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Primary school children in Kirkmichael have fallen head over heels in love with their brand new school, built by South Ayrshire Council on the site of the old Kirkmichael primary school and opened last week (Wednesday 12 February) by Councillor Margaret Toner, Portfolio Holder for Lifelong Learning.
[Pictured: Councillor Margaret Toner helps the school's youngest pupil Liam Harris and the oldest pupil Laura Rowney cut the ribbon and declare Kirkmichael primary school open. Also pictured at the school head teacher Karen Butchart, local councillor Brian Connolly and school chaplain Reverend Gerald Jones.]
Construction has taken just over a year, and excited children and eager teachers have now moved to the new school from their temporary location at McCosh Hall, where lessons had been delivered during construction of the new school.
[Pictured: Glad to be going to school! It was a short walk from McCosh Hall to the new Kirkmichael primary school for these excited pupils.]
The old school building had been constructed in the 1970s and was no longer fit to meet the demands of a 21st century education – and it was decided that a new school building was the best option.
Councillor Toner said: "It was a sheer delight to see the joy on the children's faces today as they went into the new school. This project clearly demonstrates our commitment to rural education and I am absolutely thrilled to see Kirkmichael primary school open – it really is a fantastic building.
"It is light and spacious and has been thoughtfully designed to maximise the space on the old school site, with brilliantly equipped classrooms and a superb lifelong learning facility on offer to the whole community.
"Add to that a spacious assembly and dining area, first-class games areas and changing facilities and we have an exceptional resource in the heart of Kirkmichael which will benefit the whole community, with secure access for the community to use the lifelong learning room when not in use by children.
[Pictured: Up, up and away! The future looks bright for the pupils and staff at Kirkmichael primary school.]
Head Teacher Karen Butchart added: "It's been very exciting to watch the new school being built, and we are all thrilled to have moved into this fantastic building.
"The new facilities and improved opportunities offered by our new school will make a big difference for pupils, with purpose-built modern facilities that will really help us deliver Curriculum for Excellence.
"It was wonderful to see the children's faces as they came into the school for the first time and I know we're all going to be very happy in this great new school!"
Kirkmichael primary school is the second new rural school in South Ayrshire, constructed less than two years after the completion of Colmonell primary, which opened in 2012.
Councillor Toner continued: "Our £2.3 million investment in this new school will deliver a huge boost to learning in the local area and I hope it will become a well-used and important community focal point delivering high-quality modern learning in a superb educational environment.
"Most importantly of all, the young people – and our staff – love it!"


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At every entrance of a particular soundstage at Culver Studios in Culver City, Calif., there are armed guards standing watch. No, that doesn't mean the president or the Hope Diamond is inside -- but even with security at the gates of the studio lot, a million bucks in cold, hard cash is nothing to take lightly.
At 8 p.m. Monday, Fox premieres back-to-back hours of "Million Dollar Money Drop," a game show from the international company Endemol USA, which also produces NBC's "Deal or No Deal" and ABC's "Wipeout." It airs for one hour at 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and for two hours on Thursday (beginning at 8 p.m.), with additional airdates to be announced.
While the money amounts on "Deal" are just numbers on a tote board, the prize in "Drop" consists of bundles of real bills, which contestants can handle, perhaps for the only time before watching them fall out of their lives forever.
The towering set looks like a mixture of "Star Trek," "Tron" and the sacrificial altar from "King Kong." The contestants -- usually married couples, sometimes dating couples or friends -- and host Kevin Pollak stand on a Plexiglas platform 20 feet in the air, surrounded by the audience, over a mirrored floor. It's a dramatic setting that produces dramatic results.
"I'll be honest with you," says Pollak, "a lot of people jump on me when they first rush out. There's such a rush of energy when the show starts, when I introduce them, they come rushing out like rhinos with their arms out."
Trivia questions are posed, with multiple-choice answers written on movable platforms. The players must pile cash bundles on the answers they believe are right (or the only right answer, if they're sure). Money placed on wrong answers drops away, and with any luck, there's still some left over when players get to the end.
"The idea was to put it 20 feet up in the air," says executive producer Jeff Apploff, "give people a daunting feeling. We're handing you a million bucks in cash. We're only going to give you seven questions.
"We're making you a millionaire: 'Here's your million bucks.' We give you choices, and you have to pay the consequences for those choices."
"What's great," says Pollak, "even when it's just friends, is the human drama and the element in between people who, often, when the questions come up, have photo-opposite opinions but must work as a team, a unit, because they're in it together."
For example, "According to the Lenox Report, which of these is the most popular Thanksgiving side dish: mashed potatoes, green-bean casserole, cranberry sauce or candied yams?"
You'll have to watch to figure out the answer, but considering that green-bean casserole and candied yams could be considered regional specialties, and cranberry sauce is more of, well, a sauce or, maybe not.
"How much money are you going to put on each?" says Pollak. "I love that part of it."
Of course, if the contestants ace all the questions, the cool million is theirs -- but that's harder than it sounds. The team on this particular day doesn't do too badly and still has a chunk of change at the end. But that's not always the case, and it only takes one very wrong move to lose it all.
"If it doesn't go well," Apploff says, "it's gut-wrenching."
It's even worse for Pollak, who is standing right next to the unhappy duo.
"All kidding aside," he says, "when they lose -- and they often do -- and all that money drops away, it is utterly devastating. It is utterly devastating.
"And it makes it that much sweeter when people win, but boy, oh, boy, that's hard on me."


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ICYMI: Hypocrisy in Practice: GOP Insider and Scott Walker Henchman Jeff Stone Votes to Toss Federal Transit Funds
Hours Later Fakes Commitment to Public Transit
MADISON- Mere hours after he voted against an amendment that would have saved $46.6 million in federal transit funding Wisconsin stands to lose because of Scott Walker's divisive power grab, ultra-partisan candidate for Milwaukee County Executive Jeff Stone accepted an invitation to take a promotional tour on the Milwaukee County Transit System.
Read more about the federal funds here and how they could have been saved here.
"Republican extremist Jeff Stone stood cheek-by-jowl with Scott Walker as he has raised fees and cut Milwaukee County bus routes to the bone, and now, fresh from voting against transportation funds, this partisan insider wants the public to forget his extremism with what is probably his first-ever trip on a Milwaukee bus," Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said. "The image of Republican Jeff Stone on a Milwaukee County bus will be the perfect picture of politics as usual."


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This week on Real Homesteader Stories, I tell you about our duckling drama & an update on the baby bunnies!
It's been a couple weeks since my last Real Homesteader Stories (TM), and that's because I've finally got the cough that wouldn't die to go away. BUT I'm back now, with more stories about our farm!
Things were interesting as we tried helping a renegade duckling that broke free of the brooder and swallowed a string. You also get to see the baby bunnies (including the fosterlings) up close & personal!
(BTW, if you're wondering, after three weeks of misery, I applied Eucalyptus + Melaleuca daily for 4 days using a roller bottle. Neat, no dilution. Learn more here.)


