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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
|Terje Andreas Eikemo
|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
|Signe Smith Jervelund
|University of Copenhagen, Denmark
|Mats Målqvist
|Uppsala University, Sweden
|Sigrún Ólafsdóttir
|Boston University
|Bjørn Heine Strand
|The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
|Marianna Virtanen
|Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Public Health | Public Health Education & Health Promotion | Scandinavia
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The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is an international forum of Nordic as well as international public health research and policy. This peer-reviewed journal will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in academia, government and health care working in the fields of social medicine, epidemiology, public health, health services research and preventive medicine.
"The Public Health system in the Nordic countries is well known worldwide and the wealth of population based health registers provides unique research opportunities. Readers with an interest in public health systems and population based epidemiology should turn to the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health to keep track on what research is done and what research can be done." Jorn Olsen, Professor and Chair, Dept of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles
"The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is extremely useful for public health provisionals in many settings. Not only does it reflect the wide range of high quality research conducted in Scandinavian countries but frequently also reports on research in developing settings. The editorials often provide key discussion points for teaching public health and the in-depth insights of the supplements frequently address cutting edge issues in current public health thinking." Professor Krisela Steyn, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
The Editorial Board is always looking for good quality articles on all aspects of public health for publication. If you are an author who wishes to submit an article for publication, or if you wish to join our panel of peer reviewers and help maintain the high quality of our publication, please contact the Editorial Office at: email@example.com
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is an international peer-reviewed journal which has a vision to:
- Publish public health research of good quality
- Contribute to the conceptual and methodological development of public health
- Contribute to global health issues
- Contribute to news and overviews of public health developments and health policy developments in the Nordic countries
- Reflect the multidisciplinarity of public health
- Contribute to an open and better dialogue between researchers, practitioners, administrators and policy makers of public health
|Camilla Ihlebæk
|Mette Kjølby
|Jesper Löve
|Camilla Palmhoj Nielsen
|Sakari Suominen
|Kristinn Tómasson
|Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir
|Finn Kamper-Jorgensen
|Ilmo Keskimäki
|Johan Lund
|Per-Olof Östergren
|Ruth Bonita
|Debbie Bradshaw
|South Africa
|Haraldur Briem
|Finn Diderichsen
|Karolinska Institute, Sweden
|Vinod Diwan
|Vilius Grabauskas
|Berit Heitmann
|Gunnel Hensing
|Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen
|Gillian Lewando Hundt
|United Kingdom
|Jussi Huttunen
|Eero Lahelma
|Olle Lundberg
|Jørn Olsen
|Merete Osler
|Prof Elianne Riska
|Abo Akademi University, Finland
|Aina Schiøts
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- Article types
- Editorial Policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgments
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research ethics and patient consent
2.7 Clinical Trials
2.8 Reporting Guidelines
2.9 Data
- Publishing Policies
3.1 Publication Ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open Access and author archiving
3.4 Permissions
- Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Word processing formats
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Journal layout
4.5 Reference style
4.6 English language editing services
- Submitting your manuscript
5.1 How to submit your manuscript
5.2 Title, keywords and abstracts
5.3 Corresponding author contact details
- On acceptance and publication
6.1 SAGE Production
6.2 Access to your published article
6.3 Online First publication
- Further Information
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics
This Journal recommends that authors follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal's submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/spub to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health will be reviewed.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality research on all aspects of global public health. It is the official journal of the Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health publishes original research, review and study design articles on all aspects of public health. The Journal considers the following kinds of article for publication:
- Original articles, describing new experimental findings.
These articles should not normally exceed 3000 words. The word limit does not include text in the abstract, headings, references, figures and tables. For manuscripts exceeding five printed pages (including abstract, tables, figures and references) the charge is $100 USD (excluding VAT) per excess page. As a guide, one journal page is approximately 800 words.
- Review articles. These articles should not normally exceed 3000 words. The word limit does not include text in the abstract, headings, references, figures and tables. For manuscripts exceeding six printed pages (including abstract, tables, figures and references) the charge is $100 USD (excluding VAT) per excess page. As a guide, one journal page is approximately 800 words.
- Design articles. The Editors wish to encourage the submission of study design articles. These articles should include the rationale for the study, design and measurement procedures, population and sample size considerations and some basic characteristics of the study. The articles should end with a discussion on the potential of the study.
These articles should not normally exceed 3000 words. The word limit does not include text in the abstract, headings, references, figures and tables. For manuscripts exceeding six printed pages (including abstract, tables, figures and references) the charge is $100 USD (excluding VAT) per excess page. As a guide, one journal page is approximately 800 words.
- Letters to the Editors. The decision to publish is made by the Editors.
These articles should not normally exceed 800 words
- Short communications, Debate articles.
These articles should not normally exceed 1200 words and have no more than 3 tables/figures.
- Supplements. Thematic sets of papers, symposium reports as well other documents of Public Health relevance may be published as supplements, the full cost being borne by the authors. Please contact the Editorial Office for further information.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer's name is always concealed from the submitting author. Decisions of publication of full length original contributions are generally reviewed by at least two external reviewers. All manuscripts are reviewed as quickly as possible, we endeavour to reach an editorial decision within 3 months, though on average it takes just 30 days to reach a decision.
Authors are requested to suggest the names, affiliations and contact information, including email address, of 3-4 individuals who may be suitable to serve as reviewers. These individuals should have no conflict of interest, i.e. close links with the study or author and preferably be from a different country to the author(s). However, the Editors are under no obligation to use any of the suggested individuals as reviewers.
All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editors and only those papers that meet the scientific and editorial standards of the journal, and fit within the aims and scope of the journal will be sent for outside review.
Recommended Reviewers
As part of the submission process you will be asked to provide the names of peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Recommended reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) the below:
- The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission
- The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors
- Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not permitted
Please note that the Editors are not obliged to invite any recommended/opposed reviewers to assess your manuscript.
Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors.
The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship. This is all those who:
- Made a substantial contribution to the concept and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data,
- Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content,
- Approved the version to be published.
Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.
When a large, multicentre group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship.
Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship, although all contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments section. Please refer to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship guidelines for more information on authorship.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
2.3.1 Writing Assistance
Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual's name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance").
It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.]
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
It is the policy of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health to require a declaration of conflicting interests from all authors enabling a statement to be carried within the paginated pages of all published articles.
Please ensure that a 'Declaration of Conflicting Interests' statement is included at the end of your manuscript, after any acknowledgements and prior to the references. If no conflict exists, please state that 'The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest'.
For guidance on conflict of interest statements, please see the ICMJE recommendations here
2.6 Research ethics and patient consent
Medical research involving human subjects must be conducted according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
Submitted manuscripts should conform to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, and all papers reporting animal and/or human studies must state in the methods section that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board provided (or waived) approval. Please ensure that you have provided the full name and institution of the review committee, in addition to the approval number.
