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From Adobe Reader, click File, Print, or press Control and P on your keyboard to open print options.Table 1 lists courses we were able to identifyamong the top-ranked MD (research), DNP, and PharmD programs that offered medical communicationsas a main focus and also those that mentioned discussion of advanced topics related to publicationpractices. Rankings are according to US News & WorldReport. The course names and their respective schoolsare provided in the Table. For more information on how "main focus"was defined and the limitations of this analysis, refer to our full poster. We identified a total of 65 possibly-relatedmedical communications courses among 27 MD, 17 DNP, and 13 PharmD programs. The 9 courses listed here were taken fromthe 38 courses we were able to categorize. 6 courses had a main focus on medical communications,whereas 8 courses specifically mentioned advanced topics related to publication practices, suchas journal publication decisions, journal and audience selection, authorship guidelines,writing challenges, critiquing one's own and others' writing, plagiarism, and professionalstandards. Unfortunately we did not find any mentionof publication practice guidelines and the courses did not seem to follow any standardformat. To learn about the rest of our analyses andour conclusions, watch our other videos and view our full poster.
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Same Day Poster Printing in Richmond District:The scientific poster needs to begripping so you have to focus on what your key message is and make sure youput that clearly in your title. The key message or the key tips that I would give is to really pay attention not to have unnecessary words on theposter. Minimise the text, focus on the graphics, and introduce graphics that areeasy to understand. So you clearly want to have one graphic, for example, which outlines the design of the study, the methodology that you're utilising andthen followed of course by graphics that convey the scientific results. You alsoneed to have some text that describes the main conclusions from your projectand the take-home messages. The take-home messages need to be clearly visualised and clearly described for them to be taken up by your listeners. In additionto this when you're presenting your poster to a listener you want to makesure that you assess the expertise level of your listener, so that youcan tailor your delivery to the person that's standing in front of you. Youdon't want to give the same level of details, for example, to somebody whoalready knows a bit about the topic because you will disinterest him and atthe same time for somebody who is completely unaware of the research areayou're in, you need to provide a little bit more explanation so that they'reable to follow the work that you've carried out. So often the most excitingscience because it's unpublished is covered in posters.
InDesign science poster tutorial: Layout, Text, Printing (Final Part 6)Hello every one! And welcome to the las tutorial of this InDesign scientific poster tutorial series. In the last few tutorials we created this first draft of our poster which you can see here. If you like you can click on this one to watch the previous video. Other wise we get started with todays tutorial. We are still missing some features in InDesign which we didn't discuss in the previous tutorials so in todays tutorial I will go over some stages of the poster till the finished product using those screenshots over here and I'm going to take especially a look at character styles, we're going to take a look at text formatting, basic layout how to use align functions in InDesign. And then we also going to discuss a very important step, exporting your poster to get it out for print. Also we will take a look at the process, so which design ideas and which things change along the way when I created those posters. So let's get started right away. Over here you see the second version of the poster and you see we have a lot of text in there now. So let's go into InDesign and we're going to discuss some text functionality's. We have here now some sample text and the first thing you can see is that a lot of the words are underlined. This is because of the spelling correction. To change that we can edit our "basic text", this is the Paragraph Style for the text over here. And under advanced character formats you can set the language to German, Because at the moment this is in German, the poster. We click on OK. All right, if we take a closer look at our text now it's always a good idea to have some bullet points instead of a big chunk of text. So you can archive this by selecting the text or the paragraphs you want to have n bullet points. And on the paragraph styles you can click on this symbol over here. It might also help to go on *Type* -> *Show Hidden Characters*. This way you can identify what is a paragraph. Also sometimes the text can look batter if it's justified. Like this. If you should justify your text or not is often quite a debate so it's really up to you and your poster what you think looks better. Sometimes if you have latin names or want to emphasise certain words, so the key points you might want to make things bold or italic. to do this I would recommend to define character styles. You can do this by clicking on this panel here and then go on New Character Style. Let's call this one "Bold". And then we go on edit bold. And in here on basic character format we will set the font style to bold. We do the same thing for italic. In this case we can emphasise the word "Gewässer" by clicking on this one. Or for example "Abbildung 3" we click on bold to have this bold as well. Let's quickly make the one for italic. So in this case one point you might have bold for example, would be our goals ("Ziele"). Like this. Also if we take a look at the hyphenation you see we have here a lot of hyphenations going on at the moment. You can change this, if we go on our basic text, we go on edit again. You can go on our hyphenation panel, were we really can tweak the settings if we want to have very long words hyphenated or not and also the easiest thing is to go with this leaver here. So we can say we ant better spacing, if we have the text justified or we want to have fewer hyphens, which how ever can sometimes lead to our letters get a little bis squished together. So you just can play around with this as well. If you would like to have a more detailed description of the paragraphs styles we created you find those in the tutorial before. OK. I also wanted to point out that we did change some things layout and contend wise. So if we take a look at those two posters we have the first one on the left, and the second version we just looked at on the right. On the right side we removed the abstract. Some times you don't really need an abstract for posters, or some people are saying you don't need an abstract at all. And instead of an abstract we included a material and method section which briefly explains the methods we used in the three separate projects which are explained in the columns you see there, the three columns. Also you see we included some boxes to hold the pictures for each of the projects. And if we take now a look at the version three of this poster, you see now we have all of those pictures included and I briefly show how you make those boxes in InDesign and how you import your pictures. We are using rectangular boxes like this one here and in this case they are just filled with a white color like this. And we don'T want to have any borders. You can then go ahead and just rescale them if you want to on the corners or also you can set the width and height of the box over here. However we have just copied this box for the other one as well. Now we can go ahead and just import our pictures, in this case we have a jpg and then an illustrator file which we just drag and drop into InDesign. In here I can just click and drag and I will get those pictures in the right proportions. With this pictures over here we're just going to set round corners like this. And we position it roughly were it should be on the poster. Something like this. We can keep the background at the moment as a reference to do the layout later on. You also see we have a picture of the first person on the poser. So if you have some people who need to provide pictures or information make sure you contact them way ahead of the conference so you have time, or they have time to send you all the information and you can incorporate those things into the poster. This is the next version of the poster, and you can see we have included a little QR code down below. This is the basic link to our website, GeneStream. De And you can make those with simple QR code generators. I will put a link in the YouTube description below to the one I used. I would recommend to use one which has a SVG output format so this means that your QR code is vector based, you can edit it in illustrator and then you can put an Illustrator file onto your poster in InDesign. In this version of the poster you see, if you compare those side by side hat the color has changed a little bit. And this has something to do with transparency settings inside of InDesign. If you don't know how to solve this problem this can drive you a little bit crazy because all your colors look a little bit num and dull. And if you change this to RGB it will look a lot better. And especially if you send your poster around, on a computer, as a PDF for people to look at it looks a lot better with the settings I'm going to show you now in InDesign. If the transparency settings are already set to RGB every thing will be fine but it'S always a good idea to check. In this case this is on CMYK and you can change those things in *Edit* -> *Transparency Blendspace* and you set this to RGB. And now take a look at the blue background and you will see a change. You see the color is now a little bit brighter and not so dull as before. Now you can see we have changed a lot of small details in the poster for example we have included some logos, we have included additional figures also we have included pictures of our partners, of their logos and so on. ANd you can see there are some comments on the poster, so I already got some feedback in for things that should change with text or some figures. And if you want to get some feedback, it's a good idea to send it around as a PDF or you could also print your poster in a bigger size maybe like this, two dina 4 pages. And then just take it to the lunch room of your department take some post-it's with you and some cookies and make a little note that says: Every one who has any idea how to improve this poster just write a note and stick it on the poster on the spot were you would change something and you can get a free cookie if you do so. So lot's of people will give you feedback this way if they spend some time in the lunch room and have a coffee. In this version of the poster you see the layout has changed a little bit, so things were shifted around and look more cleaner. So we go into InDesign and take a look at the align tool and also some other tricks that will help you to get a nice layout and everything aligned really well together. I will show you now some tips and tricks how to do a good layout. We have a lot of tools in InDesign which can help us. The first one are smart guides, so under *View* -> *Grids and Guides* you can activate those. Smart guides will help if you move things around, to make them stick to certain anchor points and also objects relative to the objects which you are moving. If we take a closer look at these pictures for example we have now moved this one, so this is totally out of place. And one really useful tool is the align tool. If you don't have this panel here, you will find this under *Windows* -> *Object and Layout* -> *Align*. If we now select all of those pictures, we press the shift key to do so we can then press on align objects, on this one "Align relative to top edge" and all of them are aligned. We also find here the distribute spacing function so if we select two objects, we select this blue box here and for example the picture which should be relative to the blue box and we say we want to have a spacing of for example 15 mm we can then click on this one here, and this moves the picture up a little bit. If we want to have those 15 mm for all of our pictures we again select those an press this button to set this pictures here also at the height. If we then wan't to have the text boxes also 15 mm away from the pictures here we can't really do this using those functions here, so there is a workaround. Let's zoom in. We can then create a empty box like this let's give this one a fancy color that we don't miss this one. And if we then take a look at the height we can set in here 15 mm. And as we have the snapping activated (the smart guides) we can easily align those things. And we move this up like this. Now we can take the box to the other columns as well. The last really useful thing are guides and you can just pull them out like this and you can align objects to those guide lines as well. You can also take those from the sides. To do this you need to have those rulers activated and you find those under view and here you can show and hide the rulers. Also you should be aware that those guides can be placed on different layers and you also can lock those if you want to. If you don't want to use those technique with those boxes for the pictures over here you also can use guides. With the guides you can do this trick with the spacing as well so you would be able to get the 15 mm distance from your pictures to your boxes right here. So using those guides and all the other features I showed you as well as the predefined columns we have it's a really easy task to get a nice layout within InDesign. This takes some practice and there are several ways of doing things just try out the different tools I showed you and select the ones which work best for you. Also let me quickly point out that we converted a lot of the text to bullet points as well to give this poster a better structure. While the layout was already finalised we still were working on this poster as you can see on the next version. And we changed some pictures and some text. However the layout did stay roughly the same. However we added some conclusions down here, you see the bar, the "Fazit". And this pushed down our partners and the QR codes quite a bit however I didn't want to do all the things again with the layout because it'S already quite tight with the space and not much space left. So if we take a look with the next version you see that we just extended the space of the page a little bit. So I will show you this as well. And the idea here is, if you take the page or the poster you printed you can just print it on the same size but then you just make it a little bit smaller and you cut away the rest of the paper which isn't printed. So this way the poster will have the same size, it will still fit on a normal poster wall but is a little bit narrower, but no one will notice these few centimetres and you still keep your nice layout. So this is kind of an emergency solution, so let's see how we are doing this. If we take a look at this poster right now, you see that we have a lot of stuff down here, which is really on the edge of the poster because we added this little information down here and this pushed the layout of the rest down to the edge of the paper. You could now go ahead and change all the layout again and smash things more together but instead you can also just increase the size of the spread. So to do this you would go under *File* -> *Document Setup* and in here for example were just going to ad 10 more cm on the height of this document. We click on ok and you see it has added those things. This is a little bit to much, but just in principle you would now also go ahead and unlock all layers and now you can go ahead and select all of those things and then we move this up step by step so we have it in the centre. Something like this should be fine. And now we can reduce the size of the spread a little bit more that we don't have so much empty space right here. So maybe something like 5 cm less should work fine. Yes, even a little bit less, but you get the idea how to get the spread into the right size. So now the poster is finished and we can go into InDesign again and I show you how to print this. I should really recommend if you print any thing, make sure that you go to the printer or printing service ant your university and talk with them which settings they really want. Those settings I show you here are kind of some general setting which should work but the best idea is to really talk with the guys who will print your poster. We have here our final poster and now it's time to export this for print. You can go on *File* -> *Adobe PDF presets. * and select high quality print. We select a destination where we want to save our document. We click on Save. And in here you can set a lot of things. A really important thing is in the compression tab, you really want to make sure that the pictures have a high resolution. So 300 could be fine, you could also push this one to 600, but it shouldn't be less than 300. With the Bleed settings you don't need to play around so much. The color conversion kind of depends on what the people at your University are suggestion or the people who print your poster. If they don't really know which color profile to use or if they do ignore the color profile you can just leave it as it is. In advanced you can set that all the fonts will be embedded in the PDF as well. Security and Summary we don't need to do anything, so you can keep this basically as it is. So high quality print is the setting you want to choose. We click on export. And it takes some time, you see over here that it's working. And there we have our final PDF. You should take a good look at it again and see that everything looks fine all the pictures have a good resolution and so on. And then you can give this away to your printer. It might also be a good idea to make a print with your local laser printer at your department just to give you an idea what the colors might look like. THis however does not represent the actual colors of your poster. All right I hope you enjoyed this course and it was really helpful for you. If you were missing some information or have any questions make sure to post them in the comments below. I really hope you might give me some feedback and say what you like or didn't like about this course. Until next time see you bye bye! And have fun with your posters!. Hello every one! Today we will continue working on our poster. And I would recommend if you have a department at your University to also take a look at posters that other people made. And especially take a look at the text sizes and pick a poster were you like the text size, and the spacing and the general layout. I would also recommend to take a ruler and actually measure the text size and also the distances between the objects. SO you can copy those exact sizes into InDesign. So now let's get started with the poster. For InDesign you need to figure out how big your poster should be. In this case we will make an A0 poster. You find the dimensions of the paper for example on wikipedia. I will have a link in the description below. Now let's go back to InDesign and in here we create a new document. This one should be of cause for print. In this case we don't need facing pages and one page is enough. The paper size should be A0 this is not in here, so we need to type in the values. Double check that those values are correct. Next we could set up the column but we will do this later. However the margins we can already set those up in here. Those will be the space between the actual poster and the space to the border of the paper. So in this case 25mm should be fine. If you are working with inches and things like that you can also write them in here and ad the uni inch. And InDesign will convert those automatically to your default unit. We can click on OK. And the first thing you want to do is to save this document. I always like to add a version one, version two and so on so I have always backups of the original files. We click on save. I have prepared as I have recommended in a video before a little draft. So we can import this in here. This is just a picture I took. Normally you don't need to import this but for you so you can follow along I will put it in here as well. So this is the basic layout of the poster. You see here I want to have a 3 column layout with the main projects. We also want to lock this layer and create a new one. And the poster itself if about the GeneStream project This will be a project were 4 PhD students will be working on to get their Dr degree. And I will be one of them. So the main goal of the poster is to introduce the project it self to show our project leader and also our project partners and give a little introduction. And then to introduce each project in quite some detail and also the person who is mainly working on this project. Then of cause we have a link to the website and acknowledgements. As we have a 3 column layout we should insert some lines in here. And we can do this under [Layout] -> [Margins and Columns. ] And in this case we would like to have 3 like this. And the gutter, so the spacing between those should be 2 cm. well, maybe 15 mm (spacing) is already enough. We can change those things later on. Click on OK. And here we have our basic layout. If you would have a more classical poster like this one here We actually would have a 5 column layout so those would be 2 columns and this one here 3 to give it a nice layout. In this case the materials and methods and the background should not take the main space of the poster this is more result oriented and for the discussion and conclusion. But in this case we will go with a 3 column layout. and we can start to insert a background. So we make sure that those are snapping nicely to the edges. In this case we have under [view] -> [grids and guides]. the smart guides activated, so this way everything snaps into place at certain ancerpoints. We can select this one here this is just a box. And we give in a nice color. Let's switch this one to RGB. And let's select maybe a nice blue. In this case this is for the border, so we switch it. So maybe something like this is fine for now. We can go to this layer and lock this one as well. And we put it for now into the background. Now we can add some text in here. So therefore we need a new layer. This will be our text layer, we put it on top. And we just start to drag out some text boxes. In this case this will be for the main headline. Then we will have a sub headline and also an area for the main authors. And also some contact information. Let's hide our draft for the moment and zoom in and write some text. For the headline I would recommend a text size of around 100-90 pt. And we change the font and we can make this bold. In this case I would increase the text size. This should be fine for now. At this point you don't need to vorry to much about this things. We can always change it later. Next we have this one here. In here you can add your authors. And you see now the font is changed again so to avoid this, we want a consistent fond across the whole poster. We should define a standard font in here. We click on the paragraph styles. Click on this one "NEW" and we name it "font". I'n this one we go on edit and go on basic character formats. And in here we set the font "myriad pro". Click on OK. And the headline, we can also create a new paragraph style for this one. Call this one headline. And if we go on edit we can make this one based on font. So it will always have the font that I set in the paragraph style "Font". For the authors and people to respond to maybe a text size of 50 pt is quite nice. Now I would think we should increase the size a little bit so all names do fit one here. Like this. And actually the Green on the Blue is not very nice to look at so let's change the color in here. We can double click on this and change the color for example to Red. Also you might want to change the names in here. So this will be our text Layer, and the rest is fine for now. Of cause we also want to define this one as a new paragraph style as well. Now we also need a sub headline. And for now this can be the same size. We will tweak those things later on. Let's arrange them how they would be on the final poster more or less. And over here there should be a small logo. So we put a box as a placeholder in here as well. And for figures and logos you should always use a separate layer, to keep everything organised. Like this. And if you want to move something to a new Layer, just drag an drop. Yes, this is unfortunately Green again. So we double click and change the color on this as well. We can also place a placeholder in here for a little university logo. Let's increase the size again. And now we need to redefine the style. This way the changes are applied to this paragraph style. If we now take a look at our draft we see that we have kind of a figure in here and also we want to have a small abstract. So in this case we can hide it again. And we first going to create a new layer and this one will be for text boxes. And this one can stay Green. So now we're going to create a basic text box. This will be for the introduction. And you might want to give this one another color. For example a nice orange to make it more visible. We can change all of those things later on. And for now we don't have a border. The really nice thing about InDesign is that you can give boxes very nice corners. So in here we can for example set 15 mm and we change the corner style of the box to round. This way it does get round corners on each side. Let's take a look at this in preview. Maybe we can increase this to 20 mm also. But those are details you can always change later on. Next we want to have our placeholder. This will be the pyramid thing That we put in here, a picture like this. Of cause we should move this one to the figures layer. Actually let's change the color of this one to maybe a dark Blue, jup. Next we can copy this one here. And have some informations about the project coordinator. And we can give this one maybe a nice blue. That is a little bit darker than the background. Maybe like this. Of cause you should make sure it is in text boxes. On the side there will be more information about the project it self. So some ext saying that we have 4 PhD projects and that they will be explained below and that all projects are quite interconnected. Next we can place our projects. By the way I am copying those things by pressing [ALT] when I drop it. And we can just give this one a nice size. We need some space down here for later. But this should be fine for now. Below here we need another text box. This one will be for the project website. And then we need another box for acknowledgements and all the project partners. Let's also add some space for pictures. We go to the Figure / Logos layer. And in here we just drag out some boxes. So here I would take a picture of every person that is responsible. And also we want to have nice picture for each project. We should make sure that those have a good size, so the border between the picture it self and the side of this box should be 10 mm, so let's zoom in in here. And we make sure that this one is right aligned, so it has the right size. So this is the width. And we're going to copy this and subtract 20 mm So instead of a 5 we have here 3. Now this box has the right size. We can now centre it in the middle. This is done by smart guides. And here we will have our picture in the end. We can also copy this one. The only thing that is missing now is the main text and to enter those you could do two things you can select the type tool and clicking one of those frames, to convert ti to an object where you can type in. However we're not going to do this right now. Instead we're going to switch the layer to text. And in this case we will drag a new text box above this layer. Because if we type in here the rounded corners will screw up our text layout. So we create a new text box and have this one on top. We don't need to worry to much about the alignment at this point. However what I would do now is go on text frame options and in here put a spacing of 10 mm on each side. Like this. And in here we will have our abstract. So the headline for example should be maybe the same size for now as our main authors. And then the basic text should be around 30 pt. In this case we're going to create a new style and call this one "basic text". We can now copy this one for all our boxes. I will take now some time to do some fine tuning and to add some text. You can add pictures, by just selecting them and dragging them into InDesign. Just click and hold to give it the right size. We can also put pictures directly into empty boxes. Like this. If you want to resize or manipulate the fitting of the pictures you can do this with those things here. Resizing it self can be done by double clicking in here and now you see it's Yellow around and by holding the shift key you will make sure that you don't change the proportions of the picture. All right I will do some layout stuff and we see us back in a few minutes. I find it always difficult to get the colors right so a good trick is to go to google docs and in here you have very nice colors. And we're going to take a screen shot of this we press [cmd]+[Shift]+[4] and we can select just these colors here. And then drop them into InDesign. We can put them on the side and select a nice color using the eye dropper tool. So we have here a nicer blue. We can also add some layout guides, but we want to put those on a separate layer. Let's call this one guides. And now we can from here just drag them down like this. And we clock them. This way we can align our objects on the same height. Like this. You might want to change the distances from the headlines and the normal text, and we can do this over here. We can maybe set this one to 7 mmm. like this. Or maybe 5 mm is already enough. And we want to redefine this over here. All right, here the basic layout is done. And now it's time to push this first idea to the other people who are working on this poster and to get some feedback and also some more text in it. I have changed some things. I did set the roundness on these boxes to 15 mm. And I also added some paragraph styles, some new ones for the figure descriptions. This one has the text size 24 pt. I will keep worrying on this poster and I will show you further results in one of the next videos. So you can click here and watch that video. Bye bye.
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text: June 2018 Employment Law Newsletter Adare Human Resource Management Established in 2003, Adare Human Resource Management are Ireland's leading expert and provider of Employment Law, Industrial Relations (IR), Human Resource Management (HRM) and Health and Safety Services. Topic - Gender Pay Gap – Irish Employers get prepared Jun 05, 2018 Draft Legislation with the purpose of reducing the gender pay gap is envisaged to be initiated by the Government in the coming months and is expected to be far stronger than that recently enacted in the UK. read more Case Law - Reviewed under the WRC Jun 05, 2018 In this month's newsletter the team at Adare Human Resource Management consider in detail a number of cases as adjudicated under the Workplace Relations Commission. read more Help Desk - Capability, Competence and Conduct – What constitutes a fair dismissal? Jun 05, 2018 The following legislation should be considered when looking at what constitutes a fair dismissal; The Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 - 2015 Industrial Relations Act 1990 Code of Practice on Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures (Declaration) Order 2000 Industrial Relations Acts, 1946 - 2015 The Employment Equality Acts, 1998 – 2015 The Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 – 2015 - sets out to provide redress for Employees who are unfairly dismissed from employment. However, as well as establishing automatically unfair grounds for a dismissal, the legislation also sets out fair reasons for dismissal of an Employee. read more Vacancy - HR and Employment Law Consultant Jun 05, 2018 Due to our continued expansion, we are looking to recruit an ambitious HR and Employment Law Consultant to join the team and work closely with our clients on a wide range of HR and Employment Law topics. read more BECOME A LINEA MEMBER TODAY Linea is the most comprehensive, up to date online resource available for HR practitioners, owner managers, accountants and those tasked with responsibility for people management. Our recently developed Linea instructional video guides users on how to get the best from this resource. Watch here. Linea gives members exclusive access to the most up to date information, policies, forms, letters and cases in all areas of Employment Law, Human Resource Management and Health and Safety as developed by our term of expert consultants. These resources allow members to follow best practice in all HR related matters and develop their overall HR knowledge. LINEA MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Members enjoy: Comprehensive guidance on all aspects of Employment Law – information on all key pieces of Employment Legislation and regulations affecting your Organisation. Access to an extensive list of HR best practice toolkits, templates, company policies, forms, letters, checklists and employment related calculators. Full access to a broad range of content topics, from recruitment to retirement, all compiled by our expert team of consultants. Networking opportunities through the Members Forum and regular updates on seminars and HR news through our newsletters.