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U.S. cities spend billions of dollars each year transporting waste to landfills that are often not even in the same state.
Much of that waste is recyclable. The problem many cities face is that they lack access to recycling facilities with infrastructure sophisticated enough to process materials besides paper, cardboard and basic plastics.
Instead, municipalities often end up paying landfills to take the hard-to-recycle plastics and glass because recycling companies lack the technology to deal with them. Estimates of how much American waste was actually diverted from landfills from 2010-2012 range from 34 percent to as low as 21.4 percent.
But while municipalities rarely have enough capital to invest in cutting-edge recycling facilities, it turns out some of the country's biggest consumer goods companies do. And they're willing to invest to build effective recycling systems in the U.S.
Put those funds in a pot, and you have the Closed Loop Fund. Ron Gonen, former New York City Deputy Commissioner of Sanitation, Recycling and Sustainability, left his position in 2014 to start a new project. The goal: to catalyze a boom in municipal recycling infrastructures.
The result was a fund that aims to reach $100 million from nearly a dozen of the country's biggest corporations, including
Gonen visited the company's headquarters in Atlanta in late-2016 to give stakeholders an update on CLF's recent findings. He cited projects in Baltimore, Memphis and Quad Cities, Iowa, that have shown promise in developing more efficient recycling systems in those cities. This progression, he says, will benefit all parties involved—municipalities, recycling companies, and corporations that fund CLF—if the concept is implemented in more American cities.
"We want to move the conversation from 'This is the right thing to do' to 'This is a big business opportunity,'" Gonen said.
The $15 million facility in Baltimore, which received $2 million from the fund, accepts hard-to-recycle plastics and transforms the materials into plastic flakes that the company can sell to manufacturers.
If similar facilities were to be built in other areas of the country, municipalities could make money from waste rather than pay for its disposal. There would also be more recycled plastic available for consumer goods companies to use in their packaging.
"We want our bottles and cans to be recycled," said Sarah Dearman, sustainable packaging program director,
As CLF makes zero-interest loans to municipalities (and below-market loans to recycling companies like the QRS plant in Baltimore), Gonen wants to make sure those investments are funding projects that will significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfills, but will also be able to repay the loan five years later.
One of those projects took place in Memphis, Tenn., where CLF poured $3.25 million into the city's first single-stream recycling program. Memphis previously had a dual-stream program and limited access to curbside recycling. The city also spent $7 million a year transporting waste to landfills.
CLF saw an opportunity to reduce that waste and made a joint contribution with the City of Memphis to deliver a total of 100,000 single-stream recycling carts to Memphis residents. CLF estimates that with a system far more convenient for citizens, the Memphis program will divert approximately 48,000 tons of waste from landfills.
"We're trying to create models we can replicate in others cities as well," Gonen said. "There are a lot of players out there we want to work with."
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I didn't join the BECU because it is a big community supporter. You CAN'T support ALL of the communities that BECU members live in. So stop trying.
Instead -- support YOUR MEMBERS.
Do you get the drift? Support the MEMBERS -- Not the community. Happier, and weathier, members will support the community!!
@BillB- We're always looking for new and better ways to support our members and appreciate your suggestions! We're currently exploring ways to deliver additional member value, including expanded locations for our popular shred/e-cycle event. Our Neighborhood Financial Centers on the Eastside are too small to accommodate the large scale event and we haven't found a location yet that would work- but we've been actively looking! We're open to your specific suggestions for locations to look into further if you're willing to share. Thanks for the dialog and for jumping right in to share your feedback. Cheers, KristinA
I am involved with a number of organizations and occasionally I need to find places for large gatherings.
Here are three that I think would be good possibilities for a SHREDDING EVENT.
Note that you might need to offer a minor fee to these organizations for use of their lot (~$100 or $150???)
VFW Post 2995 ~ 4330 148th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052 ~ (425) 883-2995
(Large parking lot with easy drive-thru)
Renton Senior Activity Center -211 Burnett Avenue North, Renton, WA ` 425-430-6633
(might need to deal with the city. But dang it -- Renton IS Boeing.)
Value Village Thrift Store, 5530 E Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE, Issaquah, WA 98029
(Large parking lot. Good advertising for this new store.)
Good luck.
Bill Barker
@BillB- Thanks for the great suggestions, I'll be sharing these directly with the coordinator of the event. We hope to see you on the Eastside at a future shred/e-cycle event. Cheers, KristinA


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Instead of relying on prescription medications, you may be trying to treat your asthma symptoms naturally. One of the ways you can do this is with ginger. If you have never heard about the correlation between ginger and asthma before, you may have questions about it. Here are two questions you may have about ginger and asthma.
Why Can Ginger Help With Asthma?
Ginger is a natural remedy for many different illnesses. It has been used for centuries to treat a variety of illnesses. While it has many medicinal benefits, when it comes to asthma, ginger has been shown to reduce inflammation in the body. When you suffer from asthma, your airways can become inflamed, making it harder for you to breathe. Ginger helps to minimize this inflammation, helping your airways to stay open and making it easier for you to breathe better.
How Can You Use Ginger to Help With Your Asthma?
The best way to use ginger to help with your asthma is to use fresh ginger. While you can use ginger powders and juice, you will have the best results by using fresh ginger. This is because it has more vitamins and antioxidants when it is fresh. Follow these instructions to treat your asthma with fresh ginger:
- Boil two cups of hot water on the stove. Remove from the heat.
- Take a one inch strip of fresh ginger and cut it into small strips. Place these small strips of ginger in the hot water. Place a lid on the pot so that the ginger steeps in the hot water. Allow it to sit for five minutes.
- Remove the strips of ginger from the hot water and discard them.
- Allow the hot mixture to cool down just enough so that you can drink it. Do not drink it when it is too hot or you can burn your throat. If desired, you can mix honey or juices to the mixture based on your tastes.
- This can be done daily to minimize the frequency with which you will have asthma symptoms, or only done when symptoms are present.
If you suffer from asthma, you may be looking for a natural way to treat your symptoms or minimize the symptoms altogether. Ginger is a natural way you can reduce the symptoms of asthma in your body and prevent possible asthma attacks. However, it may not be effective for everyone. If your symptoms do not decrease with the use of ginger, you should consult with a physician. Prescription medications may be the best option for you if natural treatments are not effective for you. For more information, talk to a professional like Oak Brook Allergists.


