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PEOPLE has used milk as food since very ancient times. Milk is a natural source of calcium and protein necessary for good health. It is regarded as one of the most nutritionally complete foods available on our planet. In fact, milk is nutritionally complete food for all ages and has been part of the human diet for thousands of years.
Mother's milk is best for babies and young children. Ideally, babies should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their life. Nothing compares to breast milk and every effort should be made to ensure babies have this highly nourishing substance but for older, already weaned children and adults, cow's milk is a great source of daily nutrition needs especially calcium.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for babies for the first six months, after which their nutrition should be complemented with family foods in addition to breast milk.
Breast milk is the natural first food for babies, as it provides all the energy and nutrients that an infant needs for the first months of life. It continues to provide up to half or more of a child's nutritional needs during the second half of the first year.
Breast milk promotes sensory and cognitive development, and protects the infant against infectious and chronic diseases. Exclusive breastfeeding reduces infant mortality due to common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea or pneumonia, and helps for a quicker recovery during illness.
However, breastfeeding may not be possible for all women. For many women, the decision to breastfeed or formula feed is based on their comfort level, lifestyle and other specific medical considerations that they may have.
For mothers who are unable to breastfeed or who decided not to, cow or soya-based infant formula is a good alternative that will meet a baby's nutritional needs.
Once a child reaches a year's old, they can be transitioned to whole milk or cow's milk.
Milk is a great source of calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, and magnesium. It will build the toddler's bones and teeth and help his body regulate his blood coagulation and muscle control. Almost all milk is fortified with vitamin D, which helps the body absorb the calcium it needs.
Milk also provides protein for growth, as well as carbohydrates, which gives the child the energy he needs to toddle all day!
If the child gets enough calcium from an early age, there is evidence that he will have a lower risk of suffering from high blood pressure, stroke, colon cancer and hip fractures later in life.
True allergies to cow's milk are relatively uncommon. According to the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP), only two to three per cent of children are allergic to milk, and 95 per cent of them outgrow it by age 3.
The AAP recommends children eat three servings of milk, flavoured milk, cheese or yogurt a day.
Research has shown that children who regularly avoid milk have lower bone mineral density and have more bone fractures.
Parents play an important role in establishing healthy dietary habits, and this includes the practice of including dairy foods in their own diets as well.
Benefits to the baby:
* Mother's milk contains protein, fat and the easily digestible omega 3 fatty acid essential for the brain development of the baby.
* The milk contains antibodies which protect the baby against infection, gastrointestinal disease, respiration difficulty and ear infection.
* It could also reduce the risk of diabetes and cancer among children.
* Children who are breastfed develop resistance to allergy.
* Breast milk also reduces the risk of gastro-enteritis among premature babies.
* Breast milk is known to reduce the risk of caries, sight and speech related problems and is known to strengthen the jaw.
* Breastfeeding prevents sudden death syndrome in the baby.
* Breast milk is known to reduce the risk of heart attack in adulthood.
* Breastfed infants are not prone to diarrhoea, thus reducing medical expenses.
* Breastfeeding strengthens the bond between mother and baby.
Benefits to the mother:
* Protection from breast and cervical cancer.
* Naturally reduces weight especially around the waist as the oxytocin hormone helps to shrink the uterus faster.
* This process helps to shorten the puerpurium flow period.
* Hastens post delivery wound recovery.
* Reduces the risk of osteoporosis and heart problem.
* Cost effective alternative to infant formula.
* Breastfeeding acts as a natural family planning device.
* Breastfeeding helps fulfill the responsibility of being a mother Benefits to the society:
* New parents could spend their time effectively with their family and the community.
* Reduces treatment, medical and lab test costs.
* Conserves the environment by reducing pollution and unnecessary wastage.
* Children with fewer health complaints indirectly help the parents become more productive at work.
Animals Milk
The ability to domesticate animals and reap the benefits of milk is a man's greatest success story. Ten thousand years ago, when humans were still hunters, someone was smart enough to say 'wait, don't kill these animals. Use them for milk'. Whoever that person was, he was certainly one of the greatest geniuses in human history. The success story of milk has continued undeterred since and that in itself is proof of its benefits, efficacy and safety
The ability to domesticate animals and reap the benefits of milk is a man's greatest success story. Ten thousand years ago, when humans were still hunters, someone was smart enough to say 'wait, don't kill these animals. Use them for milk'. Whoever that person was, he was certainly one of the greatest geniuses in human history. The success story of milk has continued undeterred since and that in itself is proof of its benefits, efficacy and safety
Yet in different parts of the world, different animals have been the source of its supply.
In Britain and among other English-speaking people, the cow furnished most of the milk supply. In Spain, a great deal of the milk comes from sheep. The desert tribes of Arabia get milk from the camel. In Egypt, the water buffalo is a source of milk, In Lapland, reindeer furnish milk to the people.
In Peru, the Llama is a milk-producing animal. In Tibet, the people get milk from the yak. And in many countries, the goat is an important supplier of milk.
Is all milk the same? The answer is no. Each animal produces milk especially suited for its own young.
Cow's milk is intended for a calf and not for a human baby. Cow's milk has less sugar, more salts, and four times as much casein, an important protein substance, as human milk.
While milk differs a great deal, depending on the species of animal, it always contains fat, protein, carbohydrate, and minerals.
No matter which milk people drink in different parts of the world, they obtain these vital substances for nourishment.
The last milk to be drawn at each milking is richer in fat than the rest, so a good job of milking can produce richer milk from the same cow than a poor job.
Besides milk, there are other ways to ensure an adequate supply of milk in one's diet, and this is through dairy products such as cheese, yoghurt, and ice-cream.
Cheese is a food consisting of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. It is produced by coagulation of the milk protein casein. Typically, the milk is acidified and the addition of rennet causes coagulation. The solids are then separated and pressed into final form. Some cheeses also contain moulds, either on the outer rind or throughout.
Yogurt is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. Fermentation of the milk sugar (lactose) produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and its characteristic tang. Soy yogurt, a non-dairy yoghurt alternative, is made from soy milk. It is nutritionally rich in protein, calcium, riboflavin, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12.
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, combined with fruits or other ingredients.
Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners. In some cases, artificial flavourings and colour is also used. This mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to prevent large ice crystals from forming; the result is a smoothly textured ice cream.
Here are some essential but little known facts about milk.
* A growing body research suggests that eating dairy foods, especially low-fat varieties, may help reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
* There is strong evidence to suggest that a high intake of calcium and calcium-rich foods (such as milk and dairy products) helps to lower the risk of colon cancer. Similarly, preliminary research data also suggests that drinking milk may be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer.
* Contrary to popular belief, fat from milk is not a major contributor to your daily fat intake. In fact, there is far less fat in milk than many people think. Even whole milk contains only 3.9 per cent fat. With only one per cent fat, low fat milk has less than half the fat of whole milk.
* Milk and dairy products are some of the best natural sources of calcium. To obtain the same amount of calcium as a 200ml glass of milk, you will need to consume either four servings of broccoli, 7 1/2 slices of white bread, 11 servings of spinach or 15 servings of red kidney beans.