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Calling all young global leaders! Join us!
Online. Next session starts March 2017!
Global Leader is an online social change training for youth who are eager to expand their skills as young global leaders and change makers. Today's leaders must be confident in their ability to envision change, and have the ability to inspire and mobilize others.
Virtual workshops take place over the course of the semester and include:
- Leading for Change: public speaking, group facilitation, and pitching a cause.
- Planning for Change: strategic planning, problem and opportunity analysis, project management, power analysis and evaluation.
- Communications: storytelling, social media, print media, messaging and branding.
- Inspiring Action: recruiting supporters, planning events and advocacy / lobbying basics.
- Movement Building: organizing basics, building partnerships, facilitating new leaders, and cultivating a network primed for action.
Workshops are led by a youth trainer and activist, with years of experience working for campus and national campaigns. Sessions are small, interactive and incredibly hands-on, and participants will have lots of opportunities to learn from each other.
The details:
The training is geared towards youth with some experience crafting or leading a campaign or project, and/or big plans to do so.
This is a small-group experience; we're accepting a maximum of 8 participants. We'll meet online (Zoom) one evening/week (Washington, D.C. time). Participants will be expected to spend a modest amount of time preparing for each session; for example, some weeks they'll be asked to reflect on past experiences, while others they may watch a short video in advance.
Global Leader is free, but participants are asked to volunteer 5-8 hours leading future training sessions.
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Global Leader is a program of AMP Global Youth / Americans for Informed Democracy. Our mission is to amplify the voice and power of global youth. We are a youth-led network.


