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In my last blog post, I examined the high employee attrition rates in the Contact Centre industry, the average being 40% of workers leaving within 6 months of starting their job. Retaining call centre staff is crucial to save on the cost of recruitment, training new employees and the costs of building relationships with customers from scratch. Apart from the obvious impact that salary has on attrition rates, there are other factors that can influence why an employee stays or leaves.
In most cases, by the time the exit interview happens it's already too late to convince an agent to stay. The process should start sooner, even at the recruitment stage, to ensure potential future employees remain engaged with your company. Providing a positive experience throughout the recruitment process by keeping in touch with candidates regarding updates in their application, managing their expectations and being honest with them, can really go a long way to ensure you start off on the right foot.
You only get one chance to make a first impression
As the first impression is the most important one, make sure that new starters have everything they need in their first few days so that they know what to expect. Ensure to have access passes ready, provide a warm welcome to the company, introduce the new employee to the team, team leaders and managers. All these little things help to reduce the 'new job' anxiety that is often experienced when working for an unfamiliar company.
Train for success
Training is another way to keep contact centre employees involved. It's not just for the first few weeks – your staff should be updating and learning skills regularly to improve the way they do their job. Spend time fostering a team attitude to make employees feel they belong. This can involve team briefings, 1 to 1s, listening to your team's suggestions, promoting two-way communication and giving positive feedback as well as negative. Support your agents with their decisions regarding customer issues so they know you will back them up and that they can always count on their team leader.
Sometimes it's the small things that count
Another small investment that can really engage employees is in their workspace and equipment. Ensure a tidy work-floor, have staff sitting together as a team, provide good quality equipment and phone systems and a well-equipped canteen to improve the working environment. Some top contact centres have invested in TVs or even a PlayStation room for employees to enjoy during their breaks!
Other contact centres with low attrition offer incentives e.g. free tea and coffee, ice-creams, sweets or other reward system for their best performing staff. Mixing fun with achieving goals helps foster a competitive attitude and team spirit. The rewards don't always have to be financial either! Time off the phones or being given the afternoon off would be extremely well appreciated by many agents.
Doing activities, however small, can also provide staff with a reason to stay. Why not hold a team briefings outside in summer, or run events like a charity bake-off to break the monotony of work. We've seen dress down days being implemented and team nights out. Ask your team what activities they would be interested in; I'm sure there will be no shortage of suggestions! Of course this all depends on what you can afford but even on a low budget you have opportunities to engage and empower your team.
Hire the best people
One of our top tips for reducing employee attrition is to ensure that you're hiring the right people. BrightStar can help you find and recruit the best contact centre staff. For more information, please contact Danuta Charubin in Belfast 028 97 447 000 or our colleagues in Dublin on 01 662 1000 or Cork on 021 422 1000.


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Dinner Party Serving Styles
January, 2012 · By Coryanne Ettiene
My first dinner party was a feast of pasta, garlic bread and wine in a tiny London flat that hardly had space for a kitchen table, let alone 4 adults trying to enjoy a dignified evening. My husband cooked (because frankly, that was not really my thing when we were first married) and I served the wine (because that has always been my thing). I remember telling everyone in my office I was having people around for dinner, in many ways it was my coming of age, my ceremonial right of passage into being a wife and I was beaming with pride as I skipped home to play hostess. Looking back at the simplicity of the night, I cringe at how underprepared I was: not a flower in sight, the cutlery was mismatched, the kitchen was cramped, and little to no planning was involved. Despite my shortcomings, the night was a success, and gave me the confidence to enter the crazy world of playing host. Since that first evening, I have hosted casual, formal and somewhat outrageous parties….all tailored to the guests, the event and the occasion. The trick with planning a dinner party is knowing what your serving style will be and planning the night around it.
Your dinner party décor sets the stage for your evening, but your serving style sets the tone from for a formal or relaxed dining experience. Defining your serving style when planning your décor and menu will bring all the elements of your dinner party together to create the perfect meal. From the relaxed buffet style dinner where dishes and decor are simple, to the formal restaurant style meal where every last detail is carefully planned out, there are serving styles to fit every dining experience and location. Before planning your next dinner party, consider the following serving styles before you send out your invitations.
Formal Serving Styles: Best suited for the multiple course dinner party where opulence, attention to detail and elaborate cuisine is involved. When hosting a formal dinner party, bring out your best china, and make friends with your butcher – this is not the time for experimenting with new culinary masterpieces or taking shortcuts with inexpensive cocktails. A formal service should be well rehearsed and is often paired with formal place settings, centrepieces and carefully planned seating in the dining room, the restaurant style where each plate is served individually at each course makes your guest feel valued and pampered. The formal serving style ensures that food and hosting skills are the focal point of the evening, and allows the host to play a large part in how the evening unfolds, if your hosting and culinary skills are still young, be sure to have plenty of signature cocktails on hand to make up for any mishaps that may arise.