For research articles, authors are also required to state in the methods section whether participants provided informed consent and whether the consent was written or verbal.
Information on informed consent to report individual cases or case series should be included in the manuscript text. A statement is required regarding whether written informed consent for patient information and images to be published was provided by the patient(s) or a legally authorized representative.
Please also refer to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Protection of Research Participants
All research involving animals submitted for publication must be approved by an ethics committee with oversight of the facility in which the studies were conducted.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first patient enrolment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.]
The relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines should be followed depending on the type of study. For example, all randomized controlled trials submitted for publication should include a completed Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flow chart as a cited figure, and a completed CONSORT checklist as a supplementary file.
Other resources can be found at NLM's Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives
SAGE acknowledges the importance of research data availability as an integral part of the research and verification process for academic journal articles.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health requests all authors submitting any primary data used in their research articles ["alongside their article submissions" or "if the articles are accepted"] to be published in the online version of the journal, or provide detailed information in their articles on how the data can be obtained. This information should include links to third-party data repositories or detailed contact information for third-party data sources. Data available only on an author-maintained website will need to be loaded onto either the journal's platform or a third-party platform to ensure continuing accessibility. Examples of data types include but are not limited to statistical data files, replication code, text files, audio files, images, videos, appendices, and additional charts and graphs necessary to understand the original research. [The editor(s) may consider limited embargoes on proprietary data.] The editor(s) [can/will] also grant exceptions for data that cannot legally or ethically be released. All data submitted should comply with Institutional or Ethical Review Board requirements and applicable government regulations. For further information, please contact the editorial office at email@example.com
SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics' International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement. SAGE's Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
3.3 Open Access and author archiving
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health offers optional open access publishing via the SAGE Choice programme. For more information please visit the SAGE Choice website. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
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All authors must have contributed substantially to the conception and design or analysis and interpretation of the data, drafting or revision of content, and approval of the final version.
A full description of the statistical methods used should be provided in the methods section. In statistical evaluation it is desirable to quote 95% confidence intervals.
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In text: tables and figures are either inserted as part of a sentence, for example table 1 or in parentheses for example (figure 1). Each table should carry a descriptive heading. Each figure should be submitted electronically.
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Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Publisher at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Want a Porsche Panamera, Range Rover or BMW 650i but really feel they are over-priced?
Well, have we got a deal for you. Exact replicas of any of these cars start from as little as US$20,000 ($23,850) and are powered by a Toyota V6 engine on the low end of the cost spectrum, and a BMW V12 at the high end. That high end is still only US$38,000.
If you want to get really silly with your money you can splash out on the Bugatti Veyron clone (pictured), complete with a custom-built W16 engine for only US$49,000.
Sound too good to be true?
That's because it is. A Panama-based company called either Super Replicas or Top Gear Carbon Copies claims to offer perfect replicas through websites and YouTube videos.
Things get weird in the videos which claim some high-profile people are involved with the company, including Top Gear US presenter Tanner Foust, who is supposedly the company's boss.
Of course, none of this is true and an investigation by US website Jalopnik.com has uncovered all sorts of ridiculous claims. And, no, the Top Gear franchise has nothing
to do with it. The BBC is ''investigating the matter''.
Mis fuelled No, mis reported
Ever put the wrong fuel in your car? Embarrassing, isn't it? How about being blamed for doing that to President Barack Obama's limo?
That is exactly the situation the US Secret Service found themselves in during the prelude to a presidential visit to Israel last week, when an Israeli television station reported the presidential limo, otherwise known as The Beast had to be quietly whisked away on the back of a flatbed truck following the mis-fuelling error while a replacement was flown in.
An Israeli TV station excitedly reported the fault was due to "the Americans filling it up with diesel, rather than petrol".
The only problem with this is The Beast is actually diesel-powered. Though it wears a Cadillac badge it is actually a bespoke vehicle based on the GMC TopKick/Chevrolet Kodiak truck. Weighing around 9 tonnes and powered by GM's 6.6-litre Duramax diesel V8 (most likely, the actual specifications are classified), The Beast is four-wheel drive and heavily armoured.
The limo is said to have broken down before President Obama even made it in to the country and reports are mixed as to the actual problem, with the Secret Service not commenting on the specific cause of the "mechanical problem", except to say the "the appropriate gas was put in the car".
Armoured SUV maker does it again
Of course it had to happen insane Russian ''car'' maker Dartz Motorz decided that the thoroughly ridiculous Mercedes 6x6 G63 AMG wasn't quite ridiculous enough, so at
the ''special request'' of a customer, made one of the 6-wheelers even more over-the-top.
The 6x6 G63 gets extended by a further 30cm to house the tasteless opulence jammed in, including coach doors in the rear, a ''yacht floor'', air conditioning that runs on
its own power source, Asanti 24in Gold Bullion wheels and a water dispenser with Russian diamonds.
There is also a ''portable smoking room'' complete with golden shishas (hookahs) and cigars, as well as a ''portable dining room'' and a Bang and Olufsen in-car Smart Cinema, complete with 3D TV. All of this was announced in a press release packed full of
manglings of the English language.
Hipster band hates classic Saabs
Car-themed music videos are always cool. Remember OK Go's blatant but clever promo piece for the Chevy Sonic (Holden Barina, in these parts) for their song Needing/Getting or Audioslave's brilliant Vanishing Point-themed video for Show Me How to Live?
The latest music video car theme comes from New York band Vampire Weekend, for Diane Young. Saab fans may want to stop reading now, because the video features two Saab 900s one hatch, one convertible in arty, slow-motion flames.
To make matters even worse for Saabsters, the cars were in good, running condition and much-loved by their previous owners who had no idea of the fiery death their beloved
cars would meet. It is sometimes shocking what we will tolerate in the name of ''art''. And it's not even a very good song.
We are the world
*The enterprising nature of Russians seems to know no bounds, especially when it comes
to catering to the mega-rich who just don't care about the rules.
Police in Moscow have been instructed to inspect ambulances after discovering a thriving trade in VIP ''ambulance taxis'' that externally appear to be normal ambulances but are fitted out like luxury limousines inside in order to transport the wealthy customers
through heavy traffic with lights and sirens blazing.
*There is no doubt that driving while tired is a potential killer, but here's a shot of caffeine that just may prove lethal too. An American company has just launched a blend of coffee which it claims to have 200 per cent more caffeine than your standard shot. Appropriately
named ''Death Wish'', the packaging says ''Death Wish Coffee is the most highly caffeinated premium dark roast organic coffee in the world. This is Extreme Coffee, not for the weak. Consider yourself warned.''
*An American cop was more than a little surprised when he checked the boot of a suspicious car, only to have a live deer fall out and stagger off into the nearby woods. The driver told officer David Miller that he accidentally hit the deer on the road and, thinking he had killed it, was taking it home for his family to eat. Except it turned out that it wasn't dead, only stunned and was very keen to get out of the car.
