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Entering the world of work is a massive change for anyone when leaving school, college or university.
My main working life so far has all been employed work however I come from a family of those who own their own businesses and are self employed so I've seen first hand the differences between the two as well as the pros and the cons. What remains the same between the two are the skills that you need and develop as time goes on however the difference, in my opinion, is that there are some skills that you need from the word go if you're going to run your own business as these can really make or break a company. Its not just about having good intentions and the finances available to set up and run a successful company, as managing a business is hard work.
Getting off to a good start and becoming well established is so important as many businesses fail, especially in the current financial climate so possessing different skills will enable you to start off and continue on the right foot, overcome challenges and become the entrepreneur you've always wanted to be!
Today I thought that I would share with you my top 5 skills that I think you need in order to run a successful business and be your own boss, from the knowledge that I have acquired from the working world. Of course these skills are incredibly useful for those who are employed as well however if you are self employed or a limited company, particularly if you are a small business like a beauty salon, then the chances are you'll need to have all of these skills to begin with as generally you will be taking on each role. In comparison, in a larger business there are generally different departments with different people taking on roles within their skill set, for example; PR and marketing, HR, accounting, etc.
Top Tip 1: Communication Skills
Effective communication skills are of the utmost importance to be successful in any line of business as well as in life itself. Communicating well is not only about using the right words but in the correct context too in order avoid customers and employees from misinterpreting the meaning. Essentially, its not only what you say but how you say it too.
Communication can take on so many forms from written communication like advertisements, emails and letters to spoken communication; either way, the message must be delivered clearly, exactly as you intended.
For written messages, make sure that you use correct grammar, employ copy writing skills, i.e. make the message you are delivering clear and concise, avoiding any ambiguous language. Generally it is best to avoid using too much jargon, or at least match it to the profile of customers you are targeting. If you're writing a letter or advertisement for beginners then using complex jargon that they may not be familiar with has a good chance of putting them off and could effect the response rate from those potential customers.
For face to face or oral presentations then I would suggest displaying a thorough understanding of the subject at hand, being confident in what you're talking about so that those you are communicating with are confident in you and adapt your style of delivery to suit those you are communicating with. Stance is important as generally if you're standing up when delivering a piece of information then it draws attention to you and indicates that what you are delivering is serious information whereas sitting down or leaning onto a table invites discussion from those you are communicating with. I did a course on training others and delivering presentations once and found that a combination of the two tend to work really well.
Either way, with the correct communication skills, you will find that you are able to deliver your message more effectively and hopefully, get a favourable response each time.
Top Tip 2: Accounting and Finance Management Skills
When starting your own business, one of the greatest challenges that you will face as a new business owner is managing cash flow. Without adequate cash flow, you'll find it very difficult to pay your employees and/or suppliers on time and without good book keeping skills, you'll dread the end of the tax year. Keeping on top of things is an absolute essential and whether or not you decide to get an accountant or do your own books, you'll need to set up a filing system and keep EVERYTHING.
I have a friend who is an accountant who I have asked for advice in the past but many people don't have that luxury. There are plenty of courses out there to teach you basic financial management and accounting skills and these are so important to have.
Such skills include but are not limited to:
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Pricing of goods and services
- Financial planning
- Accounting for profit/loss
- Handling stock
- Bookkeeping
Top Tip 3: Customer Relationships and Sales
I have worked in sales for many years and one thing that I have learnt is that there is an art to selling, starting from the first point of contact with a customer right through until the sale is complete.
Generally speaking, there are six main steps involved in selling, these are:
- Prospect for new leads
- Meet the prospect- this is the initial contact
- Presentation of sales materials- this should always include finding out your customers needs and matching the benefits of the product with those needs. The use of open questions that direct your customer are so important here.
- Handling and overcoming objections- this is where you discover more about the concerns that your potential customer has and you over come them using the benefits of the product or service you're selling
- Closing the sale- this is where you gain the commitment from a customer and place an order!
- After sales service- this is the follow up to the sale that ensures your customer is happy with the product or service provided to them and can help to secure future business from them.
If you ever want me to write more posts on effective sales techniques then do let me know as I'd be happy to.
Top Tip 4: Leadership Skills
Owning a business requires you to lead and manage others on a daily basis. In my experience, the most effective managers are actually leaders and offer guidance and direction to their employees with regards to the day-to-day running of the business and their own personal development within the company. When I have been a manager in the past, I would like to think of myself as a leader and a good steward as I like to inspire and motivate others and leave things in a better place than when I started.
Being able to motivate a team can enable you to steer your business in the direction that you want it to go in and perhaps more importantly, it can help to get your business back on the right track when things go wrong. Your communication skills are super important here so as to ensure that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet but you'll require some critical leadership skills too which include:
- Ideas and vision- creating the bigger picture for your employees
- Decision making
- Managing people/teams
- Delegation skills- seeing the potential and strengths in different employees and utilising these is so important
- Strategy
- Change management
- Managing workplace politics
Top Tip 5: Marketing Skills
When setting up a new business, having a clear plan of how you are going to market your company is very important. For example, if you were setting up a new beauty salon, the chances are that there will be so many other salons in the area as they do tend to be popular all over the country. Therefore you need to establish what makes your beauty salon different from others and why should customers want to come to yours rather the competitors in the area.
This is where marketing comes in. It is all about offering your customers value that they cannot resist. By having the right marketing skills, you will be able to understand the unique needs of your customers or potential customers and find the best way to meet their needs.
To succeed in business, some of the marketing skills that you need to learn how to do are as follows:
- Identifying customer needs
- Developing new products/services to match customer needs
- Customising existing products/services to better suit customer needs
- Branding
Being able to suss out the competition, undertake market research, hold focus groups and design questionnaires will be particularly useful and of course this isn't limited to when you're just starting out. Gaining constant feedback is your biggest source of learning and putting it into practice to improve your business can ensure you're running your own business in the long term!
You may already have some of these skills, having acquired them through previous employment and there may be some that you are yet to develop. When you're working for a large company, they will generally give you the training that you need to do your job however for those who are running their own business, it can often be quite lonely and difficult to gain these skills as you are effectively your own boss and identifying your areas for improvement and development as far as training is concerned, often comes down to you. Fortunately there are a wide variety of training programmes available from NCC Home Learning to enable you to acquire the essential skills that you need to run your own business. Simply click on the tabs at the top of the screen to be directed to the courses that are most relevant to you!
If there's one thing that I have learnt and observed its that investing your time now will save you lots of money, time and stress in the future!
I really hope that you've enjoyed this post as it is something that's quite different for me but I really want to share more sides of me with you all and its great to be able to learn from one another's experiences in life.
I'd love to know, what skills are essential to you in your line of work?
*I have written this post using my own knowledge and experience and in collaboration with NCC Home Learning
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MedNetworks, Co-Founded by Harvard's Nicholas Christakis, Aims to Tap Healthcare's Hidden Social Networks
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physicians' decisions," Miller says.
For instance, the firm's software licensed from Christakis's lab analyzes pharmacy claims records and other healthcare data to map out specific networks of physicians. It then determines the unique structure of a community or network of doctors, enabling the firm to pinpoint the most influential doctors in the pack. This is useful information for, say, a drug company that wants to focus its marketing efforts on specific physicians whose actions might have a ripple effect among their peers. MedNetworks plans to offer a service that enables pharmaceutical companies to disseminate information through a network as effectively and efficiently as possible, Miller says.
For its consumer-focused business, the company is working on programs with Tennessee-based Healthways (NASDAQ:HWAY). Healthways is interested in using the technology to improve the results of an employer wellness plan, Miller says. This program will use MedNetwork's software to figure out who are the sources of influence in groups of people who display some type of unhealthy behavior such as smoking. The theory is that getting these influential people to quit smoking could impact a wider population to break their habits. The firm will also look at how many sources of influence need to adopt a wellness plan to prompt others to follow suit. (Miller says his startup is also working with MeYou Health, a Boston-based healthcare social gaming subsidiary of Healthways, but he didn't discuss details of that work.)
Miller, a founder and partner of Mediphase Venture Partners in Newton, told me he'd been searching for an opportunity to invest in a healthcare-related social networking startup several years ago when his son, who was then a sophomore at Harvard, suggested that he speak to the professor of a popular sociology class, Christakis, a physician and social scientist. Miller, a Harvard man himself, promptly called Christakis and the two began talking about commercializing technology from the professor's lab.
"The talking lasted for a while," Miller says, "but a bit over a year ago we thought it was time to stop talking and get something done."
The two other co-founders of MedNetworks are Peter DeWan, a sociologist who worked with Christakis at Harvard, and Gerry Gallivan, a founder of other health IT startups in the Boston area such as PharMetrics, which was sold to IMS Health in (NYSE:RX) in 2005. Gallivan is also a former senior vice president of the New Jersey-based drug giant Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK). DeWan helped develop the analytical methods that MedNetworks licensed from Harvard, Miller says.
While the startup describes its technology as revolutionary, there are other firms around the country that are trying to help drug companies improve their sales by offering analyses of doctor networks. For example, Santa Fe, NM-based Qforma offers its customers access to its database of the most influential doctors. Also, Community Analytics, of Baltimore, says it can analyze human networks for clients to improve their bottom lines. (Miller told me he's aware of both Qforma and Community Analytics, yet he doesn't think of them as a threat his six-person startup's growth.)
"We're interested in nothing less than world domination," Miller said in a joking manner. On a more serious note, he added: "We've got a great idea and great technology. I won't put too much pressure on myself, but we've got a pretty good start here."
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Bump Armor GTX 30002 Case
The Bump Armor GTX 30002 case adds a durable padded handle, removable shoulder strap, and extra storage pocket to our GTX 30000 model. The GTX series provides a rugged and stylish protective case for your laptop, tablet, or Chromebook. The compact design features rip-stop nylon, commercial-quality zippers, and reinforced corrugated plastic and foam protection.
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Marx-Engels Correspondence 1868
Written: [London,] 11 January, 1868;
Published: Gesamtausgabe, International Publishers, 1942;
Transcribed: Sally Ryan;
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At the Museum, where I did nothing but glance through catalogues, I also discovered that Dühring is a great philosopher. For he has written a Natural Dialectic against Hegel's "unnatural" one. Hence these tears. The gentlemen in Germany (all except the theological reactionaries) think Hegel's dialectic is a "dead horse." Feuerbach has much to answer for in this respect.


