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NYC-area rock band Lights Resolve has just catapulted to the top of the New York rock scene after winning Rock Battle NYC, where they were chosen as the opening act for the November 2nd stop of the Rock Band Live Tour, featuring Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional together on stage, with very special guests Plain White T's and The Cab. The contest, sponsored by MTV2 and Time Warner Cable, saw 120 NYC bands enter the competition, with 871,000 votes being cast by fans of the groups in just over one week at nyc.mtv2.com.
On Monday night, five bands – Kelsey and the Chaos, Testing for Echo, Lights Resolve, Status Green and The Canon Logic - took their places in the Webster Hall spotlight as they battled it out in front of the industry's best, including celebrity judges Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional, Brendon Urie and Ryan Ross of Panic At The Disco and MTV News Rock Editor James Montgomery.
"MTV's partnership with Time Warner Cable in New York City enables our affiliate to offer additional value to its customers, the community, and also reinforces the channel's commitment to emerging artists and music discovery," said Michael Joseloff, Vice President, Content Distribution & Marketing at MTV Networks. "Rock Battle NYC provided Time Warner Cable customers with premier event access, unique online and video on demand offerings, and gave a local band a shot to join the Rock Band Live Tour on its NYC-area stop later this year."
MTV2 cameras filmed the entire Rock Battle NYC show, and Time Warner Cable viewers will have unique access to special video on demand content, including full musical performances, judge feedback, and interviews from Monday's event.
"Supporting local arts is part of the fabric of Time Warner Cable. Partnering with MTV2 and offering this level of exposure to emerging artists was an extraordinary opportunity for Time Warner Cable. This was an exciting platform for local bands, and we congratulate Lights Resolve on their victory," stated Harriet Novet, Regional Vice President, Time Warner Cable's New York City Region. "Customers can watch this exclusive event through the convenience of local On Demand programming Channel 1111."
See photos from Rock Battle NYC >>
About Lights Resolve
Lights Resolve (www.lightsresolve.com) is an alternative-rock, dub-influenced trio featuring Matthew Reich (vocals, guitar), Neal Saini (drums), and Sherman (bass, piano, vocals), who formed the group after being members of another band together.
The band's debut release, Prelude (2007), was supported by two national tours and several east coast stints. The band's second EP release, entitled Currency (2008), was released at the start of April in conjunction with the Rockstar Energy Drink/Samsung Mobile Get A Life Tour w/ The Used, Street Drum Corps, Straylight Run and Army of Me. The band has spent the last year tirelessly traveling from coast to coast, honing their live craft and engaging the people of the States with all the enthusiasm in the world with no sign of slowing down.
About Rock Band Live
Rock Band Live (www.rockbandlivetour.com) will travel across the country with headline acts Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional, together on stage, with very special guests Plain White T's, The Cab, and possibly YOU! The concert tour will let Rock Band bands rock their way onto the main stage with a truly interactive experience that allows fans to compete in head-to-head competitions for the chance to play on the main stage in-between the tour acts' sets.
For complete details on the tour, including band information and exclusive videos, log on to www.rockbandlivetour.com.
The award-winning Rock Band 2 standalone software, wireless drums and guitars debuted on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in mid-September with an exclusive launch window in North America. In addition, look for the epic Rock Band 2 TV commercial featuring AC/DC's rock anthem "Let There Be Rock" that premiered during the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards at www.rockband2.com.
About MTV
MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music, creativity and youth culture. For over 26 years, MTV has evolved, challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries -- giving each new generation a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every platform and screen. On-air, MTV has been the number one rated 24 hour ad-supported cable network P12-24 for 16 straight years. Online, MTV.com scored double-digit growth in 2007 and MTV launched ten dynamic online communities and six new virtual worlds. On the go, MTV Mobile is the #1 music brand in the wireless space – delivering 90% more streams than in 2006. And MTV's successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know more? Come on in… www.mtvpress.com.
About Time Warner Cable's New York City Region
Time Warner Cable's New York City Region serves over 1.4 million customers in four NYC boroughs (Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn), Mt. Vernon, Hudson Valley (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties and parts of Dutchess, Greene and Delaware Counties) and Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Visit timewarnercable.com/nynj.
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located mainly in five geographic areas — New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. As of June 30, 2008, Time Warner Cable served approximately 14.7 million customers who subscribed to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services, representing approximately 33.6 million revenue generating units.


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The Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox opened up their three-game series in Chicago on Tuesday night, with Cleveland taking an 8-6 win in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Zach Walters hit a two-run home run to right field in the top of the 10th to give the Tribe the advantage in a game that saw three lead changes.
Cleveland held a 3-0 after the first inning against White Sox starter Jose Quintana, as Carlos Santana, Mike Aviles and Jason Kipnis all drove in early runs.
Chicago pulled within 3-2 in the bottom of the first on a two-run single by Avisail Garcia off Tribe starter T.J. House and eventually took a 5-4 lead in the fifth on a home run from Alexei Ramirez, also off House.
The Indians reclaimed the lead at 6-5 in the sixth on a two-run hit from Roberto Perez, but Chicago tied it at 6-6 in the seventh when Ramirez logged an RBI groundout.
For the full game story, visit www.times-gazette.com.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Prior to Tuesday's game, the White Sox activated outfielder Adam Eaton from the 15-day disabled list, as he batted leadoff and played center field.
Eaton, 25, was placed on the disabled list Aug. 9 with a strained right oblique. He went 3 for 10 in two games with Triple-A Charlotte on a rehab assignment.
In 94 games in his first season in Chicago, Eaton is hitting .304 with seven triples and 55 runs scored. He was on quite a roll before the DL stint, hitting .435 in his previous 22 games.
Eaton takes the roster spot of outfielder Jordan Danks, who was sent down to Charlotte on Monday.

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This tofu dish is simple and delicious! A very fast and easy dish to make at home with simple ingredients that you probably already have at home.
You can use any firmness of tofu you like. In this dish I used soft tofu. I love how the inside has a really soft texture and a crunchy texture on the outside once you fry it in a pan.
VIDEO: You can find a link to a video on how I made this dish on the bottom of this page.
Soft Tofu 1 pack
Low Sodium Soy Sauce 1/2 cup
Sesame Oil 1/2 teaspoon
Sesame Seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Brown Sugar 3/4 teaspoon
Chopped Garlic 3 cloves
Chopped Green Onions 2 stalks (save some for garnish)
Oil 1-2 tablespoon (oil of preference)
Lets Get Started:
Have a big plate or baking pan and place some paper towels on top ready. I always use a baking pan because it is big and you have room to space out the tofu.
Cut tofu into 1/2 inch squares and place them on the big plate or baking pan to soak up the liquid and place another paper towel on top of the tofu. And let it sit for a few minutes and go to the next step.
While you let the tofu sit and dry, combine all the seasoning ingredients together in a small bowl, mix it very well and set it to the side.
Now you can fry the tofu. Add some oil to a pan and fry the tofu until both sides are golden brown on medium heat. Once they are done you can place them back on the paper towel to soak off some of the oil.
Place the tofu on a serving dish and spoon the sauce on top. Garnish with the chopped green onions you saved from earlier. Done!
I hope you enjoy!
Here is a YouTube video on how I made Korean Tofu Side Dish.


