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Academic Conversations for Diverse Learners: The First StepsSunday, March 23rd, 2014
Author: Tonia Miller, Education Specialist: ESL/Bilingual
Reasons for Students to Converse in Schools
"I didn't know what I knew until I talked about it"
–Seventh-grade science student (Zwiers & Crawford 2011)
We use language to represent our thinking and, in turn, the act of producing language, through speaking or writing, itself helps us both process and retain information. Given this, it seems natural we would want classrooms to be filled with talking students since we want them to be thinking about the content we are teaching (Fisher et al. 2008).
Rich academic conversations can be powerful tools in schools to build:
- oral language and communication skills
- literacy skills
- academic language and vocabulary
- critical thinking skills
- creativity and academic ambience
- relationships
- empathy and the understanding of different perspectives
- skills for negotiating meaning and focusing on a topic
- content understandings
- the ability to cultivate connections
- students' capacity to co-construct understanding
- teachers and students' abilities to assess learning
- culturally relevant lessons
- equity in student experiences
- inner dialogue and self-talk
- engagement and motivation
(Zwiers & Crawford 2011)
However, most of our students, and particularly English language learners (ELLs), do not walk into our classrooms with the tools necessary to engage in purposeful, academic conversations with their peers. We must explicitly teach these skills, while providing an environment conducive to, and in which students are held accountable for, language learning and speaking academically.
For most educators, it is common knowledge that young children learn to listen and speak before they learn to read and write. Additionally, we know that those children who develop these primary skills will transition much more easily to reading and writing tasks since oral language provides a firm foundation for literacy. Unfortunately, we often neglect to apply this knowledge of language learning to our older students who are learning English, as many classrooms particularly in secondary schools, do not often depart from a lecture style of teaching.
The academic vocabulary of our classrooms must first become part of students' working oral vocabulary before we can expect them to fully comprehend these terms when reading or apply them in writing. Subsequently, ELLs need frequent, structured opportunities in class to develop academic oral language. There is a great deal of preparation that goes into realizing this objective. Fisher et al. (2008) support this notion by stating, "We don't want students to simply talk; we want them to engage in highly academic and oral discourse, using the language and vocabulary of the discipline to talk about grade-level content. And just as we prepare students to read or to write, we must prepare them to talk."
Getting Started with Academic Conversations
"It was weird. When we finished talking, we had a totally new idea."
– Sixth-grade student (Zwiers & Crawford 2011)
Setting the expectation for academic discourse should begin at the onset of a school year. Students need to understand that an essential part of being successful in class will depend upon their ability to engage in academic conversations. A good place to start is to define what conversation is, and possibly more importantly, what it is not. Many students may believe that the goal of conversation is to win an argument. While debate does certainly have a place in academic discourse, students need to understand that primarily conversation "is a process of bringing your ideas to the table, sharing them, and shaping them as you listen to the ideas of another person. All partners should walk away with new ideas. Rather than winning, the goal is learning." (Zwiers & Crawford 2011)
Additionally, students need to be taught the acceptable parameters for academic conversations. A good way to accomplish this is to establish discussion norms. Students will need to be involved in this process and the teacher may facilitate a discussion around questions like: How you can tell if someone is or is not listening to you? How does it feel when someone interrupts you while you are speaking? What happens when one person dominates a conversation? How can we respectfully disagree with another's opinion? Students can develop sentence stems related to the norms that may be posted in the room as a reminder and an anchor of reference for students when engaged in conversations. For ideas about using anchor charts and sentence stems, go to http://www.pinterest.com/pin/190910471676802369/.
Reinforce these norms by assessing them often. Praise students that adhere to the discussion norms and involve students in group or self-assessment of their conversations. Students can use checklists or rubrics to determine if, or how well, they are using effective conversations skills, such as:
- staying focused on the topic
- building on another's idea
- supporting ideas with examples or evidence
- respectfully negotiating an idea when in disagreement
- maintaining eye contact and using good conversational body language
- choosing the most academic ways of talking
(Zwiers & Crawford 2011)
Student Interaction Practice Activities
There are numerous activities students can engage in to get them talking about your classroom content. While they may not quite meet the criteria of an academic conversation, they are useful in training students to speak with their peers in a structured manner, which will scaffold and support the more autonomous conversation work that will come as the school year progresses.
The following sample partner and group activities, as well as many others, can be explored at Region 13's theteachertoolkit.com:
- Inside/Outside Circle
- Think-Pair-Share
- Nothing Ventured
- Back and Forth
- Password
- Turn-and-Talk
Next Steps for Building Academic Conversations
To extend and deepen the conversation skills practiced during student interaction activities, the next step is to instruct students in engaging in actual academic conversations. Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford have written extensively in Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings about teaching students the five core skills their research has identified as making conversations more academic:
- Elaborate and clarify
- Support ideas with examples
- Build on and/or challenge a partner's ideas
- Paraphrase
- Synthesize conversation points
(2011, p. 31)
Zwiers and Crawford (2011) have designed an Academic Conversation Placemat which incorporates both question prompts and response starters for each of the five previously mentioned core conversations skills. Each conversation skill has an associated symbol, providing a visual connection, and hand gesture, providing a kinesthetic connection, to help students remember and focus on the goal when practicing a particular skill. These frames for discussion become more and more natural for students over time, provided they are given enough exposure to teacher modeling and supported practice. For more information about the Academic Conversation Placemat and other tools to use to foster academic conversations in your classroom, visit http://www.jeffzwiers.com/ac/ac_overview.html.
The Teacher Toolkit. Accessed March 5, 2014. www.theteachertoolkit.com.
Fisher, Douglas, Nancy Frey, and Carol Rothenberg. Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners. Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008.
Zwiers, Jeff, and Marie Crawford. Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings. Portland: Stenhouse Publishers, 2011.


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"Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings." – George Will
I heard the football game
and the football band
from my yard and wondered
if the players took their
plays from Mao's little red book
Hoist them by their own petard!
and other cheers
rang out
from the grandstand
But actually down on that field they plot
their moves from Gertrude Stein's
of her
life partner
which is written about herself
She is dressed
in Permian Basin shoulder pads
and Hemingway wants to call all the plays
but asks Gertrude,
repeatedly Gertrude,
is this okay?
from over on the bench in his
Tom Landry hat blowing the whistle on the whole
Italian army
play-action Caporetto punt return
Alice B. says
first you shall refrain
from calling Gertrude anything other
than Miss Stein
Hoist your wine glass to her portrait
if you must
but let her let the players play
their parts
willingly will they do her work and
against the blitz and the sack-like tooth
moustache generals setting bushmen on
to crank
your Rhino-hunting rover with the grain
alcohol radiator
Listen to Nick Adams and
his row boat libretto
Jake Barns halfway in
up to his waist in wool wine
from the Pyrenees
passed around the flatbed
to the trabajadores
All on a fall day
all on a day in the fall
when the air, crisp and sere
is filled with noises that we pour
like libations
on the tomb of the year
I am ready to catch that forward pass
and dance
with a pilgrim buckle
and a pioneer wink
like Sandburg it's time to spill some
Jeremy Nathan Marks is a writer, teacher and amateur photographer whose work has appeared in numerous places including Lake, The Blue Hour, DoveTales, Green Writers Press, Electric Windmill, Right Hand Pointing and The Jewish Literary Journal. He recently was awarded an honorable mention in the 2015 Poetry London poetry contest. He lives with his wife and young daughter in London, Ontario.

