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IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE US, your conversations tend to revolve around two main disciplines; food, and Netflix. So it was only a matter of time before provegan documentary of the moment, What The Health, took over our discussions – and, in turn, many of our fridges as well. There's no doubt that Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn's provocative film has inspired many to make more plant-based food choices, but just because it's convincing, does it mean it's true? And for all the advice it offers, is it also shrouded in a biased agenda that we don't get to see? We asked Dr Shefali Verma, an Integrative Medicine Specialist at Dubai's Institute for Biophysical Medicine, to offer her expert take on the documentary dividing us all…
"The first time I watched What The Health, I couldn't get past half an hour. Since its release, I've had around 15 people tell me that they're thinking of going vegan. And although there are some genuinely good parts, I found that they were overshadowed by irresponsible claims and medical statements. So while the most positive lesson to come from it is to teach people not to take what they eat for granted, there was no balanced viewpoint encouraging the viewer to look at the other side, or to really educate them. It was far more about scare tactics. I truly believe that if the science behind something is that strong, you don't need to paint pictures of kids eating cigarettes to push people into believing it.
WTH began by talking about processed food. It's not new information that it's bad for you, but there are still people choosing to eat it. Having the filmmakers highlight that was a good thing, making people question; what do I put in my mouth? Where does it come from? They also discussed industrial farming 10 and organic food; both important topics to open a discourse on. They were right to encourage asking questions about them; we should be responsible and reading up on the most-sprayed crops etc. Because even when something's labelled organic, it can still be difficult to tell 100 per cent. It might be organic initially but we don't know the conditions in which it's transported to the end user. When you see these giant, shiny, out-of-season apples in the supermarket, or if it takes a while for food to go bad, those are key markers of whether it's organic or not. But I'm a huge advocate of organic eating so would still rather buy something certified organic – even if there's a small chance it isn't – than buy something uncertified, which 100 per cent guarantees that it isn't.
They also talked about dairy, and I have to say – I agree. I take a lot of people off it, but I do it far more with food-sensitivity testing and symptoms. How it breaks down can activate morphine-type receptors so some people end up craving what they're sensitive to. It's one of the most allergenic foods, along with gluten and eggs, but it's not up to me to make everyone stop eating it. If you ask me my opinion, though, I'd agree with WTH; it's made for baby cows. And technically, we are encouraging lactation for long periods of time in order to support the dairy business.
The documentary also linked it to osteoporosis and breast cancer, which there may be a correlation between, but what kind of ethical study can prove a causation? Statements of that kind are just too big. Like all chronic diseases, cancer is multifactorial so we must be sure we're looking at everything. Are they a smoker? Who funded the report? Learning to read medical studies and choosing which paper to refer to is a skill and not everyone can do it. You can play on words; A plus B causes C, versus A plus B is correlated with C – but it doesn't mean it's causing it. It's how you choose to read it. So the dairy claims were true in some respects, but generally they were far too extreme.
I also tried to look at both sides of the story as to what the documentary makers were trying to achieve and uncovered that they were animal-rights activists. Both were already vegan before they started making the film. All the doctors they interviewed were also vegan or animal activists. In my opinion, once you've already made your mind up, it would be hard to objectively present both sides of the argument, meaning that it was always likely to be a skewed perspective. I just wish that the audience could make the right decision based on the relevant information, but I felt like if everyone in Dubai watched it, they'd come away telling people, 'See? I told you doughnuts are ok!'
Let's just look at this region and obesity. You can't say that these people can have as much sugar as they want as long as they don't eat animal protein. That's just wrong. I alone have changed so many people's blood markers related to insulin sensitivity by taking them off carbs and putting them on protein. Sugar plays a part in fat storage and you can't say otherwise. To me, that's just irresponsible. If you're already diabetic and obese, and you start eating just carbs and sugars, that could lead to a complete disaster.
Similarly, the claim that eggs are as bad for you as cigarettes. That's a ridiculous comparison. Firstly, you can't put all eggs and meat in the same bracket and say that eating frozen nuggets is the same as eating organic, grass-fed chicken from a farm. First divide the two, then come up with a theory. There's a lot of goodness in organic eggs. Vitamins E, B, K, protein… you can't say they're the same as smoking because of the fat they contain. Especially as there's so much new knowledge when it comes to good and bad fats. We need good fats to absorb fat-soluble vitamins, plus there's a lot of evidence that a ketogenic diet – one high in protein and fat – is helping many people. But I could reverse that and claim there's a lot of research to say that sugar feeds tumour cells in cancer, and technically all vegetables break down into glucose (sugar)… so can I now say that vegetables increase the risk of cancer? Of course not. You can't just use one theory to prove something.
For me, it's powerful to ask questions. I teach my patients that what we eat makes a huge difference, but it's not a one-size-fits-all affair. Everything I recommend is personalised, with blood tests, medicals and an entire history from birth till now. I've been called a medical detective and will ask about everything; sleep, energy, stress, diet, mental health. When was the last time you felt well? What was your upbringing like? I encourage people to de-burden and do a lot of psychotherapy recommendations. It all helps to get to the bottom of it. Two people can come in with exactly the same symptoms and I would treat them differently. It's just not so simple as one diet for everyone – or that changing your diet can always fix everything.
We all have a genetic print, but our environment affects how these genes are expressed; it's called epigenetics. If I said my dad had heart disease but ate X, Y and Z, I might technically be high-risk, but if I ate completely differently to him, it's not guaranteed that I'll end up the same. It's also not always clear what's genetic and what's cultural, so what we learn about food from our parents means that we might end up making the same mistakes. But is it genetic? Not necessarily. So what you eat really matters, as opposed to just accepting that something runs in your family. We have a huge part to play in our story. We can change things. It's empowering.
By the age of 30, if you have or are going through some kind of stress, chances are your digestive system isn't operating optimally. Do a lot of people who go vegetarian or vegan feel better? Sure, because the stomach takes a break from digesting protein. But the answer isn't just not to eat something – it's to improve your digestion! It's not to just accept that it doesn't suit you – it's to ask the question why. Don't just symptomcontrol. I have nothing against vegans or vegetarians; in fact, I see alot of patients who choose not to eat meat for either religious or anti-cruelty reasons. I'd never try to convert them – I'd just teach them how they can do it healthily with enough amino acids and nutrients. You need to learn about your body; you want to understand it more than anyone else. We're built to be able to fight, but we have to have faith in ourselves. Living scared is not ok. Our bodies are complex and amazing. We need to believe in them."
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Updated: 20.05.2015
Creoir Oy
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Creoir is a specialized product house that designs and develops tailored wireless products and services such as smart phones, IoT-solutions, wearables and other wireless products to our customers and partners globally. Our complete solution includes also manufacturing and after sales services. Based in Oulu, Finland, Creoir provides design services for mechanics, hardware, software (from HAL-layer to cloud) and engineering services across all phases of product development. Creoir offers an end-to-end service providing access to the latest technologies, development processes and testing facilities as well as component sourcing and product manufacturing. Winners of the 2015 IF Product Design Award, the innovative Creoir team has developed over 50 mobile devices and hundreds of concept designs to major global brands.
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You all might know that I usually bake on Sundays. I do. It makes me happy and somehow I feel like a 50s housewife in my apron. 🙂 Sooo… this is another Martha Stewart Recipe I tried. You can find it here. I have to admit I am a huge FAN of Martha. And it makes me so sad we don't have the Martha Show here in Germany. Would love to watch it!
Anyways… you should try this recipe it's SO delicious!
The oreo at the bottom of the cake is so delicious it hurts! ❤
Hope you will love them as much as I did and happy baking, friends!
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An overview of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act discussing the federal statute and regulations. Focusing on Part B of the IDEA, this presentation discusses: who is protected; the principles of the IDEA; key ideas and themes of the IDEA; and relevant case law. The presentation serves as a primer for the special education lawyer.Accreditation: Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York
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The long slog to keep your kids entertained for the entire summer break is nearly over. But just in case you need a helping hand to get over the finish line, we have put together a few quick and practical suggestions to help your kids learn new skills.
Using products from Hilltop's online store, the ideas focus on crafts and electronics to help your kids build an interest in something productive.
We know the summer holidays can be expensive, so we have kept an eye on cost in each project. They are all cheap, especially if you have some of the products lying around your house. If not, don't worry, you can get some of them at great prices from our online store.
