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Improving your ecommerce is a never-ending job. Just when you think you have addressed an issue or gotten ahead of the search engine game, something new comes along and throws you a curve ball. For instance, when you've tried your best to promote your eCommerce site in social media, problems with organic search will show up. However, while there are always opportunities to learn more about eCommerce as well as how you can do it better, here are some constants that you will always want to be focusing on. We are sure that using these steps will help you in improving eCommerce business of yours.
Get noticed – There Are Different Ways
Your customers cannot buy from you if they do not know that you exist. Invest available funds into advertising via search engine optimization, social media, pay-per-click campaigns, banners, and sponsored placement on famous blogs. Pick traffic sources that are relevant to your customers, and use them to draw your target market to you. You have to know most appropriate sources of traffic before you start advertising through blogs. For instance, there is no point in grabbing from a technology-based blog if your eCommerce site does not even think about selling those kinds of products!
Lower your costs – To the Maximum
Cut back on the things you do not need, so you have more funds for the things you do need. Start with stock. Find ways to make the cost of your stock less. Purchase more at once in order to low individual per-unit cost, or strike up deals and co-operations with the manufacturers and wholesalers you work with. Remember, the less you pay for a product, the more mark-up you will have available. Since one of the popular reasons to prefer eCommerce sites to general stores is affordability of products, you can increase chances of your eCommerce to hit favourite-list of users.
Offer Everything Your Customers Need
Make sure you're the one-stop shop for your customers. If you sell diaper bags, you should also sell backpacks and messenger bags for older babies and toddlers. If you sell computers, sell cords. If you sell printers, sell ink. So, your customers will not have to log onto another eCommerce site to get product accessories. In other words, you have to offer everything your customers could possibly need to get the full use out of your products, and you will keep them shopping within your store. When you have included most of such products, you can even use some widgets or tools to give user-based recommendation, which will have awesome effect in increasing sales and popularity of site. For instance, if I have bought a superb Smartphone from your store, I will be glad to see recommendation of covers for that Smartphone nearby, simple as that.
Be efficient
Streamline your checkout process as much as possible. Don't make customers register in order to checkout. Alternatively, you can set up an option to provide their email ID and deliver checkout invoice to their email ID once they have finished payment. Accept credit cards, debit cards, net banking, PayPal and all other kinds of reliable payment methods that users love to use. Moreover, make sure you ship within one to two business days, and offer priority-shipping options for customers who need their purchases quickly. If you offer quicker shipping speed, users will obviously prefer your site to others in market. To do so, however, you will have to have tie-up with top quality courier services (Or, perhaps, use something like Drones). Even though it might be expensive, quick shipping period is damn attractive, indeed.
Offer Great Customer Service
Customer service is damn important when it comes to eCommerce websites. It is usual that your users may confront a number of issues while using your site to purchase favourite product. So, you have to set up two or more options to interact with your customers and offer help to them. It does not matter how good a product selection you offer or how low you price your products, if you cannot back up your offerings with great people who treat your customers with respect, then you are going to lose out of business. Most probably, you can set up a toll-free number or live chat system to treat your customers. In a few weeks or second, if you have implemented an effective system, you'll understand real importance of great customer service.


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I have been away a lot this month, hence the break in almost daily wild flower blog posts! Whilst it is amazing to be in the position to be able to go away, it is always hard to leave Treshnish (and perhaps I should say Farmer), particularly at this time of year when there is a lot happening.
Shearing was the big task- all the gathering and sorting to be done before and after the fleeces have been shorn. I left Farmer in good hands as our friend A was here and he would produce better shearing catering than I would!
While I was away Iain T and JH came to do the shearing. It was a long day for them as there were more sheep to shear than they had expected. Farmer was hugely relieved when they were done. Farmer and J from Dervaig put the lambs through the fank. And as expected A cooked up a storm for the clipping shed.
The next gather will be to start sorting the lambs. The Mull based haulier sold his livestock lorry so over the winter we have equipped ourselves with a livestock trailer and a 4x4 capable of pulling it. This means we can sort out small batches of lambs and go to several different sales rather than putting all our eggs in one basket (or lambs in one huge lorry) at only one sale. Hopefully it will make it less of a lottery. It will be a lot more work for Farmer in that instead of selling all the lambs on one day, he will probably have to go to 4/5 different markets doing it himself.
The fields are changing colours again as the Knapweed and the Devil's Bit Scabious start to flower now. These next few photographs are from the field, Wigwam 2, which we are cutting for silage this year. The management plan we have for the fields dictates that we cut in September, so we have just over 4 weeks until we can cut it, even though it would have been wonderful to have made hay during the spell of fine hot weather last week.
The harebells are flowering now too, these were in the shade of a birch tree.
Devils Bit Scabious.
The weather has been amazing while I have been away. Really hot. The field with no name where the cows are grazing just now reminded me of photographs of the steppes, the dry grass seed heads gently blowing in the wind. The Meadowsweet popping up above the grasses. Cows and their calves sitting contentedly cudding in the sun.
This bullock enjoying a bit of birch. No wonder we need to fence off the old trees from livestock to allow natural regeneration.
Farmer had been out to check the cows this morning and appeared to be short of 2 heads. The herd was all quiet and calm so it was unlikely that anyone was really missing but we needed to make sure. This field with its knolls and dips can make it hard to count properly as a cow and its calf can disappear behind a knoll without you realising. So we went together to get a better count. Four eyes better than two. We counted the right number thankfully. It was very calm wandering in the field, looking at the different heathers coming into flower and enjoy the late afternoon sunshine.
The field behind Shian and Duill will be cut for silage in early August, whenever the weather allows. This field had an application of fertiliser put on as part of an experiment for the soil nutrient monitoring project we are taking part in - one of 7 farms in Scotland to take part. It will be interesting to see if the fertiliser has made any different to the yield from the field. I am hoping it won't make any difference. Farmer doesn't think it will make any difference. We allowed this field to be part of the project because it is not one of our biodiversity rich fields!
I hate to say it but it definitely feels as if we are passing from mid summer into late summer now, the grasses are all flowering and the angelicas and cow parsleys going to seed.

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Will it work for other cancers too?
Gliobalistoma is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. It can spread across the brain, bringing death as quickly as three to four months from diagnosis. Conventional treatment includes cutting out the growth, radiation treatment, and chemotherapy in pill form. These methods are harsh, however, and only prolong the person's life by two months on average.
A new Israeli invention, which was presented at the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology conference in Switzerland, demonstrated a new form of treatment – creating an electric field that prolongs the life of these patients and prevents the cancer from growing. So far 5,000 patients have undergone this new treatment with positive results.
Dr. Rachel Grossman, Assistant Head of
Neuro-Surgery in Ichilov Hospital, explained that until now the ability to prolong the life of brain cancer patients was severely limited. This is because of a natural blood barrier in the brain. This barrier prevents the brain from contracting infections but also prevents most medications from entering. There's also the fact that cancer tends to recur again and again, genetically mutating itself each time, creating immunity to the
previous medication or treatment. But with this new technology developed by Dr. Yoram Palti, the ailment is attacked from a different front altogether.
