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Do you have a sound that reminds you of a happy time in your past? Mine would be the voices of Tom Larscheid and John Shorthouse. Unfortunately we don't get to hear Tommy anymore, but Shorty is still going strong. Their voices remind me of when I lived in Vancouver, somewhere I'd love to live again but have come to face reality, and that is that I never will. I remember so many happy times listening to them call games, so many crazy Tommy comments that still make me laugh. Sure it wasn't always the happiest of times for the Vancouver Canucks, but it reaches beyond that. I have been lucky enough now to find a way to watch Vancouver broadcasts of games and still get to listen to John Shorthouse. His voice could put me to sleep. I realize that may sound weird to most, his voice is different to say the least, but its just the calmness it gives me.
Every once in awhile, when I'm having a rough day I'll go and watch the you tube clip of John Shorthouse on stage with Michael Buble, singing "Thanks For The Memories" to Larscheid. It makes me laugh, then get teary eyed, but in the end I feel better.
I have always said two people I most want to meet are Trevor Linden, and John Shorthouse. I went to the Canucks game when they were in Edmonton on November 2nd. I had been bugging a few Canucks reporters on twitter to come have a drink with me, I had a few(or 6) drinks myself and none of them responded. Seriously, they need to accept my free beer offer next time.
It was a good game, Canucks won, Raffi Torres had a hat trick(say what?!?!), all in all I thought it was an amazing few hours out. I met many Canucks fans, trash talked with a few Oilers fans and we were on our way home. So there I was sitting on the LRT platform waiting for the next train when coming up the escalator I see a very Familiar face.
Well hi there my idol!. I jumped up and I believe I went up to him and said " Oh my god you're John Shorthouse". I chatted with him and John Garrett for quite awhile waiting for the train. Talking about the game, Trevor Linden (surprise surprise), and Tom Larscheid. I got to mentioning the things I have mentioned here about his voice reminding me of happy times, of being a calming sound for me. He responded with something to the effect of " Well I guess Im the soundtrack of your life". Perfect. I took a few pictures with him mentioning I wanted a couple in case I looked ugly and he replied with " Oh I don't think you could take an ugly picture".....he said this moments before I took a picture with John Garrett
I really should of taken another picture with him to, but I didn't. I just like to caption it with " My Love for John Garrett is like the wind, sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not". Sometimes his crazy ramblings get on my nerves, but I still love him. He wasn't quite sure what to do with me, he kept laughing at me being so ecstatic that I was talking to John Shorthouse. I also proceeded to chase him onto the train after they had walked away so I could take a picture with my phone, to put on Twitter and Facebook right away. Im pretty sure the poor guys were tired of me by the time they got off the train a few stops later.
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Peter Pretsell
- Mark Fisher
- 16 October 2008
Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Printmakers, until Sat 25 Oct
There's a light-hearted sense of joy and goodwill in these two parallel exhibitions celebrating the four-decade output of the late Peter Pretsell, who was both student and lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art and, appropriately enough, an enthusiastic exhibitions organiser. Upstairs in the sculpture court, his collages, sketches and thick-lined paintings have a cartoon-like energy and a refreshing economy, his work infused with a wry, humane sense of humour.
Aside from the display of his sketchbooks, the work falls into three broad categories. There are the coolly ironic paintings of 1970s domestic interiors in which modern functionalism contrasts with the ornate patterns of wallpaper and carpet design. Then there is the series of paintings of a dancing couple, the course black lines recalling Picasso with a thicker paintbrush, the splashes of colour reminiscent of Miro, adding up to an affectionate portrait of a couple lovingly locked together regardless of their human lumpiness. Finally, there are the collages – dancing monochrome figures, strips of textile, magazine images – reconfiguring the visual world around us in happy celebration of the human form.
It's up to you to decide whether they are beautiful, absurd, outlandish or contradictory, as the exhibition title has it, but those adjectives pretty much cover the ground of this feelgood show. The fun continues over at Edinburgh Printmakers (downstairs from the brilliantly bonkers cut-out anthropomorphism of Helen Snell's installation) where there's a small selection of Pretsell's bold primary coloured prints which have a poster-paint immediacy and even more joie de vivre.


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Relaxed California beach town by weekday and bustling antique and boutique lover's weekend pleasure, Summerland maintains its Bohemian soul formed through previous manifestations as a religious colony, mini-oil boomtown and lazy beachnik haven. Formerly hosting more than a dozen producing oil wells, soap and cigar factories and more than one saloon, the now much more upscale town's main street, Lillie Avenue, is home to a tempting selection of unique shops featuring antiques and designer accoutrements.
Summerland's 1,500 or so residents – including artists, writers and part-timers — enjoy their cozy cottages or spacious pieds-à–terre perched on a hillside next door to Montecito and overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands.
Family-friendly restaurants, a wine tasting room and a lovely beachside park offering expansive lawns, play areas and direct access to the beach are just a few of the town's amenities.
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Summerland saw a median price change of .88% for February 2017 vs February 2016.
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'Carrie' Teaser: Behold Chloe Moretz's Post-Prom Wrath
Little Chloe Moretz is growing up fast. She's currently reprising her role as Hit Girl (and stealing kisses from Aaron Taylor-Johnson's titular hero) on the set of Kick-Ass 2 and in Kimberly Peirce's horror remake Carrie she breathes vengeful life into the ultimate coming of age teenage girl tale. Get a glimpse of Carrie's fiery wrath, and the aftermath of the worst prom ever, in the first teaser trailer for the 2013 release.
Watch it on YouTube
Cynical as I am about remakes, and as much as I associate Stephen King's Carrie with Sissy Spacek's naive, wild-eyed portrayal, I appreciate the ballsiness in this approach; let nobody pretend to not know how this saga of fanaticism, repression, and a young telekinetic girl's first menstrual cycle will all end. By which I mean badly. And with the whole town on fire.
Carrie hits theaters March 15, 2013. Thoughts on the tease?