DIY solar-powered smartphone charger
Has your son or daughter spent a good portion of the summer break glued to their phone or tablet?
Give them a lesson in the inner workings of their handheld devices by helping them build a solar-powered smartphone charger. The small chargers are relatively easy to make, especially if you have some electronics know-how. And they might just prove extremely useful in an emergency.
All you need is a solar panel (or two), a spare charger cable, a soldering iron, a heat gun and a few other items to bring everything together.
You could also try attaching a charger to a mini wind turbine or a hand crank to teach your kids about different ways of generating renewable energy (and possibly saving you some money on your household energy bills).
You can find full details of the project here.
Fix old phone chargers
Have your kids worn down their smartphone charging cables? In fairness, modern day charging cables seem a lot flimsier than they used to be. You can help them learn the value of repairing possessions with this easy heat shrink tubing fix.
You can also reinforce old charging cables before they wear, making them much less likely to break. Just put the heat shrink over any flimsy parts and apply like shown in the video below.
Make a simple intercom system
Maybe you need a way to call your kids down for dinner when they aren't listening? Or perhaps it could be a way for siblings to talk to each other without being in the same room.
Either way, your kids are sure to learn some simple electronics problem-solving skills with this simple intercom project. It is also a way to learn about the value of upcycling old electronics – turning two old corded phones into a dedicated intercom system.
This project is relatively simple. It requires a few specialist tools, like a soldering iron and a heat gun, but apart from that, it can be carried out easily with careful supervision.
The video shows you how to create it.
Zip tie wire tidies
It can feel like our lives are dominated by wires these days. If you don't have the time to make something, you could just give your children a handful of zip ties and ask them to tidy up any visible wires they see.
This could be wires behind your TV, wires behind your computer or other pesky wires, like messy extension leads that litter the floor.
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Last Spring, we started a project with the best kept secret in the west – Stewart Boot Company. Having worn the boots since high school, working with the storied maker has been at the top of our list since the early days of Kindred Black. Located on a largely empty, industrial side-street in South Tucson, the one-story, adobe brick shop was opened in 1940 by master boot craftsman Ronnie Stewart. "He was an excellent foot and shoe guy," says Victor Borg "but he was a rascal." In 1970 when the shop was closed down by the IRS, Victor bought the shop from the partners that had scooped it off the auction block. "These guys figured the way that you run a business is that everybody works and you sit at a desk with your feet up. Well that doesn't work."
At the time, Vic didn't have any idea how to make boots and says he had never even owned a pair. "I was just crazy. I greatly overestimated my ability and greatly underestimated the difficulty that these guys (pointing to his staff) go through making boots. They have a tremendous amount of skill and I learned right here by makin' boots that didn't fit," he laughs.
Not only did he have a lot to learn on the boot-making front, but as soon as Victor took over he set about integrating women into the all-male shop. "I almost had a revolution!" he says, and when his male staff found out he was paying the women the same wage as men things went even further south. In an effort to derail the integration and drive the women out the male employees hung naked pictures of women throughout the shop. But Victor had hired a woman named Martha, a "firebrand" as he tells it, who went out and found a magazine with similar pictures of naked men and stuck a centerfold prominently on the wall near her workspace. According to Victor, within minutes at least four men complained – "do you believe they can publish pictures like that?!" they demanded. The pictures of the naked women quickly came down but Vic's troubles were far from over.
The male employees began to say intentionally vulgar things while they worked to embarrass the women and make them uncomfortable. That is, until Victor hired one of his employee's wives. "It was like a chess game" he says, chuckling. There was still tension for a time until finally he taught a woman named Luna to work the most difficult machine in the shop, the welt machine. It took an enormous amount of skill to run that particular machine and as the only person that could now do it, the rest of the staff had to rely on Luna's work in order to complete their jobs. After this, things started to calm down and some peace settled in at the shop.
Victor grew Stewart Boots into a thriving business with 44 boot makers working on over 1000 pairs of boots a month, supplying 150 western specialty stores in 35 states. Now a tiny staff that includes Victor, his wife Linda, and 4 master boot makers – mostly aging, Spanish-speaking craftsmen (one an employee from 1971 and another a nephew of someone from that original crew) – Stewart boots is one of the last places still making fully handmade cowboy boots in the USA. "Everything but the nails is made right here in this building in Tucson" boasts Victor. No corners are cut in this shop – one pair can take up to 7 months to make, using leather that is made and tanned in the USA, dyed all the way through so the boots never lose their color, and is pre-shrunk piece by piece so getting caught in the rain doesn't affect the size and fit of the boots.


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2020 Ford Flex SE Limited, Release Date, Configurations
2020 Ford Flex SE Limited, Release Date, Configurations – The manufacturer-new 2020 Ford Flex is not going to adhere to the regulations. Supposing the principles incorporate stringent groups about SUV, wagon not to mention minivan, together with an agreement which every automobile must be current each a couple of several years. Alternatively, the particular Flex is available within its specific personal community, whereby usefulness triumphs above fashion together with exactly where it really is satisfactory for you to are around numerous auto aspects to become perfect crossover SUV. The good news is, this Flex provides the appropriate qualities to help make feeling in this particular planet at the same time. In its boxy restrictions are generally about three series with chairs using the large place for as much as six passengers and also selections for freight having that basically help it become, um, accommodating. Competition just like the Pilot and even Highlander usually have comparatively substantial beltlines, though youngsters being placed in any Flex need first out opinions.
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When the winds blew cold
You were there.
When the rains came
You were there.
Now death has come
You are no longer there.
I hear your voice
In the whisper of the wind.
I see your smile
In the smidge of a cloud.
I hear your laughter
In the burble of bird song.
I feel your touch
In the softest breeze.
I sense your presence
In the beauty of the blooms.
Now death has come
You are no longer there.
Your corporeal body
Has long since passed.
Crumbled and gone
A life well lived.
Where hides your soul?
Your love ?
Your laughter?
You left me
Standing here.
Alone I ponder
On the greatest mysteries.
Of life, of death, of birth
The answers elude me.
I seek the comfort of your arms
Alas they are no more.
For you are gone
Now death has come.
Will we meet again?
Will we walk hand in hand?
Will we find peace
In the Elysium fields?
When death has come for me
And I am no more.


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On 23rd of February, Charterhouse History students were lucky enough to listen to a lecture about the history of the unstable relations between China and Britain from a professional economic historian and a university professor Dr Yangwen Zheng. The students were not the only lucky people, but the professor's whole trip that day extravagantly relied on luck as she nearly missed the last morning train from Manchester! Manchester! Four-hour train journey behind. A tough 360 km expedition, although not at all comparable to the 12.500 km of the walking campaign of the Long March in 1934!
Dr Yangwen Zheng explained the importance of economic structure due to her profound practical knowledge that she gradually accumulated due to her wide-ranged experience in that sphere of economics. Of course, she was amusing and entertained the students with her frequent jokes and comical expressions.
"Look at this,"-exclaims Zheng, pointing at a painting of the Chinese navy in the 19th Century- "Chinese navy is a joke, it is a complete joke". Laughingly, she describes the construction of the Chinese fleet which, in fact, was mainly made out of wood and paper. "Chinese navy didn't exist! They are mad!!", continued the historian.
Who knew that the British became interested in the addition of allies on the Eastern side of the world purely because they wanted to get some quality tea? The tea drinking tradition was new to Britain in the 18th century and it was a phenomenon that swept through Europe, so more and more people demanded it. But the only point of supply of tea was based in China, so they had to negotiate with their eastern neighbours to satisfy their thirst.
But, the British quickly became disinterested in their co-operation with the Chinese straight after Britain became self-sufficient in tea in 1860s.


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Review: PAM Level 1 with Seiche Training
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) involves detecting and studying animals using the sounds they make. Its use is widespread for cetaceans since they are highly vocal, and are often below the surface. Using sound allows us to detect them even when we cannot see them. Part of my Masters research project … Continue reading "Review: PAM Level 1 with Seiche Training" →


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Just a quick intro... Been pulled into lotus ownership by some good local Cumbrian lotus guys I have met when I had my Zenos.
Collected my S2 in November done very few miles so far but did manage my first meet at Hawkshead last weekend. I will be attending many more.