The helmet Dr. Palti developed creates an electric field that prevents cancer cells from successfully completing the process of splitting and thereby multiplying. As long as the electric field envelops the cancer it cannot grow. On the other hand, this same field does not harm healthy brain tissue and doesn't hinder normal brain function. Dr. Aylon Kirson, the head of research and development at Novocure, the company developing the 'Opton Helmet,' have encouraging news. They say that treatment with the helmet has prolonged patients' lives for over two years in 45% of cases and that many will live for five years or more. Sans helmet, only 30% would live past two years while on the more traditional treatments. Thanks to this new development, not everyone who contracts this formerly fatal illness will die from it.
The Opton Helmet uses electricity from batteries to create the electric field and must be worn at all times. When turning the helmet off, the electric filed ceases to exist, which enables the cancer cells to split and multiply. The helmet weighs 1.4 kilo (3 lbs.) and is attached to the head with wires and electrodes. The treatment is localized so, consequently, side effects are also localized. Most of the time they include skin irritation from the electrodes. Besides swimming, a person can do most any activity with the helmet on. The helmet is portable and visible but can be covered with a hat or kerchief. It's recommended that the helmet be worn a minimum of 18 hours a day. Maintenance is simple enough. Patients can change the electrodes themselves twice a week, when they shampoo and bathe.
This helmet is approved by the FDA and
the company that manufactures it offers
tech-support around the clock. The helmet recently became available in Israel and is covered by private, improved insurance policies.
How does this treatment affect
the patient's quality of life?
Initially, the helmet seems strange to many patients and there's an emotional aspect to the patient publicly displaying his or her cancer. But the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages and most patients do choose to wear the helmet. Dr. Grossman says that patients who filled out quality of life questionnaires said their quality of life was greatly improved, even though the helmet felt a bit cumbersome on their heads. What's more, it didn't impair neurological function, as other treatments are liable to do.
Presently the possibility of using the helmet for other cancers is being investigated. Clinical trials are already showing positive results on various cancers including cancer of the pancreas, lungs, ovary, and more. There is also ongoing research being done to minimize the size and weight of the helmet and to use the helmet to prevent cancer from manifesting.


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Women's Day Contest: If I could change one thing in the world, it would be...
Created by Parentune Support Updated on Mar 06, 2017
So, tell us ladies... if you were given the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be? Ever thought about it! No? So put on your thinking caps now and complete the above statement.
Before you begin, just a few pointers:
- That one thing you would like to change should make a positive difference to the world we live in.
- That one thing you would like to change should be "possible" and "doable" For instance "If I could change one thing in the world, it would be to change the colour of the sky to green" would not be considered a valid entry.
- Please do not exceed 50 words
- You can participate by simply typing your responses in the comments section below.
- Three entries that the parentune team finds to be most inspiring or touching will win parentune's surprise gift hamper.
- The closing date and time for receiving entries: 15 March, 12 noon.
- We request all participants to put a profile pic or update their profile pic. Entries without a profile pic will not be valid.
- The winners will be informed through call or mail on 16th March.
Remember this: You are more powerful than you think. You are beautiful just as you are.
Happy Women's Day!
| Mar 15, 2017
if I could change the world it would be to change the laws or punishment given to the rapist... the parents who bury their girl child and the children who throw their parent in old age homes to hang up to death.
| Mar 14, 2017
I would like to change the education system in vogue our future generation has no time for themselves begin with playgroups and end with career. Students should be taught in school rather than the mushrooming coaching classes .Competition is good to a certain extent BUT should be with oneself and not some other student . EDUCATION should be fun and not a burden. A CHILD should be encouraged to be an allrounder not a bookworm.
| Mar 11, 2017
I wish to change the burden of expectations each one lives under to fit in to regular moulds. I wish each individual realise and be allowed the power within to be as independent and amazing the the way each one wants to be.
| Mar 10, 2017
if one thing I want to change is making mandatory in Schools teaching HUMANITY right from day one.... if we are good human beings then only we can make this world to live
| Mar 09, 2017
hi, if I get one chance to change one thing in the world, then I want to eradicate sexual harassment on women's, especially on small children.. nowadays this is happening so much every where.. it's very painful, worst thing in the world..
| Mar 09, 2017
I would like to change the gender inequality in our society. Women should have given same priority as compared to men in any field. One more thing I want to raise here is why should women always sacrifices her career after pregnancy. Support should given from parent side as well as from husband also. Bcoz she leaves her parent,her home to a different family. So women be strong,be bold and trust on yourself. Happy women's day.
| Mar 08, 2017
If the power is given to me I would definitely change the laws of our country who treat women beneath what is deserved .. I would definitely give punishment of to hang till death to men who do rape in our country thinking dat dey have d superiority over women even if it is done by her husband.. We still don't have laws for women who r being raped by there husbands..
| Mar 08, 2017
I would change the feeling in women that have being incorporated in girls or women's mind that "Women need men support to survive". I really don't understand this why do women need men always. !! Can a women survive singly.. Can't she be independent.. Can't she raise her children one handed.. maybe women need men only to have a kid.. and if its the case of a single women she could definitely raise a kid from orphanage. This only feeling of women needs men to survive makes them low,its a way of discouraging a women especially single.. when she has the capability of to do everything right from fetching groceries from the stores to managing a firm,including every regular work that a women does what's the need of men!!this may not be the position of every single women in India.. but If she prefers to be single.. let her be single.. may be a man can do everything a women could do too.. he cud even adopt or get a child with surrogacy but Men can't have the heart of women to forgive, to love,to be patient,to be strong,caring.. and what not. In my life I don't think so I need a Man in my life.. if circumstances make u to be single.. Be single.. all the power is within women n not men.
| Mar 07, 2017
i will change the thinking of people (women too).. towards girls n boys... that both are equal... n bmen shudn't abuse,harass,rape them... girls shud also b free to study,work,wear dresses of dere choice,do outings... we need to bring chng in our thnkng n curriculum taught to children.
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United Way Helps Americans Achieve Financial Stability
As many as one-third of working Americans do not earn enough money to meet their basic needs. Wages have not kept pace with the rising cost of housing, healthcare, and education and currently, 40 million Americans are working in low-paying jobs without basic health and retirement benefits. For families walking a financial tightrope, unable to save for college, a home, or retirement, United Way is here to help.
The Local Picture
Unemployment rates in Emmet and Charlevoix, adjusted for seasonality, are typically higher than Michigan's (11%). Even in the best of times, many 'up north' jobs don't provide a living wage or benefits.
United Way's Funded Partners provide a range of 'safety net' services, as well as longer-term solutions to help our neighbors build skills to get and keep jobs to support their families. We're taking the lead on innovative ways to reduce poverty.
Hear from Roman Hank of the Petoskey Salvation Army about how we are helping community members get off the financial tightrope.
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Just seven weeks ago our family grew by one tiny totally adorable person, a little girl by the name of Adaline Sofia. We've welcomed her into our lives with more love than we all really know what to do with and we've shifted routines, family rituals and bits of furniture to accommodate her every need. Recently though I have to admit I've been finding it tough. The intensive feeding and knowing when and for how long she should be sleeping has had me chasing my tail. But you've done it before you may well say, ah yes but it was over five years ago and the human brain has this magic ability to blank out those first few months – lucky really or there would be a good chance our species may come to an abrupt holt fairly quickly! There's also the fundamental fact that all babies are different, and already I'm learning that although our little lady is an identical twin to Maxi at the same age, that's where the similarities end.