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As the QEII Centre is set right in the heart of Westminster, there are many benefits for choosing the Cambridge as your large event space. There is the obvious added advantage of the amazing views of Westminster- the Cambridge has great views of the London Eye and Big Ben- as well as this it is in one of the most accessible areas of London, with Westminster Tube and Waterloo just a short walk away.
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Yep, its true.
I first read about this on National Geographic's site in the article, Squirrel Birth Control: To Stop Invasion, Science Gets Seedy. The subtitle is, Drug-laced sunflower seeds may lower numbers of the booming rodents.
I like squirrels and am one of the people feeding the little varmints, but not everybody is so squirrel friendly. The squirrels do a lot of damage and make a bad name for themselves getting into mischief with those sharp choppers.
Last year with the weather so mild in winter, the squirrels must have been getting busy in the trees. Did you know they have two litters a year with usually two to four kits? I saw two of them starting a family in my backyard late Spring. They are pairing now too, from December through January.
There was a bumper crop of little squirrel this past Spring and Summer. But really, nature was busy producing a bumper crop of nuts, so food was very plentiful as well. Plentiful supply leads to more squirrels.
What started South Carolina's Clemson University to look into squirrel birth control, was that the little rodents were decimating fruit crops by eating and tarnishing fruit.
It got so bad that squirrels were eating half a tree's fruit in a couple of hours. Some apples only had a bite or two, making the fruit worthless for commercial sale. Compounding the damage, they were girdling trees, and that can make any grower want to have war on the squirrels.
Once it hits cash crops, biologists spring into action. They had a decade-long struggle with the gnawing rodents, so something had to be done, and fast.
Various methods were tried. They looked at non-lethal squirrel-control methods, like capturing and then injecting them with birth control chemicals. This was labor intensive and very time-consuming.
Not to mention a little humorous. Can you just picture scientists racing around the tree filled lawns armed with tiny condoms and little contraceptive injections? So they resorted to a seedy solution, settling on a food delivery method. Knowing squirrels just love sunflower seeds gave them an idea.
The drug laced seed is created by researchers at South Carolina's Clemson University, using a drug called DiazaCon. This drug, originally developed for humans but discontinued due to side effects, mimics cholesterol in the system and inhibits cholesterol production. This lessens reproduction. It did not start with squirrels though.
The drug made its way to limit reproduction on nuisance birds, like pigeons, blackbirds, starlings and sparrows, among others. It was marketed for pigeons, trademarked, Ornithol. Then it was further tested on mammals, such as rats and prairie dogs.
Now the drug is being looked at for squirrel control by lacing sunflower seeds. Mixed in with the DiazaCon coating is a nontoxic dye that, once ingested, stains the squirrels' undersides pink to identify treated squirrels from those untreated. They must be darn cute with their bellies dyed pink.
To read more on South Carolina's squirrel problems on the AP site, check out their site. Also, Clemson Cooperative Extension has a web link too.
You really have to wonder what the squirrels would think if they were cognizant of what humans were up to. Really, when you think of all the animals, insects and plants we mess with and much for the sake of our well-being, it really does not shine well on us as a species.
The birds I mentioned taking this drug… some of them developed muscle tremors. Is it worth destroying the lives of other species? Honestly, looking at all the cute squirrel photos in this post, it is hard to imagine them being so destructive, yet they are. So what is the answer?
I wanted more info on squirrel population explosion and went to Science for some intellectual insight on the subject. I found an article that talked about the surplus of seed and nuts in relationship to the subsequent increase in squirrels reproduction.
I am somewhat knowledgeable reading these papers and have to admit the one I was reading was overkill. They used phrases like, "resource pulses", calling squirrels "seed predators", seed production was "seed masting", more squirrels, "trophic levels of ecological communities".
Hey, all I wanted to know was the statistics of additional squirrels last year and of course that was not noted. Sometimes, it is better to just say it like it is. Just call the gray squirrel black, when it is indeed black!