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Light Tunnel, Sleds and Santa, Pastorela 2.0
Events December 19-December 25, 2019
Various Authors noon, Dec. 15
If you think the San Diego Asian Film Festival is only about showing good movies, guess again. SDAFF is also a terrific gathering place for filmmakers to meet, exchange ideas, and feed off of each others energy.
SDAFF's artistic director, Brian Hu, is responsible in large part for bringing these filmmakers, and many more, together under one roof. I owe Brian, H.P. Mendoza, Dave Boyle, and Goh Nakamura a great debt of thanks for one of the most enjoyable moviegoing weekends I've had in months.
Richard Wong's hilarious sex comedy, Yes, We're Open, was written by Mendoza and features solid supporting appearances by Boyle and Nakamura. It also features Lynn Chen, one of the co-stars of Boyle and Nakamura's Daylight Savings, the sequel to delightful Surrogate Valentine which played last year's fest. (Fittingly enough, DS debuted the same weekend we set out clocks back.)
Mendoza also premiered his second directorial effort, I Am a Ghost, a thoughtful, intelligent twist on the old haunted house genre that should please even the most jaded Paranormal activist, if only they had a chance to see it.
When most people think of Asian cinema, it's usually images of Godzilla, thundering samurai, or one of Ozu's families sitting on tatami mats and mapping out what to do when mom and dad die. None of the three films mentioned is even remotely inaccessible; if anything, they're enormously entertaining genre pictures that are light years ahead of many of their big-budget Hollywood contemporaries.
To my risk-taking friends at Reading Cinemas, I ask that you take a moment to consider booking these films into the Gaslamp and maybe even Town Square. (Wong and Mendoza's Colma: the Musical played town, but with the exception of SDAFF, we haven't heard anything from them in years.)
The filmmakers already have a built-in San Diego fan base and with a little grass roots work by SDAFF, and members of our town's critical community, to help promote the screenings, people will come.

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2019-06-11 18:00
2019 Miami Latin American Claims (Re)Insurance Forum
June 11 to 14 will mark the fifth edition of the annual Miami Latin American Claims (Re)Insurance Forum. Organized by Kennedys and QLDG, it brings together key international and Latin American industry experts that will analyze top underwriting and claims issues, trends and developments in the region.
Roundtables by global and regional market leaders on industry-wide topics will precede practical sessions on a range of issues including:
- cyber related to property risks, social engineering under BBB
- a mock mediation on environmental liability case study
- ALOP to BI issues on a project from construction to operational phase
- business interruption on energy and mining losses
- Class actions and regulatory developments in Colombia and Peru
Topics and case studies have been carefully chosen based on current affairs and the feedback received by attendees from last year.
The program can be found here.
Many thanks to our welcome cocktail patron Ábaco as well as Advanta, Crawford, Envista Forensics, IRB Brasil Re, J.S. Held, Rimac, R&G Espinosa and Sedgwick for their continued sponsorship.
If you would like to register your interest please contact our events team.


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Transferring Tech
Stop Searching Code Like a Chump
Can you remember the last time you tried to search your code base for a relevant method or code snippet? I can, and it was a disaster. I used Visual Studio's "Find in Files", which returned 100s of results. After reviewing about twenty of them I gave up and started surfing the Solution Explorer, opening files one-by-one. After about 20 minutes of reading source files I began to wonder if there was a better way...
Unfortunately this pattern of failure is all too common, as recent studies show that close to 90% of code searches during software maintenance tasks fail. While fruitless searches themselves can be annoying it's the time spent reading and exploring irrelevant code that really compounds this cost. If you're tired of failed searches and costly sidetracks read on to discover Sando, a new Visual Studio extension that leverages recent research advances to significantly improve code search.
Why Use Sando?
Sando, our new Visual Studio Extension for searching source code, is built upon solid research findings, and in our opinion much better than the regular expression technology it replaces. We could argue that leveraging information retrieval instead of regex technology naturally leads to faster search execution. We could claim that multi-term search is difficult and annoying with regular expressions. We might even point out that regex-based searches return unranked results instead of highlighting the most relevant results. However, having been burnt by savvy marketing in the past we prefer to simply show a few concrete results of running Sando against Visual Studio's "Find in Files" and let you decide for yourself (note: these example searches were run on Sando's own source code).
One of the trickiest types of searches involves searching for a term that is common in the given domain. Imagine searching for "text" in a text editor project or "paint" in a drawing project; you're likely to be overwhelmed with 100s of results. This is exactly the case when searching Sando's source code for the term "search" using "Find in Files" (shown above, left). However, using Sando with the same search term users can find relevant source code elements faster. Sando leverages information retrieval to find elements where the term "search" is more central. Thus, as you can see above (right), methods like "Search" are ranked highly in the search results.
While unranked results can be annoying to sift through a more pressing problem may be missing results. Imagine using "Find in Files" with the search string "file open". The result, as shown above on the left, is an empty set, yet I know that there exists relevant code in this solution. Fortunately, since Sando is not sensitive to word ordering it returns the method OpenFile as the first result, shown above right. Manually re-ordering search terms becomes a thing of the past when using Sando.
While creating this post I noticed another difference between these two tools, the wait times. While the times are not drastically different, with "Find in Files" taking 5 – 10 seconds and Sando returning almost instantly, the lag time enforced by "Find in Files" discourages follow up queries and often leads to abandoned searches. As you might imagine, abandoned searches often lead to sub-optimal behavior (e.g., Solution Explorer surfing) and thus the instant results offered by Sando can be a significant advantage.
Try Sando's Beta Release!
Today we have only scratched the surface of ways in which Sando's technology outperforms regular-expression-based searchers. However, we don't expect you to take our word for it. Please try Sando's Beta Release today and don't hesitate to let us know what we should improve!
David Shepherd leverages software engineering research to create useful additions to the IDE.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
My Boy in Pictures
Catching up on some light reading at Wal Mart, with his Blackberry at his side.
One of his many recent works of art. This one has something to do with a group of people and an airport.
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Is he working on his application for MIT?ReplyDelete
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Great photos! What a cutie! Have a sweet day! xReplyDelete
How come they grow up SO FAST! What a sweetie ...ReplyDelete
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Adorable.... kid art is the best, in whatever medium. I love how "hunkered down" he is in the book section. a perfect shot. deep in thought. what a blessing for you!ReplyDelete
Makes me remember my son at that age and makes me want to squeeze your boy's cute little cheeks. :)ReplyDelete
He is adorable! And of course that's a picture of an airport, it's plain for all to see.ReplyDelete
Hope you're feeling better today.
Have a great weekend!
How cute is that little guy? He has some imagination and well his bestie is just too much! Hope you have a wonderful weekend~ReplyDelete
Aww sweet! Hope your plastic surgery went well!!ReplyDelete
He is such a cutie. Love the one of him scrunched down reading. Hope you have a great weekend. Rest up:)ReplyDelete
Yale get ready,or will it be Bethel??!!ReplyDelete
He's so cute!! What on earth will I do when mine brings bugs into the house!! AHHH!! :)ReplyDelete
he's just adorable ...ReplyDelete
It amazes me how much Emma and Calvin have in common. I love the way their minds work!ReplyDelete


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With Memorial Day approaching, it is important for us to take a moment to look back and give honor to the men and women who fought and died for this country protecting our very freedoms. Memorial Day was first established for honoring the Union soldier who perished during the Civil War. For the last several editions of the "Civil War Dairy," I have shared first hand accounts from soldiers of Cole's Cavalry as well as other units who fought in the Civil War. While it's important to look at the events of the past, this month I want to focus on the importance of educating and interpreting Civil War history to the public and to give you, the reader an idea of what a living historian does. Many people are unaware that the so called "Reenactment hobby" has different categories and are oblivious to the significance of each.
