3.5 Bn by 2022-end. Migrating voluminous workloads to cloud from on-premises infrastructure and data center entails cautious planning and orchestration. It is necessary that organizations discover ideas of maximizing cloud benefits with migration aligned with mission-critical objectives. Cost optimization is a major USP of cloud migration, which has been grabbing attention of global organizations.
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The cloud is the catalyst for digital transformation, helping organizations automate processes to realize flexible, scalable, on-demand computing and analytics. While it is a most dependable platform for businesses to develop and orchestrate new business models, the cloud allows faster releases of new services and products. IDC expects that, in 2021, 80% organizations will accelerate their move to cloud-agnostic infrastructures.
Various organizations have already begun building DevOps pipelines on the cloud and achieved 100% rise in their deployment frequency. The status quo of the new normal and its repercussions are likely to remain unabated. This has led organizations to continuously put efforts and invest in cloud solutions for responding to foreseen business disruptions with a success quotient.
The cloud has become a go-to solution for organizations to leverage new technologies, such as AI and ML, and expand capabilities for accelerated digital transformation. Most CXOs believe that developing a cost-effective and sustainable digital infrastructure will help them offer reliable, enhanced customer experiences. The increasingly bloating digital infrastructure ecosystem is pegged to grow on the adoption of cloud-native technologies, which in turn will bridge the digital divide.
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Organizations have realized the criticality of modernizing their data on the cloud, though complications remain in moving multiple applications at once. However, partnering with the right cloud technology provider helps simplify the migration journey. Use of right tools and technologies enables organizations to automate complicated steps in cloud migration, from strategy to code translation, allowing a faster transition without risks.
Accelerating value through innovation is the need of the hour in the new normal, compelling organizations to reassess the way they do business. As IT leaders look to change strategies for adjusting to cost pressures and remote workforce, keeping their infrastructure resilient and continuously operational is imperative. While adapting to the unprecedented change wrung by the pandemic, organizations are also looking to realize a competitive advantage.
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The anti-epileptic drug topiramate has been increasingly prescribed over the last decade not only to prevent seizures, but also to treat bipolar disorder and migraine headaches. In addition, topiramate is a component of a recently FDA-approved drug for weight loss. Past studies have found that women taking topiramate during early pregnancy to prevent epileptic seizures had a two- to five-fold greater chance of giving birth to a baby with an oral cleft, but such studies did not focus on women taking the drug at a lower dose for non-seizure related conditions. A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggest that using topiramate in early pregnancy, particularly at the high doses used for epilepsy, increases the risk of oral clefts.
Their results are published in . "Our results suggest that the increased risk of oral clefts is most pronounced in women taking higher doses of topiramate to treat epilepsy. Low doses of topiramate may also increase the risk of oral clefts but to a lesser extent," said last author Elisabetta Patorno, MD, DrPH, of the BWH Division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacoeconomics. "We hope that this work gives important information to women and their clinicians as they determine the best course of treatment and options available to individuals."
The new work leverages nationwide Medicaid data on more than 1 million live births from between 2000 and 2010. The team examined the risk of oral clefts – including cleft palate or cleft lip – among three groups: infants born to women who had taken topiramate in their first trimester; infants born to women who had taken the drug lamotrigine (an unrelated drug used to treat bipolar disorder and epilepsy); and infants who had not been exposed to anti-epileptic medications in utero. They found that the risk of oral clefts was approximately three times higher for the topiramate group than for either the lamotrigine or the unexposed group. Approximately one out of every 1,000 infants are born with an oral cleft, but among infants exposed to low doses of topiramate (median 100-mg daily dose) in the first trimester, that risk was 2.1 out of every 1,000 live births. Among women taking higher dose topiramate (median 200-mg daily dose), the risk was much higher – 12.3 for every 1,000 live births.
"Our results suggest that women with epilepsy on topiramate have the highest relative risk of giving birth to a baby with cleft lip or cleft palate, likely due to the higher doses of topiramate when used for controlling seizures," said corresponding author Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, MD, DrPH, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. "The best course may be to avoid prescribing high doses of topiramate to women of childbearing age unless the benefits clearly outweigh the risks."
