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Me and my baby 29/365
Its hard to believe 10 years ago B was days old and had only been home 48 hours!! She will always be my baby!
As Time Goes By
I can't believe how time flies, I really can't! My daughters are now 9 and 4, I've lived in this house for 3 1/2 years and the days whizz by in a blur sometimes. What is it with time though, why is it going so fast?
When I was a kid, the thought of a whole term at school was painful, holidays felt like a lifetime apart and weekends were two whole days of free time. Time wasn't an issue, I don't really have memories of my parents rushing around on a daily basis and saying things like "I've not got time". I actually remember at about 8 years old, calling for a friend to play out and her mum told me she was busy but would be able to play out in an hour. I went home and said to my mum "that's ages". Whilst obviously the hour passed, it did feel like a long time.
I thought it was just an age thing. As you get older time becomes more important, planning holidays, days out, even the every day things like shopping, all take up time and so you are constantly thinking about time. When I started working in Sales Management in 2007 I really noticed how constantly tracking sales periods made the months fly by. Now with work I am always planning future appointments and so my days are mapped out in blocks of time. The only issue with this is that B has also said how fast time is going. She said it only feels like 5 minutes since we went on holiday in August, and now it's only 7 weeks till Christmas!
It got me thinking that maybe it IS the fact that we time watch that time flies. With modern day technology time is all around us, mobiles, iPads, Laptops, alarms, cookers etc. Pretty much everything is governed by time, I hate to think how often I look at the clock, I know I have checked it about 5 times so far while writing this post! Even for kids, they have their phones, if B texts a friend she is then clock watching till she gets a reply (another issue in itself but not relevant now), if she wants to watch TV it is generally a half hour program, so by the time she has watched one and H has picked another, that's an hour gone. I've also noticed B will ask how long things will be till they start or finish, and will wait rather than fill 10 minutes doing something else.
Last weekend I was full of cold and on Sunday me and Mr K sat in the house, wrapping Christmas pressies and relaxing. We put on a music channel and I didn't put on my watch. The only time I thought about what time it was, was when I started to feel hungry and then I went to cook dinner. Do you know what, the day seemed to last much longer! So I actually think that technology means we watch time closer, and watching time seems to make things go faster! I'm actually going to set myself the challenge of not wearing a watch at the weekend from now on and make a conscious effort to ignore time when time is my own!
I'd love to know your thoughts on the speed of time though!
Long Time no Blog!
It's been a while since I have done much with my blog so I just wanted to assure you that I am still here! I guess work life coupled with keeping up with housework and of course being a busy Mum has got on top of me and my blog has suffered. So many times I have thought "Wow that would make a fantastic blog post" and then not got round to writing it there and then, but by the time I sit down to write the ideas have left my head! Mainly due to the fact then by the time I sit down and switch on the lap top my brain has switched off.
It's not even as if I have lots to say as to why I haven't blogged, but I wanted to write a post to highlight the fact that life as a single working Mum is hard. I know a lot of you reading this will be thinking "Well duh, of course it is!", and that's another reason why this post is being written. I'm after tips as to how everyone deals with hectic lives, whether you blog or not, what strategies do you have to make sure there is time for everything? Any tips really would be appreciated.
So many jobs are shouting at me to be done, and I seem to have no time to do any of them!! But I promise to try and blog more often and I may end up carrying a note book round with me so I can jot down the ideas as I get them……….watch this space!
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Board of Directors
Linda is the CEO and Founder of Angels In Waiting, a 501c3 Charity and Author of Assembly Bill 1133 . She has over 28+ years working in level 3 intensive care neonatology and pediatric units. Linda, has cared for more than 17 medically fragile foster care infants and children from her home as an Independent Nurse-Foster Provider and have adopted three of these precious souls. She created Angels In Waiting, her 501c3 charity to network and outreach to dedicated nurses to become foster/ resource parents for medically fragile infants, children, and youths. Through the hands and heart of nurses, Linda hopes to rescue every medically fragile foster care child in California, and than through-out our Nation. She has recruited more than 500+ Nurse-Foster Parents who have become Independent Nurse Providers for Medi-Cal's EPSDT Home Nursing programs. Her Assembly Bill, AB 1133, which is entitled Foster Children; Special Health Care Needs; In now going onto the Federal Platform. This powerful, legal tool will save countless childhoods and save billions of dollars, through the hearts and hands of nurses !
"We can create a world where children who endure life threatening illnesses are celebrated for their victory, honored for their battle wounds, cherished for showing the rest of us how to face extreme adversity, and welcomed into our arms and than the adult work force. A world where people can grow old with dignity, still viewed as beautiful and valuable because they have LIVED and gained great wisdom to share with us all." ~ By Eileen Grubba
Currently Nancy is the position of Director of Operations for AIW. Nancy has devoted a considerable segment of her time and expertise to the organization for the last three years and was additionally responsible for procuring AIW's charitable organization corporate status. Ms. Van Buskirk presides over the daily operations of all departments of AIW and ensures that they conform unequivocally to their non-profits specifications, rules and regulations. As Director of Operations, Ms. Van Buskirk additionally works synergistically with the CEO of AIW to promulgate the expansion of the organization. As a certified information Systems Project Manager at Morrison and Foerster Law Firm, Ms Van Buskirk developed the consummate skills necessary to carry a project from its inception to an accurately budgeted, timely and efficacious completion. Ms. Van Buskirk has a BS degree in Nursing and has been certified in Business Management, Project Management, Human Resource, Technology Management and Software classes. All classes included financial management training that focused on budgetary skills.
James is a retired engineer for Boeing. He holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from Hartwick College and a M.B.A. from National University and draws on a wealth of business experience to help Angels In Waiting prosper. He has been a foster parent for 17 medically fragile foster care infants, children, and youths and an adoptive father of three medically fragile foster children.
Gloria Allred, AIW's Corporate Attorney
Allred, Maroko & Goldberg represents victims who have been discriminated against on account of their sex, race, age, physical handicap or sexual orientation. Her firm also represents victims of AIDS discrimination; sexual harassment and wrongful termination. AM&G is also well-known for its work on behalf of victims in civil rights, rape, child sexual abuse.
Over the course of her 37 year legal career, Gloria Allred has won countless honors for her pioneering legal work on behalf of women's rights and rights for minorities.

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|Tin Re-roof
This is the next roof in the Monastery, needing a re-roof as
well as carpentry work. For this job, we have hired equipment – a scissor lift
and cherry picker, to access the heights required. The guys are working from
the boom, harnessed in whilst doing so. Safety, as in all jobs, is key, so we
required all guys in the boom to have appropriate qualifications to use the
equipment. To finish the roof off, the Friars have fashioned crosses for us to
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COR Secret Underground Boxing Day Rave
And so, the festive season is now upon us. So as is now well established tradition, the Civilisation Of the Rough will be having a right old boxing day knees up for your delectation and delight.
Huge guest, well loved venue, top drawer sound, complete venue transformation and more disco, house and balearic bangers than you can shake a turkey carcass at.
Full details to follow shortly. Tickets on sale Friday 6th Dec. Keeping it small this year, only 300 tickets. So please don't sleep if you need one. Tickets available only from the COR DJs.