The first and perhaps most widely known category is what most people refer to as a reenactment with battle re-enactors. At a typical reenactment you will see hundreds of dressed reenactors who participate in mock battles. These reenactments typically only portray how a particular battle unfolded. As spectators at a reenactment, you can visit the camps where the soldiers spend their weekend, but keep in mind this is not an accurate portrayal of how military camps were organized. Nonetheless, attending a reenactment from a spectator point of view can be fun for the entire family, but often very expensive.
The second and lesser known category is living history encampments with living historian interpreters. This is what you see when you visit Antietam National Battlefield, South Mountain Maryland State Park or Gettysburg National Military Park. The main objective of a living historian is to educate the public through various interpreter programs, providing them with an authentic portrayal of the common soldier or civilian during the American Civil War that is based upon research. Some living historians consider a reenactment degrading to the men who fought and sometimes died during the Civil War.
The main difference between a reenactor and a living historian is that a living historian continuously researches different aspects of the American Civil War in order to educate the public, focusing on the roles, uniforms, equipment and mindset of the average Civil War soldier, especially paying close attention to detail of the time period and theater of the Civil War they are portraying. All uniforms, food and camps of a group of living historians have a higher standard of authenticity. They use only items that are documented and made to the exact specifications as the original like you would see in a museum or what the actual soldiers wrote in their letters or dairies. Make no mistake, never call a true living historian a "reenactor" as there is a big difference between the two.
A living historian also understands the importance of interpretation. Without interpretation you would not be able to understand the events of a certain time period, this is lacking when you attend a reenactment. The role of educator would apply to a living historian as they share their research with the public, research that is based upon fact and not secondary sources.
Some of the area's most authentic living histories are held at the South Mountain State Battlefield near Boonsboro, Maryland. The Battlefield holds an annual event entitled "Fire on the Mountain" which will be held in September of this year, and will feature artillery and infantry demonstrations as well as tours of Fox's Gap. Events such as "Fire on the Mountain" are very important as it educates people not only to the significance of the Battle of South Mountain, but it also shows people how these soldiers encamped during the Maryland Campaign.
Every year on Labor Day weekend, the Gettysburg National Military Park holds an authentic event that features a full Confederate battery. Last year was my first year participating in this living history demonstration and it was great to be able to educate the public about Confederate artillery. Most spectators that come to this demonstration are surprised to see three original cannon tubes dating back to 1864 that are actually being fired.
For the last several years, I have participated in living history demonstrations on the artillery at Monocacy, Antietam, South Mountain and Harper's Ferry. The public gains so much from these events, all things that they can not experience at a reenactment. They are up close and personal with the living historians and they can see exactly how the battery, section or piece worked as well as witnessing a detachment of cannoneers working their post.
This year, the Monterey Pass Battlefield Association in Blue Ridge Summit will be conducting a series of educational programs for locals to understand the average Civil War soldier on campaign. Many people are unaware that what you see at a big reenactment is not what the soldiers experienced. We are also planning several living history events to educate the public on their Civil War heritage as well as the area's Civil War history.
With summer approaching, and the celebration of Bells and History Days behind us, it is a great idea to get out and explore the Civil War related sites in your own back yard. There are so many sites, and these sites offer several educational programs that can be fun for the whole family. Three campaigns entered Maryland during the Civil War. The first is Maryland Campaign and includes the sites of South Mountain State Battlefield, Washington Monument State Park, Antietam National Battlefield, Harper's Ferry National Park and the C&O Canal National Park which also houses Ferry Hill, the home of Henry Kyd Douglas, who rode with General Stonewall Jackson. This campaign ends with the battle of Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
The Pennsylvania Campaign also includes several sites from South Mountain State Battlefield, Emmitsburg, Gettysburg and Monterey Pass. The 1863 Invasion of Pennsylvania which resulted in the battle of Gettysburg is considered the turning point of the American Civil War. The Retreat from Gettysburg, considered as one major battle, includes the battles of Monterey Pass, Smithsburg, Funkstown, Boonsboro and Hagerstown, all fought from July 4 through July 14.
The last campaign to take place in our area occurred in July of 1864 when General Jubal Early led his corps of Confederate troops through Maryland and came close to taking the Union Capital of Washington. These sites include South Mountain State Battlefield, Monocacy National Battlefield and Fort Stevens, near Washington, D.C.
All of these places are near Emmitsburg and are a great way for the family to experience Civil War history through interpretive programs, living history programs, tours and demonstrations. These parks allow families to take in views of the landscape, which in many instances were written about by Civil War soldiers who traveled through the area. So get out and support your local battlefields, I promise you, you won't be disappointed.


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Addressing Big Data analytics with Hadoop: Q & A with chief Yellowfin architect, Peter Damen
Big Data is only becoming bigger; rapidly. Recognizing that more organizations are in the midst of undertaking initiatives to explore and exploit their ever-expanding data assets, the latest release of Yellowfin's Business Intelligence (BI) software – Yellowfin 6.1 – offers the ability for customers to connect to a significantly extended number of databases, including Hadoop.
But why are Big Data applications like Hadoop becoming increasingly important and popular?
The Zettabyte age
According to a recent research report by the International Data Corporation (IDC), global data will grow to 2.7 zettabytes in 2012 – up 48% on 2011. IDC predicts this figure to balloon to eight zettabytes worth of data by 2015. And if that's not astonishing, maybe a quick calculation will help: One zettabyte = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes. Not only is data creation accelerating, but the capacity to store it is has doubled every 3.5 years since 1980, according to Hilbert and López's 2011 journal article The World's Technological Capacity to Store, Communicate, and Compute Information. IBM claims that some 2.5 quintillion bytes of data have been created every day since the beginning of 2012.
Big Data is also big business
So why do organizations continue to mine more and more data? Well, it's often been said that data is the new oil of the twenty-first century; where more knowledge about customers, transactions and marketplace trends leads to more effective and efficient products and services. And hence, increased profitability.
According to the globe's largest open-network enterprise IT research and advisory firm Wikibon, and its formative Big Data Market Size and Vendor Revenues report, the Big Data marketplace will generate $5.1 billion in revenue during 2012, reaching a staggering $53.4 billion by 2017.
So the need for Big Data technologies, like Hadoop, is pretty clear. So how does Yellowfin 6.1 support Hadoop?
5 questions with chief Yellowfin architect, Peter Damen
Firstly, what is Hadoop?
"Hadoop is a free open-source Java-based framework from the Apache Software Foundation that supports the distribution and running of applications on clusters of servers with thousands of nodes and petabytes of data."
How does Yellowfin connect to, and extract data from, Hadoop?
"Yellowfin can take advantage of Hadoop's awesome Big Data processing power by connecting to Hive.
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"Hive can take advantage of the distributed nature of the Hadoop file system, allowing for petabytes of storage, using Map-Reduce functions to implement SQL-like queries.