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Some Nigerian soldiers alongside an air force officer have been arrested for allegedly stealing a solar panel worth millions of naira.
Luck has ran out on three serving soldiers, a dismissed air force officer, a final year Accounting student and seven other people arrested by the police for allegedly stealing government solar panels and telecommunication provider valued at N100 million, according to NewTelegraph.
Before their arrest, the suspects have been on their wanted list for long, before their eventual arrest at the Epe area of Lagos State.
The suspects are Samuel Ani (30), Michael Omoregbe (30), Efosa Philip (27), Ifedayo Odufoye (35), dismissed air force officer, Chibize Nnamani (34), Festus Maduka (26), John Nwokeoma (31), Michael Chukwudike and Chibuzor Chukwu (23).
The three soldiers, whose identities police refused to declare, had already been handed over to 9th Bridge of the Nigerian Army for proper investigation.
The state Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, said that the suspects belonged to a group which specialised in vandalising government and private property in order to sell them.
According to Edgal, the suspects have vandalised some solar panels at Epe, Sangotedo, Elerngbe and Badagry area of the state.
He said: "On September 5, about 2a.m., the seven suspects came with a truck marked LND 61 XQ and invaded Okemagba Senior Secondary School, Epe with three soldiers.
"They stole 71 solar panels. They also forced the door of the container, where the inverter batteries and accessories were kept and went away with them."
Edgal said that some of the buyers were traced to Delta, Anambra and Imo states. One of the buyers, Maduka, who was picked up in a hotel, confessed to have received solar panels and inverter batteries from the suspects.
The former air force officer, Odufaye, said that he was dismissed in Maiduguri, where they were fighting Boko Haram members.
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text: Library Tutorial FMA 1201Q Love Actually Sociology Resource Librarians Umarani Jayapal [email protected] Hayati Abdul [email protected] 1 What You'll Learn Understand the research process Find citations & full-text articles Use advanced search techniques Search subscribed databases Evaluate information sources. 2 http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/sociology Sociology LibGuide 3 The Research Process 4 The Research Cycle List synonyms, related words & variant spellings Create search statement Identify main keywords Explore Search for sources using FindMore, LINC & databases Topic Complete your assignment Get more sources by checking references no yes Are there enough? Evaluate quality, currency, relevance, etc. 5 Exploring a Topic Choose a topic that interest you personally Get ideas from scanning books, encyclopedias, journal or newspaper articles Ensure that your topic has sufficient resources Avoid topics that are too broad or too narrow. 6 Information Sources Source Useful for How to Access Books Overview of topics FindMore; LINC Journal articles In-depth treatment of topics, usually current and scholarly FindMore; Specialised Databases Recent events, anecdotes, book reviews, interviews, biographical information… FindMore, E-Newspapers, microfilms Newspapers Websites Exploring the topic (.edu, .gov, .org ) FindMore, WWW… 7 Interpret References Straughan, P. (2009). Marriage dissolution in Singapore: revisiting family values and ideology in marriage. Boston: Brill. Chan, P.C.W. 2010. "Shared values of Singapore: sexual minority rights as Singaporean value". Pp. 9-26 in Protection of sexual minorities since Stonewall: progress and stalemate in developed and developing countries , edited by Phil C.W. Chan. London: Routledge. Teo, Y. 2010. "Shaping the Singapore family, producing the state and society." Economy and Society 39(3):337-359. 8 CRAAP Test Acknowledgements: Western U.ca 9 Evaluating Resources ( Test) urrency When was the information published, updated or revised? Does your topic require current information, or will older sources work as well? elevance (for intended audience) Is it relevant to your topic/subject? uthority Is it from a reputable publisher, society or association. Look at the author's credentials & institutional affiliation. ccuracy Does your source match your understanding of the topic? Can you verify the claims in other sources? Is there a bibliography or list of sources cited? urpose Is there a range of viewpoints to support or reinforce the arguments presented? Are the arguments comprehensive? 10 Getting Started 11 [email protected] Searches NUS library collections and beyond Search results include: Journal articles Books, eBooks Newspapers & more - all wit one click! 12 Let's Search… Topic Finding romantic love on the internet Identify Keywords #1: #2: 13 Keywords They are topic, e.g. that best describe your ; ; ; Think of synonyms, e.g. "Phrase searching" (in quotes) narrows your search, e.g. "romantic love" Omit articles, pronouns & prepositions Use thesaurus for established concepts, e.g. 14 FindMore Search Results Select to view full-text /record Refine by… 15 Refine by… Use filters to refine your search Clicking on More… under each section gives you more filters to choose from Clear Filters to remove previous refinements 16 Explore Results Mouse over title to view summary on left panel 17 Peer Review Acknowledgements: NCTC Libraries 18 Peer review… A researcher reads the literature Journal article is read & indexed in databases such as Scopus, Web of Science Performs an experiment - builds upon previous research A journal article is published Results of experiment are written and submitted to a journal Peer review process - experts in the field review and suggest changes 19 Output Results 2. 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Waist to hip ratio is a relatively new way to judge the risk of health problems caused by your weight. It was brought to the attention of the world by ground breaking research published in the Lancet Medical Journal in November 2005, and should surpass Body Mass Index as the best way to analyze the effect your weight has on your health.
Until this research was published,
Body Mass Index
(BMI) was broadly relied up on by doctors and others who make decisions about your health (such as insurance companies or national health systems depending on where you live) to decide how dangerous your weight could be to your health. Body Mass Index can tell you whether you are heavy for your height, but not whether that weight is composed of healthy muscle tissue, heart-threatening fat, or a combination of the two. It also takes no account of body shape.Waist to hip ratio, however, is different. It's a measurement you can easily do yourself with a tape measure and a calculator. It predicts the risk to your health from a measurement of the amount of abdominal / belly fat you carry.Abdominal fat is the most dangerous to your health on account of being right next to almost all the vital organs in your body (heart, kidneys, liver etc). Belly fat clogs your liver and interferes with the vital work it does in regulating insulin levels. For this reason, the amount of belly fat you have is a good indicator as to your likelihood of having a heart attack or becoming pre-diabetic or diabetic (approximately 40% of heart attack sufferers are pre-diabetic or diabetic and many are unaware. This may be you. Read on to find out what you can do about it).
Take a tape measure and without pulling the tape too tight, measure the circumference around your waist at its narrowest point, and the circumference of your hips at their widest point. Then divide the waist measurement by the hip measurement. You'll get a number that is somewhere between 0.5 and around 1.5.
The latest research shows that, if you're a woman, a waist-to-hip ratio of more than 0.85 is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and diabetes. For men the cut off between low risk and high risk is 0.90.Did you notice that the waist-to-hip ratio calculation has nothing to do with your weight at all? If you've been obsessed by jumping on the scales, this could be a wake-up call for you. The truth is that obesity and the risks it may pose to you have little to do with what the scales say. How much body fat you have on your body, and specifically how much you have in the abdominal area of your body is what counts. To get a more accurate judgement of how much body fat you may be carrying,
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What you must do is get yourself onto a healthy eating and activity program that attacks not weight, but the amount of body fat which you carry in the long term. Crash dieting (starvation) drops weight initially, but it's very unlikely to significantly lower the amount of body fat you carry. That's because fat is your body's last reserve of energy, and your body doesn't surrender it easily in times of starvation.
There is a way to lose body fat without being hungry or starving yourself. It's much easier than you might think. Sign up for my FREE 4 day online video and audio weight loss program to find out exactly how to reduce your waist to hip ratio safely and easily.
To read more about waist-to-hip ratio,
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City of Mississauga
Mississauga's Civic Centre – Leading by Example in Energy Conservation
"Conservation Heroes" are making a positive difference in Mississauga and one of the most influential members of this impressive group is the City itself.
From its Living Green Master Plan to its 5 Year Energy Conservation Plan, the City of Mississauga has made remarkable strides in finding effective ways to conserve energy and help reduce electricity and fossil fuel related emissions.
Projects such as the largest street lighting conversion in Canada, the installation of solar panels on community centre rooftops and hundreds of other conservation initiatives in City buildings have helped make the City a recognized leader in energy management. With so many projects underway and even more planned in the future, we narrowed our focus to the heart of Mississauga itself – the Civic Centre.
The Power of a Team – Developing a Conservation Culture
In the City's Facilities and Property Management Division, there is a small but powerful Energy Management Team, responsible for energy conservation and environmentally sustainable initiatives. While the collective energy expertise among the group is remarkable, the team understands that employee engagement is an important factor in determining the success of their work.
"Modern technology plays an important role in achieving improved building performance, but if the human factor is missing from the equation, conservation results can be easily compromised," said Daniela Paraschiv, Manager of Energy Management for the City of Mississauga.
From grassroots employee-based campaigns to large scale projects, the Energy Management Team has successfully increased conservation awareness and engagement among staff. Initiatives such as 'Energy Champions,' 'e-Learning' and 'Run it Smart' have provided the building's users and its operators with the tools to better understand how their energy consumption affects the environment.
This information has helped many employees change their everyday habits at work and at home. Some employees have even been recognized with an 'Energenius Award' for helping to identify new ways to conserve energy in the building.
This level of commitment to creating a culture of conservation is evident the moment you enter the Civic Centre. An electronic dashboard at the elevators greets employees and visitors, providing a snapshot of real-time and historic information on electricity, water and gas usage, along with numerous conservation tips. All Civic Centre employees can access the dashboard from their office computers and the interactive animations are a reminder that actions made today have an immediate impact and will benefit future generations.
A tour of the building further illustrates the collective efforts by employees to reduce energy usage. Lights are turned off in unoccupied rooms, the temperature is consistent throughout the building and signs promoting energy conservation are posted in common areas.
Using Energy Efficient Technology to Conserve
These efforts are supported by several large-scale, innovative projects that improve the building's efficiency. At the core of this innovation is an automated system that monitors and controls all operations within the building.
Building Automation System
If the Civic Centre is the heart of Mississauga, the building's automation system could be considered its brain, which continuously monitors the heating, cooling, lighting and ventilation. It records trends, monitors functions and optimizes the building's systems.
The Civic Centre relies on a hybrid system with one condenser and three mid-efficiency gas-fired boilers. The optimized controls for each boiler ensure that heat is available on demand. To improve efficiency, variable speed drive pumps were installed. These high-efficiency pumps operate at lower speeds, thus using reduced power when less heat is required throughout the building.
The Civic Centre has a state-of-the-art system that uses magnetic levitation technology in its compressors to increase the efficiency of a chilled water system in the building.
Motion-control sensors have been installed throughout the Civic Centre to ensure lights are only turned on when required. During periods of inactivity, lights automatically turn off.
To improve energy efficiency, fans have been retrofitted with variable speed drives, delivering air according to the building's occupancy and needs. Excess heat from the data room is directed to the parking garage in cooler weather.
Outdoor Features
Even outside the building, the City has taken steps to ensure energy isn't wasted. The multi-purpose fountain, which doubles as a skating rink in winter, is equipped with technology to reduce energy consumption, while maintaining water resources. To ensure water isn't wasted, it is treated and recirculated. A variable speed drive motor combined with wind sensor controls ensures that water passing through the fountain's spouts isn't turned into mist due to high winds.
Leading by Example
The energy efficiency at Mississauga's Civic Centre has other cities taking notice. As an active participant in the nationwide Town Hall Challenge, the City of Mississauga has become an example of best practices in energy management. The Town Hall Challenge encourages all town halls in Canada to reduce their usage to the equivalent of 20 kWh of energy per square foot. For the last three years, the City has met the challenge and has recently gone one step further. In November 2016, Mississauga's Civic Centre was declared the winner of the challenge and named 'Most Efficient Town Hall in Canada.'
"Although the Town Hall Challenge is a friendly competition among all cities in Canada, we take it very seriously," said Raj Sheth, Director of Facilities and Property Management at the City of Mississauga. "The hard work of the Energy Management Team to educate employees and develop a conservation culture is an important step in our broader strategy to create a cleaner, more sustainable environment for future generations."
Reducing Energy Usage Across the City
Throughout Mississauga, similar efforts are being implemented in each of the City's buildings.
"Our successes at the Civic Centre show us that working closely with operations and maintenance staff while engaging employees is a very successful method to significantly reduce energy consumption," added Paraschiv. "As we combine engagement with more efficient technology at buildings across the City, our conservation achievements will continue to increase."
Over the last five years, the City has reduced electricity consumption by 10,250,000 kWh. That's enough electricity to power over 1,100 homes for an entire year. Natural gas and water consumption have both been reduced by 1.3 million cubic meters and 36,600 cubic meters respectively. That's enough natural gas to heat 530 homes and provide water to 433 people for a year.
For its commitment to energy conservation and environmental sustainability, Enersource applauds the City of Mississauga for being a "Conservation Hero."
For more information about the City of Mississauga, please visit www.mississauga.ca.
By the numbers
Electricity Reduction
- 10,250,000 kWh = enough electricity to power 1,100 homes for a year.
Natural Gas Reduction
- 1.3 million cubic meters/year = enough natural gas to power over 530 homes for a year.
Water Reduction
- 36,600 cubic meters/year = enough water for about 433 people for a year.