Really hope you can make it, got a right party up our collective sleeves for you. Oh yes, this will be good.
If you don't know, get to know http://c-o-r.co.uk/
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Six Reasons (from 2017) to Stand Up for Workplace Equality in 2018
Posted on January 17, 2018
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2017 was a year of both triumphs and setbacks for those seeking broader acceptance and protections for those who identify LGBTQ. Here are some of the major events from last year that have motivated Executive Pride members to fight even harder for workplace equality in 2018.
1. Department of Justice memo denies workplace protections for transgender employees.
In early October, the Department of Justice issued a memo to federal prosecutors formally stating that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not apply to transgender individuals.
2. Lena Waithe wins Emmy for writing for a comedy series.
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Waithe won for co-writing an episode of Master of None titled "Thanksgiving" which focuses on her character's coming out story. In her acceptance speech, Waithe proclaimed, "To my LGBTQIA family, I see each and every one of you. The things that make us different – those are our superpowers."
3. Supreme Court refuses to hear LGBTQ job discrimination case.
In mid-December, the Supreme Court refused to hear Jameka Evans's discrimination lawsuit against her employer, Georgia Regional Hospital. Evans says she was eventually forced out of her job at the hospital for being gender-nonconforming and a lesbian.
4. Virginia voters elect Danica Roem to the Virginia House of Delegates
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Roem became the first openly transgender candidate elected to a state legislature in American history. In doing so, she unseated Bob Marshall, a 26-year member of the VA House of Delegates who just last year proposed a "Bathroom Bill" that would prohibit transgender individuals from using public bathrooms that correlate with the gender that they identify.
5. Record number of cities advance LGBTQ-friendly policies and practices.
According to the Municipal Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Federation Institute, a record number of cities across the country advanced LGBTQ-friendly policies and practices. In 2017, 68 cities scored a 100% rating in the index for their laws, policies, benefits, and services.
6. Departments of Justice and Education rescind protections for transgender students.
In February, the Department of Justice and the Department of Education withdrew previously issued guidelines for protecting transgender students – including a recommendation to allow students to use bathrooms of the gender that they identify.


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Leaders in Kitchen Design and More
We are The Cutting Edge. For 13 years we have maintained our position as a leader in the design of kitchen units, the manufacture of kitchen products, and installers of designer kitchens of high-quality and excellent style.
Our vast experience in the kitchen design industry, along with our capable staff, has allowed us to accommodate jobs of any size and specification. Additionally, we remain highly competitive in our pricing, thanks to the fact that we are lucky enough to be able to manufacture our own products.
Our workmanship, dedication, and eagerness to satisfy our clients have meant that we have begun, and left every client project having met and exceeded their expectations.
Realising Your Designer Kitchen
As mentioned, we take pride in the quality and workmanship that goes into every one of our products.
Additionally, we consistently remain competitive on our pricing. This is thanks to our own large factory located in Edenvale, from which we design and manufacture our own products and materials for kitchen units.
Kitchen Unit and Product Installations
As well as handling the design and manufacture of our own products, The Cutting Edge are also experienced in installations.
We install whole kitchens, genuine granite tops (quartz), built in cupboards, vanities, and edging of all wood supply.
Our involvement in every facet of installation ensures that our clients are left more than satisfied with their new designer kitchen.
Specialised Kitchen Design
Thanks to our vast experience in our industry, there is no project that we cannot handle.
For jobs both big and small, The Cutting Edge takes an enthusiastic approach, knowing that the end result is always worth the effort.


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WWI Exhibit opens April 6, 2017 and will be on display through 2018.
In recognition of Veterans Appreciation Week,
we invite all Veterans as our guests (free admission), April 6 – 16, 2017.
One of the artifacts on display will be an engineering model of the well-known Fokker Dr.1 triplane made famous by German ace Baron Manfred von Richtofen.
One of the uniform reproductions in the exhibit will be that worn by Frech ace Charles Nungesser, seen here in a photograph taken just after the war.
Although early aircraft were employed in minor skirmishes prior to 1914, World War I was the first major conflict in which the airplane – less than eleven years since its invention – was used in combat on a large scale, albeit at first only for reconnaissance. The exhibit will feature numerous original artifacts as well as large-scale models of significant aircraft, both with and without their fabric covering.
Thanks to long-time Museum supporter Jan Zirkle, the exhibit will also display reproductions of dress uniforms from three iconic aviators during the war – high-scoring American ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, airpower strategist Gen. Billy Mitchell, and French ace Charles Nungesser. A fourth uniform will represent Sgt. D.J. Donovan of the Army Air Service's First Aero Squadron, one of the many ground support personnel that kept the Army Air Service's aircraft in flying condition.
This special exhibit dovetails with the Centennial Celebration of Love Field, which was established as an Army flight training base in October 1917. Other WWI artifacts from the Museum's collection are on display in the special Love Field centennial exhibit "100 Years-100 Artifacts" in the Love Field terminal building in the hallway leading to the baggage claim area.


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The Internal Medicine Department is the largest department at KHCC. Our oncologists and specialists are at the core of medical care for adult patients. Even when patients do not require chemotherapy, the Internal Medicine Department works alongside other specialists to formulate a treatment plan. We believe in not just specialization, but also in sub-specialization so our oncologists have unique experiences in their specific fields. We stay up-to-date on the most recent advances in cancer treatment by appraising peer-reviewed studies from leading journals, as well as attending international conferences for the latest in medical advances. This combination of knowledge, experience and dedication make our department a leader in advancing cancer care in Jordan and the region.
Research activities are highly recognized and encouraged by the Department of Internal Medicine and our staff is continuously involved in academic and clinical research. The Department of Internal Medicine provides a comprehensive program of services to patients with all types of cancer. These services include up-to-date therapies for solid tumors, hematological malignancies, as well as bone marrow and stem cell transplantation. Patients receive care in state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient facilities by coordinated teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, psychiatrists and psychologists.
Cases are usually presented to the multidisciplinary clinic, where decisions are made according to evidence–based medicine. There are several multidisciplinary clinics where patients are seen by consultants from varying medical specialties (medical oncologists, surgeons and radiation therapists). Clinics have been established for lung, GI, sarcomas, GU, head and neck, CNS, and gynecological malignancies.
The Internal Medicine Department treats between 2,000-3,000 new cases per year, with the number of patient visits exceeding 40,000 visits (according to 2006 data).
Our expertise
The Department of Internal Medicine provides a broad range of services for patients at the King Hussein Cancer Center. In addition to its inpatient unit, the Department provides intensive care for the whole Center.
Outpatient clinic services are offered in more than fifty weekly medical oncology and other supportive specialties. An endoscopy suite and full pulmonary function lab serve the entire Center, utilizing the latest technology and equipment. Additionally, the department is actively involved in all multidisciplinary programs and services.