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Schumer: "The American people really don't care" about pork; Obama: "The American people don't need to be convinced;" Final passage vote: 61-37
The Senate is about to pass the Turbaconducken stimulus package. Sen. Schumer took to the floor about 20 minutes ago to fear-monger. He referred shamelessly to the "economic 9/11" and wagged his bony finger at Republican dissenters.
"You lost," Sen. Schumer sneered. Besides, he taunted, the "American people really don't care" about all those "little tiny, yes, porky amendments" that the "chattering classes" have exposed:
Sixteen seconds packed with trademark liberal contempt, self-delusion, and oily arrogance.
Easy to claim the American people "don't care" when your voicemail and e-mailboxes are clogged with messages that will never be heard or read before the next rush to judgment takes place.
Who cares? You care. Raise your voices.
President Obama is also turning up his nose at millions of Americans skeptical of this colossal rip-off.
Pressing for urgency, President Barack Obama ventured into another hard-hit, Republican-leaning area on Tuesday to prod Congress to stop debating an emergency economic deal and just get it done.
Coming off a prime-time news conference, Obama was holding his second town hall event in as many days. The tenor of his remarks was to be much the same as Monday's in another economically staggering area, Elkhart, Ind., which is also a Republican stronghold.
En route to Florida, Obama said "The American people don't need to be convinced" about the need for action.
There is no dissent in Obama's America.
Anti-climax: 12:46pm Eastern. The final passage vote in the Senate on Turbaconducken: 61-37. The Turncoat Caucus – Specter, Snowe, and Collins – joined the Dems. Cornyn came back from his NYC trip to cast a no vote. Gregg abstained.
Now, it's off to the House-Senate conference backrooms to stuff more pork back in.
Obama's SOTU: Nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime
February 13, 2013 02:12 PM by Doug Powers
Transparency update: Administration legally required to release quarterly stimulus report hasn't done so since June of 2011
January 27, 2013 11:28 AM by Doug Powers
House Republicans make counter offer to Obama's fiscal cliff non-starter
December 3, 2012 07:36 PM by Doug Powers
Obama's Layoff Bomb
October 31, 2012 09:56 AM by Michelle Malkin
Update: Bankrupt green crony A123 gets a last-minute lifeline
October 17, 2012 10:01 AM by Michelle Malkin
Categories: Enviro-nitwits, fiscal stimulus, Politics