Relaxed Serving Styles: When inviting family and friends over for an evening of relaxed entertaining, where conversation is the focal point and food a close second, the family style service is ideal. A family style service is a time for testing out new culinary dishes, creating a fun eclectic table setting and offering a dinner service where serving platters are on the table that allow guests to pass dishes and dish up their own dinner keeps the focus on the conversation. To keep the mood relaxing, the family style service is best located in the dining room or kitchen table, with simple table décor combined with unassigned seating. Unlike the more formal restaurant serving style, this serving style allows you to experiment, and is always more forgiving to the reluctant host.
Casual Serving Styles: For any affair where socializing is the priority and food only an aspect of the evening, the casual nature of the buffet service ensures that your guests can linger over conversations as long as they wish without interfering with the dinner service. The buffet service allows you to let your hair down, offer a free standing bar service where everyone can play bartender and where your guests can eat at their leisure, sit where they please and enjoy the evening at their pace makes this the most relaxed of the serving styles. Perfect for the new host or someone who is still defining their culinary talent, shortcuts and mishaps always go unnoticed with a buffet service so there is little room for stress and plenty of room for fun.


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Exhibit opens on Earth Day at Exposition Park's Rose Garden
Los Angeles - The Department of Recreation and Parks celebrated Earth Day by opening the Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet exhibit at Exposition Park's Rose Garden on April 22, 2009. The 50 super-sized globes depict everyday solutions to global warming. Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel and General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri were all in attendance, along with 350 school children, to help spread the message of conservation and climate protection.
The five-foot diameter, seven-foot-tall Cool Globes, designed by local and national artists each convey different messages about what ordinary citizens can do to combat global warming. Cool Globes was inspired by Chicago-area environmental activist Wendy Abrams. Abrams created Cool Globes to show that, "there are solutions and simple actions we all can take in our daily lives to help reduce climate change. Cool Globes is a way to help people see that the situation is not hopeless. We all have the power to do something and together we can have an impact".
In addition to the large globes displayed inside the Rose Garden, there are dozens of mini-Cool Globes will be on display at the California Science Center, Natural History Museum and California African-American Museum. The mini-globes are designed and/or autographed by celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks and Robert Redford; athletes such as Kobe Bryant, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods; as well as President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and more.
Los Angeles is the final stop on a three-city California tour, which included displays in San Francisco and San Diego. The Cool Globes exhibit will be on display at the Exposition Park Rose Garden until July 23, 2009. The Rose Garden is open everyday from 8:30 am to dusk. For more information, please call the Rose Garden directly at (213) 748-4772 or the Department's general information line at (213) 202-2700. For more information on the Cool Globes project, visit their website at http://www.coolglobes.org/.
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Welcome to the Hall of Torque, my new home, where you can read many of my fan-fiction stories. Scroll down to the Writers Nook. Search under HoT authors & stories, find Wotan's story.telling.
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A wonderful photo of this fish mosaic.
A wonderful photo of this fish mosaic.
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These are off-road runs of about 1½ hours on Thursday mornings at (unless otherwise arranged). Directions are from Congleton. All are welcome: you don't have to be a pensioner!
Contact: Mike Laurence (01260-274239) (Austin Farr is unfortunately still not able to run.) If you're not a "regular" it's a good idea to contact us to make sure there's not been a change.
Details of the dates for the venues can be found under the Diary tab at the top of this page.
The information in relation to the location of each venue can be found by clicking on the link below.
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Bernardsville, New Jersey 07924
Since its inception, Diamond Dream Fine Jewelers was built upon exceptional service. Edward and Faina began their business by repairing, creating, and winding clocks of luxurious jewelry. For over 30 years, Diamond Dream Fine Jewelers has set the standard for quality and service for clientele found in Bernardsville, Morristown, Peapack, Vernon, Mendham, Warren, Basking Ridge, Far Hills, Harding, and the tri-state area.
Edward's expert gemologist skills, and fine artisan craftsmanship has been relied on to create one of a kind custom diamond engagement rings. No matter the design, concept, gemstone, and color of metal, Diamond Dream Fine Jewelers will take you through every step of creating an heirloom.
Highly skilled and trained GIA (Gemological Institute Of America) certified gemologists can accommodate every request that a patron may have. Whether it is a simple jewelry repair, or an elegant custom designed heirloom that represents you or your beloved, Diamond Dream Fine Jewelers has the knowledge, and expertise that is matched by few.
As an authorized repair center for luxurious and prestigious timepieces, Edward is able to provide superior service, and reliability. No matter the size and complexity, Diamond Dream Fine Jewelers provides the same excellent level of care, expertise, and courtesy to all.
Servicing the needs of our customers has become more than just a traditional routine, it has become the foundation for our family's business.
Edward and Faina cordially invite you to visit their showroom at 10 Mine Brook Road in Bernardsville, NJ, where they will be happy to provide you with the highest level of satisfaction and offer you a selection of unique jewelry with which to create unforgettable memories.


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Although summer seems like it's now long gone, a few weekends ago myself and my family made the most of one of the last sunny weekends by having a yummy healthy salad! Sunday's in our household is definitely family day, so my dad put on a spread, my nan handed out the plates and we all helped ourselves.