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Ordination (statistics)
Ordination or gradient analysis, in multivariate analysis, is a method complementary to data clustering, and used mainly in exploratory data analysis (rather than in hypothesis testing). Ordination orders objects that are characterized by values on multiple variables (multivariate objects) so that similar objects are near each other and dissimilar objects are farther from each other. Such relationships between the objects, on each of several axes (one for each variable), are then characterized numerically and/or graphically. Many ordination techniques exist, including principal components analysis (PCA), non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS), correspondence analysis (CA) and its derivatives (detrended CA (DCA), canonical CA (CCA)), Bray–Curtis ordination, and redundancy analysis (RDA), among others.
Ordination can be used on the analysis of any set of multivariate objects. It is frequently used in several environmental or ecological sciences, particularly plant community ecology. It is also used in genetics and systems biology for microarray data analysis and in psychometrics.
See also
- Multivariate statistics
- Principal components analysis
- Correspondence analysis
- Multiple correspondence analysis
- Detrended correspondence analysis
- Intrinsic dimension
- "Methodi Ordinatio: a proposed methodology to select and rank relevant scientific papers encompassing the impact factor, number of citation, and year of publication". Scientometrics. 105: 2109–2135. doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1744-x.
- Birks, H.J.B., 1998. An Annotated Bibliography Of Canonical Correspondence Analysis And Related Constrained Ordination Methods 1986–1996. Botanical Institute, University of Bergen. World Wide Web: http://www.bio.umontreal.ca/Casgrain/cca_bib/index.html
- Braak, C.J.F. ter & I.C. Prentice 1988 A theory of gradient analysis. Adv. Ecol. Res. 18:271-313.
- Gauch, H.G., Jr. 1982. Multivariate Analysis in Community Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Jongman et al., 1995. Data Analysis in Community and Landscape Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Pagani et al., 2015. Methodi Ordinatio: a proposed methodology to select and rank relevant scientific papers encompassing the impact factor, number of citation, and year of publication. Scientometrics, December 2015, Volume 105, Issue 3, pp 2109-2135.
Further reading
- Mike Palmer, Ordination Methods for Ecologists Botany Department of Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
External links
- General
- http://ordination.okstate.edu/ The Ordination Web Page - Ordination Methods for Ecologists
- http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~efc/classes/biol710/ordination/ordination.htm
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-015-1744-x
- Specific Techniques
- http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stcoran.html
- http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~efc/classes/biol710/ordination/CA.htm
- http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stmulsca.html
- http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/correspondence.htm
- http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/glosfra.html
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-015-1744-x Ordination method for articles, using year of publication, impact factor and number of citations.
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A widower has revealed his fury at receiving a letter stating that his wife, who died four years ago, had been summoned to court and fined by the DVLA.
The Mayor of Sunderland is coming under increasing pressure to sell her £10,000 personalised registration number plates on her chauffeur-driven Mercedes.
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Plan W3248
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Mediteranean 3 bedroom single storey with double garage & en suite
A counter-rich gourmet kitchen with social island is the greeting feature of this home. The dining room enjoys its own small alcove shares the warmth of a three-sided fireplace with a backyard-oriented living room.
The sleeping sector features a master suite boasting a 5-fixture private bathroom and walk-in closet. Two secondary bedrooms share a second bathroom.
A two car garage has bonus attic storage and direct interior access via a laundry / closet room.
Illustrations and photos may differ slightly from the plan that you will receive. They may include modifications to conform with new building codes, suit homeowners' preferences or site requirements.
John 10 November 2014
Hello there how much would that house cost to build in St Lucia..
Customer service 10 November 2014
Good day and thank you for your interest in this plan.
Although we do no actual construction and as a result have no detailed information on building in St. Lucia, the ballpark estimate to build this house in Quebec, Canada is around $290,000.
This estimate is based on professional grade materials and includes ceramic in the foyer, the kitchen and the bathrooms with hardwood flooring throughout the common areas and carpet in the bedrooms. The kitchen cabinetry is wood grain melamine. This construction estimate to build in Quebec was updated on January 10th 2014 and is for a turn key project.
The cost of the land and its excavation, taxes and hook-ups to municipal or other services is not included in the calculation and it is highly recommended to consult local contractors and materials suppliers to get a better idea of the actual cost to build in your area.
I hope that this provides some helpful information and I invite you to contact me if you have any other questions or comments
Louise 2 June 2014
Your description of exterior wall says Block, as in cement block?
Thank you.
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Good day and thank you for taking the time to write
This plan is part of the collection which can be ordered in either cement block or 2 x 6 construction at no extra charge. All you need to do is to specify your preference at the time or order.
The visible stonework is actual cultured stone.
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Can this type of foundation be used in Ontario or Quebec ?
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The floating slab, or stem wall foundation to which it is also referred, does conform to Ontario and Quebec requirements as it has a frost wall.
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Our u21 footballers qualified for the North Cork final after this 6 point victory over Mill Rovers on Saturday evening . At half time we trailed 1-2 to 0-7. A powerful second half saw us out score them 1-6 to 0-1 and secure our place in the final versus the winners of Castle Rovers and Mill Rovers .
Scorers: Damien Buckley 1-3. Adam Finnegan 1-2, Shane Buckley 0-2, William Fitzgerald 0-1.
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Though it's the basic and the simplest of all possible languages you can't do web without it. But you can use it right. And I know how )) html5 is today's standard and its semantic improves all the time. In my work I prefer to use jade (node template engine) to write layouts fast and future proof.
doctype html
title Web Development & Design
h1 Jade - node template engine
h2 Jade Rocks HTML5
Jade is a terse and simple
templating language with a
strong focus on performance
and powerful features.
That's when design talks )) css is also very simple but powerful tool. You can lose all your visitors because of it or recieve awwwards, if used right. Todays css coding is impossible without such awsome things like Sass/SCSS. Still, with css3 you always have to look for balance between new features and old browsers.
$font-stack: Helvetica
$primary-color: #333;
body {
font: 100% $font-stack;
color: $primary-color;
nav {
ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
li { display: inline-block; }
Well, can you imagine web without all its functionality? Me neither )) javascript is a heart of the web and, thankfully to such a great things like node.js and gulp it's getting more and more irreplaceable. With jQuery and gulp coding a frontend is like writing a poetry of functions, methods and prototypes.
// js makes web dynamic
var skills;
skills = {
layout: 'html',
style: 'css',
programming: 'javascript',
design: 'photoshop'
for (var key in skills) {
if (skills.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
console.log(skills[key] + ' is good!');
Photoshop is something web development would suffer without. Layouts, mockups, positioning, color management, ui/ux planning, image optimisation and much much more - thats what it's all about. I prefer to visualize design before coding, knowing how viewports would look like and always start mobile first. Design before coding is a big time booster!
Before SVG grew its popularity, illustrator wasn't that much of a web developer tool. Today, in the era of retina displays and high resolution gadgets, at least svg logo is a must, for a respectful webpage. Graphic design is also useful when creating icons or some special parts of web page. Anyway, if we talk about quality - we talk about vector graphics.
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All you need to know about Harry Lennix, complete with news, pictures, articles, and videos. Lennix is an an older actor who's appeared in a number of different movies and telivision shows. Currently he's on the drama DOllhouse, but has appeared in 24 and Diagnosis Murder. Follow Lennix here.


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The U.S. Congress votes readily to subsidize the big banks to our peril. The Congress lavishes subsidies to Big Oil to our shame. Congress allows Big Pharma to help health care costs bankrupt us.
But Republican senators Lamar Alexander, Tom Coburn and Richard Burr say it is "playing politics" to subsidize student loans that help young people get the education they need. We should be taxing big banks, Big Oil and Big Pharma, not subsidizing them. But everyone agrees that young people need all the education that they earn. Our nation's future depends on giving the next generation the best education possible. So why not subsidize student loans rather than banks?
No, that's "playing politics." And just to be fair, they end the lower rate offered to poor students under the Stafford loan program. Shades of Anatole France:
"In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread."
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The Cooling U.s. Real Estate Market Gives Savvy Investors An Edge
Despite the 5 percent drop in new home sales and the slowing pace of home re-sales, which were down 2.8 percent in January, savvy private investors continue to reap hefty real estate profits. In fact, companies that utilize private lenders, like Premier Real Estate Solutions, LLC (www.RealEstateMadeEasy.net), aren't even breaking a sweat. Indeed, company founder Neb Essayas says that the market slowdown in major cities represents "the most exciting time for our business."
Premier Real Estate Solutions buys properties in northern Virginia, central Maryland, and the District of Columbia at 25 to 50 percent below market value. The company then renovates the homes and re-sells them at market value. "There's talk about the real estate bubble bursting," says Essayas, "but what's happening is that sellers aren't making windfall profits anymore. The housing market has been so hot over the past five years that so-called investors could afford to pay market value, watch the property appreciate, and sell at a profit."
In contrast, Premier Real Estate Solutions makes its profit going into the deal – through buying the right properties at the right prices. "As a rule of thumb, we do all of our numbers right and build in our profit margin before purchasing the property," says Essayas. "We only buy two types of properties: those where we can quickly create equity through renovations and those where we buy equity from motivated sellers who need a quick sale."
Now that the real estate market isn't so forgiving, Essayas says that buying the right properties at the right prices is key. "The numbers have to be right, not only to ensure that our company makes a profit, but to secure our private investors' loans."
Those numbers are providing hot returns on investments, regardless of the price range of the home. For example, Premier Real Estate Solutions purchased a home for $405,000, spent $1,000 in upgrades, and sold the home for $599,000. Similarly, Essayas put $32,000 of renovations into a home purchased for $229,000 and sold it for $390,000. "Recently, within a three and a half week period, we bought a home for $77,000, spent $12,000 fixing it up, and found a buyer willing to pay $170,000," he says.
Using private investments to purchase and renovate homes gives Premier Real Estate an advantage over developers using institutional lenders, in that the company can move nimbly when it finds a bargain. "The private capital we've been using has allowed us to close on these properties in as little as three days," says Essayas.
As for investors, they appreciate being able to earn a better return through Premier Real Estate than they can with traditional investments. According to Harry Roupas, who has made significant investments in Premier Real Estate Solutions properties over the past three years, "The excellent returns I have seen on my investments demonstrates to me that Premier's business model is sound. Buying properties below market value, renovating them, and selling them at a profit is the right approach for today's real estate market, but you need a Premier Real Estate to make it all work just right."
And Premier Real Estate is hard at work, planning to purchase between 50 and 60 properties in the Washington, D.C. Metro area this year, and looking to a future in larger development projects, such as condominiums and hotels.
While Essayas anticipates that the market's cooling trend will result in a longer turnaround time for sales, he emphasizes that "we factor higher carrying costs into our equation before making an offer to purchase a property."
He concludes, "Because we never pay market value for a property to begin with, we can continue to take advantage of the current real estate market to secure properties at prices well below market level, renovate them, and sell them at a profit."