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urbanMetrics was retained as part of a multi-disciplinary team to prepare the Heart of Our City Master Plan for the City of Lethbridge, Alberta. Our role was to undertake the market and economic analysis to guide the preparation of the plan and its implementation. The assignment involved extensive community input and a highly creative process to develop innovative ideas for a planning and investment strategy for downtown Lethbridge.
The assignment led to the creation of a Master Plan for Downtown Lethbridge that continues to guide planning, design, investment and development of the City's core.
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There comes a point in every student's life when it is time to put aside all that book learning and go out and explore the world a bit. And no, we don't just mean after graduation. (Sorry, parents.) How much exploring you do usually depends almost solely on how much money you can afford to spend on traveling, which is why we have put together this page for student vacation packages – we want to help you get out there as much as possible. (Again – sorry, parents.)
In the past, the concept of student travel has been fairly limited, with ... [read more]
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Date:February 23rd, 2009
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Shareholder activism against Indian companies has seen a spike ever since the Satyam scandal broke last month. Add to it rumours about companies whose Indian promoters have pledged shares to financial institutions and now facing margin calls from lenders as they see the value of stock crash due to the global credit crisis. A number of companies have had a rub off effect and are witnessing hectic activity on the stock exchanges.
VCCircle picked three such cases- IT firm Rolta which generates key income from domestic software related business, London's AIM-listed Hirco which is owned by Mumbai-based property developers Hirandananis and Siemens India.
ROLTA INDIA: Rolta which is promoted by KK Singh (owns more than 40% in the company) saw heavy trading volatility on Tuesday as rumours floated of promoters pledged shares being offloaded by some institutions and that some of the independent directors of the company have resigned. The scrip was down around 60% during intra-day trading, before recovering to end the day at Rs 87.10, down 17.75%.
Rolta denied the rumours as baseless and now plans to approach the market regulator Sebi to look into the trading activity yesterday as less than 5% of shares traded were for delivery meaning close to 95% of trading was for speculative gains. It meant a field day for traders and arbitrageurs who were seen striking bulk deals.
In the meantime, Rolta India CMD KK Singh said asset management major Fidelity had written to the management that they are increasing their stake in the company from 5% to 7%. He also said that the company had reconfirmed with all banks that no pledged share was sold.
HIRCO: On December 18, Hirco board approved the acquisition of two SPVs (which is developing two townships — one at Panvel near Mumbai and the other at Chennai) owned by the promoter Hiranandani family. Top shareholders, including hedge funds Laxey Partners and QVT, besides specialist property investor Alpine, had rallied against the proposed merger which would have given majority control to the Hiranandanis.
They had argued that the proposed merger reduces the net asset value (NAV) of Hirco shares thereby reducing chances of cash distributions going forward. There were also questions raised on the merger valuation.
Analysts were quick to draw parallels with the now infamous merger proposal of public listed IT firm Satyam with Maytas, the property arm of Satyam promoters Rajus.
Hirco had called the EGM on January 16 to enable its shareholders to vote on the restructuring proposal.
Ceding to mounting pressure from shareholders against its merger proposal, Hirco has deferred the EGM, until further notice. In a statement Hirco said: "There is a variety of views about the proposed merger and how best to address Hirco's share price discount. The Board feels it essential that sufficient time is allowed for all views to be considered and discussed."
SIEMENS INDIA: Shareholders and brokerages have been voicing their concerns over merger activity initiated by Indian as well as multinational promoters. Among those who have faced shareholders ire include German engineering giant Siemens which announced that its Indian public listed company is going to sell a wholly-owned IT subsidiary, Siemens Information Systems (SISL), to global parent for a consideration of Rs 449 crore.
Following this Siemens stock, got drummed on Tuesday as some brokerages advised clients to exit the stock. Brokerages had also questioned the transaction. "We continue to be disappointed by the disclosure standards at Siemens India. Historically, subsidiaries that have been sold to Siemens AG have witnessed EBITDA margin erosion, prior to the sale. During FY07, Siemens Public Communication Networks Ltd (SPCNL) was sold at book value of Rs 163.9 crore and prior to the sale, had also experienced decline in PBT margins. SISL has also witnessed decline in reported profitability, and book value as at September 8 stands at Rs 85.1 crore," said a Motilal Oswal Securities report.
Kotak Securities in an earlier report on Siemens had also highlighted that drop in profitability of SISL, which contributed to about 5.7% of EPS of Siemens Ltd for fiscal year ended September 2008, may be a precursor to its eventual divestiture in favor of parent entity.
Kotak report said Siemens had reported PBT margin of 7.3% for SISL in the year ended September 2008 versus PBT margin of about 16% in the year ended September 2007: "SISL accounted for 8.5% of consolidated PAT estimate for FY 2009E and FY2010E and is therefore relatively significant to earnings."
For the year ended September 2008, SISL had sales revenues of Rs 994 crore and a profit before tax of Rs 73 crore. Siemens attributed the fall in margins to a change in its business model.


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The Enemy Within Season 2 DVD Special FeaturesActors: Jennifer Carpenter,Morris ChestnutLanguage: EnglishBoxed Set: Yes Number of discs: 4Condition: New Region: Region Free Weight: 0.3 kgFormat: Support both NTSC & PAL Rated: NR (Not Rated) DVD Release Date: 2019The Enemy Within Season 2 DVD Photos
The Enemy Within Season 2 DVD Overview
On a commuter train outside Richmond, Virginia, Tals operatives seize a laptop and password from former CIA agent Dean Merriman before killing him. Shepherd agrees to assist Keatons investigation in exchange for guaranteeing her daughter Hannahs protection. At Merrimans storage unit,The Enemy Within Season 2 DVD they discover he was also investigating Tal and fend off another operative. Despite Zains interrogation, Nemec remains uncooperative and Cruz spies on Keatons investigation. Shepherd is allowed to see Hannah,The Enemy Within Season 2 but is unable to tell her the truth, that she only betrayed her agents in order to save Hannah.