- Clinics operated by the Internal Medicine Department:
a) Medical oncology clinics: 25 clinics per week
b) Non-medical oncology clinics: 25 clinics per week
c) Multidisciplinary clinics: 9 clinics per week
Department Statistics
- Inpatient beds: 50 beds in addition to 12 ICU beds (these will increase once the new KHCC expansion is completed in 2013)
- Number of patients treated annually: 11,000 +
- New Cases: per year: 3,000 +
- Inpatient admissions to internal medicine: 2,000 +
- Number of chemotherapy patients/year: about 2,000
- Average number of chemotherapy patients per month: 845
- Average number of procedures performed in procedure clinic: 460
Education & Training Activities
The Department of Internal Medicine participates in various educational activities designed to teach and refresh the knowledge of its medical staff. The department proudly offers residency and fellowship programs to new graduates in pursuit of careers in cancer care. Graduates of the prestigious program have enjoyed positions that include staff appointments at KHCC among others.
In an effort to keep our consults up-to-date on the latest in cancer care and treatment, physicians and clinical staff routinely participate in medical conferences both nationally and internationally. Our medical team also attends hospital and local grand rounds, lectures, tumor boards, and journal clubs.
Residency program:
The Internal Medicine (IM) residency program involves 23 residents who rotate within all sub-specialties. They have daily morning discussions of cases with consultants. The program provides the opportunity for the residents to learn how to perform some procedures such as bone marrow biopsies, paracentesis, insertion of in-dwelling catheters, insertion of central lines, endotracheal intubation…etc.
Our residents participate in the in-training examination that is annually conducted in the United States of America for accredited IM programs. We are proud that the score of our residents is among the highest 95th percentile and the highest achieved score has belonged to one our residents for 2 consecutive years.
The IM residency program provides a suitable environment for newly graduated doctors who are planning to get 2 years transient training and who need adequate time to prepare for for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) before going to the US for their post-graduate studies.
It is worth mentioning that KHCC's IM residency program also accommodates university residents to do clinical attachment and training.
Fellowship program:
The fellowship program in medical oncology is supervised by the Chairman of the IM Department & the Director of the Fellowship Program. It currently involves 11 fellows and 1 – 2 new board-certified physicians are accepted into the Fellowship Program annually. The duration of the program is 3 years. Fellows are subjected to an intense and comprehensive oncology training curriculum and they deal with almost all types of cancers. This is due to the fact that KHCC is the only comprehensive cancer center in Jordan.
Our fellows sit for the oncology board examination of the Jordan Medical Council. The pass-rate is 100% and they also sit for the in-training oncology examination of the United States.
The KHCC-IM department provides great job opportunities for newly graduated oncologists and helps them to excel in their profession.
Department Faculty
Dr. Alaa Addasi
Dr. Salah Abbasi
Dr. Mohammed Dowairi
Dr. Ghadeer Abdeen
Dr. Lina Marei
Dr. Rim Turfa
Dr. Sameer Yaser Abdullah
Dr. Yasser Yamin
Dr. Hazem Abulelah
Dr. Faisal Al Badainah
Dr. Rula Ammarin
Dr. Samer Salah
Dr. Ihab Shehadeh
Dr. Mohammed Zaher Mokhaimer
Dr. Feras Hawari
Dr. Taghreed Al Najjar
Dr. Enas Younis
Dr. Salah Abbasi
Dr. Mohammed Dowairi
Dr. Ghadeer Abdeen
Dr. Lina Marei
Dr. Rim Turfa
Dr. Sameer Yaser Abdullah
Dr. Yasser Yamin
Dr. Hazem Abulelah
Dr. Faisal Al Badainah
Dr. Rula Ammarin
Dr. Samer Salah
Dr. Ihab Shehadeh
Dr. Mohammed Zaher Mokhaimer
Dr. Feras Hawari
Dr. Taghreed Al Najjar
Dr. Enas Younis


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The project demanded more than a 'straighforward' e-commerce solution. Not only did we have to promote and sell a huge range of guides, integrating with Pearson's payment and stock gateway, we also had to publish all the content of the guides and manage subscriptions across a variety of platforms incuding the website, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle and ePub.
The design brief was to provide a seamless experience for the user moving from print, to web to app and beyond, we were also tasked to enhance the digital content with rich media learning tools.
The finished product was a stylish, user focused evolution of the print guide styles. Technically the system we delivered gives York Notes total flexibility and control of the Study Guide Content and the ability to create and amend study guide content via the CMS. They can also generate .mobi/kf8 files for delivery to Kindle and ePub files for Nook, Kobo and iBooks. The same XML and HTML5 is also used to generate iOS and Android Apps for each title.
Together we also worked on developing a fantastic suite of Revision Tools including an Essay Wizard, Key Quotations test, Video Tutorials and Sample Answer content. We also enabled students to take and save notes on a page-by-page basis.
We continue to work with York Notes on further initiatives across Development, Digital Marketing and Content Development as we work to constantly evolve the site.
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NBC Universal Format Sales
York Notes Study Guides
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What is Maker Faire?
Maker Faire is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker Movement. It's a place where people of all ages and backgrounds gather together to show and tell what they are making, and share what they are learning.
Maker Faire celebrated 150 Faires in 2015 alone and has reached over 1,5 million attendees globally since it launched in San Mateo, California in 2006, less than a year after the publication of the first Make: Magazine. The tenth annual Maker Faire Bay Area welcomed some 1200 maker entries and 145,000 attendees.
World Maker Faire New York, the other flagship event, has grown in five years to 900+ maker entries and 90,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas City, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Orlando, Rome, Paris, Hannover, Berlin, Trondheim, Oslo, Newcastle (UK), Tokyo Singapore, Taipei, and Shenzhen host our larger-scale "featured" Maker Faires, and over 120 community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires inspire and ignite creative communities everywhere around the globe.
Photos from different worldwide Maker Faire events.
Vilnius Mini Maker Faire is independently organized and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc.


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Usually when I get on the treadmill for more than just a few miles, I have to make it interesting and challenging – I mix my workout up with a tempo or creative speed intervals – in order to keep myself from getting insanely bored. I push my speed. I rarely push my distance. Prior to yesterday, the most miles I had ever run on the treadmill was 10. And I thought that was a lot (I still do).
I am not afraid of Old Man Winter. I will run in freezing temperatures. I will run in the rain. In the dark. I will run in the snow. I actually really love winter running – layering up and breathing in the crisp cold air is invigorating and refreshing. It makes me feel *hard core* – like I conquered so much more than just the miles, when I brave the elements and get it done in those conditions. We all have that place where we draw the line though, and for me that line is drawn with one simple word: ICE. When the trails are icy, I don't need to risk falling and hurting myself. It's just not worth it.
Yesterday morning my line had to be drawn. When I awoke to snow, freezing rain and ice I had to make a decision. It wasn't an easy one for me, even with the ice on the ground. But my gut told me I should run indoors, so I listened.
Even though I have a treadmill in my basement, I decided to go to the gym to get my long run done. It would be easier on my family that way – Mommy would be out for her run just like every other Saturday morning. The main roads were perfectly safe to drive on so I packed up all my things and drove to the gym.
I couldn't really believe I was about to do this. But I also couldn't bear the thought of not doing it, either. It had to be done.
So I went to the locker room and took off all my warm cozy layers. I had 2 full water bottles, 4 gels (I planned to eat three but brought an extra, just in case – and I am so glad that I did), a small towel, my iPod and a couple of magazines. I found a treadmill in the back and made myself at home there.