"The Yellowfin interface allows users to quickly author reports and visualizations on Big Data, just like any other relational data source.
"When support for a new database management system is added to Yellowfin, an interface is developed describing the capabilities of the database. This allows Yellowfin to hide functionality that may not be available on a particular system. However, the SQL supported by Hive allows the availability of all functions.
"The implementation of a database interface for Hive in Yellowfin means that connection can be made using the connection wizard, prompting for host and port details, rather than entering a straight JDBC url."
What were the challenges associated with integrating support for Hadoop in Yellowfin 6.1?
"One issue that we encountered whilst implementing Hive support was that the JDBC driver has a plethora of dependencies. In fact, to work correctly, the Hive JDBC driver required nearly all of the Hive binaries and Hadoop libraries to be within scope.
"This was an issue for Yellowfin as JDBC drivers are loaded in a shared Class-Loader within Yellowfin itself. Some of the dependencies required for the Hive driver conflicted with Yellowfin dependencies.
"We resolved this potential problem by constructing a separate JDBC driver that could be loaded within the shared Class-Loader, but that loaded dependencies using a separate Class-Loader for a particular location from the file system."
Under what circumstances would you suggest a customer move to Hadoop over a traditional relational database?
"Essentially, Hadoop's major advantage – when compared to traditional relational databases – is its ability to allow users to run queries against many petabytes of data.
"The term 'Big Data' is a contextual one – theoretically, if a small organization is struggling to process and leverage gigabytes of data then, relative to their size and capabilities, they have a Big Data issue to address. [Find out more in a presentation by Yellowfin CEO, Glen Rabie – Big Data: It's not the size; it's how you use it].
"So Hadoop is an excellent tool for dealing with particularly large volumes of data, but – despite the continuing proliferation of data, data types and sources – it's not a tool that smaller organizations will need to consider using in the near future."
How does a customer configure Yellowfin to use Hadoop?
"Connecting Yellowfin to Hadoop is relatively easy, but requires one extra step that most other Yellowfin database connections don't require.
"Besides the standard information required when connecting Yellowfin to a database (like host, port and database), Hive requires a driver path to where required dependencies for the JDBC driver reside.
"The files in this path are loaded with a separate Class-Loader to avoid conflicting with other resources. Yellowfin presents a wizard for connecting, so you don't need to enter a JDBC url. However, the option is available if desired."
Where to next?
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About the Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
IRM is the leading body for professional risk management. We help build excellence in risk management to improve the way organisations work.
We provide globally recognised qualifications and training, publish research and guidance and set professional standards. IRM members work in many roles, in all industries and across the public, private and not for profit sectors across the world. We are independent and not for profit.
High standards of quality and integrity are vital to the success of the risk profession. Our qualifications, training, events and thought leadership programme are underpinned by our professional standards framework. This defines the knowledge, skills and behaviours todays risk professionals need to meet the demands of an increasingly complex and challenging business environment.
IRM's aims are to provide:
- Recognition: Provide internationally recognised qualifications and courses for risk professionals throughout their careers
- Knowledge: Promote the value of excellence in risk management to employers, regulators, government and external stakeholders
- Networking: Deliver virtual and face-to-face opportunities for the risk community to share information, experiences and learning
- Career support: Provide career-long support to help members develop their professional profile and improve their skills
IRM is a company limited by guarantee, a not-for-profit organisation governed by a board of directors. Any surplus generated by our activities goes back into the development of risk management education and continuing professional development work.
About Risk Management – what is Risk Management?
Risk is part of all our lives. As a society, we need to take risks to grow and develop. From energy to infrastructure, supply chains to airport security, hospitals to housing, effectively managed risks help societies achieve. In our fast paced world, the risks we have to manage evolve quickly. We need to make sure we manage risks so that we minimise their threats and maximise their potential.
Risk management involves understanding, analysing and addressing risk to make sure organisations achieve their objectives. So it must be proportionate to the complexity and type of organisation involved. Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an integrated and joined up approach to managing risk across an organisation and its extended networks.
Because risk is inherent in everything we do, the type of roles undertaken by risk professionals are incredibly diverse. They include roles in insurance, business continuity, health and safety, corporate governance, engineering, planning and financial services.
IRM's mission is to build excellence in risk management, in all sectors and across the world.
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Risk Management Standards
A number of standards have been developed worldwide to help organisations implement risk management systematically and effectively. These standards seek to establish a common view on frameworks, processes and practice, and are generally set by recognised international standards bodies or by industry groups. Risk management is a fast-moving discipline and standards are regularly supplemented and updated.
The different standards reflect the different motivations and technical focus of their developers, and are appropriate for different organisations and situations. Standards are normally voluntary, although adherence to a standard may be required by regulators or by contract.
IRM professional qualifications seek to equip students with the knowledge and judgement to select the appropriate standard or standards for use within their organisation.
Commonly used standards include:
- ISO 31000 2009 – Risk Management Principles and Guidelines
- A Risk Management Standard – IRM/Alarm/AIRMIC 2002 – developed in 2002 by the UK's 3 main risk organisations.
- ISO/IEC 31010:2009 – Risk Management – Risk Assessment Techniques
- COSO 2004 – Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework
- OCEG "Red Book" 2.0: 2009 – a Governance, Risk and Compliance Capability Model
IRM members can get further information and links to standards from our Online Resource Centre.
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Risk management careers
Risk-related careers are incredibly diverse, reflecting the widespread role of risk management in companies and communities. Risk roles range from banking and insurance to logistics and infrastructure, aviation, space travel, construction, public health, international development and many more. IRM's members, for example, work at all levels across the public, private and voluntary sectors, in over 100 countries.
Awareness of the importance of risk management in the world's new high growth economies is increasing. Because of their highly transferable skills, qualified and experienced risk management professionals are able to move easily between different sectors and countries.
IRM's Professional Standards Framework provides a route to help risk management professionals develop their knowledge and expertise through every stage of their career.
Becoming a risk professional
Risk Managers come from a very wide range of professions and industries. If your goal is to progress swiftly in your risk management career, achieving a professional qualification in risk management gives you the knowledge and confidence to help you stand out.
Risk management qualifications
IRM's International Certificate in Risk Management is taught as two modules, and we advise students to take both modules together. The International Certificate gives you a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of risk management. Achieving the Certificate allows you to become a full member of IRM and use the internationally recognised designation IRMCert after your name.
The International Diploma in Risk Management builds upon the foundations of the International Certificate, providing in-depth knowledge across a further four modules. Successful completion of the International Diploma allows you to use the designation CMIRM after your name.


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Whitehouse Campground is a first-come, first-served campground. Whitehouse Campground and trailhead are located approximately 43 miles east of Kanab, Utah and provides camping amenities (picnic table, firepits and tent pads) and trailhead parking. It is located two miles south of Highway 89 and the Paria Contact Station at the end of Monument road #751 adjacent to the Paria River. The site provides access for hikers and overnight backpackers hiking the Paria River into the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area which is jointly managed by Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (VCNM) in the BLM- Arizona Strip Field Office and the BLM-Utah Kanab Field Office (KFO). This is a fee area.
This place was quiet and secluded. There was a nice trail to walk. There is a river but it looked to be dried up when we went. The stars are amazing. It's $5 to camp and it's first come first serve. There is a water fill up area at the trailhead.