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Ointments for Shingles
Shingles is an intensely painful viral condition that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a member of the herpes virus family and the same virus that causes chickenpox. The Mayo Clinic relays that when someone is exposed to this virus, it can travel to the nerve cells called dorsal root ganglia, which transmit information from the skin to the brain. The varicella virus can lay dormant in these nerves for a lifetime, but it can become activated again if the immune system is weakened and for other reasons. The varicella virus spreads along the nerves, causing painful skin lesions. Several skin ointments help relieve pain, heal blisters and prevent viral infection of shingles.
Zovirax Ointment
Zovirax is a brand name for a prescription ointment cream that contains the anti-viral medication acyclovir. This medicated ointment is commonly used to treat genital herpes and cold sores in the mouth. However, it is also effective at speeding the healing of skin lesions due to shingles and helping to prevent the spread of the varicella virus through oozing or weeping skin sores. RxList.com recommends that an ample amount of the Zovirax ointment be used to cover all lesions—avoiding the eye area—approximately every three hours up to six times a day for seven days. A rubber glove should be worn to prevent transfer of the virus to other areas of the body or other people.
Licrogel Ointment
Licrogel is a gel or cream ointment that contains licorice root extract, a natural plant derivative with anti-viral properties. It is available in capsule, extract and ointment form and is used for the treatment shingles skin lesions and other viral skin conditions. The website MotherNature.com mentions that licorice root ointment can be applied directly to painful shingles skin sores. It is thought to help contain the varicella virus and prevent the infection from spreading to other areas and other people. Other brand name ointments containing licorice root include Licroderm.
Capsaicin Ointment
Several medicinal ointments for treating shingle pain and lesions contain capsaicin, a substance derived from hot peppers. MotherNature.com underlines that these ointments cannot be used on open skin lesions or sores but are very effective at reducing the residual postherpetic neuralgia or nerve pain after shingles appears to have cleared up. Capsaicin ointment provides relief from pain and irritation by stimulating and diminishing nerve transmitters that send pain signals from the skin to the brain. Only a small amount of this ointment is recommended and it can be used up to four times a day.


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Hello. Long time no see. Finally I'm back with a new post. This time I created a nice little list with Windows 10 1803 New MDM Policy CSP Settings for the next Windows 10 release. If you're not familiar with Policy CSP Settings - that are GPO Settings configureable over an Intune OMA-Uri Policy. Here's a great introducation to Policy CSP Settings.
You can find the entire list (CSV) on Github: https://github.com/nicolonsky/Techblog/blob/master/PolicyCSP/CSPPolicyList_New.csv
If you want to know how to generate your own list - just let me know.
Here are my favorite Windows 10 1803 new MDM Policy CSP Settings:
ControlPolicyConflict, MDMWinsOverGP
This policy allows the IT admin to control which policy will be used whenever both the MDM policy and its equivalent Group Policy are set on the device.
LanmanWorkstation, EnableInsecureGuestLogons
Added in Windows 10, version 1803. This policy setting determines if the SMB client will allow insecure guest logons to an SMB server
RestrictedGroups, ConfigureGroupMembership
This security setting allows an administrator to define the members of a security-sensitive (restricted) group.
The next blog post will cover the Restricted-Groups setting, to define the local administrator group. This can be useful, to remove the local administrator rights for a user who enrolled his device to Intune or Azure AD - without the need for Windows AutoPilot.
If interested, I created a Github folder containing the scripts to retrieve and compare the available Policy CSP Settings for a Windows Version. Feel free to leave feedback or improvement changes.
See also my other script to check for open TCP ports: https://tech.nicolonsky.ch/power-shell-script-test-open-tcp-ports/