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Mini Daily Read: Free People Pinterest Boards
In case you've been stuck in the office all day, NEWSFLASH: fall is here. While it is hard to see summer go, its fun to look to pinterest as the seasons change and get inspired for the months to come. One of the most uplifting accounts the JUGs follow is Free People. We love their women in nature theme that borders bohemian, outdoorsy, and feminine. Their "crisp air" board is a great reminder that just because the temps are lower than 60, doesn't mean we need to shutter ourselves inside. All of their boards are perfectly curated with photos from other retailers and bloggers - we love that their boards aren't too sales-y. Free People are definitely some of Pinterest's best tastemakers!
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Getting Ahead
Interactive Response Technology (IRT) delivers a wide range of functionality for managing your clinical trial — e.g., subject management, visit management, and drug assignment and accountability, and inventory and shipping management. For Project Managers, the Early Reporting aspect of IRTs enables you to get ahead—and stay ahead — of potential study issues. Getting a jump on problems is what effective project management is all about!
Early Reporting
Using an IRT for your study requires sites to access the study system (either by web or phone) in order to enroll and randomize their patients, to record visits and to obtain drug assignment for scheduled and unscheduled visits, and to receive drug shipments at their site. This means data is available in near real time for project management use.
Unlike EDC data, where there can be a long delay between a visit and the recording of the visit into the clinical database, the fact that IRT information must be entered in a timely fashion in order to conduct the study means Project Managers and CRAs have ready access to missed visits, past due activities, protocol deviations, current patient statuses and summaries of trial activities across subjects and sites (with Veracity Logic's special Rollup Reports).
User-Friendly Interface
The Veracity Logic IRT also provides a clear, user-friendly interface, for adding, activating, or deactivating sites and users during the course of the study. Finally, inventory management across sites becomes easy with the IRT providing a constant visible status for drug type at each warehouse, depot and site.
Keeping Sites Stocked: Predictive Resupply
Also leverage Veracity Logic IRT to optimize drug supply and reduce product waste. Our system offers Predictive Resupply algorithms that take into consideration the number of active subjects, delivery times, upcoming scheduled activities at a site, inventory minimums (how many days worth of inventory we want at the site), days of inventory to issue a shipment request, and other factors, to determine how much drug each site needs and when. Predictive Resupply is your best option for situations in which drug supply is limited.
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On to the research!
So I got to thinking I need to look for a better detergent and read all the ingredients before I buy. ALL.. I mean ALL of them are chemically ridden. I went through every detergent (laundry and dish) and found not one without caustic chemicals listed. That includes seventh generation products which list their product as environmentally safe. Just because it's environmentally safe does not mean it's safe for our use. Which is kinda scary and sad.
Awhile back I saw a blog post about making your own detergents. I thought that had to be the way to go about this dilemma. It's better than store bought but not much. Most of the recipes call for; Washing Soda, Borax, Glycerin, and then a bar of plain soap (ivory, dial, Fels Naptha, ect.) which most likely contains lye and other chemicals. I read over the reviews and some readers were commenting on the caustic compounds of Borax, Washing Soda, and lye. It was enough to convince me that this was not the route I wanted. I kept thinking, there is got to be a way to naturally clean your clothes and not have the harmful chemical residues left in the fibers. I typed into google search: natural and safe laundry cleaning and the answer to my searching appeared! SOAP NUTS!
Wikipedia explains: Greener Living Soap Nuts is a USDA certified, natural and eco-friendly cleaning detergent and soap founded by Melfort, Saskatchewan couple Erin and Matt Johnson that was featured on CBC's Dragons' Den and received capital from Dragon W. Brett Wilson. The detergent is a green alternative to chemical cleaners and can be used for laundry cleaning or used to make green dish and dishwasher detergent among many other uses, including using as a natural soap to prevent allergic reactions or shampoo to fight dry hair, dandruff and lice.
Greener Living Soap Nuts are natural soap berries that the Johnsons have been importing from from South Asian counties like India and Nepal since 2008. They contain large quantities of saponin in their shells and as such, act as a natural detergent. The reason they are considered eco-friendly is not only because they are a natural resource but also because they are antimicrobial and biodegradable.
Used as natural soaps, they have also been known to cure eczema and psoriasis caused by chemicals in regular laundry detergent and since they are hypoallergenic, soap nuts do not harm the skin or trigger any allergic reactions.The soap nuts can also be used as shampoo to fight dandruff and lice, detoxify food, clean jewelry, among many other uses.
This is what I have been looking for....... well not exactly. I expected to find some recipe for a mixtures of baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice and essential oils but this is better! Now, does it clean your clothes, does it leave a odor or take away odor for that matter...?
The website says; "They are one of the best detergents to get rid of bad odors. Musty towels and wash cloths, even cloth diapers, come out smelling fresh and new. Stubborn stains, though, such as blood & red wine, require a stain remover to help the cleaning process. You can also use 1/2c. lemon juice or hydrogen peroxide to help brighten your white clothes."
I'm convinced! And I know for a fact hydrogen peroxide and baking soda take blood and other stains out even the whitest whites...I have done it!
What is even more awesome about this company is that even if your a little skeptical and want to try them out first they offer a trial size for $1.69! I've placed my order for the trial size if you hadn't already assumed.
I'll post bragging and boasting on this amazing natural cleaner in a later blog entry :)
There are many brands and consistency's you can get the soap nuts and all of them wash more loads than the usual laundry detergents and they cost less.
A few other Blogs and Articles I found during my research post on soap nuts:


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|Also, only his childhood friends get away with calling "Robert the Red" by "Bob" these days.
That alternative is non-linear character progression.
What, Precisely, Does That Mean?
Flavor and mechanics need to work together. Your mechanics have to support your story, and your story has to inform your mechanics. However, it's also important to remember that your level does not, necessarily, dictate the story you're telling. Put another way, not every first-level character is a kid, out on their own for the first time. Some of them are characters coming out of retirement, who may be a little rusty on their former skills, or people who have forgotten, lost, or had stolen from them who they once were.
|I've been a city guard for ten years. I don't know if I've got it in me to take on a dragon again.
I first covered this idea in The First Level Badass (Freeing Your Backstory From Level Restraints), but there was a practical use for non-linearity that I didn't hit too hard when I wrote that previous post. Namely that there are a lot of feats, prestige classes, and other mechanical concerns that have a story requirement to them. For example, in order for you to become an assassin, you have to be evil aligned, and kill someone for no purpose other than to take levels of this class. So how do you make that work if you also want to have levels of paladin?
It's quite simple, really. You were an assassin in your younger years, but you left that life behind, and turned your skills to a more righteous cause.
Storywise, that likely means your character starts out older than one would expect. He has a varied history, and some skills you wouldn't expect a righteous warrior to have. Things that are easily done by taking the right background traits at character creation, and perhaps dipping a few levels into rogue for the sneak attack, and better skill ranks. Mechanically, the character still needs to have the necessary skill ranks to take the class. However, the evil alignment and requirement to kill someone were taken care of in his backstory. It isn't that he's only just now learning these skills; he's always had them, but has simply not used them. And in many cases, actually using them would break his paladin oath, which explains why he never put those abilities to use as a story tool.
If that sort of scenario interests you, then you might also want to check out 5 Paladin Multiclass Characters (You'll Never Expect). Just saying.
If that sort of scenario interests you, then you might also want to check out 5 Paladin Multiclass Characters (You'll Never Expect). Just saying.
This works for almost any situation that has a purely flavor requirement. In 3.5 you had to spend several years in the Underdark before you could take levels of Dungeon Delver. In Pathfinder, you need to slay a devil with HD greater than your own to take levels of Hellknight. This list goes on, but I think you get the idea.
If You Like It, Give It A Try
This is not a technique I would recommend for newer players. In order to make a non-linear story work with linear mechanics, you have to be a deft hand at both roleplaying, and at explaining what's going on in your current story. You need to make sure that mechanical inconsistencies jive with what's happening in regards to your story.
Most importantly, though, you need to be sure that you, and your DM, are on the same page regarding your character, and where you're going with it. Not every DM is going to be comfortable with this sort of storytelling, especially if it's used to justify flavor prerequisites for abilities or prestige classes. However, it is an option, and if you want to give it a whirl, then you might find it to your liking.
Hopefully folks found this week's Fluff post interesting, even if it's not something you'd consider doing at your table. Often all you have to do is mention something is possible to start expanding horizons. If you'd like to help support Improved Initiative, all you have to do is stop by The Literary Mercenary's Patreon page, and leave a little bread in my jar. All it takes is $1 a month, and you'll get some sweet swag from me as thanks! Lastly, if you haven't done so yet, why not follow me on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter?