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If you are working in a private or a non-pensionable public sector, you must be aware of the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) scheme. It is a fund run by the Government of India to which both the employee and the employer contribute 12% of the monthly basic salary of the employee each month. The employee gets this amount + interest on this amount after the retirement.
Though the employee gets this amount only after the retirement (you can even get it before the retirement in some cases), it is very likely that they would want to know the balance in their EPF account from time to time.
Till some months ago this was a very difficult process. But in July 2011, EPFO (Employee Provident Fund Organization) made these details available online. So, now you can easily find the balance in your EPF account from the comfort of your home.
How To Find The EPF Balance Online?
Before we start, keep your PF account number handy, as you will need it. It is generally given in your monthly salary slip. If not, you can contact your finance department. This is how a PF account number looks like:
Now follow the steps given below to find your EPF balance online:
- Go to http://epfoservices.in/epfo/member_balance/member_balance_office_select.php.
- Select your PF office state from the dropdown as shown below.Check your PF account number to find your office state. For example, if your PF account number is AP/Hyd/xxx then your PF office state is AP and the Office Name is Hyderabad.As of today, PF balance information is available for 119 offices given in this list:
Clicking on the Office Name will open up a new page as shown below. Enter your PF Account Number, Name and Mobile Number in the respective fields.
In the PF Account Number field, first two cells are auto-filled. 3rd cell is for the Establishment Code, 4th cell is the Extension Code (not applicable for everyone) and 5th cell is the Account Number.Example: If your PF account number is AP/HYD/1234/9876, then 1234 is the Establishment Code (3rd cell) and 9876 is the Account Number (5th cell). Leave the 4th cell blank.
If, however, your PF account number is AP/HYD/1234/A/9876, then write 1234 in 3rd cell, A in 4th cell and 9876 in 5th cell.
Once you click on Submit, you will get an SMS on your mobile with your PF balance in the following format:EPF Balance in A/C No. AP/HYD/1234/9876 is EE Amt: Rs. XXXX, ER Amt: Rs YYYY as on DD-MM-YYYY (Account updated upto 31-03-2011)
Here, EE is the Employee Contribution,
ER is the Employer Contribution,
and Account Updated indicates the date up to which the balance is updated.
This amount also includes the interest earned over the period.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Is ER Balance Less Than EE Balance?
You'll notice that the ER balance is much less than the EE balance, even though the employee and the employer contribute equal amount towards the EPF.
The reason for this difference is that a part of the employer contribution (8.33% of the basic salary, up to a maximum of Rs 541/-) goes towards the EPS fund (Employee Pension Scheme). After the age of 58, you start receiving this amount on a monthly basis as your pension. Let us understand this with a simple example:Say, your basic salary is Rs 10,000/-.
Then, your contribution towards EPF= 12% of 10,000= Rs 1,200/-
Employer Contribution= 12% of 10,000= Rs 1,200/-
A part of Employer Contribution goes towards EPS. This is 8.33% of the basic or Rs 541/-, whichever is less.
So, in our example Rs 541/- will be contributed towards EPS (since 8.33% of 10,000 is Rs 833/-, which is greater than Rs 541/-)
The remaining amount from the Employer Contribution will go to EPF. So, the net contribution of Employer towards EPF is
1200-541= Rs 659/-
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Citrix is updating its WAN acceleration appliances so remote workers can also feel the benefits without the need for an appliance at both ends of the connection.
Until now, WANScaler devices talked only to each other to speed up traffic across WAN links, requiring a WANScaler at each end of the connection.
WANScaler client software makes it possible for individuals working remotely to gain the same benefits, Citrix said. Similar software is on the road map for Juniper Networks WAN acceleration gear.
Optimisation gear can speed up applications over WAN links, making server consolidation more feasible because performance doesn't degrade as much when applications are accessed from remote server farms rather than from local servers.
The devices also make better use of WAN bandwidth, driving down the need to expand the capacity of connections among sites.
The client performs the same basic functions as the WANScaler appliances: compressing traffic; optimising the performance of chatty, inefficient protocols; and making TCP respond more rapidly to congestion.
WANScaler client can optimise Common Internet File System, HTTP, network file server and FTP traffic.
The software stores patterns of data sent across the WAN, caching the chunks so they don't have to be resent the next time they come up in a transaction. Customers can set how large they want these caches to be based on available disk space. These dictionaries of data patterns build themselves and when the space is used up, purge data that was accessed least.
These clients can work in conjunction with VPN clients, doing their work before the traffic is pushed through the VPN tunnel.
Citrix also is announcing WANScaler 4.0 software that adds QoS based on five queues. A new network interface card (NIC) is available for WANScaler appliances that add WAN interfaces so they can home in on two WAN connections.
The software also stores data about traffic that passes over the WAN for a longer time period. Previously it held data from one day, and now it holds a month's worth.
WANScaler clients start at $170 for as many as 500; $100 for 500 to 2,500; and $50 for more than 2,500. The new NICs cost an additional $500.


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By Mike Stevens, Contributor
It has been about two months since the 2015 ASA Cabinet officially handed over the reigns, and I wanted to take advantage of a rare moment of rest to reflect on and share my thoughts on our wonderful institution. My feelings are overwhelmingly dominated by those of gratitude to my fellow classmates for allowing me to be your ASA President, and enthusiasm for the future of our school and for us as Anderson students and alumni.
Let me be the first to say: I am surrounded by an incredible team. The ASA Cabinet that is taking office consists of talented, passionate, and dedicated people. As a Cabinet, we have decided to adopt a theme of "accessibility and inclusion" as we move forward — we have promised to be in tune with, and open to, each and every voice of the Anderson student body.
You don't have to look far to see what makes this place amazing. Everyone knows what makes Anderson special — our culture. As I write this, dozens of classmates are spending precious hours volunteering for A-Days. TED Week will surely be another success, powered by inspirational speakers and volunteers. AAC is putting together an incredible team of student interviewers. And just last week, the new Club Presidents and ASA Cabinet spent their Friday together, learning and strategizing, everyone aligned towards the goal of best representing all Anderson students' professional, recreational, and identity interests.
Externally, we are at a momentous point in our life cycle. Our school rankings are steadily climbing. Student satisfaction is virtually unmatched. Alumni are becoming increasingly engaged, with regular D48s, DOJs, events and mixers, and now 30 business leaders signed up to attend and judge the Leadership Simulation in May. According to Rob Weiler, our incoming class is shaping up to be our strongest ever, which bodes well for our future success.
Now, what does this mean for us as current students? I believe that as Andersonians we have a duty. We have a duty to uphold the standards of excellence that our institution has become known for. We must take every opportunity to reach out to classmates, include everyone, and always look for ways to help each other. We must instill in each other a sense of pride — a fierce sense of pride, bonded by the Anderson name. Class of 2015, thank you for being excellent examples to us, and allowing us to learn from you. Know that as you go out into the world and accomplish the great things you are destined for, you are shining a light on where you came from and are raising the value of the degree for all of us. Class of 2016, it is just about our time — our time to take the lead, our time to build even more momentum, and our time to pass on what we have learned to what looks to be somehow an even more impressive class than the last. We are all Anderson alums from Day 1, and this is what makes us special.