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"The Civilization that forgets to tell its story… dies." Plato
"Western Civilization is merely a footnote to Plato." Alfred North Whitehead
"God is smarter than Plato." William Bradford, History of Plymouth Plantation
"Here beginneth the chronicle of those memorable circumstances of the year 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton, keeper of the records of Plymouth Colony, based on the account of William Bradford, sometime governor thereof:
"Being now passed the vast [Atlantic] ocean, and a sea of troubles before them in expectations, they had now no friends to welcome them, no inns to entertain or refresh them, no houses, or much less towns, to repair unto to seek for succor; and for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of the country know them to be sharp and violent, subject to cruel and fierce storms, dangerous to travel to know places much more to search unknown coasts." The Wall Street Journal, November 27, 2013, p. A 14
"In the fall of 1621, some 50 of the Puritans who had left the Old World in search of religious freedom sat down in their tiny thatched hamlet of Plymouth with their Wampanoag neighbors to feast on turkey, venison, corn and cod. They also gave thanks for surviving their first terrible New England winter, whose cold and privation had carried off half their community." Myron Magnet, The Wall Street Journal, November 27, 2013, p. A 13
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The following editorial has been posted by the Wall Street Journal annually since 1961. The first component was written by a 17th century traveler. The second by Vermont Royster to accompany it.
The Desolate Wilderness
The Wall Street Journal, November 27, 2013, p. A 14
Here beginneth the chronicle of those memorable circumstances of the year 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton, keeper of the records of Plymouth Colony, based on the account of William Bradford, sometime governor thereof:
So they left that goodly and pleasant city of Leyden, which had been their resting-place for above eleven years, but they knew that they were pilgrims and strangers here below, and looked not much on these things, but lifted up their eyes to Heaven, their dearest country, where God hath prepared for them a city (Heb. XI, 16), and therein quieted their spirits.
When they came to Delfs-Haven they found the ship and all things ready, and such of their friends as could not come with them followed after them, and sundry came from Amsterdam to see them shipt, and to take their leaves of them. One night was spent with little sleep with the most, but with friendly entertainment and Christian discourse, and other real expressions of true Christian love.
The next day they went on board, and their friends with them, where truly doleful was the sight of that sad and mournful parting, to hear what sighs and sobs and prayers did sound amongst them; what tears did gush from every eye, and pithy speeches pierced each other's heart, that sundry of the Dutch strangers that stood on the Key as spectators could not refrain from tears. But the tide (which stays for no man) calling them away, that were thus loath to depart, their Reverend Pastor, falling down on his knees, and they all with him, with watery cheeks commended them with the most fervent prayers unto the Lord and His blessing; and then with mutual embraces and many tears they took their leaves one of another, which proved to be the last leave to many of them.
Being now passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before them in expectations, they had now no friends to welcome them, no inns to entertain or refresh them, no houses, or much less towns, to repair unto to seek for succour; and for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of the country know them to be sharp and violent, subject to cruel and fierce storms, dangerous to travel to known places, much more to search unknown coasts.
Besides, what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wilde beasts and wilde men? and what multitudes of them there were, they then knew not: for which way soever they turned their eyes (save upward to Heaven) they could have but little solace or content in respect of any outward object; for summer being ended, all things stand in appearance with a weatherbeaten face, and the whole country, full of woods and thickets, represented a wild and savage hew.
If they looked behind them, there was a mighty ocean which they had passed, and was now as a main bar or gulph to separate them from all the civil parts of the world.
Any one whose labors take him into the far reaches of the country, as ours lately have done, is bound to mark how the years have made the land grow fruitful.
This is indeed a big country, a rich country, in a way no array of figures can measure and so in a way past belief of those who have not seen it. Even those who journey through its Northeastern complex, into the Southern lands, across the central plains and to its Western slopes can only glimpse a measure of the bounty of America.
And a traveler cannot but be struck on his journey by the thought that this country, one day, can be even greater. America, though many know it not, is one of the great underdeveloped countries of the world; what it reaches for exceeds by far what it has grasped.
So the visitor returns thankful for much of what he has seen, and, in spite of everything, an optimist about what his country might be. Yet the visitor, if he is to make an honest report, must also note the air of unease that hangs everywhere.
For the traveler, as travelers have been always, is as much questioned as questioning. And for all the abundance he sees, he finds the questions put to him ask where men may repair for succor from the troubles that beset them.
His countrymen cannot forget the savage face of war. Too often they have been asked to fight in strange and distant places, for no clear purpose they could see and for no accomplishment they can measure. Their spirits are not quieted by the thought that the good and pleasant bounty that surrounds them can be destroyed in an instant by a single bomb. Yet they find no escape, for their survival and comfort now depend on unpredictable strangers in far-off corners of the globe.
How can they turn from melancholy when at home they see young arrayed against old, black against white, neighbor against neighbor, so that they stand in peril of social discord. Or not despair when they see that the cities and countryside are in need of repair, yet find themselves threatened by scarcities of the resources that sustain their way of life. Or when, in the face of these challenges, they turn for leadership to men in high places — only to find those men as frail as any others.
So sometimes the traveler is asked whence will come their succor. What is to preserve their abundance, or even their civility? How can they pass on to their children a nation as strong and free as the one they inherited from their forefathers? How is their country to endure these cruel storms that beset it from without and from within?
Of course the stranger cannot quiet their spirits. For it is true that everywhere men turn their eyes today much of the world has a truly wild and savage hue. No man, if he be truthful, can say that the specter of war is banished. Nor can he say that when men or communities are put upon their own resources they are sure of solace; nor be sure that men of diverse kinds and diverse views can live peaceably together in a time of troubles.
But we can all remind ourselves that the richness of this country was not born in the resources of the earth, though they be plentiful, but in the men that took its measure. For that reminder is everywhere — in the cities, towns, farms, roads, factories, homes, hospitals, schools that spread everywhere over that wilderness.
We can remind ourselves that for all our social discord we yet remain the longest enduring society of free men governing themselves without benefit of kings or dictators. Being so, we are the marvel and the mystery of the world, for that enduring liberty is no less a blessing than the abundance of the earth.
And we might remind ourselves also, that if those men setting out from Delftshaven had been daunted by the troubles they saw around them, then we could not this autumn be thankful for a fair land.
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Giving Thanks in the Land of the Free
Americans have long treasured their right to worship as they choose.
Myron Magnet, The Wall Street Journal, November 27, 2013, p. A 13
In the fall of 1621, some 50 of the Puritans who had left the Old World in search of religious freedom sat down in their tiny thatched hamlet of Plymouth with their Wampanoag neighbors to feast on turkey, venison, corn and cod. They also gave thanks for surviving their first terrible New England winter, whose cold and privation had carried off half their community.
Continual waves of pilgrims fleeing religious persecution would follow them across the sea. Their sense of providential escape from foreign oppression stayed vividly alive in the American memory, and ultimately helped guide the Founding Fathers to make a revolution and fashion a new kind of government.
Hard as it is to believe at this distance of time, British law once jailed non-Anglican Protestants like the Pilgrims for worshiping as they chose. The law also barred them from the universities and public office. Thousands of Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers and others left their native land, bringing to the New World their Dissenting tradition of self-government, individualism and personal responsibility. They had long run their own congregations, hired and fired their own ministers, read the Bible and freely judged its meaning for themselves. They believed that each individual has a direct relation to God independent of, and higher than, any worldly authority.
As late as the 1750s, Constitution-signer William Livingston was still reminding readers of his influential magazine, The Independent Reflector, how "the countless Sufferings of your pious Predecessors for Liberty of Conscience, and the Right of private Judgment" drove them "to this country, then a dreary Waste and barren Desert."
Decades later, Chief Justice John Jay wrote a gripping account of how his grandfather, a French Protestant, had returned home from a trading voyage abroad in 1685 to find his family and neighbors gone, their church destroyed. While he had been away, Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had extended religious toleration and civil rights to Protestants for almost a century. Jay's grandfather was lucky to be able to sneak aboard one of his ships and, like many others, sail away to freedom in the New World.
With this long history, Americans have had an almost physical thirst for liberty, as people do who truly know its opposite, like Eastern Europeans who once lived under communist tyranny. Long before Emma Lazarus wrote her Statue of Liberty verses about the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, George Washington noted that for "the poor, the needy, & the oppressed of the Earth," America was already "the second Land of promise"—the Promised Land. It offered, said James Madison, "an Asylum to the persecuted and oppressed of every Nation and Religion."
That thirst for liberty led the Founders to revolt when they thought that George III was squeezing upon them the tyranny that had crushed their forebears. It also led them to hedge their new government with every safeguard to keep them free.
To protect life, liberty and property from what they called the depravity of human nature—from man's innate capacity for inhumanity to others—the Founders knew they needed some kind of government armed with power. But since the officials who wield such power have the same fallen human nature as everyone else, who can be sure that they won't use it to oppress others? Who can guarantee that imperfect men wouldn't turn even the democratic republic the Founders were creating into what Continental Congressman Richard Henry Lee called an elective despotism?
The Constitution they wrote in the summer of 1787 explicitly limited government's powers to what they deemed absolutely essential. They divided and subdivided power, and they made each branch of government a watchdog over the others. But they also recognized that constitutions are only what they called "parchment barriers," easily breached if demagogues subvert the "spirit and letter" of the document.
In the first State of the Union address, George Washington stressed that the ultimate safeguard against such a danger is a special kind of culture, one that nurtures self-reliance and a love of liberty. "The security of a free Constitution," he said, depends on "teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights; to discern and provide against invasions of them."
If citizens start to take liberty for granted, he said, the spirit that gives life to the Constitution will flicker out, for "no mound of parchm[en]t can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other."
It's that culture of liberty we nourish by recalling that our forebears came to these shores in search of freedom—and by giving thanks that they found it.
Mr. Magnet is editor-at-large of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal. His new book is "The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817" (Norton).


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Crabby Wallet V2 in red
By Crabby Gear
Sorry, this product is currently unavailable.
The Crabby Wallet was born from a highly successful crowd funding project on Kickstarter. The project's aim was to raise $10,000 of pledges, they smashed their target and received over $300,000. So what's all the fuss about? The Crabby Wallet isn't for everyone, it's an ultra minimal wallet made from elastic and requires you to be fairly disciplined about what you carry, the upside being you can barely feel it in your pocket.
It can hold between 1 and 10 cards firmly as well as folded notes and a key. It can also slip over a mobile phone if you want to keep everything together.
Take a look at the video in this listing which is the original used in the Kickstarter campaign.
This wallet measure approximately: 10.0cm x 5.0cm x 0.3cm
- Ultra minimal elastic wallet
- Holds 1-10 cards firmly, folded notes and a key
- Can slip over most smart phones
- Minimalist design, maximum utility
Size Category: Ultra Slim


