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Education of your team
A memorable purchasing experience is best delivered by a skilled and knowledgeable sales team. The WDM lays a special emphasis on education of the WDM Authorised Diamond Dealer and offers a wide range of courses including:
- Free Diamond Jewellery Consultant online course by HRD Antwerp. (Available from late 2016) More >>
- A sales professional true challenge is to present the product in a way that it creates a more beautiful world for the customers to enjoy.
This introductory online course enables sales consultants to receive a comprehensive understanding of their role in the sales process, and provides the tools to turn the properties of the product into benefit for the customer. After the completion of the course, the students will take a diploma exam. This course is free of charge for WDM Authorised Diamond Dealer members, while for others, each course would carry a cost of US$ 400.
The diploma is obligatory for 75% of the sales staff of WDM Authorised Diamond Dealer by the end of the first membership year. This course will be available later in 2016.
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- Courses, lectures and creative workshops including a free course at L'Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels. More >>
- WDM is proud to offer access to classes at the school of the prestigious luxury jewellery brand Van Cleef & Arpels. Art historians and designers from Van Cleef & Arpels conduct classes on jewellery arts and crafts, jewellery history and the world of gemstones. The offer includes a gift certificate for one of the courses at L'Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels's locations in Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo or New York, and a Van Cleef & Arpels welcome gift. Please see available courses of L'Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels.
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- Free educational materials on diamonds and diamond related topics. More >>
- Within the educational offer the WDM provides materials for your staff for education at their own pace for free. This offer currently includes the information blocks below and will be further expanded upon.
- Diamond information available for the public in the WDM Resource Hub
- Further educational material on grading and fancy diamonds.
In the weeks to come the WDM will add more diamond sales material and the content of past webinars to download.
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- Webinars on various topics conducted by industry experts. More >>
- The WDM provides online webinars on current topics, sales techniques and other diamond related topics. The webinars are conducted by industry experts, and although the majority of them will be free, some webinars will require cost contribution from the participants.
The topics include:
- How to distinguish natural diamonds from simulants and synthetics?
- Diamond's role in the history
- What is the truth about the so called "blood diamonds?"
- The WDM will announce the upcoming webinars in the WDM e-newsletters.
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- Educational trips for your team. More >>
- The WDM organises educational trips for your staff to diamond cutting centers, gemological laboratories, famous jewellery houses, luxury jewellery boutiques in Europe and other locations. The current educational trips include:
- Learn how a diamond is created from rough
A visit to a diamond cutting centre and a gemmological lab in Antwerp, Belgium.
- Get immersed into the art of jewellery in Paris
A course at L'Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels and a visit to Place Vendôme – home of famous jewellery boutiques: Chanel, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Dior Joaillerie, Boucheron, Chaumet, Bulgari, Chopard, Mauboussin.
- Learn how jewellery is born – from a designer's inspiration to a piece of art.
A visit to a jewellery manufacturing factory in Italy.
- Learn how a diamond is created from rough
- Diamond sales courses offered in partnership with HRD Antwerp More >>
- The characteristics of the product are not important, if customers don't buy them. The educational courses offered in partnership with HRD Antwerp include:
- Targeted diamond sales training
- Course on hidden persuasion tactics in the sales process. This daylong course day discusses the models about influencing costumers, and presents ten ways to create a good impression on the customers.
- Effective presentation and sales of diamonds. This course teaches how to present diamonds to the costumers briefly and effectively.
- Tutorials on historical diamonds, for your sales staff education.
- Diamond Jewellery Sales Course. What reply should be given when a customer says "I will discuss with my partner about the purchase of this necklace. I'll come back later"? The Diamond Jewellery Sales Course delivers the secrets and confidence how to react to these situations.
- Practical sales training at your location by HRD Antwerp.
- Technical diamond courses offered in partnership with HRD Antwerp. More >>
- Technical courses offered by WDM in partnership with HRD Antwerp include:
- IDG (Introduction to Diamond Grading) course
- CDG (Certified Diamond Grader) Course
- Diamond Grading Practice Week
- Sorting of Polished Diamonds
- Gemmology - basic course
- Certified Gemmologist Course
- Fancy Colored Diamonds, Treated and Lab Grown Diamonds
- Contemporary Diamond Jewellery Design.
- Regional courses on topics related to a specific country. More >>
- Each country will have different educational requirements based on local customs, and the local regulatory framework. The WDM will offer specific courses requested by local retailers. For example, the WDM will offer a course about the legal regulatory framework required for Russian retailers selling diamond jewellery.
- Regular updates on the industry via our e-newsletter.


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The Galaxy Tab Music Library
The primary source of your musical joy on the Galaxy Tab is an app aptly named Music. You can find that app on the Apps Menu, or there may be a handy shortcut right on the main Home screen.
Songs stored on your Galaxy Tab are accessed through the Music app. After you start that app, you see a screen displaying album covers. If you just got your Galaxy Tab, you may not yet see any music. That's okay, you can add music.
The music stored on your Galaxy Tab is presented in the Music app by category. You choose a category from the Category menu. There are several categories:
New and recent: Songs and albums are listed in a cascade in the order you've imported from your computer or purchased online. Scroll the list left or right to find recent items.
Albums: Music is organized by album. Choose an album to list its songs.
Artists: Songs are listed by recording artist or group. Choose Artist to see those songs listed by album.
Songs: All music (songs and audio) is listed individually in alphabetical order.
Playlists: Music you've organized into playlists that you create. Choose a playlist name to view songs organized in that playlist. Included are recently played songs, favorites, and other preset categories.
Genres: Audio is organized by categories such as Rock, Vocal, and Classical.
These categories are merely ways the music is organized — ways to make the music easier to find when you may know an artist's name but not an album title. The Genres category is for those times when you're in a mood for a certain type of music but don't know or don't mind who recorded it.
A playlist is a list you create yourself to organize songs by favorite, theme, mood, or whatever other characteristic you want.
Music is stored on the Galaxy Tab's internal memory.
The size of the internal memory limits the total amount of music that can be stored on your Tab. Also, consider that storing pictures and videos horns in on some of the space that can be used to store music.
Two types of album artwork are used by the Music app. For purchased music, the album artwork represents the original album. That may also happen for music copied (imported) from your computer. Otherwise, the Music app slaps down a generic album cover.
There's no easy or obvious way to apply album cover artwork to music with a generic album cover.
When the Galaxy Tab can't recognize an artist, it uses the title Unknown Artist. It usually happens with music you copy manually to your Tab, but it can also apply to audio recordings you make yourself.