As we hit just over six weeks it was time to call for reinforcements, and so the nights have become a team effort and some of the day too. All of a sudden I've stopped feeling quite so crazy and broken, and although we're all full of cold we decided to take one of our evening trips out into the desert to celebrate. The best part – a cool breeze accompanied us – hopefully signifying that this long, exceptionally hot summer may be nearing it's end.
It's been too many months since I contributed to the Moments that Matter blog circle, however, onwards… follow on round to enjoy some of my favourite and very talented photographers' work starting with Laura Love and her moments that matter this August.


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Gregg Hadley grew up immersed in Indiana extension
MANHATTAN, Kan. – As a boy growing up in Brookville, Indiana, Gregg Hadley had influences of the nation's Cooperative Extension Service all around him. He was in 4-H, his sister interned with a local extension office, his brother-in-law was an extension agent and his mom was involved with the extension-related homemaker's organization.
Those influences helped shape a career which led him to his newest post as associate director for extension at Kansas State University. He has served as assistant director of agriculture, natural resources and community development at K-State since 2011. In his new role, he will lead statewide extension programs focused particularly in health, global food systems, water, vitalizing communities and developing tomorrow's leaders.
"My parents were role models with regard to engaging in informal continuing education, volunteerism and public service, so it was probably inevitable that I wound up in an extension career," said Hadley, who started his new role Aug. 1. He succeeds Daryl Buchholz, who retired in May after serving 12 years in the position. Jim Lindquist served as interim associate director this summer.
After earning a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics at Purdue University in 1989, he worked in the livestock feed industry for several years before earning master's and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics at Michigan State University. From 2002 to 2011, he served as associate professor and extension farm management specialist with the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. While there, he taught undergraduate students as well as farmers, ranchers and other professionals through the Wisconsin extension system.
It was those years in Wisconsin that cemented his interest in a career in extension.
"I saw firsthand, secondhand, and third-hand how the education and resources of Cooperative Extension and how extension professionals themselves can positively change lives," he said.
Hadley's vision for K-State Research and Extension is to offer all Kansans timely access to research-based educational programs and resources to help them address critical issues affecting their lives, livelihoods and communities; to ensure that its professionals and volunteers have the support, recognition and training needed to help them serve the people of Kansas; and to make K-State Research and Extension a preeminent extension institution.
"We are so fortunate to have someone of Gregg's caliber with his experience in industry, academia and extension in this important role," said John Floros, dean of Kansas State University's College of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension. "Since joining us in 2011 as an assistant director, he has worked with many Kansans throughout the state, as well as with colleagues within our extension system. His moving into the associate director's position gives us a valuable resource as we work to be a national leader and model public research and land-grant university."
Even with a large presence in Manhattan, plus five research-extension centers, and offices in every Kansas county, some people are unaware of the breadth of programs and services that K-State Research and Extension offers. Many across the state know of 4-H, Extension Master Gardeners, Walk Kansas, and Dining with Diabetes, for example, but don't know that those programs and others, in addition to many agricultural-related efforts, are K-State Research and Extension programs. In that respect, extension has work to do, Hadley said, including better use of media, including social media.
Several years ago, through input from the public, extension professionals, volunteers and others, K-State Research and Extension identified five grand challenges that the state is facing and is committed to working on. They include global food systems, water, community vitality, health, and developing tomorrow's leaders.
"We are making great strides in dealing with these issues," Hadley said. "But, these are huge challenges. We are not going to wake up tomorrow and find that Kansas water issues have been solved. Society has to address these issues step by step in significant ways. K-State Research and Extension provides the research and education Kansans need to address these issues."
Among the many programs Kansas extension is involved in are those devoted to wheat, sorghum and other crops developed to resist pests and able to withstand the changing climate, educational efforts that encourage and support healthy lifestyles and communities, work focused on keeping food safe from farms to dinner tables, and programs aimed at conserving the state's and country's precious water resources. Many of the programs are collaborative efforts with farmers, ranchers and other Kansans, plus state and federal agencies and other universities.
Some things that won't necessarily show up on a resumé, but are traits that Hadley brings to the job, he said, are a willingness to listen, an interest in discussing issues that Cooperative Extension can address, and in exploring how to make K-State Research and Extension even better.
He plans to visit many county and extension districts this year to get Kansans' thoughts about goals for their lives, livelihoods and communities and how K-State Research and Extension can play a role in providing the tools needed to reach those goals.
Hadley's commitment to education does not stop when he leaves the office. He competes in the Master's Division of Olympic-style weightlifting and coaches other weightlifters. Even his dog, Farley is involved in community-based education and has been known to "write" about his Kansas travels on social media.
The Kansas Cooperative Extension Service and the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station work together as K-State Research and Extension to conduct research focused on improving the lives and livelihoods of Kansans and others and conveying that information to the public. It is based at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. The Kansas Cooperative Extension Service is part of the national Cooperative Extension Service. More information is available at https://nifa.usda.gov/extension


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I'm really into gym related analogies lately. You'll just have to forgive me. One reason I love physical challenges is that they parallel real life. About a year ago we took our family to Colorado to hike one of the 54 mountains that tower over 14,000 feet. We've only done class 1 or 2 trails and these aren't "bring an oxygen tank" type hikes but they'll wear you out for a few days. My youngest daughter was 9 at the time of her first ascent. This past school year, as she was trying to complete a "very hard" division worksheet I heard her say to herself "If I can climb a 14er, I can do this." That's what those kinds of challenges teach us, that we can do more than we thought we could. They stand as landmarks in our lives of when we thought we could do no more, but we did more anyway.
Last week I went to a weight training class called "body pump." I've gone a few times before and it's not a walk in the park. If you talk to the teacher before or after class she's a doll. Just the sweetest lady. She smiles during class and I wonder if she's hurting too. A few times when I thought she wasn't looking I skipped a rep. She was looking because she yelled into the microphone, "nobody quits."
She gains nothing from me being there. I have no responsibility to her. But I wasn't about to stand there and look like a quitter. Because everyone in that room knew it wasn't them who had skipped a rep. I wanted to put my bar down and lighten my load. I wanted to pretend I had an appointment and skip out early. But she said, "nobody quits." Sometimes I just need someone to yell at me to keep me focused on what it was I said I wanted. I was there because I wanted to be. No one made me, my goals are my own. Hearing her voice pulled me back from my internal pity party
That made me think about June. I thought about how maybe you might want to just pretend you didn't have a goal in the first place. Or, maybe change your goal to make it a little easier. I thought about how you might want to walk out and pretend you have something else more important. To that I say, make a call. Call your director and let her see you skip a rep. Let her see you shaking. Be transparent and she's likely to very sweetly say "nobody quits."
If you don't want to call her. If you don't want her to know. Then I'm here to very lovingly yell. "NOBODY QUITS."
You showed up here because you said you wanted something. Now don't stop until you've reached that goal!


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A compassionate and vital role in our community.
Since 2003, the Gathering Place has played an important role in our community serving warm, nutritious meals to approximately 150 people per day. But it is much more than a "soup kitchen", it is a non-secular, welcoming and respectful environment that is also a place for conversation, support, guidance and refuge.


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15 July 2012
Help organise
An open planning meeting to discuss November's Unite the Resistance conference will be held in central London on Saturday 21 July.
Last year's Unite the Reistance convention brought together 1,200 trade unionists and activists shortly before the huge 30 November public sector strike.
This year's conference – set for Saturday 17 November – will take place in the aftermath of the TUC's demo against austerity on 20 October and at a time when further strike action over pensions, pay and jobs will be on the cards.