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Join us for the 2014-2015 Dean W. Lytle Electrical Engineering Endowed Lecture Series! Lectures are free and open to the public. Please RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Revolutionizing high-speed wireless systems with the development of MIMO antennas, Professor (Emeritus) Arogyaswami Paulraj, Stanford University, presents:
Road to 5G Technical Colloquium Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 10:30am Electrical Engineering Building, Room 105
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Allergan® facial aesthetics recently released a new addition to their catalog of dermal fillers called, Vobella. Volbella was specifically designed to minimize and remove vertical lip lines in the upper and lower lip. These bothersome wrinkles, often referred to as "smokers lines" are one of the most common reasons people visit us for filler and laser therapy. These lip lines are universally troublesome to men and women alike as they represent a "giveaway" sign of aging.
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At Ocean Drive Plastic Surgery we find that many of our patients want to remove the lip lines but, they don't necessarily want to change how their lips look. Volbella, a hyaluronic acid based filler, is a soft gel-type filler that markedly reduces or removes perioral lip lines without major alteration to lip anatomy. In other words, Dr. Durkin is able to reduce lip lines without plumping up your lips, or changing your lips significantly.
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The effect of Volbella is truly unique as compared to other fillers, in that it reduces lip lines while simultaneously creating soft, natural, and pouty look to your lips without adding significant volume and risking overfilling your lips. So, its' unique cohesive characteristics allows the filler to seamlessly integrate into the lip and perioral anatomy. Specifically, Dr. Durkin injects it into the vermillion border, where the red-colored lip meets the skin-colored lip. Volbella is designed to work at this specific location (the Vermillion and White Roll of the Lip). It serves to define the natural curves of the lip, and reduce and remove lip lines. For lip augmentation, Volbella offers a difference between good and great. By layering Volbella with Juvederm XC Ultra, the best in natural appearing, nonsurgical lip augmentation is routinely provided by Dr. Durkin at Ocean Drive Plastic Surgery.
Smoother Lips in Minutes
Volbella is FDA approved for the treatment of perioral lip lines in the United States. It is delivered via injection into the upper and lower lips. The procedure itself takes just minutes to complete and results are immediate. Injections at Ocean Drive Plastic Surgery are always done by Dr. Durkin himself. Dr. Durkin is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. Most patients require one to two tubes for optimal results.
Dr. Durkin's Layering Technique
Volbella can be combined with Juvederm XC Ultra to enhance formal lip augmentation as well. In this situation, Dr. Durkin uses a technique where he layers Volbella superficial to Juvederm, accentuating cupids bows peak and the vermillion border of the upper and lower lip. The vermillion border is where the red lip meets the white lip. Volbella is deisgned to work at this specific location, and by offering definition to the vermillion border, the natural beauty of the upper and lower lips can be displayed and acceuntuated. Ms. Penny Forsten, our MedSpa Director, likens it to lip gloss for your lips without the shine.
Volbella Pricing
At Ocean Drive Plastic Surgery we can not keep Volbella on the shelf! Not only is the procedure itself well tolerated but some of our patients are seeing results that last approximately 1 year. Beyond its unique aesthetic and durable results, the best thing about Volbella is it's price. One tube of Volbella is priced at $399. Patients never need more than 2 tubes per session. Essentially, most people can reduce or remove their lip lines for just $800/year. For this reason, Volbella is the most cost effective filler in our practice. At $400-800 maximum per session, Volbella delivers greater satisfaction at a lower price-point than any other commercial lip filler available at Ocean Drive Plastic Surgery. We strongly recommend this product, as our patient satisfaction with its performance is second to none.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Volbella Hurt?
All patients receive complimentary numbing cream, cryotherapy, and nerve blocks upon request. The procedure itself is not painless, but it lasts mere minutes, and is very well tolerated.
How long does Volbella last?
Allergan® states that it has been shown to last as long as 14 months in company-sponsored trials. Our patients report the product lasts at least 10 months, upwards of 12 months. We believe the product is reliable and durable for 10-12 months.
Is it Safe?
Completely. Volbella® is a hyaluronic-acid filler that is FDA approved for aesthetic use in the human face. It has been extensively studied, and is safe for use.
Is it Reversible? Can it be removed?
Yes, Volbella® products can be enzymatically reversed with an enzyme called Vitrase® (aka hyaluronidase). Having said that, Dr. Durkin has never had to reverse a Volbella® injection.
Does Volbella change lip function?
No. There is no functional change to your lips following Vobella® injections.
Does it get "lumpy"?
It can, but lumpiness is far less common with Volbella® as compared to Juvederm®, Radiesse®, and Restylane®. Volbella is a softer filler than its counterparts, and it eases and integrates into tissue without forming bumps or lumps.
Will I look like a duck afterwards?
No. Absolutely not. You may have some temporary swelling in your lips but, you will not have duck lips.


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To Dress Like Embracing the Life, Designer Way
The online fashion sites are the hottest trend in fashion world and have made it really easy to find the latest styles and designs. Though, there are many women, who are still skeptical about shopping for dresses online. A person who has never shopped for a dress on a fashion site before may have apprehensions before buying. This especially increases in cases when they are looking for a designer dress, as they are quite expensive compared to the normal ones. Therefore, there are some easy tip on how to find the perfect dress that fits like a dream and make the online shopping for designer dresses a cakewalk
- The measurements are the first and foremost thing before selecting a dress online
- Study the dress chart given by the website to correctly deduct the size
- Always buy from a trusted site and must have a return policy
Shop Well and Dress Really Well
While buying a designer dress it is important to know the preferred style and the occasion for which the dress is brought. Therefore, while online shopping for designer dresses, the customer must look for the fabric of the dress being selected. It must have good quality and the texture must be comfortable to wear. Consequently, people must look for reputable brands of designer dresses, as they come with the quality assurance and durability of the material of the dress.
There are several websites which have curated collections of designer dresses from famous designers which encourages discounts on their products. This gives the customers a chance to own a fine dress at a lower cost. It also allows users to compare dresses, therefore, it is important to know what the person really wants before buying a product. Online shopping for designer clothes is quite interesting as they have a fine collection of dresses from famous brands under one roof.


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I looked at the surface of the small pond a few days ago and
thought 'abstract art' and that may become a real possibility.
Snow here this morning, the beautiful kind, also gave me the
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Mozambique profile - Leaders
President: Filipe Nyusi
Former defence minister Filipe Nyusi won the presidential election in October 2014 and was inaugurated in January 2015.
As candidate of the ruling Mozambican Liberation Front's (Frelimo) he took 57% of the vote, well ahead of his nearest rival Afonso Dhlakama, the leader of the main opposition Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo) party, with 37%.
Renamo - which fought Frelimo in a long civil war which ended in 1992 and resulted in an estimated one million deaths - disputed the result. It boycotted the first sitting of parliament since the elections and threatened to form a parallel government.
Frelimo has dominated politics in Mozambique since the country gained independence from Portugal in 1975. But despite Mr Nyusi's win, the party saw a sharp decline in votes compared to the previous election in 2009 when predecessor Armando Guebuza scored a massive 75%. In contrast, Mr Dhlakama's 37% has seen Renamo more than double the 16% it achieved in 2009.
Despite holding the high-profile position of defence minister for several years, Nyusi was seen as somewhat of an unknown entity before the elections. Born in 1959, he hails from the gas-rich far northern province of Cabo Delgado near Tanzania.
Mechanical engineering
His parents were veterans of the country's civil war and he was educated at a Frelimo party school set up for the children of fighters. He went on to study mechanical engineering at a Czech university before taking a post-graduate course in management at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
On his return to Mozambique in 1992, he worked for a number of years at the country's main rail and ports company, Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique (CFM), rising through the ranks to become the firm's executive director in the northern region.
Although credited as a protege of predecessor Armando Guebuza, Mr Nyusi does not hold a senior position in Frelimo. During his election campaign, he promised to continue the work of his predecessors, describing himself as industrious and pledging to turn the country's fortunes around.
Mozambique is one of Africa's fastest-growing economies with billions of dollars worth of natural resources. But it remains one of the world's poorest countries.
On taking office, one of the toughest challenges said to be facing Mr Nyusi was turning the nation's new found prosperity into jobs, services and infrastructure and by doing so, potentially stemming the decline in Frelimo's popularity.


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Samsung heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong is to be interviewed as a suspect in a corruption scandal surrounding the impeached South Korean president.
The firm is accused of giving donations to non-profit foundations operated by Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of President Park Geun-hye.
The donations were allegedly made in exchange for political support of a controversial merger.
Mr Lee will face special prosecutors on Thursday, officials said.
Samsung declined to comment.
Mr Lee is currently vice-president of Samsung Electronics. But since his father, Lee Kun-hee, suffered a heart attack in 2014, he is considered de facto boss of the entire Samsung Group conglomerate.
Politicians voted on 9 December to impeach President Park over the scandal – a decision South Korea's constitutional court has six months to uphold or overturn. Until then she remains formally president but stripped of her powers, which are handed to the prime minister, a presidential appointee.
The claims circle around a merger between the electronics giant's construction arm, Samsung C&T, and an affiliate firm, Cheil Industries.
Prosecutors allege that Samsung gave €2.8m euros ($3.1m; £2.5m) to a company co-owned by Ms Choi and her daughter, in return for Ms Park's support for the deal.
Lee Jae-yong has already given evidence to politicians over the scandal, but this is the first time he will be quizzed as a suspect by investigators.
At the parliamentary hearing in December Samsung admitted giving a total of 20.4bn won (£16m; $17.46m) to the two foundations, but denied seeking favours.
And Mr Lee also confirmed the firm gave a horse and money to help the equestrian career of Ms Choi's daughter, Chung Yoo-ra, something he said he now regretted.
Earlier this week two other Samsung executives were interviewed by the special prosecutors, but were treated as witnesses rather than suspects.
Ms Park denies wrongdoing but has apologised for the way she managed her relationship with Ms Choi, who also denies committing criminal offences.
Ms Choi has been charged with coercion and attempted fraud.
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I'm a 22 year old female, I've had bloodwork done recently, and everything is fine. I don't smoke, am not overweight and I have started noticing a problem a few days ago. I recently started birth control, not even a month ago, and my gyno told me that if i notice any strange feelings or pains in my legs to be concerned. Well, I noticed on my left leg, behind the knee (where you bend your leg) there is slight swelling and also there is pressure and very slight pain when I walk, it's very hard to describe.
Is it really possible that I could have a clogged artery or something at the age of 22?