Number Crunching
11 PER CENT of the new-car market in 2002 were SUVs.
24 PER CENT of the new-car market in 2012 were SUVs.
19 PER CENT of the new-car market in 2012 were large cars.
5 PER CENT of the new-car market in 2002 were large cars.

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Hungary's Orban wins another term, Jobbik support jumps
By Eszter Zalan
Hungary's centre-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban was handed another four years in government after national elections on Sunday (6 April), early results show, while the far-right Jobbik scooped a fifth of the votes.
The results indicate that ruling centre-right party Fidesz – on 45 percent of the vote – is set to retain its supermajority in parliament. A party with two-thirds of the parliamentary seats can unilaterally change the constitution.
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In a speech on Sunday night Orban said Fidesz had achieved a European record by being the party with the highest rate of support.
He also said voters had closed the debates of the past four years. The 50-year-old prime minister and his government were heavily criticised over the past years for various legislative and economic policies.
Orban, who has also had several run-ins with the EU over some of these same policies, said the vote means Hungarians have said no to exiting the EU if Hungary has a strong national government.
This was a message for the far-right party, Jobbik, which, as well as promising to be tough on crime, advocates a referendum on membership.
Jobbik scored 21 percent in the election, up from 17 percent in 2010, and more than polls had projected. Party leader Gabor Vonar said he had the strongest national radical party in the European Union.
The leftist alliance, Unity, got 25 percent while the green LMP barely made the five percent threshold.
Voter turnout was 61 percent, lower than four years ago.
Gordon Bajnai, former technocrat prime minister and leader of the opposition's coalition said the alliance in its form was unable to make an attractive offer to Hungary.
He accused Fidesz of manipulating the election in its favour and of dominating the media and said there was no reason to congratulate the party.
During the campaign, the opposition said that the elections were free, but not fair.
Looking to the immediate future, Bajnai called on supporters to start campaigning for the European Parliamentary elections, in late May.


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Andy Brickley on M&M: Bruins 'not where they want to be yet'
|10.22.13 at 2:47 pm ET
NESN's Andy Brickley joined Mut & Merloni on Tuesday afternoon to talk about the Bruins' victories over the Panthers and Lightning last week, as well as the team's upcoming matchup against the lowly Sabres on Wednesday.
After dropping a 3-2 contest to the Red Wings on Oct. 14, the Bruins rebounded by defeating the Panthers, and old teammate Tim Thomas, on Thursday before following that up with a dominant 5-0 win over Tampa on Saturday in which all four Bruins lines had at least one goal in the contest.
"If you go back to what they were able to accomplish in Florida, not the prettiest game, not an instant classic, in that win in the final minute against Florida, but an important two points. But the way they played Tampa is a lot closer to the way this team wants to play, not only because it was 5-0, but that balanced scoring, all four lines scoring goals, how they scored," Brickley said. "It was the way they played, the style that they played. They're not where they want to be yet, certainly, and that's to be expected seven games in, but that's how they want to play."
So far this season, the Bruins have utilized an unconventional rotation of seven defensemen on the roster, as Dougie Hamilton, Matt Bartkowski and Adam McQuaid have all been healthy scratches at various points.
"Sometimes matchups will dictate who plays and who doesn't when all seven are healthy," Brickley. "The ability of the left-hand shots to play the right side gives them the options and the luxury of really being able to put different pairs together, depending on who's playing well, who's playing in what situation, who's getting a majority of the power play or the penalty-killing time."
The Bruins' next game will take them north to face the Sabres. Buffalo has had a rough start to the season, in last place in the Atlantic Division with a 1-8-1 record.
Buffalo is last in the NHL in goals per game (1.20) and power-play percentage (8.6 percent). Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller has been solid this season with a .926 save percentage, but he has barely received any offensive support.
"I think [the Sabres] can improve and they'll still be looking to move [Miller]," Brickley said. "I think that it's definitely going to happen, and I think it's going to happen this year. He's motivated, and I won't say by self-interest … but with the Olympics, he wants his numbers to reflect his effort and his abilities to stop the puck."
Bruins backup goalie Chad Johnson is likely going to get the start against Buffalo. It will be the first start of the season for Johnson, who signed with the Bruins on July 5. The Calgary native has not played in a NHL game since April 18, 2013.
"There's always a discussion to be had when you have back-to-back games with travel," Brickley said. "Which goaltender do you play? Do you play your best goaltender against the weaker team and absolutely secure the two points? And then deal with being someone fatigued and hope that your backup goaltender or more of a rope-a-dope style might allow you to get points in the second one? Or do you allow your team concept, the way you play with your backup goaltender who probably should play against the weaker opponents, play against the weaker team?
"I think that is probably the obvious way that they want to approach this back-to-back situation, but Chad Johnson is going to have to play. We're going to find out what Chad Johnson has to offer in the Bruin goal over the next six weeks. Not only do you back-to-backs this week, you have a back-to-back next week with Pittsburgh and Anaheim, and then starting on Nov. 14 to the end of the month, the Bruins will play 10 games in 17 days."
To hear the interview, go to the Mut & Merloni audio on demand page. For more Bruins news, visit the team page at weei.com/bruins.


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CLAIRE AND MARTIN'S WEDDINGJune, 2010 in Sitges
"Martin and I decided we would like to celebrate our wedding in Barcelona - a Catholic ceremony followed by a private, villa reception.
Almiral de la Font fitted the bill perfectly for us so we happliy shifted slightly south to Sitges, with its stunning beach-side Catholic church, and never looked back... With such amazing venues, a fantastic wedding planner and wonderful friends and family willing to travel overseas for our special day we went on to have our wedding in a place which will remain forever special in our hearts."
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"Simply put, we could neither have organised nor enjoyed our wedding without Valerie - if you are planning to celebrate your wedding in Barcelona or Sitges hiring this woman should be the first thing you do! With our wedding being in Sitges, and neither of us Spanish speakers, we understood that we would need the help of someone that knew the local area and spoke Spanish! At first the idea of using a wedding planner seemed a bit extravagant but we soon realised it was a necessity... Through the planning stages Valerie was amazing and (patiently) took us through a myriad of options in response to all of our requests. She dealt with the church, found us a fantastic English speaking priest, convinced the organist to play a specific piece of music for us, brokered deals with all the suppliers and much much more - all things with which we would have struggled being neither local nor native speakers. On the actual day Valerie and her assistant surpassed themselves... against all the odds it poured with rain and the contingency plans we had discussed had to be implemented. Our reception was set-up inside (it had been planned outside), the welcome drinks relocated from the pool-side to the morrocan lounge, the bar set up under an awning, tables rolled away to clear a dance floor, transport pushed back, umbrellas found and so on... but none of this was an issue - it was seamless and no-one even realised it was meant to be any other way! Indeed, as it turned out, everything was just perfect. As my husband said in his speech: "...everyone needs a Valerie in their life"!"