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I feel like, since I was young, self destruction has flowed in my blood. Then it's divided and multiplied like a pathogen or parasite inside me and it's lived there, among my organs, ever since. I don't know why I'm so attracted to the prospect of destruction and excited by recklessness. Why do I prefer to live my life in chaos rather than serenity? To thrive in chaos is an omen. This is something I learned only recently, after 5 or so years of starving myself into non-existence. I've known a big part of me is an addictive side to my personality, the part that can't ignore impulses and doesn't want to acknowledge consequences for my behaviour. It was first the anorexia, then the self harming, then sex and then alcohol- almost like my mind can't help but find new things to get stuck on. A big part of me is fearful, but somewhat darkly excited by the question: what will it be next?
I think in some ways, addiction is addictive because we know it's toxic. It's that kind of mentality that it's so wrong but it feels so right that the part of my brain that just can't get enough, bows down to. But no matter how much our brains romanticise the things that are going to kill us there is one thing we have to remember, as much as it feels like a lie, it is an illusion. As much as we repeat the same old thing in our heads, like a mantra 'to convert a dystopia to a utopia, it must be destroyed', it is and will always be a lie. There's that parasite that lives inside us that we mistake for ourselves. It blooms like algae when we feel the most hopeless and the more dependent we become on it, the more is grows and grows into the body of us. And what started out as a problem, finally goes by our name. A shape-shifter of sorts. But the secret that keeps growing inside us can't stay hidden. It shows itself on the outside, empty bottles of vodka, clothes that keep getting looser and looser around out waist, scars or long sleeves and a sadness on our expression. You see, what started out as something to help tame our unruly feelings, or keep us safe or give us an escape, didn't just destroy the things we wanted to rid ourselves of, it destroyed us and everything else around us as well.
The long process of recovery and rebuilding begins when we, our family or our body can't keep it up anymore. Someone or something says 'that's enough' and we come back down to earth much faster than we ever went up. It is excruciating. Learning to restrain the parasite that's made a home within us. You fight yourself whilst also trying to save yourself, because as much as the addiction saved us from what we wanted to forget about our lives, it will never make it go away. It will never be enough. With help, that impossible process can be made possible. A life that seems too painful to bear becomes kinder, and somewhere we want to be. And with every step towards peace and serenity we take, the air we breathe says 'welcome home'.
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Today's vintage tea party wedding inspiration post is the first in a series we are going to be bringing you. As I am sure you are most probably aware we have the most wonderful directory bursting full of eco-friendly, ethical independent wedding suppliers and businesses. What you may not be aware of is the amazing variation of products and services on offer we have in the directory that will suit any sort of wedding 'theme' that you may be going for.
This new 'Wedding Theme Inspiration' series of blog posts is going to provide inspiration for a variety of different types of wedding using a sample of the products and services from our directory to help you with all your wedding planning needs and to highlight what amazing things you can find.
Today's theme is 'Vintage Tea Party Wedding'. Think vintage bone chine, swathes of bunting, pretty pastel tones, florals a plenty, afternoon tea and garden games.
Fairtrade gold mining and the difference you can make by choosing fairtrade gold wedding rings
We share a lot of pretty things here on our blog, like most working in the wedding industry. The wedding industry is big business and with that there can come a price, a price that we may not always consider. When we are investing so much money into certain aspects of our wedding day it can be worth taking a minute to open our eyes (and hearts) to the reality behind the items we purchase. Most of us are aware of issues that have arisen from diamond trade but have we ever considered the cost of gold?
In 2013 our friend and jewellery designer April Doubleday visited one of the few fairtrade/eco gold mines in Colombia. She took her son Jon and filmed their adventure, producing this 9 minute long film.
Where do your wedding rings come from?
Everyone should watch this short film before before buying your wedding rings. Let's be open and honest about where these precious and symbolic love tokens come from. That means considering who mined the gold, how it was removed from the land, and the state the environment is left in.
In your next tea break we'd love you to watch April's film and gaining an insight into the lives of those who mine the gold for our jewellery.
"Fairtrade and its standards offer miners a better choice and a way out of poverty" – April Doubleday.
Our friend and TNWC recommended photographer Maureen du Preez has a wonderful way with words. She is writing about wedding issues that we think are really important – not just what flowers to choose, or how to do your hair.
When looking for your wedding dress, have you prioritised how easily you can move in it? We're not talking about just how well you can walk down the aisle, but truly move in it. Can you dance all night in it, be hugged all day, and eat all the good food? Is it a wedding dress you can wander through a forest in or hike across the moors in. Can you even get muddy in it?
If I haven't already convinced you to think more about this, perhaps Maureen du Preez's beautifully written words will.
Why You Should Choose A Wedding Dress You Can Move In
Dear bride-to-be,
Wear a wedding dress you can move in. You can love in. A gown that makes you feel like a queen who can dance all night until your bones ache, and be held tight by your loved ones all day long.
A dress you can climb hills in, explore forests, to reach that special place you long your love to be captured. Where the magical light spills in, and the trees canopy around.
Why you should ignore everyone's wedding planning rules (including ours): An alternative guide to planning your wedding
We felt it was about time that we put together our own alternative wedding planning guide, one that encourages and empowers you to create a wedding that reflects you as a couple. Many couples that stumble across our eco wedding directory and blog tell us they suddenly feel at home amidst the often crazy world of weddings.
"I felt I had an affinity with your blog that inspired me to be confident in creating a wedding day that was meaningful to us as a couple."
Here are our top 10 tips to create an alternative wedding planning guide. Take what you want and leave the rest. We're not here to tell you what to do or how to do it, we just want to empower you to make your own choices and create a wedding that reflects you.
1. Pinterest – The Bane Of A Newly Engaged's Life?
Don't get us wrong we really do love Pinterest (<< go see if you don't believe us), we can get lost on it for hours and it really is a great source of inspiration. HOWEVER, please don't let all the beautiful styled images freak you out and suddenly make you think you need to have things you hadn't even considered. Use it as a tool for ideas and leave it at that, don't get wrapped up in recreating every styled image you see. Unless of course DIY is your bag and you have the time to do it stress-free.
2. Your Wedding Should Not Be Used As An Excuse To Spend Money You Don't Have
Your wedding in not an excuse to spend more money than you have or are prepared to spend. Lots of couples will have a budget (in 2016 the average UK wedding cost – in our opinion an eye-watering – £25,000), but just because you set your budget at X amount doesn't mean you need to find things to spend it all on.
Why not try working the opposite way. Start with no budget and by listing out the big things you'd love. Find out how much they cost, then list out your essentials and find out how much they cost. Add it all up. Finally, work out how much more you can, need or want to spend on your wedding. This might help you to focus on what you really want rather than just spending (or blowing) your budget.
It's also worth accepting early on that (some of) your dreams will likely be dashed by "lack of money" (whether you are spending £2,500 or £25,000). Instead of feeling disheartened, see what you can dream up when you are forced to be creative and think outside the box, you might just get something even more wonderful.
Hello and a massive congratulations to you if you are newly engaged. We know the festive period is a very popular time of year for people to pop the question, so if this is your first time here and you are just about to start your wedding planning journey we are delighted to welcome you to our pages.
We hope that throughout the next months or years we can help assist you with everything wedding planning related and offer great ideas on how to create an eco-chic wedding. This post is designed as a guide tour of all the wonderful things you can find here at The Natural Wedding Company.
Be sure to check back next week for our Alternative Guide to Wedding Planning. We'll be sharing our honest thoughts and advice on how to really go about planning your wedding – we promise it doesn't include 18 month check lists or encourage teeth whitening.
Who are we?
We are a small team who love natural weddings and split our time between providing you with the best inspiration and advice, and motherhood. There is me, Charlie, the founder, who has been running TNWC for nearly 10 years (come celebrate with us in March). Then there is the lovely Samantha who joined the team in 2014, runs our social media, creates beautiful DIY posts and helped put together this fab guide. Finally, Joanna joined us in autumn 2016 to write our Real Weddings.
You can find out more about the origins of TNWC and the team here.
Welcome to our Guided Tour of our Eco Wedding Directory
You've got engaged and are still high on the excitement of committing to your love, and now begins the (sometimes) mammoth task of planning the wedding you want. It can all be a bit overwhelming, the wedding industry often provided a checklist of what you "need" to create a wedding day, but we like to put that aside and do it our own way.
If you've found us then it might be because you weren't feeling any of the other wedding blogs and inspiration. There is so much quality information on our website just waiting to be discovered, so in the spirit of feeling overwhelmed, we've put together a sort of guided tour to our pages. Here's what one bride had to say about us:
"I just wanted to say thank you for your gorgeous website. With the help of your directory we have sourced a great organic caterer and commissioned some beautiful recycled silver wedding rings. I've also got loads of great ideas from the site for DIY decorations and flowers, and I'm even planning to have a go at making my own wedding cakes. I'm not sure how I would have managed so far without your directory. More than that, you have made the process of wedding planning (which I was rather dreading) into something meaningful and even enjoyable." Read more
Our make-up artist friend Ellie Gill has put together a 10 minute facial for us using natural ingredients you'd find in your kitchen – now that's my kind of beauty treatment. Back in the spring she talked to us about the benefits of a pre wedding massage and mentioned that she encourages her bridal clients to do a 10 minute facial in the lead up to their wedding.
I wanted to hear Ellie's advice for her 10 minute facial, so she's put together her tips and suggestions. Over to Ellie…
What's your natural daily skincare routine?
In today's busy world it's so lovely to have a daily skincare routine. I find it so relaxing to just take a few moments to pamper myself and I genuinely believe that natural ingredients are the most beneficial.
I'm sure most of you will have experimented with making face mask as a teen. My friend and I used to coat our faces with lumpy bits of banana and egg when we had sleepovers. I always just thought it was a bit of fun and didn't pay serious attention to my skin but fifteen years later and I've returned to the kitchen for some of my favourite beauty staples.
A simple routine using natural ingredients
Through years of experimentation with various skincare products and a multitude of brands I've finally learnt that money doesn't buy value and often the most expensive, cleverly branded creams and serums cause my skin to flare up.
Within my job as a makeup artist I see so many different faces. Time and time again clients with problematic skin seem to use lots of synthetic products with tons of suspicious ingredients. My clients with the best skin tend to have a more simple routine using natural ingredients.
So lets take it back to basics.
Top natural beauty products for a 10 minute facial
The wedding industry can be full of information on what you need for you wedding, "must haves", "can't do without's" and all manner of people telling you that your wedding day just won't be a wedding if you don't buy this that and what-have-you. Don't get me wrong, I like to buy nice things as much as anyone else, but I often find myself feeling rather suffocated in this social media world that can make you feel like you just need to have so much stuff.
When I come across articles like this one, written by TNWC photographer Maureen du Preez, it feels like a big gush of fresh air that reminds me of what I want to share, to champion, to encourage when it comes to weddings.
With kind permission I am sharing this beautifully written piece on Why You Should Have An Unplugged Wedding Ceremony, originally shared on Maureen du Preez's blog. Included in this article are photographs from beautiful 'unplugged weddings'.
Why You Should Have An Unplugged Wedding Ceremony
An Open Letter to the Permanently Plugged.
I never really got this modern desire to photograph every single thing happening in front of me, which you may find strange coming from a photographer… I often just get so caught up in the moment that I don't even think about grabbing my phone/camera from my bag. I prefer to enjoy the moment as it unfolds, without distractions, as it won't happen again. After attending many weddings over the years I realise I'm in the minority though.
It's during moments like the ceremony that I'm sometimes astounded at the amount of people all wielding phones, ipads etc, all desperately trying to take the same photo. Some of them stepping out into the aisle, blocking the professional photographer (and more importantly the groom's!) view of the bride entering. Some of them ruining the pro's capture by using their DSLR's pop up flash.. A moment that can not be repeated now lost.
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This was a requested video from Formspring. I also got asked about it since I have done False Eyelash Reviews and never a tutorial on it.
I hope you like it and finds it useful or helpful! =))
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Information & photographs provided by Frank Boyle (son)
Francis John Boyle (known as Frank) served on HMS Norfolk on escort duty on the convoys around 1942-43.
His duties included bombarding the Norwegian coast and by 1944 he went into Normandy on D-Day+1 to help repair damaged landing craft and get them off the beach. Later he sailed to the far east and served on HMS Tyne in Sydney and also went to Japan just after the end of the war.
Below is a card Frank kept from the club on Flotta at Scapa Flow. As his son says "It seems like it was a fairly civilised place. Not too much wild entertainment on hand"