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My plan for tackling the run? Try to run it as close to how I would run it if I were outside. Which meant at a comfortable pace, averaging somewhere around an 8:30 – 9:00 mile. When I run outside I drink water throughout (and at least at every mile) and eat a gel every 5 miles. The gym treadmill doesn't let you run more than an hour at a time, so my plan was to run 5 miles, stop the treadmill to eat and refill my water (if necessary) and then tackle the next 5 miles. This strategy worked really well for me because I just told myself mentally that I only needed to run 5 miles at a time. In some weird way I was able to refresh myself mentally and physically after every 5 miles I ran.
I started out slower – running a 9:13 pace for the first mile and then notched it up to an 8:34 mile. I hung onto that until Mile 5 when I stopped to eat my first gel. I had some side stitches and felt like my breathing was funky during parts of the first segment. Mentally, this first 5 miles was definitely the toughest for me. I kept thinking Oh. My. God. I have to do this for a really really long time. For REAL? Time is moving soooo slooooowly. Am I crazy? Yes I am crazy. But I already knew that. Nearly of my friends and my sister were doing the run outside despite the weather and I kept thinking about them. Sort of wondering if I was taking the "easy way out" by running on the treadmill. I battled my mental and emotional demons in this first 5 miles though and quickly decided Hell NO! this was not the "easy way out" – there is no easy way out of 20 miles other than to just not do it! This run was a beast and I was going to tame it. Time for the first 5 miles: 43:27.
The next 5 miles were really really uneventful, guys. Can you imagine?! After having my gel and refilling my water I just ran, like a hamster on a wheel, for 5 more miles at an 8:34 pace – finishing it in 42:38.
I was halfway done! Yayyy!
I grabbed another gel, toweled off and refilled both my water bottles. I was sweating like crazy and drinking way more than usual because it was so warm in the gym. My body isn't used to training in that heat these days, so it was really an adjustment for me.
As I stepped back on the treadmill for the third segment I was entering into new territory – the "I'm running more miles on a treadmill than I ever have in my life" territory. My endorphins were kicking in now and I was listening to some great music on my iPod. I really enjoy my music and pretty much only listen to it when I'm on the treadmill and occasionally on long runs so I can easily get lost in songs I love. Music was my saving grace yesterday. I hung onto the 8:34 pace and time just ticked away. Total time for the third set of 5 miles: 42:34.
I was rocking it and feeling good. 15 miles – DONE.
When I stepped off the treadmill at this point, I had a renewed determination to be finished with this run. I ate my last gel and reached for my water – it was time to refill again. I had already had 6 water bottles full at this point, which astounded me. This was way more water than I normally have on a run. But my body needed it. I was thirsty. I ate my gel and refilled my water and hopped back on the treadmill.
I upped the pace and ran the next 2.5 miles at an 8:13 pace, thinking I would gradually increase over the last 5 miles to wind up closer to my race pace (8:00) at the end. But I paused the treadmill after those 2.5 miles because I just didn't feel right. The pace was harder for me to hold than it should have been. My skin was caked in salt. Something was just — weird. This is when I reached for my extra gel I brought along. I was sweating way more than I had in a long time because of the warmer temperature in the gym and as a result I was probably losing a lot more electrolytes than normal. So I ate my extra gel and then slowed my pace down for the last 2.5 miles, back to the comfortable 8:34 pace I had held for most of my run. Last 5 mile segment: 41:51.
Total time for 20 miles on the treadmill: 2:50:20. Average pace overall: 8:31 per mile.
The way I felt when I was finished? Relieved. Happy. Proud. Tired.
And definitely crazy.
I felt like giving everyone in the gym high fives, and wanted to rejoice with all of them. But it turns out they were completely oblivious to what I had just accomplished. Oh well.
I immediately went to the stretching area and foam rolled and stretched a bit before putting on some dry clothes to head home. When I got to the locker room Robert called me and said he would place an order for Chipotle burritos for us – my favorite thing to eat after a long run. Have I ever told you how awesome my husband is? Well, he is really really really great. For lots of reasons. And this is definitely one of them.
I felt a little weird still so when I got to the car I drank some Nuun (which, by the way, I wish I had had with me on this run. I normally get by with just water and gels but in this extra sweaty circumstance I think Nuun would have given me the perfect boost that I needed. Lesson learned.). Then I drove straight to Chipotle to pick up my recovery meal.
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For optimal recovery after a long run or extra hard workout, it's important to get protein and carbohydrates back into your muscles quickly (ideally within 2 hours). A loaded burrito is a perfect choice for a vegetarian like me — beans, rice, cheese, tortilla — lots of protein, fat and carbs. Usually it takes me a while to feel hungry after a long run like that, but yesterday I was ravenous almost immediately so as soon as I got home I sat down to eat. Before even showering. Gross, I know. But it had to be done. That was probably the best burrito I have ever eaten.
Did I love running on the treadmill for close to three hours? No, not exactly. Am I ridiculously happy that I got it done, that I didn't let the ice prevent me from getting my miles in? YES. I would do it again if I had to, though I hope I don't have to any time soon.
What was your long run like this weekend? Did you have to bring it indoors like I did? What strategies do you have for running long on the treadmill?


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The double "Tafelspitz"
1. Open the napkin and put it with the wrong facing outwards on the table.
2. Fold the upper edge to the lower edge to get a bottom opening bag.
3. Fix with one finger both layers in the centre of the lower edge. Than fold the upper layer of the bottom right-hand corner right over to the left hand bottom corner to get some sort of "cone".
4. Put the napkin flat on the table to get a triangle instead of the rectangle on the right and left side. All folds have to be extended.
5. Fold the left hand triangle to the right side now. Than fold the bottom left hand corner of the upper layer to the right hand bottom corner to get some sort of "cone" again. Smooth down the folds so that the napkin is lying flat on the table.
6. Now we fold the left hand triangle to the three right hand triangles and set up our double «Tafelspitz».


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日本語 I had a chance to receive a session of IH from a practitioner who I respect so much.
The issue was my stuffy nose. (again!)
Her session is like a bulldozer, it digs in my subconscious mind with full power.
What came up as a blockage that prevents me from breathing in freely was a self-limiting belief.
It is a false belief that some adults told you when you were a child, and that belief still exists in your subconscious mind and limits your possibility now.
What my subconsciousness believed was the words that my parents and school environment told me long time ago.
"you play the piano so bad"
"you are worthless"
= I am unworthy.
When there is a limiting-belief in somewhere in your mind, there is a limited-function somewhere in your body as well.
In my case it appears as nostril's inflammation, since that is the most sensitive part in my body.
In the IH session, she got rid of the frequency of my self-limiting belief and I released "being a victim of my parents".
To me, the healing that IH brings always links to the current situation in my life and that interacts with my everyday, then it leads to another aha-moment or a new challenge, or another level of healing.
This time, I got so depressed after the session.
The past 4 years I practiced energy medicine and received so many IH sessions as well as EFT, got rid of many blockages that I held on to and I am getting to love myself unconditionally.
But then, still didn't I release the issue with my parents completely?!