Funding for this work was provided by an R01 grant (R01 MH100216) from the National Institute of Mental Health, a career development grant (K08HD075831) from the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and a career development grant (K01MH099141) from the National Institute of Mental Health. Paper cited: Hernandez-Diaz S et al. "Topiramate use early in pregnancy and the risk of oral clefts" Neurology DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004857
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The piece, originally titled "I Got Three Grindr Dates in an Hour in the Olympic Village", quickly drew criticism of reporter Nico Hines for voyeurism and potentially putting closeted athletes at risk.
In one case, Hines gave the height, weight, nationality and language of an athlete from a country where discrimination and violence against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community is widespread.
At least so the comment pages of the Guardian keep telling me.
Although out here in the real world we do manage to make the distinction between sneering "gayboy shirtlifter" at someone and hanging them for buggery. One's merely rude, the other terminally serious.


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The Federal Communications Commission announced today that the landmark 2015 U.S. net neutrality rules will end on June 11. The FCC said the new rules will take effect 30 days from Friday, and confirmed to be Jun 11 according to Reuters. "The FCC voted 3-2 to reverse Obama-era rules barring service providers from blocking, slowing access to or charging more for certain online content. Once they take effect, the new FCC rules would give internet service providers sweeping powers to change how consumers access the internet but include new transparency requirements that require them to disclose any changes to consumers."
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Top 10 Natural Pain Killers
Hey guys, Dr. Axe here, doctor of natural medicine and founder of draxe.com. In this video I'm going to cover the top ten natural painkillers to help you get relief fast. And you may be a person out there that's struggled with headaches, neck pain, low back pain, herniated discs, torn ACL, shoulder issues with your rotator cuff, muscle aching, fibromyalgia - any of those issues, any type of joint or muscle pain or discomfort, you may be seeking the help of natural painkillers. Or maybe you've done the conventional painkillers in the past, and you don't want the side effects. Well, here are my top ten natural painkillers you should be using on a regular basis, and I'm telling you, some of these are going to surprise you, and a lot of these are things you've never even thought about before using. I guarantee one of them is really going to shock and surprise you.
Number one is spicy foods. Eating spicy foods such as cayenne pepper and wasabi and horseradish really improve circulation. Circulation is key to killing pain, okay. So again, if you want to get rid of pain, we've got to increase circulation in the body, getting you nutrients and blood flow to the area, so doing a little cayenne pepper in your burger meat or in your hummus or in whatever you're making is a fantastic way to naturally relieve pain. And also, you can mix cayenne pepper with some coconut oil and peppermint oil and mixing those together and actually making your own natural skin cream or pain-free cream if you want to do something topically. But even internally, we know that spicy foods can make a big difference.
Number two is arnica oil. Arnica oil is something that you can rub on topically. It's been shown to actually be transdermal.
It will get from your skin into the joint muscle or tissue area and help reduce inflammation. So again, if you're looking to make a topical ointment or cream or gel yourself, arnica oil is a must have. It's also the best for bruising.
If you bruise in an area, especially if you have any discoloration, arnica oil will help heal that area very, very quickly. Number three are the super herbs, turmeric and ginger, two of the most potent, anti-inflammatory herbs on the planet. Turmerics have cocumin, ginger has gingeralls. These are fantastic compounds found in these herbs. What I recommend you do is you can just add turmeric and ginger to your recipes, add some ginger to a morning smoothie, add turmeric, again, to your chicken, a salad, your burger meat, a recipe even like guacamole, you can add a little turmeric. But just add in turmeric to your recipes. Also, you can take them in capsule form, or do them as a tea, or juice them! So there's a lot of different ways to get these herbs. But turmeric and ginger are powerful anti-inflammatory herbs.
And actually, medical studies have proven that turmeric and ginger are more effective in treating pain than most conventional over-the-counter medications. Number four thing that can help treat pain, especially topically, is peppermint and wintergreen essential oils. They contain menthol, or mentha. It's a compound that actually helps cool and reduce inflammation in an area, and it specifically works as an analgesic, numbing areas as well. So again, peppermint oil and wintergreen oil, what I would do is mix those with some arnica oil.
Heck, you can mix it with some cayenne pepper there as well that we've talked about. Make your own muscle or joint cream, rub it on the area, it's really going to support the health and reduce pain fast. Number five, magnesium oil or Epsom salts bath. Magnesium oil is transdermal, gets into your skin. Magnesium is known as the relaxation mineral. So if you have an area of muscle spasm or tension, magnesium helps calm and relax the area. So again, using magnesium oil topically on an area is wonderful.