However, one of my favourite parts of lunch was eggs from The Crackin' Egg company - something I'd been saving for a nice hot day. I was sent these delicious and colourful hard boiled eggs to review and couldn't help but marvel at how different and cute they are!
Perfect for light lunches and picnics, these delicious eggs come in sweet packaging, with flavour sachets too - oh, and the eggs are painted cute colours! How awesome! I thought this idea was so sweet, taking the notion of hard boiled eggs from simply a summertime snack to an essential and welcome addition to lunchboxes, salads and picnics everywhere.
Although we peeled off the shell before serving, there's no doubt they'd brighten up any plate. Kids will enjoy them too, loving the idea the containers the eggs come in and the process of removing the bright shells!
The eggs themselves were delicious and combined well with our healthy salad. The eggs contain less then 70 calories each and, as we all know, are super nutritious.
I've since taken some into work with me for lunch and have had colleagues comment on them, asking curiously about why they're painted bright colours (the protective coating that eggs have when hens lay them is actually removed during the boiling process, so The Crakin' Egg company paints them to keep them in great condition. FYI, the paint is safe!), and where they can get their own from.
I absolutely loved these tasty and healthy hard boiled eggs which, with the flavoured sachets, contained a lot more flavour then normal hard boiled eggs. You can buy your own from Spar now and they are available in multi packs too now! You can find out more here.


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Cortical coordination giving rise to behavior and perception
The generation of simple skilled behaviors, such as reaching to grasp objects, requires the rapid and precise coordination of many body parts (e.g. shoulder, elbow, wrist, digits). As the representation of different body parts is spatially distributed across sensorimotor cortex (SMC), the coordination required of skilled behavior implies similar coordination of SMC generating movements. Despite many experiments in SMC, we have limited understanding of the functional organization and coordination of neuronal populations that produce skilled behaviors. Recent studies have emphasized the importance of local neural population dynamics; however, examination of larger scale network dynamics is rare. Furthermore, linking dynamics to principles of representation has proven challenging. Compared to our understanding of motor networks, our knowledge of sensory processing is more developed. The concept of sparsity has proven very useful to understand computations in sensory systems, and has recently been applied to spatial patterns of hippocampus field potential recordings; however, the role of sparseness in motor regions is not understood. We conjecture that primary motor regions transform sparse independent representations of afferent messages from premotor areas into dense coordinated efferent signals for driving motor actuators. Extending our recent findings in humans/rodents, we will understand brain functions across multiple spatiotemporal scales, examine how distributed representations are dynamically coordinated, and test hypotheses on the role of sparsity in cortical computations.
Predictive and Interpretable Statistical Machine Learning
Neuroscience researchers often implicitly or explicitly interpret the output of their data analysis tools as reflecting the true state of nature. Therefore, neuroscience data analysis requires statistical machine learning algorithms that are simultaneously interpretable and predictive. By interpretable, we mean that inferred models yield insight into the physical processes that generated the data; by predictive, we mean that the model predicts the data with high accuracy. However, methods that achieve both are lacking. For example, while 'deep learning' approaches (e.g., LSTMs) can achieve remarkable predictive accuracy on extremely complicated data sets, extracting physically interpretable insights from the learned model remains a central challenge. Slightly more formally, algorithms for data driven discovery should be selective (only features that influence the response variable are selected), accurate (the estimated parameters in the model are as close to the "real" value as possible), predictive (allow prediction of the response variable), stable (return the same values on multiple runs) and scalable (able to return an answer in a reasonable amount of time on large data sets). We have recently developed the Union of Intersections (UoI) method that is simultaneously interpretable and predictive. UoI is a flexible, modular, and scalable framework to enhance both the identification of features (model selection), as well as the estimation of their contributions (model estimation), and thus resulting in improved data prediction and interpretation in linear and non-linear regression/classification, as well as parts-based matrix decompositions.
Deep Neural Networks for Large-Scale Scientific Data Analysis
As scientific datasets grow in size and complexity, our models and methods must also grow to take advantage of this additional information. In neuroscience in particular, datasets for many different measurement techniques are growing in terms of the collection duration per subject or animal, the spatial and/or temporal sampling resolution, the number of functional or structural units of the brain captured, and in the complexity of the stimulus used or behavior performed during recording. This growth in dataset size and complexity is mirrored across many scientific domains. We aim to bring scientific interpretability to the representations learned by deep networks.
Datasets of this scale present an interesting scientific opportunity: to be able to derive insight into the structure of natural systems by creating models which can adapt themselves to the latent structure of large amounts of data, often called data-driven hypothesis testing. Deep networks have been shown to have the capability to consume huge amounts of data without saturating model performance, but it has not been shown generally that the latent representations or mappings deep networks learn from data contain information or structure that is scientifically useful. In neuroscience, deep networks are an alternative and complementary approach to traditional neural data analysis methods. Traditional methods are often linear but interpretable, which is a common tension in data analysis techniques: the performance vs. interpretability tradeoff. These traditional methods often have lower predictive performance which is often incrementally improved through model tweaks and additions. Alternatively, deep networks have been shown to be state-of-the-art models in many applied machine learning tasks. They scale well to large datasets and also can learn complex, nonlinear, high dimensional mappings with high performance. But, the representations learned by deep networks are often difficult to interpret. We will answer the question of whether supervised or unsupervised deep networks are learning latent representations which are scientifically meaningful, and apply deep networks to scientific datasets at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL).