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At some point in my horse crazy youth, I read the advice to "ride a hundred horses before you buy one." My non-horsey parents thought this was a fantastic idea – they figured they'd be off the hook for a few years at least! I took it more as Ride 100 Horses = Buy One. So I began the countdown in earnest.
Every time I tried a new horse at a lesson, or went vacation trail riding, or cooled out a horse for my trainer, I was taking names. There was my first love, Star, the neighbor's pony who was aptly described as more of a giant hamster with hooves.
While we're on ponies, I should mention Meatball, my first lesson pony. No further description required.
But my all-time favorite pony ride was bareback on Blacky, a Welsh pony who won me an impromptu race up an Irish hillside.
They were often named for colors and markings: Sapphire, Gunsmoke, Shiny, French Blue, Casper, Blackjack, Freckles, Red, Smudgy, and Pearl. Food seemed to be on the mind as well: Snickers, Muffin, Applebutter, Keebler, Sweetpea, Cupcake and Cookie. Some had obvious personalities: Do All, Diablo, Skeeter, Trouble and Buck. There were multiple Mistys, Harrys, Barneys and Caspers. But there was only one Perfect Harmony, the first horse I leased, and my favorite mare with an unforgettable canter.
My parents calculated the equation well; however, and I didn't ride number one hundred until after college. I was out warmblood shopping with my trainer when we got a call about an Arabian we might be able to use for our lesson program. Having never outgrown my Black Stallion days, my ears perked up and we decided to swing by on our way home. It was an overcast November day with a chill in the air, so he was a little fresh at the canter. But he had that fun springy Arabian movement, a deep chestnut coat to match my hair, and an unfailingly kind eye.
His name was Sam, and he became my first horse.
I don't count anymore, but I think that for anyone who has dreamed of owning a horse, the journey of a hundred horses has made it that much sweeter. I still pinch myself most days, even though I've had Sam for seven years, and now own two more to boot! It was an amazing learning experience, and I would absolutely follow the same advice if I had it to do all over again.
A Journey of a Hundred Horses
At some point in my horse crazy youth, I read the advice to "ride a hundred horses before you buy one." My non-horsey parents thought this was a fantastic idea – they figured they'd be off the hook for a few years at least! I took it more as Ride 100 Horses = Buy One. So I began the countdown in earnest.
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I seem to remember a lot of those horses too!! Love the flash back to being horse crazed kids…..those were the days!!!


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About the Tool:
As promised, this is an extension to my previously developed tool "Align Topo to Road" but this one is completely opposite. In this tool you will Align Road to a Topography. in our real life we use road coordinates/Levels as a constrain to alter and grad topography, but may be we need this tool to draw a bumpy walking path over a mountain where we can assign a landscape stone material to.
How it works:
I have simplified the core code concept to allow the designer don't think much and let him use the same understanding for Align Topo to Road. Please read explanation for Align Topo to Road here to get a background understanding of this tool.
A briefed tutorial:
Lets commence on a fast tutorial to experience the results of our tool. before before selected
- Create any shape of topography surface.
- Create a very simple Roof: Define slope property must be disabled "unchecked" Roof type is Foot print type The segments must be preferably of type "Line or Arcs or Ellipses", Spline can be used but might give you unexpected results.
- A new button will be appeared in ARCH4HUM Ribbon Panel at Geometry Panel named "Road Topo" click on it.
- A new dialog will appear seeking some tweaking
Watch Revit finishing the long hours of Adjustments… these are examples of what it can do. The image below shows the results of using the tool. For more detail please visit the below link for a video clip.
You may try this application via this link here.
At demo mode, you will not be able to save or save as or print or export your document. It would be highly recommended to save your work before you try. To release this restriction and to be able to commence all Revit functions normally, either to input your Activation Code or close current Revit document and reopen it
There's more information available on Moustafa Khalil's website.


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May 2007
a beautiful house
and Thika Falls
The Aga Khan has a beautiful property in the park - we had a tour around the building and gardens.
(above : a smaller property within the grounds)
the properties can be hired for events (we didn't ask prices)
I loved the quality of the wooden furniture and grand scale - completely overwhelming!
I could easily live in any of the huge en-suite bathrooms, and not tire of sliding across polished wooden floors in socks
this is officially the most enormous bed I've ever seen, in case you're keeping track
we travelled back to Nairobi, with a short break at the waterfalls at Thika


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Hi everyone,
i have been getting quite a few emails about problems when trying to upgrade your kodi installations with newer versions and getting an error message.
This is because the installation is either stuck in memory and cant dismount for the upgrade to happen or you have files which are wanting to be written over others and you don't have the permission to do so.
The safest method requires a bit of work should you choose not to lose your current KODI settings and addons so i will try and explain as simply as possible how you would do this.....
1. You will need a pretty good file explorer program (i always use ES FILE Explorer - you get it directly from the PLAY store)
2. once installed - open the file explorer and navigate to this directory : android / data
3. look for a folder called kodi.xbmc.org - hold down a while on the ok button (remote) to get a check box menu come up. Tick the folder and select to rename. Just add something to the end of kodi.xbmc.org (eq kodi.xbmc.org2)
4. go to settings then apps......find KODI in the list and select to uninstall.
5. download and re-install the new kodi either from their website or from a downloaded usb apk. Make sure the android version you download is the ARM version and not the x86
6. before you open kodi go back to the file explorer and find the folder you renamed in step 3. Rename it back to kodi.xbmc.org by doing the same process. If your data files are all intact and there is no problems with the kodi installation you had before when you run the new KODI for the first time it should go straight into your original configured version with all your addons and settings as before.
7. go check for additional updates and your complete them. You are good to go
Let us know your results
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Welcome again! This week it's a two player podcast since Wally is M.I.A. (Don't worry, he's not actually missing, he was just suddenly unavailable this week). Steve and Daron hold down the fort to discuss that new Shadow of the Colossus, Celeste, Bloodborne, and Stardew Valley. They also get into the entertaining side of watching fighting game tournaments, as well as ALREADY talking about E3 2018. It's early, but never too early to discuss E3.
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Known as the Cradle of Known as the Cradle of Liberty, Faneuil Hall is generally acknowledged to be one of the most significant buildings in our nation�s history. The original building was donated to the Town of Boston in 1742 by merchant Peter Faneuil, with a ground floor marketplace and a second-story hall to be used for civic meetings. The Great Hall is famous for having hosted speeches by the Sons of Liberty leading up to the Revolutionary War and debates about the abolition of slavery and women�s suffrage. It is now a major tourist destination. While the Great Hall has received the majority of public attention, the building�s market floor has quietly conducted business for over 260 years.
Working with the National Park Service and The Bostonian Society, the building�s two caretakers, AHF developed a revitalization plan for the market floor and presented it to the City of Boston. The plan advocated conducting an interior renovation with special attention to preserving the historic character of the market floor and providing improved tourist information and building interpretation. The City ultimately issued a Request for Proposals for the renovation and management of Faneuil Hall�s retail space. AHF responded, but the City withdrew the RFP before selecting a proposal.


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Alternative medicine, lechenii non-traditional medicine, non-traditional methods of treatment of diseases
Alternative medicine is a system of scientific knowledge and practical measures that are grouped for the purpose of detection, treatment and prevention of diseases, preservation and strengthening of health and working capacity of people, of life extension. Traditional medicine is the totality of people accumulated empirical knowledge about the healing medicine, medicinal herbs and hygiene practices, and their practical application of methods of alternative medicine to maintain health, prevent and treat disease.
The medicine can be divided into scientific and non-traditional. Scientific medicine includes a system of knowledge on healing, based on data from scientific and technical progress, linked to experiment, research, experiments, which are empirical knowledge and philosophical ideas that are scientifically based concepts, hypotheses, theories.
Alternative medicine includes all methods of diagnosis and treatment whose effectiveness at the specific pathology has not been proven in clinical trials. Typically, alternative medicine has a deep history based on centuries-old experience of a people. Today, an important aspect of modern medicine is its close integration of scientific and traditional medicine, European and Vostochnoy ensure higher effectiveness of health promotion and treatment of many human diseases.
Unconventional treatments for diseases
Medical science claims that the fundamental role in the development of the disease play rather than internal and external factors. Many areas of alternative medicine, by contrast, are built on the deep conviction that the root cause of any disease, and therefore a potential medicine lie deep within a patient, primarily in his mental and spiritual spheres. Representatives of alternative medicine see as your role is to help the patient himself to mobilize internal reserves, while conventional doctors lay all responsibility for the results of treatment on themselves and on the applied methods of treatment.
Today, there are a large number of non-traditional methods of treating diseases without resorting to the use lekarstvennyh medication, and use of exclusively natural substances. Among the most well-known therapeutic methods of treatment of diseases of the stomach, alergicznych diseases, gynecological, heart disease can be distinguished:
– herbal medicine therapy is based on treatment with herbs and plants.
stone therapy – treatment using hot stones of bone diseases, spine, osteoporosis, arthritis, etc.
– aromatherapy – lechenie through scents, odors, vapors of essential oils.
– hydrotherapy,
– phototherapy or light therapy – treatment tonirovannym irradiation by sunlight and artificial sources of radiation (infrared, laser, UV), is used in the treatment of prostatitis and other urological and gynecological diseases .
Also widely izvestnosti, Chinese alternative therapies such as su Jok, acupuncture, reflexology, Indian medicine Ayurveda.