As well, you can also use magnesium oil, or add a cup of Epsom salts to a bath, soak with those, with some essential oils, and that's also going to help relieve that muscle pain, tension, some tendonitis you might have in your various joints. Number six, give yourself a massage with a foam roller. You can buy a foam roller, or you can even use a lacrosse ball or a tennis ball, but foam rollers are ideal. Get in those areas, maybe it's your IT band, maybe it's your TFL, maybe it's your quad, your hamstrings, maybe it's the area of your shoulder like you bicep tendon. Get on there, you can buy a foam roller and just roll the area. Typically, you want to get on an area, sit on there for about one minute, and then roll it for about a minute. You don't want to overdo it, because that can actually cause more problems.
But you want to go about a maximum of about two minutes in an area. But foam rolling, and giving yourself that natural, homemade massage, is a great way to naturally relieve pain. Number seven, drink bone broth. Bone broth contains collagen, as well as glucosamine, chondroitin, and hyaluronic acid, all the nutrients you need to help rebuild healthy joints. So if you have any type of joint issue, whether it's headaches, low back pain, neck pain, a joint pain of your shoulders, your elbows, your wrists, your ankles, anywhere, drinking bone broth can help. I recommend you check out bone broth powder, you can add that to a smoothie, or drinking bone broth soup on a regular basis. But bone broth is a fantastic way to help naturally relieve pain.
And really, this is long term, you're not going to drink bone broth protein one day and it automatically takes you pain away, versus a peppermint oil, you'll get more immediate relief. But bone broth over time may have the biggest impact on helping your joints feel better. Number eight is doing something called regenerative medicine, and that's doing prolotherapy, PRP, and stem cell. Now here's what this is, it's called regenerative injections. Prolotherapy is where they go and they inject glucose, so sugar, into an area and it triggers your body's healing response.
So think about this. When you sprain your ankle, it swells up, and your body heals itself right? Well, your body might only heal itself by 75%. So that ligament tissue, it's been stretched, it's been damaged, it doesn't heal completely. What stem cells, PRP, and prolotherapy do, prolotherapy, you inject sugar into the tendon that's damaged, and then your body says, oh, there's damage there. Well, there really isn't damage, there's just sugar there, but then your body sends healing factors and growth factors to go heal and repair that tendon again. So it might bring your area from 75% full recovery up to 80, 90 and eventually 95-98% recovery. Great improvements.
Prolotherapy is what that is. And then there are more advanced forms of prolotherapy, such as PRP and stem cell. PRP stands for platelet rich plasma. And PRP is where they actually take your blood, they separate the platelets, the growth factors, from your red blood cells. So you have your growth factors, which is where all of the healing nutrients are, so it's essentially drawing your blood, concentrating all of those reparative compounds, injecting them back into an area, and that's going to help healing. So typically, PRP is three times more effective than prolotherapy. And then there's stem cell therapy.
Stem cell therapy is oftentimes 9-10 times more effective than prolotherapy. And of course, there are big cost differences. But stem cells, where they take your own. . . And I'm not talking about other stem cells, I'm talking about taking your body's own stem cells. They'll take your body's own stem cells and then they'll reinject them into an area. And your body's stem cells can differentiate into any type of tissue.
So if you tore your ACL in the past, and maybe it's not completely healed, you can actually have them go in with stem cells, and those stem cells will actually become new ACL tissue, or new labrum tissue in your shoulder, or new cartilage in your neck. Whatever it is, if you have damage - even if you have a herniated disk, stem cells can help that as well. So again, stem cells actually become that tissue, and there's a company called Regenexx - and you can even look up Dr. Axe Regenexx on Google - but again, a company called Regenexx, and they actually do PRP and stem cell, the most advanced forms. But again, these are great. And if you've had these issues for a long time, I'm telling you that stem cell and PRP and prolotherapy work very effectively, but I really recommend the company Regenexx.
I've used them personally, and so has my wife, and again, they just do great work and the most advanced forms of those therapies. So again, that's another natural pain killer, especially for severe issues. Number nine, ART, graston and rolfing. ART is active release technique.
That's active range of motion massage, and so that's really deep tissue massage therapy, getting in with graston, ART, or rolfing, helping break up scar tissue that's formed in your fascia and in your muscles. Number ten is chiropractic care and acupuncture. Chiropractic has been used as one of the top natural pain relievers for years, especially for spinal issues. If you've got neck pain and back pain, I would try chiropractic first, and then also acupuncture. Acupuncture is great for pain that may be emotionally related, or due to muscle spasms as well. So again, check out a great chiropractor or acupuncturist.