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Illamasqua's Shattered Star Nail Varnish in Trilliant/
What can I say, I'm a bit of princess when it comes to doing my nails. For two plus years I've been getting my nails done by the lovely ladies over at French Pink and also by Erin of Blonde Tiger. Once you find that cocktail (talent + communal banter) -- you keep asking for more.
With the long holiday weekend upon me, I was tasked with the challenge of doing my own nails and I was kind of looking forward to it. My skills might be rusty, but I had two shiny bottles brightly smiling at me on my desk.
Cue Illamasqua's Trilliant and Marquise, two of the three shades from the Glamore collection.
This week we'll take a closer look at Trilliant, a shimmering champagne featuring silver hexagons, half-sized bars and loads of sparkles.
Illamasqua isn't a brand I immediately think of when it comes to nail polish, but for me I can now see why it's a huge hit. The brush is easier to wield as the handle really lends itself to being closely hugged by my thumb, pointer and middle fingers. The polish flowed off the brush in a manageable fashion, spread evenly and dried fast.
I had serious misgivings about the three dimensional texture lifting off and peeling. Today marks day five of wearing Trilliant and there isn't one chip in sight. With that said, it could be a field day when it's finally time to remove this glitter bomb of a polish.
Visually I get Robin Sparkle's "Sandcastles in the Sand" or even a sparkling Madison from the film Splash.
Trilliant is a high-performing two coater and I can picture it looking cotton candy sweet on tanned tootsies.
The Bagful breakdown:
Total amount for Illamasqua's Shattered Star Nail Varnish in Trilliant:
Value for money spent (performance and quality):
- 9 out of 10 bags — Pleasantly surprised.
Would another purchase be on the horizon?:
- I've been kindly invited back to my local Illamasqua counter for a healthy helping of Glamore. What sort of look would you like to see on me?
*PR sample provided – Thoughts and ramblings written here are completely my own.


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Professional Training Courses, Events, and Opportunities
Here you will find all the NBV and partner Training Courses events and opportunities across the East Midlands. If you are holding an event you think we should know about, please get in touch with us on 0844 887 2568 or let us know via our contact page.
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Understanding Enterprise 2 day pre-start business workshop
March 21, 2017 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Newark Beacon, Newark
This two day training course is aimed at delegates who would benefit from in-depth knowledge on how to go self-employed and covers the skills that you'll need to start and manage a successful business. Completion of the two days also leads to a National accredited qualification.
DAY 1 March 21st 9.30am – 4pm – We'll cover what you need to know in order to set up a successful business:
- Assessing your ability to run a successful business
- Identifying a viable business
- Choosing your business structure (Sole trader or limited company)
- Understand tax and National Insurance responsibilities
- Understand legislation affecting new start businesses
DAY 2 March 22nd 9.30am – 4pm – We'll show you how to set up a simple money management system for your new business:
- Calculating your business pricing structure
- Understanding tax implications and responsibilities
- Claimable expenses
- Producing a cash-flow forecast
- Keeping financial records
- Considering ways of raising finance
- Identifying sources of external expertise
Please note: the Understanding Enterprise Programme is available to Nottinghamshire residents only (excluding Nottingham City)
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Card Embroidery
Card Embroidery is an original technique which allows you to create a personal work of art . It is easy to do, clean, portable, therapeutic, does not take up much space and the results are dazzling.
We sell everything you will need to enjoy Card Embroidery and even have a tutorial page if needed. For inspirational ideas and beginner guides we have a selection of Card Embroidery books.
To get started we have Double Folded Cards and a wonderful selection of threads like Alcazar and Reflecta. We have all your accessories including your pricking mat, pricking tools such as pin vices and needles.


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Herring Island
Most people living in Melbourne are probably not familiar with the island existing somewhere near the city. Herring Island, though man made, is 3.2 hectares of land intentionally built to reduce the risks of flooding. Originally a basalt quarry in the last century, it is 4 km upstream from the Melbourne CBD, and is only accessible by a watercraft ($2 fee, in just a couple of minutes, kids ride free). It is now known as a an Environmental Sculpture Park, with several artforms around the island, and a gallery that is currently hosting the Herring Island Summer Festival of Arts. There are barbeque facilities that make an experience seem to be far away from the city - so it would be an interesting venue for the next get together!
After a quick tour of the island, we dropped by at the Kanteen Cafe which is just a couple of steps away from the landing. With an excellent view of the river, an outdoor area which gets a good bit of sunlight and shade from the trees (and pretty strong coffee!), it is amazing how being away from the noise, hustle and bustle of the city can actually be this close!
More about Herring Island here.


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November 2017
Reunion de PadresPublished by breanna.partridge on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 11:11
Choir Peteetneet PerformancePublished by breanna.partridge on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 09:30
Second Grade GuestPublished by breanna.partridge on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 09:21
Kindergarten ThanksgivingPublished by breanna.partridge on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 09:09
2017 Thanksgiving Gobble OffPublished by breanna.partridge on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 08:59
On Tuesday, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, our school's students participated in a turkey gobble contest! Students voted for their favorites, and these are our winners. Mrs. Kidd won the teacher gobble off and Mario Benitez won the student gobble off. Way to go Lions! Congratulations, and happy Thanksgiving!
Pawkemon Winners November 15thPublished by breanna.partridge on Tue, 11/21/2017 - 15:59
Thanksgiving Break November 22nd, 23rd, and 24thPublished by breanna.partridge on Mon, 11/20/2017 - 18:09
Habit 2: Begin With the End in MindPublished by breanna.partridge on Tue, 11/14/2017 - 14:40
Our 7 Habits focus for December is #2: "Begin with the End in Mind."
A person who Begins with the End in Mind thinks: I plan ahead and set goals. I do things that have meaning and make a difference. I am an important part of my classroom and contribute to my school's mission and vision. I look for ways to be a good citizen.


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The roar of the wind, the pounding of the rain, the distant sound of thunder and cracks of lightening. Or maybe it's thundering of the ground beneath the feet, causing concrete foundations to crack and disintegrate. And for some, it's the crackling of millions of acres of forest and land burning while smoke blots out the sky.
It's that inevitable time of year again: Storm season. Whether that means the ending of Tornado Season from the Midwest to the south, or the middle of Hurricane Season from Florida to New England, Mother Nature takes a toll on the real estate beneath her with no regard to cost or the people within. Texas and Florida have learned this first-hand in the previous few weeks due to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, even Maria and Nate. California is currently disappearing under devastating layers of smoke and flames from wildfires.
When you possess a large real estate portfolio, you may be aware of the risks that come with properties located in the most common paths of natural disasters. Do you know what to do after a natural disaster strikes your portfolio? How do you mitigate the negative impact of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, or sink holes?
TIP #1: Property Health Check Post-Disaster
After the natural disaster has struck, be sure to review your properties and do a wellness check. How much damage has been done? Are any of the properties in need of serious repairs? Is the land still in good condition? Has the whole area been affected heavily by the natural disaster? This is important, especially if these are residential properties a borrower or renter calls "home." If this is a commercial property, the business within will be affected if the building needs extensive repairs. In Texas, over $23 Billion in property damages and more than 30,000 homes were destroyed due to Hurricane Harvey.
TIP #2: Call Your Local Property Appraiser or Assessor
After the storm, your property's value may be affected. If there has been significant damage to the building or the land, request to have the local appraiser do a thorough inspection to reassess the property, even if they have already been assessed for the 2017 tax year. For example, Florida properties are generally assessed in January each year. If your property was damaged by Irma in early September and repairs aren't made before January 2018, the assessor will lower its value.
If you do decide to have a property assessed before the 2018 tax year, request a new appraisal. Once you receive the new assessment, be sure to review it thoroughly. Does it look too low? If so, you have the right to have it appealed and re-examined.
If there are damaged properties within your portfolio, their values may decrease when they are re-assessed. This will cause lower property tax rates until the land is either repaired or rebuilt. Tracking these new rates is vitally important to your portfolio as Taxing Authorities may re-assess installment amounts. In some states, laws and ordinances will allow owners to file claims for a lower assessment amounts or lower property tax rates.
In California, Revenue and Taxation Code section 170 says that a property owner may file a claim within a set amount of time for property tax relief after a natural disaster. The county could then immediately reappraise the property. Current taxes may be reduced in the affected area until the property is rebuilt or repaired. But this is only for counties where the ordinance has been adopted. If your California properties have been affected by a storm or wildfire, seek out your local Taxing Authority to ask if you're eligible.
In Florida, real estate taxes make up 36 percent of the state and local revenue. When a large natural disaster, such as Hurricane Irma, hits the state, communities lose out on the currency generated from "healthy" property taxes. After the disaster, properties that are damaged and reassessed may qualify for lower property tax rates, which means less money in local governments' budget. Once properties are repaired, property tax rates may be raised back to their former or higher rate depending on if new developments were added post-storm.
The Florida Senate proposed a bill in January 2017, Bill 272, that stated natural disasters could be categorized as: hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, floods, tornadoes, and even sinkholes. News Journal Online journalist, Tony Holt, reported in an article in January that the bill stated, "if a home is uninhabitable for two months out of the year, the tax bill would be adjusted accordingly, according to the bill's language." But unfortunately for Irma victims, this bill died within the Senate committees in May this year. Where complete devastation has occurred, Florida appraisers may value the land a property sits on rather than the property itself if it's been extensively damaged and need to be torn down.
If you decide to take an interest in repairing damaged properties within your portfolio, there are tax statutes that may help in some areas of the country. In 2012, New Jersey locals were offered a sales tax exemption on labor and materials for capital improvements of homes and businesses. This also included installation for storm windows and doors (Bloomberg BNA Salt Talk Blog).
New York, too, gave their citizens help with a "partial abatement" of property taxes after Hurricane Sandy. This statute was put in place to aid homeowners in rebuilding and repairing their properties. Check with your local Taxing Authorities to see if there are any relief programs your properties may be eligible for.
When disaster strikes, critical action is key in protecting your portfolio's assets. Fast assessments and appraisals can make a huge difference in managing your collateral's property taxes. And we're here to help: NRTT is partnered with nationwide tax appeal providers to offer quick turn-around times to include probable outcomes and relevant comparisons for local tax markets for your property assessments. We also provide property insurance through NRTT Insurance, LLC to help protect your portfolio. Go to NRTT.com/Services to learn more.
After all, the storm doesn't last forever…
If you want to donate to charities to help victims of Hurricane Maria, please check out this article by Time.com to learn more!