We are hoping this year's conference will again bring large numbers of trade unionists together for a serious and fraternal discussion of how we take the fight against austerity forwards.
If you would like to get involved in planning and organising the conference, please come along to the planning meeting.
1pm, Saturday 21 July
University of London Union
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Hi folks and welcome to another Weather Wednesday. This week is all about the Sangean PR-D9W I bought it last week and so far, I love it for what it does for it's size.
I discovered it in 2011, when it first came out and when I heard that it was a portable model, that got my attention. All though I expected it to be the size of a walkie-talkie. It is however, small enough to put in a backpack or bag without being too much of a problem carying it, dew to its light weight.
It has an am/ fm radio on it with a weather alert radio too, all though it doesn't have SAME Weather Alert. It also has a clock with alarm and a telescopic antenna to increase the range of the units reception.
I am actually quite pleased with how well the receiver picks up a lot of my favourite fm stations and also some of the Weather Radio stations that are not in my local area. I played with it on the way home and found this out and that really made me happy to have it as one of my radios.
The other thing that is also an option is an internal battery charger, to recharge NICD or NIMH batteries but I prefer to charge them outside the unit. My worry is actually overcharging the cells, which could damage the unit and I don't want to do that.
The only thing I have found wrong with the unit is the manual, which is helpfull to a point. Okay, it's very helpfull up to when it talks about where the buttons are situated. It numbers all the icons and buttons and that doesn't really help if you are trying to figure out what to press to perform a function, if you can't see what you are doing. That is where I was in luck because the guy who sold it to me at the store where I bought it, read out where each button was situated, according to the manual. I had been studying the manual for the entire weekend and had no idea of this potential problem until it happened to me and my friend at the store read out each button and its function for me. Even so, I'm still getting the hang of how to do certain tings such as Canceling alarms and I'm hoping to have a severe storm come through in the next while, so I can find out if I have the alert function set to what I want.
Over all, it is a good unit and I mainly use it as my fm radio to listen to my favourite radio station on speaker and earphones in stereo. I don't know if this will be my Ultimate radio but it is close. However, I will use it as one of my many radios alongside each other to do various things for me when needed.
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A Prayer Before Dawn
In Klong Prem, there are 10 rules. If you break them, you will almost certainly die. If you don't break them, you will definitely die. This is the true story of Billy Moore — jailed in one of the world's toughest prisons, Klong Prem, the notorious 'Bangkok Hilton'. Refusing to die there, Billy becomes a student of the lethal art of Muay Thai Boxing and in the process finds a brotherhood that will help guide him on an incredible journey to redemption.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Midnight Screenings - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018
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- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 116 mins
- Director
- Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
- Producer
- Rita Dagher, Roy Boulter, Sol Papdopoulos, Nicholas Simon
- Executive Producer
- James Schamus, Jennifer Dong, Woody Mu, Peter Watson
- Editor
- Marc Boucrot
- Screenwriter
- Jonathan Hirschbein (screenplay), Nick Saltrese (screenwriter)
- Director of Photography
- David Ungaro
- Production Designer
- Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat
- Principal Cast
- Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Pornchanok Mabklang, Panya Yimmumphai, Somluck Kamsing, Chaloemporn Sawatsuk, Komsan Polsan, Sakda Niamhom, Sura Srimalai, Billy Moore
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Tags: anxiety, Boston, breathing, calming, daily rituals, life, meditation, New York, presence, seasickness
Seasickness & tortilla chips
One morning, during my recent holiday in New York, my mum and I got on the ferry to take a Hop-On, Hop-Off tour of the Hudson River. Whilst I had felt fine beforehand, within a few minutes of being on the boat, I began to feel a bit nauseous. I have never particularly suffered from seasickness, but the weather was rough, the motion strong and I began to struggle with the feelings of sickness. I tried to breathe through it and focus on one thing, all of the usual strategies, but the feeling was intensifying and, by the time we
Why are we scared of making progress?
I'm about to go to bed after a good but tiring first day back at school with the children, but I wanted to post briefly about something that's been on my mind… It has struck me recently that sometimes I actually hamper my own progress because I am frightened. I am talking about spiritual progress, or essentially about coping with a particular difficult life circumstance. I think that many of us do this. In the particular, personal situation I am thinking of (moving on from a complicated relationship) I feel sometimes that I am actually doing a lot better than
The little one
The little one has mucus gathered at her nose this evening and she lays in my arms unpurring and still, onyx eyes open. Her tiny animal heart beats at a speed she surely cannot take for too long. My fingers touch it, fluttering wildly in the cage of her ribs, beneath her front limbs when I lift her up to feel the sun. The skin of her ears is paper thin, red and veined, translucent and warm. He, an old man in a crumpled suit, bones only recently filtered into the earth, bends to sing from his gut, while
Misconceptions about meditation
I went on a weekend meditation retreat a little while ago and, without doubt, the most frequent comment I received from colleagues on Monday was: "Oh, it must have been so relaxing!" Well, yes. And no. Yes, because I was away from the traffic and noise of London, away from work, away from the constant pinging of technology and away from anybody I knew, just for a couple of nights. The retreat took place in the countryside so, of course, being able to walk in nature and enjoy the stillness, the peace and the fresh air was relaxing. But
The eternal ocean
One would not, upon the stars, dream of placing a temporary condition of the heart; a means by which they could become fuller, more beautiful, more complete. Yet you, of stardust and stillness, made of the very same things, swill the air and the waves into chaos not knowing there is an eternal ocean beneath where all of your restlessness can have its moment and then pass, honoured but not believed. Be not afraid. Lay your tender heart open. All in nature is complete, and cannot be broken.
What is courage?
Courage rarely explodes in a rush of love and sunlight. Those incidences occur, but they are rare. Mostly, courage is a fraction. A part of a whole. A whisper that says "I know you're scared, but stand your ground this time." Courage is diminutive. It rolls with the tide and changes shape. It swells and sighs and alters its opinions depending on the situation. Courage is a long road between the mountains. Courage is speaking out when everyone else is silent. Courage is remaining silent when everyone else is shouting. Courage is pursuing your dreams quietly, diligently, despite the doubt
Simple things to do when you're feeling sluggish
We all have those days when we feel a bit 'off'. Sluggish, tired, fed up or just a bit blue for no real reason. These are a collection of easy things to try when you're feeling that way. They cost nothing and take little time, but they always help me to feel refreshed and just that little bit brighter. Drink a glass of ice cold water (lemon optional!) Not drinking enough water can make you feel bloated, sluggish and just as though your body is not quite working at its optimum. I feel immediately better once the water has passed
How to beat those Sunday evening blues
Remember when you were fifteen or sixteen and Sunday evenings really sucked? The thought of going back to school the next day, starting a whole new week of work, was just too depressing and sometimes, if you were anything like me, the Sunday evening dread could easily spoil your whole weekend. Maybe you still feel like that now. Maybe you regularly feel that growing knot in your stomach that tells you it's almost time to get back into work mode. I've only realised, in the past couple of years, what a waste of my weekends that was. What a shame


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HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign Web site remained offline Thursday, and federal and state authorities were investigating why it crashed on the eve of this week's defeat in a high-profile primary.
The site, Joe2006.com, appeared to have suffered from a so-called "denial of service" attack, in which computers overwhelm a site with fake traffic so real visitors can't get through, said Richard M. Smith, an Internet security consultant in Brookline, Mass.