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Finally, you can outsource 95% of your Amazon Kindle empire for pennies! Over the last few months I've seen hundreds of Kindle publishers struggle to make good money. Even though they put out book after book, they just aren't getting the kind of passive income they'd always wanted.
And it wasn't very long ago that I was in the same boat. I was publishing Kindle books in all kinds of niches, but just wasn't getting any sales.
We all have a finite amount of time on this earth. This time is the most precious thing we have, and I don't want to waste it writing dozens of Kindle books!
This affected my family time, other businesses, and even my health.
My next step was to outsource Kindle ebook creation. I figured that it'd be easy- just pay someone a few bucks and I get a quality book, right?
I actually started wasting even MORE time editing what my outsourcers sent back than it took my to write the book myself! And to make it worse- I was paying money to make this happen.
Finally, I got fed up and focused on the essentials. After a lot of trial and error, I developed a little system to let me publish Kindle books for dirt-cheap in very easy, huge niches.
What I finally developed was a simple system that just about anyone can do. Even if you don't have a lot of technical skills- you can start outsourcing your Kindle empire in no time.
In Passive Kindle Publishing, you'll discover
How to outsource 95% of the work for less than $10
The best 3 niches for outsourcing
How to choose keywords for the title
How to find quality outsourcers
Why giving away your book for FREE is a good thing
How to create ecovers in less than 5 minutes
How to make your book more professional than the competition


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Spring is always an exciting time at ICA Fund Good Jobs. April is the time when we get to meet the many exciting new companies that are joining us as part of our signature small business education course, Growth Strategies. The 2017 iteration of Growth Strategies kicks off at the Lorry I Lokey School of Business and Public Policy at Mills College two weeks from today, on April 28th and we can hardly wait.
By now you probably know that the Growth Strategies, is taught by long-time entrepreneur and educator Michael C. Bush and that it offers a practical, hands-on, and actionable curriculum for local small businesses. You've probably heard us refer to it as the "entry point to the ICA Fund Good Jobs network" or as a "mini-MBA" for entrepreneurs. So this time, we want to tell you a bit about some of the companies in this year's cohort.
There are around 50 companies joining Growth Strategies 2017, spanning a variety of industries, headquartered in a over a dozen Bay Area cities. Together companies like Apprenta, Civil Pops, Yahshi Bakes, and Courtsmith Basketball Industries, to name a few are projecting to create over hundreds of jobs.
Growth Strategies is an integral part of our mission to educate, accelerate, and invest in local small businesses. In fact, all of the Seed Fund and Accelerator companies have gone through ICA Fund Good Jobs Education And this year, Good Jobs Accelerator companies like 4505 Meats and EBY Construction will be sending leaders from their teams to join the series.
We look forward to keeping you up-to-date on this year's cohort, and you can always learn more by checking out our upcoming Impact Report, and stay connected by following us social media!


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I got in a contract to sign for my next book and was surprised to find an extra page on top in want of my signature.
It was for an insurance policy.
"Your coverage will apply only to any Work published by us (snip).
The broad areas of coverage are libel, invasion of privacy, plagiarism, copyright infringement, and certain forms of unfair competition (snip).
The Policy currently carries a deductible of $250,000.00 per occurrence, which we may share with you as provided in (snip) the (contract).
So I called my agent and asked and it is true: This is a direct result of the activities of Cassie Edwards, Kaavya Viswanathan, James Frey, Gary Brock (AuthorHouse libel suit) and others.
Note that quarter of a million buck deductible one may share with the publisher (like I make even a fraction of that) should one be caught out behaving badly. Ouch. I can't afford the deductible for my car insurance, let alone THIS.
The policy allows for FIVE MILLION in coverage PER OCCURRENCE. Edwards had dozens of those in many of her books. Yow.
So I went over my mental check list to make sure I'd not done anything like that on my MS, and thankfully, it's all made up from my own punkin haid, not no one else's.
Dang, if those blackfooted ferrets ever decided to bring a suit....
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Nationwide Defective Drug Lawsuit Attorneys & Lawyers Hood Law Group
There is seemingly a medication for everything these days, and it's somewhat startling to look back even a few generations to see that the options for medication have exploded in number as the market has become more competitive and lucrative. While many medications that have hit the market in recent years have led to extremely positive results for people who have used them, many others have proven to not only be ineffective, but in some cases dangerous and perhaps even deadly. Given that people tend to trust the medication that they take, most are not completely aware of the risks that they may be facing.
To make matters even more difficult, consumers who are harmed by the use of defective medications and who attempt to stand up for themselves soon realize that they are up against a corporate behemoth with billions of dollars at their disposal. These resources are often put to use by way of retaining extremely skilled defense attorneys and other professionals whose job is to protect the legal and financial interests of their clients. Simply put, an individual consumer working without legal help against a worldwide corporation is not a fair fight.
The defective drugs lawyers at the Hood National Law Group have been leveling the playing field for consumer clients in these matters across the United States for decades. We have taken on several enormous corporations and earned positive results because we understand how to hold wrongdoers accountable. We handle cases relating to many different types of drugs, and examples include:
- Actos
- Byetta
- Celexa
- Effexor
- Fosamax
- GranuFlo
- Janumet
- Januvia
- Lexapro
- Lipitor
- Omontys
- Plavix
- Pradaxa
- Propecia
- Proscar
- Prozac
- Risperdal
- SSRI Birth Defects
- Topamax
- Tylenol
- Victoza
- Xarelto
- Zofran
- Zoloft
- Z-Pak
There are other drugs that have led to problems, and if you or someone you love has suffered as a result of trusting any of these medications, contact the defective drugs lawyers at the Hood National Law Group, today to schedule a free initial consultation.
Nationwide Defective Drug Lawsuit Attorneys & Lawyers page updated April 28, 2015