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SALEMBURG - Joe H. Parker Jr., 49, 327 Ariel Road, died Monday Dec. 23, 2013.
Services: Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday in Bearskin Missionary Baptist Church in Clinton. Burial in the church cemetery. Viewing, 1 to 6p.m. Saturday in Butler & Son Funeral Home in Roseboro.
Survived by: Sons, Michael, Dashawn, Rashawn and Andrew; parents, Joe Sr. and Mary; sister, Cynthia Sherman; and brothers, Rodney and Donald.


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May 03, 2008
Peter Gronquist - The Revolution will Be Fabulous
Peter Gronquist has turned Gallery 1988 into a blinged out armory for his solo, The Revolution will be Fabulous, opening tonight (5.3) from 7 to 10 PM. Everything is going 'designer' these days from toys, ipod covers, stationery, furniture, vibrators you name it... Add weapons to that list.
Peter's taken replica or non-operative rifles and chain saws and given them over-the top blinged out treatments complete with well-known fashion monikers. Louis Vuitton Chain Saw, anyone ? Or what about a rifle with a faux Takashi Murakami smiling flower pattern.
I supposed we could ramble about art reflecting society but let's just cut to the chase... Guys love guns and blinged out guns... over the top. If you want one for your own armory, don't snooze -- these sell quickly.
Gallery 1988
7020 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
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Jason Dufner didn't last long when he competed in the 1998 U.S. Amateur at Oak Hill. He qualified for match play, but was eliminated in the second round. Still, Dufner loved the East Course and really thought it fit his game, so when he returned 15 years later to play in the 2013 PGA Championship, he had a good feeling about the week.
"Guys tend to like golf courses that suit their games, and even then I felt like this place suited my game," he recalled of his experience at the Amateur. Turned out he was right. Dufner set a new 72-hole East Course stroke-play record with a 10-under 270 to edge Jim Furyk by two shots for his first major championship victory. Furyk at 272, and Henrik Stenson at 273, also bested Jack Nicklaus' 274 that had stood as the standard since the 1980 PGA.
Dufner electrified the huge galleries with a second-round 63 that set a new course record, wiping out the matching 64s shot by Ben Hogan (1942 Times-Union Open) and Curtis Strange (1989 U.S. Open). He missed a 12-foot birdie putt at No. 18 that would have given him the lowest score ever recorded in major championship history. "I know the history of major championships so I knew that nobody had shot 62, and the course record I had heard on TV earlier in the week," said Dufner. "So I knew where I stood and you couldn't have a better chance at history on the last hole. I wish I had that putt back again."
Furyk's third-round 68 gave him a one-shot lead on Dufner heading into the final round, but Dufner regained the lead after back-to-back birdies at Nos. 4 and 5. A Furyk birdie at No. 6 left both players at 10-under, but Dufner's birdie at eight, and Furyk's bogey at nine proved the difference as they produced identical scorecards over the final nine holes, each parring the first six, birdieing the 16th, and bogeying the 17th and 18th.
Thus, Dufner became part of Oak Hill lore, and he certainly appreciated what that meant. "They are very knowledgeable about their golf and the history of the game goes way back here in Rochester and it's great to be part of that," he said. -by Sal Maiorana
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Uh-oh. There they go again. Foaming at their mouth. Calling for advertisers' boycott. Trying to find their remote controls which went missing back in the 70s. The Parents Television Council are disgusted by a 10-second alleged fellatio scene in the new "90210" spin-off.
Several minutes into the broadcast of last week's pilot, the boy played by Dustin Milligan appeared to be enjoying a morning session of oral sex with a girlfriend in his truck on the parking lot of West Beverly High before the classes began.
PTV statement reads: "They shocked viewers during the family hour by depicting high school children engaged in oral sex in their car. It's such a sucker punch to viewers and a lot of families. No one tuned in to 90210 thinking, 'Hey, maybe I will get to see (oral sex).'"
PTC are of course still upset that The CW showed them the middle finger earlier this summer when they used their critique of "Gossip Girl" which called the series "mind-blowingly inappropriate" to actually promote the show as part of a brilliant marketing campaign.
This is TELEVISIONISTA.Net
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The Benefits Office of the Human Resources Division provides information about the benefit plans and services available to faculty members, members of the professional research staffs, and administrative and professional staff members.
At NYU, faculty housing is a critical strategic resource that has supported NYU's development into a national research university. Nearby housing helps to create a feeling of campus by bringing faculty, staff, and students together. It supports the academic mission of the University by increasing accessibility of faculty members to their students, their colleagues, and their research tools. Although NYU's rental resources are substantial, they are not sufficient to address all our housing needs. University housing is allocated to faculty and staff in a manner designed to support, recruit and retain the full-time faculty of the University according to University priorities informed by the Deans of the Schools. University policies on Faculty Housing govern the allocation of housing: The highest priority is to house tenured and tenure track faculty, and among them, new faculty who will be joining NYU and who do not have housing in the metropolitan area. Almost equal priority is given to existing faculty who are of high retention importance as determined by the deans of each school. Any questions should be addressed through the individual school Dean's Offices.
Faculty will receive service recognition gifts upon completion of 10 years of service to the University, and every five-year milestone thereafter through 50+ years. The University also will present a certificate to every member of the faculty who has given 25 years of full- and/or part-time service to the University.
Information about University policies and guidelines concerning travel and reimbursement rates can be obtained from the Office of the Controller. All faculty are encouraged to use NYUTraveler, which was created to provide the NYU community with tools and services for their travel needs and to help keep them safer.
Faculty members wishing to have information about their status at the University officially transmitted to persons or institutions outside the University should apply to the Office of Academic Appointments, in order to execute the required consent form.


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GreenPrint Version 2 has been completely redesigned from scratch, so in addition to significant performance and feature enhancements, there are a few key differences to be aware of when making the switch:
- Double clicking on a page no longer removes/includes the page, instead it takes you to a single page view. To remove/include a page, click on it and then make a selection from the hover.
- The Remove Text tool is located in the Page Tools section at the top of the preview instead of in the right click menu.
- PDF creation is available from the preview by clicking the PDF button. There is not a separate GreenPrint PDF printer in V2.
- You can access your GreenPrint Report by clicking on the report summary section at the bottom of the preview (you can also still get to it from the Start menu > All Programs > GreenPrint.
- To adjust the GreenPrint filters, go to Control Panel > Printers & Faxes > GreenPrint > Printing Preferences > Rules (In Vista: Control Panel > Printers > GreenPrint > Printing Preferences). You can also make these changes for individual applications by clicking on Preferences/Properties in the print dialog box.
- Version 2 also provides a quick selector switch to change a color document to Black & White output


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Election process change considered
By Stu Merry, BHG News Service
What should they do? McLean County Commissioners gathered input from residents during a hearing Dec. 6 regarding consolidation and reorganization of election precincts in the county. Various scenarios were discussed, but no formal proposal was adopted. The final decision will be made Tuesday. One example that rankled some feathers – especially some in Underwood – had voting centers in Max, Garrison, Washburn and Turtle Lake. "I think there are a lot of unhappy people in Underwood," District 8 Sen. Layton Freborg, R-Underwood told commissioners. He said he fears people would stay home rather than travel a distance to vote. County officials clarified after the meeting that was only used as an example, and not a formal proposal. A scenario suggested by Daryl Lies of Douglas and favored by a majority of those at the commission meeting would include vote by mail with creation of five to seven voting centers. The sites could include Max, Garrison, Turtle Lake, Underwood, Washburn, Wilton and a precinct in White Shield. Commissioners think one benefit to establishing voting centers would be that it would enable voters to cast their ballot at any center, rather than just the precinct they live in.