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Q: How do you become inspired to create new product?
A: The inspiration comes from my personal needs. For example, I suffer from oily skin, cystic acne and rosacea so I created the Day Cream to address these needs. As a result, I haven't been to the dermatologist in over a year which is a good thing because I work all the time.. Also, I realized that while my skin is looking young and radiant, my hair was looking middle aged. So I researched and realized that I could reduce hair shedding by keeping the hair follicles open and clean. So I formulated the Revitalizing Scalp Treatment (launching May 2014)- after using for three months my hair is now super long and full. You can ask my PR group LaForce and Stevens who have seen my hair for themselves!
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Xbox One Release Date Announced
It was announced earlier today by Microsoft that the Xbox One will be launching in 13 territories on November 22nd. The 13 territories are: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the UK, and the USA. The Xbox One's rival, the PlayStation 4 will release exactly one week later on the November 29th.
Also, Yusuf Mehdi, who is the Xbox marketing executive announced that additional Xbox One Day One Editions have been manufactured and available for pre-order. If you pre-order in Europe, you will get a free copy of FIFA 14 with your Xbox One Day One Edition. Along with this announcement, Mehdi mentioned what we learnt yesterday; the Xbox One's CPU has been boosted from 1.6GHz to 1.75 GHz.


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The mustard colored Pac-man stapler peeping through your dull cubicle definitely will radiate a little sunshine to a gloomy day at the office. With your desk as his prison cell, the stap man will surely have fun chatting with paper clips, staple wires and other tiny office stuffs. His skill which is just basically munching because of his insatiable appetite is revealed by this iconic character shaped design and what he does, guarantees satisfaction for his needs. Chomping on disorganized documents and other papers is his best asset all day long. Be reminded that this Pac-man is a stapler so keeping him grounded on your desk is a must. It actually has two small rubber feet that sticks well on your desk as well.Buy Now
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I love Glasgow's Kelvingrove bandstand where this gorgeous couple chose to have their outdoor ceremony, and the fact that they get to stroll past it daily and reminisce about their wedding makes it even more special. The pictures captured by Caro Weiss of their family sitting on the steps with blankets, beaming during the nuptials are simply adorable.
Lucy was unsure of a colour scheme to begin with, but eventually settled on brights. Wait until you see her bridal bouquet & flower crown they are simple mesmerising. I added copious amounts of pictures for you (and I) to swoon over again and again. You're welcome. I guarantee you'll also be swooning over her Charlotte Balbier 'Elodie' gown, her Bridesmaids pale blue Ted Baker dresses and the grooms Harris Tweed jacket too. Such a stylish bunch.
The Wedding
Lucy The Bride: I knew from the beginning I wanted a simple, lace dress but beyond that had no idea. My mum and I probably indulged in a few too many trips to various shops, mixed with some lunching and cocktail-ing of course! We came across Gail at Vintage Bridal Couture fairly early on and she was a breath of fresh air. It was easy from there and we quickly found the gorgeous Charlotte Balbier 'Elodie' dress. I very much wanted to keep things relaxed and 'like me' – I planned to have my hair down, a flower crown, and very subtle jewellery – I got lucky finding online retailer Chez Bec – they commissioned the back-necklace on request.
The Groom
Graham the Groom: I was also keen to stay relaxed and decided against the more traditional Scottish kilt. I opted for a Harris Tweed jacket, my trusty Topman chinos, bought various bow ties from Etsy, and shoes from Ted Baker. Charles Tyrwhitt provided a perfect fit for my shirt. We also got a Harris Tweed jacket for the best man, then asked the ushers to stick with navy and a white shirt. On the day we gave them each their bow tie and hip flasks. It worked well, everyone was relaxed, and the lack of 'matching' added another fun and unique element to the look of the day.
The Venue
Lucy The Bride: The unique Kelvingrove Bandstand in Glasgow is a beautiful structure and was fully renovated for the Commonwealth Games in 2014. We were walking in the park one day and thought is made the perfect setting, and being right on our doorstep means we get to reminisce about the day all the time!! We took a chance with the weather in Glasgow but we got so lucky! Killearn Village Hall is a beautiful venue on the edge of Loch Lomond and was our first choice because we could have more freedom to DIY our day. By happy coincidence the Three Sister Bake took over the wedding management just as we booked up which was perfect!
Colour Scheme/Decor
I found this difficult and swayed from one thing to another, mostly based on whichever blog I had read that morning! Eventually I decided my fickle mind was best put at ease by having a 'theme' of COLOUR!! We opted for bright flowers, lots of colour in the pinstripe favour bags, lots of colourful bunting, confetti and table decoration. A lot of this was DIY, bought on various online shops, and an amazing last minute push from my bridesmaids and I the day before!! We also had amazing help from our close friends who designed the table name cards.
The Flowers
Endrick Blooms did the flowers and what an amazing job they did. I wanted a flower crown and bouquet that were going to be bright and colourful, and kept the bridesmaids and flower girl bouquets very neutral using gorgeous gypsophila. We used the same to decorate the bandstand, and in the hall had a 'garden' theme with plenty of fresh cut colourful blooms dotted around in jars. April and her team were utterly flawless, I could not have asked for more!!
The Wedding Party Fashion
The bridesmaids dresses are Ted Baker and the flower girl dress from Monsoon. I loved the baby blue colour, it suited the girls so well and looked stunning in the setting at the bandstand. We asked the grooms party to wear navy trousers and a white shirt and provided the bow ties and flowers. Some opted for kilts, others for suits but it worked a treat!
The Ceremony
The weather was unbelievably kind and we were lucky to be able to have our outdoor ceremony. We had such a fabulous celebrant in Claire who made the whole thing easy and relaxed with the perfect balance of ceremony and humour. My brother, Cian, has previously done a lot of spoken-word and we asked him to speak at our ceremony with a totally blank canvas. We had no idea what he might do but he nailed it with a beautiful reading by Carl Sagan. Graham's sister Laura also did a reading – 'These are the hands'. My mum then finished the whole ceremony with an Irish blessing, to which the crowd cheered with a glass of fizz.
The Entertainment
For the Bandstand we had a jazz trio – Euan Stevenson who were fabulous – a jazz version of 'A Lovely Day' to walk down the aisle. For the evening we had 'The Riffreshers' – an amazing band, giving us a couple of ceilidh tunes for the traditional Scots, then big swing for the rest of the night!
The Food
The canapes, wedding breakfast and cakes were all done by the fabulous Three Sisters Bake. Their chilli bowl at night went down a storm!!
The Photography
Caro was absolutely amazing as you will see from these incredible photos!! She was a joy on the day and has an emphasis on observational photography, one of the main reasons we asked her to be our photographer. She was so subtle and has captured some lovely moments.
Photography by Caro Weiss
- Dress Designer Charlotte Balbier – Elodie
- Jewellery Chez Bec
- Grooms Jacket Harris Tweed
- Chinos Topman
- Bow Tie Etsy
- Grooms Shoes Ted Baker
- Shirt Charles Tyrwhitt
- Bridesmaid Dresses Ted Baker
- Flower Girl Dresses Monsoon
- Venue Kelvingrove Bandstand in Glasgow
- Killearn Village Hall
- Catering Three Sisters Bake
- Florist Kendrick Blooms
- Celebrant Claire the Humanist
- Band The Riffreshers


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This Asus Zenbook case and sleeve which we will recommend for the Asus Zenbook UX305 laptop, based on an interview with some people who already bought it through Amazon.
Asus release their latest Laptop is ASUS ZenBook UX305 has features similar to the MacBook, but it's better in performance and some products have a design that is very luxurious and looks stylish.
Using Intel K series processor, a 13.3 inch screen with a resolution of 3200 x 1800 pixels, but with a tiny body and just 12.3 mm thin, and weighing 1.3 kg.
Use Aluminium Material and this laptop has a touch screen feature, of course it will require extra protection if will be taken everywhere.
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The rocks and pebbled beach of the Embelisse bay are just a short walk away. Here you can submerge yourself in the crystal clear, refreshing and still waters of the Ionian.