text: DEANES EIPIC Wins Michelin Star03 October 2017 Double delight for team Deanes today with the publication of the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2018. Deanes EIPIC has retained its Michelin Star and Deanes At Queens has once again been awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand.It's the third year in a row that EIPIC, based in Deanes flagship premises in Howard Street, has won the prestigious accolade. The announcement was made at a ceremony in London today. Commenting at the event Restauranteur Michael Deane said "We are absolutely delighted to hold the Star for the third consecutive year and retain our Bib Gourmand. It's a true reflection of the dedication to high standards and the dogged hard work of the team at Deanes." Michael Deane himself is now celebrating his seventeenth Michelin Star over twenty one years in four different venues. He continued "I would like to take this opportunity to especially thank Chef Danni Barry for her sterling contribution to Deanes EIPIC over the last four years and for the seamless handover to our recently appointed new Head Chef at EIPIC, Alex Greene. I'm confident that Deanes EIPIC with the existing kitchen brigade will continue to deliver the quality experience our customers appreciate. Alex is an exceptionally accomplished chef with an impressive track record." Alex Greene began his cooking career in the Michelin Starred Deanes in 2007 and from there went on to work in Petrus by Gordon Ramsay, Claridge's by Gordon Ramsay and The Cliff House in Ardmore, all Michelin Starred establishments. For the past year he has been working in Deanes EIPIC. Michael Deane also paid tribute to Deanes Executive Chef Chris Fearon for the team's repeated success at Deanes At Queens with the award of the Michelin Bib Gourmand signifying what Michelin describe as "exceptionally good food at moderate prices."


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The wind-power may not emit noxious fumes or other pollutants, but the industry is still leaving a bad taste in many people's mouths.
"Big Wind" is ripping many communities apart and even creating family rifts pitting father against son and brother against sibling. John Yancey is an upstate New York resident who accuses his own father of selling him out by installing wind turbines on his land.
"(Yancey) hates the sight and he hates the sound. He says they disrupt his sleep, invade his house, his consciousness. He can't stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day," writes Helen O'Neill of the Associated Press
Wind turbines are viewed as a preferable source of energy to carbon-based sources such as oil, but the presence of turbines on mostly rural land is viewed by others as a visible blight. Wealthy property owners––including Senator Ted Kennedy––successfully derailed plans for an offshore wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod earlier this year.
Detractors are also accusing some local politicians of corruption for legislating zoning changes that allow turbines while profiting personally by placing the windmills on their property. The towering structures can cost approximately $3 million to put in place, but energy companies will pay property owners a steady annuity to have them located on their land.
Concerns about the turbines are not limited to the aesthetic. Studies have been published linking wind farms with something called vibroacoustic disease, a rare condition allegedly linking low-frequency noise with epilepsy and cancer.


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New York dialysis care named worst
U.S. government records charge that dialysis care in New York is among the worst in the country.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid reports on the care given to Type 2 diabetes patients with failing kidneys ranked New York state last out of 18 regions in all three quality measures for 2003 and 2004, The New York Times reported Thursday.
The measures recorded by the reports were the likelihood that enough excess fluid would be removed from a patient's blood during dialysis, the probability that enough impurities would be removed and the odds of a patient becoming anemic or severely anemic due to the treatment.
Data released by the federal government show that patients at national chain centers generally receive a better quality of care than patients at independent providers, leading New York officials to reconsider a state law keeping the chain centers out, the Times said.
"With the need for dialysis on the rise, the department is questioning whether it makes sense not to allow these large corporations to participate," Jeffrey W. Hammond, a N.Y. Department of Health spokesman, told the newspaper.
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Esthar Relations (1510 words) by gryvon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Seifer Almasy/Squall Leonhart
Additional Tags: Fluff, Charity Auctions
Series: Part 2 of Esthar Emissary
Laguna's decision to appoint Seifer as his emissary to Balamb Garden had turned out to be one of the best things that had ever happened to Squall.
Lately, Squall had not only been going to bed at an hour increasingly approaching normal, but he'd also not been going to bed alone. It was wonderful enough that he overlooked the fact that Seifer was reporting back to Laguna every time Squall missed a meal or didn't get enough sleep or came even close to catching cold.
He had no idea how he'd managed so long without Seifer's help. It was surprising that he hadn't died from malnutrition and exhaustion.
"Stop thinking and go back to sleep," Seifer muttered next to him. A heavy arm landed over Squall's chest.
He shifted back against Seifer's heat. Naked skin brushed against naked skin and he held back a shiver. "I can't."


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I saw the Northern Light in Jan 1 2016 after the New Year Eve Program in Pelly!
I am living a perfect village in the world! I want to share this photo with you.
If you want to see the Northern Light, come to Pelly after checking the Aurora forecast! We welcome you!
Photo captured by Frankie on Main St. Pelly


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About this Property:
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Square Feet: 2 ft2
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Country: United States


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Data can be stored aboard the spacecraft using a 64-gigabyte solid state drive, before being downlinked to multiple ground stations via the spacecraft's 150-megabit X-band transceiver. The Galassia two-unit CubeSat, developed by NUS, is designed for atmospheric research. Around 46 minutes after the launch of the sixth satellite, the fourth stage will be restarted when it is in a lower altitude of 523.9 km.
In November, a communication satellite – GSAT-15 – using the Ariane rocket of the European space agency was launched taking the total in 2015 to 21 (17 foreign, 4 Indian). Athenoxat-1, a remote sensing nanosatellite built by Microspace Rapid Pvt. Thirteen satellites were launched with PSLV rocket and one communication satellite – GSAT-6-with geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV). "We have taken up (this particular launch) in the month of November when the weather vagaries usually set over this region", said P. Kunhikrishnan, director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
TeLEOS 1 will not have the global coverage of a polar-orbiting Earth observing platform, but it will offer more regular imagery of equatorial locations, including Singapore. PSLV launches are shared between both pads. The vehicle, with a mass of 230 tons at liftoff does not include the six strap-on boosters used by the PSLV standard variant. For the first time, the PSLV's fourth stage was successfully restarted in space 50 minutes and 0.05 seconds after it cut off. Burning UH-25 propellant – a mixture of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and hydrazine hydrate – oxidised by dinitrogen tetroxide, its fuel combination is hypergolic and toxic. Though the sky was partially cloudy at dusk, most of the stage separation of the rocket was clearly visible to the naked eyes from the Media Centre here, even as the spacecraft was cruising towards the intended orbit, several kilometres away from the Earth's surface.
Technically speaking, India will be testing a multiple burn fuel stage/rocket engine for the first time. The rocket's first stage will separate about one minute and 53 seconds after liftoff. These satellites launched into a 550 km circular orbit would help the city-state gather information on disaster monitoring and urban planning.


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Seasonal Recipes for the American Lamb Board
These are my favorite projects: beautiful food, creative recipes, and lots of freedom to style and shoot. For the American Lamb Board, we partner with multi-talented Andrea Slonecker who creates, prepares and styles seasonal recipes to showcase American Lamb. When we collaborate with the American Lamb Board, we're always working to make sure we hit just the right tone for mood, tone, and approachability for their target customer.