We found this place by accident and were very pleased. Small campground that is first come -first serve sites. Not suitable for trailers or large RV due to the road going in. Fire pits, tables, and ver clean bathrooms. Located next to the sand stone bluffs and a jumping off point for trail hikers. Will definitely look this place up on our next trip. Be sure to bring your own water.
I stayed in this campground in early September and I was the only person there. It's great if you like the convenience of a drive-up site, but also prefer seclusion. I believe there were 8 sites all equipped with picnic tables and fire-rings with a few vault toilets. The toilets were decently clean when I was there and there was toilet paper. There really isn't any shade, so it's not the best place to hang out in the middle of the day in summer! Nice views and easy access to some backcountry trails in Coyote Buttes.


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Change two one way United awards into a roundtrip award to add a stopover
I recently haphazardly booked an award ticket on United because it was the only business class day available on the award calendar. Only after did I realize that I actually would like to enjoy a stopover on the first leg of my open jaw flight. Since I booked two one way flights, I could not add a stopover to the existing ticket because United only allows stopovers on round trip reservations.
One of the reasons United award tickets are so valuable and my favorite to use is because of United's current rules about including stopovers and open jaw bookings on round trip reservations. United only allows stopovers on round trip reservations, so you cannot add a stopover to one way tickets. If you try to do this the award ticket will include the miles for the extra flight.
By adding a stopover you can include another destination or possible roundtrip flight within the final destination country, as in my case within Turkey. To maximize United Mileage Plus miles with an open jaw and stopover you will need to book this as a multi destination ticket. The cost of your award ticket will be the same as a round trip, but you are adding another leg to your trip with the stopover.
On international roundtrip award reservations United allows:
- One stopover
- Two open jaws
So lets look at my original two one way flights, and how I was able to change them into a round trip with a stopover without incurring any fees or costing more points.
My two one way award reservations:
PDX –> IST on August 31
ZAG –> PDX on September 27
I booked the flight to Istanbul before I had the rest of my plans finalized because there was only one day available with business class award tickets. The following day I booked my return flight from Zagreb to Portland.
Shortly after I booked my flights, I realized that it would be ideal to make a stopover because I wanted to see different parts of Turkey, so I figured it was worth a chance to call United to see if they would be willing to budge on waiving the $150 cancellation and award redeposit fee. United is known to hold firm on not bending any rules, and my request was shot down.
Essentially I wanted to maximize my award reservation by including a roundtrip stopover flight within Turkey on the first leg of the trip. I was not willing to pay the $150 fee so I waited to see if United made any changes to my schedule which would allow me to cancel one leg of the flight without paying the fee. (see How to Avoid Paying Airline Fees)
When United makes any changes to the flight schedule, often by only 5-15 minutes, it is enough to warrant you to cancel your reservation without paying the fee.
This is exactly what happened and how I was able to turn two one way award bookings into a round trip reservation with a stopover, all without paying a single fee.
My flight from PDX to IST showed a 5 minute change on the first departure when I logged onto my Mileage Plus account to view my reservation. United will not send you a notification about a change, so you need to check your flights periodically online to see if there have been any changes.
I decided to give United a call, and simply told the representative that my flight times had changed and that the new flight time would not work for me. It is easiest to keep things vague, but I had to add that I had a meeting that morning and was already cutting it close, and the 5 minutes will not work with my schedule. The representative placed me on hold and consulted another department or superior, and then returned saying that he will cancel my ticket and my miles will be deposited back into my account sans fee. I politely said, "thank you and have a nice night."
Next, I reviewed my remaining one way flight from ZAG to PDX under 'My Account' on my Mileage Plus account. From here I clicked 'change/cancel' and added a business class award flight from PDX to DNZ (Denizli, Turkey) for a stopover. Then I added a flight back to Istanbul. So essentially, I was able to add a roundtrip flight within Turkey from Istanbul because I was already routed through IST on my way to DNZ, and then return to IST.
For those who are wondering, I already had a separate ticket to fly from IST to Croatia for $65.
The flights that I added to my existing one way award ticket:
PDX –> DNZ (new, via IST)
DNZ –> IST (new)
ZAG –> PDX (existing)
I ended up paying $6.80 more in airport taxes/fees, but it was obviously well worth it because I added a roundtrip flight within Turkey that served as a six day stopover when I added a leg to an existing one way reservation.
I was able to avoid the cancellation and change fee when converting two one way tickets into a roundtrip award ticket.
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New homes for sale in vaughan
Vaughan is a lovely city north of Toronto in the locale of York. As Canadian urban communities flourish for flawlessness as far as economy, delightful landscape, and agreeable urban life, the city of Vaughan additionally brags itself as one of the quickest developing urban areas in the nation. It is a sanctuary of lovely homes, apartment suites, lofts, and business properties. When wanting to move to the city, here are the top qualities you ought to search for in Houses available to be purchased in Vaughan.
Quality Roofing
A standout amongst the most essential thing to search for in a house is that it must have a decent material. Look at what is the condition on top. What are the materials used to make the rooftop? How old is it? Could it withstand if there should arise an occurrence of tempest? In the event that the rooftop is attractive however you don't check it, odds are it could wind up costing you later on.
A more up to date rooftop, then again, could make mortgage holders protection rate. You could spare considerably more on the off chance that you pick a house with tough roofing material.
Quality New Paint
The greater part of the houses available to be purchased in Vaughan are recently painted yet don't pass judgment on the room instantly. See with the proprietor if the house is recently painted and the sort of paint they have utilize. Beside the paint, attempt to keep an eye on other more critical things, for example, maturing machines, free wires, and pipes framework.
Practical Heaters and Air Conditioning United
When you are purchasing a house, remember that on the off chance that it looks old, a portion of the apparatuses inside may be old as well. See to it that the warming and cooling frameworks are working great. On the off chance that the frameworks are costly, ensure that they are doing admirably with the goal that you don't need to spend for costly repair.
When you're purchasing a house, remember: in the event that it looks ramshackle or old, it likely is. Warming and cooling frameworks are costly to settle and supplant, and wasteful ones can consume your service bills. Ensure the heater is a la mode and in decent shape.
Security and Safety
Beside the nuts and bolts, keep in mind to check the windows and ledges. Consider the motivation behind your prospective house and the necessities of your way of life. Check the capacity, storage room, or the storm cellar. In the event that you have a back family, you might need to have a house with enormous terrace for grill or front garden with pool. Additionally check if the house is fenced well. Check the lawn fences and ensure there are no gaps.
It is likewise astute to have a house with additional room beside the main's room, particularly on the off chance that you are expecting an infant or a visitor soon. In the event that your life partner cherishes amusement, check whether the house has a colossal family room far from the main's room.


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An emergency dentist takes care of dental emergencies. Generally, a dental emergency is one that involves extreme pain or tooth damage. For example, if a tooth needs immediate extraction or a filling or crown becomes detached and causes pain, it is a dental emergency. On the contrary, if a person needs his teeth professionally cleaned or has a cavity that needs filled but is painless, it is not a dental emergency. Most emergency dentists are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to handle dental emergencies whenever they occur, though availability of an emergency dentist often depends on a patient's location.