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"Martin and I decided against very formal photography in favour of something more relaxed. We fell in love with Cathy's stunning documentary style photography, which we viewed online, and booked her! We met a few months before our wedding and were delighted by the sample portfolio she showed us as well as her calm manner - we knew we were in good hands. On the day itself Cathy was fantastic, thoughtful, obliging, creative, patient, professional, experienced... everything you could possibly want! The final images have thrilled us - it is so wonderful to have had our amazing wedding day captured so beautifully and uniquely. We will enjoy the images forever."
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"In describing our perfect venue to our wedding planner we mentioned a rustic villa where we could celebrate our wedding privately with close friends and family... she sent one link and we viewed one venue - Almiral de la Font - it is magical. We had 70 guests (73 people in total) which was ideal for its size. There is plenty of room to be inside or outside (we planned to be outside but had to be inside owing to rain which actually turned out to be wonderful). "What a location" was a comment repeated to us frequently, both on the day and ongoing... the views are amazing, the setting stunning and the atmosphere perfectly intimate."


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I'm confused, was I inactive or blame it on facebook. Well firstly yes i was inactive for almost a year now, partially due to work pressure and several other issues related to my personal life, but glad Alhamudlliah, now things are little better compared to how it was few months ago.
Well its been almost 6 months since I wrote a blog in DT, or even for that matter commented on any of my friends blogs, I wasn't far away, every day I used to log in to DT, and update my facebook status, but primarily to check when I can get my next pay check, and again Alhamudillah in the past 6 months I was able to take it four time.
Though I wasn't that active here, I was still able to connect with my regular friends I have made through DT, and addiction of facebook took most of my online time, to cut the long story short, I'm glad i'm back in DT and planning to upload images every week, as in our part the weekends are Friday & Saturday, I have decided to spend Friday on stock photography, since two weeks I have manged to upload several images and as usual after several rejections here are some of my images which got approved, not much some old pictures of my son and some mosque images, all old images just editing and uploading.
Hope you like some of these images, hope to see them get downloaded faster.
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Sarasota Wedding at South Florida Museum from Sarah Tucker EventsWhen piecing together her perfect day, this beautiful bride knew exactly what she wanted. A soft color palette of pale pinks, a breathtaking Spanish-styled backdrop and a traditional Catholic ceremony in honor of her father. And when those three ingredients came together
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Ultimate HDL Support Formula—Purified Omega-7, Bergamot Extract and Beta-Sitosterol
Take charge of your cardiovascular health with Ultimate HDL Support Formula, a state-of-the-art combination of cutting-edge ingredients formulated to promote healthy levels of HDL in the bloodstream. By now most of us have heard about "good" (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL) and "bad" (low-density lipoprotein, or LDL) cholesterol, but for those of us without medical degrees, how the two affect cardiovascular health can be a little confusing. HDL and LDL are both plasma lipoproteins, biochemical structures that feature lipids (fats) bound to proteins. The proteins act as an emulsifier enabling fats and cholesterol, which aren't water-soluble, to be transported in the bloodstream and into and out of our cells. Because proteins are much denser than lipids, the more lipid and less protein a lipoprotein has, the less dense it is. Thus LDL molecules have much higher concentrations of cholesterol than HDL, which has higher protein content.
When people talk about high cholesterol levels, what they're referring to is higher concentrations of LDL particles and lower concentrations of HDL resulting in high total plasma cholesterol, which can be harmful to the cardiovascular system. That's why LDL is "bad." On the other hand, HDL molecules transport cholesterol out of the bloodstream to be metabolized in the liver by bile acids, lowering total cholesterol and protecting the cardiovascular system, which is why they're "good." For sound cardiovascular function, it's vital to maintain a healthy balance of HDL to LDL. This balance is largely determined by genetics, but other factors, such as nutrition, can also play an important role. That's where Ultimate HDL Support Formula comes in.
Featuring the most effective dietary ingredients available for promoting healthy lipid balance, Ultimate HDL Support Formula is specifically formulated to boost the concentration and activity of beneficial HDL in the bloodstream. The formula starts with avocado oil, naturally rich in the same heart-healthy omega-9 fatty acids found in olive oil. Adding to the healthy "odd omegas" is Provinal,® purified omega-7, the only purified marine-source palmitoleic acid on the market. Yielding an impressive 50% minimum concentration of palmitoleic acid, Provinal® has been shown in studies to dramatically increase HDL levels.
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State Senate candidate Sean Henry is putting issues of homelessness and poverty at the center of his campaign to unseat Senator John Sampson. For Henry it's a personal battle, having emerged from homelessness in a story that could have been penned by Horation Alger.
The East New York resident was profiled by DNAinfo earlier this week, reflecting on his own history of homelessness growing up in Chicago.
His parents split up in the 1980s and he was left in the care of his unemployed single mother. They shuffled between the homes of family members, struggled to put food on the table, and eventually landed in homeless shelters.
Throughout that, Henry worked his way through one of Chicago's leading high schools, joined ROTC and enlisted in the Army Reserve. With help from the G.I. Bill he went on to obtain an undergraduate degree and then a graduate degree at NYU.
He began working for the city's Department of Homeless Services, advocating for those whose challenges he knew better than most.
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If elected, Henry said he wants to fight to eradicate homelessness, not just build new shelters in neighborhoods like East New York.
"We have a record amount of people in shelters and we have to get them out, but we have to get them out long term," Henry said.
Rather than spend money to house families in shelters, city and state agencies should instead spend money on resources to keep them in their homes, like social workers and housing attorneys, he said.
"We're spending the money anyway, if they're going to a shelter," Henry said. "So why not spend much less and keep families in their home?"
Henry also emphasizes education and more resources to the area's impoverished schools, as well as fighting for affordable housing.
Henry blasts Sampson's inability to represent the district while being mired in legal troubles. The pol is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $400,000 from the sale of foreclosed homes to finance a political campaign, as well as separate charges for lying to the FBI about a liquor store he owned.
The charges have apparently kept Sampson busy. During the legislative session this year, he uttered just one word and introduced no legislation. And Henry said Sampson has utterly failed to obtain Superstorm Sandy recovery funds to hard-hit Canarsie.
"I'm sorry for John," Henry told DNAinfo. "But he just has too many legal issues and can't do the job."
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We have learned through decades of experience that Chevron's success is tied to the health and prosperity of the communities where we operate. When public health issues put employee productivity, the well-being of communities and supply chain reliability at risk, they are a business issue, and Chevron strives to take action to help resolve them. At Chevron, we're committed to using our human, financial and technological resources to support partnerships and programs that promote healthy communities and improve access to health care for our employees, their families and the communities where we operate.
Prevention of HIV/AIDS is a major focus of our efforts, as some of our largest operations are located in countries where its grip is the strongest.
what we're doing
Partnering to eliminate HIV/AIDS
In Africa, HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects women, increasing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of the disease and threatening communities. In response, Chevron has made eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Angola, Nigeria and South Africa one of our priorities.