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Earlier this month, the BGS Gender Respect Committee attended the International Women's Day Breakfast. This year's theme was generational equality, encouraging equal opportunity for women and girls at home, school and in the workplace. The event spurred the committee to develop the 'The Collaborate for Change' initiative. Read Year 11 students Aly Sultan and Tom Stunden's reflection.
Each Foundation Day, we commemorate and celebrate our School's achievements, past and present. It is our opportunity to consider the students, staff and parents who contributed to 152 years of Brisbane Grammar School history. Some of the School's most influential past teachers and leaders are remembered with the presentation of Old Boy scholarships.
The academic results of Brisbane Grammar School's Class of 2019 are representative of the excellent outcomes achieved by BGS students over the 28 years the OP system has operated in Queensland. A median of OP5 showcases the consistency and depth of the cohort. This broadly equates to an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) median of 93, placing BGS among the best-performing schools in Australia.
The best-performing academic and co-curricular students were recognised and the graduating Class of 2019 farewelled at the 2019 BGS Speech Day in November. The event also provided an opportunity to hear from the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees Professor John Humphrey, Headmaster Anthony Micallef, outgoing School Captain Nick Miller, and Guest Speaker The Honourable Jackie Trad.
Professor John Humphrey '72 was appointed to the Board of Trustees in May 2018 and elected as Chairman in October 2019. He has over 30 years' experience as a corporate lawyer and is the Chairman or non-executive director of a number of listed public companies. Learn more about Professor Humphrey in this Q&A.
Engineer and BGS Old Boy Nicholas Salmon '12 is still coming to terms with being announced as Queensland's newest Rhodes Scholar. Next year, he will relocate to Oxford University where he will undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) Engineering Science.
Glorious winter weather capped off a great weekend for Brisbane Grammar School's annual Art Show and Open Day. Thanks to the hard work of maintenance and ground staff, the campus looked its best for the 350 guests who attended the Art Show gala opening on Friday night, and over a thousand visitors who joined staff, students and parents for Open Day on Saturday.
Diversity is fundamental to a Brisbane Grammar School education. This edition of Grammar News includes an eight-page feature that looks at how diversity, in its various forms, has played and continues to play a vital role at BGS. The cover photo is of the inspirational Ngo family, who came to Australia as refugees and have become a true Australian success story.
The Brisbane Grammar School Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Professor John Humphrey has been appointed as the new Deputy Chairperson of the Board and will succeed Mr Howard Stack as Chairperson of the Board of Trustees when he retires later this year.
Today at Senior Assembly, BGS recognised National Sorry Day ahead of National Reconciliation Week next week. This is a significant day in the School's calendar when the School not only acknowledges and recognises members of the Stolen Generation, but also provides an opportunity for our Indigenous students to share their stories with the BGS community.
As part of the 2019 BGS Art Show, the School community has the opportunity to bid on a pair of BGS cufflinks specially designed by Old Boy Ben Hodges '90. Hodges, a prominent jeweller who once helped create a ring for Ringo Starr of The Beatles, handcrafted the intricate BGS cufflinks in diamond, titanium and solid 18 carat white gold.
To coincide with the publication of Light Dark Blue, celebrating Brisbane Grammar School's sesquicentenary, new lists containing academic prizes, scholarships, captains and champions of sport were created. This Awards Chronicle contains 114 prize lists, with over 6000 entries in a searchable database.
Three outstanding 2018 graduates, Anton Vellnagel, Marcus Ray and Eagle Ngo were recognised with scholarships at the BGS Foundation Day assembly on Friday. The event celebrated the School's history and featured an inspiring speech from Old Boy Michael Milford '98. Prof Milford, a multi-award-winning educational entrepreneur with a Mechanical and Space Engineering degree and a PhD in Robotics, leads a team at QUT researching the nature of intelligence.
Click to read an update on the review into the serious spinal injuries sustained last year by four schoolboy rugby players in the Great Public Schools' (GPS) Association of Queensland competition.
This special edition celebrates our 150-year anniversary. Some of the stories inside include: a six-page feature on some of the BGS community members who achieved extraordinary things across a wide variety of fields; Australia's oldest and longest-serving teacher, Don Barrett, who retired following a 67-year career in education; student stories on a trip to NASA headquarters in Houston, a world-class fencer, and up-and-coming racing drivers;
The intent for Brisbane Grammar School's 150-year anniversary was to Celebrate our Community and there is no doubt this was achieved throughout 2018. From the major BGS150 events including the Gala Dinner, a royal visit and Sports Lunch, to reunions around Australia and overseas, the theme of 'community' was front and centre.
Congratulations to BGS Old Boy Neil Peacey '71 who won the Audi raffle at the BGS150 Sports Lunch on Friday afternoon. He drove away in a new Q2 1.4 TFSI S Tronic Black with 18" Alloys valued at $50,424 proudly donated by Audi Centre Brisbane.
Former Brisbane Grammar School student John Millman has stunned the tennis world by defeating Roger Federer in four sets in the US Open fourth round. He came back from a set and a break to beat the tennis legend and five-time US Open champion 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7) 7-6 (3) after midnight.
With excitement building ahead of the BGS150 Sports Lunch on Friday 7 September we are calling for your favourite BGS sporting memories. Join the conversation on the BGS social media pages and hashtag #BGS150Sport. Comments will be published below. Be sure to book your place at the major event.
Bursary student and BGS Old Boy Toby Buckley '17 took a unique path to Brisbane Grammar School. It started with a letter to Headmaster Anthony Micallef in 2015. But it wasn't a normal letter. He penned it himself – without his parents' knowledge – when partway through Year 10 at a small beach-side school in NSW.
Indigenous bursary students Stephen Baronio, Zeke and Micah Leaupepe Perkins were featured in a terrific story in The Courier-Mail in February this year. The story showcased how BGS is improving outcomes for Indigenous boys through bursaries and gave the students an opportunity to explain what they had gained from their BGS journeys.
Brisbane Grammar School acknowledged National Sorry Day at Senior School assembly today, ahead of National Reconciliation Week next week. The assembly provided an opportunity for Year 10 student Kieron Saunders to tell his personal story. A Woopabarra man from Cooktown in North Queensland, Kieron spoke passionately about his family's connection to the Stolen Generations.
For Beef Australia chair and Angus Pastoral company owner Blair Angus, sending his sons to board at Brisbane Grammar School has opened their eyes to the wider world – and that's good for business.
Brisbane Grammar School thanks its donors for their generosity during 2017. Hear from Board of Trustees Chairman Howard Stack, Headmaster Anthony Micallef, and bursary recipient Raziq Qasimi '14 in the 2017 BGS donor thank you video.
At a special Anzac Day assembly, staff and students heard the story of the final year of WWI and the remarkable victories secured by Australian troops. Delivered by our school leaders, the assembly focused on four BGS Old Boys, Phillip Swain, Reginald Avery, George McWade and Arthur Leslie, who gave their lives in 1918. Our School Captain also told us of the impact of this on the families left to rebuild their lives.
Congratulations BGS Director of Swim Coaching David Lush and BGS Swimming competitors Emily Seebohm, Minna Atherton, Laticia Transom, Ashleigh Gentle and former BGS Swimming member and BGS student Mitch Larkin on their incredible combined performances at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
His Royal Highness, The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO, visited Brisbane Grammar School this morning to continue a royal tradition at the School that has spanned three centuries.
BGS recognised the 2018 National Close the Gap Day at assembly today with powerful addresses from Year 12 student Kade Wallace and his father Paul, both proud Guugu Yimidhirr men from Hopevale on the Cape York Peninsula. BGS has made a commitment to improve the educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our partnership with the Cape York Leadership Program stretches back 14 years and has seen many wonderful boys graduate from the School.
Our BGS150 celebrations have officially launched. As a symbol of our 150-year history and connection with the community of Brisbane, this week the Story Bridge and Victoria Bridge have been lit up in Brisbane Grammar School's renowned light dark blue colours. The Story Bridge is representative of BGS' connection to Brisbane, named after prominent Old Boy John Douglas Story, who after graduating from BGS went on to become a distinguished Queensland public servant.
BGS graduate Stuart Moss beat 28,000 students to achieve the highest result on the 2017 QCS Test. Fellow student Cheng Zhang was the highest achieving international student. Josh Grice, Louis Backstrom and Daniel Harness were named Distinguished Academic Achievers. The latest BGS Old Boys were recognised at the 2017 Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) Achievement Awards.
The academic results of Brisbane Grammar School's 2017 graduates are representative of the consistently excellent outcomes achieved by BGS students over the 26 years the OP system has operated in Queensland. A median of OP4 is a key highlight, showcasing the extraordinary consistency and depth of the cohort. This median has been attained only once previously (in 2014).
BGS' founding mission in 1868 was to provide a broad liberal education to the young men of Queensland. The value of this legacy has never been greater or more relevant than in a 21st century belonging to those who master diverse skills in critical and creative thinking, in collaboration and teamwork, and in communication and character.
As well as taking a look back at the School's 150 year journey, this summer 2018 edition of Grammar News contains a fantastic blend of stories focused on Old Boys and current students. Find out what our students have achieved in the Arts, in sport, at home in public purpose initiatives and abroad as global citizens. Hear from the Old Boys' Association, farewell the Class of 2017 and learn about an incredible family connection to BGS that dates back six generations to the School's foundation 150 years ago. And plenty more.
BGS boarding is set to benefit from a $657,000 donation (500,000 USD) from Old Boy Matt McLennan '86 – a significant first step in the long-term redevelopment and refurbishment plans for Harlin House. He hoped his donation would not only contribute to improving the boarding experience for students, but also encourage others to contribute to the campaign to upgrade the overall boarding facilities at the School.
The BGS War Memorial Library will soon undergo an extensive upgrade, with enhancements set to transform the War Memorial Gardens and Library precinct into a focal sacred point and student social space at the heart of the School entrance.
High achieving academic and extracurricular students were recognised and the graduating Class of 2017 were farewelled at Speech Day on Wednesday 15 November. The occasion also provided an opportunity to hear from the School's leaders and guest speaker BGS Old Boy Major General John Pearn '57.
Congratulations to BGS community member Karen Campbell, who is the new owner of an Audi A1 Sportsback from Audi Centre Brisbane after her ticket was drawn from the raffle. Mrs Campbell has a son currently in Year 11 at BGS. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets in the raffle and the BGS support groups who helped sell tickets.
Growing up on a mango farm in rural Northern Territory, the remote location meant Joel Bock couldn't attend day school. Instead he was schooled via distance education, until his life changed in 2008. Gaining a bursary to attend Brisbane Grammar School opened the doors of opportunity for Joel.
The BGS Closing the Gap committee, led by Year 12 student Ashmit Vyas, hosted Kick for a Cause on Saturday 10 June, with the school community joined by two famous sports star graduates in raising funds for Lady Cilento Children's Hospital to support patients from remote Indigenous communities.
The School is proud of the efforts of all the students who participated in National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing in 2017. We continue each year to improve ourselves as an institution and to challenge every boy to achieve his personal best.
At just 16 years old, BGS student Tom Gilbert ran out for the Queensland Maroons in the U18s curtain raiser to State of Origin game II at ANZ Stadium this year.
Brisbane Grammar School acknowledged National Sorry Day at assembly on Wednesday 24 May ahead of National Reconciliation Week from 27 May to 3 June. At the assembly the School's first Reconciliation Action Plan was launched.
To support the expanding Outdoor Education Program at BGS and secure the quality of the program into the future, the School has purchased a 200 acre block of land in the mountainous country on the edge of Lake Moogerah. The property is in a perfect position to link into the School's established program, providing access to Mt Greville, Mt Alford and Mt Moon in the Moogerah Peaks National Park.