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Masquerading caution: Always double-check payment instructions
Posted By David Pollino In Your Business | 1 Comment
I've been blogging about masquerading for some time now. It's the increasingly popular wire transfer scam where criminals impersonate a company executive or a known vendor to entice a business to transfer money to a fraudulent account.
[1]I can't emphasize enough just how prevalent it is, with losses estimated at over $1 billion last year. A short while ago, news emerged that another major U.S. corporation had fallen victim [2].
In this particular case, email alone was accepted as sufficient to transfer a large sum of money. While social engineering by the fraudsters means that these requests can be very convincing, it's always advisable to double-check instructions and not take them at face value.
Here are a few reminders.What is masquerading?
Masquerading is a combination of social engineering and a confidence scam, using high-tech tools. The hackers impersonate someone you or your business knows, such as the CEO or CFO, or a vendor the company does business with. They phone or email someone in the company — for example, the controller — requesting a wire transfer. The controller, believing the email or phone call to be legitimate, contacts the bank to request the wire transfer.Help to thwart masquerading attempts
One of your best protections against masquerading and other types of wire fraud is having sound procedures, such as dual authorization for large transactions, and to back up those procedures by training team members so they recognize the signs of suspicious activity.
Here are some additional tips to help you:
1) Ensure the request to initiate a wire transfer is legitimate. Use an alternate mechanism to verify the identity of the person requesting the funds transfer. If the request is via email, then call and speak to the person. If via phone, use email to confirm.
2) Double- and triple-check email addresses. Emails from fraudsters' domains may have slightly modified email addresses so an employee does not notice that the message is not from the correct company. Create intrusion detection system rules that flag e-mails with extensions that are similar to company email but not exactly the same. For example, .co instead of .com.
3) Verify changes in vendor payment location. Make sure that changes in vendor payment arrangements are flagged and double- or triple-checked for authenticity.
4) Use a multi-person approval process for transactions above a certain dollar threshold. Two or more approvals are preferable to protect against internal and external fraud.
5) Be suspicious of confidentiality. Whenever wire transfer instructions specify to keep the transaction secret, you should verify the legitimacy of this request. Speak to the executive or manager requesting the transaction. If you still have doubts, speak to another senior executive.
Article printed from Bank of the West: https://changematters.bankofthewest.com
URL to article: https://changematters.bankofthewest.com/2016/06/09/masquerading-caution-always-double-check-payment-instructions/
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[2] another major U.S. corporation had fallen victim: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mattel-vs-chinese-cyberthieves-its-no-game/
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Balancing Act
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First, you need to understand that we ALL go through this phase! Second, any time you spend in the Word is going to help. The last thing Satan wants is for us to read about Our Great God and the eternal reward that is promised to us.ReplyDelete
With that being said, how about changing up your routine? Instead of just reading your Bible or books, how about listening to them? Get a great version of the Bible that is dramatized. Reid can listen too - and would probably enjoy it.
Give yourself permission to not do the household chores for a day. Yeah, the house will look a little worn, but a day out may help clear the clutter in your head.
I'll be praying for you, Rach!
Don't ever feel bad about experiencing phases like this. There is a time to be "Mary" and a time to be "Martha". You are in a "Martha" moment and it will pass. And as "ME" said above, any time you spend in the Word is going to help. Just think of all the meditating time you have while cleaning! I work full-time and am a solo mum. When I get home all I want to do is spend time in the Word, but I have to wait. I fit time in during the day for Word time. I have also had to get used to a house that has a "lived in" look due to my schedule and also health issues. Go with the flow but don't let the enemy distract you from the Word by your washing. I agree with "ME" that a day without any housework would be a good thing. It will still be there tomorrow, even if there is a little more. Much love, Paula xoReplyDelete
I know where you are coming from. My intentions are there but sometimes get lost with distractions. And those distractions being laundry, cleaning and such.ReplyDelete
I have a friend that has given me suggestions and some great ones at that. She has a very structured and disciplined quiet time.
I am taking her advice and finding my own groove. But right now, for me, having her as my accountability partner is helping. It is so easy to hit the snooze until I REALLY need to get up. She will text me at the time I want/need to get up. Kinda giving me the feeling of my mom standing over me, tapping her feet and staring, waiting for me to get up.
Set a plan that you want to follow. How much time you want to spend and IF you need to get up earlier. If you, like me, need that friend giving you help just to get you going, find someone that wants to see you grow as much as you desire and ask for a little help to get you going.
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Angie C.
It's all about your own perception. If we are aware we know when we're not in the Word enough. On the days when I can't take time in the Word on paper it's around me via my Christian radio station, on CD, online sermons etc.ReplyDelete
When you're cleaning the house bring Jesus with you (I'm sure you do already) but acknowledge it, think and reflect upon Bible learnings which teach us to do all things as if we're doing it for God.
Personally with my disabilities I don't always have the ability to read so I've become creative...
I agree with ME and was actually going to suggest the same. You could be listening to the Word while you're folding and putting away laundry. Or praying. I know my hubby absolutely LOVES listening to the Word, and it really does help. It even influences the atmosphere of the home!ReplyDelete
Many times in order to find my own balance, I have to shut out the world for a season. I think it's an introverted thing...
- AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 6:04 PM
I go through times like this often. You know what's great about this is that you realized something's off! Just knowing this will help you focus a little more on Jesus.ReplyDelete
What do I do? I listen to praise and worship music. The music sends me to a place like nothing else. Turn it on in the car, while cleaning etc.
- AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 8:57 PM
I agree with Julie (through whose blog I just discovered yours -- good stuff!). Also, I have just started reading The Papa Prayer, which I think will make a difference for me in this area.ReplyDelete
Life ebbs and flows...God knows this! But I know in my case, I feel so much better if I make time for God. Everything else will fall in to place!ReplyDelete
- VeronicaApril 9, 2011 at 1:58 AM
I just wanted to say that I just found your blog, and I am so thankful for it. These are the very things I have struggled with and always been afraid to voice thinking there must be something wrong with me. I still haven't really had time to process it all but thank you, thank you, thank you for your honesty.ReplyDelete


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For over 50 years The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum corps has entertained millions of spectators worlwide with music that once inspired Revolutionary War Patriots. Formed from Infantry Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the Corps' humble beginnings are now in sharp contrast to the integral role the unit performs as a national musical ambassador.
The following video was produced for the Corps' 50th Anniversary and is a brief look into our history, music, and service. Over the decades more than 500 proud men and women have served within the ranks for the Unit. It is the valued contributions of these Soldiers that has made the Fife and Drum Corps what it is today: A True American Treasure.