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Jennifer Bell
Jennifer Bell is the author of 'The Uncommoners' series. The first book, THE CROOKED SIXPENCE, is a top-seller in the UK and was a Waterstone's Book of the Month - a rarity for a debut author. The second book, THE SMOKING HOURGLASS, was published in the UK in June 2017 to critical acclaim. The much-anticpated final instalment in the trilogy will be published in the UK in June 2018. It is called THE FROZEN TELESCOPE. All three of Jennifer's terrific novels will also be available in the US in 2018.
Jennifer Bell began working in children's books as a specialist bookseller at Foyle's on Charing Cross Road in London – one of the world's most famous bookshops. There, she looked after the shop's not-so-deadly piranha fish as well as recommending children's books to celebrities, royalty and even astronauts. After enjoying the privilege of listening to children talk about their favourite books for many years, she started writing one of her own. Jennifer came up with the idea for THE CROOKED SIXPENCE while packing for a holiday, wishing she could just disappear inside her suitcase and be there already. The world of Lundinor is inspired by sayings from traditional English nursery rhymes as well as the stories Jennifer grew up with about the Cockney markets her grandparents used to visit.
Author Interview
When and how did you start writing?
After I left university, I had a few jobs which gave me no opportunity to be creative, so I started writing in the evenings when I'd get home. It was so freeing and addictive. It used to be the only part of my day that made me happy. I haven't stopped since.
Can you remember the first book that made an impact on you? Who were your childhood storytelling heroes?
I had to read a heap of war literature for my English A-levels. I remember reading a particularly emotional section of BIRDSONG by Sebastian Faulks, sitting in the middle of the common room, with loads of noise around me – everyone chatting or listening to music, or on their laptops. But it was as if nothing could reach me whilst I was in that book. That was probably the first time I felt the power of a novel.
I guess the only writing hero I had during childhood was J. M. Barrie. I was obsessed (and still am) with PETER PAN – it's my favourite story of all time. Dark, magical, adventurous and the language is just beautiful. For me, nothing will ever come close to the incredible magic of that story.
Can you talk us through the writing of your first book? What were the key moments?
I had this idea for a short-story about a little girl who met Death's childhood assistant, a character I named the Grimling. As I was developing this character I started imagining a world where dead characters met and interacted with each other – that's where the seeds of Lundinor came from. I knew exactly how I wanted the book to feel – like you could easily imagine it being real, so I worked on the details of the story world first before building a plot around it. The key moment, I guess, was finishing the first draft. I sent it out to a few friends and then worked really hard on the second draft, using all their feedback.
Was it hard to get an agent? Can you talk us through the process?
It is super hard to get an agent and what happened to me was incredibly lucky. I started out the same way everyone does – with a copy of The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook and a big highlighter. I had planned to send the manuscript out to a handful of agents, based on their client list and what they said they were looking for. The lucky part came when two of my friends - who had been through the experience before - recommended two agents to me. I sent my manuscript to both of them and was utterly stunned when they both got back offering me representation.
Describe your writing day. Where do you write? How do your organize your time? Where do you look for inspiration?
I work full-time in a really busy bookshop, so there isn't a great deal of time for writing. I cram an hour in on my lunch break in the staffroom and then I write on the commute to and from work. There is no strategy; it's just fit it in when I can. It's not difficult, because I love writing.
It isn't hard to find inspiration when you work in a children's bookshop. I am very fortunate to meet interesting people every day, to work with hugely inspirational booksellers who are also themselves writers, artists and designers, and to spend my time in one of the most amazing cities in the world.
Are there any tips you could give aspiring writers who are looking to get published?
When you know the age group that you want to write for, and genre you want to write, go and read. Read everything you can get your hands on that's written for a similar age group and genre. If you don't know what that is, then go down to your local bookshop, talk to a bookseller and get them to recommend some titles for you – I've done this many a time for aspiring children's writers. You need to know what's out there and what you're up against. I meet a lot of self-published authors who are looking to get their books stocked and I can always tell straight away when they haven't bothered to read any children's books. The difference in their writing always shows.
Can you describe three aspects of writing craft that have been most important as you've developed as an author?
I write exactly the kind of stories that I enjoy reading, so if I'm not enjoying writing them, there's a problem. That's what I learned during the first draft. If I was struggling with a chapter, finding it difficult to write, or boring, then I'd scrap it and rethink where the story was going. I spent a lot of time trying to make the story as fun and exciting as possible and part of that was learning to cut whole sections that I'd spent ages trying to get right.
Which favourite authors would you invite to a dinner party? Which fictional character do you wish you'd invented?
I've been very lucky to have met many of my writing heroes through my job – Rebecca Stead, Frances Hardinge, David Almond (I could go on) - but I have yet to meet Rick Riordan. It would be a dream to meet him. His books are so much fun, so easy to get lost inside and I speak to children every day who tell me how much they love them. I'd love to tell him that.
The fictional character I wish I'd invented?
Peter Pan, of course - the boy who never grows up, to whom even death is an adventure.


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I'm an artist and writer from Seattle, living in London.
Conceptual copywriter and designer at Essence Digital, fighting for positive representation and shaping the future of advertising. God save the screens.
For more about my client work with Google, The Financial Times, HP, Method, Starbucks, McLaren, Netflix, Amazon and more, contact me.


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I uploaded the source to MyExperiment, so anyway can play with it. There is much to improve, such as using CDK-Taverna for further analysis of the results.
I am not sure if opening the workflow in your Taverna installation will automatically set up the WDSL scavenger for the ChemSpider services, which are available in a HTTP version too, btw. If not, right click on the Available Processors folder, and pick Add new WDSL scavenger... and point it to the URL http://www.chemspider.com/MassSpecAPI.asmx?WSDL. The result should look like:
Oh, and please note this comment:
- These services are offered free of charge to our users during this period of testing, validation and feedback. Some of these services will be made available commercially in the future and we are proactively informing you of our intention to do this. It is likely that these services will remain available to academia at no charge. Please contact us at feedbackATchemspiderDOTcom with feedback and questions.
So, I do not know when my workflow will stop working.