Multi-scale electrophysiology
Biological systems are organized and function across a large range of spatial and temporal scales. One of the most complicated, multi-scale biological systems is the brain, in which myriad neurons are organized into microcircuits ('columns') that perform specific computations, but are simultaneously integrated into larger networks. Investigating the activity of individual neurons and small neuronal populations has yielded exquisite insight into microcircuit mechanisms of local computations, while macroscale measurements (e.g. fMRI) have revealed global processing of entire brain areas. Additionally, different frequency bands within the electrophysiological field potential (FP) reflect different biological processes. For example, high-gamma (Hγ: 80-150Hz) activity is directly reflective of multi-unit neuronal spiking, while the lower frequency components (e.g. β: 15-30Hz) are thought to reflect synapto-dendritic currents. Thus, low frequencies might reflect inputs to neuronal populations, while the high-gamma band activity mainly reflects their spiking activity (outputs). How local neural processing is organized and coordinated in the context of broader neural networks, and how this is reflected in spiking activity and different frequency bands, is poorly understood.
Development of neural recording and manipulation tools
Understanding the nervous system requires the integration of neural recording and manipulation tools. We are developing new large-scale network recording capabilities and circuit manipulation tools to link neural activity to behavior. This requires a system to:
1. Record from many thousands of channels across multiple spatial scales.
2. Simultaneously have large-area coverage and high-density in three dimensions.
3. Record stable neural activity on time-scales from milliseconds-to-hours.
4. Scale to 10s-100s of thousands of channels.
5. Selectively manipulate neural activity at multiple locations.
6. Simultaneously record and manipulate neural activity.
7. Analyze neural data in real-time for closed-loop control of neural circuits.
8. Compatible with recordings in awake behaving animals
9. Minimal with the number of wires to and from the animal.
Additionally, to better understand the human brain, this system should
10. Record and analyze similar signals as used in humans.
11. Record and manipulate the neural activity that generate these signals.
Our diverse and unique team brings together expertise in integrated electronics, silicon fabrication, large-scale neural recording, data acquisition and real-time computing. Our goal is to develop an integrated and flexible system for massive channel count, 3-D electrophysiology and optical manipulation of brain networks with real-time neural analysis that is scalable to 10s-100s of thousands of channels.


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PCB Stack
The general approach for creating the AXIOM Beta hardware and PCB stack design was to give every board a clear core purpose and not just pack as many things onto each board as possible just because there was space left. This way each board can be replaced without affecting the rest of the PCB stack - for example as the interfaces between the boards are predefined a new image sensor can be implemented by just changing the Sensor Board. This gives the entire assembly a very sustainable future as any board that is not up to date anymore can be replaced by a newer one and any board that breaks for whatever reason can be swapped without requiring to change the rest of the boards in the camera.
The AXIOM Beta has two high speed module slots with PCIe connectors (these are not really PCIe cards, we just utilize PCIe for the connectors). Each module has a total bandwidth to/from the main processing FPGA of at least 6 Gbit/s. This makes the modules perfect for dealing with high bandwidth video outputs like HDMI/Displayport/SDI. Due to the flexibility this could also allow to create a solid state media recorder as a module in the future. For now the AXIOM Beta relies on external recording though.
The name shields was inspired by the Arduino plugin boards that are also called "shields". The AXIOM Beta sports two shield slots with space for connectors going to both sides of the camera. In contrast to modules the shields in the Beta have slow and medium speed interfaces to the main processing FPGA and therefore are perfect for tasks like: trigger IN/OUT, genlock IN/OUT, timecode IN/OUT, sync IN/OUT or connecting external sensors or buttons, LCDs, etc.


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Rooms, services Hotel An der Stadtmauer Mühlhausen/Thüringen is offering 19 comfortable rooms to guests looking for accommodation in Mühlhausen. Parking possibility for your vehicle is available nearby. Nearby bike rental and bowling opportunities may provide an excellent option for those who love to spend their leisure time actively. The local bar will provide an ideal location for personal meetings and nice evening chats. In the safe your valuables may be the safely secured. In case you'd bring your laptop along, you may go online via wireless Internet connection (WiFi) available at the hotel. The exact list of services available at Hotel An der Stadtmauer Mühlhausen/Thüringen (including those for an extra fee) and the exact list of equipment in a room can be found on the information sheet below.
Payment In order to finalize the reservation you may be required to provide credit card guarantee or advance payment by credit card, depending on the chosen room, date and price.
Arrival, opening hours The earliest time to check in to your room is 14:00, the latest time to check out of your room is 11:00. The personnel of the hotel can speak with you in English and German languages.