The Emelisse Hotel is situated along the rugged shoreline of the emerald Ionion Sea. It sits in a spot of supreme serenity amongst acres of native cypress and cedar trees on the beautiful island of Kefalonia. The pools and outdoor restaurants and bars provide front row seating for an unparalleled display of nature's splendour. The sunset is mesmerising and has the power to bring you back to an inner stillness that is so rare in modern life. At night the hotel is lit by soft lamps and candlelight, transforming it into a romantic, whimsical wonderland. Snuggle up on a plush sofa on one of the numerous expansive terraces from which you can gaze up endlessly at a stellar canopy of velvety, indigo sky. The hotel provides a wide choice of accommodation ranging from double rooms to maisonettes and executive suites. The picturesque port and fishing village of Fiskardo, with a wealth of shops and restaurants, is within close proximity. The hotel lies just one hour away from the airport at Argostoli and the ferry port of Sami is just 40 minutes away.
Olympic Rating: 4 Star
Official Rating: 4 Star
Styled for tranquility, with natural materials and earth tones, show obviously that details was the primal goal. Teak wood furniture, Korres cosmetics and all the facilities air conditioning, bathroom with bath or shower, mini bar, safety deposit box, hair dryer, Satellite TV, DVD player, CD player, direct dial telephone, Internet access and a balcony or terrace. Make an ideal setting for your stay. Other room types available at a supplement are; Double executives, family apartments, maisonettes, junior suites, master suites, executive suites and presidential suites.
- A great variety of appetizers, salads and main dishes is prepared by the hotel's chef, all of which are unique in taste. Try our excellent small cheese pies made of local cheese, as well as our Homer's chicken with yogurt and aromatic herbs. Don't forget to taste our mushrooms in wine sauce or our almond pie. Breakfast, A home made buffet of omelettes, jams, cakes and pies will allow us to spoil you from early in the morning.
- Lounge Bar restaurant, Overlooking the small gulf of Emblissi, this newly established bar and restaurant, fitted with a heated infinity pool, serving cocktails, snacks and small delicacies from all around Greece. You can finish your day, savouring a glass of Kefalonian Robola wine, and watching movies in the open air cinema
- Votsalo, Open throughout the day for lunch and dinner, it proposes a menu that tiptoes among elegant seafood, traditional mediterranean dishes, pasta and grilled plates.


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Follow the four simple steps in this DIY tutorial and you'll have your very own DIY wood headboard that looks very similar to West Elm's Alexa Reclaimed Wood Bed at just a fraction of the cost – 10% to be exact. So if you're looking to create a bedroom that is both beautiful and affordable, this headboard will be a great addition to your room. Have fun building!
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Food Crisis
Director's Statement
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Soil Brothers
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Damien Forshe has owned and operated Rid-All Green Partnership Exterminating Corporation for 15 years, but his true passion is urban agriculture. Deeply embedded in him since his youth, Damien got the chance to fulfill his dream in 2011. His passion received a boost when he met Will Allen, head of Growing Power Inc. and the urban farmer recognized by Time Magazine in 2010 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Now Damien is investing his own money and working with friends to attract capital to expand the Rid-All Green Partnership, an anchor in Cleveland's Urban Agriculture Innovation Zone. This zone is a 26-acre area of mostly vacant city land bank and tax delinquent properties between E. 79 and E. 84 streets off of Kinsman Avenue.The long-term strategy is to use urban agriculture to educate the next generation of Clevelanders to not only learn to grow and eat fresh foods, but to also operate and grow their own businesses in the food industry, ranging from selling fresh produce and fish to food distributors to full-fledged processing and packaging of fresh food products. Damien is a 21st Century leader in the food revolution!
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SpyFu is one of the feature rich tools, but probably has the Attractive interface out there. SpyFu provides SEO and PPC spy application choices along with their very own research tool. Spyfu Linkedin
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Keyword User and Search Experience
The SpyFu dashboard is laid out with a navigation bar across the top with tabs for SEO Research, PPC Research, Keyword Research, Backlinks, the List Builder, Tracking, and Reports. There's a lot SpyFu can perform throughout the spectrum of SEO tooling, but for this particular review we're focusing mostly on its ad hoc research capacities. When a business is seeking to identifying the best possible search engine results pages (SERP) to target with an optimization plan, keyword-driven analysis is your legwork to get pages to rank higher. Direction capacities and recommendations are built in during SpyFu, however I began in the Keyword Research tab.
When testing each tool, I used the same set of five Keywords to see results differed between each of my competitors. The five keywords I used were internet shopping , digital advertising, pcmag, IT consultant, and small business accounting. I chose this combination to simulate real world terms that companies might search for (including publishers such as PCMag) as well as to discover associated search results and vulnerable competitor sites.
After running searches in my five evaluation terms, I discovered that SpyFu creates and structures its keyword benefits and metrics somewhat differently than Moz Guru, KWFinder, or Ahrefs$82.00 at Ahrefs. Rather than populating a table of related key words with Page Authority (PA) and Domain Authority (DA) metrics together with stats on cost per click (CPC) and key word difficulty, SpyFu brings a far more apparent correlation with how much money a keyword is worth. After hunting"digital marketing," for example, a separate navigation bar appeared across the top of their results page further breaking down the search results. You can then drill down into key word summary, related key words, advertiser history, status background, traffic, key word group, and SERP analysis. That's only for one key word showing how SpyFu will the most granular research into data of all the tools I tested.
Atop the results, SpyFu gave me not CPC for the Key word, however a daily and monthly cost breakdown in addition to how many unique advertisers had emerged on the keyword in the last year. I received exactly the exact same level of price breakdown when I clicked on the Related Keywords tab, which also enabled me to narrow results employing a left-hand filter menu to a specific cost every day, daily investigation volume, difficulty rating, and more.
In the bottom of the results that are key word was that the SERP analysis. This broke down every URL in the search results page, even though KWFinder and Moz Pro equally provide a much more detailed breakdown in this respect. SpyFu focuses. Results like the Advertiser History graph, a long list and complex diagram of the ads appearing on this search page over time, was a bit too from the weeds for me as a novice SEO instrument user. However, for digital marketers and advertisers, SpyFu is a gold mine. Spyfu Linkedin
SpyFu Kombat
With SpyFu Kombat you can look at overlapping and website Certain key words For up to 3 websites. For your PPC version you can also see a chart which goes over a period of a couple years demonstrating the overall amount of keywords being bid on by all three sites. You can also rollover the graph to see key words specific to only 2 of those sites if you are feeling the 3rd site may not be doing as great a job (or vice versa) as two of those other websites. It is going to also show you the PPC budgets of the sites in addition to the number of organic keywords ranking in the top 50 results for said keyword.
When you click it will show you that the Key words in whatever bucket you click. It is possible to see and download those key words for your use. As you can see I'm on the ads tab but the options are similar when you click the organic tab (on the upper box, the natural one at the bottom shows you total organic keywords).
Switching between the organic tab and the ppc tab (also as the Total # of organic search phrases + PPC ad budget should also give you a good idea of what of the bigger sites are more to the PPC or SEO aspect of things that may be a good barometer to check in if you chance to be focusing on a single area on the other hand.
SpyFu Classic
SpyFu Classic is the"flagship" section in order to speak. This is Where you enter one domain name on the home page and also are presented using a TON of data including:
– Daily AdWords PPC Budget
– Links through to SpyFu Kombat
– Typical Ranking of Advertising vs # of Clients
– Estimated Value of Organic Traffic (estimated visitors using a factor of CPC factored in)
– Paid Traffic In comparison with Organic Traffic Quotes
– Subdomains (useful for looking at the way the site might break out parts of the principal domain, maybe a fantastic place to look for niche keywords???)