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Computer Off Switch
How often does it happen that you close down Windows and then forget to turn off the computer? This circuit does that automatically. After Windows is shut down there is a 'click' a second later and the PC is disconnected from the mains. Up to now there were no mains switches available with a magnetic coil to turn off the power supply voltage, but now one is available from Conrad Electronics , with the article number 70061 for a price of 12.95 Euro (approx. £ 9.00). Surprisingly enough, this switch fits in some older computer cases.
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Social HR challenges best addressed through clear policies, plans
HR is increasingly using social media for recruiting, communication and brand awareness. Here are tips for smooth sailing.
The social media genie is out of the bottle for human resource (HR) professionals. Despite a reputation for being the last department to adapt to change, HR has dived head first into the social HR game. By many accounts, nearly 90% of HR departments now leverage the power of social media in recruiting, employee communications and brand awareness.
"Social media has turned HR on its head," said Claire Schooley, senior industry analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research. "HR is totally different than it was just five years ago."
Before social media, HR controlled communication. There was a predictable one-way flow of interoffice mail, memos and email. Now, social media has made communication a two-way street -- or a multilane, multidimensional highway -- adding complexities and challenges to HR departments striving to make the most of the new social tools.
But experts say the challenges of social HR shouldn't dissuade businesses from embracing the medium. Here are four key points HR executives should remember while navigating the social HR world:
Update your social media policy every six months and collaborate with corporate counsel to ensure its legal bona fides. "Just because you have a social media policy doesn't mean it's all kosher," said Jessica Miller-Merrell, an Oklahoma City, Okla.-based HR consultant and new media strategist. And if the recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision is any indication, social media policies may be under more and more scrutiny.
On September 7, the NLRB deemed that a Costco policy prohibiting defamatory statements violated the National Labor Relations Act. The policy in question stated that employees using social media should refrain from language that could "damage the company, defame any individual or damage any person's reputation …" What may sound like boilerplate policy language may in fact be problematic if you haven't had your policy vetted by counsel.
What's more, every employee should be briefed and trained on the social media policy, said Mikal Belicove, a Laguna Beach, Calif.-based author and business strategist. It is no longer enough to drop a policy on the intranet and assume all bases have been covered. As HR professionals know, a large part of their job is educating employees. Social media is one area where education is king.
Monitor social media, but don't censor employees. Through social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, and increasingly social activity streams like Yammer, Chatter and Tibbr, employees can quickly and easily share their workplace experiences -- both good and bad. Businesses have little control except to monitor, address the concerns if necessary and continue to communicate with employees.
"You can't control the message anymore," said Miller-Merrell. "Actually, you never could." But with good management and a supportive workplace, "employees who are fans will come to the defense of the company" when negative comments are posted online, she said. However, removing or censoring employee posts is never the right way to go. It will only make a potentially negative situation much worse.
What's more, monitoring social media is a good way for HR to receive feedback that employees might neglect on employee surveys or evaluations, say these experts. Enterprise social networks can now collect social activity -- positive and negative -- and catalog it for later use in employee evaluation sessions. "We don't always remember the good things we do," Schooley said.
Create a social media recruiting plan backed by a strong EEO policy. Recruitment is easily the part of the HR world most affected by social media. Its advocate say social media seamlessly helps recruiters, hiring managers, and even current employees leverage social connections to broadcast job opportunities, source quality referrals and market their brand like never before.
More on social media
Read a book chapter on social media policy
View a video on social media for talent management
Take a quiz on enterprise social media
Ron Kubitz, recruiting and training manager for the Brayman Construction Corp. in Saxonburg, Pa., said that when he started his job seven years ago, the company was spending $80,000 annually on headhunting fees and $25,000 on online job sites like Monster.com. Now, primarily with the help of social media -- and a strong background in headhunting -- the company spends no money on headhunting and only $5,000 annually on online jobs boards.
Kubitz said he uses social media as only part of a complete recruiting policy. He is aware of a number of cases where potential employees who were not hired claimed discrimination under EEO regulations based on information gathered about them on social media sites. "There's great value in these tools -- LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter -- for both employee engagement and recruiting, but you have to be able to utilize those tools smartly," he said. Besides, said Kubitz, in his field if you are only using social media to recruit, you may be missing a lot of quality talent.
Most importantly, Kubitz recommends training recruiters well on social media best practices. "Don't leave the online recruiting to interns," he warned.
Make social HR relevant to your workforce. "In some cases, with some employees, the technology is there, but no one is sure quite what to do with it," said Schooley. Chatter, for example, may come included as part of your Salesforce suite, but if employees don't see the need for it, or don't feel that it helps them with their jobs, they won't use it, she said. It's important for HR to do what it does best and communicate with employees to ensure early buy-in from the influential, tech-savvy ones. The others will learn that, many times, the best way to collaborate quickly and efficiently is through tools like Chatter or Yammer. But the platform must be integral to the work each employee is doing, "or else they just won't see the use case," Schooley said.


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Zünd expands router bit selection
With the latest multipurpose and ACM bits, Zünd now offers an even wider selection of high-performance tools. With numerous technical innovations,
the new bits meet the highest demands for quality and productivity.
NEW: Special Zünd router bits for aluminum composite materials
Processing ACM, i.e. aluminium composite materials such as Dibond, poses particular challenges for the cutter and the routing tool. Vertical forces generated during routing lead to vibrations that may affect the material's surface and edge quality. To prevent these vibrations, Zünd has made changes to the bit geometry and developed a new line of bits specifically for ACM applications. The optimized design extends the lifespan of the bits and also increases productivity because of higher feed rates. The new ACM bits ensure burr-free edges and superior surface quality, meeting even the most rigorous quality standards.
More versatile than ever: Zünd multipurpose bits
In the past year Zünd began offering a series of multipurpose bits in conjunction with the automatic router bit changer ARC. In view of the high demand for these bits, Zünd will be providing them in the near future without stop ring as well. This will make them available for use with manual (nonpneumatic) collets. Zünd's many years of experience and in-depth knowledge of routing is reflected in the development of these new multipurpose bits. High-precision polished cutting edges in conjunction with perfectly designed cutting faces make it possible to process an exceptionally wide variety of different materials, including acrylic, aluminum, expanded PVC, MDF, etc., with the same bit. The resulting edge and surface quality meets the highest of standards. In many cases, the bit actually creates edges that are so clean, they look polished. Without compromising the quality of the finished product, this makes further polishing, and thus an additional, costly post-processing step, unnecessary. Multipurpose router bits are suitable for hard and soft substrates alike.
The new ACM bits can be ordered from Zünd immediately, while the multipurpose bits without stop ring will be available from September 1.