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I'm wearing a vintage skirt and shoes, old socks and cardigan and coat and blouse c/o SammyDress.
Photos by my boyfriend.
Oh my, I looove these photos! (Who wouldn't have know if you hadn't told us about how your photo taking adventure was!)
So soft and feminine, and I loooove that outfit. It all feels very "soft".
Ohhhh, I ate getting scolded, I understand why you avoid that alley. People need to chill out :-)
Bahaha I love this post! I have a similar backdrop in the alley behind my apartment...it is stunning with all the ivy and overgrown fences. But I have several crazy neighbors, so I'm terrified to try taking pictures back there!There is nothing worse than running around with your tripod while your neighbors are eyeballing you and smoking a joint!!!ReplyDelete
świetne zestawienie :) urocza bluzka;)
pozdrawiam cieplutko :))
You got some really lovely photos, despite your bad mood at the time :) I really love the embroidery on your blouse here too- so pretty.
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What beautiful photographs Klara, good job you hung in there.ReplyDelete
I applaud your honesty! How refreshing it is to read your words and think to myself "I've been there."
I had the same experience with one of my posts! It was sunless for days and kind of muddy. Super frustrating but we all trudge through somehow.ReplyDelete


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Yeah, I've got 2 words for Bo also................TRANY MAGNET
You got to watch out Bo! Ole BC may find one to marry!
In all seriousness, the Marlin is a great rifle, too. I own a Model 60, one of the best rifles ever made.
Brownings are nice, but in terms of quality AND accuarcy AND ruggedness, it's hard to beat the Marlin.
I thought you were runnen one of those paligamist colonies over there in the hills!
Thats Bo to a "T"