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Had a nice KFC in Hereford with MattW and Lee (that was his Yeoman's coach) before heading back to Ledbury. Dropped off Matt and ran the afternoon 674 without incident. Heading back to the depot with an empty bus and BANG... tyre blow out.
Now sat at the side of the road waiting for an engineers van or 420 to arrive. Whichever turns up first will be my ride home!
Nice view though!
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All Arts & Crafts
Bright and Cheerful Springtime Garden Crafts For Kids
2016-04-29 by Stacy TeetShop the Story
There's just something magical about gardening with your kids. Planting seeds, nurturing new life, digging your fingers in the soil and creating food you can feed your family. The cherry tomatoes we grow hardly ever make it in the house!
To keep the magic alive in our small backyard garden, we try to interject as many opportunities for fostering independence and educational activities while adding in as much fun as possible. Some years that means exploring all of our senses, raising butterflies or building a sunflower house, this year it means our first cutting garden.
To get the kids excited about growing their own blooms we made these bright and cheerful garden markers and plant stakes.
– Wooden spoons or dowels
– Terracotta plant saucer
– Craft paint
– Wooden Beads (we used the Bead Bouquet set)
– Hot Glue Gun, Glue Stick
– Paintbrushes
– Colorful Yarn (optional)
NOTE: Please use caution when gluing the beads on. If your kids are young, you may want to do the hot gluing yourself.
Cheerful Sunshine Garden Marker
1. Paint a small terra-cotta baby blue and wait for it to dry
2. Choose the beads you'd like to use for the sun and the rays and then hot glue them onto the saucer
3. Hot glue the back of your saucer securely to a wooden down or spoon
4. Wait for it to dry
5. Place in a potted plant or anywhere in your garden for some instant sunshine!
Rainbow Bead Plant Stake
1. Paint a wooden spoon the color of your choice an wait for it to try
2. Hot glue beads in order of their color in the rainbow
3. Place in a potted plant or in your garden
Note: We use ours to mark where the veggies end and the flowers begin.
Colorful Garden Snake
1. Paint a wooden spoon the color of your snake's body and wait for it to dry
2. Use contrasting color paint to draw stripes on your snake's head (and body if you aren't using yarn)
3. Wait for the stripes to dry
4. Wrap the handle of your spoon in colorful yarn making sure to tuck the ends when you start wrapping to avoid unraveling. Hot glue the end to the rest of the yarn and trim
5. Hot glue beads for the eyes and mouth
6. Place in your garden bed to protect your plants and bring a smile each time you visit
Oh yeah, and if you happen to have a mom, nana, or grandmother who loves to garden as much as ours does these would make the sweetest handmade gifts for Mother's Day! Just add a few seed packets, maybe a cute pair of gloves and put it all together in an empty pot. You'll get bonus points for including some gardening tools the kids can use when they come over too! Pretty Petals Trowel and Cultivator pictured here
More fun springtime garden crafts for kids
– The kids will have a blast whipping up this fun balancing butterfly craft
– Get the kids super excited about planting their own flowers by crafting a few first
– These finger-painted flower pots aren't just cute, they are also loads of fun and make a great gift any time of year
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OutSystems, announced today general availability of OutSystems® Platform Version 8, introducing significant advancements for building web and mobile applications that deliver a great user experience (UX). A long list of innovative features makes designing pixel-perfect user interfaces easy for developers, and a first-of-its-kind built-in user performance monitoring capability ensures application performance is meeting user expectations.
OutSystems Platform 8 introduces a number of innovative features that make it easy to build enterprise web and mobile applications that deliver a great UX on any Android, iOS, Windows or BlackBerry device:
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Spencer Walden was victorious this past weekend in Greensboro
Walden wins tiebreaker with fewer misses Union Pines High School alum Spencer Walden of the Sandhills Track Club won the 17-18 division of the high jump at the recent USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in Greensboro.
Walden and Alex King both cleared 6 feet, 10.75 inches, and Walden claimed first with fewer misses at that height.
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Enjoy the luscious sweets of our bakery, the meticulously crafted beer from our brewery, and many, many boutiques, antique vendors, and creative entrepreneurs. Engage, ask questions, discuss process, express your opinions, and learn about the class offerings at the mill.
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Segment LLL Reduction of Lattice Bases Using Modular Arithmetic
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Algorithms 2010, 3(3), 224-243; https://doi.org/10.3390/a3030224
Received: 28 May 2010 / Accepted: 29 June 2010 / Published: 12 July 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algorithms for Applied Mathematics)
AbstractThe algorithm of Lenstra, Lenstra, and Lovász (LLL) transforms a given integer lattice basis into a reduced basis. Storjohann improved the worst case complexity of LLL algorithms by a factor of O(n) using modular arithmetic. Koy and Schnorr developed a segment-LLL basis reduction algorithm that generates lattice basis satisfying a weaker condition than the LLL reduced basis with O(n) improvement than the LLL algorithm. In this paper we combine Storjohann's modular arithmetic approach with the segment-LLL approach to further improve the worst case complexity of the segment-LLL algorithms by a factor of n0.5. View Full-Text
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Argh I should be working on my Conflicts presentation – nvm, taking a quick breather is always good. Today during our break, Audrey and I spotted this interesting flyer.
In essence, I had to re-create an ad along the lines of "The Slowest Way to…" (as above). I've always wanted to further my art education yet my parents aren't willing to sponsor me in my artistic pursuits, so this is a perfect opportunity.
Sigh, my sense of humour ain't too good (many would attest to that) and I read somewhere that such jokes (as above) have a higher likelihood of making people laugh so I guess it's worth a shot.
/edit. I was elated to have been selected for the scholarship. Sadly, the happiness was short-lived, as my parents told me that I can't take it up, as I ought to graduate first before pursuing my 'hobby'. Sigh, I would've wanted it to be more than a hobby, but oh well that sums up the story of my life.