The Lieberman campaign denied speculation among liberal Web pundits that the centrist Democrat's Web site had simply crashed because it used a low-budget Web host unable to handle the volume.
Web hosting can cost anywhere from a few dollars a month for a personal Web site to thousands of dollars for large corporate sites.
The campaign spends about $100 to $150 a month on Web hosting services with MyHostCamp, said Dan Geary, who administers the site for the campaign. Geary said that MyHostCamp, which is owned by a friend of Geary's, gave the site more than enough bandwidth - 200 gigabytes a month - to handle a crush of visitors.
Targeted attack
He said an analysis of the server suggested an attack that focused on specific components of the Web site such as internal files and e-mail.
But Smith said that even if there's enough capacity, as important is the amount of security it has to keep intruders out.
"There are measures that can be implemented to protect against this type of attack," Smith said. "I think they went a little cheap here. This kind of looked like a low-budget hosting service."
Geary insists security was adequate, saying MyHostCamp's servers are monitored by a larger company, Server Matrix, and administered by a major Web hosting company, The Planet.
"Was it the greatest security ever? Well it just got hacked so, no," Geary said. "But we had industry-standard security. We could stop bows and arrows and bullets, but not a tank, and that's what this attack was."
Joseph E. Horzepa, general counsel for The Planet, said he could not comment on specific customer issues, but said the company was "very sensitive to security."
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
The investigations
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said the state is investigating, along with the FBI.
"The state has computer forensic expects, both in the state police and elsewhere," he said. "We have some expertise and federal authorities have very impressive resources. I am very optimistic that ultimately any wrongdoer will be apprehended."
Denial-of-service attacks are hard to trace, though, because they often commandeer computers infected with certain viruses. Owners usually have no idea their computer is even accessing the Web site.
Geary said the campaign is moving the site to another server and working on increasing security. He could not say when the site might be back online.
Lieberman is running as an independent after losing Tuesday's Democratic primary to Lamont by about 10,000 votes.
"Instead of spending our time working with the campaign to reach out to voters, we're dealing with security issues," Geary said.
Visitors to the site Thursday received a message that read in part: "We call on Ned Lamont to make an unqualified statement denouncing this kind of dirty campaign trick and to demand whoever is responsible to cease and desist immediately."
Geary acknowledged that he has no idea who hacked into the site. Lamont's campaign has denied any involvement.
The site also was attacked by hackers a month ago. They were able to replace Lieberman's page with one that said, "We ownz u site."
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With all the queries and comments on this forum about recommendations for good schools and reviews, I thought it might be a useful thinking exercise for us as parents to try and define what good means to us. What are we really looking for in a school or preschool? I'm going to try to put my list down here and invite you to add your definitions. The idea is to get a good list going that helps parents when they're going to visit schools and trying to decide which one to pick.
So here goes:
In a preschool, I want:
- First and foremost that my kid should feel loved. A preschool is often the first place a child goes to that's out of the house. From the constant, individualized love that a mom or other caregiver provides, the kid is suddenly thrown into a group and I have no idea how that must feel. My guess is it's not so great right away and if I were that kid, I would just look for a mom equivalent to make me feel at home. If the preschool teacher doesn't understand and reflect this, it's probably not a great preschool.
- There should be ample space and opportunity for play and exploration. By this, I don't mean fancy and expensive infrastructure or the latest toys - just a variety of environments, indoors and outdoors that keeps the kids interested and busy.
- Cleanliness. Of course.
- There should be a routine that the teachers follow because its hard to handle so many kids and unless teachers have a system for doing it by developing and following a routine that sets and keeps some sort of order in the group, the entire 2-3 hour preschool time just becomes about handling and settling unhappy children because you don't know what else to do. (As an example, I think Pallavan, Sohna Road does this really well.)
- The atmosphere should be all about fun. I don't think this is a time for them to really "learn" any of the traditional school-y stuff. They do learn just by being who they are and exploring and watching and playing but that's all. If a preschool starts to get into teaching numbers and the alphabet in a serious way, it loses my vote.
In a big school, I want:
- An environment where I think my kid will be happy. This translates into lots of things.
- Loving teachers. That shouldn't change just because it's big school and the real world and all that.
- A good, big and varied environment where kids have many different things to do - they're going to spend a lot of time over many years in that place, so it better be interesting and well developed.
- A philosophy that sees the kid as someone who needs to learn and do things in every aspect of life, not just academics. Ideally, a place that doesn't view studies as the main thing kids do with everything else being extra-curricular and almost optional. Yes, I know they need to study and do well academically, but I personally don't place more importance on studies and less on sports and drama and yoga and meditation and debating and all the other fun things that life is made up of. It has to be at least equal stress - ideally.
- The school should be friendly and approachable and should not have a big attitude just because it's good. Over the years that my kids have to attend school, I'm guessing there are lots of times when you need to interact with the people there. Unless the school is open to parents being involved actively as partners with them in their child's life, it just doesn't make sense. It's hard to judge how good a school is at this sort of thing from the outside. But the admissions procedure and their initial interaction with you on the phone is at least an indication. For example, I found Shri Ram to be extremely unfriendly and unapproachable. They weren't good on the phone and they were terrible even at keeping their website updated through all the uncertainty of last year's admissions process. I suspect this comes from knowing you have a great reputation and subconsciously thinking that everyone wants to get into Shri Ram anyway, so why bother being friendly. I'm happy to be corrected if wrong of course (any Shri Ram parents out there?), but this was my initial impression.
- The school should have good "products" to show! I know this sounds weird, but when you see an older kid and you find yourself admiring him or her, it turns out it has a lot to do with the kids schooling (and of course parenting). For example, I have a real soft corner for a lot of people I know or have met from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Delhi. As a result, my opinion of that school is very high. Maybe this is not terribly logical, but it does matter to me.


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As seen Here: http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/09/cowboys-tashard-choice-a-victi.html
Plenty of news and speculation over the weekend about how the Cowboys decided to build their roster to start the 2010 campaign and with that arrived reports that Marion Barber could join "the Patricks" - Crayton, Watkins, McQuistin - on the outside of the Cowboys 53.
Nothing became of it - most likely because the Cowboys would have a difficult time moving what is left of his quite sizable contract. Let's be honest: Barring an unforeseen turn of events, MB3 likely joins Roy Williams as those who are on a year-to-year audition for their Cowboys careers - especially once the NFL salary cap comes back into our lives. If they are here in 2011, it is because they were awesome in 2010.
Which moves us to the topic that is on the minds of Cowboys fans and Fantasy Football fans, too. How will the Cowboys work 3 RBs who all appear to have a claim to the job into the mix in 2010? Or asked another way: When will Tashard Choice get his chance?
Choice is brought up time and time again by those who follow this team, and with tremendous reason. When he gets the chance he has proven to be more than capable. His 5.5 yards per attempt last year were over a full yard-per-carry more than Barber (Felix Jones was the true home-run hitter at 5.9). He is now entering year 3 for the Cowboys and it is quickly becoming that time of a man's career where a team must decide whether he is a nice utility man or a possible full time RB.
Interesting in this entire discussion is what seems like a consensus throughout the land that Felix Jones must be managed carefully. Never the full time back at Arkansas or Dallas, it is all but assumed that his injury issues would only get worse if the Cowboys decided to increase his work load too much. Having already missed 12 games in 2 seasons, most are pretty comfortable knowing Jones will be brilliant - but in smaller doses.