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In her new Young Adult book, Vibes, published by Houghton Mifflin, Amy Ryan captures the essence and realities of adolescence. The struggles with friends, school, parents and the opposite sex are woven together with humor, a strong plot and believable characters.
The story is told from the point of view of the protagonist, Kristi Carmichael, a teenager who hides behind a tough exterior so she doesn't have to deal with issues, like her parents separation or why she keeps everyone at a distance. Kristi is also psychic with the power to read minds. A sentence from the beginning of the book hooked me and I couldn't let go until I finished the whole book.
"If you're wishing you were psychic too, believe me, you do not want to know what people are thinking. People are mean, nasty, selfish slobs and 99 percent of the time their brain vibes hurt your feelings and you have to go around trying not to remember that Gusty Peterson, the cutest guy in school, looked at you yesterday and thought, sick."
Amy's strong writing voice immerses us into the world of teenagers and makes us forget that it is an adult who wrote it. In this next paragraph, we get Kristi's take on her school, Journey's, in her usual snarky, attitude-filled way.
"I live in a suburb of a suburb. I'm surrounded by the offspring of professional people who attend parent-teacher meetings and volunteer on Election Day. They believe in a liberal education and everybody who's anybody sends their kids to the nontraditional hippie-dippie school that offers children and teens a self directed, cross-disciplinary, nonauthoritarian education in an emotionally safe environment."
The book made me laugh, ponder and really feel for this young woman who acts tough, but beneath her sarcastic comments and unusual clothes, cares about other people and really does want good friends and a good relationship with her parents.
Whether you are an adult or teenager, I highly recommend you read Vibes.
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Genuine iconic 1940's Flambo industrial stool from Tours in France, adjustable in high and swivel 360°. The seat has been restored to preserve its original look and patina, featured in many industrial design books such as Industrial Chic by Brigitte Durieux or Vintage Industrial: Living with the machine age design.
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Samuel Alva
Tricorps Security
Sam Alva is the Director of Business Development for TriCorps Security. TriCorps Security performs multi-million dollar security projects including surveillance, access control and IDS Systems as well as covert and overt risk and security assessments. Sam Alva is also a retired Air Force veteran, spending over 20 years traveling the world providing covert and overt security operations, anti-drug interdiction and vulnerability assessments in austere locations like Iraq, Afghanistan and South America
Sam's background includes 20 years of service in the United State Air Force as a Cyber Security Operations Manager where he conducted numerous risk and security assessments for US Government and Department of Defense installations in various environments around the globe. He developed a unique and extensive skill set bridging the gap between cyber and physical security. Sam has a Master of Science in Security Administration from Southwestern College.
Igor Alvarado
National Instruments
Igor Alvarado is the Business Development Manager for Academic Research at National Instruments (www.ni.com) where he develops collaborations and strategic partnerships with leading universities in the U.S. in such areas as Energy, Cyber-Physical Systems, Medical Imaging/Devices, Advanced Manufacturing and RF/Wireless Communications to improve engineering education, advance scientific research and accelerate innovation with support from NSF, NIH, DoD, DoE and other funding agencies. Mr. Alvarado is a Mechanical Engineer (Kansas State University, '84) and has been with NI since 1999. He is a NSF Innovation-Corps mentor and has more than 30 years of practical experience in successfully developing and growing markets for high-technology products and services in the U.S. and Latin America. He has led the design, development and deployment of real- time, measurement and intelligent control systems that involve advanced numerical methods and algorithms using high-performance embedded platforms.
He is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the International Society of Automation (ISA), the American Physical Society (APS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) and the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC).
Mr. Alvarado has published technical papers and has taught courses to engineers and scientists on instrumentation, control and automation applications in industry and academia; he has also been an invited keynote speaker at leading at national/international meetings and has served as a consultant and advisory board member for academic institutions, corporations and research laboratories. In 2017, Mr. Alvarado received the prestigious Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association's (ECEDHA) Industry Award for his contributions to the ECE discipline and to engineering education.
Tapan Bhatt
Offering a unique blend of leadership, technology experience and business acumen, Tapan has over 17 years of experience in developing technology products and facilitating growth in start-up ventures. He has worked on both the coasts with a number of successful venture capital backed high-tech start-ups and serial entrepreneurs.
Tapan founded TeraCrunch with a vision of helping enterprises make data-backed decisions, by offering tailored analytics solutions that provide an order of magnitude better results over all other options. As Founder and CEO of TeraCrunch, Tapan is responsible for the company's strategic direction, growth and building the best data science organization in the world. Prior to founding TeraCrunch, he played various leadership roles in successful technology startups. He served as a Vice President at ROAM (acquired by Ingenico), Vice President at AisleBuyer (acquired by Intuit), Director at Motricity (IPO in 2010, NASDAQ: MOTR) and Executive Director at Amobee Media Systems (acquired by SingTel). Tapan has earned an MBA in Marketing from Avila University and has done Electrical Engineering from K.K.Wagh College of Engineering. He is a passionate tennis & soccer player, where he continues to learn hard work, self-denial, dedication, sacrifice and team play.
Brian Brown
National Institute for Aviation Research
As director of the Robotics and Automation Laboratory at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University, Brian Brown focuses on industry-driven projects that lead to immediate implementation in the production line increasing productivity and product quality. Leveraging a combination of modern industrial and collaborative robotics, Brown and his staff of full-time engineers and student lab technicians can quickly evaluate manufacturing processes and implement a wide range of effective solutions.
Brian has worked at NIAR-WSU for since 2002 and has a B.S. in aerospace engineering from Wichita State University.
NIAR is a nationally recognized leading research institute for advanced industrial research and technology transfer. NIAR has a $70 million annual budget; a staff of 400; and 600,000 square feet of laboratory and office space in four locations across the city of Wichita, the Air Capital of the World.
Paul Buchanan
BUCS Analytics
Prior to founding BUCS, Paul was an executive level leader at an international Fortune 25 business and eventually pursued a consulting opportunity as an independent. This ultimately led to a project with Helzberg Diamonds where Paul gained understanding of how its parent company Berkshire-Hathaway guides performance for its companies.
Paul experienced the data challenges faced by mid-sized businesses seeking strategic to tactical decision alignment. It became evident that decision makers were hand-cuffed and substantial performance opportunities were often difficult to address. Through this experience BUCS Analytics was conceived and incorporated in 2006. BUCS purpose is to help mid-sized businesses put their data to work and ease the burden of conventional business reporting and analysis.
Brian Dennis
Kansas Small Business Development Center, The University of Kansas
Brian S. Dennis has worked within the Kansas SBDC for over five years, first as a business consultant and now as the Director of the Cyber Security Center for Small Business. Brian holds a Masters of Emergency Management & Homeland Security with an applied focus on Cyber Security Policy from Arizona State University. He is also an Associate Business Continuity Professional certified by Disaster Recovery Institute International. Brian's experience in bringing businesses through interruptions of service began on the ground during and after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, LA. The awareness of small business' lack of planning on both the physical and cyber sides of security is growing among all business owners. Brian is working to build a safer small business ecosystem, with business owners prepared to weather any storm.
Darin Greseth
BG Products, Inc. - President / CEO Chairman
The BG Board of Directors appointed Darin Greseth President of BG Products, Inc., in April 2010. In January 2014, he was appointed as CEO in addition to his role as President.
In 1984, Darin began his career with BG as a Sales Representative at Kenz and Leslie Distributing Co., in Colorado. Soon after, Darin became a Sales Manager for Lew Achord at Premaco, Inc., in Georgia for 10 Quota-Busting years.
In 1997, Darin moved to Michigan and partnered with Lew Achord to form Premaco Michigan. Darin and his team transformed the Eastern Michigan territory from the bottom 10 to the top 10 among Domestic BG Distributorships.
In 2007, Darin was appointed to the BG Board of Directors and now serves as Chairman. He has served on several BG Board of Directors' committees.
Darin brings more than 30 years of BG sales experience to enhance BG Products' focus on building and marketing the best line of products and equipment to the automotive, commercial and industrial markets.
BG Products, Inc., is dedicated to making vehicles last longer and perform better. In partnership with an international network of Distributors, BG serves the driving public with innovative products and proven programs of automotive maintenance. In a recent national survey, dealerships said they use BG Products as their supplier of fluid maintenance service products and equipment by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 over any other.
To find a BG shop near you, go to bgfindashop.com. or go to bgprod.com.
Andi Giesen
Wichita Public Schools
Andi is the Executive Director of Public Affairs and Special Projects for Wichita Public Schools (WPS). She served 24 years in education with 18 of those years in public school administration. Andi was the Superintendent of Schools for South Barber in Kiowa, Kansas for three years prior to coming to WPS. Instructional leadership is a school administrator's number one priority. Rigorous instructional leadership which aligns to a clearly articulated strategic plan responsive to the culture of the community is key to student achievement and the public school's role in workforce development.
Doug Gish
Deloitte Consulting - Supply Chain and Network Operations
Paul Jonas
National Institute for Aviation Research
Starting his eighth year as Director of Technology Development and Special Programs at Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research, Jonas oversees numerous independent research projects for the U.S. Military, FAA, and commercial clients involving advanced materials and additive and automated manufacturing technologies. Jonas is also the Technical Director for FirePoint, a WSU center focusing on technology transfer and technology development in partnership with the U.S. ARMY Research, Development and Engineering Center.
Prior to coming to WSU, Jonas was Design and Structural Lead on the Starship1, Project Engineer for the C-17 Winglet and Gear Door program; Technical Lead for the Air Vehicle and Escape System for the Beech JPATS proposal; Chief Engineer for the T-6A during production; and Chief Engineer for the Hawker 4000 through certification and delivery. He currently chairs the international SAE committee on Polymer Additive Manufacturing and is active in the SAE Metallic Additive manufacturing standardization efforts. Jonas has compiled a unique and broad level of experience in commercial and military contracting and aircraft design and certification.
Jonathan Lanning
Friends University Computer & Network Security
Jonathan Lanning, Assistant Professor at Friends University is responsible for the Cyber Security program in the College of Graduate & Professional Studies. Jonathan provides program oversight and management for Master of Science in Cyber Security curriculum and courseware. Highly skilled in Incident Response (GCIH), Cyber Threat Hunting (GCFA), Information / Computer & Network Security (GSEC), Government, Intelligence, Operational Planning, and Command & Control. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Science (M.S.) focused in Security Administration from Southwestern College.
Jonathan is also a Cyberspace Operations Officer with the Kansas Air National Guard, where he currently serves as Chief of Standards and Evaluations for the 127th Cyberspace Operations Squadron. Jonathan previously served in the United States Air Force as a Defensive Cyberspace Operations Strategy Planner for the 624th Operations Center (AFCYBER), Chief of Operations Scheduling and Planning as well as a Flight Commander leading Intrusion Prevention and Response Flight, and Mission Assurance Networks, for the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT).
Jim Means
Wichita Public Schools
Jim Means is the Executive Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE) for the Wichita Public Schools. The office of CTE provides some 170 middle and high school teachers curriculum support for courses in the district's 22 career pathways. Starting his 37th year as an educator, Jim has worked as a teacher, middle and high school assistant principal, high school principal, and college administrator. Most recently, he has been working with the Kansas State Department of Education, WSU Tech, and CTE educators to help design the state's first aviation focused CTE pathway.
Samantha Meeds
Spirit AeroSystems
Samantha Meeds, a senior manager with Spirit AeroSystems, recently shifted her role from Global Talent Acquisition where she led her team and the company's RPO partner for the previous five years to focus full time on Workforce Planning and Workforce Development. A natural transition from the day-to-day recruiting operations to a more forward focus on Spirit's demand for talent three years and beyond.
Samantha held previous leadership roles in Leadership and Development leading programs for Spirit's performance management, employee development and talent management systems. Previously, as Senior HR Business Consultant, she provided Human Resources strategy development to the executive leadership team for the Fuselage Business Segment.
Samantha, a human resources professional of twenty years is experienced in Birkman assessment and holds a Human Capital Strategist Designation (HCS) from the Human Capital Institute and is a 2016 graduate of Advance Kansas, an Innovative Program in Diversity Leadership
Stacy Mill
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
As CISO and VP, Global Compliance, of Spirit AeroSystems, Stacy leads global compliance and cybersecurity strategy and teams. Her passion for protecting the company's digital assets bridges, security architecture, vulnerability management, information governance, compliance initiatives as well as information assurance. Collaborating with her business partners, Stacy ensures information risk and compliance is understood, mitigated and controlled to business acceptable levels through building trust and awareness at all levels of the organization.
In her 30+ year career, she has developed many teams across several industries. At KAR, an auction corporation which operates a complete auction solution throughout North America and UK, she built the business continuity, disaster recovery, security architecture, security operations, information risk and compliance strategy and teams. At Yum, Stacy built a dynamic international team to address all aspects of information security across Yum Brands, Inc. spanning 120 countries. These brands included Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Under her strategic leadership, Yum Brands achieved global PCI/SOX/HIPAA/Safe Harbor compliance, built out underlying security infrastructures and kept ahead of the myriad of US and international data and privacy laws. Stacy started in security as Humana Military's Chief Security Officer after holding numerous positions in her 17-year career in IT at Humana Inc. She worked closely with the Department of Defense as a member of the Information Assurance Work Group (IAWG) in support of the Tricare Management Agency and DITSCAP/DIACAP initiatives. Her tenured career also includes VP of Engineering for Darwin Networks, Inc.
Quantae Robinson
Hormel Foods
A native of Richmond, Virgina, Quantae joined the Army to make an impact on his community. He served four years as an Infantryman providing security and protection. His time as a solider taught him a sense of urgency and the will to get things done which attracted him to the manufacturing industry. Quantae is currently a production supervisor for Hormel foods and participated in the Heroes MAKE America program.
Heroes MAKE America is a full-time, 10-week career skills program, that launched in partnership with the U.S. Army Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program at Fort Riley and the USO Pathfinder Program at Fort Riley. The National Association of Manufacturers' Manufacturing Institute created the Heroes MAKE America program in an effort to build a pipeline from military to manufacturing careers for transitioning service members.
Scott Smathers
Kansas Board of Regents
Scott Smathers serves as the Vice President of Workforce Development for the Kansas Board of Regents and provides executive leadership for the Kansas Postsecondary Technical Education Authority. In this role, he is the State leader for issues involving the postsecondary education and training system in the development of an educated workforce that aligns with the needs of the Kansas economy. His scope of responsibility includes developing a policy agenda for postsecondary technical education, curriculum and program evaluation, system funding, benchmarks and accountability, management of federal initiatives, adult education programs, and GED testing and administration.
Prior to serving in his current role, Scott worked as Vice President of GO Topeka where he led the economic development efforts for Topeka/Shawnee County, as Vice President of Business Development for the City of Denison, Texas and served in multiple positions at a retail analysis and consulting company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he worked with companies both domestically and internationally. Mr. Smathers' responsibilities through the years have included workforce development, client services, sales, product development, operations, systems management, and training.
Mr. Smathers has a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M, an MBA from Oklahoma City University and is recognized as a Certified Economic Developer by the International Economic Development Council.
Mike Bradford
Dassault Systemes - MIS Manager
Michael J. Bradford, CIRM, has over 30 years of experience in Manufacturing and Information Technologies as an MIS Manager, Materials Manager, Management Consultant, Software Consultant, Business Owner and part-time college instructor. He is currently the Sr. Business Experience Architect for Transportation & Mobility in the DELMIA Center of Excellence. Mike is a member of APICS (the Association for Supply Chain Management) and AIAG (the Automotive Industry Action Group.) He has contributed to multiple industry work groups, has spoken at numerous industry workshops and conferences and has been published in several trade magazines.
Amy Thomas
The Manufacturing Institute
Amy Thomas is the Senior Director, Programs and Development at the Manufacturing Institute, the nonprofit affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). In her role, Amy develops and executes operations for transitioning military and veteran career programs, and she is also responsible for securing corporate partnerships to support fundraising initiatives across all program areas.
Prior to joining the Manufacturing Institute, Amy was the Program and Events Development Specialist for Grantham University, in Lenexa Kansas, where she was responsible for developing the institution's national events platform including the university's commencement ceremony and student and alumni career branding workshops. Amy also specialized in producing programs to assist our nation's transitioning military members and veterans.
Sheree Utash
WSU Tech, Educational Partnerships with Business
Dr. Sheree Utash - President, WSU Tech, and Vice President, Workforce Development, Wichita State University
Dr. Sheree Utash has served as President of WSU Tech, formerly Wichita Area Technical College, since 2015. Prior to that, she served eight years as vice president of academic affairs. With 6,500 students, WSU Tech is the largest technical college in Kansas and acts as managing partner for the National Center for Aviation Training.
Dr. Utash offers a unique blend of teaching, administrative and leadership experience in both higher-Ed and private industry. She has provided administrative oversight for the College's academic programs, with emphases in manufacturing, aviation, design, IT, specialized trades, healthcare and general education. Dr. Utash has overseen faculty, grants management, adult literacy, academic planning and resource management. Her role involved the formation and leadership of the lead institution for the National Aviation Consortium, a $15 million grant project with direct working relationships with two-year colleges in five states.
Frank Yiannas
As Vice President of Food Safety, Frank Yiannas oversees all food safety, as well as other public health functions, for the world's largest food retailer, Walmart, serving over 240 million customers around the world on a weekly basis. Prior to joining Walmart in 2008, Frank was the Director of Safety & Health for the Walt Disney World Company, where he worked for 19 years.
As a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Frank is known for his ability to build partnerships and for his innovative approaches to food safety, including being a pioneer in the use of blockchain technology to create a more digital and transparent food system.
In 2008, Frank was given the Collaboration Award by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He is the 2007 recipient of the NSF International Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Food Safety and the 2015 Industry Professional Food Safety Hero Award by STOP Foodborne Illness. Frank is also a Past President of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) and a Past Vice-Chair of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).
He is also an adjunct Professor in the Food Safety Program at Michigan State University and author of the books, Food Safety Culture, Creating a Behavior-based Food Safety Management System, and Food Safety = Behavior, 30 Proven Techniques to Enhance Employee Compliance, by Springer Scientific.
Frank is a Registered Microbiologist with the American Academy of Microbiology. He received his BS in Microbiology from the University of Central Florida and his Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of South Florida.