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Archive for July 24, 2013
One Car, Two Car, New Car, Used Car, Rochester Has Them All
If you are looking for Rochester car dealerships then you have a very wide variety to choose from. There are some streets in Rochester which seem to have no other businesses on them than car dealerships. Take a drive down Ridge Road, East or West, and try to stand somewhere that is not within throwing distance of a dealership. Their presence would be considered obnoxious if they did not offer such a wide variety of makes and models. There are several local Subaru dealers, Honda dealers, Toyota dealers, Nissan dealers, and more to choose from!
Before you go shopping for a new or used car, here is some information about two different cars offered by Rochester used car dealers. Different personalities tend to lean towards certain kinds of cars. For example, the outdoorsy type may be more comforta


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I've been looking online and their clothing is all super cute (and extremely affordable!) I'm not pregnant yet, but if/when we do get pregnant I'm planning on buying tons of maternity clothes from the site.
Has anyone bought clothing from Zulily? Was it decent quality for the price? How was your experience?


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Clients trading Bullion (the "Trading Instruments") at WEALTH EXCHANGE PVT LTD("the Exchange") have to read carefully and comply with the following regulations. For those not listed below, national and international dealing rules and practices will be applied.
* Note: Intraday positions are settled automatically at the end of the trading day. The contract is only for the same day.
Trading Hours
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Definition: simultaneously holding same quantity of long and short positions of the same Trading Instrument within the same account.
Margin requirement for lock positions:
Settlement for Stop Loss
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Clients will receive a daily confirmation report from the Exchange next day after the transactions are made via email. Clients should verify the transactions listed in the report and inform the Exchange within 3 days after the date the report is issued if any errors are found. Otherwise, all transactions will be considered as correct and no dispute will be accepted. The profit and loss recorded in the daily confirmation report will be calculated based on the closing price of the day of settlement.
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Example: A client buys 2 contracts of GOLDNRs_10g at price 29,000 and seSLVRNRs_10g all of them at price 29,500 on the same day.
Profit = (29,500 – 29,000) x 100 x 2 = NRs 1, 00,000
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Profit = (420 – 400) x 3000 x 1 = NRs 60000
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The patented design, named the SWING-DOWN® bulk bag filler, simultaneously lowers and pivots the fill head, stopping it in a vertically-oriented position that places the bag inlet spout inflatable connection, inflator button, and four bag loop latches within one arm's length of an operator standing on the plant floor."Bringing the fill head to the operator in a vertical position at floor level can significantly increase the safety and speed of connecting bulk bags," says Gill, explaining that the connection points of a conventional filler are beyond the reach of most operators, even when short bags are being filled. "Adding the height of a roller conveyor to the height of a bulk bag to the length of
The new design is said to eliminate the danger of repeatedly stepping onto and over roller conveyors to access rear bag hooks and spout connection collars, and of standing on the conveyor and bending over with head and arms inserted beneath operational fill head components to pull bag spouts upward over inflatable collars while reaching for bag inflator buttons.
A remote console or wall-mounted panel houses controls to raise and pivot the fill head into a locked, horizontal "fill position," automatically inflate the bag to remove creases, open a flow control valve or start a feed device, and stop the flow of material once a preset fill weight has been gained. Optional vibratory decks de-aerate and densify material in the bag at preset set points to create a solid, stable bag, ready for shipment.Once bags are filled, the controller deflates the spout connection collar, releases the loop latches, and raises
An innovative latch mechanism automatically resets the latch after releasing the bag loops, and re-positions it as the fill head pivots into a vertical position, enabling the latch to receive bag loops easily inserted by an operator and to re-latch automatically, securing the bag.
"The SWING-DOWN® filler represents a total re-think of the bulk bag filling process, allowing rapid connection of empty bags, while improving the ergonomics and safety of the task by an order of magnitude," says Gill.
The filler is constructed of carbon steel with durable industrial finish, or stainless steel finished to industrial, food, dairy or pharmaceutical standards, and is offered with material delivery systems integrated with upstream process equipment or other material source.


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HERE'S what happened at Tuesday's National Rugby League chief executives' conference.
NRL chief executive David Smith told the club bosses that a players representative had told him he wanted the three journalists involved in last week's John Mannah story banned for a period.
After some discussion, it was determined that this would be unprofessional and petty. Instead, a media release condemning elements of the story was drafted.
South Sydney had a feature lined up to run in Thursday's Daily Telegraph about a new membership mark which had been reached. It involved Greg Inglis being interviewed and posing for a photo today, Wednesday.
"We were disappointed when we were told by the Telegraph that they weren't running the story because of the press release," said Souths CEO Shane Richardson.
The story will now appear in the Sydney Morning Herald tomorrow. Daily Telegraph sports editor Alex Brown chose not to make an on-the-record comment when he spoke to Discord.
There were concerns late on Tuesday that the dispute would escalate significantly, but it has not.
Clearly this is an important development in that it illustrates the extent of the breakdown in relations between the NRL and its former half-owner, News Limited. It is difficult to imagine one arm of the media empire issuing a media release criticising the other, obviously.
I firmly believe in keeping news and comment separate so if you want to know my views on this imbroglio, please check out Discord's sister column, Travels, on the RLfans.com website.
IT'S all well and good for the NRL and its clubs to say they are "supporting" the players involved in the ASADA investigation and "reminding them of their legal rights".
But we should remember that in doing so NRL and clubs might – might – be helping shelter genuine offenders who knowingly doped.
How should this impact on how the clubs and League behave? Should they change anything? I'm not really sure. But let's take the moral compass out of the pocket every now and then instead of slipping into militant wagon-circling mode.
IF anyone speaks Italian to the country's World Cup team later this year, expect all heads to turn to one man – captain Anthony Minichiello.
According to lock Joel Riethmuller, the Sydney Roosters veteran is taking lessons in the family tongue so he can fulfil official duties at the end-of-season tournament in England, Wales, Ireland and France.
North Queensland's Riethmuller said: "I don't speak Italian and not many of the boys do.
"Mini's learning it for the World Cup, he's taking lessons I'm told..
"My grandparents were born there and my mum's older brother was born there. There's a link there that I'm taking full advantage of."
We texted Anthony and asked how the lessons were going. "Ha! I haven't had any sessions yet".
Italy play Wales first up at the famous Millennium stadium and are in a tough group that also includes Pacific heavyweights Tonga.
Mark Minichiello told us Italian was not spoken in the boys' childhood home but he didn't know Anthony was taking lessons.
The Azzuri had a boost on the weekend when frontline prop contender Paul Vaughn made his debut for Canberra, in the 30-12 loss to North Queensland at 1300SMILES Stadium.
"It will be nice to go on a trip with the boys and hopefully give the comp a good shake," said Vaughan, 22.
"It's my grandmother – my Italian blood is on my mother's side.
"I played a couple of games for them last year. I played against Fiji and another game. I played pretty strongly there and made it into the World Cup squad."
COMMENTS time and we had the obligatory stirrer, Jak, last week who geed us up about even having a World Cup. These people know how to push the buttons of anoraks like us. OK, here's the obligatory response: ours is the second oldest World Cup win sport – why should we STOP having one?
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I'm delighted to be able to offer Art Demonstrations and Workshops to groups in the Hampshire, Berkshire and Dorset area. (Next year I will be able to expand this area.)
I am able to offer demonstrations in soft pastel of people or animals. I can provide a good introduction to pastels showing a selection of different papers that can be used and you're welcome to try out some pastels on the different papers. Although a 2 hour demonstration isn't enough time to complete a portrait I do ensure that I cover every aspect of a portrait from the background to all the features that make up an animal or person.
I can offer Workshops over the weekend, one or two days depending on your requirements. The workshop can be tailored to suit your requirements with either everybody painting the same portrait e.g. a dog portrait in 1 day or over 1 – 2 days for students to bring their own photos to paint. I'm very flexible and open to any suggestion you may have.
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I recently demonstrated to an Art Group in Whiteparish, Hampshire. They provided me with some lovely feedback and all 15 of them said they would recommend me to other Art Groups. Here's some of their feedback:
You were informative and honest and everyone felt relaxed enough to ask questions as the demo porogressed. The information about materials, papers and how to use them was especially enjoyable. Thank you for a very successful session. Sue Taylor Whiteparish Art Group.
Excellent introduction and very well explained demonstration, I would recommend Sue for a very well structured and informative demonstration. A thoroughly enjoyable experience.
A friendly and relaxed session, amazing work, I hadn't seen pastels demonstrated before. I enjoyed the artists explanations and clarity and also enjoyed seeing the different types of pastel papers that are available.
Informative and interesting, very good at answering questions. I especially enjoyed seeing the progression of work and all the explanations when questions were asked. I've learnt a lot and will be inspired to practice more.
I really enjoyed the demonstration Sue – beautiful work, thank you! I particularly enjoyed finding out about the equipment used, colours, techniques and all the professional tips and tricks.