So, I am asked quite frequently why the Cowboys don't allow Choice a real consideration to take over the #1 spot from Barber. Isn't 5.5 a carry much better than 4.4? And wouldn't Choice absolutely love the opportunity? And, as I was asked on Twitter this weekend, doesn't the fact that I like things the way they are all but prove I don't like Choice?
Allow me to explain.
The Cowboys are not worried about furthering Choice's personal agenda - nor should they be; rather, they have a roster to build and 16 intense battles to fight. They must make sure all of the pieces fit.
The question in the NFL is not necessarily who is the best to do each job. The question is often, "do I have enough guys on this team that can do enough different things?" Right now, Dallas has 3 different guys who can take the ball on 1st and 10 and do a reasonable NFL job of carrying the mail. Maybe not 22 times a game for an entire season, but whether Choice, Barber, or Jones is out there to start the game, the Cowboys are well covered.
But, there are 2 places where the Cowboys use Choice and would rather not use Jones or Barber much:
1) - 3rd Down/2-min Drill back - When the Cowboys go to their 3rd Down package (which I will refer to as "S11" this season as it is Shotgun with "11" Personnel - 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR) they have become a team that prefers Tashard more and more. This is for a number of reasons. He reads the blitzes very well. And, he can block them with success. By the way, it should be noted that across the league in has become common logic that the "full-time" RB should not handle 3rd Downs. Not because he isn't capable. But rather the punishment that is sustained on blitz pick up is adding to the wear and tear on a player's body. If you have 20 carries and then 8-10 collisions with Linebackers and Safeties in pass protection then we can safely say that is the same as 30 carries. The NFL is all about managing their players so they can keep them on the field. So, if the big money RB is going to be involved in a collision, they want it to be with the ball in his hands as often as possible - not in blocking.
Choice also catches the ball well and runs the shotgun run plays with great burst and generates reasonable success. How many snaps a game would you guess constitute this responsibility? Assuming the Cowboys run between 60 and 64 offensive plays a game, I would guess that puts Choice on the field in that scenario 25 times (adding 3rd Downs and the 2-minute offense which uses the 3rd Down package).
2) - Special Teams - It has been a long time since Barber returned kicks. As 2009 came to a close, it seemed that the Cowboys knew that Felix Jones was losing his inspiration on kick returns. He just wasn't hitting the holes with the same reckless abandon that he was when he was a healthy rookie. But regardless of Jones future as a kick returner, that is the only way he would serve your special teams. Barber won't ever touch the field on special teams either. So, do you think the Cowboys want to employ 3 Running Backs who don't assist in special teams at all? That would be crazy in the day of 45-man game day rosters to not have 1 of them helping out with Joe DeCamillis' crew. Choice will be part of punt coverage this season again and if needed, he can easily be inserted in punt return and kick coverage.
For fun, you should print up the Cowboys current depth chart and do what the coaching staff has to do to insure that their special teams are special. Deactivate 8 names off the 53 for game day scratches to get to 45. Then, eliminate the 20 names of starters and high-salary guys who you don't put on the field for special teams. Then, subtract all of the Quarterbacks, Kickers, and Punters who are not candidates to be part of your kickoff or punt cover/return teams (and no, I don't think David Buehler can do it anymore since he kicks Field Goals now). What you are left with is about 20 names for all of your special teams.
Then, make sure you have enough speed to track down DeSean Jackson or someone like him on a punt return, because one special teams play can decide a game. This is why you need Tashard Choice (and guys like Sam Hurd make your team in the first place) on special teams. Because if you try to fill your coverage units with nothing but fullbacks, tight ends, and linebackers, you are going to give up huge plays. Speed kills.
So, in 2010, Tashard is a victim of being too versatile and too useful. He is basically not a candidate to be your #1 RB because then nobody else could be your #3 (this may be tough to understand to some in the stands, but it would be pretty awkward to demote Barber and ask him to start covering punts at this stage of his career). Choice is needed as your primary 3rd Down back and a special teams stud. He is also needed because we know that Barber and Jones don't play 16 games. In 2011, the Cowboys may say goodbye to Barber, promote Choice, and bring in a young 22 year old who can run with the special teams.
But, for now, I think the Cowboys are doing this right.
Monday, September 06, 2010
The Choice for Choice
Posted by Sturminator at 7:16 AM
Labels: Cowboys 2010, DMN
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Good point Bob
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. Sony Xperia Z: Spec Showdown
This week's spec comparison is all about Samsung vs. Sony, and no, we aren't talking about TVs. It's another battle of the smartphones. So which phone is worth your money? Samsung's everything-but-the-kitchen-sink Galaxy S 4 or Sony's kitchen-sink-proof Xperia Z? We compare specs to help you decide.
Let's start with design. Size-wise, these phones are pretty evenly matched. The Galaxy S 4 rings in at 5.38 by 2.75 by 0.31 inches (HWD) and 4.59 ounces, while the Xperia Z is just a smidge larger, at 5.47 by 2.79 by 0.31 inches and 5.15 ounces. One thing's for sure: neither of these are small phones. Each has a 5-inch screen, which means they actually meet our minimum requirement for being considered a phablet (phone + tablet, see what we did there?).
But while these phones are fairly similar in size, design is a completely different story. The Galaxy S 4 has been rightly dinged for its cheap-feeling, plastic build, while the Xperia Z is on a completely different level. Covered in scratch-resistant, tempered glass on all sides, and protected by a shatterproof film, the Xperia Z is one of the sleekest Android devices we've ever seen. It also meets military specifications IP55 and IP57, which means that it's dust resistant and submersible in up to three feet of water for up to 30 minutes. So overall, I'd say this category belongs to Sony.
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Both phones feature a 5-inch, 1,920-by-1,080-pixel display. The Galaxy S 4 uses a Super AMOLED panel, while the Xperia Z is powered by Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine 2. Which screen you'll prefer is a matter of taste. The Galaxy S 4 looks richer and more saturated, but the Xperia Z looks sharper, because it doesn't employ a PenTile pixel layout.
Both phones feature 13-megapixel cameras. We've already snapped some great photos with the Galaxy S 4, but the Xperia Z is packing HDR for photos and video, and you can even record video underwater. We'll have to wait to see how well it works, but that can give it a leg up on the Galaxy S 4 if you're the outdoorsy type.
Two places Samsung has Sony beat: Processor and software. The Galaxy S 4 uses a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, while the Xperia Z is using an older quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chip. And the Galaxy S 4 ships with Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) out of the box, while the Xperia Z is still running Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). Sony promises an update, but for now, Samsung takes this round.
One final thing to consider is carrier. The Galaxy S 4 is available practically everywhere, while the Xperia Z is coming exclusively to T-Mobile. If you're not on T-Mobile or planning to switch carriers, then I guess that makes your decision easy. But for everyone else, it'll be interesting to see how these phones stack up when we get a chance to test the Xperia Z out for a full review.
For more, see PCMag's hands on with the Xperia Z and read our review of the Galaxy S 4 on T-Mobile.


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Well this blog post kind of snuck up on me this week because of how busy everything has been at DSS. In addition to that, a popular game at DSS seems to be musical offices. My original office buddy left me a few weeks ago, I was alone for a little while, I got a new office buddy who needed the space to do interviews of some variety, and I got moved to someone else's office where I have limited access to a computer. So, I'll be honest and say that this has left me unprepared for a blog topic this week so I'm going to do a bit of an update about my plans for the rest of my internship and then that should lay the groundwork for the rest of the blog. Fingers crossed anyway. So here's the basics:
- I signed myself up for a foster parent training that will go through the rest of this month. I've already started the online element and my first in person session is this Saturday.