Usually, an emergency dentist deals with situations involving intense pain and damage. Such urgent situations can include extreme tooth decay, an abscessed or infected tooth, or a shattered tooth. Often, emergency dentists perform extractions or, if the tooth is salvageable, fill a cavity. These dentists might also treat painful gums that are swollen due to infection or disease. Whether the dentist prescribes or provides any medication, such as pain medicine or antibiotics, depends on each patient's specific situation and that dentist's policy.
Some dental emergencies are more complicated than an extraction or filling. For example, an emergency dentist might need to perform an emergency root canal. If there is pain involved, he might replace a crown that has fallen out, or apply a temporary crown until the patient can make an appointment to obtain a permanent replacement. Similarly, if a tooth becomes cracked, but isn't shattered or falling out, an emergency dentist might stabilize it until the patient's regular dentist can repair it. People who lose teeth due to accidents or other injuries can visit emergency dentists for reimplantation.
Due to the nature of their profession, emergency dentists typically offer around-the-clock services. This means the office is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Thus, a patient who wakes up at three o'clock in the morning with a severe toothache can seek emergency dental services immediately, rather than waiting for business hours to make an appointment.
Unfortunately, emergency dentists are not located in all areas. Generally, big cities are home to one or several emergency dentists, while smaller, rural areas have dentists who work only traditional hours. For some patients, this means driving an hour or more to find an emergency dentist, but for others it means waiting until their regular dentist opens for business.
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OM Movianto and The Falsified Medicines Directive
By February 2019 all those who manufacture, sell or dispense medications within the European Union, will have to comply with the new track and trace regulations outlined in the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) [1].
The FMD is the principal guideline for the manufacturing and distribution of medicines within the EU, encompassing the main requirements of serialisation, compliance reporting and product verification. Whilst each EU Member state has the flexibility to apply their own requirements, OM Movianto are already fully engaged and working together to prepare for the Falsified Medicines Directive to come in 2019 across Europe to provide the consistency in approach our clients expect.
OM Movianto are 100% Healthcare focussed and with security and product integrity being central to our operation, we support the objective to further increase the security of the manufacturing and delivery of medicines in Europe, in turn providing greater protection to patients from falsified medicines in the legal supply chain of pharmaceuticals.
What will OM Movianto provide in line with the FMD by February 2019?
- Interfacing with the appropriate verification databases/partners to fulfill FMD requirements [1]
- Delivering products as your nominated distributor either to wholesalers or directly to healthcare institutions where individual packs will be checked, verified and decommissioned before being dispensed to patients
- Provide you with FMD compliant manufacturing services, such as re-packing and overlabelling
- Check, verify and decommission individual packs of your products for distribution to sites and Healthcare Professionals covered by Article 23 [2]
- Manage recalls, withdrawals, returns, sampling, destruction, export and other services in line with FMD requirements
[1] Falsified Medicines Directive
[2] Article 23 L 32/13 COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2016/161 of 2 October 2015
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For those enlisted in the armed forces, proper care and presentation of the uniform is an important mark of honour and respect. When a soldier gets dressed in the morning, it is not as simple as pulling on trousers and a shirt or deciding which shoes go best with which belt. Instead, soldiers are showing off a group of symbols that represent hundreds of years of history. For this reason, it is important that the soldier display all parts of his uniform cleanly and correctly, from the shine of his boots to the tip of beret on the top of his head.
Use a lint brush or soft-bristle brush to remove excess fuzz from the beret's surface. This will smooth the material and help to loosen any extra fuzz or strings that will mar the appearance of the beret.
Tear a piece of masking tape, and stick it to the surface of the beret. Then, quickly peel off. Repeat this process over the entire surface of the beret to remove any excess fuzz. If one piece of tape ceases to be sticky or becomes covered with fuzz, use another.
Wet the beret with cold water to loosen the material. Do not wet the flash, or crest symbol, on the beret, as you can damage the material.
Fit the beret onto your head so that the loosened beret moulds to the shape of your head. Worn correctly, the beret should sit one inch about your eyebrows, with the flash centred over your left eye. Be sure you wear it correctly when you are moulding it to your head.
Pull the excess material to the right side, until it stretches slightly. Fold it down toward the right to form the beret's signature dip. The excess material should touch the top of your right ear and extend no further than the middle of your ear.
Wear the beret until it is dry to make sure it keeps the shape of your head.
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- Do not use warm water to stretch your beret, as it may shrink.
- Many sources suggest using a razor to shave the fuzz from your beret. This is effective, but you risk cutting the beret's material, so be cautious.


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TMJ and Dental Health
TMJ is the joint that connects the lower and upper jaw (skull). The term TMJ stands for Temporo-Mandibular Joint. This is one the most complicated joints of the whole body. It allows forward and backward moves as well as rotations and side to side movements.
TMJ is often referred to as the complications and problems with this joint. Some of the most common symptoms of TMJ problems are:
Some causes of the disease are genetics, hormones, low-level infections, auto-immune diseases, trauma, and clenching or grinding of the teeth. Diagnosis of such conditions and evaluation of causes are done by dentists experienced in TMJ problems and treatments. Some common treatments are Night Guards, Bite Guards and Bite Adjustments. Your dentist will be able to guide you toward the best treatment for you.
If you experience any TMJ problems or symptoms please let us know. The doctor will be happy to evaluate your situation and offer the best treatment possible.
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Niantic Is Seeking For Tie ups For Pokemon Go
Paid sponsorships can reduce the company's reliance on in-app purchases by players to generate revenue, Hanke said at the GamesBeat 2016 conference.
"It's tough to understand where you want to draw the line," Hanke said. By adding sponsorships, the company felt "we wouldn't have to cave to that pressure to just dial it up a little more."
Pokemon Go exploded after its introduction in the United States on July 6, sending players into city streets, offices, parks and restaurants to search for colorful animated characters.
The smartphone game uses augmented reality and Google mapping to make animated characters appear in the real world. Players see creatures overlaid on the nearby landscape that they see through a mobile phone camera.
The game has been downloaded more than 100 million times, according to analytics company App Annie, and earns more than $10 million in daily revenue.
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Hello LJs,
I just had a great visit to a little woodworking museum in Kobe that I thought was worth sharing. It's got to be, pound-for-pound, one of the best museums I've been to. Sure, it's the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum and I love woodworking, so I'm biased… but even my wife agrees that it was quite a nice experience. Here are a few photos with some comments:
The entrance: typical Japanese signage… very pleasing to look at
A little video before beginning the tour
Japanese carpentry was traditionally broken into 4 categories. There were carpenters, roofers, plasterers and blacksmiths. The knowledge required for each was so high that one often didn't master more than one area. We'll focus on the carpenter, or daiku
A spread of what we'd typically find in a daiku's toolbox
I don't know much about Chinese woodworking, but there was a little display along the way.
Some nice examples of very customized and ornate planes.
A view of the daiku's collection
An old frame saw. There was a video of some old Japanese guys using this on some VERY large cypress – amazing
Some beautiful joinery. This can be found in castle and temples, or in small jewelry boxes
Samples of the common woods in japanese woodworking: cedar, cypress, maple
Some shavings from the wood samples… if you haven't seen the planing competitions on YouTube, it's definitely worth a look
For the plane and chisel junkies:
My wife is scoping out my next present
And that's it! A great stop if you're ever in Japan.