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Here's #4 in the 52 Projects Challenge – a new top in a bright summery fabric
For this I must thank my neighbour, Yvonne, who gave me this yellow fabric some while ago. She said she'd had it for years, but never done anything with it. It's cotton – and measured 36" wide. I cannot remember the last time I saw that width in a fabric shop! It is a wonderfully retro print. I wish I had a photograph of my teenage bedroom to show you – in 1969, three of the walls were yellow, and one was orange- and there was a square panel over the old fireplace, which had been papered with a wallpaper in an orange/yellow print very similar to this fabric. I thought it was so stylish!
I used the Lisette pattern [from the 'Amish' skirt]I and found 4 equally retro buttons in one of my jars. They are just decorative – the top slips over the head and has no fastenings at all. Easy!
Here's the finished article
It was incredibly simple to make up – but there was a fair bit of hand-hemming to do; the bottom, the sleeves and the neckline facing. That suited me – I could machine the seams, and then sit in front of the TV to finish things off. If I made it again, I think I would make the whole thing [and possibly the sleeves] slightly longer.
Now I am trying to decide whether to use the other length of cloth Yvonne gave me to make the tunic [or even the dress] included in the pattern. I would certainly recommend this particular pattern as it is well produced and easy to use, with clear instructions.
I've decided am not going to write about every single one of these 52 Projects. Some of them are quite boring [such as "line the Cornerstones bedroom curtains"and "sort out Bob's old shirts as potential for patchwork"] but I shall still endeavour to complete something from my list each week.


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"If you could study/specialize in any subject of your choice in the UK, what would it be, where and why?"
How about some context before I answer this question?
As a young professional working in Mumbai, I wasn't doing too badly. I had a decent job with decent pay. I'd been doing more or less the same thing for a few years, with a slight increase in skills over the years. The next logical step would have been to get a MBA degree, which would have enabled a my transition into a management role, with better job prospects and pay.
But before dong so, I took a good look at my life thus far, my current situation, and what I expected of myself in the future. A MBA would get me better pay, but how long till I felt stagnation in my new role too? Would the only thing keeping me motivated at my new job be the promise of a promotion every few years, with even greater responsibilities and pay? Could I really see myself doing this over the next 25 years of my life, inching my way up the corporate ladder in the pursuit of happiness without ever finding it, until I retired? What was happiness? Is it getting what you want even though you know you're going to be bored with it in two years?
I looked at my other options. Was there something I could do that would keep me reasonably motivated about my work without having to resort to daydreaming about the future to satiate my job satisfaction needs? So I looked towards academia and Psychology, a subject I've been dabbling in on and off since college. Getting a Masters would allow me to continue my studies in the field and prepare me for further research or help me return to the corporate word if that's what I chose. So I left for the UK for a year of study.
My experiences? Well, it was my first time in Europe. Everything clicked for me right from the start. The view from the plane as it descended into London on a clear day. Waking around London. Taking a train to Scotland, also on a clear day. Studying at a university with thousands of students from around the World. Making new friends, sharing a house with 40 interesting people, sharing a classroom with bright people, learning so much from your teachers and fellow students. Learning about different cultures, learning about local cultures. Living alone, cooking, cooking for friends, new food, drinks at the pub, playing in the snow, working at three part time jobs over the course of a year, applying for over a dozen jobs just to get one (I even applied to be a room surveyor at one point). Hiking, exploring the countryside, practising photography in a new environment. Learning about history. Volunteering. Late night discussions about ideas. Long lunches discussing ideas. Taking extra classes just because they were fun. Joining different clubs. Trying new things. Exploring new cities, walking around, talking, laughing, learning, taking it all in.
But here's the thing. I expected to have these experiences. As much as I enjoyed them, I knew they were coming. It's what I didn't see coming that really left it's mark on me.
Experiencing absolute quiet everyday. Like nothing back in Mumbai, with its constant drum of ceiling fans & ACs, traffic and other people. A quiet room, a quiet walk to uni, quiet corridors, quiet car parks, quiet surroundings, quiet environments. Learning that nothing is perfect. That academia can be as convoluted, petty and dirty as the corporate world. Learning to see yourself through this new World. That nothing is really exactly as what you thought it would be. That you can't know what you can't know. Discovering that you need to work twice as hard as your classmates just to catch up with them because they've got Bachelors degrees at universities with a higher standard of education than the one you went to and have taken courses you did not (like Evolutionary Psych, Animal Behaviour and Advanced Stats) and so have skills and domain knowledge you don't, along with practical research and writing experience that you don't have either. Attending seminars about things you've never heard of before. Learning more in 2 months than you did in 2 years back home. Thinking of concepts you never thought of before. Questioning your underlying assumptions about everything. Being exposed to new fields of thought, new sciences, new topics, new interests you never knew you had. Exercising new skills you never knew you had an aptitude for. Developing your own research interests. Becoming so good at something that you start helping other people out. Travelling all the way to a foreign country to study Comparative Psychology only to discover you are also interested in machine learning, consciousness, artificial intelligence, economics and advanced probability.
So to get back to the original question, if I could specialise in any one subject, it would be one of the above, a PhD this time, and again, it would be at a university that would truly challenge me with respect to everything I know.
This post was written in response to the http://knowledgeisgreat.in/ contest on http://www.indiblogger.in


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First Time Home Buyer Louisville Kentucky Mortgage Programs
All Kentucky Housing first mortgage loans are for a 30-year term at a fixed rate of interest. The home you purchase through Kentucky Housing must be the only residential property you own and you must occupy the home as your principal residence while the loan debt is still outstanding. To qualify, you must meet KHC's regular income guidelines, make a down payment or qualify for down payment assistance, be a US citizen or legal alien and have an acceptable credit history. Some Kentucky Housing loans are subject to a federal recapture tax. Recapture is a federal income tax that the borrowers may have to pay if they have considerable growth in their income and they sell or transfer their KHC-financed home within 9 years. However, KHC has implemented a Recapture Tax Guarantee Program for all loans that close after October 1, 2006. The Recapture Tax Guarantee Program will reimburse homeowners if they are subject to pay the Federal Recapture Tax on their KHC mortgage loan upon the sale of their home.
FHA Insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Down payments as little as 3.5 percent. Can use DAP for 3.5 percent down payment requirement. Upfront and monthly mortgage insurance. Minimum credit score of 640.
VA Guaranteed by the Veterans Administration for qualified military veterans. No down payment if the property appraises for the sale price or greater. Credit underwriting is flexible. Minimum credit score of 620. No monthly mortgage insurance payments.
RHS Guaranteed by Rural Housing Services (RHS). Home must be located in a rural area as defined by RHS. No down payment if the property appraises for the sale price or greater. Minimum credit score of 640. No monthly mortgage insurance payments.
Mortgage Credit Certificates (MCC) A Mortgage Credit Certificates (MCC) reduces the amount of federal income tax you pay, giving you more available income to qualify for a mortgage loan. MCCs are NOT mortgages. They are tax credits that put extra cash in your pocket each month, so you can more easily afford a house payment. That means fewer tax dollars will be withheld from your regular paycheck, increasing your take-home pay. The federal government allows every homeowner an
income tax deduction
for all the interest paid each year on a mortgage loan. But an MCC gives you a tax credit of 25 percent (not to exceed $2,000). You can still deduct the remaining 75 percent interest on your income taxes. A tax credit is not the same as a tax deduction. A tax deduction reduces the portion of your income that is taxed, so you pay less. A tax credit is a direct, dollar for dollar reduction in the total tax you owe. The MCC is effective for the life of the loan as long as you live in the home. If you sell your home in the first nine years of ownership, you may be subject to Federal Recapture Tax.
Special First Mortgage Loan Programs New Construction Program for Single-Parent, Disabled and Elderly Households offers loans for newly constructed houses at interest rates from 1 to 6 percent. These limited funds are available, usually in July, on a first-come, first-served basis. Guidelines Interest rate determined by the families' ability to repay the loan. For new homes with a purchase price of $115,000 or less. Eligible borrowers: Single parents (at least one dependent under the age of 18 must live in the home.) Households with a person who has a permanent disability and who receives some form of disability income (SSI, SSDI, Veterans Disability etc.). Households where at least one of the home buyers is age 62 or older. Income guidelines: $28,000 for a household of 1 or 2 people; or $33,000 for a household of 3 or more people. Kentucky Housing's DAP loan program may be used for down payment and closing cost assistance. Applying for a Kentucky Housing loan is easy. Just contact one of our approved lenders near you and ask for a Kentucky Housing loan.
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The Paris government is planning to cut the amount that French companies pay in contributions to the state for health-care and pensions and make up the lost income with higher value-added tax on purchases.
The plan to raise sales taxes before April's presidential election did not find favour on French streets. One woman complained: "Consumers will pay more for what they buy as the sales tax increases, which will reduce our purchasing power. That is not good news, and it's not a very good start to the year."
Government ministers are spinning this as a "social VAT" increase on the basis that France's generous social welfare system can no longer be borne mainly by contributions from wages and businesses.
Finance Minister Francois Baroin said: "We are in an unprecedented crisis with economic and budgetary consequences on a national and European level, and we have to deal with all the consequences: on labour costs, on taxes and costs which increase prices."
He denied that the reason for the changes is political and said they are aimed at boosting growth.
There is no word yet on how much VAT will rise by. For some items it is already as high as 19.6 percent.
At the start of the year VAT rates for so-called essential products and services such as food and energy went up from 5.5 to seven percent.