- I learned how to laminate and I built most of a cabinet by myself.
- I'm full time with the foster care worker now so I've done a lot of filing and working with receipts.
- My first office buddy, the APS worker, asked me to compile a list of realtors and available rental properties in the county for anyone looking for housing. In addition to my trip to New Orleans where I saw far more homelessness than I expected, this has gotten me thinking about a post on housing, affordability, and homelessness.
- We've had several calls about parents doing drugs with children around or having drug paraphernalia in the home. I'd say most of the CPS reports that I've heard about have something to do with drug use so I thought I could write something about drug use in a community like Orange County and the effect that can have on children and families.
- One of the homes we work with that is involved in many departments of DSS had a church group come to their home and repair a ramp on the front of their house so everything could be fully accessible. Volunteers and church groups, while not a long term substitute, are invaluable for people who need help reconstructing their homes and making them safer when they can't afford a regular contractor or maintenance person. These volunteers work directly with DSS and we greatly appreciate their time and effort.
- Because of a series of retirements and a struggle to fill positions here, I'm thinking of writing a post about misconceptions of doing social work. I can't think of another reason for the lack of people (other than maybe pay). There's always a need so if someone thinks they're interested in social work, they should do some digging.
- Finally, I talked with both of my supervisors and I have WAY over exceeded the number of hours people usually do for an internship so I'll be finishing up at the end of the month so that I can get a little more information on my blog before I'm done. That's just three more posts! Where has the time gone?!?!?
This is mostly what I've been up to, other than what I've already reported on in my blogs. I'll have more heavily researched information next week, I promise. Until then, I hope you liked the update and feel free to suggest a topic I could make a post on.
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Justice Roberts says… Read My Lips… the Individual Mandate… It's a Tax!
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There is too much speculation and not enough information for small businesses about Obamacare, a.k.a. the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Here are some talking points for small business people, like myself, that will hopefully lead to a greater understanding and a more intelligent debate over the new healthcare law.
First, Obama parades around the country telling people there will be tax breaks to help small businesses with Obamacare, a.k.a. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
There are no tax breaks from Obamacare for my small business with 34 employees and growing.
See –> NFIB's website healthcare calculator to determine if you business qualifies for tax cuts.
Note: When we do reach 50 employees there are penalties for not offering health insurance coverage to my employees. As we approach this rather arbitrary number, we will have to consider any and all alternatives.
We offer our employees 100% healthcare benefits, but what effect will exchanges have on my existing plan? There is no simple answer and not enough clarity in the law at present. Both SHOP (Small Business Health Options Plan), the small business exchange no one knows anything about and individual exchanges are part of the new law.
In the 644 page document, Final Rule State Healthcare Exchanges, from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the fears of uncertainty grows from sample extracts below taken from the law that imply more government regulation and control including:
"Consistent with the scope of the Exchange establishment and eligibility proposed rules, this final rule does not address all of the Exchange provisions in the Affordable Care Act; rather, more details will be provided in forthcoming guidance and future rule making, where appropriate."
How about this extract? "The final rule does not address all of the insurance exchange provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and additional rules will address those, according to the rule."
This statement implies Big Brother's not done and wants to get into other private markets, "SHOP may want to fulfill additional functions outside the scope of the proposed rule in order to offer employers a streamlined experience when managing their employee benefits.
These commenters proposed that the SHOP sell other types of insurance, administer COBRA on behalf of participating employers, administer flexible spending accounts, assist small employers in setting up Section 125 plans, and oversee wellness programs."
Scary stuff for private enterprise from comments like this, "We will take these comments into account as we consider future guidance on the offering of other products on the Exchange." One things for sure, Obamacare has spawned thousands of lawyers and IRS agents. Its a small business nightmare.
For more details see –> Alien Nation, a.k.a. Obamacare Nation
You can also refer to –> Lawyers Have Already Drafted 13,000 Pages of Regulations for New ObamaTax Law
What we see is more government intervention including more paperwork, compliance issues and regulatory pressures. Why not work to improve what was already in place by simply open up the competition to providers across state lines? Why not just do a better job enforcing the laws we already had in place to cut down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud? An example of what government should concentrate on would be the Justice Dept.'s case against GlaxoSmithKline who agrees to pay $3 billion in largest U.S. healthcare fraud settlement.
Second, Health Savings Account plans help my employees to buy more affordable healthcare insurance for their families.
Obamacare now limits the savings, in two ways: it restricts the types of health products you can purchase with your H.S.A. money, and it reduces the amount of money you'll be able to put into your FSA. Unsurprisingly, there's a price hike, too. It doubles—to a whopping 20 percent—the tax penalty for withdrawing H.S.A. funds to cover non-medical expenses.
The new medical loss ratios (MLRs) even discourages H.S.A.s because Obamacare limits payments by individuals to 10%, only payments by insurers count, which discourages patients from making their own decisions about the cost of their healthcare.
Third, why waivers? Obamacare is the best thing for Americans, why is Health and Human Services (HHS) giving waivers to the largest unions, like the United Auto Workers and large corporations, like AT&T, Verizon and of course, none other than GE?
"More than 50 percent of the Obamacare waiver beneficiaries are union members, which is striking because union members account for less than 12 percent of the American work force." See –> Political Calculations
See –> Hospitals Are for Sick People
As long as we are on the subject of waivers, now that Justice Roberts has declared Obamacare's individual mandate a tax, what happens to the waivers? Now you are going to tax some but not all Americans? Big Union and Big Business gets a tax break?
Fourth, consider enforcement. Senator Rubio said in an interview, instead of spending law enforcement dollars chasing bad guys, we'll be spending our resources chasing American's who either can't afford or won't pay for health insurance.
This resonates considering they don't want law enforcement chasing illegal immigrants,
Fifth is access. Anything government can do to improve the quality of healthcare automatically improves the cost of healthcare. Improvement in cost improves access.
Politifact claims Governor Scott's statement about healthcare rationing is "false" based on the premise we are not changing the business of healthcare. That's Politicrap. The more people who have access to healthcare the greater the likelihood for rationing. Why? This law does nothing about quality or cost, it's all about access.
Also, Medicare permeates the whole system, and the law does nothing to improve Medicare, except phantom future cuts.
Adverse selection is built into the law, Americans will wait until they get sick to buy insurance and you can't be turned down. But, as presently constituted, the new "tax" is a steal — $695 is cheaper than most annual health insurance policies.
Premiums will skyrocket. Worse, because of the law's modified rating, prohibiting more than a 3 to 1 spread between premiums for the oldest and youngest, the young will be hardest hit.
This is just redistribution from young to old.
The subsidies for the poor, 133-400% of the poverty level, will be budget busting. Recipients will have premiums limited to about 10% of their income.
This is a defined benefit, open ended financial commitment and hugely redistributive.
Young people will have to stay under employed to keep their insurance.
Finally, with regard to insurance portability, the HIPPA law in the 90s prohibited carriers from denying policies or limiting benefits for pre-existing conditions to individuals with continuous coverage.
If an individual loses coverage they can buy COBRA or affordable HIPAA policies as long as they haven't gone more than 62 days without coverage.