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This ultra modern townhome is part of the newest phase of the Snowcreek community, CreekHouse at Snowcreek Resort. It was built in 2018 and features top-notch amenities, design and not to mention panoramic Mammoth Mountain and Sherwin Mountain views from every room. The living room offers a large flatscreen smart TV with the DirecTV app, cozy gas fireplace, Sonos bluetooth sound system, vintage record player and complimentary WiFi. The open plan living, kitchen and dining area provides the perfect space for social dining and ample seating for everyone. And with a fully-stocked gourmet kitchen, you'll feel right at home. This rental is especially kid-friendly and is equipped with a pack-n-play, high chair, and stroller, so leave your kid equipment at home.
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In my counseling practice I work with adults, both, individually and in groups.
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This chambre d`hotes, South France, is located just 2km outside of Pezenas in Lezignan Le Cebe. It offers 2 bedrooms - côté mer and côté campagne, both ensuite, private terrace, garden, wifi and swimming pool.
Côté Mer - has private terrace with seating and loungers, shower room with basin and wc. King sized bed, the room is decortaed tastefully with antiques and furnitire related to the sea.
Côté Campagne - large bedroom wuth TV, dressing, sepaerate wc, bathroom with shower and bath and basin. Private terrace with seating and loungers.
Both bedrooms have access to the garden, swimming pool and summer kitchen/bar. Sun loungers and tables and chairs.
Prices are nightly and include breakfast `maison`. All breads and conserves are home made.
Cote mer 75€ per night
Cote Campagne 85€ per night
Last visited October 2016. With great facailities including internet, pool and garden. Lezignan Le Cebe is situated 3km from the historic town of Pezenas. A warm welcome is ensured by Patricia and Philippe.
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In the heart of the Languedoc region Lézignan la Cèbe is a typical French working village, famous for its mild white onions, with a 16th century castle, and a magnificent church. In spite of its historical legacy there are modern services within the village such as a media centre, bakery, a couple of cafe/bars, winery, chemist, fitness centre, and hairdresser.
Pezenas is a 5 min drive and is described in the Rough Guide as one of the most singularly beautiful towns in the French Southwest, and in addition to an important Saturday market, there are numerous events staged in the town during an extended season. While the old town with a good selection of shops and restaurants and its historic building trail is about 1km away, there is a large supermarket within 3 minutes walk.
Lezignan Le Cebe is within easy driving reach of long, sandy Mediterranean beaches (Marseillan Plage 24km)and has quick access to the A9 and A75 autoroutes, providing fast links to the many attractions abounding in the Languedoc-Roussillon and Cevennes areas.
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Blake Shaffer has extensive experience in the energy sector, with a specific focus on electricity markets. Blake enjoyed a 15 year career that took him from the trading arm of BC Hydro, to Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital in NY as a senior energy trader, and finally as Director of Energy Trading at Transalta Corporation in Calgary, Alberta.
Blake returned to academia in 2014 to pursue his PhD in economics at the University of Calgary. He holds an M.Phil in economics from Cambridge University and a BSc (Honours) in environmental sciences from Queen's University.
Blake has served as a Policy Advisor for the Government of Alberta on various energy-related matters. He served on the 2015 Royalty Review Secretariat, playing a pivotal role in the development of Alberta's modernized royalty framework. He is currently at Stanford University as a Fulbright Scholar, and is affiliated with the University of Calgary as an Adjunct Professor of Economics.
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The role of the parent in a students computer science education is extremely important. You play a large role in the courses your students take, the after school activities they participate in, and the community that is created and maintained at your school. By taking the time understand computer science and the importance of computer science education and actively supporting the efforts of computer science education you can help become a part of the not only your child's education but also the CS4All movement here in Chicago. If your child gains support from, or is encouraged to take the first steps to begin experimenting with computing, they may begin down the path of computer science even earlier than high school.
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The workshop will span 2 days to include both oral and poster sessions in addition to ample time periods for discussion.
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This post is an open letter to the teachers of the school that I will serve in the fall…
Dear Teachers,
This year, you will embark on a journey that will be like nothing else that you have ever done. Our district has adopted the idea of integrating technology into our daily lives. They've even given you a choice between two devices, Mac and PC. The first challenge is that you may be using a device different from your peers. You will want to send information, share documents and possibly create. There will be times when you might forget how to accomplish such task and it is ok. I am here to help you through this process. It will get uncomfortable, but uncomfortable is good.
My job as the instructional media specialist is really geared more towards the library. It's a strange world for me as I am more curriculum and technology. However, I accept this struggle because how can I expect you to live through "the uncomfortable" if I cannot do the same. I will manage what needs to be done in the library and I will also help you as you integrate technology into our classrooms. It will be a lot of work and uncomfortable at times, but uncomfortable is good.
I'm also going to ask that we embark on one single journey together and that is blogging. We will utilize kidblog.org across the campus as staff and students. We will share the great things that are happening but we will also share the process and that is important. One of the biggest misconceptions that educators have is that their stuggles are their own while perfection happens for everyone else. We will be one of the exceptions to that as we will grow through our struggles and show that the impossible can be done. It will be uncomfortable, but uncomfortable is good.
Why, you ask, is uncomfortable good? Through uncomfortable, there may be struggle and the desire to quit. Uncomfortable is also where risk taking happens. It's where we decide that even though we don't feel great doing it, we will still push forward. I believe that the spirit of our campus is dependent on our ability to push forward…even when it is uncomfortable and it will be.
What I can guarantee is that I will be here to support you and our students every step of the way. If I do not have the answers, we will find them together because the power of the room is much greater than one. Edcamps taught me that. I am deeply honored to serve you and with the support of our fearless leader, we will embark on this amazing, yet uncomfortable journey together.
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Roy Keane has first bust up with Suffolk press
New Ipswich Town boss, Roy Keane, has had his first major falling out with a junior hack from local newspaper, the Evening Star, we can exclusively report.
It happened during a routine press conference, called by new Tractor Boy's Chief executive, Simon Clegg.
Keane was asked to elaborate on his plans for guiding the Suffolk club back to the Premier League and outlined his plan to bring in a plethora of overpaid ex-Sunderland and Republic of Ireland players, whilst paying over the odds for any new signings.
He made a couple of his now customary quips about "walking his dogs", which journalists nervously laughed at like Rupert Pupkins hostages in Martin Scorcese's under-rated classic "Kings of Comedy".
It was then that the jovial mood was broken when a junior hack broke ranks to ask Keane "What makes you tick?"
Keane then exploded with apoplectic rage rising from his seat on stage, foaming at the mouth and shouting "Who are you calling tick, you fecking jumped up little eejit?"
The press conference was hastily abandoned whilst security guards tried to prise Mr Keane's hands from around the neck of the now unconscious journalist.
Eventually the police were called and a local vet was instructed to shoot Keane with a tranquiliser dart, allegedly having to use a dose that would normally be required to stop a rampaging rhino.
A spokesman for Keane claimed the Town supremo was unavailable for comment as he was "walking his dogs" and hospital sources have said that the journalist is in a stable condition and may be able to eat solids in the very near future.
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William Faith & Sarah Rose - Cemetery Confessions/
Welcome to episode 40 of Cemetery Confessions! This month we are chatting about the philosophy of goth, reviewing an album from Sixth June, and sitting down for a discussion about the state of the goth scene with William Faith and Scary Lady Sarah.
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This month's guest is Dani of the band Chasing Alice!
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The Count's revised definition for goth:
1. An appreciation of, or affinity for goth music
2. A social or philosophical departure from media culture
3. Embracing darkness (manifest as the color black, a philosophical aesthetic, an appreciation of the macabre or through other creative avenues)
4. An active pursuit of making these things a part of one's daily life
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Virgo Rising - Sixth June
Philosophy Corner: 1:16:53
This month we have a chat with William Faith and Scary Lady Sarah. We talk about their experiences in the 80's, the divide into the 90's, whether the deathrock revival was helpful or harmful, their views on activism and a lot more.


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A new update has come to TSW introducing a brand new raid in Agartha. This 40 man raid is sure to challenge players in the F2P MMO The Secret World. All players are welcome to join the fight against the Filth Guardian in this latest update. Some new mystery boxes were also added, for those into that kind of thing.
The final showdown in Agartha is now! Join today and take part in the last phase of The Whispering Tide event. You can also enjoy the brand new Mystery Boxes in the Item Shop!
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Wherever the going gets hot, decision makers worldwide rely on vötschtechnik® heating and drying cabinets. The world novelty HeatEvent is about to launch. Discover the many benefits and get an impression of our latest innovation.
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Since April 2016, all dryers and ovens in which combustible substances are released must comply with the standard.
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Inmates Alleged Koran Abuse
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Detainees told FBI interrogators as early as April 2002 that mistreatment of the Koran was widespread at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and many said they were severely beaten by captors there or in Afghanistan, according to FBI documents released yesterday.
The summaries of FBI interviews, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union as part of an ongoing lawsuit, include a dozen allegations that the Koran was kicked, thrown to the floor or withheld as punishment. One prisoner said in August 2002 that guards had "flushed a Koran in the toilet" and had beaten some detainees.
But the Pentagon said yesterday that the same prisoner, who is still in custody, was reinterviewed on May 14 and "did not corroborate" his earlier claim about the Koran.
"We still have found no credible allegations that a Koran was flushed down a toilet at Guantanamo," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said in a statement last night.
The newly declassified accounts, written primarily in 2002 and 2003, were released in the aftermath of an international uproar over a now-retracted story by Newsweek magazine, which reported that an internal military investigation had confirmed that a Koran was flushed down a toilet. Some administration officials have blamed the story for sparking riots overseas that left 16 people dead.
The disclosures came on the same day that Amnesty International released a report calling Guantanamo Bay "the gulag of our time" and labeling the United States "a leading purveyor and practitioner" of torture and mistreatment of prisoners. Amnesty and the Constitution Project, a legal advocacy group, made separate demands yesterday for an independent investigation into allegations of detainee abuse at U.S. facilities.
While detainees and others have lodged complaints of abuse at Guantanamo Bay, this is only the second major release of internal FBI memos on the subject. The accounts released yesterday by the ACLU consist of summaries of FBI interrogations of Guantanamo Bay detainees and therefore do not provide corroboration of the allegations.
Some captives said they witnessed mistreatment of the Koran. Three told FBI interrogators that they had only heard about incidents from other inmates, the records show.
Yet the interviews underscore that U.S. government officials were made aware of allegations of prisoner abuse and Koran mistreatment within months of the opening of Guantanamo Bay in early 2002, and echo allegations made by the International Committee of the Red Cross and a Muslim chaplain, as well as the detainees and their attorneys.
Pentagon officials said last week that they had not investigated claims of Koran desecration because they had not been presented with any specific or credible allegations of such activity. But they also said that they were reviewing allegations related to mistreatment of the Muslim holy book.
Whitman said in his statement last night that al Qaeda members have been trained to lie about their treatment during incarceration, and that officials at Guantanamo Bay have had "a great deal of sensitivity to the importance of the Koran and other religious items and practices and . . . extensive procedures were put in place to respect the cultural dignity of the Koran." In January 2003, the Pentagon issued rules for handling the holy book.
FBI officials said the interviews were conducted to gather intelligence, but the records show that dozens of prisoners volunteered allegations of abuse and complained bitterly that poor treatment was causing many to refuse to cooperate with interrogators. Numerous prisoners reported hearing plans for mass suicides, and another "asked agents to kill him."