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If you have a unique idea or invention, obtaining a patent for your creation is one of the most important steps of the invention process. Without getting the invention patented, other inventors can apply for the ownership rights to the idea, which means your invention is not yours anymore. By sending your application form and invention blueprints and photographs to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), you can secure ownership rights for up to one year while you complete or improve your invention.
Create a prototype or working model of your invention. Keep all working blueprints and pictures for the invention so you can submit them to the USPTO.
Search online or contact a patent lawyer to determine if your invention is unique and new. Patent offices offer online databases of pending and current patents. Although the USPTO review board will decide if your invention is original and worthy of the patent, performing research beforehand can save you time and processing fees if your invention has already been patented.
File the online provisional application with the USPTO office (see Resources). The provisional application will provide you with a preliminary security of your rights to complete the invention, if needed. After provisional application status has been granted, the USPTO will send you a final application.
File your final application and turn in processing fees, pictures and other documents pertaining to the invention. The final disposition can take more than one year to finalize, depending on the amount of patents. The documents will be stored in their system in case another inventor infringes on your patent rights. Wait for the USPTO to finalize the decision and send you a follow-up letter. If the patent is accepted, you will have successfully obtained an invention patent.
- You can file an "Accelerated Examination," which guarantees a final disposition within 12 months of the provisional patent (see Resources).
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Thursday, 20 November 2008
Well I've just finshed uploading a range of new purses into my etsy store and there are quite an assortment of purse designs. I've also added more items in the sale, and there are some nice pieces that would make perfect Christmas presents.
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Helloworld delighted with NTIA success
Helloworld CEO Andrew Burnes said he was delighted with the recognition the Helloworld business received from the industry after it won three awards at the National Tourism Industry Awards in Sydney on Saturday night and Helloworld members won four awards.
Helloworld won awards for:
– Best Travel Agency Group – Helloworld
– Best Non-Branded Travel Agency Group – Helloworld for Business
– Best Wholesaler – Australian Product – Sunlover Holidays
Helloworld member agencies won awards for:
– Best Travel Agency Retail – Multi Location – helloworld Hunter Travel Group / RACT
– Best Travel Agency Manager – Retail Multi Location – Louise Dann, helloworld Hunter Travel Group
– Best Travel Agency Retail – Single Location – Bicton Travel
– Best Travel Consultant Corporate – Sam La Rosa, Show Group Enterprises
Mr Burnes thanked Julie Primmer, Helloworld's head of Branded Network, David Padman, head of Helloworld for Business, Associates and Affiliates and Lisa Harrison, General Manager of Sunlover Holidays together with their teams for the tireless efforts they put into the business.
Most importantly Mr Burnes acknowledged the achievement as recognition of the tremendous professionalism and dedication of the networks members.
"We have nearly 300 members of our Helloworld branded network in Australia, 73 members of our Helloworld for Business corporate agency network and a thriving Associate network and these awards highlight the efforts of our members right across the country", said Mr Burnes.
"Our retail network teams at Helloworld, led by Julie Primmer and David Padman, work side by side with our agency members to ensure we deliver on our commercial and service promise to our members and in turn our members deliver to their customers day in day out. It's a great partnership and I want to congratulate all of our members for being a part of these awards."
"Can I also congratulate Lisa Harrison, Brooke Worrall and the team at Sunlover Holidays for being awarded Best Wholesaler – Australian Product. We acquired Sunlover from Tourism Queensland over a decade ago and it continues to deliver to our agency partners and supplier partners around the country", said Mr Burnes.
"We are really fortunate to have so many wonderful agencies in our network and their efforts were also recognised with helloworld Hunter Travel Group / RACT taking out two great awards as the Best Travel Agency Retail – Multi Location and Louise Dann winning the award as the Best Travel Agency Manager – Multi Location while Bicton Travel won the award for being Best Retail Travel Agency – Single Location and Sam La Rosa, Show Group Enterprises was awarded Best Travel Consultant – Corporate."
"Congratulations to all of our Helloworld finalists. We had finalists in 85% of all agency award categories which is a tremendous reflection of the very high calibre of our networks."
"The strength of our network is growing and we've all got a bit of a spring in our step now. These awards will give us further momentum and thanks to our industry peers for the recognition of what Helloworld Limited has become and for the recognition of the achievements of our members".