We partner with governments and global, national and local organizations to strengthen health systems, create greater HIV/AIDS awareness, reduce the stigma associated with the disease, and provide access to testing and treatment.
Chevron works with our partners using an integrated approach to strengthen health systems where we operate. In our fight against HIV/AIDS, we recognize that ending mother-to-child transmission of HIV is one of the most feasible ways to achieve an AIDS-free generation.
the power of partnership - working toward an HIV/AIDS-free generation
This is the story of a unique public/private partnership between businesses, non-governmental and international organizations and governments working together to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria. By joining forces, an entire generation can be born free of HIV.
the power of partnership - working toward an HIV/AIDS-free generationtranscript available
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV
In Angola and Nigeria, our voluntary workplace program to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV creates a culture that encourages HIV testing and treatment, fights the stigma associated with the disease, and provides comprehensive medical care for employees and their dependents. The program has had a remarkable impact. Since 2001 in Nigeria and 2005 in Angola, Chevron has received no reports of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among its employees or qualified dependents participating in PMTCT programs.
To expand on our success and have a greater impact within the communities in which we operate, Chevron joined UNAIDS, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and other leading world groups to help eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In 2012, we launched new partnerships with Pact, Born Free Africa (BFA), and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Working together with these partners as well as with national and local governments, we can help eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Angola, Nigeria and South Africa.
In 2012, Chevron and BFA collaborated on an ambitious program to empower the Nigerian federal and state governments to lead their own HIV responses, setting concrete targets to reduce HIV transmission and develop an achievable plan. By working with members of the Nigerian government and the international donor community, as well as local implementing partners, this investment is increasing services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the states that are most affected. Chevron initially supported a pilot program in Nasarawa State and has since expanded the partnership to Bayelsa and Rivers states.
Since its launch in 2012, our partnership with BFA in Nigeria has contributed to a dramatic increase in PMTCT programs in Nigeria and to impressive results in the states where we work. In Nasarawa, Bayelsa and Rivers states:
- 670 health clinics are now providing PMTCT services.
- More than 620,000 pregnant women have been tested for HIV in these three states; 4.8 percent tested positive.
- More than 20,600 pregnant women living with HIV have been initiated onto antiretrovirals in these states.
Through our partnership with Pact and the PROMOT Project in Bayelsa State, we have established a sustainable, statewide, community-based, government-supported PMTCT outreach program. Since our partnership began in 2012, PROMOT has achieved these remarkable results:
- Training in state-of-the-art PMTCT approaches and techniques has been provided to 735 people.
- PMTCT messaging has reached 294,400 people.
- More than 53,600 pregnant women have taken HIV tests, received their results and been counseled at health facilities.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Since 2008, Chevron has partnered with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, directing $60 million to programs in Angola, Nigeria, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Chevron is The Global Fund's inaugural Corporate Champion and one of its largest single corporate partners. Chevron's support of The Global Fund has contributed to 17 million lives saved.
Providing pediatric health care
We also partner with Baylor College of Medicine and the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) at Texas Children's Hospital, the largest university-based program in the world dedicated to improving the lives of HIV-infected children. BIPAI's Global Health Corps program provides life-saving pediatric health care, treatment and training to the most medically underserved populations in Africa and Latin America. The program places physicians in these underserved communities to deliver direct care and treatment to patients and to provide health training to local medical professionals.
Fighting sickle cell anemia
Chevron partnered with the Republic of Angola, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in 2011 to create Angola's first comprehensive program to screen and treat newborns for sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that causes susceptibility to infection, hemolytic anemia, sporadic blockage of blood vessels and organ damage. In Africa, no universal screening program for newborns exists. At the beginning of our partnership in 2011, Chevron pledged $4 million to the Angola Sickle Cell Initiative. In 2015, we committed an additional $5 million to this initiative over the next five years.
Since the program started in 2011, more than 136,000 babies have been tested for sickle cell anemia, and more than 1,700 Angolan nurses, lab technicians and social workers have been trained.
success stories
Chevron has expanded our partnership with Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) to improve the quality of health care in rural Colombia. This successful partnership has helped improve and increase access to health care in Liberia, Angola and Romania since 2011. Our latest collaboration focuses on members of the Wayúu indigenous community in La Guajira, Colombia, one of the country's most impoverished states. The $1.5 million, five-year pediatric health care program called SAIL (Salud y Autosuficiencia Indígenas en La Guajira) aims to decrease the high morbidity and mortality rates for children and mothers in this remote area. Chevron has been producing natural gas in the area for nearly 40 years.
South Africa
Chevron has partnered with the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation to fund the Kethuphila Youth Centre in Masiphumelele (Masi), a township outside the Cape Town city center. It provides youth-friendly health services in addition to facilities for recreation and study. Through the partnership, we are reaching out to the 900 students at the Masi high school and encouraging them to register for activities at the center. The objective is to address high-risk sexual behavior, concerns around HIV testing, the lack of youth-friendly services and feelings of vulnerability among the youth.
In 2012, Chevron partnered with the Path2Health Foundation on a project called Empowering People Living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) to Promote Adolescent Sexual Health through Parent-Child Communication. The project strengthened PHA networks in the Sisaket, Ubonratchathani and Udornthani provinces. PHA groups became community leaders, training parents to improve their family communication skills about sex so that their children protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies.
East Kalimantan and Riau, Indonesia
In Indonesia, we worked in partnership with Jhpiego and local government agencies to improve maternal and newborn health services in communities surrounding Chevron's production area in East Kalimantan Province and in Riau Province. During this two-year project, which started in January 2011, we developed a model for improving the quality of and increasing access to midwife services to ensure that all pregnant women and newborns are afforded skilled care before, during and after delivery. The project includes a series of training sessions for midwives in infection prevention, normal delivery care, basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care. We also established Desa SIAGA, or the Alert Village initiative, which advocates everyone playing a part in helping to save mothers' lives. SIAGA stands for SIap (ready), Antar (take, transport), jaGA (stand by or guard).
Chevron partnered with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to fund a molecular biology research laboratory. The lab provides genetic diagnostic tools that aid in the diagnosis, management and treatment of people with genetic abnormalities. In July 2014, the laboratory helped detect the first case of the Ebola virus in Nigeria.
Implemented in long-term partnership with Pact in Myanmar, the Sustainable Health Improvement and Empowerment (SHINE) program empowers communities to adopt behaviors to improve their health status and increases access to livelihood opportunities. The program has reached more than 1.2 million people across more than 1,470 villages in 13 townships to bring sustainable health solutions and improved livelihood opportunities. To date, SHINE has trained more than 9,200 community health volunteers to help ensure sustainable health improvements in communities. The Village Health Development Fund supports 800,000 people to improve access to health care and help finance village development programs. More than 14,000 women have engaged in saving and empowerment programs that can help them earn 15 percent interest on savings.