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Financial Information
Understanding Insurance Coverage Descriptions
There are various levels of infertility coverage that may be offered to you by your insurance carrier. They are each significantly different & specific as to the services that will be covered. Each of the coverage levels listed below will be limited to either an attempt limit and/or a dollar amount limit. These limitations vary from plan to plan.
No Infertility Coverage and Self-Pay Discount Packages
Plans that specifically exclude infertility coverage will not cover office visits, labs, ultrasounds or treatments associated with an infertility diagnosis. For those whose insurance does not pay for these services, or for patients without insurance, we offer discounted self-pay packages for our various services.
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Basic Infertility Coverage
(Excludes certain Aetna policies, please contact billing for further information/description) Plans that offer basic coverage will generally cover diagnostic testing before and after a diagnosis of infertility has been established. Services that are usually covered under basic coverage are:
- Office visits
- Hydrosonogram
- Blood tests Office Dx
- Hysteroscopy
- Ultrasounds
- Semen analysis
Comprehensive Infertility Coverage
Generally comprehensive coverage is offered to small group policies. These plans will cover diagnostic testing and Artificial Insemination (IUI) only. Services generally covered under this benefit level are:
- Office visits
- Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
- Blood tests
- Semen analysis
- Ultrasounds
- Diagnostic ART prep
- Hydrosonogram
- Artificial insemination (IUI)
Advanced/ART Infertility Coverage
This is the highest level of infertility coverage offered. Plans that offer Advanced/ART coverage will generally cover services such as:
- Office visits
- Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
- Blood tests
- Semen analysis
- Ultrasounds
- Diagnostic ART prep
- Hysterosonogram
- Artificial insemination (IUI)
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
- Infertility medications
NJ Infertility Mandate
Covers all of the services listed above (Basic, Comprehensive and Advanced). Patients covered under the NJ State Mandate MUST do lesser before greater (3 IUIs before IVF). Artificial insemination (IUI) attempts are unlimited and In Vitro (IVF) is limited to 4 attempts per lifetime. Infertility services have a maximum age limit of 45 years old (patient will only be covered until the 45th birthday).
*Please keep in mind that this information is a general reference ONLY & coverage may vary from plan to plan.
URA participates with most major insurance carriers (URA does NOT participate with Medicaid or Horizon Advance EPO). Below is a listing of these carriers, as well as, authorization and/or referral requirements.
Aetna US Healthcare Members:
If you are insured by AETNA and are eligible for infertility benefits you will either be required to register with Aetna's Women's Health Services Dept. or will be required to obtain a referral from your PCP in order to utilize your full benefits. Unfortunately, there is no set protocol as to what certain Aetna plans will require; therefore we recommend that you contact Aetna for a description of your infertility benefits as well as any requirements that may apply to your particular plan.
Aetna has a dedicated infertility program that will manage ALL of your visits including your initial consultation to our office. It is very important you contact them for your initial authorization and/ or referrals, failure to do so will result in an additional out of pocket expense to yourself. Unfortunately, Aetna will not allow URA or any other office to request registration/ initial authorization or referrals; therefore it is solely your responsibility to obtain proper authorizations for your visits. Aetna patients MUST register with Aetna's Women's Health Services: 1-800-575-5999
*** Please be aware that your initial enrollment in the program is not sufficient for any further testing or treatment. They will need to be contacted for authorization prior to any additional service(s) or procedures being performed. ***
Any testing to be done on male partners will require a specific referral issued by their PCP (if referrals are required by your plan). Authorizations from the Women's Health Services Dept. will not be required. Any authorization issued to the female will NOT cover testing to be done on the male partner.
Procedure Codes
Diagnosis Code
Semen analysis:
Fertility testing
Sperm isolation (complex):
Oxford Members:
If you are insured by OXFORD and are eligible for infertility benefits you will either be required to enroll with OPTUM HEALTH. We recommend that you contact Optum Health for a description of your infertility benefits as well as any requirements that may apply to your particular plan.
Oxford/ Optum Health has a dedicated infertility program that will manage ALL of your visits including your initial consultation to our office. It is very important you contact them for enrollment, failure to do so will result in additional out of pocket expenses to you. Unfortunately, Optum Health will not allow URA or any other office to request enrollment or referrals; therefore it is solely your responsibility to obtain proper authorizations for your visits.
* If you are eligible for Comprehensive/ IUI benefits there are limitations that apply: For patients under
38 yrs old- 4 IUI cycles, patients 38-40 yrs old- 2 IUI cycles and patients over 40 yrs old- 1 IUI cycle.
Oxford patients MUST enroll with Optum Health: 1-877-512-9340
GHI/ Emblem Health Members:
If you are insured by GHI/ Emblem Health and are eligible for Advanced/ IVF benefits you will need to meet certain criteria before being approved/ authorized for an IVF cycle. A Hydrosonogram (saline sono) is required, as well as, Hysterosalpingogram (HSG). It is required for patient to do 6 IUI CYCLES for members under 35 or 3 IUI CYCLES for members 35 and over. You will also need to provide 2 RECENT SEMEN ANALYSIS (male partner) if ICSI is being requested.
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Please feel free to contact our financial department with any further questions. Call us at 201-288-6330 or 888-770-9080


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MADRID, June 16 (Reuters) - Spanish port docker unions have called fresh strikes stretching into July in protest at reforms in the sector, adding to several days of stoppages that have dented trade revenue in the country.
Dockers will strike on alternate hours for 48-hour periods between June 26 and 28, June 29 and July 1, July 3 and 5 and July 6 and 8, the UGT worker union said.
Spanish port terminals have already been hit by major disruptions as container shipping companies re-routed their cargos to avoid strikes in the country, opting for Portugal, Malta or Morocco instead.
Dockers are angry over reform of port labour practices passed by Spanish lawmakers in mid-May, which aimed to crack down on closed-shop hiring in a heavily unionised sector.
Subsequent negotiations over how to implement the new rules between employers and workers broke down in a dispute over how to safeguard 6,000 jobs.
The strikes had so far caused losses of 110 million euro ($123 million) to Spain's economy, the public works ministry said in a statement adding that this was due to business being diverted elsewhere.
The southern Spanish port of Algeciras is particularly vulnerable to the strikes as much of the goods traffic that passes through it is not ultimately destined for Spain. It is used by companies transferring cargos from one boat to another.
Exports have helped underpin Spain's economic recovery over the past four years. Some 80 percent of imports and 60 percent of exports are handled by Spanish ports.
Aside from the new strikes called on Friday, further industrial action has already been set for June 19, 21 and 23.
$1 = 0.8956 euros Reporting by Robert Hetz, Writing by Sarah White, Editing by Sonya Dowsett and Richard Balmforth


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's tennis squad played its first match of the spring on Sunday (Feb. 10), falling to regional foe Hillsdale 7-0 in non-league action at the Margot V. Biermann Center in Hillsdale.
The Chargers won the bottom two doubles flights to grab the early points and went on to win all six singles positions to claim the win.
Ferris State's lone victory came at number one doubles where the tandem of Patricia Martin Gomez and Isabela Paixao claimed a 6-1 triumph.
Hillsdale won three of the singles flights in straight-sets while also taking a pair of three-setters at the second and third flights in the lineup in addition to a win by forfeit at six singles.
With the setback, the Bulldogs are now 6-7 overall on the season.
Ferris State will be back in action on Friday (Feb. 15) as FSU continues its spring season with a regional tilt against the Lewis (Ill.) Flyers in Romeoville, Ill.
Below are the complete match results:
Hillsdale College 7, Ferris State 0
Feb 10, 2019 at Hillsdale, MI (Margot V. Biermann Center)
|Singles competition
|1. Hannah Cimpeanu (HCW) def. Patricia M. Gomez (FS) 6-2, 6-2
|2. Sarah Hackman (HCW) def. Isabela Paixao (FS) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
|3. Katie Bell (HCW) def. Nicole Meylor (FS) 1-6, 7-6, 6-3
|4. Halle Hyman (HCW) def. Agata Klak (FS) 6-2, 7-5
|5. Kamryn Matthews (HCW) def. Brittany Lavenant (FS) 6-1, 6-0
|6. Madeline Bissett (HCW) def. Silvia Verebes (FS), by forfeit
|Doubles competition
|1. Patricia M. Gomez/Isabela Paixao (FS) def. Katie Bell/Corinne Prost (HCW) 6-1
|2. Sarah Hackman/Hannah Cimpeanu (HCW) def. Silvia Verebes/Nicole Meylor (FS) 6-1
|3. Kamryn Matthews/Madeline Bissett (HCW) def. Agata Klak/Brittany Lavenant (FS) 7-5