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By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top official of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who has been key to President Donald Trump's effort to roll back Obama-era fuel economy rules for vehicles, is expected to leave her position, a person briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
Heidi King, the deputy administrator of the NHTSA, plans to leave the agency in the coming weeks, the person said. The NHTSA, part of the Department of Transportation, oversees auto safety recalls and fuel efficiency regulations.
King's departure was reported earlier by E&E News. King, who was nominated as the agency's administrator but has never been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, is not being forced out of her job, the person added.
The Transportation Department declined to comment.
King did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but said in a social media posting: "How do you know when you are working too hard? When your vacation is reported as a career change!"
King was a key person in the Trump administration's efforts to draft new fuel efficiency rules through 2026. On Friday, the NHTSA and the Environmental Protection Agency submitted the first part of the final regulation to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review.
King said in June that existing fuel efficiency standards have hiked the cost of new vehicles and may "discourage consumers from replacing their older car with a newer car that is safer, cleaner and more fuel efficient."
The Trump administration said this summer it was issuing final rules to suspend the 2016 Obama administration regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements.
The final rule, which is expected to be published this fall, is expected to bar California from setting its own vehicle emissions rules.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler)


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Sliding wardrobe kits make full use of existing alcoves by having a trackset that fits straight to your ceiling/floor, no need for bulky side or top panels. The kit contains 2 sliding doors and a trackset for an opening width of 114.5cm wall to wall. You can use Spacepro matched end panels to create a false end if your opening is too big. The doors have safety backed glass and anti-jump clips to ensure safe sliding. Don't forget an Aura storage kit for a complete project that's easy to install.
- Part of the shaker collection.
Tracksets are provided at a larger size than the opening so you can cut them to suit your exact needs and can be fitted in a couple of hours. Made in the uk. Products are home delivered within 14 days and have a 30 day money back guarantee for unopened products.
- Fits openings 114.5cm wide and 226cm high.
- Size H222, W61, D8cm.
- Mirror.
- Self-assembly.
- FSC certified wood.
- Manufacturer's 10 year guarantee.
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On Being Seekers and Servers of God
Sins of great magnitude may indicate an energy of soul which if turned in a right direction can lead far up the way toward spiritual perfection. Conversely, there is a meanness of soul that inhibits and restricts the scope and intensity of even the most common activities. When such a soul is converted, it may be only to mediocrity.
On his own testimony Paul before his conversion was a great sinner (1 Timothy 1:15). He persecuted Christians with great violence and wrought havoc with the followers of Christ. After his spectacular about-face he turned his magnificent equipment over to the Lord and the whole world knows the result. The same energy of soul that had made him a dangerous enemy of the Christian faith made him a powerful advocate of that faith once his eyes had been opened.
From this we may learn that feebleness and timidity are not to be confused with righteousness. To sin but weakly is not the same as to do good. Lack of moral energy may prevent a man from enjoying himself in sin, but he is in sin nevertheless. His weak effort at neutrality does not deceive God who knows the secrets of every man's heart. I hope that you enjoyed this devotional as much as I did. Have a Simply Heavenly day!! God bless you!!!


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It's just a fun skit — a bunch of high schoolers who to the delight of their audience pondered just how a bunch of monks who'd taken a vow of silence might put on a Christmas concert.
If you think this is hilarious, then you may not be so surprised to hear that 9.3 million folks on YouTube agree with you.
Furthermore, this skit has been mimicked worldwide — with groups as far away as Hawaii and even Japan having a little fun with it.


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Building Your Sales Force in 2014
A common concern in many companies is the number of salespeople that fail to meet established quotas. I believe a main factor for this occurrence is that leaders do not devote enough thought to understanding "who" they need in a salesperson. Sales is a very broad profession with many different types of salespeople earning between $30K to more than $1 million per year in compensation. The salespeople you need for your situation require a special mix of skillsets, personality types, experiences, knowledge, and likeability to succeed. Leaders often fail to realize the complexity of this issue.


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Google's Copy Protection: Supplying The Tools For Others To Be Evil
from the yay!-less-choice! deptWhen we called attention yesterday to the news that Google was apparently launching its own proprietary copy protection, we dinged AP and Reuters for completely ignoring it in their reports. At least for the AP, the reason they didn't mention it was because it was under embargo, and that embargo is now over, since Larry Page is on stage in Las Vegas talking about it. Unfortunately, Google's copy protection scheme sounds just as bad as we feared. It is their very own, and it will limit what you can do with the video significantly. You can't transfer the video to mobile devices. It doesn't work on a Mac. And, you can only view the video when you're online, as the copy protection obviously is calling home first (which, of course, opens up the potential of security holes).
On the flip side, Google will (I'm sure) quickly point out that their DRM offers more "flexibility" than others, in that you don't have to use it, and if you do, you have choices about how restrictive it is. In other words, Google is basically going to say that they built the locks, but it's up to the content provider to be evil with those locks. As part of this whole offering of letting anyone sell videos through their system, they're also offering more payment options so that (unlike iTunes) content providers can choose how much things cost, and even allows some variability (for example, Charlie Rose will offer free streaming for a day after his shows air, and then unencumbered downloads for $0.99 after that). Google takes a 30% cut of any sale. It's nice that they're giving content providers some choice, but it's still quite worrisome that there's now yet another incompatible copy protection scheme that will be making the rounds. This isn't good for anyone and shrinks the overall market. Google may think that it was "necessary" to simply give content providers the option to hang themselves with bad copy protection, but it's a cop out position. Google, at this point, should have a strong enough market position to let content providers know that there's a better way to offer content without copy protection -- and if content providers are too scared, that's their problem. Eventually they would come around when they saw success stories without copy protection.