I was very disappointed of myself when I found out it was still there in me.
Can't believe how slow my growth is! I don't know what to do with me anymore!
Well, this was exactly "self-judgement" and not the unconditional love that I talk about, but couldn't help myself.
So, I asked my guide who always gives me a great advice and awareness.
What is wrong with me? What should I do now?
And she answered.
The relationship with your parents, including all the good and bad built who you are, what kind of person you are now.
Releasing such big issues is better to take a long time.
Release one by one what doesn't serve you anymore and keep only the good in you as you change yourself step by step.
Even a lack of confidence can be a person's charm some time in his life even though we think it's an undesirable trait.
It was your warmth and love for your parents that didn't release the limiting-belief from them. It was an undesirable belief, but gave your humanity a depth.
So it's Ok to take some time to release.
I said to myself "you grow way too slow!! How long are you taking to release the past completely!?"
But, even the negative belief was an essence to build who I am today, including this warmth in me.
To love yourself including all the good and bad you have today is a magic to change all of your past to blessings.
Even the imperfection that you have is not an unnecessary essence but it's a part of you, and it is a process of your big growth, your life.
So, I re-realized that my imperfection is just perfect as it is.
Step by step, I change to a greater me.
This unconditional love, I believe it's Ok you don't get it at the first place. I, too, couldn't even have an idea of loving myself 4years ago.
But with the support of IH, EFT, and meditation etc, the love is instilled in me slowly.
IH is a very useful tool to get rid of negative beliefs and blockages that we don't even notice that we have in our subconscious mind.
To love yourself more,
live your life brighter, lighter, and enjoy more,
IH is here to support you with a clear compass = your own body!


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Too cute!
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August 2018 Picnic
Our meeting this month is the August 2018 Picnic. Please join the Finger Lakes Section for our Annual Member Family Picnic on Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 2:00PM at the Cheerful Valley Campground in Phelps, NY.
Our hosts, Craig and Linda Hutchings have once again offered their hospitality by reserving the pavilion for us.
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The traditional horseshoe tournament will start as soon as we have enough people gathered.
BRING: bathing suits if you'd like to use the pool, fishing gear if you want to try your luck in the stream and any fun outdoor toys or games you'd like to share.
Be aware that we will take a Group Portrait after dinner so don't leave before that happens.
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Saturday, November 02, 2013
24 Sussex Trick-or-treaters
Mike Duffy
This is probably the scariest visitor the PM had on Halloween night. A modern version of the walking undead, it seems this guy can no longer be killed or bought off. Mr. Harper can try putting another cheque in Mr. Duffy's treat bag but it might be too late. He better come up with something nice though; otherwise he can expect all manner of tricks from the Puffster.
Nigel Wright
This is the last person Mr. Harper wanted to see on Thursday night. But if Mr. Wright did show up, maybe the two of them finally got their story straight. Did Mr. Wright resign or did Mr. Harper dismiss him? With any luck, Mr. Wright will remain the disappeared ghost he has become.
Pamela Wallin
Dressed as a witch, Ms. Wallin may have paid a visit to the official residence with vengeance on her mind. Like Mike Duffy, she's looking for a few treats including the retention of her Senate seat or else she'll be handing out old e-mails to the media like Halloween candy.
Arthur Hamilton
The prime minister probably barred this fellow at the gate, especially if he came bearing any scary e-mails and memos or possibly a frightening cancelled cheque for $13,560. If it was the latter, the PM just better hope it wasn't drawn from Conservative Party funds.
Marjory LeBreton
This is one scary Halloween visitor with both feet in her mouth and dragging a loose canon behind her. If she starts telling Mr. Harper how Patrick Brazeau was a failed experiment and how Mike Duffy spun his story of a repayment plot, he better cover his ears and have her escorted off the property.
The Ghost of Richard Nixon
If this spectre showed up at the door, Mr. Harper should have heeded his words carefully. "What did you know and when did you know it?" wails Mr. Nixon's apparition. This ghost from scandals past knows very well that it's seldom the crime that does you in; it's usually the coverup that destroys you in the end.
The Conservative Base
They haven't been too pleased of late and the latest Senate Scandal revelations have made them hopping mad. Mr. Harper better have some nice legislative goodies to offer them this Halloween if he hopes to keep his leadership position intact.
The Senate Tory Caucus
If this gang appeared, the PM should have listened very closely to their advice. Some are urging that the motion to suspend delinquent senators be withdrawn as a matter of principle. Given that further scrutiny might reveal more wrongdoings by other members, perhaps it should be withdrawn as a matter of practicality instead.
The Swing Voter
Possibly the scariest visitor to 24 Sussex Drive this year, the Swing Voter is as crazy and unpredictable as Justin Trudeau with a drug legalization issue. Frightening as it is to consider, this spooky character almost elected the NDP last election and if Mr. Harper doesn't fill up his Halloween treat bag with goodies like lower cell phone costs and pick-a-channel cable, he might just make Thomas Mulcair prime minister next time.
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Strange Video Clips
Greetings fellow arts enthusiasts, and a warm welcome back to my arts and entertainment blog. I have been looking through the depths of Youtube lately, and found some of the weirdest video clips ever. This is a whole thing apparently, as these videos have tens of millions of views. If you live with a small child you already know what I am talking about, this 'Finger Family' madness. These videos are so weird; ten minutes of poorly animated hands holding up different fingers up and in different backgrounds. And the music playing is even weirder. An obviously non english speaking voice sings about this Mommy and Daddy finger, then Brother and Sister finger. But how could this take up ten minutes you think? There are only 5 fingers I can hear you loudly saying at your computer screen. I know, I know. But the fingers need to be sung about with different backgrounds. And the hands need to have different skins on them. Just to be even weirder.
The second video 'genre' if you can even call it that is Prank family. Which involves grown men dressing up as characters from Television and Movies( Like Elsa and Spiderman) that all live a house together and prank each other. Upon further investigation these actors are actually a bunch of previously famous Youtubers who used to do public fake prank videos, and I thought that was low. Now they have videos feeling up whatever one of them is playing Elsa while everyone else just acts weird in the background before running around like they are on horses. These guys are somehow pulling in more views than they ever did with their old channels, mostly because every child with access to the internet is watching them. A good way to make a pretty penny, if you have no shame.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
An Adventure!
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This inconsequential ditty was originally written for children, but grown-ups seem to take a shine to it.
It is of questionable accuracy. An eminent professor has informed me that (a) Canute was decidedly not in the habit of taking his holidays at Cleethorpes (his preference was for Skeggy), (b) the beach is so shallow that it is not possible to be ten feet underwater without wading about eight miles out to sea, and (c) his palace was not in Oldham. This did however, provide me with a very convenient rhyme in the first stanza…
Now King Canute of England had a palace up in Oldham,
With lots of grovelling servants who did everything he told 'em.
He bellowed out his orders and he made his fingers click,
And anything he wanted would appear in half a tick.
But kings get bored in palaces, so soon he did decide
That he would like to spend a day just messing about at the seaside.
He said 'I'll go to Cleethorpes! Get my bucket, get my spade.'
And there upon the beach a royal sandcastle was made.