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Squash, Bowling, Bike rental at the accommodation
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The device features a 5.5-inch full HD display and like it's predecessor it also comes in two variants : standard and high-end. The standard variant comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of built-in storage, while the high-end variant comes with 3GB of RAM and a whooping 64GB of storage.
The devices measure in at 151 x 76 x 8.35mm and weighs in at around 175g. It comes with Android Marshmallow pre-installed which is based on Xiaomis' MIUI 8. Featuring metal unibody design, the phone is available in Silver, Gold, and Dark grey color options.
Price & Availability: As for the price, the standard variant of Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 comes with a price tag of RMB 899 (around $135) and RMB 1199 (around $180) for the high-end variant -64GB one. The device will be up for purchase starting tomorrow (August 26) from Mi.com, Mi Home stores and through China Mobile's online and offline channels. Currently there's no word that the when the device will leave it's homeland (China).


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Published: Monday 12th January 2015 by The News Editor
More than a third of trains failed to arrive on time last year, with one commuter service being late on every single occasion.
In the 12 months ending December 6 2014, a total of 64.6% of trains reached their destination within 59 seconds of their scheduled arrival, Network Rail (NR) figures showed.
Under the 59-second measurement, known as "right time", as many as 85.1% of services run by the Chiltern train company were on time.
But only 39.1% of CrossCountry services were on time and only 50.3% of Southern trains got in within the 59-second limit.
The Southern train company confirmed that based on the right-time measure, none of its 7.29am Brighton to London Victoria trains reached the capital at the scheduled time of 8.35am.
Also, the train before it, the 7.14am Brighton-London, only got in on time on 1% of occasions, while the train after, the 7.44am, was on time on only 2% of occasions.
The right-time NR figures for the 12 months ending December 6 2014, also showed that Arriva Trains Wales, c2c, and London Overground all had on-time figures in excess of 80%.
Contrastingly, only 45.6% of Grand Central's trains were on time and only 50.9% of Virgin Trains' services were on time.
NR's performance is judged not on the right-time measure but on the public performance measure (PPM) which deems a commuter service is on time if its arrives within five minutes of scheduled time, with long-distance trains being on time if they arrive within 10 minutes.
On this five-minute PPM measure, just 27% of the 7.29am Brighton to London trains were on time last year.
The PPM figures for all train companies showed that for the 12 months ending December 6 2014, a total of 89.3% of trains were on time.
Top operator was c2c with a punctuality figure of 96.4%, while the worst-performing company was Southern with a figure of 83.4%.
A spokesman for Southern said: "We acknowledge that the performance of the 7.29am Brighton to London Victoria service has been particularly disappointing.
"This is a train that we know has a poor PPM record and although we're working hard to improve its performance, its planned path is extremely tight because the network is so busy."
Mick Cash, general secretary of the RMT transport union, said: "These figures show that passengers paying some of the highest annual commuter fares are being taken to the cleaners by the train companies when it comes to quality and reliability of service.
"With hundreds of millions of pounds being drained away from rail investment and into the pockets of the train companies through profits and subsidies, we are left with a crisis in terms of capacity and infrastructure which is set to get worse. The only solution is public ownership and an end to the scandal of the rip-off on our tracks."
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Do you wake up in the morning and find stubs that ruin your perfectly shaped eyebrows? Or do you end up with irritated skin after several failed attempts to pull that stubborn hair? Worry no more! With the Tweezerman Slant Tweezer, you would never have to worry about missing a stub. It features perfectly aligned hand-filed slanted tips for an easier and more precise pull every single time. Nobody wants to use a rusty pair of tweezers; the Tweezerman Slant Tweezer is made with premium quality stainless steel, so you can sanitize your favorite tweezers without worrying about rust or tarnish. Its advanced ergonomic design makes tweezing easier and more comfortable. It comes in a classic stainless steel finish.
To tweeze with ease, take a hot shower or use a warm cloth to open the pores. Tweeze along the direction of hair growth and seal the pores with cold water afterwards.
This product comes with a lifetime guarantee and free sharpening.
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June 15, 2015
The national average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline increased 5.5 cents to $2.835 for the week ending June 15, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The average price increased in eight of the nine regions tracked by the agency, and is now 85.1 cents lower than it its year-ago level. Prices saw the sharpest increase in the Midwest with an 11.7-cent rise to $2.785. The West Coast has the most expensive gasoline at $3.334 per gallon. This region saw the sole decrease in price of 4.3 cents.
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Licensed health care workers now subject to actions concerning sex crimes. PA 097-0156. September 2011 Illinois Law Update, Page 440
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Heightened penalties for public indecency, sexual exploitation of child if committed near school grounds. PA 096-1098 January 2011 Illinois Law Update, Page 16
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CCI: Green Lantern Panel
DC Comics' Saturday afternoon Green Lantern panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego saw Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Tony Bedard, Joe Prado, and editor Eddie Berganza on hand to discuss major recent and upcoming events in the Corps, both in comics and on film. Midway through the panel, Johns announced that next year would see a new CGI animated "Green Lantern" series on Cartoon Network.