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Have you seen the movie Class Dismissed? Filmmaker Jeremy Stuart follows a family's journey from school to homeschooling to unschooling. The process and emotions the teen and the family experience are quite familiar to what we see in our work at Liberated Learners centers.
Jeremy's follow-up project is to make Self-Taught, a film about adults who homeschooled reflecting on how this approach has impacted their lives, careers, and general attitudes. Jeremy came to North Star to interview some of our older alumni, now in their mid-thirties, to gather some footage for this movie. He also interviewed a number of other younger alumni, current members, and staff. We look forward to seeing Self-Taught sometime in late 2018!
Here's a clip of his interview with me.
Ken Danford is Co-founder and Executive Director at North Star: Self Directed Learning for Teens and Co-founder of Liberated Learners. Ken has been working intensively with teenagers and their families since 1991, and now consults with adults interested in opening a self-directed learning center with guidance from Liberated Learners. Contact Ken at firstname.lastname@example.com


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text: The British soldier was killed when his commando unit came under fire, the British ministry of defence said. "The Royal Marine was killed when his unit came under fire during a deliberate clearance operation in the Kajaki area," the ministry said.Operation Achilles Your Views "Nato has done what they wanted to do. Now they should just leave Afghanistan and let people live their lives without anybody's help" hiba, Jordan Send us your viewsLocal Taliban leaders were defiant in response to the operation. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman in Helmand, told Al Jazeera: "We don't care about this operation. What it means is Nato is going to bomb more innocent civilians. "We have 10,000 fighters waiting to meet them. We will defend and fight and inshallah [God willing] we will win." The combined push, Operation Achilles, was launched at the request of the Afghan government, Isaf said. It would focus on "improving security in areas where Taliban extremists operate, root out drug-traffickers and other elements trying to destabilise the government of Afghanistan," the statement said. Officials have admitted that several districts in northern parts of Helmand province - Afghanistan's top opium-producing area - are out of government control. The offensive is Nato's largest-ever in the country. But it will involve only half the number of soldiers that fought in a US offensive in the same region just nine months ago, when some 11,000 US-led troops attacked fighters in northern Helmand province during Operation Mountain Thrust. "We cannot allow extremists, criminals and Taliban to decide what happens in this country," van Loon, said. "We need to make sure the government of Afghanistan with our support ... secures the area." "Strategically, our goal is to enable the Afghan government to begin the Kajaki project" Ton van Loon, ISAFThe government has little control over many parts of northern Helmand, and the British troops stationed there fight almost-daily battles with fighters. US intelligence officials say Taliban fighters have flooded into Helmand over the last several months, and there are now more fighters there than any other part of the country. The Taliban still control the town more than a month after the initial attack. Collins said forces would not move into the village until given approval by the government. 'Long term initiative' British troops have also been battling militants in the nearby district of Kajaki to enable repair work on a hydroelectric damn there, which supplies close to two million Afghans with electricity, officials said. "Strategically, our goal is to enable the Afghan government to begin the Kajaki project," van Loon said. "This long-term initiative is a huge undertaking and the eventual rehabilitation of the Kajaki multipurpose dam and power house will improve the water supply for local communities, rehabilitate irrigation systems for farmlands and provide sufficient electrical power for residents, industries and commerce." Journalist kidnapped Separately on Tuesday, the Taliban said it had "arrested" a Briton working for an Italian newspaper. The group said Danny Kell was a British military spy working for the Italian La Repubblica newspaper. The paper and Italian foreign ministry said one of its correspondents, Daniele Mastrogiacomo, had not been in contact for two days. British, Italian and Afghan authorities said they were investigating. SOURCE: Agencies


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Tremble Before My MS Paint Skills
I am fully aware how awesome Power Fists are already, no one really needs to point that out. They offer SMs the ability to cause Instant Death and IG the ability to.. umm, wound on 2's I guess. Anywho, before I get too far into the topic at hand I want to make it very clear that I do not have a 6th Edition rulebook in my possession, yet. Hopeully by tomorrow I'll have it in my possession. Until then I have the numerous blogs out there to get little glimpses of information from. IDIC (the lucky bastard) got his copy early and has been posting condensed informationals on the subject of 6th Edition which have helped me wrap my head around some of the changes.


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In addition to my aspirations to be a Great American Bakery Hunter, one of my goals in life is to become a genuine computer nerd. I don't know that I will ever measure up to the great techies of our time, but I would like to become more technology savvy.
Enter Lifehacker, a handy dandy blog whose motto says it all: "Don't live to geek; geek to live". I adore Lifehacker for its useful tech tips. I also just discovered the technology blog Geeks are Sexy, and you can't argue with that! If anyone knows of any other geek-powered blogs, give them a shout out on The Great American Bakery Hunt so I can go for the geek gold and learn all the tricks of the trade.
I am particularly interested in any programs that will make me a more efficient bakery hunter...suggestions are welcome!


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2010: Video shoot for Make 'em Dance
In 2010 we filmed the videos for Make 'em Dance and Monday Morning Meltdown at our friends Lionel and Bonnie Simard, who lived just outside of Woodstock. These songs were from The Vagabond Bones CD, which is available on the merch section of our website. This was the beginning of us starting to plan/script our own videos. Ironically, longtime Helix guitarist Brent Doerner, who retired around 2014, has become the "go-to" guy for the band in regards to new vids these days. As recently as 2016 Brent produced the video for Gene Simmons Says (Rock Is Dead) for the band.


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How Genomic Tests for 'Subtypes' Help Target Treatment
Experts now recognize there are several different kinds of breast cancer – some of which are more aggressive than others. Genomic tests such as MammaPrint® and BluePrint® analyze which breast cancers have a higher chance of recurrence and, in addition, classify the cancer by its molecular subtype.
Some breast cancers are not aggressive, and are unlikely to come back once they have been treated. Many patients with nonaggressive breast cancers can avoid the potentially serious side effects of chemotherapy, and still have excellent outcomes.
Each breast cancer has a particular molecular profile that can help determine how the cancer is treated. Genomic tests identify the molecular subtype and thus guide which type of treatment will be most effective.
There are currently four generally recognized molecular subtypes of breast cancer:
1) Luminal A
2) Luminal B
3) Basal (also called triple-negative)
4) HER2 (also called ERBB2)
Each molecular subtype behaves differently, and this often guides treatment plans. It's best to get tests like MammaPrint and BluePrint performed, so that you and your doctor can make the best treatment decisions.
Molecular Subtypes
Luminal A: These cancers are the most common breast cancer subtype at 50% – 60%. They have a good prognosis with a lower relapse rate than other subtypes. They are characterized with higher levels of estrogen receptors (ER) and treatment is mainly based on hormonal therapy.1
Luminal B: 15% – 20% of breast cancers are Luminal B. They have an increased expression of proliferation-related genes and have a higher recurrence rate and lower survival rates after relapse than Luminal-A. Studies have shown that they don't respond as well to hormonal treatment as Luminal A, but have a better response to chemotherapy in a neoadjuvant (pre-surgery) setting.1
Basal: Basal-like cancer represent 8% to 37% of breast cancers and is aggressive with robust cluster of genes expressed in the basal or outer layer of the mammary gland. They are often called "triple negative" because most lack both estrogen and progesterone receptors on their cells and they don't overproduce the HER2. These tumors are associated with shortest relapse-free and overall survival, but do have higher rates of response to presurgery chemotherapy.1,2
HER2-positive: These tumors account for 15-20% of breast cancers. They are characterized by a high expression of the HER2 gene (Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2). Without treatment, HER2-positive tumors have a poor prognosis. They have an increased resistance to hormonal treatments, but do respond to some chemotherapies.1
[1] Yersal O, Barutca S. World J Clin Oncol. 2014 Aug 10; 5(3): 412-424.
[2] Toft DJ, Cryns VL. Mol Endocrinol. 2011 Feb; 25(2): 199-211