All day he built his battlements beside the salty seas,
And then he had his supper: fish and chips and mushy peas.
His snivelling servants said, 'Oh King! Your sandcastle is wondrous,
But is it strong enough to stand against these waves that break so thunderous?'
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He cried: 'This castle I have made from Cleethorpes' soggy sand
Shall never ever be destroyed, forever it will stand.
Go back! Go back! You wayward waves, for I, the King, command it!'
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This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information and Sensitive Information of individual customers, and Personal Information of the individuals who use Organization Accounts, that we collect through the magnet.whoplusyou.com platform and through our service and support interactions and communications with customers (collectively, our "Services").
1. WhoPlusYou and the Magnet Network - Introduction
We recognize that you are entrusting us with a lot of personal and sensitive information. This explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your information.
In this Privacy Policy, "we" "us" and "our" means WhoPlusYou Inc., the technology that powers the Magnet network. Magnet is a social initiative of Ryerson University that is committed to advancing careers, businesses and communities. Magnet collaborates with Magnet Community Partners to serve individuals, employers, recruiters and businesses. WhoPlusYou provides the Magnet™ targeted opportunity and communications matching platform (the "platform") that introduces network participants to jobs, other opportunities and people based on participants' needs, interests and preferences.
For individual users, the platform enables you to connect to jobs, learning and other career related opportunities and information, by letting you easily showcase your skills and experiences to the right employers and organizations privately and quickly. The platform enables employers and recruiters to quickly and accurately identify and connect to the right talent as well as other opportunities and relevant information. For Magnet Community Partners, the platform helps your Affiliates get better connected to the people, jobs, opportunities and information they care about.
2. Definitions
"Affiliate" or "Affiliation" is a relationship status inside the platform between an Individual User, employer or recruiter and a Magnet Community Partner.
- For Individual Users, see section 3 (b) (iii), Information Sharing with Affiliated Community Partners for details.
- For Organization Accounts, see section 4 (b) (iii), Information Sharing with Magnet Community Partners for details.
"Contact" is a relationship status inside the platform that is established when an employer, recruiter or Magnet Community Partner contacts an Individual User by chat message inside the platform, in response to an application submitted by the Individual User to a posting by the employer, recruiter or Magnet Community Partner.
"Fit Information" means information as described in section 3 a) derived from a personality assessment taken through the platform.
"Individual Users" are individuals with magnet.whoplusyou.com accounts.
"Landing Pages" are webpages we provide for Magnet Community Partners where individuals, employers and recruiters can sign up for accounts or sign in to their accounts on the platform.
"Magnet Community Partners" are organizations, primarily not-for-profit organizations (schools, government and related entities), that have joined the Magnet network and are collaborating with Magnet to achieve their shared objectives.
"Organization Accounts" are magnet.whoplusyou.com accounts for organizations (businesses, not-for-profits, schools, government and related entities). This includes employer, recruiter and Magnet Community Partner accounts.
"Organization Users" are the individuals who are authorized to use an Organization Account.
"Personal Information" is information that identifies an individual, and information that could be combined by us, our partners or service providers with other information to identify an individual.
"Resume" means the information contained in the "My Resume" tab in an Individual User's account.
"Sensitive Information" is information that does not personally identify an individual by itself, but which in the context of an Individual User's account is or may be private and sensitive (for example, an individual's opportunity preferences, an application to a job posting, Affiliation with a Magnet Community Partner, a diversity self-declaration).
"You" means an Individual User or an Organization User or both, as the context indicates.
3. Individual Users: Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal and Sensitive Information
a) Personal and Sensitive Information That We Collect
We collect information that you provide to us by entering it into the platform or uploading it, or that arises from your activity on the platform. Some of this information is used to create your Resume. Examples of information that we collect are:
- your name, email, address, phone and other contact information
- your photo
- information about your career and professional background such as your education, work history, languages, skills, achievements and personal qualities
- documents and media uploaded by you including letters and presentations
- your professional and career interests and preferences
- if applicable, your self-declaration as a member of a diversity group
- your "Affiliate" status with one or more Magnet Community Partners
- if you take a personality assessment through the platform, your Personality Profile document provided by the assessor together with "Fit Information" from the assessment about your fit for certain employment and training opportunities
- your preferences and settings
- your viewing of communications to you from us and from other users inside your account, such as invitations to apply for job opportunities, invitations to events, targeted messages and learning content sent to you
- details of jobs you are interested in that you have imported from third party job boards or entered by you into the platform, and related contacts
- your communications with employers/recruiters and other users of the platform, including applications to opportunities
- the Landing Page you used to sign up for your account, and the Landing Pages you have used to sign in to your account
You can change your Resume information and your settings, preferences, self-declarations and Affiliations at any time. However, even after you change information, copies of your previous information may still be available if it has been shared with others as described below and they have copied or stored it. The previous versions of your information will also remain on our backups for a period of time.
Please also see section 5, All Users, for other types of information that we collect from both Individual Users and Organization Users and how that information is used and disclosed.
b) How We Use and Disclose Your Personal and Sensitive Information
i) Matching, Targeted Messages, Applying and Connecting to Opportunities
We use your Resume information to match you to opportunities, and to notify you and provide information to you about opportunities that might be appropriate for and interesting to you, based on the preferences that you have indicated. These may be job opportunities, events, learning opportunities and other career or professional development opportunities.
If there is Fit Information in your account from a personality assessment, we use the Fit Information to match you to certain employment and training opportunities.
When you choose to apply to a job posting through the platform, we share your Resume information with the employer or recruiter who posted the job together with any documents or media that are attached to your Resume or that you include with your application, such as a cover letter or traditional resume document. When you update your Resume information, the updated information is what is visible. The employer or recruiter can share your Resume information with others by means of an "Applicant Queue" containing a link to your Resume and other information about and contained in your application. If you change your Resume information while the link is active, the updated information is what is visible to the recipient. An application to a posting expires after 90 days if the employer has not contacted you through the platform. After an application expires, the employer will no longer be able to view your Resume. You may withdraw your application from a posting even after communicating with the employer through the platform. In that case, the employer will no longer be able to view your Resume.
In all cases where your Resume is visible to a third party from the platform, this does not include information that is marked on your Resume on the platform as "not shared", "private", "not visible to employers" or with similar language. For example, Opportunity Preferences and Affiliations can be kept private or made visible to third parties viewing your Resume, at your discretion.
ii) Information That You Choose to Share
Inside the platform, we provide a Communications channel for employers and recruiters to contact you in relation to applications that you have made through the platform. The channel allows you to share information, such as chat messages, documents and media, with these employers and recruiters. You may choose to stop sharing documents and media that you shared through the Shared Media channel.
In addition to sharing your Resume by applying to a job posting, you may choose to share your Resume with anyone you choose, by email from the platform, using the "Share My Resume" button. This generates a link, valid for 60 days, which the email recipient can use to view your online Resume. If you change your Resume information while the link is active, the updated information is what is visible to the recipient.
iii) Information Sharing with Affiliated Community Partners
We designate you as "Affiliated" with a Magnet Community Partner if you signed up for your account, or signed in to your account, through that Partner's Landing Page, or if when you signed up for your account you chose that Partner as how you heard about Magnet. In your Resume, you can turn off your status as an Affiliate of any Magnet Community Partner at any time by using the controls in the "Affiliations" portion of your Resume. Affiliations can be kept private or made visible to third parties viewing your Resume, at your discretion. The default setting is for Affiliations to be private.