After Berganza asked how many fans saw the "Green Lantern" movie footage in Hall H, there was applause and many shouts to show it again. "I don't have it, sorry," Johns said. He confirmed that many favorite characters like Kilowog and Salaak would appear, as well as Parallax entity, but would not comment on Mogo.
Reis said that the hardest part about "Blackest Night" was that "it kept getting bigger," adding that he increased his output of pages per month from 18 to 22. Johns then joked, "the mistake Ivan made is, I gave him a double-page spread with 500 characters and he did it really well. So I did it again."
"A double page spread, it takes him about fifteen minutes to write," Reis laughed. "It takes me two weeks to draw!"
"I did list the characters by name," Johns said.
An upcoming "Green Lantern Corps" arc will focus on the Weaponer of Qward, who forged Sinestro's first yellow ring, Bedard said. "He's got an axe to grind" against Sinestro for "all the baggage he brings" to the antimatter universe of Qward.
Prado said it was "very difficult" to design the visuals of "Brightest Day." "Do you remember how many versions of Martian Manhunter we went through? 17! That sounds like not so much, but it's 175 emails!" The boots were the biggest point of contention, along with debate about whether Martian Manhunter should have pants. On cue, a fan shouted, "A jacket!" referring to the current Wonder Woman redesign controversy.
"Hal finds out that Larfleez has moved into a small town in Minnesota, and is breaking in to every house and terrorizing people," Johns said of an upcoming "Green Lantern" story. "And he becomes obsessed with Santa Claus," Johns said. "Hal's trying to convince him [Santa] doesn't exist."
Johns clarified that not all entities are good, after confessing there may have been some confusion.
In November 2011, there will be a CGI animated series of the Green Lantern Corps on Cartoon Network, Johns announced.
The floor was then opened to questions.
A fan asked, "When are we going to hear the Orange oath?" "Eventually," Johns said. "It's not mine, I'll tell you that much. And it's not 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.'"
Johns noted that "we've introduced more new characters in 'Green Lantern' than perhaps in any other franchise." He sees this world-building as key to the title's long-term success.
There was also a question about whether Johns has spoken with Alan Moore, given that parts of his run and "Blackest Night" are based partly and loosely on a short story of Moore's. The answer was no, they have not spoken, but Johns appreciates and builds from the whole history of GL creators.
A fan said he wanted Mogo not to solve every problem. "Next time we'll have the Green Lantern sun do it," Johns joked.
Another wanted to know about "deputized heroes," like "Blackest Night's" Blue Lantern Flash, in "Brightest Day." "Not in the same way," Johns said. After further prompting, "It's more black and white in 'Brightest Day.'"
Reis and Johns will be doing "Sinestro Secret Origins," Reis said.
A fan asked if she and all the others in costume could take pictures with the creators after the panels. "You guys are the reason we're wearing spandex in public," she said. "Sure," Johns replied.
Asked about Krypto fighting Dex-Starr, Johns said, "what do you think the Valentine's special is about?"
Carol Ferris "has a pretty major change in issue #57," Johns said when asked about the character.
Bedard briefly discussed "R.E.B.E.L.S.," his space-faring series, which is a team book but "essentially a solo series" about Vril Dox. The difference between R.E.B.E.L.S. and Green Lanterns, Bedard said, "is they come in and you have to pay for it, where as the Green Lanterns do it altruistically." This creates "a business problem for Dox.
After issue #20, the team in that title will no longer be called L.E.G.I.O.N. but will become R.E.B.E.L.S., which Lobo says stands for, "Random Everyday Bastiches Ending Legion Supremacy," according to Bedard.
There will be a White Lantern oath introduced in "Brightest Day," Johns said.
The remainder of the 10 new laws the Guardians introduced in "Sinestro Corps War" will be revealed eventually, Johns said.
The character Dex-Starr wants to kill is not a character we've seen before, Johns said. "It's the guy that broke in and murdered his owner, he's pretty upset about that."
A fan asked how Hal Jordan remains in the Air Force despite his extensive responsibilities as Green Lantern. "His boss knows he's Green Lantern, so I think when Hal disappears for five months at a time, he's just, 'eh.'"
Superboy-Prime is "on the shelf" for now, Johns said. "He was fun to write, but I've written him. A lot." Johns added that Hal Jordan's friend and onetime sidekick Tom Kalmaku would appear soon in the comic and have a role in the movie.
Regarding the Marine and architect side of John Stewart's personality, Bedard said, "I think those two sides work really well together, and when the chips are down, to see which side takes over." He also joked that someone said to him, "John Stewart is the one character in comics who most needs to get laid."
Berganza showed a slide displaying the new Weaponer villain, wielding a shield "made in part from White Lantern entity." "When the White Ring creates a construct, it's there forever," Johns added.
A fan asked if Bruce Wayne "would be rejecting any more power rings, like he did in 'Sinestro Corps War.'" "You will see something, actually," Johns said.
Ardian Syaf's run on "Green Lantern Corps" was planned as a brief run to give Tyler Kirkham time to begin his arc and because Syaf could do it in addition to "Brightest Day." "There will be more plans for Ardian," Berganza said.