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Shure ME70
Stereo Moving-Magnet Cartridge
spherical stylus
Frequency response: 20 to 20,000Hz
Output: 6.0mV
Channel balance: within 2dB
Channel separation: 20dB at 1kHz
Tracking force: 1.5 to 3g
Stylus: 15u spherical
Replacement stylus: N70B
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For that past few days I have been in the grips of a series of angina attacks. My angina, and for that matter, my heart disease, is atypical in that I have no clear risk factors for heart disease other than being overweight, which is not a factor in itself. There are theories, of course, but they remain theories because unless something shows up in some measurable way during one of the countless tests used in diagnosing these sorts of things, all one is left with is symptoms. And theories. The only time my body has ever cooperated and presented a symptom that actually showed up on paper, so to speak, was when I had a heart attack 8 years ago.
So the prevailing theory has something to do with cardiac artery spasms, which means that at certain times (such as during stress, etc) my cardiac arteries spasm and decrease blood flow to my heart. The heart attack is theorized to have been caused by a particular artery that spasm-ed to the point of damage. Apparently, the body used cholesterol as a bandage for damaged arteries. Who knew? So my artery was "bandaged" by cholesterol up to 80%, and when another spasm happened, the "bandage" blocked the oxygen flow completely. Voila. Heart attack. And lots of pain, denial, and confusion.
Eight years ago, in the face of crushing chest pain and an almost useless left arm, I got my two foster kids ready for daycare, drove them there, dropped them off, had a conversation with a friend in my driveway when I got home, went inside and had a shower all before I called a friend for help.
Denial, she's a powerful thing, no?
There is a heady feeling of almost euphoria that happens when one has been ill or in pain for a length of time and then begins to feel better. I have a chronic, painful bladder disease, interstitial cystitis (IC) that presents itself in flares of abdominal and pelvic pain that can last anywhere from a day or two to over a week, and the experience is the same when it finally lets go. It's more than relief. It's almost like a victory.
When in the painful time, the focus is on dealing with the illness, on coping, managing symptoms, remaining hopeful and trying not to crumple into a pile of self-pitying goo. The entire family is affected by the illness of one of it's members, and not everyone reacts well every time. I am generally known as a patient, kind, gracious, forgiving person. My faith in God provides a relationship that steadies me and gives me hope and peace in the most difficult of times. Sometimes, that hope and peace means that no one gets killed.
Last night, I was feeling particularly miserable. Every time the dogs barked, my adrenaline spiked and pain shot through my chest. They barked a lot. Grace came home, did the day's dishes, made supper, but when she fussed about doing the supper dishes it angered me, and the adrenaline did it's thing again. What was supposed to be a gentle, meandering walk outside to check out the chickens turned into me, irritated, lugging buckets of food and water to the chickens. More adrenaline and exertion. Even watching the beginning of the new show, Hawaii 5-0, was enough to set off the adrenaline and get me teary eyed.
It was not a good night, as those of you know know me on Facebook are probably aware. Nitroglycerin, which I carry around in handy little lipstick sized spray pumps, is a miracle drug that pops open arteries and sends blood right where it needs to go. It also triggers eye-tearing, cheek twitching, hair pulling, lip biting head aches if you're not used to using it. Thanks to it having been a long time since I have had any serious angina, I wasn't used to it. A good thing, really, and yet...
So every wave of adrenaline that set off the chest clenching angina called for another mind-blowing shot of nitro. And still, everyone survived. Yay me.
Because, between the IC and heart stuff, chronic illness is a daily part of my life, it is important to me that I learn to truly live my life, not just survive it. I am a child of God, heir to all that God has for His children. It is not enough to just survive. Just to get though. I feel the euphoria of having made it through to the other side of another bout of pain and illness without having to visit the hospital, without having actually killed something or someone, even without having been snarky to anyone, although I really, really wanted to. I am relieved that it is over. I am glad that, through the experiences of fellow heart disease patients, I have learned a few things that will make the next bout with angina easier to get through.
I am learning to walk the fine line between being honest about the struggles I am going through while I am going through them, and not sliding down the slippery slope of wanting everyone around me to be as miserable as I am. When asked how I am while I am hurting, I am less likely to push the inner button that artificially lights up my face while I grunt out "Fine!" through clenched teeth. I am also less likely to give you a 20 minute play-by-play on just how cruddy I actually feel. There is a middle ground. Somewhere.
I think the thing about truly living is that it requires effort, above and beyond the effort of just surviving. To be honest, given the wonders of modern medicine, it is unlikely that either or my health issues are going to kill me anytime soon. So just surviving is a given, for now at least. But living...truly living takes work. It takes determination. And for me, it takes faith in a life that is larger than my own, a plan that I am a part of and that is gloriously wonderful and exciting. It takes the knowledge that in my weakness, God is strong in me. It takes joy and gratitude and love, the reality of them and not just words on a page. It takes forgiveness and patience, for everyone, including myself and the freakin' barking dogs.
It means talking about it but not obsessing about it, knowing where the *do not disturb* button is on the phone and being willing to use it, taking the time to stand in the midst of the chicken coop at night, listening to the soft, sleepy cooing and letting the stress release, and really listening to my daughter's day, told as only a 16 year old girl can tell it.
Sometimes I don't know whether I am truly living or just surviving. But I know what I want to be doing, which I'm taking as a good sign.
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Weidman receives pay bump for UFC168
December 28, 2013
MMA Junkie reports the initial reported payouts for UFC 168 of the main and co-main events this Saturday. Notably, Chris Weidman is receiving a huge raise in his first defense of his Middleweight crown against Anderson Silva.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the "show" and "win" salaries for UFC 168 which was obtained by MMA Junkie.
Anderson Silva will receive $600K (plus an additional $200K if he wins) in his first fight since dropping the title in July. Weidman, who received just a base of $24K (and another $24K) for the win gets $200K to show and $200K.
Ronda Rousey will receive $50K plus another $50K if she defeats Miesha Tate. Tate is scheduled to make $28K and another $28K if she pulls off the upset.
Josh Barnett is slated to receive $170K flat with no win bonus while his opponent, Travis Browne will receive $28K and $28K for a win.
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Weidman gets the biggest salary boost as he receives almost an 85% increase in pay from his July base salary. Perhaps this is a sign of valuing the champions more as we saw Demetrious Johnson's pay rise dramatically after his win earlier this month.
Rousey's pay represents a $5K increase from her debut at UFC 157 where she received $45K/$45K. Silva's base salary is the same as it was at UFC 162. Josh Barnett received a $10K bump in pay since his fight in August.
7 Responses to "Weidman receives pay bump for UFC168"
Tops of on
December 28th, 2013 5:56 PM
UFC's brand image got a huge hit after the Kennedy Munoz low pay exposé lol
Tops of on
December 28th, 2013 5:57 PM
In a negative way
Scott on
December 29th, 2013 7:49 AM
I think you meant to say Weidman is getting 8.5x his July money, not an 85% raise.
Tops of on
December 29th, 2013 12:57 PM
100k for rousey minus the bonus? Lol….FAME >fortune = UFC
BrainSmasher on
December 30th, 2013 1:51 AM
Send her some money Tops! In related news. Because she still has a reason to fight. She will be fighting again very soon. When people make a ton og money. They tend to stop figting and take long breaks. Screwing us fans in the process. So Ronda become a One Percenter in 1 single fight. How horrible!
Tops of on
December 30th, 2013 2:48 AM
James toney got paid more by dw than rousey lol…..
Diego on
December 30th, 2013 2:25 PM
BS loves for fighters to be underpaid so they can fight long past their prime and wind up seriously damaged and broke. He also thinks all fighters "owe" him fights.
Fortunately, I think that Rousey and Tate will be making more than what is disclosed, because that salary structure is pathetic for a champ and a contender.
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This is from a segment that appeared on the CBS Early show
Dr. Jennifer Ashton spoke with Harry Smith about the most effective methods to treat and prevent back pain.
Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton tells co-anchor Harry Smith that the survey confirms what she sees in her everyday medical practice, that back pain is "the most common ailment in this country," and that it can be difficult to treat.
What people found worked best, according to the survey, were hands-on therapies.
"They're staying away from things like medication, prescription drugs and surgery," Ashton said, and instead pursuing things like acupuncture, physical therapy and chiropractic adjustment.
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A 67-year-old man was found shot to death Sunday at the entrance to Creekside at Mundy Mill apartments in Oakwood, Police Chief Randall Moon said Monday.
Police have determined the man's death was a suicide, with Moon saying a pistol and spent shell were found near the body.
Officers responded to the complex, at 4225 Mundy Mill Road, about 11:40 p.m., the chief said.
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text: Guest speaker Steven Perez is from Elim Bible Institute and College. In this message, he uses the story of Mary and Martha to teach the importance of intimacy before ministry with the Lord. We all need reminders in our busy lives to slow down and have relationship with God first.