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GREETINGS I am Mr Patrick Ogwala, an Auditor General (AG) an Equivalent of an American,Certified Public Accountant {C.P.A} as well, a personalaccount officer to the Late Mr Juan Garcia, an American oilexpatriate with my
country, who died of june 1990. i was his personal account officer,Isent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. Now I
am the bank Manager of Global Bank Plcof Nigeria,Port Harcourt branch. It's all about soliciting your attention to transfer the Sum of Twenty six million, US, dollars.($26m)Note: The formal (deceased), named Mr Juan Garcia died in a motor accident with his wife. On further investigation i found out that he died without making any will,and all attempt to trace his nextkin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discoveredthat Mr Juan Garcia did not declare any kin or relations in all his officical
documents,including his bank Deposit paperwork in my bank So based on this, that is the most reason why you were contacted in regards, This sum of us$26,000,00 have been floating as unclaimed since 1990 in my bank as all effort to get his relatives have hit the stone.According to the law ,the money will be reverted to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that i want to seek your consent as aforeigner to stand in as the next of kin to the decesased so that the bank will
transfer the money to your designated account.ALL documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out.I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so I am assuringyou that the business is risk free involvement .Your share stays while the rest be for myself and for investment purpose as i will leave my country as soon as the funds gets into your account.The sharing of the fundwill be based According to agreement within me and you. As soon as i receive an
acknowledgement receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the necessary modalities anddisbursement ratio to suit both parties without any conflict.If this proposal is
acceptable by you,do not take advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you. PLEASE, APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT DOING BUSINESS OVER THE INTERNET IS RISK ENDEAVOR TO SEND YOUR PRIVATE CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER IN YOUR REPLY. Best Regards Mr Patrick Ogwala.
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Does a Cell Phone's Blue Light Hurt Your Skin?
The science of light is amazing. There is visible light and there is light you don't see, like the UVA and UVB light from the sun that causes sunburn and other forms of serious damage to your health. Then there are the light rays you do see that come from the sun and also emanate from most digital devices, including your smartphone.
When you look at a chart about the sun's damaging UVA and UVB rays, you'll see that their wavelengths range from 280 nm to 400 nm ("nm" stands for nanometer, which is a measurement of length). Next on the spectrum is blue light, whose wavelength ranges from 380 nm to 500 nm. (The entire light spectrum goes up to 700 nm.) The blue light portion is what emanates from digital devices, such as computers, flat screen TVs, fluorescent light bulbs, and smartphones.
Evolving research has shown that blue light can be bad for skin. It's certain that blue light in the 380–400 nm range is problematic, although the risk seems to lessen somewhat toward the top end at 500 nm. Long-term exposure to concentrated blue light energy can cause skin damage, including color changes, inflammation, and weakening of the skin's surface. Simply put, blue light promotes stressors in skin that cause photo-aging; that is, aging from exposure to light.
Without question, sunlight is the main source of blue light to which we are exposed; digital devices emit only a fraction of that amount of radiation. However, our phones are much closer to us than the sun, and this "close-up" exposure matters. We spend so much time using our devices, holding them close to our face and eyes, it adds up—that's where health issues arise. Statistics show that millennials check their smartphones 157 times per day, in comparison to older adults, who check their phones only about 30 times per day. That means millennials are at a much higher risk of blue light exposure each and every day.
When it comes to the eyes, there's far more research indicating how damaging unprotected exposure to blue light can be. The research into blue light damage to the skin is less conclusive but concerning because while there's research showing it hurts skin, there's also research showing it helps; for example, blue light treatments can be a potentially effective therapy for certain skin disorders. Confusing, yes, but research can be that way.
Our strong recommendation is to cover your phone with a blue light screen shield (amazon.com has plenty of options). It's a cheap fix and it eliminates the need to worry about skin care or sunglasses when using your phone or tablet (if only it were that easy for your skin and the sun). Some smart phones have a setting that disables blue light in favor of yellow light (often called night mode or nightshift) which is far easier on the eyes—and, in turn, your skin. If your phone has this feature using it all the time can be a great anti-aging and eye saving thing to do.
Whether it's the light from sun exposure or from your smartphone, without question, you need to protect your eyes during the day. Polarized sunglasses are essential for all outside light exposure to prevent long-term damage as well as damage from your phone (although we realize it's not practical to wear sunglasses inside). If you don't have a blue light screen shield, viewing your smartphone at arm's length will help.
Unless your doctor prescribes a blue light facial treatment, you also need to Protect your skin from the potential damage due to exposure to blue light. In addition to a blue light blocker (obviously we're keen for you to get that now) on your smartphone screen, sunscreens and products loaded with antioxidants are the research-supported options for diminishing the negative effects of blue light on skin. If you're already using those types of products, that's one more problem solved!
References for this information:
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, and Photomedicine, May 2018, pages 184–193
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, January 2018, pages 171–178
Free Radical Biology & Medicine, July 2017, pages 300–310
International Journal of Ophthalmology, February 2017, pages 191–202
Dermatologic Surgery, June 2016, pages 727–732; and September 2014, pages 979–987
Molecular Vision, January 2016, pages 61–72
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, September 2015, pages 526–528
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, January 2015, pages 603–610
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, July 2015, pages 373–384
Journal of Biomedical Optics, May 2015, #58001
Environmental Health Perspective, March 2014, pages 269–276
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, and Photomedicine, February 2010, pages 16–21
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The Paula's Choice Research Team is dedicated to busting beauty myths and providing expert advice that solves your skincare frustrations so you can have the best skin of your life!