– Top Ten Paid Keywords w/ Keyword Advertisement History (links through to complete Keyword Advertisement History tool)
– Total Paid Keywords
– Total Organic Keywords
– PPC Competitors (using a URL to overlapping keywords)
– Organic Competitors (with a URL to overlapping keywords)
– Category
The information can be useful, as you can see the:
– Estimated PPC, Clicks, Price Per Day, Total Advertisers. . .all with trend information
– Top Ten Domains Advertising on the Keyword, with Domain Ad History
– Additional Keywords Purchased By Relevant Domains
– PPC Ad Copy Using a URL to Keyword Ad History
– Top Ten Organic Outcomes with Title, Meta Description
– Associated Terms
– Related Concepts (according to semantic relationships)
– Categories Spyfu Linkedin
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Keyword Management and Reports
Keyword direction is baked into SpyFu throughout the platform. Within all its three major research tabs–SEO, PPC, and Keyword–there are options in the drop-down menus for SEO and PPC-specific keywords and phrases, and Keyword Groups. The Keyword Groups attributes in each tab are rather similar, populating a table using monthly search volume, CPC, difficulty score, and monthly cost. All these are SpyFu's four main metrics where key word research is concerned. On the left of this desk are either the key words you've researched and booted yourself, or top keyword group suggestions from SpyFu. On the top right of the desk you can then add selected key words for lists, or export your selected keyword as an Microsoft Excel file, CSV, or PDF. This basic keyword category performance is similar to SEMrush$99.95 in SEMrush and executed better in Moz Professional and KWFinder.
Where SpyFu's keyword management abilities really stand Out are at its List Builder and Tracking tabs. Additionally, this is where SpyFu makes its profound link between SEO and client relationship management (CRM). From the List Builder tab, there's a Best Lists section with targeted lists of domains and key words like"Domains That Pay the Most On AdWords," keywords with the maximum CPC. There is also a listing of the most expensive keywords, which you can then filter by state, industry, or a particular web-based technology: Ad buying platform, internet affiliate marketing, email advertising, and internet shopping cart are a few of the choices.
Next to Leading Lists, there's a dedicated Company Leads tab. This acts the exact same manner You enter a location, key words and industries, and refine results using filters such as AdWords budget and SEO clicks. The search then returns a list of leads with that site's monthly ad budget and contact information that can then be exported to direct management system or your CRM. I'd love to view SpyFu go a step further with this and incorporate its SEO lead lists straight with a stage like Salesforce$75.00 in salesforce.com, but the tool is already ahead of the curve. SEMrush has a beta generation instrument, but that is the closest comes to exactly what SpyFu offers.
However, SpyFu recently incorporated AdWords Templates as Part of a Google AdWords campaign. The templates consist of prewritten ads for groups in countless businesses. Users can download the templates from the SpyFu site and upload into an AdWords account.
The system also includes SEO campaign direction With its SpyFu Project Manager tool. SpyFu designed this as a project management(PM) feature within the SEO platform for tackling integrated key word study and rank monitoring within a campaign. My SpyFu is only available in paid plans (not the free trial), but it lets you set up multiple jobs tracking grouped keywords plotted against SEO rank, traffic worth, ROI, and numerous other metrics. All you have to do is open the My SpyFu menu and then add a new job. It's the only and best case in this roundup of SEO-focused PM.
There is also the Tracking tab, which lets you take Keywords youstart continuing tracking that keyword position changes and reports back together with domain positions and've identified. Using the tab, I was also able to prepare custom SEO reports in a few straightforward measures: Enter a domain name and then choose if to conduct a document on SpyFu's suggested domain keywords or custom keywords. I entered my five custom keywords picked up to five competitors' URLs, then was given the choice to run a report or a recurring monthly report.
That sort of aggressive analysis is another area where SpyFu stands out, since it also includes a tool called"Kombat" that is offered in the SEO and PPC Research tabs. In Kombat, I typed in PCMag's domain and the instrument immediately built an interactive data visualization which showed where PCMag's top keywords overlapped with our competitors. There is also what SpyFu calls for a"key word universe," listing CPC, CTR, monthly cost, and monthly clicks for core keywords and advocated keywords. This study breakdown is just another feature that helps unearth ways for one to gain an SEO edge on the competition. Spyfu Linkedin
With the SEO functionality of its main Solution, SpyFu has introduced a research tool named Nacho Analytics, which offers access to other sites' internet analytics. Through this platform, you can view segments, time-of-day traffic, and on-page behavior.
Keyword Ad History
Keyword Advertisement History will show you, via coded bars, how often the Keyword appeared in a domain PPC campaign alongside any changes in the ad copy (all of which may be exported into excel). It goes back to 2006 via the Bonus History Button and reveals that a year's worth of information up front.
So it's pretty straightforward, which is exactly what I enjoy about SpyFu Tools. No over-reliance on"in-house metrics" it's just"here's the ad history of the key word", plain and simple. If you see a key word being advertised on by a good PPC advertiser persistent then you can look to employ that ad copy technique to a niche market of that keyword that is larger. If I had been advertisements for"resorts in Oklahoma" I would listen to that which ad copy was successful, as time passes, for this main/core keyword"hotels".
Domain Ad History
Domain Ad History Is like Keyword Ad History except it shows the History of a specific domain.
This instrument is useful in Taking a Look at keywords Which Have Been effective for Your opponents (or bigger players on your niche) and which ones that they tried and abandoned (which may be ones for you to avoid from the gate). All this assumes the domain you're exploring is competent PPC advertiser.
Keyword Smart Search
The Keyword Smart Search instrument in SpyFu utilizes semantic word relationships, Publicly available keyword information, and PPC campaign data to come back a list of keywords related to the keyword(s) (up to 10) you input. You can also filter by CPC, search volume, as you can see, and you might also exclude keywords.
For me personally, I would rather use the PPC keywords as well as the Organic keywords found In either SpyFu Classic or SpyFu Kombat. I love to use other tools for pure keyword research (Google tools, Microsoft Ad Center Intelligence, and Wordtracker). Mostly, I feel SpyFu is at its best when employed as a research instrument versus a keyword search tool. Spyfu Linkedin
Pricing and Strategies
Since I just said, SpyFu's Basic plan begins at $33 each Month when billed yearly (roughly $39 month-to-month). Though, unlike other tools within this SEO tool review roundup, such as Moz Guru and KWFinder$12.00 at KWFinder, SpyFu doesn't price by search results. All programs have an infinite number of comparison search results name, key word, keyword group, backlink, and domain combined with data export. The performance you get with SpyFu for your price is an important factor in why we gave it an Editors' Choice, and the unlimited search volumes make the tool much more attractive for ad hoc research that is keyword.
That's not to say SpyFu doesn't cap anything. The Fundamental Program provides you a potential of 250 sales leads and domain contacts, and 5,000 weekly monitored keyword positions, together with 10 domain name reports and 10 pay-per-click (PPC) reports through SpyFu's AdWords Advisor tool. The $78-per-month Professional program (also $58 per month when billed annually) lumps contacts and leads to 500 and weekly monitored keyword rankings to 15,000, along with custom-branded reports and access to SpyFu's application programming interface (API).
Ultimately, SpyFu has included a $199 per month Team plan (billed yearly, or $299 month-to-month) with 2,000 sales leads and domain contacts, 40,000 weekly monitored keyword rankings, and five user logins. SpyFu also comprises a 30-day money-back guarantee. Overall the company has actually slashed its pricing.
I find their tools helpful for competitive search. I don't use Their Keyword Smart Search which They provide (in a simple fashion) in the price points they provide is quite A combination that is wonderful. SpyFu makes its way Each project. Spyfu Linkedin
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Heading off to the studio; It's a lovely bright day outside and will be after 9 o'clock by the time I'm done.
Today on the teaching roster: 2 jazz classes, a modern class, and Hip Tots. Yes, even more hilarious than the notion of me taking hip hop is the idea of me teaching it to toddlers. It's more working on social skills, developing motor skills, listening to music, rhythym…that kind of thing. I mean these are 3 to 5 year olds. Don't you just love the idea of grumpy old me teaching three-year olds to duggie? Just call me Gangstarina Jess. I'm also taking advanced modern- which is Horton style and wonderful. Saving the best for last (though I really like teaching my modern girls as well)
I wonder how many times I'm going to stay 'Stretch your knees!" or "shoulders down!" today? I will try to keep tabs on what I say the most. It will probably be, 'hold it!' with holding extended legs in the air, balancing in retire (NOT passe! pet peeve) or maintaining the Horton flat-back stance in my modern class, as well as relating to the kids that yell 'I have to pee/poop' in hip tots. Hip indeed. I bet Kanye never stops a concert in the middle for that. Though you never know with him.
Maybe I should make a 'Sh^t Dance Teachers Say Video.
Please enjoy this video I stumbled across- I am inspired by the patience of the clerk, and reminded that I will laugh at anything, no matter how many times it's said, as long as it it two things: annoying and said in a funny accent.