Affiliations are used to target some opportunities and communications.
Some Magnet Community Partners that provide services to individuals related to job readiness and job search (for example, career counselling) have the capability to view Personal Information and Sensitive Information about you if you are one of their Affiliates and if you have expressly consented to your information being shared with them. This express consent is given through a "Consent Required" pop-up on the platform. If you consent, the Magnet Community Partner will be able to see:
- your name
- your email
- your Resume
- your Fit Information if applicable
- information about jobs that you have been invited to apply to through the platform
- the date on which you applied to any job posting on the platform, and
- the date on which the employer or recruiter first initiated contact with you inside the platform as a result of an application you made.
These Magnet Community Partners may require additional steps to verify or confirm you as an Affiliate, and/or may be able to turn off your Affiliate status.
You can withdraw or provide consent to sharing information with a Magnet Community Partner by using the controls in the "Affiliations" portion of your Resume, using the "Disclose Personal Info" toggle. If you withdraw your consent, your name and information about job invitations, applications and the initiation of contact with you, as well as Fit Information if applicable, that was made available to the Magnet Community Partner during the period your consent was in effect will remain available to the Magnet Community Partner as part of their records. In some instances, withdrawal of consent may result in you ceasing to be an Affiliate of the Magnet Community Partner.
iv) Diversity Self-Declaration
If you have self-declared as identifying with one or more
Diversity Target Groups, we use your self-declaration to match
you with opportunities or communications that request
applicants or audiences from those Diversity Target Group.
When you receive a job opportunity that requests applicants
from one or more Diversity Target Groups, you will be notified
that the posting was targeted to individuals who have
self-declared as identifying with at least one of the
Diversity Target Group(s) specified in the opportunity
posting. Where an opportunity requires that applicants have
such a self-identification, you will be alerted before
applying to the opportunity that by applying you will be
implicitly identifying yourself as having self-identified with
at least one of the required groups. Where an opportunity
requests (without requiring) that applicants have such a
self-identification, you will be asked for your consent to
disclose as part of the application that you have
self-identified with at least one of the requested groups. In
both cases, the specific group or groups that you have
self-declared as identifying with will not be made visible to
the employer or recruiter posting the opportunity; however,
please note that if the employer or recruiter has specified
only one Diversity Target Group they will know by implication
that you have self-declared as identifying with that group.
Your self-declarations will not be disclosed to employers when you are applying to jobs that are not marked as Diversity Employment Postings. Your self-declarations are not part of your Resume and are stored only in your account information.
v) Information Use and Disclosure for Support, Service and Communications
We use your contact information to contact you via email, subject to any "unsubscribe" instructions you have provided to us, and we may contact you by phone or ordinary mail. We may share your information with third parties, including Magnet, who provide services to us in our operations, including customer support and communications services. Where we do share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, they are obliged to treat the information as confidential and use it only in connection with the Services we are providing to you.
If you have self-declared as identifying with the "Persons with Disabilities" Diversity Target Group, you may choose to indicate particular types of disabilities about which you would like to receive communications from us. This indication is not part of your Resume and is stored only in your account information. We do not share this information with employers, Magnet partners or any other third parties.
Be aware that information that is shared with other users can be copied by them and shared by them with others.
Please also see section 5, All Users, for other types of information that we collect from both Individual Users and Organization Users and how that information is used and disclosed.
4. Organization Users: Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
(a) Personal Information We Collect
We collect information that users provide to us by entering it into the platform or uploading it, or that arises from users' activity on the platform.
When creating an Organization Account, the individual creating the account on behalf of the organization will provide their own contact information (name, email address) and will become the first "Administrative User" of the account. The Administrative User may add other individuals as users of the account by providing their names and emails, and may transfer Administrative User status to another Organization User. Organization Users may also choose to provide Personal Information about themselves in communications with other users through the platform, and in documents, media or other information they upload to the platform.
(b) How We Use and Disclose Your Personal Information
i) Information Use and Disclosure for Support, Service and Communications
We use your contact information to contact you via email, subject to any "unsubscribe" instructions you have provided to us, and we may contact you by phone or ordinary mail. We also share your contact information with Magnet. We may share your contact information with third parties who provide services to us in our operations, including customer support, billing and communicating with you. Where we share contact information with third parties for these purposes, they are obliged to treat the information as confidential and use it only in connection with the Services we are providing to you.
ii) Information Sharing with Magnet Community Partners
We designate an employer or recruiter account as "Affiliated" with a Magnet Community Partner if the employer or recruiter signed up for their account, or signed in to their account, through the Magnet Community Partner's Landing Page, or if when they signed up for their account they chose that Partner as how they heard about Magnet. Where an employer or recruiter account is Affiliated with a Magnet Community Partner, we may share contact information of Organization Users for that account with the Magnet Community Partner.
iii) Information That You Choose To Share
Inside the platform, we provide a Communications channel and a Shared Media channel for you to share information, such as chat messages, documents and media, with Contacts. You may choose to stop sharing media that you shared through the Shared Media channel.
5. All Users: Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
- We gather certain information automatically when you visit the platform. This information includes your interactions with the platform and the date / time stamp for each interaction. Some information is gathered via "cookies", which are small text file that are sent to your browser from the platform when you visit it, and are stored on the device that you are using when you visit. We use information collected from you and your activities on the platform to administer and improve our Services, to investigate issues, provide user support, and for billing purposes when applicable.
- We use a variety of cookies for different purposes. We use login or session cookies (temporary files which are erased when you close your browser) to help manage your session and recover from interruptions while you are logged in. We use persistent cookies (which will remain on your hard drive until you erase them) so the platform knows your Affiliations and can display related branding and content. We use Google Analytics which sets its own cookies on users' browsers to collect information on user activity such as visits, pages visited, time spent on each page, click-throughs, unique users, browsers used, types of devices being used, locations (based on IP addresses), device operating systems and users' internet service providers. For information on how Google treats personal information that it collects through Google Analytics, see Google Analytics security and privacy principles. The information that we receive back from Google Analytics contains no personally identifiable information.
- We enable Facebook to use cookies, web beacons, or other storage technologies ("Facebook Tools") to collect information about user activity on certain Landing Pages on our platform. We identify the Landing Pages where Facebook Tools are used with the legend "This webpage uses Facebook Tools as explained here in our Privacy Policy". Facebook is able to collect information about your activity on a Landing Page where Facebook Tools are used if you are logged in to Facebook on the same device when visiting the Landing Page. The information which Facebook may collect from a Landing Page includes your presence on the Landing Page, whether you completed sign-up for an account or signed in to your account, and whether you clicked on any links. Facebook will use that information to provide measurement services, and target ads to you. Please see Facebook's Privacy Policy for their explanation of how they collect, share and use this information. Facebook may share the information that it collects, on an aggregated, anonymized basis, with us and with the Magnet partner from whose Landing Page Facebook collected the information. The information shared back by Facebook contains no personally identifiable information. You may opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting. Please refer to the following links for information about opting out: http://www.aboutads.info/choices and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
- We collect information about how recipients of our emails engage with the emails, such as whether they open the emails, click through on links in the emails and/or unsubscribe or change their email preferences. Some of this information is collected via "web beacons" (objects embedded in the emails). We use this to understand what content is engaging and relevant to users, and to track unsubscribes and individuals' email preferences.