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Nation of Islam in Today's school...
Sunday, Pensacola High School will be a satellite feed location for Nation of Islam's leader Louis Farrakhan speech denouncing (and as a by-product encouraging and blessing Iraq) war with Iraq. Now the Nation of Islam's teaching are incredibly decisive. They are white-bashing in the utmost sense. One speech found on their site says that basically every time blacks reach a level, whites raise it. In my opinion we have just lowered the levels. Over the past thirty years, the general education level of high-school graduates has dropped. More and more students are getting out of grammar school (products of social advancement) without having the simple ability to read. How is this raising the bar? What is truly sickening is that the same people who support Nation of Islam are those who support Slave Reparations.I guess it's just a stupid idea for stupid people.
Anyways onto the subject at hand. Our superintendant of schools initially declined their desire to use it (Our schools cannot be used for financial gains for any group). Our esteemed School Board decided that the superintendent was using his powers stupidily an overruled his decision. Why they did this? Because it MIGHT impune on someone's free speach. Now remember the School district would not be stopping the speech just it's broadcast to a group (that will charge admittance) on tax-payer owned property. How exactly is that denial of free speech? The speech is still being broadcast, just that now the group which is charging money for admittance, will have to pay for the venue that they are charging for. Maybe I just don't see the problem, perhaps that raised bar is blocking my view.
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We believe that the concepts surrounding the traditional Quote-to-Cash (Q2C) process definitions are long overdue for a honest re-assessment. And so are the systems that support Q2C.
Too much of what is covered by Q2C is based on outmoded, digitally-shallow, 1980s-era batch-style processes that do not reflect either the needs or the capabilities of modern enterprises. To continue to think of Q2C in its original form and maintain its "sacred cow" status will, in our view, prove both detrimental and expensive. In our research and advisory practice we see a persistent theme of leading companies aiming to re-examine, re-define and re-engineer their core processes. In a number of instances the impetus for change was generated by the effort to improve monetization capability and agility.
There is intensifying industry noise surrounding automation of the Quote-to-Cash (Q2C) process. This has been in part driven by the M&A and the investment activity amongst companies whose products support Q2C – namely Steelbrick being acquired by Salesforce.com, and Apttus receiving an infusion of investment funds – among others. Across a spectrum of company sizes, industries and stages of maturity, business and IT execs are being led to believe that an investment into Q2C and products that support this activity – CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote), Contract Management and other categories is the next "silver bullet" and a critical element that can dramatically improve accuracy of the sales process and reduce customer friction. While there is no question that a focus on these product categories specifically and Q2C process automation in general can bring tactical benefits, companies need to re-think their Q2C approach in order to realize true strategic value in this area. In the research note attached below, we explore the reasons for why we believe that the traditional Q2C has outlived its shelf life and is being slowly replaced by a more comprehensive – broader and notably deeper approach that we termed Prospect-to-Disclosure or P2D.
Definition of Quote to Cash
Quote to cash, noun. - The series of steps be-tween quote generation and revenue collection. Involves:
- Product configuration
- Pricing
- Quoting – creation of a quote for pro-spect/customer
- Contracting - negotiation and approvals
- Order management/fulfillment of the order and provisioning of any services
- Invoicing
- Payment receipt
- Dunning and Collections
Today's business climate demands that enterprises find a carefull balance between speed, precision, compliance and innovation. Many of the greenfield opportunities are being annexed by start-ups that are able to deploy new strategies and processes that are free of the legacy baggage - the boat anchors that give stability to the large enterprises but also are holding them back from moving faster. Often times it is not just the systems but also the processes and concepts themselves that by intertia have been extended beyond a useful shelf life.
It is in this context of a search for growth that more and more organizations are looking at how they price, package, sell and deliver their products and services. Improving the "Quote-to-Cash" (Q2C) process is gaining in corporate popularity. While this sounds logical, we believe that a simplistic rush to automate Q2C in its present form may be misguided and obfuscates a more important opportunity to redefine and replace this tired old process with a broader, more modern and deeper concept that we term Prospect-to-Disclosure (P2D). We believe that organizations that pursue Q2C automation without looking at the broader P2D opportunities are at best likely to realize only incremental improvements in their business efficiency and accuracy.
On the surface, the notion of streamlining and automating the process of configuring a solution, assigning a price, generating a customer quote, contracting, fulfilling the order, invoicing and collecting payment is patently obvious. The business gains from such an initiative are clear. Sales organizations are under enormous pressure to not only generate results but also to reduce and eliminate errors in quoting and contracting processes. With rapidly evolving products, offerings and turnover in the sales force and channel partners, the error rate in quotes and contracts translates into unnecessary friction with customers and a huge negative impact on sales force productivity and billing accuracy. Even minor inaccuracies in this part of the customer relationship spectrum can lead to costly mistakes in order fulfillment, create customer dissatisfaction and defections. So it is no wonder that the siren call of a system that automates product configuration, pricing, and the quoting effort is alluring. Large, complex product catalogs with intricate dependencies frustrate sales channels that gravitate towards simplicity. Q2C projects appear as a magic bullet solution for finance, product, and operations teams that are struggling to contain a permissive "sales driven" culture that allows the sales reps to create one-off quotes and lacks necessary process checks and balances to verify the operational capacity to deliver a given quote. Alas – CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote) – a key ingredient in the quote to cash process – promises to automate away some of the problems that persist in the absence of management con-trol and process discipline. Without doubt, the business challenges identified by Q2C – and by extension – by CPQ are real.
Q2C rose to prominence in the era of business process re-engineering and global ERP implementations. For most companies this era was the 1990s and early '00s. The notion of a product was a physical product – and the leading ERP solutions were designed for discrete manufacturing enterprises with very linear thinking and processes.
Today's business models are edging farther and farther away from these concepts and towards selling services and outcomes on a continuous basis.
Q2C in its legacy form is hardly the silver bullet it is often portrayed to be. Organizations that ignore the broader implications of P2D (Prospect-to-Disclosure) are like to see only marginal improvement in reducing customer friction, in sales force productivity and in revenue leakage. Those that take a broader look at a more comprehensive approach like P2D are more likely to reap strategic benefits with meaningful positive impacts to their growth rate, margins, market share and enterprise value.