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Surfers Paradise, Australia -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/15/2014 -- 01th April, 2014 Phuket, Thailand: IMGlobal National Community Director Malcolm Wallace launched today a simple step by step training video on YouTube titled 'How to make money from Blogging". The formerly technology challenged new dad, in just a few short months has become a master of blogging and has been able to create a significant income blogging from the beaches of Phuket Thailand. Today he shares his secrets with the world through the launch of this controversial free training video.
It is no secret that blogging is hot right now as a way to generate a healthy income from your laptop, or even smart phone. Usually however, the secrets of how to make the big money from blogging have been closely guarded guarded by the Gurus. One Man of abundance howeverhas spilled the beans today with a powerfully simple 30-minute training video that anyone can follow and implement.
In this video training on how to make money from blogging Malcolm reveals
1.How to make money from Blogging
2.How to generate leads for your business
3.How to find super profitable trending topics to blog about
4.How to never run out of ideas the blog about
5.How to monetize your blog and turn your passions into profits
6.How to write, optimize and edit page 1 quality blog posts
7.How to get a free trail to the secret system is helping him and thousands more make money from blogging
Malcolm resides on the beaches of Phuket Thailand with his partner and beautiful baby girl Brooke. He is passionate about empowering people with the secrets to success and enabling them to follow in his footsteps, so that they too can make money from blogging and create the lifestyle of their dreams.
"I knew it was time to change and get ahead of the next advertising revolution, the online gold rush. IMGlobal has taught me, to know how far ahead I am in the online business world, and I have the best in what the whole online community is wanting to know: how to make money from blogging and generate leads online"
Malcolm Wallace, National Community Director at IMGlobal
Malcolm Wallace was one of the first and fastest in IMGlobal history to reach the coveted status of National Community Director by following the simple success system that the IMGlobal community teaches.
About IMGlobal
IMGlobal is an innovative Digital marketing and Advertising company based on the glistening beaches of Surfers Paradise, Australia. Being a new age co-operative, IMGlobal offers value pricing for everything Businessowners need in the 21st century to stand out from the crowd and generate leads, sales and Profits online. With a range of innovative products and services for Traditional Business owners, Home Business owners and those who wish to learn how to make money from blogging IMGlobal is a one-stop shop for all Online marketing, SEO, Social Media Marketing and lead generation needs and enables co-operative members to share in 100% of the company profits. To learn more https://IMGlobal.me
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International reports
Major presentation in Colombia together with the International Congress of Bogotá
Hotel Bogotá Plaza (Colombia), 2 – 3 September 2016
In its continuing and increasing efforts to establish commercial relations with different countries throughout the world, and coinciding with the opening of a permanent office in Colombia, Microdent attended the 1st Highly Specialized International Dental Congress that was held in the Candelaria Hall of the Bogota Plaza Summit Hotel on 2nd and 3rd September 2016.
Without doubt, a great premiere with a double stand where Microdent presented its Genius and Ektos internal connection implants and its world-renowned bone expanders, experiencing excellent business results and a superb strategic scope.
Aware of the importance of Formation anywhere in the world, Microdent collaborated in the scientific programme of the meeting by providing two interesting workshops led by prestigious Spanish doctors, both members of the Scientific Committee of the company. Dr. Armando Badet opened the first day, Friday 2nd, with a workshop in prosthetic solutions while Dr. Norberto Manzanares conducted a workshop in atraumatic bone expansion next day.
Microdent is consolidating its international expansion plan by adding another country that is a strategic enclave in the American continent, along with other nations like the USA, Bolivia, Mexico or Ecuador, in order to enhance its international visibility.
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Maple Street Grill in Murfreesboro is now closed. Eagleville is owned and operated by Michael and Debra Zelenak. With over 35 years experience the couple decided to turn Mike's dream of ownership into a reality opening Murfreesboro location in June of 2006. Eagleville location 0pened January 2015 "Southern American Cuisine" with a twist.
Maple Street Grill - Eagleville, TN
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IBM Current Job Openings in Lagos for Territory Sales Executive
IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is the largest
technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 400,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers. Utilizing its business consulting, technology and R&D expertise, IBM helps clients become "smarter" as the planet becomes more digitally interconnected. This includes working with organizations and governments to build systems that improve traffic congestion, availability of clean water, and the health and safety of populations. IBM invests more than $6 billion a year in R&D, just completing its 18th year of patent leadership. IBM Research has received recognition beyond any commercial technology research organization and is home to 5 Nobel Laureates, 9 US National Medals of Technology, 5 US National Medals of Science, 6 Turing Awards, and 10 Inductees in US Inventors Hall of Fame. The company was behind the inventions of the PC; SABRE travel reservation system; UPC codes, Watson, the Jeopardy!-playing computing system, and much more.
Job Title: Territory Sales Executive
IBM – Lagos
Job description
Employees in this role develop, through direct customer contact, an effective, ongoing business relationship with their major small and medium business clients in one or more industry segments. They identify opportunities, provide solutions to their business needs and improve their business and financial performance. Employees in this role require knowledge of the availability and use of all available marketing resources.
Responsibilities include:-
Select and prioritize the high-growth and value revenue opportunities
Participate in or lead cross functional sales and marketing teams
Develop client e-business propositions that clearly identify financial and other business benefits
Select the appropriate offerings that will meet client's business objectives
Select territory distribution channels for solution delivery, with Territory Partner Management.
Identify and utilize all marketing resources available to help meet territory objectives
Accountable for total customer satisfaction, market share, IBM revenue and profit
High School Diploma/GED
At least 4 years experience in Large enterprise sales and Industry Solution selling
At least 4 years experience in Meeting business and sales objectives
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|Byzantine Empire
|June 3, 1453 (Constantinople)
Loukas Notaras (Greek: Λουκᾶς Νοταρᾶς) (5 April 1402 - 3 June 1453) was the last Megas Doux of the Byzantine Empire. This position (literally Grand Duke, but more appropriately Lord High Admiral) had been expanded under the late Palaiologid emperors and functioned as an unofficial Prime Minister, overseeing the Imperial Bureaucracy in place of the Megas Logothetes who had previously exercised this function.