I wonder if I said my corrections in a Borat voice to my students, if they'd be more likely to listen or to laugh. Great Jess, now I'm going to have Borat's voice yelling corrections in my head when I'm dancing.
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DMC tapestry wool is made from 100% pure virgin wool. The wool is combed and twilled to give it an even finish and a lovely result when stitched. It's mothproof and colourfast.
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October 5, 2019
Well, one month to go until the most stressful period of the year starts for some of our dogs.
Does you dog or cat get stressed by fireworks?
Signs of stress can be:
Trying to hide under the bed or quiet dark places
Barking (some people may think the dog is excited and likes fireworks but often this isn't the case)
Digging into corners of the room
Trying to avoid going out after dark
Shaking or tremblin...
August 7, 2019
How to choose a puppy
The most important aspect of choosing a puppy is getting a breed that is right for your lifestyle. All too often clients mention I chose my dog because s/he was cute but if I had known what a handful they would be maybe I would have chosen another.
Really consider what lifestyle you have and how you expect a puppy or dog to fit into this, are you active, do you like going out i...
Puppy classes to introduce your puppy to the basic skills that will enable you to have a well behaved puppy. Classes are informative, lighthearted and fun.
Your puppy must be between the age of 10-16 weeks old and have had their first vaccinations, worming and flea treatment from the vet, proof of vaccination will be asked for so please remember your certificate,
This is a 5 week co...
July 16, 2019
Does your cat really like being stroked or do they have a threshold before lashing out at you?
Maybe you notice that when you start to stroke them they start to swish their tails, the skin on their back ripples, ears flatten and start to act aggressively.
You might be interested to know that this could be a condition called hyperesthesia where by touch is overstimulating to them and can in fa...
June 27, 2019
This year I have had an influx of cases that started their life as 'street dogs' from Romania, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Poland.
The problems are all very similar and most of the owners have been first time dog owners....
So what are the problems...........well most are reactive to people and have ranged from reactive barking to biting and puncturing the skin causing wounds, bruising and wor...
June 2, 2019
This weekend I attended a workshop on canine arthritis by the great ladies that run Canine Arthritis Management. This was set up by vet Hannah Capon who I have previously worked with in the veterinary world. Hannah and her team are extremely passionate about this dreadful debilitation condition and discussed how we can help the dogs that suffer, which is approximately 80% of dogs over the age of 8...
May 1, 2019
There are many things that you can do to help your pet that is displaying behavioural problems. The point is that it is YOU that has to help them and this takes persistence, patience and desire to really want to sort out the problem.
Sometimes clients ask can I sort it out for them and the general answer is no! or unless you want to pay for me to visit every day and teach you daily how to cha...
Do we expect too much of our pets, our modern lifestyles, our expectations, is it all too much for our fury friends
April 5, 2019
This is an interview I had with Sussex magazine ETC
I spent time chatting with Claire Francis, a Clinical Animal Behaviourist, who has spent much of her career endeavouring to overcome animal behaviour issues.
Claire spent time in China dealing with the fallout of the inhumane treatment of bears in bile farms.
"They'd arrive with all sorts of issues, many extremely stressed having been wild caught...
March 1, 2019
Its this time of year when cats start to go out and about, wandering into each others territories and getting into scuffles. So what can happen as a result of this?
Well, if your cats territory has been invaded resulting in your cat being stressed they will often go on a mission to send chemical messages that this is their territory. This is when urine is sprayed in places which tell other cats thi...
February 1, 2019
M is for MUZZLE
Nobody likes the idea of their dog wearing a muzzle do they?!
Why is this? the normal response is that they will be judged for having a dangerous dog, but is this true... possibly and why does that matter?
My view of a dog wearing a muzzle can mean a number of different things such as:
Maybe that dogs is scared of people so I'll give it some room
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Teresa Giudice is back on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" following her 11-month stint in the Danbury Correctional Institute. Meanwhile, her husband Joe recently turned himself in for his 41-month sentence for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud.
Teresa and her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga joined "Extra's" AJ Calloway at our H&M studios in Times Square. Teresa opened up about how she and her daughters are doing while Joe is away, and revealed how they keep their marriage going.
Teresa said Gia, Milania, Audriana, and Gabriella are doing well without their father around, saying, "They're doing good, thank God." As for how she is doing, she said, "I'm Teresa Giuidice, and look, I'm still here, I'm still standing." Melissa added, "She's strong, she's like a warrior." Teresa said, "I have four daughters. I can't break."
AJ asked how Teresa and Joe are keeping their marriage spicy while Joe is serving his time. Teresa revealed, "Through our emails, when we see each other." When AJ asked how she does that through emails, Melissa explained, "Haven't you ever [written] love notes?"
Teresa added, "Email, texting, we talk every day, sometimes twice a day, and I see him every week, and I have to say where he is we're allowed to touch each other… if I want to rest my head on his chest… [At Danbury,] they were a little stricter."
The couple is not allowed conjugal visits. Teresa admitted, "I don't know if I could do that; maybe after a while."
Giudice adding, "I just can't wait for him to come home… Things that you have to go through in life, tough times, bad times, it's just going to spice our marriage up even more. He's getting really skinny, looking really good. He's jump-roping, boxing… He's looking really good." Smiling, she confessed, "Every week I go, I touch his stomach — I want the abs."
Teresa and Melissa also talked about Season 8 of "RHONJ." It turns out Joe is actually in the entire new season of their hit Bravo series. "At the end, you'll see us driving away, like he's leaving… We said our good-byes privately."
Giudice continued, "I was excited to film this season — I love the new girls." Melissa agreed, "They're awesome."
The new women are Dolores Catania and Siggy Flicker. Teresa and Dolores go way back. Melissa also gave some background on Flicker, explaining, "Siggy was Jaclyn's friend and she's our first Jewish housewife on New Jersey housewives."
Jaclyn Laurita is returning after a break from the show. Melissa revealed, "Teresa goes up and down a little bit with Jaclyn." Teresa insisted, "She got down and dirty." Melissa added, "The relationships really switch this season." The duo promises drama, saying not everyone is friends now.
The new season of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. on Bravo.


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What is QAPI
Working to improve the quality of care delivery to nursing home residents.
QAPI is the merger of two approaches to quality management, Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI). Both involve seeking and using information, but they differ in key ways:
QA is a process of meeting quality standards and assuring that care reaches an acceptable level. QA is a reactive, retrospective effort to examine why a facility failed to meet certain standards.
PI (also called Quality Improvement or QI) is a pro-active and continuous study of processes with the intent to prevent or decrease the likelihood of problems by identifying areas of opportunity and testing new approaches to fix underlying causes of persistent/systemic problems. PI in nursing homes aims to improve processes involved in health care delivery and resident quality of life.
Care systems based on a QAPI philosophy is to ensure a systematic, comprehensive, data-driven approach to care. The approach may prevent adverse events, promote safety and quality, and reduce risks to residents and caregivers.
QA and PI combine to form QAPI, a comprehensive approach to ensuring high quality care. QAPI is a data-driven, proactive approach to improving the quality of life, care, and services in nursing homes. The activities of QAPI involve members at all levels of the organization to:
- Identify opportunities for improvement
- Address gaps in systems or processes
- Develop and implement an improvement or corrective plan
- Continuously monitor effectiveness of interventions
QAPI Features
QAPI includes components that emphasize improvements that can elevate the care and experience of all residents, and improve the work environment for caregivers. With QAPI, your organization will use a systems approach to actively pursue quality, not just respond to external requirements. Look at the following list of QAPI features and assess how many you are already implementing:
- Using data to not only identify your quality problems, but to also identify other opportunities for improvement, and then setting priorities for action
- Building on residents' own goals for health, quality of life, and daily activities
- Bringing meaningful resident and family voices into setting goals and evaluating progress
- Incorporating caregivers broadly in a shared QAPI mission
- Developing Performance Improvement Project (PIP) teams with specific "charters"
- Performing a Root Cause Analysis to get to the heart of the reason for a problem
- Undertaking systemic change to eliminate problems at the source
- Developing a feedback and monitoring system to sustain continuous improvement
QAPI and Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Learning
The Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Learning series has QI and QAPI focused tracks that guides nursing homes through meeting their QI responsibilities in ways that maximize the benefits of QAPI principles. Please go to Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Learning for highlights, recordings, tools, materials, resources, and a myriad of topics including operationalzing QAPI, engaging residents in QI, how to implement proven QI programs, how to spread and scale improvement and much more.