Those are the top ten natural ways that can treat pain, or the top natural pain killers you may search out. If you want more information on this, check out my website, draxe.com. And you can search any one of these conditions or just search natural pain killers, and you're going to find them listed out with even greater detail with all of these on my website. And hey, if you want to learn more ways to naturally treat pain with natural remedies, make sure you subscribe here to my YouTube channel. This has been me, Dr. Josh Axe, talking about natural ways to relieve pain fast.
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Things truly are better than only a few weeks ago; consumer sentiment is up month over month. Things are definitely better than what the headlines read. As David Childers, with KCM, said, "The media often does more to terrify than clarify." He is right. With all that said, we cannot diminish everything that is happening in our world today.
Robert Reffkin, the CEO of Compass said, "It's OK to not be OK in this time. Agents and members of the real estate industry are always putting on a "happy face" but right now real estate professionals are dealing with a rapidly changing world and two simultaneous crises."
During this week's virtual Inman Connect, Brad Inman begged the leaders of our industry to; "To step up and go beyond making vague commitments to diversity, charities and economic fairness." The CEOs of Zillow, Redfin, RE/MAX, Compass, eXp, Keller Williams, Realogy, Coldwell Banker, and the president of NAR are all speaking out against racism and implementing new policies and practices.
Speaking of real estate leaders, Adam Contos, CEO of RE/MAX, is very encouraged by the leading indicators and believes that during the second half of 2020 we will make up a lot what was lost during the first half of the year. A recent report from Zillow shows the same prediction. Yes, transactions will be down but not nearly by the amount initially predicted. Most people pressed pause, not stop. Economists considered real estate dead 60 days ago. Today some are saying that housing is the driver for our entire economy. At 16% of the GDP, I agree. When someone buys a new home, on average, $88,000 is pushed out into the economy. When someone buys a resale home $42,000 is pushed out.
Arizona Market:
Cromford Market Index (CMI): The CMI is the best leading indicator available (balance is 100, above 100 is a seller's market and below 100 is a buyer's market. Prices do not drop until the CMI hits 90). On March 20, the CMI peaked at 241, and yesterday it was a 162.9, up from the bottom of 145.2 we hit on May 15 and up 10 points in the past seven days.
Supply: Our local inventory started dropping on May 12 and has continued to decrease every day since. We finished May nearly 28% below where we were at the end of May 2019 and that is nearly 48% below normal inventory levels. To keep prices under control, we need more listings, desperately. Dr. Lawrence Yun, the chief economist of NAR said, "More listings and increased home construction will be needed to tame price growth."
Demand: Showing Time shares its physical showing request data. The requests peaked on February 22 and then immediately dropped by 63% through mid-April. As of Wednesday, we are only 2.7% below February's peak and only 4.8% below where we were last year. Our demand is running about 15% below normal and increased by 3% in the past week.
New Listings, New Pendings, and Closings: When new pendings outpace new listings, we have a market frenzy. This week over week comparison for the southeast valley since March 15 shows an early drop in new listing counts which is concerning given the growing demand. Only time will tell if it is pent up demand or actual demand. Based on February's demand it is likely to be actual. If this is the case, prices will rise rapidly. Closings always increase at the end of the month. May's end of the month was not only bigger than April's, but the closing increases started earlier. Good signs for what is to come!
Other Arizona News:
- High paying tech jobs continue coming to AZ.
- Despite the headlines, Boeing is hiring and growing.
- Mitsubishi's location in the Falcon Field district in Mesa is growing and they are bringing in more jobs.
- Industrial building continues in NE Mesa and companies are occupying them quickly.
- More businesses have committed to moving to AZ bringing several hundred jobs.
- According to Elliot Pollack & Company as of the week of May 16 in Maricopa County retail and recreational trips are down 27.3% year over year.
- April hotel occupancy levels were 24.8%, down from 73.8% year over year and from 47.9% in March.
- Hotel demand in April was down 69.4% year over year and supply dropped 8.9% year over year. Several closed their doors completely.