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The best management training course will not only teach participants vital skills, but will also fit the goals, issues, availability, and budget of the trainee. Since not all management programs are created equal, it is important to do some background research before committing to a particular management training course. Some factors to consider include the professional history of the faculty, the specific course outline, and the time and fees required for the program.
Good teachers tend to have a blend of personal history with a subject and the ability to pass valuable lessons onto their students. While the second quality may only be determined in the classroom, an aspiring manager may be able to garner valuable information by researching the professional background of a course instructor. If a teacher's background is in small business management, he or she may not be the best instructor for a student who wants to learn corporate management techniques. Similarly, a teacher with little or no practical field experience may also be unable to provide serious insight into the real world of business management.
Courses that claim to teach all the business secrets in the world may be too broad and vague to truly impart much useful information. Studying course descriptions, outlines, and required reading materials may help determine if a management training course is right for the situation. Since management training is a very important part of the business world, it is often easy to find courses that cover specific issues of interest, such as sales supervision, small business management, or employee training classes.
Considering the time required to complete a management training course can help determine if the class is worthwhile. Classes that last only a few hours are not likely to provide in-depth coverage of a subject. Training courses that require hours of attendance, reading, assignments, and examinations may be difficult to juggle with a work schedule, and can have a detrimental effect on work performance. A careful assessment can help determine if a class can be fit into a regular schedule without undue disruption.
Most business management training courses charge fees for attendance, and many also levy a materials fee or require the purchase of reading material. Some less expensive options for training courses may include those offered at community centers or through junior colleges and adult education organizations. Students may want to consider how greatly their business or career could be aided by improving proficiency in a specific area of management before deciding which management training course to attend.
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Coaching is a better way of asking empowering questions to help the client shift their current thinking and achieve more. Below are some of our FAQ (frequently asked questions) to check before you contact me about your relationship coaching needs. Hopefully these will empower you to make contact and get the best coaching you deserve!
For example, how is NLP great for relationships? or, can you use hypnosis for better relationships?
Perhaps you may be curious about how coaching will work for you and what sort of weird and wonderful techniques and language will be used during our sessions together. Take your time to read these FAQ and find the answer to the question is relationship coaching right for me.
Before you contact me about coaching I want you to be certain to have all of your questions answered. Then, let your transformations begin!
The frequently asked questions below will attempt to address most of them, which means it will save you time and effort before investing in something you may be a little sceptical about. If you find your questions aren't answered here, use the contact me link on the right hand side.
Coaching is a more powerful way of communicating to enhance performance. Coaching is asking questions which empower the person/group to identify goals, breakthrough challenges, focus on strengths and resources, and motivates them to achieve the goals quicker than they would have done alone. Relationship Coaching is about achieving quality relationship that the client/s want/s.
Some people hire me to achieve personal goals in other areas of their life, such as health, careers or self esteem, but mostly about using NLP in relationships. Others want to a achieve a specific breakthrough using hypnosis for better relationships that will enable them to grow and achieve more.
A coach will help you turn your dreams into reality, which I know may sound fantastic. Goals are simply "dreams with deadlines", and most people fail because they get the fantastic dream, and then do nothing towards its achievement. The lack of action leads to lack of belief so people begin to identify with that lack.
A person who actually sets goals is far more likely to achieve success for themselves, because having goals, and having a coach, keeps you focused on taking steps towards achieving them.
As your coach I will inspire you to perform at your best because I believe in your potential to overcome obstacles along the way and achieve more.
The trial session is around 60-75 minutes to focus on your current situation, identify three key areas you want to improve and set three inspiring goals.
At the end of the trial session you decide if you want to continue working on those area's with your coach. Find out more through our Breakthrough Wheel
If you decide to continue with our coaching service, you can create SECONDARY goals to work on on outside your coaching sessions. We will even provide you with templates to use to record your secondary goals on.
Your Coach will focus on one to three PRIMARY goals for the period of your coaching agreement. This is to maximise the effectiveness of your time together.
We love the enthusiasm so we aim to get going as soon as you can complete the coaching application form. First of all continue reading through these relationship breakthrough coach FAQ.
We will endeavour to contact you within two days (except weekends) to schedule your initial session.
We aim to get your second session scheduled within two weeks after a trial session.
Yes of course. We have a reward system for clients making referrals but you can only benefit if you are already a client. See our best friends rewards page for more details.
We do not disclose the content of sessions as that will of course be subject to the same client confidentiality you can expect. (See also our privacy policy.)
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Of course this happens from time to time and I ask that you give me as much notice as possible to work around, otherwise I would have to invoice you for a cancelled session! Let's be fair, if you don't respect your time then that session space can go to someone who does. The most committed clients can expect the best results, but I understand the need for flexibility from time to time. A copy of my terms and conditions will be given to you up front, before you start your coaching sessions.
There is no direct funding available through us, however you may wish to consult with your employer to sponsor your sessions. Sites like "Business Link" can sometimes put you in touch with funding for small business. I used to offer pro bono sessions as this was one of my FAQ, but what I found was those clients simply did not show or maintain the commitment as someone who truly decided to invest themselves fully in the coaching relationship.
I am based in North London. Most coaching sessions take place over the phone, and I often use SKYPE which means the telephone session is free of call charges for both of us. Face to face appointments will usually take place in London and traveling expenses are negotiable for appointments outside of London.
There are many qualities that you could look for in a life coach. I personally aspire to these six major qualities:
The last one shows that I believe in coaching and have employed my own coaches and mentors to ensure that I give the best service to my clients.
No. Coaching is not counselling or psychiatry either. As a professional coach I help clients gain awareness of their current reality, and identify ways to become what they want to become, either one to one or as a couple. Personal development is about developing into the person you want to become. Coaching is about creating the vision, strategy and actions you need to succeed, and is solutions focused.
How can you not? NLP is the abbreviation for Neuro- Linguistic Programming. NLP is a hybrid science that was created by modelling successful therapists and practitioners. Key language patterns used by these pioneering practitioners were identified that brought reliable success. NLP has been described in many ways and simply means communicating intentionally to effect change more effectively. Some say it is like software for the brain. An NLP practitioner can help you change habits and behaviours through specialised techniques and language patterns. As a Master Practitioner of NLP I enable people to turn significant emotional events into massive positive learning's that accelerate their results even further.
You decide what you would like to achieve by the end of the session to. I call this "creating a context" for the session. We create an outcome or a context for the session and through questioning and listening I will utilise the relevant patterns, to achieve the desired results. No two sessions are the same, and my clients generally experience some new insight or even a breakthrough in each one.
I only use coaching tools that I have been trained in and practiced either personally on myself or with other clients.
I have personally experienced all of the coaching methods that I use and can absolutely vouch for their effectiveness and in every case they are a pleasure to work with, which means that you can enjoy your sessions as much as I do!
I use coaching models, questioning techniques, patterns, and questions as and when it is appropriate and useful for you. Many of the models used in relationship coaching sessions are simple conversational tools that you need have no conscious awareness of. The greatest benefit for you, the client, is not in understand the tool but in the application of it. I will not use any tool that you are not absolutely comfortable with and will gain your permission before deepening your experience.