Asked about Lanterns on "Robot Chicken," Johns said he's just finished writing on the third "Star Wars" special but that another writer wrote a Green Lantern sketch. "So you will see one."
The final question was "about getting John [Stewart] laid." "Are you going to follow up on the Fatality connection?" "I think that would be 'part of process,'" Bedard joked, "but I don't want to go in the obvious direction."
The panel concluded with a recitation of the Green Lantern oath.
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Rachael Neustadt: "We are together as a family again. Now we just need time to heal"
Mother brings kidnap sons home after landmark two-year court battle
Flanked by a child psychologist and court officials, Rachael Neustadt stood nervously at the doorway of a Moscow apartment, praying that the two sons from whom she had been separated for almost two years would be on the other side.
For much of that time, her only contact had been via Skype when the ex-husband who kidnapped them decreed.
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"When that apartment door opened, I was very emotional," she said.
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Boys found at a Moscow flat with their paternal grandmother.
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The boys return to England with their mother, Rachael Neustadt
"I thought, 'this is it'.
"My ex-husband wasn't there at the time - he had left the kids with his mother."
So strong was the emotion that followed the reunion, she struggled to put it into words.
"This is a very, very personal memory," she told me.
"The personal abduction experience is my sons'. It's not for the public."
Daniel Jakob, eight, and Jonathan, six, left their home in Hendon, north-west London, in December 2012.
Ilya Neustadt, 37, assured his ex-wife that they would return after a Chanucah holiday to visit his family in Moscow.
When the two-week deadline to return passed, she began to worry.
What followed was an international legal battle to bring back her two boys. Mr Neustadt, a Russian academic, ignored eight English High Court Orders to return his sons to the UK - leaving Ms Neustadt with no option but to see them on his terms.
He would monitor all Skype calls, turn on the TV to distract the children and showed no interest in getting to know their youngest son Meir, who he left behind.
Distraught, Ms Neustadt launched a social media campaign and lobbied MPs, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and even newspapers to back her case.
She hardly slept, often making calls and sending e-mails until the early hours.
"Sure I had dark thoughts," she said. "But I never gave up hope.
"When you are in love with your children and committed to them, you will overcome any challenges to help them."
In November, her lawyers managed to get a court order in a landmark case which invoked the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention for the first time between the UK and Russia.
Mr Neustadt, a former London Metropolitan University lecturer, had appealed the decision and lost.
He immediately went into hiding with the boys - and all contact ceased.
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"We thought that maybe he took them to Israel, the United States, Germany or Canada, but in the end it was easier for him to stay in an unregistered apartment in Moscow.
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In late June, authorities tracked down the hideout. Ms Neustadt, who is Orthodox, waited for Shabbat to end and boarded a flight to Moscow to stand beside bailiffs as they knocked on the flat door.
There, she found her sons with their paternal grandmother, Irina Magilevskaya, who had helped conceal the children.
"This was always a two-person show," she added.
Finally, the boys returned home with their mother at the start of the month. On Monday, the media were allowed to reveal the turn of events, which sparked celebration across the UK Jewish community.
"I've had so many personal calls, texts and e-mails. Everyone has been amazing," she said.
She said the eldest two sons have bonded well with their two-year-old brother Meir, but it has been an overwhelming experience for them all.
Neither Daniel Jakob nor Jonathan have spoken English for months, but they are slowly starting to pick-it-up again.
Last Friday, she took them to see their old classmates at the Nancy Reuben Primary School in Hendon. The next day, they marked Shabbat with a visit to the nearby Alei Tzion synagogue.
Ms Neustadt, 36, a former teacher, said: "Obviously, there are negative ramifications of the abduction, but I'm in touch with child workers and psychologists.
"Everyone at the school was so warm and fantastic, they came over and said 'hi'.
"Daniel Jakob and Yonatan were so excited to go because they haven't had contact with anyone their age.
"They said they didn't remember the kids who were their best-friends, but they went back to them and played so well. They now have the freedom to have friends and go to school."
She added: "People's prayers were answered. The whole community stood with me in a difficult situation.
"They were incredibly supportive in so many ways from funding legal fees to davening. Not just for me, but for the boys.
"They don't know it yet, but so many people were wishing them well. Someday, they'll look back and see how many people were supportive of them."
"Yonatan has already started speaking English and Daniel Jakob is slowly getting there."
Both boys will rejoin the Orthodox Jewish school in September.
Texas-born Ms Neustadt, who missed both of their birthdays while they were away, is now focusing on enjoying everyday motherhood duties, those she sometimes feared would never come.
"As a family, we are so happy to be reunited," added Ms Neustadt. "For a child, it's not about where you live. As long as you are surrounded by people who love you and treat you well.
"On the one hand, I'm very excited they're back and we're spending everyday together. In some respects, it's as though they never left. A loving parent has an imprint on a child and that imprint is so strong - it's incredible.
"We now need time to heal and be together. It's been challenging and it will take time, but we will face it together."