Experts previously predicted that in May we would have a loss of 8 million jobs instead, we gained 2.5 million jobs in May, awesome!! Those predictions were off by 10.5 million! Not only did we reach the tipping point for unemployment; unemployment numbers improved from April's 14.7% to May's 13.3%. Amazon hired 175,000 new employees and announced that they will be keeping 150,000 of those new employees. Of the nearly 42 million who have filed for unemployment around 22 million are collecting benefits. A study from the University of Chicago found that 68% of unemployed workers who are receiving benefits that exceed the lost earnings. Further, 20% of the unemployed workers are receiving benefits that exceed two times the lost earnings. Becker Friedman from the Institute of Economics at the University of Chicago said, "The CAREs Act actually provides income expansion rather than a replacement for most unemployed workers."
What remains to be seen is the long-term impact of unemployment, the supply chain interruptions, and the 25-30% of the non-essential businesses that closed and will not reopen. On Wednesday, AMC Theatres, the world's biggest movie theater chain, stated they have "substantial doubt" they will be able to stay in business due to the extended closures.
National savings rates are up; April was 33% versus 12.7% in March and 8.4% a year ago. Remember one person's spending is another person's income. Saving is good yet so is spending. Spending on travel is slowly increasing. According to the TSA as of May 23 travel is down 89.1% year over year, an improvement from 91.3% the week before. Traffic through Sky Harbor is down 93% year over year in April.
Emerging Trends:
- Zoom fatigue. It is possible to Zoom too much, be sure to balance health, safety, and our basic human need for real interaction.
- We are seeing increases in second home purchases which is unusual in a financially stressful time.
- Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin said, "The listings that are getting all the traffic right now are in small towns. Almost all of our customers are considering a relocation."
- Zillow listing views are up 40% year over year, 500% increase in the use of 3D tours, 123% more saves on properties with 3D tours in March
- Errol Samuelson head of research and development at Zillow said that the 3D tours are helpful, but everyone needs to include a floor plan in their listing images.
- Today's consumers are researching commute time, wifi strength, cell strength, access to Amazon Prime Now, etc. These will likely become searchable data points in the future.
- Moody's Analytics expects that by the end of the year office vacancy rates could reach an all-time high of 19.4%.
- 75% of Americans that are working from home said they would like to continue doing so and of those 2/3 said they would like to move.
- 40% of homes do not have an extra room for a home office; 31% of people working from home are working in their living room or family room, 10% in the kitchen, and 3% in the attic.
- Affordable housing startup, United Dwelling, is building small rental units in residential backyards. They charge $87,900 to install a unit that is then managed by United and keeps a portion of the unit's rent for 15 years at which time the homeowner then gains complete ownership of the unit.
Other Real Estate News:
- Four-year-old tech start-up Voiceter Pro permanently closed its doors this week, stating the shutdown is due to COVID 19.
- Realogy is bringing back a portion of their furloughed employees.
- Offerpad is launching a traditional listing option in addition to its iBuying. Their licensed W2 Realtors will list and sell a consumer's home. While it is on the market the seller can decide to switch the iBuyer option at any time. Sellers can utilize the company's concierge services to prep the home for market or do renovations. Offerpad's partnership as Keller Williams' iBuyer which operates as Keller Offers, remains intact.
- Court denies Top Agent Network's (TAN) restraining order application against NAR's Clear Cooperation policy. TAN filed a lawsuit against NAR on May 11 stating the policy violates the anti-trust laws along with others.
- Pocket Listing Service (PLS), is the latest pocket listing network to file a lawsuit against NAR and a number of MLS's also stating the Clear Cooperation Policy violates anti-trust laws.
- CEOs Glenn Kelman of Redfin, Adam Contos of RE/MAX, and Gary Keller of Keller Williams all expect to see new mergers and acquisitions, as they often happen during economic downturns. Only this time they will look different. Offices and their cultures will likely stay intact as the acquiring company may never occupy the space and remain separate. More business will continue to be done outside of physical meetings. Additionally, they expect to see other sources of revenue generation as part of the acquisitions such as other real estate services like title, lending, property management, home inspections, etc.
- According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, purchase mortgage applications are up for the 7th week in a row and are up 18% year over year. Only 7 weeks ago, we were down 35% year over year.
My favorite real estate strategist, Mike DelPrete, agrees the data is all positive. Things are absolutely picking up and going in the right direction. In March, every single market had an immediate and dramatic drop in demand. DelPrete questions how much of today's demand is pent up demand versus actual demand, which is market-specific and too early to tell.