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In June 2010, a lunch was organised by Pais Ghana where many were gathered who were interested in Pais and wanted to know what Pais was about. Emmanuel Quaye was one of the participants and it became a life changing experience to enable him to use his gifting to impact and transform lives. Emmanuel Quaye joined Pais Ghana in 2010 as a team leader. This time was a moment of growth and foundation building in his life. The experience and expertise he gained after his first year, paved the way for him to become a hub leader in his second year on Pais Ghana. In August 2012, due to his hard work and commitment, he was then promoted to be the Personnel Director.
Emmanuel has grown and gained so much experience by studying under Pais and the rich teachings of Paul Gibbs. He has impacted people and seen fruit in the lives of both the young and old in his country, Ghana. He currently serves as the National Director for Pais Ghana.
He is a man of prayer and loves to study. In his free time he watches movies and plays table tennis.
He is engaged and plans to be married very soon.
Emmanuel is using the Star-Shape as his catalyst. A Star brings fun, competition and risk to a team.
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You are really a golden mark on us, always ready to share and serve. We can boast of your influence, you have never minded being a FOOL for JESUS. With humility you have served and reached out to kids and orphans. Your faithfulness and commitment made you a reliable source of help at all times.
You are really a man of prayer. I love your way of praying. A really good and straight leader, these are qualities worth learning.
He is humble, passionate about everything he does and his suggestions bring improvement.
Your behavior and character towards everybody is beyond imagination. Your prayer life always encourages me to stay on Pais for the rest of my years. The courage you have to lead even when things seem so difficult, encourages me to keep doing what I am doing.


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We photographers accumulate thousands of images as time passes and storing these requires lots of hard drive space. I use external units for storage but still, some purging of those duds and misfires is a necessity to preserve ample space for the keepers. One of the fun things about looking back over older photos is the fact that many will somehow look different now.
For a variety of reasons, many may have failed to get your attention during the time period they were created but as we grow as photographers and our post-processing skills advance, some will show a potential not previously recognized. Such was the case as I had another look at images from a couple of years ago.
Here is a look at the RAW file of an early model Pullman truck on display at a Harley Davidson Dealer in York Pennsylvania.
Needless to say, this is not a very compelling image. The truck itself is surrounded by a wooden frame to keep onlookers at bay, which makes it near impossible to photograph in it's entirety. But I bracketed this image (-2 to +2) anyway, figuring to extract a portion of the truck. Well, time passed and I never did process this, until now.
Using only the zero exposure of the 3-shot bracket I first applied a generous crop which allowed me to extract a portion of the image to work with. While in Photoshop CS6 I applied Nik's Define 2 for a bit of noise reduction before shipping the image off to Lightroom 5 for final cleanup and enhancements.
The resulting image, now rescued from the scrap heap, can be seen below.
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A side by side comparison below.
By the way, the Harley Davidson Memories truck is part of the museum collection within Laugerman's Harley Davidson, a motorcycle dealership in southern Pennsylvania.
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6 Ways to Repurpose and Upgrade Old Furniture
There's no reason not to love repurposing old furniture!
You can experiment with a variety of different styles, save money on throwing away and buying a whole new piece of furniture, have fun, and express yourself all in one go. You don't have to be an expert to effectively modernize an old piece furniture.
Here are 6 easy ideas for upgrading or repurposing old furniture.
- Pay attention to the little things. If you want a piece of furniture to have something of a new look, consider all the things you can do to transform it all on your own. Replacing drawer pull handles with door knockers is one example, and so is reupholstering chairs or stools. The more artistic people among us can consider painting a whole design on the front of a cabinet door or a set of drawers, or perhaps spraying a coat of chalkboard paint over it so people can make their own original designs. These kinds of little ideas will give the item something of an upgrade without impacting its function.Image credit: Design Remont
- Not a fan of dark metal edges? If you're into the industrial or utilitarian look, no problem, but if not, a thin layer of metallic gold paint can solve the problem! Your bulky, old-fashioned looking furniture will be looking trendy and modern in no time. Depending on the furniture or appliance shape, this can require small detail brushes and a steady hand, or you might get away with a nice easy spray paint application. This is great for accents as well, such as coffee table legs, drawer knobs, and more.Image credit: Ling Yeung B
- A wooden headboard can be painted and turned into a hook rack. If you've got a spare headboard lying around (don't we all?) paint it white and allow drying to be imperfect, with some cracks or flakes showing for a natural, rustic look. You can then screw in a series of metal hooks and you've got yourself a nice rack!Image credit: Knickoftime
- Sometimes upgrading a furniture item doesn't even require changing much about the piece itself. For example, an old wooden ladder can be painted and sanded for safety purposes and then leaned against the wall of your bathroom or next to your closet to hang towels for a super rustic, creative look. Smaller wooden ladders or stepstools can even be mounted on the wall for a funky new shelving unit.Image credit: Kan Thai Decor
- Turn stools into storage bins simply by turning them upside down and tying fabric bags and pouches to the legs. Feel free to color-coordinate however you want. The center of the stool, between the legs, can even be used for storage of taller items like rolls of wrapping paper, umbrellas, and more.Image credit: Architecture Designs
- Almost anything can be turned into a planter, even trash cans. As long as you research what the needs of the plant species are, anything with something of a deep cavity can become a flower pot. Old-fashioned metal trash cans with beautiful flowers growing out of them are a fun addition to any home or garden. Using a tin pail or bucket would give a similar effect if you don't want full-size garbage cans.Image credit: AZ Plant Lady
Hopefully these DIY projects have provided you solutions to renewing your old furniture or at the vary least we've got the creative juices flowing. You never know, you may just uncover a hidden talent for decor – sky could be the limit – especially if you decide to make money restoring furniture on your off time…


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Why functional programming doesn't catch on
Why functional programming doesn't catch on
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Authorities in the field of software engineering have long lamented the fact that functional programming (FP) doesn't seem to catch on. Their sympathizers often blame that on shortcomings in the audience or their pointy-haired bosses, but that is the easy way out: to assume that someone that disagrees with you simply lacks the ability to understand you is a way of shielding yourself from the possiblity that you are the one with a shortcoming: the inability to provide a proper explanation.
I think that the actual reason for the limited adoption of FP languages is exactly that: the way the advantages are formulated and exemplified are completely obvious and compelling to their proponents, but those same explanations and examples utterly fail to convince most software engineers, because they simply do not appeal to the problems they are confronted with in their daily line of work.
I think this hypothesis is best exemplified by the seminal paper Why Functional Programming Matters. This paper sets out to:
[..] demonstrate to the 'real world' that functional programming is vitally important,
[listing of advantages]
Such a catalogue of 'advantages' is all very well, but one must not be surprised if outsiders don't take it too seriously.
We must must find something to put in its place - something which not only explains the power of functional programming, but also gives a clear indication of what the functional programmer should strive towards.
and then goes on with explanations like:
The definition of reduce can be derived just by parameterising the definition of sum, giving
(reduce f x) nil = x
(reduce f x) (cons a l) = f a ((reduce f x) l)
and applications to things like the Newton-Raphson approximation and tree pruning in artifical intelligence.
[I'm inserting an intentional dramatic silence here, in which you can see my facial expression turn to complete astonishment]
Now how in heavens name can one expect to convince the average software engineer of the tenets of functional programming with these kinds of examples? If it does one thing, it is scaring people away by seeming unnecessarily difficult and academic.
Every introduction to a programming language shows you the recursive method to calculate Fibonacci numbers. It's abstract, many people do not relate to it very well, but it's only a single example. However, the documentation for FP languages seem to consist solely of these kinds of highly mathematically inspired examples. No 'Address' class to be found there. Hasn't anyone written a functional equivalent of the Pet Store application to demonstrate the power of FP for the regular work that most of us do?
People that want to improve the world often overlook one fundamental problem: you cannot improve the world just by being right. You need to convince others of that fact if you want to exert influence. If you cannot convince them, find out why you cannot convince them. I think there is a bright future ahead for functional programming, as soon as someone stands up to convince the masses.
As not everyone reads the comments, I would like to highlight a few points made there:
- The article I quote is 25 years old and was directed to people in academia. It would not be fair to conclude that all FP documentation is that hard to understand for someone without an academic background.
- There are deliberate attempts at displaying the 'real life' value of FP, for instance in Real World Haskell and Practical Common Lisp.
- Several people assert that FP is catching on, but it just isn't very visible (yet). This may be because those that use it consider it a competative advantage
Published at DZone with permission of Ivo Wever . See the original article here.
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SOT, Hildegard Winkler, (German) "They are full of love, the alpacas, they look for the humans love."
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SOT, Frau Hormann, Elderly home manager (German): "I saw an alpaca in an animal show on TV, and I was totally excited, so I did some more research about it and found out that they are often used as therapy animals, as they are very emphatic, as empathetic as dolphins. They are very good in adjusting themselves to humans and react very sensitively."
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Berlin's 'Mana Wedell' elderly day-care centre has some special residents – alpacas. The Peruvian domesticated camelids resemble llamas and are of the Suri breed. The animals have long been used as part of therapy and Frau Hormann, the care home manager, was inspired to integrate them with the elderly residents.
They have their enclosure outside in the garden but every once in a while the alpacas come inside the elderly home and cuddle with the old people. They watch TV, take the elevator and provide company. As one of the elderly women in the home said "they are full of love!"
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Will Sergeant, from the Liverpool post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen, will be showing his artwork for the first time ever in the U.S. This exhibition comes directly from the Penny Lane Gallery in Liverpool. The show will run from May 18th through June 16th, 2012.
This exhibit blurs the line between music and art. In addition to the current and previous exhibition, Will Sergeant has also participated in Mr. Brainwash's L.A. Art Show 2011. Will's work has been receiving a lot of praise from this venture into another side of the art world and his pieces are in collections from Australia to the States to Brazil to all over the UK and beyond. More photos of Will's work can be seen here:


text: I love bubbles in my wine, but my budget does not go very far in Champagne, so I am always on the look out for a good sparkling wine at a price that does not hurt my wallet. My pick for this month is Avinyo Cava Reserva Brut. Like many non-vintage Champagne wines,this Spanish sparkler spends 18 to 22 months on the lees before disgorgement, but it sells for one third the price of true Champagne. Clean fresh aromas of pear and light peach with a hint of honeysuckle all wrapped in an elegant and bright finish. A serious bargain for under $20.


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Hey guys,
just wanted to let you know:
On the upcoming Sunday evening (EU), 29.05.2016, we'll be having our last goodbyes to our favorite game.
We will have private games (to bypass the broken matchmaking) and to be able to play all the game modes.
If you want to join us on those few last hours of Nosgoth go tune in on https://twitch.tv/ukdrewuk and join http://discord.me/nosgoth.
We will manage those private games on the discord server.
Here is the link to the tweet about this event: https://twitter.com/1_Vole/status/735034980347326465
See you in another life.


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M·A·C Seasonally Supreme./
Here today and part of the permanent collection, M·A·C Seasonally Supreme is beautiful range of lipsticks in twelve new shades.
We said "Oui!" to the style-savvy world of Europe with our Euristocrats colour collections, and now we've set our sights on the Far East where fashion is a-boom! It's where the latest runway fads appear overnight to make their gotta-have-it debuts and where fashion addicts indulge their cravings with fierce cult-like fascination. Tokyo scenesters, Seoul trendies, Shanghai's brand-conscious sophisto-chicks, all are contributing to make Asia a haute-pot that stylishly sizzles. To add to the frenzy: M·A·C's new collection Sheen Supreme, a sweet and spicy palette of twelve cream-or-frost-finished shades that speaks to the region's colour preferences in the fusion of Lipglass' high-shine finish with the saturated colour of a Lipstick. Colour-customized, culturally tuned. What could be more Supreme?
I love the Sheen Supreme lipstick. The vanilla scent, the rich pigmented colors, all with a high glossy sheen is what beckons for me. I usually use lipgloss over lipstick for a sheen, whether I am going subtle or not. This one of the very few lipsticks that I can use without a gloss and am continually happy with the result.
Here are the new colors in the collection.
Tea Ceremony Neutral beige pink (Cream)
Sheer Mandarin Mid-tone yellow orange (Cream)
Blossom Culture Soft pink with pearl (Frost)
Korean Candy Bright orange-red (Cream)
Supreme Style Light coral pink with pearl (Frost)
Fashion City Neutral coral pink (Cream)
Happy Hibiscus Creamy white pink (Frost)
Royal Azalea Bright mid-tone pink (Cream)
Asian Flower Creamy lavender (Cream)
Insanely It Watermelon pink (Cream)
Bare Again Pinky neutral beige (Cream)
Seasonally Supreme (speaking of seasons, is it too early to look forward to the MAC Holiday 2011 Collection?) is available at all MAC locations and online at maccosmetics.com.


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National Museum of Finland
|The National Museum of Finland
National Museum of Finland
|General information
|Mannerheimintie 34
|60°10′30″N 24°55′46″E / 60.1749°N 24.9294°ECoordinates: 60°10′30″N 24°55′46″E / 60.1749°N 24.9294°E
|Construction started
|Construction stopped
|Board of Public Building
|Senate Estates
|tower 58 m
|Technical details
|Floor area
|Exhibition area more than 3 100 m²
|Design and construction
|Armas Lindgren, Herman Gesellius, Eliel Saarinen
|Main contractor
|Master Builder August Pettersson and Master Builder Frans Johansson
The National Museum of Finland (Finnish: Kansallismuseo, Swedish: Nationalmuseum) presents Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history. The Finnish National Romantic style building is located in central Helsinki and is a part of the Finnish Heritage Agency (until 2018 the National Board of Antiquities) (Finnish: Museovirasto, Swedish: Museiverket), under the Ministry of Culture and Education.[1]
The permanent exhibitions of the National Museum are divided into six parts. The Treasure Troves presents the collections of coins, medals, orders and decorations, silver, jewellery and weapons. Prehistory of Finland is the largest permanent archeological exhibition in Finland. The Realm presents of the development of Finnish society and culture from the Middle Ages 12th century to the early 20th century, through the Swedish Kingdom Period to the Russian Empire Era. The "Land and Its People" presents Finnish folk culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, life in the countryside before the industrialisation. Exhibition on 20th century Finland and Finns called "Suomi Finland 1900" was open from 26 April 2012 to 1 March 2015.
The planning and construction of the new permanent exhibition at The National Museum is in progress. Due to this The Treasure Troves exhibition is closed from 9 November 2015 and Prehistory of Finland exhibition is closed from 30 August 2015. The new permanent exhibition will open 2017-2018. The first part, The Profane Middle Ages, has already opened in room 105.[2]
Workshop Vintti - Easy History, is an interactive exhibition, where visitors can study the history of Finland and its culture using their hands and brains. It is based on experimentation and personal experience, and the tasks and assignments also point the way to exploring the permanent exhibitions of the museum.
The museum's entrance hall ceiling has ceiling frescoes in the national epic Kalevala theme, painted by Akseli Gallén-Kallela, which can be seen without an entrance fee. The frescoes, painted in 1928, are based on the frescoes painted by Gallén-Kallela in the Finnish Pavilion of the Paris World Fair in 1900.
The building of the National Museum was designed by architects Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren, and Eliel Saarinen. The appearance of the building reflects Finland's medieval churches and castles. The architecture belongs to national romanticism and the interior mainly to art nouveau. The museum was built from 1905 to 1910 and opened to the public in 1916. The museum was named the Finnish National Museum after Finland's independence in 1917. After the last thorough renovation, the Museum was re-opened in July 2000.
The museum collections include also the Mesa Verde artifacts from the cliff dwellings of Colorado. These were donated to the museum by the Finland Swedish explorer Gustaf Nordenskiöld. They comprise the most-extensive collection of Mesa Verde items outside the United States and one of the largest collections of native Americana outside the American continents.[3] These artifacts were on display until May 2013 at the Museum of Cultures in Helsinki.
Gas explosion in the Silver Room 2006[edit]
On Monday 23 January 2006 there was an explosion accident at the National Museum in the Silver Room, which was caused by methane leaking into a broom cupboard from the drainage through dried floor drain and lit by a spark from the power distribution cabinet in the cleaning closet. There were two possible sources for the methane; a leak from a gas pipe under the nearby Museokatu street, or gas that developed on its own in the sewer. Later, police investigations found the cause to be a gas pipe leak. [1]. Most display cases and only 49 pieces out of more than 200 silver objects in the museum's Silver Room were damaged in the explosion, although most of them only mildly. Nobody was hurt. All objects have been repaired during 2006. The Silver Room was re-opened to the public in early 2007.
Exterior scene. Bear statue from 1910 by Emil Wikström outside the National Museum.
See also[edit]
- Elk's Head of Huittinen, an eight to nine thousand year old sculpture exhibited at the museum.
- ^ Finnish National Board of Antiquities web site.
- ^ Home-page The National Museum of Finland, Permanent exhibition July 2015 http://www.nba.fi/en/nationalmuseum/exhibitions/permanent
- ^ FitzGerald, Michael C., "The Majesty of Mesa Verde" in Wall Street Journal, 13 March 2009, p. W12.
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