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Have you ever been in a situation where you're single and trying to explore your options.. and think, "hmm whatever happened to that guy i dated like three years ago?" You may think you were a different person back then, bad timing et all.. and so it's only fair that you should get another shot at dating Mr XYZ. Right? Well, unfortunately no.. you may well find that things quite often don't work like that in the real world. Now i'll be honest.. There's nothing wrong per se with contacting someone from the past but quite often you'll find that the other person has a completely different take on things. There's usually a reason why dates don't progress into a relationship. And if you're the kind that has had unhealthy relationship habits in the past, then chances are it din't progress into a full fledged relationship, because one or both of you were not emotionally available to put in the efforts required to get to know someone.
Lets say, you have moved on from your past experiences, and are now emotionally ready to be in healthy relationships. What makes you so sure that the other person is sitting there, waiting for you to call.. in essence putting their life on hold for you? More often than not, you will find that people have moved on in their lives. As cruel as it sounds, it really is a case of out of sight, out of mind. What are you going to do? Rewind and erase the past? ..err no you can't. Firstly, it is a sign for you to consider this, " why am i getting in touch with this person?"
Often, contacting someone from the past is about seeking validation from them. Why do we do this? Because we consider it to be an ultimate validation of the belief that we are now a different, better person and therefore entitled to having a shot again at a failed relationship from the past.
It's important to understand that how you feel is not how others feel. You have your own version of things, they have theirs. You may be surprised how much people can remember even after a long time, especially if you are the one that said no or initiated the break up. While you're trying to make your case for why you disappeared or why the relationship just fizzled out, all the other person hears is " Sorry for being a jerk.. now take me back quickly." In fact, they start to wonder why if you're such a great person, have you not met anyone else. Sad but true.
Sometimes, we may not have come as far as we thought we have, and start to feel panic at the thought of still being single, which makes us reach out for people we dated/were in a relationship with. Basically you're taking a chance and start to feel something is better than nothing.
That said, there may be times when you feel it is worth getting in touch with someone based on your past experience with them. If you do decide to go down that path, there are a few things you should remember.
- First of all, only get back in touch with someone who treated you with respect. This is actually a no brainer because if someone mistreated you once, you can be sure they will do it again. This includes people who din't call back, were always late for dates without giving an explanation, were passive aggressive and so on.. such type of people don't change. If you do contact them, they'll probably think that you're so desperate that you will rather be with someone that treats you in a less than manner than be by yourself, and that will give them a renewed licence to eff with your brain. Don't go there.
- Ask once, that's it. If someone doesn't respond to you the first time, it is a clear indication that they are not interested. It doesn't take a hundred emails and countless voice messages to get the message through. If you keep persisting, you will only cause yourself embarassment and lose respect.
- Be prepared to take NO for an answer. You had your chance, and now its up to them to decide if they want to take things further. They might have met somebody, got married or whatever.. or they simply may not be interested. This can be a hard thing to deal with if you don't have a healthy self esteem. If you don't, you will likely perceive it as a rejection or lack of worth on your part. That's why it is important to work on our own issues before thinking about being with someone. If you do feel a sense of rejection, then it is an indication for you to start focussing inwards and do what is required to get a healthy sense of self.
- Be wary of someone that doesn't question you as to why you're back. If you get back in touch with someone, and they act like nothing happened, it's not a good sign. Normal people with healthy values will want to know why you bailed and what brings you back. If someone isn't bothered to get to the bottom of the past issues, then they are probably not bothered about the outcome now.
- Know that there may be trust issues. While its normal to be a little cautious in the beginning, a lack of basic level trust is never a good thing. People don't like being turned down and you reappearing may bring back old memories. It takes mutual trust to even get started. If they say yes only to question your every move after that, then it likely isn't going to work. Take time to figure out if they really can get past the trust issues.
Make sure you're in a space where you are OK being alone. This will prevent you from making a panic induced decision to get in touch with someone. Only when you learn to appreciate yourself, and develop a healthy sense of self, will you be able to get past any perceived rejection. In getting in touch with yourself, you may well find that actually, they weren't as great as you thought they were or yes you made mistakes but there were underlying issues which prevented the relationship from moving forward. Accepting that will stop you from viewing the past with rose tinted glasses and help you make an objective decision that is right for you.
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A cunning plan
With the dust having settled for a day since the announcement of Google's planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility, some interesting new perspectives are filtering through. I've also had a chance to chat to some industry insiders and get their views.
The issues everyone is now trying to get to the bottom of are: what were the circumstances behind the deal, and what are its broader implications. Let's have a look at those in turn.
There has been an entertaining blogosphere spat catalysed by a post from Dan Lyons, who was 'the fake Steve Jobs' in a previous life, entitled 'Suck on it, AppleSoft - Google pulls a rope-a-dope'. In it Lyons suggests that the Moto deal is all part of some grander scheme, in which bidding up to $4 billion for the Nortel patents was just a cunning plan to make Google's rivals pay over the odds.
Lyons also had a fairly unsubtle pop at TechCrunch writer MG Siegler, who responded via his personal blog. Siegler insists Google really did want those Nortel patents, and when it lost the auction it had to do something, with buying Moto one of the few options available.
Siegler also points to a GigaOm report that claims Google was under a lot of pressure to acquire Moto - and its 17,000 patents - because Microsoft was sniffing around it too, and that would have made the Android patent situation even more precarious than it already is.
And Moto seems to have been all too aware of how desperate Google was. Don't forget Moto has been a major focus of billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn for some time, and he knows how to maximize shareholder value. It was he that put pressure on Google by urging the Moto board to consider selling its patents, and latterly even contemplated suing other Android OEMs. And, no doubt, he ensured the massive reported $2.5 billion reverse break-up fee Google will have to pay Moto if the deal falls through. Here's a clip of him talking about the deal, sorry if it starts automatically - blame Bloomberg.
I still believe that Google plans to use this deal to help sort out the fragmentation problems that have been dogging Android for a while - on which more overleaf - but that could be as much down to making a virtue out of necessity as part of an established strategy.
As Apple-watcher John Gruber concluded in his commentary on the Lyons/Siegler spat: "I think Motorola knew they had Google by the balls. Google needed Motorola's patent library to defend Android as a whole, Motorola knew it, and they made Google pay and pay handsomely."
The question is: was it worth it? Ideally Google will have acquired enough patents to ensure nobody can sue Android for fear of Google's counter-attack. But as patent expert Florian Muller tweeted: "Motorola's patents are far too broadly-licensed in this industry to lend themselves to mutually assured destruction. Most analysts #fail."
The patent situation has looked a lot like the cold war arms race Muller alluded to for some time. Patents are being lined up against each other in their thousands like so many nuclear warheads, and a MAD-like stalemate is desirable. But given that Google has acquired a potential 17,000 patents from Moto, and I've heard that Nokia alone has more like 42,000, maybe the fall in InterDigital's share price yesterday was premature.
Regardless of how cleverly Icahn played the game, it's hard to believe Google would have shelled out $12.5 billion on a company just for its patents, especially if they still left Android open to litigation, so there must have been other anticipated benefits from the deal. I will explore them on the next page.