This week at Inman Connect Now, DelPrete discussed how both traditional real estate brokerages and iBuyers both need to work hard to stay relevant and capture market share. iBuyers need to figure out how to be profitable. Traditional brokerages need to speed up and pivot, develop virtual showing options, double down on marketing, and create digital transaction platforms. If done right, we will see traditional real estate brokerages and iBuyers come together and ultimately offer more benefits to consumers and Realtors. He said, "Over time, iBuyers will look more like traditional brokerages and the traditional industry will look more like iBuyers and there will be an overlap of services. The industry is moving fast. Figure out what you can do to stay ahead of the curve."
Final Thoughts:
Rich Barton of Zillow is calling today, "the great re-shuffling." The real estate industry is a lot smarter than it was in 2008. "We are a more robust industry now," he said. Necessity is the mother of invention which is why real estate has been driving innovation. Pete Flint, founder of Trulia said, "A five-year revolution has happened in three months."
Remember, "Data without analysis is just noise." As you digest this information, what does it mean to you? It means that things are changing faster than ever before, and your competition is struggling to keep up. It means buyers are out looking and competing for fewer and fewer listings. This is the time to work hard, communicate with your clients, let them know what is really happening, listen to their needs, and respond accordingly. That is how you will win.
Copyright 2020 by Sarah Perkins
Sarah Perkins is an award winning account executive and has been in title sales since 2004. As the Director of Industry Research & Senior Account Executive, Sarah's role is to bring real estate transactions to Navi Title. Sarah supports her clients by helping them navigate the ever-changing real estate space through thorough research and understanding of current trends impacting today's home buyers and sellers.


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Contrary to common belief, it was not the AFL, but the NFL that initiated discussions for a merger between the two leagues, as it was fearful that Davis' "take no prisoners" tactics would seriously reduce its talent base. Tex Schramm, the general manager of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys since 1960, secretly contacted AFL owners, led by Lamar Hunt of Kansas City, and asked if they were interested in a merger. The talks were conducted without the knowledge of Davis, the new AFL commissioner. On the evening of June 8, 1966, the collaborators announced a merger agreement in New York.
Following their championship win, the NFL-AFL merger placed the Chiefs in the newly created AFC West division with the Chargers, Raiders, and Broncos.


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We've heard reports over the course of last week that Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg, who interview with the Raiders, was a "strong favorite" to get the head coach job there. However, Adam Schefter says that Marty is now not the favorite.
Schefter checked in on the Oakland situation on Sunday night, reporting that Green Bay Packers assistant head coach Winston Moss -- considered a favorite, if not the favorite -- has already been interviewed. Chicago Bears OC Mike Tice will have his sit-down on Tuesday. Furthermore, Schefter adds that the Raiders would like to make their decision by the end of the week.
Moss was a guy a lot of us had our eye on a possible defensive coordinator last season. He had his on eye on the Eagles too... but he didn't get an interview because the Packers went on to the Super Bowl. Otherwise, it would have been very likely that he would have gotten a job somewhere.


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The wonderful folks over at Glasgow Film Festival have truly delivered on their promise of late last year, programming a veritable cornucopia of Australian cinema for their 2015 installment, which runs 18 February – 1 March.
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Australia at the BFI London Film Festival 2014
Five fiction features, four documentaries, four shorts and one omnibus film, exploring life and death – from the outback to the city – with detours into sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll – Australian cinema is set to make a significant contribution to the 58th BFI London Film Festival, which takes place in cinemas across London, 8-19 October 2014.
Red Dog posts disappointing UK opening
Released onto 56 screens across the UK and Ireland last week, 2011's Aussie breakout hit Red Dog dragged in a disappointing £20,837 and the combined British and Irish box office.* Relatively meek pre-release previews saw that first week tally rise to just below £25k, with the film posting a meagre site average of £372. In his indispensable weekly column on the UK box office, Charles Gant reads the numbers as proof that the film is convincing 'neither as mainstream family fare or as a niche title for fans of Antipodean cinema'.
Given the scale of the marketing (including television and newspaper advertisements) and a limited release focusing on major cinema chains, G2 Pictures – the film's UK distributors – were no doubt hoping for a sizeable opening that might have allowed the film to repeat its trajectory at the Australian box office, where a strong opening blossomed into a full-blown hit over a couple of months.