Loukas Notaras was descended from a Greek family originally from Monemvasia; his earliest ancestor whom we can identify in the surviving sources was one sebastos Paul, who captured the island of Kythera from the Venetians for the Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1270. Other members of the Notarades can be identified over the following decades. In the middle of the 14th century one branch relocated to Constantinople, where they rose to political and social prominence by supporting Andronikos IV Palaiologos, who was rebelling against his father John V Palaiologos, and then, after Andronikos's death, by supporting his son John VII Palaiologos.
Loukas Notaras' father was Nicholas Notaras, who served as interpreter to emperor Manuel II Palaiologos; his mother's name is not recorded. Loukas had at least one brother, who was captured in a skirmish during the 1411 siege of Constantinople and decapitated. Nicholas ransomed his son's head and buried it with the rest of his remains in a public funeral.
In 1424, Notaras was one of three emissaries—along with Manuel Melachrenos and George Sphrantzes—who negotiated a treaty of friendship between Emperor John VII Palaiologos and Sultan Murad II of the Ottoman Turks at the end of the Ottoman Interregnum. His continued importance as an imperial official is attested by his presence at the marriage of the future Emperor Constantine Palaiologos to Caterina Gattilusio 27 July 1441.
Because of his famous phrase "I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City (i.e., Constantinople) than the Latin mitre", he is often thought to have opposed to the Union of Churches established by the Council of Florence. This is in fact not the case, as he worked with his emperor Constantine XI to secure Catholic aid by whatever avenues they could find while simultaneously attempting to avoid riots by the Orthodox faithful. Unfortunately for his memory, this pragmatic middle course led to his vilification by both sides of the debate, attacks which were not lessened by the intense politicking going on among the late Imperial hierarchy. Constantine's close friend and personal secretary George Sphrantzes, for instance, seldom has a charitable word for Notaras and Sphrantzes' antipathy was repeated in turn by Edward Gibbon.
Fall of Constantinople
During the siege of Constantinople, Notaras led the troops along the north-western Sea Wall. Some accounts of the siege have him deserting his post after the Ottoman banner was raised on the tower above the Kerkoporta; again, however, this may have been politically motivated slander. In any case, he was able to hold the Sea Wall—which had been the point of entry of all earlier successful attacks on the city—against the Turkish fleet until the breach along the Mesotechion rendered his efforts moot.
Notaras, his Palaiologina wife and his son were all captured by the Turks and originally granted clemency in the name of reestablishing order and in exchange for much of Notaras's fortune, which he had had the sense to invest abroad in Venice in the form of dowries for his children. Nonetheless, he was executed shortly after along with his son and son-in-law. This may have simply been due to the capricious Sultan rethinking the wisdom of allowing a noble with ties to the Vatican and Venice to live; Gibbon believes he was caught already in the middle of such intrigue. The more common story, however, is that given by Steven Runciman:
- The kindness that Mehmed had shown to the Emperor's surviving ministers was of short duration.... Five days after the fall of the city [3 June] he gave a banquet. In the course of it, when he was well flushed with wine, someone whispered to him that Notaras's fourteen-year-old son was a boy of exceptional beauty. The Sultan at once sent a eunuch to the house of the [Megas Doux] to demand that the boy be sent to him for his pleasure. Notaras, whose elder sons had been killed fighting, refused to sacrifice the boy to such a fate. Police were then sent to bring Notaras with his son and his young son-in-law, the son of the Grand Domestic Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, into the Sultan's presence. When Notaras still defied the Sultan, orders were given for him and the two boys to be decapitated on the spot. Notaras merely asked that they should be slain before him, lest the sight of his death should make them waver. When they had both perished he bared his neck to the executioner. The following day nine other Greek notables were arrested and sent to the scaffold.
This story was originally recorded by Doukas, a Byzantine historian who was not living in Constantinople at the time of the fall of the city, but does not appear in accounts by other Greeks who witnessed the conquest. However, Doukas was frequently hostile towards Notaras, so there was no reason for him to praise his dignity.
Other explanations for this alleged departure from Mehmed II's nominal amnesty were that Loukas Notaras, a treasury official, had attempted to ingratiate himself with Mehmed II by retaining money from the Byzantine treasury as a gift for the Sultan. Mehmed II was neither impressed nor grateful, instead suggesting it should have been used for the defense of the city and viewed it as treason.
Mehmed's final words to Notaras before he ordered his execution :
"Inhuman half-breed dog, skilled in flattery and deceit! You possessed all this wealth and denied it to your lord the emperor and to the City, your homeland? And now, with all your intrigues and immense treachery, which you have been weaving since youth, you are trying to deceive me and avoid that fate you deserve. Tell me, impious man, who has granted possession of this City and your treasure to me?" Notaras answered that God was responsible. The sultan went on: "Since God saw it fit to enslave you and all the others to me, what are you trying to accomplish here with your chattering, criminal? Why did you not offer this treasure to me before this war started or before my victory? You could have been my ally and I would have honoured you in return. As things stand, God, not you, has granted me your treasure."
The reports that all Notaras sons were executed are most likely an error. Most historical accounts only note execution without alluding to the fate of the youngest son of Notaras in the sultan's seraglio. Jacob who was sent to Mehmed's harem, was the only one male survivor of the Notaras family, who eventually escaped Constantinople from Adrianople in 1460.
The wife of Notaras, who was on her sickbed during the final Ottoman assault, died a slave along the way to Adrianople, the former Ottoman capital; she was buried near the village of Mesene. Two members of his family were on the passenger list of a Genoese ship that escaped the fall of the city. His daughter Anna became, along with her aunt, the focal point of the Byzantine expatriate community in Venice.
A collection of Lucas Notaras's letters in Latin has been published in Greece under the title Epistulae. It includes Ad Theodorum Carystenum, Scholario, Eidem, Ad eundem and Sancto magistro Gennadio Scholario. He figures as a character in the book Johannes Angelos by the Finnish author Mika Waltari (1952, Eng. translation The Dark Angel, 1953). In the novel he is depicted as leader of a group of Byzantine nobles who vainly try to collaborate with the enemy after the fall of Constantinople.
In popular media
- In 1951 film, İstanbul'un Fethi, Loukas Notaras was played by Vedat Örfi Bengü.
- Naci Adıgüzel depicts Grand Duke Notaras in the 2012 film, Fetih 1453.