My vote will be "Do over, or do more to enforce the pre-existing laws, do more to increase competition. Allow more insurance companies to compete across state lines and repeal Obamacare." November 2012 will be a "mandate."


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Not only joy of singing and discovering different musical styles connects singers of the Prague Mixed Choir, its choirmasters and other musicians, who provide an accompaniment of the choir.
The Prague Mixed Choir under the baton of experienced conductors counts among the elite non-professional choirs of the Czech Republic. Its good reputation is confirmed by successes on international field whether we speak of competition trophies or numerous foreign concert tours around Europe, USA, Japan or Israel.
We specialise on contemporary classical music of the 20th and 21st century, but our choirmasters often fall for "older" composers (f.i. Antonín Dvořák). They are not interested in their crucial musical works only, they intentionally choose less famous works as well, and surprise audience all over the world.
The repertoire of the Prague Mixed Choir is pretty wide. Besides the classical music mentioned before it includes also sacred music performed in many languages, and also Czech, Moravian and Slovak folk songs. In 2010 the choir assailed choruses from famous operas, operettas and musicals (Aida, Nabucco, Orfeus in the Underworld, Rusalka, Les Miserables, etc.) into its repertoire too.
The Prague Mixed Choir sang already on many prestigious stages both in the Czech Republic and abroad. We can mention for instance Rudolfinum, Prague´s Municipal House, The Prague State Opera or The Spanish Hall of the Prague Castle. It cooperates with many prominent soloists and orchestras (The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, The North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, Jaroslav Svěcený, and Vladimír Válek).
The choir is mostly about its members. Twice a week we meet in rehearsal room of the Prague State Opera, take our score, our choirmaster opens the piano and we rehearse – no pain, no gain. So not only appealing concerts or tours abroad, but mostly systematic preparation is inseparable from the choir life. But we are not private party at all – we welcome new people, new voices!


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Today I've got a gorgeous one for you! I'm so happy to be sharing some images of my beautiful friends George & Jenny and their gorgeous budget friendly wedding in Sheffield.
George won the use of the awesome VW Camper that brought Jenny & the girls to their venue, the Woodlane Countryside Centre in Sheffield. It's a fab venue with a real village feel, lots of different spaces and a lovely garden, and it's just 10 minutes from the city centre! They have fabulous prices and you can bring in your own caterers too to help keep costs down, you could even DIY it if you wanted! George & Jenny booked catering from the fabulous Rhubarb Shed Cafe based at Manor Lodge who provided waiting staff too. The bar is in house and run by the lovely Woodlane team.
Jennys Gorgeous 50's style dress was hand made for her by Bella Figura in Matlock, Derbyshire, and the couple made all the decorations themselves including some pretty awesome Mexican day of the dead style paper mache skulls and a pinata and the lovely flowers were grown by Jenny's family...
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EastEnder Janine Butcher is set to threaten Jack Branning's life in an act of revenge.
Viewers will see Walford's fiery Janine, played by Charlie Brooks, 27, chain Jack to a radiator and threaten to kill him, according to the Daily Star.
The scheming femme fatale has been playing Jack (Scott Maslen, 36) and business partner Ronnie, who is played by 36-year-old Samantha Janus, against each other as she tries to get her hands on the club.
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Stephen Rotstein has been named chairman of the Canadian Bar Association's Canadian Corporate Counsel Association for 2016-2017.
Rotstein, who is vice president, policy and regulatory affairs and general counsel at the Financial Planning Standards Council, takes over from Frédéric Pérodeau of Montreal.
The past chair of the Ontario chapter of the CCCA, Rotstein says he wants to work on promoting the services the CCCA provides to its more than 4,500 members including tools for career management such as the job site the organization launched a few years ago, and the Certified In-House Counsel designation — a business leadership program for in-house counsel considered to be a kind of mini MBA program.
In a time when the in-house bar has grown substantially, Rotstein says the CCCA plays an important role in offering career management resources and opportunities to help members grow to their next role.
"I remember when I was called to the bar there was really one place we looked for jobs and that was the Ontario Reports. For in-house, there were only ever maybe one or two jobs posted in the ORs. Now, a large number of the jobs advertised are for in-house or government. It's a great area to be working right now," he says.
And once in-house, Rotstein says lawyers quickly realize there are skills they don't have that they need to gain, and in many cases they are working in solo departments or with just one paralegal to support them. That's when being able to reach out to a community of other in-house counsel becomes important.
"That's why I got involved with CCCA initially," he says. "It's nice to be able to pick up the phone and call others in a similar situation."
Rotstein wants to see more members volunteering within the organization —something he has done for many years through mentoring and other areas.
"We want to encourage more of our members to share their expertise and connect with each other through mentoring and by speaking on topics they're passionate about at our events," Rotstein says. "Our members are full of talent and expertise, and we'll be working to make better use of that collective wisdom throughout the coming year."
Despite challenges in certain parts of the country such as Alberta, Rotstein says CCCA membership has been growing year over year.
"I'm always in recruitment mode asking people 'Why aren't you a member?'" he says.


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As you already know that, some places in your home are more likely to stimulate molds and aggravate moisture levels, such as the basement. If your basement is moldy or stifling and the water concentrates on the pipes and the windows, you should take this as a sign that your home contains very high humidity level.
The problem with basements is the warm air within the basements tends to rise that means it will travel through the other living areas, and if it's not kept under control you could end up with a massive repair bill. A basement dehumidifier is the key element to fighting that "moist" basement feeling and smell. Selecting the suitable type of basement dehumidifier to your circumstances is essential. You should be well aware of the information for the quantity of cubic square feet inside your basement area.
There are a number of different ways of grouping basement dehumidifiers. You should consider each of these groupings when you are going to buy a dehumidifier for your basement. There are four common types of basement dehumidifiers as you can see at below:
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Heat pump dehumidifiers are consisting of an electric fan, heat exchange coil, and a heat pump to eradicate the humidity level in the atmosphere of the basement. The fan sucks the indoor air in and throws it to the heat pump via heat exchange coil. Temperature of the heat exchange coil is nearly on freezing level. When the warm air of the room hits the coil, it sucks the vapor from the air and sends the dry air to heat pump. Then the heat pump reheats the cold air and blows it back into the room, repeating the same process at regular intervals unless a certain level of humidity is maintained. Average cost of a heat pump basement dehumidifier varies from $150 to $400. This cost can rise up to $1500 and above on high-end products.
Dehumidifying ventilators are one of the best types to control the humidity level in the basements, crawl spaces and top floors. In these basement dehumidifiers' temperature of the air inside the room is raised and applied intense ventilation. Construction of the dehumidifying ventilator is very simple, an exhaust fan and a humidity sensor are the main components of this type.
These dehumidifiers are made of silica gel (a desiccant that absorbs water and is used to remove moisture; a drying agent). In chemical absorption dehumidifiers, silica gel is heated and positioned on the wheel, the gel is dried by another loop and vapor from the air also dried. After that, the moist air drained out through ventilator and thrown outside the room. Chemical absorption dehumidifiers work best where the weather is very hot and humidity level is high.
Commercial dehumidifiers are costly and everyone can't afford this facility. If you are a budget conscious person, consider making your own dehumidifier with materials you likely already own. To make your own dehumidifier, you will need a can with a lid and a block of compressed coal. Charcoal will absorb moisture from the air.
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