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Federal Financial Group FFG2 Lead misrepresentation, unethical Draper Utah
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Company recruits new agents using this statement as the cornerstone of their Business: "we give you 6-10 free pre-set appointments each week to keep you in front of qualified clients instead of spending your time cold-calling trying to find someone to go see". Their presentation builds on this theme and quality of the leads.
During the closing of he presentation, the presenter switchs tune by providing two options to enter the business: Option 1 and Option 2 which are insidious ways of saying: you need to provide leads to get leads.
Also, buried in the contract is this statement "Marketing Representative may elect to participate in the sales lead program ("Lead Program") established by FFG, pursuant to which Marketing Representative, upon payment of a sales lead generation fee, if any (i.e., which may be free and/or refunded if certain sales criteria are achieved according to FFG's then existing policies and procedures), shall receive the names, addresses and other pertinent and available information of individuals, who are believed by FFG to have a possible interest in the purchase of Product ("Leads"). Marketing Representative acknowledges FFG makes no representations of any kind as to the quality of or probability of sale to any Lead and there is no guarantee that Marketing Representative's participation in the..."
As you can see the statement in the presentation promises 6-10 pre-set leads and the contract promises contact information of individuals that may be interested and makes no representation to quality.
Be aware, the company takes no action to refund your $287 if you want to exit after E-signing the contract.
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I also entered into a relationship with the above company. I paid the required $287 and honestly figured 'anything' is worth a small investment and everything sounded so good. After doing the required training steps which include attending weekly meetings, going on "8-10" appointments with your regional manager which means 8-10 family/friends in the hopes that half or at least some purchase the products that are represented - and then memorizing the script - which honestly is a very good presentation, then getting myself videotaped so it could be approved - I was off and running with my "leads".
The leads have proven to be an absolute downfall. Out of probably 100 appointments I've been on in the last year and half just about 90% of them were either broke or just refused to do business for one reason or another. The other 10% never answered the phonecall or flat out rejected the appointment (not interested). I guess its true that when working with the law of large numbers you are bound to get lucky sooner or later, however, unless you are like some of these "top earners" who have another job, a spouse that provides over and above an income to survive - in my honest opinion it is very difficult to make money.
Lets not forget about something also that I've thought about. You must sign up for a contract with a phone company to have a company wide voicemail that isnt that expensive - around $50 a year - however - do the math .. $287 from everyone + $50 ..... (which the $50 would be reoccuring every year) - not a bad little side bit of income coming in. That being said - when you fail at your lead system. (Which to me its a no brainer, when the regional or district managers 'cherry pick' the leads and you get all the 'other leads' - its impossible to make things work - which then adds up to "you" are the problem. So back to the drawing board you go. You dont have to pay your $287 again, however, you do have to get 're-trained' - which in a nutshell means jumping through all the hoops of doing another video etc to prove you still have what it takes.
As my name says, I'm all the more wiser now. I've moved on. I'm not going to bash this company however, I do not think it's all rainbows and unicorns as it seems to be painted.
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The NSW government has quietly overhauled its processes for granting mining exploration licences, in a bid to increase transparency.
All coal allocations with the potential to extract more than 100 million tonnes will now be subject to a competitive tender and details about the conditions and terms of an exploration licence made public.
Previously, the resources minister could grant licences, subject to certain conditions, without necessarily seeking expressions of interest. The move to curb that power responds to the recommendations of a probity review of former minister
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Celebrity Punk Style: 2013 Met Gala Celebrates Punk Fashion (PHOTOS)
On Monday, May 6, the fashion elite will descend on the steps of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for the annual 2013 Costume Benefit a.k.a. the Met Gala.
This year's theme honours the museum's "Punk: Chaos to Couture" exhibit so we're curious to see what celebrities will be wearing.
Will gala host Anna Wintour style her hair into a mohawk? Will Gwyneth Paltrow put safety pins in her ears? Will Jennifer Lopez don black latex leather?
The opportunities are endless for celebrities, models and Vogue editors to channel their inner punk.
But which celebs already embrace the alternative style look?
You may not agree with their style choices or even like their faux-hawks but you have to give celebs such as Canadian Avril Lavigne and even Rihanna for embracing the punk lifestyle.
Check out celebs donning punk looks below:
Life imitates art for the Canadian "Sk8er Boi" singer who is known for her shaved head, hipster glasses and tattoos.
Ok so technically this is Rooney playing "Dragon Tattoo's" Lisbeth Salander, but we love her look so much we had to include it. Everything from her multiple piercings (love the double nose ring) to her bleached eyebrows and her severe haircut is punk chic. And check out that hot studded jacket!
No one can rock a faux-hawk like the sassy singer.
Did Angelina or Brad style their son's cute blue faux-hawk?
Punk isn't just about the hair. The English actor embraces the whole punk look with a sleeveless button-up, bright checkered skirt and cobalt-blue tie.
One could argue that RIhanna is sporting a bouffant but we like to think of it more as a classy mohawk.
Will Smith's daughter has entered her rebellious phase...
The English model takes it to the next level with an actual safety pin in her ear. We have to admire that.
Nothing is more punk than a hot pink '20s wig, right?
Rings on every finger? Check. Spiked necklace? Check. Smug grin? Check. Yep, Adam has crossed off all the necessities for the punk look.
Like father like son? Soccer stud David styles his adorable son with a cute mohawk complete with swirly patterns on the side of his head.
The designer is wearing a wig but who cares? The two-tone fake-hawk is awesome.
She used to be Disney's Princess until the singer/"Hannah Montana" star shaved her head and started showing a lot more boob.
The original punk, Gwen has been rocking quirky looks for the past few decades.
The "Tick Tock" singer must have used a lot of gel and hairspray to keep her hair up.
If you're too lazy to find a unique outfit, just do DIY studs on black clothes à la Pink.


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The firm was formally founded in July 2010 as a limited liability company. We now have twenty full time employees, including three ex-Merrill Lynch investment barters. We area fest growing firm looking for people with a positive attitude, an open mind, keenness to learn and willingness to word very hard to be a part great team. We foster a positive work environment in addition to work also provide educational opportunities to our people.
Our firm has offices in Singapore and Indonesia (Jakarta and Balikpapan)
Plan, direct, monitor and reconcile aspect oldie mining operations, ensure that coal production targets are met, analyze and renew the system, procedures end equipment recommend improvement , maintain and facilitate clear communication with stakeholder and costumers with respect to operational capability performance and recourse requirement ensure outstanding HSE&Q outcome Is achieved.