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The Incarnation of Christ - Philippians 2:5-11
This message from Philippians 2 reminds us Jesus did not begin in the manger. He is Eternal God. He is from everlasting to everlasting. Jesus left the glories of Heaven to becoem a man. He felt every experience we do. He humbled Himself and became a servant. We are commanded to let this mind be in us. May God give us the mind of a humble servant.


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5 Useful tips to promote your home business on Twitter
Social networks have become a key resource for all businesses online today. By using them you can promote your business, maximize your online presence and answers customers questions. Many large businesses will employ people to manage there social network accounts for them but what do you do if you operate a home business and do not have the budget to employ someone to manage this ? well you have to learn yourself.
Out of all the social networks i personally find that i get the best results from Twitter as i can easily communicate with customers and drive a lot of traffic to my websites and blogs and for that reason i am going to share five of my top tips to promote your home business using Twitter.
Integrate Twitter into your website
Twitter integration with your business website is more important than you may think. By placing a Twitter widget in your sidebar, people visiting your website can instantly follow you on Twitter and therefore keep up to date with your latest posts. If you are using WordPress then there is a load of plugins available that you can use to add a widget to your sidebar.
On the other hand Twitter is the perfect place to get some free advertising online. By adding some share buttons on your page your visitors can share your page with all of these followers. This is going to bring you new visitors and hopefully customers.
Timing is key
For your Tweets to be most effective the time that you send them is important. Lets say most of your customers are from america, there is no point posting a Tweet when all of them people are going to be asleep. To overcome this i use HootSuite. This allows me to schedule Tweets for when i know they are going to be most effective. I usually set-up my tweet schedule once a week so that i do not have to worry about it.
Furthermore how often you Tweet is also important. You do not want to be sending loads of Tweets all of the time, this is just going to fill up peoples news feeds and they are going to end up unfollowing you so you need to make sure you get the balance right.
Interact with other users
Customers of businesses love to see your human side and Twitter is where you can really demonstrate this. Instead of just tweeting to promote your content it is also important to interact with other users by Tweeting with customers and other businesses or blogs in your niche, retweeting others and answering any questions that customers may ask over Twitter.
Followers are good
For anyone to actually see your Tweets you are going to need some followers and the more followers you have, the more people that are going to see your tweets. There are a few ways that you can easily get a lot of followers. The best way is to follow people. Following people in your niche is important and good for networking. However you also need to be following people back as people will follow you because they know you will follow them back.
Using hash tags is also important if you do not know a lot about Twitter then hash tags are used when you are tweeting about a certain topic.
Run Promotions
Running competitions online is a great way to build a buzz around your business and get people talking about you. You could run a competition where entrants must be following you on Twitter. This is going to boost up your followers and get people talking. Another way is to get people too Retweet you as well to be in with a chance of winning; giving you maximum exposure.
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The goal of your Plea Agreement is to obtain a non-moving, non-point amendment so that you avoid incurring additional points.
This is what the court system charges every Defendant to process their ticket through the court system. These Court Costs are used to cover the cost of running the court system. If you are having your ticket amended, you will have to pay Court Costs regardless of the outcome of the case. The Court Costs are different in every jurisdiction making it difficult for an Attorney to estimate these costs up front. These Court Costs are the responsibility of you the Client, and are required to be paid after the ticket has been amended and a Plea Agreement has been reached. The Court costs and Ticket Fine have to be paid within an allotted time frame. If these costs are not paid by the due date, the court can revoke the Plea Agreement and may issue an arrest warrant! Please take note of the due date for your Court Costs and Ticket Fine.
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Attending a course with us is a unique, immersive, and interactive experience. A lot of people ask about our semi-circular chair arrangement after checking our social media posts. "What is this Kensho thing?"
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- Everyone teaches each other, everyone learns from each other.
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Our courses are like group therapy sessions in a professional context. There is a lot of silence because we spend a lot of time thinking. There is a lot of discussion, too, but it's largely about digesting the content. We process what we learn by sharing, interpreting, and even debating.
We offer optional (and highly recommended) meditation for 30 minutes before each session starts. We usually intentionally ask ourselves to do nothing in addition to breathing exercises, but we sometimes do loving kindness meditation.
Each session is approximately 2 hours of material, usually 50-70 slides containing quotes, bullets, and activities. Our activities are often group discussions (groups of 2, 3, 4, or the entire room), but sometimes require meditation, writing, analysis, and guesswork. It's almost never easy.
When I'm facilitating (not teaching!), I'd say I talk about 40% of the time and the remaining 60% of communication is from everyone else. Since I learn something new every session, it really is just as participatory for me as it is for anyone else.
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In the main house there is the reception and the restaurant that boasts a beautiful panoramic covered terrace. On the other side of the main house there is the wellness centre, a relaxing area and the pool. The swimming-pool can be heated during the chilly months and has hydro massage jets on various levels.
The Petra Segreta Resort & Spa is a Charming House, a place of pure silence ideal for travellers in search of an oasis of peace and harmony, a place where to fulfil the need of a little of "selfish" time to relax and to be pampered with body treatments to gain back the inner balance.
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All 24 rooms of Petra Segreta Resort & Spa have been built like traditional old farmhouses and have all a warm and welcoming atmosphere. All rooms are equipped with safety-box, air conditioning, satellite and pay TV, minibar, hairdryer, bathroom entirely covered with stone and bathtub and/or shower, bathrobe, slipper, curtsey set, pool-/beach towel and a private equipped terrace.
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New York's Satellite Fairs: Bling, String, and Subversive Things
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Not even the sprawling, West SoHo warehouse that hosted the Pulse show could make Jeremy Dean's massive sculptural work, CEO Stagecoach (2010), feel diminutive. The first in a series of eight "hybrid" (as in "horse-drawn") vehicles, the eye-popping piece is a HUMMER H2 that's literally been converted into a futuristic stagecoach, keeping leather seats, chrome rims, audio and entertainment systems intact. Blaring Ludacris' consumption and sub-culture-fueled anthem "Cadillac Grills," CEO Stagecoach begs the question: Just how far have we come, really?
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Verse + Vision:
A Festival of Poetry
Friday, April 28, 2017 - Saturday, April 29, 2017
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
showcasing and promoting the use of poetry
in communities of faith
in communities of faith
Verse and Vision is a festival of poetry, showcasing and promoting the use of poetry in communities of faith. It includes a Friday evening concert of music and poetry at Western Presbyterian Church, and Saturday poetry readings and discussions, workshops on reading and writing poetry, and poetry-infused worship at the Church of the Pilgrims. Special guest poets E. Ethelbert Miller and Tania Runyan will be joined by other area poets and worship leaders in giving readings and leading workshops.
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A Concert of Music and Poetry
Friday, April 28, 2017 | 7:30 PM 9:30 PM
The Friday night concert will highlight a variety of performance poetry and innovative music for worship.
Western Presbyterian Church
2401 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20037
Nearest Metro: Foggy Bottom
A Day of Workshops
Saturday, April 29, 2017 | 9 AM 4:30 PM
Workshop topics include Writing Poetry to a Deeper Faith, Praying with Poetry, Creating Songs for Worship, Zen Poems and Choral Recitation, and Praying the Psalms. Lunch is included.
Church of the Pilgrims
2201 P Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
Nearest Metro: Dupont Circle
Tania Runyan, Poet, is the author of five poetry collections. Her guides How to Read a Poem and How to Write a Poem are used in classrooms across the country. Her poems have appeared in The Christian Century and other publications.
E. Ethelbert Miller, Poet, is a writer and editor of Poet Lore, oldest poetry magazine in the US, and was a Commissioner for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He is the author of many collections of poetry, including his Collected Poems (2016)
Billy Kluttz, Musician, is Director of Music at Church of the Pilgrims in DC and Evening Service Coordinator at Immanuel Presbyterian Church VA. He has BA and MPA degrees, and an MDiv (Wesley Theological Seminary).
Kathy Staudt, Poet, has published three books of poems, including Annunciations: Poems out of Scripture. Kathy works as a teacher, poet and spiritual director at Virginia Theological Seminary and Wesley Theological Seminary.
Laura Cunningham, Workshop Leader, is Pastor of Western Presbyterian Church, and formerly served as Interim Associate Pastor at Bradley Hills Presbyterian and Falls Church Presbyterian. She is a graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary.
Ticket Options
Whole Festival $25 (includes Saturday lunch)
Friday only $10
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Yes, the sewing machine and stash of patterns and fabric are boxed, waiting for the move. It's been two weeks since I've sewn, and three more before I'll be set up again. Sigh, I miss it. But I did stitch something right before the pack up.
I fell prey to the posts raving about Vogue 8904.
I found a fabric I thought I would try (a navy stripe), which is still available at Gorgeous Fabrics. I was tired the night I ordered the fabric, and didn't order enough. Which is fine, because when I prepped the pattern pieces, I began to get concerned about fit issues. I'm tall – 5'9″ – and long waisted. I often have to add length to the mid section on everything. This pattern did not have adjustment lines… fine, I could do that without, but how would it distort the "shingles"?
So, I decided to cut and make the tank under dress, without adjusting for the long waist. Also, I wasn't sure how to work with negative ease, having never really done that before. (Still, flat pattern measuring revealed positive ease through the waist). I did make some adjustments for fit. I cut a size 12, which I normally do, but because of weight gain, sewed half inch seams from slightly above the waist down. I usually do this for skirts, and it works well. I have small shoulders and had to take them up another half inch off the 12. And, because I didn't order enough fabric, I shortened it to bottom of the knee. I'm not sure how to feel about it. It looks better in the mirror, but I don't think the stripe is for me, and the fit is off. (I'm leaning to one side in the photo, my shoulders are level, and no, I didn't match the stripes well on the sleeve binding). On the other hand, the fabric is super-comfy and easy to sew and I highly recommend it.
In my head, I have a long
diatribe blog post about body image and fit and sewing and ready to wear. But not today, or at least, not fully. Suffice it to say that over time, I've been both comfortable and uncomfortable about my body. When I was a avid distance runner I was long and lean. I like it when I'm fit and strong, even when it means more muscular legs than "fashion" would dictate. I also like the fact that I'm long waisted – even though most style guides tell me I should hide this "figure flaw"!
Enough. Back to the dress (under dress). And fitting issues. First, these two photos:
Now, part of the reason that the neck is not laying flat is that I didn't do a great job of stretching. But I have this problem on woven necklines with facing, too. Susan Khalje's website has an interesting video on choosing the right pattern size. I've consistently had trouble fitting the shoulders in outfits, and I've always chosen size 12, based on my bust measurement. But, I know from having had several professional bra fittings, that my frame is smaller – I have to buy bras with a 32 inch band or they ride up. Between that and her video, I really think I should be cutting a 10 through the shoulders and bust, grading to a 12 at the waist. Thoughts anyone?
I have also noticed this problem when making dresses of late:
Not really liking the fit through the small of the back. Now, I've contemplated that this is a sway back adjustment. But it also occurred to me that I'm not in top running form (haven't run regularly since DS was born three years ago, and my eating habits have deteriorated) and that my hips and legs are wider than they used to be. I could be that I need to let out the skirt a bit more, that what's happening is that the dress rides up a bit when I move around. My neighbor thought so as well, since she didn't notice it until after I walked some.
So, I leave it to the blogosphere. Thoughts? I'm still not sure the style, or stripes are for me, but the fitting issues are part of what vexes me.