- We use information collected from users and users' activities on the platform, other than Personal Information, on an anonymized basis to create and provide data for analytical purposes, for example aggregated labour market information, and we share this information with some platform users and third parties.
- We may disclose or transfer user information in connection with a merger or sale involving all or part of our business or as part of a corporate reorganization or sale of stock.
- We will disclose your information without your knowledge or consent if we are we are required to do so by law or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process served on us; or we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or enforce your User Agreement with us. We also reserve the right to disclose your information when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect the safety, rights or property of other users of the platform or the public. We may disclose users' Personal Information if it is necessary for us to collect a debt from the user, or where we have reason to believe that it is relevant to the investigation of a breach of laws and we are legally permitted to do so.
- We reserve the right to review and disclose content that users share with other users of the platform where we suspect that such sharing is a breach of the terms and conditions of use of the platform.
6. Communications
We use your name and email address to contact you for administrative and transactional purposes and for promoting our Services to you. As previously noted, we use cookies to track responses to email and newsletters that we send to customers and potential customers. You may opt out of receiving all or certain kinds of emails from us by using the "unsubscribe" feature in emails or in the "Preferences" tab of your account.
7. How We Protect Your Personal Information
We recognize the importance of the security of Personal Information and Sensitive Information. We take administrative and technical measures to safeguard Personal Information and Sensitive Information against unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure, theft, misuse and loss. Although we take precautions against possible breaches of the security of your information, both during transmission and in storage, we cannot fully eliminate the risk of technical failure or security breaches that enable or cause unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure, theft, misuse or loss of information.
8. Deactivation of your Account
You can deactivate your account at any time. If you are an Individual User and you deactivate your account, your Resume will not be searchable, we will not send you any communications, and we will delete information from your account that we do not need to maintain for purposes of audit, data integrity, or fulfilment of legal requirements, as soon as reasonably possible. Be aware that even after you deactivate your account, copies of your information may still be available if your information has been shared with others and they have copied or stored it. Your information will also remain on our backups for a period of time.
9. Location for Collection, Processing and Storage of Information
At the date of publication of this policy our servers are located in Canada and therefore your Personal Information and Sensitive Information will reside on and be processed on servers located in Canada. We may choose to move the location of our servers at any time, and accordingly the location in which your information will reside and be processed may change in future without any prior notification to you.
10. We may change this policy and you will be bound by our changes.
We have the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time without your agreement. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on the platform and we will also post a notice on the platform about the changes. If you continue to use the platform after the changes have been published on the platform, you are consenting to the changes. If you do not agree with the changes, you should deactivate your account.
11. Links to Other Sites
Our platform contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by us. We encourage you to be aware when you leave the platform and to read the privacy statements of other sites to which you provide personal information.
Please contact us with any questions, concerns or suggestions at email@example.com.
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Capital Region Scrapbook: Baseball, softball players enjoyed fieldwork in '90, '91 (with photo gallery)
The Orioles, Red Sox and Yankees are playing baseball again.
So are the Phillies, Cardinals and Cubs.
In the Capital Region, Mighty Warriors, Spartans, Blue Streaks and Patriots are in the green and at the plate. For the next two months, high school baseball and softball players will spend innings away from home in outfields, infields and batter's boxes.
In 1990 and 1991, young men and women acquitted themselves with honor. Softball pitchers Shane Kozak of Schenectady and Chris Nally of Columbia were throwing missiles. Steve Pelosi was stealing bases for Johnstown. Todd Lucca was knocking out hits for Mohonasen.
It's time to "Play ball!" once again. Local players are back on the same fields used by their baseball and softball ancestors 20 years ago. They're swinging, slinging, striding and sliding just as hard as the "kids" — now in their mid- to late 30s — did during glory days of the past.


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As a mother of 2 teenage boys I can say that parenting is hard. Being an atheist parent is even harder!
My husband and I have fought with the schools and their sports programs for years. We have had to try and explain to our children why their best friend isn't allowed to talk to them anymore after that friends' parents discovered we are atheists.
My kids have had to endure stiffled giggles and a pat on the head, as if they were silly or uniformed, when they expressed to a teacher that they are atheist and so didn't get the bible referenced question on an exam. Or worse yet, got a failing grade because they didn't get the Eve and apple question, and/or the Noah and the ark question correct .
Our youngest quit playing football for his school because he refused to participate in Wednesday practice bible study and was benched for his refusal. My husband and I have heard countless reassurances that our children will not be exiled or singled out for their lack-of beliefs only to watch them (our kids) be tormented, singled out, and benched.
Our eldest leaves for college in August and we were thrilled to see the university he is attending had an atheist group but saddened that at the open house we attended they did not have a table set up but the many christian groups did.
Our 15 year old decided a couple of months ago that he believes in reincarnation. When asked about his newfound belief he said that people who believe in a god are stupid and uneducated but that he thinks he would like to be reincarnated as a bird, or maybe a domestic cat/dog and in his brain he can choose to believe he will be reincarnated after he dies if he wants to. I told him that if he promised not to become a scientologist he could believe anything he wants. lol!
I have watched my kids suffer for being an atheist living in the bible belt south and I am constantly in awe of their compassion, willingness to give back, and their tolerance. Although, one of my sons is considering going to a local church in order to, in his words, "hook up with this really hot chick".
Guess my job is far from over! =)
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Can I bring my own laptop?
Sure! If you wish to use your own laptop, we can happily accommodate that. You only need to make sure that you have the relevant software installed on your laptop.
Do I need anything else for the training?
No. We will provide you with refreshments, pens, papers and additional course manuals (where possible). So all you need to bring for the course, is yourself!
I can't come to your training centres, can you deliver the training at my office?
Certainly. Provided that you have the facilities to run the course, we can send one of our expert instructors to your premises. Please call us for more details on pricing and arrangements.
Can I really learn a software this quickly?
It might sound like a bit of a myth that you can learn how to use, say, Photoshop in only a few days. However, we are confident that you will learn the software. That is why we introduced the "Docklands Media Promise". After completing the course, if you are still not confident in using the tools, you can come and attend the same course. Absolutely free of charge.
Do you have any refreshments at your training centres?
Indeed. We have a fully functioning cafe on-site. Here you can find refreshments, sandwiches, hot and cold drinks, fruits and snacks.
What if I want to drive to your training centres?
We know how troublesome it can be to find a parking space in the city. However, if you wish to drive to our training centre, we can allocate you a parking space just underneath our facilities in a fully secure car park. Free of charge.
If I purchase a "Bundle" or a set of "Training Credits", do I have to use them all at once?
No. If you purchased a bundle and it includes 6 different training courses, you don't have to attend them back-to-back. The same applies to Training Credits. You can purchase your training credits and use them whenever you wish to do so.