Absolutely! if going for a fantastic personal or relationship goal requires it! The use of hypnosis for better relationships is a great piece from the coaching toolbox and I love becoming deeply relaxed and allowing positive suggestions to sink in to the unconscious mind to enhance your perceptions and ability to achieve more. The hypnotic suggestions to enhance your relationship will be related to your goals and will leave you feeling even more confident and committed to taking action. e.g . If your goal is to be a TV presenter on a children's weekend show, you would probably want to do some pretty wild or wacky stuff anyway!
No. Coaching is not about giving advice. We do not provide financial, medical, legal or specialist business advice, either, and we may refer you to one of our partners for professional advice if that is relevant to your goals.
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Chena/ elephant yam 1 cup, cubed
Kaya/ raw plantain 1 cup, cubed
Black chana/ kadala 1 cup, soaked for atleast 6 hours
Vanpayar/ red gram ¼ cup, cooked
Red chilly powder ¼ tsp
Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
Grated coconut ½ cup
Mustard seeds ¼ tsp
Dry red chilly 2-3 nos
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Salt as needed
Coconut oil 1 TBSP
To grind
Grated coconut ½ cup
Cumin seeds ¼ tsp
Shallots 2 nos
Pressure cook the soaked chana for 2-3 whistles with salt. Allow pressure to release itself and drain the water. Set aside.
Grind everything under the "to grind" section to a smooth paste and set aside.
Dry roast the remaining ½ cup coconut until they fetch a brown color. Set aside.
Now, in a wide mouth pan, add the chena/ elephant yam and kaya/plantain along with salt, red chilly powder, turmeric powder and water to cover the vegetables and cook until soft. Next add the cooked chana, cooked red gram and the ground coconut paste and mix well. Cook this until water completely evaporates. Then add the roasted coconut and mix well. Adjust salt if needed. Lastly in another pan, add the coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds, dry red chilly and curry leaves. Pour this over the kootucurry and mix. Enjoy with rice..


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I am really feeling Jewish
My journey to conversion: An Update
I'm really starting to feel more and more Jewish. That is a good thing since I am on the road to conversion. I feel bad when I have to miss Friday night Shabbat services at Temple Beth El. I have gotten involved with a committee at temple, as I wrote about in my post last week. I am trying to teach myself some basic Hebrew.
I feel a connection with Israel, although I do feel that the Prime Minister should feel out the Iran situation more before he stokes the flames in the region… Iran could be on a more friendly path, but I digress. I can't wait to go to Israel in February and see all that I can.
I don't eat pork at all anymore. I had canadian bacon on a breakfast sandwich a couple weeks back and I felt so bad that I didn't realize it was in the sandwich at first. I removed the rest of it and finished the sandwich "sans-bacon" and it was still delicious. This Hobby Lobby "we don't cater to you people" thing is offending me. I have hopes that when I am "officially" Jewish to make Aliyah someday at or before the time I retire. I am being more vocal about my conversion journey with my friends.
I feel Jewish more and more every day.


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Heaven On Earth is actually Young's last official release for Blue Note at the time, and it's a return to more straight-ahead, nicely soulful jazz organ playing after his freer set from the year before. Despite that fact, though, the set's got its darker moments, especially since Byard Lancaster's on alto and Herbert Morgan (who we only know from the Young Blue Note sessions) is on tenor, with George Benson on guitar and Edward Gladden on the kit. Nice modal organ tracks, with a good groove, and excellent solos -- a nice cap to the 60s era for Larry Young! Young's wife sings on a version of "My Funny Valentine", and other tracks include "The Infant", "Call Me", "The Cradle", and "The Hereafter".
-Dusty Groove America, Inc.
01. The Infant (Young) 6:05
02. The Cradle (Young) 5:05
03. The Hereafter (Young) 8:42
04. Heaven On Earth (Young) 6:10
05. Call Me (Hatch) 7:25
06. My Funny Valentine (Hart, Rodgers) 4:35
Larry Young (organ)
Byard Lancaster (alto sax)
Herbert Morgan (tenor sax)
George Benson (guitar)
Edward Gladden (drums)
Althea Young (vocals on "My Funny Valentine")
Produced by Francis Wolff
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; February 9, 1968
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This is the quilt I made for our son and DIL for Christmas. They are not fans of the "flowery" fabrics that I normally quilt with. I think I've managed to make a quilt that will suit their taste.
My longarm quilter outdid herself on the quilting!
Feels so good to have this king-sized monster completed!
Sue :-D
The whole thing
Close up of quilting


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From Instagram posts to morning smoothies, you cannot seem to escape the avocado in 2017. But the fruit could soon become even more popular after a Spanish company announced it is launching reduced-fat avocados for the first time.
Isla Bonita claims their Avocado Light has up to 30% less fat than ordinary fruits. They also say it ripens faster, and oxidizes – or goes that weird shade of brown – slower.
The avocados are grown under special soil and climate conditions to provide the same nutritional benefits with less fat, according to the company's website.
Avocados are a foodie hit for their rich and creamy texture caused by their high fat content – an average fruit has between 20-30g of fat.
Most of this is mono-saturated fat, which has been linked to the reduction of cholesterol and lowered risk of cancer and heart disease.
But your morning avocado on toast could be less virtuous than you think, with the UK's NHS recommending only one half as a portion size.
A large avocado contains about 330 calories, just under one fifth of the daily recommended intake for an average woman.
The lower fat version is due to launch in Spain later during October 2017 at a trade fair in Madrid. A representative for the company told that the light version could mark the "second big jump in the development of the avocado market".
Source: BBC


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Originally published in The Irish Times.
e bus tour starts near Whitehall, across the river from the London Eye and around the corner from the Palace of Westminster, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.
Our tour will ignore these sights, however, taking us instead to see some of the expensive London properties owned by dubious oligarchs and public officials from Russia, Ukraine and the Arab world.
This is the Kleptocracy Tour, organised by a group of anti-corruption activists, investigators and journalists in conjunction with the Henry Jackson Society, a right-wing think tank.
"Over the past decade-and-a-half, Putin has build a grotesque kleptocracy in which the government and business elites loot Russia without limit," said Andrew Foxall, director of the Russia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society.
"These elites like the system they have built so much that they don't want to live in Russia, they don't want their children to live in Russia and most importantly, they don't want to keep their money in Russia.
"Instead, they would rather keep it in the West. In particular they would rather keep it in London."


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Plant Food Systems has announced the development of Bullet HLB, a new "one-shot" product fully registered by the EPA for control of citrus greening (also known as HLB) and other citrus diseases. The product release comes off the heels of a recently reported University of Florida (UF) research study showing the efficacy from Plant Food Systems' unique formulation.
"We are committed to helping Florida citrus thrive," said Paul Fabry, President of the Florida-based manufacturer. "We are growers first, so we are proud to develop a tool to help other Florida growers fight this disease, improve grove health, and increase annual production."
Bullet combines Plant Food Systems' legacy products, KPHITE and RENEW. The UF study credited the Plant Food Systems-led treatments with a 42% increase in fruit size and 60% more value.
"The author specifically identified a combination of our specific formulation of potassium phosphite (KPHITE) and dipotassium mono and diphosphate (RENEW) as most effective on the selected commercial grapefruit crop," Fabry said. "This new research, along with years of successful grower trials, led us to combine both disease control and nutrition into one high-impact product."