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Paterno is a town and comune in the Province of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. The site of Paternò was settled before 3500 BCE. Its inhabitants were probably the Sicani, although it was located in mainly Sicel territory; its initial name was Inessa.
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The Fiji branch of the Ramakrishna Mission is a registered charitable organisation which has been serving people of all races,
religions and beliefs in Fiji since 1937 and is well known for its educational, relief and medical services.
Swami Vivekananda College Started in 1949, the first private secondary school in Fiji. Current roll approximately 1000; pioneering e-learning in Fiji.
Vivekananda Technical Centre is run by the Board of Management of Ramakrishna Mission, Fiji which is a branch centre of the worldwide organisation.
The Ramakrishna Mission has been running the Sarada Medical Centre in Nadi since mid of 2012.The medical centre is a charitable organization.
The meditation centre, managed by Ramakrishna Mission Fiji provided regular worship, scriptural classes, meditation, spiritual counselling etc.


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Lyn A. Gettys and Michael A. Schnelle
J. Harrison Ferebee IV, Charles W. Cahoon, Michael L. Flessner, David B. Langston, Ramon Arancibia, Thomas E. Hines, Hunter B. Blake and M. Carter Askew
Chemical desiccants are commonly used to regulate tuber size, strengthen skin, and facilitate harvest for potato (Solanum tuberosum) production. Glufosinate is labeled for potato vine desiccation; however, limited data are available. Saflufenacil, a protoporphyrinogen oxidase–inhibiting herbicide, is an effective desiccant in other crops. Field research was conducted to evaluate glufosinate and saflufenacil as desiccants applied to 'Dark Red Norland' potato. Desiccants consisted of diquat, glufosinate, saflufenacil, glufosinate plus carfentrazone, and glufosinate plus saflufenacil applied at three timings, DESIC-1, DESIC-2, and DESIC-3, when size B potatoes averaged 43%, 31%, and 17% of total potato weight. Potato vine desiccation was more difficult at DESIC-1 and DESIC-2 because of immature vines. Diquat was the most effective desiccant 7 days after treatment (DAT), desiccating potato vines 88% at DESIC-1 7 DAT. Glufosinate alone desiccated potato vines 65% at the same timing; however, carfentrazone and saflufenacil added to glufosinate increased vine desiccation 8% and 16% compared with glufosinate alone, respectively. Vine desiccation by all treatments ranged 99% to 100% at 14 DAT. Desiccant and timing effects on skin set were determined using a torque meter before harvest. Skin set resulting from all desiccants and timings ranged between 1.88 and 2 lb-inch, and no significant differences were observed. No significant differences in yield were noted among desiccants. This research indicates that glufosinate and saflufenacil are suitable alternatives to diquat for potato vine desiccation; however, safety of saflufenacil applied to potatoes before harvest has not been determined.
Heidi C. Anderson, Mary A. Rogers and Emily E. Hoover
Consumer demand for local and organic strawberries (Fragaria ×ananassa) is increasing. Growers who can meet this demand have a competitive edge in the direct-to-consumer market. Innovations in strawberry production for northern climates offer new opportunities for growers to meet the demand for local organic strawberries. Typically adopted for season extension, the use of poly-covered tunnels for crop protection provides other benefits including protection from adverse weather. Low tunnels are easy to install, low cost, temporary protective structures that are well-adapted for annual day-neutral strawberry production, and they are more space efficient than high tunnels for these low-stature crops. A range of specialty tunnel plastics that modify and diffuse light are available, but there is little information on how these influence strawberry plant growth and performance in the field. Our objectives were to determine the effects of experimental ultraviolet blocking and transmitting plastics on light and microclimate in low tunnel environments and assess differences in fruit yield and quality in the day-neutral strawberry cultivar Albion in an organic production system. This research was conducted on U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified organic land over 2 years, in 2016 and 2017. We found that ultraviolet intensity and daily light integral (DLI) were lower in covered plots than in the open field. Maximum daily temperatures were slightly higher in covered plots. Both ultraviolet-blocking and ultraviolet-transmitting plastics improved marketable fruit yield compared with the open-field control. Strawberries grown in the open-field treatment were lower in chroma than covered plots in 2017, and there was no difference in total soluble solids between treatments in either year. Low tunnel systems allow for increased environmental control and improved fruit quality and are well-adapted for day-neutral organic strawberry production systems.
Sangho Jeon, Charles S. Krasnow, Gemini D. Bhalsod, Blair R. Harlan, Mary K. Hausbeck, Steven I. Safferman and Wei Zhang
Pythium species incite crown and root rot and can be highly destructive to floriculture crops in greenhouses, especially when irrigation water is recycled. This study assessed the performance of rapid filtration of recycled irrigation water for controlling pythium root rot of poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in greenhouses. Two greenhouse experiments investigated the effect of filter media type (sand and activated carbon), fungicide application (etridiazole), and pathogen inoculum source (infested growing media and infested irrigation water). Rapid sand filtration consistently controlled pythium root rot of poinsettia. Significant improvements in height, weight, root rot severity, and horticultural quality were observed for the plants in the sand filter treatment, compared with the inoculated control plants. However, the activated carbon filter removed essential nutrients from the irrigation water, resulting in plant nutrient deficiency and consequently leaf chlorosis, thus reducing plant weight, height, and horticultural quality. The etridiazole application did not completely prevent root infection by Pythium aphanidermatum, but plant weight, height, and horticultural quality were not negatively affected. P. aphanidermatum spread from infested growing media to healthy plants when irrigation water was recycled without filtration. Rapid sand filtration appears to have the potential to limit the spread of P. aphanidermatum that causes root rot of greenhouse floriculture crops.
Zongyu Li, R. Karina Gallardo, Wendy Hoashi-Erhardt, Vicki A. McCracken, Chengyan Yue and Lisa Wasko DeVetter
Pacific Northwest North America (PNW) strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa) growers are transitioning away from the processing to fresh-market sector in response to changes in local and regional markets. However, many of the regional cultivars bred for the PNW were not developed for the fresh market. There is a need to gain a better understanding of growers' priority traits and their relative importance to enable breeders, researchers, and extension specialists to better serve this growing industry. The objective of this study was to provide such information on strawberry genetic traits of importance for the changing strawberry industry in the PNW with an emphasis on fresh-market production. Six surveys were administered to 32 growers representing ≈53%, 23%, and 15% of the total strawberry acreage in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada, respectively. Growers ranked the relative importance of five plant and fruit traits, including fruit quality, disease resistance/tolerance, insect pest resistance/tolerance, plant stress tolerance, and other plant factors. Information about target markets, marketing channels, and general grower characteristics were also obtained. Whereas overall responses differed among the surveyed locations, fruit quality was considered the most important trait across all locations, with disease resistance/tolerance as the second most important. Specific fruit quality traits of importance were external appearance free of defects, skin color, size, sweetness, firmness, and flavor, whereas phytonutrients, seed color, and low drip loss after freezing and thawing were less important. Plant stress tolerance was identified as less important for strawberry growers in all locations. Results also showed many growers have already or are in the process of transitioning to the fresh market. Information obtained from this survey can be leveraged to target important breeding traits for fresh-market strawberry breeders within the PNW. Results also suggest priority areas of synergistic research and outreach activities to help growers achieve high fruit quality while managing diseases for fresh-market producers.
John M. Ruter
Carolina laurel cherry (Prunus caroliniana) is native to the U.S. southeastern coastal plain from North Carolina westward to eastern Texas. The species has been planted extensively in the southeast as an ornamental tree or hedge. Unfortunately, carolina laurel cherry naturalizes readily and is now found in a variety of habitats, both natural and disturbed. Flowering occurs in the late winter/early spring before new leaves emerge and fruit ripens in the fall/winter. Fruit is eaten by migratory birds and seed is dispersed. Seedlings readily germinate in the understory of forests and landscapes in the spring. As there are a limited number of cultivars available, selections with improved form and sterility are needed for the landscape trade. In 2008, seed was collected and treated with Cobalt-60 gamma irradiation at rates ranging from 0 to 150 Gy. The lethal dose killing 50% of the seedlings (LD50) was between 50 and 100 Gy. Three sterile plants were selected in 2012 from the M1 (first generation of mutagen-treated seedlings) population totaling 62 seedlings. M2 (second-generation seedlings from M1 parents) seed was collected Fall 2012, and 1509 seedlings were grown to flowering size in containers. In 2014–15, 120 seedlings that showed no fruit production were planted in the field in Watkinsville, GA, for further evaluation. Ratings on field-grown plants in Dec. 2017 and 2018 showed that 73% and 78% of the plants, respectively, produced no fruit, whereas the remaining plants had minimal to heavy fruit set. Because carolina laurel cherry is andromonoecious, production of male and bisexual flowers was evaluated on 17 selections in 2018. Of 500 flowers evaluated per selection, the number of male flowers per plant ranged from 22 to 415 (4.4% to 83%). The number of racemes with all-male flowers on each selection ranged from 1 to 32. There were no significant correlations between the number of male flowers or number of all-male flowered racemes per plant and production of fruit. Approximately 5% of M2 seedlings remain seedless after 6 years of growth.
Michael A. Schnelle
Five woody species, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria), black cherry (Prunus serotina), snailvine [Cocculus carolinus (formerly Menispermum carolinum or Epibaterium carolinum)], and southern waxmyrtle [Morella cerifera (formerly Myrica cerifera)], are all native to Oklahoma and nearby states. They all have varying levels of use in and importance to the United States nursery industry. Past natural habitats and where these plants have spread to date, either intentionally or naturally, are discussed here. These native plants have migrated to or have become increasingly dominant in regions of the continental United States because of prolific fruit loads dispersed by birds and mammals, anthropogenic disturbances, overgrazing pastures, and certain species' tolerance of environmental extremes. Potential control measures include chemical applications, timely cultivation, heightened awareness of grazing practices, and prescribed burning.
Neil O. Anderson
Historic ignorance of species' native range, expansion due to unintentional involvement by vectors, and their quiet evolution has caused several invasive species to become "poster children," such as purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea), and others. Common misconceptions on how these became problematic have involved a variety of causes, including ignorance of species' ability to intercross and create introgressive hybrids, lack of insects for control, wind pollination, and intercontinental distribution from their native range. Current research focuses on how misappropriating the historical contexts can reverse our misconceptions of native species being noninvasive and how this affects control by land managers. Purple loosestrife and reed canarygrass will be used as example species to demonstrate challenges that native vs. exotic, intra-, and interspecific differences confer to land managers. Issues such as a lack of phenotypic differences challenge land managers' charge to control invasive individuals yet retain the noninvasives. This is fraught with challenges when native vs. exotic status is invoked or cultural values are entwined. To avoid a monumental impasse, particularly when native and exotic types are phenotypically indistinguishable, this dilemma could be solved via modern techniques using molecular biology.
Jennifer L. Parke, Neelam R. Redekar, Joyce L. Eberhart and Fumiaki Funahashi
Phytophthora species cause crop losses and reduce the quality of greenhouse and nursery plants. Phytophthora species can also be moved long distances by the plant trade, potentially spreading diseases to new hosts and habitats. Phytosanitary approaches based on quarantines and endpoint inspections have reduced, but not eliminated, the spread of Phytophthora species from nurseries. It is therefore important for plant production facilities to identify potential sources of contamination and to take corrective measures to prevent disease. We applied a systems approach to identify sources of contamination in three container nurseries in Oregon, California, and South Carolina. Surface water sources and recaptured runoff water were contaminated with plant pathogenic species at all three nurseries, but one nursery implemented an effective disinfestation treatment for recycled irrigation water. Other sources of contamination included cull piles and compost that were incorporated into potting media, infested soil and gravel beds, used containers, and plant returns. Management recommendations include preventing contact between containers and contaminated ground, improving drainage, pasteurizing potting media ingredients, steaming used containers, and quarantine and testing of incoming plants for Phytophthora species. These case studies illustrate how recycled irrigation water can contribute to the spread of waterborne pathogens and highlight the need to implement nursery management practices to reduce disease risk.