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Programa de habilidades sociais assertivas com idosos: avaliação sob delineamento placebo
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Given current social concerns with respect to senior´s rights, this study describes and evaluates a Social-Skills Assertiveness Training-Program (ASSTP) for elderly people. The sample (two men and 13 women) participated in one of two intervention groups: Experimental (EG, which received the ASSTP) or Placebo (PG, which received educational interactive presentations), based on a placebo design. For pre, post-test and follow-up measures, participants were evaluated using the IHSI-Del-Prette (a Social Skills inventory for the elderly) and the IREI (a questionnaire for the evaluation of the extent to which elderly people understand and exercise their rights). Also, during the post-test, participants completed a program evaluation questionnaire User´s Satisfaction with the Training Program . Results indicated acquisition and maintenance of the assertiveness social-skills repertoire in the EG, but not in the PG. Assessments carried out in the pre, post and followup using the IREI multiple choice items indicated no differences between these results in either EG or the PG. For the requiring written responses, however qualitative questions of IREI statiscally significant differences were found for Spontaneous reports of senior rights (for the EG, but not the for PG) and for Discrimination of situations when elderly had their rights disrespected by others , between the posttest and follow-up results for both the EG and the PG. With respect to their satisfaction, both groups presented high means for: (1) satisfaction with the program received, (2) importance of the program´s procedures, (3) readiness to perform assertive social skills, and (4) self evaluation of their performance in the program, but the PG indicated higher levels of satisfaction than the EG. We discuss the impact and effectiveness of the ASST Program, the viability and the importance of using placebo designs in order to assess internal validity of social-skills assertiveness training-programs and its critical features, as well as the relevance of this kind of intervention for the elderly, at this time.


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Added features support increased opportunities for reading comprehension and writing:
- Study Skills feature allows for multi-colour highlighting, text circle tools, annotations, bookmarks, voice notes and extracts to create outlines, study guides or word list
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Orange County Guitar Orchestra
- Date: 06/08/2019 2:00 PM
- Location: Katy Geissert Civic Center Library
3301 Torrance Blvd.
Torrance, California 90503
Founded in 2012 by former members of the renowned Fullerton Guitar Orchestra, the Orange County Guitar Orchestra has developed a reputation of unique and colorful repertoire. Under the direction of David Grimes, the OCGO seeks to establish a new national standard and to inspire and perform new repertoire of guitar orchestra music. The concert will begin immediately following the Friends of the Torrance Library Annual Meeting. This event is free, sponsored by the Friends of the Torrance Library, and no registration is required. For more information, please call the Reference Department at 310-781-7599.Return to full list >>


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Dialogue on men's issues, race and politics
Megann Horstead, Reporter | 6/29/2018, 6 a.m.
For some, the way the expression "staywoke" gained traction in the era of social media has moved the dialogue forward on race relations in the nation in different ways.
As such, dozens at the Fountaindale Public Library converged to take part in a program aptly titled, "StayWoke The Men Convene."
It was the third of four community conversations that various Joliet organizations presented, this time around bringing together the efforts of the NAACP—Joliet Branch, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.—Eta Chi Zeta Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.—Iota Rho Sigma Chapter, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.—Kappa Mu Omega Chapter.
The program, by design, aimed to get the community talking and hear from them regarding issues that need to be addressed.
Panelists for the event included Mike Clark, of NAACP—Joliet Branch; Jessie Rhymes, of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.—Eta Chi Zeta Chapter; and David Hulbert, of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.—Kappa Mu Omega Chapter.
"Basically, we wanted to get together and have a conversation about some of the things going on in our community, especially as it concerns black men," Clark said.
Topics discussed during the program ranged from the influences on black men today and concerns for image to bridging the generational disconnect and civic/community engagement.
"One thing is we really want everyone to be involved in this conversation, join in, and give your input," Clark said. "I think we can get some really good things going out of this."
Rhymes, a father and a Joliet resident, told those at the event his thoughts on how the family dynamic influences young black men. He said being an influential black man means more than sporting a nice car, being a good athlete or having nice clothes.
"For me, I try to make sure that anything that [my children] see me do is positive," he said.
Rhymes stressed how important it is to be mindful of what you do at home and said it's about the values that you instill in others.
Among those at the event was Bolingbrook resident Ray McConico. He said the program came as advertised on social media and that it opened up a dialogue in which he learned of different perspectives.
"It was exactly what I thought it was going to be," McConico said, adding that he "didn't know there were so many organizations in the area."
Clark said he hopes more black men will get involved in the community moving forward.
He wants to know "what can be done to get the numbers up or make the organizations more attractive, or a better fit, for us to come out and be involved."
Rhymes questioned if the values instilled in him years ago are emphasized with the younger generations.
"There's often an age disconnect, and we have to find ways to bridge that gap," he said.
McConico acknowledged Rhymes' concern and said as a 27-year-old himself, he thinks it's important for older generations to find a way to relate to those who are younger.
Clark agreed, saying he is all for young people and their use of social media, but there are actual rooms where decisions are being made.


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Hereford Oxtail with Herb Dumplings
Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
A fantastic full flavoured dish for a chilly day that features oxtail pieces combined with onions, spices, garlic, red wine, stock, fresh thyme and bay leaves, good balsamic vinegar and fresh blackberries. The oxtail is slowly cooked until the meat literally falls off the bone. Serve with creamy potatoes.