But whilst Australian films are often given short shrift in their own cinemas, the sheer volume of films released onto British screens every week (and the lack of vested interest amongst audiences and exhibitors) meant that this approach was always likely to be a gamble. Indeed, amid such a busy release schedule – particularly in the aftermath of awards season, when successful films like The Artist are being re-introduced to major cinemas – it is inevitable that a small film like Red Dog will struggle for attention unless handled very carefully.
The notion that Red Dog might have become a hit in the UK is not entirely absurd. At home, the film drew comparisons with Crocodile Dundee – mostly in terms of tone and the nature of its success – which was a monumental success in the UK (seen in theatres by an estimated 9.8m Brits according to the BFI's Ultimate Film List), and was also discussed as 'the film Baz Luhrmann's Australia should have been', a positive comparison with a film that disappointed UK critics and audiences alike a few years back. Plus there are few things that the Brits love more than animals, especially dogs.
But lacking the kind of buzz necessary to drive audiences to previews and first week screenings, the very fact that Red Dog opened predominantly in multiplexes operated by three of the UK's largest chains (Vue, Cineworld and Empire) placed it at something of a disadvantage. In these multiplexes, audiences scanning through the screening times might pass half a dozen films before seeing Red Dog listed against one of the venue's smaller screens, and unless they are visiting the cinema specifically see the film, are much more likely to choose an option they've heard discussed or seen advertised. In many senses, Red Dog is perhaps better suited to miniplexes such as those operated by City Screen under the Picturehouses banner (which typically feature 3-4 screens per site), where it would only be competing for audiences with a small cluster of films. Indeed, much of the chatter about the film on Twitter over the last week seems to come from people who saw the film at many of these smaller, niche venues that hosted the film (including the four-screen Broadway in Nottingham or the two-screen DCA in Dundee).
Of course, a slew of rather tepid reviews from UK critics wouldn't have helped the cause, but G2 might have been hoping that strong word of mouth from those who did catch Red Dog in its first days might sustain the picture in the coming weeks, perhaps giving it enough time to build an audience. But given that the multiplexes involved have scaled the film back to mostly daytime screenings, it's unlikely the film will cumulate much more at the UK box office. There is hope, however, with the relatively wide opening of the first week giving way to a more appropriate style of 'platform' release, which sees the film opening at smaller independent cinemas across the UK and Ireland over the next few weeks, with an opportunity to build local audiences and gain the kind of appreciation that it no doubt deserves.
Check local listings to see if the film is playing near you, or visit the 'cinema listings" section of the official UK website, reddogthemovie.co.uk.
* Opening week box office figures taken from Charles Gant's weekly box office column for The Guardian.


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This one hour Prague cruise is a fun way to see the best attractions in a short amount of time.
You get a quick view from the river while getting
acquainted with the layout of the city.
The one hour Prague cruise also includes an audio commentary in a
choice of seven languages.
For longer river cruises see our two hour Prague cruises.
This cruise
starts at Pier 3, just north of Old Town and leisurely
makes its way upstream on the Vltava River while passing
a number of stunning sights along the way.
While you take photos, the audio commentary will supply
you with a little history and current information
regarding the sights you'll see.
If you have a taste for something during the cruise, you can order a variety of drinks and food on the boat.
Adults, 250 CZK
Children (3-11 yrs), 150 CZK
Departure times:
This cruise runs everyday 21 March - 2 November. Select
your time according to the dates below.
10:00, 10:30,
11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30,
15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 19:00,
20:00, 21:00 (22:00 only June-Sept)
Audio in 7 languages: English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
Cruises are operated by our partners, EVD (Prague Boats). They are a well respected local company and have been offering Prague river cruises for many years.
The cruise departs from a lovely area near Old Town. It's
part of Prague's old cobbled riverfront with quiet views
of the river and Prague Castle.
The brown line on this map shows the route in more detail. You can see how the cruise will loop back around giving a perspective of both sides of the river.
At the dock you will also note the greenery of Letna park across the way with its huge red metronome - at one time, an enormous statue of Stalin stood in its place.
Sights worth noting during the cruise:
If we had emphasize a sight on this list it would probably
be Charles Bridge.
The cruise offers a detail and closeness to the bridge that cannot be matched on any other tour. The boat even slows near the bridge so you can consider its beauty and history.
Booking this cruise is
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cruise - we will send you a confirmation email AND a link
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3. Then, we will send you one final email confirming everything! That's it.
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