The reunion was welcomed by the Chief Rabbi, who said: "I am absolutely delighted. Rachael and her children will now, at long last, be able to enjoy a happy, healthy and stable family life."
Michelle Bauernfreund, chair of Alei Tzion, said: "We were thrilled to see Rachael reunited with her sons."
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The Ex is an underground band that emerged from the Dutch punk scene in the late 70s, and have developed into a melting pot of divergent musical styles, from jazz to ethnic music to rock. Discordant, highly rhythmic guitars, the rolling, almost African drumming style, and the intense delivery of the often ironic lyrics give the music of The Ex its special character.
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- Materials: cotton, polyester
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As we drove along a bumpy road out of Whitstable in Kent towards Seasalter, with a high, grassy sea dyke hiding the beach on one side and a run-down caravan park on the other, our hearts were in our boots. It all looked so mournful.
Our first sight of the Sportsman pub, which loomed up tall and gaunt in the flat salt marshes, did nothing to lift the spirits. It is a Victorian building which stands alone next to a dusty car-park with a straggle of stunted trees, the paint on its windows peeling.
On the rough grass beside the car-park some heavily tattooed men in wife-beater tops were throwing a ball for a scary dog - the kind that is supposed to be muzzled. This one looked as though it had eaten its muzzle for breakfast and might have us for lunch. We edged towards the pub door.
Inside, the Sportsman is large and airy, with chunky oak tables around its perimeter and an oak bar, scrubbed plank floors and cream-painted weather-boarding - seaside chic but not twee. Piled in one corner was a year's worth of one of our weedier Sunday newspaper competitors and, on the bar, dictionaries and thesauruses and one of those clocks that serious chess-players use as timers.
The choice of dishes was more intriguing still - some sounded more like those you would expect of a soignée French restaurant than a gastro pub. There were lots of fish dishes; as the waitress assured us that the fish was locally landed daily, that would be our main course.
Wines (12 whites and 19 reds) ranged from £9.95 to £42.50 a bottle; we chose a fine, grassy Sancerre Clos des Bouffons 2001 (£17.95). A basket of homemade rosemary-strewn foccacia was on the table with a pot of lucques royales olives (the best - an excellent sign).
I decided to start with pork terrine (£5.95), a damp, crumbly slice, not over-fatty and with an authentically French taste. It was served with cornichons and a toasted, garlic-rubbed country bread sprinkled with olive oil - a good combination. My husband's smoked eel with soda bread (£6.95) was, he said, the equal of that made by Brown & Forrest - eel-smokers extraordinaire.
My parents like a light lunch (they also like quiet restaurants with linen napkins and no jukeboxes - luckily not a problem here). Both chose the simplest (and cheapest) main course on the menu - a salad of half a lobster (£9.95). It looked a bit boring , an ocean of rocket and a few chunks of potato salad surrounding the lobster.
But my mother said the shellfish was sweet and very fresh - the inside still a little warm from being cooked that morning.
My steamed wild sea bass (£15.95) was in a different league. A deep square chunk of fresh fish on a pile of shredded, barely cooked, pale green cabbage, was surrounded by mussels, crunchy, blanched-but-not-cooked, peeled broad beans and fresh peas all swimming in a light pesto sauce.
The effect was so verdant, so piscine, and tasted so truly of its parts, that it put you in mind of a kitchen garden beside a deep blue sea. Though the food here is more expensive than at most gastro pubs, not many of them would bother to peel a broad bean. Nor would they provide a saucer of the best French sel de Guerande (not needed as everything was well seasoned).
My husband's fillet of roasted brill (£15.95) with morels, spinach and peas in a cream and Noilly Prat sauce was just as intense.
My parents, blithely ignoring (yet again) my pleas to choose something different from the pudding menu (all at £4.95), both chose an almond tart embedded with plums and served with deep yellow cream.
This was good but not amazing, though the nubbly texture of the almonds made us think they had been ground in the kitchen. My husband's chocolate cake with cherry sauce was tender, but not out of the ordinary for good London restaurants (we were now judging the place by high standards after the sublime main courses).
My plate of cheese was a selection of époisses, roquefort, a tôme and a fresh goat's cheese rolled in ash, all in the pink of condition.
After the puddings came the landlord - a bearded bear of a man who looked as though he could once have been a biker and whose brother is the (self-taught) cook. He talked about chess to a fellow luncher - he was just on his way to Spain to study with a Grand Master - and admitted to being an obsessive perfectionist.
His first drink had been taken at the Sportsman (at the age of 15) and, when he decided to run a pub, it had to be there. If he was to provide meals, they must be the best: the fish the freshest, the bread made on the premises, nothing but the finest ingredients used. He has achieved his goal - in everything except perhaps the exterior paintwork.
The sportsman
Bring: a tin of paint
Wear: comfortable seaside clothes
Eat: better than expected
Address: the Sportsman, Faversham Road, Seasalter, Whitstable, Kent (01227 273370)
Open: lunch Tues-Sat noon-2pm, Sun noon-2.30pm; dinner Tues-Sat 7-9pm
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