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PICTURED: Akosua Annobil
This week's subject is: Technology in Africa
An increased use of technology throughout Africa is having a hugely positive effect on both business and the general population. Money Matters wanted to explore this development further and so decided to speak to an expert from Ghana.
Meet Akosua Annobil, award-win- ning entrepreneur and tech eco system builder. In 2015 she founded and developed AB2020, a company set up to promote and encourage investment in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. This year Akosua also established the 'Tech in Ghana' conference.
Please read on for an insight into technology in Africa and in particular Ghana and how it's really improving everyone's lives there.
The 'Tech in Ghana' conference
Over the years, Akosua has been to many Africa tech events in London – most of them focusing on success stories in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. Akosua tells us that she believed Ghana deserved its own platform and that was her real drive to get 'Tech in Ghana' off the ground.
The main aim of this annual conference is to raise awareness of Ghana's tech eco system and boost its profile among UK investors, business peers and the wider tech community.
Akousa also envisaged establishing a good plat- form for wider global partnerships and between Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa.
We asked Akosua if she believed that there were many naïve perceptions about how tech savvy African consumers are. Agreeing whole- heartedly, she said that yes there are a lot of misconceptions about how tech in Africa looks and what it means. But, in truth, there are some real geniuses on the continent and there's a proliferation of innovation exploding there.
Slowly, perceptions are changing thanks to social media, blogs and events. But still outmoded notions hold fast and must be knocked on the head.
Tech changing the way business works
We then talked about how technology had changed the way Akosua managed her business. She tells us that it had changed the way she interacted with her team. Previously she'd have face to face meetings on a regular basis. Now the team communicates by email chains, WhatsApp groups and other apps. In this way, it's easier for them all to be mobile and travel.
We then discussed how technology can be a bridge between Africa and the rest of the world. Akosua believes that it can bring Africa onto a level playing field with the rest of the global community, through a variety of ways such as financial inclusion and e-commerce. It can also change people's perceptions by helping them see things through African eyes and highlight its successes.
The impact of mobile money in Africa
We then discussed just how big mobile money is getting in Africa. Akosua tells us that the Global System for Mobile (GSMA) recently reported that there were 277 million people using the service. This is significantly higher than people who have bank accounts, which proves what a major impact it's having.
She goes on to say that in Ghana in particular, many people are using mobile money on a regular basis to pay bills, collect remittances and send money internationally. So she believes it will continue to make an impact for many years to come.
"Girl power all the way"
Akosua thinks that women should see tech as being one of the best things that could have happened to them – it's so liberating,and they really shouldn't be deterred by an industry that's dominated by men. As she so eloquently puts it, "tech empowers women and they'll empower the world. Girl power all the way". You can't argue with that.
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The Australian Committee for IUCN
Celebrating 70 years of IUCN – for a just world that values and conserves nature
The Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Climate Change Mitigation
The symposium was the first of the 'Science informing Policy' Series. The partner for the symposium was the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. Key note speakers included Professor Will Steffen, Climate Commissioner, Professor Brendan Mackey, Scientific Advisory Panel to the Climate Change Commission and Shayleen Thompson, Head of the Land Division of the Department of Climate Change.
The symposium focussed on the critical role of natural ecosystems in climate change mitigation. The role of biodiversity and ecosystems in climate change mitigation is recognised in international policy under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity Strategic Plan 2012-2020. Ecosystem-based strategies are increasingly discussed and embraced internationally for both mitigation and adaptation benefits [1].
The symposium took place at a time when national land carbon policy was being debated in Australia, with profound implications for conservation and more generally land use and land management across all tenures. This aspect of climate change policy had been inadequately addressed with policy concentrating on measures to reduce fossil fuel emissions and adaptation strategies. While major advances in these directions are crucial, the protection and restoration of natural ecosystems is a necessary third component of Australia's responses to the multiple and unprecedented threats of climate change.
In May 2012 the Commonwealth government announced a Carbon and Biodiversity Fund which is investing $946m over six years to help land managers store carbon, enhance biodiversity and build greater environmental resilience across the Australian landscape. It provides support for the establishment of native vegetation or better management of existing native vegetation. For more information: http://www.environment.gov.au/cleanenergyfuture/biodiversity-fund/index.html
[1] Environment Department, The World Bank (2009). Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth: ecosystem-based approaches to climate change. June 2009.
Find out more about ACIUCN's flagship event series the Science Informing Policy Symposium Series. Bringing together leading Australian and international environmental experts from across governments, NGOs and academia to advise on best practice environmental policy and decision making.


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Where should I park?
There is plenty of parking at the Hall of Justice. Parking is not metered.
It is illegal to bring weaponry into the courthouse. Law enforcement officers will scan your person with metal detectors as you enter the courthouse. Any metal objects on your body must be removed and inspected, including belt buckles, steel-toed shoes, all phones and chargers
What should I bring to court?
Who may come to court with me?
Where do I go and what do I do, once I get to the courthouse?
How much will I have to pay?
What if I don't have an Attorney?
Even though the DCSS attorney doesn't represent you or the other party, he or she will introduce the case, explain why we're here and where the two parties agree and disagree. You'll have a chance to address the court and explain your position.
What if I can't attend the hearing because I live too far away?
With advance approval from the Court, parties can sometime participate in their court hearing by telephone. For more information on how to request a telephone appearance, please review the Instructions for Requesting a Telephone Appearance, and be sure to file form FL-679 with the Lassen County Superior Court Clerk's Office, no later than 12 days before the court hearing.
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written shot & directed by Piotr Zarębski edited by Henryk Szczepański sound by Andrzej Żabicki produced by Marta Tv & Film, Telewizja Polska - I Program producer Piotr Zarębski co-financed by Agencja Produkcji Filmowej
colour, 46'
Poland 2005
A film tale about the life and troubles of the residents of Gran Chaco on the border between Bolivia and Paraguay. The author of this documentary aims to show the role and mission of the Catholic Church in this region.
Piotr Zarębski
Born in 1956. Graduated from Cinematographic Department at the National Film School in Łódź. Director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer.


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My collages and paintings reside in the tradition of geometric abstractions where intensity of color and refinement of form are paramount. I have endeavored to organize the forms according to shape and proportion while harmonizing the tones of my palette to create a sense of a present moment that is both floating and timeless. Attention to close values and shifts of color develop this harmonic energy. I have found a meditative presence that honors yet transcends seeing as it embraces color and form.
— Paul Gruhler


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