Job Description
1. Responds for developing and implementing operational plans and operational budget for the company mining operations
2. Responsible for executing the company strategies and day-to-day management of the mining operations.
3. Review and analyze systems, projects and production operations end monitor performance against business
4. Supervise and manage mining contractors as required
5. Contribute to the overalls development end operations at various project by active participation in and contribution to the mining management team
6. Manage and administer mining contracts ho ensure company schedule and budgets are met
7. Develop mining strategies maximize company cast-flow
8. Manage and initiate mine plans, road design and production schedules for tht efficient and the safe development of the mining reserves. including the implementations of life off mine, medium sort and the plans
9. Maximize the effectiveness of the mine planning process whilst at the tame time ensuring that are in place to rehabilitee areas mined as per company policies
10. Control, evaluate and constantly improve production cost
11. Ensure mining operations are in compliance with government regulations
12. Ensure the highest quality of both mining operations and employees
13. Entire the efficient and safe storage of all electronic planning date
1. Position based in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan required to hood to Jakarta as necessary
2. Bachelor/Master Degree in Mining Engineering from reputable university
3. Must have a minimum of 10 year experience in a mining company or a mining contractors and at last 5 years experience in managerial capacity
4. POU (Pengawas Operasional Utama) Mining Indonesia competency certificate a stoop advantage
5. Possess in-depth knowledge nit utilizing Mine
cape or similar software
6. Strong commitment to safety Strong knowledge about HSE/K3 procedure in mining sector
The Heed of Legal will be responsible for all legal and compliance activities such a implementation of Kit procedures in regards to various external counter-parties, negotiation art implementation of material contract, compliance with industry /governmental regulation and laws etc.
Job Description
1. Establish various legal end compliance procedures to be implemented across the company and its affiliates
2. Ensure that all activities within the company and its affiliates are in compliance with various industry and governmental laws/regulations
3. Manage all legal activities including preparing and reviewing contract letter agreements, and other legal document
4. Participate in negotiations with third parties
5. Supervise and manage eternal legal consultants and external legal counterparties
6. Ensure appropriate legal record keeping for the company and its affiliates
1. Position based in Jakarta
2. Bachelor/Master Degree it Strom reputable university
3. Must have a minimum of 10 years' experience in a mining company/contractor industry or with the top ten Indonesia law firms
4. Lawyer (PERADI) license holder ss must
5. Previous private equity experience a strong advantage
6. Previous experience of setting up arid building a legal department and experience in the mining industry a strong advantage
7. Extensive knowledge of Indonesian Law and Regulations excellent skill and problem solving abilities
8. Able to deal with government institutions and manage legal conk and from foreign jurisdiction
As a key member of the finance & Accounting team, the Finance Manager will report to the Financial. The Finance Manager will have primary day-to-day responsibility to manage Finance & Accounting of mining company activities including cash management, financial accounting and reporting, monthly management accounting taxation, auditing, budgeting and forecasting, cost control and working capital analysis.
Job Description
1. Prepare and review timely and accurate management reports and tax flings for if Aries mining companies
2. Manage quarterly and annual budget preparation, updates, enforcement and monitoring, including ongoing expense monitoring and compliance
3. Manage the accounts receivable function to ensure that costumer are paying on a timely basis in accordance with approve sales orders, invoices or other documentation
4. Manage the accounts payable function to ensure that vendors are paid on a timely baste is accordance with approved purchase orders, contracts or other documentation
5. Prepare cash flow projections on a regular basis
6. Ensure the compliance of locally accepted auditing and accounting standards
7. Establish and internal controls and business processes for enhancement and development
8. Plan, organize, present and interpret testy financial statements, financial reports, special analysis and other relevant information for management decision-reeking
9. Liaise with external and internal auditors. tax agents, bankers arc third parties
10. Support other special projects on an ad-hoc bale
1. Bachelor/Master Degree in accounting hone reputable university or relevant degree (CPA or equivalent) and s current member of the relevant Institute of Accounting
2. Preferably with taxation certificate (Brevet AB & C)
3 Must have audit background with the top ten accounting firma
4. Must have minimum of 5 year experience in mining company or mining contractor At managerial capacity
5. Previous private equity experience is strong advantage
6. Previous experience of setting op or developing a Finance Department and providing financial control across a group of companies is strong advantage
7. Familiar with accounting software, strong understanding of local tax end accounting rules and IFRS end other International Accounting Standards
8. Resilient in upholding corporate governance & statutory requirements
9. Willing to travel both local and overseas (including site)
• Possess health, able to work under pressure, produce quality work within deadlines and willing to work extended hours to achieve outstanding results
• Possess outstanding leadership, integrity, reporting, planning, attention to details, organizational and negotiation stills
• Possess excellent technical, problem solving skills and creative thinking
• Mature, pro-active, detail-oriented with good interpersonal and administrative skills
• Meticulous and a team player
• Possess strong proficiency in written and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia
• Comfortable with the use of Microsoft Office
If you are a suitable match and are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified (ariescapitalasia.com)
Author : Lowongan Kerja | Updated at : 10:47 AM | Category : aries group, balikpapan, finance manager, jakarta, kalimantan timur, legal head, operation head, pertambangan, s1, s2


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Dramatic increase for food assistance in R.I.
Food donations are down, yet there are more hungry mouths to feed in Rhode Island than ever before.
The Ocean State now ranks highest in New England for food insecurity, according to a report released Monday by the R.I. Community Food Bank.
Local emergency food pantries are reporting a large spike in the number of first-time users.
"We're seeing a lot of new faces, which is not good," said Judy Macedo of the East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP), which has food pantries in Riverside, Tiverton and Newport.
Ms. Macedo, the Safety Net family advocate for EBCAP, said more elderly people are visiting the pantries and many clients are learning about food assistance through other programs the agency runs, such as its health center.
"We're seeing an unusual number of clients who basically waited until the last minute to come access our services," she said Monday. "They're depleting their 401ks, they're using credit cards, they're just doing everything they can to keep from coming in. We're hoping that people will have a change in mindset and realize they don't really have to do that."
According to the Food Bank's 2012 Status Report on Hungerreleased Monday, more than 15 percent of Rhode Islanders — about 67,000 households — experience "food insecurity," which is defined as having limited access to adequate food for healthy living. Of that amount, 6 percent report the most severe conditions associated with hunger.
"In the aftermath of the Great Recession, thousands of Rhode Islanders cannot afford adequate food and would go hungry if it were not for federal nutrition programs and the Food Bank's statewide network of emergency food programs," said Andrew Schiff, chief executive officer of the R.I. Community Food Bank. The Food Bank has 178 member agencies.
Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp program) has more than doubled in the Ocean State since 2007, with more than 175,000 Rhode Islanders receiving SNAP benefits.
At a press-only event Monday at the Food Bank headquarters in Providence, Mr. Schiff noted that there were many "attacks" on SNAP benefits during the presidential campaign. However, he said, SNAP helps to feed people and save lives, he said. Mr. Schiff said the Farm Bill now before Congress includes proposed cuts to SNAP "that would significantly hurt Rhode Islanders."