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PH consulate in Jeddah closed May 1: Pero tuloy ang botohan
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April 24, 2019
Eagle-lion logo marks PH, Singapore 50th anniversary
January 21, 2019
A griffin-inspired half-eagle, half-lion logo will symbolize the 50th anniversary of relations between the Philippines and Singapore this year.
Paraw Regatta to seek new heights under new management...
February 19, 2019
ILOILO CITY -- Ilonggos can look forward to more events in next year's Paraw Regatta Festival under a new management, following the resignation of Iloilo Paraw Regatta Foundation Inc. (IPRFI) president, Dr. Ronald Raymond Sebastian.
Iloilo City eyes better port for cruise ships
January 31, 2019
Encouraged by the visit of nearly 800 Japanese tourists aboard a cruise ship last weekend, Iloilo City is now studying ways to improve its port to accommodate such vessels.
RORO serves Cadiz-Bantayan route
February 25, 2019
Good news for travelers in the Western and Central Visayas areas: a roll-on roll-off (RORO) cargo vessel has started plying the route between Cadiz and Bantayan in Cebu.
MARINA launches online exam appointment for marine officers
December 22, 2018
Good news for prospective marine officers: The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has launched an online evaluation and appointment system for theoretical exams.
Singapore suspends hiring agency after 'maids for sale' ad...
September 20, 2018
Singapore has suspended a maid employment agency's licence and threatened to prosecute the company over "undignified" online ads offering Indonesian helpers for sale, after the postings sparked fury.
750 Japanese tourists arriving in Iloilo aboard cruise ship
January 14, 2019
On Jan. 26, some 750 Japanese tourists will arrive in Iloilo City on board a cruise ship, to witness the world-famous Dinagyang Festival.
English teachers ipapadala sa China, ayon sa DOLE
August 21, 2018
Mga Pilipinong gurong nagtuturo ng English ay nakatakdang ipadala sa China sa susunod na buwan, ayon kay Kalihim Silvestre Bello III ng Kagawaran ng Paggawa.
BRP Tarlac to arrive home Monday
October 23, 2018
The Philippine Navy (PN) on Monday will welcome home the strategic sealift vessel BRP Tarlac (LD-601) and her 300-man contingent following the historic visit to Vladivostok, Russia and Jeju Island, South Korea early this month.
MARINA opens extension office in Bacolod
October 1, 2018
The opening of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) 6's (Western Visayas) extension office here will greatly benefit Negrense seafarers as they no longer need to go to Manila to process their papers and take the Deck and Engine Officers' Licensure Examination.
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Her laugh! That smile! It's infectious, contagious! He tries to contain himself, but he can not. His sly grin turns into honest-to-goodness laughter in her presence. Joy and peace fill their home, their lives. This is the beginning of a very good thing.
Allison and Jeff, not only is your laughter contagious, but so is your love! Keep doing that and well, I'd say, life is going to be pretty good to you…
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The personal blog of Peter Lee a.k.a. "China Hand"... Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel, and an open book to those who read. You are welcome to contact China Matters at the address chinamatters --a-- prlee.org or follow me on twitter @chinahand.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Time Magazine Cites Yours Truly on China Iran Analysis...
In a May 26 article What Did China Get for Backing Iran Sanctions?, Time Magazine's Tony Karon, presumably obeying the commandment "thou shalt not name the competing publication or its fruits in thine own journalism", refers to the opinion of "analyst Peter Lee" without referring either to Asia Times or my article there entitled China plays lap-dog in sanctions ploy.
But I do assume he's referring to me because Karon's article provides a concise summary of my argument that China joined the Iran sanctions regime at the opportune moment so that the Obama administration might find it necessary to dilute national as well as UN sanctions in order to sustain a global united front on Iran measures.
Karon goes a step further to state:
Chinese analysts also claim that, in the course of a protracted series of negotiations with Washington, their government also won undertakings from Washington to exempt Chinese companies from any U.S. unilateral sanctions that punish third-country business partners with the Islamic Republic.
Maybe he got that from somewhere else. I didn't go that far.
In the Asia Times piece I opined that the details of the US-China UN resolution negotiations as leaked were intended to communicate China's belief that a shared understanding was reached concerning the overall scope of sanctions, including U.S. national measures.
However I didn't say that this point had been explicitly made by somebody on the Chinese side.
What I said was:
The source lays out the principles underlying China's agreement to the sanctions process, with the apparent intention that these painstakingly-negotiated conditions should be binding on the US as well as China.
These should be understood as a signal that China is asserting that the US must observe these principles not only for the drafting of the UN sanctions but in the execution of American national sanctions.
In any case, I still think my argument is sound, and I appreciate the recognition. Thanks!
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Remembering Dr. Beny Primm
Source: AIDS.gov October 29, 2015
Remembering Dr. Beny Primm
Source: AIDS.gov October 29, 2015
"It is with great sadness that we recognize the passing of Dr. Beny Primm, a stalwart leader in our national response to HIV from the earliest days of the epidemic. Dr. Primm died on October 16, after a long battle with kidney disease. His legacy in both substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS is profound and will continue to have a positive impact on our responses to both of these issues for years to come.:
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Biologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Kinsey concludes that homosexual behavior is not restricted to people who identify themselves as homosexual and that 37% of men have enjoyed homosexual activities at least once. While psychologists and psychiatrists in the 1940's consider homosexuality a form of illness, the findings surprise many conservative notions about sexuality."
Source: AIDS.gov
"With Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) just concluded, I wanted to share highlights of the awards made under the Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF), which are supporting many activities that will unfold during FY16. A total of $52.2 million was awarded to support 31 initiatives across 10 HHS Operating Divisions (OpDivs) and Staff Offices to prevent new HIV infections and reduce drop-offs along the HIV care continuum for racial and ethnic minorities who bear a disproportionate burden of HIV disease."
Soutce: Ashton P. Woods From TheBody.com October 6, 2015
"The importance of a gathering like the Positive Living Conference, and many others like it, is that a safe space is established for people to be more than their HIV status. The Positive Living Conference -- which happens each year in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and took place from September 18-20 this year -- is the largest gathering of people living with HIV in the U.S. When safe spaces are created, the true humanity of participants can be seen. In seeing that humanity, many of the problems in relation to being HIV positive are exposed."
Source: The Goodman Project: October 1, 2015: By Sean Swaby
"Claim your crazy. Your mental health may be stronger when you struggle.
"Stigma is never a good thing. We do it with race, gender, sexuality, religion, and mental health. Go ahead, tell your friends and coworkers that you are crazy. At first they will laugh and then they will ignore it (and maybe even you). That is how stigma works.
Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. To help others their mental illness, he created the Brandon Marshall Foundation. He compares the stigma of mental health with cancer and HIV."


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Northamptonshire 1930 'blazing car murder' breakthrough hope
Attempts to identify the victim of a murder 84 years ago have led scientists to find "two good prospects".
The unknown man was burned to death in 1930 in Northamptonshire, in what became known as the "blazing car murder". His killer Alfred Rouse was later hanged.
Last year, the victim's DNA profile was extracted from archived evidence.
University of Leicester experts have said they were hopeful in their quest to identify the victim.
Fifteen families have come forward to say the victim could have been a relation who had gone missing.
Dr John Bond, senior lecturer in forensic science, and criminology lecturer Dr Lisa Smith have already ruled out the victim could have been 23-year-old factory worker William Briggs.
"When it wasn't this family I thought we're never going to find it as this guy went missing over 80 years ago," said Dr Bond.
"But when you get all these families coming forward who have seen it on the television and have thought that could be our missing relative, I am reasonably hopeful.
"We have two good prospects."
The lecturers are trying to discover the mystery victim's identity by profiling the circumstances of a person's disappearance and then taking cheek swabs from suspected descendants, to confirm the DNA link.
Dr Bond said: "It's now simply a case of getting a swab from the relatives, profiled and a comparison made."
The team said "philanderer" Rouse maintained he did not know the name of his victim as he went to the gallows at Bedford Jail.
He hit the man over the head with a wooden mallet, placed his body in his Morris Minor and set it alight in the village of Hardingstone.