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Debate - WUDC - Tax Goods & Services for their Ecological Impact - Finals - BWDA 2013
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I bought this awesome Christmas themed cookbook from Taste of Home for $10.
They are a ton of great recipes...some new takes on old favorites and others new altogether to me. I've compiled a list of recipes I want to try. I've numbered them and plan on testing as many as I can. I've chosen the first one: Date Swirl Cookies! The recipe follows below. If you'd like to pick the next one I test be the first to comment with a number from 1-329. There are a few other recipes I will post but you can chose the next to be made.
I didn't get a picture because they flew off the table at work.
1-1/2 cups pitted dates, chopped
3/4 cup sugar, divided
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 cupss all purpouse flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
In a saucepan, combine dates, 1/4 cup sugar, water, nuts and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirr constantly until thick. Let cool.
Beat butter, brown sugar, egg , egg and remaining sugar. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Chil for half hour.
Roll dough on a floured surface into a 1/4 in thick rectangle. Spread with date mixture. Start at the long end and roll up like a jelly roll.
Wrap with waxed paper, chill for at least 4 hours.
Remove paper and slice (1/8-1/4 inch). Place on a greased baking sheet, around 2 inches apart.
Bake 375F for 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack
Made 3-4 dozen.
Friday, 4 January 2013
Cooking Through Christmas
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American College of Coverage Counsel
D&O Coverage Litigation for Securities Appraisal Actions
By Robert D. Allen, The Allen Law Group
Skarzynski Black Welcomes Four New Partners & Announces Name Change
Skarzynski Black announced the addition of four partners to its Chicago office, including ACCC Fellows Michael M. Marick, James H. Kallianis, Jr., and Karen M. Dixon. Mike, Jim and Karen have practiced together for more than 20 years. In recognition of Mike's reputation and expertise, the firm also announced that it is changing its name to Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP. Mike will also join the firm's Executive Committee.
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Business X360: Édition N.D.G. 2.0 is scheduled for this Friday, from noon to 2 p.m., at Prime BBQ Co., located at 6450 Somerled Ave.
New N.D.G. business association to host networking event
The newly formed Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Business Association hosted a networking event in January deemed so successful that organization heads have decided to do it again — bringing west-end entrepreneurs and professionals together to talk shop, exchange business cards and build connections.
"We're trying to create and cultivate that culture of networking for support among N.D.G. and west-end business owners," said founding board member Michael Simkin. "This is what we think we can do to both support and promote local economic development in our territory, which is N.D.G."
Business X360: Édition N.D.G. 2.0 is scheduled for Friday, from noon to 2 p.m., at Prime BBQ Co., located at 6450 Somerled Ave. "We're hoping merchants will be able to get away for an hour or two to grab some lunch," said Simkin, a lawyer with Legal Logik. "We're going to have brokers, financiers, bankers and obviously lawyers are going to be there."
The N.D.G. Business Association, nicknamed Biz N.D.G., has been developing and discussing business-boosting strategies since its formation in September. Biz N.D.G. replaced a business association that was focused solely on Sherbrooke St. W. when, during the annual general meeting, members voted to dissolve the old association and instead cover all of N.D.G. under a new name. While the new board solidifies its mission and plans to grow as an organization, there have been regular networking events on a smaller scale.
"But these bigger events really serve as a way for people to build contacts with those that can actually help their business grow," said Simkin. His law firm is sponsoring the event alongside several other companies and community organizations. It costs $10 in advance or $15 at the door and that price includes a BBQ buffet lunch. "We had over 100 people at the first one and we should have over 100 people at this one."
Biz N.D.G. was formed as the debate over the disruptive Monkland Village street festivals raged on in the community. There were many residents and merchants who didn't like the loud music, street closures and large crowds that these two annual events brought to the area. On the other hand, there were many that supported the Grand Prix and Flavours of Monkland festivals as they attracted tens of thousands of people.
Eventually, the two summer festivals were cancelled in February by Danny Roseman and his team, largely in reaction to the public outcry. Roseman was organizing the events with his company, Monkland Village Productions (MVP), while serving as president of the Monkland Merchants Association (MMA). Many questioned the line between his non-profit association and his for-profit business. Since then, the MMA has mostly gone quiet. There have been no posts to its Facebook page since February and its website redirects to MVP.
One person who spoke out against those festivals was Peggy Regan, owner of Le Gryphon d'Or Tea Room, located at 5968 Monkland Ave. Now she is Biz N.D.G.'s board president.
"It's not primarily our purpose to organize events," said Regan. "That's not really what we're about."
There are still mixed feelings in the community about the festivals, said Regan, with some members wanting "something to be happening." The association is assessing what members want, she added. Meanwhile, Biz N.D.G. is supporting the upcoming N.D.G. Arts Week in August.
The annual art-focused week, with its series of cultural activities, is something, she said, "that we are really getting behind, helping to promote and getting involved with not as a substitute for the street festivals, but as an emphasis in a different direction."
Karla Osorio attended the January networking event. She owns Moushi, a sushi restaurant located at 5209 Decarie Blvd. She said there were a lot of people at the last networking event and she met people from all areas of business. She was able to promote her business some, she said, but she also got involved with N.D.G. Arts Week planning.
"N.D.G. needed an association to bring entrepreneurs together and it's fulfilling its objective," said Osorio. "They're getting everybody together. As an entrepreneur, that's sometimes something you lack because you don't know where to go for resources or to meet other people that have similar businesses to yours."