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One of the cool things about expect-lite is that it has a very simple interpreter, which ignores everything it doesn't understand, rather than giving a syntax error. You can paste just about any text into an expect-lite script, such as release notes, network diagrams, or sample output from commands, and have it ignored. This feature can be exploited.
In this post, I will embed a bash script inside an expect-lite script. I'll use the bash script to set up the environment, and then have the script call itself, this time using expect-lite as the interpreter. Since expect-lite ignores anything it doesn't know, it will ignore the embedded bash script.
Here's the script, bash_env.elt (with 755 permissions)
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Little bootstrap bash script to adjust env then run expect-lite
export EL_CONNECT_USER=user
export EL_CONNECT_PASS=secret
export EL_REMOTE_HOST=10.1.1.15
export EL_CONNECT_METHOD=telnet
# re-run the script as an expect-lite script
/usr/bin/env expect-lite c=$0 $*
# end the bash script, and return expect-lite pass/fail
exit $?
#start the expect-lite script
$myvar=hello world
>echo "$myvar"
Run the script:
The script starts out like any bash script, and then sets (and exports) some environment variables which control how expect-lite connects to a remote host. Then the bash starts expect-lite feeding it the script name ($0) and any parameters that might have been typed on the command line ($*). Finally, the bash script exits (exit $?) preventing bash from reading the rest of the script.
The final part of the script is expect-lite, which will be executed after expect-lite telnets to 10.1.1.15, and logs in with credentials user and secret.
Of course, you don't want to hard code these parameters for every script. After all, you may use telnet as your connect method today, and change to ssh later.
Embedding other scripts inside expect-lite scripts might just solve your challenging problem.


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Saving Community Baseball
It takes a determined ex-minor league catcher — and our easy-up Phantom Batting Cage.
Special to Beacon Athletics — It's no exaggeration to say that Dutchess is one baseball-crazy county. Only about 60 miles up the Hudson River from New York City, it offers easy access to major league baseball at its best. Yankees or Mets? Fans from 9 to 90 are constantly debating the merits of each. But it doesn't stop there: the Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York-Penn League also get their share of discussion.
Al Hammell grew up here, before heading off on a baseball odyssey that included 5 years as a catcher in the New York Mets farm system after attending Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. He became an elementary teacher and a baseball coach at Arlington High School, and has spent the past five years coaching at Dutchess Community College, the local junior college.continue reading…


text: Last Thursday night my little sister's flight was canceled and she ended up flying to DC a day late. We were both supposed to attend our sorority sister's birthday party, but due to her bad luck I had to attend without her. KM's birthday was hosted at Old Ebbitt Grill. We wined and dined there before heading to Rugby in Georgetown. I had a lot of fun catching up with my younger college girlfriends. Hope you had a wonderful birthday, KM!


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"We are MCH": Presentations about Maternal and Child Health
Learn about the MCH field, our legacy, and the positive impact we have had on the health and well being of women, children and families.
The University of South Florida coordinated efforts with the Maternal and Child Health Training Programs to create Prezi presentations entitled "We Are MCH". Several MCH training programs (including our program) submitted pictures and quotes that were included in these presentations. The hope is to raise awareness about the field of MCH and the great work that is being done.
Click on the following links to view the presentations:
• http://prezi.com/rz0qkn_wwzvp/we-are-mch/
• http://prezi.com/c7e6u6hpyk2u/we-are-mch-mini-1/
• http://prezi.com/wc9jvevjv3nz/we-are-mch-mini-2/
• http://prezi.com/kyjdfgl9b17o/we-are-mch-mini-3/


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As the world of mobile businesses grows, ever more does the ability for different avenues of transforming trailers, trucks, and semis into places to house products and stores one never would have imagined before. Nowhere is this more evident than one of the newest growing builds, Mobile Medical Units. These are basically creations of large vehicles, everything from trailers and small sprinter vans to motorcoaches and semis (though usually, the bigger the better considering what needs to be fit inside), that have their insides completely done up on the inside with exam tables, surgery areas, comfy waiting chairs, or whatever is needed to reproduce the conditions needed for the specific medical focus. No matter what it is, what they all have in common is the insides look, feel, operate, and are certified the exact same as actual hospital rooms. And it makes sense; we've been using shipping containers to transport 'portable surgery rooms' and other medical 'facilities' to various countries and regions in need, so why not take that same mobile technology and put it inside a trailer or stagecoach?
The possibilities are practically limitless; if you can do it in a hospital, you can create the same environment with the same equipment and sanitary space within a mobile unit. This fully opens up the potential to provide healthcare and emergency assistance to an even wider range of people who need it, without having to deal with the gigantic costs of the large buildings or the issue of distance between the patient and the care facility. And with many new students trying to get into the field, or experienced surgeons and doctors looking to set out on their own for the first time (perhaps when moving to a new city), investing in a mobile medical office gives yet another strong option in starting a solo-run practice as opposed to relying on nearby hospitals.
In order to prove just how versatile they can be, we've compiled a little list of various kinds of practices one can set up in any of these certified rolling vehicles, and that's just as a start!
Blood Donation/Taking
The most well-known of mobile medical units, hospitals have used trailers and specially-outfitted vans to gather blood from charitable people all over the country years before the mobile trend even started up. With more people and builds going to developing these new vehicles, however, it should be no surprise to imagine the ability to make blood vans even more compact and portable, or with more tricked out machines, to fit new ideas. One could even move from blood to platelet and 'other' donation setups, either individually or combining two or more into a single large operation that goes from place to place.
Basic Medical/Examining Office
Certainly one of the most approachable and all-purpose medical rooms for anyone to come and visit, for when you just need to discuss conditions and examine a person's state of being before prescribing. Little to no real equipment, besides a computer, need be installed (unless desired for your specific practice of course), just a table, chairs, and cupboards to store your gloves, bandages, compressors, needles, scales, and other basic day-to-day inspection tools. That and of course a bathroom, since you'll be there all day and never know when 'samples' will need to be taken.
Doctor's and physicians have advocated the importance of regular mammogram check-ups, and like the blood drives have also had some history heading out in trailers as well. Now they can travel even further, with more trucks nationwide, and provide a wider reach for women to connect with.
If there are guys getting barber's chairs inside a trailer with hookup counters for clippers and the like, why can't you get in a Dentist chair? The smaller, cozy environment is perfect to fit inside any vehicle, only needing extra space if planning on getting an X-ray machine in and/or performing oral surgery.
Physician Surgery and Specialty Procedures
For the scheduled surgeries and important procedures, usually done in more comfortable rooms, from colonoscopies to 'plastic' (obviously the particular specialty of procedures that will be performed in that room is up to you). These will need to be done in the bigger units, but already we've seen the use of even stricter environments set up in storage crates, and this milder and more controlled environment can mean wonders for those who usually have to schedule travel and hotel stay, or at least someone to drive them to an back, for just one specialist appointment.
Emergency Surgery and Care
When in an emergency scenario, time is of the essence, thus the importance of ambulance drivers and paramedics to carefully but quickly take a victim from a scene and to the hospital, performing life-extending treatment at the moment, is so vital. But even still, with highly skilled people doing their best, only so much can be done after so much 'wait time.' Mobile Surgery vehicles, parked, can provide more closer locations for an area, and in the right situation can even be driven out on their own to cut out the ambulance middle ground and raise effectiveness in final treatment even further.
Specialized laboratories aren't something that just every hospital or science lab or detective agency has; they often have to be hired out to run samples for various businesses, making a profitable side business for certain independent business people with the expertise in them (kid you not, my neighbor just started her own at-home lab simply with electron and other awesome microscopes). Not only do trailers and other mobile containers offer a more affordable 'space' to set one of these up, but this allows one the chance to actually deliver samples to local customers in person.
So as you see, the world of mobile medical professions can be just as wide as those in 'brick and mortar' hospitals. If you can dream up a field, it can be built and transformed into a vehicle an operation that works perfect for you, and taken out into the world to better help those in need.