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The Alta G-STARs program represents an opportunity to fast forward genetic progress on your dairy. By using this group of sires that possess the highest genetic potential of bulls sampled in the Alta Advantage® program, you can dramatically reduce the time it takes to make maximum genetic progress.
Since the inception of Advantage® in 2001, the program has revolutionized the AI industry remaining to this date one-of-a-kind and a step ahead of the rest. Today's evolving dairy industry, with its growth and heightened potential for genetic progress, calls for a new chapter in the Advantage® story. And so, through broadening the scope of the traditional program while improving on its most important benefits, Global Advantage® and AdvantageDRIVEN® were born.
The FutureStar program offers Alta's best future candidates to clients sooner. Bulls selected for FutureStar are 3 and 4 year-old bulls whose combination of genomic parent average with actual Alta Advantage® progeny test results for sire calving ease, sire stillbirth and sire fertility make them, as a group, of significant interest to clients in advance of being fully proven. FutureStar bulls represent Alta's strongest candidates for successful future graduation into the proven lineup.
ConceptPlus is the industry standard for fertility performance. Sire fertility evaluations are based on vet-checked pregnancies from within Alta Advantage® herds. The information is updated quarterly and is based on a bull's most recent performance, thus breeders can be confident in the use of ConceptPlus bulls to increase conception rates and fertility on their farm and, in turn, increase herd profitability.
Producers who emphasize health traits such as Daughter Pregnancy Rate, Productive Life, Calving Ease, Stillbirth and Somatic Cell Score are appreciative of Alta's HealthPlus program. The health index Alta created focuses on management traits, thereby simplifying the genetic selection for longer lasting, trouble-free cows.
Alta Genetics recognizes that the way in which dairymen are paid for the milk they produce will determine the way in which they approach genetic selection options. CheeseMaker sires are designated so based on above average yield for component traits in order to match market trends and maximize revenues.


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Best Ever Graphic Novels
This list is the distilled wisdom of the internet on the subject of the best graphic novel. It incorporates 6 "Top 100" lists, 7 different websites on the topic and 50 "Best Graphic Novel" Amazon lists. I assigned points for each of these, with more points for the more reliable. After totalling them up I ranked them and the results follow.
There is an interesting mixture here, but above all the quality is high. These are not comics for kids. Most of them are highly adult in nature, with important messages contained within.


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To create black and white with decorative swirls and dots:
• First the white is brushed on in an angled design and let dry.
• Next the black is brushed on at an opposite angle. Let the black dry.
• In the next step you need a single haired fine brush.
• taking the single hair brush you can add designs like swirls and dots.
Using these techniques and some creativity you could create all sorts of designs.


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The day dawned misty, drizzly and cool – perfect conditions for a murder at the lake.
Nelson Camera Club and the Marlborough Camera Club members, approximately 30 in total, spent the day at Lake Rotoiti, based at the local church, enjoying a fun day of photography and judging of prints and digitals. The judging was done by two locals who kindly agreed to take on this task.
First part of the day was solving the murder mystery, well put together by Denise, based loosely on a true murder in the village in the late 1800's which didn't end well!
We were grouped together, 5 or 6 in a group and a mix of both clubs, instructions in hand off we set on foot to photograph the clues that we found on the way. Some groups had more success than others but all had lots of fun and the variety of photographs (some relevant and some not) shown when we regathered at the church to view the photographs was testament to this. The winners were selected by volume of hand clapping and the winning team showed imagination and humour, well deserved.
The serious part of the day was the presentation by the judge in person of the winners of the Best Projected Digital Image (Marlborough, Burning Bulb by Stephen Hayward), Best Photographic Print (Nelson, Wharariki) and Most Overall Points (Marlborough). Stephen Hayward also won the Best Image Overall. So, a good day for Marlborough Camera Club.
We ended the day at the local Lodge having a friendly catch up over refreshments before participants made their way home. Importantly this event is a fun day and a great way to get to know our Nelson fellow photographers. Next year Nelson will host the event and already they are in the planning process.


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UPDATE (10/30/17): New allegations of sexual misconduct have surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, stemming back to the '70s.
In a New York Times article published Monday, four more women shared their sexual misconduct stories. Hope Exiner d'Amore shares with the NYT that she was living in Buffalo and working for Wenstein's concert promotion company in the late '70s called Harvey and Corky Productions. Exiner d'Amore says that after a few weeks working there, she took a trip to New York City with Weinstein to meet with people in the film industry. When they got to the hotel, Weinstein allegedly told her there had been a mistake with the reservation and they'd have to share a room. That night, she alleges that Harvey "forcibly performed oral sex and intercourse on her."
Actress Cynthia Burr claims in her interview with the publication that in the late '70s, Weinstein allegedly "forced her to perform oral sex on him" in a hallway. Burr, who was in her early 20s when the alleged incident occurred, tells the NYT, "It was just him and me alone. I was fearful I didn't have the wherewithal to get away."
Ashley Matthau is a dancer who worked on the movie Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights in 2004, a film produced by Weinstein's company Miramax. Matthau claims that Weinstein visited the set in Puerto Rico and allegedly began "pressuring her" to go to his hotel room for a meeting, but she explained she was engaged. Weinstein allegedly later "instructed" her to get into a car and when they were in his hotel room she alleges he "pushed her onto the bed and fondled her breasts." Weinstein then allegedly took off his clothes, straddled Mathau and masturbated on her.
After the incident, Matthau and her attorney John S. West met with Weinstein and his attorney Daniel M. Petrocelli at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. Matthau "agreed to enter into a more than $100,000 settlement." In exchange, Matthau entered a legally binding promise to not speak of the claims. Matthau wanted to speak out about the alleged incident even though she could face legal repercussions. "I want to do my part to help bring this to light so it doesn't happen with other people in Hollywood or anywhere else," she tells the publication. Petrocelli declined to comment to the NYT on the article.
Lacey Dorn, an actress and filmmaker, claims that in 2011 that Weinstein "grabbed between her legs" as she was leaving a Halloween party in New York City.
In response to multiple accusations of misconduct in the NYT article, a spokesperson for Weinstein tells E! News, "Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein."
More claims stemming from Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct have been uncovered.
Ronan Farrow conducted what he describes as a 10-month investigation for a New Yorker exposé published Tuesday in which multiple actresses and former employees of the disgraced producer came forward with even more decades-long allegations of sexual advances. Three of those women even claim to have been raped by Weinstein.
Though one of the women refused to speak on-the-record, two others were willing to finally go public with the alleged details behind their scarring experiences, which Weinstein later denied in a statement to the publication.


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Subscribe To 60 Minutes Remembers Andy Rooney: Take Ten Minutes To See The Highlights Of His Work Updates
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Last night, CBS' 60 Minutes dedicated a segment of the show to Andy Rooney, who passed away at the age of 92 on Friday. If you missed it, the ten minute video, which looks back at Rooney's life and work, is available online and you can watch it here.
Rooney stepped down from role on 60 Minutes back in September. Those familiar with the program know he often weighed in with random thoughts on issues ranging from current events to day-to-day things. 60 Minutes' segment goes through some of those moments and includes interview footage with Rooney. 60 Minutes's Morley Safer calls Rooney America's favorite Grouch-in-Chief, which is a title viewers would likely agree with. Andy himself might even approve, based on his down-to-earth way of looking at things.
For a man who lived as long and worked for as many years in television as Rooney did, ten minutes doesn't seem like a long time to cover the highlights of the man's career, but 60 Minutes did a nice job of summing Andy up in the segment. Check out the full segment below:


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Turn your radios to KYMN at 10am this morning (Aug 29) to listen to Della talking with Wayne Eddy. Next Friday, the day she turns 103, she is going to be on Twins Cities Live at 3pm. She will be featured in the Northfield paper on Saturday the 6th, and on Sunday the 7th she will be in the DJJD parade. How wonderful!
Northfield Celebrates Della's 103rd Birthday
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Blessings to you Della ,my Affiliate Angel, on the 103rd anniversary of your birth.
I love you and I am proud to call you my friend.
Peace and Joy,
Mary Peterson


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