Links below will feature more about the QAPI topic and useful tools.


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Aigüestortes . Route Pla de la Font refuge Pic of Pinetó
It is a route that has a first part to the Coll de Fogueruix of little difficulty. From there this difficulty acrescienta since apart from the climb , fatigue for a relatively long stroke is noted . It should do this itinerary in the warmer months from July to October and the duration is estimated at 2 hours , 15 minutes. Something very important to keep in mind is to be provided with plenty of water as the road passes through the sun.
Part refuge path Pla de la Font which you access by a very nice way by which we can follow the evolution of the types of vegetation that can be given according to the height at which it is . Thus, enjoy different botanical environments as pine and spruce and deciduous leaf forests . At the top we find places where we see only rocks with grasses that blend together. This access path starts from spot or if you prefer we can start it in Esterry d'Anheu and Son , following a trail that leads to the refuge .
Once you reach the shelter Pla de la Font headed south for a way up through pastures until Fogueroix Coll is a small hill which lies between the river valley and the valley Written Son. It is an asymmetric pass over the slopes since the north is very smooth while the other south-facing slope has a slope of 700 meters above the valley. Once you are on that hill , continue the road through one of the trails we see on the right. Arrive at the Plana d' Aires , broad plain where we can take a break then off to face the rise of the hill called " Thousand Colts " place where you can see all types of birds of prey like the eagle Real or vulture .
From the hill " Mil Colts " continue the journey across various hills to reach Pinetó pic . Once at the summit we will enjoy a panoramic view of the most beautiful in the Catalan Pyrenees where you can spot graciares valleys and cirques on the slopes of the White Rock Teso and Son .


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Case Studies: DevOps
DevOps Managed Service
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1. What was the project challenge that we addressed for our customer?
Our customer is a global pharmaceutical research organization faced with the challenge of transforming their diverse set of scientific and business application platforms into a distributed global R&D cloud that provides the following:
- Both Global and Localized data governance, data privacy, and data security
- A high–performance end user experience
- Data ingestion and consolidation engines for real-time data cleansing and transformation to research information for science
- Unstructured to Structured data intelligence and correlation for worldwide reporting and analytics
- A repeatable operating platform to ensure scale & stability for worldwide operations and product engineering to continue advancements in their research
2. What was the project solution that we addressed for our customer?
Our Customer needed to transform the operating teams into a 24/7 shared services model that leveraged an Agile DevOps program. We developed a program that effectively combines both onshore and offshore teams with emphasis around application engineering and automation capabilities for all software builds, data ingestion, data cleansing, software testing and deployment strategies.
Our team delivered a DevOps framework across the full cloud stack inclusive of: Database, Cloud platforms and Middleware engineering to migrate over 200 applications, 100 databases and over a petabyte of data. Our consultant(s) utilized the following software and system configuration tools throughout this project: Chef, Puppet, Kubernites, Docker, Jenkins, Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Fusion Middleware, Oracle Cloud transformation, Exadata, Virtualization and JIRA.
3. How did this project help our customer achieve ROI and improve business efficiencies to grow their business
Our DevOps program helped reduce the operating budget required to run these applications by building autonomous programs that are self-managed and monitored by more cost-effective operators 24/7. We can now emphasize our core budget back to science and engineering platforms to help our customer spend more time and money on developing cures for their patients.
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1. What was the project challenge that we addressed for our customer?
Our client is a major pharmaceuticals corporation. They did not have a central DevOps team who could evaluate and recommend the right set of tools to be used, with individual project teams/groups try to set up their desired tools and serve their teams, with no clarity on the availability of infrastructure that could be shared across groups.
A defined process framework detailing the different tenets in DevOps, including what activities and approach are needed to move to the desired state was not in place. Our customer was also lacking SME knowledge on the application, application stack and environment management flowing between Dev and Ops teams to arrive at a standardized process.
2. What was the solution our consultant(s) provided for the customer?
We created a DevOps roadmap that covered people, process and technology.
We designed a unique operating model that leveraged an agile methodology to execute projects by focusing on tools, infrastructure, and automation.
Orchestration of various DevOps practices (like build automation, continuous integration, QA automation, release, deployment automation) was accomplished by using a variety of tools and establishing the CI/CD pipelines for different technologies. We executed performance tests on daily builds
We also provided one-click deployment for the production environment and a predictive monitoring solution for strategic decision-making.
3. How did this project help our customer achieve ROI and improve business efficiencies to grow their business?
By leveraging the DevOps solution, improved efficiency and helping the client leverage new business capabilities quickly. We delivered a flexible and agile solution platform that automated a number of manual processes reducing processing time and mitigating the risk of human errors. We reduced release cycle time by 50% and Operations cost has reduced by 40%. These savings are being used to fund further transformation programs.


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A big part of our effort to combat the spread of milfoil in our lake takes place away from the water. Public education about our milfoil problem, and about invasive species in general, is an important complement to our eradication strategies in the lake.
Educating the public about milfoil and its threat to our lake's ecology and economy serves several purposes. First, it alerts boaters and others about how their choices can make them part of the problem or part of the solution. Milfoil and other invasive species are believed to spread from lake to lake on the unwashed bottoms of boats or trailers, in their bilges, or inside the water cooling channels of their motors. Second, it engages lake residents, lake users, and community members to the possible economic harm to the region if milfoil were to take over the lake, as it will if unchecked. This will encourage them to support our effort by volunteering, by making a gift, or just by spreading the word.
This year we are trying two new ways of reaching the public. The first was a "float" in the fourth of July parade in Fairlee. We decorated a pickup truck with our banner and diving gear, and announced our arrival with upbeat music (Yellow Submarine!). Our entire dive team marched behind, with a few volunteers, handing out fliers.
Our presentation was well received. Some viewers were at first confused by our message. What was Jane carrying in her hand? Seaweed? No, a handful of milfoil. It got their attention, though, and invited further questions. Once they understood, they were very supportive. We received cheers and applause, without throwing a single piece of candy! Here are more pictures of us in the parade.
Another initiative we hope to be starting this summer is to have a presence at the boat ramp. We plan to have a volunteer present at the boat ramp Saturday mornings and afternoons, speaking to boaters and answering their questions about milfoil. This program is still being developed. If you want to volunteer or have other suggestions please email.
Finally, our slogan. We were looking for something catchy to put on our parade "float." The banner below is what we came up with. We are always looking for other ideas for this year or next, so don't be shy!


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IoT is no longer a mere buzzword. Increasingly more everyday objects are incorporating sensor technology connected to the internet, allowing companies, homes and everything in between to operate smartly.
For example, when connected to the IoT, rubbish bins could notify authorities when they are full and need emptying. Water meters could report on consumption and potential leaks. Smoke alarms could verify their status without manual testing. These are all useful functions that could save time and money - especially when considering that there are thousands of these kinds of objects around us in our homes, workplaces and towns. The applications are practically endless: moisture sensors in agriculture, pressure sensors in gas tanks, burglar alarms and parking space monitoring.
The problem with conventional IoT solutions is that they can be completely overkill and uneconomical for these potential use cases. A bin, a water meter or a house alarm doesn't need to send lots of data; perhaps just a few bytes per day.
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What they do need is IoT hardware and connectivity that is extremely low cost, lasts for years on a single battery charge, and can reliably connect even when they're installed in objects such as basements or underground.
Enter the newest kid on the block: Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology, which Vodafone is bringing to Malta for the first time, powered over Vodafone SuperNet and in collaboration with Nokia and Affirmed.
NB-IoT is a new technology standard, just like 3G and 4G, designed to provide connectivity for an IoT application. Devices are equipped with sensors used to monitor and collect data, which is then transmitted over the NB-IoT network and stored on a server. The data can then be managed and converted into information which can be visualised through dashboards in apps or websites.
Its breakthrough technology means that it's able to maintain a strong, uninterrupted connection, whilst also conserving battery. This makes it particularly suited to monitoring devices such as water meters, which have a tendency to turn up in difficult locations with poor network coverage. NB IoT, however, has excellent coverage and penetration. So, for instance, by installing connected flow meters around a water distribution network, a utility company could automatically detect leaks, meaning less time, cost and disruption digging up roads.