Sen. Jack Reed, who was at the Food Bank Monday, said he fully supports SNAP benefits.
"Thursday's Thanksgiving, and we have a lot to be thankful for," he said. "But we also have to recognize that there are a lot of families struggling to put food on the table and we have to stand up and help them."
Action steps needed
The Food Bank recommended the following actions be taken to help families make ends meet:
• Urge members of Congress to re-work the Farm Bill and protect thousands of Rhode Island households from harmful cuts to SNAP.
• Hire more SNAP caseworkers to reduce caseloads and improve customer service at R.I. Department of Human Services offices.
• Increase state funding for the Food Bank to meet the high demand at food pantries.
• Offer hands-on nutrition education at food pantries throughout the state.
• Conduct outreach at food pantry sites to encourage all eligible families to enroll in SNAP and the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
• Ensure that Rhode Island schools receive higher federal payments when they offer healthier meals to students.
• Promote summer meal programs in low-income communities to reach more hungry children.
To get a copy of the Food Bank's 2012 Status Report on Hunger, visit www.rifoodbank.org.


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Dudh (Doodh) Ni Kheer Gujarati Recipe …
- 1 Liter Milk
- Basamati Rice - Half Cup
- 100gms Sugar
- Cashew Nuts, Almonds, Pistachios Scrap
- 4 to 5 Pieces of Cardamom
- Half Tea Spoon Saffron
1. Boil milk and sugar in a steel bowl at slow tape.
2. Now aside wash rice.
3. Now pour rice in boiling milk.
4. Pour saffron in boiling milk.
5. After 10 to 15 minutes pour Cashew Nuts, Almonds, Pistachios Scrap in milk
6. Aside grind cardamom and pour them in milk too.
7. Let it boil for 5 to 7 minutes.
8. Delicious Dudh (Doodh) Ni Khir is now ready to eat.
9. If you want chilled then let it cool down a bit and then chill it in fridge.


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Next thing you know females can protest being married off without permission.
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The Benghazi committee forgot to complain today.
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He will demonstrate a fast break away from oblivion.
France, Connexion: "Something Smells Funny"
Oh, it is just Republicans holding a farting session about Benghazi.
Iran, Tehran Times: "Iran Politicians Register To Run For President"
Now, we need registration to hold an honest election.
Denmark, Copenhagen Post: "Government Hangs By Thread"
Cut the damn thread!
USA, aol: "Two Popes Meet"
There can not be anything infallible in this session.


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I am concerning purchasing , if anyone has used these I would love to hear some feed back.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I am concerning purchasing , if anyone has used these I would love to hear some feed back.
These look good for me who can't measure worth a hoot.
Looks cool! I'm thinking it might be a good investment!
i think a few of thier products are great ideas..at least they look like they are!
I use something like this, of course I can't remember the name right now. It is not this ruler and they cost lest than 10 bucks. I put them on the ruler myself. After work I will get back with you and let you know the name....
make sure you get back to us. I want to know about this one.Originally Posted by CoyoteQuilts
I think I will save my money for now! :-)
Me too!!!Originally Posted by Ditter43
I have a set of acrylic rulers I bought years ago. One has only 7/8" lines starting with 7/8" up to 6 7/8" one has only 1/4" markings and one has only 3/4" markings. I remember they would come three different size markings per set of three rulers from 1 1/4", 1 1/2" on up to 2 1/2" and so on. I wish I had bought the other sets. I bought them from a craft catalog before internet ordering was available. No name on the rulers either.
Seems expensive to me. I just put a sticky note on mine to mark the line. It helps when I get interrupted while cutting.


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Philips 40/25/15 watts amplifier with Universal preamplifier circuit.
my dear DIY brothers
this is regarding a circuit developed by Philips in 1970's. it is a 40/25/15 watts amplifier with Universal preamplifier circuit. it was very popular in DIY groups at that time. it use to give a very good quality of sound, eventhough it was a AC coupled amplifier. originally the output transistors are BD182. but most of the people used with 2n3055.
do anybody have the circuit diagram. i got some printed circuit boards without circuit diagram.
Those who had the diagram are now in their late fifties and don't login at DIYAUDIO.com. They have enough problems of their own and will definately not take the trouble to scan the diagram and post it here.
To make the story short, dump that over 3 decade old pcb, search the net and make yourself a new design power amp.
2N3055 is an old transistor by design and does not sound good. There are many that sound good and are easy to install.
Go to the site sound.westhost.com and u will find preamp circuits that will work equally good.
Gajanan Phadte
Re: Philips 40/25/15 watts amplifier with Universal preamplifier circuit.
a (much) better regard for things Philips here
I have this one....made by Brazilian Philips during the seventies
2 Attachment(s)
The files are in PDF.... they are 300K size.
Write me a mail with your adress if you are interested, than i will be able to upload you the pdf files.
Yes..it has condenser output, also it has tone controls and vol control
2 Attachment(s)
mounted in a single board....also the ballance and supply...a complete stereo...low powered old unit from Philips.
My mail is:
Encourage yourself...
to assemble something better or learn the hard way. When u compare this with the never products, only then u will know the reality.
This circuit was sunding good in seventies.
It is good to see DestroyerX has put up the circuit details. He is always and ever-ready to help.
from your post I get it that just because u have the PCB, u want to assemble it. Remember in today's standards, this circuit stands nowhere. One reason is that it uses a single supply which needs an output capacitor for coupling the speaker.This sounds bad. I can see other reasons also but I am not competent enough to explain.
Select a good sounding circuit depending on your power requirement and go for it.
If u are in metro, it is easy to get a quality pcb made or make yourself one with the toner transfer method.
Or simply draw the tracks on a laminate using nail polish/oil paint and etch it.
Learning whichever way is better than not-at-all.
Gajanan Phadte
I still have this amp in working condition,& i can provide ckt diagram if required.
my email id is firstname.lastname@example.com
I am planning to make home theater with philips transistorised circuit with unversal pre ampifier,
already i had made home theater with TDA2020 with 741 pre amp
Pl suggest me will phillips transistorised amp will provide me the excellent detailed sound quality as compared to other amps? or can any one suggest me which one i can do.
my mail id is
In Argentina this circuit has named "Fapesa".
Schema and layout is here: Tecnicosaurios.com • Ver Topic - Amplificadores FAPESA.
The file is "70.pdf"
Registration is needed, but is free.
P.D Sorry for my bad english...
Very unkind we need to register to read
Some foruns are doing this way to force us to register... a pity that, i do the opposite, no way to accept that demand....that forum does not make a friendly presentation to our communitty.
I know that you are not the forum owner hermano, but these guys should understand that they may be loosing members this way.. something goes covering text...very annoying, very rude.
Good are foruns where we do not feel the management presence, not to feel alike a fish inside a glass pot, beeing observed, controled (moderated)... alike a prisoner watched by cameras.
Saludos brasilênos hermano Sudamericano.
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