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Beaver Falls High School is still buzzing about basketball. But it's not the boys team that's creating the excitement right now.
Instead, it's the BF girls who remain in the hunt for a WPIAL championship.
"It's an awesome feeling," said Brittany Mineard, a senior guard.
It's been awesome for Mineard and her teammates because the Beaver Falls girls are on the verge of their best season in more than 20 years.
Tonight, they play Jeannette in the semifinals of the Class AA playoffs. If the Tigers win, they advance to the WPIAL championship for the first time since 1988 and '89, when they lost both times to North Catholic.
"You set out to make it to the Palumbo Center every year," BF coach Brad Vaughn said. "But when you're setting your goals, you have to be realistic. I knew we'd be good this year. But because we're so young, I figured we'd were a year or two away."
Still, Vaughn was optimistic enough to set a goal this season of 20 wins. At 19-6, Beaver Falls can attain that goal by beating Jeannette (14-8), the reigning WPIAL champion.
And with a win tonight, Beaver Falls would improve to 4-0 in this year's tournament. That's a far cry from its 2-8 WPIAL playoff record the past eight years. In each of the past three seasons, Beaver Falls lost its first-round game.
"Obviously, it feels good anytime you get into the playoffs," Mineard said. "But to not win a game as we've done in recent years, to go one and done, that's obviously not fun. So this is a big deal to us."
Mineard, one of few seniors on the team, sensed early in preseason workouts that this could be a special year.
"I could tell by the sophomores and juniors we have that there was a lot natural talent on this team," Mineard said. "So from the very beginning, I always thought my senior year was the year we'd go far."
The talented class of underclassmen Mineard mentioned includes Tejauna Slappy, Talauna Slappy and TeJuana Slappy, who are related to the former Slappy greats who played years ago on the boys teams at Midland High School.
Kiana Law, a promising 5-foot-11 freshman forward, is the daughter of former Rochester star Essex Law and the cousin of current Rochester girls star Ivorie Law.
Ayana Vaughn's coach is also her father, who played at Beaver Falls in the early 1990s. And Tiffani Vaughn is Ayana's cousin.
"We are a real close team," Ayana Vaughn said. "We are just like family. And we play hard. Now, we want to see how far as can go."
During the regular season, Beaver Falls finished second to Riverside in the Section 2-AA standings. Twice in section play, the Tigers lost to the Panthers, 61-47 and 71-60.
But on Friday in the quarterfinals, Beaver Falls stunned second-seeded Riverside, 38-34. That upset gave Beaver Falls fans hope that both the boys and girls teams would both advance to the "final four" of their brackets.
But on Saturday, the second-seeded BF boys lost to Wilkinsburg.
"It's bittersweet that the boys aren't still with us," Mineard said. "We support them and they support us. So it would have been nice for both ours boys and girls teams to be playing in the semifinals. But now it's up to us to keep this thing rolling."
The Beaver Falls girls played in five WPIAL championship games in the 1980s. They lost in '84, '88 and '89 and won in '85 and '87.
Now, the 2011 BF girls are trying to make history of their own.


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The explosive portrayal of a grieving Jackie Kennedy following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in has been receiving rave reviews since "Jackie" premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The film then found itself in an intense bidding war after it played at the Toronto International Film Festival (Fox Searchlight came out as the winning distributor).
Portman could find herself with an Oscar nomination for the role (she won the best actress Oscar in 2011 for "Black Swan").
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Well, it has officially been one week since this site, Twins Chatter, went public. It sure seems like a lot longer to me, I know that! But opening week has been a great experience for John and I, although maintaining a blog has turned out to be more work that either of us expected. We've had a ton of entries posted already- I have something like 6 actual posts, and John has about 5. We've even had a couple of creative columns that I know a lot of people found entertaining- my Blanco "article" and John's letter to Victory Sports. We're gonna try and keep things fresh around here, to get you all coming back for more.
Site traffic has been better than expected. It's great to have an avenue like the DTFC Twins forum to spread the word to a large group of die-hard Twins fans. I know a few people around the Northfield area also read this blog on a regular basis, which is good to know. We've also been able to procure links at The Bad Twin, Aaron's Baseball Blog (although you really have to look to find us there), and even at Twins Geek! Thanks a ton John Bonnes! Hopefully enough people will see our link over there, as if we could even get a tiny fraction of the Geek's traffic it would be mind-boggling. Also, I'm sure the boys over at the Baseball Boys will be linking us soon as well, because I know Eric checks out the site. Also, our John would also never forgive me if I failed to mention Will Young, who I know he reads religiously.
Our number one supporter has been Seth from over at Seth Speaks. He helped introduced us and has mentioned the blog a few times already, including on Friday. Seth is a great guy and you should all check him out if you haven't already.
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Anyway, thanks for stopping by. This post will remain at the top all weekend long, so that as many people as possible will see it. Also, if you're so inclined, you can check out my running recap of Friday's Twins game that was on TV. Man, was it great to watch a game on TV! Who would have thought that I, a poor college student, would have attended more games at Metrodome (3) than I've seen on TV (2)! Friday was an awesome win for the Twins, and it exposed the weak KC bullpen a whole lot more (like they needed more exposure).
Don't forget to post a comment below or e-mail us with your thoughts. We really want to know what you think! Also, look for the first guest columnist to appear next week. Go Twins!
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I received a lot of email after my recent article on required minimum distributions (RMDs), the IRS-mandated withdrawals you normally must make from a traditional IRA once you turn 70½. While that kind of feedback isn't unusual, it was a surprise that so many asked about the rules for someone who inherits an IRA. Inheriting an IRA is becoming more common as the first of the "IRA generation" gets older, and many of us may need to know these rules someday.
Inheriting an IRA certainly can be a financial boost, but it also presents opportunities for costly missteps. Given those, your first step should be to talk with a tax professional or your financial advisor to review your options.
Although not an exhaustive list, here are five things you should understand if you inherit an IRA.
Both Roth and traditional IRA beneficiaries are subject to RMD rules. A Roth IRA account owner doesn't have to take RMDs; however, if you're a beneficiary of a Roth IRA, you do.
"Stretching" can extend tax benefits. The IRS allows beneficiaries to set up an inherited IRA and take distributions based on their life expectancy. If you want to take advantage of this option, the first distribution must be made by Dec. 31 of the year following the owner's death. To make the calculation, you'll divide the account value by your life expectancy from the IRS Single Life Expectancy Table in the first year, then subtract one from that number each subsequent year. For example, a 40-year-old who inherited a $100,000 traditional IRA would be required to pull out and pay tax on about $2,300 ($100,000/43.6). This rule would also allow you to extend the tax-free benefits of a Roth IRA. The life expectancy option doesn't limit how much you could take out — the beneficiary could later decide to withdraw 100%. This choice provides the most flexibility for non-spouse beneficiaries.
Be aware of the five-year rule. If you miss the deadline noted above and the original owner was younger than 70½, you'll default to the five-year rule. Under this scenario, you're not required to take distributions each year, but you must withdraw the entire account by Dec. 31 of the year in which the fifth anniversary of the account owner's death occurs.
A spouse has more options. A spouse beneficiary can take the proceeds as their own IRA or set up an inherited IRA. If they treat it as their own, the proceeds would be subject to the normal RMD rules. With an inherited IRA, you would need to begin life expectancy distributions Dec. 31 of the year after your spouse's death or Dec. 31 of the year when your spouse would have turned 70½, whichever comes later. A spouse might set up an inherited IRA — rather than taking it as their own — if they were younger than 59½ and wanted access to the money without paying the 10% early withdrawal penalty that could come with pulling money out of their own IRA.
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