"The evolution of IoT means that there is an urgent need for a low-power way to connect thousands of devices."
Kenneth Spiteri, Director of Enterprise and Business Development at Vodafone Malta
"NB-IoT fits the bill perfectly. We are therefore delighted to be the first local operator to provide a NB-IoT network to our customers. Our latest innovation will provide a head start to Maltese businesses and consumers in their race to become truly smart and efficient, radically saving time and money".
Source: http://www.independent.com.mt
Photo Credits: Viewing Malta
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As an ongoing education heart, making positive students gain access to the information they want for their particular education is essential. You could give you a four star training program. If students cannot access additional information or perhaps tools necessary to make best use of that education then they could be put with a disadvantage. As a result, information management is important to the particular success of one's education system. Hiring a great information supervision consulting company is a powerful way to get the allow you to need creating and sustain a workable facility in which helps the students do well.
Finding and also hiring the proper person to control the selection or details center to your continuing schooling program may be challenging. The process takes you away from the core enterprise tasks and there's no guarantee the person will stay. An details management contacting company usually takes the disappointment and stress out from the process by providing well knowledgeable staff which is trained inside managing the sort of facility an individual operate. This person will need over the everyday operations of one's facility leaving behind you absolve to concentrate about other, a lot more important, jobs.
Even without a selection or continuous education facility of your personal, an details management contacting firm can assist you set a single up. It takes lots of time and effort having a facility and also maintaining that. You can easily unload this task onto the particular consulting firm and stay confident they've the knowledge and knowledge necessary to implement ability that matches you along with your student's continuous education wants. Not simply will they ensure you have the proper books and also technology, they are going to also produce a system in which keeps almost everything organized and also operating easily. They may also train your overall staff to keep up it if which is what you decide on.
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Once rare, the phenomenon of remote work has today become common and is increasingly sought after by employees. Analysis from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that 30% of people in Australia work from home at least once a week, up from 20% fifteen years prior. A recent Indeed survey found that 2 in 5 employees searching for a new job think it's important the company they are applying for has a remote work policy.
While the stereotype of people lounging in PJs instead of working at home may still hold for some people, a two-year Stanford study found that remote workers at a large Chinese travel company were so much more productive when they telecommuted that their output was equivalent to working a whole extra day! Additionally, a recent survey by Indeed found that the majority of employees and employers feel remote work leads to increased productivity.
That's not to say that remote work doesn't come with its own challenges. Workers may feel isolated, miss out on team activities and even lose motivation. What's more, problems with communication are already common in employee-manager relationships: 44% of workers say this had led to a delay or failure to complete projects. Distance can strain things even further.
So how can you get the best performance out of your out-of-office employees? Let's take a look.
Communicate strategically
Though remote work eliminates in-person interactions, messaging and texting between coworkers is a popular alternative. Though all modes of communication are not created equal: research shows in-person conversations build trust, allow for subtleties in communication and get people to pay more attention.
If remote workers spend some of their days on site, try to maximise in-person time. When being together isn't possible, use video or phone calls, as these better simulate a face-to-face conversation than written communication.
When conducting virtual meetings, set a few clear expectations to run them more smoothly. For example, ban multitasking, such as using other devices during meetings; it's distracting, and science shows humans aren't very good at it. You should also ensure everyone has the chance to share, both through unstructured time that allows for open conversation and through structured time, where all attendees can add items to the agenda.
Because many remote workers can feel isolated or left out, frequent communication is also important. If you don't work in the same space as those you supervise, schedule regular check-ins with them; otherwise, you can easily go weeks without interacting. This also helps prevent isolation and confusion.
On the other hand, if employees are constantly messaging you, it may be time to set boundaries or to reassess whether they need to work in the office.
Set clear expectations
Much can get lost in translation with text-based conversations, such as emails or instant messages, since these eliminate the subtle behavioural cues of in-person chats.
For example, a curt request can come across as rude without an accompanying smile and some background information. Even when intentions are clear, people are less likely to respond to email requests than in-person requests. One Australian company went so far as to ban internal emails in their workplace.
That's why it's important to set specific expectations with workers. Outline tasks or requests clearly, explain what you expect of the employee and tell them when you need it by. Then make yourself available to field any questions employees may still have.
Personalise things
Compared to on-site employees, remote workers are more likely to feel that colleagues gossip about them and don't fight for their priorities. It's important to build trust and connections between remote staff, as well as between on- and off-site employees.
As with remote meetings, whenever the whole team has time together, consciously incorporate unstructured activities to help build relationships. Research has shown that "structured unstructured time" helps team members better understand one another and improve performance.
In one instance, workers' giving one another virtual "tours" of their workspaces helped them gain insight into others' attitudes and behaviours. Harvard Business School found that even taking as little as six minutes at the beginning of a call for employees to share what they're working on or to discuss things from their personal lives can improve a team's working relationship.
Finally, just because an employee is remote doesn't mean there aren't ever opportunities for face time. Host on-site or off-site meetings with the whole team or schedule business trips for remote workers to give them some in-person interaction.
Making remote working arrangements work for everyone
Remote-work arrangements can vary widely, from workers who are home one or two days a week to those who live in an entirely different city (or country) from headquarters. Positions also vary in terms of how well they're suited for remote work.
The best approach to managing remote employees will depend on your team and organisation. For employees who only occasionally work from home, managers can use the same approach they use for in-office workers. But managers whose entire teams are remote may need different strategies in order to communicate clearly, keep morale high and ensure a strong sense of belonging to a team.
Due to demand from employees, offering the ability to work from home can help attract and retain talent. And by getting ahead of the challenges of remote work, you can help geographically dispersed teams be more cohesive and successful.


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Mozzarella-Stuffed Meatballs and Spaghetti
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- 600g beef mince
- ½ cup dried breadcrumbs
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
- 200g mozzarella cut into 2cm cubes
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 small brown onion finely chopped
- 700g jar tomato pasta sauce
- 2 large ripe tomatoes diced
- 1 tbs finely chopped oregano
- 375g spaghetti
- 1 pinch salt and pepper *to taste
Combine the mince, breadcrumbs, egg, 1 clove garlic and half the basil in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Shape 2 tablespoons beef mixture around each cube of cheese to enclose. Roll into a meatball shape.
Heat half the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook meatballs, turning, for 5 minutes, or until browned all over. Transfer to a plate.
Heat remaining oil in the same pan over medium heat. Cook onion and remaining garlic, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add pasta sauce, fresh tomato and oregano and bring to a simmer. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Add meatballs and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain. Stir remaining basil into sauce.
Serve pasta topped with meatballs and sauce.
This recipe was created by Cathie Lonnie for Australia's Best Recipes.
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Mongoose Makes a Stranger Things 3 Bike for Target
If Stranger Things has accomplished anything, it's been the resurgence of '80s culture. The show is meticulously researched and then set for each scene. Fans have been picking up products shown in the series to add to their own collection of Stranger Things and '80s memorabilia. If you're one of those fans—or if you know one—then get ready to add another item to your wishlist.
Target is offering a special edition Mongoose BMX-style bike that Max uses in Season 3. The bike replaces Max's signature Madrid skateboard, which her older brother broke in Season 2.
The Stranger Things Mongoose is built on a replica frame and fork, which Mongoose put together after referencing 1980s bike parts sourced from thrift stores and garage sales around their headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. The five-spoke alloy mag wheels are painted a bright yellow to match the seat and pads, which perfectly match the classic Mongoose pad set.
As for show accuracy, the bike comes with the rear wheel pegs for an extra passenger so that you or a friend can ride along just like Eleven does. The bike also comes with a headlamp for those rides in the dark, or in the Upside-Down. Just like the bikes from the '80s, the Stranger Things bike comes with a single-speed drivetrain and front and rear calliper brakes.
The chromed-out frame finishes the look. The bike comes branded with Max's name on the front fork and the Stranger Things logo on the frame. There's even a "Hawkins Bicycle License" badge on the frame dated 1985.
The Mongoose joins the two other bikes inspired by the show: Mike's and Lucas's, both of which have real-world Schwinns on the market. The Mongoose bike is available exclusively through Target and is priced at USD$219.99.


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